Someone guy unpotted a Votrax module and refurbished the damaged components so that it still worked afterwards and he could reverse-engineer it. It's interesting and has lots of pictures of before and after. The thing starts out as a a big block of epoxy and ends up a normal-looking circuit board.
People say "everybody does it" to try to relieve their guilt at stealing from the honest people. I don't cheat on my taxes, and I have to pay more because of the people who do.
Who are these honest people that are being robbed?
The USA is so generous we gave all our democracy away, mostly to Iraq. But don't worry, we're working on Democracy 2.0, which fixes all the problems with 1.0, things like Habeas Corpus and security from unreasonable searches.
If content encryption is on, then the blackberry won't send data via the data port or bluetooth until the password is entered. Enter the wrong password 10 times and the blackberry securely wipes itself.
Couldn't it do something less-drastic like exponentially reducing the frequency of password attempts allowed? So after 10 errors, there's an hour delay before it allows another? And after say 15, several hours?
Figure out a way of rigging a vote for a believable candidate.
Describe exactly what you are going to do and how you are going to do it, and encrypt this document.
Send the encrypted document anonymously to all the media organisations you can think of in advance of the election.
Rig the vote.
After the election, send the decryption key to all the media organisations.
Do the above except step 4, only use encryption that can encrypt both outcomes in a single document, then send the appropriate key that decrypts whichever outcome occurred.
Oh, I only use those services to provide disposable e-mail addresses that forward to my main one. I don't know whether they even have any spam filtering.
I just don't get it. I recently wanted to post to the GameFAQs message boards, so I went to register for a new account. Unfortunately, they required my name, address, date of birth, and gender before I could register, and providing false information for these was against their terms of service. It's insane, just to post to a message board. I'm guessing it's due to CNet owning them now. Oh well, just have to find somewhere else.
I've been using GishPuppy for a while, though it's sometimes down and doesn't forward as instantly as I like. Its simple interface for creating new addresses and expiring current ones is the best aspect for me. I've used Spam Gourmet a few times and it looks promising. It has several interesting features that I have yet to master.
I really hope the future is dynamically-compiled languages, because they can optimize for a particular machine on a particular boot; many more things become compile-time constants. Apple's use of LLVM is promising.
Since I don't use string::find much, I'd guess the last one is valid, since a "past-the-end" index is a useful value to allow (in quotes since pos isn't technically an iterator). Reading the 2003 standard (ISO/IEC 14882:2003(E)) section 21.3.6.1, it seems all four are valid, with the last two returning npos, since no value can be found that satisfies pos<=result and result+1<str.size(), and the function has no preconditions listed. Are you saying that some implementations don't merely return npos for the one you have marked "runtime error"?
Think "watchdog timer". It's like all you sysadmins who can tell when a system goes down, not because it sends a "Hey, I just went down" signal, but because it stops sending a "hey I'm up" signal.
Encryption makes it easier to lose data, not harder. For example if it gets corrupt, it's basically all gone. Or if the encryption key is lost, the data is lost too. Anyway, I think it's a good thing that governments are losing data on people. Maybe at some point they'll know nothing about us, like it should be.
I'd hate to consider the financial consequences of getting recruited into a botnet. Could you imagine finding out that you have a virus when you receive a $200+ cable bill?
An mass switch to more secure operating systems, Microsoft being forced to clean up its act? It's not like those botnets are currently free; everyone pays, just not in a tangible way.
I was looking for concrete examples of "getting into trouble", because often such things are due to misunderstanding of the library/language, rather than inherent problems.
That's what this is... automatic memory management...bigger libraries... restricting pointers more and more....
I mean, C++ is evolving so badly it makes Pascal suddenly look a lot better as a compile time language.
Because it's not Microsoft's language, for one. Also, you really should evolve your reading comprehension, because C++ will not be adding automatic memory management (GC), merely better guarantees so that GC libraries can be more portable. But reading the interview wouldn't have helped for your goal of a half-assed swipe at C++.
Implicit conversion to const char* is not in the standard string. Neither is a constructor which allows string(n). Your string examples could be supported by a string class, but they would reduce safety by allowing accidental addition to integers. The preferred way is to use a stringstream to convert any object T to a string using its operator . C++0x will address the copying issue via the move constructor, giving user code the benefits without any changes since it mainly concerns library implementors.
Really, your post comes off as an ill-informed swipe at C++. For example, "I could go on with other examples of things that the super-powerful C++ can't do". Why the petty attitude?
Wow, Death Vans. That's creepy as hell. I mean, I know that there's been state-sanctioned capital punishment since the beginning of civilization but it just seems creepy when combined with the mobile approach. I'm used to seeing mobile clinics, mobile libraries, mobile law offices, not mobile death chambers.
And a microscopic photo of dust would require a microscope just to see. I think they meant photo of microscopic dust. I'm guessing the article submitter wouldn't fare well in a programming language involving indirection.
Don't worry, you'll also be making monthly welfare payments to other imaginary property industries too, as part of your ISP bull. You think they'd let the music people be the only parasites?
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So much for the blonde joke about putting whiteout on the screen... they were way ahead of us all along.
Someone guy unpotted a Votrax module and refurbished the damaged components so that it still worked afterwards and he could reverse-engineer it. It's interesting and has lots of pictures of before and after. The thing starts out as a a big block of epoxy and ends up a normal-looking circuit board.
Who are these honest people that are being robbed?
The USA is so generous we gave all our democracy away, mostly to Iraq. But don't worry, we're working on Democracy 2.0, which fixes all the problems with 1.0, things like Habeas Corpus and security from unreasonable searches.
Couldn't it do something less-drastic like exponentially reducing the frequency of password attempts allowed? So after 10 errors, there's an hour delay before it allows another? And after say 15, several hours?
Do the above except step 4, only use encryption that can encrypt both outcomes in a single document, then send the appropriate key that decrypts whichever outcome occurred.
I've found a box of matches to be a perfect model for laptop batteries.
Folklore.org is full of great stuff.
Oh, I only use those services to provide disposable e-mail addresses that forward to my main one. I don't know whether they even have any spam filtering.
I just don't get it. I recently wanted to post to the GameFAQs message boards, so I went to register for a new account. Unfortunately, they required my name, address, date of birth, and gender before I could register, and providing false information for these was against their terms of service. It's insane, just to post to a message board. I'm guessing it's due to CNet owning them now. Oh well, just have to find somewhere else.
No, sorry, I've only used the hand-operated kind.
I've been using GishPuppy for a while, though it's sometimes down and doesn't forward as instantly as I like. Its simple interface for creating new addresses and expiring current ones is the best aspect for me. I've used Spam Gourmet a few times and it looks promising. It has several interesting features that I have yet to master.
I really hope the future is dynamically-compiled languages, because they can optimize for a particular machine on a particular boot; many more things become compile-time constants. Apple's use of LLVM is promising.
Since I don't use string::find much, I'd guess the last one is valid, since a "past-the-end" index is a useful value to allow (in quotes since pos isn't technically an iterator). Reading the 2003 standard (ISO/IEC 14882:2003(E)) section 21.3.6.1, it seems all four are valid, with the last two returning npos, since no value can be found that satisfies pos<=result and result+1<str.size(), and the function has no preconditions listed. Are you saying that some implementations don't merely return npos for the one you have marked "runtime error"?
Think "watchdog timer". It's like all you sysadmins who can tell when a system goes down, not because it sends a "Hey, I just went down" signal, but because it stops sending a "hey I'm up" signal.
Encryption makes it easier to lose data, not harder. For example if it gets corrupt, it's basically all gone. Or if the encryption key is lost, the data is lost too. Anyway, I think it's a good thing that governments are losing data on people. Maybe at some point they'll know nothing about us, like it should be.
An mass switch to more secure operating systems, Microsoft being forced to clean up its act? It's not like those botnets are currently free; everyone pays, just not in a tangible way.
I was looking for concrete examples of "getting into trouble", because often such things are due to misunderstanding of the library/language, rather than inherent problems.
Because it's not Microsoft's language, for one. Also, you really should evolve your reading comprehension, because C++ will not be adding automatic memory management (GC), merely better guarantees so that GC libraries can be more portable. But reading the interview wouldn't have helped for your goal of a half-assed swipe at C++.
Implicit conversion to const char* is not in the standard string. Neither is a constructor which allows string(n). Your string examples could be supported by a string class, but they would reduce safety by allowing accidental addition to integers. The preferred way is to use a stringstream to convert any object T to a string using its operator . C++0x will address the copying issue via the move constructor, giving user code the benefits without any changes since it mainly concerns library implementors. Really, your post comes off as an ill-informed swipe at C++. For example, "I could go on with other examples of things that the super-powerful C++ can't do". Why the petty attitude?
Examples?
That's not all she used for everything....
Funny, most people I know drive one every day.
And a microscopic photo of dust would require a microscope just to see. I think they meant photo of microscopic dust. I'm guessing the article submitter wouldn't fare well in a programming language involving indirection.
Don't worry, you'll also be making monthly welfare payments to other imaginary property industries too, as part of your ISP bull. You think they'd let the music people be the only parasites?