An SSH client can be insecure without it being in a web browser. It isn't the programming language that makes it insecure, it is the programmer.
I can picture plenty of ways to use this as a lame method to exploit, but they are all more effort than the current methods. I guess someone could embed this in a hidden webpage popup, use the persons computer to then try to hack various sites via ssh, but that seems like it is more work than using a simple trojan to install a background process to do the work instead.
Back in the mid 80s, I had a beat up, high mileage RX-2, 1973 model I believe. Far from sexy, but had a 12A dual rotor engine, four plugs, dual points and dual distributors that made it a challenge to tune. For a cruise control, it had a cable tied directly to the carb, so you pulled it out and it fixed the throttle in one position, like a bad choke. Dangerous, but fun.
Sucker loved rpms, couldn't get enough, and as much as I abused it, it would never die. Think I paid $150 for it and sold it for the same a year later, which was cheap even by 80s standards. Trashed inside and looked like junk outside, but it was actually pretty peppy and fun to drive.
So, at 3% growth, starting from a base of 2009 demand, by sometime in Feb 3099 global oil demand is going to exceed on entire solid planet of oil per year.
So you are saying we don't need to worry until what, 3097 or 3098 then? That's a relief!
"...most linux development is primarily focused on servers..."
I don't believe that's true.
Be serious. The overwhelming majority of the install base is on the server, you can't really believe that majority of the development isn't as well. There are a number of good reasons why most development is on the server, not the least of which is that because Linux is more difficult to configure initially but is arguably easy to maintain once configured, and while 10% of the desktop installers are nerds, 100% of the server installers are nerds, making it less of an issue.
There are a lot of people throwing resources at the Linux desktop, to be sure, but most of the resources ARE for Linux as a server. Even programs like Apache, which can run on Windows, are primarily developed for Linux and to a lesser degree, FreeBSD. Linux desktop is a moving target (primarily because of the GUI) but Linux on the server isn't that much different than it was 10 or 15 years ago, just better like the hardware.
Even Redhat and IBM aren't that serious about the desktop at this stage, and they are the largest supporters of Linux in the corporate world. Most of their resources surely go into the server side, not the desktop side.
I pre-ordered mine on the 2nd day, to make sure I was in line to NOT get delayed shipping (I can always cancel before Nov 15 if I change my mind, after all). I ordered specifically because it WASN'T the iPad. I didn't want the camera and all the extra features, or the price. I imagine I'm like a lot of people:
I want something to read books on, but want something more than a regular Kindle. (ie: color) I want to be able to do some basic web browsing, read news, check web mail, etc and do basic work tasks. I want to be able to read most formats, ie: pdf, etc. I have never owned a tablet, and want my "test" of the waters to a simple, effective device. I want it bigger than a smart phone, but I don't want a giant tablet either. Yes, it would be nice if it had expanded memory slots, but that isn't as big of a deal as people might think. This isn't for doing serious work or content creation, it is for reading and basic web activities. And a casual game or two. Yes, Angry Birds would be one of those.
I've been looking for a tablet for 6 months, and just missed out on the HP deal. I already buy from Amazon regularly. Love their deals on used books. And now, I"m even considering their "Amazon Prime" with streaming movies and TV to the Fire, or my computer (which happens to be connected to my 42" tv anyway...) So yes, it is a media consumption product. It would be nice if I could connect to other app stores without jailbreaking it, but for $200, I can't complain. I can still transfer my own books to it, and they offer thousands of free books and hundreds of thousands under $10. For the money, for MY usage, it is a steal.
More importantly, in the long run this will INCREASE sales for the iPad and similar devices, because it is opening up the bottom end of the market with a product that is at least as different as it is alike. I can see lots of people falling in love with their tablet, and a year or so later, moving up to a $500+ version to get the extra features.
I posted up higher, and also work with UV daily (different job). The kind of UV exposure you are talking about isn't particularly dangerous in the short term, although it is cumulative. I keep a pair of inexpensive and light shaded sunglasses around when I need to be looking at reflected or direct UV in modest doses. The darkness of the glasses has nothing to do with the ability to filter UV, as long as they are rated to block at least 95% of UVA and UVB, you should be fine. (100% is great, but not necessary since we are talking low level UV radiation here) If you are like me, and get regular low doses of UV to the eyes (reflected or direct) then it is a good idea and preventative to have around. Even clip ons (if you wear glasses already) may be worth the investment, just to prevent problems 20 years from now.
You have the better of the replies so far (I've worked with UV devices daily, for 20 years). Many flowers have colors that can only be seen in the barely sub 400nm range, high into UVA, and just passed violet in the rainbow. This is where blacklights work as well. Staying above 315nm (and better above 350nm) presents much less risk, and is likely where his extended vision is anyway.
UVB exposure to the eyes should be avoided by everyone, and I don't recommend very long exposures of longer wave UVA either, but it is a very different animal.
I think you are correct in that this would qualify as an exception, but it is still a slippery slope. What if he had been on US soil? Or in Canada or Mexico? Aren't they "allies" as well, so why would it make a difference?
Obviously he wasn't here or in a truly 'friendly' country, but the question remains, where do we draw the line? When it comes to US citizens, it is more of a problem, even though the Constitution doesn't differentiate "citizen" and "person". We just take the government killing a citizen much more serious, justified or otherwise.
If significant number people actually practiced lifetime monogamy, it wouldn't be so common.
If the whole world would just adopt Islam and live 100% in accordance to the Koran, then there wouldn't be AIDS or HPV either. Pick any Abrahamic religion and get the same result. The problem isn't that people aren't living up to a particular "code"/morality/ethic, it is that we are biologically hardwired to NOT be 100% monogamous. To expect 100% of the population to "get over" that hardwiring is unrealistic, as you probably know.
From my perspective, our mobility is the real problem, as diseases that 200+ years ago might have cropped up and died out in a limited population now can spread worldwide rapidly, sexual or otherwise.
....is this new website supposed to appeal to people who get excited with both naked women and abused animals? Not sure if there is such a thing, but I know there is a "genre" of porn catering to people who like images of abused women, so it's possible.
Now put in Babylon 5 and you've got some real *beep* going on.
"*beep*"?
Seriously, "*beep*"? You couldn't say "sh*t" or "s__t" or even "stuff", or just "shit"? The average reader here is probably 30, I'm pretty sure we can handle the occasional in-context swear word.
No, but you can "lose" money in order for someone else to "gain" it, in a laundering fashion. There is more to the market than buying and selling stock.
Even games like Fallout 3, Fallout:New Vegas, Bioshock 1 & 2, have the option of being good or bad, and have consequences for your actions. They handle it quite well. Most people don't like harvesting the little girls in Bioshock (we all try it to see what happens, then feel bad, revert to an older save, then save them). Same with Fallout: if you choose to shoot the NCR or Brotherhood faction, (or side with the Legion), then you have a buttload of other guys with bounties on your head, making the game a very different experience, and "failing" many of the quests.
But you CAN if you want to. That is what makes them great games, you have the choice, and there are consequences.
It's enough to say that it's a cousin, as every single other creature on this planet is.
But unlike chimps, this is a kissing cousin, we could have interbred with them and may have. Not necessarily our direct ancestor, but lived in the same world as our direct ancestors, and didn't win the evolutionary lottery.
You obviously have a tiny point and shoot camera. Digitals beat analog in most categories except quality. "Graininess" is the same as "pixelated" in this context. Just as with analog sound vs. digital, the difference is in the eye of the beholder, literally. There is a certain warmth and depth in analog that few affordable digital cameras can reproduce.
For most commercial photographers, shooting sports, war zones or a studio shooting family shots, digital is the obvious choice because of speed, portability, ease of use and cost. For artistic photography, there is still a place for analog, which would explain why medium format cameras haven't gone anywhere. Digitals don't even come close to the amount of "megapixels" that a medium format analog camera can capture.
I get why most 35mm cameras have been obsoleted, but this is one camera type that still makes sense. Sometimes you need to take a photo, and have a copy in your hand, NOW. Not just tourism, but other commercial uses. And you can always scan the photo if you must send it digitally as well.
and since the drives read and write in lock step, odds are remarkably good that the next drive in the array will die before you finish rebuilding the RAID set.
Utter nonsense. If one drive failing caused the next to fail, then millions would not be using RAID as the defacto method of redundancy. I've had many, many RAID setups for many years (ie: every server and workstation for almost 20 years), and had the occasional drive failure. I've never had two drives fail in the same array. Ever. And that was with both hardware and software RAID setups. Drives fail due to manufacturing flaws, even minor ones that don't show up for a long time. You overstate the ability of manufacturers to create multiple products exactly the same. They may be built to the same minimum STANDARD, but that isn't the same as being IDENTICAL.
a good RAID array should contain no more than one of any single drive model by any single manufacturer
Sorry, but this is bullocks and if someone told you this, they were pulling your leg. This guarantees nothing, except that your array will likely perform like crap because they will all have different latency, as well as sustained and burst throughput. This would be most noticeable in a software RAID, and slow the whole system down. The entire purpose of a RAID is to use identical drives in size, performance and specifications so the entire array, regardless of RAID type, will seamlessly act like a single drive, while using the least amount of overhead.
Try a different subject matter, you are seriously missing some information about this one.
The IT industry has not been able to provide a superior or even equal solution to fax yet.
That is it in a nutshell. Any child can use one, it is more secure than encrypted email, cheaper, more reliable, and it has a huge install base. IT has been looking for an "equivalent" instead of a superior replacement, and has failed so far.
Anti-competitive isn't illegal, per se, in the USA. We already have anti-trust laws, which wouldn't apply here since there isn't a monopoly in consoles, oh yea, AND ITS A GAME. You don't have to buy it. Your law would open the door so that no store could ever have an exclusive deal with anyone. See my examples above. No exclusive clothing lines, etc. Absurd and anti-American/Capitalist as anything I've heard in a while.
Personally I think "Exclusive" title arrangements should be illegal.
On what grounds? If I develop software, and some company offers me an extra sweet deal if they get an exclusive, you want to tell me that I shouldn't legally be able to accept the offer?
Why stop with software? Should all companies that have exclusive deals be banned from continuing with those exclusive deals? Apple must sell phones through all carriers? Selena Gomez must ditch her exclusive clothing line at Kmart? Same with Kathy Ireland? Why would clothing or phones be any different than software?
Dig a little deeper into this, and you find that the suggestion is pretty absurd, even if your heart is in the right place.
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An SSH client can be insecure without it being in a web browser. It isn't the programming language that makes it insecure, it is the programmer.
I can picture plenty of ways to use this as a lame method to exploit, but they are all more effort than the current methods. I guess someone could embed this in a hidden webpage popup, use the persons computer to then try to hack various sites via ssh, but that seems like it is more work than using a simple trojan to install a background process to do the work instead.
Back in the mid 80s, I had a beat up, high mileage RX-2, 1973 model I believe. Far from sexy, but had a 12A dual rotor engine, four plugs, dual points and dual distributors that made it a challenge to tune. For a cruise control, it had a cable tied directly to the carb, so you pulled it out and it fixed the throttle in one position, like a bad choke. Dangerous, but fun.
Sucker loved rpms, couldn't get enough, and as much as I abused it, it would never die. Think I paid $150 for it and sold it for the same a year later, which was cheap even by 80s standards. Trashed inside and looked like junk outside, but it was actually pretty peppy and fun to drive.
So, at 3% growth, starting from a base of 2009 demand, by sometime in Feb 3099 global oil demand is going to exceed on entire solid planet of oil per year.
So you are saying we don't need to worry until what, 3097 or 3098 then? That's a relief!
Then it would appear that for once, /. has a good summary. Not every "story" needs to be 4 or 5 pages long anyway.
I don't believe that's true.
Be serious. The overwhelming majority of the install base is on the server, you can't really believe that majority of the development isn't as well. There are a number of good reasons why most development is on the server, not the least of which is that because Linux is more difficult to configure initially but is arguably easy to maintain once configured, and while 10% of the desktop installers are nerds, 100% of the server installers are nerds, making it less of an issue.
There are a lot of people throwing resources at the Linux desktop, to be sure, but most of the resources ARE for Linux as a server. Even programs like Apache, which can run on Windows, are primarily developed for Linux and to a lesser degree, FreeBSD. Linux desktop is a moving target (primarily because of the GUI) but Linux on the server isn't that much different than it was 10 or 15 years ago, just better like the hardware.
Even Redhat and IBM aren't that serious about the desktop at this stage, and they are the largest supporters of Linux in the corporate world. Most of their resources surely go into the server side, not the desktop side.
I pre-ordered mine on the 2nd day, to make sure I was in line to NOT get delayed shipping (I can always cancel before Nov 15 if I change my mind, after all). I ordered specifically because it WASN'T the iPad. I didn't want the camera and all the extra features, or the price. I imagine I'm like a lot of people:
I want something to read books on, but want something more than a regular Kindle. (ie: color) I want to be able to do some basic web browsing, read news, check web mail, etc and do basic work tasks. I want to be able to read most formats, ie: pdf, etc. I have never owned a tablet, and want my "test" of the waters to a simple, effective device. I want it bigger than a smart phone, but I don't want a giant tablet either. Yes, it would be nice if it had expanded memory slots, but that isn't as big of a deal as people might think. This isn't for doing serious work or content creation, it is for reading and basic web activities. And a casual game or two. Yes, Angry Birds would be one of those.
I've been looking for a tablet for 6 months, and just missed out on the HP deal. I already buy from Amazon regularly. Love their deals on used books. And now, I"m even considering their "Amazon Prime" with streaming movies and TV to the Fire, or my computer (which happens to be connected to my 42" tv anyway...) So yes, it is a media consumption product. It would be nice if I could connect to other app stores without jailbreaking it, but for $200, I can't complain. I can still transfer my own books to it, and they offer thousands of free books and hundreds of thousands under $10. For the money, for MY usage, it is a steal.
More importantly, in the long run this will INCREASE sales for the iPad and similar devices, because it is opening up the bottom end of the market with a product that is at least as different as it is alike. I can see lots of people falling in love with their tablet, and a year or so later, moving up to a $500+ version to get the extra features.
I posted up higher, and also work with UV daily (different job). The kind of UV exposure you are talking about isn't particularly dangerous in the short term, although it is cumulative. I keep a pair of inexpensive and light shaded sunglasses around when I need to be looking at reflected or direct UV in modest doses. The darkness of the glasses has nothing to do with the ability to filter UV, as long as they are rated to block at least 95% of UVA and UVB, you should be fine. (100% is great, but not necessary since we are talking low level UV radiation here) If you are like me, and get regular low doses of UV to the eyes (reflected or direct) then it is a good idea and preventative to have around. Even clip ons (if you wear glasses already) may be worth the investment, just to prevent problems 20 years from now.
You have the better of the replies so far (I've worked with UV devices daily, for 20 years). Many flowers have colors that can only be seen in the barely sub 400nm range, high into UVA, and just passed violet in the rainbow. This is where blacklights work as well. Staying above 315nm (and better above 350nm) presents much less risk, and is likely where his extended vision is anyway.
UVB exposure to the eyes should be avoided by everyone, and I don't recommend very long exposures of longer wave UVA either, but it is a very different animal.
I think you are correct in that this would qualify as an exception, but it is still a slippery slope. What if he had been on US soil? Or in Canada or Mexico? Aren't they "allies" as well, so why would it make a difference?
Obviously he wasn't here or in a truly 'friendly' country, but the question remains, where do we draw the line? When it comes to US citizens, it is more of a problem, even though the Constitution doesn't differentiate "citizen" and "person". We just take the government killing a citizen much more serious, justified or otherwise.
Thank you, if for no other reason than the link to make your own bogus church signs that I found on that page. Has already come in handy.
If significant number people actually practiced lifetime monogamy, it wouldn't be so common.
If the whole world would just adopt Islam and live 100% in accordance to the Koran, then there wouldn't be AIDS or HPV either. Pick any Abrahamic religion and get the same result. The problem isn't that people aren't living up to a particular "code"/morality/ethic, it is that we are biologically hardwired to NOT be 100% monogamous. To expect 100% of the population to "get over" that hardwiring is unrealistic, as you probably know.
From my perspective, our mobility is the real problem, as diseases that 200+ years ago might have cropped up and died out in a limited population now can spread worldwide rapidly, sexual or otherwise.
The biggest problem of copper is latency not bandwith.
In the consumer market, bandwidth sells, latency doesn't.
....is this new website supposed to appeal to people who get excited with both naked women and abused animals? Not sure if there is such a thing, but I know there is a "genre" of porn catering to people who like images of abused women, so it's possible.
Now put in Babylon 5 and you've got some real *beep* going on.
"*beep*"?
Seriously, "*beep*"? You couldn't say "sh*t" or "s__t" or even "stuff", or just "shit"? The average reader here is probably 30, I'm pretty sure we can handle the occasional in-context swear word.
No, but you can "lose" money in order for someone else to "gain" it, in a laundering fashion. There is more to the market than buying and selling stock.
Even games like Fallout 3, Fallout:New Vegas, Bioshock 1 & 2, have the option of being good or bad, and have consequences for your actions. They handle it quite well. Most people don't like harvesting the little girls in Bioshock (we all try it to see what happens, then feel bad, revert to an older save, then save them). Same with Fallout: if you choose to shoot the NCR or Brotherhood faction, (or side with the Legion), then you have a buttload of other guys with bounties on your head, making the game a very different experience, and "failing" many of the quests.
But you CAN if you want to. That is what makes them great games, you have the choice, and there are consequences.
It's enough to say that it's a cousin, as every single other creature on this planet is.
But unlike chimps, this is a kissing cousin, we could have interbred with them and may have. Not necessarily our direct ancestor, but lived in the same world as our direct ancestors, and didn't win the evolutionary lottery.
I was thinking the same thing, and a Pringles can is easier and cheaper. This is kind of like a higher form of dupes.
You obviously have a tiny point and shoot camera. Digitals beat analog in most categories except quality. "Graininess" is the same as "pixelated" in this context. Just as with analog sound vs. digital, the difference is in the eye of the beholder, literally. There is a certain warmth and depth in analog that few affordable digital cameras can reproduce.
For most commercial photographers, shooting sports, war zones or a studio shooting family shots, digital is the obvious choice because of speed, portability, ease of use and cost. For artistic photography, there is still a place for analog, which would explain why medium format cameras haven't gone anywhere. Digitals don't even come close to the amount of "megapixels" that a medium format analog camera can capture.
I get why most 35mm cameras have been obsoleted, but this is one camera type that still makes sense. Sometimes you need to take a photo, and have a copy in your hand, NOW. Not just tourism, but other commercial uses. And you can always scan the photo if you must send it digitally as well.
Utter nonsense. If one drive failing caused the next to fail, then millions would not be using RAID as the defacto method of redundancy. I've had many, many RAID setups for many years (ie: every server and workstation for almost 20 years), and had the occasional drive failure. I've never had two drives fail in the same array. Ever. And that was with both hardware and software RAID setups. Drives fail due to manufacturing flaws, even minor ones that don't show up for a long time. You overstate the ability of manufacturers to create multiple products exactly the same. They may be built to the same minimum STANDARD, but that isn't the same as being IDENTICAL.
Sorry, but this is bullocks and if someone told you this, they were pulling your leg. This guarantees nothing, except that your array will likely perform like crap because they will all have different latency, as well as sustained and burst throughput. This would be most noticeable in a software RAID, and slow the whole system down. The entire purpose of a RAID is to use identical drives in size, performance and specifications so the entire array, regardless of RAID type, will seamlessly act like a single drive, while using the least amount of overhead.
Try a different subject matter, you are seriously missing some information about this one.
It's creepy that the map in the time's article displays the cemetarys as being 100% occupied.
It means they are zombie-free. Every grave has a body. It's a good thing.
The IT industry has not been able to provide a superior or even equal solution to fax yet.
That is it in a nutshell. Any child can use one, it is more secure than encrypted email, cheaper, more reliable, and it has a huge install base. IT has been looking for an "equivalent" instead of a superior replacement, and has failed so far.
Anti-competitive isn't illegal, per se, in the USA. We already have anti-trust laws, which wouldn't apply here since there isn't a monopoly in consoles, oh yea, AND ITS A GAME. You don't have to buy it. Your law would open the door so that no store could ever have an exclusive deal with anyone. See my examples above. No exclusive clothing lines, etc. Absurd and anti-American/Capitalist as anything I've heard in a while.
Personally I think "Exclusive" title arrangements should be illegal.
On what grounds? If I develop software, and some company offers me an extra sweet deal if they get an exclusive, you want to tell me that I shouldn't legally be able to accept the offer?
Why stop with software? Should all companies that have exclusive deals be banned from continuing with those exclusive deals? Apple must sell phones through all carriers? Selena Gomez must ditch her exclusive clothing line at Kmart? Same with Kathy Ireland? Why would clothing or phones be any different than software?
Dig a little deeper into this, and you find that the suggestion is pretty absurd, even if your heart is in the right place.