Simple test. Ask iPhone users about a component in their phone ("What kind of processor is in that?") See what they say. Now ask an Android user. They won't all know, but more of them seem too.
Are you testing consumer intelligence or Android Fanboy Envy?
I am *expanding!* It is so much *squishy* to *store* for you! *Campers* are the best! I have *anticipation* and then what? Better parties in *the middle* for sure.
Provide real world quantifiable evidence that OS is inherently more secure than closed source.
Don't need to, that's not the issue. Amusingly you zeroed right in on it...
And walking around with a chip on your shoulder is just a target for those wishing to knock it off.
Bingo! Nothing like an attractive target, mmm? Every boast about how great and secure OSS is, especially at a time where it isn't appropriate to be pumping the fist in the air, is a dare to somebody to prove it wrong. That whole 'chip on the shoulder' thing applies to OSS zealots, too.
Well, I'll put it to you this way: I spent 3 days driving from Kansas to Oregon, with a scenic detour up north far enough to hit Montana. I had a lot of fun.
Just wanted you to know that so you didn't think I was automatically just arguing with you.;)
In the end of those 6 hours you see nothing, feel nothing, experience nothing. You just got delivered, blindfolded, from San Diego to NYC, and you have no clue what country lies in between.
You don't have a clue about what the country is like either if your family is bickering the entire time because they're bored out of their minds. Seriously, go watch Lampoon's Summer Vacation. The reason that movie's considered a classic is because that's how those trips really go.
Perhaps that's how you want to travel for business, but a vacation suggests a better tactic, with emphasis on vacation and not on getting from point A to point B.
Vacation's about fun. If you're fortunate enough to make the drive fun, great! Idaho, for example, is very pretty to drive through in the summer. Wyoming, however, is not. I've done these trips before and, I'm sorry, but the difference in travel times is tremendous, and not everybody travels 3,000 miles just for vacation.
Traveling by a car is a part of vacation. You see places, people, dine in towns that you never saw. Basically you see the world.
Heh. You find out that all those places are pretty much the same, driving 10 - 12 hours a day is a drag, everybody has to go to the bathroom often, and tempers shorten real fast.
I wasn't intentionally trolling, just venting a little annoyance with the attitude that security problems with proprietary software shows how good Open Source is and security problems with OSS also show how good Open Source is. I have a chip on my shoulder about it, sue me.
Your original statement was "[...], the BSOD died in 2000." which is blatantly untrue..."
Fact 1: WindowsME and older were known to BSOD on an almost daily occurance, hence the popularity of the joke in the first place.
Fact 2: The WinNT line was muuuch more stable, rarely BSOD'ing, most cases being the fault of bad hardware drivers.
Fact 3: WinXP, released in 2001, by default reboots instead of leaving up a blue screen.
If you want to go Commander-Data-Literal, fine, you're only satisfying yourself. But from your own statements it's very clear that if Windows 95 had started with one of the WinNT variants, you wouldn't have nearly 2 decades of BSOD jokes. BSOD == DEAD.
I think people have held on to this joke so long that they forget just how often Win9X BSOD'd. People measure WinXP BSOD's by how many they've had in a decade. The Win9X BSOD's were daily.
The last time any of you were dealing with daily BSODs you were watching the finale of 3rd Rock from the Sun, W. Bush was entering office, and you could still fly on a plane without getting your balls squeezed.
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Did you notice that Slashdot's description of the patent is five words long and the patent itself is several pages?
Normal consumers are already stupid, now imagine consumers who buy stuffs based on hype and look instead of actual performance.
Too bad they're not quite as dumb as people who think bullet-point features are the same as 'performance'.
Simple test. Ask iPhone users about a component in their phone ("What kind of processor is in that?") See what they say. Now ask an Android user. They won't all know, but more of them seem too.
Are you testing consumer intelligence or Android Fanboy Envy?
Wake up and smell the cash grab.
Heh yeah, back in my day big successful companies were philanthropic.
You're saying it has it? Can you share your experiences with us?
I am *expanding!* It is so much *squishy* to *store* for you!
*Campers* are the best! I have *anticipation* and then what?
Better parties in *the middle* for sure.
In fact, it is so reliable that it is the site I typically check if I want to see if the internet connection is working.
You don't do that by clicking any of the article links, do you?
My grandma made these awful sandwiches once. BLech.
But tone it down a little, okay?
You're right, man. Have a good week.
Provide real world quantifiable evidence that OS is inherently more secure than closed source.
Don't need to, that's not the issue. Amusingly you zeroed right in on it...
And walking around with a chip on your shoulder is just a target for those wishing to knock it off.
Bingo! Nothing like an attractive target, mmm? Every boast about how great and secure OSS is, especially at a time where it isn't appropriate to be pumping the fist in the air, is a dare to somebody to prove it wrong. That whole 'chip on the shoulder' thing applies to OSS zealots, too.
Well, I'll put it to you this way: I spent 3 days driving from Kansas to Oregon, with a scenic detour up north far enough to hit Montana. I had a lot of fun.
Just wanted you to know that so you didn't think I was automatically just arguing with you. ;)
In the end of those 6 hours you see nothing, feel nothing, experience nothing. You just got delivered, blindfolded, from San Diego to NYC, and you have no clue what country lies in between.
You don't have a clue about what the country is like either if your family is bickering the entire time because they're bored out of their minds. Seriously, go watch Lampoon's Summer Vacation. The reason that movie's considered a classic is because that's how those trips really go.
Perhaps that's how you want to travel for business, but a vacation suggests a better tactic, with emphasis on vacation and not on getting from point A to point B.
Vacation's about fun. If you're fortunate enough to make the drive fun, great! Idaho, for example, is very pretty to drive through in the summer. Wyoming, however, is not. I've done these trips before and, I'm sorry, but the difference in travel times is tremendous, and not everybody travels 3,000 miles just for vacation.
Traveling by a car is a part of vacation. You see places, people, dine in towns that you never saw. Basically you see the world.
Heh. You find out that all those places are pretty much the same, driving 10 - 12 hours a day is a drag, everybody has to go to the bathroom often, and tempers shorten real fast.
But traveling by an airplane is a boring chore...
... that rarely lasts longer than 6 hours.
3,000 miles? On a 14-day vacation you've spent 6 days travelling.
They aren't forced to fly.
Right, try travelling around the US without using a plane.
I wasn't intentionally trolling, just venting a little annoyance with the attitude that security problems with proprietary software shows how good Open Source is and security problems with OSS also show how good Open Source is. I have a chip on my shoulder about it, sue me.
And now a rebuttal from the 'thousands of eyes' committee....
This long after lunch stories like this give me a rumbly in my tumbly. Time for something sweet!
Arrogance is an ugly trait, no matter what successes in life you've enjoyed.
Principles don't always win. Wlecome to real life.
Your original statement was "[...], the BSOD died in 2000." which is blatantly untrue..."
Fact 1: WindowsME and older were known to BSOD on an almost daily occurance, hence the popularity of the joke in the first place.
Fact 2: The WinNT line was muuuch more stable, rarely BSOD'ing, most cases being the fault of bad hardware drivers.
Fact 3: WinXP, released in 2001, by default reboots instead of leaving up a blue screen.
If you want to go Commander-Data-Literal, fine, you're only satisfying yourself. But from your own statements it's very clear that if Windows 95 had started with one of the WinNT variants, you wouldn't have nearly 2 decades of BSOD jokes. BSOD == DEAD.
Your friend doesn't see BSODs all the time. Again, you're making my point for me. Heh.
And it hasn't occurred to you that your hardware sucks?
Ah, so you're seeing BSOD's 5 times a week on your machine and each of your coworkers' machines around you?
That's terrible!
Because, when arrogance wins, it reaaaally wins. See Apple.
I think people have held on to this joke so long that they forget just how often Win9X BSOD'd. People measure WinXP BSOD's by how many they've had in a decade. The Win9X BSOD's were daily.
The last time any of you were dealing with daily BSODs you were watching the finale of 3rd Rock from the Sun, W. Bush was entering office, and you could still fly on a plane without getting your balls squeezed.