i don't know about other people, but i get into computers and programming and all that stuff because i'm interested in it and i enjoy it. in my experience, *wanting* to know something makes it a lot easier to learn something.
perhaps it is the same with lawyers. if they want to learn about laws, it will be easier for them than me. if they want to learn all there is to know about the technology involved in whatever case, it will be easier than for joe-blow who is proud of not-knowing about tech "stuff".
i always figured that it would be better to be well versed in as many different operating systems as possible. that way, not only do you start to figure out which OS is best for the job, you can feel comfortable if your own company pulls a switcheroo on you.
my brother couldn't get a shiny clean install of redhat 6.1 to work properly, so i suggested he load the latest from OpenBSD (2.6). it properly detected and configured all of the devices. now he's happy about it 'cuz he gets to finally ditch M$.
unfortunately, there's nothing to prevent an Evil Empire (TM) from making proprietary changes to *BSD and selling, for instance, M$ BSD. the ability of proprietary companies to embrace and extinguish is what really scares me.
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was he/she arrested in his/her native country or here is the US?
either the NSA can crack "strong" encryption like a bitch, or they aren't doing their job in allowing the export of encryption...
even if in jest, what you just said IS a felony...
i don't know about other people, but i get into computers and programming and all that stuff because i'm interested in it and i enjoy it. in my experience, *wanting* to know something makes it a lot easier to learn something.
perhaps it is the same with lawyers. if they want to learn about laws, it will be easier for them than me. if they want to learn all there is to know about the technology involved in whatever case, it will be easier than for joe-blow who is proud of not-knowing about tech "stuff".
why is it ignorant? i ran perlcc on a very basic program and it was 500k. the same program in C++ was 12k.
perl creates huge executables. it's disgusting. give me C++ anyday of the week.
proprietary software for linux yes, but proprietary changes to the linux kernel would be illegal. unlike *BSD.
i always figured that it would be better to be well versed in as many different operating systems as possible. that way, not only do you start to figure out which OS is best for the job, you can feel comfortable if your own company pulls a switcheroo on you.
my brother couldn't get a shiny clean install of redhat 6.1 to work properly, so i suggested he load the latest from OpenBSD (2.6). it properly detected and configured all of the devices. now he's happy about it 'cuz he gets to finally ditch M$.
unfortunately, there's nothing to prevent an Evil Empire (TM) from making proprietary changes to *BSD and selling, for instance, M$ BSD. the ability of proprietary companies to embrace and extinguish is what really scares me.