We have given government the ability to declare who is and isn't a criminal, and now you propose we allow them to do whatever they want in order to find criminals?
I don't know where you live... But in most western countries it the courts who decide who is and isn't a criminal...
When they strictly controls all apps, they are better suited for given the enduser a good experience since they'll be able to baby sit the user completely!
sadly enough people are simply too stupid to not install spyware and other bad software. People doesn't choose the best software... If Apple chooses to only host the best app in the their appstore then really iPhone has a huge potential, given that Apple can use their power correctly.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is seriously bad too. But sadly enough average Joe is so stupid that giving Apple full control of his phone is probably going to give him a better phone... Remember most users would give their password away for a piece of candy.
Even though their sim-card password maybe used for calling paid services and transfer money that way...
Last time I installed flash using the ubuntu package. It contained nothing... But it executed a post installation script that downloaded the binary tarball from adobes website and extracted it... I guess that why the packages breaks so often...
3: Software installation is still a mess. The other day, I tried to get Adobe's Flash player installed on a Debian system and I was not that successful till I installed from source. I do not see Joe Six Pack going through this.
You got flash from source... Please give me a copy... don't blame the community for that one... That's adobes error... And software installation sucks on windows... Really have a package manager is a killer app. It provides automatic system wide update, where else do you find that?
You can also build a closesource app onto of linux... There's an exception in the kernel GPL license... So building everything ontop of the linux kernel from scratch is possible... But that would take a long time.. And that's probably not what they're doing... OS X didn't get where it is today from one release... HP maybe just playing around with a simple linux interface for netbooks..
As far as I remember the anti-spam EU directive doesn't allow anonymous emails... E.g emails with fake sender-address are not legal...
However, what the deal with that... If you send an anonymous email who is going to punish you... If you're anonymous. If they do find you and drag you to court, then you weren't really anonymous in the first place.:)
I worked at a local factory this summer with no educational requirements what so ever and I got 25$ per hour.
I personally wouldn't consider 20$ a news worthy wage...
Note: I live in Denmark... so it was about 25$ per hour, + between 5$ and 10$ extra if you worked evening shift (in the late hours)...
so what configuration should you put in smb.conf? Cool, now email your reply to Canonical and see if someone will add it to the 'add smb networking' code.
I think it's in the comments of the smb.conf...
I think Canonical has 'blueprints' for such additions (ie 'lightweight feature requests)
I think I saw the blueprints once, but I think they've existed for quite a while...
Compare to the rest of the civilized world what you have is VERY strong capitalism...
So keep complaining about the US not being capitalistic enough, you are only going to increase the disparity between rich and poor (but hey, what do I care).
Actually you have to create a samba account to login with remotely...
Typing \\computername on windows will promt you for a username and password... Such username and password must be created using "sudo smbpasswd -a " in terminal... At least it's been that way all the time I've used Ubuntu...
I don't get it why samba isn't configured to let you login with you normal username/password... it's just a matter of altering smb config...
Agreed. It's a bit of flame-bait mentioning them in the summary...
If there's a bit of flame-bait in the summary it's probably because you should NOT use windows for mission critical stuff...
That's usually a job for Linux and UNIX systems... Then it really doesn't matter if it was a windows bug, a software bug, network bug or just a power outage... If you system runs windows and it dies, really a flame-bait in the summary is appropriate... especially on slashdot:)
But you could make it pretty damn hard... Like melting the chip in a hard plastic case with no wires out... Practically forcing you to destroy it, in order to open it...
Also one could consider cloneless using RF secure enough...
Yea... But if you succeed in implementing asymmetric cryptography on a chip that is powered by radio waves... Please let me see the algorithm... Cause I'd put my two cent that you have VERY limited computational power on such a device...
That was my first thought too...
1) Built very large ship
2) Sink it in international waters
3) Declare it a new nation and get Google fans to defend it...
4) Stop giving a **** about US and European privacy laws.
I guess step 2-3 could be skipped, but really wouldn't the courts block their domain if they seriously did not comply with court orders?
And if that's not the case why in the world would you want a floating datacenter? The connection has got to be unstable, yes they could probably do with downtime since they have everything 2-3 times different places...
But really... Wouldn't it be better to use the heat from the datacenter to generate power?
Somehow I've got a feel what if me, tux and few friends showed up at the Danish standardizations body people on the street would look weird at us... And that would be it...:)
Do I smell irony? Because if you don't believe that your government is here to help you then you should seriously consider moving to another country...
Of all the countries participating in ISO/OOXML standardization isn't it pretty amazing that South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Cuba are the ones that Microsoft can't buy...
I mean you'd expect western countries to have a certain level of integrity... Whereas less wealthy countries usually would be easier to bribe, but I guess not...
Okay, you can discuss whether or not the different countries/TC's was bribed, but dirty tricks were played!
In Denmark we pay by a similar system called PBS... but at the end of each month I get a list of bills and amounts that will be withdrawn from my account through PBS... So I have a few days to cancel payments... Also I think my bank can withdraw payments if necessary...
And if things go bad, I'll just showup in my bank saying you didn't tell me this could happen... Cause they really didn't tell me anything...:)
When everybody else does it, then sometimes it easier to just forget that you are smart and technologically superior, play dumb and get things done the easy way...:)
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you forgot to mention the rootkit and phone home features...
We have given government the ability to declare who is and isn't a criminal, and now you propose we allow them to do whatever they want in order to find criminals?
I don't know where you live... But in most western countries it the courts who decide who is and isn't a criminal...
When they strictly controls all apps, they are better suited for given the enduser a good experience since they'll be able to baby sit the user completely!
sadly enough people are simply too stupid to not install spyware and other bad software. People doesn't choose the best software... If Apple chooses to only host the best app in the their appstore then really iPhone has a huge potential, given that Apple can use their power correctly.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is seriously bad too. But sadly enough average Joe is so stupid that giving Apple full control of his phone is probably going to give him a better phone...
Remember most users would give their password away for a piece of candy.
Even though their sim-card password maybe used for calling paid services and transfer money that way...
Last time I installed flash using the ubuntu package. It contained nothing... But it executed a post installation script that downloaded the binary tarball from adobes website and extracted it... I guess that why the packages breaks so often...
If you read the EULA it says that they can terminate you license at anytime without any reason what so ever... :)
So you tell me, what did you buy?
3: Software installation is still a mess. The other day, I tried to get Adobe's Flash player installed on a Debian system and I was not that successful till I installed from source. I do not see Joe Six Pack going through this.
You got flash from source... Please give me a copy... don't blame the community for that one... That's adobes error... And software installation sucks on windows... Really have a package manager is a killer app. It provides automatic system wide update, where else do you find that?
You can also build a closesource app onto of linux... There's an exception in the kernel GPL license... So building everything ontop of the linux kernel from scratch is possible... But that would take a long time.. And that's probably not what they're doing... OS X didn't get where it is today from one release... HP maybe just playing around with a simple linux interface for netbooks..
As far as I remember the anti-spam EU directive doesn't allow anonymous emails... E.g emails with fake sender-address are not legal... However, what the deal with that... If you send an anonymous email who is going to punish you... If you're anonymous. If they do find you and drag you to court, then you weren't really anonymous in the first place. :)
Is it a good pay?
I worked at a local factory this summer with no educational requirements what so ever and I got 25$ per hour.
I personally wouldn't consider 20$ a news worthy wage...
Note: I live in Denmark... so it was about 25$ per hour, + between 5$ and 10$ extra if you worked evening shift (in the late hours)...
so what configuration should you put in smb.conf? Cool, now email your reply to Canonical and see if someone will add it to the 'add smb networking' code.
I think it's in the comments of the smb.conf...
I think Canonical has 'blueprints' for such additions (ie 'lightweight feature requests)
I think I saw the blueprints once, but I think they've existed for quite a while...
So keep complaining about the US not being capitalistic enough, you are only going to increase the disparity between rich and poor (but hey, what do I care).
To grandparent:
What economic system do you prefer to capitalism?
I'd go with libralsocialism...
Actually you have to create a samba account to login with remotely...
Typing \\computername on windows will promt you for a username and password... Such username and password must be created using "sudo smbpasswd -a " in terminal... At least it's been that way all the time I've used Ubuntu... I don't get it why samba isn't configured to let you login with you normal username/password... it's just a matter of altering smb config...
Agreed. It's a bit of flame-bait mentioning them in the summary...
If there's a bit of flame-bait in the summary it's probably because you should NOT use windows for mission critical stuff...
:)
That's usually a job for Linux and UNIX systems... Then it really doesn't matter if it was a windows bug, a software bug, network bug or just a power outage... If you system runs windows and it dies, really a flame-bait in the summary is appropriate... especially on slashdot
You can't...
But you could make it pretty damn hard... Like melting the chip in a hard plastic case with no wires out... Practically forcing you to destroy it, in order to open it...
Also one could consider cloneless using RF secure enough...
Yea... But if you succeed in implementing asymmetric cryptography on a chip that is powered by radio waves... Please let me see the algorithm... Cause I'd put my two cent that you have VERY limited computational power on such a device...
That was my first thought too...
1) Built very large ship
2) Sink it in international waters
3) Declare it a new nation and get Google fans to defend it...
4) Stop giving a **** about US and European privacy laws.
I guess step 2-3 could be skipped, but really wouldn't the courts block their domain if they seriously did not comply with court orders?
And if that's not the case why in the world would you want a floating datacenter? The connection has got to be unstable, yes they could probably do with downtime since they have everything 2-3 times different places...
But really... Wouldn't it be better to use the heat from the datacenter to generate power?
Somehow I've got a feel what if me, tux and few friends showed up at the Danish standardizations body people on the street would look weird at us... And that would be it... :)
If it was possible for an intelligence agency they probably wouldn't want to tell anybody about it... :)
However, I think the Challenge is okay... Since it proves that it's not possible to do it for anybody who wants to sue you...
Because in USA that idea would be seen as socialistic -> communistic...
Beside there's bandwidth limits and lots of other practical issues... Especially if you wish to go a few hundred kilometers using that method.
Do I smell irony? Because if you don't believe that your government is here to help you then you should seriously consider moving to another country...
Of all the countries participating in ISO/OOXML standardization isn't it pretty amazing that South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Cuba are the ones that Microsoft can't buy...
I mean you'd expect western countries to have a certain level of integrity... Whereas less wealthy countries usually would be easier to bribe, but I guess not...
Okay, you can discuss whether or not the different countries/TC's was bribed, but dirty tricks were played!
I guess it depends on what country you live in... :)
In Denmark we pay by a similar system called PBS... but at the end of each month I get a list of bills and amounts that will be withdrawn from my account through PBS... So I have a few days to cancel payments... Also I think my bank can withdraw payments if necessary...
:)
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And if things go bad, I'll just showup in my bank saying you didn't tell me this could happen... Cause they really didn't tell me anything...
When everybody else does it, then sometimes it easier to just forget that you are smart and technologically superior, play dumb and get things done the easy way...
How silly. No, every woman does not dream of that. I got married in Vegas...
Are you a women?
:)
If so, don't bother claiming it... Nobody on slashdot would believe you anyway...
Today's competitive commerce does not allow that kind of research and innovation at all
Which is why government founded basic research is not a bad idea...