Comment Re: Hard to believe (Score 4, Informative) 804
They did. It's called Linux.
Comment Re:Uh huh (Score 1) 570
But GNU/Linux is POSIX-compliant, and that's what people mean when they lump Linux with UNIX or call it "another UNIX."
Comment Thank you LastPass! (Score 0) 146
Now I *know* the gobbledygook password you generated for me is not compromising me anywhere else on the net.
I have no financial interest in LastPass; just a big fan.
Comment False Alternatives (Score 0) 272
Privatizing good health, among other things IS " and a central component of a fair society and well-functioning economy ". For an example of the alternative, see this recent article from the Telegraph: http://bit.ly/12htACN
"Equality," in the post-modern sense, is one of the most unjust ideas of our time.
Comment They shouldn't (Score 0) 343
Put up the people that they think will add the most value. Period.
Who would get to decide what consitutes sufficient diversity? The population of the hosting country? State? My personal circles? And how much will diversity weigh against merit?
Comment My order (Score 0) 867
Slackware (Yeah Walnut Creek!) --> Red Hat --> Gentoo --> Ubuntu (sharing with family)
Comment Re:mac is linux (Score 0) 505
Can we agree that they are "POSIX-Compliant"*? That's what underlies them all, whether OSX, Linux, or BSD.
* I know, by compliant, I really mean "mostly kinda sorta ish" compliant
Comment Market Share Monopoly (Score 0) 311
Amazon having a large share of the market does not in itself prove a monopoly, as Apple asserts. Amazon had other competitors just waiting for them to stumble. It seems to me that Apple's ability to enter the market, and to do so on terms as different from Amazon as they claim, tells me that Amazon did not have "nearly absolute" power.
Comment Ubuntu put in the furry section? (Score -1) 183
Two obersrvations:
1. It may be the nerves of the camera, but if you are asked to explain your product and your first response is "uhhh...," that'sa sign the product goal isn't clear. He has trouble explaining this despite havinf presumably done it a hundred times already.
2. What's with the giant 6-foot insect in the corner? It's quite the distraction. It looks like the ubuntu tent is in the corner of the hall with the insect infestation.
Comment Is this April first? (Score 0, Troll) 307
WTF? I'm no fan of Java (we all know the logo is coffee because you have time to get some while your app loads), but this is another challenge for the Linux desktop.
Submission + - Sega Hacked, 1.3 Million Accounts Compromised (net-security.org)
Orome1 writes: Sega Corporation was attacked and its database breached last week, and the fact was confirmed by the company the day after it took its SEGA Pass system offline on Thursday. The breach resulted in the compromise of email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords of 1.3 million users, but luckily no personal payment information was acquired by the attackers since SEGA doesn't store it and uses external payment providers.
Submission + - Apples new HQ
An anonymous reader writes: The new Apple HQ is a design based on the "circular city" concept created by industrial designer Jacque Fresco. On his page thevenusproject.com you can see the similarities. The building is designed to be extremely efficient concerning work, transportation and energy consumption.
Submission + - Security researchers offered money for 0-days
An anonymous reader writes: I'm a security researcher finding bugs in operating systems and in various applications. Recently, I got a couple of e-mails trying to convince me, using not-so-great English, to sell my, presumably unannounced, 0-days for money:
We are a security research company that has a unit dedicated to vulnerability research. We have now started buying exploits from the market to fasten our research and our current interest area is Windows 7 / Macintosh exploits ( Unpatched or Zero days ). We will pay the researcher better than the other initiatives depending on the quality of exploits. Kindly reply if you are interested with what all exploits you have currently so that we can discuss over the same. In case something is of interest we can close the deal immediately and pay via most of the channels possible.
Regards,
Security Researchers.
Submission + - .brandname Domain Names Approved (bbc.co.uk)
Comment Re:Don't worry Citizens! (Score 1) 748
Seriously.
