Does the engine only count one link PER DOMAIN, as a vote? It must, otherwise their engine could fall victim to the same kind of attack as the porn sites use on altavista, et. al.
Instead of using a specific word multiple times, they would create pages (indexed by google) that link to the site multiple times.
The best case scenario is for it to only count one per domain. However, even if it does that, a company that owns many domains could use the same technique, spread across all their domains... thus being able to elevate their site ranking in google.
Sorry for shouting, but the technology can be used for anything, including long-ass URL's that go directly to a specific resource mentioned in an article or an ad.
-thomas
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Don't let your zealotry blind you. Bill Gates is capable of good. And sometimes, he even practices it. But for you to recognize that would be too much to ask.
I personally don't care whether Bill Gates gives $1 to charity, or $1 trillion to charity.
But if he's giving it, I'm only going to give him "props" if he really wants to give it. Not to try and pull the wool over your eyes (as he's done).
Actually that gives me a idea... why not set up a terminal in your bathroom (waterproof of course) so you can browse the web or send email to your friends/family while your doing the more mundane things of life like using the toilet or relaxing in your tub...
Only problem is someone already thought of it, it's called a webpad, and will be out soon.
Am I the only person here who would probably just type the damn URL in, rather than go to the trouble of picking up the thing and scanning the page?
Hmmm, lemme think for a minute. Type a long URL to a specific resource, or scan a barcode with a pen-like apparatus sitting at my computer? Gee, I dunno!?
Also, how common is it to read magazines while conveniently next to your computer? I almost never do. That's what the toilet is for, and I'm afraid I don't have a terminal there yet. Am I missing something?
A brain, maybe?
How exactly were you planning to visit the URL if you are not next to your computer? And if you are not planning to visit the URL, what the hell are you complaining about?
Have people been demanding this capability?
Has that ever been a pre-requisite for creating a new piece of hardware or software?
The idea is, articles can now reference documents exactly, with long-ass URL's, and their users can just scan the barcodes in to go right to it, instead of having to type them. Hell, Digimarc uses your webcam to view the magazine ad (if known), and redirects you to the place. I personally find the scanner idea easier to use right now.
The point is, not everyone's a 90-word a minute geek like yourself.
There was no high tech boom when Pascal was popular. No one (important) wanted their skills.
Hmmm, let's see, Pascal was popular in colleges... ohhh.... 3 years ago. I'd say there's been a "high tech boom" for the past 10 years.
I can't believe you said that. Java replaced Smalltalk at Carleton. Java does not nor will it ever have a cleaner OO implementation than Smalltalk. In fact, Java's OO implementation is terrible. Far worse than C++.
What I meant is that Java has come the closest, IMO, to a draw between good OO implementation and programming simplicity. I did not say Java has the best OO implementation, did I?
I am sorry you feel slighted with Java replacing Smalltalk at your school, but it is more practical and useful than Smalltalk in our internet world.
I have to admit -- the idea of "seeing" smells by color is a pretty clever solution to the age-old problem of how to get electronics to recognize smells. Unfortunately, I can't see too many uses for this that aren't rather dangerous.
Really? You must have no vision whatsoever.
All joking aside, there are millions of uses for electronic "noses." Not least of which would be to be able to transmit smells over the internet (using http://www.digitalscents.com/ technology, perhaps?).
Fart-jokes aside, this has powerful implications.
It's amazing how quickly technology is eradicating whatever notions of privacy that people still had.
How does this violate your privacy? No, I think you are confusing smell technology with CROOKED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
However, it must be pointed out that the usefulness of electronic bomb sniffers and smell based weapons locators is huge, and, properly applied, would likely save many lives.
Basically, if someone is passing variables into a page (say index.asp?variable=5) then you can piggyback your own query after that (say index.asp?variable=5%20DELETE%20FROM%20sysobjects ). Or something.
This is a programmer problem, not a problem with SQL Server. In *many* cases, I use multiple SQL commands in one call through ODBC, for speed. I'm not positive, but I think this is kosher with the ANSI-SQL spec.
The problem occurs when you don't check the data you are sending to your SQL server through ODBC. For instance, if you let people pass in $value, thinking it's going to be a constraint for a WHERE clause, they could just as easily change that value and add something more sinister.
You think: "Hmmm, $value will be a number! I'll write, 'SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE thenumber = $value'.
Meanwhile, Mr. Blackhat sends 'value=5; USE master; DELETE FROM sysobjects'.
Again, this is not specific to Microsoft or SQL Server... so please stop spreading the FUD.
Because their corporate investors want graduates with Java skills, not Pascal.
So you're saying, before Java came out, these same, mysterious "corporate investors" wanted graduates with *PASCAL SKILLS*?! Why wouldn't these investors have pressured the universities to ditch Pascal for C/C++ then?
Pascal was created as a *teaching* language. It was pretty easy to learn, and the focus could be on programming techniques instead of syntax.
Then Java came along with a very clean OO-style of programming. It is easy to teach, makes it much easier to learn C++ than going from Pascal to C++, and Java is a popular language in the real world.
However, Microsoft has all the right in the world to inculde IE as an integral part of NT. (remember, windows explorer/file manager isn't integrated - but it's essential to windows). Just like car seats aren't integrated - car still runs without seats. But its an essential part of the car.
I've never seen a car without seats, but I have seen Windows NT running before IE was even invented.
Seemed fine to me, I guess nothing "essential" was missing after all...
If you were here for the last round of discussions concerning "the letter", you would know that this is called "flipping your stock".
Actually I wasn't here, but I am well aware of stock flipping on IPO's. It doesn't matter, though, for most people, because you'll likely never get a shot at a good IPO again anyway! The numbers are against you. If you do get a shot, you might as well flip it for all it's worth.
It is unethical (though not illegal) and can prevent you from participating in future IPOs, and will certainly damage your reputation on Wall Street, assuming that they keep a record of such things.
Wall Street doesn't give a damn. The firm that is underwriting the stock DOES, and thus if a large portion of E*TRADE'rs flip stocks, E*TRADE gets less stock in the future (supposedly). Thus E*TRADE wants to limit flipping, and they impose "sanctions" against flippers.
They would send letters to their partners who would flip the stock and kick back the profits.
Except employees can't just sell the stock whenever they want to, they have to file with the SEC, etc. It's entirely different.
Who do you think does the majority of "flipping" on the first day of trading for an IPO? HINT: It's not the little guys like you and me. It's the bigger fish.
1. If they do send "the letter", read it and jump for joy. Then send in your money to buy the shares.
2. Watch all the yuck-a-puck daytraders make the stock "pop". Then SELL ALL YOUR SHARES, thus making a huge profit.
3. Wait for the stock to settle down and pass the "lock-out" period.
4. After the lock-out you will likely have at least one or two opportunities to buy the stock for close to, or perhaps even less than the IPO price. At that point, decide for yourself whether or not the company has a future worth investing in.
You see, my way is better because you make a huge quantity of money, AND you get to buy the stock back at a low price...
Structurally, the US is a confederation of 50 smaller political units. The real reason for the Electoral College is to insure the votes of smaller-populated states aren't washed away by the swell of votes of a few highly-populated states.
Like I said in another response -- you are creating a superficial distinction, the state. All states in the union are filled with Americans that are, more-or-less, equal under the system. When a presidential election takes place, the votes of all the people should count equally. A vote from a person in Florida should carry the same weight as one from Kansas. If it was a direct popular vote, this is how it would be.
That's a bunch of horse-shit. Who cares if watching the votes come in is BORING? If Nominee A gets 50 million votes, and nominee B gets 40 million votes, why should nominee B get a chance at winning?
I don't want more "power" to the voter, I want each voter to have equal power. That is a democracy.
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So notepad was limited to 16Kbytes over 15 years ago... and it's up to a whopping 32Kbytes now! (In win9x anyway)
-thomas
this technique is actually the scientific basis for the Second Coming
Isn't it weird that the Spanish pronunciation of Jesus is, "Hey, Zeus!"
-thomas
Does the engine only count one link PER DOMAIN, as a vote? It must, otherwise their engine could fall victim to the same kind of attack as the porn sites use on altavista, et. al.
Instead of using a specific word multiple times, they would create pages (indexed by google) that link to the site multiple times.
The best case scenario is for it to only count one per domain. However, even if it does that, a company that owns many domains could use the same technique, spread across all their domains... thus being able to elevate their site ranking in google.
hmmm
-thomas
Or did you mean to say:
"Those of you who aren't, panic."
-thomas
(GrammarNazi eat your heart out!)
Sorry for shouting, but the technology can be used for anything, including long-ass URL's that go directly to a specific resource mentioned in an article or an ad.
-thomas
Don't let your zealotry blind you. Bill Gates is capable of good. And sometimes, he even practices it. But for you to recognize that would be too much to ask.
I personally don't care whether Bill Gates gives $1 to charity, or $1 trillion to charity.
But if he's giving it, I'm only going to give him "props" if he really wants to give it. Not to try and pull the wool over your eyes (as he's done).
-thomas
Actually that gives me a idea... why not set up a terminal in your bathroom (waterproof of course) so you can browse the web or send email to your friends/family while your doing the more mundane things of life like using the toilet or relaxing in your tub...
Only problem is someone already thought of it, it's called a webpad, and will be out soon.
-thomas
for privacy reasons, it's potentially more dangerous, since I don't really think Hostess Cakes needs to know that I saw their ad in Cosmo.
You're right! Just think of what they could do with such private information!
Horrors!!
-thomas
Am I the only person here who would probably just type the damn URL in, rather than go to the trouble of picking up the thing and scanning the page?
Hmmm, lemme think for a minute. Type a long URL to a specific resource, or scan a barcode with a pen-like apparatus sitting at my computer? Gee, I dunno!?
Also, how common is it to read magazines while conveniently next to your computer? I almost never do. That's what the toilet is for, and I'm afraid I don't have a terminal there yet. Am I missing something?
A brain, maybe?
How exactly were you planning to visit the URL if you are not next to your computer? And if you are not planning to visit the URL, what the hell are you complaining about?
Have people been demanding this capability?
Has that ever been a pre-requisite for creating a new piece of hardware or software?
The idea is, articles can now reference documents exactly, with long-ass URL's, and their users can just scan the barcodes in to go right to it, instead of having to type them. Hell, Digimarc uses your webcam to view the magazine ad (if known), and redirects you to the place. I personally find the scanner idea easier to use right now.
The point is, not everyone's a 90-word a minute geek like yourself.
-thomas
So long as I have the right to swap .zip files with other people over the Internet, how can he know if I am swapping .mp3's in them?
WinZip proxy?
-thomas
This isn't an attack against AOL. It is an attack against all of US.
Satan, whip out the longjohns! I think I just read this sentence on Slashdot!
-thomas
No, again, this is a PROGRAMMER PROBLEM. You must handle your tainted data carefully, always. This kind of problem can occur in many instances.
Are you saying the system() call is also flawed?
-thomas
There was no high tech boom when Pascal was popular. No one (important) wanted their skills.
Hmmm, let's see, Pascal was popular in colleges... ohhh.... 3 years ago. I'd say there's been a "high tech boom" for the past 10 years.
I can't believe you said that. Java replaced Smalltalk at Carleton. Java does not nor will it ever have a cleaner OO implementation than Smalltalk. In fact, Java's OO implementation is terrible. Far worse than C++.
What I meant is that Java has come the closest, IMO, to a draw between good OO implementation and programming simplicity. I did not say Java has the best OO implementation, did I?
I am sorry you feel slighted with Java replacing Smalltalk at your school, but it is more practical and useful than Smalltalk in our internet world.
-thomas
I have to admit -- the idea of "seeing" smells by color is a pretty clever solution to the age-old problem of how to get electronics to recognize smells. Unfortunately, I can't see too many uses for this that aren't rather dangerous.
Really? You must have no vision whatsoever.
All joking aside, there are millions of uses for electronic "noses." Not least of which would be to be able to transmit smells over the internet (using http://www.digitalscents.com/ technology, perhaps?).
Fart-jokes aside, this has powerful implications.
It's amazing how quickly technology is eradicating whatever notions of privacy that people still had.
How does this violate your privacy? No, I think you are confusing smell technology with CROOKED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
-thomas
However, it must be pointed out that the usefulness of electronic bomb sniffers and smell based weapons locators is huge, and, properly applied, would likely save many lives.
Think about the children!!
-thomas
Why the hell did this get modded up so high?
... so please stop spreading the FUD.
... you have to understand SQL a bit
Basically, if someone is passing variables into a page (say index.asp?variable=5) then you can piggyback your own query after that (say index.asp?variable=5%20DELETE%20FROM%20sysobjects ). Or something.
This is a programmer problem, not a problem with SQL Server. In *many* cases, I use multiple SQL commands in one call through ODBC, for speed. I'm not positive, but I think this is kosher with the ANSI-SQL spec.
The problem occurs when you don't check the data you are sending to your SQL server through ODBC. For instance, if you let people pass in $value, thinking it's going to be a constraint for a WHERE clause, they could just as easily change that value and add something more sinister.
You think: "Hmmm, $value will be a number! I'll write, 'SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE thenumber = $value'.
Meanwhile, Mr. Blackhat sends 'value=5; USE master; DELETE FROM sysobjects'.
Again, this is not specific to Microsoft or SQL Server
Of course
Indeed...
-thomas
Because their corporate investors want graduates with Java skills, not Pascal.
So you're saying, before Java came out, these same, mysterious "corporate investors" wanted graduates with *PASCAL SKILLS*?! Why wouldn't these investors have pressured the universities to ditch Pascal for C/C++ then?
Pascal was created as a *teaching* language. It was pretty easy to learn, and the focus could be on programming techniques instead of syntax.
Then Java came along with a very clean OO-style of programming. It is easy to teach, makes it much easier to learn C++ than going from Pascal to C++, and Java is a popular language in the real world.
-thomas
Java has replaced Pascal as the "teaching language" in many (most?) colleges now.
Go troll elsewhere.
A hundred years ago they began to irrigate, moving towards a "modern" society. Now Egypt, and much of northern Africa has humidity...
... whoops, a desert climate with smog.
Hi,
It has been shown in many studies that violent people like to watch violent movies. There is correlation.
Now, does that mean violent people are drawn to violent movies, or violent movies make people violent?
In other words, just because Egyptians started irrigating, and now there is "humidity," does not necessarily mean the Egyptians changed their weather.
A better example would have been Los Angeles, which went from a desert climate to a
-thomas
However, Microsoft has all the right in the world to inculde IE as an integral part of NT. (remember, windows explorer/file manager isn't integrated - but it's essential to windows). Just like car seats aren't integrated - car still runs without seats. But its an essential part of the car.
I've never seen a car without seats, but I have seen Windows NT running before IE was even invented.
Seemed fine to me, I guess nothing "essential" was missing after all...
-thomas
If you were here for the last round of discussions concerning "the letter", you would know that this is called "flipping your stock".
Actually I wasn't here, but I am well aware of stock flipping on IPO's. It doesn't matter, though, for most people, because you'll likely never get a shot at a good IPO again anyway! The numbers are against you. If you do get a shot, you might as well flip it for all it's worth.
It is unethical (though not illegal) and can prevent you from participating in future IPOs, and will certainly damage your reputation on Wall Street, assuming that they keep a record of such things.
Wall Street doesn't give a damn. The firm that is underwriting the stock DOES, and thus if a large portion of E*TRADE'rs flip stocks, E*TRADE gets less stock in the future (supposedly). Thus E*TRADE wants to limit flipping, and they impose "sanctions" against flippers.
They would send letters to their partners who would flip the stock and kick back the profits.
Except employees can't just sell the stock whenever they want to, they have to file with the SEC, etc. It's entirely different.
Who do you think does the majority of "flipping" on the first day of trading for an IPO? HINT: It's not the little guys like you and me. It's the bigger fish.
-thomas
1. If they do send "the letter", read it and jump for joy. Then send in your money to buy the shares.
2. Watch all the yuck-a-puck daytraders make the stock "pop". Then SELL ALL YOUR SHARES, thus making a huge profit.
3. Wait for the stock to settle down and pass the "lock-out" period.
4. After the lock-out you will likely have at least one or two opportunities to buy the stock for close to, or perhaps even less than the IPO price. At that point, decide for yourself whether or not the company has a future worth investing in.
You see, my way is better because you make a huge quantity of money, AND you get to buy the stock back at a low price...
How did the other guy get modded up?
-thomas
"(Case in point.... Springville demolishes the Burns Casino, and the episode is about Homer teaching Flanders to live a little.)"
Well, Mr. Superfan, it's SPRINGFIELD, not SPRINGVILLE.
(Springville is where Mr. Jack-in-the-box must live.)
-thomas
Structurally, the US is a confederation of 50 smaller political units. The real reason for the Electoral College is to insure the votes of smaller-populated states aren't washed away by the swell of votes of a few highly-populated states.
Like I said in another response -- you are creating a superficial distinction, the state. All states in the union are filled with Americans that are, more-or-less, equal under the system. When a presidential election takes place, the votes of all the people should count equally. A vote from a person in Florida should carry the same weight as one from Kansas. If it was a direct popular vote, this is how it would be.
-thomas
That's a bunch of horse-shit. Who cares if watching the votes come in is BORING? If Nominee A gets 50 million votes, and nominee B gets 40 million votes, why should nominee B get a chance at winning?
I don't want more "power" to the voter, I want each voter to have equal power. That is a democracy.
-thomas