... of Surrey, England, compared bugs in Oracle and SQL Server that were reported and fixed between December 2000 and November 2006. The tally: Oracle had 233; MS SQL had 59.
Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't it be more important from a security standpoint to determine which had more bugs that were reported and not fixed? Or even which has more bugs that weren't reported (which is, of course, undefined, and therefore invalidates this ridiculous study)?
Or perhaps weight the severity of the bugs?
I'm bitter today, but this mock-study is a joke, as are most security studies.
Frankly, I can't think of many reasons to play this over WoW (and I don't even play WoW).
Well, if the content (& source) gets GPL'd and some of the servers turn out to be free-as-in-beer, that can be a pretty compelling reason to play this over WoW.
I mean someone has to pay for the bandwidth and servers to host it (it's an MMO after all), so it seems likely that they're going to have to have a monthly fee still.
If that were to happen, I think it's likely we'd see different pricing structures from different suppliers... for me, a per-hour fee might be ideal, while serious grinders would enjoy unlimited access for a monthly fee. Either way, I don't think I'd end up spending $200-300 per year to play the game a couple hours a week, which is reason enough not to play WoW, IMO.
A family cannot really huddle around the PC to watch stuff on YouTube
Why not? It's trivial to set up S-video out to a TV instead of your desk monitor. As people become more accustomed to getting their entertainment content from their computer instead of from their broadcast/cable/satellite companies, more family rooms will be designed to accomodate this.
I regularly string a bunch of funny or otherwise stimulating clips together for the wife and I to enjoy on the big screen in the living room. Or a bunch of sports highlights for the guys... we'll put them on in the background on poker night.
It's a pretty scary word, too. If we break it down, we see that it is a compound word derived from disinter- (to dig up a corpse) and -mediate (to intercede). Therefore, it's obvious that the digital world is a broker of graverobbing services, not a supplier of porn as commonly assumed.
Today, it almost seems that voice calls are the least-used function of most phones
I would like to see the numbers for this assertion.
You want numbers for the assertion? How about one person subjectively noted that something almost seems a certain way? Why ask for figures when the statement is obviously just meant to stimulate discussion?
I, for one, would like to see more prevalent use of critical reading skills.
Of course, during this time military aircraft will do overhead drops of "Freedom Hammers" and "Salvation Nails".
"Salvation Nails"? I've already seen those, I think... or maybe those were just plain old "Crucifixion Nails".
Maybe if they'd used these new "Salvation Nails" instead of old-fashioned "Crucifixion Nails", Jesus would have stayed dead, and we could have avoided this whole mess of the imminent coming of the Messiah and the End Times.
Except that you must agree to the terms of use in order to install it.
While the legality of shrink-wrap EULAs can be debated (which is what I think you're getting at), US Court consensus is that they do in fact represent legally binding contracts.
While you may disagree with the case law (as I do), and may disagree that EULAs are valid, we all must live by the fact that our government recognizes them as valid. Legally, when you accept the EULA, you enter a contract.
If they own it, its an asset, it must have value, be on their books, be depreciated. None of which is true.
False. Not all assets depreciate; furthermore, assets such as the Vista code do not have a set value, as it is completely dependent upon sales. Finally, it's not a physical asset, so no physical inventory can be taken; therefore, no asset depreciation can be calculated according to standard practices.
But it is on your books, and you can depreciate it, write it off against taxes and so on.
Well, that just depends. Did you purchase a site license? If so, you can't write off depreciation -- instead, you must allocate the expense over the term of the license. Did you purchase it bundled? Then go ahead and depreciate it, but as part of the system it was installed on, according to the depreciation schedule of the hardware.
If we're saying, it is theirs, you have licensed it, by a one time payment with no further obligations to them, how does it differ from a sale except in name?Legally. There is quite a difference, as with a license, the licensor still has some control over the use and disposition of the good. The licensee, unlike a purchaser, does not obtain full control of whatever is purchased.
It may seem logical to apply the same set of rules to a purchase as to a license with infinite or unspecified term, but the two are very different, and the law recognizes that.
The judge took common sense and applied it, something judges are allowed to do
Huh? Since when can judges extend the scope of a law through the use of common sense? The judiciary should act as a restraint on the legislature.
it's time to rewrite the law from "e-mail" to "electronic correspondence"
Correct. And until then, only e-mails should be used as criteria for conviction under the law.
Interpreting the law is one thing (and I favor a pretty broad definition of interpret). But I don't think the answer is to allow judges to extend the scope of any restrictive law -- that should be reserved solely for the legislature.
Not sure of you're trying to be funny or not... but populations has nothing to do with the calculation. A hogshead is a unit of volume, based on a cylindrical container roughly 18" diameter by 30" l.
how many cubic libraries of congress to a Manhattan?
Huh? That's just apples and oranges, my friend. LoCs are a measurement of data capacity, not physical volume. Besides, the "area of Manhattan" is two-dimensional, not a cubic measurement.
It's all well and good to ask for measurements in standard units like an LoC, but let's make sure we use them correctly.
The correct answer would be 3.487 football fields (sans endzones) high over two Manhattans, or 8,086,748.43 hogsheads. Was that so hard?
"What's the Matter with Kansas" does deal a bit with some of those issues, but the main point of the book is that discussion of real issues of import has been blown away by discussion of, and voting based on, wedge issues of almost zero import in terms of quality of life.
The same is true of a lot of the Democrats who use the Iraq war as a wedge issue (not that the Republicans didn't do the same with some ephemeral "national security" platform based on half-cooked concepts a couple years ago).
The point of my posts in this thread, along with the point of the book I referenced, is that discussion of issues has been supplanted by false dichotomies that prevent real political discourse and progress.
If we've come to expect honesty and straight talk from blogging icons
Huh? Wha? I have no idea what or who you're talking about here. Are you telling me that your criteria for whether or not a person is honest is if they tell you they are? If so, please use the pronoun "I". Where on earth did you get "we" from?
Well, that's where the "if" comes from. It's also possible that the pronoun "we" refers not to all of us, but rather the subset of us that has come to expect honesty and straight talk.
As for me, I expect as much honesty and straight talk from a blog as much as I expect the same from any politician at the state or national level... not at all.
A refutation of what you claimed in your response? That if piracy has anything to do with money-laundering, then the launderers can just be arrested, that it's trivial to do so?
I suggest you read What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank. The marriage of elitist policies with populist, antagonistic wedge issues is explained very well, both systemically and anecdotally. It helped me formulate my as-yet-incoherent thoughts on that specific issue.
I mean, overall as a company in previous years the gaming department was the only thing keeping Sony afloat
What? Whose ass are you pulling that out of?
Sony's recent financials show that Sony Pictures, Sony Games, and Sony Financial Services have been sharing the load -- and the games division has been responsible for less than 1/3 the operating income the last two years, and slightly over 1/3 in 2004. For 2006, Sony Financial Services dominates their operating income.
Whether media was left wing or right wing, the message was always that 'leaders are out there to shaft you'.
Well, that's the effect.. but the motivation is not to shaft the people, but to better their on situation. Perhaps "the leaders are out there to benefit themselves with little regard for you" is more fitting.
Is it any surprise that people in power are unhappy when they no longer control public opinion? When the people have sources of information that run counter to the corporations that control both government and the media?
And even if they do, doesn't the lottery exhibit gross hypocrisy?
Well, that's exactly the point of Antigua's claim. The US allows some gambling -- they even allow some online gambling; therefore, banning all offshore gambling amounts to unfair trade restrictions.
As to Constitutional right, since when has that mattered?
Hey, how about putting that quote in its context? FTA:
Two drawbacks of retaliating through intellectual property rights may give pause to Antigua and Barbuda. First, if piracy is indeed a breeding ground for money laundering and terrorist operations, then encouraging the development of a safe haven for intellectual property rights violators may not be in Antigua and Barbuda's interests. Second, Antigua and Barbuda may decide that suspending its obligation to protect the intellectual property rights of American companies is not in its trading interests.
Maybe you misunderstand -- the US can't nab the launderers on IP charges if they are in Antigua, short of invading.
it seems that most of the cash in piracy is the simple loss of revenue through supression of sales of new material.
No, most of the cash in piracy is from selling bootlegged material. What you are describing is potential losses by the IP holders.
Well, I have to disagree with your OP that centralized systems can't change once established. Most of the concerns about free-market systems can be ameliorated through judicious use of a few basic controls... the problem we have is making sure those controls are used both judiciously and when necessary. IMO, of course.
So for young kids, I don't think it's either teaching them "facts" nor is it teaching them "process", but instead in might be something like "forcing them to practice".
Like any good practical instruction, it's theory + implementation. The student must master both.
They are terrific at determining how much "trivia" (for lack of a better term) can be memorized by children, and regurgitated on a test. ... This is not the kind of learning that will benefit these kids when they enter the real world.
You've never worked in my office, then. Trivia comes in very useful at the pub or on the links, and regurgitation is obviously a skill highly prized in those who seek to rise in management.
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Or perhaps weight the severity of the bugs?
I'm bitter today, but this mock-study is a joke, as are most security studies.
If that were to happen, I think it's likely we'd see different pricing structures from different suppliers... for me, a per-hour fee might be ideal, while serious grinders would enjoy unlimited access for a monthly fee. Either way, I don't think I'd end up spending $200-300 per year to play the game a couple hours a week, which is reason enough not to play WoW, IMO.
I regularly string a bunch of funny or otherwise stimulating clips together for the wife and I to enjoy on the big screen in the living room. Or a bunch of sports highlights for the guys... we'll put them on in the background on poker night.
You want numbers for the assertion? How about one person subjectively noted that something almost seems a certain way? Why ask for figures when the statement is obviously just meant to stimulate discussion?
I, for one, would like to see more prevalent use of critical reading skills.
Maybe if they'd used these new "Salvation Nails" instead of old-fashioned "Crucifixion Nails", Jesus would have stayed dead, and we could have avoided this whole mess of the imminent coming of the Messiah and the End Times.
Except that you must agree to the terms of use in order to install it.
While the legality of shrink-wrap EULAs can be debated (which is what I think you're getting at), US Court consensus is that they do in fact represent legally binding contracts.
While you may disagree with the case law (as I do), and may disagree that EULAs are valid, we all must live by the fact that our government recognizes them as valid. Legally, when you accept the EULA, you enter a contract.
Well, that just depends. Did you purchase a site license? If so, you can't write off depreciation -- instead, you must allocate the expense over the term of the license. Did you purchase it bundled? Then go ahead and depreciate it, but as part of the system it was installed on, according to the depreciation schedule of the hardware.
If we're saying, it is theirs, you have licensed it, by a one time payment with no further obligations to them, how does it differ from a sale except in name?Legally. There is quite a difference, as with a license, the licensor still has some control over the use and disposition of the good. The licensee, unlike a purchaser, does not obtain full control of whatever is purchased.
It may seem logical to apply the same set of rules to a purchase as to a license with infinite or unspecified term, but the two are very different, and the law recognizes that.
Correct. And until then, only e-mails should be used as criteria for conviction under the law.
Interpreting the law is one thing (and I favor a pretty broad definition of interpret). But I don't think the answer is to allow judges to extend the scope of any restrictive law -- that should be reserved solely for the legislature.
Not sure of you're trying to be funny or not... but populations has nothing to do with the calculation. A hogshead is a unit of volume, based on a cylindrical container roughly 18" diameter by 30" l.
Huh? That's just apples and oranges, my friend. LoCs are a measurement of data capacity, not physical volume. Besides, the "area of Manhattan" is two-dimensional, not a cubic measurement.
It's all well and good to ask for measurements in standard units like an LoC, but let's make sure we use them correctly.
The correct answer would be 3.487 football fields (sans endzones) high over two Manhattans, or 8,086,748.43 hogsheads. Was that so hard?
"What's the Matter with Kansas" does deal a bit with some of those issues, but the main point of the book is that discussion of real issues of import has been blown away by discussion of, and voting based on, wedge issues of almost zero import in terms of quality of life.
The same is true of a lot of the Democrats who use the Iraq war as a wedge issue (not that the Republicans didn't do the same with some ephemeral "national security" platform based on half-cooked concepts a couple years ago).
The point of my posts in this thread, along with the point of the book I referenced, is that discussion of issues has been supplanted by false dichotomies that prevent real political discourse and progress.
Well, that's where the "if" comes from. It's also possible that the pronoun "we" refers not to all of us, but rather the subset of us that has come to expect honesty and straight talk.
As for me, I expect as much honesty and straight talk from a blog as much as I expect the same from any politician at the state or national level... not at all.
I suggest you read What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank. The marriage of elitist policies with populist, antagonistic wedge issues is explained very well, both systemically and anecdotally. It helped me formulate my as-yet-incoherent thoughts on that specific issue.
Sony's recent financials show that Sony Pictures, Sony Games, and Sony Financial Services have been sharing the load -- and the games division has been responsible for less than 1/3 the operating income the last two years, and slightly over 1/3 in 2004. For 2006, Sony Financial Services dominates their operating income.
Is it any surprise that people in power are unhappy when they no longer control public opinion? When the people have sources of information that run counter to the corporations that control both government and the media?
As to Constitutional right, since when has that mattered?
FTA: Maybe you misunderstand -- the US can't nab the launderers on IP charges if they are in Antigua, short of invading.
No, most of the cash in piracy is from selling bootlegged material. What you are describing is potential losses by the IP holders.
Well, I have to disagree with your OP that centralized systems can't change once established. Most of the concerns about free-market systems can be ameliorated through judicious use of a few basic controls... the problem we have is making sure those controls are used both judiciously and when necessary. IMO, of course.
And by regurgitation, I meant regurgitation of the had-too-many-vodka-tonics variety...