Sandisk _invented_ the modern ATA-flash controller. Sandisk _invented_ the CompactFlash standard (which combines this controller with an IDE interface.)
Everyone else licenses their patents or their entire technology from Sandisk. They are, quite literally, the leaders.
Just because a company invents something doesn't mean it's any good at implementing it.
Yes it does, and knowing what it is for your kid(s) is one of the most important parts of parenting. It's hard, but then no-one said being a parent was easy.
For most people programming is a long road of breaking your head against a problem until it gets solved. Long hours spent tapping away at the keyboard and honestly "normal" people think we're all out of our minds.
And then most of them go back to driving a truck, or waiting on tables, or shuffling paper, or laying bricks or whatever "normal" job it is that they do.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with any of those jobs, but let's face it - they're not exactly riveting, and yet we are the mad ones...
So how exactly is this different from the moon, mars or even space itself?
You don't have to worry so much about temperature or pressure, or quite so much about the radiation (as the atmosphere will offer some protection at least). That means that the suits can be less bulky and restrictive, damage (both to them and the habitat) is less of an immediate problem, etc. You'll still need to keep the things airtight of course. It may also be possible to process the surrounding atmosphere. Additionally on the Moon dust is a huge problem if you ever want to go outside; that's one less thing to worry about on Venus.
Getting to Venus will be harder, I'll grant you that, but to me it seems that the conditions once you get there are a lot better than your alternatives.
Uncle Enzo doesn't take Raven down; iirc Raven makes it out of the airport and is last seen riding off on his motorcycle. Injured yes, but not seriously and most certainly alive.
Windows lets the unsafe ASF files appear to the operator to be safe MP3.
The last time I opened a file in Windows Media Player that had an incorrect extension it warned me of the fact, giving me the option of not playing it.
But of course, we can't say that Windows and ASF and IE are the security monsters. We have to blame MP3.
I don't see anything in the summary or article that blames mp3s, so I'm really not sure what you mean by that.
When my daughter was 5 or so, we were out shopping in a supermarket. My then partner (my daughter's mum) went up one aisle and I, thinking our daughter was with her, went up another. A minute or two later we met at the other end, to find she wasn't with either of us.
We had a quick look round the surrounding area but finding no sign of her my ex went to speak to the staff about getting an announcement put over the PA system while I went off to look for her. About half the store away (and it's a *big* store, a Tesco Extra for anyone in the UK) I finally caught sight of her and called out to her.
She turned, saw me, laughed and ran off. We were frantic; she thought she was playing chase or hide and seek or something. Kids.
That's not valid SQL; you can't drop a table based on a selection criterion like that. Either "drop table users" (or similar) or "delete from users where username='kellyb9'".
But at a job interview, I'd rather not have someone know how I spend my Friday nights.
Personally if it even came up at a job interview I'd most likely be telling them where to stick their job (politely, of course). What I do on my own time is my business, not theirs, as long as I'm not actively working against them.
You see that weird mark at the end of the title of the article? Ooh, like the one I just used in fact! That's called a "question mark", it indicates that the preceding phrase or sentence is a question, or is otherwise speculative. Note also the use of the word "may" in the summary, that's another good indication that it's speculation, not fact.
I very much doubt that the average kid sees anything other than the chance to get stuff for free with little or no fear of being caught. In fact given that it's so prevalent, I expect they don't even consciously register that they're doing anything wrong (in any sense, morally or legally)
Honestly, in my experience very few people outside of slashdot think about it *at all*. As much as we like to think that most people are sticking it to the man because of industry corruption and deal-breaking, it really isn't like that.
Because if you take my car, I won't be able to use it. I will have been harmed by your actions. Harming people is bad.
It's more than just that - the mere act of driving a car causes wear and tear on it, shortening its remaining useful life and decreasing its value (although that decreases over time whether you drive it or not, of course).
On the other hand, if you copy my song/program/movie, I won't have been harmed: I'll still have everything I had before you made that copy.
You have everything physical, but you no longer have the opportunity to attempt to profit from your work by charging me for a copy of that work. That's not the same as depriving you access to a physical item, but it is at least a notional, potential loss. (Or rather, loss of potential)
It's not black and white, of course, because not everyone who copies your stuff would have paid for it if they couldn't copy it, there's the advertising aspect, etc. However I don't believe that it's as cut and dried as a lot of people here try to make out.
The GPL relies on copyright law for its teeth. Without it, there would be nothing to prevent e.g. "Tivoisation" of code, one of the things that the GPL3 was specifically written to address.
There are other technological methods that could be employed to make it difficult for people to exercise their rights (as defined by the GPL/Free Software movement) that could be employed if the GPL were stripped of its power in that way.
It may well be true that Stallman was just trying to put things back the way they were, but now that there is so much vested interest in things staying as they are, there most certainly is a need for legal backing for the GPL and similar licences. Saying that "If there were no copyright of software, RMS would have never needed to create the GPL" may be true, but it has nothing to do with the current discussion as copyright does exist.
In other news, purchasing cigarettes and alcohol require you to disclose your first and last name when you show your ID! Even worse, there are rumors that every time you make a purchase using anything other than cash you have to disclose your first and last name.
Perhaps in the US, but here in the UK you don't have to show ID to buy alcohol or tobacco unless you look like you might be under age. Even that's a relatively recent thing - 16 years ago I had no problem buying alcohol at 16 and 17 (age limit is 18 here - yes, I looked older than my age, but not that much older).
Additionally for the last couple of years paying by card has meant putting it in a card reader, the member of staff dealing with the transaction doesn't even have to see the card, let alone your name.
I'm not arguing that this bug is some horrible privacy violation. I'm just pointing out that people in different countries have different expectations regarding privacy, and Google provides a global service.
which not only tells us the version but also how old it is
Who cares how old it is? If it works and isn't known to have any stability or security issues (or at least not ones that affect your use of it), does it matter?
Software that is newer is not inherently more secure, software that is older is not inherently less secure. I really fail to see how this "date obsolescence effect" helps improve security - I know version 20080213 is older than 20080601, but then I also know that 2.2.12 is older than 2.2.25. Neither of these schemes in themselves say anything at all about the security of the software in question.
Slashdot Mirror
No, that's "self-deprecation". "Depreciation" is when something loses value.
Slashdot is not rabidly anti-Christian. A vocal section of the slashdot readership is anti-religion, not specifically anti-Christian.
Sandisk _invented_ the modern ATA-flash controller. Sandisk _invented_ the CompactFlash standard (which combines this controller with an IDE interface.)
Everyone else licenses their patents or their entire technology from Sandisk. They are, quite literally, the leaders.
Just because a company invents something doesn't mean it's any good at implementing it.
Yes it does, and knowing what it is for your kid(s) is one of the most important parts of parenting. It's hard, but then no-one said being a parent was easy.
Maybe it's the glass of wine, but I actually laughed out loud on reading that - thank you :)
Of course they store user wishlists in a db, but they're rich, there's no way anyone would go after them first...
For most people programming is a long road of breaking your head against a problem until it gets solved. Long hours spent tapping away at the keyboard and honestly "normal" people think we're all out of our minds.
And then most of them go back to driving a truck, or waiting on tables, or shuffling paper, or laying bricks or whatever "normal" job it is that they do.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with any of those jobs, but let's face it - they're not exactly riveting, and yet we are the mad ones...
So how exactly is this different from the moon, mars or even space itself?
You don't have to worry so much about temperature or pressure, or quite so much about the radiation (as the atmosphere will offer some protection at least). That means that the suits can be less bulky and restrictive, damage (both to them and the habitat) is less of an immediate problem, etc. You'll still need to keep the things airtight of course. It may also be possible to process the surrounding atmosphere. Additionally on the Moon dust is a huge problem if you ever want to go outside; that's one less thing to worry about on Venus.
Getting to Venus will be harder, I'll grant you that, but to me it seems that the conditions once you get there are a lot better than your alternatives.
Okay smart guy, what about 10.000.432? Did I just write 10 000.432 or 10 000 432?
What sort of crazy messed-up system would use the same character for digit grouping and decimals?
10.000.432 can *only* mean 10 000 432, if you're talking about an amount.
Uncle Enzo doesn't take Raven down; iirc Raven makes it out of the airport and is last seen riding off on his motorcycle. Injured yes, but not seriously and most certainly alive.
Windows lets the unsafe ASF files appear to the operator to be safe MP3.
The last time I opened a file in Windows Media Player that had an incorrect extension it warned me of the fact, giving me the option of not playing it.
But of course, we can't say that Windows and ASF and IE are the security monsters. We have to blame MP3.
I don't see anything in the summary or article that blames mp3s, so I'm really not sure what you mean by that.
When my daughter was 5 or so, we were out shopping in a supermarket. My then partner (my daughter's mum) went up one aisle and I, thinking our daughter was with her, went up another. A minute or two later we met at the other end, to find she wasn't with either of us.
We had a quick look round the surrounding area but finding no sign of her my ex went to speak to the staff about getting an announcement put over the PA system while I went off to look for her. About half the store away (and it's a *big* store, a Tesco Extra for anyone in the UK) I finally caught sight of her and called out to her.
She turned, saw me, laughed and ran off. We were frantic; she thought she was playing chase or hide and seek or something. Kids.
You must be doing something wrong, I've had XP Pro installs that cold-booted faster than that...
That's not valid SQL; you can't drop a table based on a selection criterion like that. Either "drop table users" (or similar) or "delete from users where username='kellyb9'".
But at a job interview, I'd rather not have someone know how I spend my Friday nights.
Personally if it even came up at a job interview I'd most likely be telling them where to stick their job (politely, of course). What I do on my own time is my business, not theirs, as long as I'm not actively working against them.
You see that weird mark at the end of the title of the article? Ooh, like the one I just used in fact! That's called a "question mark", it indicates that the preceding phrase or sentence is a question, or is otherwise speculative. Note also the use of the word "may" in the summary, that's another good indication that it's speculation, not fact.
But thanks for playing. Yet again.
bingo. that's what kids today see.
I very much doubt that the average kid sees anything other than the chance to get stuff for free with little or no fear of being caught. In fact given that it's so prevalent, I expect they don't even consciously register that they're doing anything wrong (in any sense, morally or legally)
Honestly, in my experience very few people outside of slashdot think about it *at all*. As much as we like to think that most people are sticking it to the man because of industry corruption and deal-breaking, it really isn't like that.
Because if you take my car, I won't be able to use it. I will have been harmed by your actions. Harming people is bad.
It's more than just that - the mere act of driving a car causes wear and tear on it, shortening its remaining useful life and decreasing its value (although that decreases over time whether you drive it or not, of course).
On the other hand, if you copy my song/program/movie, I won't have been harmed: I'll still have everything I had before you made that copy.
You have everything physical, but you no longer have the opportunity to attempt to profit from your work by charging me for a copy of that work. That's not the same as depriving you access to a physical item, but it is at least a notional, potential loss. (Or rather, loss of potential)
It's not black and white, of course, because not everyone who copies your stuff would have paid for it if they couldn't copy it, there's the advertising aspect, etc. However I don't believe that it's as cut and dried as a lot of people here try to make out.
And anyone who likes to bitch about MySQL deserves an Oracle bill.
Or they could use Postgres...
The GPL relies on copyright law for its teeth. Without it, there would be nothing to prevent e.g. "Tivoisation" of code, one of the things that the GPL3 was specifically written to address.
There are other technological methods that could be employed to make it difficult for people to exercise their rights (as defined by the GPL/Free Software movement) that could be employed if the GPL were stripped of its power in that way.
It may well be true that Stallman was just trying to put things back the way they were, but now that there is so much vested interest in things staying as they are, there most certainly is a need for legal backing for the GPL and similar licences. Saying that "If there were no copyright of software, RMS would have never needed to create the GPL" may be true, but it has nothing to do with the current discussion as copyright does exist.
Yes, that point does come, but in this case it was decided that the best thing to do would be to give the kid a second chance.
Do not expect him to get a third.
dunno why all the news stories are running that one.
Because controversy sells.
In other news, purchasing cigarettes and alcohol require you to disclose your first and last name when you show your ID! Even worse, there are rumors that every time you make a purchase using anything other than cash you have to disclose your first and last name.
Perhaps in the US, but here in the UK you don't have to show ID to buy alcohol or tobacco unless you look like you might be under age. Even that's a relatively recent thing - 16 years ago I had no problem buying alcohol at 16 and 17 (age limit is 18 here - yes, I looked older than my age, but not that much older).
Additionally for the last couple of years paying by card has meant putting it in a card reader, the member of staff dealing with the transaction doesn't even have to see the card, let alone your name.
I'm not arguing that this bug is some horrible privacy violation. I'm just pointing out that people in different countries have different expectations regarding privacy, and Google provides a global service.
If Windows had a kernel numbered 1.33.7
Funnily enough, the build number of Windows XP is 2600.
which not only tells us the version but also how old it is
Who cares how old it is? If it works and isn't known to have any stability or security issues (or at least not ones that affect your use of it), does it matter?
Software that is newer is not inherently more secure, software that is older is not inherently less secure. I really fail to see how this "date obsolescence effect" helps improve security - I know version 20080213 is older than 20080601, but then I also know that 2.2.12 is older than 2.2.25. Neither of these schemes in themselves say anything at all about the security of the software in question.