Bad tools I can deal with, sloppy API's I can deal with, heck even the messed up compiler I can deal with. What REALLY pisses me off with c development in Windows is that MSDN offers absolutely NO way to search for api's for a specific language. Sure if you use c++, objective-c or c# you simply add "c++", etc to your search query and it works fine, but typing in "spawn process in c" causes the "c" to match "c", "c++", "objective-c" and "c#". This makes it damn near impossible to find the bindings for straight c for ANY function call.
So slashdot has just posted an article about a test where even the test's AUTHOR believes the results are due to shortcomings in the test itself. This has to be the most pointless article I've read in a while...
Also running stumpwm on my laptop (rarely bring a mouse with me). I have 1 desktop for current-running stuff (firefox mostly) and another with a conky script, a kden2 script and an xfce4-terminal running tmux. My e-mail, rss reader, todo list, etc live in a tmux session on my server, so I can access that stuff from anywhere.
The only relation between Attractive Nuisance and this thread is the word "Attractive". The summary is talking about something happening to your stuff because someone messed with it, "attractive nuisance" is something happening to a child because they didn't know better (nothing to do with damage to your stuff).
99% of the time that local hdd encryption helps people is after a theft or loss of equipment. People lose laptops at coffee shops, have netbooks confiscated at the airport, have houses broken into and computers stolen while vacationing. Assuming the system is OFF at the time, the key is not in memory and all the thief got was hardware.
Did you report it? In most countries mail tampering is a federal offense and even if nothing of value was taken or seen from *you* does not mean the post office should not be notified that someone is intercepting mail along the line. If no-one reports it, no-one will get caught for it.
If your mother doesn't have encryption set up, you couldn't send her an encrypted e-mail anyways since you would need her public key which she obviously never made.
Oh good, my bank uses a 6 digit numerical password for online banking. Then again, I also have to select my branch form a drop-down, so that's the equivalent of 7 digits right?
In all honesty, any bank that survived long enough to pour the foundation would disable an account after at most a dozen failed login attempts.
*The old rule that if they have physical access to your machine, your software security is already nullified
That depends on what you are trying to protect. No, software will not prevent them from controlling the machine, copying the HDD, etc, but it CAN prevent them from being able to USE any of that data. Encryption is the ONLY weapon software has against physical access, but it's a VERY effective one if used properly.
Does the status of a microwave actually *affect* wifi, or this nothing but an old wive's tale? I've done high-speed wireless gaming next to various microwaves, and the fact that they were off or on has never so much as made the ping waver. Microwaves are so well shielded (for obvious reasons) that I actually doubt that any modern microwave could interfere with wifi. Unless of course you are behind it (then it acts like a metal filing cabinet, but on/off makes no difference).
First of all, networks probably get incentives for making the commercials louder. Second of all, a "maximum" volume coming into effect would only make them lower the shows and movies even more.
He said don't believe "everything", not "anything". And even if he did, you could logically conclude that some things can be believe and others can't (his statement would then fall into those that you can't).
You would be *amazed* what some people will go to the hospital for. Then again, I'm in Canada, so they don't charge us anything anyways. But good LORD do they give dirty looks to the "I have a headache" people when they get to the sign-in counter!
Fine, where can I *buy* a tablet that will allow me to compile programs for it in almost any language (c/c++, python, perl, etc) and allow me to add CUSTOM repositories? The only devices I can think of are the nokia n800/n810/n900, but those are much smaller than a tablet.
There is a very easy way to tell the difference. If the pain is in a location the size of your finger tip, then go to the hospital (probably a bone issue). if the pain is over a larger area than that, it's muscle/tissue damage and ice will suffice. And before you say that broken/fractured bones also have muscle/tissue damage, the body does a very good job of making you only notice the bone damage.
This is just one of the many diagnostic tricks taught during almost every level of first aid.
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Bad tools I can deal with, sloppy API's I can deal with, heck even the messed up compiler I can deal with. What REALLY pisses me off with c development in Windows is that MSDN offers absolutely NO way to search for api's for a specific language. Sure if you use c++, objective-c or c# you simply add "c++", etc to your search query and it works fine, but typing in "spawn process in c" causes the "c" to match "c", "c++", "objective-c" and "c#". This makes it damn near impossible to find the bindings for straight c for ANY function call.
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Which would be absolutely hilarious and proof that there IS justice in the world!
So slashdot has just posted an article about a test where even the test's AUTHOR believes the results are due to shortcomings in the test itself. This has to be the most pointless article I've read in a while...
Says the guy that uses the word stupider.
Also running stumpwm on my laptop (rarely bring a mouse with me). I have 1 desktop for current-running stuff (firefox mostly) and another with a conky script, a kden2 script and an xfce4-terminal running tmux. My e-mail, rss reader, todo list, etc live in a tmux session on my server, so I can access that stuff from anywhere.
So 75% of facebook, twitter and foursquare users.
The only relation between Attractive Nuisance and this thread is the word "Attractive". The summary is talking about something happening to your stuff because someone messed with it, "attractive nuisance" is something happening to a child because they didn't know better (nothing to do with damage to your stuff).
99% of the time that local hdd encryption helps people is after a theft or loss of equipment. People lose laptops at coffee shops, have netbooks confiscated at the airport, have houses broken into and computers stolen while vacationing. Assuming the system is OFF at the time, the key is not in memory and all the thief got was hardware.
Did you report it? In most countries mail tampering is a federal offense and even if nothing of value was taken or seen from *you* does not mean the post office should not be notified that someone is intercepting mail along the line. If no-one reports it, no-one will get caught for it.
If your mother doesn't have encryption set up, you couldn't send her an encrypted e-mail anyways since you would need her public key which she obviously never made.
If the encryption/decryption is performed by google, then how does that protect you in the slightest from ISP's?
Oh good, my bank uses a 6 digit numerical password for online banking. Then again, I also have to select my branch form a drop-down, so that's the equivalent of 7 digits right?
In all honesty, any bank that survived long enough to pour the foundation would disable an account after at most a dozen failed login attempts.
You must hang with a very technical crowd if 10% of everyone you know knows how to use e-mail encryption.
*The old rule that if they have physical access to your machine, your software security is already nullified
That depends on what you are trying to protect. No, software will not prevent them from controlling the machine, copying the HDD, etc, but it CAN prevent them from being able to USE any of that data. Encryption is the ONLY weapon software has against physical access, but it's a VERY effective one if used properly.
If not for the bismuth, that would make half-decent solder!
Well, now we know what country wiggles lives in...
Does the status of a microwave actually *affect* wifi, or this nothing but an old wive's tale? I've done high-speed wireless gaming next to various microwaves, and the fact that they were off or on has never so much as made the ping waver. Microwaves are so well shielded (for obvious reasons) that I actually doubt that any modern microwave could interfere with wifi. Unless of course you are behind it (then it acts like a metal filing cabinet, but on/off makes no difference).
First of all, networks probably get incentives for making the commercials louder. Second of all, a "maximum" volume coming into effect would only make them lower the shows and movies even more.
His success rate with UDP packets is undoubtedly higher than your success rate with Facebook.
He said don't believe "everything", not "anything". And even if he did, you could logically conclude that some things can be believe and others can't (his statement would then fall into those that you can't).
You would be *amazed* what some people will go to the hospital for. Then again, I'm in Canada, so they don't charge us anything anyways. But good LORD do they give dirty looks to the "I have a headache" people when they get to the sign-in counter!
Why the hell are you installing software written by someone that uses crapware banners?!?
http://www.sourceforge.net/
http://www.portableapps.com/
http://www.freshports.org/
http://www.getdeb.net/
Or just man up and install linux and use the repositories. Failing that, go to the program's WEBSITE and download it there like you are SUPPOSED to!
Fine, where can I *buy* a tablet that will allow me to compile programs for it in almost any language (c/c++, python, perl, etc) and allow me to add CUSTOM repositories? The only devices I can think of are the nokia n800/n810/n900, but those are much smaller than a tablet.
There is a very easy way to tell the difference. If the pain is in a location the size of your finger tip, then go to the hospital (probably a bone issue). if the pain is over a larger area than that, it's muscle/tissue damage and ice will suffice. And before you say that broken/fractured bones also have muscle/tissue damage, the body does a very good job of making you only notice the bone damage.
This is just one of the many diagnostic tricks taught during almost every level of first aid.