The law, prission, jail was not created to punish people... quite the contrary, it was created so people would rethink about their acts, it's sort of rehab. We must stop acting like cavemans.
Why does this surprises us at all? It was a bit obvious that the switch had to do more with money (since IBM didn't want to lower their prices for Apple) than by the mere ideology of which processor Apple feel is better. Hello, wake up.
Really comparing Linux vs Mac OS X is very much pointless... Now, Darwin (XNU) vs Linux would be more interesting... especially Darwin running Xorg and KDE (or GNOME) vs Linux running Xorg running KDE (or GNOME)... that would be more fair, I believe.
Really, if the problem was that the servers were unpatched, why is that supposed to be something embarrassing to Microsoft?, I say that the ones who should be embarrassed are the systems administrators who are mediocre enough to not patch their systems knowing how much risk was and is at stake!
This type of problem would have been likely to happen in just about any other unpatched operating system... be it UNIX or not UNIX, it would' have not made any difference whatsoever.
Well it depends very much on which way you wish to look at it. if you want to count which is the Operating System that most servers use, then yes, it's fundamentally flawed. But in the other hand, if you want to see which operating system people prefer when it comes to their websites decissions, etc... it pretty much serves the purpose.
Apple's XNU (Darwin), is simply superior in many ways. With the OS X kernel you simply get the best of both worlds, the best things of a monolithic BSD kernel, while a lot of advance features of the Mach microkernel.
Apple's XNU is the way kernels will be in the future. The future is Hybrid kernels. Stop arguing.
Yes, the community can benefit from it. Not in they way they might like, but still, they can still benefit from it. The source code is available, they can use that source code to get ideas. What Apple is doing is perfectly fine and above all, legally and morally OK.
What's the matter here? I'm seeing a lot of Slashdotters arguing whether this statistics are worthless because it represents the users of that particular website. But it's almost certain that when the statistics exceed the 10 thousand surveyed users it pretty much represent a whole community (That's why they are statistics!) And it represents it more, since it's a desktop Linux website, it doesn't represent a particular window environment. I don't understand why all the whining. People get mad when what they use "isn't winning". NEWSFLASH: Shut the fuck up, take a Xanax and relax pal, this is not a race, and it is merely a survey. Be happy, the overall growth that they show is good; it means more people have adopted Linux in their desktop.
I do not watch TV! -- Oh believe me, Puerto Rican TV stations suck man! You sit in your sofa, get confortable to watch TV and after 3 minutes you go like "Oh-ah, sckk!!" and pass out. Seriously, stay way off the Puerto Rican TV channels!
"Being RISC doesn't automagically make a processor faster. G4s have a slower bus than Athlons had in 1999."
And having more bus doesn't automatically make a processor faster either. The Motorola G4 (and PowerPC in general), gives me more performance per CPU cycle, than _any_ x86 CPU. Oh, and above all, their quality and efficiency is something you will never find on any x86 processor... well perhaps, on the VIA CPU's.:)
I see a lot of Slashdotters arguing wether the Mac Mini is cheap or not.
I should just say a few things, RISC processors (specially PowerPC ones) aren't "cheap", so IMO, for 500 bucks you're getting a great processor, well-engineered box, among other things. Come one, you wouldn't really compare Dell vs Apple, would you?.
I have other arguments for lowering the drinking age, if your old enough to go to war and kill other human beings, why the hell you aren't old enough to drink?
It is my opinion, that yes, probably they will drink less, because (drinking) it's not going to be mysterious anymore, thus won't be cool. But, this not entierly about protecting who you are on the net, but at the same time teaching you how to think like a hacker, which, is what I mean.
Theoretically speaking is good. Practically speaking is not. I just got out of high school and even though a program like this would've been interesting, I know, that not everyone has the maturity to use this information. Yes, it's good, that they teach you how to protect yourself, but giving this information is as good as if they give you a gun and try to teach you how to use a gun "ethically". Some people will actually serve the purpose of the program, while others simply will not.
Like I said, theoretically speaking, it's OK. Practically speaking, it will fail their purpose.
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The law, prission, jail was not created to punish people... quite the contrary, it was created so people would rethink about their acts, it's sort of rehab. We must stop acting like cavemans.
Why does this surprises us at all? It was a bit obvious that the switch had to do more with money (since IBM didn't want to lower their prices for Apple) than by the mere ideology of which processor Apple feel is better. Hello, wake up.
Linux geeks suffer of this problem thanks to KDE! Konqueror, Konversation!, blame those kock suckers!
Really comparing Linux vs Mac OS X is very much pointless... Now, Darwin (XNU) vs Linux would be more interesting... especially Darwin running Xorg and KDE (or GNOME) vs Linux running Xorg running KDE (or GNOME)... that would be more fair, I believe.
Really, if the problem was that the servers were unpatched, why is that supposed to be something embarrassing to Microsoft?, I say that the ones who should be embarrassed are the systems administrators who are mediocre enough to not patch their systems knowing how much risk was and is at stake!
This type of problem would have been likely to happen in just about any other unpatched operating system... be it UNIX or not UNIX, it would' have not made any difference whatsoever.
But at least there are more secure http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox ones...
Well it depends very much on which way you wish to look at it. if you want to count which is the Operating System that most servers use, then yes, it's fundamentally flawed. But in the other hand, if you want to see which operating system people prefer when it comes to their websites decissions, etc... it pretty much serves the purpose.
"GNU/linux that is thanks you very much."
No, we thank God that you do not work on marketing. Refrain of spelling such an ugly and unpronounceable name. Guh-noo slash Linux... what the fuck?
"It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need
and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."
-- Unkown.
Apple's XNU (Darwin), is simply superior in many ways. With the OS X kernel you simply get the best of both worlds, the best things of a monolithic BSD kernel, while a lot of advance features of the Mach microkernel.
Apple's XNU is the way kernels will be in the future. The future is Hybrid kernels. Stop arguing.
Yes, the community can benefit from it. Not in they way they might like, but still, they can still benefit from it. The source code is available, they can use that source code to get ideas. What Apple is doing is perfectly fine and above all, legally and morally OK.
REPENT! QUIT YOUR JOB! -- The WOLRD ends TOMORROW and YOU may DIE!
What's the matter here? I'm seeing a lot of Slashdotters arguing whether this statistics are worthless because it represents the users of that particular website. But it's almost certain that when the statistics exceed the 10 thousand surveyed users it pretty much represent a whole community (That's why they are statistics!) And it represents it more, since it's a desktop Linux website, it doesn't represent a particular window environment. I don't understand why all the whining. People get mad when what they use "isn't winning". NEWSFLASH: Shut the fuck up, take a Xanax and relax pal, this is not a race, and it is merely a survey. Be happy, the overall growth that they show is good; it means more people have adopted Linux in their desktop.
Fuck them!...
Okay, okay... I take it back, UnFuck them.
E.T. phone home.
I do not watch TV! -- Oh believe me, Puerto Rican TV stations suck man! You sit in your sofa, get confortable to watch TV and after 3 minutes you go like "Oh-ah, sckk!!" and pass out. Seriously, stay way off the Puerto Rican TV channels!
"Being RISC doesn't automagically make a processor faster. G4s have a slower bus than Athlons had in 1999."
:)
And having more bus doesn't automatically make a processor faster either. The Motorola G4 (and PowerPC in general), gives me more performance per CPU cycle, than _any_ x86 CPU. Oh, and above all, their quality and efficiency is something you will never find on any x86 processor... well perhaps, on the VIA CPU's.
I see a lot of Slashdotters arguing wether the Mac Mini is cheap or not.
I should just say a few things, RISC processors (specially PowerPC ones) aren't "cheap", so IMO, for 500 bucks you're getting a great processor, well-engineered box, among other things. Come one, you wouldn't really compare Dell vs Apple, would you?.
I have other arguments for lowering the drinking age, if your old enough to go to war and kill other human beings, why the hell you aren't old enough to drink?
It is my opinion, that yes, probably they will drink less, because (drinking) it's not going to be mysterious anymore, thus won't be cool. But, this not entierly about protecting who you are on the net, but at the same time teaching you how to think like a hacker, which, is what I mean.
Theoretically speaking is good. Practically speaking is not. I just got out of high school and even though a program like this would've been interesting, I know, that not everyone has the maturity to use this information. Yes, it's good, that they teach you how to protect yourself, but giving this information is as good as if they give you a gun and try to teach you how to use a gun "ethically". Some people will actually serve the purpose of the program, while others simply will not.
Like I said, theoretically speaking, it's OK. Practically speaking, it will fail their purpose.
"IMO RSS is one of the best things to hit the net since porn" -- And in my opinion you're wrong mister!, NetCraft 0wNZ R55!