One, go in there, convince upper management, and rewrite the whole thing.
Two, add another layer of obfuscated code on top so you can get hired back as a consultant when the whole thing goes belly up and no-one can understand it.
Three, perform an 'accidental' disk wipe and force a code rewrite.
Seriously, though - it's very hard to rewrite a program from the ground up; somehow, it's never as good. I'd clean up the code, but not rewrite.
It'll always cut out at the important bits of the story!
Why not upgrade to our plus service - we'll automatically download programme schedules for you, to make sure the VerizonBox(TM) always cuts out at the right moment!
Sorry. Sarcasm overload here. Although quite how far into the realms of fantasy I am I'm not sure...
You've seen the Internet grow from its early days - what do you see as the future for the net? Broadband? VR? Subscription-sites? Or will integration bring the net and television together?
Disclaimer: not all myths discussed are necessarily shared by all or even most OO proponents. They are based on "common notions" found in the business and programming world as I have observed them. I am making no claims as to the frequency of beliefs in the myths. My frequency of encounter may differ from yours. Discussing myths is not the same as "punching a straw-man", which some OO proponents claim I am doing by mentioning myths.
So... this is based on his experiences, without research? He has based this piece of writing on merely his viewpoint? Surely, if any technical critic wishes to be taken seriously, he should back his work up with proper figures and research, rather than "myths".
Communism also looked good in theory, but its base assumptions about human nature were flat wrong!
Okay... he's comparing OO with Communism? I don't see the connection. Does OO make assumptions about human nature?
This seems far too much like a rant, backed up with a few web pages... I would not take this seriously.
That you could make a reality the old geek joke, and (this is serious), put a mouse by each foot and use it as a foot pedal. Just make sure it's durable, cheap, and has good 'feedback'.
...to write a complicated, web-enabled package such as Flash and be sure you've removed every possible security bug from it? Of course not. There's no way to be certain. The chances are, every major Internet product - including IE, Netscape, Flash, will have more bugs exposed in it as time goes on. It's a fact of programming.
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (aptly acronymed RIP) basically allows the UK government to snoop on any Internet traffic at the ISP level, with a suitable warrant from a senior police officer.
Yes, there are ways around it (PGP, create your own mailserver, sign up with overseas ISP or ZeroKnowledge), but the average Internet user will now be leaving a trail behind them that can be used in evidence against them.
Oh, and by the way - this law isn't being debated. It's been passed.
[This post may contain factual errors. Please feel free to correct them.]
If Russia loses contact with Mir again, we could be treated to the greatest meteor shower ever seen... combining the Quadrantids with flaming debris and solar panels:)
Yeah, I'll go with that. Certainly my geekdom has become a little more respected... there are still the [insert term of disrespect here]s, but they're becoming a bit more rare - at least in my opinion.
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...to circumvent the DVD region restrictions by playing the DVDs on an orbiting satellite, and beaming down the picture?
(I said theoretically possible, not cheap...)
Just a thought... the gravitational pull of the asteroid would surely move tides and tectonic plates. Would a planetwide evacuation be necessary?
Of course, this is assuming we're still here in a billion years. Unlikely, but hey, we could fall into a timewarp. I guess.
- but, as an analogy, would the writer like to give away all the intellectual rights to his essay, and not get paid for it?
EToys have registered e-toy.com to point to their web site - that's cybersquatting, I believe, as well as trademark infringement.
EToys don't have a leg to stand on here, I think...
One, go in there, convince upper management, and rewrite the whole thing.
Two, add another layer of obfuscated code on top so you can get hired back as a consultant when the whole thing goes belly up and no-one can understand it.
Three, perform an 'accidental' disk wipe and force a code rewrite.
Seriously, though - it's very hard to rewrite a program from the ground up; somehow, it's never as good. I'd clean up the code, but not rewrite.
Introducing...
The Verizon TV Service!
Sorry. Sarcasm overload here. Although quite how far into the realms of fantasy I am I'm not sure...
You've seen the Internet grow from its early days - what do you see as the future for the net? Broadband? VR? Subscription-sites? Or will integration bring the net and television together?
The fabulous Baker Boys?
Sherlock Holmes (who lived at Baker Street)?
Jerry Rafferty (who played "Baker Street")?
Kevin Bake-on?
Who knows? Lawyers know no bounds...
" from the cupid-should-be-so-equipped dept "
Um ... yes ... I'm sure he would want to shoot a crater the size of a football field where two people were a moment ago.
"Darling, it felt like the earth moved..."
"It did."
Why do I have a feeling that we've just started a Linux holy war between us? :-)
"...the best linux distro out there..."
Doesn't this article sound a little like -1 Flamebait?"They altered your preferences, and plan to start..."
They altered your preferences, and started sending you unsolicited mail? That's got to be against some privacy/spam law somewhere.
Alternatively, why not complain to SpamCop? It is technically unsolicited mail...
Disclaimer: not all myths discussed are necessarily shared by all or even most OO proponents. They are based on "common notions" found in the business and programming world as I have observed them. I am making no claims as to the frequency of beliefs in the myths. My frequency of encounter may differ from yours. Discussing myths is not the same as "punching a straw-man", which some OO proponents claim I am doing by mentioning myths.
So... this is based on his experiences, without research? He has based this piece of writing on merely his viewpoint? Surely, if any technical critic wishes to be taken seriously, he should back his work up with proper figures and research, rather than "myths".
Communism also looked good in theory, but its base assumptions about human nature were flat wrong!
Okay... he's comparing OO with Communism? I don't see the connection. Does OO make assumptions about human nature?
This seems far too much like a rant, backed up with a few web pages... I would not take this seriously.
The result, they eventually realized, is that the rugs prevent the buildings from conducting static electricity.
Perhaps this is to stop any EMP attacks such as that mentioned on Slashdot last week?
That you could make a reality the old geek joke, and (this is serious), put a mouse by each foot and use it as a foot pedal. Just make sure it's durable, cheap, and has good 'feedback'.
Considering that he had a 0.25 BAC (blood-alchohol content), I don't know how they could defend against it.
Simple. Draft in the presidential-race lawyers.
[No offence meant to Mr. Haas with this... obviously, I wish him all the best, and that Jerk Boy goes down for a good few years.]
...this is providing, of course, that it doesn't run Windows 1949. (That version took five minutes just to go to the Blue Screen of Death.)
...to write a complicated, web-enabled package such as Flash and be sure you've removed every possible security bug from it? Of course not. There's no way to be certain. The chances are, every major Internet product - including IE, Netscape, Flash, will have more bugs exposed in it as time goes on. It's a fact of programming.
Yet another argument for open source software...
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (aptly acronymed RIP) basically allows the UK government to snoop on any Internet traffic at the ISP level, with a suitable warrant from a senior police officer.
Yes, there are ways around it (PGP, create your own mailserver, sign up with overseas ISP or ZeroKnowledge), but the average Internet user will now be leaving a trail behind them that can be used in evidence against them.
Oh, and by the way - this law isn't being debated. It's been passed.
[This post may contain factual errors. Please feel free to correct them.]
If Russia loses contact with Mir again, we could be treated to the greatest meteor shower ever seen... combining the Quadrantids with flaming debris and solar panels :)
Fun, no?
...to think of enough tracks to make up my paltry (that's paltry as in small, not poultry as in chicken) 1.7GB collection.
How on earth do you amass 6GB of tracks, let alone 20?!
For some filtering software will also filtered on the "proxied" links, such as anonymiser.com/http://www.some-porn-site/ ...
It's the classic story - as the blocked find ways around the block, the blockers increase their block. Repeat.
As I recall, they made their announcement when "most" of the genome was sequenced - and they still don't know what 99% of it does.
Can someone confirm this?
Yeah, I'll go with that. Certainly my geekdom has become a little more respected... there are still the [insert term of disrespect here]s, but they're becoming a bit more rare - at least in my opinion.
Geekdom is becoming a little 'cooler', I think.