BTW - there was an old B-movie staring Charlie Sheen where they do a cool stunt. Someone is locked in the trunk of a car and dropped out of a cargo plane. The stunt man dives after it, gets the keys out of the ignition, slides to the back, unlocks the trunk, gets the person out, clips them into their chute and then they tangent open together. Horrible movie but very cool stunt. Too bad today it would be handled via CGI. It seems like real stunts are becoming a thing of the past.
Cory Doctorow's book mentions an interesting idea - "We don't have to beat them, we just have to outlive them". I think CGI animators are outliving real stunt actors.
What does that have to do with anything? The only thing you *need* a credit card for (other than going into debt) is online transactions, and for most of those there are still alternatives.
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What does this obsessions with cash/gold/currency come from?
Trade has been around for thousands of years, and violence "I'll give you 2 sheep for my life":for even longer.
I remember hearing these "tradeless society" arguments in 1220BC. I look at what I have today, and I got most of it from trade.
Finally, the biggest pet peeve I have with Maxis over this one is the fact that instead of fixing the bugs and finding ways to increase the limits and make things more interesting, they take a sack full o' money from McDonald's to advertise their products and waste development time throwing it in.
I really doubt that the artists are responsible for fixing bugs. Do you really think it took more than a couple of days to change a few textures anyways?
KDE isn't only coders, and Gnome is probably the same.
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It just goes to show you that the only thing that seems to get the FBI involoved in computer crimes is corporate cash. I guantee you if such an attack was launched against a commercial website, the feds would snag these fools within one day; But since this is a non-profit organization, they seemingly don't give a shit.
Not true - EnterTheGame (an IRC network with ~10K users) had some attacks this summer, but they eventually tracked down the attacker and he was raided by the FBI - see the press release.
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I think the point was that reading a book and taking a test don't make you a good admin - you need to get experience somehow.
The really stupid part is when people have to go out of their way to search for things they have no interest in just so it will stop making bad recommendations. Of course, if I had the source I'd probably waste far more time tweaking it:)
This is sometimes necessary to prevent having your system exploited. When I was upgrading PHP on a server earlier this year, I wasn't sure it had been properly upgraded. A simple and harmless exploit would have allowed me to check if I was still vulnerable.
On the other hand, it helps to have some bug reports. The developers can't test every possible use of their software, and they usually only test it on one computer. As an open source developer, I want to make it easy for people to report bugs so I can fix them.
"Oh, come on. Have you downloaded their player and tried it out? Did you rip it apart to see how well it was put together? Or are you just guessing that it's bloatware?"
No, no, no, and no. As far as I can tell, that's not how it works. If you want an MP3, you'll have to go to a filesharing program. If you want to buy music from them, you'll have to (1) run windows, and (2) download their proprietary bloatware player.
This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said to be useful in protheththing lithtth.
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BTW - there was an old B-movie staring Charlie Sheen where they do a cool stunt. Someone is locked in the trunk of a car and dropped out of a cargo plane. The stunt man dives after it, gets the keys out of the ignition, slides to the back, unlocks the trunk, gets the person out, clips them into their chute and then they tangent open together. Horrible movie but very cool stunt. Too bad today it would be handled via CGI. It seems like real stunts are becoming a thing of the past.
Cory Doctorow's book mentions an interesting idea - "We don't have to beat them, we just have to outlive them". I think CGI animators are outliving real stunt actors.
What does that have to do with anything? The only thing you *need* a credit card for (other than going into debt) is online transactions, and for most of those there are still alternatives.
What does this obsessions with cash/gold/currency come from?
Trade has been around for thousands of years, and violence "I'll give you 2 sheep for my life":for even longer.
I remember hearing these "tradeless society" arguments in 1220BC. I look at what I have today, and I got most of it from trade.
Finally, the biggest pet peeve I have with Maxis over this one is the fact that instead of fixing the bugs and finding ways to increase the limits and make things more interesting, they take a sack full o' money from McDonald's to advertise their products and waste development time throwing it in.
I really doubt that the artists are responsible for fixing bugs. Do you really think it took more than a couple of days to change a few textures anyways?
What does it cost to get the latest Linux kernel, X, and KDE?
Less than an hour with broadband.
What does it cost to try out a change to an application?
A few minutes.
What does it cost to build your own car engine?
What does it cost to try out a change to an "open source" car engine?
That's why.
Not only did you fail to read the article, you didn't even read past the title!
Why not throw in the rest of that paragraph?
There's nothing there that says it needs any kind of wireless connection.
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Does that mean that Apple is bad at UI design?
KDE isn't only coders, and Gnome is probably the same.
It just goes to show you that the only thing that seems to get the FBI involoved in computer crimes is corporate cash. I guantee you if such an attack was launched against a commercial website, the feds would snag these fools within one day; But since this is a non-profit organization, they seemingly don't give a shit.
Not true - EnterTheGame (an IRC network with ~10K users) had some attacks this summer, but they eventually tracked down the attacker and he was raided by the FBI - see the press release.
I think the point was that reading a book and taking a test don't make you a good admin - you need to get experience somehow.
That would be the ultimate benchmark - use it on a slashdotted server.
It isn't an effective business model... yet. They might as well sell /dev/random output for what it's worth to me.
The really stupid part is when people have to go out of their way to search for things they have no interest in just so it will stop making bad recommendations. Of course, if I had the source I'd probably waste far more time tweaking it :)
"The ship is sinking! Get in the lifeboats"
"But where will we go? I refuse to leave until I get an answer!"
(note: I don't take this threat too seriously)
I don't think it can be prevented (if the theories are true) without stopping scientific advancement.
Make sure they don't just give you a copy of RenderMonkey.. You have to be careful or they'll cheat you out of what they agreed to give you.
This is sometimes necessary to prevent having your system exploited. When I was upgrading PHP on a server earlier this year, I wasn't sure it had been properly upgraded. A simple and harmless exploit would have allowed me to check if I was still vulnerable.
Well, if they actually tested everything possible, they wouldn't have much time for implementing new stuff...
On the other hand, it helps to have some bug reports. The developers can't test every possible use of their software, and they usually only test it on one computer. As an open source developer, I want to make it easy for people to report bugs so I can fix them.
He was talking about MS protecting their formats from non-windows platforms. You're talking about using this to illegally copy music.
You're right, it has nothing to do with that napster situation, but you're the only one who suggested that!
"Oh, come on. Have you downloaded their player and tried it out? Did you rip it apart to see how well it was put together? Or are you just guessing that it's bloatware?"
:)
I saw the interface
No, no, no, and no. As far as I can tell, that's not how it works. If you want an MP3, you'll have to go to a filesharing program. If you want to buy music from them, you'll have to (1) run windows, and (2) download their proprietary bloatware player.
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THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #12: LITHP
This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of
an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said
to be useful in protheththing lithtth.