Posts by Stephen Orr

Ruby on Fails: Zombie SERVER army built thanks to Rails bug

So, basically....

...this article is slamming Rails for being vulnerable, even though the issue itself was patched (rightly) months ago.

I'd prefer a much more open attitude to the article acknowledging that there are many other web frameworks/languages with KNOWN vulnerabilities, which have gone unpatched for far longer than 6 months. For example - how many insecure PHP servers are there out there which have already been subsumed into a botnet? Attacking Rails, and Ruby by extension, for this is plain wrong.

MP blasts 'ineffective' games regulation

I'm embarrassed on behalf of Labour that they let this fool remain a member of the party, much less a sitting MP.

Surely, at a minimum, our elected representatives need a brain to do their job properly? Vaz is wrong on so many counts that I can't understand where he must be getting his information from.

Mr Vaz - please, for the sake of your constituents, stop jumping on the bandwagon with issues like this and back your opinions up with both facts and measured consideration about what's really best for the country? The Tories seem to be the party for censorship, maybe you should jump ship?

Apple picks death not compliance for open source iPhone game

I find it amusing...

I don't have any problems with Apple having their own rules for the App Store that clash with the GPL. It's their facility, they can run it however they want. It's more amusing that the FSF believe that their license should automatically override everyone else's terms and conditions regardless of whether those terms and conditions apply to every other piece of software or not!

Microsoft answers EU antitrust charges

It's crap

Come on, this argument was had years ago, and should be considered over and done with by now.

Microsoft aren't doing anything wrong by bundling IE. You have the option of installing another browser, they're not blocking you. My main point is that if it's made illegal for Microsoft to bundle IE, it should be illegal for Apple to bundle Safari. And for any Linux distro to come with a browser too.

I think the only purpose to these monopoly arguments should be to ensure a level playing field for all customers. As it is, it's a waste of time.

Asus unwraps 10in Eee with 9.5-hour battery life

Believe it when I see it

Just had one of Asus's Eee 900s. 7 hour battery life claimed, in practice it's about an hour and a half. I feel completely ripped off, what's the point of having a computer you can take anywhere, if that anywhere HAS to be somewhere with a mains power supply?

It's more than a little bit ridiculous that these netbooks typically have a worse battery life than their big brothers.