All homage to the parent's "my account number is so low" theory, but hey your post is really a high-modded but dumb post so WTF?
The real bug is in Windows.
For yes, now. Is the design flaw in Windows, sure. Is the flaw in popular usage, yes? This shell extension could do just as much harm when running under a root Linux account (and there are plenty of those out there!)
"So we banish the 'shell' protocol today. Who's to say Windows won't have another flaw in another protocol tomorrow?"
Umm, that other protocol most likely won't have the ability to natively execute arbitrary strings passed to it! Maybe you're not understanding the difference between a native operating system shell handler and a text or image protocol handler.
temperatures are many degrees higher in the winter than they have been even thirty years ago. Talk to anybody in Alaska or northern Canada about it -- there's absolutely no question about the fact of climate change.
You know, I'm going to blow my mod points for this comment alone. Rather than mod you up I'll just agree.
Hell, I'm only a few years younger than you but I've heard my own father talk about noticing a real temperature difference between the winters of his youth and today.
Heh. Yeah, and Apple has what percent of market share? Jobs can act however he wants, it still doesn't change the fact that most people don't and will never own an Apple product. If they were "right a lot more than they're wrong" this wouldn't be the case.
And don't mod me down for trolling. I saw a lot of OSX notebooks at JavaOne last week. I wouldn't mind having one. Probably won't get one, but you got that point already...
When I feel I've had enough and can't stand the project anymore, I just stop answering email, stop coding, and stop thinking about the project. This can last for a week or four months. When I've had enough time away from everything, I can get started again. This period of disgust is also a time when I start formulating ideas on what needs to be changed or added. I've come to accept and expect this period of downtime and, as a result, am now much happier with the project.
This is such a wise and insightful thing to point out. The nice thing about an open source project is that you have this luxury. In the corporate world, it's called a sabbatical and not everyone gets them...
Like putting a bell on the cat. "Pat your manager on the back" and then you can rest assured surfing freely knowing that the next time he comes within 15 feet of your desk, a browser window will open maximized pointed to http://java.sun.com.
Or tag the girlfriend and always hide the pr0n!
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While you make some very good points here and lots of people have agreed, I still say you should think about this.
I was one of those "clueless" guys who got an opportunity to join a dotcom in the early days. And no, I didn't know much (liberal arts degree). I didn't run around using buzz words and acting like I knew more than I did. I listened intently when the more knowledgeable ones spoke, and I asked thousands of questions. And yes, I bought books. Lots of them. I installed Linux. I signed up for a night C++ class. I busted my ass.
And you know what. I'm still around. I have no sympathy for the "cookbook" folks as you have described them either. Laziness and pretentiousness should never be tolerated. There were several people let go like you (more technical experience) who I'm sure roll their eyes and complain that I was spared.
Lets just say I'm glad that not every senior dev guy as much of a whiner as you seem to be. Doesn't it say anything about your own skills if none of those people you were given to train amounted to anything?
I agree with your point that there were sevral freeloaders amongst the dotcom ranks, but your vitriolic disdain of everyone with newbie skillz is a bit over the top. Tone it down a notch, eh?
I've recently begun checking out IM protocols for use in my current employer's application. We want to be able to send messages from our system to a user who could be using any of these IM protocols.
This is what initially sent me to investigate AIM. Alas, They don't publish an API.
ICQ publishes a very high level one: but not one in which I could write directly to the server. (without a lot of JNI;)
So, I turned to Jabber. They not only provide an open API, but the team has broken ground for entry points into other IM systems.
Don't even try to give the Jabber crew a hard time for stealing established system's bandwidth. Credit them for working hard to allow people writing IM clients to reach people regardless of the system they're signed up to.
Whatever system becomes the "de facto" standard, let's just hope that it remains useful to those who don't run only those clients that are "blessed" by those who own the standard.
Long live Joey Ramone.
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Don't you mean Insert penetration joke here?
i never have mod points when i need them. :(
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All homage to the parent's "my account number is so low" theory, but hey your post is really a high-modded but dumb post so WTF?
The real bug is in Windows.
For yes, now. Is the design flaw in Windows, sure. Is the flaw in popular usage, yes? This shell extension could do just as much harm when running under a root Linux account (and there are plenty of those out there!)
"So we banish the 'shell' protocol today. Who's to say Windows won't have another flaw in another protocol tomorrow?"
Umm, that other protocol most likely won't have the ability to natively execute arbitrary strings passed to it! Maybe you're not understanding the difference between a native operating system shell handler and a text or image protocol handler.
Check out itconversations.
Generally seems like somebody is deperately trying to hang on to the BBS days.
Well the site is loading as fast as the BBS days so that's somewhat nostalgic right there...
Aftershave. Wait. Is it a cleansing douche?
You know, I'm going to blow my mod points for this comment alone. Rather than mod you up I'll just agree.
Hell, I'm only a few years younger than you but I've heard my own father talk about noticing a real temperature difference between the winters of his youth and today.
No one move a muscle till the dead come home?
Hmmm. Interesting. But seeing as not all of us read Kuro5hin, who gives a crap.
This is really slick, on their part, because they can try to humiliate their opponents, reglardless of the validity of their arguments.
If I had mod points, you'd score an Insightful +1 despite your loginid.
Mainly because I would post something similar.
This is a really brilliant move on their part. Evil, but creative.
Arrrgh. Holy crap, a sensible poster and where are my mod points??!!!
Heh. Yeah, and Apple has what percent of market share? Jobs can act however he wants, it still doesn't change the fact that most people don't and will never own an Apple product. If they were "right a lot more than they're wrong" this wouldn't be the case.
And don't mod me down for trolling. I saw a lot of OSX notebooks at JavaOne last week. I wouldn't mind having one. Probably won't get one, but you got that point already...
Done.
You have four moderator points left.
Damn. That was so good the parent should be modded down or something.
Naaaa, The IRC client is an IROC, naturally.
This is such a wise and insightful thing to point out. The nice thing about an open source project is that you have this luxury. In the corporate world, it's called a sabbatical and not everyone gets them...
Mod the Coward up and bataras down. He seems to be assuming that J2EE == EJB.
Servlets are just as much a part of the specification.
Like putting a bell on the cat. "Pat your manager on the back" and then you can rest assured surfing freely knowing that the next time he comes within 15 feet of your desk, a browser window will open maximized pointed to http://java.sun.com.
Or tag the girlfriend and always hide the pr0n!
Exactly. Look at the Democratic party in the US.
Huzzah! And a great rejoicing went up through the land, and the lion laid down with the platypus.
<mumble>Intruding fascist scumbags.</mumble>
Um. No. It isn't open source, at least last time I looked at the jar file. The class files were obfuscated. Whatever...
I was one of those "clueless" guys who got an opportunity to join a dotcom in the early days. And no, I didn't know much (liberal arts degree). I didn't run around using buzz words and acting like I knew more than I did. I listened intently when the more knowledgeable ones spoke, and I asked thousands of questions. And yes, I bought books. Lots of them. I installed Linux. I signed up for a night C++ class. I busted my ass.
And you know what. I'm still around. I have no sympathy for the "cookbook" folks as you have described them either. Laziness and pretentiousness should never be tolerated. There were several people let go like you (more technical experience) who I'm sure roll their eyes and complain that I was spared.
Lets just say I'm glad that not every senior dev guy as much of a whiner as you seem to be. Doesn't it say anything about your own skills if none of those people you were given to train amounted to anything?
I agree with your point that there were sevral freeloaders amongst the dotcom ranks, but your vitriolic disdain of everyone with newbie skillz is a bit over the top. Tone it down a notch, eh?
Comin' at ya from TX!
I've recently begun checking out IM protocols for use in my current employer's application. We want to be able to send messages from our system to a user who could be using any of these IM protocols. This is what initially sent me to investigate AIM. Alas, They don't publish an API. ICQ publishes a very high level one: but not one in which I could write directly to the server. (without a lot of JNI ;)
So, I turned to Jabber. They not only provide an open API, but the team has broken ground for entry points into other IM systems.
Don't even try to give the Jabber crew a hard time for stealing established system's bandwidth. Credit them for working hard to allow people writing IM clients to reach people regardless of the system they're signed up to.
Whatever system becomes the "de facto" standard, let's just hope that it remains useful to those who don't run only those clients that are "blessed" by those who own the standard.
Long live Joey Ramone.