Have the user give a step-by-step list of how to achieve the bug in question, along with screenshots, and system information. The problem with bug reports is that if a bug can't be duplicated reliably, then statistically speaking, it's probably not a bug in the software. While it is up to the software developer(s) to make sure that the compiled code executes correctly on a system, it's also up to the user to give a meaningful bug report. If the user is unable, or sometimes unwilling, to work with and/or provide information to the dev(s) to figure out what's causing the error, then there's really nothing that can be done.
This is why there's alpha releases and beta testing. From personal experience, I try to have testers that at least have some clue of what's going on, and during the alpha phase, provide them with full source code to the product that's going to be released. Once the features have been reworked and simplified to an acceptable level, then the source code is no longer provided, and the user(s) are then required to test the actual program itself. If any flaws crop up at that point, both parties have a general idea of where the problem might be occurring. However, most companies don't really follow this approach as much as they should.
In summary...
Users: Try not to act like retard, and make sure the information is clear and concise. Telling devs the equivalent of "ur shit sux lololololol bc teh app crashed" doesn't help at all. In fact, that alone is the biggest reason why most "complaints" go unanswered. You have a brain, so use it.
Devs: Take the proper route and prevent bugs before they have a chance to crop up. Use less lines of code, stress test constantly, and simplify every aspect of an application as much as possible. It'll save you a lot of headache down the road. Most of you either have degrees or have the equivalent experience thereof, so start acting like it.
Somehow accidentally posted this in the wrong thread. Go me. Anyways...
The reason this pisses me off isn't because I have a security system set up, but because I contacted them three years ago about incorporating actual security into their operating system using a format that is only limited by internet, and to an extent, by hardware latency. What I was told was, "We only accept ideas from Fortune 500 companies". Fuck that. Seriously. I'm willing to bet money that they use the same (or extremely similar) format I have.
I'm not talking a few hundred megabytes of malware definitions, I'm talking around 20GB+ worth of raw information, not including a heuristics database that has a detection rate of 99.986%. Entire scantimes (ignoring the average 30 second wait time for file mapping) is about 15 minutes via dialup. Mark me as a troll all you'd like, my proof is in the goddamn pudding: http://www.tot-ltd.org/ [tot-ltd.org]
Not because I have a security system set up, but because I contacted them three years ago about incorporating actual security into their operating system using a format that is only limited by internet, and to an extent, by hardware latency. What I was told was, "We only accept ideas from Fortune 500 companies". Fuck that. Seriously. I'm willing to bet money that they use the same (or extremely similar) format I have.
I'm not talking a few hundred megabytes of malware definitions, I'm talking around 20GB+ worth of raw information, not including a heuristics database that has a detection rate of 99.986%. Entire scantimes (ignoring the average 30 second wait time for file mapping) is about 15 minutes via dialup. Mark me as a troll all you'd like, my proof is in the goddamn pudding: http://www.tot-ltd.org/
I'm not trying to be mean, but just stating the facts. Out of the "billions" of crawled webpages, even common search phrases come up with results that are only a fraction of what can be pulled from a standard search with google, yahoo, bing, etc. That's not to say that this project is not without its merits. It's a good idea, but I believe its developers are starting in the wrong place. The real money to be made from this kind of undertaking is NOT to create a better search engine. This kind of project would be a financial boon if instead of search results, it instead searched for, and indexed raw data per user requests.
I'd say there's a lot of upper management from PhoneDog posting ITT.
Seriously though, the company did not create the account: The employee did. As long as he's not trying to slander, libel or defame Phonedog, they don't really have a case. If you think I'm somehow making this up, go back and look at court case documents involving this kind of stuff. Asking for a password to something that no longer reflects the company, or was never created by the company in first place is laughable, and at best, shaky grounds for litigation. While I'm not a lawyer, common sense seems to dictate that Phonedog is painting itself into a corner.
They're at least cracking down on people with poor taste in music. See below.
"35 for alleged download of songs by R&B star Rihanna, six for Lady Gaga tunes and one for British recording artist Taio Cruz"
And I'm pretty sure that's a typo, it's Lord Caca.
Is that basically, Zeta told Anonymous "gb2/b/". The innocent and guilty hang every day, whether Anonymous has a hand in it or not. If they wanted to really make an impact on Zeta, they would have kept to their word and responded with, "That's fine, but you have to break a few eggs to make an omlette".
The actual skills have a marketable life only as long as those skills are actually sought after. Unfortunately, this explains why there are still those among us who program in COBOL, which is not so much a language as it is a festering carbuncle held together with bubble gum and duct tape.
However, the real goldmine is information harvesting and data mining, which is pretty much irrelevant to a specific programming language, and is ultimately a true test of near-indefinite skill.
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of the infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”
H.P. Lovecraft
We'll see who's laughing when those experiments go horribly awry.
"If one is perceived to be 'over-the-hill,' i.e., approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the plaintiff, to get work as she is thought to have less of an 'upside,' therefore, casting directors, producers, directors, agents-manager, etc. do not give her the same opportunities, regardless of her appearance or talent."
I'm pretty sure this statement only applies to the porn industry, which will narrow down the guesswork by a lot.
Our emails have been secretly monitored for quite some time. "Shying away" from such actions is merely on paper and PR. If you believe otherwise, you're a fool.
But if the offending piece of malware was on an NTFS file system, and accessed the ADS, hundreds of megabytes worth of lifted data could be stored, and nobody would be the wiser unless they checked to see what kind of data was hidden if resource forking was implemented. Pray this isn't the case, because if it is, Victoria won't have too many secrets left.
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Have the user give a step-by-step list of how to achieve the bug in question, along with screenshots, and system information. The problem with bug reports is that if a bug can't be duplicated reliably, then statistically speaking, it's probably not a bug in the software. While it is up to the software developer(s) to make sure that the compiled code executes correctly on a system, it's also up to the user to give a meaningful bug report. If the user is unable, or sometimes unwilling, to work with and/or provide information to the dev(s) to figure out what's causing the error, then there's really nothing that can be done.
This is why there's alpha releases and beta testing. From personal experience, I try to have testers that at least have some clue of what's going on, and during the alpha phase, provide them with full source code to the product that's going to be released. Once the features have been reworked and simplified to an acceptable level, then the source code is no longer provided, and the user(s) are then required to test the actual program itself. If any flaws crop up at that point, both parties have a general idea of where the problem might be occurring. However, most companies don't really follow this approach as much as they should.
In summary...
Users: Try not to act like retard, and make sure the information is clear and concise. Telling devs the equivalent of "ur shit sux lololololol bc teh app crashed" doesn't help at all. In fact, that alone is the biggest reason why most "complaints" go unanswered. You have a brain, so use it.
Devs: Take the proper route and prevent bugs before they have a chance to crop up. Use less lines of code, stress test constantly, and simplify every aspect of an application as much as possible. It'll save you a lot of headache down the road. Most of you either have degrees or have the equivalent experience thereof, so start acting like it.
If you're going to "pirate" something, make sure to use Peerblock. Problem solved.
If they think the lego bible is racy, wait till they see what's in the King James version of The Bible. Specifically, The Book Of Deuteronomy.
Oh...
Wait..
Somehow accidentally posted this in the wrong thread. Go me. Anyways...
The reason this pisses me off isn't because I have a security system set up, but because I contacted them three years ago about incorporating actual security into their operating system using a format that is only limited by internet, and to an extent, by hardware latency. What I was told was, "We only accept ideas from Fortune 500 companies". Fuck that. Seriously. I'm willing to bet money that they use the same (or extremely similar) format I have.
I'm not talking a few hundred megabytes of malware definitions, I'm talking around 20GB+ worth of raw information, not including a heuristics database that has a detection rate of 99.986%. Entire scantimes (ignoring the average 30 second wait time for file mapping) is about 15 minutes via dialup. Mark me as a troll all you'd like, my proof is in the goddamn pudding: http://www.tot-ltd.org/ [tot-ltd.org]
Not because I have a security system set up, but because I contacted them three years ago about incorporating actual security into their operating system using a format that is only limited by internet, and to an extent, by hardware latency. What I was told was, "We only accept ideas from Fortune 500 companies". Fuck that. Seriously. I'm willing to bet money that they use the same (or extremely similar) format I have.
I'm not talking a few hundred megabytes of malware definitions, I'm talking around 20GB+ worth of raw information, not including a heuristics database that has a detection rate of 99.986%. Entire scantimes (ignoring the average 30 second wait time for file mapping) is about 15 minutes via dialup. Mark me as a troll all you'd like, my proof is in the goddamn pudding: http://www.tot-ltd.org/
I'm not trying to be mean, but just stating the facts. Out of the "billions" of crawled webpages, even common search phrases come up with results that are only a fraction of what can be pulled from a standard search with google, yahoo, bing, etc. That's not to say that this project is not without its merits. It's a good idea, but I believe its developers are starting in the wrong place. The real money to be made from this kind of undertaking is NOT to create a better search engine. This kind of project would be a financial boon if instead of search results, it instead searched for, and indexed raw data per user requests.
Just my two cents.
I'd say there's a lot of upper management from PhoneDog posting ITT.
Seriously though, the company did not create the account: The employee did. As long as he's not trying to slander, libel or defame Phonedog, they don't really have a case. If you think I'm somehow making this up, go back and look at court case documents involving this kind of stuff. Asking for a password to something that no longer reflects the company, or was never created by the company in first place is laughable, and at best, shaky grounds for litigation. While I'm not a lawyer, common sense seems to dictate that Phonedog is painting itself into a corner.
They're at least cracking down on people with poor taste in music. See below.
"35 for alleged download of songs by R&B star Rihanna, six for Lady Gaga tunes and one for British recording artist Taio Cruz"
And I'm pretty sure that's a typo, it's Lord Caca.
Is that basically, Zeta told Anonymous "gb2/b/". The innocent and guilty hang every day, whether Anonymous has a hand in it or not. If they wanted to really make an impact on Zeta, they would have kept to their word and responded with, "That's fine, but you have to break a few eggs to make an omlette".
Just for mentioning COBOL, you should be burned at the stake. Heathen.
The actual skills have a marketable life only as long as those skills are actually sought after. Unfortunately, this explains why there are still those among us who program in COBOL, which is not so much a language as it is a festering carbuncle held together with bubble gum and duct tape.
However, the real goldmine is information harvesting and data mining, which is pretty much irrelevant to a specific programming language, and is ultimately a true test of near-indefinite skill.
Just wait until the aliens land.
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of the infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.” H.P. Lovecraft
We'll see who's laughing when those experiments go horribly awry.
After all, the last three letters spell the word "Doo".
Well played, sir. Well played indeed. I'm pretty sure The Loin King was NOT made by Disney.
I wasn't talking about Hollywood, I was talking about the porn industry.
"If one is perceived to be 'over-the-hill,' i.e., approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the plaintiff, to get work as she is thought to have less of an 'upside,' therefore, casting directors, producers, directors, agents-manager, etc. do not give her the same opportunities, regardless of her appearance or talent."
I'm pretty sure this statement only applies to the porn industry, which will narrow down the guesswork by a lot.
Our emails have been secretly monitored for quite some time. "Shying away" from such actions is merely on paper and PR. If you believe otherwise, you're a fool.
If it works as advertised, enough of them could be used to regulate blood sugar AND subsidize AEP. After all, the US *is* the fattest nation.
I for one, welcome our new hot pepper overlords in their attempt to take over the planet.
What's going to happen, really? Am I going to be publicly chastised for my good taste in porn? Somehow, I don't see that happening.
Said the bishop to the choir boy.
But if the offending piece of malware was on an NTFS file system, and accessed the ADS, hundreds of megabytes worth of lifted data could be stored, and nobody would be the wiser unless they checked to see what kind of data was hidden if resource forking was implemented. Pray this isn't the case, because if it is, Victoria won't have too many secrets left.
The Black Plauge was caused by bacteria. Why does the modern variety of it vary in genetic structure, you ask? It's called evolution.
Perhaps this also explains Marlin Brando.