This exploit is different from XSS and is not new. It's called CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery. Web developers have known about it for several years. It's tricky to understand and potentially very dangerous, but there are remedies.
Because the problem and remedies are somewhat abstruse, casual or uninformed developers don't always take it into consideration. I'm actually a little surprised that the vast majority of commentators here seem to be unaware of it.
All this does is restrict people from applying GPLv3 terms if they want to.
That's the point. They're not sure if they like the GPLv3 yet, so they're forcing the use of GPLv2 until they decide, at which point they could continue do restrict it or not. They want the option.
I think it's pretty safe to say that the hyperbole was made in jest. And I didn't find it inappropriate. If Yahoo compared Google to the Jews and then claimed they "exterminated the competition," that would be inappropriate. This is just an absurd but harmless little hyperbole to make business competition seem more like an epic struggle.
I've met and talked with math researchers. I keep up with the things crypto. I've worked in industry as a web developer. I must say, there is no possibility that the yahoo people have more brain power than the code breakers.
"Nothing in the entire universe that I've ever heard of points to any part of 'you' being anything other than a part of your physical body."
How about what it's like to see the color blue?
I'm not being facetious. This -- the mind-body problem -- is actually a hot-button philosophical and scientific issue nowadays, and there is no easy answer to it. The physicalist explanation of consciousness is still full of holes. See:
Rotten Tomatoes is the place to go to find out whether a movie is worth seeing. It collates dozens, sometimes hundreds, of film critics' reviews into one place, and is actually quite accurate in predicting how good a movie will be. Thanks to RT, I haven't voluntarily wasted money on bad movies in a long time (the exception being when friends drag me along to see steaming piles like Underworld).
During the time that has elapsed, the Star Wars fan base has been able to get used to the chintziness of the originals. As such, the originals have morphed from merely good stories to almost miraculous examples of cinematic perfection.
Actually, if you look at the original reviews, most found it a lot better than "merely good" (do some Googling). In his re-review of A New Hope, Ebert says:
Seeing the film the first time, I was swept away, and have remained swept ever since.
And he doesn't idolize it now, either. He goes on to provide critiques:
Seeing this restored version, I tried to be more objective and noted that the gun battles on board the spaceships go on a bit too long; it is remarkable that the Empire marksmen never hit anyone important; and the fighter raid on the enemy ship now plays like the computer games it predicted.
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When Kamen wanted to erect a wind turbine on North Dumpling and the state of New York objected, he seceded from the US. Though the secession has never been officially recognized, he signed a nonaggression pact with his friend, then-President George Bush, and enlisted Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's as "joint chiefs of ice cream." North Dumpling has its own flag, its own anthem, a one-ship navy, and its own currency. One bill, which Kamen carries in his wallet, is the value of pi. "You can't make change for it," he says with a grin. "It's a transcendental function."
Get out some paper and paint and do some artwork with him!
Art excercises the mind, but in a different way than intellectual studies do. I find it really beneficial to take breaks from the computer and do something tactile and creative.
If there is no significant prior need, or if there is prior art, no patent can be granted.
The problem with this is that there can be original, patent-worthy inventions without prior need and without prior art. It is possible that someone could come up with an invention that is completely novel, something that doesn't necessarily fulfill any need--an entertainment device, for example. As far as I know, it doesn't have to solve any practical problems to be patentable.
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This exploit is different from XSS and is not new. It's called CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery. Web developers have known about it for several years. It's tricky to understand and potentially very dangerous, but there are remedies.
c ks_or_how_to_avoid_exposing_your_gmail_contacts.ht mlo rgery
Because the problem and remedies are somewhat abstruse, casual or uninformed developers don't always take it into consideration. I'm actually a little surprised that the vast majority of commentators here seem to be unaware of it.
References:
http://getahead.org/blog/joe/2007/01/01/csrf_atta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_f
http://www.tux.org/~peterw/csrf.txt (from 2001!)
That's the point. They're not sure if they like the GPLv3 yet, so they're forcing the use of GPLv2 until they decide, at which point they could continue do restrict it or not. They want the option.
I'm not overly depressed at the decision to get rid of the SOAP API. See: The S Stands for Simple.
Maybe Google will follow in Yahoo!'s footsteps and implement a REST API now. Maybe.
I think it's pretty safe to say that the hyperbole was made in jest. And I didn't find it inappropriate. If Yahoo compared Google to the Jews and then claimed they "exterminated the competition," that would be inappropriate. This is just an absurd but harmless little hyperbole to make business competition seem more like an epic struggle.
It's a tongue-in-cheek hyperbole. Lighten up.
"Nothing in the entire universe that I've ever heard of points to any part of 'you' being anything other than a part of your physical body."
How about what it's like to see the color blue?
I'm not being facetious. This -- the mind-body problem -- is actually a hot-button philosophical and scientific issue nowadays, and there is no easy answer to it. The physicalist explanation of consciousness is still full of holes. See:
http://consc.net/online.html(No I don't work for RT.)
Art excercises the mind, but in a different way than intellectual studies do. I find it really beneficial to take breaks from the computer and do something tactile and creative.
-Justin
The problem with this is that there can be original, patent-worthy inventions without prior need and without prior art. It is possible that someone could come up with an invention that is completely novel, something that doesn't necessarily fulfill any need--an entertainment device, for example. As far as I know, it doesn't have to solve any practical problems to be patentable.
-Justin