No, once you have written the assembly, it is trivial to convert each instruction or pseudoinstruction into binary code. To continue the example above, you get
I noticed lex, sed lex: anyone care to enlighten me on the Latin origins of these and other common Unix utilities?
IAC, I'm not surprised he is sad to see HP go. Fuck, we are all sad. But there is some good to be found.
Remember our mutual enemy: Microsoft. And the enemy of our enemy is also our friend, in this case. In other words, Microsoft is a huge company. Only by creating a company huge enough to battle it (Linux is too small right now, but maybe they will get bought by HPaq!) may we triumph. It is the American Way.
HP and Compaq have already gotten themselves behind the Linux movement. Linus himself even suggested once that perhaps Linux should change its name to ComPHux, IIRC. This is great news for every true geek out there, and a Good Thing (tm).
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While your message made little sense to me, I did appreciate your use of the noseless smiley.
Tasteful and striking, the noseless smiley adds a distinct flair and a light touch to any post.
I don't think Macs have a place in government. Neither does Windows, however. It is just wrong to give all that business to a company, and amounts to "playing favorites" with taxpayers' money, which is specifically banned in Article 1 of the Constitution ("Being the government of All Citizens, Congress shall chuse No Specific Producer of any Material or Item required for Governance").
The only moral use of funds is to populate politicians' offices with Linux boxen. Linux has shown time and again that it has the firepower to deal with the wear and tear of political life. Programs like gpoll and qtvote are light years ahead of analogous products on the archaic MAC and Windows 95 platforms.
In conclusion, Linux in this case has possession of both the moral and technological high grounds.
When I read "ancient," I was thinking Greeks, Romans, or Moslems. I was all, "whoa, they had cannon, that's tight." But it looks like they are actually considerably more recent.
As many of us here in the slashdot community, I have long been a skeptic of so-called "security through obscurity" (the topic of the above article). The principle argument made by its supporters is that hackers cannot exploit security flaws that they don't know about. In other words, what you don't know can't hurt you. My objection has always been that almost all of the most popular viruses, hacks, and backdoors have been discovered or created by accident. A prime example is the ubiquitous "page widening post" here on slashdot.
People aren't digging security holes; they're falling into them.
Now that I've done a little research, I see this as a naive view. For one thing, it doesn't explain the frequent security flaws in Linux and Apache. To continue the analogy, there are so many holes, it looks like a golf course. Also, a wealth of evidence suggests that at least 85% of exploited bugs in Microsoft products (discounting IIS and Windows 2k and later) are from well-documented public APIs. This suggests that it is far more harmful to publish this info (which really isn't helpful to users anyway) than to keep it secret, where it can do no harm.
This is one area where slashdot does the Right Thing where other sites do not always. I find the "Updated" note useful and informative when a slashdot editor corrects one of the plentiful factual errors or broken links.
Okay, I see your point. I have also read all of his posts (yes, I'm an Elton John fan), and I've noticed that after just about every one, someone points out a reason it could not be Elton John. I think they are really missing the point, as these little "as a musician" things seem more like they're meant to be humorous without actually trying to troll. I think its great to see someone posting consistently ontopic and insightfully, all while maintaining a character that most people would find entertaining.
That's true, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. There is no reason you cannot be Insightful or Funny without having read the article. However, your joke's errors made no sense in terms of a) the headline (which you at least had to have seen when you clicked on it to post), and b) English, in the use of the word "conservatory."
I understand that you sacrificed accuracy to get the most "impressions." That is acceptable. Just my $0.02.
Alright, I think the Jornada did it, in the conservatory, with a compact flash memory card.
You almost pulled that joke off... Note that the headline is "Jornada killed", so Jornada is probably innocent of its own murder (though stranger things have happened...). Also, a conservatory is a school of the arts, right? Maybe you are thinking of observatory? I believe Clue has one of those. The compact flash memory card was good, and would have been a great punchline, if I hadn't been distracted by the aforementioned errors.
This is great. I'm pumped to eventually upgrade to a Linux PDA, once the networking issues are ironed out. The Compaq/Linux partnership has been impressive.
Personally, I have found HP products (especially laptops and PDAs) to use an inferior, almost navy blue, plastic that feels brittle and rough. Compaq has a tendency to use silver "accents" that I find a little gaudy. Maybe with Palm's recent troubles, HP/Compaq (anyone know if they will be called HPaq?) can hire away one of the original designers (just not the guy who did the m505 or whatever...yuck!).
I think companies tend to underestimate the importance of quality materials. Yes, what's inside counts, but the heft of a thing, the sturdiness, these are the aspects that appeal to our most primitive sense of utility and function. Never disregard the subconscious effects of the tactile world around us.
authentication...self-signed digital certificates...scalable...PKI...mod_auth_ldap...
Apache....OpenLDAP...OpenCA...certificate authority...
Netscape
Wow, what a stream of buzzwords and cryptic jargon.
WAIT! That was just a joke.
Seriously, I found the tutorial very informative. I actually have been using basic authentication for my old site, and was noticing that (although my ACLs are short and my pages few) it required a lot of work every time an update or change was made, which was interesting. Often times I would forget certain parts of the procedure and end up with long debugging sessions with my users...not funny. I'd read about LDAP, and it had always seemed very cool, and really underrated. I went through the tutorial and it made everything clear: I will probably convert the old site this weekend; targetting the administrator (who really should be concerned about this stuff) was especially insightful.
My first impression to this is disbelief: citizens have repeatedly sent Congress a strong message of concern over privacy, especially on the Information Superhighway. Businesses have, mostly, elected to create their own privacy policies in the absence of legislation. Everyone supports privacy.
Or do they?
Look at your average computer user. He (or she) doesn't use PGP, has insecure passwords, will gladly install spyware in exchange for a P2P client, and is all too willing to help email worms propogate. Now, don't try to tell me that this hypothetical (but all too real) user wouldn't give up his entire purchasing habits to save himself 7 clicks a month on AOL.
He would be delighted if he could be greeted with "I bet you want the new WWF video: click here to order" when he logged in. That's what this information sharing does. And the public is going to eat it up.
Meanwhile, the fraction of us who actually care about this kind of thing pay the price. The only sensible thing to do? Become what we hate the most. Format/dev/hd* and install Windows and AOL. Your browser votes don't count unless your user agent says MSIE, and your purchases don't count unless they're through AOL or MSN. We have to make a choice between Free Software and privacy. Once we've saved privacy, then maybe Linux will come back...who knows? But for now, we need to put Linux aside as we prepare for the real battle.
That was my point. Proscriptionists (such as myself and, apparently, you) would maintain that misuse of words is just that, "irregardless" of how many people make the mistake. Descriptionists would argue that since "infer" is used in place of "imply" so frequently, and the real meaning is almost always obvious from context, that "infer" is now correctly a synonym for "imply" (in addition to its older or real meaning). The argument is something to the effect that, "if people understand it, then it's a word." I don't buy that, personally.
oh yeah, as far as recently invented words, OED dates it back at least to 1912. i guess if you consider that recent, then most of the "modern" english language would also be extremely recent.
I think that people that are into books rarely reads a book based only on the back of the cover.
In contrast, I rarely read the backs of books, as they often contain poorly-written spoilers and are inaccurate. Same for movies, actually. I will go on a friend's advice, usually.
Good call, thanks. (n/t)
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Thanks for quoting the entire passage, which concluded with
Use regardless instead.
Yes, "irregardless" is a word, just like "infer" means "to imply." I am aware of the proscriptive/descriptive conflict, but I think even the most liberal lexicographers would agree that there is something not quite right about such recently invented words.
With few exceptions, I find these usages to indicate the absence of an analytical mind.
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(A list of your spelling errors is omitted for brevity.)
Is this your sig, or did I actually misspell something? Other than "submittor," which is questionable but at least a valid slashdotism, I didn't see anything wrong in my first post.
There are more interesting ways to troll Slashdot than to impersonate an artist.
I don't know if you noticed, but other than the brief intro to establish character, the OP stayed on-topic. Not only that, but the post was pretty perceptive, IMHO. I don't see any sign of troll.
I think this is a classic case of judging a book by its cover. Unfortunately, it appears the moderators have chosen to follow your "advice." Just because this poster, assuming "Elton John" isn't his real name, had the imagination to choose a nickname other than his real name (like did CmdrTaco, et al, and unlike you, apparently), is no reason to distrust his opinion.
Apologies for the heat, but I hate to see non-trolls modded as such, when there are so many more deserving of it. And apologies to the moderators for this offtopic post. You can mod it down, I just want Mr. Brewer to read and consider it. Thanks.
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It is actually much easier than the first step.
IAC, I'm not surprised he is sad to see HP go. Fuck, we are all sad. But there is some good to be found.
Remember our mutual enemy: Microsoft. And the enemy of our enemy is also our friend, in this case. In other words, Microsoft is a huge company. Only by creating a company huge enough to battle it (Linux is too small right now, but maybe they will get bought by HPaq!) may we triumph. It is the American Way.
HP and Compaq have already gotten themselves behind the Linux movement. Linus himself even suggested once that perhaps Linux should change its name to ComPHux, IIRC. This is great news for every true geek out there, and a Good Thing (tm).
Tasteful and striking, the noseless smiley adds a distinct flair and a light touch to any post.
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Compilers are a convenience, but far from a necessity.
The only moral use of funds is to populate politicians' offices with Linux boxen. Linux has shown time and again that it has the firepower to deal with the wear and tear of political life. Programs like gpoll and qtvote are light years ahead of analogous products on the archaic MAC and Windows 95 platforms.
In conclusion, Linux in this case has possession of both the moral and technological high grounds.
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People aren't digging security holes; they're falling into them.
Now that I've done a little research, I see this as a naive view. For one thing, it doesn't explain the frequent security flaws in Linux and Apache. To continue the analogy, there are so many holes, it looks like a golf course. Also, a wealth of evidence suggests that at least 85% of exploited bugs in Microsoft products (discounting IIS and Windows 2k and later) are from well-documented public APIs. This suggests that it is far more harmful to publish this info (which really isn't helpful to users anyway) than to keep it secret, where it can do no harm.
This is one area where slashdot does the Right Thing where other sites do not always. I find the "Updated" note useful and informative when a slashdot editor corrects one of the plentiful factual errors or broken links.
And a movie with Richard Gere. I believe it's called "Somerset."
Okay, I see your point. I have also read all of his posts (yes, I'm an Elton John fan), and I've noticed that after just about every one, someone points out a reason it could not be Elton John. I think they are really missing the point, as these little "as a musician" things seem more like they're meant to be humorous without actually trying to troll. I think its great to see someone posting consistently ontopic and insightfully, all while maintaining a character that most people would find entertaining.
I stand corrected. Moderators, please mod this +1 Underrated to account for my recently stolen +1 Bonus. Much obliged.
I understand that you sacrificed accuracy to get the most "impressions." That is acceptable. Just my $0.02.
Here goes the last of my posting bonus...
Maybe someone should write a patch?
Everyone can see this, ha ha!
*sigh*
Guess it's back to 25...or 23. :(
You almost pulled that joke off... Note that the headline is "Jornada killed", so Jornada is probably innocent of its own murder (though stranger things have happened...). Also, a conservatory is a school of the arts, right? Maybe you are thinking of observatory? I believe Clue has one of those. The compact flash memory card was good, and would have been a great punchline, if I hadn't been distracted by the aforementioned errors.
Personally, I have found HP products (especially laptops and PDAs) to use an inferior, almost navy blue, plastic that feels brittle and rough. Compaq has a tendency to use silver "accents" that I find a little gaudy. Maybe with Palm's recent troubles, HP/Compaq (anyone know if they will be called HPaq?) can hire away one of the original designers (just not the guy who did the m505 or whatever...yuck!).
I think companies tend to underestimate the importance of quality materials. Yes, what's inside counts, but the heft of a thing, the sturdiness, these are the aspects that appeal to our most primitive sense of utility and function. Never disregard the subconscious effects of the tactile world around us.
Wow, what a stream of buzzwords and cryptic jargon.
WAIT! That was just a joke.
Seriously, I found the tutorial very informative. I actually have been using basic authentication for my old site, and was noticing that (although my ACLs are short and my pages few) it required a lot of work every time an update or change was made, which was interesting. Often times I would forget certain parts of the procedure and end up with long debugging sessions with my users...not funny. I'd read about LDAP, and it had always seemed very cool, and really underrated. I went through the tutorial and it made everything clear: I will probably convert the old site this weekend; targetting the administrator (who really should be concerned about this stuff) was especially insightful.
Or do they?
Look at your average computer user. He (or she) doesn't use PGP, has insecure passwords, will gladly install spyware in exchange for a P2P client, and is all too willing to help email worms propogate. Now, don't try to tell me that this hypothetical (but all too real) user wouldn't give up his entire purchasing habits to save himself 7 clicks a month on AOL.
He would be delighted if he could be greeted with "I bet you want the new WWF video: click here to order" when he logged in. That's what this information sharing does. And the public is going to eat it up.
Meanwhile, the fraction of us who actually care about this kind of thing pay the price. The only sensible thing to do? Become what we hate the most. Format /dev/hd* and install Windows and AOL. Your browser votes don't count unless your user agent says MSIE, and your purchases don't count unless they're through AOL or MSN. We have to make a choice between Free Software and privacy. Once we've saved privacy, then maybe Linux will come back...who knows? But for now, we need to put Linux aside as we prepare for the real battle.
That was my point. Proscriptionists (such as myself and, apparently, you) would maintain that misuse of words is just that, "irregardless" of how many people make the mistake. Descriptionists would argue that since "infer" is used in place of "imply" so frequently, and the real meaning is almost always obvious from context, that "infer" is now correctly a synonym for "imply" (in addition to its older or real meaning). The argument is something to the effect that, "if people understand it, then it's a word." I don't buy that, personally.
Haha.
In contrast, I rarely read the backs of books, as they often contain poorly-written spoilers and are inaccurate. Same for movies, actually. I will go on a friend's advice, usually.
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Use regardless instead.
Yes, "irregardless" is a word, just like "infer" means "to imply." I am aware of the proscriptive/descriptive conflict, but I think even the most liberal lexicographers would agree that there is something not quite right about such recently invented words.
With few exceptions, I find these usages to indicate the absence of an analytical mind.
Is this your sig, or did I actually misspell something? Other than "submittor," which is questionable but at least a valid slashdotism, I didn't see anything wrong in my first post.
I don't know if you noticed, but other than the brief intro to establish character, the OP stayed on-topic. Not only that, but the post was pretty perceptive, IMHO. I don't see any sign of troll.
I think this is a classic case of judging a book by its cover. Unfortunately, it appears the moderators have chosen to follow your "advice." Just because this poster, assuming "Elton John" isn't his real name, had the imagination to choose a nickname other than his real name (like did CmdrTaco, et al, and unlike you, apparently), is no reason to distrust his opinion.
Apologies for the heat, but I hate to see non-trolls modded as such, when there are so many more deserving of it. And apologies to the moderators for this offtopic post. You can mod it down, I just want Mr. Brewer to read and consider it. Thanks.