Hmm.. another kdawson article... Sure, Copyright hurts economy.... maybe private property hurts economy as well... Maybe having a car or a house which I can sell/rent hurts economy too.... So you think anarchy is a better way?
Now seriously, everything I create has automatically my Copyright attached to it. And economy has nothing to do with it. It's just my right, just like the right I have to have a son/daughter and give them an education.
Another informative jewel by our "friend" kdawson. Silverlight is just another technology, like flash, java, or you name it. It's just getting more and more popular, and there is direct support for Windows and MacOs. The mono team is doing a wonderful work bringing Silverlight for Linux as Moonlight. True, 2.0 is not really supported yet, but it's on it's way, really soon now (TM).
Silverlight is a wonderful programming platform, easier and more elegant than flash will ever be, and you have a whole subset of the.net platform for you to use, which makes it very powerful. So Silverlight is here to stay. Take your medicine and don't be bitter.
The real problem is that the attorney has shown zero, null, nada understanding about how the torrent protocol works. I just listened to the radio broadcast of the trial live from court and his speech was just a laughable 20 minutes talking full of technical non-sense.
The guy just spoke about "IP numbers", "File distribution", etc without understanding the nature of the torrent distributed protocol. It's just incredible that the companies that are bringing TPB to court, with all their money and power couldn't find a more technical prepared lawyer (if there is such a thing)
"Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines."
The only "problem" here is that you don't read about this on/. (or any other place, for that matter). False sense of security is the worse security.
Now, jokes aside, a "national OS", whatever it is, is always a terrible idea. I've lived in Russia from 1988 to 2003, and I know the russian idiosyncrasy, and especially, the russian organs of powers and bureaucracy so well, that I'd be damed if this will not turn up to be just another dictatorial directive: only the "Russian OS" should be used at schools and educational institutions. Only the "Russian OS" must be officially supported in governmental offices. Only the "Russian OS" should be.-.. etc.
Now , whatever this OS is based on, that kind of "official" monopoly is NEVER a good idea. A standard is one thing. An *imposed* standard by the government is just too much.
I have this picture of kdawson in my head having three multiple orgasm every time he's selecting some FUD-Microsoft story to spam the main page with.....
This article, as every single one this pseudo-editor posts is no more than FUD and speculation. It's "articles" like this what does that Slashdot is turning more and more into a cheap yelow page online magazine.
The days where people just queued for hours to get the latest OS/game/etc... are almost gone. Most people have left behind that romanticized period (thanks god). I use Vista on my new machines. In my old one I'm perfectly happy with XP. I like Vista a lot, but XP is very good as well....
Hell I'm still using Mandriva 7 on my laptop and I'm still perfectly happy with it. I am not upgrading it to the last one or tu Ubuntu (insert the latest stupid name here). My Mac is running Tiger. Don't need Leopard or some stupid shining Time machine, thank you very much.
I always discard the good reviews AND the bad ones as well. The middle ones explain often why the product is not THAT good and why it's not THAT bad. Exactly like the real life: nothing is black and white, but there's a lot of gray shades there in between.
Sure, but that is an OPINION, (a politically correct one in this place), but... an ARTICLE??? An article should be informative, interesting, or fun... not a biased or anecdotal opinion. That are what the comments are for.
Just because not everybody wants to be "cool"? I don't want "cool" things. I hate the ipod (I got one as a gift a while back) and I hated it to death, so i kept using my Creative instead. I dislike OSX and macs and use mine only as a test machine. I don't own and don't plan to get a iPhone. So there is a marked for a not dumbed doen uncool things. Sure, they are not as profitable, but it's all about the choice. That said, I'm happy about my creative Stone, so I don't plan to get e Zune either.
I really find all those "celebrities" and "personalities" articles to be only anecdotal. So he likes Gnome? Fine. I'm sure some other "celebrity" likes KDE more. And some others use the command line only. Me? I like Windows more. Yes, It's not cool to say that in this play, but we're telling anecdotes here...so...I'm telling mine.
The point is, no matter what Linus, Stallman, Gates, Jobs use...that shouldn't matter for anyone else.
Oh.. I happen to think that Windows is the best consumer OS out there, MS Office the best office programs, DOT,NET is my fav. programming platform, C# my language of choice, MSSQL imo the best database, I prefer IIS over Apache, etc... I am not cool here in slashdot you see. I bet YOU are a cool guy.
Funny, last time I talked with the person responsible for the FC databases at my university, the guy was speaking lyrically about MSSQL and didn't care about the Cambro DB running on Oracle at all.... I guess opinions are like noses.
Why? MS flight simulator is not precisely a big seller. In other words, we are not talking about Guitar Hero or World of Warcraft that everybody and their cats own. We are talking about a game that 3 or 4 geeky souls buy and the rest of those who care just get a copy on pirate bay. It's not a secret that MSFS has been a waste of money for the company since version 5. Since then MS has been updating it more for the love of art than for the money. Now the situation is different and every single hole in the economy must be closed, so....
Are you mad? You know which product is the one that gives MS more money, do you? It's NOT office, not the OS, not games, not XBox: its name is (repeat after me): MS SQL Server. Ask anyone with little internal knowledge in MS and you will see. Of course, being a server product, it's not a product Charlie and his brother even remotely know about.
It puts emphasis on a common problem with open-source: you can have a poor or inexistent documentation and just tell the first fucker: "read the source, Luke" even if it is written in Fortran 94 with no commentaries.
When you have REAL documentation, and millions and millions of technical pages about APIs, applications, several operative systems, you will have some millions of documentations bugs as well. Hell, even in some(very poor documented, as many are as a norm) open source projects there is a lot of wrong or not up to date information. Just look at, for example, the Indy open source documentation with several hundred of empty pages with a "to be complete" caption since year 2001, and even there I found some wrong interface description exactly yestarday. So how can I call this "article" news? Oh, the old habit of bring to front something "negative" about you know who, I get it...
Many times. But you only (as a good Slashdotter) hear about those that never came true. (and sometimes some quotes falsely attributed to him, but that are now irrevocably part of the legend, like the one about the 640K memory)
But hey, here it comes. Not that you will remember those tomorrow, but what the hey...
*Microsoft CEO Summit, 1997: "Within 10 years the majority of all adults will be using electronic mail and living a form of that Web lifestyle."
*Comdex, 1996: Speaking about newspapers, Gates predicted that the Web would ultimately create a "substitution effect," shifting readers away from print and onto Web sites.
*"The Road Ahead," 1995: This Gates book had many predictions about technology, some of them prescient: "You'll watch a program when it's convenient for you instead of when a broadcaster chooses to air it. You'll shop, order food, contact friends, or publish information for others to use when and as you want to."
* Comdex, 2001: "So next year a lot of people in the audience, I hope, will be taking their notes with those Tablet PCs."
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Now seriously, everything I create has automatically my Copyright attached to it. And economy has nothing to do with it. It's just my right, just like the right I have to have a son/daughter and give them an education.
Silverlight is a wonderful programming platform, easier and more elegant than flash will ever be, and you have a whole subset of the .net platform for you to use, which makes it very powerful. So Silverlight is here to stay. Take your medicine and don't be bitter.
The guy just spoke about "IP numbers", "File distribution", etc without understanding the nature of the torrent distributed protocol. It's just incredible that the companies that are bringing TPB to court, with all their money and power couldn't find a more technical prepared lawyer (if there is such a thing)
http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39275144,00.htm
"Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines."
The only "problem" here is that you don't read about this on /. (or any other place, for that matter). False sense of security is the worse security.
Let me see...Because this is a kdawson article? He MUST have his daily hate dose.
Now , whatever this OS is based on, that kind of "official" monopoly is NEVER a good idea. A standard is one thing. An *imposed* standard by the government is just too much.
Hallelujah... About freaking time...
This article, as every single one this pseudo-editor posts is no more than FUD and speculation. It's "articles" like this what does that Slashdot is turning more and more into a cheap yelow page online magazine.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/14/1812232
Hell I'm still using Mandriva 7 on my laptop and I'm still perfectly happy with it. I am not upgrading it to the last one or tu Ubuntu (insert the latest stupid name here). My Mac is running Tiger. Don't need Leopard or some stupid shining Time machine, thank you very much.
I always discard the good reviews AND the bad ones as well. The middle ones explain often why the product is not THAT good and why it's not THAT bad. Exactly like the real life: nothing is black and white, but there's a lot of gray shades there in between.
Sure, but that is an OPINION, (a politically correct one in this place), but... an ARTICLE??? An article should be informative, interesting, or fun... not a biased or anecdotal opinion. That are what the comments are for.
Just because not everybody wants to be "cool"? I don't want "cool" things. I hate the ipod (I got one as a gift a while back) and I hated it to death, so i kept using my Creative instead. I dislike OSX and macs and use mine only as a test machine. I don't own and don't plan to get a iPhone. So there is a marked for a not dumbed doen uncool things. Sure, they are not as profitable, but it's all about the choice. That said, I'm happy about my creative Stone, so I don't plan to get e Zune either.
Now, back to enjoy my Windows, knowing that an article about is not interesting or enlightening either, Let everyone use whatever tool they want.
The point is, no matter what Linus, Stallman, Gates, Jobs use...that shouldn't matter for anyone else.
Oh.. I happen to think that Windows is the best consumer OS out there, MS Office the best office programs, DOT,NET is my fav. programming platform, C# my language of choice, MSSQL imo the best database, I prefer IIS over Apache, etc... I am not cool here in slashdot you see. I bet YOU are a cool guy.
Funny, last time I talked with the person responsible for the FC databases at my university, the guy was speaking lyrically about MSSQL and didn't care about the Cambro DB running on Oracle at all.... I guess opinions are like noses.
Why? MS flight simulator is not precisely a big seller. In other words, we are not talking about Guitar Hero or World of Warcraft that everybody and their cats own. We are talking about a game that 3 or 4 geeky souls buy and the rest of those who care just get a copy on pirate bay. It's not a secret that MSFS has been a waste of money for the company since version 5. Since then MS has been updating it more for the love of art than for the money. Now the situation is different and every single hole in the economy must be closed, so....
There. Fixed that for ya.
Are you mad? You know which product is the one that gives MS more money, do you? It's NOT office, not the OS, not games, not XBox: its name is (repeat after me): MS SQL Server. Ask anyone with little internal knowledge in MS and you will see. Of course, being a server product, it's not a product Charlie and his brother even remotely know about.
It puts emphasis on a common problem with open-source: you can have a poor or inexistent documentation and just tell the first fucker: "read the source, Luke" even if it is written in Fortran 94 with no commentaries.
Oh NOWWWWWW i get it. The editor was the dear KDAWSON. Now everything is clear.
When you have REAL documentation, and millions and millions of technical pages about APIs, applications, several operative systems, you will have some millions of documentations bugs as well. Hell, even in some(very poor documented, as many are as a norm) open source projects there is a lot of wrong or not up to date information. Just look at, for example, the Indy open source documentation with several hundred of empty pages with a "to be complete" caption since year 2001, and even there I found some wrong interface description exactly yestarday. So how can I call this "article" news? Oh, the old habit of bring to front something "negative" about you know who, I get it...
But hey, here it comes. Not that you will remember those tomorrow, but what the hey...
*Microsoft CEO Summit, 1997: "Within 10 years the majority of all adults will be using electronic mail and living a form of that Web lifestyle."
*Comdex, 1996: Speaking about newspapers, Gates predicted that the Web would ultimately create a "substitution effect," shifting readers away from print and onto Web sites.
*"The Road Ahead," 1995: This Gates book had many predictions about technology, some of them prescient: "You'll watch a program when it's convenient for you instead of when a broadcaster chooses to air it. You'll shop, order food, contact friends, or publish information for others to use when and as you want to."
* Comdex, 2001: "So next year a lot of people in the audience, I hope, will be taking their notes with those Tablet PCs."
And believe me...I can go on...
So mr. Gates invented Viagra? No wonder he's THAT rich.