While I aggree with you on you points, I can't pass up this...
A free-for-all DNS would not be a shiny happy anarchy free of bureaucratic procedures. It would be a loud, tedious anarchy full of ad hoc solutions and petty turf wars.
burglars...left a (very portable) $400 unicycle in the back seat
Must have thought that it was a broken, only having one wheel and such. On a serious note, most thieves steel for thier own use, and a casual thief rarely puts two and two together (bike==bike; unicycle=="something I can't ride"). Another issue might have been the uniqueness of the item, it is awefully hard to say "Yes officer, I borrowed this unicycle from my friend, but I haven't learned how to ride it yet.
Getting Bush outta office is a good place to start. The bulk of Bush's basic solution to the oil crisis is "drill more" and give oil companies (excuse me; "energy companies") money for research, which they will do anyways (assuming of course that they have any long term vision). Much of what can be done is legislative, standardization of fuel additives, investigation of the closing of oil refineries (although there is more to that...), perhaps even gov't grants for gas stations who are willing to have hydrogen tanks installed (maybe this will solve the chicken and the egg problem).
Conservation is a great idea, I try to save as much oil/energy as I can, but it will at best only "put off" the comming energy crisis. This price rise is only a warning, one that should be hard to ignore. The Internation thirst for oil is really getting to be a problem, American really needs to show some real leadership with this issue.
About the oil refinery problem...
There is some talk about the oil companies closing oil refineries and not building them because of greed (this *might* be part of the problem; I'd like to see an investigation), but other factors are also an issue (including one big one):
They cost real big heaps of money to build capacity.
The NIMBY (Not in my backyard) aspect is substantial.
Current plants are getting old and need more maintence.
The oil industry is unwilling to invest money into more refineries because they are very long term investments.
Long term investments are 'out of vouge' with Wall Street.
Oil companies aren't even sure that gasoline powered cars will even be sold in 20 years. (that's the big one which ties together with the rest of the issues)
The Bush administration has invested all of it's Macro Economic thinking into a war. You can argue that the war was unnessary (it probally was) or that their execution of it was poor (it certainly was). Even Bush's exit strategy is complicated by the "bad blood" they have cultivated with the rest of the world. Kerry (or Nader, or Mickey Mouse) would be able to present a 'fresh face' to the world and get them to help with the rebuilding of Iraq. It would be nice if Iraq turned out to be the kind of place Bush (and most every one else) would like it to be (Democracy and Stablity). Granted Bush's plan include more American oil contracts, while France's and Russian plan includes contract for their industries. Iran and Syria's plan is for "no American bases",
I do believe that the Bush administration wants to see us move from oil (you can stop laughing now). But they want the oil companies to lead the way.
I'm sorry still laughing, can't post.
The oil companies suck, they are not interested in making the world a better place, they want to make more money. Three facts escape most people.
$40 a barrel only accounts for half the price rise. The lack of refinery space accounts for most of the rest, but those plants were profitable at the lower price, now they are gold mines.
About half of all of the oil used by the U.S. is produced in the U.S. by those same "energy companies", which benefit from OPEC price raises.
These same "energy companies" are posting record profits.
Where is the outrage (well right here for one). Labeling oil companies "energy companies" is mostly PR, but in fairness it is also a long term hedge. However for now they are just reaping in the bucks. Now I'll have a chuckle of my own...
With two oil men in the Whitehouse you think that they would know how to get oil prices stablized.
Really I believe that they are gambling that they can get their "energy package" which Cheney worked on in secret, passed by a congress looking for answers. What's worse is Bush complains that Democrats are keeping his "visionary" plan on the self, well (it's been said before but) the Republicans control both houses of Congress. It's so bad many Republicans can't vote for it. If there wasn't so many other problems, he could have probally strong armed the package, but his other "oil related project" (Iraq) keeps taking priority (Really Iraq is 'oil/evil dictator who tried to kill my Dad' project)
At this point, I plan on voting for the person who is most likely to beat Bush, I don't care if it's Kerry, Nader, or Mickey Mouse. Bush has got to go.
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That's true, mastering the material is very different than reading it. Heck, very recently I jumped on someone in this forum for taking my post incorrectly but, I don't believe that the author was recomending books as a index of the subjects to be learned, but as a definitive reading guide for the mastering of that subject. Just to be a little rude (but hopefully a little more funny),,,
Master this subject and you will not need to learn anything thing else...
life
Now pay me $39 (plus shipping)
Even taken you way, I believe that most of my complaint is still valid, experts (even Masters) should (and almost certainly will) continue to learn.
Concerning the editor, it really doesn't matter. Those books are good because they are from the authors of Java (and maybe because Sun has some good reviewers).
First of all I said "the same publisher" not editor, shame on you !:).
I believe that the publisher does matter, for that matter the editor is important as well. Not as important as the author, but still a consideration. The fact that both of the books are from the same publisher says something, I don't know what... I could mean that that publisher is really good, or that the reviewer is pushing books (but that's a tin-foil hat reason, which I don't think fits quite right), or...(more seculation which we are so good at in this forum!) Also, just because someone can write good code, it doesn't mean that they are effective authors (just because apples and oranges both come from trees..). Of course , it doesn't mean that they are bad at it either, these books are both well reviewed, I look forward to making the judgement myself. Mostly because I am in intermediate Java programmer myself and was happy to read such a well written review, the reviewer is sure to make good recommendations.
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I find this review to be interesting and well written, but I read parts of Hardcore Java and found it to be interesting. I disagree strongly with the reviewer on one thing...
If you've mastered the material in these two books, you're an expert, full stop.
NEVER, think that reading one or two books will make anyone an expert on anything, let alone on such a complex topic as programming. I personally never stop learning.
I usually don't whine about moderation, but FLAMEBAIT, jumped out at me. I re-read my own post, and found that my use of "description" was a poor choice, so just to be clear...
I Love Pixar movies, including the animation, but especially the stories, plot and performances and I would love their stories even if [they were] drawn in ketchup.
seats only one person... that is insain, could you imagine traffic if all cars were like that??
Look around at the other cars during rush hour. Most, if not practially all, cars have only the driver. However, for a number of other reasons, I doubt if this kind of car would catch on in this century
(man driving a vintage Excursion hits bump in road) "Damn, what was that!"
(kid in the back seat) "Dad, I think that you just ran over the last two PMs in that row of 10 that just passed us.
It looks neat, but I get the impression that it's a coffin with a glass top held up at an angle.
Different colors display on the door tips, antennas, headlamps, side and rear panels, and rear wheels to indicate what activities are taking place in the PM.
That's your opionion, mine is that the orginal Shrek would have been great even if it was drawn in ketchup.
While people can oh and ahhh about the technical aspects of a movie, it's the basics that really make a movie great, the plot, the writing, and how the actors deliver their lines.
Everthing Pixar has made fits the ketchup description as well.
The real problem is 30 day password expiration. Short password expirations are (I believe) the largest security hole in IT. On the user side, most people don't cannot keep coming up with new complex passwords every few weeks, they know that they will forget, so they get into the habit of writing down the password, or trying to create a "moving password scheme" that is easier to remember. Also is a problem is the lack of a consolidated logon, meaning that the current password will not be updated in multiple distributed systems. Many users who "follow policy" and fail to keep mental track of their password are heavy users of password reset, which creates "social engineering" problems.
Password reset is the number one help desk issue. All you need is some basic information about the user and a cracker could get the password reset to whatever they want. It's tough for companies to make resets as tough as they really need to be, the cost would be too high.
I believe that the best solution is to enforce complex passwords and allow those passwords to last 6 months or longer.
Lets be unreasonable and take your idea to the extreme (I know that's unheard of in this fine forum, but bear with me)...
Why do people even have last names, from now on every one should have the "family name" of
"Sol", its short and easy to remember. Also under this naming scheme only one person can have any given name. (Let's say) Your current name is John, someone else is using John Sol and since he doesn't like people to confuse him with anyone else he also takes JohnS Sol, Jim Sol, Johnny Sol, Jimmy Sol; Since you were a little late, how about John_is_my_name-don't-wear-it-out Sol, that's a nice easy to remember name.
Or why do we still have area and exchange codes with our telephone numbers. Let's have one long 10 digit string that can completely change from person to person, that's ok because they all have three ones ('111') at the end of the number, just to make it easy to remember.
but I don't believe that one needs to snap up every version of domains saying apple, home, or even localhost. More TDL's give more people the right to a short easy to remember name.
I still get sales calls on phone sometimes, they say that they are "surveys" and once an extermination service called just "because someone in the area needed their service". Those kind of calls are allowed by the DNC list. Trust me you will see more and more of them and with cell phone number avaiable, they might be hitting them hard. Right now telemarketers have a good list of people who will take the time to listen, but cell phones are a fresh market. Heck there are many teenagers and young adult who only use cell phones, they will want to tap that market. If the value of this fresh market is judged by the telemarketers to be greater than the costs (fines), we'll be seeing bunches of calls on our once private numbers, at least until it levels out.
I still use the same old line that I used before the DNC list "I do not ever, ever respond in any way to unsolisited telephone calls of any type. Please take me off your list and I hope that you have a nice day ".
That's a good question, I followed the link from the story, then tried to download the whitepaper, but bailed on the registration. The press release begged to be browsed, and I found the link to the "no reg" link to the whitepaper. I went looking for the "chinese connection", but immediately didn't see it, however the bulk of it looked interesting, so I thought that I would "show the path" rather than have 20 slashdotters complain about registration.
After posting I went back for a detailed read and while I might have missed it, I still can't find the reason why that site was listed as a source in the story.
That was (to coin a phrase) 'a good Insightful comment', why would SCO's lawers create a paper blizard for themselves? You could be right, thinking that it's a "billing scheme" by SCO's law firm, but to bill that many hours on something without asking the client would make them liable for a malpractice suit (or whatever it's called when lawyers rip you off).
It's interesting that they are asking the FSF for the material, perhaps they are just looking for that needle in the haystack, or they are just trying to drag out the process, or they are making a 'parting shot' at the biggest target they could hope to hurt (the FSF is sure to rack up the bills just getting all that material out the door).
Do you mean from 1962 to 1972. Ok, I re-read you comment and found the you did continue and say "...10 years I used it...", but it's not the governments (or at least not only) pillaging the Internet, but spammers, scammers, and other general criminals. Unfortunately, the only way that any government can deal with an issue is to legislate an answer.
If change didn't happen (good and bad) we wouldn't be able to say in our old age: "back in the day,..."
to summarize (again, but in a more proper space, and a little more thought out)...
you stink!
your use of words stinks!
Maybe you were trying to be funny, but even then you still stink!
BTW, constant means constant, not average. For example, light doesn't speed up or slow down, thus it is constant. If we truly expressed speed and distance over time as a constant then "10 minutes at 60 mph" would be expressed as 600 Stargooses (or whatever it'd be called)". Just because people use language, doesn't mean they are using it correctly. I do believe the guy meant "average" (just like I mean "door"), but I thought of an old comedy routine from the 80's where Steven Wright says that he has a house on the median of the highway and needs to be going 60 by the end of the drive way. I had tried to look it up and only came up with a general reference on IMDB, which might remind those who have (at least this particular) clue who Steven Wright is. Next up you will be complaining that "all your bases are belonging to" is incorrect use of grammer!
If you were trying to be insightful, I'd try harder, and picking apart an obvious joke is not a good place to start.
It's as valid as defining the distance between home and work as "10 minutes in my car travelling at a constant 60 mph".
Unless you live next store to Steven Wright (on a highway median; and work on one for that matter) you'll have an awfully hard time going a contant 60 mph.
fifteen years away from being able to store the entire web on our desktops
can you imagine "sync"ing your googlebyte desktop with the Internet over a 56k modem. All kidding aside, it's the pipe (connection, if you will), that is already the limiting factor for many high-end systems.
I know that you were going for a laugh, but... Stephen Hawking "...was first diagnosed [with Moter Neurone Disease] at the age 21, shortly before his first marriage. It's a progressive illness, which only eventually left him in his current state.
so while the cops may have a harder time dragging you into court on _______ charges
The "hey it *might* not have been me, downloading kiddie porn" may just win the day in court, but that's just the end game. I doubt if he have an easy time getting on the Internet when the cops get a warrant and take his PC, perhaps even toss him in jail overnight (or longer). Granted, after a couple of "test cases" it might be a little harder slamming someone in jail based on traffic from an IP address from an open system, but they will allways be able to take system(s) to "examine them" for the prohibited content when traffic from a private net is tracked. Perhaps the next step would be law enforcement listening on those "open systems" to catch someone in the act.
I think that we just found our second winner for (sure lets call it) the Spinder Award ("a person who makes a good effort at removing themselves from the Internet). I am sure that some Comcast tech is trying to track him down as I type. Can you say Terms Of Service, (I knew you could).
Slashdot Mirror
Great, now I'll have to wrap my whole house!
Conservation is a great idea, I try to save as much oil/energy as I can, but it will at best only "put off" the comming energy crisis. This price rise is only a warning, one that should be hard to ignore. The Internation thirst for oil is really getting to be a problem, American really needs to show some real leadership with this issue.
About the oil refinery problem...
There is some talk about the oil companies closing oil refineries and not building them because of greed (this *might* be part of the problem; I'd like to see an investigation), but other factors are also an issue (including one big one):
- They cost real big heaps of money to build capacity.
- The NIMBY (Not in my backyard) aspect is substantial.
- Current plants are getting old and need more maintence.
- The oil industry is unwilling to invest money into more refineries because they are very long term investments.
- Long term investments are 'out of vouge' with Wall Street.
- Oil companies aren't even sure that gasoline powered cars will even be sold in 20 years. (that's the big one which ties together with the rest of the issues)
The Bush administration has invested all of it's Macro Economic thinking into a war. You can argue that the war was unnessary (it probally was) or that their execution of it was poor (it certainly was). Even Bush's exit strategy is complicated by the "bad blood" they have cultivated with the rest of the world. Kerry (or Nader, or Mickey Mouse) would be able to present a 'fresh face' to the world and get them to help with the rebuilding of Iraq. It would be nice if Iraq turned out to be the kind of place Bush (and most every one else) would like it to be (Democracy and Stablity). Granted Bush's plan include more American oil contracts, while France's and Russian plan includes contract for their industries. Iran and Syria's plan is for "no American bases",The oil companies suck, they are not interested in making the world a better place, they want to make more money. Three facts escape most people.
- $40 a barrel only accounts for half the price rise. The lack of refinery space accounts for most of the rest, but those plants were profitable at the lower price, now they are gold mines.
- About half of all of the oil used by the U.S. is produced in the U.S. by those same "energy companies", which benefit from OPEC price raises.
- These same "energy companies" are posting record profits.
Where is the outrage (well right here for one). Labeling oil companies "energy companies" is mostly PR, but in fairness it is also a long term hedge. However for now they are just reaping in the bucks. Now I'll have a chuckle of my own...With two oil men in the Whitehouse you think that they would know how to get oil prices stablized.
Really I believe that they are gambling that they can get their "energy package" which Cheney worked on in secret, passed by a congress looking for answers. What's worse is Bush complains that Democrats are keeping his "visionary" plan on the self, well (it's been said before but) the Republicans control both houses of Congress. It's so bad many Republicans can't vote for it. If there wasn't so many other problems, he could have probally strong armed the package, but his other "oil related project" (Iraq) keeps taking priority (Really Iraq is 'oil/evil dictator who tried to kill my Dad' project)
At this point, I plan on voting for the person who is most likely to beat Bush, I don't care if it's Kerry, Nader, or Mickey Mouse. Bush has got to go.
Even taken you way, I believe that most of my complaint is still valid, experts (even Masters) should (and almost certainly will) continue to learn.
First of all I said "the same publisher" not editor, shame on you !:). I believe that the publisher does matter, for that matter the editor is important as well. Not as important as the author, but still a consideration. The fact that both of the books are from the same publisher says something, I don't know what... I could mean that that publisher is really good, or that the reviewer is pushing books (but that's a tin-foil hat reason, which I don't think fits quite right), orThe two books that he recomended look good on Amazon (they both reviewed well). I find it interesting the both of the books are from the same publisher. (note that I am not a amazon partner) The Java(TM) Programming Language (3rd Edition)
Effective Java Programming Language Guide
Nanning
I Love Pixar movies, including the animation, but especially the stories, plot and performances and I would love their stories even if [they were] drawn in ketchup.
(man driving a vintage Excursion hits bump in road) "Damn, what was that!"
(kid in the back seat) "Dad, I think that you just ran over the last two PMs in that row of 10 that just passed us.
It looks neat, but I get the impression that it's a coffin with a glass top held up at an angle.
What's the color ofThat's your opionion, mine is that the orginal Shrek would have been great even if it was drawn in ketchup. While people can oh and ahhh about the technical aspects of a movie, it's the basics that really make a movie great, the plot, the writing, and how the actors deliver their lines. Everthing Pixar has made fits the ketchup description as well.
Password reset is the number one help desk issue. All you need is some basic information about the user and a cracker could get the password reset to whatever they want. It's tough for companies to make resets as tough as they really need to be, the cost would be too high.
I believe that the best solution is to enforce complex passwords and allow those passwords to last 6 months or longer.
Why do people even have last names, from now on every one should have the "family name" of "Sol", its short and easy to remember. Also under this naming scheme only one person can have any given name. (Let's say) Your current name is John, someone else is using John Sol and since he doesn't like people to confuse him with anyone else he also takes JohnS Sol, Jim Sol, Johnny Sol, Jimmy Sol; Since you were a little late, how about John_is_my_name-don't-wear-it-out Sol, that's a nice easy to remember name.
Or why do we still have area and exchange codes with our telephone numbers. Let's have one long 10 digit string that can completely change from person to person, that's ok because they all have three ones ('111') at the end of the number, just to make it easy to remember.
but I don't believe that one needs to snap up every version of domains saying apple, home, or even localhost. More TDL's give more people the right to a short easy to remember name.
I still use the same old line that I used before the DNC list "I do not ever, ever respond in any way to unsolisited telephone calls of any type. Please take me off your list and I hope that you have a nice day ".
After posting I went back for a detailed read and while I might have missed it, I still can't find the reason why that site was listed as a source in the story.
Go to the press release (it is listed on the page) and click on the link for the white paper
But surprise, surprise, the "best solution" is the one they sell, but it's still an interesting read.
It's interesting that they are asking the FSF for the material, perhaps they are just looking for that needle in the haystack, or they are just trying to drag out the process, or they are making a 'parting shot' at the biggest target they could hope to hurt (the FSF is sure to rack up the bills just getting all that material out the door).
If change didn't happen (good and bad) we wouldn't be able to say in our old age: "back in the day,..."
- you stink!
- your use of words stinks!
Maybe you were trying to be funny, but even then you still stink!BTW, constant means constant, not average. For example, light doesn't speed up or slow down, thus it is constant. If we truly expressed speed and distance over time as a constant then "10 minutes at 60 mph" would be expressed as 600 Stargooses (or whatever it'd be called)". Just because people use language, doesn't mean they are using it correctly. I do believe the guy meant "average" (just like I mean "door"), but I thought of an old comedy routine from the 80's where Steven Wright says that he has a house on the median of the highway and needs to be going 60 by the end of the drive way. I had tried to look it up and only came up with a general reference on IMDB, which might remind those who have (at least this particular) clue who Steven Wright is. Next up you will be complaining that "all your bases are belonging to" is incorrect use of grammer!
If you were trying to be insightful, I'd try harder, and picking apart an obvious joke is not a good place to start.
I know that you were going for a laugh, but...
Stephen Hawking "...was first diagnosed [with Moter Neurone Disease] at the age 21, shortly before his first marriage. It's a progressive illness, which only eventually left him in his current state.
I think that we just found our second winner for (sure lets call it) the Spinder Award ("a person who makes a good effort at removing themselves from the Internet). I am sure that some Comcast tech is trying to track him down as I type. Can you say Terms Of Service, (I knew you could).