If it had not been found by some random diff then this would most definitely been found the moment someone ran the code through lint or some other static code checker, hell even GCC would throw a warning on compile (atleast a modern version, don't know how the version from 2003 worked).
Considering how b0rked this attempt was, Microsoft actually would be plausible:-). I mean is there any lint or static code analyser who wouldn't have yelled it's ass of on that line? Even GCC does it (not so sure that the version of GCC used in 2003 did this though to be honest).
And what about the new star ship capable of sustaining 78 quantum torpedoes exploding from within the hull! Yes most of the payload was of course removed by Kahn in order for him to hide the bodies of his people but don't tell me that Spock and Scotty took the pains to beam them over to the ship without arming them properly.
I beg to differ, the old Kahn was believable. He wasn't the omnipotent superhuman that the new Kahn was. Watch "The Space Seed", since he was hibernated for so many years he had to trick the crew into teaching him how the modern space ships worked in order for him and his followers to take over.
In the new movie however he somehow manages to develop groundbreaking new warp technologies, weapons and star ships, singlehandedly.
Well the problem is that the second movie _didn't_ take advantage of that since it's a mere rewrite of The Wrath of Kahn, where the rewritten parts is about adding the superhuman powers that is common in the modern mutant/superheroe movies.
Agree on the problem with finding applications, that is a major headeache with all the new desktops (Unity, Gnome3, Windows7 and so on) in that one has to remember what that particular application was named. However I can understand why everyone has implemented it this way since if one have many applications installed the old Gnome2 (or Windows Start Menu) menu quickly gets so big it's no longer any fun.
ALT-TAB however have worked for me since day one (have used Ubuntu since 8.04 and upgraded to each version as they have come) so I don't know why it didn't for you.
I actually prefer these buttons to be on the left. Switching to work in Windows to do some cross compiling of stuff always amazes my how much more I have to move the mouse due to these buttons beeing on the right side of the windows. And if you don't like it then you can change them to the right by changing the theme of the desktop.
How did Unity "get so much in the way"? It's more or less nothing more than a dock and a "search for applications and files" function. The only thing that I don't like about Unity is that the menu is not on applications windows, that is somewhat retarded, but I cannot fathom how it gets in the way?!
I have never said that it was a terrible thing. I however get support mails from two kinds of developers, 1) the ones using the intellisense and 2) the ones who read the documentation and group 1) are always the ones with the RTFM questions. Always.
Have the IRA ever been caught by wiretapping? They seam to be smart enough to suspect that they have always been under surveillance and thus never communicated plans via wire or wireless.
If so, all the more reason to consult the documentation since the API is so new to you that you don't really know exactly how it works (return values and so on).
I have not had to change a single file when installing and playing any game on Linux using either Steam or one of the Humble Bundles that I have bought. And neither have I had to read any threads on some obscure board.
No they think that the _should_ care about the public interest since that is why we have them. If they do not serve the public interest we should abolish them.
Always? Actually most of his protagonists are not writers.
Carrie: no,
Salems Lot: yes,
The Shining: no,
Rage: no,
The Stand: no,
The Long Walk: no,
The Dead Zone: no,
Firestarter: no,
Roadwork: no,
Cujo: no,
The Running man: no,
Christine: no,
Pet Sematary: no,
The Talisman: no,
Thinner: no,
It: yes, in a way,
Misery: yes,
The Tommyknockers: yes, in a way,
The Dark Half: yes,
The Stand: no,
Needful Things: no,
Gerald's Game: no,
Dolores Claiborne: no,
Insomnia: yes,
Rose Madder: no,
The Green Mile: no,
Desperation: no,
The Regulators: no,
Bag of Bones: yes,
Storm of the Century: no,
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: no,
Hearts in Atlantis: no,
Secret Windows: yes,
Dreamcatcher: no,
From a Buick 8: no,
The Colorado Kid: no,
Cell: no, the main protagonist has done a graphic novel however,
Lisey's Story: yes,
Blaze: no,
Duma Key: yes,
Under the Dome: no,
11/22/63: no,
Joyland: no,
Doctor Sleep: no,
Yes I have not included the short stories from the collections but I think you can see the trend above quite clearly?
And what would that solve, the NSA would still tell Google USA to hand over the data. Since this is all done outside of the normal court system there is no need for the NSA to bother with such petty things as jurisdiction or legal entities.
Of course they can, all they have to do is tighten the screws of the US part of the company until it ponies up the data from overseas. Yes they may not be able to legally tell Google Germany to hand over the data but they most certainly could tell Google USA to hand over the German data, or else.
The problem with that is however that the non-intelligent criminals is easily caught by the normal means, i.e normal police work. So you have a) criminals that are to dumb to warrant this surveillance and b) criminals that are to smart for the surveillance to work. The really paranoid criminals like Hells Angels (they operate like the mob in my country) have always assumed that they are monitored so they have always banned cellphones from their meetings and if one leader wants to talk to another leader he simply sends one of the prospects to deliver the information orally regardless of distance.
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yeah, no one ever ran Linux on servers in 2003...
If it had not been found by some random diff then this would most definitely been found the moment someone ran the code through lint or some other static code checker, hell even GCC would throw a warning on compile (atleast a modern version, don't know how the version from 2003 worked).
Considering how b0rked this attempt was, Microsoft actually would be plausible :-). I mean is there any lint or static code analyser who wouldn't have yelled it's ass of on that line? Even GCC does it (not so sure that the version of GCC used in 2003 did this though to be honest).
That's why you see me walking.
And what about the new star ship capable of sustaining 78 quantum torpedoes exploding from within the hull! Yes most of the payload was of course removed by Kahn in order for him to hide the bodies of his people but don't tell me that Spock and Scotty took the pains to beam them over to the ship without arming them properly.
I beg to differ, the old Kahn was believable. He wasn't the omnipotent superhuman that the new Kahn was. Watch "The Space Seed", since he was hibernated for so many years he had to trick the crew into teaching him how the modern space ships worked in order for him and his followers to take over.
In the new movie however he somehow manages to develop groundbreaking new warp technologies, weapons and star ships, singlehandedly.
Well the problem is that the second movie _didn't_ take advantage of that since it's a mere rewrite of The Wrath of Kahn, where the rewritten parts is about adding the superhuman powers that is common in the modern mutant/superheroe movies.
Sure? Open a terminal and run:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'
Agree on the problem with finding applications, that is a major headeache with all the new desktops (Unity, Gnome3, Windows7 and so on) in that one has to remember what that particular application was named. However I can understand why everyone has implemented it this way since if one have many applications installed the old Gnome2 (or Windows Start Menu) menu quickly gets so big it's no longer any fun.
ALT-TAB however have worked for me since day one (have used Ubuntu since 8.04 and upgraded to each version as they have come) so I don't know why it didn't for you.
I actually prefer these buttons to be on the left. Switching to work in Windows to do some cross compiling of stuff always amazes my how much more I have to move the mouse due to these buttons beeing on the right side of the windows. And if you don't like it then you can change them to the right by changing the theme of the desktop.
How did Unity "get so much in the way"? It's more or less nothing more than a dock and a "search for applications and files" function. The only thing that I don't like about Unity is that the menu is not on applications windows, that is somewhat retarded, but I cannot fathom how it gets in the way?!
So GP is a good example (he said so) but I am a bad example, interesting :). And what on earth does WINE have to do with native Linux gaming???
I have never said that it was a terrible thing. I however get support mails from two kinds of developers, 1) the ones using the intellisense and 2) the ones who read the documentation and group 1) are always the ones with the RTFM questions. Always.
Have the IRA ever been caught by wiretapping? They seam to be smart enough to suspect that they have always been under surveillance and thus never communicated plans via wire or wireless.
If so, all the more reason to consult the documentation since the API is so new to you that you don't really know exactly how it works (return values and so on).
I have not had to change a single file when installing and playing any game on Linux using either Steam or one of the Humble Bundles that I have bought. And neither have I had to read any threads on some obscure board.
No they think that the _should_ care about the public interest since that is why we have them. If they do not serve the public interest we should abolish them.
Always? Actually most of his protagonists are not writers.
Carrie: no, Salems Lot: yes, The Shining: no, Rage: no, The Stand: no, The Long Walk: no, The Dead Zone: no, Firestarter: no, Roadwork: no, Cujo: no, The Running man: no, Christine: no, Pet Sematary: no, The Talisman: no, Thinner: no, It: yes, in a way, Misery: yes, The Tommyknockers: yes, in a way, The Dark Half: yes, The Stand: no, Needful Things: no, Gerald's Game: no, Dolores Claiborne: no, Insomnia: yes, Rose Madder: no, The Green Mile: no, Desperation: no, The Regulators: no, Bag of Bones: yes, Storm of the Century: no, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: no, Hearts in Atlantis: no, Secret Windows: yes, Dreamcatcher: no, From a Buick 8: no, The Colorado Kid: no, Cell: no, the main protagonist has done a graphic novel however, Lisey's Story: yes, Blaze: no, Duma Key: yes, Under the Dome: no, 11/22/63: no, Joyland: no, Doctor Sleep: no,
Yes I have not included the short stories from the collections but I think you can see the trend above quite clearly?
Then you should read the new 4.5 The Wind Through the Keyhole which takes place in the same old time western age as Wizards and Glass.
It's not like he didn't warn you, but you didn't care for the dire warning at the end did you.
And what would that solve, the NSA would still tell Google USA to hand over the data. Since this is all done outside of the normal court system there is no need for the NSA to bother with such petty things as jurisdiction or legal entities.
Of course they can, all they have to do is tighten the screws of the US part of the company until it ponies up the data from overseas. Yes they may not be able to legally tell Google Germany to hand over the data but they most certainly could tell Google USA to hand over the German data, or else.
Security theater
Main problem is that since Google is a US company the US can probably legally require Google to hand over data from it's overseas data centers.
The problem with that is however that the non-intelligent criminals is easily caught by the normal means, i.e normal police work. So you have a) criminals that are to dumb to warrant this surveillance and b) criminals that are to smart for the surveillance to work. The really paranoid criminals like Hells Angels (they operate like the mob in my country) have always assumed that they are monitored so they have always banned cellphones from their meetings and if one leader wants to talk to another leader he simply sends one of the prospects to deliver the information orally regardless of distance.