Hmm.. we probably need to rename them as "Linux Ultimate", "Linux Server 2008", "Linux Home Edition", "Linux for fscktards" and so on, just to make things more understandable.
Yep, I think the machine that is doing the measuring should also be the one that is doing the messing about with the laser - if a change is observed, don't make the change! Or maybe it will only work if the change is going to be made. Spooky indeed.. but sounds like a load of bollocks to me:p
Yeah, I don't think that just because someone doesn't perform well in educational tests that it means that they should have a crappy job, because as you say they can do a lot more.. for example someone with ADHD may not be able to concentrate to learn things in class, but could still perform very well with problem solving, others may be crap at math/english but good at art, some people may be good at sports (of course to be fair, there will be some less fortunate people who aren't particuarly great at any one thing - but as you say, any human can learn/do more). I guess what I'm saying is kind of obvious too, thanks for clarifying anyway.
I think there is a skill to marketting too, and some people genuinely actually want to work there;) If it wasn't for good marketting, Windows wouldn't be in such a dominant position though, VHS wouldn't have won, etc. That's pretty much the reason I have such negative opinions of that whole area - good marketing can unfortunately drive a bad/mediocre product to succeeding over a better product.
Yeah I've thought about the license thing before, it is a bit of a fascist idea:p I think it would be largely enforcable though, and would cut down on a *lot* of the zombie botnet scum, but in reality I think if people are just educated a bit more about computer security in school then things will gradually improve over the next few decades. Just a shame so much bandwidth has to go to waste until then!
Don't get me wrong, I think people doing those jobs should be treated with respect, but I think that of all humans unless they do something to show otherwise (such as having a lack of respect for others!). Yep, I'm 23, and have been rather lucky in which job I got - worked in the IT dept for my uncle's company over the summers that I was at Uni studying Comp Science, and now I'm the IT 'Manager' - basically because I'm the only IT staff here, but I'm in charge of all the servers, sorting any printer problems people have, writing apps for the departments to use (have done a timesheet system and equipment tracking app for the engineers and subsea divisions.. also wrote a task manager for the IT department - which used to be 2 guys - in my first summer here but they were too lazy to use it;) ).
Anyway, I don't want to exploit people, and it sucks that people have to do the dirty jobs at all, though some people just don't have a choice. There may be some people who love the idea of emptying trash or just making the world a nicer place to live, but I doubt they make up the majority of binmen/trash collectors/janitors?:O Different people are suited to different careers though, and even though I would hate to work in marketing, I know that some people like that kind of thing. In fact if it comes purely down to jobs, I do respect the trash collectors more than those guys;)
I'm amazed that you were modded a troll for expressing your justified opinion in a non confrontational manner.. guess I'll have to not take it so personally next time it happens to me!
Actually, doesn't seem like he did.. I was thinking along the same lines as him, but since it's only blocking incoming then it would only affect someone trying to host a website rather than view them.
That's the spirit! Groupthink FTW! Thankfully the anti-MS stuff goes in line with my thoughts, because the company has disgusting ethics, but it is retarded to generalise about Christianity etc (I mostly think that because I'm a Christian of course). I don't really know if GWB is a Christian, I don't really have any conclusive evidence either way, but invading other countries didn't seem to feature highly on Jesus' to do list while he was here.
I fail to see how making the source open is going to educate the "general user" about privileges. I had hoped you were going to say that all users should be given a license before being allowed to operate a computer. Oh well..
I've never heard of NSAPI before tbh, and I have never heard of any executables built into websites that would use NSAPI.
Plugins are a choice to download by the user though. IE also asks you if you want to download ActiveX components these days, I can't remember if it was always like that though. In OS X, you have to enter in your password for things that require root privileges. I also expect that people who write plugins for FireFox in their spare time probably have more programming competence than most folks at Microsoft (no offense to those coders, a lot of them are maybe quite good, but the practices at Microsoft, and I guess a lot of companies these days, suck - releasing products before they're actually ready for a commercial release). I know I tend to generalise, and like a lot of slashdotters I give my opinion on some subjects where I have limited knowledge - but the fact is that it isn't just security by obscurity. Sure, Linux and BSD etc will have holes, but they are more secure by design. We've yet to see how Vista stands up in widestream usage, and I hope we never will actually find out, but when basic functions such as copy/delete are screwed up, it really doesn't look very hopeful.
My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same.
Oh dearest bagina, it ain't been the same since you went away.
You stole my karma, and my formatting is broken.:(
Aaaaand that's what happens when you try to reply again and the settings are still on default. I'll just get me coat.
(This is a little song I wrote about an ex:
My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same. Oh dearest customers, it ain't been the same since you went away. You stole my music, and my monopoly is broken.
(damn HTML formatting)
This is a little song I wrote about an ex:
My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same.
Oh dearest customers, it ain't been the same since you went away.
You stole my music, and my monopoly is broken.
Yours,
RIAA
What's with the flames? Wow, one LAN virus so far. The fact is that any OS will have flaws, but some are inherently more secure than others. Mac OS and Linux are *designed* more securely that Windows. That's not to say that they can't be broken, but the fact remains that the are more secure. It is pathetic to have to use 3rd party addons to give an OS some semblance of security.
Take ActiveX as one of the main examples: it enables you to do some tricks easily because you can run executable code from a browser, but the security for it sucks (as evidenced by the number of patches/security updates that were always being released for it a few years ago). A proper developer would try to design a system that was first of all secure, and then build the cool features from that solid base, rather than design a system that lets you do whatever you want, then try to tack on security as an afterthought. It's sickening how much MS is getting away with. I'm not saying that you're wrong to bash mac fanboi's (I like Macs, have done since I used them as a kid in the 80s, but most of the fanbois have only been around since the iMac/iPod I guess), but I have no doubt that OSX is more secure than Windows - how could it not be? Maybe a silly attitude since I don't know much about BSD, or what Apple changed to make the OS more user friendly (maybe they added in something equivalent to ActiveX that gives nice fancy features but poor security?), but I find it hard to believe that any recent OS could be worse than the mess that is Windows. And I hope there never will be..
And once technology has advanced enough, people will no longer have to collect garbage. I doubt anyone aspires to becoming a garbage collector/janitor, it's most likely that they are only doing it because they don't have any recognised 'skills' for a 'better' job, or there are no free jobs available that utilise their skills. You can be thankful that the job is being done, but it's a bit strange to respect people for doing that job unless they actually chose to do it? Without doing R&D of any kind, we would be shivering naked in a forest somewhere..
What happens if the rules are completely rewritten to say that you are not allowed to distribute GPLvX code at all? I know that's not going to happen, but it's a little strange to indefinitely subscribe to a policy that could change at any time into something you may not agree with?
Yeah I was thinking that there wouldn't be enough IPv4 addresses, and it must be cheaper to only have one web facing IP address anyway? I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to registering public IPs/domain names etc.
Yeah NAT isn't the same as firewalling I guess, but they tend to work quite well together:P
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Hmm.. we probably need to rename them as "Linux Ultimate", "Linux Server 2008", "Linux Home Edition", "Linux for fscktards" and so on, just to make things more understandable.
No, but any changes in your karma will be transmitted back.
Yep, I think the machine that is doing the measuring should also be the one that is doing the messing about with the laser - if a change is observed, don't make the change! Or maybe it will only work if the change is going to be made. Spooky indeed.. but sounds like a load of bollocks to me :p
Yeah, I don't think that just because someone doesn't perform well in educational tests that it means that they should have a crappy job, because as you say they can do a lot more.. for example someone with ADHD may not be able to concentrate to learn things in class, but could still perform very well with problem solving, others may be crap at math/english but good at art, some people may be good at sports (of course to be fair, there will be some less fortunate people who aren't particuarly great at any one thing - but as you say, any human can learn/do more). I guess what I'm saying is kind of obvious too, thanks for clarifying anyway.
;) If it wasn't for good marketting, Windows wouldn't be in such a dominant position though, VHS wouldn't have won, etc. That's pretty much the reason I have such negative opinions of that whole area - good marketing can unfortunately drive a bad/mediocre product to succeeding over a better product.
I think there is a skill to marketting too, and some people genuinely actually want to work there
Yeah I've thought about the license thing before, it is a bit of a fascist idea :p I think it would be largely enforcable though, and would cut down on a *lot* of the zombie botnet scum, but in reality I think if people are just educated a bit more about computer security in school then things will gradually improve over the next few decades. Just a shame so much bandwidth has to go to waste until then!
Don't get me wrong, I think people doing those jobs should be treated with respect, but I think that of all humans unless they do something to show otherwise (such as having a lack of respect for others!). Yep, I'm 23, and have been rather lucky in which job I got - worked in the IT dept for my uncle's company over the summers that I was at Uni studying Comp Science, and now I'm the IT 'Manager' - basically because I'm the only IT staff here, but I'm in charge of all the servers, sorting any printer problems people have, writing apps for the departments to use (have done a timesheet system and equipment tracking app for the engineers and subsea divisions.. also wrote a task manager for the IT department - which used to be 2 guys - in my first summer here but they were too lazy to use it ;) ).
:O Different people are suited to different careers though, and even though I would hate to work in marketing, I know that some people like that kind of thing. In fact if it comes purely down to jobs, I do respect the trash collectors more than those guys ;)
Anyway, I don't want to exploit people, and it sucks that people have to do the dirty jobs at all, though some people just don't have a choice. There may be some people who love the idea of emptying trash or just making the world a nicer place to live, but I doubt they make up the majority of binmen/trash collectors/janitors?
"don't see how the average user could still have a functional internet connection with those ports blocked."
Nah.. the average user just wants to browse for pr0n!
I'm amazed that you were modded a troll for expressing your justified opinion in a non confrontational manner.. guess I'll have to not take it so personally next time it happens to me!
Actually, doesn't seem like he did.. I was thinking along the same lines as him, but since it's only blocking incoming then it would only affect someone trying to host a website rather than view them.
That's the spirit! Groupthink FTW! Thankfully the anti-MS stuff goes in line with my thoughts, because the company has disgusting ethics, but it is retarded to generalise about Christianity etc (I mostly think that because I'm a Christian of course). I don't really know if GWB is a Christian, I don't really have any conclusive evidence either way, but invading other countries didn't seem to feature highly on Jesus' to do list while he was here.
I fail to see how making the source open is going to educate the "general user" about privileges. I had hoped you were going to say that all users should be given a license before being allowed to operate a computer. Oh well..
What's the other part?
I've never heard of NSAPI before tbh, and I have never heard of any executables built into websites that would use NSAPI. Plugins are a choice to download by the user though. IE also asks you if you want to download ActiveX components these days, I can't remember if it was always like that though. In OS X, you have to enter in your password for things that require root privileges. I also expect that people who write plugins for FireFox in their spare time probably have more programming competence than most folks at Microsoft (no offense to those coders, a lot of them are maybe quite good, but the practices at Microsoft, and I guess a lot of companies these days, suck - releasing products before they're actually ready for a commercial release). I know I tend to generalise, and like a lot of slashdotters I give my opinion on some subjects where I have limited knowledge - but the fact is that it isn't just security by obscurity. Sure, Linux and BSD etc will have holes, but they are more secure by design. We've yet to see how Vista stands up in widestream usage, and I hope we never will actually find out, but when basic functions such as copy/delete are screwed up, it really doesn't look very hopeful.
My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same. Oh dearest bagina, it ain't been the same since you went away. You stole my karma, and my formatting is broken. :(
Aaaaand that's what happens when you try to reply again and the settings are still on default. I'll just get me coat.
(This is a little song I wrote about an ex:
My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same.
Oh dearest customers, it ain't been the same since you went away.
You stole my music, and my monopoly is broken.
Yours,
RIAA)
(damn HTML formatting) This is a little song I wrote about an ex: My baby done left me and my heart ain't gonna never gonna be the same. Oh dearest customers, it ain't been the same since you went away. You stole my music, and my monopoly is broken. Yours, RIAA
What's with the flames? Wow, one LAN virus so far. The fact is that any OS will have flaws, but some are inherently more secure than others. Mac OS and Linux are *designed* more securely that Windows. That's not to say that they can't be broken, but the fact remains that the are more secure. It is pathetic to have to use 3rd party addons to give an OS some semblance of security.
Take ActiveX as one of the main examples: it enables you to do some tricks easily because you can run executable code from a browser, but the security for it sucks (as evidenced by the number of patches/security updates that were always being released for it a few years ago). A proper developer would try to design a system that was first of all secure, and then build the cool features from that solid base, rather than design a system that lets you do whatever you want, then try to tack on security as an afterthought. It's sickening how much MS is getting away with. I'm not saying that you're wrong to bash mac fanboi's (I like Macs, have done since I used them as a kid in the 80s, but most of the fanbois have only been around since the iMac/iPod I guess), but I have no doubt that OSX is more secure than Windows - how could it not be? Maybe a silly attitude since I don't know much about BSD, or what Apple changed to make the OS more user friendly (maybe they added in something equivalent to ActiveX that gives nice fancy features but poor security?), but I find it hard to believe that any recent OS could be worse than the mess that is Windows. And I hope there never will be..
And once technology has advanced enough, people will no longer have to collect garbage. I doubt anyone aspires to becoming a garbage collector/janitor, it's most likely that they are only doing it because they don't have any recognised 'skills' for a 'better' job, or there are no free jobs available that utilise their skills. You can be thankful that the job is being done, but it's a bit strange to respect people for doing that job unless they actually chose to do it? Without doing R&D of any kind, we would be shivering naked in a forest somewhere..
You drink chairs? Or do you meant that you can't even stand up while drinking? Wow o_0
You could at least do the meme thingy justice..
I [important]for one[/important] will be the first to welcome our new hydroplanetic cyberlizard overlords
Sounds like a geekier version of Twister.
What happens if the rules are completely rewritten to say that you are not allowed to distribute GPLvX code at all? I know that's not going to happen, but it's a little strange to indefinitely subscribe to a policy that could change at any time into something you may not agree with?
Yeah I was thinking that there wouldn't be enough IPv4 addresses, and it must be cheaper to only have one web facing IP address anyway? I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to registering public IPs/domain names etc. Yeah NAT isn't the same as firewalling I guess, but they tend to work quite well together :P
I'm guessing you mean IPv6?