Code reuse? Readability? Maintainability? Wasn't OOP suppose to solve that?
It was supposed to help. It turns out writing reusable software is very hard to do. Though OOP is only one technology that has promised more than it can deliver.
I remember when I first learned about COM in the mid 80's, and how revolutionary it would be. You just plug software components together like breadboarding a hardware circuit. I thought to myself "Great! I can just unplug the editor in my IDE, plug in a Emacs component and I'll be good to go."
Seems like we should be able to do that, doesn't it? Needless to say, it's near the end of 2013 and we are nowhere close to having that functionality for either the developer or user. Ah, well.
Laws can be changed and being passive aggressive instead of proactive doesn't change their situation for the better.
Laws tend to favor large corporations and will continue to do so as long as big money dominates our elections. The trend, particularly since Citizens United, is for corporations to have even more influence on legislation. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just that that is the direction this country is headed.
The solution to world peace is simple - no one likes war, so all we need to do is get everyone to agree not to fight one another. Problem solved.
How about we address the reasons we need to hide who we talk to instead of finding new and creative ways to hide? Why are we trying to find technical solutions to social issues?
It's the best we can do. We're engineers, not omnipotent beings.
I guess we can infer that AES-256 is safe. Otherwise, the NSA would already know what these archives contain. Certainly Snowden wouldn't have chosen it if he knew it was cracked.
The Nazis also pushed for youth indoctrination to attempt to create generations of followers. Glad DARE and MAFIAA learned the lesson.
In my experience kids tend to do the opposite of what you tell them to do. All I see happening if this plan is implemented is that it becomes incredibly cool to pirate music and videos.
And regarding the power cable: Powerline networking is commercially available and well-understood, as is transmitting data along with low-voltage DC (PoE).
Yes, but you need special hardware to do it. I don't see any way to do this with commecial pc/laptop power supples without first hacking the hardware.
I find the idea of using a computers' microphone and speaker as a kind of high frequency modem highly intriguing. I did read enough of TFA to see that once he physically removed the speaker and microphone from his computer the mystery network packets stopped. That's pretty strong evidence this is one of the attack vectors if it is indeed true. I don't know the guy so I'm on the fence regarding whether this is a hoax or not.
Why don't we just assume that someone is spying on our online activities all the time. It's a lot easier to keep track of and the only point of releasing new "leaks" in this drib and drab fashion is just to keep Snowden's name in the news.
I get a lot more enjoyment out of Halloween by handing out candy that I ever did as a kid going trick-or-treating. I love seeing the different costumes the kids wear, trying to guess what they are supposed to be, and the expressions on their faces when I pull out the candy basket. I hand out the good stuff - no apples, cookies, or lumps of coal if you come to my house.
How about I'd like everyone to put away their precious CRAP and pay attention during takeoff and landing just in case, oh I don't know, we all need to get out in a hurry.
Pay attention to what? The back side of the seat in front of me?
Perhaps I should use the time to contemplate how very tenuous this thing called life is and how easily it can be snuffed out instantly in the event this aircraft suddenly explodes in a huge fireball on takeoff. Maybe I should take very careful notice of the location of the exit doors and meticulously plan how I'm going to incapacitate the unfortunate innocents in my way as I desperately attempt to flee the impending disaster.
There are just a couple more important things going on at any given time during a flight than killing that last little piggy.
Yes, but those things are all going on in the cockpit and out of my control. Perhaps I should play a little game to keep my mind preoccupied, as I admit I have a little problem with flying, actually.
Once they claim certain dollars are proceeds of illegal activity, they freeze the assets, and they will be held in trust, or held by police, until the charges are settled.
The FBI can't get their hands on this money because Bitcoin is a decentralized currency. They have nothing to "freeze" or "hold on" to. That's the whole point of Bitcoin, actually.
If any doctor had been cognizant of Aaron's condition he would be committed to a hospital. His death could have been prevented.
Of all the prople involved, many of them considered "professional" and some even "expert", not one person recognized that Aaron had depression and suicidal ideation? His family, friends, and all of the so-called professionals involved with his persecution and not one of them recognized the symtoms? That is the real tradegy.
You don't have to affiliate with a single party if you don't want to, and it sure sounds like you don't want to. Many people, including myself, are registered independent (unaffiliated) voters. Changing your party affiliation in the US is as simple as filling out a voter registration form and selecting "no party" in the box that asks for your party enrollment/designation.
Many people are fed up with the unconstitutional government programs that violate our rights to online privacy. The question is what
we, as good citizens, do to effect change. Those voices which advocate violence bring more harm than good into the discussion IMO. There is simply no need for it, as we have the technical know-how to protect our online privacy using tools like encryption, virtual networks, Tor, and Freenet just to name a few. If there is a need for better tools, we will develop them. That is the American way. I view the increased usage of these tools as a rational response to unwarranted government and corporate surveillance. It is an American,
patriotic act of nonviolent civil disobedence.
You are not alone, trust me. Words ought to mean things.
I was literally doing a crossword puzzle last night where the clue was "good (slang)" and the answer was "bad". And by literally, I mean literally (as in "not figuratively").
Allow me to present two quotes I think are relevant. The first is from the
the Groklaw article referenced to in TFS.
Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these
days. Or if they find they need a law to make conduct lawful, they just write
a new law or reinterpret an old one and keep on going. That's not the rule of
law as I understood the term.
The second is from a recent op ed piece from Charles Krauhammer. I
usually disagree with him on just about everything, but I read his
stuff anyway just to get a glimpse of the what the "other side" is
thinking. Nevertheless, I think he is spot on with the following:
Such gross executive usurpation disdains the Constitution. It mocks
the separation of powers. And most consequentially, it introduces a fatal
instability into law itself. If the law is not what is plainly written, but is
whatever the president and his agents decide, what's left of
the law?
As AntiPolygraph.org has pointed out, one use of the polygraphs is simply to conduct interviews with subjects without a lawyer present, so that the examiners can use interviewing techniques with unrestricted questions that an informed, rational person would never submit to.
If you submit to a polygraph test you've just established exactly who is dominant and who is submissive. You've already lost before the first question is asked.
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Code reuse? Readability? Maintainability? Wasn't OOP suppose to solve that?
It was supposed to help. It turns out writing reusable software is very hard to do. Though OOP is only one technology that has promised more than it can deliver.
I remember when I first learned about COM in the mid 80's, and how revolutionary it would be. You just plug software components together like breadboarding a hardware circuit. I thought to myself "Great! I can just unplug the editor in my IDE, plug in a Emacs component and I'll be good to go."
Seems like we should be able to do that, doesn't it? Needless to say, it's near the end of 2013 and we are nowhere close to having that functionality for either the developer or user. Ah, well.
Laws can be changed and being passive aggressive instead of proactive doesn't change their situation for the better.
Laws tend to favor large corporations and will continue to do so as long as big money dominates our elections. The trend, particularly since Citizens United, is for corporations to have even more influence on legislation. I'm not saying that's a good thing, just that that is the direction this country is headed.
The solution to world peace is simple - no one likes war, so all we need to do is get everyone to agree not to fight one another. Problem solved.
How about we address the reasons we need to hide who we talk to instead of finding new and creative ways to hide? Why are we trying to find technical solutions to social issues?
It's the best we can do. We're engineers, not omnipotent beings.
I guess we can infer that AES-256 is safe. Otherwise, the NSA would already know what these archives contain. Certainly Snowden wouldn't have chosen it if he knew it was cracked.
The Nazis also pushed for youth indoctrination to attempt to create generations of followers. Glad DARE and MAFIAA learned the lesson.
In my experience kids tend to do the opposite of what you tell them to do. All I see happening if this plan is implemented is that it becomes incredibly cool to pirate music and videos.
Fear give those in Power, control of the command person.
Too complicated to learn, english language is.
That's the main drawback of these drives. They can make Barry White sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Question 1: You see 5 pennies, the total in the cup is 6, so the missing part is 1 (penny). How hard can that possibly be?
"Nothing is missing. I have some money and a cup to piss in. That is sufficient for my needs."
And regarding the power cable: Powerline networking is commercially available and well-understood, as is transmitting data along with low-voltage DC (PoE).
Yes, but you need special hardware to do it. I don't see any way to do this with commecial pc/laptop power supples without first hacking the hardware.
I find the idea of using a computers' microphone and speaker as a kind of high frequency modem highly intriguing. I did read enough of TFA to see that once he physically removed the speaker and microphone from his computer the mystery network packets stopped. That's pretty strong evidence this is one of the attack vectors if it is indeed true. I don't know the guy so I'm on the fence regarding whether this is a hoax or not.
Why don't we just assume that someone is spying on our online activities all the time. It's a lot easier to keep track of and the only point of releasing new "leaks" in this drib and drab fashion is just to keep Snowden's name in the news.
I get a lot more enjoyment out of Halloween by handing out candy that I ever did as a kid going trick-or-treating. I love seeing the different costumes the kids wear, trying to guess what they are supposed to be, and the expressions on their faces when I pull out the candy basket. I hand out the good stuff - no apples, cookies, or lumps of coal if you come to my house.
a federal law called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) obliges us to produce the Snaps to the requesting law enforcement agency.
Is it a rule now that every law has to be named to imply it does the exact opposite of what it actually does?
How about I'd like everyone to put away their precious CRAP and pay attention during takeoff and landing just in case, oh I don't know, we all need to get out in a hurry.
Pay attention to what? The back side of the seat in front of me?
Perhaps I should use the time to contemplate how very tenuous this thing called life is and how easily it can be snuffed out instantly in the event this aircraft suddenly explodes in a huge fireball on takeoff. Maybe I should take very careful notice of the location of the exit doors and meticulously plan how I'm going to incapacitate the unfortunate innocents in my way as I desperately attempt to flee the impending disaster.
There are just a couple more important things going on at any given time during a flight than killing that last little piggy.
Yes, but those things are all going on in the cockpit and out of my control. Perhaps I should play a little game to keep my mind preoccupied, as I admit I have a little problem with flying, actually.
Once they claim certain dollars are proceeds of illegal activity, they freeze the assets, and they will be held in trust, or held by police, until the charges are settled.
The FBI can't get their hands on this money because Bitcoin is a decentralized currency. They have nothing to "freeze" or "hold on" to. That's the whole point of Bitcoin, actually.
If any doctor had been cognizant of Aaron's condition he would be committed to a hospital. His death could have been prevented.
Of all the prople involved, many of them considered "professional" and some even "expert", not one person recognized that Aaron had depression and suicidal ideation? His family, friends, and all of the so-called professionals involved with his persecution and not one of them recognized the symtoms? That is the real tradegy.
The U.S. Congress passed the Helium Control Act and Teddy signed it. Almost 80 years later and gov't is still making a mess of things.
That's because Congress knows quite a bit about blowing hot air.
No one with integrity need apply.
You don't have to affiliate with a single party if you don't want to, and it sure sounds like you don't want to. Many people, including myself, are registered independent (unaffiliated) voters. Changing your party affiliation in the US is as simple as filling out a voter registration form and selecting "no party" in the box that asks for your party enrollment/designation.
Many people are fed up with the unconstitutional government programs that violate our rights to online privacy. The question is what we, as good citizens, do to effect change. Those voices which advocate violence bring more harm than good into the discussion IMO. There is simply no need for it, as we have the technical know-how to protect our online privacy using tools like encryption, virtual networks, Tor, and Freenet just to name a few. If there is a need for better tools, we will develop them. That is the American way. I view the increased usage of these tools as a rational response to unwarranted government and corporate surveillance. It is an American, patriotic act of nonviolent civil disobedence.
Sounds like you'll fit right in.
You are not alone, trust me. Words ought to mean things.
I was literally doing a crossword puzzle last night where the clue was "good (slang)" and the answer was "bad". And by literally, I mean literally (as in "not figuratively").
Just felt like sharing. Good day, sir.
Apparently all you have to do is claim you did it in good faith or there was a clerical error ... presto, you're off the hook.
Bingo! you win a prize. Torrentfreak just posted an email they recieved from Comcast claiming the cease and desist notice was sent "in error".
Allow me to present two quotes I think are relevant. The first is from the the Groklaw article referenced to in TFS.
Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these days. Or if they find they need a law to make conduct lawful, they just write a new law or reinterpret an old one and keep on going. That's not the rule of law as I understood the term.
The second is from a recent op ed piece from Charles Krauhammer. I usually disagree with him on just about everything, but I read his stuff anyway just to get a glimpse of the what the "other side" is thinking. Nevertheless, I think he is spot on with the following:
Such gross executive usurpation disdains the Constitution. It mocks the separation of powers. And most consequentially, it introduces a fatal instability into law itself. If the law is not what is plainly written, but is whatever the president and his agents decide, what's left of the law?
As AntiPolygraph.org has pointed out, one use of the polygraphs is simply to conduct interviews with subjects without a lawyer present, so that the examiners can use interviewing techniques with unrestricted questions that an informed, rational person would never submit to.
If you submit to a polygraph test you've just established exactly who is dominant and who is submissive. You've already lost before the first question is asked.
I suppose this sets the precedent that all you have to do after committing a capital felony is give a half-assed apology, and you're off scot-free.
What is says is that there is no downside to lying to Congress. On paper there is, but that, like the Constitution, is just a piece of paper.