One thing I've seen on my bank's login page which I haven't seen anywhere else is that to enter in your passcode (a randomly generated code given by the bank, used in addition to the user password) there is no way to enter in the code with the keyboard. You have to click on a number pad with the mouse, and the position of the numbers will change on each page refresh. This makes it impossible to use keylogging software to steal your security code.
Isn't being curious about the world enough of a reason ? Not everything has to apply to money or immediate use. Frankly, I'm disappointed to see this kind of position on a "geek" website.
Well they've had a little under 10 years to change some of their tactics. Especially since
When the Red Team sank much of the Blue navy despite the Blue navy’s firing of guns and missiles, it illustrated a cheap way to beat a very expensive fleet. After the Blue force was sunk, the game was ordered to begin again, with the Blue Team eventually declared the victor.
Diaspora doesn't require you to run your own server (a node called a "pod"), what it does is allow you to run your own node and still interact with all other nodes. This is is why it's a distributed social network.
I think most users are still on the main node, however there are a bunch of pods that you can choose from.
I wasn't specifically singling out the US. In fact in Africa, the US isn't nearly as bad as some European nations, such as France and England, which still haven't gotten over the idea that these countries are their colonies. The US has been much worse in its treatment of South American nations, however.
Furthermore, I'm not denying that rich nations don't provide money for infrastructure or education, or provide funding to NGOs that provide these things. But the money quite often gets in the hands of corrupted governments, which are helped or put in power by the West. There are a few genuinely helpful programs, but these seem to be exception.
Some citations for the West plundering the resources of poor countries, aided by corrupt governments they support and/or put in power, while the people starve (or worse) :
You may say, well, these are almost all examples of corporations exploiting people, not governments. But let's not forget that these corporations are based in Western countries and have an enormous influence on their politics, the whole "revolving door" thing.
It's always possible to mess something up, especially when greed can come into play. From what I recall one of the main problems with the micro loans was the lack of regulation and oversight.
Exactly, there is a difference between aid and investment. Dumping below cost products, which is what "aid" usually amounts to, is highly destructive to those being "helped". Much better would be to invest in infrastructure, education, or to provide loans for farmers. But doing the latter actually helps nations getting out of poverty, and therefore from out of the yoke of rich nations. Since rich nations obviously have an interest in keeping the status quo, there is little actual help.
I've worked pretty closely with Chinese people for a while, and I do agree in the sense that deviating from the norm is highly discouraged, even derided. It was extemely difficult to get them to try new things.
That said, the same thing could be said of Japanese culture in the years leading to and following WWII, and for a while they did nothing but copy US and European innovation. But begining in the 1960s, they started to no longer make cheap copies and made their own designs. They are now at the forefront of certain technologies. I don't see why the same thing couldn't happen in China.
Indeed. But we can hope he will act more like King Carlos of Spain, who was put in power by Franco but instead of being an authoritarian, opened up the country to democracy. It can happen.
If it's a C++ app, then sure, having a built-in crash reporting mechanism shouldn't be that hard to build in. But what if it's a web app?
How is a web app any different ? Every single one I've worked on, whether it was PHP, Pyhton or Java, had custom exception classes. Depending on the severity of the module, an email could be sent to the developpers, the stack trace could be logged somewhere, or simply ignored. So for example a "can't connect to database" type error would require immediate attention (email to developpers), while "404 favicon.ico" would simply get logged and reviewed daily/weekly whatever.
It's always useful to compare notes. Sometimes you get so used to doing things one way that you never stop and think about what it is you're really trying to accomplish.
Having a private company like Google directly influencing the outcome of the legislative process is even more dangerous than this proposed law.
It would mean corporations no longer have to hide behind lobbyists (and some semblance of democracy), and can simply demand any changes they want to a law they do not agree with.
When sea levels rise, it's also (for example) Miami, New York, and New Orleans that need to 'hike' a few kilometers inland... In fact the majority of the world's population lives near the coast.
I really think Kyoto was flawed that way and there needed to be some mechanism for countries with big primary industry, who obviously weren't going to hit Kyoto
You mean like Japan, France and Germany ? All of which export more than Canada, and have met their Kyoto targets.
When the day finally comes that Win 7 is put out to pasture (not likely for at least a decade) I'll have an alternative that I already know how to use.
If you want to keep your existing PHP code, the Yii framework is very nice. I'm using it for a fairly complex web application after having evaluated the other popular PHP frameworks, and having spent a lot time using (and hating) Zend. Yii is simple and light, providing the core MVC but most everything else is up to you. This makes it easy to integrate existing code into it, though inexperienced coders could get a little lost. There is very little hand holding.
It's faster than any other PHP framework I've worked with, though you really do need to use it with mem cache, APC, or similar. In fact speed was my primary reason for using it. We do all our dev work on a VM and even with all the debugging and code analysing, it doesn't slow down much. On our servers it absolutely screams, the weakest link is always the DB. There is a Yii extension for Mongo DB which we are investigating to hopefully cure some of these issues (mostly massive logging/tracking inserts).
There are quite a few extensions written for Yii, and it's easy to create your own : I've created a few and the process is extremely simple.
There are some web based auto generation tools that produce sane code skeletons, for example to create a model directly from the DB. Again this is just the basic structure, it doesn't get in the way, and you're not required to use these tools.
One of our requirements was internationalization, and Yii has a few methods that make it easy to translate and to display prices, numbers and dates in the correct format, etc...
All in all we were very impressed with this framework, so much so that there is now talk of migrating other applications to it, which are currently using a purpose built framework. In some cases Yii is actually faster, and a hell of a lot easier to code / debug;-)
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One thing I've seen on my bank's login page which I haven't seen anywhere else is that to enter in your passcode (a randomly generated code given by the bank, used in addition to the user password) there is no way to enter in the code with the keyboard. You have to click on a number pad with the mouse, and the position of the numbers will change on each page refresh. This makes it impossible to use keylogging software to steal your security code.
Isn't being curious about the world enough of a reason ? Not everything has to apply to money or immediate use. Frankly, I'm disappointed to see this kind of position on a "geek" website.
Or you steal cars to sell in another country, so affordability can be relevant.
Well they've had a little under 10 years to change some of their tactics. Especially since
When the Red Team sank much of the Blue navy despite the Blue navy’s firing of guns and missiles, it illustrated a cheap way to beat a very expensive fleet. After the Blue force was sunk, the game was ordered to begin again, with the Blue Team eventually declared the victor.
Then we find out if Iran's claims are true.
The original system has already been upgraded, at least twice. Here is the most recent : http://www.gizmag.com/go/2708/
Diaspora doesn't require you to run your own server (a node called a "pod"), what it does is allow you to run your own node and still interact with all other nodes. This is is why it's a distributed social network.
I think most users are still on the main node, however there are a bunch of pods that you can choose from.
I wasn't specifically singling out the US. In fact in Africa, the US isn't nearly as bad as some European nations, such as France and England, which still haven't gotten over the idea that these countries are their colonies. The US has been much worse in its treatment of South American nations, however.
Furthermore, I'm not denying that rich nations don't provide money for infrastructure or education, or provide funding to NGOs that provide these things. But the money quite often gets in the hands of corrupted governments, which are helped or put in power by the West. There are a few genuinely helpful programs, but these seem to be exception.
Some citations for the West plundering the resources of poor countries, aided by corrupt governments they support and/or put in power, while the people starve (or worse) :
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,686774,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8126353.stm
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/10/03/new-report-exposes-shell-complicity-in-nigerian-human-rights-abuses/
http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/blood-diamonds-zimbabwe-torture-camp-discovered-by-bbc
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/french-president-jacques-chirac-corruption_n_958043.html
http://foodwhistleblower.org/blog/22-2011/240-united-nations-report-contract-farmer-exploitation-imperils-food-integrity
You may say, well, these are almost all examples of corporations exploiting people, not governments. But let's not forget that these corporations are based in Western countries and have an enormous influence on their politics, the whole "revolving door" thing.
It's always possible to mess something up, especially when greed can come into play. From what I recall one of the main problems with the micro loans was the lack of regulation and oversight.
Exactly, there is a difference between aid and investment. Dumping below cost products, which is what "aid" usually amounts to, is highly destructive to those being "helped". Much better would be to invest in infrastructure, education, or to provide loans for farmers. But doing the latter actually helps nations getting out of poverty, and therefore from out of the yoke of rich nations. Since rich nations obviously have an interest in keeping the status quo, there is little actual help.
I've worked pretty closely with Chinese people for a while, and I do agree in the sense that deviating from the norm is highly discouraged, even derided. It was extemely difficult to get them to try new things.
That said, the same thing could be said of Japanese culture in the years leading to and following WWII, and for a while they did nothing but copy US and European innovation. But begining in the 1960s, they started to no longer make cheap copies and made their own designs. They are now at the forefront of certain technologies. I don't see why the same thing couldn't happen in China.
Actually that's a George Santayana quote.
Indeed. But we can hope he will act more like King Carlos of Spain, who was put in power by Franco but instead of being an authoritarian, opened up the country to democracy. It can happen.
do not even bother to test our websites in it
Yeah, who needs a quarter of the web, anyway ?
Why was this modded troll ? If you disagree with the viewpoint then grow a pair and comment.
If it's a C++ app, then sure, having a built-in crash reporting mechanism shouldn't be that hard to build in. But what if it's a web app?
How is a web app any different ? Every single one I've worked on, whether it was PHP, Pyhton or Java, had custom exception classes. Depending on the severity of the module, an email could be sent to the developpers, the stack trace could be logged somewhere, or simply ignored. So for example a "can't connect to database" type error would require immediate attention (email to developpers), while "404 favicon.ico" would simply get logged and reviewed daily/weekly whatever.
It's always useful to compare notes. Sometimes you get so used to doing things one way that you never stop and think about what it is you're really trying to accomplish.
Having a private company like Google directly influencing the outcome of the legislative process is even more dangerous than this proposed law.
It would mean corporations no longer have to hide behind lobbyists (and some semblance of democracy), and can simply demand any changes they want to a law they do not agree with.
When sea levels rise, it's also (for example) Miami, New York, and New Orleans that need to 'hike' a few kilometers inland ... In fact the majority of the world's population lives near the coast.
I really think Kyoto was flawed that way and there needed to be some mechanism for countries with big primary industry, who obviously weren't going to hit Kyoto
You mean like Japan, France and Germany ? All of which export more than Canada, and have met their Kyoto targets.
How would a sandwich prevent Jazz musicians ?
When the day finally comes that Win 7 is put out to pasture (not likely for at least a decade) I'll have an alternative that I already know how to use.
... or until XFCE goes the way of Gnome and KDE.
Change, it happens.
Vita will not be recognized as a mass storage device on your computer. You'll need to use a separate utility device.
All for security, and giving dirty pirates no direct access to the device.
If you want to keep your existing PHP code, the Yii framework is very nice. I'm using it for a fairly complex web application after having evaluated the other popular PHP frameworks, and having spent a lot time using (and hating) Zend. Yii is simple and light, providing the core MVC but most everything else is up to you. This makes it easy to integrate existing code into it, though inexperienced coders could get a little lost. There is very little hand holding.
It's faster than any other PHP framework I've worked with, though you really do need to use it with mem cache, APC, or similar. In fact speed was my primary reason for using it. We do all our dev work on a VM and even with all the debugging and code analysing, it doesn't slow down much. On our servers it absolutely screams, the weakest link is always the DB. There is a Yii extension for Mongo DB which we are investigating to hopefully cure some of these issues (mostly massive logging/tracking inserts).
There are quite a few extensions written for Yii, and it's easy to create your own : I've created a few and the process is extremely simple.
There are some web based auto generation tools that produce sane code skeletons, for example to create a model directly from the DB. Again this is just the basic structure, it doesn't get in the way, and you're not required to use these tools.
One of our requirements was internationalization, and Yii has a few methods that make it easy to translate and to display prices, numbers and dates in the correct format, etc ...
All in all we were very impressed with this framework, so much so that there is now talk of migrating other applications to it, which are currently using a purpose built framework. In some cases Yii is actually faster, and a hell of a lot easier to code / debug ;-)
The EU will do nothing, since no cellphone has been found with CarrierIQ running outside of the US.