Apparently The Standard has excellent proofreaders on staff on staff:
From the article: This computer animation, shown during the introduction of a conference on software patents yesterday, illustrates a nightmare haunting many software developers in Europe. They fear that what is described as "patent madness" by European and US patent offices will turn software development into Russian roulette. The bullets: trivial patents on obvious techniques; the revolver: lawyers of US software giants.
On the presentation screen in the hall of Frankfurt University, lines of code appear, character by character, slowly evolving into a computer program. Suddenly, one subroutine flashes red. A warning dialogue appears, stating: "The algorithm 'theorem of pythagoras' is patented". Information is provided where a licence can be obtained and for which royalty fee.
This computer animation, shown during the introduction of a conference on software patents yesterday, illustrates a nightmare haunting many software developers in Europe. They fear that what is described as "patent madness" by European and US patent offices will turn software development into Russian roulette. The bullets: trivial patents on obvious techniques; the revolver: lawyers of US software giants.
Here it looks like the equipment failed the test. The hard drive LEDs stop flickering the instant the shock hits, and only resume flickering about 1/3 of a second later. It looks as though the hard drives received enough of the shock to throw off their alignment, which the hard drive had to reacquire (hence the 1/3-second pause in interface activity).
If the CD-key is on the CD, wouldn't it be kinda hard to read while your trying to install?
That's what the button on the front of the drive(marked with an upwards-pointing arrow above a horizontal line) is for.
Copying the CD key to the clipboard before inserting the disc is usually a good idea -- then you just need to paste the contents of the clipboard into the appropriate box during installation.
You can launch the Recovery Console from CD (or hard drive -- hell, I have it installed on all my machines (winnt32/cmdcons/unattend), but from within the Recovery Console you can ONLY log on to a Windows installation as Administrator (or whatever account was originally called Administrator if it was renamed), and you *do* require the password for it. NO OTHER ACCOUNT WILL WORK. (You are not even prompted for the user to log in as.)
If you're stupid enough to leave the Administrator password blank on your box, then yes, you can just press Enter at the prompt and you're in -- however copying to a floppy, and access to directories Administrator doesn't have rights to access, are DISABLED by default unless you enable "Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders" (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Security Options). Note this doesn't remove the login requirement -- it only adds more access once you've logged into the Recovery Console.
It's a moot point anyway -- even if you have the Welcome Screen enabled (where Administrator doesn't appear unless there are no other accounts defined), you can just hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice to blow right past the Welcome Screen and pop up the normal GINA logon dialog, where you can log on as Administrator (or whoever), and whatever password (or blank, if you don't specify one during installation -- thank God Windows Server 2003 warns against an insecure Administrator password during Setup).
...
Okay, I've somewhat calmed down now.
Even though I'll bet 75% of posts to Slashdot are made from Windows machines, I find it unbelievable that trash like this makes the front page, let alone goes unrefuted for this long.
I'd certainly find some use in 700MB CDs filled with 650MB of data and a thin band of text around the outside mentioning what's on the CD. What a neat trick, and I'd never have to use my Sharpie ever again. (Never lose that CD key! Is that an 8 or a B? And so on...)
Meganet Corporation's founder, Saul Backal, claims that its solution can put an end to these problems. Meganet offers a patented non-linear data mapping technology, called VME (Virtual Matrix Encryption), that creates exceptionally random cipher text and combines it with a one million-bit key, which is unheard of in today's data security markets. Competing solutions offer a maximum of 256 bits.
"There is nothing stronger in existence," says 38-year-old Backal, a dual Israeli-U.S. citizen who was a tank commander in the IDF in the Lebanon war. "All other encryption methods have been compromised in the last five to six years."
I call bullshit. Since when have all other encryption methods been broken? Has AES been broken? What about Twofish? CAST? IDEA? (Alright, maybe TripleDES isn't broken, but it's still not as secure as the previous algorithms IMHO).
From what I understand, a law in California, passed within the last two years, says that software engineers who make less than $41/hour [PDF version] are required to be paid for overtime?
This makes complete sense? After all, wouldn't you want to be paid overtime!
I'm not sure mine is?
My clients can be fairly tight from time to time, but when I explain how my services have benefitted them, they generally come around? Indeed, don't most people appreciate quality work!
I went to a halloween party as a crazy tech junkie scientist type and I had a motherboard strung around my neck. Well, it looked cool, and it was really functional.
I thought a slashdot user as old and wise as you would have known these things, but then again, you're still making first posts.
Hey, sometimes I still feel the need to post an old-school Frist Psot (or Frosty Pist) or troll. Not often, mind you, but when you've got THIS much karma to burn, you might as well stoke the fires of moderation, huh?
Relatives of mine have keys like this for their apartment in Europe. I showed one of them to a local (Canadian) locksmith, who, wide eyed and slack-jawed, wished he could get his hands on locks like that to sell.
Is there a source for those types of locks in North America?
The latest moderating annoyance to me has been Slashdot math. If your article is modded +5 Insightful, +5 Interesting, +5 Informative, +5 Funny, and +5 Underrated, you stand at a total score of 5. Nothing wrong about that...but if some jerk comes along, and gives you -1 Troll, then you're score becomes +4.
You're new here, aren't you?
by helix400 (558178)
Thought so. Allow me to clear up some confusion:
You don't ever get +5 in one shot, it's the addition of moderations applied to your comment.
If you post a comment with an original score of 1 (assuming you don't have/use your +1 bonus), then a moderator comes along and thinks your post is funny and flags it as Funny, your score will have a "+1, Funny" moderation applied to it, leaving your post at a score of "2, Funny".
Then someone else comes along and moderates your post as Informative. That gives it another +1, and leaves your post at "3, Informative". (The wording Funny, Informative, etc only reflects the LAST moderation done to the post, which is how you can have "Score:4, Troll", which was a Score 5 that was then modded down as being a troll.
The lesson is now over, class. No running in the hallways.
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Why bother asking Microsoft for the patch? Here you go. :)
Apparently The Standard has excellent proofreaders on staff on staff:
From the article:
This computer animation, shown during the introduction of a conference on software patents yesterday, illustrates a nightmare haunting many software developers in Europe. They fear that what is described as "patent madness" by European and US patent offices will turn software development into Russian roulette. The bullets: trivial patents on obvious techniques; the revolver: lawyers of US software giants.
On the presentation screen in the hall of Frankfurt University, lines of code appear, character by character, slowly evolving into a computer program. Suddenly, one subroutine flashes red. A warning dialogue appears, stating: "The algorithm 'theorem of pythagoras' is patented". Information is provided where a licence can be obtained and for which royalty fee.
This computer animation, shown during the introduction of a conference on software patents yesterday, illustrates a nightmare haunting many software developers in Europe. They fear that what is described as "patent madness" by European and US patent offices will turn software development into Russian roulette. The bullets: trivial patents on obvious techniques; the revolver: lawyers of US software giants.
Here it looks like the equipment failed the test. The hard drive LEDs stop flickering the instant the shock hits, and only resume flickering about 1/3 of a second later. It looks as though the hard drives received enough of the shock to throw off their alignment, which the hard drive had to reacquire (hence the 1/3-second pause in interface activity).
Say it ain't so?
RFIDs look like they would be extremely uncomfortable in some Sisley clothes.
That link should have been to this. Sheesh, if you're gonna show it off, at least do it at more than 72 dpi!
Any problems red green might encounter can be fixed with duct tape.
:)
I very nearly sprayed my drink all over my VX900. Good work.
(I fully expect that non-Canadians will not understand the humour in the quoted one-liner.)
Elmer Fudd would approve.
/me ducks
If the CD-key is on the CD, wouldn't it be kinda hard to read while your trying to install?
That's what the button on the front of the drive(marked with an upwards-pointing arrow above a horizontal line) is for.
Copying the CD key to the clipboard before inserting the disc is usually a good idea -- then you just need to paste the contents of the clipboard into the appropriate box during installation.
I think the "clueless newbie" would be confused, because vi doesn't come with Windows. :)
NO!
You can launch the Recovery Console from CD (or hard drive -- hell, I have it installed on all my machines (winnt32
If you're stupid enough to leave the Administrator password blank on your box, then yes, you can just press Enter at the prompt and you're in -- however copying to a floppy, and access to directories Administrator doesn't have rights to access, are DISABLED by default unless you enable "Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders" (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Security Options). Note this doesn't remove the login requirement -- it only adds more access once you've logged into the Recovery Console.
It's a moot point anyway -- even if you have the Welcome Screen enabled (where Administrator doesn't appear unless there are no other accounts defined), you can just hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice to blow right past the Welcome Screen and pop up the normal GINA logon dialog, where you can log on as Administrator (or whoever), and whatever password (or blank, if you don't specify one during installation -- thank God Windows Server 2003 warns against an insecure Administrator password during Setup).
...
Okay, I've somewhat calmed down now.
Even though I'll bet 75% of posts to Slashdot are made from Windows machines, I find it unbelievable that trash like this makes the front page, let alone goes unrefuted for this long.
Sheesh...
*sigh*
Dude, he's getting arrested.
/me bows
No, no. no. *sigh* You totally bungled the line.
Dude, you're gettin' a cell!
I'd certainly find some use in 700MB CDs filled with 650MB of data and a thin band of text around the outside mentioning what's on the CD. What a neat trick, and I'd never have to use my Sharpie ever again. (Never lose that CD key! Is that an 8 or a B? And so on...)
...is the throw-switch on the DeLorean's flux-capacitor.
Meganet Corporation's founder, Saul Backal, claims that its solution can put an end to these problems. Meganet offers a patented non-linear data mapping technology, called VME (Virtual Matrix Encryption), that creates exceptionally random cipher text and combines it with a one million-bit key, which is unheard of in today's data security markets. Competing solutions offer a maximum of 256 bits.
"There is nothing stronger in existence," says 38-year-old Backal, a dual Israeli-U.S. citizen who was a tank commander in the IDF in the Lebanon war. "All other encryption methods have been compromised in the last five to six years."
I call bullshit. Since when have all other encryption methods been broken? Has AES been broken? What about Twofish? CAST? IDEA? (Alright, maybe TripleDES isn't broken, but it's still not as secure as the previous algorithms IMHO).
Sounds like snake-oil to me.
From what I understand, a law in California, passed within the last two years, says that software engineers who make less than $41/hour [PDF version] are required to be paid for overtime?
This makes complete sense? After all, wouldn't you want to be paid overtime!
I'm not sure mine is?
My clients can be fairly tight from time to time, but when I explain how my services have benefitted them, they generally come around? Indeed, don't most people appreciate quality work!
I went to a halloween party as a crazy tech junkie scientist type and I had a motherboard strung around my neck. Well, it looked cool, and it was really functional.
Until you walked across that shag carpet.
If it hurt, it wasn't peroxide. Peroxide only bubbles on contact with a wound, but doesn't hurt.
That's exactly my point, Einstein. The JRE is TRIPLE THE SIZE OF THE ENTIRE BROWSER!
If that isn't bloat, I don't know what is...
It can be downloaded with Java (12.9Mb) or without (3.3Mb).
And we bitch at Microsoft for putting out bloatware? Yikes...
WTF good is Linux on the iPod without 1394 support? That's like Windows not having Ethernet support!
Hello?! *sigh*
WTF good is Linux on the iPod without 1394 support?
That's like Windows not having Ethernet support.
Hello?! *sigh*
I read that as a dynamite whorehouse, LOL.
I don't want a "smooth and milky" anything as a sex toy, thank you very much.
I thought a slashdot user as old and wise as you would have known these things, but then again, you're still making first posts.
Hey, sometimes I still feel the need to post an old-school Frist Psot (or Frosty Pist) or troll. Not often, mind you, but when you've got THIS much karma to burn, you might as well stoke the fires of moderation, huh?
Relatives of mine have keys like this for their apartment in Europe. I showed one of them to a local (Canadian) locksmith, who, wide eyed and slack-jawed, wished he could get his hands on locks like that to sell.
Is there a source for those types of locks in North America?
The latest moderating annoyance to me has been Slashdot math. If your article is modded +5 Insightful, +5 Interesting, +5 Informative, +5 Funny, and +5 Underrated, you stand at a total score of 5. Nothing wrong about that...but if some jerk comes along, and gives you -1 Troll, then you're score becomes +4.
You're new here, aren't you?
by helix400 (558178)
Thought so. Allow me to clear up some confusion:
You don't ever get +5 in one shot, it's the addition of moderations applied to your comment.
If you post a comment with an original score of 1 (assuming you don't have/use your +1 bonus), then a moderator comes along and thinks your post is funny and flags it as Funny, your score will have a "+1, Funny" moderation applied to it, leaving your post at a score of "2, Funny".
Then someone else comes along and moderates your post as Informative. That gives it another +1, and leaves your post at "3, Informative". (The wording Funny, Informative, etc only reflects the LAST moderation done to the post, which is how you can have "Score:4, Troll", which was a Score 5 that was then modded down as being a troll.
The lesson is now over, class. No running in the hallways.