The article doesnt cover this, but im inclined to believe that malware authors have an easier time and higher infection rates when they target 3rd party software packages. As far as i know, the biggest thing to change from XP to Win7, from the user standpoint, is the more in your face security model. That makes the malware authors jump through extra hoops if they wanna get their code executed silently. However, attack a bug in a PDF reader or browser and things can be made to look like business as usual
You're applying my logic to a much more complex system. The complexities of an OS, or even an application, allow much more customization.
A search engine, from the outside in, consists of: a simple form, a dataset, and algorithms to sort the dataset. Different search providers may alter the webpage so it looks a bit different. They may substitute an image for the submit button. They'll make it feel different, but if they use Google's rank and file system odds are users will get the same results.
Contrast this to an application or an application suite. Microsoft Office and Open Office are used for the same purpose; document creation and editing. They are, by no means, identical to eachother in form and function though. MS Office provides some features that Open Office does not. They have a polished(depending on your tastes) interface. Open Office sticks with a simple interface and provides all of the functionality that one may need for general use.
If you look at the world of open-source office suites you'll find that OpenOffice is the probably the most popular. There are clones and forks out there that add little functionality beyond changing the splash screen. This is likely what would happen to google if they open-sourced their search components.
If Google opened up their search engine wouldn't it just allow developers to make clones?
If im not mistaken, the meat of a search engine is the algorithms that organize compiled results. If you copy Google's search algorithms, your search produces results identical to those of a Google search. How is that innovative? How does Google keeping their algorithms to themselves stifle innovation? Additionally, if Google open-sourced their search engine it would allow a SEO to see exactly how things tick and exploit Google's advertising arm. That'd make it even more useless than it already is.
Google fell prey to a manufacturer. If I read and understood correctly, the current state of honeycomb was put together to get the XOOM tablet out by its launch date.
I might get modded into oblivion, but when you look at the numbers truth rears its ugly head. When WWE wrestling programming first appeared on SyFy it gave them the highest ratings in the network's history. The same probably goes for Ghosthunters and the like. They attract a mainstream crowd that advertisers can cater to. TN networks(even those owned by NBC) need money to run. How do you earn money? Run shows that bring viewers to your channel.
It might have something to do with genre oriented networks as well. MTV once played straight music..... now they're all about reality with music as an after thought. The only genre-oriented network I know that stayed on top for a long time was Spice; it was premium. With the explosion of internet porn i wouldnt be surprise if that crashed and burned
Last time I checked, public schools were state-run institutions. General subject matter includes: Math, Science, History, Grammar and Literature. Theology is left out for good reason. Matters are just too complicated. As far as I know, Creation isnt a scientific idea; rather it's a theological idea within the Christian community. The issue with theology is that there are far too many angles to cover. If schools were to start teaching it they couldn't solely focus on Christianity, because Judaism, Hinduism and, i'm sure i'm forgetting another major religion, all exist. Hence, separation of church and state.
Wait, im lying....i did learn about religions in 9th grade history. Lessons were fairly straight forward though. Practitioners of $religion worship $deity and read from $sacred_text that preaches $rules_to_live_by. It was little more than stuff we needed to regurgitate for a test and be done with.
I was looking up images for a VP shunt when I came across a few poisoned links. I got scared for a minute because just hovering over the image triggered the payload for one of them
Im in my 20's so i guess it started with my generation, but it seems like anyone I went to school with who wasnt interested in the subject matter or had too much pent up energy was put on Ritlin or one of its many alternatives. Instead of letting those kids expend their energy by running around it was just easier to cram a pill down their throat 3 times a day.
I haven't checked, but I dont believe integrated offerings from Intel or AMD/ATI could match even an old GeForce 7800. Even still, you probably wont find HD support.
.....and no, PC is not the answer. I cannot walk into a big box and pick up a budgetbox($399 orso) that has outpaced the PS3. The offerings I find will have a mid-range dual core processor or maybe a cheap quad core thats worse off. It'll have integrated graphics that would struggle to render modern games, and I'd be lucky if it had HDMI/DVI. Simply put, thats shit. The hardware is still tops for the console market
Whats more, the games designed for consoles work(for the most part) for consoles. Devs dont have to worry about supporting a shitload of hardware configurations; thers one.
The percentage of people who install a vanilla OS themselves is quite small. Most consumers will rely on the preinstalled software given to them by the PC manufacturer. If something goes wrong, the mildly intelligent ones will put load the same exact software from a replacement DVD. The ones who arent as smart will take their PC to a repair shop where the tech will load the DVD for them.
Im curious to know whether he is/was still relevant. In the NBC broadcast the anchor said something like many al-queda soldiers dont even know who Bin Laden is. I understand that they fight for a cause, rather than fighting for a commander. So.....was the raid on Bin Laden really that important? Revenge and icing on the cake for Obama?
Im all for being Patriotic, but if he's not calling any shots how is he a threat? Even if he was still relevant, shouldnt we be looking for his replacement now?
text-based RPG, action shooter, bdsm riddled hack n slash, arcade fighter, driving simulation.....any of these could put in the summary to better define a roguelike.
lets not pretend that anger and violence dont exist now. I know plenty of angry kids. My nephew is 10, and I cant believe the things he does or says and gets away with. Is it because of the games he plays? Certainly not. Its because his parents let him do things without taking action. Thats not to say his parents dont let him play games like GTA orSaints Row though. If I had done or said some of the things he does I'd be sending this from the graet PC in the sky.
Many researchers struggle to talk to colleagues in the same department, and communication across departments and disciplines can be impossible.
I understand this, and I've seen it myself. My fiance's cousin has a PhD in biochem. She had trouble explaining her thesis to just about everyone except her adviser. She couldnt explain her work as a lab assistant to anyone who didnt already know what she was doing. This seems like a problem that no amount of higher ed. learning can fix. Of course, i might be over generalizing. However, it's a problem that doesnt just plague the PhD educated under a broken system. Millions of people cannot communicate with their peers. It seems to be a fundamental issue.
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The article doesnt cover this, but im inclined to believe that malware authors have an easier time and higher infection rates when they target 3rd party software packages. As far as i know, the biggest thing to change from XP to Win7, from the user standpoint, is the more in your face security model. That makes the malware authors jump through extra hoops if they wanna get their code executed silently. However, attack a bug in a PDF reader or browser and things can be made to look like business as usual
Sony isnt exactly catering to the hackers because their latest titles require the latest firmware.
so what your saying is we should redefine the engineering mantra as "safe, earthquake proof, tsunami proof. pick two"
You're applying my logic to a much more complex system. The complexities of an OS, or even an application, allow much more customization.
A search engine, from the outside in, consists of: a simple form, a dataset, and algorithms to sort the dataset. Different search providers may alter the webpage so it looks a bit different. They may substitute an image for the submit button. They'll make it feel different, but if they use Google's rank and file system odds are users will get the same results.
Contrast this to an application or an application suite. Microsoft Office and Open Office are used for the same purpose; document creation and editing. They are, by no means, identical to eachother in form and function though. MS Office provides some features that Open Office does not. They have a polished(depending on your tastes) interface. Open Office sticks with a simple interface and provides all of the functionality that one may need for general use.
If you look at the world of open-source office suites you'll find that OpenOffice is the probably the most popular. There are clones and forks out there that add little functionality beyond changing the splash screen. This is likely what would happen to google if they open-sourced their search components.
If Google opened up their search engine wouldn't it just allow developers to make clones?
If im not mistaken, the meat of a search engine is the algorithms that organize compiled results. If you copy Google's search algorithms, your search produces results identical to those of a Google search. How is that innovative? How does Google keeping their algorithms to themselves stifle innovation? Additionally, if Google open-sourced their search engine it would allow a SEO to see exactly how things tick and exploit Google's advertising arm. That'd make it even more useless than it already is.
Google fell prey to a manufacturer. If I read and understood correctly, the current state of honeycomb was put together to get the XOOM tablet out by its launch date.
I found a large piece of paper on the ground, so I picked it up. I shredded it and scattered it back on the ground. Isn't it still trash?
Sci-fi is really bad television!
I might get modded into oblivion, but when you look at the numbers truth rears its ugly head. When WWE wrestling programming first appeared on SyFy it gave them the highest ratings in the network's history. The same probably goes for Ghosthunters and the like. They attract a mainstream crowd that advertisers can cater to. TN networks(even those owned by NBC) need money to run. How do you earn money? Run shows that bring viewers to your channel.
It might have something to do with genre oriented networks as well. MTV once played straight music..... now they're all about reality with music as an after thought. The only genre-oriented network I know that stayed on top for a long time was Spice; it was premium. With the explosion of internet porn i wouldnt be surprise if that crashed and burned
Last time I checked, public schools were state-run institutions. General subject matter includes: Math, Science, History, Grammar and Literature. Theology is left out for good reason. Matters are just too complicated. As far as I know, Creation isnt a scientific idea; rather it's a theological idea within the Christian community. The issue with theology is that there are far too many angles to cover. If schools were to start teaching it they couldn't solely focus on Christianity, because Judaism, Hinduism and, i'm sure i'm forgetting another major religion, all exist. Hence, separation of church and state.
Wait, im lying....i did learn about religions in 9th grade history. Lessons were fairly straight forward though. Practitioners of $religion worship $deity and read from $sacred_text that preaches $rules_to_live_by. It was little more than stuff we needed to regurgitate for a test and be done with.
I thought it was us because my parents always said things like "when i was a kid...." with a whole list of treatments
haha! funny +5.
I was looking up images for a VP shunt when I came across a few poisoned links. I got scared for a minute because just hovering over the image triggered the payload for one of them
"treatment" was essentially a big field and a ball. Ofcourse, docs cant make money on that..
Im in my 20's so i guess it started with my generation, but it seems like anyone I went to school with who wasnt interested in the subject matter or had too much pent up energy was put on Ritlin or one of its many alternatives. Instead of letting those kids expend their energy by running around it was just easier to cram a pill down their throat 3 times a day.
Im getting a sort of deja vu feeling because i'd swear i've heard of this, or a similar, process before.
I haven't checked, but I dont believe integrated offerings from Intel or AMD/ATI could match even an old GeForce 7800. Even still, you probably wont find HD support.
compared to?
.....and no, PC is not the answer. I cannot walk into a big box and pick up a budgetbox($399 orso) that has outpaced the PS3. The offerings I find will have a mid-range dual core processor or maybe a cheap quad core thats worse off. It'll have integrated graphics that would struggle to render modern games, and I'd be lucky if it had HDMI/DVI. Simply put, thats shit. The hardware is still tops for the console market
Whats more, the games designed for consoles work(for the most part) for consoles. Devs dont have to worry about supporting a shitload of hardware configurations; thers one.
The percentage of people who install a vanilla OS themselves is quite small. Most consumers will rely on the preinstalled software given to them by the PC manufacturer. If something goes wrong, the mildly intelligent ones will put load the same exact software from a replacement DVD. The ones who arent as smart will take their PC to a repair shop where the tech will load the DVD for them.
Its all about things that "just work"
Im curious to know whether he is/was still relevant. In the NBC broadcast the anchor said something like many al-queda soldiers dont even know who Bin Laden is. I understand that they fight for a cause, rather than fighting for a commander. So.....was the raid on Bin Laden really that important? Revenge and icing on the cake for Obama?
Im all for being Patriotic, but if he's not calling any shots how is he a threat? Even if he was still relevant, shouldnt we be looking for his replacement now?
did you even read the comment thread?
text-based RPG, action shooter, bdsm riddled hack n slash, arcade fighter, driving simulation.....any of these could put in the summary to better define a roguelike.
"I've been playing a lot of Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup lately. It's a great example of a roguelike [short definition goes here]
Maybe im asking a bit much from slashdot though. who knows.....
Thats not even a pain anymore. Location-based services are all the rage these days.
lets not pretend that anger and violence dont exist now. I know plenty of angry kids. My nephew is 10, and I cant believe the things he does or says and gets away with. Is it because of the games he plays? Certainly not. Its because his parents let him do things without taking action. Thats not to say his parents dont let him play games like GTA orSaints Row though. If I had done or said some of the things he does I'd be sending this from the graet PC in the sky.
Many researchers struggle to talk to colleagues in the same department, and communication across departments and disciplines can be impossible.
I understand this, and I've seen it myself. My fiance's cousin has a PhD in biochem. She had trouble explaining her thesis to just about everyone except her adviser. She couldnt explain her work as a lab assistant to anyone who didnt already know what she was doing. This seems like a problem that no amount of higher ed. learning can fix. Of course, i might be over generalizing. However, it's a problem that doesnt just plague the PhD educated under a broken system. Millions of people cannot communicate with their peers. It seems to be a fundamental issue.