The Opencola soft drink formula was a time-limited marketing promotion that ran publicly until 2001 in support of the company's introductory open source product offering. Opencola has since changed its strategic direction and is now focusing its core business on developing a proprietary distributed content search application.
Michael's position that it is possible to create a fully verifiable electronic system seems to have one fundamental flaw: It is impossible to discern with certainty the processes that are occurring inside the machine.
Consider a computer supplier that is co-opted by an unscrupulous political party. They create some sort of hardware mod that allows the contents of memory to be arbitrarily modified. Perhaps it can be controlled wirelessly. Suddenly bootable serial numbered CD-ROMS aren't a solution.
The advantage to the pencil-and-paper system is that to my knowledge, nobody has developed paper that can cause a mark on its surface to be erased and another mark drawn while the paper is in the ballot box. People can watch the ballot go into the box, they can watch it come out, and be sure that nothing has occurred to change the vote thereupon. When the vote is nothing but electrons inside a machine, this is much more difficult.
The law is that caffeine may not be added to any beverage unless it is a cola-type beverage. The addition of caffeine to beverages has been rationalized by the soft drink manufacturers as giving their product a distinctive flavour. Since caffeine is a drug, it has been restricted to only being added to cola because of the historical use of caffeine in these products. Or something. Here's the text of the relevant section of the food and drug act. Search the page for the word caffeine.
This guy that was in one of my comp sci classes had this great idea for providing cheerleaders for programmers at his workplace. He had some problems convincing management of the productivity benefits, however.
People always get very uptight anytime someone mentions bringing a magnetic field anywhere close to a computer, but you have to realize that it's not really that big a deal.
For one thing, any fan inside a computer uses a magnetic field to generate rotation, as does the spindle inside your hard disk. And a few weeks ago, I took apart a HD that had crashed on me, and what did I find? A super-powerful magnet in the head acutator. I stuck it to the fridge and I can barely pull it off.
Of course, these magnets have some shielding to contain the magnetic field, but there will always be a magnetic field around a wire conducting electricity, and there are lots of wires inside a computer. I would be very surprised to hear about any damage done to a computer by a magnet.
You would have to start downloading some pr0n eventually. It's not like you're gonna be picking up any chicks while you're wearing one of these things...
I think in most cases the movie is not actually attached to the E-mail, but is in fact hosted on a web server somewhere and the email includes a link to the video.
The idea that you should certify someone based solely on their knowledge of one programming language and expect them to be able to go out into industry and write good software is like testing someonone on their ability to draw architectural diagrams and sending them off to build a bridge. A programming language is a tool, nothing more. Being able to use a tool properly is important, but it's not enough. Software developers need to be trained in the application of software engineering principles, which go beyond writing code and set out a framework for designing a system.
I don't think that's an unreasonable sentiment. Why don't most directors shoot movies with digital cameras instead of film cameras? Because the quality is too good, and the picture ends up having a sterile "evening news" appearance. Of course now there are devices available to "degrade" the picture in such a way that it looks like it's been shot on film.
Heh... now when a girl says to me, "Get lost, freak! Don't you know what NO means?" I can say "Yeah, it's the abbreviation for the chemical compound responsible for the firefly's ability to attract a mate. I see what you're saying..."
No doubt, eh? Everybody bitches about how those dirty companies like Doubleclick are collecting personal data about people's surfing habits for the purposes of targeting their advertising. But I got to thinking one day... Imagine if they could do that for TV?
Computer: Oh look, Ryan has sat down in front of the television. Stop playing ads for tampons and denture cream, and bring on the beer commercials featuring monster trucks and bikini girls!
So let me get this straight... parents will have to set some kind of password in the game console to keep their kids from being able to play violent games on it? And the parents are going to be able to figure this out?
"No mom, the x-box *automatically* keeps kids from being able to play violent games!"
The wording of the headline is a little deceptive... if you read carefully, you will see that it was actually the source code that was stolen, not "secret codes" for accessing the system. Of course, the source code might give someone some insight into how the system works which may allow them to hack in, but it's not like someone has stolen the launch codes for the Army's fleet of ICBM's...
Yet another removable storage medium. Why?? There is hardly a computer anywhere that isn't connected to the Internet, and with websites like Driveway and Xdrive which allow you to store your files for free on their servers and access them from any computer with a web browser, who needs disks?
It would seem rotten.com does not have the financial resources to pursue such a legal battle, as their response to almost every cease and desist order they have received is to remove the offending content. And they have received many...
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I see it uses the original Commodore keyboard... I wonder, do you still need to use a hammer to press the "Enter" key?
Yeah, I know. Isn't it ironic?
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The Opencola soft drink formula was a time-limited marketing promotion that ran publicly until 2001 in support of the company's introductory open source product offering. Opencola has since changed its strategic direction and is now focusing its core business on developing a proprietary distributed content search application.
FuckedCompany, anyone?
Consider a computer supplier that is co-opted by an unscrupulous political party. They create some sort of hardware mod that allows the contents of memory to be arbitrarily modified. Perhaps it can be controlled wirelessly. Suddenly bootable serial numbered CD-ROMS aren't a solution.
The advantage to the pencil-and-paper system is that to my knowledge, nobody has developed paper that can cause a mark on its surface to be erased and another mark drawn while the paper is in the ballot box. People can watch the ballot go into the box, they can watch it come out, and be sure that nothing has occurred to change the vote thereupon. When the vote is nothing but electrons inside a machine, this is much more difficult.
The law is that caffeine may not be added to any beverage unless it is a cola-type beverage. The addition of caffeine to beverages has been rationalized by the soft drink manufacturers as giving their product a distinctive flavour. Since caffeine is a drug, it has been restricted to only being added to cola because of the historical use of caffeine in these products. Or something. Here's the text of the relevant section of the food and drug act. Search the page for the word caffeine.
As for the other stories, it may be that someone else submitted them with a better writeup and they just haven't been posted yet.
Yeah, I tried submitting a couple stories. They got rejected. I don't bother anymore. With the time I save, I spend more time reading Slashdot.
This guy that was in one of my comp sci classes had this great idea for providing cheerleaders for programmers at his workplace. He had some problems convincing management of the productivity benefits, however.
I've been more than happy with WinMX...
For one thing, any fan inside a computer uses a magnetic field to generate rotation, as does the spindle inside your hard disk. And a few weeks ago, I took apart a HD that had crashed on me, and what did I find? A super-powerful magnet in the head acutator. I stuck it to the fridge and I can barely pull it off.
Of course, these magnets have some shielding to contain the magnetic field, but there will always be a magnetic field around a wire conducting electricity, and there are lots of wires inside a computer. I would be very surprised to hear about any damage done to a computer by a magnet.
ok, I don't get it. What's the reference here?
You would have to start downloading some pr0n eventually. It's not like you're gonna be picking up any chicks while you're wearing one of these things...
I think in most cases the movie is not actually attached to the E-mail, but is in fact hosted on a web server somewhere and the email includes a link to the video.
Tetris Jr. It's "Not for Wimps" and "Totally Cool"!
The idea that you should certify someone based solely on their knowledge of one programming language and expect them to be able to go out into industry and write good software is like testing someonone on their ability to draw architectural diagrams and sending them off to build a bridge. A programming language is a tool, nothing more. Being able to use a tool properly is important, but it's not enough. Software developers need to be trained in the application of software engineering principles, which go beyond writing code and set out a framework for designing a system.
I guess this means I'm gonna have to buy the White Album again...
I don't think that's an unreasonable sentiment. Why don't most directors shoot movies with digital cameras instead of film cameras? Because the quality is too good, and the picture ends up having a sterile "evening news" appearance. Of course now there are devices available to "degrade" the picture in such a way that it looks like it's been shot on film.
Microsoft Foundation Classes
Hey, I'm only 22 and I spread herpes just fine, thanks.
The chicks love me.
Ok, so they've found one more bug... how many more could there be? I mean seriously, IE's gotta be close to perfect now!
Computer: Oh look, Ryan has sat down in front of the television. Stop playing ads for tampons and denture cream, and bring on the beer commercials featuring monster trucks and bikini girls!
"No mom, the x-box *automatically* keeps kids from being able to play violent games!"
"Oh, okay honey..."
*snicker*
The wording of the headline is a little deceptive... if you read carefully, you will see that it was actually the source code that was stolen, not "secret codes" for accessing the system. Of course, the source code might give someone some insight into how the system works which may allow them to hack in, but it's not like someone has stolen the launch codes for the Army's fleet of ICBM's...
Yet another removable storage medium. Why?? There is hardly a computer anywhere that isn't connected to the Internet, and with websites like Driveway and Xdrive which allow you to store your files for free on their servers and access them from any computer with a web browser, who needs disks?
Am I the only one who thinks disks are dead?
It would seem rotten.com does not have the financial resources to pursue such a legal battle, as their response to almost every cease and desist order they have received is to remove the offending content. And they have received many...