It only helps if the people who write future variants are lazy...so I guess yes, it will help with there not being versions A-ZZZ of the bagle virus, but the serious ones are still going to be out there.
It already takes very little time for them to catch most variants these days. My software (AVG) is usually a day ahead of any of the major news organizations on having the fix for any new virus out there. The new, creative, and dangerous virus are the ones that worry me not the 200th version of netsky that shows up.
Perhaps the best way to control the spread of virus is to reverse engineer the OS/program that it is targeting...create fixes proactively and don't allow the exploits to be found in the first place. But there's probably a law or two out there that prohibits this kind of stuff, eh?
So can I pay for the software I am downloading from the P2P network in order to not see the ads at all?
Oh wait...nevermind.
What are the chances that anyone is going to follow an ad in a P2P program? I mean it is probably just as pointless as the links people (like myself) put in our sigs on Slashdot. It's more or less a waste of time 99.99% of the time. It's just something to do for me...I expect no return on it. And neither should the ads in P2P programs, in my opinion.
Because every blogger in the universe has added at least 3 pages since the last index. I fail to see how it is significant to me that there are now 8 billion mostly worthless sites out there. The number of actually useful sites has not gone up considerably.
Why is this guy special? They can give your name and say you were the "alleged" murderer. Or you were "allegedly" invloved in some sort of crime.
Lets think about it, the terrorist watch list is nothing more than some "alleged" terrorists for the most part. Not all of them have actually been found guilty of anything. Some have of course, but not all.
So, no. You don't have to be proved guilty. He can of course sue the pants off everyone who ruins his reputation by filing a civil lawsuit or something if he turns out innocent and people have dragged him through the mud.
But if they released his full name you can bet they are pretty sure about this one.
I can't say that this will be my first stop when searching (Google will be until they stop being the best) but often times, if my result is not in the first few pages of Google, rather than figure out the exact phrase I need to search for to find the site I am looking for, I just hit a few other engines to see if my original phrase does the trick.
I can see how this new MS search page would become stop number 2, in front of Yahoo as long as they keep it clean and light like Google is. Then I'll move along to Yahoo of Lycos or wherever.
So yeah, I think this is a good improvement for my general searching needs, but it is going to take something amazing to replace Google as my number one choice. It's sort of a brand loyalty at this point.
Actually in response to both you and the parent...this is the actual mozilla.org torrent, just on my server. So if it matters to you, it was teh SAME TORRENT mozilla had up. I was trying to help a few more people get FireFox a little faster.
And I am not on DSL, we have dual T1's running into the building. Sorry for trying to help some people...I'll bear in mind that helping geeky pricks does not actually help anyone since they will just find a way to insult you for trying.
I can't get the cost comparison link to work for one reason or another. But I was wondering if they were comparing current day cost, or the cost when the machine was built?
I mean, the cost of processors has gone down significantly in the past several months, so a machine built a year ago with the same speed processors as a machine built today would cost much more.
Not to mention that some of the machines on the list are most likely second (or greater) renditions of an earlier super computer, only with more procs/Ram or whatever, so those could be cheaper just because less R&D money went into them...
Just a thought, I can't see the link myself so I thought I would ponder some thoughts at those who could.
I understand where they are coming from when they say Best Buy worries about the "Devil shoppers" who who buy the stuff on sale and return it and all that...but that can't be more than a fraction of a percent of their buyers.
All they have to do to stop these types of shoppers from returning items and then rebuying them is simple...whenever they take in something on return, they either store it in the back for a week or two, or else ship it to a neighboring store to sell. If the item doesn't show up on the shelves right away, or at random times, people will not be able to count on rebuying it.
And if they want to cut the rebates out of their marketing, then they should be ready to lose most of my business. That's one of the biggest reasons I go there is the deals they have every week. I usually buy something, and often it isn't what is on sale, but the whole reason I go in the first place is the deals.
One thing I can say is that at least at Best Buy when they advertise a deal, they actually have it in stock most of the time. At Circuit City they like to pull the bait and switch and only carry one or two of the sale items and then try to get you to buy something else instead.
Unfortunately, when this rocket left earth a decade ago, digital photography wasn't around so they were forced to use 35mm film onboard to map the surface. This means we will have to wait for the rocket to make its 20 year return to earth before seeing any results.
(yes I know they don't use 35mm film or your typical kodak digital camera on these space vehicles, so don't bother telling me)
From the article: "The home page of the phishing site looked identical to the actual online banking site. I was impressed. Someone had spent a considerable amount of time mirroring the entire look and feel."
Or they just used the Spiderzilla extension for FireFox and downloaded the entire site. Wow, that scammer went to a lot of work. I have gotten these scams before though, and it is no laughing matter that they go to a lot of trouble to look legit. And I bet the estimate of 15% of people who fall for it listed in the article is actually a little low.
Finally someone who sees the big picture. I mean, cameras in phones are just another gadget toy. The primary use is still a phone. It's like the little shitty games (snake, dots, whatever) that are in the phones. Slashdot doesn't put a front page review of 'Snakes' up for all of us telling us that the graphics are poor, and the replay value is zero. That's because the games are just something to do while you're bored, not the primary use of the phone.
The same goes for the web browsing capabilities of a phone, I don't expect people will be taking out an ad in the NYT for a FireFox on cell phones ad. (not in the near future anyway) Why? Because the crappy little web browser on the phone does a good enough job to scrape by.
So, yeah the cameras suck. We all knew that they were there for a different reason than to take crystal clear, award winning digital pictures. The camera is there as a toy/tool for people to use in addition to the primary use. If I buy an expensive SLR digital camera, I don't expect it to come with games or a walkie talkie feature, why should phones be any different?
I have read on several sites that it is scheduled for release on the PC by next June.
Bad news though...no confirmed release date for the Xbox. And I dare not think about it ever being on the Mac.
However, since rumor has it that the next-gen Xbox development is being done on Macs, the theory goes that porting games to the Mac should not be difficult. Unfortunately, I think MS would have different ideas about that happening.
And to reply to a post further down...yes it is an exclusivity deal that holds things up. Damn Sony for that deal. I am sure the PC version is done or almost done now, there seems no need to wait, other than the contract. Surely, it would make more profit overall if they released both at the same time?
Good to see that now that the election is over people move back to talking about the important things in life...like Doom 3 on the Mac?
Anyway, that's good for Mac users I guess. Now I guess my excuse of "I can't play any games that I want to on a Mac, so I use Windows instead" is not 100% correct. Except I have never been a huge Doom fan. Or a FPS fan in general. I did love FarCry though.
When is GTA San Andreas coming out on the Mac? That's what I really need to get me to switch to mac.
Copy the directory to a folder to be backed up (or burn it on a CD) Delete original code.
OR
Make sure all old outdated code is surrounded by/* Old dead code... Insert profane comment here about how crappy the guy is who wrote it if it's not mine */
And save it for later reference. No telling when I am going to need to scam some of my old code when I am in a hurry some day.:-) Or shit, just when I realize I am writing the same routine again and don't feel that creative juice flowing.
Does anyone really try to download movies over Kazaa or whatever the current popular client is?
I remember years ago when it was hard to find quality movies on Morpheus. They all turned out to be some home made porn crap or something cleverly titled "The Matrix" or some damn thing.
I would have to guess that P2P networks are not the prime way of distributing the quality copies around the Net. I would guess torrents are the current popular trend. They seem to have a torrent for everything these days. It is excelent to catch the latest episode of Enterprise when I forget to record it on my ReplayTV or something though. Thank god for the internet.
redundant? It was one of the first few dozen posts...none of which came close to similar content.
Troll? I was just trying to make a point about getting an international community together to fund the next generation of space exploration.
Seriously, Slashdot gives out way to many mod points to people who have no idea what is going on.
Anyway, I guess my opinions must not mesh on this topic with the almighty moderators so I will just leave it alone, and state once more that I feel space exploration needs to find a new direction.
I mean, aren't the rovers on mars still roaming around doing a perfectly fine job? Seems to me maybe the next logical step would be for manned exploration. Robot vehicles can only do so much, and frankly sending another probe to Mars just seems pointless.
I don't know if we're ready for a manned mission to Mars yet, but it seems like the next logical step. The rovers have had a lot of success, but how much more can we learn without taking the next step? I think it is time for an international manned exploration of Mars...that's likely the only way to get funding these days.
Slashdot Mirror
It only helps if the people who write future variants are lazy...so I guess yes, it will help with there not being versions A-ZZZ of the bagle virus, but the serious ones are still going to be out there.
It already takes very little time for them to catch most variants these days. My software (AVG) is usually a day ahead of any of the major news organizations on having the fix for any new virus out there. The new, creative, and dangerous virus are the ones that worry me not the 200th version of netsky that shows up.
Perhaps the best way to control the spread of virus is to reverse engineer the OS/program that it is targeting...create fixes proactively and don't allow the exploits to be found in the first place. But there's probably a law or two out there that prohibits this kind of stuff, eh?
So can I pay for the software I am downloading from the P2P network in order to not see the ads at all?
Oh wait...nevermind.
What are the chances that anyone is going to follow an ad in a P2P program? I mean it is probably just as pointless as the links people (like myself) put in our sigs on Slashdot. It's more or less a waste of time 99.99% of the time. It's just something to do for me...I expect no return on it. And neither should the ads in P2P programs, in my opinion.
Initially, the expense of the system will be considerable. Each label costs 20 to 50 cents. The readers and scanners cost thousands of dollars.
I would say we will see it up front...as soon as they have to buy this expensive equipment.
Just as long as my Dvd burner isn't monitoring what I am burning...
Now I cannot honestly say that I have never used Warez software again in my life!! Oh wait...nevermind that was never true. Oh well, I'll get over it.
Because every blogger in the universe has added at least 3 pages since the last index. I fail to see how it is significant to me that there are now 8 billion mostly worthless sites out there. The number of actually useful sites has not gone up considerably.
Why is this guy special? They can give your name and say you were the "alleged" murderer. Or you were "allegedly" invloved in some sort of crime.
Lets think about it, the terrorist watch list is nothing more than some "alleged" terrorists for the most part. Not all of them have actually been found guilty of anything. Some have of course, but not all.
So, no. You don't have to be proved guilty. He can of course sue the pants off everyone who ruins his reputation by filing a civil lawsuit or something if he turns out innocent and people have dragged him through the mud.
But if they released his full name you can bet they are pretty sure about this one.
I can't say that this will be my first stop when searching (Google will be until they stop being the best) but often times, if my result is not in the first few pages of Google, rather than figure out the exact phrase I need to search for to find the site I am looking for, I just hit a few other engines to see if my original phrase does the trick.
I can see how this new MS search page would become stop number 2, in front of Yahoo as long as they keep it clean and light like Google is. Then I'll move along to Yahoo of Lycos or wherever.
So yeah, I think this is a good improvement for my general searching needs, but it is going to take something amazing to replace Google as my number one choice. It's sort of a brand loyalty at this point.
Actually in response to both you and the parent...this is the actual mozilla.org torrent, just on my server. So if it matters to you, it was teh SAME TORRENT mozilla had up. I was trying to help a few more people get FireFox a little faster.
And I am not on DSL, we have dual T1's running into the building. Sorry for trying to help some people...I'll bear in mind that helping geeky pricks does not actually help anyone since they will just find a way to insult you for trying.
Thought I would help the cause...Win32 zip torrent
http://www.jiggybyte.com/dl/FireFox10.torrent
I can't get the cost comparison link to work for one reason or another. But I was wondering if they were comparing current day cost, or the cost when the machine was built?
I mean, the cost of processors has gone down significantly in the past several months, so a machine built a year ago with the same speed processors as a machine built today would cost much more.
Not to mention that some of the machines on the list are most likely second (or greater) renditions of an earlier super computer, only with more procs/Ram or whatever, so those could be cheaper just because less R&D money went into them...
Just a thought, I can't see the link myself so I thought I would ponder some thoughts at those who could.
I understand where they are coming from when they say Best Buy worries about the "Devil shoppers" who who buy the stuff on sale and return it and all that...but that can't be more than a fraction of a percent of their buyers.
All they have to do to stop these types of shoppers from returning items and then rebuying them is simple...whenever they take in something on return, they either store it in the back for a week or two, or else ship it to a neighboring store to sell. If the item doesn't show up on the shelves right away, or at random times, people will not be able to count on rebuying it.
And if they want to cut the rebates out of their marketing, then they should be ready to lose most of my business. That's one of the biggest reasons I go there is the deals they have every week. I usually buy something, and often it isn't what is on sale, but the whole reason I go in the first place is the deals.
One thing I can say is that at least at Best Buy when they advertise a deal, they actually have it in stock most of the time. At Circuit City they like to pull the bait and switch and only carry one or two of the sale items and then try to get you to buy something else instead.
My 2 cents.
J-O-K-E, ever heard of it?
Unfortunately, when this rocket left earth a decade ago, digital photography wasn't around so they were forced to use 35mm film onboard to map the surface. This means we will have to wait for the rocket to make its 20 year return to earth before seeing any results.
(yes I know they don't use 35mm film or your typical kodak digital camera on these space vehicles, so don't bother telling me)
From the article: "The home page of the phishing site looked identical to the actual online banking site. I was impressed. Someone had spent a considerable amount of time mirroring the entire look and feel."
Or they just used the Spiderzilla extension for FireFox and downloaded the entire site. Wow, that scammer went to a lot of work. I have gotten these scams before though, and it is no laughing matter that they go to a lot of trouble to look legit. And I bet the estimate of 15% of people who fall for it listed in the article is actually a little low.
Finally someone who sees the big picture. I mean, cameras in phones are just another gadget toy. The primary use is still a phone. It's like the little shitty games (snake, dots, whatever) that are in the phones. Slashdot doesn't put a front page review of 'Snakes' up for all of us telling us that the graphics are poor, and the replay value is zero. That's because the games are just something to do while you're bored, not the primary use of the phone.
The same goes for the web browsing capabilities of a phone, I don't expect people will be taking out an ad in the NYT for a FireFox on cell phones ad. (not in the near future anyway) Why? Because the crappy little web browser on the phone does a good enough job to scrape by.
So, yeah the cameras suck. We all knew that they were there for a different reason than to take crystal clear, award winning digital pictures. The camera is there as a toy/tool for people to use in addition to the primary use. If I buy an expensive SLR digital camera, I don't expect it to come with games or a walkie talkie feature, why should phones be any different?
I have read on several sites that it is scheduled for release on the PC by next June.
Bad news though...no confirmed release date for the Xbox. And I dare not think about it ever being on the Mac.
However, since rumor has it that the next-gen Xbox development is being done on Macs, the theory goes that porting games to the Mac should not be difficult. Unfortunately, I think MS would have different ideas about that happening.
And to reply to a post further down...yes it is an exclusivity deal that holds things up. Damn Sony for that deal. I am sure the PC version is done or almost done now, there seems no need to wait, other than the contract. Surely, it would make more profit overall if they released both at the same time?
Good to see that now that the election is over people move back to talking about the important things in life...like Doom 3 on the Mac?
Anyway, that's good for Mac users I guess. Now I guess my excuse of "I can't play any games that I want to on a Mac, so I use Windows instead" is not 100% correct. Except I have never been a huge Doom fan. Or a FPS fan in general. I did love FarCry though.
When is GTA San Andreas coming out on the Mac? That's what I really need to get me to switch to mac.
Yes we do. I have often used the following code:
/*
....
....old code
....new code
....
Remove this in favor of code below (that actually works)
*/
Copy the directory to a folder to be backed up (or burn it on a CD) Delete original code.
OR
Make sure all old outdated code is surrounded by
Old dead code...
Insert profane comment here about how crappy the guy is who wrote it if it's not mine
*/
And save it for later reference. No telling when I am going to need to scam some of my old code when I am in a hurry some day.
Does anyone really try to download movies over Kazaa or whatever the current popular client is?
I remember years ago when it was hard to find quality movies on Morpheus. They all turned out to be some home made porn crap or something cleverly titled "The Matrix" or some damn thing.
I would have to guess that P2P networks are not the prime way of distributing the quality copies around the Net. I would guess torrents are the current popular trend. They seem to have a torrent for everything these days. It is excelent to catch the latest episode of Enterprise when I forget to record it on my ReplayTV or something though. Thank god for the internet.
moderation...
redundant? It was one of the first few dozen posts...none of which came close to similar content.
Troll? I was just trying to make a point about getting an international community together to fund the next generation of space exploration.
Seriously, Slashdot gives out way to many mod points to people who have no idea what is going on.
Anyway, I guess my opinions must not mesh on this topic with the almighty moderators so I will just leave it alone, and state once more that I feel space exploration needs to find a new direction.
I mean, aren't the rovers on mars still roaming around doing a perfectly fine job? Seems to me maybe the next logical step would be for manned exploration. Robot vehicles can only do so much, and frankly sending another probe to Mars just seems pointless.
I don't know if we're ready for a manned mission to Mars yet, but it seems like the next logical step. The rovers have had a lot of success, but how much more can we learn without taking the next step? I think it is time for an international manned exploration of Mars...that's likely the only way to get funding these days.
In case of Slashdotting, here is another site with all three of the movies and their changes.
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http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwarsch
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Do the people who submit these things proof their stuff? Perhaps the word "of" in the title would be appropriate.
Between dupes and bad english sometimes we get news for nerds.