Why do car companies feel the need to hook their CD players or whatever into the critical systems of the car?
How about this: Just mount an iPad (or Galaxy) into the console.
Done.
But, no, they want to show you the oil level on a touchscreen instead of in front of the steering wheel. Meaning they have to hook it into the engine computer. Giving attackers an in.
Yeah, about that, could you please name any private toll road that restricts (or is allowed to restrict) passage to its competitors trucks (other civil construction/transportation contractors)?
I'm working with Drupal now, and while it's supposed to support both MySQL and Postgres, I have my suspicions that there may be some MySQL-oriented bugs in the machine.
One thing about Win95: You didn't lose functionality.
OK, so you got a popup menu instead of a menu application (Program Manager).
But it was much easier to open your programs and browse them. Instead of switching to an application and then minimizing or moving around MDI windows, you just moved your mouse up and down and you got to see what was in each section.
Each operation had an analogue. You could move the program icons around in Program Manager from place to place. You could also do that by going to the menu folder in Explorer in Win95.
You could maximize and minimize programs in Win3.1. So too in Win95.
You got a prettier face, a better file manager, and more APIs. That was what most people thought of as "progress" up until Gnome3 and not-Metro.
You're right, it's only the username, host, and database/table names, and not the password.
But if an unauthorized person has that information, he will certainly be more able to craft a SQL injection that will really work instead of erroring out.
I think they do that so you can bookmark specific table editing pages. It would be nice to have a POST-only option.
Let me mention again how fast adminer is. And no install!
What about replication? Two servers running, one goes offline, the other becomes the master. The first comes back, and tthathen it starts grabbing the stuff it missed.
Does Postgres have a good replication story these days?
Although I'm not afraid of Postgres (like Monty wanted you to be in the day -- "Who needs foreign keys?"), I'd like to ask what kind of experiences people have have using it for PHP/web development as a MySQL replacement.
There are definitely problems with Linux. As with anything, you should constantly strive to improve it.
I mistakenly said to use the Unity button.
In fact, Drivers is also where you'd expect it to be: System Settings, which is on the launcher bar by default. I've never needed to access it (because my system uses Intel graphics, which have an open source driver).
If you had Nvidia graphics, you can install the proprietary driver through System Settings (I think it prompts you by itself--"Additional drivers available for install").
Not that the opensource driver is bad if you're just viewing webpages and movies.
Well, actually the current weasel trend is to create a new corp that takes on the assets. Then all the liabilities remain with the old corp, meaning no one can claim anything since they don't have any assets.
If this is meant to be a "Why is this on Slashdot"- Well, it's like this: The only way we can know that older societies had different values is if we can read about it. Ok?
Anyway, it's quite interesting that plagiarism is apparently the one thing you can do to get the punishment of shunning. Shunning was the practice of removing an individual from the good graces or even contact of the rest of a given society (whether that be a church, a village, or whatever).
From a NPOV, it's quite interesting that almost every sin that would have resulted in shunning in the old day is now considered not a big deal. On the other hand, since human beings have a need to have some kind of moral base, a new sin (plagiarism) has been devised which if you commit it, you can be banished forever from your journalistic community.
It's just quite interesting that instead of saying that some guy isn't that good of a writer if he can't make up his own stuff, it's supposed that he committed a grave moral sin.
Regarding payment, I hope he gets compensated well. He deserves it.
He is much more of a visionary in relation to tablets than Steve Jobs, who did nothing more than take a very old design and simply sell it when touchscreen prices dropped.
All that Apple did was use decade-old design in a product that was just becoming viable at the because of a drop in touchscreen prices. And has been shown repeatedly, it wasn't the first.
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Well, OK, but still: Market cap functions as a baseline if you're trying to buy (the whole) company, doesn't it?
In the buyouts we've seen recently (such as Sun), didn't the company (i.e., shareholders) get a multiple of the share price?
And IBM was offering X multiple of the shareprice. They didn't bite. So Oracle offered that much more.
Meaning they paid more than market cap.
By "developing a product" you mean adding a gradient and rounding the edges of an icon?
Regardless of whether Apple gave Xerox stock, Xerox has a different idea of exactly what they authorized Apple to do:
http://www.cultofmac.com/602/apple-sued-for-ripping-off-xerox-alto-gui/
Drupal has a module to do this to put trolls in their own "cave"
http://drupal.org/project/cave
Well, one reason companies prefer to work employees more instead of hiring more is that the govt. mandates fixed costs per employee.
Not an excuse, but that's how the corp thinks.
Why do car companies feel the need to hook their CD players or whatever into the critical systems of the car?
How about this: Just mount an iPad (or Galaxy) into the console.
Done.
But, no, they want to show you the oil level on a touchscreen instead of in front of the steering wheel. Meaning they have to hook it into the engine computer. Giving attackers an in.
It's funny how people are now starting to think voice activation is an Apple invention.
Even cheap Nokia S40 phones can recognize your voice and make phone calls, activate profiles, and do other stuff.
Yeah, about that, could you please name any private toll road that restricts (or is allowed to restrict) passage to its competitors trucks (other civil construction/transportation contractors)?
Thanks a lot.
Can you share what CMS it was?
I'm working with Drupal now, and while it's supposed to support both MySQL and Postgres, I have my suspicions that there may be some MySQL-oriented bugs in the machine.
I thought a contract's supposed to be an agreement to exchange value. Once you make the contract, you have to follow through on it.
For normal people, it's hard to think that you could just cancel a contract.
Don't like your car payments? I "canceled" the car loan.
So how is it that large organizations can just cancel contracts whenever they want.
Can't Amazon sue for specific performance?
Or, it wasn't a contract to begin with, and they were only thinking about it.
It's a red hot topic.
One thing about Win95: You didn't lose functionality.
OK, so you got a popup menu instead of a menu application (Program Manager).
But it was much easier to open your programs and browse them. Instead of switching to an application and then minimizing or moving around MDI windows, you just moved your mouse up and down and you got to see what was in each section.
Each operation had an analogue. You could move the program icons around in Program Manager from place to place. You could also do that by going to the menu folder in Explorer in Win95.
You could maximize and minimize programs in Win3.1. So too in Win95.
You got a prettier face, a better file manager, and more APIs. That was what most people thought of as "progress" up until Gnome3 and not-Metro.
What about not being able to minimize a window?
And consequently, I guess, not being able to have multiple windows on the screen at the same time?
Is that still in there?
You're right, it's only the username, host, and database/table names, and not the password.
But if an unauthorized person has that information, he will certainly be more able to craft a SQL injection that will really work instead of erroring out.
I think they do that so you can bookmark specific table editing pages. It would be nice to have a POST-only option.
Let me mention again how fast adminer is. And no install!
What about replication? Two servers running, one goes offline, the other becomes the master. The first comes back, and tthathen it starts grabbing the stuff it missed.
Does Postgres have a good replication story these days?
Adminer pro: Nice and light, unlike phpmyadmin.
Adminer con: It puts the connection info (user/password) right in the URL!
Although I'm not afraid of Postgres (like Monty wanted you to be in the day -- "Who needs foreign keys?"), I'd like to ask what kind of experiences people have have using it for PHP/web development as a MySQL replacement.
Specifically, what about the Vacuum thing?
And replication? Other stuff?
There are definitely problems with Linux. As with anything, you should constantly strive to improve it.
I mistakenly said to use the Unity button.
In fact, Drivers is also where you'd expect it to be: System Settings, which is on the launcher bar by default. I've never needed to access it (because my system uses Intel graphics, which have an open source driver).
If you had Nvidia graphics, you can install the proprietary driver through System Settings (I think it prompts you by itself--"Additional drivers available for install").
Not that the opensource driver is bad if you're just viewing webpages and movies.
Well, actually the current weasel trend is to create a new corp that takes on the assets. Then all the liabilities remain with the old corp, meaning no one can claim anything since they don't have any assets.
Oh, OK, thanks.
But that means you have to do that for every computer you're installing for.
It would be handy if they had an updated ISO for download.
If you want to avoid that, I guess the only option is to run a local repository.
If this is meant to be a "Why is this on Slashdot"- Well, it's like this: The only way we can know that older societies had different values is if we can read about it. Ok?
Anyway, it's quite interesting that plagiarism is apparently the one thing you can do to get the punishment of shunning. Shunning was the practice of removing an individual from the good graces or even contact of the rest of a given society (whether that be a church, a village, or whatever).
From a NPOV, it's quite interesting that almost every sin that would have resulted in shunning in the old day is now considered not a big deal. On the other hand, since human beings have a need to have some kind of moral base, a new sin (plagiarism) has been devised which if you commit it, you can be banished forever from your journalistic community.
It's just quite interesting that instead of saying that some guy isn't that good of a writer if he can't make up his own stuff, it's supposed that he committed a grave moral sin.
Sorry, but where is the design patent more specific than that.
In fact, that just about as specific as it is. To wit, here's the entire text of the patent:
"We claim the ornamental design for an electronic device, substantially as shown and described."
The guy above just translated this sentence in a funny way.
The only other thing in the patent is some line drawings.
Nowhere is it mentioned (nor was it granted) that Apple owns round corners.
Slashdotters are supporting Samsung because, in this case, they're standing against a ridiculous use of patents.
In the same way, many/most Slashdotters distrust M$, but they supported them in the Micrsoft/Apple case.
Regarding payment, I hope he gets compensated well. He deserves it.
He is much more of a visionary in relation to tablets than Steve Jobs, who did nothing more than take a very old design and simply sell it when touchscreen prices dropped.
All that Apple did was use decade-old design in a product that was just becoming viable at the because of a drop in touchscreen prices. And has been shown repeatedly, it wasn't the first.