Actually you do negotiate with terrorists, you just tell everyone you aren't. If they're talking to you they're not usually shooting you at the same time.
If you're in a hostage situation the first thing you do is send in a negotiator. Sure, you get the SWAT teams in too, but you sure dont tell the terrorist...
For years the UK government was negotiating with the IRA... they didn't concede much, but it did slow the conflict down enough until events took over and they were forced to go the political route (specifically, gullible americans realised that funding terrorism was not 'cool', and they lost most of their ability to fight).
Not really... my honepot gets all the random email addresses that get sent to me, and some of them are quite bizarre (and definately not likely to be valid.. things like domain registration ids).
I deliberately accept everything to piss them off... my filters are good enough that next to nothing gets past them anyway.
OSs work like that too... if you're going from Ring 0 to Ring 3 the checks are bypassed (higher->lower) and if you're going from Ring 3 to Ring 0 it either won't let you or make damned sure you can't do anything bad.
I wouldn't consider it a bug unless it's possible to circumvent the system.
Listen to an ATRAC3 recording next to an MP3. The ATRAC can't be distinguished from a CD. The MP3 sucks rocks.
I've got an MP3 player in the bottom of a drawer because I couldn't stand the audio quality - I'm *very* picky about what I listen to and 99% of MP3 recordings make my ears bleed.
It's well known that the ipod has a problem with its battery (nonreplacable and with a limited shelf life).
Not as bad as their distribution problems... the ipod is *waaay* too expensive for the mass market (it's dirt cheap in the US, expensive everywhere else), and the ipod minis aren't likely to be available in this country before christmas, according to the local stores... they're missing hugely as people are coming in every couple of minutes asking for minis and walking out with other brands of MP3 player because the apples aren't available (I saw 4 go like that in the 10 minutes I was talking to the store owner).
The Sony client software is pretty bad though... they use it in their MD.
I just upgraded to Hi-MD which is really nice... excellent quality, the device can be used as a 1GB floppy, and gets 5-6 albums on it at near-CD quality (can't tell the difference even through the hi-fi via optical out). Less than half the cost of an MP3 player too.).
The downside is the Sony software, which is complete shite. Only the Simple Burner comes close to usable (which is luckily all I need).
I've got a toshiba (getting a little old now) that's never had a problem with it.
Newer laptops seem much worse though - I paid over the odds (about 25% more expensive than the cheapest model) for a Fujutsu laptop and it's utter junk - the paint is coming off, the keyboard is loose, it won't come out of standby properly and the rubber feet are falling off (and the only guarantee is 'return to base' - to the US.... 3,000 miles away by airmail).
I still get mountains spam to email addresses that have been rejecting as nonexistant for the last 4-5 years.
They get more money for having email addresses on the list, not for having any of them actually valid... heck, I'm convinced they just make most of them up anyway.
That's because of the exchange rate - the dollar isn't worth squat these days.
OTOH from the european side we have effectively double the spending power to buy US goods at the moment...
What pisses me off though is when companies assume £1=$1 and sell exclusively do closed markets (yes I'm talking to you apple... $600 for a 20gig ipod wouldn't sell in the US.. why does it in the UK?)
Actually as a christian myself it offends *me* when people try to take everything word for word and make complete idiots of themselves.
Anyone who's played chinese whispers as a child knows what can happen to information as it's passed by word of mouth - and some of this stuff was passed that way for hundreds, even thousands of years. Some of the earliest stuff is clearly a morality story (in 1000 years will people take Humpty Dumpty literally??? No stranger than taking talking snakes literally...).
Nope... ancient texts aren't scientific journals - we shouldn't read them with our modern spectacles and expect them to adhere to our rules.
It was common in ancient times to extend lifespans of rules/important people to emphasize their status - in fact some of the lifespans around 1/2 kings actually overlap somewhat because of this.
Also remember that the lifespans of the earliest characters in the bible (whether written as myth or aurally transmitted until written, or both) may not even have been known. eg. if only 5 people allegedly survived the flood (and no library:P), then it only takes one of those to forget a detail or two and it's gone forever.
I'm sorry, but if someone can't look at the code/documentation/google and work it out they shouldn't be working there. I'm the first one to explain to someone how things work - I don't mind if they've made some effort first (I've personally trained 4 or 5 people).
However what use is a flowchart? It's a bit of paper.. management don't understand them - they want words, they can't chart event-driven programs (ie. 99.9999% of all applications now), and they take away from the deadlines, which are tight enough with the endless meetings/status reports.
(Really things like degrees should teach you how to write convincing status reports and how to stay awake in meetings - I calculated in my last job I was losing 2 days a week to them (40% of the working week!!)).
The only reality in the commercial world is the deadline. Degrees don't teach you that (they gave me 3 months to write a poxy 40 line pascal program).
I was about to ask that... have they removed the grind? You've answered for me... I will *not* be buying this game.
(I've just given up FFXI because the 'gill grind' got stupid.. Even my wife who plays it 18 hours a day solid has maxed out and is thinking of quitting because of this (albeit at a much higher level)).
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Actually you do negotiate with terrorists, you just tell everyone you aren't. If they're talking to you they're not usually shooting you at the same time.
If you're in a hostage situation the first thing you do is send in a negotiator. Sure, you get the SWAT teams in too, but you sure dont tell the terrorist...
For years the UK government was negotiating with the IRA... they didn't concede much, but it did slow the conflict down enough until events took over and they were forced to go the political route (specifically, gullible americans realised that funding terrorism was not 'cool', and they lost most of their ability to fight).
Or maybe something that ignites on contact with air, in a nicely sealed envelope (that breaks when opened).
'This unsubscribe request will self destruct in 5 seconds...'
Not really... my honepot gets all the random email addresses that get sent to me, and some of them are quite bizarre (and definately not likely to be valid.. things like domain registration ids).
I deliberately accept everything to piss them off... my filters are good enough that next to nothing gets past them anyway.
You can't read the article it's paid subscription... unless someone has a link to more than the first couple of paragraphs.
Shall we get the 'Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these' posts out of the way to.
And let's not forget the timeless 'In soviet russia, Lego builds *you*'.
OSs work like that too... if you're going from Ring 0 to Ring 3 the checks are bypassed (higher->lower) and if you're going from Ring 3 to Ring 0 it either won't let you or make damned sure you can't do anything bad.
I wouldn't consider it a bug unless it's possible to circumvent the system.
You *have* to be joking.
Listen to an ATRAC3 recording next to an MP3. The ATRAC can't be distinguished from a CD. The MP3 sucks rocks.
I've got an MP3 player in the bottom of a drawer because I couldn't stand the audio quality - I'm *very* picky about what I listen to and 99% of MP3 recordings make my ears bleed.
It's well known that the ipod has a problem with its battery (nonreplacable and with a limited shelf life).
Not as bad as their distribution problems... the ipod is *waaay* too expensive for the mass market (it's dirt cheap in the US, expensive everywhere else), and the ipod minis aren't likely to be available in this country before christmas, according to the local stores... they're missing hugely as people are coming in every couple of minutes asking for minis and walking out with other brands of MP3 player because the apples aren't available (I saw 4 go like that in the 10 minutes I was talking to the store owner).
The Sony client software is pretty bad though... they use it in their MD.
I just upgraded to Hi-MD which is really nice... excellent quality, the device can be used as a 1GB floppy, and gets 5-6 albums on it at near-CD quality (can't tell the difference even through the hi-fi via optical out). Less than half the cost of an MP3 player too.).
The downside is the Sony software, which is complete shite. Only the Simple Burner comes close to usable (which is luckily all I need).
NDBM?
Isn't that just a version of libdb? (most use GDBM these days but NDBM is still current on most commercial unixes).
I suspect that name won't last long.... Kinda like calling a project 'SED' and expecting nobody will be confused.
I've got a toshiba (getting a little old now) that's never had a problem with it.
Newer laptops seem much worse though - I paid over the odds (about 25% more expensive than the cheapest model) for a Fujutsu laptop and it's utter junk - the paint is coming off, the keyboard is loose, it won't come out of standby properly and the rubber feet are falling off (and the only guarantee is 'return to base' - to the US.... 3,000 miles away by airmail).
A nuke within a "couple of miles" off its target would still vapourize the target.
Maybe 50 miles off target could safely be called a 'miss'.
No, spammers don't care..
I still get mountains spam to email addresses that have been rejecting as nonexistant for the last 4-5 years.
They get more money for having email addresses on the list, not for having any of them actually valid... heck, I'm convinced they just make most of them up anyway.
Robocopy != Rsync
Rsync copies the minimum amount required to make the old file == the new file - works well over slow links. Robocopy can only copy whole files.
..which uses cygwin :)
There are proper Win32 ports out there, though.
Sorry but that's bullshit.
He quite clearly said "I took the initiative in creating the internet."
There is *no* other way that that can be taken. He was trying to take the credit for the entire internet.
That's because of the exchange rate - the dollar isn't worth squat these days.
OTOH from the european side we have effectively double the spending power to buy US goods at the moment...
What pisses me off though is when companies assume £1=$1 and sell exclusively do closed markets (yes I'm talking to you apple... $600 for a 20gig ipod wouldn't sell in the US.. why does it in the UK?)
Tony
The GPL has the viral component that removes the right of authors to license their work however they like...
If you use a GPL library you can't then MPL your parts of your code.
I'm not saying the GPL is evil (I used to really like it, until I ran up against this insanity), but it could sure use some updating.
Heh.
Actually as a christian myself it offends *me* when people try to take everything word for word and make complete idiots of themselves.
Anyone who's played chinese whispers as a child knows what can happen to information as it's passed by word of mouth - and some of this stuff was passed that way for hundreds, even thousands of years. Some of the earliest stuff is clearly a morality story (in 1000 years will people take Humpty Dumpty literally??? No stranger than taking talking snakes literally...).
Nope... ancient texts aren't scientific journals - we shouldn't read them with our modern spectacles and expect them to adhere to our rules.
:P), then it only takes one of those to forget a detail or two and it's gone forever.
It was common in ancient times to extend lifespans of rules/important people to emphasize their status - in fact some of the lifespans around 1/2 kings actually overlap somewhat because of this.
Also remember that the lifespans of the earliest characters in the bible (whether written as myth or aurally transmitted until written, or both) may not even have been known. eg. if only 5 people allegedly survived the flood (and no library
99% of people have never heard of gmail. *everyone* knows what hotmail is.
I'm sorry, but if someone can't look at the code/documentation/google and work it out they shouldn't be working there. I'm the first one to explain to someone how things work - I don't mind if they've made some effort first (I've personally trained 4 or 5 people).
However what use is a flowchart? It's a bit of paper.. management don't understand them - they want words, they can't chart event-driven programs (ie. 99.9999% of all applications now), and they take away from the deadlines, which are tight enough with the endless meetings/status reports.
(Really things like degrees should teach you how to write convincing status reports and how to stay awake in meetings - I calculated in my last job I was losing 2 days a week to them (40% of the working week!!)).
The only reality in the commercial world is the deadline. Degrees don't teach you that (they gave me 3 months to write a poxy 40 line pascal program).
I was about to ask that... have they removed the grind? You've answered for me... I will *not* be buying this game.
(I've just given up FFXI because the 'gill grind' got stupid.. Even my wife who plays it 18 hours a day solid has maxed out and is thinking of quitting because of this (albeit at a much higher level)).
FFXI definately does not make you use the mouse to move around. In fact you can play the whole game without one.
If you havn't learned the ins and outs of assembly, C, Java, TCP/IP, and at least some Unix/Linux I'd leave
Hell where do you get your degrees? All the ones here barely mention C, haven't heard of Java, TCPIwhat? And they're all 100% Windows shops.
A degree starts the first year learning Pascal, Cobol and 'Jacksons Structured Programming' (seems he was screwing up code in between writing albums).
Second year I graduated to Ada (woo!), 68000 then they gave up on the programming altogether and went entirely to theory (mostly maths/statistics).
Not surprising the average CS graduate round here is a bloody useless programmer...