Dispite the difficulties in starting a worm on a Unix clone, such a feat is still within the realm of possibility. Are there things that the Unix camp can be learning from Code Red and Nimbda?
Despite the difficulties in starting a worm on a Unix clone, such a feat remains possible. Are there things that the Unix camp can learn from the Code Red and Nimbda incidents?
Mod down if you wish, but I'm just doing my part to push Slashdot editors to improve themselves and their grammar. "Write-ups that are more concise, better grammar," I say.
I used to use Eudora (a *very* nice and very capable email client) back when I was using Windows. The only downfall is that it is commercial software that you must pay for. I'd say if I were still using Windows, I would buy Eudora.
Since the release of version 5.0 -- it's now at version 5.1 --
Eudora has been "free" in same same sense that Opera is now "free": embedded banner ads.
To be fair, Eudora 5.x has
three modes of operation: light, sponsored, and paid. Feel free to read up on them at your leisure... might as well do a little reading on its feature set as well.
The only difference I see between 128 and 160 is a slightly "crisper" sound [...] 128 is quite adequate in conveying the qualities of a musician's performing and composition skills, which are what I think most people enjoy about music.
So I'm lazy, that's all I'm going to excerpt today... Check out
r3mix.net for a few details regarding sound quality. I'm more or less sold on VBR as the way to go, as there are more than a few tracks out there that sound iffy at 128kbps, even using the cheapie hardware available to me at work.
In the main, though, I would agree that 128kbps (or lower, for some) is an adequate bitrate if one is merely looking for an alternative to FM-quality broadcasts and isn't concerned about maintaining a given encoding for archival purposes. Fidelity issues may not be the "killer" issue for most -- I agree -- but it quickly becomes an issue when forking over the dough for those self-same tracks.:)
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"Bookmarking this web site shall constitute an implicit acceptance of the foregoing terms herein set."
Having dragged the link from the parent post onto my desktop, I somehow managed to accept terms to a service about which I had not even read. We do live in strange times, don't we?:\
Seriously though, no refunds, hostile chargeback policy, etc. It's being run as an 'adult service' but if it nets me a better feed of the rec.games.roguelike groups, maybe I'll...
The problem: the little "moderate" drop-down lists start appearing at random in the page when there is a large article and I have mod privs.
It's as though Opera can't handle a very large number of small screen objects. Netscape and (shudder) IE handle the situation just fine.
Not always. MSIE 5.5 running atop Windows98 exhibits similar behavior... I always assumed there was something funky with the markup of the comment pages and all those form controls, but I keep forgetting to take a snap of the page and run a validator against it...
Running this Mozilla article at "score=2, nested" turns up 223 errors, 501 warnings with CSE HTML Validator (granted, I enable most every error check). Definitely some nesting issues with form markup present even here, though.
That's a markup error every 380 characters, and a warning condition every 169 characters. Talk about overachieving!:)
A group of archiving experts got together at some point (I'm not sure of the details) and decided that film is the safest archive format.
Even assuming that magnetic tapes, organically decomposing CDRs and other digital storage media will last into the next century, can we count on having the legacy equipment to read them? That's the advantage of storing an image on pure celluloid.
I doubt that this is a reasonable choice, given the level of activity related to film preservation (e.g., Film Preservation Society)... celluloid is a very fragile medium, and the requirements for proper archiving are far more stringent that the requirements of media akin to CDs.
The search is not only for a medium that *can* last for an extended period of time, but one that can do so with *simple* and *easily reproduced* archival procedures.
The maximum length of a URL is something like 255 characters.
That is simply untrue. There is no "maximum" other than the limits imposed by the client and server applications in use. However, I will grant that real-world limits vary greatly. IIRC, Lynx won't handle URLs beyond 255 characters in length without truncating them -- but the upper reach for MSIE is in the thousands of characters, as is the case with Mozilla.
There is no standard maximal length for URLs. Check the relevant RFCs, you won't find a hard limit imposed within them.
Yeah, before they had CGI, they used actual Zeros for this one, really cool!
Actually, the producers of Tora! Tora! Tora! did no such thing. Crafting the film in the late Sixties (a quarter-century and then some after Pearl Harbor), there was a rather distinct lack of authentic Japanese military hardware from that time period (recall Japan's near-total disarmament following World War II).
Instead, the production crew modified US training planes to appear as Japanese Zeros in the film. I'd suggest listening to the audio commentary on this truly remarkable DVD:)
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Can we have a pool, Dad? (x6)
"I see. Let us celebrate our arrangement with the adding of chocolate to milk."
As a long-time supporter of the +/-1 moderation option for fitting/gratuitous Simpsons references, I have to ask: should it apply only to the parent reference, such that responses-in-kind are considered exempt from the proposed moderation blessing/curse?:P
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I fancy myself a scientist, so I don't believe in karma in any honest respect. But I think it has an uncanny way of working out.
Unfortunately, the "traditional" notion of karma is that it "works itself out" over a series of lifetimes. The notion of karmic checks and balances within the span of a single lifetime (or a span of week, as some seem to understand the term) is largely a Westernization of the original concept.
Sad to say, but from what I've seen, benefits due the industrious and good-natured are still meted out in the traditional manner...:P
Not to critique the dot too harshly, but how many are with me in stating that the icon for this story just doesn't cut it?
It's too wide -- 100 pixels -- and hogs up too much of the top row. And it's ugly. Just look at it. I dare anyone to find an uglier icon on all of slashdot.
Perhaps my expectations were set too high when the crew unveiled the icon for GIMP stories. Now that's an icon!
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I'm from another competing site [...] we buy our own games, occasionally score an interview, and pretty much have fun losing money, since it's about the hobby and a chance to share a good game (and scorn a bad game) with other gamers.
Imagine my surprise as I turned to gamerspress.com and read the uppermost blurb by DarkPaladin, entitled "Why we went Flashlink":
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to make money with The Gamer's Press. So I won't even try the usual bull-crap about how I do this whole thing for "the love of the games" and all the usual stuff you see the other sites spout.
Looks like there is a difference of opinion about whether "it's about the hobby.":P
This is very cool, and even though it's been around for a while, we don't seem to have run it before.
Great, does this mean a flood of stories about things that: (1) have been around forever, (2) qualify as "very cool", but (3) haven't suffered at the hands of slashdot's editorial staff?
When I get the 'asdf' side of the keyboard and my partner gets the 'jkl;' side. He thinks he's soo coool because he ownz the numeric keypad. Little does he know that I get to dictate coding style, since I own the TAB key.
Yeah, but the two of you probably fight it out like cats and dogs over the spacebar...
I wouldn't touch the Windows 95/95 OSR2/98/ME code.
I think you missed at least a couple incarnations: Win95 OSR 2.1, Win98SE,... not to mention various OS+Office or OS+MSIE combinations that affect core files... when exactly is one really looking at the source to 'Windows'? How many permutations of the actual core OS exist?
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Dispite the difficulties in starting a worm on a Unix clone, such a feat is still within the realm of possibility. Are there things that the Unix camp can be learning from Code Red and Nimbda?
I used to use Eudora (a *very* nice and very capable email client) back when I was using Windows. The only downfall is that it is commercial software that you must pay for. I'd say if I were still using Windows, I would buy Eudora.
The only difference I see between 128 and 160 is a slightly "crisper" sound [...] 128 is quite adequate in conveying the qualities of a musician's performing and composition skills, which are what I think most people enjoy about music.
It's definitely worth checking out.
I assume eMusic's successor will only offer crippled mp3s...
Interesting licensing terms over at uncensored-news:
Having dragged the link from the parent post onto my desktop, I somehow managed to accept terms to a service about which I had not even read. We do live in strange times, don't we? :\
Seriously though, no refunds, hostile chargeback policy, etc. It's being run as an 'adult service' but if it nets me a better feed of the rec.games.roguelike groups, maybe I'll...
Dammit! I wantsted to makes that kinds of funs firsted!
Uh, her name is Kari Wuhrer. Don't personally know who Kate Wohler might be.
Always nice to see that hard-earned +1 bonus employed to promote well-researched posts. :)
Not always. MSIE 5.5 running atop Windows98 exhibits similar behavior ... I always assumed there was something funky with the markup of the comment pages and all those form controls, but I keep forgetting to take a snap of the page and run a validator against it ...
Running this Mozilla article at "score=2, nested" turns up 223 errors, 501 warnings with CSE HTML Validator (granted, I enable most every error check). Definitely some nesting issues with form markup present even here, though.
That's a markup error every 380 characters, and a warning condition every 169 characters. Talk about overachieving! :)
I doubt that this is a reasonable choice, given the level of activity related to film preservation (e.g., Film Preservation Society) ... celluloid is a very fragile medium, and the requirements for proper archiving are far more stringent that the requirements of media akin to CDs.
The search is not only for a medium that *can* last for an extended period of time, but one that can do so with *simple* and *easily reproduced* archival procedures.
That is simply untrue. There is no "maximum" other than the limits imposed by the client and server applications in use. However, I will grant that real-world limits vary greatly. IIRC, Lynx won't handle URLs beyond 255 characters in length without truncating them -- but the upper reach for MSIE is in the thousands of characters, as is the case with Mozilla.
There is no standard maximal length for URLs. Check the relevant RFCs, you won't find a hard limit imposed within them.
Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941.
Quoted Slashdot Review: May 27, 2001.
Fifty years? Try sixty.
Actually, the producers of Tora! Tora! Tora! did no such thing. Crafting the film in the late Sixties (a quarter-century and then some after Pearl Harbor), there was a rather distinct lack of authentic Japanese military hardware from that time period (recall Japan's near-total disarmament following World War II).
Instead, the production crew modified US training planes to appear as Japanese Zeros in the film. I'd suggest listening to the audio commentary on this truly remarkable DVD :)
As a long-time supporter of the +/-1 moderation option for fitting/gratuitous Simpsons references, I have to ask: should it apply only to the parent reference, such that responses-in-kind are considered exempt from the proposed moderation blessing/curse? :P
Unfortunately, the "traditional" notion of karma is that it "works itself out" over a series of lifetimes. The notion of karmic checks and balances within the span of a single lifetime (or a span of week, as some seem to understand the term) is largely a Westernization of the original concept.
Sad to say, but from what I've seen, benefits due the industrious and good-natured are still meted out in the traditional manner ... :P
Not to critique the dot too harshly, but how many are with me in stating that the icon for this story just doesn't cut it?
It's too wide -- 100 pixels -- and hogs up too much of the top row. And it's ugly. Just look at it. I dare anyone to find an uglier icon on all of slashdot.
Perhaps my expectations were set too high when the crew unveiled the icon for GIMP stories. Now that's an icon!
Imagine my surprise as I turned to gamerspress.com and read the uppermost blurb by DarkPaladin, entitled "Why we went Flashlink":
Looks like there is a difference of opinion about whether "it's about the hobby." :P
OK, admit it folks. How many of you skimmed this thread to see whether John Carmack posted a reply?
Quoth the Editor:
Great, does this mean a flood of stories about things that: (1) have been around forever, (2) qualify as "very cool", but (3) haven't suffered at the hands of slashdot's editorial staff?
If so, I heartily recommend sliced bread (or, things surpassing sliced bread)for the next "joy of" story...
Yeah, but the two of you probably fight it out like cats and dogs over the spacebar...
Guess that particular moderator never looked at the bottom of the page before. *shrug*
I think you missed at least a couple incarnations: Win95 OSR 2.1, Win98SE, ... not to mention various OS+Office or OS+MSIE combinations that affect core files ... when exactly is one really looking at the source to 'Windows'? How many permutations of the actual core OS exist?
That would be the episode entitled Bart, the Mother.
When (oh, when!) will we get the +/- 1 modifier for gratuitous Simpsons references?
Might I suggest a dictionary. Very useful book.
When are moderators going to get +/- 1 for obligatory Simpsons references?