You mean the file extension that actually matched what the file appeared to be (Excel spreadsheet) and had nothing at all to do with the reason this attack was successful?
If I may paraphrase JoshuaZ's point, it was "Turn on file extensions, and don't open files with suspicious extensions". It was also unrelated to this particular security breach, but at least it's still good advice in general.
You could even search through the Windows registry for registered file types with a "NeverShowExt" value set and delete the value. Then even extensions like.url,.lnk, etc. will be visible.
Siblings have a 25% greater chance... fraternal twins have a 33% greater chance. That's pretty much a dead ringer proof that it is a mix of both genetics and environment
Not proof... it could also have to do with the environment of the sperm, which might change in the months or years between non-twin siblings.
The OS should seamlessly allow it to continue appending logs to the file in its new name/location, and let the program decide whether to create a fresh file if it detects that the file it had open has been moved/renamed.
Old versions of windows did it on the basis of (size_of_items_to_copy) / (sustained_transfer_speed), but didn't search subfolders recursively when calculating the size of the items to copy, because that takes quite some time. A folder is just "one item" (with a size of 0) until it's copied, and then it searches the contents of the folder (again not recursively) and adds them to size_of_items_to_copy.
Mac OS recursively searches subfolders before it copies anything, so of course it calculates the correct size and can estimate the time to complete much better. And Windows 7 adopted this behavior. But it does take longer at the beginning of the copy when it's searching for all the files it needs to copy.
Slight correction, it doesn't even leave the file open. It just opens it, reads the contents, and then closes it. Of course you can rename/move the file. But drop a 1/2 GB file into Notepad and then try renaming it while Notepad is still trying to read it. You can't.
You didn't test anything, because Notepad doesn't lock files when it opens them. Try renaming/moving a file while it's still being downloaded, or a movie while it's being played.
Even if there is a "good" reason to prevent me from replacing/overwriting a file, there's still no "good" reason to prevent me from moving/renaming it.
There's action and variety in the kicking the ball back and forth though. You can see an advantage to one side or the other, a push that got further or less far than the last
Someone who actually likes watching baseball would say the same thing about it. And if you don't - well, there's always beer.
I was using Webster's dictionary. But hey, twiddling your thumbs is "physical activity". So is breathing. So is pounding your fist on the table and yelling at the TV when your favorite team is losing.
The newspapers are written for a 3rd-grade reading level (not kidding about this, look it up) just to make sure they don't get confused by all those scary polysyllabic words.
But I thought syllabuses were written for a third-grade level too. And who's Polly? Is she hot? Are her boobs big?
It's almost like an unwritten law that you are a terrible person if you ever intellectually challenge someone in any way or ever expect them to know how to use a dictionary.
Ok, so I've seen soccer games where you could have took away the goals and the goalies and had the two teams kick the ball back and forth for 90% of the game.
See, that argument works just as well. It's the other 10% that you watch the game for. And anyway, a strikeout is pretty exciting if it's the right team getting struck out.
I have seen games that could have been played by 4 players, 2 pitchers and 2 catchers for 90% of the game.
And I've seen soccer games that could have been decided by just having the shootout to break the 0-0 tie at the beginning of the game instead of the end. That doesn't mean nothing happened.
The game is too slow to be entertaining.
That's to give you more time to drink beer. And it's less likely that you'll miss much when you have to use the restroom.
And if you look at "athletic" it says "of or relating to athletes or athletics". And if you look at "athletics" it says "exercises, sports, or games engaged in by athletes".
It's circular, so it can mean anything you want it to mean.
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You mean the file extension that actually matched what the file appeared to be (Excel spreadsheet) and had nothing at all to do with the reason this attack was successful?
If I may paraphrase JoshuaZ's point, it was "Turn on file extensions, and don't open files with suspicious extensions". It was also unrelated to this particular security breach, but at least it's still good advice in general.
You could even search through the Windows registry for registered file types with a "NeverShowExt" value set and delete the value. Then even extensions like .url, .lnk, etc. will be visible.
http://slashdot.org/zoo.pl?op=check&uid=3
Also try 666.
How do you smell?
I don't think the writer knows what self-effacing means
I don't think you do (hint: efface != efficacy).
Siblings have a 25% greater chance ... fraternal twins have a 33% greater chance. That's pretty much a dead ringer proof that it is a mix of both genetics and environment
Not proof... it could also have to do with the environment of the sperm, which might change in the months or years between non-twin siblings.
Obviously they meant 42.
Especially Microsoft? The worst offender is Adobe Reader. It's ridiculous.
At least apps like 7-Zip/WinRAR give you two progress bars: one for the current operation, one for the overall progress.
The OS should seamlessly allow it to continue appending logs to the file in its new name/location, and let the program decide whether to create a fresh file if it detects that the file it had open has been moved/renamed.
But if the boxing scores are also a tie then the player with the black pieces automatically wins? That I cannot understand.
It's just as fair and logical as the rule that white always goes first.
It's not Windows' fault; it's equally stupid on all OSes.
It's not hard, it just takes time.
Old versions of windows did it on the basis of (size_of_items_to_copy) / (sustained_transfer_speed), but didn't search subfolders recursively when calculating the size of the items to copy, because that takes quite some time. A folder is just "one item" (with a size of 0) until it's copied, and then it searches the contents of the folder (again not recursively) and adds them to size_of_items_to_copy.
Mac OS recursively searches subfolders before it copies anything, so of course it calculates the correct size and can estimate the time to complete much better. And Windows 7 adopted this behavior. But it does take longer at the beginning of the copy when it's searching for all the files it needs to copy.
Slight correction, it doesn't even leave the file open. It just opens it, reads the contents, and then closes it. Of course you can rename/move the file. But drop a 1/2 GB file into Notepad and then try renaming it while Notepad is still trying to read it. You can't.
I never said it was exclusive to Windows.
You didn't test anything, because Notepad doesn't lock files when it opens them. Try renaming/moving a file while it's still being downloaded, or a movie while it's being played.
Even if there is a "good" reason to prevent me from replacing/overwriting a file, there's still no "good" reason to prevent me from moving/renaming it.
There's action and variety in the kicking the ball back and forth though. You can see an advantage to one side or the other, a push that got further or less far than the last
Someone who actually likes watching baseball would say the same thing about it. And if you don't - well, there's always beer.
I was using Webster's dictionary. But hey, twiddling your thumbs is "physical activity". So is breathing. So is pounding your fist on the table and yelling at the TV when your favorite team is losing.
The newspapers are written for a 3rd-grade reading level (not kidding about this, look it up) just to make sure they don't get confused by all those scary polysyllabic words.
But I thought syllabuses were written for a third-grade level too. And who's Polly? Is she hot? Are her boobs big?
It's almost like an unwritten law that you are a terrible person if you ever intellectually challenge someone in any way or ever expect them to know how to use a dictionary.
Dictionary (n), a book for holding dead words.
There's a sports-bra changing channel?!
Ok, so I've seen soccer games where you could have took away the goals and the goalies and had the two teams kick the ball back and forth for 90% of the game.
See, that argument works just as well. It's the other 10% that you watch the game for. And anyway, a strikeout is pretty exciting if it's the right team getting struck out.
I have seen games that could have been played by 4 players, 2 pitchers and 2 catchers for 90% of the game.
And I've seen soccer games that could have been decided by just having the shootout to break the 0-0 tie at the beginning of the game instead of the end. That doesn't mean nothing happened.
The game is too slow to be entertaining.
That's to give you more time to drink beer. And it's less likely that you'll miss much when you have to use the restroom.
And if you look at "athletic" it says "of or relating to athletes or athletics".
And if you look at "athletics" it says "exercises, sports, or games engaged in by athletes".
It's circular, so it can mean anything you want it to mean.
You can do anything you want if you're spectating it from your living room.
Someone is always making progress in baseball: either the pitcher or the batter. And the spectators actually clap.
Oh sure, you can read the firehose. Comments you post on submissions there don't transition to the article if it posts, though.