While I could use gdb in a client/server fashion for the embedded stuff I do (linux based), I find it much simpler to just add debug level printf statements. Then, telnet in and run the software in debug output mode in the foreground to at least get an idea of where in the code the problem is.
Of course, as stated in a sibling post even this isn't an option on some embedded systems.
Oh bah, you're going let little details, like pointing out that the 30-36Mhz processor only has 128k of flash and 6k of RAM, get in the way of a beowulf cluster? You're no fun... Party pooper.:p
Why this is even a topic of discussion amonsgt a presidential election campaign is beyond me.
If a parent wants to run their own firewall and block [the majority of] porn from being accessible to their children, that's fine. But, WTH does government have to do with it?
As PP points out, it would be nothing more than an exercise in futility and not to mention one hell of a waste of tax dollars in the process.
The only sensible thing gov./politicians could do would be to say 'look here's what we can do to "protect the children" from porn - it's everyone's responsibilty yadda yadda, if you have this concern, go to this website blahblahblah.gov which will tell you what you can do to help "protect the children".' That website would be nothing more than providing the facts of why the government can't do anything short of completely destroying the internet as it's known, and here's a bunch of links and other info on setting up your own firewall to "protect the children" that use computers on your private home network.
Abstinence has been REPEATEDLY shown to not be an effective way to control the spread of STDs or prevent pregnancy in populations.
This statement alone is an obvious logical fallacy. But since the rest of your post qualifies what you meant to say was something like "The thoery/practice/philosophy of abstinence education programs has been...", I'll let you off with warning, this time.:)
You're accurate with the libertarian, but the 'right' is just wrong. slashdot has a fairly even spread across the libertarian side of the scale, from totalitarian to anarchistic.
I didn't think totalitarianism fit into libertarianism at all, aren't the two essentially opposites with authoritarianism going hand in hand with totalitarianism?
Though I would agree that saying 'pretty right-libertarian leaning' is off. The libertarian leaning of the/. crowd ranges pretty equally left to right to total anarchist, by the traditional definitions.
BTW, haven't the terms "conservative" and "liberal" been deprecated on/. yet? The use of these words without proper modifiers could mean any number of things, since once upon a time 'liberal' was a term that embodied limited government with individual freedom and civil liberties, and 'conservative' referred to distribution of wealth, power, etc. At one time, they shared much of the same ideals and now they are pretty much the opposite of how there were originally used. Thus, using these terms can only lead to confusion amongst a community such as/.
But then again we are talking about politics. Oh, bother...
Remind me how well that's going for you again? Oh yeah, that's right - Vista has 4 times the desktop market share even though it's only been out a ninth of the time Linux has.
I'll not argue your point or assertions, but exactly how does one arrive at these elusive numbers called market share? Surely citing such a relatively worthless metric doesn't help your argument.
I seem to recall seeing something as well. Though I've long figured that in certain applications the use of fiber optics could do a pretty good job of making something at least really, really hard to see that it was there.
I think I would too, seeing how my other UID is ~1mil less than this one and that makes it what, over 5 years old. I really can't remember when I got it, but I know it was quite a while after I started lurking that I finally decided to get an account.
The only thing I can think of that really plugs any DNS vulnerability is a smart card / USB token type of device that does it's own verification of the remote website's credentials before disclosing login information.
And that alone, just off the top of my head, is still vulnerable to the man-in-the-middle attack. Just forward the correct credentials back from the real site...
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While I could use gdb in a client/server fashion for the embedded stuff I do (linux based), I find it much simpler to just add debug level printf statements. Then, telnet in and run the software in debug output mode in the foreground to at least get an idea of where in the code the problem is.
Of course, as stated in a sibling post even this isn't an option on some embedded systems.
Oh bah, you're going let little details, like pointing out that the 30-36Mhz processor only has 128k of flash and 6k of RAM, get in the way of a beowulf cluster? You're no fun... Party pooper. :p
A beowulf cluster of party platforms? um...
In Soviet Russia, the political platform runs you.... oh wait that's just an obvious fact.
ohh... on second thought let's not go to /. memes, 'tis a silly place.
Why this is even a topic of discussion amonsgt a presidential election campaign is beyond me.
If a parent wants to run their own firewall and block [the majority of] porn from being accessible to their children, that's fine. But, WTH does government have to do with it?
As PP points out, it would be nothing more than an exercise in futility and not to mention one hell of a waste of tax dollars in the process.
The only sensible thing gov./politicians could do would be to say 'look here's what we can do to "protect the children" from porn - it's everyone's responsibilty yadda yadda, if you have this concern, go to this website blahblahblah.gov which will tell you what you can do to help "protect the children".' That website would be nothing more than providing the facts of why the government can't do anything short of completely destroying the internet as it's known, and here's a bunch of links and other info on setting up your own firewall to "protect the children" that use computers on your private home network.
Abstinence has been REPEATEDLY shown to not be an effective way to control the spread of STDs or prevent pregnancy in populations.
This statement alone is an obvious logical fallacy. But since the rest of your post qualifies what you meant to say was something like "The thoery/practice/philosophy of abstinence education programs has been...", I'll let you off with warning, this time. :)
Shouldn't that be tiny cucumber... large pickle?
Nevermind... I've already put too much thought into a vegetable/penis analogy.
You're accurate with the libertarian, but the 'right' is just wrong. slashdot has a fairly even spread across the libertarian side of the scale, from totalitarian to anarchistic.
I didn't think totalitarianism fit into libertarianism at all, aren't the two essentially opposites with authoritarianism going hand in hand with totalitarianism?
Though I would agree that saying 'pretty right-libertarian leaning' is off. The libertarian leaning of the /. crowd ranges pretty equally left to right to total anarchist, by the traditional definitions.
BTW, haven't the terms "conservative" and "liberal" been deprecated on /. yet? The use of these words without proper modifiers could mean any number of things, since once upon a time 'liberal' was a term that embodied limited government with individual freedom and civil liberties, and 'conservative' referred to distribution of wealth, power, etc. At one time, they shared much of the same ideals and now they are pretty much the opposite of how there were originally used. Thus, using these terms can only lead to confusion amongst a community such as /.
But then again we are talking about politics. Oh, bother...
Well NetBSD has an ARM port right... hey wait Linux will run on ARM.. sweet! a Beowulf cluster of HP calculators!
If police were actually penalized for egregious abuses of power like this, we wouldn't have enough police officers to generate revenue for the city.
Ahh.. but then the city wouldn't have to spend as much on salaries for officers. Oh wait... that doesn't even come into the equation does it?
Are you sure your server didn't switch to spam, egg, sausage and spam mode? That's not got much spam in it.
I would have to wonder why one would choose to run apache or bind on a desktop machine.
Remind me how well that's going for you again? Oh yeah, that's right - Vista has 4 times the desktop market share even though it's only been out a ninth of the time Linux has.
I'll not argue your point or assertions, but exactly how does one arrive at these elusive numbers called market share? Surely citing such a relatively worthless metric doesn't help your argument.
of large quantities of Mountian Dew means it's actually good for my brain? w00t!
Maybe that Idiocracy movie is really a documentary.
ANY time you touch hardware there can be a problem if it's coded wrong.
Thus, if you code it right, you won't crash.
So that explains my wife wrecking the car!?
My song is my passport. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Verify Me
I seem to recall seeing something as well. Though I've long figured that in certain applications the use of fiber optics could do a pretty good job of making something at least really, really hard to see that it was there.
Not all /.ers still run slackware.
No? Did I miss the story on the official change of /. user OS?
Well you see, a compressor takes air... no wait that doesn't have anything to do with audio. Ok here we go, a compressor....
So you can work your way up(down?) to Redshirt?
I think I would too, seeing how my other UID is ~1mil less than this one and that makes it what, over 5 years old. I really can't remember when I got it, but I know it was quite a while after I started lurking that I finally decided to get an account.
I for one, welcome our new communist, weather-controlling overlords!
Wait.. On second thought...
But since you mention it, here's a list of sucessful free public transport implementations.
The only thing I can think of that really plugs any DNS vulnerability is a smart card / USB token type of device that does it's own verification of the remote website's credentials before disclosing login information.
And that alone, just off the top of my head, is still vulnerable to the man-in-the-middle attack. Just forward the correct credentials back from the real site...
In Soviet Russia, your Charlie card uses you for payment to use the transportation system.