In fact, the analysis demonstrated that proprietary code is, on average, more than five times less buggy. On the other hand, the open-source software was found to be of greater average overall quality.
but it's okay, because one of your guys seems to sabotaged the submission... tell me how this makes any sense: there are less bugs in proprietary software, which is of worse quality... I am very confused... or not?
Funny thing is my ATI card has drivers that work just fine, provided by ATI themselves...
what??? how come?? I'm truly shocked
And I'm even using that disgusting little twerp of an OS known as Windows XP...
oh, now I see...
If such a lousy OS as XP can have decent drivers, I'm shocked that the Holy Grail of the OS world, Linux, doesn't.
Here is the difference: Windows drivers are written *by* the manufacturer, not the Windows community (sic). Yet, they are prone to failing (lock ups? no?). On the other hand, Linux drivers that are written by the manufacturer are virtually worse than the drivers written by the community. The community doesn't have access to the hardware specifications, still they manage to write better drivers compared to the guys who *set* the specifications, let alone have access to them. But you knew this already didn't you? You were just joking around:)
When you bought your ATI video card - did the box say "Linux" or "Windows" on the system requirements?
that's a great question. but a better question would be: is Microsoft a monopoly in the OS market?
or an even better question would be: why doesn't ati give a sh** about 5% (estimate) of its customers?
but than again, both of these questions refer us to that Holy Grail of the Economics World: capitalism.
ok, pls someone tell ati to _write drivers_ for their hardware before starting to write innovative software on them. I have a 2-year old ati card that does not get 3D support with fglrx drivers. Most funny thing, I get 3D with *open source* driver ati!
I am not surprised a bit that geeks of Slashdot (who are employed to provide services to non-geeks) are not pleased a bit with the notion that the people they provide services to are *in fact* their employer, who are to be respected.
your job is to provide services without causing any major inconveniences (like asking them to _change universities_) to the people you provide your services. Those students, especially if you're a private university employee, are your boss. And you're their employees. Get used to it.
we are a private university, i.e. no public funds; the students have the right to go elsewhere if they don't like it.
that's a bullshit answer. changing universities is very different from changing (say) your window manager. Your argument may hold true for a window manager, but it fails for something as real-life-hard & expensive as changing one's university.
moreover, I'd expect an employee of a private university to respect his/her students. Who's paying your wages? Oh yes, you got it right and tight, your students are your employer. So suck it up & respect them.
about 6-7 years ago, my computer broke real bad. So I called someone from the tech service (which was located at the basement of our 10-story building). He came and fixed the computer. Then he put in a CD and installed a number of software (open source stuff like audacity). He continued to share software he knew about after that time (more open source software). He also left a CD in case I'd like to try new stuff out (which was Knoppix) and experiment a little.
This is how I got used to software that didn't come with MS Windows, and this is how I got used to the idea that it is okay to see scrolling white on black background (very very scary at the time) with a penguin picture (still funny) when the computer is booting...
Now, I'm using Linux. Go figure...
All of the equipment that was lost or stolen contained protections to prevent a breach of personal information
which is:
This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.
at the end of every file that contains personal information.
people are predictable, and I know so many people who would chose an online ad-supported spyware-infested MS Office over OpenOffice, Writely, or anything else... just bc they used it before...
Verizon is _fixing_ something? That is disturbing news, even if they are fixing Microsoft...
[rant]
A couple of weeks ago, I tried to order DSL from Verizon. Well, twice in fact.
My first order? As it turns out, they somehow lost it after I waited for a week for a response from them. So I had to reorder, via phone...
So the agent told me that DSL _was_ available for my area. Nice! I reordered it.
I waited for two weeks. After two weeks, I wrote a complaint letter (about me waiting for two weeks). Lo and behold, I got a phone call next day, from a Verizon machine, telling that my DSL order was cancelled because DSL was not available in my area.
I lived in a so-called 3rd world country for a few months. It took them 2 days to take my DSL order and activate my phone line for DSL...
[/rant]
The idea here? They are fixing Microsoft while their whole system is [beep]. Poor[*] Microsoft... O_o
Ubuntu has ipV6 too (and it causes headaches for end-users). So what? Is it M$' fault that their OS is popular (more computers probing ipV6 stuff)? Would we see the same news if Ubuntu was the popular thing? I'm probably missing something crucial...
Not to mention the computer's system image was from 4 months ago, so they need to download 55MB of patches on their dial-up connection in order to be "safe".
Do you know how much data I had to download to get my Ubuntu Dapper up-to-date? 55MB is ok.
As a side-note, Windows runs out of the box fine as long as it came with your computer (pre-installed). I never had any problems starting up for the first time a pre-installed Windows except the trial garbage the oem throws in there. Try installing Windows to a "blank" computer though, it is _not_ nice... Especially when compared to clean-installing Linux: much easier.
PS. The table also shows the prevalence of dial up connection (most probably categorized as "Other") and the need to support it in Linux (yes, this was out of topic, but why else would I use "PS").
those with NoScript will need to at least temporarily allow that site so you can see the pics. sometimes noscript slashdots sites better than slashdot.
Is this sponsorship a creative way to get women interested in GNOME, or is it merely sexist?
How can a sponsorship for WOMEN be sexist?? Didn't you ever take a sociology course or something? The social ignorance of geeks continues to surprise me...
Slashdot Mirror
point taken.
file a bug report, or voice your concern on an exising one... that way, it can change.
or an even better question would be: why doesn't ati give a sh** about 5% (estimate) of its customers?
but than again, both of these questions refer us to that Holy Grail of the Economics World: capitalism.
when what you are paying them yearly is what someone in the US could make in 15 day. that's some $sys$colonization globalization for you...
go figure...
your job is to provide services without causing any major inconveniences (like asking them to _change universities_) to the people you provide your services. Those students, especially if you're a private university employee, are your boss. And you're their employees. Get used to it.
moreover, I'd expect an employee of a private university to respect his/her students. Who's paying your wages? Oh yes, you got it right and tight, your students are your employer. So suck it up & respect them.
As if we needed another bully on the street... great! [/sarcasm]
If humans may be viewed as the sum total of their memories we would be screwed. Are we?
haha
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openssl (0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.1) dapper-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: signature forgery in some cases.
* Apply http://www.openssl.org/news/patch-CVE-2006-4339.tx t:
- Check excessive data in padding of PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures to prevent applications from incorrectly verifying the certificate.
* References:
CVE-2006-4339
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060905.txt
about 6-7 years ago, my computer broke real bad. So I called someone from the tech service (which was located at the basement of our 10-story building). He came and fixed the computer. Then he put in a CD and installed a number of software (open source stuff like audacity). He continued to share software he knew about after that time (more open source software). He also left a CD in case I'd like to try new stuff out (which was Knoppix) and experiment a little. This is how I got used to software that didn't come with MS Windows, and this is how I got used to the idea that it is okay to see scrolling white on black background (very very scary at the time) with a penguin picture (still funny) when the computer is booting... Now, I'm using Linux. Go figure...
people are predictable, and I know so many people who would chose an online ad-supported spyware-infested MS Office over OpenOffice, Writely, or anything else... just bc they used it before...
do the viruses run on linux? or should we file a bug report for that?
The more you know, the less you understand.
[rant]
A couple of weeks ago, I tried to order DSL from Verizon. Well, twice in fact.
My first order? As it turns out, they somehow lost it after I waited for a week for a response from them. So I had to reorder, via phone...
So the agent told me that DSL _was_ available for my area. Nice! I reordered it.
I waited for two weeks. After two weeks, I wrote a complaint letter (about me waiting for two weeks). Lo and behold, I got a phone call next day, from a Verizon machine, telling that my DSL order was cancelled because DSL was not available in my area.
I lived in a so-called 3rd world country for a few months. It took them 2 days to take my DSL order and activate my phone line for DSL...
[/rant]
The idea here? They are fixing Microsoft while their whole system is [beep]. Poor[*] Microsoft... O_o
[*] Not even a sarcastic comment...
Ubuntu has ipV6 too (and it causes headaches for end-users). So what? Is it M$' fault that their OS is popular (more computers probing ipV6 stuff)? Would we see the same news if Ubuntu was the popular thing? I'm probably missing something crucial...
I test this stuff with qemu...
As a side-note, Windows runs out of the box fine as long as it came with your computer (pre-installed). I never had any problems starting up for the first time a pre-installed Windows except the trial garbage the oem throws in there. Try installing Windows to a "blank" computer though, it is _not_ nice... Especially when compared to clean-installing Linux: much easier.
PS. The table also shows the prevalence of dial up connection (most probably categorized as "Other") and the need to support it in Linux (yes, this was out of topic, but why else would I use "PS").
those with NoScript will need to at least temporarily allow that site so you can see the pics. sometimes noscript slashdots sites better than slashdot.