It's ON by default because it's convenient for users to decode hex files automatically. By the way, Pine (UNIX mailer) decodes MIME attachments by default and it doesn't make it less secure.
There is nothing wrong in decoding files by default. The problem is with running them without asking the user. That's a Microsoft specialty, also seen in Outlook.
The problem is not with automatic decoding of files. It's OK to have automatic decoding by default. The problem is with a bug that causes running the program after decoding it.
It is not a bug in the default settings. It's a bug that can be worked around by changing the settings.
2. Put to user.js for Mozilla:
user_pref ("capability.policy.default.Window.moveTo", "noAccess");
user_pref ("capability.policy.default.Window.resizeTo", "noAccess");
I'm sure that the moderators who moderated
me as "redundant" were not browsing at -1.
Maybe it's time to enforce
this rule in software instead of expecting
moderators to be honest?
Anybody browsing at -1 would surely find a better
use for their mod points.
[29/Sep/01] OptusNet listing removed
Optusnet.com.au, reports they have shut down
the dynamic-DNS spam service run by the Dean
Westbury gang on their network. In response,
the SPEWS listed network addresses
were removed from the list.
Actually, you should check thing before you
complain. Even if it's slashdot. Even if
your nickname doesn't identify you. Even
if you have enough karma. Even if checking
things will take some time and your comment
appears too late for the moderators to
notice.
It's about respect to those who read your
comments. Ungrounded jokes may seem less
offensive than obvious trolls, but not in
the context of slashdot, where trolls are
normally ignored, while the jokes like yours
are not.
Your question contains the answer.
We need another compiler for Linux so
that the developers could check that
they didn't occasionally wrote any
"silly compiler dependent code"
without having to reboot or to login
to a box with the other compiler.
Actually, more often the code is not silly,
it's just that some compilers accept some
quirky code, and the others don't.
The press-release is talking about
an Open Source license, so GPL is
an option, although I would rather
expect it to be released under
a specialized license, something
like Mozilla Public License.
I don't think that GCC team will
want to take any code from any
other project, unless it's a project
to develop something specifically
for GCC.
It's very hard to merge old large
projects such as GCC and Watcom
C/C++.
Ignore people who whine and complain.
Consider serious arguments only.
I think that the real reason is that most
UNIXes are actually not so portable across
architectures as it seems. The same story with
IRIX that SGI could not make run on
anything but MIPS.
Unless the developers think about portability
(not just about deadlines) at every stage of
the project, the platform specific assumptions
creep in, and it's very hard to identify them
later.
My prediction - soon only free OSes will remain
portable. Proprietary OSes will be very hardware
specific. Not that it would make them bad.
The new ads haven't appeared on Salon yet, but it's very well possible that lynx won't help. Click through means that there is no direct link from the homepage to the story - there homepage links to the ad and the ad links to the story.
Lynx will only protect you from seeing the ad (provided that it's a picture without an ALT tag), but it won't protect you from the hassle of selecting the link twice.
I really wish that I had mod points to
mod you up. But please keep in mind that
it's sometimes very hard to prove that you
had only good intentions when you were posting an exploit to
a mailing list after some bastard uses it
to blow up a shopping mall before Christmas.
Yeah, and pretty soon Linux will release a licence that means any time you use Open Source
software, all the software you write with it has to be Open Source too.... hang on, wait
a minute....
Linux is licensed under GPL.
GPL doesn't limit how the software is used.
Linux (the kernel at least) has so many authors, that it's not realistic
that the license will ever change, because every author would have to agree.
It's not like Mozilla, where most developers are employed by the same company.
So please stop worrying. Your joke is not funny.
I think you are missing the point. Of course
terrorists will not use crypto with backdoors.
The point is to be able to decrypt information
even if the person who has the key cannot do
it (e.g. is killed).
If somebody sends you a threatening message,
you save it encrypted on your hard drive and then
you are killed, wouldn't your relatives want
the authorities to break your key?
I downloaded the binary and it crashed on
RedHat Linux 7.1 with all updates and kernel
2.4.9-ac10. It looks like that it's the
library loader that crashes, because even
ldd icvm dumps the core.
Sorry, I have no time to download 23M of
compressed sources to compile it.
But if it crashes for you, you probably
have to.
Edler Freund! Wo oeffnet sich dem Frieden,
Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort?
Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden,
Und das neue oeffnet sich mit Mord.
...
In des Herzens heilig stille Raeume
Musst du fliehen aus des Lebens Drang!
Freiheit ist nur in dem Reich der Traeume,
Und das Schoene blueht nur im Gesang.
Anybody has a good English translation of the above? Sounds very relevant.
You would still have a story to post your
feelings. Choice is good. Not everybody
on/. is American and not everybody wants
to discuss the same thing in all
stories.
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There is nothing wrong in decoding files by default. The problem is with running them without asking the user. That's a Microsoft specialty, also seen in Outlook.
It is not a bug in the default settings. It's a bug that can be worked around by changing the settings.
Buying a CD-ROM with SPDIF is not a challenge for hackers. It's just a moderate challenge for your wallet.
2. Put to user.js for Mozilla:
user_pref ("capability.policy.default.Window.moveTo", "noAccess");
user_pref ("capability.policy.default.Window.resizeTo", "noAccess");
3. Enjoy
Not a big deal unless you are running a business.
IANAL. YMMV.
I'm sure that the moderators who moderated me as "redundant" were not browsing at -1. Maybe it's time to enforce this rule in software instead of expecting moderators to be honest? Anybody browsing at -1 would surely find a better use for their mod points.
It's about respect to those who read your comments. Ungrounded jokes may seem less offensive than obvious trolls, but not in the context of slashdot, where trolls are normally ignored, while the jokes like yours are not.
Actually, more often the code is not silly, it's just that some compilers accept some quirky code, and the others don't.
The press-release is talking about an Open Source license, so GPL is an option, although I would rather expect it to be released under a specialized license, something like Mozilla Public License.
I don't think that GCC team will want to take any code from any other project, unless it's a project to develop something specifically for GCC.
It's very hard to merge old large projects such as GCC and Watcom C/C++.
You probably mean http://tess.uspto.gov/
I think that the real reason is that most UNIXes are actually not so portable across architectures as it seems. The same story with IRIX that SGI could not make run on anything but MIPS.
Unless the developers think about portability (not just about deadlines) at every stage of the project, the platform specific assumptions creep in, and it's very hard to identify them later.
My prediction - soon only free OSes will remain portable. Proprietary OSes will be very hardware specific. Not that it would make them bad.
Lynx will only protect you from seeing the ad (provided that it's a picture without an ALT tag), but it won't protect you from the hassle of selecting the link twice.
I really wish that I had mod points to mod you up. But please keep in mind that it's sometimes very hard to prove that you had only good intentions when you were posting an exploit to a mailing list after some bastard uses it to blow up a shopping mall before Christmas.
Soon any country harboring hackers will be considered as a country harboring terrorists.
It's not like Mozilla, where most developers are employed by the same company. So please stop worrying. Your joke is not funny.
The point is to be able to decrypt information even if the person who has the key cannot do it (e.g. is killed).
If somebody sends you a threatening message, you save it encrypted on your hard drive and then you are killed, wouldn't your relatives want the authorities to break your key?
It's complete junk. I'm sorry if somebody was fooled.
On the other hand, it would be appropriate on the 1st of April, much more than the idiotic jokes that slashdot was running.
Sorry if it sounds anti-democratic, but it's about time to forbid moderation from closed-source browsers.
Sorry, I keep forgetting that an average /. reader cannot figure it out.
You didn't look carefully. The source is here.
Sorry, I have no time to download 23M of compressed sources to compile it. But if it crashes for you, you probably have to.
Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort?
Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden,
Und das neue oeffnet sich mit Mord.
...
In des Herzens heilig stille Raeume
Musst du fliehen aus des Lebens Drang!
Freiheit ist nur in dem Reich der Traeume,
Und das Schoene blueht nur im Gesang.
Anybody has a good English translation of the above? Sounds very relevant.
I believe that water cooling could have prevented the steel core from overheating. Keep this in mind when designing new skyscrapers.
You would still have a story to post your feelings. Choice is good. Not everybody on /. is American and not everybody wants
to discuss the same thing in all
stories.