All that is quoted in the article is that someone said they are afraid of Microsoft. That in itself doesn't even come close to a smoking gun against microsoft.
I suspect whoever controls (or fails to control) monopolies there might disagree. When a monopoly has purchasers afraid to do business with competitors, the fundamental supply-and-demand mechanism at the heart of the capitalist trading system is completely undermined. Also, being "afraid of microsoft" is vastly different from being afraid that microsoft's products might be a better choice.
Yep. I don't really get why people avoid "one" anyway though. Here in the UK, it's usually avoided because people don't want to sound "posh", since only the aristocracy really use "one". However, when people are already showing off their brains by writing a thesis or some article on the virtues of video formats on a world-renowned encyclopedia site, it makes a lot of sense to simply use one then too.
We have evolved beyond tribalism because we simply cannot do things that way any more.
Ahh, but recognising this is important, because now, it might be possible once again. At one time, it was possible for everyone in a community to instantly share a musical creation, and so issues like distribution and copyright weren't very important. Then, distribution rights and organisations were necessary. Now, again, anyone can have music distributed to them (or by them) instantly.
Likewise, what was once possible (tribe-like management of our community) may again be possible. Or it may not. I'm just saying we need to explore these things, in light of new communication capabilities, etc.
Actually RMS has now merged with RBS. Collectively, they're now known as the Royal Bank of Stallman. You can put money in, but only if you agree that anyone can take it out.
(this is a joke, by the way, and should not in any way be taken as a criticism of RMS, his principles, or the Free Software movement)
And that's the easy part. Try downloading a tar file from some crazy Dr. Who open source project and finding it's bigger inside than out... oh, wait...
whatever ideology your espousing here it's quite frightening. It makes me very glad people only get one vote.
You clearly haven't given it much thought. Most small tribes do this just fine: they KNOW their potential leaders, and so it's clear which is the wisest, most ethical candidate. There is no totalitarianism or anarchism required; only the common sense to not put someone in charge when you've no idea what kind of person they are.
The article states that this is like a syn flood, but on the HTTP level, rather than the TCP level. So essentially, it sounds like a flaw in previous understanding of HTTP, which will now be rectified by patching servers INCLUDING Apache.
It's a pity the reports of affected servers wasn't more comprehensive though; I'd like to know where Cherokee and nginx stand.
I'm pretty sure that almost ANYONE in their shoes would have done the same
Which is why we shouldn't be electing just anyone, but testing their ethics and wisdom etc. at least, or better yet, not electing representatives at all.
I'd be very surprised if that applies to tracking IPs on a webserver for normal (non-business/marketing) IT purposes. In the most extreme interpretation, of "without" it, all TCP-based protocols would be useless. In less extreme interpretations, you'd have TCP, but most of the stateful web apps (the ones that use IP as part of their session key) wouldn't work. In the minimal interpretation, you'd have stateful web apps, but you'd have trouble tracking down faults, doing normal system diagnostics, counteracting fraud, assisting police investigations, etc.
Until you realize they will just lower their speeds.
Even a fully utilised uncapped 2Mbps line has far more transfer potential than the vast majority of 8Mbps+ capped packages. They won't be able to lower speeds enough without customers shopping around for a better deal, which is what you want, because then they'll have to compete on what they're being paid to provide: network capacity.
What are you talking about? People attack your servers, and you hunt them down and kill them? When people attack your server, you find the responsible network block's admins abuse address, and report the IP and the problem. If they fail to act, and you continue to see attacks from that ISP, then you report that ISP upstream. None of that requires you knowing the individual(s) involved, and rightly so, since it could be the ISP pretending to be the individuals, for instance.
As for hurting more than helping... a swedish feminist politician recently compared (very directly, in a short post about that subject alone) file sharing to rape. Are you really saying you don't value privacy of your IP address in a world like that, considering that people have been killed in mob violence when they were mistakenly believed to be child molesters, for instance?
Please think a little more about what you're saying. It's often said, but nonetheless true, that those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.
It's a very good question. Britain has been involved in the affairs of just about every country on Earth at one time or another, both influencing it, and being influenced by it. Even ignoring that fact, a strong case could be made that anything in Europe or the Commonwealth has to do with british culture, since britain founded one and jointly founded and subscribed to the other. More importantly, closer to home, there are lots of issues with government promoting one culture over others, since it's supposed to be a multicultural society. For instance, in Scotland, they have to support Scots-Gaelic as well as English. In Northern Ireland, it's even more complicated, as they (legally) have to support Ulster-Scots as well as Irish language and culture and British culture. I'm pretty sure there are similar issues with Islam, Hindu culture, etc.
Seems to me that it won't be long before someone is suing the government on the basis that they're being discriminated against as game developers, because they're from a non-English background.
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Come now. He didn't say it needed to be a BIG space elevator.
AFAIK, it's not possible in the UK either.
I suspect whoever controls (or fails to control) monopolies there might disagree. When a monopoly has purchasers afraid to do business with competitors, the fundamental supply-and-demand mechanism at the heart of the capitalist trading system is completely undermined. Also, being "afraid of microsoft" is vastly different from being afraid that microsoft's products might be a better choice.
Good point. I guess it should be "What did your friend say?", but that's long-winded for modern use.
Never underestimate the awesome power of reality distortion fields.
Smart McDonalds people?
Yep. I don't really get why people avoid "one" anyway though. Here in the UK, it's usually avoided because people don't want to sound "posh", since only the aristocracy really use "one". However, when people are already showing off their brains by writing a thesis or some article on the virtues of video formats on a world-renowned encyclopedia site, it makes a lot of sense to simply use one then too.
They is more correct than she, if you're referring to a group.
Wiki is a type of thing, not a thing. You mean wikipedia.
Ahh, but recognising this is important, because now, it might be possible once again. At one time, it was possible for everyone in a community to instantly share a musical creation, and so issues like distribution and copyright weren't very important. Then, distribution rights and organisations were necessary. Now, again, anyone can have music distributed to them (or by them) instantly.
Likewise, what was once possible (tribe-like management of our community) may again be possible. Or it may not. I'm just saying we need to explore these things, in light of new communication capabilities, etc.
Actually RMS has now merged with RBS. Collectively, they're now known as the Royal Bank of Stallman. You can put money in, but only if you agree that anyone can take it out.
(this is a joke, by the way, and should not in any way be taken as a criticism of RMS, his principles, or the Free Software movement)
Dear World,
Please stop referring to our rovers as fossils.
Thanks,
NASA.
And that's the easy part. Try downloading a tar file from some crazy Dr. Who open source project and finding it's bigger inside than out... oh, wait...
You clearly haven't given it much thought. Most small tribes do this just fine: they KNOW their potential leaders, and so it's clear which is the wisest, most ethical candidate. There is no totalitarianism or anarchism required; only the common sense to not put someone in charge when you've no idea what kind of person they are.
Yes, but which one?
The article states that this is like a syn flood, but on the HTTP level, rather than the TCP level. So essentially, it sounds like a flaw in previous understanding of HTTP, which will now be rectified by patching servers INCLUDING Apache.
It's a pity the reports of affected servers wasn't more comprehensive though; I'd like to know where Cherokee and nginx stand.
Which is why we shouldn't be electing just anyone, but testing their ethics and wisdom etc. at least, or better yet, not electing representatives at all.
Some honest two-way dialog is what's needed, not preaching the old way.
I'd be very surprised if that applies to tracking IPs on a webserver for normal (non-business/marketing) IT purposes. In the most extreme interpretation, of "without" it, all TCP-based protocols would be useless. In less extreme interpretations, you'd have TCP, but most of the stateful web apps (the ones that use IP as part of their session key) wouldn't work. In the minimal interpretation, you'd have stateful web apps, but you'd have trouble tracking down faults, doing normal system diagnostics, counteracting fraud, assisting police investigations, etc.
Even a fully utilised uncapped 2Mbps line has far more transfer potential than the vast majority of 8Mbps+ capped packages. They won't be able to lower speeds enough without customers shopping around for a better deal, which is what you want, because then they'll have to compete on what they're being paid to provide: network capacity.
More generally, it's being surpassed by the KHTML-based Webkit, not just on Safari/iPhone, but soon on Nokia's Qt as well.
I'm kind of disappointed with where KDE has gone with v4, but even if it dies out, Webkit, DBUS, and LGPL Qt are all pretty amazing legacies.
In some configurations, the rule is deny first, then allow. In others, it's the opposite.
What are you talking about? People attack your servers, and you hunt them down and kill them? When people attack your server, you find the responsible network block's admins abuse address, and report the IP and the problem. If they fail to act, and you continue to see attacks from that ISP, then you report that ISP upstream. None of that requires you knowing the individual(s) involved, and rightly so, since it could be the ISP pretending to be the individuals, for instance.
As for hurting more than helping... a swedish feminist politician recently compared (very directly, in a short post about that subject alone) file sharing to rape. Are you really saying you don't value privacy of your IP address in a world like that, considering that people have been killed in mob violence when they were mistakenly believed to be child molesters, for instance?
Please think a little more about what you're saying. It's often said, but nonetheless true, that those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.
No, but it's related to this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8104645.stm
It's a very good question. Britain has been involved in the affairs of just about every country on Earth at one time or another, both influencing it, and being influenced by it. Even ignoring that fact, a strong case could be made that anything in Europe or the Commonwealth has to do with british culture, since britain founded one and jointly founded and subscribed to the other. More importantly, closer to home, there are lots of issues with government promoting one culture over others, since it's supposed to be a multicultural society. For instance, in Scotland, they have to support Scots-Gaelic as well as English. In Northern Ireland, it's even more complicated, as they (legally) have to support Ulster-Scots as well as Irish language and culture and British culture. I'm pretty sure there are similar issues with Islam, Hindu culture, etc.
Seems to me that it won't be long before someone is suing the government on the basis that they're being discriminated against as game developers, because they're from a non-English background.