At least for HBO, it's not just first-run movies, but alot of their series as well, Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, etc.... plus the latest episodes of currently running seasons, so if you miss a show, no big, just catch it on VOD later:-) IMO, this is a killer app for TV. Partner this up with Tivo-like PVR functionality which they're starting to integrate into their set-top digital boxes, and look out. Is it a revolutionary step? Of course not. But very convenient (much moreso than than programming a VCR, IMO).
No, you fat-brained boob!. The poster is obviously from the US, where the metric system creates nothing but dumb looks. Obviously, he's referring to Magnesium-hertz. Duh!
Personally, I think this is a smart move. By targetting those that create the demand for spamming, you can eliminate the profitability of the "service" and thereby put spammers out of business.
The only problem I can see with this type of thing is that legitimate, opt-in type lists which are perhaps advertisement supported are potentially liable under this type of legislation as well.
That's not her mistake. That's the vendor's dishonesty. In this case Microsoft's. That's my main point.
Oh please. I'm no Microsoft apologist, but I've never seen them make claims that computers/operating systems are an "appliance" that don't need any maintennance. I've seen plenty of system vendors try that approach; eMachines, iMac, Gateway...
(Nor are they doing recalls every other week to fix the incredibly complicated lock mechanism most people don't need, now that I think about it.) (Nor do they regularly ruin the transmission when they fix the lock.)
No, and this is where the analogy sort-of breaks down. The difference here is the Mallory-factor (to borrow the crypto pseudo-persona). With a car, you're generally dealing with 2 things, either an initially broken implementation that can be fixed, and wear-and-tear maintennance.
With computers, you have active, intelligent (humor me here:p) entities that are trying to compromise the integrity of the system. It would be like trying to build a car with tamper-proof brakes, slash-proof tires, un-scratchable body panels, and that is burglar-proof, which essentially leads to an "arms race" between security designers and people trying to circumvent the built-in security measures.
As for your "regularly breaking the transmission when they're fixing the lock" statement, I think you're engaging in a little hyperbole here; I've rarely (once?) encountered a case where a Microsoft security patch has caused issues with application functionality, espeically in a home computing environemnt.
I can't think of a great analogy to the dial-up fiasco with cars. Err, the recall will take six days because you didn't get the model with the leather seatcovers?
No, more like not taking your car in for recall repair because it's going to take six days to fix. You're making a conscious decision to not maintain your (vehicle/computer) in spite of the (recall/security update) that was issued free of charge by the vendor, because the fix would take too long to (install/download).
There's your/her mistake. She's treating a computer like an appliance, which it isn't. It's much more like a vehicle. You can keep valuables in it. It takes you places. And if you don't lock it up and leave it somwhere stupid, people are going to fuck with it. And most importantly of all, if you do not take the time to perform regular maintennance on it, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Applying security patches should be basic knowledge, like checking tire pressure on a car, or oil levels, or brake pads. There's only so easy you can make something, and at some point people are going to have to learn a little technical information about whatever they're using.
I hate to pee in your meme pool, but this is absolute horse shit. Computational diversity is a mess for anyone that does any sort of tech support or troubleshooting... ISP's, tech support, application developers, corporate IT departments, you name it. And face it, "monoculture" has had the problem fixed since October. The real problem is that Joe User hasn't patched his machine since he bought it.
The neat thing about that is I see patterns. Those children whose parents were passionate about education and were available to their children tended to be passionate about education themselves. Those parents who were not home, or did not spend time with their children on a daily basis (not 5 minutes, but hours per day) tended to have learning and life problems.
The problem here is that you're making the classic mistake of confusing correlation with causation. I've been doing a fair amount of reading on parenting and how that influences a child, and I was rather surprised with my findings... it turns out that parents probably have much less effect than was previously thought, and genetics may have a much larger role to play than we previously thought (or admitted, anyways).
These findings have been supported by extensive studies that have found that kids tend to behave more like their biological parents than the family that raises them (including academically, surprisingly enough). The whole "blame the parents for everything" is part of a larger sociopolitical phenomenon that is based on some flawed philosophical and biological assumptions which has come to permeate almost every facet of our lives, including educational theories and practices. As a side note, my fiancee teaches special ed (for kids with behavioral disorders) and sees plenty of kids from homes with active, involved parents in her classes. Not the majority , by far, but enough to throw a monkeywrench into the crackerbarrel psychology:-)
set fignore=(.o \~) set rmstar set listlinks set color # enables color for ls-F builtin
# green euid for non-root accounts # red euid for root set foo=`whoami` switch ($foo) case "root": set prompt="%{\033[0;31m%}%B$foo%{\033[0;m%}%b($SHLVL) %B@%m%b:%U%/%u%# " breaksw; default: set prompt="%{\033[0;32m%}%B$foo%{\033[0;m%}%b($SHLVL) %B@%m%b:%U%/%u%# " breaksw; endsw
Ugh... this bug caused me no end of grief trying to install Oracle 9i on an old-ish dell server for one of our customers... sure enough, the graphics card was an ATI card and changing the bit depth to 24 fixed the java-based oracle installer issues. *sigh*
I have to agree with the reply above... javascript compatability seems to be a big sticker here. It works great most of the time, but there are a few applications that refuse to work correctly with with Mozilla/Firefox. Yes, it's fine and dandy to pooh-pooh the coders that built systems that require browser-specific or non-standards-compliant features, but that's not going to cut it for Joe User, because Joe User doesn't give a shit about ideology, he just wants to pay his bills, or buy stuff or browse porn. And if Mozilla can't do that for him and IE can, he's going to use IE, end of story.
Odds are, it's hardware or driver related. I've been running XP for quite some time now, and I have never had the OS lock up. I've futzed with the BIOS to the point where the machine won't boot, installed beta software, demos, use firefox and thunderbird as my main web/mail clients respectively, and while I've seen several application crashes, I think in all that time I've only had the OS lock up totally twice, ever. Once was so long ago I don't even remember what happened, and the last time was when I was trying to salvage my mp3 collection stored on an old, flaky 15GB HDD. While WinXP may still have numerous security issues, they've really addressed the stability issue very well, IMHO.
Don't be a jackass. (I know I'm asking a lot, this is Slashdot after all) What the article is saying is that most of the exploits out there are for vulnerabilities for which there are already patches, which is quite probably true. Users are slow about updating their system, and thus the virus writers can be 'lazy' and just look at what the patches are supposed to fix, write an exploit that takes advantage of the vulnerability that the patch corrects, and attack the large number of systems that are sitting around not being patched religiously.
Pulling troops out of the Middle East now would just encourage terrorism, since that was the point behind most of Al-Q's attacks anyways. Appeasement didn't work in World War II, and only ended up making things worse in the long run.
This is only partially true; violence and/or annhilation is really only the only option if there is a huge disparity in perceived trust levels. If we trust an entity enough to believe that they're not going to take advantage of our good faith, we're generally open to negotiation (case in point, palestine & israel, n. korea, Libya's disarmament claims vs. Iraq's, etc...)
Your basic mistake is imagining that human sensory input is clock driven rather than signal driven. Your auditory cortex isn't out there "polling" your ears to see if you're hearing anything, rather, the sensors in the ear signal the cortex once a sound (input event) is detected.
Also, while the number of points that match your two 'ear judged' distances are infinite (but for all practical purposes, it's finite, this is a variation on Xeno's paradox) your ears are directional, due to their shape (this is also how you can tell difference between sounds in front and behind)
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I think this definitely counts as a 'service'.
... which explains why they all write like English is their second language. :-P
At least for HBO, it's not just first-run movies, but alot of their series as well, Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, etc.... plus the latest episodes of currently running seasons, so if you miss a show, no big, just catch it on VOD later :-) IMO, this is a killer app for TV. Partner this up with Tivo-like PVR functionality which they're starting to integrate into their set-top digital boxes, and look out. Is it a revolutionary step? Of course not. But very convenient (much moreso than than programming a VCR, IMO).
That's megagram-hertz, right?
No, you fat-brained boob!. The poster is obviously from the US, where the metric system creates nothing but dumb looks. Obviously, he's referring to Magnesium-hertz. Duh!
Personally, I think this is a smart move. By targetting those that create the demand for spamming, you can eliminate the profitability of the "service" and thereby put spammers out of business. The only problem I can see with this type of thing is that legitimate, opt-in type lists which are perhaps advertisement supported are potentially liable under this type of legislation as well.
That's not her mistake. That's the vendor's dishonesty. In this case Microsoft's. That's my main point.
:p) entities that are trying to compromise the integrity of the system. It would be like trying to build a car with tamper-proof brakes, slash-proof tires, un-scratchable body panels, and that is burglar-proof, which essentially leads to an "arms race" between security designers and people trying to circumvent the built-in security measures.
Oh please. I'm no Microsoft apologist, but I've never seen them make claims that computers/operating systems are an "appliance" that don't need any maintennance. I've seen plenty of system vendors try that approach; eMachines, iMac, Gateway...
(Nor are they doing recalls every other week to fix the incredibly complicated lock mechanism most people don't need, now that I think about it.) (Nor do they regularly ruin the transmission when they fix the lock.)
No, and this is where the analogy sort-of breaks down. The difference here is the Mallory-factor (to borrow the crypto pseudo-persona). With a car, you're generally dealing with 2 things, either an initially broken implementation that can be fixed, and wear-and-tear maintennance. With computers, you have active, intelligent (humor me here
As for your "regularly breaking the transmission when they're fixing the lock" statement, I think you're engaging in a little hyperbole here; I've rarely (once?) encountered a case where a Microsoft security patch has caused issues with application functionality, espeically in a home computing environemnt.
I can't think of a great analogy to the dial-up fiasco with cars. Err, the recall will take six days because you didn't get the model with the leather seatcovers?
No, more like not taking your car in for recall repair because it's going to take six days to fix. You're making a conscious decision to not maintain your (vehicle/computer) in spite of the (recall/security update) that was issued free of charge by the vendor, because the fix would take too long to (install/download).
There's your/her mistake. She's treating a computer like an appliance, which it isn't. It's much more like a vehicle. You can keep valuables in it. It takes you places. And if you don't lock it up and leave it somwhere stupid, people are going to fuck with it. And most importantly of all, if you do not take the time to perform regular maintennance on it, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Applying security patches should be basic knowledge, like checking tire pressure on a car, or oil levels, or brake pads. There's only so easy you can make something, and at some point people are going to have to learn a little technical information about whatever they're using.
I hate to pee in your meme pool, but this is absolute horse shit. Computational diversity is a mess for anyone that does any sort of tech support or troubleshooting... ISP's, tech support, application developers, corporate IT departments, you name it. And face it, "monoculture" has had the problem fixed since October. The real problem is that Joe User hasn't patched his machine since he bought it.
If jorkapp were a programmer, he'd put parens around his printf :-)
ahh, love the sig :-)
The problem here is that you're making the classic mistake of confusing correlation with causation. I've been doing a fair amount of reading on parenting and how that influences a child, and I was rather surprised with my findings... it turns out that parents probably have much less effect than was previously thought, and genetics may have a much larger role to play than we previously thought (or admitted, anyways). These findings have been supported by extensive studies that have found that kids tend to behave more like their biological parents than the family that raises them (including academically, surprisingly enough). The whole "blame the parents for everything" is part of a larger sociopolitical phenomenon that is based on some flawed philosophical and biological assumptions which has come to permeate almost every facet of our lives, including educational theories and practices. As a side note, my fiancee teaches special ed (for kids with behavioral disorders) and sees plenty of kids from homes with active, involved parents in her classes. Not the majority , by far, but enough to throw a monkeywrench into the crackerbarrel psychology :-)
B) Cracks aren't necessarily illegal.
If EULA's are legally binding, then yes, most cracks are, since they perform "unauthorized" modifications of the application binary.
Coming soon from Rockstar Games... Oregon Trail: The Donner Party Edition!
Some other neat tips...
) %B@%m%b:%U%/%u%# ") %B@%m%b:%U%/%u%# "
set fignore=(.o \~)
set rmstar
set listlinks
set color # enables color for ls-F builtin
# green euid for non-root accounts
# red euid for root
set foo=`whoami`
switch ($foo)
case "root":
set prompt="%{\033[0;31m%}%B$foo%{\033[0;m%}%b($SHLVL
breaksw;
default:
set prompt="%{\033[0;32m%}%B$foo%{\033[0;m%}%b($SHLVL
breaksw;
endsw
What what what? Nobody else goes to work on their log cabin? :-P
Other Settings
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I wonder how they got that
Ugh... this bug caused me no end of grief trying to install Oracle 9i on an old-ish dell server for one of our customers... sure enough, the graphics card was an ATI card and changing the bit depth to 24 fixed the java-based oracle installer issues. *sigh*
I have to agree with the reply above... javascript compatability seems to be a big sticker here. It works great most of the time, but there are a few applications that refuse to work correctly with with Mozilla/Firefox. Yes, it's fine and dandy to pooh-pooh the coders that built systems that require browser-specific or non-standards-compliant features, but that's not going to cut it for Joe User, because Joe User doesn't give a shit about ideology, he just wants to pay his bills, or buy stuff or browse porn. And if Mozilla can't do that for him and IE can, he's going to use IE, end of story.
Odds are, it's hardware or driver related. I've been running XP for quite some time now, and I have never had the OS lock up. I've futzed with the BIOS to the point where the machine won't boot, installed beta software, demos, use firefox and thunderbird as my main web/mail clients respectively, and while I've seen several application crashes, I think in all that time I've only had the OS lock up totally twice, ever. Once was so long ago I don't even remember what happened, and the last time was when I was trying to salvage my mp3 collection stored on an old, flaky 15GB HDD. While WinXP may still have numerous security issues, they've really addressed the stability issue very well, IMHO.
Dear gods no... saga is sci-fi for a start, not fantasy, and 2. the jack the bodiless series would make a much better story. exiles bored me to death.
Don't be a jackass. (I know I'm asking a lot, this is Slashdot after all) What the article is saying is that most of the exploits out there are for vulnerabilities for which there are already patches, which is quite probably true. Users are slow about updating their system, and thus the virus writers can be 'lazy' and just look at what the patches are supposed to fix, write an exploit that takes advantage of the vulnerability that the patch corrects, and attack the large number of systems that are sitting around not being patched religiously.
Pulling troops out of the Middle East now would just encourage terrorism, since that was the point behind most of Al-Q's attacks anyways. Appeasement didn't work in World War II, and only ended up making things worse in the long run.
This is only partially true; violence and/or annhilation is really only the only option if there is a huge disparity in perceived trust levels. If we trust an entity enough to believe that they're not going to take advantage of our good faith, we're generally open to negotiation (case in point, palestine & israel, n. korea, Libya's disarmament claims vs. Iraq's, etc...)
Well, if you are that goatse guy, you probably have room up there for an AWP or two :-P *yuck*
Your basic mistake is imagining that human sensory input is clock driven rather than signal driven. Your auditory cortex isn't out there "polling" your ears to see if you're hearing anything, rather, the sensors in the ear signal the cortex once a sound (input event) is detected. Also, while the number of points that match your two 'ear judged' distances are infinite (but for all practical purposes, it's finite, this is a variation on Xeno's paradox) your ears are directional, due to their shape (this is also how you can tell difference between sounds in front and behind)