...could've been avoided had they included the license with the reader. It says:
Except as expressly permitted in this License, you may not reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, or distribute the:CueCat reader. (emphasis mine.)
Since they didn't, how is one supposed to know? At any rate I think DC is waisting their time. As a previous post pointed out, it's being used as a cool toy, not as a means to access or contribute to their database. If they didn't want the hacks to hack it, they should've used a more sophisticated encryption alogrithm.
It's called telling lies to try to disparage Microsoft. Welcome to Slashdot.
After reading the article, it appears that MSFT tells lies as well. But it's worse in their case; they do it in a court of law. So/. doesn't like MSFT. That's no secret and their is nothing wrong with it (freedom of speech). If it bothers you don't visit.
Earth will probably be around since our Sun has only spent around half it's fuel. Only another 4 billion years to go before it runs out. Humans? Who knows?
I think that this is being sent up for the benefit of the population today rather than 50,000 years from now. We always think in terms of the now or the immediate future, but 50K into the future! I think the submissions would make for interesting reading.
And having more karma than 50 is important for....what is that reason again? Need it to motivate you to post insightful comments? Ahh..I was wondering what the big deal was;-)
As kmself mentioned, we are currently waiting for the new server. We have updated Scoop to permit admins to shut off anonymous posting, and will be further updating it with Mojo, which I think will be the best shot at keeping things high-signal. We're still aiming for Sept. 1, but it might be a little after that, depending on how long it takes to get the box set up in our new colo. And yes, we will relaunch amidst great fanfare.:-)
What you, the K5 reader, can do in the meantime is mostly forgive us for taking so damn long, and come back when we return. We were amazingly blessed with the best reader community on the web, IMO, and I hope that you all come back and favor us with your presence again. I'm sorry we've been so quiet, but there hasn't been much news on this side-- basically, we're getting all of the pieces in place, and we'll be back when everything's set.
So much speculation and conjecture; so little facts or reasoning.
According to this story, the sub was loaded with 24 SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles "each primed with 750 kg of high explosive -- the equivalent of two Hiroshima bombs -- and can alternatively be fitted with nuclear warheads."
Would explain the powerful blast picked up by seismologists...
Has to be Calculator (calc.exe) set in scientific mode. If you're forced to program using tools written for Windows, calc.exe is a must.
But how about favorite non-MS apps for Windows? For that I'd have to go with Trumphet Winsock. Man does that bring back memories! You have your Windows 3.1 box and you're ready to surf the Internet. What? No TCP/IP stack?! No problem..get Winsock! (Of course you have to download it first...)
Seriously, I think the problem with keeping track of near-earth bodies is not the computing power available but the number of people tracking. Last I heard the total number of people tracking such bodies is equivalent to the average number of employees at a McDonald's.
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A previous post pointed to bugzilla. Scanning through the comments indicated that the ball is in Sun's court and they're currently working on it (staffing problems and such have made progress slow).
Actually, I've found that it is IE, not Netscape, that seems to have issues with CSS. I set up a class for div to have left and right margins of 5%. Within that I placed an img that was much longer than the body's width but was relying on the div to stop it from running off the right. This worked fine in Netscape 4.7, but IE 5.0 ignored the div's right margin of 5% and used the img's default size instead. Same thing with container elements and tables. Yeah, it's easy to workaround but just kind of annoying...
Perhaps I should re-phrase that. The support is buggy. While working on my home page (not up yet else I'd provide a link) I noticed that it didn't render some DIV elements at all. Actually sometimes it would and sometimes it wouldn't. Nothing fancy - I just classed them to set fonts and background colors. They were rendered fine on Netscape 4.7 (on Linux) and IE 5.0 (on..well you know.)
BTW. I am using todays daily build with 5 browser windows open. For the past week that I have been using the daily builds they haven't crashed once. And they do a better job of general browsing than Netscape does!
I hope these nightly builds are doing better at supporting CSS2 than M16 does.
I'd like to thank Slashdot for keeping me and other K5 readers up to date on this script kiddy BS. For me/. and K5 complement each other; when I read the story earlier and saw the o-bit over on K5, my heart sank (and my hatred of script kiddies quadrupled!!)
Reading this, though, has made my day. I look forward to the day when I will be reading both Slashdot and K5 again.
unlike the author, I don't see that the GNU/Linux world is going the Anti-Mac way..
I think you're refering to the author saying
In fact, it might seem that the path from UNIX text mode interface to Anti-Mac interface is a lot more natural than from Mac or Windows to Anti-Mac.
Obviously he's not saying the Unix is going the Anti-Mac way, only that's it might be more natural. Since the GUI and OS are totally separate, I tend to agree.
The Spacewatch program, which uses a 79-year-old, 36-inch telescope...
No doubt about it - no power involved. But Jim Scotti was in a sense doing his job by realizing that it was the right time to look, so I not much innovation there. Nevertheless, it didn't take the Hubble and the necessary support to find this moon. Almost like backyard astronomy.
..developing interactive media for the web and doing experimental work with CSS and Java..
Java is the keyword here. Yes, 4.x support of Java does suck, at least on the Linux platform (non-existent on M16). I disabled it and it rarely crashes on me. Yes it limits the "interactiveness" on some web pages but it doesn't bother me.
I really think Netscape owes us and itself the courtesy to show the dignity to bow out of a market it can no longer compete in.
Yet! I think people are jumping the gun with this letter from some anonymous person at the WSP. Yeah they're late...but it's coming. Besides I don't have a Winders machine so I can wait;-)
Good point. I work with DSPs - who cares about the clock speed? It's all about throughput, babe - MIPS and BOPS. I like to see this 1.21 gigahert thingy's specs WRT these measurements.
"Son, there ain't nuthin' in this world for free. You pay for it one way or the other." - some guy I met at a Pink Floyd show in '89 while looking for...well, nevermind.
The more decision-makers who are at least familiar with the name the better...
Agreed but you also have to take into account the paradigm shift that one must make in switching from Windoze to Linux to whatever. I work in a M$ only house as well and my boss, a very good engineer, is stuck on Windoze just because he's used to it. When I asked why he wouldn't try Linux, his said "Life's too short to switch operating systems." Ok, tongue was in cheek but still I think it illustrates what many feel when considering the switch. Hell, when I switched a couple of years ago, I started with a dual boot Windoze/Linux system to make the transition easier.
But, any one that has been released recently is shitty..compared to windows.
This is your opinion, of course, and your are entitled to it. I, however, disagree.
Slashdotters want the breakup of microsoft...because they hate corporate america.
Now, now. Your sterotyping. That's not good for anyone.
when they finally are broken up, people aren't going to use linux any more than they did before...
So? Personally I don't care if more people use Linux or not - nor do I care if M$ gets broken up or not. I use Linux because I like Linux. If you want to use Windows then fine...it's a free country. I DO believe that M$ abused it's monopoly and crushed competition. That's against the law..period. Would you disagree with that?
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...could've been avoided had they included the license with the reader. It says:
:CueCat reader. (emphasis mine.)
Except as expressly permitted in this License, you may not reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, or distribute the
Since they didn't, how is one supposed to know? At any rate I think DC is waisting their time. As a previous post pointed out, it's being used as a cool toy, not as a means to access or contribute to their database. If they didn't want the hacks to hack it, they should've used a more sophisticated encryption alogrithm.
It's called telling lies to try to disparage Microsoft. Welcome to Slashdot.
/. doesn't like MSFT. That's no secret and their is nothing wrong with it (freedom of speech). If it bothers you don't visit.
After reading the article, it appears that MSFT tells lies as well. But it's worse in their case; they do it in a court of law. So
Earth will probably be around since our Sun has only spent around half it's fuel. Only another 4 billion years to go before it runs out. Humans? Who knows?
I think that this is being sent up for the benefit of the population today rather than 50,000 years from now. We always think in terms of the now or the immediate future, but 50K into the future! I think the submissions would make for interesting reading.
And having more karma than 50 is important for....what is that reason again? Need it to motivate you to post insightful comments? Ahh..I was wondering what the big deal was ;-)
So much speculation and conjecture; so little facts or reasoning.
According to this story, the sub was loaded with 24 SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles "each primed with 750 kg of high explosive -- the equivalent of two Hiroshima bombs -- and can alternatively be fitted with nuclear warheads."
Would explain the powerful blast picked up by seismologists...
Here's an interesting page which describes VMSK technology in a semi-technical manner.
Since the company I work for has a deep distrust of anything open source...
;-)
So how's the weather in Redmond?
But how about favorite non-MS apps for Windows? For that I'd have to go with Trumphet Winsock. Man does that bring back memories! You have your Windows 3.1 box and you're ready to surf the Internet. What? No TCP/IP stack?! No problem..get Winsock! (Of course you have to download it first...)
Seriously, I think the problem with keeping track of near-earth bodies is not the computing power available but the number of people tracking. Last I heard the total number of people tracking such bodies is equivalent to the average number of employees at a McDonald's.
A previous post pointed to bugzilla. Scanning through the comments indicated that the ball is in Sun's court and they're currently working on it (staffing problems and such have made progress slow).
Actually, I've found that it is IE, not Netscape, that seems to have issues with CSS. I set up a class for div to have left and right margins of 5%. Within that I placed an img that was much longer than the body's width but was relying on the div to stop it from running off the right. This worked fine in Netscape 4.7, but IE 5.0 ignored the div's right margin of 5% and used the img's default size instead. Same thing with container elements and tables. Yeah, it's easy to workaround but just kind of annoying...
Perhaps I should re-phrase that. The support is buggy. While working on my home page (not up yet else I'd provide a link) I noticed that it didn't render some DIV elements at all. Actually sometimes it would and sometimes it wouldn't. Nothing fancy - I just classed them to set fonts and background colors. They were rendered fine on Netscape 4.7 (on Linux) and IE 5.0 (on..well you know.)
Reading this, though, has made my day. I look forward to the day when I will be reading both Slashdot and K5 again.
Again, thanks to the Slashdot crew!
Could you provide some more info on Squeak? A URL or something; I'd like to read some more about it.
I think you're refering to the author saying
In fact, it might seem that the path from UNIX text mode interface to Anti-Mac interface is a lot more natural than from Mac or Windows to Anti-Mac.
Obviously he's not saying the Unix is going the Anti-Mac way, only that's it might be more natural. Since the GUI and OS are totally separate, I tend to agree.
No doubt about it - no power involved. But Jim Scotti was in a sense doing his job by realizing that it was the right time to look, so I not much innovation there. Nevertheless, it didn't take the Hubble and the necessary support to find this moon. Almost like backyard astronomy.
Java is the keyword here. Yes, 4.x support of Java does suck, at least on the Linux platform (non-existent on M16). I disabled it and it rarely crashes on me. Yes it limits the "interactiveness" on some web pages but it doesn't bother me.
I really think Netscape owes us and itself the courtesy to show the dignity to bow out of a market it can no longer compete in.
Yet! I think people are jumping the gun with this letter from some anonymous person at the WSP. Yeah they're late...but it's coming. Besides I don't have a Winders machine so I can wait ;-)
Good point. I work with DSPs - who cares about the clock speed? It's all about throughput, babe - MIPS and BOPS. I like to see this 1.21 gigahert thingy's specs WRT these measurements.
I fail to see why this was moderated as Flamebait.
"Son, there ain't nuthin' in this world for free. You pay for it one way or the other." - some guy I met at a Pink Floyd show in '89 while looking for...well, nevermind.