I think the point was to have quality crowd-sourced code that solves a problem elegantly available for free and nondiscriminatory use. Businesses saw the value in FOSS because in many cases they didn't have to reinvent the wheel.
I think the problem now is, FOSS supporters, contributors and programmers see that the software has real market value that they may not be cashing in on. Or rather, they have a romantic idea in their head that they can dictate usage policy to large profitable companies. IMHO, contributing to FOSS is a donation on your part, but does not imply charity.
He's being tagged as a conservative because it was a Democrat that was shot. Would the tables be turned if it was a Republican? Would we assume the shooter was a liberal? Doubtful.
Why wouldn't $NEWS_NETWORK_X assume that given the nature of discourse in this country? I am sensing you are either setting up a strawman otherwise this statement is woefully naive.
Good info here, I actually read that OSnews report when it first came out and was shocked at the fine print.
I think Peter Bright's problem is that Google is taking a Paternalistic approach to the problem by completely excluding the codec instead of bringing all codecs into the loop and letting the user decide.
I see other readers getting caught-up in the definition of "openness" or perhaps it's application. H.264 is a gratis codec with strings attached (patents) while WebM promises to be gratis and libre with no "gotchas" based on how you use it (business vs. personal).
Wouldn't whitelisting known good IPs of frequent internet destinations within your hosts.conf (or equivalent) file provide at least moderate protection against IP hijacking?
Also, if you own a Linksys WRT54G model router, of most firmware variations, you can get custom firmware that will track WLAN usage. It was quite handy when I had to pick a broadband connection plan when I moved to a new state.
I know a troll when I see one. Can you tell those guys that sign my paycheck to start actually raising salaries for the majority of their workforce, instead *just* for top management?
Terrorism is meant to cause terror while performing everyday activities or a general sense of fear and paranoia in the general population. General public != internet-using public, and I find it hard to believe that any type of act committed in cyberspace would cause such feelings in any average internet-using person. Until cyber-activity gets to a point where such activity causes personal harm, whether psychologically or physically, I would say the term cyber-terrorism has no relevancy to the general public.
Agreed. Someone must do this type of research with clearance level access. Better to have educated, vetted, background-checked individuals doing this than the public-at-large.
Corporations are fined when they are caught breaking the law because, so far, that's all the courts can do. Please explain how anyone can "lockup" a corporation and I'll be the first support it. The whole idea of incorporating is to AVOID personal responsibility. If someone could hold the CEO, or anyone in the company, personally responsible for the actions of a corporation then the whole concept of a corporation becomes mostly useless.
How about revoking their business charter like we used to do? That would be akin to locking them up.
Where is the "It was fun but now I've moved on." option?
Both praising it as a milestone in MMO gaming but at the same time suggesting there is more out there.
If this is your way of evangelizing a WoW content patch then you forgot your [sarcasm] tags.
We aren't talking about displays, we are talking about computers. If you are going to refute his statement about the PowerMac, how about offering up some hard evidence, instead of unrelated banter on Cinema displays.
Well said, and I whole-heartedly agree. My friends benefit from my constant attacks on their character, and I think many of them now embrace their idiosyncrasies a bit more. It helps them play their strengths more in society. So, yeah, +1 Insightful
No, the reason is Admin (root) access and the ease of which a hacker can obtain it. As stated above, it is much easier to get this on Windows than on OS X. Any program files that might have a negative impact on the OS X system must be authorized with the Admin password.
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I think the point was to have quality crowd-sourced code that solves a problem elegantly available for free and nondiscriminatory use. Businesses saw the value in FOSS because in many cases they didn't have to reinvent the wheel. I think the problem now is, FOSS supporters, contributors and programmers see that the software has real market value that they may not be cashing in on. Or rather, they have a romantic idea in their head that they can dictate usage policy to large profitable companies. IMHO, contributing to FOSS is a donation on your part, but does not imply charity.
Also, I have noticed that it will take me multiple viewings of the same episode to fully appreciate the humor in it.
My mistake, it is not enabled by default however shows up once you hide the menu bar. Thanks for pointing this out!
This feature appears to only work on Aero-enabled Windows OS's such as Vista and beyond.
He's being tagged as a conservative because it was a Democrat that was shot. Would the tables be turned if it was a Republican? Would we assume the shooter was a liberal? Doubtful.
Why wouldn't $NEWS_NETWORK_X assume that given the nature of discourse in this country? I am sensing you are either setting up a strawman otherwise this statement is woefully naive.
Good info here, I actually read that OSnews report when it first came out and was shocked at the fine print. I think Peter Bright's problem is that Google is taking a Paternalistic approach to the problem by completely excluding the codec instead of bringing all codecs into the loop and letting the user decide. I see other readers getting caught-up in the definition of "openness" or perhaps it's application. H.264 is a gratis codec with strings attached (patents) while WebM promises to be gratis and libre with no "gotchas" based on how you use it (business vs. personal).
Wouldn't whitelisting known good IPs of frequent internet destinations within your hosts.conf (or equivalent) file provide at least moderate protection against IP hijacking?
This might help you out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Also calling people ignorant doesn't help your case.
Or get satellite internet.
Forgot to log in. >_
I believe the .cn site was hosted in Florida at the time of The Incident and supposed compromising of Gmail accounts.
Also, if you own a Linksys WRT54G model router, of most firmware variations, you can get custom firmware that will track WLAN usage. It was quite handy when I had to pick a broadband connection plan when I moved to a new state.
I know a troll when I see one. Can you tell those guys that sign my paycheck to start actually raising salaries for the majority of their workforce, instead *just* for top management?
Terrorism is meant to cause terror while performing everyday activities or a general sense of fear and paranoia in the general population. General public != internet-using public, and I find it hard to believe that any type of act committed in cyberspace would cause such feelings in any average internet-using person. Until cyber-activity gets to a point where such activity causes personal harm, whether psychologically or physically, I would say the term cyber-terrorism has no relevancy to the general public.
Agreed. Someone must do this type of research with clearance level access. Better to have educated, vetted, background-checked individuals doing this than the public-at-large.
Corporations are fined when they are caught breaking the law because, so far, that's all the courts can do. Please explain how anyone can "lockup" a corporation and I'll be the first support it. The whole idea of incorporating is to AVOID personal responsibility. If someone could hold the CEO, or anyone in the company, personally responsible for the actions of a corporation then the whole concept of a corporation becomes mostly useless.
How about revoking their business charter like we used to do? That would be akin to locking them up.
If "Net Neutrality"= "treat traffic the same regardless of source and destination", then GOOD.
If "Net Neutrality"= "treat traffic the same regardless of protocol", then BAD.
I can imagine bittorrent applications, im sure the govt is being pressured by interest groups about this.
I did not see this one coming....
Where is the "It was fun but now I've moved on." option? Both praising it as a milestone in MMO gaming but at the same time suggesting there is more out there. If this is your way of evangelizing a WoW content patch then you forgot your [sarcasm] tags.
Perhaps, but the simple workaround would be a hardware router / firewall, preferably one that runs linux like Linksys WRT series.
We aren't talking about displays, we are talking about computers. If you are going to refute his statement about the PowerMac, how about offering up some hard evidence, instead of unrelated banter on Cinema displays.
Well said, and I whole-heartedly agree. My friends benefit from my constant attacks on their character, and I think many of them now embrace their idiosyncrasies a bit more. It helps them play their strengths more in society. So, yeah, +1 Insightful
No, the reason is Admin (root) access and the ease of which a hacker can obtain it. As stated above, it is much easier to get this on Windows than on OS X. Any program files that might have a negative impact on the OS X system must be authorized with the Admin password.
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