Did you go looking for the worst possible trigger?:-)
I was wondering that myself. Looking at the suggested uses for this light sensitive polymer, it seems that it is a solution looking to a problem. Last I looked, light sensitive door locks were dead easy to build using light sensitive electronic components, and the natural light emitted from the interior of the human body isn't what you'd call dazzling:-/
I'm sick of stupid 'un-american' arguments. As a Brit I don't have some scroll to dictate how I'm supposed to think, and how far I have to bend over when the politicians and big corporates tell me to.
What could be more secure than a machine that is incapable of running anything long enough for it to pose a problem? I've heard that SP3 will permanently enable hibernate mode, ensuring that malicious code can't even start up, never mind get as dangerously far as actually crashing.
When will people realize that people are not something that can be graded on 1 demential grading scale, and things like common sense, experience, creativity, determination, or bravery
I'm wondering; did you mean demential (in a state of dementia) or dimensional (having a measure of extent)? I think they both fit just as well in today's IT world!
Talking about video drivers shows how much Linus is not ready for the Laptop. If this is a problem, how much are audio, USB, FireWire, and WLAN are going to be a problem?
Not much, if you go by reports. WLAN will possibly cause the most problem if you use no-name products.
Be careful what you extrapolate. If you say "My bridge cannot withstand 3,000 tonnes of load, so it cannot withstand 4,000 tonnes" then that is fine. If you say "My bridge cannot withstand 3,000 tonnes of load, so my house might fall down" it's just silly. Similarly, just because your video card doesn't work doesn't prevent your network from working!
I think the name Hoary Hedgehog sounds dodgy to Americans because they might see 'Horny Hedgehog'... or because they don't know how to spell 'whorey hedgehog' ?
Now, I haven't RTFA (/.'ed), but I wonder if the GIMPShop can fully be turned into a cross-platform app by using WxWidgets... how much it would take to modify it?
How ironic, if the Gimp didn't use the Gimp Tool Kit (GTK) for it's rendering:)
Seriously though, it would take a lot. The GIMP (with GTK) is written in C, and the code construction is very different between GTK and wx. GTK is all about safe casting of C structures, while wxWidgets behaves in a similar manner to MFC; almost object oriented with some ickyness.
I don't personally use Slackware any more (I did use it for a while, as it was quite an improvement over SLS and MCC, however) but it seems that I know lots of people who do use Slackware
I use slackware on my Thinkpad 600. Why? It's the ONLY distro (and I've tried pretty much all of them) that supports ALL the hardware out of the box, except the winmodem (not even win98 managed to get that baby to dial up). Try searching for linux on TP600 and see the pain and anguish it causes.
Slackware install = 20 mins installation + 5 mins configuration to get everything working. Of course, it's not automatic (you need to know where xorg.conf is, what alsaconf is, etc) but it's not a great problem for someone with some linux experience.
I can't remember who made them, but I distinctly remember a laptop being available in the mid-late 90s that had a transparent LCD screen that could be used with an OHP as a means to a cheap projector unit. They appear to have died the death, but it's a way to make this effect, well, real.
However, VMware (at least, VMware 2 which was the last version I ran) would not only run within itself, it would also allow you to boot the drive containing the host operating system on the virtual machine, thus providing true recursion.
Of course, it never got as far as the desktop because the swap got all corrupt and the whole thing went to hell (both host and client) and brought the machine down before it finished booting.
"It isn't that magical. Do independent work on a contract basis building one-off utilities or small websites. Then you're self-employed, which even removes the complication of somebody dumber than you telling you what to do."
No, you'd have someone exactly as dumb as you telling you what to do
While it is moderately interesting reading the various interpretations of trademark law when used in software, I was just wondering if ANYONE had RTFA?
The article states that the ONLY media involved is the web site. They don't want RH related images and schpiel all over the site, and they don't want metatags there to prevent automated search engines picking up CentOS as valid hits for searches for 'Red Hat'.
It's nothing to do with mentioning the copyright holder in code. It's nothing to do with 'never saying the word again', it's just a case of disassociating the CentOS web presence with the Red Hat one.
There are a lot of comments regarding how smart people don't suffer stress so aren't used to it, or how book smart doesn't mean world smart, or all kinds of other hypetheses.
However, looking at these results it would appear that the basic fact is that excessive pressure makes everyone perform equally badly. It's like communism for the brain. Everyone is equally poor in a high stress situation.
My belief? Firefox is going to find itself besieged and it will be a huge test for the OSS community, to see if they can really handle these problems as well as they always say they can.
Yep, but you know what? You'll find that they actually _want_ that to happen. They want to prove it.
You're comment is phrased in such a way that you appear to be implying that Firefox will fail the test. On what grounds? OK, so it's not big enough yet to prove that it's secure, although the lack of exploits so far is encouraging, even though vulnerabilities have been found (note clever distinction of exploit and vulnerability).
By the same token, though, it's not big enough yet to prove that it's inherently insecure! Stop burying software before it has a chance to surface. The people who do that are called 'zealots' and they are derided no more than they deserve.
Unfortunately, this article appears to inarticulately express the following piece of advise:
"Do not become an OSS developer purely to make a career. Rather, become an OSS developer to further the cause of OSS as well as a software development career."
However, it comes across sounding like:
"Don't write OSS as your day job, you'll go bankrupt."
Not the same at all, and the second is blatantly untrue. I think that the real meaning trying to get across is that if you don't have a passion for your work in OSS, don't expect it to make a rewarding career. This is largely true of most IT jobs. If you are doing it just because you think that's where the big bucks are, you'll never make anything from it because those passionate about the cause will exceed you in every way.
1) Ubuntu is exclusively Gnome based, so it's not K menu -> anything 2) Ubuntu comes with the Synaptic package manager all set up, configured, ready for off and a click away
I agree that the worst thing about Linux is that when something doesn't work right, it can be complex to fix. On the other hand, when Windows devices don't work and you spend an afternoon googling for various drivers in the hope the _something_ will work, you realise that it's not just a Linux problem.
The fact of the matter is that, at present, there isn't a single OS in the entire world that is suitable for the non-geek. It's just that some hide the fact better than others.
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Look at Sinclair. Sir Clive is constantly mocked for his bizarre little ideas and failed concepts. However, that's not to belittle that fact that the Spectrum was arguably the best home computer of the eighties.
Hell, look at the C5! A single person electric vehicle? Don't be silly! Oh, wait look at that Segway, and the thousands of little electric or small petrol engined scooters, or....
When someone is successful and respected, a little light rib-poking is generally considered acceptable.
That's a dangerous line to tread, because there's a third option: someone who identifies a problem at the last minute and can't fix it in time is shortsighted and incompetent.
Sadly, that's why if a problem is found at the last minute and cannot be immediately fixed by the finder, it is never mentioned and the product ships, bugs and all.
In my varied career as various types of software developer (web, database, UI, engineering, etc) I have found that the single most destructive force in software development is fear of retribution by clueless idi^H^H^Hmanagers.
When an engineer cannot create without being labelled a disruptive force, cannot mention known problems without being labelled a trouble maker, and cannot ensure quality without being labelled incompetent, it is a sure sign the the prime reason for software failure is incompetent management who do not understand the, how shall I put it, unique mindset of the average engineer.
"It came up in a text edit mode. The disk was one giant piece of text you could search and edit. You could highlight sections and execute them as computation."
Well, it'd certainly go a long way to simplifying that irritating process of having to find a vulnerability before being able to execute arbitrary code, eh?
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I love this bit:
"Actor David Tennant has been named the new Doctor Who after a meteoric rise in television and theatre."
Meteoric? I wasn't aware of many meteorites rising. Let's just hope he doesn't wipe out any species, eh?
Did you go looking for the worst possible trigger? :-)
:-/
I was wondering that myself. Looking at the suggested uses for this light sensitive polymer, it seems that it is a solution looking to a problem. Last I looked, light sensitive door locks were dead easy to build using light sensitive electronic components, and the natural light emitted from the interior of the human body isn't what you'd call dazzling
I'm sick of stupid 'un-american' arguments. As a Brit I don't have some scroll to dictate how I'm supposed to think, and how far I have to bend over when the politicians and big corporates tell me to.
Mod me as flamebait, I have Karma to spare...
What could be more secure than a machine that is incapable of running anything long enough for it to pose a problem? I've heard that SP3 will permanently enable hibernate mode, ensuring that malicious code can't even start up, never mind get as dangerously far as actually crashing.
When will people realize that people are not something that can be graded on 1 demential grading scale, and things like common sense, experience, creativity, determination, or bravery
I'm wondering; did you mean demential (in a state of dementia) or dimensional (having a measure of extent)? I think they both fit just as well in today's IT world!
Talking about video drivers shows how much Linus is not ready for the Laptop. If this is a problem, how much are audio, USB, FireWire, and WLAN are going to be a problem?
Not much, if you go by reports. WLAN will possibly cause the most problem if you use no-name products.
Be careful what you extrapolate. If you say "My bridge cannot withstand 3,000 tonnes of load, so it cannot withstand 4,000 tonnes" then that is fine. If you say "My bridge cannot withstand 3,000 tonnes of load, so my house might fall down" it's just silly. Similarly, just because your video card doesn't work doesn't prevent your network from working!
I think the name Hoary Hedgehog sounds dodgy to Americans because they might see 'Horny Hedgehog' ... or because they don't know how to spell 'whorey hedgehog' ?
I just tried it on a pr0n site, and I quite definitely got a popup.
Not sure how they're going to fix that one with a browser extension, though...
Now, I haven't RTFA (/.'ed), but I wonder if the GIMPShop can fully be turned into a cross-platform app by using WxWidgets... how much it would take to modify it?
:)
How ironic, if the Gimp didn't use the Gimp Tool Kit (GTK) for it's rendering
Seriously though, it would take a lot. The GIMP (with GTK) is written in C, and the code construction is very different between GTK and wx. GTK is all about safe casting of C structures, while wxWidgets behaves in a similar manner to MFC; almost object oriented with some ickyness.
I don't personally use Slackware any more (I did use it for a while, as it was quite an improvement over SLS and MCC, however) but it seems that I know lots of people who do use Slackware
I use slackware on my Thinkpad 600. Why? It's the ONLY distro (and I've tried pretty much all of them) that supports ALL the hardware out of the box, except the winmodem (not even win98 managed to get that baby to dial up). Try searching for linux on TP600 and see the pain and anguish it causes.
Slackware install = 20 mins installation + 5 mins configuration to get everything working. Of course, it's not automatic (you need to know where xorg.conf is, what alsaconf is, etc) but it's not a great problem for someone with some linux experience.
I can't remember who made them, but I distinctly remember a laptop being available in the mid-late 90s that had a transparent LCD screen that could be used with an OHP as a means to a cheap projector unit. They appear to have died the death, but it's a way to make this effect, well, real.
I've seen this error enough to mention it :
:)
It is not "viola", it's "voila" (voilà).
Hooray for not getting the joke! It provides as much humour as the joke itself
hint: http://dict.die.net/viola/ reference 3
However, VMware (at least, VMware 2 which was the last version I ran) would not only run within itself, it would also allow you to boot the drive containing the host operating system on the virtual machine, thus providing true recursion.
Of course, it never got as far as the desktop because the swap got all corrupt and the whole thing went to hell (both host and client) and brought the machine down before it finished booting.
"It isn't that magical. Do independent work on a contract basis building one-off utilities or small websites. Then you're self-employed, which even removes the complication of somebody dumber than you telling you what to do."
No, you'd have someone exactly as dumb as you telling you what to do
"Phones that can make water from wine"
I don't need a phone to do that. Of course, the water is slightly yellow, warm and smells, but I can't see a phone improving on that any time soon!
While it is moderately interesting reading the various interpretations of trademark law when used in software, I was just wondering if ANYONE had RTFA?
The article states that the ONLY media involved is the web site. They don't want RH related images and schpiel all over the site, and they don't want metatags there to prevent automated search engines picking up CentOS as valid hits for searches for 'Red Hat'.
It's nothing to do with mentioning the copyright holder in code. It's nothing to do with 'never saying the word again', it's just a case of disassociating the CentOS web presence with the Red Hat one.
There are a lot of comments regarding how smart people don't suffer stress so aren't used to it, or how book smart doesn't mean world smart, or all kinds of other hypetheses.
However, looking at these results it would appear that the basic fact is that excessive pressure makes everyone perform equally badly. It's like communism for the brain. Everyone is equally poor in a high stress situation.
My belief? Firefox is going to find itself besieged and it will be a huge test for the OSS community, to see if they can really handle these problems as well as they always say they can.
Yep, but you know what? You'll find that they actually _want_ that to happen. They want to prove it.
You're comment is phrased in such a way that you appear to be implying that Firefox will fail the test. On what grounds? OK, so it's not big enough yet to prove that it's secure, although the lack of exploits so far is encouraging, even though vulnerabilities have been found (note clever distinction of exploit and vulnerability).
By the same token, though, it's not big enough yet to prove that it's inherently insecure! Stop burying software before it has a chance to surface. The people who do that are called 'zealots' and they are derided no more than they deserve.
Is the definition-of-silly-pattents dept a subdepartment of the should-have-previewed-for-spelling dept?
Unfortunately, this article appears to inarticulately express the following piece of advise:
"Do not become an OSS developer purely to make a career. Rather, become an OSS developer to further the cause of OSS as well as a software development career."
However, it comes across sounding like:
"Don't write OSS as your day job, you'll go bankrupt."
Not the same at all, and the second is blatantly untrue. I think that the real meaning trying to get across is that if you don't have a passion for your work in OSS, don't expect it to make a rewarding career. This is largely true of most IT jobs. If you are doing it just because you think that's where the big bucks are, you'll never make anything from it because those passionate about the cause will exceed you in every way.
A couple of points:
1) Ubuntu is exclusively Gnome based, so it's not K menu -> anything
2) Ubuntu comes with the Synaptic package manager all set up, configured, ready for off and a click away
I agree that the worst thing about Linux is that when something doesn't work right, it can be complex to fix. On the other hand, when Windows devices don't work and you spend an afternoon googling for various drivers in the hope the _something_ will work, you realise that it's not just a Linux problem.
The fact of the matter is that, at present, there isn't a single OS in the entire world that is suitable for the non-geek. It's just that some hide the fact better than others.
Look at Sinclair. Sir Clive is constantly mocked for his bizarre little ideas and failed concepts. However, that's not to belittle that fact that the Spectrum was arguably the best home computer of the eighties.
Hell, look at the C5! A single person electric vehicle? Don't be silly! Oh, wait look at that Segway, and the thousands of little electric or small petrol engined scooters, or....
When someone is successful and respected, a little light rib-poking is generally considered acceptable.
That's a dangerous line to tread, because there's a third option: someone who identifies a problem at the last minute and can't fix it in time is shortsighted and incompetent.
Sadly, that's why if a problem is found at the last minute and cannot be immediately fixed by the finder, it is never mentioned and the product ships, bugs and all.
In my varied career as various types of software developer (web, database, UI, engineering, etc) I have found that the single most destructive force in software development is fear of retribution by clueless idi^H^H^Hmanagers.
When an engineer cannot create without being labelled a disruptive force, cannot mention known problems without being labelled a trouble maker, and cannot ensure quality without being labelled incompetent, it is a sure sign the the prime reason for software failure is incompetent management who do not understand the, how shall I put it, unique mindset of the average engineer.
"It came up in a text edit mode. The disk was one giant piece of text you could search and edit. You could highlight sections and execute them as computation."
Well, it'd certainly go a long way to simplifying that irritating process of having to find a vulnerability before being able to execute arbitrary code, eh?
If you don't like pressing escape you can always use C-[ to generate ASCII 27 :)