Rarely do you see an article on hackers/phishers/lan janitors in the mainstream press that doesn't include some mention of the "underground world" of IRC. It's only a matter of time before it's shut down because it is obviously a dastardly world of evil-doers and suiciders running rampant.
To clarify what I meant - usually software magazines that are found on the news stands (your #2, Cheap) can usually be obtained through a free subscription if you are a software developer. This is not always the case but I've found that a lot of magazines simply want the eyeballs of the developers because that spells revenue for them.
I'm not so cheap that I don't pick up a Dobbs every once in a while, but there are so many magazines on software development and administration that it would be impossible for me to pick them all up, thats why I love the free subscriptions.
What you said is right on target. I've worked with XML in a few applications (specifically web services) and everytime we saw a performance drop it was not because of a network bandwidth issue but instead it was because the documents were so large that the parser became the bottleneck. And then when you throw in style sheets for manipulation.. well you get the point.
So if the need is for compression over networks, well thats only half of XML performance problems. And if the end result becomes a binary format, then how is it, and why would it need to be related to XML in the first place? Data compression over networks is not a valid reason for another standard IMO.
ZapThink, a research firm specializing in XML and Web services, echoed concerns over binary XML, notably the possibility of proprietary implementations. ZapThink analysts also noted that an XML message can touch several different pieces of software and hardware, such as security systems, all of which would support any binary XML standard.
I think this is totally unfounded for two reasons:
1. Proprietary binary versions of XML will be created anyway if needed, you really can't get around that.
2. The need for binary versions of xml is in the need for faster transmission. On the receiving end you could translate to text format and then pass this text version to your other applications, so no you would not have to have binary XML support in every application that supports XML.
But this brings up a valid point, we already have compression formats that we can use for transmission over pretty much any format, do we need to incorporate binary transmission of data directly into web services? Or should those that are in need of better performance simply wrap up their large datasets inside XML payloads and use the current format?
That's all great, but in about 20 years we will probably be able to experience everything you enjoy today in virtual reality. So why risk your life today for real when you need only wait a few decades (meanwhile you can enjoy progressively better surrogates) and then risk your life safely as much as you want?
Because that would be LAME.
Another future option is, of course, doing this in reality, but with better tech, which could be much safer. I mean, I certainly understand why you enjoy your sport, but you would look awfully silly dead or paralyzed because of your careless "LIVING".
Yeah that truly would suck to look silly after I'm DEAD.
Here is a good article on getting into BASE jumping from Tom Aiello
He recommends at least 200 skydives but in my eyes this is where you just start to become a 'novice skydiver'. In my experience a lot of skydivers wont even take you seriously if you have less than 200 under your belt and usually won't jump with you (exit at the same time).
Golias, there are some of that think there is more to life than just living as long as possible. Odds don't mean much in the real world where you can die in a freak toaster accident.
Do I up my chances of dying by skydiving? I'd be ignoring the obvious if I said no. Does it bother me? A lot when the door opens and my fear screams out "sit down you stupid idiot!". But I push past my that fear to experience something amazing.
Call it however you want, I don't need to prove anything and it certainly doesn't hurt my feelings. On the contrary, I can do something most are too chicken shit to even fathom, that makes me feel a tiny tiny bit of joy.
I'm sure you can psychoanalyze that until the day is gone but what it comes down to is I enjoy it, what's so bad about that?
Stay inside and maybe death wont see you hiding behind your monitor.
I jump out of airplanes and although some might see it as idiotic I see it as something else.. LIVING. You'd probably be surprised at the safety precautions we taken for each jump and the safety of the rig itself. It's not a crap shoot like you probably imagine.
Go take a tandem and see what you are missing. It's more than just jumping out of an airplane and landing safely, it's a way of living that puts _everything_ in perspective. The sun shines brighter, the air is cleaner, the grass is greener, and your shirts are always wrinkle-free.
One reason I think would be the better CCD that could be used in video equipment also. I know that movie film equals exist but they certainly aren't as easy to use as say a film camera.
Some photographers have moved to digital simply because of the cost, film is expensive and one can shoot as many pictures as they like using digital without fear of waste.
I know Dell has a focused market plan but this question about the RH pricing only begs another question - why doesn't Dell expand their business model and roll their own distro for their workstations/servers? Maybe they have looked at it and deemed it either out of their scope or not cost effective. But it is a question to be asked.
The talent in the original Nullsoft team would be worth their weight in gold. Those are all top notch developers and I can think of 3 apps that either Justin or the team released that changed the world:
Winamp, a very popular mp3 player Gnutella, the benchmark for anon p2p Waste, which has morphed into various darknets
A good team of programmers. It's too bad that AOL didn't recognize their worth and cater to their needs. I'm sure google would love to get these guys in house, I know I would.
He has been talking about sattelite for years now and switching formats because of FCC censorship. It came to a head this year with the huge fines levied against clear channel and his subsequent removaL from their stations.
He is still on the radio because he has 15 months left on his contract with Viacom.
Although what you say is true you must acknowledge that a larger percentage of the user population uses Windows based systems. If you were writing something that by nature needs more hosts to survive longer what platform would you target?
I honestly think that if the majority of people used linux then the virus writers would target the system more heavily.
Software is written by humans. Humans make mistakes. The OS is not gonna save you when one of your systems has a buffer overflow hack, etc. ALL systems can be exploited simply because they are written by humans. Part of life, IMO. Constant defense from attack makes a system stronger.
So does that mean the virus creators are doing a service to the community? I think that might be stretching it. (Does HIV do a service to the human genome?) But who knows.
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There are people still arguing against OOP? How quaint.
Why not argue against managed memory while you're at it.
Haha, obviously you haven't been paying attention to what is happening to Howard Stern. They are fining him for material he aired years ago. And people do listen to him everyday waiting for him to "say something colorful" so they can complain to the FCC.
What pisses me off is the vague rules of indecency. Where on the FCC's website can you find the specific rules about what is decent or not decent? What can be said and what cannot. It can't be done. Why? Because it's puposely vague so they can fine whoever they choose. Howard stern stayed away from language that has in the past been chosen by the FCC as "bad words" but yet they still manage to fine Clear Channel $500k US for his supposedly indecent broadcast. So Janet Jackson shows a boobie and Howard Stern takes the fall?
America is being hijacked by extremists. Extremists who believe that the public does not have the right to choose what is decent and turn off the goddam radio if they choose so. We don't need government telling us what is decent. We don't need the goverment to act like our parents, shielding us from "bad things". I am a grown man and I can decide for myself thank you.
Of course you should try to learn how to write the most secure code possible but the developer is only a link in the chain of quality and security. It comes from the top by management demanding higher quality AND at the same time giving the developers and testers the proper time and tools to succeed in that mission. The market told them that mediocre was acceptable and this lesson has been hard to unlearn. Only when the market demands it will it change. Until then we will continue to see bugs and it's inherit bad security.
.Net apps are only as safe as the developer makes them. They certainly have the capabilities to leave large gaps in security using unmanaged code but overall the level of security in.Net is impressive.
But if the user is downloading software, installing, and running it well.. shit happens.
Now that being said I think this article is kind of unfair. NO ONE writes flawless code, it can't be done without proper QA, plain and simple. So go bitch to management because the market is telling them that mediocre is ok. Until software purchasers demand higher security this will still be the case. You don't get NASA level quality on a Fred Flinstone budget.
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I'm so paranoid that I refuse to talk to myself just because THEY might be listening..
Rarely do you see an article on hackers/phishers/lan janitors in the mainstream press that doesn't include some mention of the "underground world" of IRC. It's only a matter of time before it's shut down because it is obviously a dastardly world of evil-doers and suiciders running rampant.
Oh you missed one - Direct X
Seriously, Linux cannot compete with Windows in terms of games. Some will argue different. They are high on longbottom leaf.
To clarify what I meant - usually software magazines that are found on the news stands (your #2, Cheap) can usually be obtained through a free subscription if you are a software developer. This is not always the case but I've found that a lot of magazines simply want the eyeballs of the developers because that spells revenue for them.
I'm not so cheap that I don't pick up a Dobbs every once in a while, but there are so many magazines on software development and administration that it would be impossible for me to pick them all up, thats why I love the free subscriptions.
The idea of a software developer paying for a software magazine is ludicrous.
What you said is right on target. I've worked with XML in a few applications (specifically web services) and everytime we saw a performance drop it was not because of a network bandwidth issue but instead it was because the documents were so large that the parser became the bottleneck. And then when you throw in style sheets for manipulation.. well you get the point.
So if the need is for compression over networks, well thats only half of XML performance problems. And if the end result becomes a binary format, then how is it, and why would it need to be related to XML in the first place? Data compression over networks is not a valid reason for another standard IMO.
ZapThink, a research firm specializing in XML and Web services, echoed concerns over binary XML, notably the possibility of proprietary implementations. ZapThink analysts also noted that an XML message can touch several different pieces of software and hardware, such as security systems, all of which would support any binary XML standard.
I think this is totally unfounded for two reasons:
1. Proprietary binary versions of XML will be created anyway if needed, you really can't get around that.
2. The need for binary versions of xml is in the need for faster transmission. On the receiving end you could translate to text format and then pass this text version to your other applications, so no you would not have to have binary XML support in every application that supports XML.
But this brings up a valid point, we already have compression formats that we can use for transmission over pretty much any format, do we need to incorporate binary transmission of data directly into web services? Or should those that are in need of better performance simply wrap up their large datasets inside XML payloads and use the current format?
That's all great, but in about 20 years we will probably be able to experience everything you enjoy today in virtual reality. So why risk your life today for real when you need only wait a few decades (meanwhile you can enjoy progressively better surrogates) and then risk your life safely as much as you want?
Because that would be LAME.
Another future option is, of course, doing this in reality, but with better tech, which could be much safer. I mean, I certainly understand why you enjoy your sport, but you would look awfully silly dead or paralyzed because of your careless "LIVING".
Yeah that truly would suck to look silly after I'm DEAD.
Here is a good article on getting into BASE jumping from Tom Aiello
He recommends at least 200 skydives but in my eyes this is where you just start to become a 'novice skydiver'. In my experience a lot of skydivers wont even take you seriously if you have less than 200 under your belt and usually won't jump with you (exit at the same time).
Golias, there are some of that think there is more to life than just living as long as possible. Odds don't mean much in the real world where you can die in a freak toaster accident.
Do I up my chances of dying by skydiving? I'd be ignoring the obvious if I said no. Does it bother me? A lot when the door opens and my fear screams out "sit down you stupid idiot!". But I push past my that fear to experience something amazing.
Call it however you want, I don't need to prove anything and it certainly doesn't hurt my feelings. On the contrary, I can do something most are too chicken shit to even fathom, that makes me feel a tiny tiny bit of joy.
I'm sure you can psychoanalyze that until the day is gone but what it comes down to is I enjoy it, what's so bad about that?
Stay inside and maybe death wont see you hiding behind your monitor.
I jump out of airplanes and although some might see it as idiotic I see it as something else.. LIVING. You'd probably be surprised at the safety precautions we taken for each jump and the safety of the rig itself. It's not a crap shoot like you probably imagine.
Go take a tandem and see what you are missing. It's more than just jumping out of an airplane and landing safely, it's a way of living that puts _everything_ in perspective. The sun shines brighter, the air is cleaner, the grass is greener, and your shirts are always wrinkle-free.
One reason I think would be the better CCD that could be used in video equipment also. I know that movie film equals exist but they certainly aren't as easy to use as say a film camera.
Some photographers have moved to digital simply because of the cost, film is expensive and one can shoot as many pictures as they like using digital without fear of waste.
I know Dell has a focused market plan but this question about the RH pricing only begs another question - why doesn't Dell expand their business model and roll their own distro for their workstations/servers? Maybe they have looked at it and deemed it either out of their scope or not cost effective. But it is a question to be asked.
The talent in the original Nullsoft team would be worth their weight in gold. Those are all top notch developers and I can think of 3 apps that either Justin or the team released that changed the world:
Winamp, a very popular mp3 player
Gnutella, the benchmark for anon p2p
Waste, which has morphed into various darknets
A good team of programmers. It's too bad that AOL didn't recognize their worth and cater to their needs. I'm sure google would love to get these guys in house, I know I would.
Wow, you must have a crystal ball! :|
He has been talking about sattelite for years now and switching formats because of FCC censorship. It came to a head this year with the huge fines levied against clear channel and his subsequent removaL from their stations.
He is still on the radio because he has 15 months left on his contract with Viacom.
I just read one from "Evil Jesus" which makes me want to buy it:
"I was a young neoconservative Christian and general admirer of George bush.....until I played this game!"
COUNT ME IN!
Although what you say is true you must acknowledge that a larger percentage of the user population uses Windows based systems. If you were writing something that by nature needs more hosts to survive longer what platform would you target?
I honestly think that if the majority of people used linux then the virus writers would target the system more heavily.
Software is written by humans. Humans make mistakes. The OS is not gonna save you when one of your systems has a buffer overflow hack, etc. ALL systems can be exploited simply because they are written by humans. Part of life, IMO. Constant defense from attack makes a system stronger.
So does that mean the virus creators are doing a service to the community? I think that might be stretching it. (Does HIV do a service to the human genome?) But who knows.
There are people still arguing against OOP? How quaint.
Why not argue against managed memory while you're at it.
YES THIS IS A TROLL
HITLER
I'm constantly scanning crowds and examining people, looking for criminal activity or precursors to such activity. Does that make me a bad guy?
YES! Stop looking around citizen. Honest citizens have no need to look around. Go about _our_ business.
But let's be honest, how many people in this self-centered world really give a shit what other's around them think? I would wager about 1%.
This is a complete waste of time. But hey, what else do they have to do? It's not like there is an energy crisis going on...
yeah, Steve Ballmer is no Al Gore when it comes to cutting a rug.
Haha, obviously you haven't been paying attention to what is happening to Howard Stern. They are fining him for material he aired years ago. And people do listen to him everyday waiting for him to "say something colorful" so they can complain to the FCC.
What pisses me off is the vague rules of indecency. Where on the FCC's website can you find the specific rules about what is decent or not decent? What can be said and what cannot. It can't be done. Why? Because it's puposely vague so they can fine whoever they choose. Howard stern stayed away from language that has in the past been chosen by the FCC as "bad words" but yet they still manage to fine Clear Channel $500k US for his supposedly indecent broadcast. So Janet Jackson shows a boobie and Howard Stern takes the fall?
America is being hijacked by extremists. Extremists who believe that the public does not have the right to choose what is decent and turn off the goddam radio if they choose so. We don't need government telling us what is decent. We don't need the goverment to act like our parents, shielding us from "bad things". I am a grown man and I can decide for myself thank you.
End of rant.
Of course you should try to learn how to write the most secure code possible but the developer is only a link in the chain of quality and security. It comes from the top by management demanding higher quality AND at the same time giving the developers and testers the proper time and tools to succeed in that mission. The market told them that mediocre was acceptable and this lesson has been hard to unlearn. Only when the market demands it will it change. Until then we will continue to see bugs and it's inherit bad security.
.Net apps are only as safe as the developer makes them. They certainly have the capabilities to leave large gaps in security using unmanaged code but overall the level of security in .Net is impressive.
But if the user is downloading software, installing, and running it well.. shit happens.
Now that being said I think this article is kind of unfair. NO ONE writes flawless code, it can't be done without proper QA, plain and simple. So go bitch to management because the market is telling them that mediocre is ok. Until software purchasers demand higher security this will still be the case. You don't get NASA level quality on a Fred Flinstone budget.