I have a feeling scroll wheels, even though they supposedly are more ergonomic than mice without them, are just as likely to cause RSIs than regular mice.
I had never really used a scroll wheel until about a year ago I visited a friend that had one. I found after using it for only about 30 minutes, my wrist actually *hurt*! I can type for hours with no problem, but just a few minutes with the wheel was enough to make sure I never have one attached to my computer.
It's too bad, since the wheel can be terribly convienent at times.
"That said, I agree that attempts to duplicate Windows are misguided."
Sometimes it's better to throw out the old version and start from scratch. That was the decision made with Mozilla, and it seems to have been a good one (though the jury's still out, I think).
Microsoft even did it to some extent with NT. Win2K (NT5) sucks a whole lot less than 98.
I don't know what world you live in, but in mine, the majority of people are still using Windows. I wish it weren't true, but it is.
"It makes no sense to do this at all"
I bet you people were saying this about Linux not too many years ago. I bet people still say it today.
Why use FAT? It's a simple and easy to impliment filesystem, besides being the Windows standard. A well designed OS will be able to support multiple file systems, and they can move on in the future.
Is this effort doomed from the start (assuming it's not a hoax)? Quite probably, but I bet you they'll learn a lot in the process and have fun. That's what hackers do.
Full disclosure helps, but in some cases is too extreme, does source code for a particular exploit really need to be published?
Exactly. Enough information should be given so that a security expert can find and protect/fix the hole, but code to exploit it should not be handed out. Without someone handing them the code, most script kiddies would be dead in the water. If they're smart enought to figure out how to write and exploit, then they're probably smart enough not to use it for evil.
Will this stop script kiddies? No, someone will make them a script at some point, but hopefully, it will slow them down and give us a little more time to patch the holes.
All this IMHO, of course.
On the other hand, how bad is it that the scripts are out there? As far as I can tell, a lot of sites don't start locking their doors until someone has come in through them. If all script kiddies dropped off the face of the earth today, security would probably go to hell. Would you feel more secure if the sites that kept your credit card info (as an example) didn't have to constantly worry about plugging every little hole that a script kiddie is going to use?
The internet is a hostle place. We are just going to have to adjust to that. Script kiddies and black hats are not going to go away. ever. All the whining and finger pointing in the world is not going to increase security.
Maybe no one knows who Hunkapiller is, but quite a few seem to know who Craig Venter is. I think that's an important point that Jon is overlooking.
When the Genome Project was heralded in a White House ceremony...
And who was there representing Celera/PE, Hunkpiller or Venter? (Hunkpiller may have been there, but Venter was up on stage in the spotlight with Clinton)
I cannot believe the people who claim they use Mozilla daily
Believe it. I use it daily. I'm using it right now. I doubt I can be the only one.
You're right that it doesn't work perfectly yet, but it keeps getting better and better. It's beginning to approach the stability of Navigator 4.7x (at least in my experience. It's much more stable than Navigator on my Linux box)
Mozilla is not ready for prime time yet, but that doesn't mean it's never going to work.
If you don't feel Mozilla is the right browser for you, then don't use it. If you do, then help us make it better.
I would consider myself an "Intermediate to Advanced Unix Guy", and I have no facial hair whatsoever. Almost all of the geeks I know have no facial hair. Maybe it's a (US) west coast thing.
If you're aware of prior art out there that invalidates a patent that is existing, file a re-examination.
and
If you've got those documents now, and you believe a patent is issued that those documents in any way implicates or invalidates -- as I say, we've got several mechanisms for sending it on in. Send it on by re-exam, you can even just put it in the file if you want. We have a process for putting it in an individual file so that if anybody goes to enforce that patent, then they would have a major problem. You could send it to the patent owner and say, "I would warn you not to try to enforce this because you run a risk of --" [my emphasis]
What percentage of Joe users do you think would be able to install and/or maintain any sort of home network environment with a dozen or more connected devices?
All Joe user needs is a DCHP enabled firewall device. IIRC some of these are in development right now (or may even be available).
Something like this isn't too complicated. One plug for modem/broadband, and one ethernet plug for the inside. It can DHCP out 192.168.x.x addresses and IP Masquerade for the machines/devices inside.
"Unlike Napster, however, it allows people to search for any kind of files; a random sampling of the search terms being used at any given time ranges from MP3s to blockbuster movies to pornography."
Unlike Napster, however, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, etc. can be used to search for pirated software, pornography and blockbuster movies...
'More disturbing was "Conveys violence in writings and/or drawings." Lot of room there. I guess kids shouldn't draw battles or scenes from their favorite movies; God knows what will be reported about them.'
Hmm, that describes almost all of my friends in high school. They never picked on anyone else, never fought, etc. I think most of their violent thoughts (which, I can't stress this enough: where never acted upon) where the result of being picked on.
Does Pinkerton propose to solve the problems in schools by removing the students that can't take the stress of being an outcast?
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I had never really used a scroll wheel until about a year ago I visited a friend that had one. I found after using it for only about 30 minutes, my wrist actually *hurt*! I can type for hours with no problem, but just a few minutes with the wheel was enough to make sure I never have one attached to my computer.
It's too bad, since the wheel can be terribly convienent at times.
Sometimes it's better to throw out the old version and start from scratch. That was the decision made with Mozilla, and it seems to have been a good one (though the jury's still out, I think).
Microsoft even did it to some extent with NT. Win2K (NT5) sucks a whole lot less than 98.
I don't know what world you live in, but in mine, the majority of people are still using Windows. I wish it weren't true, but it is.
"It makes no sense to do this at all"
I bet you people were saying this about Linux not too many years ago. I bet people still say it today.
Why use FAT? It's a simple and easy to impliment filesystem, besides being the Windows standard. A well designed OS will be able to support multiple file systems, and they can move on in the future.
Is this effort doomed from the start (assuming it's not a hoax)? Quite probably, but I bet you they'll learn a lot in the process and have fun. That's what hackers do.
It's not the cause that he's equating, it's the effect.
Exactly. Enough information should be given so that a security expert can find and protect/fix the hole, but code to exploit it should not be handed out. Without someone handing them the code, most script kiddies would be dead in the water. If they're smart enought to figure out how to write and exploit, then they're probably smart enough not to use it for evil.
Will this stop script kiddies? No, someone will make them a script at some point, but hopefully, it will slow them down and give us a little more time to patch the holes.
All this IMHO, of course.
On the other hand, how bad is it that the scripts are out there? As far as I can tell, a lot of sites don't start locking their doors until someone has come in through them. If all script kiddies dropped off the face of the earth today, security would probably go to hell. Would you feel more secure if the sites that kept your credit card info (as an example) didn't have to constantly worry about plugging every little hole that a script kiddie is going to use?
The internet is a hostle place. We are just going to have to adjust to that. Script kiddies and black hats are not going to go away. ever. All the whining and finger pointing in the world is not going to increase security.
If you can't take the heat, stay off the net.
When the Genome Project was heralded in a White House ceremony...
And who was there representing Celera/PE, Hunkpiller or Venter? (Hunkpiller may have been there, but Venter was up on stage in the spotlight with Clinton)
Believe it. I use it daily. I'm using it right now. I doubt I can be the only one.
You're right that it doesn't work perfectly yet, but it keeps getting better and better. It's beginning to approach the stability of Navigator 4.7x (at least in my experience. It's much more stable than Navigator on my Linux box)
Mozilla is not ready for prime time yet, but that doesn't mean it's never going to work.
If you don't feel Mozilla is the right browser for you, then don't use it. If you do, then help us make it better.
You know, it's completely personal. They just hate you.
I would consider myself an "Intermediate to Advanced Unix Guy", and I have no facial hair whatsoever. Almost all of the geeks I know have no facial hair. Maybe it's a (US) west coast thing.
I know this is offtopic, but how many more names is X10 going to market this same product under
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MP3 anywhere was DVD anywhere was Cable/Small Satalite dish anywhere (don't remember the specific name).
They just package the sender/reciever with their universal remote of the month...
Not that it's not a nifty thing, I (like them apparently) haven't quite figured out what to do with it
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To bring up a specific example, IIRC, the Microsoft help system had linking going pretty far back.
What percentage of Joe users do you think would be able to install and/or maintain any sort of home network environment with a dozen or more connected devices?
All Joe user needs is a DCHP enabled firewall device. IIRC some of these are in development right now (or may even be available).
Something like this isn't too complicated. One plug for modem/broadband, and one ethernet plug for the inside. It can DHCP out 192.168.x.x addresses and IP Masquerade for the machines/devices inside.
"Unlike Napster, however, it allows people to search for any kind of files; a random sampling of the search terms being used at any given time ranges from MP3s to blockbuster movies to pornography."
Unlike Napster, however, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, etc. can be used to search for pirated software, pornography and blockbuster movies...
PDT is GMT -7. (PST is GMT -8)
Not all machines are used from their console. You could use something like this to serve web/file/dns... Maybe a network MP3 Audio Appliance :-)
I've heard that you can't get two male sims to share the same bed. Haven't tried it myself though...
Hmm, that describes almost all of my friends in high school. They never picked on anyone else, never fought, etc. I think most of their violent thoughts (which, I can't stress this enough: where never acted upon) where the result of being picked on.
Does Pinkerton propose to solve the problems in schools by removing the students that can't take the stress of being an outcast?
I agree with Dave, but have a couple of related questions:
How do you propose to protect the privacy of students who are reported maliciously (not if, but when)?
How is your system going to handle the load of hundreds or thousands of students start maliciously reporting others at the same time?