I thought one of the big selling points of Java (over C++ back in the day) was that it would be immune to buffer overflows due to it's object representation and garbage collection mechanism. Was that just hype?
(and no, newbie, "RPG" does _not_ stand for "role playing game.")
What do rocket propelled grenades have to do with anything? And besides, it's not even worth it when you consider all that environmental damage. Stick with the plasma gun - it's the enthusiast's choice.
I can personally attest to the validity of dishwashing keyboards - I have seen it done (successfully) first hand.
About 10 years ago, my friend's mom complained that her computer was acting strangely. It would keep typing the same letters over and over again after a single initial keypress. My dad did some investigation and noticed that this happened on every program, not just the DOS prompt where she noticed it.
He pressed her on the subject of her keyboard, asking if anyone had spilled anything on it - to which she fervently replied "No". Being the problem solver he is, my dad had brought along his own keyboard to use in testing and lo and behold, everything worked just fine.
It was about that time (faced with evidence that it was a peripheral problem) that she admitted that there may have been some iced tea spilt on the keyboard a few days prior - but that she didn't think it was any big deal.
Since my dad had a spare keyboard anyway, he gave it to them in exchange for the tacky one. Once home, he did the very experiment described in the article. He ran the keyboard through the dishwasher (bottom rack) on low heat so as not to melt the keys. Then he propped the keyboard up in front of a floor vent to let the dry, air-conditioned air work on it overnight.
The next day, he plugged in the keyboard to discover that it was fixed! Back then keyboards had less gadgetry (no numeric side-pad or soft "media" buttons up top), but hey - a win's a win.
Does anyone have real actual statistics on the frequency of school shootings and fires in schools? The media would have us believe that the former is much more frequent than the latter, but IANAS.
I learned early on in high-school that you should keep your non-standard thoughts to yourself. I fear the day that those scientist guys figure out how to remotely read thoughts - though, it probably means the tinfoil hat industry is in for a windfall.
That they be denied the ability to obtain, free of charge, the latest pop music in a format that not only plays on any conceivable device but was also developed by people who share their particular political and philosophical leanings with regard to software....that is truly misery for them.
Yeah, that's true - right now. If HTML5 became a W3C endorsed standard, you can bet that Firefox, Safari and Opera would pick it up quickly - especially anything based on Gecko.
OTOH, any bets on whether IE7 would support it... ever?
I'm not opposed to having a new top level domain for banks - just call it ".bank". Calling it ".safe" seems to imply that somehow those sites are safer than other sites - which to me is a very dangerous assumption.
> So financial institutions get it, but "we're not a bank" Paypal wouldn't.
That's a shiv I would love to see paypal get.
Have you seen these "online banking" sites? Many only work on IE and rely on popups to do their bidding. Sooooo web 1.0.
Because PayPal has been under much more strenuous attacks, I suspect their security is much better than your average run-of-the-mill bank. Big chains may fare better - I'm not a financial software guru.
This scheme reeks of corporate nepotism and I hope it gets shot down for the awful idea that it is.
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I don't spite the trolling or the flaming you insensitive clod!
I thought one of the big selling points of Java (over C++ back in the day) was that it would be immune to buffer overflows due to it's object representation and garbage collection mechanism. Was that just hype?
I can personally attest to the validity of dishwashing keyboards - I have seen it done (successfully) first hand.
About 10 years ago, my friend's mom complained that her computer was acting strangely. It would keep typing the same letters over and over again after a single initial keypress. My dad did some investigation and noticed that this happened on every program, not just the DOS prompt where she noticed it.
He pressed her on the subject of her keyboard, asking if anyone had spilled anything on it - to which she fervently replied "No". Being the problem solver he is, my dad had brought along his own keyboard to use in testing and lo and behold, everything worked just fine.
It was about that time (faced with evidence that it was a peripheral problem) that she admitted that there may have been some iced tea spilt on the keyboard a few days prior - but that she didn't think it was any big deal.
Since my dad had a spare keyboard anyway, he gave it to them in exchange for the tacky one. Once home, he did the very experiment described in the article. He ran the keyboard through the dishwasher (bottom rack) on low heat so as not to melt the keys. Then he propped the keyboard up in front of a floor vent to let the dry, air-conditioned air work on it overnight.
The next day, he plugged in the keyboard to discover that it was fixed! Back then keyboards had less gadgetry (no numeric side-pad or soft "media" buttons up top), but hey - a win's a win.
Quick! Somebody grab inspamnia.com while it's still available. HURRY!
Does anyone have real actual statistics on the frequency of school shootings and fires in schools? The media would have us believe that the former is much more frequent than the latter, but IANAS.
What we need is tinfoil goggles. The hats just stop them from reading your brain.
> Can someone clarify for the non-technical types (such as myself) what "superfast" actually means?
What ... are ... you ... doing ... on ... Slashdot?
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> Well if Monsanto, or any of the other big firms into genetic research produce them, you can be sure that they'll be sterile.
Oh yeah? All the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were female and look what happened - it spawned sequels.
> And beyond going public, getting bought is a huge pay day for those stock holders (or just the initial investors if the company is still private).
Everybody knows that getting bought out is the new IPO. You can't have a bubble without air.
You can't spell "pIRAte conspirAcy" without "RIAA crypto spine".
> They care about scary invisible rays.
The only rays I fear are fricken laser beams - particularly the sort found on the heads of fricken sharks.
I learned early on in high-school that you should keep your non-standard thoughts to yourself. I fear the day that those scientist guys figure out how to remotely read thoughts - though, it probably means the tinfoil hat industry is in for a windfall.
> Where are these jobs? Should I move out of the midwest and work on .Net crap?
No. You should move into the midwest and work on Java crap. (Or house painting - which also pays well)
Good point - I should have said IE 7.x
> No one is compatible with HTML5.
Yeah, that's true - right now. If HTML5 became a W3C endorsed standard, you can bet that Firefox, Safari and Opera would pick it up quickly - especially anything based on Gecko. OTOH, any bets on whether IE7 would support it> ... which uses http://en.wikipoaedia.org/wiki/Secure_remote_passw ord_protocol and must have realized that this would cost them ...
Quick! Somebody register wikipoedia.com and put a "portal" there!!! Now people, let's move it!I'm not opposed to having a new top level domain for banks - just call it ".bank". Calling it ".safe" seems to imply that somehow those sites are safer than other sites - which to me is a very dangerous assumption.
> There is no such thing as anonymous on the net.
Some things can come pretty close> So financial institutions get it, but "we're not a bank" Paypal wouldn't. That's a shiv I would love to see paypal get.
Have you seen these "online banking" sites? Many only work on IE and rely on popups to do their bidding. Sooooo web 1.0.
Because PayPal has been under much more strenuous attacks, I suspect their security is much better than your average run-of-the-mill bank. Big chains may fare better - I'm not a financial software guru.
This scheme reeks of corporate nepotism and I hope it gets shot down for the awful idea that it is.