It's good when bad security design is identified and exposed. Because later it will be corrected, and eventually someone will get it right.
Likewise, if it wasn't for crackers, our firewalls would probably not be as firewally as we like to believe. Enemies (whether corporate spies or terrorists or foreign states) would have a much easier job compromising networks.
So, hug a cracker today. He keeps us safe from the bad guys. (As long as he discloses his exploits)
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Oh please. Get your head out of your a**. That big learning curve is the difference between success and failure. Sure, Tex may be superior for creating documents, but people use Word. I use emacs and pico, rather than obscure vi.
Back-end should be designed and coded by hard-core coders. Because it needs to be rock-stable and predictable - and provide a well thought-out API.
Front-end should be designed by usability people, preferably with focus group feedback, and coded by hard-core to medium-core coders. Soft-core coders should stick to macros;)
He comes across as one of those people looking to attract publicity. It's rather simple - overstate your findings in order to be provocative.
It doesn't matter if dolphins are not _quite_ as smart as we thought. They still have some sort of language, and they still are able to communicate with humans in a more sophisticated manner than most mammals.
I mean - Dell had a super deal with Intel. Then Apple cut a deal with Intel. And now Dell is embracing AMD.
Interesting.
Anyhow, here's what I expect happened:
Once Dell committed itself to AMD servers, then the deal with Intel was invalidated. This was a known: Dell gambles that the increased sales will offset the lost savings. Also, the move towards AMD will (Dell hopes) reinvigorate Dell's image. Currently, we think of Dell as being a boring, greedy company producing yesterday's solutions.
Ironically, this happens at a time when Core 2 Duo finally seems to win Intel the performance upper hand for the first time in a long while.
- Sufficient social skills to be likable - and to give praise to both others and yourself. - Know your Machiavelli and know when to use it and when not to use it. - Be professional in how you communicate and deal with people and organizations.
And - you keep an eye on the budget when prioritizing.
lemme see - if you bring home a prospective girlfriend, and you show off a ugly computer with a stack of pizza boxes next to it - do you think that's a turnon?
i'm not arguing that girls like macs - they just think they're less ugly than the average Dell.
What I imagine would be a good spam filter, would be like this:
First, run through a spellcheck and grammarcheck with a fairly lax spellcheck (we all make mistakes, but not all the time). And filter out anything but Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, French and English text. That oughta kill a good 60% of my spam. Next, some technology to kill the image-only spams (checksums? content likeness to known spam?). Then, run through a bayesian filter (or some such technology).
Now, I just need a good spellcheck/grammarcheck library etc, and then maybe I can beat the spammers for a good while.
What do you guys think? Should I spend some quality time with Perl?
Haha. There's a reason why Steve Jobs (don't remember what the Nintendo honcho is called, so we'll stick to Steve) is a billionaire while you are not.
Wanna know?
Steve Jobs is interested in people in addition to technology. He realizes that he needs technology to make products that people like - because most people don't care about ghz and gb: They care about doing the task (whatever that is) efficiently in terms of time consumption. We are lazy so we don't like stuff to be more complicated than they have to.
What you dismiss as gimmicky, people unlike yourself would label as useful or ingenious.
Secondarily, they prefer not being embarassed of having a butt-ugly computer in their home when their in-laws or potential girlfriend visits;)
Likewise, Nintendo attempts to make engaging games rather than technology showcases.
I'd like webmaster@yoursite.com to receive this mail:
"Hi,
While accessing your site, I came across some questionable markup. I've done my best to present your site - but I'm not positive I did it right. Perhaps you can fix the following errors?
Google appear to be investing their pile of cash in a very interesting way: They encourage their engineers to spend 20 percent of their time on unrelated work. Since they have some really bright heads in their workforce, they can be said to re-investing their pile of cash into ideas formed by their own employees. You know - all those half-baked, half-related ideas you get when you work on a project: They actually give you time and resources to refine and pursue them. And guess what - some of them turn out to be viable business ideas for the company. So, from a human-resources point-of-view, it's a stroke of genious. They realize more of the potential within their work-force.
They also probably reduce thebrain-drain of their talented employees - since working on Google must be very, very rewarding for someone with an imaginative mind but not a lot of organizational know-how.
Basically, noise at high ISOs are determined by the density of the CCD. Canon 5D has a full-format CCD (meaning it's the size of that good ole fashioned 35mm film), while my E-300 has a CCD about half that size. High ISO behaviour is also to some extent the quality of the CCD.
For true visual excellence in digital photography in large format on the wall, you'll need the following:
A good subject
Correctly applied photographics (light metering, depth of field etc)
Sufficient resolution image with sufficient quality-per-pixel
Quality optics
Well-performed post-processing
The thing about those Mars images is that they cannot be enlarged very much. Their resolution is inadequate, so they're only usable online or in magazine/newspaper articles.
Yes. If you fail to read the contracts you agree to, you may very well have your first-born taken away from you.
By denying Microsoft the rights you agreed to granting them, you are indeed in breach of contract. You are not doing what you agreed to do, simply put.
If you have a problem with this stuff - buy a Mac (and read the contract/EULA before you start using it) or run Linux (the same applies here).
Great, so it's more expensive than Xbox360. However, it has several things the xbox360 doesn't have:
1. Built-in system for HD movies (Blu-Ray) 2. Motion-sensitive controller 3. More juice. The number of cores (7 vs 3?) will hopefully be used for providing better physics, better AI etc.
So, considering what you get, it's not that expensive. But we'll see. I'm kinda rooting for Wii myself.
If the ISPs are worried about streaming, then they should flag the need for a media proxy solution. Certain shows are popular and will amount to a big percentage of the traffic. If they ISP stuck a smart media proxy that knows what most customers watch in between the customers and the backbone, then the customers would not choke the internet.
This is supply and demand, folks. And profit optimization. If PS3 launched at 250 dollars, the lines would be horrid and Sony still would anyway not be able to make more consoles in the time until the launch: Remember, production is typically not-so-smooth-and-efficient for the first months.
So, if Sony cannot make more consoles - then they can crank up prices until production capacity increases. The shortages of XBOX360 and PS2 upon launch were caused by the companies setting the prices too low: Props to them for that, but I bet the shareholders would have liked that money not to be wasted.
Still, 599 dollars is quite a bit more than what I'm willing to pay as I don't even have a HDTV.
They sell the same piece of music both encoded onto a regular DVD and as a CD.
Listen to them both.
You hear that difference?
I do. Even on a pretty crappy stereo, the difference is pretty big. 16bits/44khz is not optimal - but it was the best thing possible back when the cd format was made in the late 70s. Now that we can get sound - why not? The CD's we have will still work - it's not like when the CD's replaced the LPs and tape.
I still disagree. "disciplining" is just as bad as "kowtowing". Both are counter-productive.
If you kowtow (had to look it up!), the person will be satisfied but none the wiser.
If you say "you are stupid, do as I say", that person will get into defensive mode - and then pretty much everything is lost: The person will think poorly of you and be hesitant to ask you further questions and expand his/her knowledge. Rather, the person will just remain clueless.
If you say something like "Hey - I did that myself one time. I spent quite a few hours swearing at my computer before I solved it! What I did was... ". Then, when you have solved the problem together, point the person in the direction of the relevant documentation.
If you think most people are wired like yourself, then you really need to log off for a few months and live in the real world. If you want world domination, then you gotta understand how the world works.
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It's good when bad security design is identified and exposed. Because later it will be corrected, and eventually someone will get it right.
Likewise, if it wasn't for crackers, our firewalls would probably not be as firewally as we like to believe. Enemies (whether corporate spies or terrorists or foreign states) would have a much easier job compromising networks.
So, hug a cracker today. He keeps us safe from the bad guys. (As long as he discloses his exploits)
Oh please. Get your head out of your a**. That big learning curve is the difference between success and failure. Sure, Tex may be superior for creating documents, but people use Word. I use emacs and pico, rather than obscure vi.
;)
Back-end should be designed and coded by hard-core coders. Because it needs to be rock-stable and predictable - and provide a well thought-out API.
Front-end should be designed by usability people, preferably with focus group feedback, and coded by hard-core to medium-core coders. Soft-core coders should stick to macros
I imagine it might be good for their tactical skills?
He comes across as one of those people looking to attract publicity. It's rather simple - overstate your findings in order to be provocative.
It doesn't matter if dolphins are not _quite_ as smart as we thought. They still have some sort of language, and they still are able to communicate with humans in a more sophisticated manner than most mammals.
I mean - Dell had a super deal with Intel. Then Apple cut a deal with Intel. And now Dell is embracing AMD.
Interesting.
Anyhow, here's what I expect happened:
Once Dell committed itself to AMD servers, then the deal with Intel was invalidated. This was a known: Dell gambles that the increased sales will offset the lost savings. Also, the move towards AMD will (Dell hopes) reinvigorate Dell's image. Currently, we think of Dell as being a boring, greedy company producing yesterday's solutions.
Ironically, this happens at a time when Core 2 Duo finally seems to win Intel the performance upper hand for the first time in a long while.
- Sufficient social skills to be likable - and to give praise to both others and yourself.
- Know your Machiavelli and know when to use it and when not to use it.
- Be professional in how you communicate and deal with people and organizations.
And - you keep an eye on the budget when prioritizing.
Think about this one: Who's profiting from all these "terror scares"?
how sure are ya? people pay monthly fees. then, 50 or 70 bucks for the initial investment is not a big difference..
lemme see - if you bring home a prospective girlfriend, and you show off a ugly computer with a stack of pizza boxes next to it - do you think that's a turnon?
i'm not arguing that girls like macs - they just think they're less ugly than the average Dell.
What I imagine would be a good spam filter, would be like this:
First, run through a spellcheck and grammarcheck with a fairly lax spellcheck (we all make mistakes, but not all the time). And filter out anything but Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, French and English text. That oughta kill a good 60% of my spam. Next, some technology to kill the image-only spams (checksums? content likeness to known spam?). Then, run through a bayesian filter (or some such technology).
Now, I just need a good spellcheck/grammarcheck library etc, and then maybe I can beat the spammers for a good while.
What do you guys think? Should I spend some quality time with Perl?
Haha. There's a reason why Steve Jobs (don't remember what the Nintendo honcho is called, so we'll stick to Steve) is a billionaire while you are not.
;)
Wanna know?
Steve Jobs is interested in people in addition to technology. He realizes that he needs technology to make products that people like - because most people don't care about ghz and gb: They care about doing the task (whatever that is) efficiently in terms of time consumption. We are lazy so we don't like stuff to be more complicated than they have to.
What you dismiss as gimmicky, people unlike yourself would label as useful or ingenious.
Secondarily, they prefer not being embarassed of having a butt-ugly computer in their home when their in-laws or potential girlfriend visits
Likewise, Nintendo attempts to make engaging games rather than technology showcases.
Your doublethink is doubleplusgood. You are a good revolutionary.
Big hugs,
Big Brother
Anybody care to summarize the pros and cons of Parallels vs VMWare?
I'd like webmaster@yoursite.com to receive this mail:
"Hi,
While accessing your site, I came across some questionable markup. I've done my best to present your site - but I'm not positive I did it right. Perhaps you can fix the following errors?
[list of validation errors]
Kind regards,
An Opera browser"
Wouldn't that be something, folks?
They also probably reduce thebrain-drain of their talented employees - since working on Google must be very, very rewarding for someone with an imaginative mind but not a lot of organizational know-how.
My Olympus E-300 is terrible at ISO 1600.
Basically, noise at high ISOs are determined by the density of the CCD. Canon 5D has a full-format CCD (meaning it's the size of that good ole fashioned 35mm film), while my E-300 has a CCD about half that size. High ISO behaviour is also to some extent the quality of the CCD.
The thing about those Mars images is that they cannot be enlarged very much. Their resolution is inadequate, so they're only usable online or in magazine/newspaper articles.
EULA is a contract - an agreement between two parties.
Whether it is a valid, enforcable contract is another matter.
But I have too much integrity to sign/tick off stuff with the express intention of breaking what I agreed to.
As usual, your milage may vary.
Yes. If you fail to read the contracts you agree to, you may very well have your first-born taken away from you.
By denying Microsoft the rights you agreed to granting them, you are indeed in breach of contract. You are not doing what you agreed to do, simply put.
If you have a problem with this stuff - buy a Mac (and read the contract/EULA before you start using it) or run Linux (the same applies here).
Great, so it's more expensive than Xbox360. However, it has several things the xbox360 doesn't have:
1. Built-in system for HD movies (Blu-Ray)
2. Motion-sensitive controller
3. More juice. The number of cores (7 vs 3?) will hopefully be used for providing better physics, better AI etc.
So, considering what you get, it's not that expensive. But we'll see. I'm kinda rooting for Wii myself.
If the ISPs are worried about streaming, then they should flag the need for a media proxy solution. Certain shows are popular and will amount to a big percentage of the traffic. If they ISP stuck a smart media proxy that knows what most customers watch in between the customers and the backbone, then the customers would not choke the internet.
Problem managed!
This is supply and demand, folks. And profit optimization. If PS3 launched at 250 dollars, the lines would be horrid and Sony still would anyway not be able to make more consoles in the time until the launch: Remember, production is typically not-so-smooth-and-efficient for the first months.
So, if Sony cannot make more consoles - then they can crank up prices until production capacity increases. The shortages of XBOX360 and PS2 upon launch were caused by the companies setting the prices too low: Props to them for that, but I bet the shareholders would have liked that money not to be wasted.
Still, 599 dollars is quite a bit more than what I'm willing to pay as I don't even have a HDTV.
They sell the same piece of music both encoded onto a regular DVD and as a CD.
Listen to them both.
You hear that difference?
I do. Even on a pretty crappy stereo, the difference is pretty big. 16bits/44khz is not optimal - but it was the best thing possible back when the cd format was made in the late 70s. Now that we can get sound - why not? The CD's we have will still work - it's not like when the CD's replaced the LPs and tape.
I still disagree. "disciplining" is just as bad as "kowtowing". Both are counter-productive.
... ". Then, when you have solved the problem together, point the person in the direction of the relevant documentation.
If you kowtow (had to look it up!), the person will be satisfied but none the wiser.
If you say "you are stupid, do as I say", that person will get into defensive mode - and then pretty much everything is lost: The person will think poorly of you and be hesitant to ask you further questions and expand his/her knowledge. Rather, the person will just remain clueless.
If you say something like "Hey - I did that myself one time. I spent quite a few hours swearing at my computer before I solved it! What I did was
If you think most people are wired like yourself, then you really need to log off for a few months and live in the real world. If you want world domination, then you gotta understand how the world works.
It's as simple as that.