If at least one average slashdotter is not in a position to do something technically about this problem then who are you suggesting - I've just nipped over to flowerarranging.about.com and they're stumped.
The GP is absolutely correct, the police can't/won't do anything about it, it's up to technically minded individuals either working for Microsoft or an associated security software vendor to sort it out. And I'm full sure that at least some of them are average slashdotters or similar.
I've just read on theregister.co.uk about how theatres in hospitals are being shut down because of this thing and other security problems on Windows and frankly that's just not good enough.
...and if IE became more standards compliant, then standards "complaintness", would become a higher priority for Firefox as well (they do have other things to worry about at the moment).
Currently, there's not much point in Mozilla putting a lot of effort into compliance, when their main competitor is so bad at it, and there are so many (happily dwindling) web developers that don't know that 'Best viewed in IE5.5 or higher' is not a good thing to put on your website.
Is it just me? - or is it completely terrifying that someone in the marketing department of the MoD thought that that ad would inspire confidence in the safety of the UK's nuclear arsenal?
Lightweight, that's still the Windows way - operating on individual targets, tut, tut, tut. This would require far too much from the Weapons Administrator. Should be: grep "enemy" ocean/* | killall
What you are saying is that the best way to remember the holocaust, is to allow the proliferation of an idea that promotes the removal of all references to it from the records and history books, the dismissal of all witnesses to it, and the obliteration of all evidence of it including the concentration camps and any memorials.
What's that? Reverse psychology?
I don't disagree with you that censorship is, in principle, a bad thing. However, there are circumstances where it is a necessary evil - such as ensuring that the most heinous crime ever committed is not allowed to be forgotten, especially by those that perpetrated it.
Just kidding. But your views are a product of your environment.
I presume that you also would never want to see a similar situation arise in your country where you are ruled by a megalomaniac for 10 years, at the end of which your country is blown to smithereens then divided in two (one half to suffer the predations of another bunch of megalomaniacs for 40 more years) and to have to assume along with all your fellow citizens and your progeny collective responsibility for the murder of millions of innocent men, women and children.
And until you have, and have lived in the conditioned aftermath of this, it is hard to say how you would feel.
This "censorship" is occurring as a consequence of the UK's application of its child protection laws.
Now, we can have a discussion about how they have made a complete balls of implementing it, in which case I cannot disagree - but if you are saying that freedom of speech should protect child pornography then I'm sorry but your "freedom of speech" is seriously flawed.
On top of which, the United States, from whence I assume you speak, also does not recognise child pornography as protected.
Like how the EU decided to boycott Austria when the "wrong party" (Jurg Haider's) got too many votes for their taste?
The EU did not boycott Austria, the member states of the EU agreed not to have bi-lateral engagements with Austria. Each member state, as a sovereign nation, is perfectly within its right to object to the choices of another.
The only role that the EU could play was to act as a mediator to ensure that the situation got resolved. And guess what? That's exactly what they did.
And how Belgium criminalised the Vlaams Blok party?
Belgium did not criminalize Vlaams Blok, they broke the law. The same law that everyone else had to adhere to.
But more importantly, what has that go to do with the EU? Next you'll start blaming the EU for Zimbabwe or Iraq.
We were in Sainsbury's buying nappies (diapers) and they were £13.50 for 88 - and with the Euro at parity (or near at the time) that was practically half price. So we bought the lot, although there were only 10 packets (thereby denying the hard working mothers of Lurgan) - piled the whole lot into the trolley and ran for the door (via another £200 worth of shopping and the checkout).
I was full sure someone would tap us on the shoulder and ask us what we wanted so many for - but they didn't. So we bailed into our metric car and made hell for leather for the border (stopping only briefly at Boots to buy them out of nappies too - and at B&Q for a half price shower system for the spare bedroom).
Safe at last, back in the land of freedom and high prices - it was close but we made it...
The fundamentals of socialism is about who owns and controls the capital in the means of production. In a capitalist system it is individuals - in the socialist system it is the state.
Now whatever you say about this investment in OSS, you can't say it's socialism unless the state expects a measure on control of the OSS projects, which they are not.
One can say that this is government intervention in free market capitalism - and the free market capitalist will, true to form, roll out the "Socialism" bogeyman to batter any attempts at government intervention. Unfortunately, the free market is, excuse my French, fucked. The economic crisis we are all going through at the moment is because of Lassez Faire principals which have had their day in court and come up serious wanting. It is time to try something else.
To suggest that there is only either "Reckless Abandon Free Market Capitalism" or "Soviet Style Communist Socialism" is a nonsense. It is quite possible to have a capitalist system that involves a sensible government intervention and regulation, that is not socialist.
(Although other than the use of the term Socialism, on the grounds that it will be intentionally abused by the dim-witted jingoists, I agree with everything else you said).
Ok, maybe that's a little blase, but there are two points that have to be considered here:
1. Ireland is not nor never has been a manufacturing country. Sure there have be some manufacturing companies such as Dell, but essentially Ireland is a combination of a strong agricultural and tourism in rural areas with technological and financial bias in the urban areas. Dell is nice to have, and I feel sorry for those that have lost their jobs in Limerick - but it is not a core industry, even if it is a core employer.
2. Ireland has been growing at an incredible rate over the past 10 years, far faster than anyone could possibly hope to adapt to. Looking at the government's actions over this period, they have acted like lottery winners, squandering the growth to create an ever-burgeoning public sector. Coincidentally, the National Competitiveness Council in Ireland established that our competitiveness has deteriorated by 32% over this period. This loss as well as others is a good wake up call - and an opportunity to regroup and establish a firmer foundation for the future.
It is also important to note that Dell is not leaving Ireland - they are closing their manufacturing plant. Ireland's corporate tax rate is still extremely attractive to US companies.
...and when Microsoft have third party support ranging from acquiescence to mindless obedience to the exclusion of all others, complaining that it's a biased disadvantage in a benchmark is a bit rich.
The point that is missed by this guy is that Linux doesn't need a year of the Desktop.
Linux market share is about 1%-1.5%, something small - but growing at a substantial rate. Now, a lot of small is still small, so by the end of next year it will only be a little bit bigger and Microsoft's market share will only be a little bit smaller. But if you compound that year on year, then all Linux needs is time. And unlike Microsoft, that's something it has plenty of - a commercial reality that, you can be sure, the boys in Redmond are all too aware of.
Humble Pie like Christmas Pudding is at its best when it is left to season and mature, and I'm pretty sure our friend here is going to be able to eat his fill.
Obviously this is statistically complete poo, but having a look at a couple of sites that I have Google analytics running on and IE is down consistently by about 5-10% with Firefox filling in the blanks.
As we all know browser stats are complete nonsense anyway, but change in relative market share after a hyped event like this one is still of interest.
It will take a while before these figures can be considered indicative, but maybe there is a change in the air.
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Or if the Russians had been a little bit more successful in 1939, it would have been called Linux.
Small black holes are far less dangerous than made out to be.
A while back we had a family of small black holes living in our basement, and I found that if you didn't bother them, they wouldn't bother you.
The wife wanted rid of them, but I said no, they're not doing any harm to anyone - and anyway we never used that part of the basement.
Eventually they just moved on.
...and again a week after Vista was released.
If at least one average slashdotter is not in a position to do something technically about this problem then who are you suggesting - I've just nipped over to flowerarranging.about.com and they're stumped.
The GP is absolutely correct, the police can't/won't do anything about it, it's up to technically minded individuals either working for Microsoft or an associated security software vendor to sort it out. And I'm full sure that at least some of them are average slashdotters or similar.
I've just read on theregister.co.uk about how theatres in hospitals are being shut down because of this thing and other security problems on Windows and frankly that's just not good enough.
...and if IE became more standards compliant, then standards "complaintness", would become a higher priority for Firefox as well (they do have other things to worry about at the moment).
Currently, there's not much point in Mozilla putting a lot of effort into compliance, when their main competitor is so bad at it, and there are so many (happily dwindling) web developers that don't know that 'Best viewed in IE5.5 or higher' is not a good thing to put on your website.
Sorry, that went right over my head.
God bless you sir.
Ok, apart from the humanism, trade, Erasmus and Spinoza - what have the Dutch ever done for us?!
Is it just me? - or is it completely terrifying that someone in the marketing department of the MoD thought that that ad would inspire confidence in the safety of the UK's nuclear arsenal?
Lightweight, that's still the Windows way - operating on individual targets, tut, tut, tut. This would require far too much from the Weapons Administrator.
Should be:
grep "enemy" ocean/* | killall
What you are saying is that the best way to remember the holocaust, is to allow the proliferation of an idea that promotes the removal of all references to it from the records and history books, the dismissal of all witnesses to it, and the obliteration of all evidence of it including the concentration camps and any memorials.
What's that? Reverse psychology?
I don't disagree with you that censorship is, in principle, a bad thing. However, there are circumstances where it is a necessary evil - such as ensuring that the most heinous crime ever committed is not allowed to be forgotten, especially by those that perpetrated it.
Oh great! So some day this muppet is going to be my boss.
Although to be fair, I've had stupider bosses.
Then you should stay in your own country!!!
Just kidding. But your views are a product of your environment.
I presume that you also would never want to see a similar situation arise in your country where you are ruled by a megalomaniac for 10 years, at the end of which your country is blown to smithereens then divided in two (one half to suffer the predations of another bunch of megalomaniacs for 40 more years) and to have to assume along with all your fellow citizens and your progeny collective responsibility for the murder of millions of innocent men, women and children.
And until you have, and have lived in the conditioned aftermath of this, it is hard to say how you would feel.
This "censorship" is occurring as a consequence of the UK's application of its child protection laws.
Now, we can have a discussion about how they have made a complete balls of implementing it, in which case I cannot disagree - but if you are saying that freedom of speech should protect child pornography then I'm sorry but your "freedom of speech" is seriously flawed.
On top of which, the United States, from whence I assume you speak, also does not recognise child pornography as protected.
Like how the EU decided to boycott Austria when the "wrong party" (Jurg Haider's) got too many votes for their taste?
The EU did not boycott Austria, the member states of the EU agreed not to have bi-lateral engagements with Austria. Each member state, as a sovereign nation, is perfectly within its right to object to the choices of another.
The only role that the EU could play was to act as a mediator to ensure that the situation got resolved. And guess what? That's exactly what they did.
And how Belgium criminalised the Vlaams Blok party?
Belgium did not criminalize Vlaams Blok, they broke the law. The same law that everyone else had to adhere to.
But more importantly, what has that go to do with the EU? Next you'll start blaming the EU for Zimbabwe or Iraq.
What's this "posting on slashdot" thing you keep mumbling about? And what's an "internet"?
Dude, you gotta snap out of it. We've a big stack of betamax tapes over here for you to watch, if you'd just come back to us.
...200 students...
They clearly just haven't built up adequate resistance yet.
I know exactly what you mean.
We were in Sainsbury's buying nappies (diapers) and they were £13.50 for 88 - and with the Euro at parity (or near at the time) that was practically half price. So we bought the lot, although there were only 10 packets (thereby denying the hard working mothers of Lurgan) - piled the whole lot into the trolley and ran for the door (via another £200 worth of shopping and the checkout).
I was full sure someone would tap us on the shoulder and ask us what we wanted so many for - but they didn't. So we bailed into our metric car and made hell for leather for the border (stopping only briefly at Boots to buy them out of nappies too - and at B&Q for a half price shower system for the spare bedroom).
Safe at last, back in the land of freedom and high prices - it was close but we made it...
The fundamentals of socialism is about who owns and controls the capital in the means of production. In a capitalist system it is individuals - in the socialist system it is the state.
Now whatever you say about this investment in OSS, you can't say it's socialism unless the state expects a measure on control of the OSS projects, which they are not.
One can say that this is government intervention in free market capitalism - and the free market capitalist will, true to form, roll out the "Socialism" bogeyman to batter any attempts at government intervention. Unfortunately, the free market is, excuse my French, fucked. The economic crisis we are all going through at the moment is because of Lassez Faire principals which have had their day in court and come up serious wanting. It is time to try something else.
To suggest that there is only either "Reckless Abandon Free Market Capitalism" or "Soviet Style Communist Socialism" is a nonsense. It is quite possible to have a capitalist system that involves a sensible government intervention and regulation, that is not socialist.
(Although other than the use of the term Socialism, on the grounds that it will be intentionally abused by the dim-witted jingoists, I agree with everything else you said).
Yeah Britain! All you need is a credit card and a ridiculous exchange rate.
Ok, maybe that's a little blase, but there are two points that have to be considered here:
1. Ireland is not nor never has been a manufacturing country. Sure there have be some manufacturing companies such as Dell, but essentially Ireland is a combination of a strong agricultural and tourism in rural areas with technological and financial bias in the urban areas. Dell is nice to have, and I feel sorry for those that have lost their jobs in Limerick - but it is not a core industry, even if it is a core employer.
2. Ireland has been growing at an incredible rate over the past 10 years, far faster than anyone could possibly hope to adapt to. Looking at the government's actions over this period, they have acted like lottery winners, squandering the growth to create an ever-burgeoning public sector. Coincidentally, the National Competitiveness Council in Ireland established that our competitiveness has deteriorated by 32% over this period. This loss as well as others is a good wake up call - and an opportunity to regroup and establish a firmer foundation for the future.
It is also important to note that Dell is not leaving Ireland - they are closing their manufacturing plant. Ireland's corporate tax rate is still extremely attractive to US companies.
...and when Microsoft have third party support ranging from acquiescence to mindless obedience to the exclusion of all others, complaining that it's a biased disadvantage in a benchmark is a bit rich.
(Or is that 21, not quite sure).
The point that is missed by this guy is that Linux doesn't need a year of the Desktop.
Linux market share is about 1%-1.5%, something small - but growing at a substantial rate. Now, a lot of small is still small, so by the end of next year it will only be a little bit bigger and Microsoft's market share will only be a little bit smaller. But if you compound that year on year, then all Linux needs is time. And unlike Microsoft, that's something it has plenty of - a commercial reality that, you can be sure, the boys in Redmond are all too aware of.
Humble Pie like Christmas Pudding is at its best when it is left to season and mature, and I'm pretty sure our friend here is going to be able to eat his fill.
Obviously this is statistically complete poo, but having a look at a couple of sites that I have Google analytics running on and IE is down consistently by about 5-10% with Firefox filling in the blanks.
As we all know browser stats are complete nonsense anyway, but change in relative market share after a hyped event like this one is still of interest.
It will take a while before these figures can be considered indicative, but maybe there is a change in the air.
How about:
Internet Explorer: Everything will be fine if you just wait a minute!