Some lackwit managed to delete/vmunix and/genvmuniz on a remote server - presumably to tidy up or something. Months or years down the track, we needed to reboot and *kaboom*. Dead.
Sufficiently advanced incompetence can be indistinguishable from malice.
I'd like to point out that there are a multitude of systems where votes are turned into governments, and that the rest of the world calls them ALL democracies as long as their not systematically fixed in favour of one party.
Personally, I think 99% of free software's appeal to people who work for big, oblivious corporations is the fact that it's not just free as in beer or liberty... it's also free of bureaucratic grief.
Plus licensing. Ever played with flexlm, or tried to figure out how many Microsoft CALs you need? No need with GNU - saves a ton of time and potential liability.
Your planet is scheduled for demolition in approximately five of your earth minutes.
The plans *have* been in the local planning office at Alpha Centauri you know - if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout.
There are thousands of organizations that fund research privately. Competing with taxpayer-funded research is difficult, though, but not impossible.
In applied sciences, such as biotech, engineering and parts of physics, chemistry, sure. In "blue skies" areas, fuck all basically. The only people doing e.g. serious number theory research are probably the NSA. Other branches of maths haven't even got that advantage going for them.
Unless you're on Linux or Mac, where there's no peer to peer software available (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_iPlayer). Please do some basic fact checking before posting, eh?
Yeah, because when your domain controller goes down because of a fucked up Microsoft Service Pack (W2K SP4, I'm looking at you), they are SO bloody helpful when you phone them up.
Face it, unless you're a major customer (we only had a 3000 seat license), you'll be doing a good deal of trouble-shooting on your own whether commercial or open source.
Someone got a mail past our spamfilters at uni, pretending to be from the helpdesk, which contained a URL to some malicious code with instructions to download and run it.
Not only did loads of Windows users run the damn thing, but we got loads of helpdesk tickets from Mac users asking for a Mac version.
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Glancing round my office, most of them need to eat less.
Sufficiently advanced incompetence can be indistinguishable from malice.
Mr. President, we must not allow a robot gap!
I'd like to point out that there are a multitude of systems where votes are turned into governments, and that the rest of the world calls them ALL democracies as long as their not systematically fixed in favour of one party.
In fact since Windows XP Service Pack 2, it's had a reasonably good firewall.
Doesn't stop the Windows experience being a piece of shit though. (says part-time Vista user and CISSP.)
Peep Show: http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/P/peep_show/
Nothing good can come of that.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
I didn't want to be the Vice President- I want to be a lumberjack!
Plus licensing. Ever played with flexlm, or tried to figure out how many Microsoft CALs you need? No need with GNU - saves a ton of time and potential liability.
We're fucked, like before.
Yeah, take the fucker out. Serves him right.
The plans *have* been in the local planning office at Alpha Centauri you know - if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout.
In applied sciences, such as biotech, engineering and parts of physics, chemistry, sure. In "blue skies" areas, fuck all basically. The only people doing e.g. serious number theory research are probably the NSA. Other branches of maths haven't even got that advantage going for them.
I know Christians who have had to give evidence and refused to swear on the Bible for that very reason. Ironic, huh?
Not enough evil! Who will Apple partner with next? Union Carbide, British American Tobacco, the Revolutionary Guard?
They were secretly tidying up the stock room? I don't understand.
Unless you're on Linux or Mac, where there's no peer to peer software available (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_iPlayer). Please do some basic fact checking before posting, eh?
Yeah, because when your domain controller goes down because of a fucked up Microsoft Service Pack (W2K SP4, I'm looking at you), they are SO bloody helpful when you phone them up.
Face it, unless you're a major customer (we only had a 3000 seat license), you'll be doing a good deal of trouble-shooting on your own whether commercial or open source.
People will forget the expansion, like for 3M Corp. and SUN.
Okay: While it may seem that Verizon is staffed by a bunch of scat-flinging, untrained monkeys, it only *seems* like that- it's not actually the case.
Chrome: doesn't run on Linux either.
I don't see what everyone's getting so excited about.
Well, someone's never taken 5 E's and sat in a field while they wait for them to kick in.
If I can get away with only a $500 fine, that's probably the best damn place in the world to let off a nuke.
Not only did loads of Windows users run the damn thing, but we got loads of helpdesk tickets from Mac users asking for a Mac version.