No. Apparently you just aren't capable of understanding the notion of centralized repositories, and how they are used by FOSS like apt, yum, portage, pkgsrc, urpmi,
etc., etc, etc, etc, etc, and why they are beneficial, and how you lose the benefits when you lose transparency, and how trojans are already a significant problem on android due to users falsely believing that every app named "f00barfoan" is not necessarily the exact same code as some other app called "f00barfoan" and why that's important.
None of this should have to be spelled out. Turn in your geek card on the way out, please. And don't reply any more, unless you simply have to have the last (unread) word. You have no point, and I'm tired of wasting my time with you.
Given your message is a commonly spouted Apple position, my mistake was reasonable.
Being eager to jump to conclusions is no excuse, the whole world isn't divided into iOS and Android fanbois.
Choice = stuck is 1984 Newspeak.
Again, you're wrong because you're falling for a false dichotomy. Software repositories exist which are just about as good a solution as anyone could want. See most any major Linux distro. So, repository != iOS App Store.
The only RDF in effect here is the one the one resulting from your the false dichotomy of iOS vs Android. I'm not a subscriber to either (I use RIM, but it's a compromise). Do try to know your subject matter. It helps to avoid wasting perfectly good electrons and vitriol.:)
No, Chimps! Eventually we'll confirm all technology has been fueled by "monkey see, monkey do" all along, and the human ego will deflate sufficiently to enable us to take our rightful place as just another species of great ape, albeit one that gets rather big for its britches periodically.
The miniature player is interesting, what I can see of it. In FF4 on linux the gallery stuff doesn't work at all. Probably one would need to enable javascript for some external site, but there are so many (including facebook and twitter js) I didn't bother looking into it, and instead just zoomed the thumbnails.
It's a pretty cool little device.
By that definition all competent coders who hand-roll websites are "security experts". I don't agree, but it's something I could add to my resume I guess...:)
Have you never heard of a "Cyclic Redundancy Check"?... Don't tell me about being "stuck" downloading software "from the wild and wooly web" if you think you're any less stuck...Now go get me a beer before I smack you one.
Wow, I know your history of mediocre trolling but this is substandard even for you. Are you ill today?
You don't need any of that anyway. HTML and it's associated companions are easy enough to do with any text editor. If you can't do that, you have no business coding websites. Hand-rolled is still the only way to get efficient, secure code for websites, especially if you're providing much in the way of content or process payments.
Actually, there's always going to be plenty of room for improvement. We're very fortunate to have firefox for reasons that transcend preference, and we should be glad to see this intensive development effort. A truly FOSS web browser becoming a de facto standard benefits everyone. It certainly lit a fire under microsoft, and look at the newer versions of IE. Not my cup of tea, but way better than they were pre mozilla.
Come to think of it, it's far worse than that. Most people won't even have the sense to worry about the code being what it claims to be, so the default state of a non-geek owned android device will be pwned.
So why not simply say that instead of walking off? That to me says it's a big issue and they don't have an answer.
Probably he's sick of being hounded by every fool who thinks RIM is the only company to compromise security on behalf of local governments ( as a few of us have already stated, RIM was the last holdout -- there's no device that doesn't do this as of now).
Just goes to show you there's not much difference between the average slashdotter's understanding and that of the average "journalist" whose job it is to know the relevant facts. Yes, he could and should have handled the situation more graciously, but who knows what the rest of his life is like? Maybe he's just all out of patience. I've been there, and you probably have too.
^ This. It will tank, the growth can't go on forever. Then some systems will have a bewildering array of choices to download apps and the whole point of having centralized repositories will be lost. There'll be no functional difference from the poor windows users who are stuck downloading software from the wild and wooly web, praying that the code is really what it claims to be.
Get off my keyboard, you silly cat! Go barf that hairball outside. ***looks at monitor*** Holy crap, my cat has her own slashdot account and her UID is lower than mine?
Probably you're just uninformed, but your foolish comment doesn't deserve its high moderation. **sigh** Slashdot has really deteriorated over the past decade, with all these uninformed digg-type people being so out of it and muddling things up with their erroneous assumptions and logical fallacies.
It's probably more fair to say, "They were given the choice to provided the technology for a government to snoop on their citizens communications, or suspend business in that governments jurisdiction." Sounds like chasing the dollar at the expense of their core competency to me.
People keep saying things like this. It would have merit if RIM was the only maker of devices which enable governments to spy on their citizens, but in fact RIM was the last holdout. All the others have been doing this all along. So, congratulations on getting a +5 insightful for not knowing what you're talking about. And remember, your iOS or Android device is provided by corps that will cheerfully turn you in to Homeland Security at the drop of a hat. The only reason you know about Blackberry "caving" is that they were the only ones who tried not to.
Many of the commenters in this discussion need to read the parent post. It 's accurate and dispels some of the myths that so many are buying into. Android, iOS, and every other mobile OS out there has been 100% open to governments all along. The Blackberry was not, until several countries threatened to shut down their operations there. Blackberries are still way more secure out of the box than iOS and Android.
The secret ballot is how you allow only those who count the votes to have all the power to decide the election.
It doesn't have to be set up that way, and it shouldn't be. You're probably just to young to realize this, but the US is an extremist kind of place, and we go through some hard political mood swings. We're in one now. During the McCarthy fiasco people's lives were completely ruined for their political affiliations. It could easily happen again, arguably it is happening again on a smaller scale right now. I know I probably sound like a typical old bat saying this, but you kids who are so willing to dispose of your privacy and deprive others of theirs are making some serious mistakes, and some of you will surely live to regret it.
No, no no! The secret ballot is extremely imortant. People need to be abe to lie about who they vote for. Stupid as it sounds, there are a lot of people who only have the courage of their real convictions in private, when they don't have to answer to family, friends, co-workers, clergy, etc. They need the support, and we need to know that we're doing what we can to limit people not voting their conscience.
Also, while I have no party affiliation I am definitely "left of center" on many issues and candidates. Frankly, the tea party people are scary -- I don't want to be targeted by any group of vindictive, bullying wackos because of how I vote. And the behavior we see today tells me that is not an unreasonable fear -- today from right-wing nuts, maybe next decade from left-wing nuts. The secret ballot is essential to a properly functioning democratic system.
I bought a cheapo asus wireless router for about $30 on amazon a year ago (sorry, don't remember the model number and I'm not home right now). It does ipv6 just fine. I actually bought it to put the smaller dd-wrt image on, and that's what I did as soon as it arrived, but it seems the dd-wrt firmware makes the router's CPU run too hot and my connection would become unreliable. But with the stock firmware it does a fine job for a basic home router. I was tempted to keep dd-wrt and mod the thing for better cooling, but then I got lazy and settled for "good enough".
Google isn't into bribing IT decision makers, they rely on the strength of their offerings.
These days, that practically *is* bribery right there
:) Microsoft has attempted to solicit favors from the feds by essentially claiming that Google has an unfair advantage because their technology is better, so ms can't compete. They clearly have no shame at all. Can anyone honestly say with a straight face that Balmer doesn't come off as a total dog-and-pony show operator? Not even an entertaining D & P operator -- at least Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were entertaining and have had some interesting things to say. Balmer? Dores anyone remember anythiing Balmer says, besides "developers, developers...?" Please... And now we know that bing's search results == last week's google search results, could microsoft's online services be more of a laughingstock? I think these deals where any business makes a small fortune at the taxpayers' expense need to be 100% open and transparent. No back room hookers and blow, just plain, honest business accountable to the taxpayers.
This is rich, as a description of the company suing the IT decision makers because they chose their competitor.
Only a microsoftie or fanboi could feel that way. Anyone rational would, as others have pointed out, be pleased that Google is suing. I don't want my tax dollars squandered on inferior technology and lost productivity due to incompetent implementations. You wouldn't either, if you had any sense.
Slashdot Mirror
Fixed, sorry.
No. Apparently you just aren't capable of understanding the notion of centralized repositories, and how they are used by FOSS like apt, yum, portage, pkgsrc, urpmi, etc., etc, etc, etc, etc, and why they are beneficial, and how you lose the benefits when you lose transparency, and how trojans are already a significant problem on android due to users falsely believing that every app named "f00barfoan" is not necessarily the exact same code as some other app called "f00barfoan" and why that's important.
None of this should have to be spelled out. Turn in your geek card on the way out, please. And don't reply any more, unless you simply have to have the last (unread) word. You have no point, and I'm tired of wasting my time with you.
Meta-meta-minutiae? Just the thing for keeping trivial minds occupied, apparently.
Being eager to jump to conclusions is no excuse, the whole world isn't divided into iOS and Android fanbois.
Again, you're wrong because you're falling for a false dichotomy. Software repositories exist which are just about as good a solution as anyone could want. See most any major Linux distro. So, repository != iOS App Store.
The only RDF in effect here is the one the one resulting from your the false dichotomy of iOS vs Android. I'm not a subscriber to either (I use RIM, but it's a compromise). Do try to know your subject matter. It helps to avoid wasting perfectly good electrons and vitriol. :)
"If the King James Bible is good enough for Jee-sus, it's good enough for me!"
No, Chimps! Eventually we'll confirm all technology has been fueled by "monkey see, monkey do" all along, and the human ego will deflate sufficiently to enable us to take our rightful place as just another species of great ape, albeit one that gets rather big for its britches periodically.
The miniature player is interesting, what I can see of it. In FF4 on linux the gallery stuff doesn't work at all. Probably one would need to enable javascript for some external site, but there are so many (including facebook and twitter js) I didn't bother looking into it, and instead just zoomed the thumbnails. It's a pretty cool little device.
By that definition all competent coders who hand-roll websites are "security experts". I don't agree, but it's something I could add to my resume I guess... :)
If I hadn't already participated in this discussion I'd mod that "interesting". A rare peek behind the mask. :)
Wow, I know your history of mediocre trolling but this is substandard even for you. Are you ill today?
There's a whole spectrum in there, you colorblind clod!
You don't need any of that anyway. HTML and it's associated companions are easy enough to do with any text editor. If you can't do that, you have no business coding websites. Hand-rolled is still the only way to get efficient, secure code for websites, especially if you're providing much in the way of content or process payments.
Actually, there's always going to be plenty of room for improvement. We're very fortunate to have firefox for reasons that transcend preference, and we should be glad to see this intensive development effort. A truly FOSS web browser becoming a de facto standard benefits everyone. It certainly lit a fire under microsoft, and look at the newer versions of IE. Not my cup of tea, but way better than they were pre mozilla.
Come to think of it, it's far worse than that. Most people won't even have the sense to worry about the code being what it claims to be, so the default state of a non-geek owned android device will be pwned.
Probably he's sick of being hounded by every fool who thinks RIM is the only company to compromise security on behalf of local governments ( as a few of us have already stated, RIM was the last holdout -- there's no device that doesn't do this as of now).
Just goes to show you there's not much difference between the average slashdotter's understanding and that of the average "journalist" whose job it is to know the relevant facts. Yes, he could and should have handled the situation more graciously, but who knows what the rest of his life is like? Maybe he's just all out of patience. I've been there, and you probably have too.
^ This. It will tank, the growth can't go on forever. Then some systems will have a bewildering array of choices to download apps and the whole point of having centralized repositories will be lost. There'll be no functional difference from the poor windows users who are stuck downloading software from the wild and wooly web, praying that the code is really what it claims to be.
Get off my keyboard, you silly cat! Go barf that hairball outside. ***looks at monitor*** Holy crap, my cat has her own slashdot account and her UID is lower than mine?
People keep saying things like this. It would have merit if RIM was the only maker of devices which enable governments to spy on their citizens, but in fact RIM was the last holdout. All the others have been doing this all along. So, congratulations on getting a +5 insightful for not knowing what you're talking about. And remember, your iOS or Android device is provided by corps that will cheerfully turn you in to Homeland Security at the drop of a hat. The only reason you know about Blackberry "caving" is that they were the only ones who tried not to.
Hope this clears things up for you!
Many of the commenters in this discussion need to read the parent post. It 's accurate and dispels some of the myths that so many are buying into. Android, iOS, and every other mobile OS out there has been 100% open to governments all along. The Blackberry was not, until several countries threatened to shut down their operations there. Blackberries are still way more secure out of the box than iOS and Android.
It doesn't have to be set up that way, and it shouldn't be. You're probably just to young to realize this, but the US is an extremist kind of place, and we go through some hard political mood swings. We're in one now. During the McCarthy fiasco people's lives were completely ruined for their political affiliations. It could easily happen again, arguably it is happening again on a smaller scale right now. I know I probably sound like a typical old bat saying this, but you kids who are so willing to dispose of your privacy and deprive others of theirs are making some serious mistakes, and some of you will surely live to regret it.
No, no no! The secret ballot is extremely imortant. People need to be abe to lie about who they vote for. Stupid as it sounds, there are a lot of people who only have the courage of their real convictions in private, when they don't have to answer to family, friends, co-workers, clergy, etc. They need the support, and we need to know that we're doing what we can to limit people not voting their conscience.
Also, while I have no party affiliation I am definitely "left of center" on many issues and candidates. Frankly, the tea party people are scary -- I don't want to be targeted by any group of vindictive, bullying wackos because of how I vote. And the behavior we see today tells me that is not an unreasonable fear -- today from right-wing nuts, maybe next decade from left-wing nuts. The secret ballot is essential to a properly functioning democratic system.
I bought a cheapo asus wireless router for about $30 on amazon a year ago (sorry, don't remember the model number and I'm not home right now). It does ipv6 just fine. I actually bought it to put the smaller dd-wrt image on, and that's what I did as soon as it arrived, but it seems the dd-wrt firmware makes the router's CPU run too hot and my connection would become unreliable. But with the stock firmware it does a fine job for a basic home router. I was tempted to keep dd-wrt and mod the thing for better cooling, but then I got lazy and settled for "good enough".
Only a microsoftie or fanboi could feel that way. Anyone rational would, as others have pointed out, be pleased that Google is suing. I don't want my tax dollars squandered on inferior technology and lost productivity due to incompetent implementations. You wouldn't either, if you had any sense.