This would be a fantastic feature: an "allow list" of domains or partial domains that are allowed to pop up windows. One of the sites I use frequently pops up a vital window on loading, so unfortunately I have to keep this wonderful feature of moz disabled.
Though I would be thrilled to never have to see an X10 ad again, personally.
Hmm. The libertarian party is closest to my ideals, and I'd vote for them if:
They weren't so against helping out the poorer members of society. (economic libertarianism)
They recognised that businesses (particularly the larger ones) were more like government than individuals, and so should rightly be regulated when necessary.
I was a US citizen.:)
There are so many problems with party-based political systems. Sigh.
There is undoubtedly a potential problem here. My solution is simple: for each given spammer+spammee combination, the spammee can ask the spammer to stop (possibly via an official agency). If spam continues, then the spammer is punished. Some might think it a little extreme, but I recommend the injection of a fairly large quantity of LSD before being savagely beaten up by volunteer spammees. Physical and psychological torture. Can't beat it.
Does this strike anyone else as being a little excessive? Holocaust denial may be highly disrespectful to the memories of those involved, as well as obnoxious, but is it really worth sacrificing freedom of expression?
As has been noted in the past, popular speech doesn't need protecting. Unpopular speech does.
If you think about it, the (dubious) theory behind EULAs is that you make a temporary copy in RAM.
But with embedded systems, it's frequently the case that the OS is executed directly from ROM. In which case, there's nothing to support the requirement for an EULA (same with PDAs).
Your citizenship doesn't make any difference. It's what interests you that matters. I'm a British Citizen myself, but know far more about the US system, because I find it more interesting (a written constitution limiting government power makes matters much more interesting. Now if the US lawmakers actually read it... I digress). It can certainly be trickier to get reading materials, but that's what Amazon.com is for.
(My company is a Windows Embedded Gold Partner, so I do know what I'm talking about)
Ok, is there any particular reason why a WRONG comment gets moderated to +4 informative while the correction is at +2 informative as I type? Ok, obviously the correction is posted later, but why moderate as informative? It is so clear that the moderators in question didn't have a clue about the subject, so how could they possibly judge whether the comment was informative.
I have never grumbled about slashdot moderation before, and never will again. Promise.
Now I wouldn't suggest for a moment that Sony's behaviour is anything short of despicable. But shouldn't we treat this like any other security vulnerability? I mean, this CD is basically acting no differently from any other trojan. Shouldn't we make sure that data should not be able to crash hardware, software, or firmware?
A further thought - isn't damaging someone's computer without their consent a criminal act in the USA? Ok, so there is apparently a sticker saying 'will not play in PCs or Macs', but to my mind that's like selling a poison and saying 'will not taste good'. Surely since they appear to be selling a red book CD, the obligation to warn in order to avoid the consequences would be on the seller? Surely it must be illegal to sell a product that appears to be (say) an apple, but is really toxic, unless it is made incredibly obvious that it is in fact dangerous?
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Sounds interesting. Got any documentation or source?
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Wish I had mod points. I was just about to type this very thing. So nice to know that not everyone is x86-centric.
Of course, the xor version is more efficient on sensible ISAs if you take register allocation into account.
Yeah, working for a WinCE 'systems integrator' I know.
Microsoft place a huge number of requirements on specific WinCE platforms (eg PocketPC). This includes display size. They also have a large number of tests that devices have to pass.
In addition, the shell is apparently hard-coded for that screen size.
I'm just curious - is the GPL presented with an "I agree" button like EULAs? If so, does it operate correctly (ie. choosing I do not agree still allows you to install in accordance with the "You do not have to accept this licence" section of the GPL)?
Just interested to see how closed-source companies adapt to an open source licence.
blakestah wrote: By this I mean, any student caught cheating should be expelled and forced to pay for a semester of education to be re-instated.
Let me tell you a little story. When I was at university studying computer science, I rapidly became disillusioned and so rarely attended lectures. I was (and still am) fascinated by the subject, but preferred to sit at home or in the university library (or the pub) reading, coding, and learning in my own way. I had a couple of friends who would get me assignment details, exam dates, and so forth. The system worked well.
Despite my inattendance, I had a good grasp of the subject, and would frequently explain things. One time, I had completed a difficult assignment early, and my friends asked if they could have a look at my work to see how I had solved the problem. As I recall, the software needed to test my work was a Win16 application, and I had an non-x86 Acorn machine, so it had been necessary for me to test using my friends' PC. I agreed. How could I not?
I never saw my friends' assignments. Several weeks later, I received a letter from the university asking me to attend a meeting. I attended along with my two friends. We were accused of plagiarism. I know that I didn't plagiarise, and I still doubt that my friends did. My integrity wouldn't allow me to say "I am innocent, but if anyone is guilty of plagiarism, it is my friends." What could I do? In the end, I had to accept a 40% grade on the assignment, despite having originally scored 89%.
I don't know for sure whether I would have said anything - or if I'd have been believed - if I'd been threatened with expulsion. I didn't know at the time that I'd get a reduced grade. I like to think I'd have kept my integrity.
Maybe I was wrong to do what I did. I don't know. But it didn't feel wrong to let other people read my work, and the only thing I'm not sure about is not dropping my friends in the proverbial. I trust my friends to tell me if they had cheated. If I had to choose between a friendship and a piece of paper that says I can do something that I can demonstrably do, I know which I'd choose.
So my question is this: how can you guarantee a 100% accuracy in detecting cheaters? How can you assure me that under your system I wouldn't have suffered an even greater injustice?
I do live in the UK, and a bit over half of my DVDs are imported from the USA. Partly because of the cost, but mostly because I'm not prepared to wait for six months for them to release a film here, assuming they bother at all.
Almost all of my videos are imported, simply because I can't buy them here.
I don't know if it made it to slashdot - probably not - but a week or two ago there was a High Court judge over here who declared that playing an imported PS2 game infringed the copyright because it was licenced for another region and kept a temporary copy in memory. (I'm getting sick of this temporary copy rubbish - it's really a bit of a stretch). Many people pointed out that the same logic applies to DVDs, so it's apparently illegal for me to watch my imported DVDs now.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find their respect for the law lessens every day? I'm going home shortly and will probably infringe copyright. Do I care? Yes. Do I think I'm doing anything even slightly immoral? No. Will the law make a difference? No. Will it make a difference to customs for future imports? I hope not.
Just out of interest, do you consider the other two terrestrial channels low quality, or have you just overlooked them? You are aware that we get 5 channels in the UK?
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As a UK citizen, I completely agree with you. It should be ukparliamentlive or whatever.
But I have to say, I tend to feel the same about army.gov, etc. I have read the relevant RFCs, and I know the history. It's just a bit weird when.com is essentially worldwide now.
Err... Actually it is a monopoly. Why can they charge $6 for an entry in a database? Because they are the ONLY supplier of the services. The service in question being the controller of the official.com domain database.
I'm curious as to what your definition of a monopoly is. Since Verisign apparently do not meet your criteria.
Honest and reliable?!?! I hope I stop laughing some time today.
Ok, I personally think that this is so unlikely as to be unbelievable, but here's an idea.
If the SSSCA ever does get passed (it seems unlikely), then open-sourcing Mozilla would have worked out very nicely, wouldn't it? Free labour, and of course AOL/TW would be in a prime position to provide the only legal version of Mozilla - with DRM built in.
I agree that Linux would benefit from richer sound and graphics APIs, but strongly disagree that they should resemble DirectX.
I've used DirectX briefly. It's horrible. It's COM-based, and like everything COM-based, you have to type half a page of code to have the same effect as a normal function call. I haven't got the url handy, but there's a comparison of DX and OpenGL on the net somewhere. OpenGL is a lot simpler.
I'd suspect you wouldn't notice, since you'd have no experience of these dimensions. In effect, you wouldn't be able to see or interact with them. Probably. I may of course be totally wrong, and we might find ourselves in a reality like those distorting mirrors in fairgrounds. But that seems improbably, because that can all be seen in the existing 3 dimensions. Perhaps any effects would have to be 'projected' into 3D so that we can experience them, like 3D to 2D projection on computers now.
What I'm wondering is would a newborn child be able to experience them? (See Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason)
Is it unreasonable to expect customers to use their judgement in this respect? If so, then surely you should separate men and women, because it is equally 'possible' that they could perform an impromptu live sex show?
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This would be a fantastic feature: an "allow list" of domains or partial domains that are allowed to pop up windows. One of the sites I use frequently pops up a vital window on loading, so unfortunately I have to keep this wonderful feature of moz disabled.
Though I would be thrilled to never have to see an X10 ad again, personally.
Does anyone know if it's possible to eliminate popups except for certain specified sites?
Hmm. The libertarian party is closest to my ideals, and I'd vote for them if:
There are so many problems with party-based political systems. Sigh.
There is undoubtedly a potential problem here. My solution is simple: for each given spammer+spammee combination, the spammee can ask the spammer to stop (possibly via an official agency). If spam continues, then the spammer is punished. Some might think it a little extreme, but I recommend the injection of a fairly large quantity of LSD before being savagely beaten up by volunteer spammees. Physical and psychological torture. Can't beat it.
Does this strike anyone else as being a little excessive? Holocaust denial may be highly disrespectful to the memories of those involved, as well as obnoxious, but is it really worth sacrificing freedom of expression?
As has been noted in the past, popular speech doesn't need protecting. Unpopular speech does.
If you think about it, the (dubious) theory behind EULAs is that you make a temporary copy in RAM.
But with embedded systems, it's frequently the case that the OS is executed directly from ROM. In which case, there's nothing to support the requirement for an EULA (same with PDAs).
Your citizenship doesn't make any difference. It's what interests you that matters. I'm a British Citizen myself, but know far more about the US system, because I find it more interesting (a written constitution limiting government power makes matters much more interesting. Now if the US lawmakers actually read it... I digress). It can certainly be trickier to get reading materials, but that's what Amazon.com is for.
End of pedantic lecture. Apologies.
(My company is a Windows Embedded Gold Partner, so I do know what I'm talking about)
Ok, is there any particular reason why a WRONG comment gets moderated to +4 informative while the correction is at +2 informative as I type? Ok, obviously the correction is posted later, but why moderate as informative? It is so clear that the moderators in question didn't have a clue about the subject, so how could they possibly judge whether the comment was informative.
I have never grumbled about slashdot moderation before, and never will again. Promise.
Now I wouldn't suggest for a moment that Sony's behaviour is anything short of despicable. But shouldn't we treat this like any other security vulnerability? I mean, this CD is basically acting no differently from any other trojan. Shouldn't we make sure that data should not be able to crash hardware, software, or firmware?
A further thought - isn't damaging someone's computer without their consent a criminal act in the USA? Ok, so there is apparently a sticker saying 'will not play in PCs or Macs', but to my mind that's like selling a poison and saying 'will not taste good'. Surely since they appear to be selling a red book CD, the obligation to warn in order to avoid the consequences would be on the seller? Surely it must be illegal to sell a product that appears to be (say) an apple, but is really toxic, unless it is made incredibly obvious that it is in fact dangerous?
Sounds interesting. Got any documentation or source?
Wish I had mod points. I was just about to type this very thing. So nice to know that not everyone is x86-centric.
Of course, the xor version is more efficient on sensible ISAs if you take register allocation into account.
Yeah, working for a WinCE 'systems integrator' I know.
Microsoft place a huge number of requirements on specific WinCE platforms (eg PocketPC). This includes display size. They also have a large number of tests that devices have to pass.
In addition, the shell is apparently hard-coded for that screen size.
I'm just curious - is the GPL presented with an "I agree" button like EULAs? If so, does it operate correctly (ie. choosing I do not agree still allows you to install in accordance with the "You do not have to accept this licence" section of the GPL)?
Just interested to see how closed-source companies adapt to an open source licence.
blakestah wrote: By this I mean, any student caught cheating should be expelled and forced to pay for a semester of education to be re-instated.
Let me tell you a little story. When I was at university studying computer science, I rapidly became disillusioned and so rarely attended lectures. I was (and still am) fascinated by the subject, but preferred to sit at home or in the university library (or the pub) reading, coding, and learning in my own way. I had a couple of friends who would get me assignment details, exam dates, and so forth. The system worked well.
Despite my inattendance, I had a good grasp of the subject, and would frequently explain things. One time, I had completed a difficult assignment early, and my friends asked if they could have a look at my work to see how I had solved the problem. As I recall, the software needed to test my work was a Win16 application, and I had an non-x86 Acorn machine, so it had been necessary for me to test using my friends' PC. I agreed. How could I not?
I never saw my friends' assignments. Several weeks later, I received a letter from the university asking me to attend a meeting. I attended along with my two friends. We were accused of plagiarism. I know that I didn't plagiarise, and I still doubt that my friends did. My integrity wouldn't allow me to say "I am innocent, but if anyone is guilty of plagiarism, it is my friends." What could I do? In the end, I had to accept a 40% grade on the assignment, despite having originally scored 89%.
I don't know for sure whether I would have said anything - or if I'd have been believed - if I'd been threatened with expulsion. I didn't know at the time that I'd get a reduced grade. I like to think I'd have kept my integrity.
Maybe I was wrong to do what I did. I don't know. But it didn't feel wrong to let other people read my work, and the only thing I'm not sure about is not dropping my friends in the proverbial. I trust my friends to tell me if they had cheated. If I had to choose between a friendship and a piece of paper that says I can do something that I can demonstrably do, I know which I'd choose.
So my question is this: how can you guarantee a 100% accuracy in detecting cheaters? How can you assure me that under your system I wouldn't have suffered an even greater injustice?
I do live in the UK, and a bit over half of my DVDs are imported from the USA. Partly because of the cost, but mostly because I'm not prepared to wait for six months for them to release a film here, assuming they bother at all.
Almost all of my videos are imported, simply because I can't buy them here.
I don't know if it made it to slashdot - probably not - but a week or two ago there was a High Court judge over here who declared that playing an imported PS2 game infringed the copyright because it was licenced for another region and kept a temporary copy in memory. (I'm getting sick of this temporary copy rubbish - it's really a bit of a stretch). Many people pointed out that the same logic applies to DVDs, so it's apparently illegal for me to watch my imported DVDs now.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find their respect for the law lessens every day? I'm going home shortly and will probably infringe copyright. Do I care? Yes. Do I think I'm doing anything even slightly immoral? No. Will the law make a difference? No. Will it make a difference to customs for future imports? I hope not.
Where do I sign up for the revolution?
Just out of interest, do you consider the other two terrestrial channels low quality, or have you just overlooked them? You are aware that we get 5 channels in the UK?
As a UK citizen, I completely agree with you. It should be ukparliamentlive or whatever.
But I have to say, I tend to feel the same about army.gov, etc. I have read the relevant RFCs, and I know the history. It's just a bit weird when .com is essentially worldwide now.
Err... Actually it is a monopoly. Why can they charge $6 for an entry in a database? Because they are the ONLY supplier of the services. The service in question being the controller of the official .com domain database.
I'm curious as to what your definition of a monopoly is. Since Verisign apparently do not meet your criteria.
Honest and reliable?!?! I hope I stop laughing some time today.
But then you don't care.
Ok, I personally think that this is so unlikely as to be unbelievable, but here's an idea.
If the SSSCA ever does get passed (it seems unlikely), then open-sourcing Mozilla would have worked out very nicely, wouldn't it? Free labour, and of course AOL/TW would be in a prime position to provide the only legal version of Mozilla - with DRM built in.
Back to non-paranoid land...
How can there be sources close to the matter?Isn't that like talking to eyewitnesses of something that didn't happen?
I agree that Linux would benefit from richer sound and graphics APIs, but strongly disagree that they should resemble DirectX.
I've used DirectX briefly. It's horrible. It's COM-based, and like everything COM-based, you have to type half a page of code to have the same effect as a normal function call. I haven't got the url handy, but there's a comparison of DX and OpenGL on the net somewhere. OpenGL is a lot simpler.
I'd suspect you wouldn't notice, since you'd have no experience of these dimensions. In effect, you wouldn't be able to see or interact with them. Probably. I may of course be totally wrong, and we might find ourselves in a reality like those distorting mirrors in fairgrounds. But that seems improbably, because that can all be seen in the existing 3 dimensions. Perhaps any effects would have to be 'projected' into 3D so that we can experience them, like 3D to 2D projection on computers now.
What I'm wondering is would a newborn child be able to experience them? (See Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason)
I'm absolutely fascinated. How did you manage to code the test for a random number?
DirectX is COM-based.
It is a well known fact that COM was created by the devil, to prepare programmers for hell.
Didn't you know that?
That's absolutely astonishing.
Is it unreasonable to expect customers to use their judgement in this respect? If so, then surely you should separate men and women, because it is equally 'possible' that they could perform an impromptu live sex show?