Again...can't be just start posting a weekly news post on/. to the affect of "Somewhere, someone created another virus for Windows?" Wouldn't that be equally effective, and still truthful?
Getting the news out in a timely manner is better than leaving people exposed. If you're not interested, you can always uncheck that slashbox labelled "security". After all, you're using Linux? Right?
In practice (at lest where I am) university IT departments isolate themselves from the CS departments.
In this case, it seems the IT department was isolated from just about everyone. None of more common "best practices" appear to have been followed - e.g. users weren't on board with the changes before go-live, a "big bang" approach was taken on bringing in a new accounting system. Their gap analysis must have revealed that these packages needed more extensive customisation than usual, yet they went ahead anyway. That they might break future compatibility seemed to have been ignored/played down by the vendor.
Seems like a rather obvious issue, I'm suprised nobody noticed this before.
They do this for all of their routers - wired or wireless. The default password is in the (downloadable) manual, along with instructions to change it. To be fair, they aren't the only ones to do this.
Most PDA's are used as nothing more than glorified address books. Integrating that functionality into a phone means one less device to carry around and forget to recharge. I have to agree with the size though. A large screen really isn't necessary for phone functionality. If only someone made a regular sized cellphone that could synch with the PalmOS phone book. And no, the Treo is too wide.
Yep, this is what happens when ignorant fanboi's submit before doing a quick check. Here are the PCI-Express and PCI-X specs. It's unlikely PCI-X will make it onto the average consumer level motherboard, but PCI-Express certainly will.
Does this have anything even remotely to do with News for Nerds or technology or computers or programing or software or hardware or anthing electonic whatsoever?
Not all that matters is electronic. Not all nerds are into technology.
f you don't watch it why would it matter to you whether or not it is cancelled?
Because bad shows take up a spot which could (though often isn't) have been filled by a good show. Good shows still require people to make them, and editors to cut them, and janitors to clean up. They have the added benefit of being good entertainment.
It's just a manufacturer introducing a new range to try to grab new market share. Just like soap powder manufacturers introducing a new powder to try to grab more market share.
What you're missing is that this a mainstream manufacturer seeing gaming as a big business opportunity. Obviously they're not the first, but it's another example of how gaming has become a part of mainstream cultrue.
early adopters and hardcore gamers who buy a new graphics card every 6 months. This is an important market segment as they buy far more graphics cards than everyone else
That segment might be the most profitable in terms of margins, but they are a relatively tiny part of the market. The low/mid range cards are where the volume is.
It's not perfect (primarily because of their games low hardware requirements), but Valves survey of hardware in use illustrates this.
ATI doesn't have enough of a lead over Nvidia to convince people to wait for their releases.
Who's doing the waiting? ATI shipped their first X800 cards this week (via Best Buy and their own online store). The first competitive cards from Nvidia (6800 GT) aren't due until mid-june.
The sound of the fans should be drowned out by booming speakers you should have to go with your gaming system. games and gamers aren't quite, who cares about fan noise when your kicking someones ass?
Not all games have a howlowcanyougo bass heavy cheeze-metal soundtrack. In games where atmosphere or positional sound matter, the constant whining of fans is a big deal.
The constant whining from the losers is another matter.
Applets? Thankfully this will hopefully kill them. What worries me is this:
Microsoft Communications Protocol Program: Sun has agreed to sign a license for the Windows desktop operating system communications protocols under Microsoft's Communications Protocol Program, established pursuant to Microsoft's consent decree and final judgment with the U.S. Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general.
Who knows what changes (i.e. restrictions) Microsoft is going to make to their protocols in the future. While the likes of Sun will have the right to use those protocols, what effect is this going to have on open source projects which don't have the ability to purchase a license?
In spite of this, Canadian television has yet to produce a domestic hit television series
CSI was produced by Alliance-Atlantis (a Canadian company) - and has proven a huge success on both sides of the border. For the younger set, Degrassi: The Next Generation (and its predecessor Degrassi Junior High) have also been quite sucessful. And lets not forget that paragon of Canadian-ness - Due South.
Also, as a nit-pick, while Bill C-2 is extremely retarded, it makes purchasing of foreign satellite content illegal.
publishers are rushing headlong into making mature games, believing that emulating the success of Grand Theft Auto is just a splash of blood and a bucketful of swearwords away."
Since when has this been the definition of "mature"?
40 Comcast customers who have sent out more than 100,000 e-mail messages a day, with many sending close to 1 million daily e-mail messages
The net is a shared resource. When your "misconfiguration" screws it up for the rest of us, you get no sympathy from me.
I'm no fan of corporate policing, but these people had the same opportunities to lock down their machines as everyone else. They failed to exercise that ability, and are now paying the price.
Here is my preference for internet "policing" in decreasing order:
1. user self-policing
That might be true in an ideal world. However, these users were disconnected because they failed to police themselves.
I know someone who's running a Win98 box thats been infected with SoBig.F for over a month. Yet his copy of Norton AV has been sitting on his desk for the past year. His excuse for not cleaning it up? No time and he doesn't want to reinstall everything.
I'd say it's fair to assume that the vast majority of these Comcast customers are just like him - clueless and happy that way.
2) if this is bullshit, then it is nothing but a pr stunt.
Interesting logic, care to explain? This isn't your usual local ordinance proclaiming some random date to be [insert local sports team] day.
As to how it will be implemented, many companies ask up front where you're from. They then structure their conversation with you appropriately (or say they don't deal with Canadians).
This article from last year goes into a few of these issues:
Hey-y-y...I bet someone could write a good story about mail fraud... It could be a thriller, maybe involving a larger crime so that the fraud doesn't seem important until the VERY END, where it becomes clear that committing mail fraud will get you in big trouble, buddy!
Slashdot Mirror
Again...can't be just start posting a weekly news post on /. to the affect of "Somewhere, someone created another virus for Windows?" Wouldn't that be equally effective, and still truthful?
Getting the news out in a timely manner is better than leaving people exposed. If you're not interested, you can always uncheck that slashbox labelled "security". After all, you're using Linux? Right?
Having said that, Symantec have the gory details.
In practice (at lest where I am) university IT departments isolate themselves from the CS departments.
In this case, it seems the IT department was isolated from just about everyone. None of more common "best practices" appear to have been followed - e.g. users weren't on board with the changes before go-live, a "big bang" approach was taken on bringing in a new accounting system. Their gap analysis must have revealed that these packages needed more extensive customisation than usual, yet they went ahead anyway. That they might break future compatibility seemed to have been ignored/played down by the vendor.
Heh, I wonder how foolish this guy is feeling today.
Seems like a rather obvious issue, I'm suprised nobody noticed this before.
They do this for all of their routers - wired or wireless. The default password is in the (downloadable) manual, along with instructions to change it. To be fair, they aren't the only ones to do this.
I just don't get the whole PDA phone thing
Most PDA's are used as nothing more than glorified address books. Integrating that functionality into a phone means one less device to carry around and forget to recharge. I have to agree with the size though. A large screen really isn't necessary for phone functionality. If only someone made a regular sized cellphone that could synch with the PalmOS phone book. And no, the Treo is too wide.
Yep, this is what happens when ignorant fanboi's submit before doing a quick check. Here are the PCI-Express and PCI-X specs. It's unlikely PCI-X will make it onto the average consumer level motherboard, but PCI-Express certainly will.
Does this have anything even remotely to do with News for Nerds or technology or computers or programing or software or hardware or anthing electonic whatsoever?
Not all that matters is electronic. Not all nerds are into technology.
f you don't watch it why would it matter to you whether or not it is cancelled?
Because bad shows take up a spot which could (though often isn't) have been filled by a good show. Good shows still require people to make them, and editors to cut them, and janitors to clean up. They have the added benefit of being good entertainment.
Political systems are different than economic, genius.
http://www.tse.com/en/aboutUs/tse/
You were saying?
Socialist Country
Yes you're a troll, but Canada is a parliamentary democracy.
As for taxes, Canada's progressive tax system makes it a good place start a business
It's just a manufacturer introducing a new range to try to grab new market share. Just like soap powder manufacturers introducing a new powder to try to grab more market share.
What you're missing is that this a mainstream manufacturer seeing gaming as a big business opportunity. Obviously they're not the first, but it's another example of how gaming has become a part of mainstream cultrue.
early adopters and hardcore gamers who buy a new graphics card every 6 months. This is an important market segment as they buy far more graphics cards than everyone else
That segment might be the most profitable in terms of margins, but they are a relatively tiny part of the market. The low/mid range cards are where the volume is.
It's not perfect (primarily because of their games low hardware requirements), but Valves survey of hardware in use illustrates this.
ATI doesn't have enough of a lead over Nvidia to convince people to wait for their releases.
Who's doing the waiting? ATI shipped their first X800 cards this week (via Best Buy and their own online store). The first competitive cards from Nvidia (6800 GT) aren't due until mid-june.
I always find it exciting to hear about groups of people electing each other and slapping each other on the back.
I guess the line breaks broke your concentration. You are only allowed to nominate yourself, and only if you're a contributor to X (as opposed to Y).
The sound of the fans should be drowned out by booming speakers you should have to go with your gaming system. games and gamers aren't quite, who cares about fan noise when your kicking someones ass?
Not all games have a howlowcanyougo bass heavy cheeze-metal soundtrack. In games where atmosphere or positional sound matter, the constant whining of fans is a big deal.
The constant whining from the losers is another matter.
Applets? Thankfully this will hopefully kill them. What worries me is this:
Microsoft Communications Protocol Program: Sun has agreed to sign a license for the Windows desktop operating system communications protocols under Microsoft's Communications Protocol Program, established pursuant to Microsoft's consent decree and final judgment with the U.S. Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general.
Who knows what changes (i.e. restrictions) Microsoft is going to make to their protocols in the future. While the likes of Sun will have the right to use those protocols, what effect is this going to have on open source projects which don't have the ability to purchase a license?
In spite of this, Canadian television has yet to produce a domestic hit television series
CSI was produced by Alliance-Atlantis (a Canadian company) - and has proven a huge success on both sides of the border. For the younger set, Degrassi: The Next Generation (and its predecessor Degrassi Junior High) have also been quite sucessful. And lets not forget that paragon of Canadian-ness - Due South.
Also, as a nit-pick, while Bill C-2 is extremely retarded, it makes purchasing of foreign satellite content illegal.
publishers are rushing headlong into making mature games, believing that emulating the success of Grand Theft Auto is just a splash of blood and a bucketful of swearwords away."
Since when has this been the definition of "mature"?
From the article (you did read it didn't you?):
40 Comcast customers who have sent out more than 100,000 e-mail messages a day, with many sending close to 1 million daily e-mail messages
The net is a shared resource. When your "misconfiguration" screws it up for the rest of us, you get no sympathy from me.
I'm no fan of corporate policing, but these people had the same opportunities to lock down their machines as everyone else. They failed to exercise that ability, and are now paying the price.
Here is my preference for internet "policing" in decreasing order:
1. user self-policing
That might be true in an ideal world. However, these users were disconnected because they failed to police themselves.
I know someone who's running a Win98 box thats been infected with SoBig.F for over a month. Yet his copy of Norton AV has been sitting on his desk for the past year. His excuse for not cleaning it up? No time and he doesn't want to reinstall everything.
I'd say it's fair to assume that the vast majority of these Comcast customers are just like him - clueless and happy that way.
Fox did everything it could to kill this show.
I think the problem was that Fox didn't know what to do with it.
Anyhow, Universal is backing the film - not Fox.
It doesn't seem to fit squarely with the site at all. I don't know a single soul that watches that show.
And your point is? I know at least three other geeks that do watch the show.
Mutant Enemy produced three well written cult series that played with their respective genre conventions, and I for one will be sad to see them gone.
2) if this is bullshit, then it is nothing but a pr stunt.
Interesting logic, care to explain? This isn't your usual local ordinance proclaiming some random date to be [insert local sports team] day.
As to how it will be implemented, many companies ask up front where you're from. They then structure their conversation with you appropriately (or say they don't deal with Canadians).
This article from last year goes into a few of these issues:
I wish people would use any kind of proof with this type of article... but I suppose they can't.
Who needs proof when you have FUD? See also SCO.
It was called The Untouchables ;)
Don't mind me - just after posting that, I remembered that Capone was convicted for tax fraud.
Hey-y-y...I bet someone could write a good story about mail fraud... It could be a thriller, maybe involving a larger crime so that the fraud doesn't seem important until the VERY END, where it becomes clear that committing mail fraud will get you in big trouble, buddy!
It was called The Untouchables