... that they have names (Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, Yepun) for the individual telescopes in the VLT, but could only come up with "very large telescope" for the whole array.
Please include at least a transformers reference in the next one. Thanks.
You can't actually tell people they can directly buy XP increases. You have to setup something to obscure the issue and pretend it has a legitimate usage...
Exactly - it's not too much Java, it's students not understanding the libraries they're using:
I'm not sure how much of the problem is Java itself and how much is the emphasis on using libraries, though. The trouble is that Java has in many places been used to dumb down the curriculum while at the same time increasing the apparent level of delivered goods. It is good to be able to (quickly) build new things by calling libraries, but often that's not a skilled, challenging job. If that's all you have seen, you are completely lost when faced with a job for which a pre-packaged solution does not exist.
The sloppy fat geek computer genius semi-buried in a pile of pizza boxes and cola cans is a mythical creature, best buried deep, never to be seen again
Be careful. They're easily frightened, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.
F.E.A.R. , short for First Encounter Assault Recon.... University of Alberta GAMES (Game-playing, Analytical methods, Minimax search and Empirical Studies).... called STRIPS (for STanford Research Institute Problem Solver)
Combine that with such gems as:
players view the virtual world from the perspective of the characters they manipulate, making Counter-Strike an example of what's known as a first-person-shooter game.
and I'm not sure that belongs here.
Then again, maybe I'm just bitter that I still can't beat GNU chess.
The person whose data are processed - the data subject - enjoys a number of enforceable rights. This includes, for instance, the right to be informed about the processing and the right to correct data.
Now how do you apply that to remote searches? Will they inform people they mistakenly "search" due to incorrect information?
steamclient_linux.so is used by the dedicated linux servers to connect to steam and check for updates and such, it was probably just included by mistake..
The article quotes a large string of names and says:
These strings plus hundreds of other technically shouldn't be needed if this were simply for Linux server usage -- even though no Linux server binary ships with the Windows game on Steam.
Not sure if that's reasonable grounds for their assumption, but is worth considering.
That "publicly available at GSA Advantage" link from the article goes to:
Session Terminated
Your Advantage! or e-Buy session has been terminated for one of the following reasons:...
So was it really publicly available?
Also they'd have to state that HP authorized it to be public on the GSA site. Otherwise you could just have two sites referencing each other saying the info is already public.
Remembering all the little things you forget will become easier because everyday details will be recorded, analyzed and "provided at the appropriate time and place by both portable and stationary smart appliances."
That's not "the end of forgetting" - that sounds like a more annoying version of clippy.
'talking' to the Web is leapfrogging all other interfaces, and the mobile phone is outpacing the PC
That's using voice recognition on devices with substandard interfaces. Keyboards aren't going anywhere.
When Bertoni runs his algorithms on regular hits like Lethal Weapon or Miss Congeniality and tries to predict how any given Netflix user will rate them, he's usually within eight-tenths of a star
Makes me wonder how accurate my own ratings would be. The difference between clicking 3 or 4 stars is often very minor and arbitrary. At the end of a movie I might rate it something totally different than 20min later. Sounds like they're doing pretty good so far.
There's a sort of unsettling, alien quality to their computers' results... But many categorizations are now so obscure that they cannot see the reasoning behind them. Possibly the algorithms are finding connections so deep and subconscious that customers themselves wouldn't even recognize them.
Realizing the program you wrote out-performs you and you can't explain why is a rather odd feeling.
I remember Google was working on something on the app layer that would guard against this type of connection hijacking but without the setup and teardown overhead of full blown SSL.
Sounds like you're thinking of the obfuscated tcp story. Wasn't so much a Google project as someone who happened to work at Google iirc.
IETF participants pointed out that DNS software packages from BIND, Nominum, Microsoft and NLnet Labs have added patches for the Kaminsky bug, and 75% of DNS servers have been upgraded to thwart Kaminsky-style attacks. The IETF also is putting the finishing touches on a best-practices document that outlines ways for DNS server operators to protect against spoofing attacks like those that exploit the Kaminsky bug.
So you're correct. Patches are out and the IETF is just debating their stance.
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Ahhh arts students, the sort of people who fall for...
At least they make good venti iced soy mochas ;-)
... that they have names (Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, Yepun) for the individual telescopes in the VLT, but could only come up with "very large telescope" for the whole array.
Please include at least a transformers reference in the next one. Thanks.
You can't actually tell people they can directly buy XP increases. You have to setup something to obscure the issue and pretend it has a legitimate usage...
*cough* WoW recruit-a-friend *cough*
He's just welcoming our new Zombie Overlords
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Exactly - it's not too much Java, it's students not understanding the libraries they're using:
I'm not sure how much of the problem is Java itself and how much is the emphasis on using libraries, though. The trouble is that Java has in many places been used to dumb down the curriculum while at the same time increasing the apparent level of delivered goods. It is good to be able to (quickly) build new things by calling libraries, but often that's not a skilled, challenging job. If that's all you have seen, you are completely lost when faced with a job for which a pre-packaged solution does not exist.
The sloppy fat geek computer genius semi-buried in a pile of pizza boxes and cola cans is a mythical creature, best buried deep, never to be seen again
Be careful. They're easily frightened, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.
I don't think anyone's found a overflow in notepad either djb!
I wouldn't doubt it - try typing in "this app can break" (without quotes) or another string in that format. Save the file and reopen.
So a government backed initiative supported by domain name vendors accounting for 65% of domain names and it says:
Dan Bernstein's push for DNSCurve might face an uphill slog.
I think that might be understating it a bit. If it's not, I'm joining Dan's fan club.
At 0.3 kelvin - just above absolute zero - these electrons flow without resistance and so create a superconductor.
So my stock fan won't quite cut it this time?
F.E.A.R. , short for First Encounter Assault Recon .... University of Alberta GAMES (Game-playing, Analytical methods, Minimax search and Empirical Studies) .... called STRIPS (for STanford Research Institute Problem Solver)
Combine that with such gems as:
players view the virtual world from the perspective of the characters they manipulate, making Counter-Strike an example of what's known as a first-person-shooter game.
and I'm not sure that belongs here.
Then again, maybe I'm just bitter that I still can't beat GNU chess.
The person whose data are processed - the data subject - enjoys a number of enforceable rights. This includes, for instance, the right to be informed about the processing and the right to correct data.
Now how do you apply that to remote searches? Will they inform people they mistakenly "search" due to incorrect information?
The EU said controls were in place to ensure that data protection laws were not breached as this information was gathered and shared.
I'll go out on a limb here and say the controls aren't going to ensure this.
EU data protection laws
steamclient_linux.so is used by the dedicated linux servers to connect to steam and check for updates and such, it was probably just included by mistake..
The article quotes a large string of names and says:
These strings plus hundreds of other technically shouldn't be needed if this were simply for Linux server usage -- even though no Linux server binary ships with the Windows game on Steam.
Not sure if that's reasonable grounds for their assumption, but is worth considering.
That "publicly available at GSA Advantage" link from the article goes to:
Session Terminated Your Advantage! or e-Buy session has been terminated for one of the following reasons: ...
So was it really publicly available?
Also they'd have to state that HP authorized it to be public on the GSA site. Otherwise you could just have two sites referencing each other saying the info is already public.
Not Cthulhu, but possibly a distant cousin of something else:
He speculates that Magnapinna passively waits for prey to bump into the sticky appendages
Could these sticky appendages also be... noodly?
This is why I don't eat creatures from the ocean.
Hopefully they'll return the courtesy.
First, they had to determine the optimal temperature at which flesh melts but can still heal (about 65 degrees Celsius).
I don't envy the test subjects.
Also, it might give "not safe for work" a whole new meaning, not to mention the "not safe for home"
Obviously they don't realize why the net was born
Remembering all the little things you forget will become easier because everyday details will be recorded, analyzed and "provided at the appropriate time and place by both portable and stationary smart appliances."
That's not "the end of forgetting" - that sounds like a more annoying version of clippy.
'talking' to the Web is leapfrogging all other interfaces, and the mobile phone is outpacing the PC
That's using voice recognition on devices with substandard interfaces. Keyboards aren't going anywhere.
Stop using M$ crap ... I'm 47
Desai stresses that all this data is made anonymous, so it certainly won't be possible to target specific households with ads...
... yet
When Bertoni runs his algorithms on regular hits like Lethal Weapon or Miss Congeniality and tries to predict how any given Netflix user will rate them, he's usually within eight-tenths of a star
Makes me wonder how accurate my own ratings would be. The difference between clicking 3 or 4 stars is often very minor and arbitrary. At the end of a movie I might rate it something totally different than 20min later. Sounds like they're doing pretty good so far.
There's a sort of unsettling, alien quality to their computers' results ... But many categorizations are now so obscure that they cannot see the reasoning behind them. Possibly the algorithms are finding connections so deep and subconscious that customers themselves wouldn't even recognize them.
Realizing the program you wrote out-performs you and you can't explain why is a rather odd feeling.
I remember Google was working on something on the app layer that would guard against this type of connection hijacking but without the setup and teardown overhead of full blown SSL.
Sounds like you're thinking of the obfuscated tcp story. Wasn't so much a Google project as someone who happened to work at Google iirc.
Our broadband support forums are designed to be a place where customers can discuss technical support issues and offer solutions.
And someone hijacking and modifying your data isn't a technical support issue?
IETF participants pointed out that DNS software packages from BIND, Nominum, Microsoft and NLnet Labs have added patches for the Kaminsky bug, and 75% of DNS servers have been upgraded to thwart Kaminsky-style attacks. The IETF also is putting the finishing touches on a best-practices document that outlines ways for DNS server operators to protect against spoofing attacks like those that exploit the Kaminsky bug.
So you're correct. Patches are out and the IETF is just debating their stance.