Do you think the code will just convert itself for free? Many of the people complaining are justified. They are developing and/or running enterprise VB programs for a company. This means many many man hours to re-write,test, implement the new code just to get it back to where it was prior to MS dropping support. To Joe home user, it's easy to say "who cares, learn a new language and get a new job" but with comments like that you lose focus at who has the most to lose. The companies using VB6. It will most likely be costly to them to make the change and viewed by many as an unneeded expenditure since, as the petition shows, phasing out VB6 is not needed or welcomed.
That reminds me of all the posts that popped up when the mini was announced about building mac mini clusters instead of buying a more expensive top end dual proc G5:)
failure would indicate that it did not work the way it was supposed to.
Someone hit the emergency kill button. The power went off as it should when that happens. Hardly a failure. A power outage is not the same as someone turning the power off.
After drinking $1000 a bottle champagne and having sex with super models in their $200,000 sports car I'd say it is easy for them to fall asleep in their $10,000 hand built bed. But that's just a thought...
well slashdot readers were only part of the total demographic. Slashdot would be more likely to be the step after techtv for most people on their "geek journey". I always admired techtv and esp. screensavers for presenting technical issues to people who other wise were not very technical. I'd venture to say a large portion of slashdot readers could host the show, and are not the demographic audience the original show was written for.
I admit to the lack of quality when it moved to G4. While it was on techTV, I think it did a great job introducing technical concepts in a simple manner to people who otherwise may not have understood or been exposed to it.
well technically they didn't circumvent it. But instead replaced what would normally contain relevant info with spyware. This is why the word "loophole" has appeared. The software is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Just It's just that harmful information is being put in instead of useful information:(
for starters, I was referring to legislation, not money. Second, you did nothing to disprove what i said, if anything you just showed that democrats are just as pro business. Which I never denied. I never said anything about the Democrats stance on the issue.
But look back on past legislation in regards to tax breaks for large corporations to encourage growth.
to keep the analogy straight. This would be more like someone selling you heroin with rat poison. Then you get a little sick but don't die. Then try to press charges against your drug dealer.
I don't think they meant it in a derogatory way. Generally the Republican party is very pro business. The "bad guys" we are discussing in this article provide quite a bit of money into our economy. Regardless of personal feelings towards the music industry companies, they are still large corporations and provide money into our system, a capitalist system at that, one that relies on said money.
It's not like he stole credit card numbers from his employer. There are clear laws on that. He sold company info, which would be punishable by being fired. The CAN-SPAN law does not apply here because the owners of the email addresses were never deceived. This was an AOL internal security issues.
well for starters google is publicly traded now which means the investors have first say on how the technology works, NOT the engineers. More characters = more bandwidth = higher cost of operation = cut in profits = stock prices go down.
Also which has been touched on alot. For a script that size, chances are what we see is probably the product of code optimization and or a front end program that translates human readable code into smaller "optimized" code for the site.
Great, I can only imagine the havoc when the "I just farted" hack allows you to send smells to your unknowing friends..
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I think my least favorite methods for older games was that darn wheel. When you'd have to line up multiple wheels and enter the symbol. That and "go to page 7, line 3 word 4"..lol:)
Technology moves much faster then any of the law making parts of our government. A blanket law could harm innocent people, look at the rampant abuse of the DMCA? It had good intentions but was too broad and was abused for other purposes.
Heck, even people in the infosec community have enough trouble keeping up with spammers from a defensive corporate security aspect, more less waiting for the government to do enough research to put together a law that may or may not be valid by the time it is voted on and put into action.
Unfortunetly I think the spammers know this, and the best we can hope for is maybe stiffer fines. Then again with the money most of the big guys make off "email marketing", chances are they can afford a good enough lawyer to get them off the hook or a fine that will barely dent their pocket.
Let's not forget the fact that laws are only valid for US spammers. You get a spammer using zombies or even servers in a country that could care less about American policy and laws, and all we have to fall back on is "technology' to aide us.
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I read the post as it was wired into the car's electronics [for power]. I assumed the DSP, HD and mics were what was installed in the car.
But to answer your original question "What car's electronics include microphones?"
A: Any car with OnStar or similar mobile service.
Do you think the code will just convert itself for free? Many of the people complaining are justified. They are developing and/or running enterprise VB programs for a company. This means many many man hours to re-write,test, implement the new code just to get it back to where it was prior to MS dropping support. To Joe home user, it's easy to say "who cares, learn a new language and get a new job" but with comments like that you lose focus at who has the most to lose. The companies using VB6. It will most likely be costly to them to make the change and viewed by many as an unneeded expenditure since, as the petition shows, phasing out VB6 is not needed or welcomed.
I wish I had mod points, i'd definitely MOD you up! Hit the nail on the head.
That reminds me of all the posts that popped up when the mini was announced about building mac mini clusters instead of buying a more expensive top end dual proc G5 :)
I'd think just cutting back salary to something like $8/hr and cutting commissions in half would have helped.
well.. there is some truth to your statement but if the investors aren't happy your company is even more screwed.
I hope he meant key and not certificate.
power yes..
failure no..
failure would indicate that it did not work the way it was supposed to.
Someone hit the emergency kill button. The power went off as it should when that happens. Hardly a failure. A power outage is not the same as someone turning the power off.
Are you crazy if it wasn't for LJ I'd have to leave my house to find out what was going on in my friend's lives.
"How can they sleep at night?"
After drinking $1000 a bottle champagne and having sex with super models in their $200,000 sports car I'd say it is easy for them to fall asleep in their $10,000 hand built bed. But that's just a thought...
"...of an elite IRC channel, known across the net."
if it was known across the net, it couldn't have been very elite now could it?
well slashdot readers were only part of the total demographic. Slashdot would be more likely to be the step after techtv for most people on their "geek journey". I always admired techtv and esp. screensavers for presenting technical issues to people who other wise were not very technical. I'd venture to say a large portion of slashdot readers could host the show, and are not the demographic audience the original show was written for.
I admit to the lack of quality when it moved to G4. While it was on techTV, I think it did a great job introducing technical concepts in a simple manner to people who otherwise may not have understood or been exposed to it.
well technically they didn't circumvent it. But instead replaced what would normally contain relevant info with spyware. This is why the word "loophole" has appeared. The software is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Just It's just that harmful information is being put in instead of useful information :(
for starters, I was referring to legislation, not money.
;)
Second, you did nothing to disprove what i said, if anything you just showed that democrats are just as pro business. Which I never denied. I never said anything about the Democrats stance on the issue.
But look back on past legislation in regards to tax breaks for large corporations to encourage growth.
Oh well this whole thing is OT anyway
to keep the analogy straight. This would be more like someone selling you heroin with rat poison. Then you get a little sick but don't die. Then try to press charges against your drug dealer.
I don't think they meant it in a derogatory way. Generally the Republican party is very pro business. The "bad guys" we are discussing in this article provide quite a bit of money into our economy. Regardless of personal feelings towards the music industry companies, they are still large corporations and provide money into our system, a capitalist system at that, one that relies on said money.
are you able to set up virtual hosts running both versions?
It's not like he stole credit card numbers from his employer. There are clear laws on that. He sold company info, which would be punishable by being fired. The CAN-SPAN law does not apply here because the owners of the email addresses were never deceived. This was an AOL internal security issues.
heck, I am almost 30 and that's still true of all my friends too, geeks, and non-geeks alike.
well for starters google is publicly traded now which means the investors have first say on how the technology works, NOT the engineers. More characters = more bandwidth = higher cost of operation = cut in profits = stock prices go down.
Also which has been touched on alot. For a script that size, chances are what we see is probably the product of code optimization and or a front end program that translates human readable code into smaller "optimized" code for the site.
Great, I can only imagine the havoc when the "I just farted" hack allows you to send smells to your unknowing friends..
I think my least favorite methods for older games was that darn wheel. When you'd have to line up multiple wheels and enter the symbol. That and "go to page 7, line 3 word 4" ..lol :)
Technology moves much faster then any of the law making parts of our government. A blanket law could harm innocent people, look at the rampant abuse of the DMCA? It had good intentions but was too broad and was abused for other purposes.
Heck, even people in the infosec community have enough trouble keeping up with spammers from a defensive corporate security aspect, more less waiting for the government to do enough research to put together a law that may or may not be valid by the time it is voted on and put into action.
Unfortunetly I think the spammers know this, and the best we can hope for is maybe stiffer fines. Then again with the money most of the big guys make off "email marketing", chances are they can afford a good enough lawyer to get them off the hook or a fine that will barely dent their pocket.
Let's not forget the fact that laws are only valid for US spammers. You get a spammer using zombies or even servers in a country that could care less about American policy and laws, and all we have to fall back on is "technology' to aide us.
Not even if you compile the code before you distribute it?
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