Neither one. How could you even suggest such a thing - Obliously it's the new Green lantern, a marine, grew up in the ghetto, and can kick Superman's butt......
I didn't say they fixed it, I said he did it in a way that will force them to fix it.
When the media coverage of TSA goofs occur, they have to respond with a fix. Granted it's another media patch, and yes, you are quite right that SOMEONE doesn't want real security, but that's the Airlines that don't want to do the things like foot a security officer on each flight, add the bulletproof doors, and so forth.
Where "WE" don't want real security, is that "WE" don't want to pay for the upgrades needed. It's money, it's allways about the money here in the US.
No, I strongly disagree. The DOJ has already decided he is not a criminal, or at least decided not to procescute. TSA seems to be getting their panties in a wad because he pointed out that the system is flawed, and did it in such a way as to force them to fix it. However, he didn't defraud anyone. He didn't use the tool to fly or to even bypass security.
Seems to me, that after 4 years of TSA "Security" (more actually, but lets count from 9/11) stupid holes like that one should have been fixed.
And your knee jerk troll response is positive in what way?
My comment was that if you wanted to continue using a product that is no longer supported, with Open Source you have the option of doing so. I was contrasting this to the closed source model. The difference is that if you want to stay with the current version for whatever reason, you HAVE the option to do so with an Open Source project, with a closed source project you will be, eventually, forced to either live with the problems, or upgrade to a newer version.
As for the real world, apparently you missed working in it. The real world has a finite amount of resources to apply to a project. That is true regardless of the project or the model. Even Microsoft has a Finite, albeit huge, number of man hours that can be applied to any given task. In the real world, there are diminishing returns on using those resources for locating and patching legacy code. So, at some point in the process, old versions have to be dropped. But I suppose that you think Microsoft should still be supporting Windows 3.2, and Apple should still provide patches for System 6.
No charge for the quick lesson in the REAL world. But thanks for the Geek moniker.
"It's unfair to make that comparison without acknowledging the tremendous difference in size and resources between Mozilla Corporation and Microsoft."
Exsqueeze me? "I'm smaller so it's okay if I don't play by the same rules?"
No, I don't think so. Open Source wants a level playing field, not a special consideration. It's a very fair, and accurate comparison.
The difference is that the source for Firefox 1.0 and 1.5 is available, so you can hire someone to do whatever you like to support the legacy versions and stay with that software version set for as long as you like. Now if Microsoft wanted to release the source for SP1 and let someone else maintain it.........
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Neither one. How could you even suggest such a thing - Obliously it's the new Green lantern, a marine, grew up in the ghetto, and can kick Superman's butt......
I didn't say they fixed it, I said he did it in a way that will force them to fix it.
When the media coverage of TSA goofs occur, they have to respond with a fix. Granted it's another media patch, and yes, you are quite right that SOMEONE doesn't want real security, but that's the Airlines that don't want to do the things like foot a security officer on each flight, add the bulletproof doors, and so forth.
Where "WE" don't want real security, is that "WE" don't want to pay for the upgrades needed. It's money, it's allways about the money here in the US.
No, I strongly disagree. The DOJ has already decided he is not a criminal, or at least decided not to procescute. TSA seems to be getting their panties in a wad because he pointed out that the system is flawed, and did it in such a way as to force them to fix it. However, he didn't defraud anyone. He didn't use the tool to fly or to even bypass security. Seems to me, that after 4 years of TSA "Security" (more actually, but lets count from 9/11) stupid holes like that one should have been fixed.
And your knee jerk troll response is positive in what way?
My comment was that if you wanted to continue using a product that is no longer supported, with Open Source you have the option of doing so. I was contrasting this to the closed source model. The difference is that if you want to stay with the current version for whatever reason, you HAVE the option to do so with an Open Source project, with a closed source project you will be, eventually, forced to either live with the problems, or upgrade to a newer version.
As for the real world, apparently you missed working in it. The real world has a finite amount of resources to apply to a project. That is true regardless of the project or the model. Even Microsoft has a Finite, albeit huge, number of man hours that can be applied to any given task. In the real world, there are diminishing returns on using those resources for locating and patching legacy code. So, at some point in the process, old versions have to be dropped. But I suppose that you think Microsoft should still be supporting Windows 3.2, and Apple should still provide patches for System 6.
No charge for the quick lesson in the REAL world. But thanks for the Geek moniker.
"It's unfair to make that comparison without acknowledging the tremendous difference in size and resources between Mozilla Corporation and Microsoft." Exsqueeze me? "I'm smaller so it's okay if I don't play by the same rules?" No, I don't think so. Open Source wants a level playing field, not a special consideration. It's a very fair, and accurate comparison. The difference is that the source for Firefox 1.0 and 1.5 is available, so you can hire someone to do whatever you like to support the legacy versions and stay with that software version set for as long as you like. Now if Microsoft wanted to release the source for SP1 and let someone else maintain it.........
G'day Bruce! Have another beer.
Yeah, Well, the spoiler on the scout might qualify, but it needs a MUCH bigger airdam if they are going to do any drifting.
Hmmmmm 200 or so years, eh?
and walk uphill to the targets house, in the snow, both ways..... "If you try to tell these youngsters how hard it was, they won't believe you"