We will research, improve, innovate and ultimately implement nanotech solutions for one simple reason: we can. It's been the same right throughout human history.
The views of the objectors, no matter how well founded and how well intentioned, will not lead to r&d into nanotech (or any other new technology, including human cloning) being stopped. At best it might be delayed, but even then the money to be made by Big Business makes this unlikely IMO.
Can anybody think of any kind of new technology that has been abandoned, or even significantly delayed, through alleged (or real) risks ? I suspect new technologies are only abandoned because they are not feasible either technically or commercially (cost too much, too late to market etc) rather than for some ethical or environment consideration.
GBPVR is pretty new, Windows based and darned nice looking to boot. Written by a buddy of mine, it shows what you can do in a few weeks when you put your mind to it..
'Usefully hacked' ? How is this a good thing ? Ritz put together a business that relies on revenues that it will no longer have. Congratulations to those hackers/crackers who have likely now put those individuals out of work.
So, do slashdot editors READ the story they post? How about those that submit it? Do they just read half way, find something they don't like, and submit?
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Are you guys in the 'States going to have to change your country's description ? Land of the free ? I think not. It seems to me that if you stay on the right side of the law, you *may* be OK, but stray, even a little, and the state can use ridiculously arcane and morally almost indefensible laws to serve 'justice'. In most cases, it seems to me that these laws are to protect (1) companies, and (2) the state itself. Perhaps one of the problems is that the distinction between these two entities is becoming grey ?
It seems odd to me that in one of the great democracies, individual freedoms and rights are becoming more and more compromised. The real concern for me is that American culture permeates just about every Western culture. Does this mean that the American legislative way will soon arrive here in New Zealand ? I hope not - but it's interesting to see that Australia seems to be using the USA as a role model recently.
Well, when I say "faced with", I don't mean to make it sound like a punishment, more an added expense and complication. And the reason I expect it to be harder for free software is that very often there is *no* money in the kitty to pay graphic designers - there seems to be a lot more coders than graphics people in the OSS world.
I'm a seasoned software developer, having been doing it professionally for some 15 years. My concern is that being a good coder is not enough for writing GUI applications these days, you need graphic design skills too. This has become more prevalent with the advent of faster graphics and machines, and the introduction of HTML pages everywhere. No longer can you get away with just the standard Windows controls (like edit boxes, lists etc), or even ordinary looking toolbar buttons. I'm not sure if users expect all sorts of fancy graphics, including alpha blend icons, sexy background images etc., but in order to make a modern application "blend in" with an operating system like Longhorn, or even XP, often these things are required.
This could easily be compared with the games industry, where it's a rare title indeed that can get by without excellent graphics, whether they be 2D or 3D.
It makes life harder for developers... we either need to have a flair for graphics - which in my experience most of us do not - or we are faced with hiring graphic designers. In the commercial world this is acceptable, but it's much harder in the free software world.
It's easier than you think. They don't need to follow the logical flow of the application at all, which I agree might be difficult. Windows programs 'announce' which common runtime routines they need using the IMPORTS section of the executable (or DLL). One needs only to look at the IMPORTS section to see if commonly vulnerable functions are called - like strcpy etc. By examination of the CODE section of executables (looking for the appropriate entry in the IMPORTS jump table), one can determine where such calls are made from. One can then possibly determine what parameters are being passed to the call.
This is, however, extremely difficult indeed if the application is not running. For a running application, one can simply hook the calls to strcpy etc. and examine the passed parameters, dynamically checking buffers lengths etc. Call interception like this is not terribly straightforward, but is certainly possible. Indeed, it's what WinHeap does (see my sig). In WinHeap's case, all the calls to the heap management functions are intercepted (malloc, free etc).
Among the top four hard drive vendors worldwide, Western Digital is the only one unaffected by the incident, as the company does not have products manufactured in China, sources said.
OMG SARS has crossed species into hard disks ? Now that's a clever virus..
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We will research, improve, innovate and ultimately implement nanotech solutions for one simple reason: we can. It's been the same right throughout human history.
The views of the objectors, no matter how well founded and how well intentioned, will not lead to r&d into nanotech (or any other new technology, including human cloning) being stopped. At best it might be delayed, but even then the money to be made by Big Business makes this unlikely IMO.
Can anybody think of any kind of new technology that has been abandoned, or even significantly delayed, through alleged (or real) risks ? I suspect new technologies are only abandoned because they are not feasible either technically or commercially (cost too much, too late to market etc) rather than for some ethical or environment consideration.
GBPVR is pretty new, Windows based and darned nice looking to boot. Written by a buddy of mine, it shows what you can do in a few weeks when you put your mind to it..
As a married man I can tell you that married couples rarely go down together; they may well have more chance of going up.
'Usefully hacked' ? How is this a good thing ? Ritz put together a business that relies on revenues that it will no longer have. Congratulations to those hackers/crackers who have likely now put those individuals out of work.
No offence, and I could get modded down -1 troll, but really... you need to get out more.
So, do slashdot editors READ the story they post? How about those that submit it? Do they just read half way, find something they don't like, and submit?
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You must be new around here. Please enjoy your stay.
I'm not looking forward to the BSOD on my toaster...
Is that a Brown Slice Of Death ?
It seems odd to me that in one of the great democracies, individual freedoms and rights are becoming more and more compromised. The real concern for me is that American culture permeates just about every Western culture. Does this mean that the American legislative way will soon arrive here in New Zealand ? I hope not - but it's interesting to see that Australia seems to be using the USA as a role model recently.
Well, when I say "faced with", I don't mean to make it sound like a punishment, more an added expense and complication. And the reason I expect it to be harder for free software is that very often there is *no* money in the kitty to pay graphic designers - there seems to be a lot more coders than graphics people in the OSS world.
This could easily be compared with the games industry, where it's a rare title indeed that can get by without excellent graphics, whether they be 2D or 3D.
It makes life harder for developers... we either need to have a flair for graphics - which in my experience most of us do not - or we are faced with hiring graphic designers. In the commercial world this is acceptable, but it's much harder in the free software world.
Just my $0.02 worth.
As well as XP Powertoys (as mentioned by another poster), there's also Silicon Realms' MultiDesk available here which I understand is very good.
This is, however, extremely difficult indeed if the application is not running. For a running application, one can simply hook the calls to strcpy etc. and examine the passed parameters, dynamically checking buffers lengths etc. Call interception like this is not terribly straightforward, but is certainly possible. Indeed, it's what WinHeap does (see my sig). In WinHeap's case, all the calls to the heap management functions are intercepted (malloc, free etc).
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Another reason for this is making the sentence stick. If one of the crimes was successfully appealed, the sentence for the other(s) would still stand.
With these regular slashdot news articles, it is a daily soap opera.
PriceWatch has them listed at around $3200.
I think they dumped all those engines for a V6, and are now headed out of town as quick as possible.
OMG SARS has crossed species into hard disks ? Now that's a clever virus..
Only the near-daily security updates.
I'm glad that this date is > 24xx. "Asteroid may hit 2330" might have been a somewhat more alarming headline - I was kinda hoping to see tomorrow...
Actually on XP, and probably Windows 2000, I believe outlook express puts its data in the "my documents" directory.
If any article needed a video link, this surely should have been it.
That's a funny site :)
Wow ! You mean you can get a windows installer for porn ?
What flaws are these then ? I'm considering getting the game so I'd like to know..