"What now? Will GM prohibit unauthorized repairs of its patented car components?"
Shhhh! Don't give them any ideas!
On a completely unrelated, offtopic note I have an historic event to report: I was reading up on the HL2 sourcecode leak, and found this news article. It just might be the first time in history the two words "informed" and "slashdot" are mentioned in the same sentence.
Yeah, let's see what i should do to secure my car - should I allow or disallow the following "keys":
* Signed Active X Keys? * Unsigned Active X Keys? * Active X Keys not marked as "safe"? * Active X Keys not marked as "safe"? * Java Keys? * JavaScript Keys? * Data source accross domains Keys? * Active Scripting Keys? * Cookie Keys? * Cookie Keys from a third-party domain? * Etc, etc, etc.
Computers are infinately more complex to use than cars - do not make the nerd/geek mistake to assume that just because YOU think something is interresting/simple/rudimentary everyone else will as well.
Sure, your hidden FORM field is OK on your personal homepage or a simple single-task website, but once on a complex site, this method is crap.
I used to be the guy in charge of maintaining an internet bank website that used this very technology - storing user variables and passing the information between pages by means of JavaScript (one that had to work with IE, Netcrap, PC, Mac, Linux) - and it is pure and simple HELL!
I guess a large portion of the problem was that the web server had no scripting language, so everything had to be done either client-side (JavaScript) or in the low-level business tier (COBOL) or database tier (PL/1). *puke* I'm actually glad im unemployed now instead of being back in that job...
No spyware, system crashes, viruses, less spam, less advertising.
Also: enhances linguistic abilities and mathematical skill, improves intelligence, cures cancer, improves sexual stamina and penis size. Future versions will enable teleportation and time travel.
Shouldn't the same development process be possible to use for robot controller SW? You will of course have to change the physiological input parameters (the robot you are constructing will most likely NOT have the same muscles as a human body), but the process should be the same, and the resulting controlling algoritm would be better at controlling the robot walk (move) than a human-constructed program.
The arrival of new materials has certainly improved my work-outs enormously! I lift weights for work-out, something I'm quite happy with. The weights used to be made from steal, and was extremely heavy, almost impossible to lift. Nowadays, i use weights made from high-tech composit materials, that weigh almost nothing! I can lift TWICE as big weights with less than HALF the effort! It's incredible!
I'm working with OpenBSD. This is obviously an important fact when coding and developing SW. It has to be - I have to conform to standards. It might be important in/. polls, and It's obviously an important fact for a lot of zealots in this place. But in every other context this is simply semantics - referring to the OS as Unix WILL SUFFICE! When taking to my co-workers, I might refer to it as Unix, *nix, Unix-based OS or even OpenBSD - depending on the technical knowledge of that co-worker - and the context of the conversation. To my manager, I will always refer to the OS as Unix. When speaking to my mother I'm working with computers.
"Is this a scare tactic or an honest attempt to reform the p2p user community, or both?"
Those of us who actually read the article found this:
Sherman said the trade group did not plan to take further action against the users it had contacted for now. "There is no next step. We are just letting them know it's illegal and they are not anonymous," said Sherman.
So it would seem like this is a scare tactic only. For now.
Actually, most of the dust on workplaces and in the home comes from textile fabrics. The first thing to do if you want to get rid of dust is to get rid of fabric; curtains, carpets, clothes.
And everyone knows that a room full of naked computer geeks is just plain yummy. *cough*
I find The Guardian to be one of the most unbiased, objective news sources in existance: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
If you want to get another perspective on the news, Al-Jazeera is the thing for you. It's just as biased as CNN, but it provides a different angle on the news: http://www.aljazeera.net/
"but given the large hold Apple has on design pros and film, this seems like a bad move on Adobe's part"
Or a death blow for Mac.
Re:I hate the war, but I support you
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This is not in particular directed at you, Sanity (1431), but to all those who refer to today's - and the coming months' - military action as "war".
What we are witnessing now is not war. What we are witnessing is the single most powerful military force on the face of the earth attacking a small, ill-equipped, obsolete, unmotivated army.
In addition, much of the casualties will not be directed at military targets, but will strike the civilian population - a population that has already had to endure a gruesome dictator, 10 years of famine, countless years of war, etc.
I was planning on citing numbers here, but I won't. Everyone knows that Iraq doesn't have a fighting chance.
Slashdot Mirror
-1 Redundant.
Seems to me there's a lot of redundant information 'round.
Seems to me there's a lot of redundant information 'round.
"What now? Will GM prohibit unauthorized repairs of its patented car components?"
Shhhh! Don't give them any ideas!
On a completely unrelated, offtopic note I have an historic event to report: I was reading up on the HL2 sourcecode leak, and found this news article. It just might be the first time in history the two words "informed" and "slashdot" are mentioned in the same sentence.
Yeah, Canada is famous for it's vast penguin population.
Obviously, the autor of the article has NO IDEA what he's talking about.
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!
WHOHOOOOOOO!!!! ZERO WING RULZ!
Read the flurry article, ppl - this is not a home-made case mod, it's a product review. Treat it accordingly.
Yeah, let's see what i should do to secure my car - should I allow or disallow the following "keys":
* Signed Active X Keys?
* Unsigned Active X Keys?
* Active X Keys not marked as "safe"?
* Active X Keys not marked as "safe"?
* Java Keys?
* JavaScript Keys?
* Data source accross domains Keys?
* Active Scripting Keys?
* Cookie Keys?
* Cookie Keys from a third-party domain?
* Etc, etc, etc.
Computers are infinately more complex to use than cars - do not make the nerd/geek mistake to assume that just because YOU think something is interresting/simple/rudimentary everyone else will as well.
Sure, your hidden FORM field is OK on your personal homepage or a simple single-task website, but once on a complex site, this method is crap.
I used to be the guy in charge of maintaining an internet bank website that used this very technology - storing user variables and passing the information between pages by means of JavaScript (one that had to work with IE, Netcrap, PC, Mac, Linux) - and it is pure and simple HELL!
I guess a large portion of the problem was that the web server had no scripting language, so everything had to be done either client-side (JavaScript) or in the low-level business tier (COBOL) or database tier (PL/1). *puke* I'm actually glad im unemployed now instead of being back in that job...
No spyware, system crashes, viruses, less spam, less advertising.
Also: enhances linguistic abilities and mathematical skill, improves intelligence, cures cancer, improves sexual stamina and penis size. Future versions will enable teleportation and time travel.
*cough*
I think he means "kickback" ;)
Shouldn't the same development process be possible to use for robot controller SW? You will of course have to change the physiological input parameters (the robot you are constructing will most likely NOT have the same muscles as a human body), but the process should be the same, and the resulting controlling algoritm would be better at controlling the robot walk (move) than a human-constructed program.
The arrival of new materials has certainly improved my work-outs enormously! I lift weights for work-out, something I'm quite happy with. The weights used to be made from steal, and was extremely heavy, almost impossible to lift. Nowadays, i use weights made from high-tech composit materials, that weigh almost nothing! I can lift TWICE as big weights with less than HALF the effort! It's incredible!
Thank you for a reflected, insightful comment. If I had any moderator points (and you didnt already have +5) I'd give them all to you.
*freak*
I'm working with OpenBSD. This is obviously an important fact when coding and developing SW. It has to be - I have to conform to standards. It might be important in /. polls, and It's obviously an important fact for a lot of zealots in this place. But in every other context this is simply semantics - referring to the OS as Unix WILL SUFFICE! When taking to my co-workers, I might refer to it as Unix, *nix, Unix-based OS or even OpenBSD - depending on the technical knowledge of that co-worker - and the context of the conversation. To my manager, I will always refer to the OS as Unix. When speaking to my mother I'm working with computers.
"Is this a scare tactic or an honest attempt to reform the p2p user community, or both?"
Those of us who actually read the article found this:
Sherman said the trade group did not plan to take further action against the users it had contacted for now. "There is no next step. We are just letting them know it's illegal and they are not anonymous," said Sherman.
So it would seem like this is a scare tactic only. For now.
Actually, most of the dust on workplaces and in the home comes from textile fabrics. The first thing to do if you want to get rid of dust is to get rid of fabric; curtains, carpets, clothes.
And everyone knows that a room full of naked computer geeks is just plain yummy. *cough*
All your hair are belong to us?
Another IM service is just what I've been missing!
I find The Guardian to be one of the most unbiased, objective news sources in existance:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
If you want to get another perspective on the news, Al-Jazeera is the thing for you. It's just as biased as CNN, but it provides a different angle on the news:
http://www.aljazeera.net/
Not mainstream:
http://dearraed.blogspot.com/
Cool-o-rama! My mp3 server just got a lot l33t'er.
"but given the large hold Apple has on design pros and film, this seems like a bad move on Adobe's part"
Or a death blow for Mac.
This is not in particular directed at you, Sanity (1431), but to all those who refer to today's - and the coming months' - military action as "war".
What we are witnessing now is not war. What we are witnessing is the single most powerful military force on the face of the earth attacking a small, ill-equipped, obsolete, unmotivated army.
In addition, much of the casualties will not be directed at military targets, but will strike the civilian population - a population that has already had to endure a gruesome dictator, 10 years of famine, countless years of war, etc.
I was planning on citing numbers here, but I won't. Everyone knows that Iraq doesn't have a fighting chance.