"Tonight I'm proposing $1.2 billion in research funding so that America can lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles. " George W. Bush, State of the Union 2003.
We actually had Slammer hit us through our client's network, which was not supposed to have any "extra" computers on it. We cannot install SP3 on that internal "isolated" network because the software that runs on top of it will break. It puts us between a rock and hard place. We have to wait for Honeywell to give us a patch to fix a Microsoft bug. Its like some bizarre bad dream.
Its not that all of the chemicals and mechanisms exist that is amazing about the bombadier beetle, it is the fact that they all appeared together to form a chemical reaction on command. Each chemical of the reaction is stored in different chambers of the beetles body until the beetle is ready to fire the boiling water. The chemicals are released into a common chamber that is then aimed and opened to expel the water. The bombadier beetle's boiling water mechanism is irreducibly complex. Any of the parts of the system that would have evolved would have been useless and arguably detrimental without the other parts of the system.
I would recommend reading Pandora's Black box to better understand how the bombadier beetle works.
Hollywood has been prepairing us for this for some time. Afterall if they think its ok for our protection it must be good for us.
SOMERSET: For a long time, the FBI has been hooked into the city's library systems, keeping very accurate records.
MILLS: They're assessing fines now?
SOMERSET: They keep lists of who takes out what books. They monitor our reading habits.
MILLS: What?
SOMERSET: Not every person is monitored. Certain books are flagged...books about, let's say, how to build a nuclear bomb, or even Mein Kampf. Whoever takes out a flagged book has their library records fed to the FBI computer from then on.
MILLS: You got to be kidding.
SOMERSET: The flagged books cover every topic the Bureau deems questionable. From communism to violent crime.
MILLS: How is this legal?
SOMERSET: Legal...illegal. These terms do not apply. I don't applaud it, but it is exactly the type of activity the public wants the FBI and the CIA to engage in. Until they find out it's actually happening, then they scream bloody murder.
Somerset takes a bite of pizza.
SOMERSET: The FBI can't use this information directly, but, it is a useful guide. It might sound silly, but you can't get a library card without I.D. and a current phone bill.
Mills is starting to warm up to it.
MILLS: So they'll run our list.
SOMERSET: If you want to know who's been reading Paradise Lost, Purgatory, and say, The Life and Times of Charlie Manson, the Bureau's computer can probably tell you. It can give us a name.
MILLS: Yeah, a college student who's taking English 101 and just happens to be writing a paper on Twentieth Century
Crime.
SOMERSET: Yes, well, at least we're out of the office now. We've got pizza.
I still see a pretty large market for developers, but what I've noticed is that everwhere I go now I'm expected to perform Sysadmin duties as well as my normal software development duties. I think that many companies are cutting back on the hardware staff and expecting the software staff to pick up the slack.
I have set up a fire kit that runs as an NT service on my laptop and our file server. In the even that my user ID is removed from the Domain my computer and the server will zip and FTP my personal files to me and delete my personal email.
I've considered adding options to wipe out my HD and user directories, but thought I might be liable if project data was lost.
The only reason that the oil reserves are filling up is because the oil companies are piping oil back down into them to help further our dependance on them!
SSH1 support : you can sniff User and Pass, and even the data of an SSH1 connection. ettercap is the first software capable to sniff an SSH connection in FULL-DUPLEX
http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/
If you build it they will crack it.
Re:The Cure for Everything... except poor writing.
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This is one of the worst short stories I've ever read.
The problem with estimating development time lies mostly in the management's concept of software development. I was hired to work on a project that was estimated by management to last two months. My estimate was four months and the actual time it took to complete was over a year. Why could I not meet the project deadline?
The customer claimed it was because I could not seem to fully complete a component of the project. What they really meant was I could not fully complete a component of the project before they would request a change to that component that in some cases required a complete rewrite of the component. They didn't think it was a big deal to add a button here or there in the application after all it was only a button. Never mind the fact that each of those buttons required stored procedures to be written and existing stored procedures to be altered. They would get upset that I could not make their requested changes in a day when they wanted to completely alter the way the interface to the application worked.
The bottom line is most people who don't know anything about software development don't think it is a big deal to add a feature here and there at the end of the development cycle. I try to equate software development to carpentry. Sure I can add another door in the center of those cabinets, but don't expect it not to affect the other doors and their space within.
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"Tonight I'm proposing $1.2 billion in research funding so that America can lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles. "
George W. Bush, State of the Union 2003.
At least he is interested.
We actually had Slammer hit us through our client's network, which was not supposed to have any "extra" computers on it. We cannot install SP3 on that internal "isolated" network because the software that runs on top of it will break. It puts us between a rock and hard place. We have to wait for Honeywell to give us a patch to fix a Microsoft bug. Its like some bizarre bad dream.
Hmmmm... So if I don't like the company I work for I can just do a little inside hacking job to ruin their reputation and move on. Sounds great.
I wonder how many times Slashdot has been hacked that we don't know about.
Its not that all of the chemicals and mechanisms exist that is amazing about the bombadier beetle, it is the fact that they all appeared together to form a chemical reaction on command. Each chemical of the reaction is stored in different chambers of the beetles body until the beetle is ready to fire the boiling water. The chemicals are released into a common chamber that is then aimed and opened to expel the water. The bombadier beetle's boiling water mechanism is irreducibly complex. Any of the parts of the system that would have evolved would have been useless and arguably detrimental without the other parts of the system.
I would recommend reading Pandora's Black box to better understand how the bombadier beetle works.
Hollywood has been prepairing us for this for some time. Afterall if they think its ok for our protection it must be good for us.
SOMERSET: For a long time, the FBI has been hooked into the city's library systems, keeping very accurate records.
MILLS: They're assessing fines now?
SOMERSET: They keep lists of who takes out what books. They monitor our reading habits.
MILLS: What?
SOMERSET: Not every person is monitored. Certain books are flagged...books about, let's say, how to build a nuclear bomb, or even Mein Kampf. Whoever takes out a flagged book has their library records fed to the FBI computer from then on.
MILLS: You got to be kidding.
SOMERSET: The flagged books cover every topic the Bureau deems questionable. From communism to violent crime.
MILLS: How is this legal?
SOMERSET: Legal...illegal. These terms do not apply. I don't applaud it, but it is exactly the type of activity the public wants the FBI and the CIA to engage in. Until they find out it's actually happening, then they scream bloody murder.
Somerset takes a bite of pizza.
SOMERSET: The FBI can't use this information directly, but, it is a useful guide. It might sound silly, but you can't get a library card without I.D. and a current phone bill.
Mills is starting to warm up to it.
MILLS: So they'll run our list.
SOMERSET: If you want to know who's been reading Paradise Lost, Purgatory, and say, The Life and Times of Charlie Manson, the Bureau's computer can probably tell you. It can give us a name.
MILLS: Yeah, a college student who's taking English 101 and just happens to be writing a paper on Twentieth Century
Crime.
SOMERSET: Yes, well, at least we're out of the office now. We've got pizza.
MILLS: How do you know about all this?
SOMERSET: I don't. And now, neither do you.
I still see a pretty large market for developers, but what I've noticed is that everwhere I go now I'm expected to perform Sysadmin duties as well as my normal software development duties. I think that many companies are cutting back on the hardware staff and expecting the software staff to pick up the slack.
I have set up a fire kit that runs as an NT service on my laptop and our file server. In the even that my user ID is removed from the Domain my computer and the server will zip and FTP my personal files to me and delete my personal email.
I've considered adding options to wipe out my HD and user directories, but thought I might be liable if project data was lost.
That is pretty impressive.
The only reason that the oil reserves are filling up is because the oil companies are piping oil back down into them to help further our dependance on them!
SSH1 support : you can sniff User and Pass, and even the data of an SSH1 connection. ettercap is the first software capable to sniff an SSH connection in FULL-DUPLEX
http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/
If you build it they will crack it.
This is one of the worst short stories I've ever read.
>> But by attacking the book and the author so shrilly, the environmental community risks its own hard-won credibility.
The environmental community has credibility?
Ford Motor company today sized all Firestone / Bridgestone tires that fit vehicles Ford Manufactures.
A ford executive was quoted as saying, "Bridgestone has clearly violated the DMCA by producing tires that fit on our vehicles."
Hey looks Bob's at the pub. Lets rob his house.
You Sir are an idiot.
I think the applications for wearable computing should excite everyone.
The problem with estimating development time lies mostly in the management's concept of software development. I was hired to work on a project that was estimated by management to last two months. My estimate was four months and the actual time it took to complete was over a year. Why could I not meet the project deadline?
The customer claimed it was because I could not seem to fully complete a component of the project. What they really meant was I could not fully complete a component of the project before they would request a change to that component that in some cases required a complete rewrite of the component. They didn't think it was a big deal to add a button here or there in the application after all it was only a button. Never mind the fact that each of those buttons required stored procedures to be written and existing stored procedures to be altered. They would get upset that I could not make their requested changes in a day when they wanted to completely alter the way the interface to the application worked.
The bottom line is most people who don't know anything about software development don't think it is a big deal to add a feature here and there at the end of the development cycle. I try to equate software development to carpentry. Sure I can add another door in the center of those cabinets, but don't expect it not to affect the other doors and their space within.
Someone had to say it.
int X,x[100];
for(X = 0; X < 100; ++X){
X[x] = X;
}
for(;X > 0; --X){
printf("%d\n", (int)(100 - X[x]));
}
Well if you want to get really picky.
int x[100];
for(int iApple = 0; iApple < 100; ++iApple){
iApple[x] = iApple;
}
for(int iGrape = 99; iGrape >= 0; --iGrape){
printf("%d\n", (int)(99 - iGrape[x]));
}
How about the following?
int x[100];
for(int iApple = 0; iApple = 0; --iGrape){
cout (int)(99 - iGrape[x]) endl;
}
Your professor is an idiot.
int x[100];
for(int iApple = 0; iApple < 100; ++iApple){
iApple[x] = iApple;
}
for(int iGrape = 99; iGrape >= 0; --iGrape){
cout << (int)(99 - iGrape[x]) << endl;
}
int x[100];
for(int iApple = 0; iApple = 0; --iApple){
cout (int)(99 - iGrape[x]) endl;
}
Here is a better description of it.