It's insecure because the default user response to this kind of 'security' is to affix said passwords to screen using a post-it note.
Admittedly, that isn't the system itself being insecure per se...
No. That's exactly the system being insecure. It doesn't matter if you are using a weak encryption scheme if the user interface of the system encourages attackers to avoid technical methods altogether and social engineer mercilessly.
I still run w/ windows maximized, just a way of focusing, but Windows UI is running in the opposite direction.
I run Ubuntu on my home desktop. I always keep everything more complicated than the calculator maximized and use workspaces and tabs to switch between them. I don't have a dual monitor setup so I need to be conservative with my screen space.
Preemptive multitasking is easier for both computers and humans. Having a bunch of things trying to grab my attention at once decreases my overall productivity.
I mean, you give a robot a rule they ALWAYS have to follow but which has various examples where it can't... That's called bad programming.
Actually, that's called impossible programming. Except for a few academic-use-only languages, programming doesn't involve giving a computer rules, but giving it instructions. If you told a robot to map out the possible search space of actions and choose one that doesn't violate some rules, then not only would its actions be random, but it would be really, really slow.
Create an encrypted file. A lolcat or something. Encrypt it. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. And so on... See how long it takes for the police to get bored.
Even better: use an old, weak encryption scheme with a small search space. Find one of its fixed points. Write it to a file. See how long it takes for you to get jail time...
You can't even make a decent GUI without using P/Invoke unless all you do is program like a Visual Basic (pre-dotnet era) programmer because the WinForms are lacking a lot of the features found in the win32 GUI APIs.
You do know that.NET can use widget libraries other than Windows Forms, right? I mean, most Java apps with GUIs are written in SWT nowadays, not Swing.
True.net windows programmers WILL always use P/Invoke while the Java platform has libraries for nearly everything you could care for and has no need for native code.
.NET has plenty of libraries for that type of thing. Specifically, they wrap P/Invoke. The Java libraries do that too, they just have separate implementations on every platform.
I use Java as well, and I think that Eclipse is a better IDE than Visual Studio, but there are a couple reasons for using.NET:
A better language. C# is, for all intents and purposes, Java with more syntactic sugar. It makes it about a hundred times easier to write event-driven programs.
A library that actually makes sense. Java was designed by committee, and it shows. Most of the problems in the.NET framework ultimately stem from having to run on Windows; the cross-platform parts are comparatively clean.
In fact, Slashdot ran a story on it a while back. It's the same thing they did with Vista: announce some huge redesign, then progressively scale it back until the only thing changed is the UI.
Interestingly, every other OS except Windows 7 includes all of these programs and more by default. Basically, Microsoft is trading a lack of functionality for not having to implement a decent uninstall feature (or, even better, a package manager).
I've seen a few instances where he's been caught off guard, and had to actually think. Whole lotta umming and uhhing going on there.
Here's a question for you: which is better, a candidate who thinks about what he says before speaking, or one who can answer every question immediately?
The GPL only imposes restrictions on how you can distribute software. Anyone can use it however they want.
In fact, that's the fundamental argument about why an EULA for GPL'd software is wrong. An EULA really implies an "End User Use License Agreement". But GPL software is sold (or given), not licensed. The GPL is a distribution license, and explicitly places no restrictions on use. So the EULA for Firefox really ought to say, "You can use Firefox for whatever you want, but if you want to distribute it, please comply with the GPL. Oh, and don't use the trademark 'Firefox' for any other browser. Otherwise, have a nice day!"
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Is there any surprise? The media (with the exception of Fox News) has always had a pretty large liberal bias.
Having said that, Obama is young, charismatic, and is promoting the change America wants. He would have won either way.
Reality has a well-known liberal bias!
It's insecure because the default user response to this kind of 'security' is to affix said passwords to screen using a post-it note.
Admittedly, that isn't the system itself being insecure per se...
No. That's exactly the system being insecure. It doesn't matter if you are using a weak encryption scheme if the user interface of the system encourages attackers to avoid technical methods altogether and social engineer mercilessly.
I still run w/ windows maximized, just a way of focusing, but Windows UI is running in the opposite direction.
I run Ubuntu on my home desktop. I always keep everything more complicated than the calculator maximized and use workspaces and tabs to switch between them. I don't have a dual monitor setup so I need to be conservative with my screen space.
Preemptive multitasking is easier for both computers and humans. Having a bunch of things trying to grab my attention at once decreases my overall productivity.
I mean, you give a robot a rule they ALWAYS have to follow but which has various examples where it can't... That's called bad programming.
Actually, that's called impossible programming. Except for a few academic-use-only languages, programming doesn't involve giving a computer rules, but giving it instructions. If you told a robot to map out the possible search space of actions and choose one that doesn't violate some rules, then not only would its actions be random, but it would be really, really slow.
So ... is there something absolutely fantastic which I'm missing out on?
Well, you can install Ocarina and spam infinite blue shells in MarioKart Wii wifi...
They also have programming about Nazis.
That was one heck of a fast Godwin.
The History Channel is the only basic cable channel that still teaches something useful.
The History Channel... is that the one with all the shows about bible codes and UFOs?
Just for reference, it's the Slashdot users who add the tags, not the editors.
Create an encrypted file. A lolcat or something. Encrypt it. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. Encrypt it again. And so on... See how long it takes for the police to get bored.
Even better: use an old, weak encryption scheme with a small search space. Find one of its fixed points. Write it to a file. See how long it takes for you to get jail time...
This complements the last story about the UK really well. (By a definition of "well" that I don't even want to think about...)
Contrast with this. New tag: thankgodiliveintheus
You can't even make a decent GUI without using P/Invoke unless all you do is program like a Visual Basic (pre-dotnet era) programmer because the WinForms are lacking a lot of the features found in the win32 GUI APIs.
You do know that .NET can use widget libraries other than Windows Forms, right? I mean, most Java apps with GUIs are written in SWT nowadays, not Swing.
True .net windows programmers WILL always use P/Invoke while the Java platform has libraries for nearly everything you could care for and has no need for native code.
.NET has plenty of libraries for that type of thing. Specifically, they wrap P/Invoke. The Java libraries do that too, they just have separate implementations on every platform.
I use Java as well, and I think that Eclipse is a better IDE than Visual Studio, but there are a couple reasons for using .NET:
I've heard that if you throw in an additional $150 in pork projects, Congress will pass anything.
Here's my 150 bucks. Now will you give me my space shuttle already?
...the resulting deflationary pressure would be multiplied and reek havoc.
I know. When the havoc really starts to reek, I use a clothespin.
It would be nice if there was a "-1, irrelevant" downmoderation possible for responses like this.
It would be nice if there was a "-1, recursive" downmoderation possible for responses like this.
... not to RTFA.
No, but Kentucky can!
In fact, Slashdot ran a story on it a while back. It's the same thing they did with Vista: announce some huge redesign, then progressively scale it back until the only thing changed is the UI.
Interestingly, every other OS except Windows 7 includes all of these programs and more by default. Basically, Microsoft is trading a lack of functionality for not having to implement a decent uninstall feature (or, even better, a package manager).
It worked!
No, it didn't. See, he's still 20% interesting.
Darn.
I've seen a few instances where he's been caught off guard, and had to actually think. Whole lotta umming and uhhing going on there.
Here's a question for you: which is better, a candidate who thinks about what he says before speaking, or one who can answer every question immediately?
Think about that one for a moment.
The GPL only imposes restrictions on how you can distribute software. Anyone can use it however they want.
In fact, that's the fundamental argument about why an EULA for GPL'd software is wrong. An EULA really implies an "End User Use License Agreement". But GPL software is sold (or given), not licensed. The GPL is a distribution license, and explicitly places no restrictions on use. So the EULA for Firefox really ought to say, "You can use Firefox for whatever you want, but if you want to distribute it, please comply with the GPL. Oh, and don't use the trademark 'Firefox' for any other browser. Otherwise, have a nice day!"
Don't you have something better to do with your life than post redundant copies of Onion stories with cheap find-and-replace jobs run on them?
Oh, wait... this is Slashdot. Never mind.
I use MD5 checksums on all my memories. That way, I can be sure that I either remember all of something or none of it at... what are we talking about?
You just hit the bandwidth cap. Be glad that your sentence happened to end there or else
Radiating milk isotropically!