I have a 27-year-old tire in my car, presumably placed by the factory/dealer (it's a 27-year-old car), and it looks brand new (except it's a white wall).
...the current OpenSSL implementation now includes protections against those attacks.
This really hits the mark. What if OpenSSL, an arguably widely-used crypto layer, were closed instead of open? According to what I hear on Slashdot, we would have no idea if "ClosedSSL" would have protection against this kind of thing, but because OpenSSL is, uh, open, we can verify that these kinds of attacks are indeed mitigated.
FTA: Customers pay for the original DVDs, for the iPods and for the service of having them loaded. They even receive the original DVDs they've paid for.
Does this not remind you of Minority Report? The guy gets his eyes replaced and bam, he's a different person because the only things identifying him are eye scanners.
I think in those spaces they'd much rather have four cores on the CPU, and let you slap in the latest-greatest...graphics card.
If you're running a server (let's say a web server), aren't you only going to put in a video card that barely has anything on it (I'm thinking ATi Rage stuff, where all you need is 1024x768 or something)?
Pretend you're a composer and you have just written the piece that is the pinnacle of your career. The New York Times says that your piece is the most musically perfect piece of classical music every played. Orchestras around the world want to perform your work. Do you have a right to charge them for it?
Pretend you're a hacker and you have just written the kernel that is the pinnacle of your career. The New York Times says that your kernel is the most computationally perfect kernel ever written (well, not really the NYT, per se). Programmers around the world want to distribute your work. Do you have a right to charge them for it?
Just because you CAN charge for something, doesn't mean that you should. While I'm all for making money on your creations, I don't think it's necessarily mandatory.
I dislike Sony for some of the things they've done and some of their sub-par hardware, but if this pans out to be what the summary (RTFA? Never!) supposes it might be, it could be a Good Thing. Usually, companies like to lock up their software on a physical piece of media, but the ability to purchase, download and wirelessly play games from a PS3 to a PSP sounds really neat. Kudos to Sony.
Of course there wasn't nearly enough of it to go around since there are thousands of people worldwide working together to make Firefox possible, but those of us at the Mountain View office made sure to enjoy it for everybody:).
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I have a 27-year-old tire in my car, presumably placed by the factory/dealer (it's a 27-year-old car), and it looks brand new (except it's a white wall).
You have an interesting definition of penguin.
...the current OpenSSL implementation now includes protections against those attacks.
This really hits the mark. What if OpenSSL, an arguably widely-used crypto layer, were closed instead of open? According to what I hear on Slashdot, we would have no idea if "ClosedSSL" would have protection against this kind of thing, but because OpenSSL is, uh, open, we can verify that these kinds of attacks are indeed mitigated.
It's been known to cause mild death in most cases as well.
FTA: Customers pay for the original DVDs, for the iPods and for the service of having them loaded. They even receive the original DVDs they've paid for.
Not as black-and-white anymore, is it?
See: my sig.
Does this not remind you of Minority Report? The guy gets his eyes replaced and bam, he's a different person because the only things identifying him are eye scanners.
Sounds familiar.
Orange you glad you stopped?
I think in those spaces they'd much rather have four cores on the CPU, and let you slap in the latest-greatest...graphics card.
If you're running a server (let's say a web server), aren't you only going to put in a video card that barely has anything on it (I'm thinking ATi Rage stuff, where all you need is 1024x768 or something)?
In every non-trivial program there is at least one bug.
Can I use the model to determine what would happen if I raise the temperature of the planet by one million degrees every day for five days?
Pretend you're a composer and you have just written the piece that is the pinnacle of your career. The New York Times says that your piece is the most musically perfect piece of classical music every played. Orchestras around the world want to perform your work. Do you have a right to charge them for it?
Pretend you're a hacker and you have just written the kernel that is the pinnacle of your career. The New York Times says that your kernel is the most computationally perfect kernel ever written (well, not really the NYT, per se). Programmers around the world want to distribute your work. Do you have a right to charge them for it?
Just because you CAN charge for something, doesn't mean that you should. While I'm all for making money on your creations, I don't think it's necessarily mandatory.
I dislike Sony for some of the things they've done and some of their sub-par hardware, but if this pans out to be what the summary (RTFA? Never!) supposes it might be, it could be a Good Thing. Usually, companies like to lock up their software on a physical piece of media, but the ability to purchase, download and wirelessly play games from a PS3 to a PSP sounds really neat. Kudos to Sony.
I'm dating a nice lady from Africa named Ubuntu. And she has all the features I need!
I date someone named Slackware. She works all the time, but she makes me tell her how to do everything!
Disclaimer: it's supposed to be humorous.
Of course there wasn't nearly enough of it to go around since there are thousands of people worldwide working together to make Firefox possible, but those of us at the Mountain View office made sure to enjoy it for everybody :) .
How can you...enjoy something for someone?
Whatever the answer was, it changed due to the fact that you pondered it.
You can't spell SUSE without SU US.
In Slashdot styling, all ballots should have "yes," "no," and "maybe," and voters should be able to use all or none of them.
What is the difference between a "cyber warrior" and a "military hacker?"
My guess is "Tron" and "some IT guy in the government." Maybe Tron's user.
And if they do something heroic, do they get a parade thrown in their honor?
We already have a profile for at least one hacker.
Not to mention the ISP might lose Common Carrier status.
In that case, the RFC has got your back.
...and not a single Futurama reference.
We all know that this is being perpetrated by Mom.