Ok, I have more than 2 words to say. One obvious question: is it a good idea to do everything possible to avoid the kidnapping/abuse of one child? Probably. But with that in mind let's think about the real reason such seemingly extreme precautions are being taken. I believe it's over-sized schools.
In small neighborhoods everyone knows everyone else. In small schools every teacher recognizes every student and every parent. It's only as schools get large that adults picking up children become anonymous. Now I'm not sure making many more smaller schools is a solution. But I'd much prefer to send a child to a school where they can pay enough attention to recognize me. Then they have a natural suspicion of anyone in the area they don't recognize.
If you want to do anything beyond things that relate directly to content management then Drupal's not a great option. In theory you could strip out most of the module and use it as an app framework, but you won't get gaining too much over writing your own foundation. Drupal is mostly specific to CMS needs.
So portscans of my Macs prove there are many Mac exploits? Drupal has had just a few very specific security issues, just like any other internet-based app. There are many thousands of drupal-based sites, so evil-doers have written scripts to hunt down and take advantage of those that haven't upgraded. Nothing here uncommon to any other system. My drupal referrer logs fill with thousands to requests for IIS-specific files, yet I've never run a site on Windows.
No, it takes no hacking to work multisite. I'm running 3 sites on one code base right now. The URLs are very short. There's nothing horrible about them. And if you turn on the right module you can automatically link to/title/page+title. Learn about an app before complaining about it.
Well I certainly can't justify the exact cost, but patent research can be very time consuming. These apparently aren't just patents containing the word "Google". They had to research which companies were doing work on Google's behalf.
And why would anyone in private business do this research for free? This isn't the EFF. It's someone trying to sell information to financial analysts and google competitors. In big business this is barely pocket change and well worth the low cost.
Arnold Information Technology offers a CD with over 120 patents that can help predict Google's future plans. "Arnold said the CD contains patents clearly assigned to Google, but also with patents that Arnold believes are not assigned to Google, but that were filed by inventors working on behalf of Google. While a straightforward Google search on the U.S. Patents Office site finds just 14 patents, ArnoldIT's compilation lists nearly 10 times that number."
Yes, they are. Patents are for inventions. While software is a human invention its basis is math and algorithms. Many of the brightest mathematicians in history (and societies like the ancient Greeks, in general) consider algorithms to be "truths" which already exist. Humans simply discover them. Therefore if the basis of all software is math then computer science truely is discovery, not invention.
I'm a software developer. And I consider my "works" to be part art, part science. A patented physical invention may be sometimes considered a work of art, but not all art should be patented. The true fundamental problem is that not all creations by humans deserve a limited government-sanctioned monopoly. There's a reason the greatest inventor in American history didn't patent a single thing. He felt inventions should help society first, not the inventor.
Kent Brockman: Well, this reporter was...possibly a little hasty earlier and would like to...reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president. May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have. For now. [notices "HAIL ANTS" sign taped up, tears it down] Oh, yes, by the way, the spacecraft still in extreme danger, may not make it back, attempting risky reentry, bla bla bla bla bla bla. We'll see you after the movie.
Yes, in theory. But supply and demand apply. The supply is still controlled by almost-monopolies. Most parts of the US don't have more than one or two choices for broadband. No competition means no price drops.
That's absolutely amazing. Very cool. They should also research the dogs that can sniff out cancer. I'm sure that would be a much cheaper (and more fun) solution for patients.
I know that. I don't disagree at all. Yet counterfeiters are still able to print unused valid unique IDs (as barcodes) on paper tickets. Therefore they will be able to do the same on a cell phone.
Right, cause no one can figure out how to get a phone to draw a bar code except this company...
They can counterfeit a barcode on a ticket to get into Madison Square Garden. They can most certainly figure out how to draw the image on a phone's screen.
This goes back to a fundamental mistake made by many people... a company's purpose should not be to make money at any cost, legal or otherwise. Companies are not mindless entities that must suck as much money as possible from people to add value to its stock price. Companies wouldn't exist without the people that run and own them. Those people have basic moral obligations to society. And I believe those should translate into the corporations they own and run.
In fact, corporations that follow basic morals can make as much or more than companies that do not, in the long run. And that's one of the problems... they often don't care about long term costs of acting unethically. Take Microsoft as an example. If they acted better they'd have more community and corporate support long term. They'd have a much better image and not have to be so reactive to every threat to their bottom line.
Ethics in corporations matter. And more people need to realize that.
Homer: Now then... computer.. kill Flanders! Ned: Did I hear my name? My ears are burning! Homer: [whispering to mouse] That's a good start, now finish the job! Ned: Oh, you're busy. Catch you later, compu-tator! Homer: Oh, five thousand dollars for a computer and it can't even handle a simple assignment!
Homer approaches an elevator somewhere in the plant and pushes the down button.
Homer: Whew! I made it the whole day without seeing her again. [The elevator arrives and Homer gets in. The door closes and he notices he's crammed in with Mindy]
Aah! I mean, hello! Mindy: [awkward] Heh...I guess we'll be going down together -- I mean, getting off togeth -- I mean -- Homer: That's OK. I'll just push the button for the stimulator -- I mean, elevator.
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The /. quote on the bottom of this page:
Lack of capability is usually disguised by lack of interest.
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
it's already game over in search
That's a great attitude for promoting competition and innovation! It's good to hear we'll never see any new ideas come out of these companies.
Could this domain name BEEEE more annoying?
I don't know much about imaging techniques. But how easy is it to tell a picture's been manipulated without having the original source in hand?
Over... Kill...
Ok, I have more than 2 words to say. One obvious question: is it a good idea to do everything possible to avoid the kidnapping/abuse of one child? Probably. But with that in mind let's think about the real reason such seemingly extreme precautions are being taken. I believe it's over-sized schools.
In small neighborhoods everyone knows everyone else. In small schools every teacher recognizes every student and every parent. It's only as schools get large that adults picking up children become anonymous. Now I'm not sure making many more smaller schools is a solution. But I'd much prefer to send a child to a school where they can pay enough attention to recognize me. Then they have a natural suspicion of anyone in the area they don't recognize.
If you want to do anything beyond things that relate directly to content management then Drupal's not a great option. In theory you could strip out most of the module and use it as an app framework, but you won't get gaining too much over writing your own foundation. Drupal is mostly specific to CMS needs.
So portscans of my Macs prove there are many Mac exploits? Drupal has had just a few very specific security issues, just like any other internet-based app. There are many thousands of drupal-based sites, so evil-doers have written scripts to hunt down and take advantage of those that haven't upgraded. Nothing here uncommon to any other system. My drupal referrer logs fill with thousands to requests for IIS-specific files, yet I've never run a site on Windows.
No, it takes no hacking to work multisite. I'm running 3 sites on one code base right now. The URLs are very short. There's nothing horrible about them. And if you turn on the right module you can automatically link to /title/page+title. Learn about an app before complaining about it.
Well I certainly can't justify the exact cost, but patent research can be very time consuming. These apparently aren't just patents containing the word "Google". They had to research which companies were doing work on Google's behalf.
And why would anyone in private business do this research for free? This isn't the EFF. It's someone trying to sell information to financial analysts and google competitors. In big business this is barely pocket change and well worth the low cost.
Arnold Information Technology offers a CD with over 120 patents that can help predict Google's future plans. "Arnold said the CD contains patents clearly assigned to Google, but also with patents that Arnold believes are not assigned to Google, but that were filed by inventors working on behalf of Google. While a straightforward Google search on the U.S. Patents Office site finds just 14 patents, ArnoldIT's compilation lists nearly 10 times that number."
Software patents are not an inherently bad idea.
Yes, they are. Patents are for inventions. While software is a human invention its basis is math and algorithms. Many of the brightest mathematicians in history (and societies like the ancient Greeks, in general) consider algorithms to be "truths" which already exist. Humans simply discover them. Therefore if the basis of all software is math then computer science truely is discovery, not invention.
I'm a software developer. And I consider my "works" to be part art, part science. A patented physical invention may be sometimes considered a work of art, but not all art should be patented. The true fundamental problem is that not all creations by humans deserve a limited government-sanctioned monopoly. There's a reason the greatest inventor in American history didn't patent a single thing. He felt inventions should help society first, not the inventor.
Following a spacecraft healing itself:
Kent Brockman: Well, this reporter was...possibly a little hasty earlier and would like to...reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president. May not be perfect, but it's still the best government we have. For now.
[notices "HAIL ANTS" sign taped up, tears it down]
Oh, yes, by the way, the spacecraft still in extreme danger, may not make it back, attempting risky reentry, bla bla bla bla bla bla. We'll see you after the movie.
... does it run Linux?
Yes, in theory. But supply and demand apply. The supply is still controlled by almost-monopolies. Most parts of the US don't have more than one or two choices for broadband. No competition means no price drops.
That's a very funny story! I've submitted it to Seen On Slash.
The article's about cancer detection. The parent is about cancer detection. How exactly is this parent post off-topic?
That's absolutely amazing. Very cool. They should also research the dogs that can sniff out cancer. I'm sure that would be a much cheaper (and more fun) solution for patients.
I know that. I don't disagree at all. Yet counterfeiters are still able to print unused valid unique IDs (as barcodes) on paper tickets. Therefore they will be able to do the same on a cell phone.
Right, cause no one can figure out how to get a phone to draw a bar code except this company...
They can counterfeit a barcode on a ticket to get into Madison Square Garden. They can most certainly figure out how to draw the image on a phone's screen.
This goes back to a fundamental mistake made by many people... a company's purpose should not be to make money at any cost, legal or otherwise. Companies are not mindless entities that must suck as much money as possible from people to add value to its stock price. Companies wouldn't exist without the people that run and own them. Those people have basic moral obligations to society. And I believe those should translate into the corporations they own and run.
In fact, corporations that follow basic morals can make as much or more than companies that do not, in the long run. And that's one of the problems... they often don't care about long term costs of acting unethically. Take Microsoft as an example. If they acted better they'd have more community and corporate support long term. They'd have a much better image and not have to be so reactive to every threat to their bottom line.
Ethics in corporations matter. And more people need to realize that.
Seriously, just because there was a Simpsons about Homer riding in an elevator, does it necessitate quoting?
You must be new here...
Homer: Now then... computer.. kill Flanders!
Ned: Did I hear my name? My ears are burning!
Homer: [whispering to mouse] That's a good start, now finish the job!
Ned: Oh, you're busy. Catch you later, compu-tator!
Homer: Oh, five thousand dollars for a computer and it can't even handle a simple assignment!
Homer approaches an elevator somewhere in the plant and pushes the down button.
Homer: Whew! I made it the whole day without seeing her again.
[The elevator arrives and Homer gets in. The door closes and he notices he's crammed in with Mindy]
Aah! I mean, hello!
Mindy: [awkward] Heh...I guess we'll be going down together -- I mean, getting off togeth -- I mean --
Homer: That's OK. I'll just push the button for the stimulator -- I mean, elevator.
It's nice to see that someone is going to finally make it so I stop burning my lunch.
Scary thought for someone named after a food...