Really? Wow. I've got Internet Security 2004, but I always assumed the ad-blocking bit was in the firewall component, not the anti-virus. Certainly, it's in the "Norton Internet Security" section of the menu, and not "Norton Antivirus"...
However, the main point is: so what? It's trivially easy to switch ad-blocking on and off, and yes, that includes down to the site level. (Ad Blocking --> Configure --> Advanced (Configure Ad Blocking for individual Web sites). Works a treat. There's also the more general "Turn on Ad Blocking" option. None of this is rocket science, even my sister uses it - and she's normally so computer illiterate it's painful:)
I've been using it so long, I honestly can't remember whether or not it was switched on by default, but if you RTFM it's all nicely documented. It's not a secret feature designed by evil Symantec types to screw webmasters out of web revenue and consumers out of the joy of seeing yet another ad for Super-Mega-Effective Hair Restorer, or whatever.
I honestly think this has got to be one of the most pointless stories I've seen on Slashdot for some time. And let's face it, normally that's saying something.
Maybe it's good reason all the tech jobs are going overseas. At least in India/Russia they have the freedom to post security related software without going to jail...
For the time being. I'm sure once the WTO and the US government has had a quiet word, that might change.
Let's see now. Ogilvy states that "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one..."
Terry Pratchett would have us believe (in Guards! Guards!) that events where the chance of something happening are EXACTLY a million to one, are guaranteed to happen ("It's a million to one chance, but it might just work!")
Put those two together and...
If you see any large weird cylinders lying on the ground which look to be really, really hot... don't try to open them!:)
I do. In fact, I'm watching season 1 on DVD right now:). But it's not just NYPD Blue, it's every show on the planet. Even shows like CSI. A CSI turns up, wants a mouth swab for DNA. Does the suspect say "Got a warrant?", no he simply meekly opens his mouth like a good little sheep. Just once, I'd like to see a show where the suspect sticks to his guns, requiring people to get warrants for everything, refuses to speak to anyone without a lawyer... and more importantly, doesn't spontaneously confess at the end of the show when confronted by the flimsiest piece of evidence against him. If we had a show like that on more often, perhaps people wouldn't (seemingly) roll over the moment the moment a cop looks at them funny and actually use their rights.
If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear
Yes, because as we all know the criminal justice system is completely infallible, and never ever makes a mistake leading to the conviction of an innocent for a crime they did not commit. Honestly, any cop who says "If you're innocent you've got nothing to worry about" to a suspect should be taken out back and beaten.
From the Babelfish translation: three warnings to have received
In related news, George Lucas confirms that LucasArts is to sue AltaVista for stealing trade secrets relating to proprietary Yoda Speech Mannerisms v3.1 algorithms.
Amazon's conditions of use state there is no contract between the company and a customer until Amazon sends an e-mail confirming it has dispatched an order.
In fact, Amazon's exact wording is "No contract will subsist between you and Amazon.co.uk for the sale by it to you of any product unless and until Amazon.co.uk accepts your order by e-mail confirming that it has dispatched your product."
But Amazon ALSO says, in their online help, "You can cancel any item from your order, provided that we have not yet begun to process it."
But what if I want to cancel between the time they've started processing and the time they dispatch the item? It can't be an instantaneous process. For a certain time (which can be more than a few minutes, in my experience) they're "processing" the order. If no contract exists until they send me an e-mail saying it's been dispatched, I should be able to withdraw an item (or my entire order) while they're doing that processing, shouldn't I? Therefore, if Amazon won't let me withdraw or modify my order, doesn't that imply a contractual agreement has already been reached?
Damn right. A more ecologically friendly guy, like (for the sake of argument) George W. Bush, should be in charge of drilling. I'm sure there's no oil, but hell, George will find something. Plus, of course, China having a presence on the moon is *bound* to be a threat to the single super-power status.... sorry, I mean national security, of the USA.
Most of them nowadays have a final clause that indicates either that any alterations are null and void (i.e. if you make changes on the document, they don't count) or that any alterations have to be approved by the company
> Its language is not proper SQL at all: it does not support transactions properly
Could you clarify this? In what way does it treat transactions improperly? If you're going to say something doesn't work surely you should say why? I'm no expert, btw, I'm just curious as to what the actual problem *is*.
> nor has the necessary data types,
Which are? What standard(s) are you comparing against?
> and has been adding features kinda haphazardly without neither admitting to past mistakes nor presenting a clear roadmap to either SQL or the relational model.
This doesn't make sense to me. You *seem* to be saying that because they're adding new bits and pieces on seemingly randomly the language isn't SQL? If this is actually the case, this is rather like saying that a Pascal compiler doesn't produce true Pascal because they waited 'til the very last minute to put in the code to compile a Case statement...
>> MySQL is not relational, SQL violating several relational prescriptions and proscriptions and MySQL not even raising to SQL's already faulty levels.
I don't understand what you mean. What's the problem with SQL on Mysql, precisely? And what "faulty levels" in SQL are you talking about? Is this SQL92? SQL99? What's your beef?
The prototype vehicle cost between $500,000 and $1 million, Fuller said, although she said it is tough to estimate precisely because it involved partnerships with several firms.
That's quite a margin of error they've got there...
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Really? Wow. I've got Internet Security 2004, but I always assumed the ad-blocking bit was in the firewall component, not the anti-virus. Certainly, it's in the "Norton Internet Security" section of the menu, and not "Norton Antivirus"...
:)
However, the main point is: so what? It's trivially easy to switch ad-blocking on and off, and yes, that includes down to the site level. (Ad Blocking --> Configure --> Advanced (Configure Ad Blocking for individual Web sites). Works a treat. There's also the more general "Turn on Ad Blocking" option. None of this is rocket science, even my sister uses it - and she's normally so computer illiterate it's painful
I've been using it so long, I honestly can't remember whether or not it was switched on by default, but if you RTFM it's all nicely documented. It's not a secret feature designed by evil Symantec types to screw webmasters out of web revenue and consumers out of the joy of seeing yet another ad for Super-Mega-Effective Hair Restorer, or whatever.
I honestly think this has got to be one of the most pointless stories I've seen on Slashdot for some time. And let's face it, normally that's saying something.
Hmm. I for one think The Blue Screen Of Death deserves a guest shot on "Dead Like Me" :)
Oi! Never let the facts spoil a very slightly (if I'm lucky) humourous post :)
Maybe it's good reason all the tech jobs are going overseas. At least in India/Russia they have the freedom to post security related software without going to jail...
For the time being. I'm sure once the WTO and the US government has had a quiet word, that might change.
Let's see now. Ogilvy states that "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one..."
...
... don't try to open them! :)
Terry Pratchett would have us believe (in Guards! Guards!) that events where the chance of something happening are EXACTLY a million to one, are guaranteed to happen ("It's a million to one chance, but it might just work!")
Put those two together and
If you see any large weird cylinders lying on the ground which look to be really, really hot
Don't just take my word for it--watch NYPD Blue.
I do. In fact, I'm watching season 1 on DVD right now :). But it's not just NYPD Blue, it's every show on the planet. Even shows like CSI. A CSI turns up, wants a mouth swab for DNA. Does the suspect say "Got a warrant?", no he simply meekly opens his mouth like a good little sheep. Just once, I'd like to see a show where the suspect sticks to his guns, requiring people to get warrants for everything, refuses to speak to anyone without a lawyer... and more importantly, doesn't spontaneously confess at the end of the show when confronted by the flimsiest piece of evidence against him. If we had a show like that on more often, perhaps people wouldn't (seemingly) roll over the moment the moment a cop looks at them funny and actually use their rights.
If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear
Yes, because as we all know the criminal justice system is completely infallible, and never ever makes a mistake leading to the conviction of an innocent for a crime they did not commit. Honestly, any cop who says "If you're innocent you've got nothing to worry about" to a suspect should be taken out back and beaten.
OO = Object Orientation?
Just goes to show, even the baddest of people with the worst of intentions can still come up with good ideas.
Is it just me, or does that thing look like a 1930s Flash Gordon rocket ship?
:)
Of course, there's something ineffably cool about it looking like a 1930s rocket ship
Uh oh! Sounds like you just violated the DMCA, buddy boy! :)
Usable, yes. But proprietary. Fortunately a group of young padawan coders hacked together a new version, GNU/Yodix. Open-Source he is.
From the Babelfish translation: three warnings to have received
In related news, George Lucas confirms that LucasArts is to sue AltaVista for stealing trade secrets relating to proprietary Yoda Speech Mannerisms v3.1 algorithms.
A jogdial, that Sony uses on some of their hardware.
According to the BBC article:
Amazon's conditions of use state there is no contract between the company and a customer until Amazon sends an e-mail confirming it has dispatched an order.
In fact, Amazon's exact wording is "No contract will subsist between you and Amazon.co.uk for the sale by it to you of any product unless and until Amazon.co.uk accepts your order by e-mail confirming that it has dispatched your product."
But Amazon ALSO says, in their online help, "You can cancel any item from your order, provided that we have not yet begun to process it."
But what if I want to cancel between the time they've started processing and the time they dispatch the item? It can't be an instantaneous process. For a certain time (which can be more than a few minutes, in my experience) they're "processing" the order. If no contract exists until they send me an e-mail saying it's been dispatched, I should be able to withdraw an item (or my entire order) while they're doing that processing, shouldn't I? Therefore, if Amazon won't let me withdraw or modify my order, doesn't that imply a contractual agreement has already been reached?
Damn right. A more ecologically friendly guy, like (for the sake of argument) George W. Bush, should be in charge of drilling. I'm sure there's no oil, but hell, George will find something. Plus, of course, China having a presence on the moon is *bound* to be a threat to the single super-power status .... sorry, I mean national security, of the USA.
Most of them nowadays have a final clause that indicates either that any alterations are null and void (i.e. if you make changes on the document, they don't count) or that any alterations have to be approved by the company
Easily dealt with. Cross those clauses out too :)
> Its language is not proper SQL at all: it does not support transactions properly
Could you clarify this? In what way does it treat transactions improperly? If you're going to say something doesn't work surely you should say why? I'm no expert, btw, I'm just curious as to what the actual problem *is*.
> nor has the necessary data types,
Which are? What standard(s) are you comparing against?
> and has been adding features kinda haphazardly without neither admitting to past mistakes nor presenting a clear roadmap to either SQL or the relational model.
This doesn't make sense to me. You *seem* to be saying that because they're adding new bits and pieces on seemingly randomly the language isn't SQL? If this is actually the case, this is rather like saying that a Pascal compiler doesn't produce true Pascal because they waited 'til the very last minute to put in the code to compile a Case statement...
>> MySQL is not relational, SQL violating several relational prescriptions and proscriptions and MySQL not even raising to SQL's already faulty levels.
I don't understand what you mean. What's the problem with SQL on Mysql, precisely? And what "faulty levels" in SQL are you talking about? Is this SQL92? SQL99? What's your beef?
Such a book is already out. Do a search on Amazon for "PHP Postgresql" --- it's in there. Only got three stars, mind you, but it's in there.
The prototype vehicle cost between $500,000 and $1 million, Fuller said, although she said it is tough to estimate precisely because it involved partnerships with several firms.
That's quite a margin of error they've got there...
I predict that the Paramount Legal Away Team will soon be setting phasers on "heavy bitchslap"...