I can't say I'm completely innocent either, I have done some cross-compiling on linux for windows with mingw. Such things will always be possible but developing on linux with windows tools is missing the point entirely I think.
All OS, text editor, and compiler zealotry aside... WTF???
If you are doing Windows development, you should be doing it in Windows. Expecting Linux to work for you if the tasks you need to preform are distinctly Windows related is just nuts. Use the right tool for the job.
Please, you are just making yourself look silly at this point.
Viruses are widely considered to be a subset of malware (malware literally meaning "malicious software"). From wikipedia:
"Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, most rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware and other malicious and unwanted software"
You might have a different definition of malware, but that definition is pretty much your own. The definition to you seem to be presenting for "malware" seems more in line with "trojans", programs which pretend to be something they are not (you know, like the trojan horse of mythology... no, who am I kidding, you probably don't know).
If you were just claiming that spyware alone only started to become a real issue in the 2000's, then you would have a point. Please note however that the original poster never mentioned spyware at all, but rather just the generic term 'malware'. In a feeble attempt to get some modpoints, you attacked his statement with the intent to contradict. Not a terrible plan, since counterpoints to posts with lots of modpoints also tend to get lots of modpoints themselves. Unfortunetly you know a lot less than you think you know, and you just ended up making yourself look like a fool.
What is disturbing at this point, is that you haven't even bothered to look any of these terms up yet.
Isn't it the editor's job to not copy text directly from the article if it is so terrible? Come to think of it, why do we still grace these clowns with the title "editor" at all? They seem rather resitant to actual editing.
You can't just have random people preforming first aid on people like that for liability reasons, and I'm not sure I believe that airlines put someone that is trained to preform tracheotomies on every flight. Seems like that would be prohibitively expensive.
If Apple hasn't even announced the damned thing yet, then why are we calling it the "iSlate"? Has slashdot really sunken so far as to making up product names for products that don't even exist? What is wrong with just saying "speculated Apple tablet"?
Hell, even just saying "iTablet" would be more bearable...
All I did was pop in a Fedora 12 livecd and my R500 card started working. Absolutely no configuration. Whatsoever.
Hell, my old roommate uses Gentoo and even he doesn't have to do much of any configuration to get it running, all he does is build X as usual, with radeon support. If you still need to do manual configuration of X on a modern setup, you are failing hard.
At first glance, from the subject line, I thought your post was a snide comment about the state of official ATI drivers on linux. I must say though, you guys are doing an excellent job at picking up ATI's slack.
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I can't say I'm completely innocent either, I have done some cross-compiling on linux for windows with mingw. Such things will always be possible but developing on linux with windows tools is missing the point entirely I think.
Isn't Boxee just a 10 foot interface thingy? Why would you install it on a netbook?
I guess I'm missing something here, never actually tried it myself.
My refridgerator is like the internet. You see, it has these series of tubes...
All OS, text editor, and compiler zealotry aside... WTF???
If you are doing Windows development, you should be doing it in Windows. Expecting Linux to work for you if the tasks you need to preform are distinctly Windows related is just nuts. Use the right tool for the job.
Bizarrely enough, this is actually something netcraft might confirm.
Don't you know? Head injuries build character.
/me bows his head and respectfully steps off the Anonymous Coward's lawn.
Please, you are just making yourself look silly at this point.
Viruses are widely considered to be a subset of malware (malware literally meaning "malicious software"). From wikipedia:
You might have a different definition of malware, but that definition is pretty much your own. The definition to you seem to be presenting for "malware" seems more in line with "trojans", programs which pretend to be something they are not (you know, like the trojan horse of mythology... no, who am I kidding, you probably don't know).
If you were just claiming that spyware alone only started to become a real issue in the 2000's, then you would have a point. Please note however that the original poster never mentioned spyware at all, but rather just the generic term 'malware'. In a feeble attempt to get some modpoints, you attacked his statement with the intent to contradict. Not a terrible plan, since counterpoints to posts with lots of modpoints also tend to get lots of modpoints themselves. Unfortunetly you know a lot less than you think you know, and you just ended up making yourself look like a fool.
What is disturbing at this point, is that you haven't even bothered to look any of these terms up yet.
Three more words:
Who fucking cares.
Bitch please:
1) blogspot. oooh, your sources have me trembling.
2) spyware is not the only sort of malware.
3) this party most certainly did not get started in the early 2000's
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAA [breaths] AHAHAHAAHAA....
Ok, now that I've had my laugh, get the fuck off my lawn.
And I am six degrees from Kevin Bacon.
Pretty sure Dethklok qualifies as "accidental supervillains".
Isn't it the editor's job to not copy text directly from the article if it is so terrible? Come to think of it, why do we still grace these clowns with the title "editor" at all? They seem rather resitant to actual editing.
I hear they are going to reinstall those pneumatic tube transports by the year 3000.
He probably saw a post id, which currently seem to be in the 30-millions (yours is #30716530 for example).
Some webbrowsers (Arora comes to mind, my current webbrowser of choice) have flashblock and adblock as full fledged features.
You can't just have random people preforming first aid on people like that for liability reasons, and I'm not sure I believe that airlines put someone that is trained to preform tracheotomies on every flight. Seems like that would be prohibitively expensive.
Troll? Really? Sounds like some mod needs to develop a sense of humour...
And you wonder why people don't like your type...
1) I'm suprized anyone would want to use something as old as DirectX....
2) I use mutt you insenitive clod!
If Apple hasn't even announced the damned thing yet, then why are we calling it the "iSlate"? Has slashdot really sunken so far as to making up product names for products that don't even exist? What is wrong with just saying "speculated Apple tablet"?
Hell, even just saying "iTablet" would be more bearable...
A videogame is a piss stupid reason to make your entire network unsecured.
All I did was pop in a Fedora 12 livecd and my R500 card started working. Absolutely no configuration. Whatsoever.
Hell, my old roommate uses Gentoo and even he doesn't have to do much of any configuration to get it running, all he does is build X as usual, with radeon support. If you still need to do manual configuration of X on a modern setup, you are failing hard.
At first glance, from the subject line, I thought your post was a snide comment about the state of official ATI drivers on linux. I must say though, you guys are doing an excellent job at picking up ATI's slack.