If you're a script kiddie and you try to exploit, you won't get anywhere, and you'll get arrested.
If you're a serious hacker, you won't do that.
If you're a serious cracker, you either already have done it, or you've moved on to another, juicier target, because there's no pride in going in after Yahoo! news stories.
So this is just a way for the FBI to track down script kiddies.
Essentially, voice activated applications are command line, since it's one line in, one line out. It's much easier to port a user interface from command-line to voice than it is to port gui to voice. (what, you describe "There are four little boxes, all alike, and the first one says...")
I think that the merging of voip (sip or otherwise) with cell phones will allow interaction by voice to powerful computers running voice-enabled command-line-style applications.
I'd like to add that if I were to be paid to do the stuff I don't want to do, there would have to be a large amount of money involved.
I have very little free time as it is, and the little that gets allocated to writing software "for fun" has to have great return in personal satisfaction.
For example, I would not (under any circumstances) write some code I didn't feel like writing for less than $2,000 per day. Same goes for editing and documenting and all the other stuff.
Now, if it was my job, then that's something else. But then, I would just aim for "good enough" for what they pay me and keep the cutting-edge stuff for "personal projects".
Let's say Mr UberKrach worms out your system and now your patches come via freenet.org, courtesy of some less-than reputable guy in the evil corner of an evil country (pick a continent) and you win machine merrily installs all that junk as "Microsoft patches"...
It's official: From now on, one should not use the expression: "That's like comparing apples with oranges" but rather "That's like comparing oxen to chicken."
Investment in India comes promarily from the private sector. The private sector is interested only in money. If it was a matter of principle, they would not have gone to India in the first place.
CFO to CIO: "Hey Jake, guess what?" CIO: What? CFO: You know how we made 78 million last year outsourcing our call center and IT support to Hyderabad? CIO: Heck! That was the smartest move we ever did! We're back on the Street! CFO: Well, we're gonna have to pull back... CIO: What? Are you out of your mind? CFO: Not at all. The Indian government is allowing some no-name company down there to violate Apple Computer's patents on their file format... CIO: Let me cut you off right there Buddy... I don't give a damn about Apple. It's their problem. As long as we can get labor at $1 per hour, we're staying. So, got anything else? CFO: Yeah, we're still on for golf at 3? CIO: You betcha!
Naw, all they got to do is get link results off google for random words for each email they send out, that way, each email is a little different, and nearly all the links are valid.
Everyone is already a criminal where traffic laws are concerned. It's just that I don't kill pedestrians if I run a red light on the information superhighway.
(I know, I know, there are not red lights on a highway... Let's just say I was in the red light distrcit, ok?)
A film like star wars will make 350M in US but 800M worldwide, even though they pay a smaller ticket price a the box office.
Never under-estimate the purchasing power of 4 billion third-worlders with 20 cents each.
But the lesson behind the lesson is when you make a movie that targets the third-world audience, the US public thinks it's crap (except LOTR of course, but there's wizardry at work there). Likewise by third-world standards, win98 is "good enough", since they have nothing.
If I had to notify my ISP every time I wanted to run a service, I would move.
Which I did, btw.
You have the AOL mentality.
You must allow the user to do whatever they want. Your network should be completely transparent to them. As far as they are concerned, they are connected to the internet.
This is what you are selling (an interent connection). If you can't do it, let someone else do it. If you don't want to do it, let someone else do it. If you think it can't be done... you get the picture.
If Mr. SuperCracker wants to ping away, call the FBI.
Harden your network infrastructure. If it can be easily hacked, let someone else do it...
My point is: you're a construction worker on the information superhighway. Just because you built the bridge does not mean you can require White Trash Luann-Lee to register her Corsica on your little mile of freeway before she can play speed-demon.
Personally, I would like to see skillsets deteriorate, just like in real life: if you don't use it, you lose it, and it takes a lot to maintain it.
I would say that clothing, armor, swords, etc need to be maintained, or they get dull, frayed, etc and break. Martial arts skill too, etc. Then people would just be average in most skills and good or very good in a few. This would force a balance in the game.
Also, No classes: Anybody can do anything they want, as long as they're willing to train and maintain that skill.
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Make your resume in html.
and in plain text.
trust me.
I use Access because I support very small soho, and I can use ado to point to it.
I'll be the first to agree that it sucks horribly, yet it has ultimate portability. Just drop the file in the folder and you're good to go.
Ultimately, though, I design my database right, and just put all the tables in access. Everything else goes in the server code (asp/python+com+ado).
I also wrap all the database calls in-code with wrappers that handle everything. This way, it's real easy to move from one DB backend to another.
The big guys already knew about this.
The script kiddies just found out.
If you're a script kiddie and you try to exploit, you won't get anywhere, and you'll get arrested.
If you're a serious hacker, you won't do that.
If you're a serious cracker, you either already have done it, or you've moved on to another, juicier target, because there's no pride in going in after Yahoo! news stories.
So this is just a way for the FBI to track down script kiddies.
No storage: he'll watch them all at once on hundreds of little tiny windows on that HDTV monitor.
For the sound, however, there's a problem.
The other thing is that he'll do live rebroacast to all his buddies
Which brings me to my more serious point:
no need for local storage. You'll be able to rent a terabyte in india (or elsewhere) for $120/year and stream ABSOLUTELY everything to your machine.
Also, making your storage part of a p2p would just make for one heck of an online library.
Essentially, voice activated applications are command line, since it's one line in, one line out.
It's much easier to port a user interface from command-line to voice than it is to port gui to voice. (what, you describe "There are four little boxes, all alike, and the first one says...")
I think that the merging of voip (sip or otherwise) with cell phones will allow interaction by voice to powerful computers running voice-enabled command-line-style applications.
Thanks for the kind words.
Yes, she does pay for it.
Anyway, her cooking is top-rate.
What would you do?
Don't ask a robot for a formula when even you can't provide one for yourself.
Blade runner?
If you are married, then congrats. I couldn't get my wife to look at a car that's more that 6 mo old.
I use ogg.
Agreed.
I'd like to add that if I were to be paid to do the stuff I don't want to do, there would have to be a large amount of money involved.
I have very little free time as it is, and the little that gets allocated to writing software "for fun" has to have great return in personal satisfaction.
For example, I would not (under any circumstances) write some code I didn't feel like writing for less than $2,000 per day. Same goes for editing and documenting and all the other stuff.
Now, if it was my job, then that's something else. But then, I would just aim for "good enough" for what they pay me and keep the cutting-edge stuff for "personal projects".
Let's say Mr UberKrach worms out your system and now your patches come via freenet.org, courtesy of some less-than reputable guy in the evil corner of an evil country (pick a continent) and you win machine merrily installs all that junk as "Microsoft patches"...
;)
Oh, that gives me an idea... See ya'll later
It's official: From now on, one should not use the expression: "That's like comparing apples with oranges" but rather "That's like comparing oxen to chicken."
One word: Netcafe
No, in CS, that would be a duel of deagle. In the tunnel. (no flashbangs)
I explained to my wife the difference between nerds and geeks like this:
Geeks are nerds who possess outstanding technical skills.
And she replied: but they're still nerds, right?
I replied: Absolutely!
Investment in India comes promarily from the private sector. The private sector is interested only in money. If it was a matter of principle, they would not have gone to India in the first place.
CFO to CIO: "Hey Jake, guess what?"
CIO: What?
CFO: You know how we made 78 million last year outsourcing our call center and IT support to Hyderabad?
CIO: Heck! That was the smartest move we ever did! We're back on the Street!
CFO: Well, we're gonna have to pull back...
CIO: What? Are you out of your mind?
CFO: Not at all. The Indian government is allowing some no-name company down there to violate Apple Computer's patents on their file format...
CIO: Let me cut you off right there Buddy... I don't give a damn about Apple. It's their problem. As long as we can get labor at $1 per hour, we're staying. So, got anything else?
CFO: Yeah, we're still on for golf at 3?
CIO: You betcha!
Naw, all they got to do is get link results off google for random words for each email they send out, that way, each email is a little different, and nearly all the links are valid.
Oh, 6 billion people in the world: US: 300M, europe, 400M, Japan + South Korea: 200M, that's 900 million.
Add another 1.1 billion in the "Second World" you still have 4 billion left.
Everyone is already a criminal where traffic laws are concerned.
It's just that I don't kill pedestrians if I run a red light on the information superhighway.
(I know, I know, there are not red lights on a highway... Let's just say I was in the red light distrcit, ok?)
That's the lesson from Hollywood.
A film like star wars will make 350M in US but 800M worldwide, even though they pay a smaller ticket price a the box office.
Never under-estimate the purchasing power of 4 billion third-worlders with 20 cents each.
But the lesson behind the lesson is when you make a movie that targets the third-world audience, the US public thinks it's crap (except LOTR of course, but there's wizardry at work there). Likewise by third-world standards, win98 is "good enough", since they have nothing.
1) build a mailing list using good intentions.
2) Send list to BSA's foreign equivalents
3) Profit!!!
Remember, Microsoft is a for-profit corporation. They do NOTHING without a profit-derived motive. If they do, the Board is not doing its job.
If I had to notify my ISP every time I wanted to run a service, I would move.
Which I did, btw.
You have the AOL mentality.
You must allow the user to do whatever they want. Your network should be completely transparent to them. As far as they are concerned, they are connected to the internet.
This is what you are selling (an interent connection). If you can't do it, let someone else do it.
If you don't want to do it, let someone else do it.
If you think it can't be done... you get the picture.
If Mr. SuperCracker wants to ping away, call the FBI.
Harden your network infrastructure. If it can be easily hacked, let someone else do it...
My point is: you're a construction worker on the information superhighway. Just because you built the bridge does not mean you can require White Trash Luann-Lee to register her Corsica on your little mile of freeway before she can play speed-demon.
Commander Taco,
I second that request for an option to hide headlines that link to registration-only articles.
Personally, I would like to see skillsets deteriorate, just like in real life: if you don't use it, you lose it, and it takes a lot to maintain it.
I would say that clothing, armor, swords, etc need to be maintained, or they get dull, frayed, etc and break.
Martial arts skill too, etc.
Then people would just be average in most skills and good or very good in a few. This would force a balance in the game.
Also, No classes: Anybody can do anything they want, as long as they're willing to train and maintain that skill.