Also, it is worth mentioning that closed-source programmers tend to spend more time on bogus features that purport to satisfy legal contracts, clueless marketers, or plain stupidity.
(e.g. dvd region control, dancing paperclips, copy protection)
While open-source programmers tend not to be disturbed by these dark forces, thus can potentially spend more time on improving the quality of the code.
It also depends on what systems black hats "like" to exploit.
For example, more valuable data is stored on MS machines than Linux boxes right now. Of course they're going to sharpen their skills hacking the MS box more.
In my opinion it also has something to do with the MS-hate common in the hacker communities.
(I know using MS as an example is not a good one since their software...well, let's not go that way. But my point is, it depends a lot on what the black hats want to do.)
Bush: Our nation faces a threat to our freedoms, and the stakes could not be higher. We are the target of enemies who boast they want to kill -- kill all Americans, kill all Jews, kill all Christians, kill all Muslims, and kill all mankind. We've seen that type of hate before -- although they're near misses, the only possible response is to confront it, and to defeat it.
This enemy tries to hide behind a peaceful cosmos, yet its murderous intent is obvious.
We will, no doubt, face new challenges. Make no mistake. Although we have absolutely no idea where you are, when you'll come, or even how big you are - wherever you are, whether in our solar system, in our galaxy, and outside the galaxy, we WILL track you down, and we'll defeat you.
nobody's forcing them to use Linux, but if they're forced by their own laws to not use MS products, what do you think they'll use? IBM-supported Linux would be a very good bet.
1. A lot of people who download music are not going to buy the CD anyway even if downloading is impossible. They simply don't have the habit of buying CDs.
2. A lot of swapped songs are old, while you don't see the recording companies re-releasing 4-year-old songs all the time.
3. Not all who download music have CD writers, and they need to play on their CD players too, so they buy the CD.
4. (Related to #3) Not all who download music have PC speakers that rival their stereos.
5. There are still people who buy CDs for the packaging, and for the tangibility.
6. Despite the existence of Spears, Dion and the like, There are still good music people feel guilty not to buy.
Because the average econobox smokes all of these, they are slow. Fast or slow is relative - if you drive your "fast" cars from the older days on today's roads you'll know what it means to be crawling.
For sure when the Model-T came out people would say it was fast. It might be true at that time, but for sure not now.
Maybe it has to do with the way the QA in MS test their software? Hm...let's see...this part is fixed...let's just test this part...oh some people reported bug on that part too, so let's test that part as well...
As a result, the least executed branches contain a large number exploitable bugs. Gopher is just one of them I believe.
TurboLinux + Connectiva = international support that really shines....I'm still waiting for a Linux environment that lets me use different languages in the same X session. I see this coming. Sweet.
Add Caldera and SuSe for their installers and config tools. Is a perfect world on its way?
You misunderstood the post. Yes, it may have side effects. However, the side effects are far from uncontrollable - even if they're hidden - take away the ability of reproduction from these bugs, and boom, side effects only last for a few weeks.
Maybe birds that eat these bugs die because the bug meat turns out to be poisonous. But if it's going to be just one generation of a limited number of these bugs, too bad, but so be it.
Finally, we're more advanced at genetic engineering bugs and plants than you think, so "modify parts of a bug and be sure that it will work flawlessly with no hidden side-effects" is pretty plausible given enough research $$$.
Chance that these bugs become uncontrollable would almost be zero - remember, that we're GENETICALLY ENGINEERING a bug. It means, we can potentially make any "mod" to these bugs.
If I were to implement this, I would control the life span of these bugs, and make them sterile before deploying. See, nowadays you have to have MEASURABLE effect on paper before putting a new weapon in use. In this case, it all boil down to controlled reproduction and aging of these bugs.
Such as "Your security settings have disabled ActiveX. The site may not display properly" KEEPS popping up and there is no way to disable it (well, I hexed a DLL to do so, but it seems to be the only way)
It is so obvious a propaganda has been going on. If I'm disabling ActiveX on an untrusted site, I mean it! Why keep bugging me?
If the Administrator doesn't have complete system access, who has it?
In Windows NT, 2000, XP if you want to kill a process as administrator, you sometimes get "access denied" and you'll have to run another program to kill it, which grants "debug" privilege.
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An emulator is a virtual machine with a pre-existing non-virtual counterpart.
...today's battery technologies.
Would you watch a 90 minutes game only with 60 battery recharge breaks?
Dude, I've been at 50 for quite a while now. No need for more karma.
Right on. Break the last link that links directly to the material. Then suddenly all the indirect links regardless of length will become useless.
Also, it is worth mentioning that closed-source programmers tend to spend more time on bogus features that purport to satisfy legal contracts, clueless marketers, or plain stupidity.
(e.g. dvd region control, dancing paperclips, copy protection)
While open-source programmers tend not to be disturbed by these dark forces, thus can potentially spend more time on improving the quality of the code.
It also depends on what systems black hats "like" to exploit.
For example, more valuable data is stored on MS machines than Linux boxes right now. Of course they're going to sharpen their skills hacking the MS box more.
In my opinion it also has something to do with the MS-hate common in the hacker communities.
(I know using MS as an example is not a good one since their software...well, let's not go that way. But my point is, it depends a lot on what the black hats want to do.)
8:03 P.M. EST
Bush declares a "War on Asteroids".
Bush: Our nation faces a threat to our freedoms, and the stakes could not be higher. We are the target of enemies who boast they want to kill -- kill all Americans, kill all Jews, kill all Christians, kill all Muslims, and kill all mankind. We've seen that type of hate before -- although they're near misses, the only possible response is to confront it, and to defeat it.
This enemy tries to hide behind a peaceful cosmos, yet its murderous intent is obvious.
We will, no doubt, face new challenges. Make no mistake. Although we have absolutely no idea where you are, when you'll come, or even how big you are - wherever you are, whether in our solar system, in our galaxy, and outside the galaxy, we WILL track you down, and we'll defeat you.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
How do you install OpenOffice? It strikes me odd that it installs in its own space rather than to play nice with the file hierarchy standard.
Why don't we just increase the die size?
(I know, more defects, etc. but it is another direction we can take)
nobody's forcing them to use Linux, but if they're forced by their own laws to not use MS products, what do you think they'll use? IBM-supported Linux would be a very good bet.
Different. Video game companies don't allow consumers to play *CDR BACKUPS*. An original PlayStation CD can still be played in all PlayStations.
The record companies don't allow consumers to play *THE ORIGINAL CD* on some players.
1. A lot of people who download music are not going to buy the CD anyway even if downloading is impossible. They simply don't have the habit of buying CDs.
2. A lot of swapped songs are old, while you don't see the recording companies re-releasing 4-year-old songs all the time.
3. Not all who download music have CD writers, and they need to play on their CD players too, so they buy the CD.
4. (Related to #3) Not all who download music have PC speakers that rival their stereos.
5. There are still people who buy CDs for the packaging, and for the tangibility.
6. Despite the existence of Spears, Dion and the like, There are still good music people feel guilty not to buy.
Because the average econobox smokes all of these, they are slow. Fast or slow is relative - if you drive your "fast" cars from the older days on today's roads you'll know what it means to be crawling.
For sure when the Model-T came out people would say it was fast. It might be true at that time, but for sure not now.
Maybe it has to do with the way the QA in MS test their software? Hm...let's see...this part is fixed...let's just test this part...oh some people reported bug on that part too, so let's test that part as well...
As a result, the least executed branches contain a large number exploitable bugs. Gopher is just one of them I believe.
Isn't it obvious he's a Sith Lord?
Must resist the dark side!!
Not to mention China consistently outscore USA in Mathematics (www.imo.math.ca), and starting this year...ACM as well...
Aren't MPAA members making a lot of money on VHS tapes? ;)
If you make digital copying illegal, then someone should sue to make VCR illegal too, using the same argument.
Make them shoot themselves in the foot.
TurboLinux + Connectiva = international support that really shines....I'm still waiting for a Linux environment that lets me use different languages in the same X session. I see this coming. Sweet.
Add Caldera and SuSe for their installers and config tools. Is a perfect world on its way?
You misunderstood the post. Yes, it may have side effects. However, the side effects are far from uncontrollable - even if they're hidden - take away the ability of reproduction from these bugs, and boom, side effects only last for a few weeks.
Maybe birds that eat these bugs die because the bug meat turns out to be poisonous. But if it's going to be just one generation of a limited number of these bugs, too bad, but so be it.
Finally, we're more advanced at genetic engineering bugs and plants than you think, so "modify parts of a bug and be sure that it will work flawlessly with no hidden side-effects" is pretty plausible given enough research $$$.
Chance that these bugs become uncontrollable would almost be zero - remember, that we're GENETICALLY ENGINEERING a bug. It means, we can potentially make any "mod" to these bugs.
If I were to implement this, I would control the life span of these bugs, and make them sterile before deploying. See, nowadays you have to have MEASURABLE effect on paper before putting a new weapon in use. In this case, it all boil down to controlled reproduction and aging of these bugs.
to think MS will not use the personal info for marketing purposes? I mean, MS is more a marketing company than a software company anyway!
Such as "Your security settings have disabled ActiveX. The site may not display properly" KEEPS popping up and there is no way to disable it (well, I hexed a DLL to do so, but it seems to be the only way)
It is so obvious a propaganda has been going on. If I'm disabling ActiveX on an untrusted site, I mean it! Why keep bugging me?
Hope they'll do something about it.
How about - if you enter your address they send you an HTML email with an embedded web bug that automatically gets a link with an ID?
;)
You don't even have to click any link...just opening the email is enough.
Of course I block my email client from getting external images...
If the Administrator doesn't have complete system access, who has it?
In Windows NT, 2000, XP if you want to kill a process as administrator, you sometimes get "access denied" and you'll have to run another program to kill it, which grants "debug" privilege.
If it is not stupid then what is...