Hmmm... . The September 11th tragedies have made me think about all the sick/crazy possibilities that these assholes could use to attack the American public. Are all stamps stickers these days, or are there any "lickers" around anymore? Me thinks it could be one medium for biological warfare in the future. Of course its far-fetched, but someone's got to think about these things, right? What's to stop a group from getting jobs at CVS's across the country and infecting the stamps that pass through the stores with deadly contagions?
Time to put my gas mask back on and head down into the shelter.
Actually, to address this very issues I recently purchased an iPaq Stowaway Keyboard. Now, I am comforted by the fact that I can CTR-ALT-DEL any time I want!
Seriously though, the stowaway keyboard is fantastic if you're like me and can't write (using the stylus) anything more than a few words without getting frustrated. The one down side is that airport security agents aren't completely convinced that the keyboard isn't some high-tech weapon.
In my System Analysis & Design course, I spend 3 hours constructing data-flow diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, and Ghantt charts for programs that take around an hour to code!
My friend, welcome to the world of software engineering. When you graduate to the "real world" you'll soon realize that coding is about 10% of the software engineering process.
Re:doing the same to other movies?
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this is not funny - it's true. there was a scene in the Spiderman movie where Spidey generates a web netting between the WTC and catches a villain helicopter. I know that there was a bit of story line rework to be done, considering the semi-large role the WTC played
hmmm... laughed at this comment at first, but then something struck me. If the government is serious about finding legitimate hackers to help, they may have to offer some sort of benefit to them. Really, this is not a joke...the gov does not want an army of kiddies who don't know shit about computers and infiltration other than running other people's code. They're gonna want the best of the best (if they are serious about launching some sort of information attack). These people probably all have very time consuming jobs and may not necessarily want to start virtual freedom fighting for their country (grandiose assumption).
I guess my point is that the government may want to consider a benefit for someone who volunteers their time. I know that the righteous argument is that everyone should want to help/fight for their country, but we all know that this is clearly not the case. If we want the best, we may need to offer something in return
A competitor maybe... I don't like the idea of having a single entity keep track of my usage online (even if it has chivalrous reasons for doing so like making my life easier). Just because this is not Microsoft doing this doesn't necessarily mean that I should like the idea/technology any better.
OK, so which handheld gaming device would *you* switch to?
It's not a requirement to be 100% satisfied with products that you purchase. You are allowed to give feedback to manufacturers and providers to try and improve their products.
Point in case: I own a Jeep. I love my Jeep. There are things about my Jeep that I would love for Jeep-Eagle-Chryseler to change, but that doesn't make me want to go out and buy a different type of car.
Maximum warning. Employees ought to have between three and six months' notice before they're laid off, time enough to look for other work in a sane, secure way.
this is called severance pay. And don't you mean minimum warning? i.e., there should be some minimum amount of time that an employer would need to give to a laid off employee to find work?
also note that there are a lot of legal issues for public companies regarding lay offs that makes this impossible
heaven forbid that these geeks, after putting in 80 hour weeks, would feel they're entitled to anything other than an asskick out the door
A zealous opinion indeed. In fact, when I first read the article, I wholeheartedly agreed with you. Once I got over the emotional charge and saw the situation from a rational perspective it became very simple: These employees don't own this equipment, period. This is the only conceivable arguement. You have to remember that these geeks are getting paid for their 80 hour weeks. They are not entitled to the equipment that their employers paid for.
How to make your date think you are Mr. Big Shot while retaining your cheapo status:
1)withdraw $100 for your date from an ATM.
2)go into bank and exchange $40 for forty single dollar bills
3)wrap the remaining three twenties around the wad of singles and put in pocket
4)when paying for stuff on your date, make sure to always roll the twenties off the top
5)make sure your date does not cost more that $40 so you don't have to pull that last twenty dollar bill.
6)Say, "Fohgoet a'bout it" a lot. Chicks dig this.
This really pisses you off?!? How the fuck do you know that Bill himself, the Satan of the free world , has not given a dime? Where do you get your information? How dare you judge the charity of others....
Jon Katz could learn a few things from you about making unfounded statements.
Using a mouse has several distinct advantages in gaming. One of which is a nasty little response time that can be accomplished by simply "flicking" your wrist. This becomes an invaluable skill in fast-paced, high action games (Q3). With the Renaissance Mouse, your wrist becomes immobile so the mouse movement will be dictated by moving your arm.
I understand that immobilization the wrist will combat wrist pain, but there will be significant gaming trade-offs... Most hard core gamers I know would rather deal with wrist pain than become considerably slower at their favorite games.
Not an incredibly interesting article unless you are going to be on the West cost next week.
However, I did notice the Computer Museum's list of fellows, or more specifically, individuals of outstanding merit and accomplishment who have contributed to the development of computing.
Some familiar faces are there: Vint Cerf, Dennis Ritchie, Woz... I wonder when Linus will grace this list. Who else is missing?!? Tim Berners-Lee? Bill Gates? Bjourne?
before hurting yourself by laughing so hard, take some time to read the article. Microsoft is paying professional lobbying groups to run pro-MS campaigns. It just so happens that some of these lobbying groups *are* using unethical techniques, and Microsoft should be flogged for not properly managing these organization's strategies. You would think that Steve Balmer is forging his grandmother's signature on letters from the comments I've read about this article
Think about it. As you say, do you honestly think that the world's most scrutinized company would knowingly agree to a campaign that utilized dead folk's signature's? As much as you hate to admit, MS has put themselves in this dominant position by having pretty smart people with keen business acumen and the drive to beat/crush their competition. How dumb do you think they are?
The new drive will enter the mess that is the DVD rewritable market. Three competing standards--DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM--are vying for market supremacy, confusing compatibility issues and keeping prices high.
I'm glad to see the technology emerging in the consumer market, but I won't touch this sh!t until these standards issues are worked out. Somewhere, my Beta player is weeping.
you can download the hobo4 program, written by the folks at Root Core to automate this vulnerability here. Warning about the code however:
a) it's in VB
b) you'll see methods like this:
Public Sub ii(MSG As String)
l_info.Caption = ">" & MSG
End Sub
are there no coding standards even among hacks?
A bit dated...
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Richard Gabriel gave this speech at theOOPSLA 2000 Conference (Object Oriented Progamming, Systems, Languages & Applications). There are some other interesting keynote presentations there including a piece on Adaptive Software Engineering (PDF Alert!!).
You can download a.pdf of the essay, or if you can't view pdf's, check out the cover.
totally wrongly the grammer nazi would have a field day with you.
a virus is (from www.whatis.com): A virus is a piece of programming code usually disguised as something else that causes some unexpected and usually undesirable event. A virus is often designed so that it is automatically spread to other computer users. Viruses can be transmitted as attachments to an e-mail note, as downloads, or be present on a diskette or CD.
its just the same old software (VB and VBS) causing the same old problems dude, VisualBasic and VBScript are programming languages. Using your logic, you could have one hell of an argument against C or assembly language from the good ol' days. It just so happens that these programming languages allow relatively inexperienced coders to write some powerful stuff
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Hmmm... . The September 11th tragedies have made me think about all the sick/crazy possibilities that these assholes could use to attack the American public. Are all stamps stickers these days, or are there any "lickers" around anymore? Me thinks it could be one medium for biological warfare in the future. Of course its far-fetched, but someone's got to think about these things, right? What's to stop a group from getting jobs at CVS's across the country and infecting the stamps that pass through the stores with deadly contagions?
Time to put my gas mask back on and head down into the shelter.
Actually, to address this very issues I recently purchased an iPaq Stowaway Keyboard. Now, I am comforted by the fact that I can CTR-ALT-DEL any time I want!
Seriously though, the stowaway keyboard is fantastic if you're like me and can't write (using the stylus) anything more than a few words without getting frustrated. The one down side is that airport security agents aren't completely convinced that the keyboard isn't some high-tech weapon.
In my System Analysis & Design course, I spend 3 hours constructing data-flow diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, and Ghantt charts for programs that take around an hour to code!
My friend, welcome to the world of software engineering. When you graduate to the "real world" you'll soon realize that coding is about 10% of the software engineering process.
this is not funny - it's true. there was a scene in the Spiderman movie where Spidey generates a web netting between the WTC and catches a villain helicopter. I know that there was a bit of story line rework to be done, considering the semi-large role the WTC played
Bloat can be fought!
it shouldn't have to
hmmm... laughed at this comment at first, but then something struck me. If the government is serious about finding legitimate hackers to help, they may have to offer some sort of benefit to them. Really, this is not a joke...the gov does not want an army of kiddies who don't know shit about computers and infiltration other than running other people's code. They're gonna want the best of the best (if they are serious about launching some sort of information attack). These people probably all have very time consuming jobs and may not necessarily want to start virtual freedom fighting for their country (grandiose assumption).
I guess my point is that the government may want to consider a benefit for someone who volunteers their time. I know that the righteous argument is that everyone should want to help/fight for their country, but we all know that this is clearly not the case. If we want the best, we may need to offer something in return
banking records
medical history
shopping trends, even though they are pretty boring
family information
machine setup/configuration at home
get the point? if not, then why don't you just post the above information...let's start with your salary
Definitely an answer to passport/hailstorm
A competitor maybe... I don't like the idea of having a single entity keep track of my usage online (even if it has chivalrous reasons for doing so like making my life easier). Just because this is not Microsoft doing this doesn't necessarily mean that I should like the idea/technology any better.
OK, so which handheld gaming device would *you* switch to?
It's not a requirement to be 100% satisfied with products that you purchase. You are allowed to give feedback to manufacturers and providers to try and improve their products.
Point in case: I own a Jeep. I love my Jeep. There are things about my Jeep that I would love for Jeep-Eagle-Chryseler to change, but that doesn't make me want to go out and buy a different type of car.
Maximum warning. Employees ought to have between three and six months' notice before they're laid off, time enough to look for other work in a sane, secure way.
this is called severance pay. And don't you mean minimum warning? i.e., there should be some minimum amount of time that an employer would need to give to a laid off employee to find work?
also note that there are a lot of legal issues for public companies regarding lay offs that makes this impossible
heaven forbid that these geeks, after putting in 80 hour weeks, would feel they're entitled to anything other than an asskick out the door
A zealous opinion indeed. In fact, when I first read the article, I wholeheartedly agreed with you. Once I got over the emotional charge and saw the situation from a rational perspective it became very simple: These employees don't own this equipment, period. This is the only conceivable arguement. You have to remember that these geeks are getting paid for their 80 hour weeks. They are not entitled to the equipment that their employers paid for.
How to make your date think you are Mr. Big Shot while retaining your cheapo status:
1)withdraw $100 for your date from an ATM.
2)go into bank and exchange $40 for forty single dollar bills
3)wrap the remaining three twenties around the wad of singles and put in pocket
4)when paying for stuff on your date, make sure to always roll the twenties off the top
5)make sure your date does not cost more that $40 so you don't have to pull that last twenty dollar bill.
6)Say, "Fohgoet a'bout it" a lot. Chicks dig this.
I noticed in the list: "All Rage Against The Machine songs"
you've got to be kidding me. This seems like blind censorship to me. I'm doubtful they've listened to all of Rage's songs.
As the press release says they are targeting to sell 100 robots over a span of three years.
Who is going to have the means to purchase these? labs, schools, corporations. not you and me brotha...
And Bill (himself) has not given one dime
Shame on you
This really pisses you off?!? How the fuck do you know that Bill himself, the Satan of the free world , has not given a dime? Where do you get your information? How dare you judge the charity of others....
Jon Katz could learn a few things from you about making unfounded statements.
Using a mouse has several distinct advantages in gaming. One of which is a nasty little response time that can be accomplished by simply "flicking" your wrist. This becomes an invaluable skill in fast-paced, high action games (Q3). With the Renaissance Mouse, your wrist becomes immobile so the mouse movement will be dictated by moving your arm.
I understand that immobilization the wrist will combat wrist pain, but there will be significant gaming trade-offs... Most hard core gamers I know would rather deal with wrist pain than become considerably slower at their favorite games.
Not an incredibly interesting article unless you are going to be on the West cost next week.
However, I did notice the Computer Museum's list of fellows, or more specifically, individuals of outstanding merit and accomplishment who have contributed to the development of computing.
Some familiar faces are there: Vint Cerf, Dennis Ritchie, Woz... I wonder when Linus will grace this list. Who else is missing?!? Tim Berners-Lee? Bill Gates? Bjourne?
who is "we" and why does your ultimate cubicle squeeze two workers in it?
Legend of Zelda for GameCube -- like the new look, or not?
24.6% - This is the worst day of my life
20.1% - I love it!
18% - I'm not so sure
15.7% - Huh? What have they done?!?
10.8% - I like it
5.7% - I don't like it at all
4.8% - It's ok
Seems like you will either love it or hate it
before hurting yourself by laughing so hard, take some time to read the article. Microsoft is paying professional lobbying groups to run pro-MS campaigns. It just so happens that some of these lobbying groups *are* using unethical techniques, and Microsoft should be flogged for not properly managing these organization's strategies. You would think that Steve Balmer is forging his grandmother's signature on letters from the comments I've read about this article
Think about it. As you say, do you honestly think that the world's most scrutinized company would knowingly agree to a campaign that utilized dead folk's signature's? As much as you hate to admit, MS has put themselves in this dominant position by having pretty smart people with keen business acumen and the drive to beat/crush their competition. How dumb do you think they are?
The new drive will enter the mess that is the DVD rewritable market. Three competing standards--DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM--are vying for market supremacy, confusing compatibility issues and keeping prices high.
I'm glad to see the technology emerging in the consumer market, but I won't touch this sh!t until these standards issues are worked out. Somewhere, my Beta player is weeping.
you can download the hobo4 program, written by the folks at Root Core to automate this vulnerability here. Warning about the code however:
a) it's in VB
b) you'll see methods like this:
Public Sub ii(MSG As String)
l_info.Caption = ">" & MSG
End Sub
are there no coding standards even among hacks?
Richard Gabriel gave this speech at theOOPSLA 2000 Conference (Object Oriented Progamming, Systems, Languages & Applications). There are some other interesting keynote presentations there including a piece on Adaptive Software Engineering (PDF Alert!!).
.pdf of the essay, or if you can't view pdf's, check out the cover.
You can download a
OT: Seems to me like this is where you get all your material.
Blowing karma for originality.
totally wrongly
the grammer nazi would have a field day with you.
a virus is (from www.whatis.com): A virus is a piece of programming code usually disguised as something else that causes some unexpected and usually undesirable event. A virus is often designed so that it is automatically spread to other computer users. Viruses can be transmitted as attachments to an e-mail note, as downloads, or be present on a diskette or CD.
its just the same old software (VB and VBS) causing the same old problems
dude, VisualBasic and VBScript are programming languages. Using your logic, you could have one hell of an argument against C or assembly language from the good ol' days. It just so happens that these programming languages allow relatively inexperienced coders to write some powerful stuff