what's the point in a post-ownage detection system? once the cracker is in your box, your intrusion detection system is also sitting there waiting to be modified.
against good crackers, this system is worse than nothing as it will only give the admin a false sense of security. As far as I can tell, this would only be useful against the script kiddies and/or incomplete/interrupted jobs..
i'm not anti-american, it just pisses me off that they just have to fuck up a perfectly good system coz they didn't invent it. anyway, what's it got to do with the fact that the metric system has defined prefixes to mean certain things (kilo=1000, mega=1000000), and the USA says "fuck that - we're gonna redefine it" so the same word means different things depending on situation? Ivory tower or not, the metric system works. Any scientist not using it (read: all of NASA) should be shot.
remember the 7-level OSI network model? Seen any implimentations around lately?)
As an example of one of the most open and successful methods for developing standards, take a look at how the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) operates, and the standards they have created. (Hint: you're making use of a whole bunch of them everytime you read slashdot.)
no shit sherlock. and do you see how much shit is kicked up when someone (MS) doesn't follow the standards?
unfortunatly, they're all incorrect. in keeping with American tradition, the SI/metric system just HAD to be completely fucked up before the yanks could be happy with themselves.
the correct definitions are here. Until 1998, I fought to the death that a kilobyte = 1024 bytes, but now there are proper definitions for base 2, I will fight to the death kilobyte = 1000 bytes.
Iridium failued because Iridium was a bad idea. Satellites are quite in demand, thank you
satelites that work that is. if iridium failed only because of business/management problems, the satelites would probably have new homes by now.
but they don't, which leads me to believe that the technology used in the constellation is crap/inappropriate/worthless. given that it's completely unsuitable for data communications as well, I don't see any technically redeeming qualities...
if you mention a competitor by name (or specifically imply one), it's FUD even if it's true(ish). If your product is so worthless all you can do it poke holes in specific parts of a competitor, your product is worthless.
Stand on your own two feet and promote your products strengths, or shut the fuck up.
er, old games have playability coz they're impossible to beat. consoles generally mimic (or =) arcade games, designed to keep you pumping money into it. so the levels just keep getting harder and harder until you die. it's all about how far you get/points you score.
and that's the reason I hate those games, I want a fighting chance to WIN the fucking thing. I paid $80 for it, I don't want some cheating AI to beat me by natural advantage - I want real skill.
and on the subject of paying for games... when I spend a wad of cash on a game, I don't want to wait until the LAST level to get the really good weapons. GIMME THEM NOW DAMNIT!!
i love to play flight sims, but i've yet to find a joystick that doesn't float around with at least half the games I want to play, regardless of how much calibration or driver updates i do. so, until someone makes a decent ACCURATE joystick with top notch drivers (with, OMG, a dead-zone), fuck it. i'll play FPS with a nice accurate mouse.
Copyright is automatically applied. Unless you sign away rights when you enroll in your particular educational institution (a questionable practise IMO; fair use should be enough), you own all rights. A license or even a (C)opyright notice is not required.
Then again, I'm not American and I'm told USA's copyright laws are abnormal...
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warranty for the product
hairy issue.. while MS would love for you to use nothing but MS products, I hardly think it's fair for MS to be held accountable if a 3rd party software botches the system and causes the company to go broke. If, however MS claim their OS is able to protect itself from such naughty apps, then they should be accountable if/when it doesn't work. OTOH, if their software screws itself on it's own, then the customer is entitled to a refund or equivalent working product (customer's choice)
liability for third party use
I think this should come down to intent, which (IANAL) would probably be hard to prove. If a piece of software is written and inflicted on the public on purpose then the author/distributor should be accountable. However if the intent is educational, or for another purpose altogether, then they should not be held accountable.
I'm not american so you're gonna have to help me out here... isn't one of the reasons you lot are still armed because you reserve the right to fight for your freedom and resist dictators, etc?
when exactly does the national rifle association (or whoever is fighting for your right to be armed) stand up and say "fuck it, that's just going to far" and declare civil war?
To quote one of your own:
Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. Taken from Jefferson, On Democracy 20, S. Padover ed., 1939:
"And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
for a co-op/deathmatch combo, play Counter Strike (free mod for Half Life).
of course, you die pretty easily in CS, so if you shoot your teammates in any soft spots, he won't be around to see you look stupid. plus, team kills result in your instant death in the next round, so it's best to avoid TK's (on servers with friendly fire turned on) for your own good.
maybe, but it wouldn't be many, if any. unless the developer has lots of dosh to play with, they're only interesting in getting the game into the biggest market, with a minimum of fuss.
however it may mean there will be room for more dedicated porting companies to come along afterwards and do other platforms.
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writting on one of these things. Holy crap
even so, I reckon his handwriting would still be better than mine...
Does anyone think they don't suck these days?
yeah, me!
they don't suck, they blow (goats).
what's the point in a post-ownage detection system? once the cracker is in your box, your intrusion detection system is also sitting there waiting to be modified.
against good crackers, this system is worse than nothing as it will only give the admin a false sense of security. As far as I can tell, this would only be useful against the script kiddies and/or incomplete/interrupted jobs..
perpendicular/at right angles
i'm not anti-american, it just pisses me off that they just have to fuck up a perfectly good system coz they didn't invent it. anyway, what's it got to do with the fact that the metric system has defined prefixes to mean certain things (kilo=1000, mega=1000000), and the USA says "fuck that - we're gonna redefine it" so the same word means different things depending on situation? Ivory tower or not, the metric system works. Any scientist not using it (read: all of NASA) should be shot.
remember the 7-level OSI network model? Seen any implimentations around lately?)
Layers 1/2: ethernet/ATM/etc
Layer 3: IP
Layer 4: TCP/UDP/etc
Layer 5: sockets?
Layer 6: HTTP?
Layer 7: Slashdot?
As an example of one of the most open and successful methods for developing standards, take a look at how the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) operates, and the standards they have created. (Hint: you're making use of a whole bunch of them everytime you read slashdot.)
no shit sherlock. and do you see how much shit is kicked up when someone (MS) doesn't follow the standards?
ivory-tower committee
thats rich... the yanks have the biggest case of "not invented here" syndrome, yet have the balls to complain about ivory tower committees. rofl!
unfortunatly, they're all incorrect. in keeping with American tradition, the SI/metric system just HAD to be completely fucked up before the yanks could be happy with themselves.
the correct definitions are here. Until 1998, I fought to the death that a kilobyte = 1024 bytes, but now there are proper definitions for base 2, I will fight to the death kilobyte = 1000 bytes.
mwahaha, I can script my way to work in Logo
OTOH, if you think script kiddies are bad now, just wait till they can script your personal-copter
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people want to be wired (use fiber optics) and not be wireless (use satellite), which is nonsense and not a reason why they failed
people don't want to be wired, they have to be - upstream bandwith is hopeless on mobile devices, and if it sucks for data, I don't want it.
the cash has been transferred.
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hey, nothing happened! I was a refu*&@#$%!NO CARRIER
Iridium failued because Iridium was a bad idea. Satellites are quite in demand, thank you
satelites that work that is. if iridium failed only because of business/management problems, the satelites would probably have new homes by now.
but they don't, which leads me to believe that the technology used in the constellation is crap/inappropriate/worthless. given that it's completely unsuitable for data communications as well, I don't see any technically redeeming qualities...
a bunch of complete losers, with no social life to speak of
and your point is.... ?
now toasters and ovens can have Web access, and don't even need the old inefficient heating elements...
um, why? is it because a reactor is able to control/feed the reaction, and a bomb is just left to feed off itself?
if you mention a competitor by name (or specifically imply one), it's FUD even if it's true(ish). If your product is so worthless all you can do it poke holes in specific parts of a competitor, your product is worthless.
Stand on your own two feet and promote your products strengths, or shut the fuck up.
er, old games have playability coz they're impossible to beat. consoles generally mimic (or =) arcade games, designed to keep you pumping money into it. so the levels just keep getting harder and harder until you die. it's all about how far you get/points you score.
/rant.
and that's the reason I hate those games, I want a fighting chance to WIN the fucking thing. I paid $80 for it, I don't want some cheating AI to beat me by natural advantage - I want real skill.
and on the subject of paying for games... when I spend a wad of cash on a game, I don't want to wait until the LAST level to get the really good weapons. GIMME THEM NOW DAMNIT!!
i love to play flight sims, but i've yet to find a joystick that doesn't float around with at least half the games I want to play, regardless of how much calibration or driver updates i do. so, until someone makes a decent ACCURATE joystick with top notch drivers (with, OMG, a dead-zone), fuck it. i'll play FPS with a nice accurate mouse.
AFAIK, balance is a function of our inner ear... but you might wanna look that up.
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."
from a comic strip, i forget which one..
what about /foo/bar/myfile versus vla4:[foo.bar]myfile or maybe foo$bar:myfile
Unix wins. no question.
Copyright is automatically applied. Unless you sign away rights when you enroll in your particular educational institution (a questionable practise IMO; fair use should be enough), you own all rights. A license or even a (C)opyright notice is not required.
Then again, I'm not American and I'm told USA's copyright laws are abnormal...
explain unpowered PS2/VGA switchboxs then?
warranty for the product
hairy issue.. while MS would love for you to use nothing but MS products, I hardly think it's fair for MS to be held accountable if a 3rd party software botches the system and causes the company to go broke. If, however MS claim their OS is able to protect itself from such naughty apps, then they should be accountable if/when it doesn't work. OTOH, if their software screws itself on it's own, then the customer is entitled to a refund or equivalent working product (customer's choice)
liability for third party use
I think this should come down to intent, which (IANAL) would probably be hard to prove. If a piece of software is written and inflicted on the public on purpose then the author/distributor should be accountable. However if the intent is educational, or for another purpose altogether, then they should not be held accountable.
I'm not american so you're gonna have to help me out here... isn't one of the reasons you lot are still armed because you reserve the right to fight for your freedom and resist dictators, etc?
.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
when exactly does the national rifle association (or whoever is fighting for your right to be armed) stand up and say "fuck it, that's just going to far" and declare civil war?
To quote one of your own:
Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. Taken from Jefferson, On Democracy 20, S. Padover ed., 1939:
"And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms
for a co-op/deathmatch combo, play Counter Strike (free mod for Half Life).
of course, you die pretty easily in CS, so if you shoot your teammates in any soft spots, he won't be around to see you look stupid. plus, team kills result in your instant death in the next round, so it's best to avoid TK's (on servers with friendly fire turned on) for your own good.
maybe, but it wouldn't be many, if any. unless the developer has lots of dosh to play with, they're only interesting in getting the game into the biggest market, with a minimum of fuss.
however it may mean there will be room for more dedicated porting companies to come along afterwards and do other platforms.