There's a difference here, though - Nokia is extending their "property" out into the "commons" - onto the sidewalk, the street, and maybe even into other buildings. It's one thing if someone has to break into your garage, or disable your bike lock, in order to steal your property. It's another thing if you're practically throwing your property out in the path of all and sundry. If Nokia threw a brick into my car, did I steal their brick? (Originally read in debates about satellite TV descrambling, but similarly apropos here.) If Nokia wants to keep their RF property safe, they should confine it to the bounds of their physical property, rather than splashing it about the commons. If they're sending a signal to me, then that signal is fair game. And if I happen to emit signals in return that cause their network to do something, well, see next paragraph.
As far as permission goes, this post lays that issue to rest pretty clearly. Nokia have configured their hardware/software to provide access to anyone, just the same as if they'd instructed the office secretary to hand out free coffee to all passersby. Permission has already been granted by the network owner; it's not like we're talking about having to force entry into any of these networks. If the network owner doesn't want to hand out freebies, they should instruct their software, and their secretary, not to do so. They shouldn't start accusing the people who queue up for free coffee, or make chalk marks to tell their friends about it.
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Considering the relative frequency of each abbreviation showing up on/., they probably should have qualified which it was.
Do they take software makers to task for poor quality software and/or insecure software which create the majority of security expenses for industry and the government?
Do they demand more accountability from software vendors for these flaws, including potentially requiring opening specs or even source code up for inspection before using the software in mission-critical systems?
A news report that I saw yesterday, prior to the final document release, seemed to indicate that this report does not take insecure software makers to task for their role in the security crisis. If the final draft of the document keeps the kid gloves on like that, then I don't think this is going to be a very useful starting point for the government.
Probably the single best thing the government could do would be to set up strong security requirements for software used by any federal government branch, and enforce those requirements. Setting a high standard would force vendors to get a clue if they want to sell to the federal market, and as a by-product consumer and business software would get some help as well.
That was also the case at my grade school; it is no longer the case in large or wealthy school districts around the country, though. Education IT sales and service is becoming (has become) a big business.
The phantom menace is the Trade Federation, since they're not really a menace at all (since, as it turns out, we had a clone army ready to go after them anyway). The real menace is Palpatine/the Dark Side.
You have to admit - they have a good point on the Christinas. Personally, I can't stand anyone named Christina, and I don't expect the Chinese to either.
There's something richly ironic about someone who admits their unfamiliarity with the basics of spelling, but complains that others are unfamiliar with the basics of geography. You, sir, must lead an interesting life.
Because the solution to the problem of "processes are too slow" is not "use threads instead", it's "make processes faster, and implement threads as essentially processes". Threads are not significantly faster under, say, Linux, because so much effort has gone into making processes as fast as possible.
The ClearCASE tools wouldn't be such a big deal, but with major releases 3 and 4 they altered some of the Unix GUI tools to make them actually harder to use, slower, and less intuitive. I don't know if this is because of the Windows port or not, but it's made the tool a lot worse, with really no added benefit for ClearCASE v4.1 than there was with ClearCASE v2.1 five or so years ago.
This is a sign that you should have had more design reviews up front. Unfortunately, the customer was in a hurry and so we've already shipped 'em human_genome v1.0.
Everybody knows that a life form is worthless for real work until v3.0 or v3.1:)
Actually, presenting the viewpoint that "This is an anti-Microsoft site, and I'm going against the grain" is a well-proven way to get modded up around here./. isn't nearly as anti-Microsoft as it used to be; there's an equal number of flamers on both sides now:)
Why the hell is the government looking to funnel money into various religions, no matter what they believe in? And how exactly does one become a recognized religion in Australia, anyway? Is there a membership number you have to reach?
If you're running the frickin' Department of Justice, I really can't imagine a better backdrop than a giant statue of Justice.
Interestingly, yours is about the fourth different explanation of "what really happened" that I've heard, so perhaps the truth is not so black-and-white as even Ashcroft defenders would have it?
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There's a difference here, though - Nokia is extending their "property" out into the "commons" - onto the sidewalk, the street, and maybe even into other buildings. It's one thing if someone has to break into your garage, or disable your bike lock, in order to steal your property. It's another thing if you're practically throwing your property out in the path of all and sundry. If Nokia threw a brick into my car, did I steal their brick? (Originally read in debates about satellite TV descrambling, but similarly apropos here.) If Nokia wants to keep their RF property safe, they should confine it to the bounds of their physical property, rather than splashing it about the commons. If they're sending a signal to me, then that signal is fair game. And if I happen to emit signals in return that cause their network to do something, well, see next paragraph.
As far as permission goes, this post lays that issue to rest pretty clearly. Nokia have configured their hardware/software to provide access to anyone, just the same as if they'd instructed the office secretary to hand out free coffee to all passersby. Permission has already been granted by the network owner; it's not like we're talking about having to force entry into any of these networks. If the network owner doesn't want to hand out freebies, they should instruct their software, and their secretary, not to do so. They shouldn't start accusing the people who queue up for free coffee, or make chalk marks to tell their friends about it.
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Considering the relative frequency of each abbreviation showing up on /., they probably should have qualified which it was.
A news report that I saw yesterday, prior to the final document release, seemed to indicate that this report does not take insecure software makers to task for their role in the security crisis. If the final draft of the document keeps the kid gloves on like that, then I don't think this is going to be a very useful starting point for the government.
Probably the single best thing the government could do would be to set up strong security requirements for software used by any federal government branch, and enforce those requirements. Setting a high standard would force vendors to get a clue if they want to sell to the federal market, and as a by-product consumer and business software would get some help as well.
That was also the case at my grade school; it is no longer the case in large or wealthy school districts around the country, though. Education IT sales and service is becoming (has become) a big business.
The phantom menace is the Trade Federation, since they're not really a menace at all (since, as it turns out, we had a clone army ready to go after them anyway). The real menace is Palpatine/the Dark Side.
You can find uptime info for popular sites via www.netcraft.com.
Westley: "As you wish."
SNL: "Just Hands, and Boobs".
Well, there's always the Antiword viewer, too.
You have to admit - they have a good point on the Christinas. Personally, I can't stand anyone named Christina, and I don't expect the Chinese to either.
There's something richly ironic about someone who admits their unfamiliarity with the basics of spelling, but complains that others are unfamiliar with the basics of geography. You, sir, must lead an interesting life.
Just turn off sigs once you've read the site long enough to know what everybody's says.
There's always radiation itself, which requires no medium. You're thinking of convection/conduction.
Because the solution to the problem of "processes are too slow" is not "use threads instead", it's "make processes faster, and implement threads as essentially processes". Threads are not significantly faster under, say, Linux, because so much effort has gone into making processes as fast as possible.
That's interesting - I've never heard someone say "average" when referring to the median; universally it seems to be a reference to the mean instead.
The ClearCASE tools wouldn't be such a big deal, but with major releases 3 and 4 they altered some of the Unix GUI tools to make them actually harder to use, slower, and less intuitive. I don't know if this is because of the Windows port or not, but it's made the tool a lot worse, with really no added benefit for ClearCASE v4.1 than there was with ClearCASE v2.1 five or so years ago.
This is a sign that you should have had more design reviews up front. Unfortunately, the customer was in a hurry and so we've already shipped 'em human_genome v1.0.
Everybody knows that a life form is worthless for real work until v3.0 or v3.1 :)
Well, one other problem...
...we'd all t@lk l1k3 th1s, since we'd all be 0wnz0r3d :)
Until somebody comes out with CloneJVCCD, at least. It only takes one person to write it ...
Actually, presenting the viewpoint that "This is an anti-Microsoft site, and I'm going against the grain" is a well-proven way to get modded up around here. /. isn't nearly as anti-Microsoft as it used to be; there's an equal number of flamers on both sides now :)
And then your refund check for the difference in office suite pricing will be in the mail, right? Right?
...but Linux is still here.
Any company with the worth of a small country in the bank cannot be considered to be in "crunch time".
How do you know if someone's really a Jedi? Easy - no one expects the Australian Inquisition!
Why the hell is the government looking to funnel money into various religions, no matter what they believe in? And how exactly does one become a recognized religion in Australia, anyway? Is there a membership number you have to reach?
If you're running the frickin' Department of Justice, I really can't imagine a better backdrop than a giant statue of Justice.
Interestingly, yours is about the fourth different explanation of "what really happened" that I've heard, so perhaps the truth is not so black-and-white as even Ashcroft defenders would have it?