> I had to take java as part of my degree and from what I saw, making any halfway decent GUI involved giving your soul to satan.
GUI programming from scratch is a pain in the arse for most languages. Thats why there are a miriad of IDEs available for pretty much any languge takes your pick.
Being a 'lazy programmer' would you rather code an X11 or MSWindows GUI up in C using nothing more than a text editor?
Sorry. I made my reply to your post from another machine and went in as AC(0).
The general idea was:
CRAP IDEA.
If the PDA has bluetooth/irda you can get it that way (should an exploit be found). More importantly, if it has WiFi it will probably go into the mail server directly. Additionally, if you have WiFi, then you have an IP address which can also be attacked.
The desktop cannot help you at all in these cases.
Damn. Faffed up the numbers on the links. A total of 4 plants DID flower at Kew Gardens in 2002 & 2003, its just the numbers on the links that are screwed up.
> In most places, "travellers" would quickly end up > in jail for criminal trespass. Any dogs that > attack livestock would be shot.
Nice:) In the UK, the police will generally come around and convince them that its in their best interests to leave - it can take time though. Prosecuting someone who doesn't live in a fixed place gets tricky - especially when most of the vehicles they use are not properly licensed (ie - no address - no insurance. No insurance, no road tax (license). At this point you might as well forgoe the MOT [mandatory yearly vehicle safety inspection required to get vehicle license])
As for the dogs - well I wouldn't be too surpised if something similar happens in the UK - farm owners will generally own shotguns to protect livestock from foxes etc.
2. Travellers setting up their caravans on your land, leaving rubbish around & allowing their dogs to attack your livestock. (is this another UK thing?)
I've got McAffee VirusScan 7.03 installed. Under Scan Settings->Advanced you are able to scan for 'Potentially Unwanted Programs' and 'Joke Programs'. It would be my guess that this would do the job.
For computers, any shielding will mainly work in the opposite direction.
Surrounding an EMF generating component with a grounded metal case generally does very little.
Surrounding an EMF sensitive component with a grounded metal case will stop EMF signals from affecting it.
Computers are EMF sensitive components - the main advantage of a metal case is sheilding from other EMF generating devices (it is not the only shield though - the multi layered circuit boards will all have ground planes running through them).
(BTW Its a joke comment. If I don't say this I will probably end up with a shed load of replies saying that a.org domain is inappropriate/not correct use/no one will find you yada yada yada... sheesh)
Damn good vacuums if you ask me. I've had two of them.
The first one bust after a plasterer we hired used it to clean up an entire rooms worth of plaster dust (every part of it inside and out was covered in a fine layer of plaster dust that would just not stay gone even after cleaning. The motor eventually burnt out since it too was clogged up).
> Other companies also did cyclone vaccums in their own ways.
Yep. They licensed it from him. Dyson sued those that used the invention but didn't license it (Hoover) . He also sued those that cheated his licensing (Amway - skip down to 'COURT CASE').
Dysons patent on the cyclonic vacuuming technology was pretty thorough and was upheld in court a number of times. You could not make one without licensing the technology from him. Of course, there are other ways of making bagless vacuum cleaners - but the current method of producing a cyclonic vacuum cleaner [which sucks more:)] is covered by Dysons patent. Remember - you can't simply reconfigure/reshape the plastic that creates the vortex and say its different. You would have to implement it in a different and non-obvious manner.
BTW - His patent on the cyclonic vacum has now expired.
I wasn't trying to be too serious with the comment I made about the Dep. PM (of my country). I also don't condone the throwing of eggs at point blank range either - they do hurt. But it was funny:) A couple of days after it happened a Flash game went around email - "Prezza Prize Fighter", but I can't seem to find it any more:(
Don't forget to mention that the engine only has to last one weekend and up until recently, the rules also allowed the engines to be changed between qualifying and race.
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> I had to take java as part of my degree and from what I saw, making any halfway decent GUI involved giving your soul to satan.
GUI programming from scratch is a pain in the arse for most languages. Thats why there are a miriad of IDEs available for pretty much any languge takes your pick.
Being a 'lazy programmer' would you rather code an X11 or MSWindows GUI up in C using nothing more than a text editor?
Steve
Sorry. I made my reply to your post from another machine and went in as AC(0).
The general idea was:
CRAP IDEA.
If the PDA has bluetooth/irda you can get it that way (should an exploit be found). More importantly, if it has WiFi it will probably go into the mail server directly. Additionally, if you have WiFi, then you have an IP address which can also be attacked.
The desktop cannot help you at all in these cases.
Steve.
If memory space for running programs on my PDA was not limited enough. Now I'll have to waste more of it running a virus checker.
Steve.
Damn. Faffed up the numbers on the links. A total of 4 plants DID flower at Kew Gardens in 2002 & 2003, its just the numbers on the links that are screwed up.
Steve.
Actually, he was correct - THREE of these flowers bloomed at Kew Gardens, London, UK in 2002.
Timeline photos of the blooms can be found:
Here for plant 4
Here for plant 2
Here for plant 3
Another one bloomed in 2003:
Here for plant 3
Steve.
If it has a video out, it will have Macrovision enabled to stop you recording a decent copy.
Has everyone forgotten that you still have this kind of copy protection?
Steve.
(actually, two seconds of googling showed up this gem.
> In most places, "travellers" would quickly end up > in jail for criminal trespass. Any dogs that
:) In the UK, the police will generally come around and convince them that its in their best interests to leave - it can take time though. Prosecuting someone who doesn't live in a fixed place gets tricky - especially when most of the vehicles they use are not properly licensed (ie - no address - no insurance. No insurance, no road tax (license). At this point you might as well forgoe the MOT [mandatory yearly vehicle safety inspection required to get vehicle license])
> attack livestock would be shot.
Nice
As for the dogs - well I wouldn't be too surpised if something similar happens in the UK - farm owners will generally own shotguns to protect livestock from foxes etc.
Steve.
Looking at the game feature is appears to be missing a couple of important items you would have to deal with:
1. GM crop protestors attempting to destroy your crops whilst wearing fake biohazard suits (do you get these people in the US?)
2. Travellers setting up their caravans on your land, leaving rubbish around & allowing their dogs to attack your livestock. (is this another UK thing?)
Yep. If it had these, I'd buy it right away!
Steve
....and hold down shift to bypass it completely!
:)
Steve
I've got McAffee VirusScan 7.03 installed. Under Scan Settings->Advanced you are able to scan for 'Potentially Unwanted Programs' and 'Joke Programs'. It would be my guess that this would do the job.
Steve.
Blondie 'Hanging On The Telephone'.
:)
Quite apt.
Steve
> If you stand outside my house and throw rolls of
> quarters through my window, I'm keeping them, so
> fuck you.
Damn right. They would help pay for the broken glass.
Steve.
I thought they looked like this:
s t=1&c=180
:)
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?
Steve
For computers, any shielding will mainly work in the opposite direction.
Surrounding an EMF generating component with a grounded metal case generally does very little.
Surrounding an EMF sensitive component with a grounded metal case will stop EMF signals from affecting it.
Computers are EMF sensitive components - the main advantage of a metal case is sheilding from other EMF generating devices (it is not the only shield though - the multi layered circuit boards will all have ground planes running through them).
Steve.
Get a .org domain :)
.org domain is inappropriate/not correct use/no one will find you yada yada yada... sheesh)
Steve.
(BTW Its a joke comment. If I don't say this I will probably end up with a shed load of replies saying that a
Damn good vacuums if you ask me. I've had two of them.
The first one bust after a plasterer we hired used it to clean up an entire rooms worth of plaster dust (every part of it inside and out was covered in a fine layer of plaster dust that would just not stay gone even after cleaning. The motor eventually burnt out since it too was clogged up).
Steve.
> Other companies also did cyclone vaccums in their own ways.
:)] is covered by Dysons patent. Remember - you can't simply reconfigure/reshape the plastic that creates the vortex and say its different. You would have to implement it in a different and non-obvious manner.
Yep. They licensed it from him. Dyson sued those that used the invention but didn't license it (Hoover) . He also sued those that cheated his licensing (Amway - skip down to 'COURT CASE').
Dysons patent on the cyclonic vacuuming technology was pretty thorough and was upheld in court a number of times. You could not make one without licensing the technology from him. Of course, there are other ways of making bagless vacuum cleaners - but the current method of producing a cyclonic vacuum cleaner [which sucks more
BTW - His patent on the cyclonic vacum has now expired.
Steve.
I wasn't trying to be too serious with the comment I made about the Dep. PM (of my country). I also don't condone the throwing of eggs at point blank range either - they do hurt. But it was funny :) A couple of days after it happened a Flash game went around email - "Prezza Prize Fighter", but I can't seem to find it any more :(
Steve.
...is also the UKs Deputy Prime Minister who likes to beat the crap out of people who dont vote for the Labour party.
The Register has a nice photo of the moment he went crazy in public (and a link to a BBC video at the bottom).
Steve.
Presumably the payload is carried by two shuttles using a length of creeper suspended under the dorsal guiding wings.
Steve:)
> The Thrust SSC is a way better "car" than that thing
Just waiting for the production version of that car so I can take it for a drive around town....
Steve.
Don't forget to mention that the engine only has to last one weekend and up until recently, the rules also allowed the engines to be changed between qualifying and race.
Steve.
For those that want to see:r /cars.htm
p assengercars/slrclass/index.html
:)
http://www.mclarencars.com/content/sections/mainf
McLaren are now working with Mercedes to produce the SLR class. Its a mean looking car:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/d/home/products/
Not everyone is particulary careful with their F1 though:
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/mclaren/
It's also got some nice Bugatti pics as well
Steve.
> One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach
News flash - Australia is NOT part of the US. It is a foreign nation!
Steve.
Top Gun - Tom is the shortest pilot ever.
The Color Of Money - Tom is the shortest pool player ever.
Cocktail - Tom is the shortest bartender ever.
Days of Thunder - Tom is the shortest driver ever.
Mission Impossible 1 - Tom is the shortest spy ever.
Mission Impossible 2 - Tom is the shortest spy ever, still.
Looks like another pattern.