Your mom thought her chastity belt was ram proof. To her surprise, I flipped that bitch over and did her from behind.
The AC intended this as a rather weak joke. However, he has come up with an unintentionally insightful observation here.
When dealing with matters of security, it is awfully easy to overlook the weak point in a system. People who "belong" generally walk in and out the front door, for example, so when thinking of security you (as a "belong-er") think in terms of reinforcing the front door and installing a burglar alarm. However, in a lot of cases the garbage disposal chute, the sewer outlet and the air conditioning vents on the roof get forgotten about, and become a weak point in the system.
"Nobody would crawl through four inches of slime to get in through that garbage disposal chute." Right....
Several years ago I had to set up an accounting system for a relatively small municipality (county). The menu item for their payroll function (to be accessed only by the "elite", not the rest of the users) was number 4. The password I set for them while I was there was "play". 4 play.
No, it wasn't my idea. The payroll clerk told me to do it.
The funny thing being that the license in the GPL'd software they're using in MPlayer forbids forbidding binary distribution.
Eh? You can distribute binaries of GPL software. Of course.
You just have to make the source available, etc. etc. But you can certainly hand someone a disk of pre-compiled GPL software, or let him download it or whatever.
Where did you ever get the idea that pre-compiled GPL software is not allowed for distribution?
You forgot to mention that our modern "image" of Santa Claus was created in (I think) the 1920's by an artist working on a Coca Cola advertising campaign.
How is it their (Mozilla folk) fault that you are behind the times?
I don't mean to be snarky, but if you're going to express frustration then it would be most sensible to be frustrated about something that is beyond your control. This situation wasn't beyond your control, though you appear to somehow think it was.
I've never heard of anyone demanding a bug fix or an extra feature before they sent in the registration fee, have you?
Yes, as a matter of fact I have.
I used to have a reasonably popular shareware program that printed cover sheets for faxes. As it was a business-oriented thing I received a surprising (to me) number of "registrations" - cheques in the mail from all sorts of places.
However, the point here is that I received requests for additional features all the time from both registered users and potential "customers". I vividly recall getting a letter from a law firm stating that they would pay for a certain number of "registered copies" of the program if I added a certain feature. I added the feature, mailed them the new version, and never heard from them again. *grin*
Nevermind that such an exploit could also be used to do just the same thing and send people off to download a "patch" form a psuedo MS site.
Probably not as easily done as it appears on the surface. I suspect (though I could be wrong) that there would be some kind of key-signing of the update patch that's done by MS and then checked by XP before installing the same.
Or maybe not. This is, after all, Microsoft. But still, it seems an obvious precaution to me.
You're trying to tell me that restaurant employees should pay when they sing happy birthday to a customer?
Theoretically, yes. At least, that's my understanding.
As a practical matter, the money-collecting outfit (ASCAP? BMI? I don't know which) collects from Happy Birthday "performances" in television shows, movies, live plays and so on.
I think a big part of this is whether you have your email address included on any (popular) web pages.
I find that my "regular" email address receives very few worms from folks, while my "publicly posted on a web page" email address receives quite a few.
Many (most?) of these things harvest target addresses from the IE cache, and if your email address is included on a recently-viewed web page then you get to be the lucky winner. If you're not on a web page, then you're a bit further off of the radar screen and less likely to get these presents.
And with the height of fine timing, I just this very moment (while I was typing that last sentence) had another worm drop into my inbox. *grin*
I don't see anything wrong with that, any more than I see something wrong with the conversation that's held between construction workers in a bar after work. The fact that I enjoy one and wouldn't "fit in" with the other is irrelevant to the objective merit (if there is such a thing) of each activity.
In other words, it's fun. And amusing. And that's enough justification for its presence here on Slashdot, in my opinion.
I want to set Kword to default to "US letter" size paper, and it doesn't "take". Every time it comes up as A4 size.
Does anyone know how in the world one can change the default paper size?
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I see nothing wrong with what Percy did here. If Monsanto's seeds contaminated Percy's crop, why is it up to Percy to call Monsanto or do anything other than, perhaps, to demand substantial compensation from them for contaminating his crop?
If the seeds are on his property and he wishes to keep them, then I think he has every right to do so.
He did not steal Monsanto's seeds.
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Why is it Percy's responsibility to check his fields for Monsanto's so-called "property" and call them to remove it?
I think it is Monsanto's job to insure that "their seeds" don't stray past whatever area they wish them to be planted in. And if those seeds do spread elsewhere then it is Monsanto's job to (a) apologize profusely to the farmer whose field is contaminated, (b) pay substantial compensation to the farmer whose field is contaminated, and (c) offer to remove the seeds from his field. However, if the farmer declines to have them exercise item (c) then tough bananas. If they can't control their seeds and someone else gets them in his field and wishes to keep them, so be it.
In Percy's case, I have not heard Monsanto offering him any apology or compensation for their contamination of his crop. Which is wrong. Wrong. And also wrong.
which is legalspeak for "Yeah, as long as wiretaps require court orders, so does Magic Lantern."
Sounds more like "we don't know if use of this technology will require a warrant yet as it's an un-explored area of the law. Once the project is further developed, we will research the position on this matter and decide if a warrant is required or not."
Don't forget that the "un-connected" computer should probably be a laptop, and said computer should be stored in a secure safe or other equally secure place when it is not in use or in the immediate possession of the owner.
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Your mom thought her chastity belt was ram proof. To her surprise, I flipped that bitch over and did her from behind.
The AC intended this as a rather weak joke. However, he has come up with an unintentionally insightful observation here.
When dealing with matters of security, it is awfully easy to overlook the weak point in a system. People who "belong" generally walk in and out the front door, for example, so when thinking of security you (as a "belong-er") think in terms of reinforcing the front door and installing a burglar alarm. However, in a lot of cases the garbage disposal chute, the sewer outlet and the air conditioning vents on the roof get forgotten about, and become a weak point in the system.
"Nobody would crawl through four inches of slime to get in through that garbage disposal chute." Right....
Several years ago I had to set up an accounting system for a relatively small municipality (county). The menu item for their payroll function (to be accessed only by the "elite", not the rest of the users) was number 4. The password I set for them while I was there was "play". 4 play.
No, it wasn't my idea. The payroll clerk told me to do it.
10 PoundXP note will have a higher buying power than a 10 euro note.
And based on the hardware requirements for the XP note, a 10 pound note will be just that - 10 pounds.
Reinforced wallets for all!
*tee hee*
Between 40% and 60%, the bill is worth half face value.
Somehow I don't think you've got your facts right there.
It's always been my understanding that 51% or more of a bill is worth full face value. 50% or less is worth nothing.
Using your formula above, I could cut a dollar bill into two pieces (half-and-half) and turn it in for $2.
I believe the word you're looking for here is "microwave oven".
Ok, two words.
barter (we'll ignore registered property like vehicles) you don't have to use government issued currency you choose to.
I suspect that you would be on the receiving end of some "interest" from the local taxation authorities if your bartering became too..*ahem* visible.
Sad but true.
Back about... 15 years ago? 20? Something like that.
I was in the office of a research company and the owner showed me their shiny new minicomputer. I can't remember what kind it was, unfortunately.
He said something then that struck me as very insightful and I've not forgotten it to this day.
"You know, minicomputers are looking more like micros every day."
You gotta love the last line in that article:
Copyright 2001 Associated Press. All right reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
That alone makes more of a point than the entirity of the article itself.
*sigh*
http://content.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010409S 0012
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http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-05/s
The funny thing being that the license in the GPL'd software they're using in MPlayer forbids forbidding binary distribution.
Eh? You can distribute binaries of GPL software. Of course.
You just have to make the source available, etc. etc. But you can certainly hand someone a disk of pre-compiled GPL software, or let him download it or whatever.
Where did you ever get the idea that pre-compiled GPL software is not allowed for distribution?
You forgot to mention that our modern "image" of Santa Claus was created in (I think) the 1920's by an artist working on a Coca Cola advertising campaign.
How is it their (Mozilla folk) fault that you are behind the times?
I don't mean to be snarky, but if you're going to express frustration then it would be most sensible to be frustrated about something that is beyond your control. This situation wasn't beyond your control, though you appear to somehow think it was.
I've never heard of anyone demanding a bug fix or an extra feature before they sent in the registration fee, have you?
Yes, as a matter of fact I have.
I used to have a reasonably popular shareware program that printed cover sheets for faxes. As it was a business-oriented thing I received a surprising (to me) number of "registrations" - cheques in the mail from all sorts of places.
However, the point here is that I received requests for additional features all the time from both registered users and potential "customers". I vividly recall getting a letter from a law firm stating that they would pay for a certain number of "registered copies" of the program if I added a certain feature. I added the feature, mailed them the new version, and never heard from them again. *grin*
Nevermind that such an exploit could also be used to do just the same thing and send people off to download a "patch" form a psuedo MS site.
Probably not as easily done as it appears on the surface. I suspect (though I could be wrong) that there would be some kind of key-signing of the update patch that's done by MS and then checked by XP before installing the same.
Or maybe not. This is, after all, Microsoft. But still, it seems an obvious precaution to me.
You're trying to tell me that restaurant employees should pay when they sing happy birthday to a customer?
Theoretically, yes. At least, that's my understanding.
As a practical matter, the money-collecting outfit (ASCAP? BMI? I don't know which) collects from Happy Birthday "performances" in television shows, movies, live plays and so on.
Actually, you do have to pay to sing "Happy Birthday", if it's a public performance.
I don't know about "Jingle Bells", but it's probably the same.
I think a big part of this is whether you have your email address included on any (popular) web pages.
I find that my "regular" email address receives very few worms from folks, while my "publicly posted on a web page" email address receives quite a few.
Many (most?) of these things harvest target addresses from the IE cache, and if your email address is included on a recently-viewed web page then you get to be the lucky winner. If you're not on a web page, then you're a bit further off of the radar screen and less likely to get these presents.
And with the height of fine timing, I just this very moment (while I was typing that last sentence) had another worm drop into my inbox. *grin*
I find this type of thing amusing.
Entertaining.
And it's something that I enjoy reading.
I don't see anything wrong with that, any more than I see something wrong with the conversation that's held between construction workers in a bar after work. The fact that I enjoy one and wouldn't "fit in" with the other is irrelevant to the objective merit (if there is such a thing) of each activity.
In other words, it's fun. And amusing. And that's enough justification for its presence here on Slashdot, in my opinion.
I find it tremendously amusing that a Windows worm was written in Visual Basic, of all things.
Training wheels for small children's bicycle for sale. Buy now and get a free shotgun.
I must be missing something here.
I want to set Kword to default to "US letter" size paper, and it doesn't "take". Every time it comes up as A4 size.
Does anyone know how in the world one can change the default paper size?
I see nothing wrong with what Percy did here. If Monsanto's seeds contaminated Percy's crop, why is it up to Percy to call Monsanto or do anything other than, perhaps, to demand substantial compensation from them for contaminating his crop?
If the seeds are on his property and he wishes to keep them, then I think he has every right to do so.
He did not steal Monsanto's seeds.
Why is it Percy's responsibility to check his fields for Monsanto's so-called "property" and call them to remove it?
I think it is Monsanto's job to insure that "their seeds" don't stray past whatever area they wish them to be planted in. And if those seeds do spread elsewhere then it is Monsanto's job to (a) apologize profusely to the farmer whose field is contaminated, (b) pay substantial compensation to the farmer whose field is contaminated, and (c) offer to remove the seeds from his field. However, if the farmer declines to have them exercise item (c) then tough bananas. If they can't control their seeds and someone else gets them in his field and wishes to keep them, so be it.
In Percy's case, I have not heard Monsanto offering him any apology or compensation for their contamination of his crop. Which is wrong. Wrong. And also wrong.
which is legalspeak for "Yeah, as long as wiretaps require court orders, so does Magic Lantern."
Sounds more like "we don't know if use of this technology will require a warrant yet as it's an un-explored area of the law. Once the project is further developed, we will research the position on this matter and decide if a warrant is required or not."
Don't forget that the "un-connected" computer should probably be a laptop, and said computer should be stored in a secure safe or other equally secure place when it is not in use or in the immediate possession of the owner.
Step 7: Store your laptop in a secure safe when you are not using it or when it is not in your immediate possession.