If they are using the same pattern, some URL hack, or a bunch of comments posted, or some kind of DOS.
You could write code to detectt this, then block the IP, or use a cookie based method to block them for a short time. If they try different tactics, you could modify the blocker code.
It's hard to tell if this would be a good soultion without knowing the details of what they do.
I work as a consultant with Java based and MS based projects. I think C# is a good language as it allows developers to move between the two systems and take their knowledge with them. If you become proficient in one, you can work with the other in a very short time. It has to be good news for programmers.
If you have not done it before, use PI.
If no one has done it before, use PI squared.
The book 'Rapid Development' has an exclent chapter on this. It says that the first estimate could be 50% out either way. As the project progresses, revised estimates will offer a more accurate prediction.
...for getting passwords. I have one that can record about six minutes of video. It's so easy to set it running, then have it surreptitiously pointing at a keyboard when someone logs on. Then you can down load the MPEG, and go through it frame by frame.
(Not that I'd ever do something like that, but as I do a bit of 'ethical hacking' as part of my job, I have developed a deviously cunning mind;-) ).
The ability to be creative or to write good code is not dependent on social background or education. There will be a few of these guys who have real talent, but have never had the chance to work with it. They should be given all the help they need to reach their full potentiel.
Isn't there some sort of procuct release today? I'm sure I heard about it. Strange no one has posted it yet.
Shame, I could do with another flame war.
MS RULES!!!
No, not really, it's a benchmark test with a ported version of Sun's application. OK, I admit it's probably biased, but I would be interested to see Sun's response to it.
M$ astroTurfer?
No again. I have worked on projects with MS (COM, ASP) and Linux - Java - Oracle. I like both platforms, they both have their strengths.
I have been working with.NET for four months, I was sceptical at first, but to me it looks like a very good platform.
You seem to be dissing it as unstable, it's in beta, and it seems pretty solid to me. And have you any experience of.NET being unscalable?
The MS marketting seems to cunfuse people by talking about "Return on Investment" and stuff that is of no interest to techies. I was very sceptical of.NET as I like to work with Java.
The best way to learn about it is to install the Beta 2 and play around with it for a weekend. I did this and am really impressed with the framework, the tools and with C#.
As the old saying goes "Don't knock it 'till you have tried it".
I moved to Sweden three years ago, and the use of the Internet here has always been ahead of other countries. I live in an appartment run by a large communeral organisation and we have had a broadband network installed. Thay have wired up a 100 Meg network with a connection in every appartment, the installation was free and it's about $20 a month to get connected.
When the trains for the Channel Tunnel (England to France) were being built, they wanted to test the windscreens of the trains. They do a test on aircraft where they fire a chicken at 500 mph at the pilots window to see if it is strong enough.
The train team borrowed a 'chicken gun' and set the speed to 150 mph and fired a chicken at the train window. The chicken went through the window, through the wall behind where the driver sits and did severe damage to the train.
The engineers contacted the experts to see what the problem was and got the following reply:
"You were suposed to defrost the chicken first, not use a frozen one..."
>>You can't compare the life of some illiterate
>>Cambodian living in a mud hut located 100 miles
>>from nowhere with that of a New Yorker.
>>Face it, some life is worth less than others.
>>Educated, cosmopolitan financial brokers are
>>worth more than some jungle-dwelling,
>>bamboo-eating half-monkey.
And you wonder why so many people hate the USA? A the majority of Americans are okey, but the ones that arn't tend to have a loud voice. If the whole nation thought like you I think I'd get an overpowering urge to do you some harm...
I agree, you have to look at who would profit from an armed conflict, among others, CNN. I heard that they were having financial problems a while ago as the 'Zippergate' fiasco was over, people were not interested in the election, and there had been no major conflicts for a few years.
Looks like they are getting what they want, millions of viewers, and all that advertising revenue...
I got a real bad flue after New Year, and I had a research project of my own that I wanted to work on. I chatted with my boss and we agreed that I could work at home, and take time to recover fully.
The first week was great, and it was good to have the space and be free of interruptions (I don't even have an internet connection!). I could work really productively and focus on the project.
By the time three weeks had past, the novelty was starting to wear off. I was missing the crowd at the office, taking lunch with friends, and spending time chatting at the coffee machine.
If you plan to make a big move, try it first, and see how you like it. I will do it again, if I get the chance, but I think two weeks is the ideal time for me.
geeks just don't DO "regular parties!"
They do over here in Sweden! Our staff dos are a legend, and other tech companis here do the same. I have been to a lot of great parties, free food + drink, DJs, live music. Some of us even talk to girls. It must be part of the Swedish culture that once in a while you turn off your PC, grab a cold one from the fridge, hang out with your buddies and chat about things other than your OS.
When Anonymous Coward wrote "The billennium party at OpenProjects.Net rocked!" I thought thay had organised some major event, with music, drinks, party food and maybe even a chick or two. I checked out the link and it's just a bunch of nerdy unix guys talking crap on IRC, what a dissapointment.
If the open source movement is ever going to get anywhere they need to know how to throw a good party.
Hewlett Packard is planning on taking legal action against Microsoft over the inclusion of Calculator in the Windows operating system.
"The inclusion of the calculator application is a deliberate ploy by Microsoft to damage companies that produce calculators. Since the release of Windows, the demand for pocket calculators has dramatically decreased." - PJ Bellmar (HP Marketing)
The case will hopefully force Microsoft to supply the versions of Windows without the calculator application, or provide options for other manufacturers to supply Windows with their own calculator (hardware of software). The case will also explore the possibility of forcing the Microsoft development team to relocate to Azerbajdzjan, and communicate with the outside world using a primitive telegraph apparatus.
On hearing the news, Linux developers jumped around excitedly and grinned a lot.
German TV paid montey python to do an episode in German. Most of them did not know the language and just read the script without understanding it too much. They even did that lumberjack song. It's pretty funny to watch...
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If they are using the same pattern, some URL hack, or a bunch of comments posted, or some kind of DOS.
You could write code to detectt this, then block the IP, or use a cookie based method to block them for a short time. If they try different tactics, you could modify the blocker code.
It's hard to tell if this would be a good soultion without knowing the details of what they do.
As you will get your IP form DHCP. You don't have an internet proveder or phone line to go through. Neat.
I work as a consultant with Java based and MS based projects. I think C# is a good language as it allows developers to move between the two systems and take their knowledge with them. If you become proficient in one, you can work with the other in a very short time. It has to be good news for programmers.
No, C# requires the .NET runtime to be installed on top of Windows. So I think C# will not run on 99.99% of desktops at the moment...
No! 56% are employed (may still be students though). What worries me is that 5% of Slashdot readers are Cowboy Neal's Slave.
See for yourself!
I have heard that one too.
If you have not done it before, use PI.
If no one has done it before, use PI squared.
The book 'Rapid Development' has an exclent chapter on this. It says that the first estimate could be 50% out either way. As the project progresses, revised estimates will offer a more accurate prediction.
...for getting passwords. I have one that can record about six minutes of video. It's so easy to set it running, then have it surreptitiously pointing at a keyboard when someone logs on. Then you can down load the MPEG, and go through it frame by frame.
;-) ).
(Not that I'd ever do something like that, but as I do a bit of 'ethical hacking' as part of my job, I have developed a deviously cunning mind
The ability to be creative or to write good code is not dependent on social background or education. There will be a few of these guys who have real talent, but have never had the chance to work with it. They should be given all the help they need to reach their full potentiel.
Isn't there some sort of procuct release today? I'm sure I heard about it. Strange no one has posted it yet.
Shame, I could do with another flame war.
MS RULES!!!
FUD?
.NET for four months, I was sceptical at first, but to me it looks like a very good platform.
.NET being unscalable?
No, not really, it's a benchmark test with a ported version of Sun's application. OK, I admit it's probably biased, but I would be interested to see Sun's response to it.
M$ astroTurfer?
No again. I have worked on projects with MS (COM, ASP) and Linux - Java - Oracle. I like both platforms, they both have their strengths.
I have been working with
You seem to be dissing it as unstable, it's in beta, and it seems pretty solid to me. And have you any experience of
Look at This...
(.NET 28 times faster than J2EE).
Also, the SDK is FREE!!!
The MS marketting seems to cunfuse people by talking about "Return on Investment" and stuff that is of no interest to techies. I was very sceptical of .NET as I like to work with Java.
The best way to learn about it is to install the Beta 2 and play around with it for a weekend. I did this and am really impressed with the framework, the tools and with C#.
As the old saying goes "Don't knock it 'till you have tried it".
I moved to Sweden three years ago, and the use of the Internet here has always been ahead of other countries. I live in an appartment run by a large communeral organisation and we have had a broadband network installed. Thay have wired up a 100 Meg network with a connection in every appartment, the installation was free and it's about $20 a month to get connected.
A bit off topic, but funny all the same.
When the trains for the Channel Tunnel (England to France) were being built, they wanted to test the windscreens of the trains. They do a test on aircraft where they fire a chicken at 500 mph at the pilots window to see if it is strong enough.
The train team borrowed a 'chicken gun' and set the speed to 150 mph and fired a chicken at the train window. The chicken went through the window, through the wall behind where the driver sits and did severe damage to the train.
The engineers contacted the experts to see what the problem was and got the following reply:
"You were suposed to defrost the chicken first, not use a frozen one..."
>>You can't compare the life of some illiterate
>>Cambodian living in a mud hut located 100 miles
>>from nowhere with that of a New Yorker.
>>Face it, some life is worth less than others.
>>Educated, cosmopolitan financial brokers are
>>worth more than some jungle-dwelling,
>>bamboo-eating half-monkey.
And you wonder why so many people hate the USA? A the majority of Americans are okey, but the ones that arn't tend to have a loud voice. If the whole nation thought like you I think I'd get an overpowering urge to do you some harm...
I agree, you have to look at who would profit from an armed conflict, among others, CNN. I heard that they were having financial problems a while ago as the 'Zippergate' fiasco was over, people were not interested in the election, and there had been no major conflicts for a few years.
Looks like they are getting what they want, millions of viewers, and all that advertising revenue...
I got a real bad flue after New Year, and I had a research project of my own that I wanted to work on. I chatted with my boss and we agreed that I could work at home, and take time to recover fully.
The first week was great, and it was good to have the space and be free of interruptions (I don't even have an internet connection!). I could work really productively and focus on the project.
By the time three weeks had past, the novelty was starting to wear off. I was missing the crowd at the office, taking lunch with friends, and spending time chatting at the coffee machine.
If you plan to make a big move, try it first, and see how you like it. I will do it again, if I get the chance, but I think two weeks is the ideal time for me.
>>Can someone please explain to me the people that were cheering in the streets? Wow, that made my blood boil.
Not everyone has the news and communication we do. They will not be aware of the full extent of the atack.
BBC news said the US had DENIED the attacks.
Wern't we all suposed to be putting words like 'BOMB' and 'TERRORISM' and 'HIJACK' in all our emails to jam up this suposed Echolon-big brother thing.
Sheeesh!
I heard on BBC news that they evacuated the sotck exchange in London. They have not mentioned anything else...
geeks just don't DO "regular parties!"
They do over here in Sweden!
Our staff dos are a legend, and other tech companis here do the same. I have been to a lot of great parties, free food + drink, DJs, live music. Some of us even talk to girls. It must be part of the Swedish culture that once in a while you turn off your PC, grab a cold one from the fridge, hang out with your buddies and chat about things other than your OS.
When Anonymous Coward wrote "The billennium party at OpenProjects.Net rocked!" I thought thay had organised some major event, with music, drinks, party food and maybe even a chick or two. I checked out the link and it's just a bunch of nerdy unix guys talking crap on IRC, what a dissapointment.
If the open source movement is ever going to get anywhere they need to know how to throw a good party.
Hewlett Packard is planning on taking legal action against Microsoft over the inclusion of Calculator in the Windows operating system.
"The inclusion of the calculator application is a deliberate ploy by Microsoft to damage companies that produce calculators. Since the release of Windows, the demand for pocket calculators has dramatically decreased." - PJ Bellmar (HP Marketing)
The case will hopefully force Microsoft to supply the versions of Windows without the calculator application, or provide options for other manufacturers to supply Windows with their own calculator (hardware of software). The case will also explore the possibility of forcing the Microsoft development team to relocate to Azerbajdzjan, and communicate with the outside world using a primitive telegraph apparatus.
On hearing the news, Linux developers jumped around excitedly and grinned a lot.
German TV paid montey python to do an episode in German. Most of them did not know the language and just read the script without understanding it too much. They even did that lumberjack song. It's pretty funny to watch...