This is a passive measure which relies on the second party for compliance, much like robots.txt. You can put as many denials as you want in there, but the "bad bots" will ignore it, if they even request it at all. The data miners will do the same, it would be in their interest to ignore this header.
Personally, I'll keep adding lines to my hosts file.
Validity rot isn't the issue here, it's that compliance is now a constantly moving target.
Browser vendors (some more than others) have always had a tough enough time getting their products to comply when the spec was finished and became static. With a dynamic spec chaos will surely ensue and developers will pay the price, because the lowest common denominator won't be as much of a known value as it is now.
Also, didn't Daniel Glazman lament a few years ago about how one of CSS's biggest flaws was the lack of version declarations built into the syntax?
I dare anyone to think of any other standards body that would dare pull a stunt like this. IEEE? ISO? I think not. Those bodies have an inherent respect for the standards they produce.
If anyone didn't think HTML5 wasn't a mess before, the stage is set now.
Has Tim Berners-Lee weighed in on this? Is he going to reign in these people?
The El Paso Integrated School District has what they call a "Technology" class in their HS curriculum. The Syllabus is nothing but basic MS Office skills. It's pathetic, and should be called a Secretarial class instead.
They'll attempt to demonize any mention of carnivorous behavior, often without a complete grasp of what they are attacking-- as seen here. A boy with no skin must be countered with a lump of tofu? Obviously no one there actually played Super Meat Boy.
PETA can't rightfully preach about animal rights while euthanizing tens of thousands of unwanted pets every year. Hypocrisy at its finest.
I'm not familiar with Kryptos, and I'm not one for cryptography. We know there are (at least) two layers here, the encryption and the resulting riddle. Obviously Sanborn is being coy.
The word IQLUSION stood out to me. At face value this seems to be a misspelling of illusion, but also obvious is the beginning IQ: intelligence quotient. If that is abbreviated to intelligence, and you read through the rest, you get intelligence illusion. Perhaps a reference to counter-intelligence? This is Langley, after all.
Maybe this is old news, or nothing, or part of the second layer riddle. Just something I thought of after a few minutes. I didn't have any insight about UNDERGRUUND, though.
Also, since you are obviously a Constitutional scolar, which of the several Amendments guarantees corporate profits or states that the Congress shall act to protect said profits?
The world is changing out from under them, and they are not positioned to be a player
Remember when Microsoft dismissed the internet? Of course, they had an "oh, shit!" moment a couple years later. I doubt they'll be able to strongarm all the markets this time. XBox Live is not the "killer app" that IE was at the time (mostly because it's not bundled with every game console out there).
This is another episode of Microsoft's security theater. While they'll portray this as making Windows more secure, it actually won't have much, if any, real benefit (a la UAC), and is actually designed to stifle other operating systems.
Apple, Oracle, and other big OS vendors will be given the opportunity to buy their way on board, but all the small players, including Linux distros, will be shut out.
I have a saying about Windows, and I've been accused of trolling with it: Windows is designed to be sold, not designed to be used.
By sold, I don't necessarily mean the retail box sale or the initial rollout of a service contract, I mean every dollar and minute spent to maintain Windows as well. From your tech-illiterate uncle taking his PC to Geek Squad, all the way to this blatant (to the people who know what to look for) extortion scheme.
Microsoft created all of these issues. They know it's not profitable to actually solve them.
The only reason I keep a windows install around is for Photoshop and Illustrator. These two are unusable under Wine. Inkscape is slowly growing on me, but I just can't get used to GIMP. Everything else is covered by Linux.
And after some of the things Jobs has said lately, I can't in good conscience buy any of his products.
Spoons also threaten national security, because any official's heart can be cut out with one. Unless attendees will be slurping directly from the bowls, no more soup at state dinners.
This is exactly the kind of scenario I envisioned last week. This kid's intent wasn't malicious, but think of what a blackhat could do with the HTML5 ping attribute, directing many thousands of twitter users all hammering a single site (and url shortening sites go down as collateral damage) to death. It could originate from any social networking site.
The ping attribute needs to be dropped or considered much more carefully.
... is complaining about someone else's relentless legal jockeying? How much blacker can the pot get while impugning the kettle's color? Until this girl (or any other individual) has the means to write and buy their own federal legislation, the MPAA should STFU.
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Paywalls ain't cheap, you know.
Anyway, if this thing has any chance of survival, they need to get it on more platforms, especially Android.
Not that I want Murdoch to succeed or anything.
This is a passive measure which relies on the second party for compliance, much like robots.txt. You can put as many denials as you want in there, but the "bad bots" will ignore it, if they even request it at all. The data miners will do the same, it would be in their interest to ignore this header.
Personally, I'll keep adding lines to my hosts file.
If this is Hickson's idea, it certainly tops all the other terrible or poorly reasoned ideas he's come up with.
Validity rot isn't the issue here, it's that compliance is now a constantly moving target.
Browser vendors (some more than others) have always had a tough enough time getting their products to comply when the spec was finished and became static. With a dynamic spec chaos will surely ensue and developers will pay the price, because the lowest common denominator won't be as much of a known value as it is now.
Also, didn't Daniel Glazman lament a few years ago about how one of CSS's biggest flaws was the lack of version declarations built into the syntax?
I dare anyone to think of any other standards body that would dare pull a stunt like this. IEEE? ISO? I think not. Those bodies have an inherent respect for the standards they produce.
If anyone didn't think HTML5 wasn't a mess before, the stage is set now.
Has Tim Berners-Lee weighed in on this? Is he going to reign in these people?
More likely they think that the US media attention could expose shady aspects of the deal.
This is Goldman after all... the investment firm that has profited from every financial downturn since the Great Depression.
Of course, this NWO stands for No Wikileaks Online.
The El Paso Integrated School District has what they call a "Technology" class in their HS curriculum. The Syllabus is nothing but basic MS Office skills. It's pathetic, and should be called a Secretarial class instead.
FTFY. I think.
I use Shift-Insert almost religiously, and don't use Ctrl-V unless I have to.
What's evil about the insert key is that editors don't have an option to disable the insert/overwrite toggle behavior.
They'll attempt to demonize any mention of carnivorous behavior, often without a complete grasp of what they are attacking-- as seen here. A boy with no skin must be countered with a lump of tofu? Obviously no one there actually played Super Meat Boy.
PETA can't rightfully preach about animal rights while euthanizing tens of thousands of unwanted pets every year. Hypocrisy at its finest.
I'm not familiar with Kryptos, and I'm not one for cryptography. We know there are (at least) two layers here, the encryption and the resulting riddle. Obviously Sanborn is being coy.
The word IQLUSION stood out to me. At face value this seems to be a misspelling of illusion, but also obvious is the beginning IQ: intelligence quotient. If that is abbreviated to intelligence, and you read through the rest, you get intelligence illusion. Perhaps a reference to counter-intelligence? This is Langley, after all.
Maybe this is old news, or nothing, or part of the second layer riddle. Just something I thought of after a few minutes. I didn't have any insight about UNDERGRUUND, though.
Also, since you are obviously a Constitutional scolar, which of the several Amendments guarantees corporate profits or states that the Congress shall act to protect said profits?
Apparently the OP sees Oracle as a Vorpal Bunny, has soiled his armor, and wants to "Run away!!! Run away!!!".
I don't blame him. Oracle has nasty, big, pointy teeth.
The world is changing out from under them, and they are not positioned to be a player
Remember when Microsoft dismissed the internet? Of course, they had an "oh, shit!" moment a couple years later. I doubt they'll be able to strongarm all the markets this time. XBox Live is not the "killer app" that IE was at the time (mostly because it's not bundled with every game console out there).
The trouble is, due to Windows' ubiquity, people don't realize that Windows isn't what they want. It's simply what they are used to.
Plus, many people are so afraid of "breaking their computer" that they don't dare change much on it.
That's part of being open. Granted, Google has allowed the fragmentation to become excessive, but that's beside your ill-reasoned point, Steve.
Right or wrong, the loudest voices tend to get their way. It may not be a legitimate method, but it works.
Since Oracle seems determined to destroy OpenOffice themselves.
Exactly. No OEM is gong to chase this endorsement, and even if they do get it, they won't be putting in on their retail packaging.
Google would make Android part of the deal, and it's apparent that Sony wants nothing to do with Linux.
This is another episode of Microsoft's security theater. While they'll portray this as making Windows more secure, it actually won't have much, if any, real benefit (a la UAC), and is actually designed to stifle other operating systems.
Apple, Oracle, and other big OS vendors will be given the opportunity to buy their way on board, but all the small players, including Linux distros, will be shut out.
I have a saying about Windows, and I've been accused of trolling with it: Windows is designed to be sold, not designed to be used.
By sold, I don't necessarily mean the retail box sale or the initial rollout of a service contract, I mean every dollar and minute spent to maintain Windows as well. From your tech-illiterate uncle taking his PC to Geek Squad, all the way to this blatant (to the people who know what to look for) extortion scheme.
Microsoft created all of these issues. They know it's not profitable to actually solve them.
The only reason I keep a windows install around is for Photoshop and Illustrator. These two are unusable under Wine. Inkscape is slowly growing on me, but I just can't get used to GIMP. Everything else is covered by Linux.
And after some of the things Jobs has said lately, I can't in good conscience buy any of his products.
Spoons also threaten national security, because any official's heart can be cut out with one. Unless attendees will be slurping directly from the bowls, no more soup at state dinners.
This is exactly the kind of scenario I envisioned last week. This kid's intent wasn't malicious, but think of what a blackhat could do with the HTML5 ping attribute, directing many thousands of twitter users all hammering a single site (and url shortening sites go down as collateral damage) to death. It could originate from any social networking site.
The ping attribute needs to be dropped or considered much more carefully.
... is complaining about someone else's relentless legal jockeying? How much blacker can the pot get while impugning the kettle's color? Until this girl (or any other individual) has the means to write and buy their own federal legislation, the MPAA should STFU.