It's for Apache/Linux so it must be well crafted code written with the best intention.... Isn't that always the case with FOSS.
If the malware author didn't include the source code, then it is not FOSS. On a serious note, some malware authors actually do include source code. More likely the "1337" ones, and not the ones who are doing it for profit. Sometimes as crackers are exiting crime, they will share their code.
I remember the times. The choice was IE, Netscape, and other. IE and Netscape (up to 4) were pretty much equally tolerable. Netscape had one advantage, that when it crashed, it didn't take Windows down with it. I don't recall any tolerable "others" of the day.
I learned from South Park that you eject your bowels right before dying. Netscape laid Netscape 6, which is right before it died, and was resurrected as a zombie by AOL. I discovered Fire-something in 2003. I used IE in-between those years, because as you said, the choices were pretty bad. But as of now, I don't believe that IE serves any legitimate purpose.
Well, the "problem" they're trying to solve is that IE isn't standards compliant. It was never standards compliant, so why is it suddenly a problem that needs solving? Simply, because everything else (more or less) is compliant, and they realise that IE will become increasingly irrelevant if it refuses to play nicely with the rest of the world. So the answer as to what else could they do is simple: they could drop IE!...
I would like Microsoft to drop IE. They could replace it with Firefox, or something else. Their end-users would love them for it. Most of the web will fix itself within a few weeks.
But they won't. The whole point of IE is too break the web. Microsoft does not want the web to work just as well on Linux, or OSX, as it does on Windows. If Microsoft didn't want to break the web, they wouldn't have even created Internet Explorer. Can you think of any legitimate reason for Internet Explorer existing? Does it do anything positive at all?
C'mon... who does the RIAA think they are fooling? (RIAA) retract all your ridiculous claims - or dont bother... the rest of us know the truth - and have for years.
This article is about the MPAA, not the RIAA. It is understandable how you got them mixed up, though. They seem to be molded from the same cloth.
In the United States, you can't be sued for helping someone in physical danger, unless you are doing it for personal gain. Doctors and EMTs can get sued. Regular shmoes can't. Doctors and EMTs can't get sued if they try to help someone and are off the clock.
I don't think the grand-parent poster was referring to communicating with the RIAA. They are beyond reason. I think he was referring to attempting to educate people visiting their website.
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So, would these not be appropriate to bring into a classroom?
Yes, spim is a problem, just like spam. Fortunately, just like spam, there are solutions for bringing it down to a workable level, and as it gets more prevalent, there will be better solutions that are easier to use and bring it down further. Of course, also like email, we will be losing legitimate messages that our spam filters wrongly flagged/deleted.
If I have a long stick and you hold the other end of it and I thrust my end towards you, you will instantly faster than the speed of light feel it at your end.
Dude, I don't do that. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Also, the vibrations of the stick won't go any faster than the speed of sound, like my sibling poster said.
In the Star Trek universe, all of the people were "idealogical", and would never consider torture, or "fighting unfair". The Star Trek writers wanted to keep the universe too much like our own, and didn't really think through the implications of the technologies they introduced into their universe.
In the real world, every weapon in the history of the world has had a defense created shortly afterward. Swords have other swords, shields, and armor. Bows and crossbows also have shields and armor. Bullets have armor. Bombs have black boxes, and bomb detectors. Snooping has encryption. Everything has something that can destroy it, too. Armor has weak spots, especially at the joints. Bomb detectors have the "walk around it" vulnerability, as does encryption (key loggers). Communication structures have bombs.
You are suggesting that government, warfare, and life itself will be defenseless against a new technology. I'm sure that the people of just a few centuries ago felt the same way about airplanes, if they were possible. "How can we possibly defend ourselves from people who can just drop out of the sky anywhere they please?"
Teleportation hasn't been invented yet, and neither has a defense. However, it is in many space/sci-fi shows, and they have usually have defenses. In Stargate: Atlantis, the Wraith have jammers, that prevent Asgard beams from working in their ships. The Earth ships have gotten through the jammers on two occasions that I know of. The first time is because the Wraith ships weren't expecting it (the first time). The second was when a Wraith they allied with "gave them the codes." The point is that every weapon has a defense.
The only weapon I can think of that I can't think of a defense is most theories of time travel. The reality-bending-to-story shows like "Time-cop" have a defense, where the "future" doesn't change "immediately," and they have a warning, so that they can fix the past before it affects the future. The "12 Monkeys" version has a built-in defense. You can't change anything. I can't think of a defense against the "Back to the Future" version, or the "Stargate" version. Fortunately, time travel is probably only in fantasy.
This is a horrible article, is false/misleading, and missing some information. How much was Amazon selling this book for? How much was the publisher's recommended price? What does the price of shipping have to do with anything? I mean, would Amazon be compliant with French law if they sold the book for the publisher's recommended price, and didn't charge shipping?
According to the article, they claim that the courts found against Amazon because of their free shipping, and then go off on a tangent, referring to a law that doesn't seem to even mention shipping. Do brick and mortar stores have to charge shipping too?
The warning on the disc was, apparently, the entirely clear and obvious phrase "NO APPLE SLOT IN DRIVE" in the bottom corner of the label...Tomorrow I'm going to leave a platter of poisoned brownies in the lunchroom at work, along with a big sign saying "BROWNIES". It's all on the up-and-up as long as I leave a "NO MOUTH FOOD" label in the bottom corner of the sign, right?
"NO MOUTH FOOD" is too clear. "NO APPLE SLOT IN DRIVE" would be more analogous to "NO MOUTH IN HEAD".
This isn't the first project that Microsoft has released on Sourceforge. They also released WiX, which is a program to build windows installation executables (similar to Nullsoft's nsis). Sourceforge is available to everybody who wants to publish an open source project, even mega-corps like Microsoft. I wouldn't suggest it any other way.
Just hope they're using signed ints to store that value. Actually, I think they use floats.
Nope. They use two integers. One for the dollars, and one for the cents. Some older programs get fancy and use a special 4 (or 6, or 8)-byte number, where 7 (or 8) bits are used for the cents, and the rest for the dollar signs. These are known as "fixed-point fractions." The important thing to keep in mind is that floating point numbers are not accurate enough for banks.
Well as it gets scarce the prices will go up. Maybe some people should start hoarding now:).
I thought of that. The problem is that it doesn't stay contained very well. If you bought one of those tanks, and never used it, it wouldn't keep for more than a few years. Even 100% air-tight containers might have a hard time containing helium.
Why for example do they confiscate tubes of toothpaste or shampoo bottles potentially containing explosive materials, only to throw them out in the trash unchecked? Why do cleaners and garbage workers handle these supposedly dangerous contraband unprotected?
Every promotion at the TSA requires that you get beaten in the head. The people who you see on the floor doing menial labor have not yet been beaten in the head. They know that there is nothing to fear from toothpaste.
Why do we keep penalizing those individuals who have the fortitude to stand up and point out security issues, and then let those responsible for said flaws get away clean?
Why do you post your opinion as a question?
Sounds like [it's]... designed more to prevent public awareness of corporate and governmental malfeasance than anything else.
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If the malware author didn't include the source code, then it is not FOSS. On a serious note, some malware authors actually do include source code. More likely the "1337" ones, and not the ones who are doing it for profit. Sometimes as crackers are exiting crime, they will share their code.
I remember the times. The choice was IE, Netscape, and other. IE and Netscape (up to 4) were pretty much equally tolerable. Netscape had one advantage, that when it crashed, it didn't take Windows down with it. I don't recall any tolerable "others" of the day.
I learned from South Park that you eject your bowels right before dying. Netscape laid Netscape 6, which is right before it died, and was resurrected as a zombie by AOL. I discovered Fire-something in 2003. I used IE in-between those years, because as you said, the choices were pretty bad. But as of now, I don't believe that IE serves any legitimate purpose.
Fails to detect, or there was nothing to detect? Damn sensationalist headlines.
I would like Microsoft to drop IE. They could replace it with Firefox, or something else. Their end-users would love them for it. Most of the web will fix itself within a few weeks.
But they won't. The whole point of IE is too break the web. Microsoft does not want the web to work just as well on Linux, or OSX, as it does on Windows. If Microsoft didn't want to break the web, they wouldn't have even created Internet Explorer. Can you think of any legitimate reason for Internet Explorer existing? Does it do anything positive at all?
This article is about the MPAA, not the RIAA. It is understandable how you got them mixed up, though. They seem to be molded from the same cloth.
In the United States, you can't be sued for helping someone in physical danger, unless you are doing it for personal gain. Doctors and EMTs can get sued. Regular shmoes can't. Doctors and EMTs can't get sued if they try to help someone and are off the clock.
In some places in the United States, you are legally required to help someone if they are in physical danger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law
Not completely true. Some states, such as Massachusetts require you to help out. Remember the last episode of Seinfeld?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law
I don't think the grand-parent poster was referring to communicating with the RIAA. They are beyond reason. I think he was referring to attempting to educate people visiting their website.
So, would these not be appropriate to bring into a classroom?
No, if he does it all at once, he'll be rid of the gold before anyone notices that the market collapsed.
Wikipedia has something new to add to their article on Cyberlaw, which dates back to January, 2003.
Yes, spim is a problem, just like spam. Fortunately, just like spam, there are solutions for bringing it down to a workable level, and as it gets more prevalent, there will be better solutions that are easier to use and bring it down further. Of course, also like email, we will be losing legitimate messages that our spam filters wrongly flagged/deleted.
I still say open protocols are progress.
Dude, I don't do that. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Also, the vibrations of the stick won't go any faster than the speed of sound, like my sibling poster said.
In the Star Trek universe, all of the people were "idealogical", and would never consider torture, or "fighting unfair". The Star Trek writers wanted to keep the universe too much like our own, and didn't really think through the implications of the technologies they introduced into their universe.
In the real world, every weapon in the history of the world has had a defense created shortly afterward. Swords have other swords, shields, and armor. Bows and crossbows also have shields and armor. Bullets have armor. Bombs have black boxes, and bomb detectors. Snooping has encryption. Everything has something that can destroy it, too. Armor has weak spots, especially at the joints. Bomb detectors have the "walk around it" vulnerability, as does encryption (key loggers). Communication structures have bombs.
You are suggesting that government, warfare, and life itself will be defenseless against a new technology. I'm sure that the people of just a few centuries ago felt the same way about airplanes, if they were possible. "How can we possibly defend ourselves from people who can just drop out of the sky anywhere they please?"
Teleportation hasn't been invented yet, and neither has a defense. However, it is in many space/sci-fi shows, and they have usually have defenses. In Stargate: Atlantis, the Wraith have jammers, that prevent Asgard beams from working in their ships. The Earth ships have gotten through the jammers on two occasions that I know of. The first time is because the Wraith ships weren't expecting it (the first time). The second was when a Wraith they allied with "gave them the codes." The point is that every weapon has a defense.
The only weapon I can think of that I can't think of a defense is most theories of time travel. The reality-bending-to-story shows like "Time-cop" have a defense, where the "future" doesn't change "immediately," and they have a warning, so that they can fix the past before it affects the future. The "12 Monkeys" version has a built-in defense. You can't change anything. I can't think of a defense against the "Back to the Future" version, or the "Stargate" version. Fortunately, time travel is probably only in fantasy.
Yes, but what happens when the tool asks Slashdot how to understand the code?
This is a horrible article, is false/misleading, and missing some information. How much was Amazon selling this book for? How much was the publisher's recommended price? What does the price of shipping have to do with anything? I mean, would Amazon be compliant with French law if they sold the book for the publisher's recommended price, and didn't charge shipping?
According to the article, they claim that the courts found against Amazon because of their free shipping, and then go off on a tangent, referring to a law that doesn't seem to even mention shipping. Do brick and mortar stores have to charge shipping too?
"NO MOUTH FOOD" is too clear. "NO APPLE SLOT IN DRIVE" would be more analogous to "NO MOUTH IN HEAD".
I prefer Angel Soft.
This isn't the first project that Microsoft has released on Sourceforge. They also released WiX, which is a program to build windows installation executables (similar to Nullsoft's nsis). Sourceforge is available to everybody who wants to publish an open source project, even mega-corps like Microsoft. I wouldn't suggest it any other way.
Nope. They use two integers. One for the dollars, and one for the cents. Some older programs get fancy and use a special 4 (or 6, or 8)-byte number, where 7 (or 8) bits are used for the cents, and the rest for the dollar signs. These are known as "fixed-point fractions." The important thing to keep in mind is that floating point numbers are not accurate enough for banks.
I have an idea. Put naked women in the picture. Then, you could say that the pictures are of women, and not cars. On second thought, forget the cars.
I thought of that. The problem is that it doesn't stay contained very well. If you bought one of those tanks, and never used it, it wouldn't keep for more than a few years. Even 100% air-tight containers might have a hard time containing helium.
Every promotion at the TSA requires that you get beaten in the head. The people who you see on the floor doing menial labor have not yet been beaten in the head. They know that there is nothing to fear from toothpaste.
Why do you post your opinion as a question?
Sounds like [it's]Or maybe the earth will explode. I'm planning on being alive tomorrow anyway.