Here's Joe Btfsplk with the bad luck cloud that I was thinking of. (I got the name confused with the guy from Superman that only goes away if you get him to say his name backwards or something.)
And then the ATM tells the break and enter punk behind you in line that you're likely to be out that evening.
And I hate to think about spam that follows you around. Every damned ATM or wall display just has to publically tell you about those magic bean^w^w blue pills that you opt'ed-in to receive messages about.
That's to start with. Then you have to figure out how to have your data follow you around like Joe Mitzblitzfligx's bad luck cloud. (Bad spelling, 'Lil Abner ref.)
Let's see.. You have an appointment in the building and get lost. When you walk up to a wall display, it (without asking) shows you a map and path to get to where you want to go.
Think about what would be required to make that trick work -- then worry about the security problems.
Granted that they were writing to a narrow audience, but the style is pretty opaque unless you spend time boiling it down like maple sap to get the meaning.
I guess starting out a scientific paper with "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if..", but their paper really needs it.
More code to bog down the servers with. I don't know if I see the need for Java inside the DB server. (Sure, server Java between the DB and the client app, but that doesn't require Java inside the DB server itself.)
I hope this isn't a "Hey wouldn't it be really neat!" feature. The last time that happened, someone at MS thought executable email would really neat.
What on Teegeeak is $cientology going to do when they can't just send out an Avagram with fraudulent claims of copyright ownership to shut down sites and get personal information?
Is this going to put some staffer out of a $15/week "job"?
Yeah, it's good (but not great). It still leaves in place the normal procedure to go after copyright violators, but puts a crack in DMCA. The RIAA should rejoice, they're far less likely to go after some granny or kid this way, making them look like complete jerks. (Now they'll just be incomplete ones.)
The not great part is definitely the scope of the court, but it's a darned good start. I wonder if the RIAA will try to take it to the Supremes?
I'm currently wire-wrapping a computer, and plan to do most of the software more-or-less from the ground up. I'll be sure to add this auto-update feature--sounds useful!:^P
I did say I was only tempted. I almost did better than that: They posted a tech support job, and I almost applied--but meanwhile a contract came along. Which doesn't mean that I won't talk to them and volunteer a distro or two if they want.
I'd be interested to see how long it takes that copy of RH 6.2 to be 0wn3d if it was put on DSL 24/7.
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Here's Joe Btfsplk with the bad luck cloud that I was thinking of. (I got the name confused with the guy from Superman that only goes away if you get him to say his name backwards or something.)
Nonsense, Verisign certifies that Microsoft can be trusted. :^P
And then there was the sad case of Mr. Buttle in Brazil.
And I hate to think about spam that follows you around. Every damned ATM or wall display just has to publically tell you about those magic bean^w^w blue pills that you opt'ed-in to receive messages about.
Let's see.. You have an appointment in the building and get lost. When you walk up to a wall display, it (without asking) shows you a map and path to get to where you want to go.
Think about what would be required to make that trick work -- then worry about the security problems.
I guess starting out a scientific paper with "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if..", but their paper really needs it.
I'd still worry about someone trying to jam in some huge Java monster code just because he can, but that's why we invented pointed sticks.
And when I want to move my app to a different db or support multiple dbs, and discover that the server side depends on this cute hack?
I hope this isn't a "Hey wouldn't it be really neat!" feature. The last time that happened, someone at MS thought executable email would really neat.
Is this going to put some staffer out of a $15/week "job"?
The not great part is definitely the scope of the court, but it's a darned good start. I wonder if the RIAA will try to take it to the Supremes?
Well, for the complex stuff, they're looking for monkeys with several years of VB.NET. ;^)
Lead mathematicians used to be called computers. (No really, that was their job title.)
I'd laugh at these goofs by non-technical HR people, but these are the same goofs who will evaluate my resume before passing it to someone qualified.
(And this being Slashdot, I expect posts telling me how HTML and XML are too programming languages.)
After all, everyone knows that biker gangs won't touch Yamaha rice-paper rockets.
What, you mean that they're just a bunch of hackers?
"Are you a cop?"
The fact that they hijacked someone else's computer to send me that "completely legal" message would be a tip-off if all the other signs failed.
I'm currently wire-wrapping a computer, and plan to do most of the software more-or-less from the ground up. I'll be sure to add this auto-update feature--sounds useful! :^P
Bah! To me, all true Daleks still have a BBC worker inside seated on a tricycle.
Or else send them in pairs door-to-door to talk to people about Robot Heaven?
They can run, but can they manage stairs yet? Getting planets to install handicaped access for Dalek invasions is a bit of a problem.
I did say I was only tempted. I almost did better than that: They posted a tech support job, and I almost applied--but meanwhile a contract came along. Which doesn't mean that I won't talk to them and volunteer a distro or two if they want.
I'd be interested to see how long it takes that copy of RH 6.2 to be 0wn3d if it was put on DSL 24/7.
The Toronto Star had a recent human-interest story A do-it-yourself shot at the final frontier about Brian Feeney behind the Da Vinci team project.
And he's probably wrong about the servers. We know where BOFHs come from.