> PS: What's up with the new barrier to posting for the visually impaired? I had to get help in order to get around that crap. Did some blind girl dump Taco or something?
Was it one of those picture challenges where you have to copy a code from a picture? I have not seen any such stuff when posting to Slashdot, and I haven't posted anonymously, so maybe it has something to do with your posting anonymously.
I have seen a different weird thing lately: Whenever I post, Slashdot scans several ports on my computer. I have no idea why they do this. Here's one wild theory: Maybe they've found some way to weed out discussion-site spammers by scanning ports, and maybe that doesn't work on your computer, and therefore you get the picture challenge instead.
Anyway, if you e-mail Slashdot, hopefully they'll have a solution for getting around the challenge or for getting an auditory challenge or something.
Define, as part of the standards, that when certain standards have been upgraded in important ways, within five years all essential infrastructure software must be upgraded so that it understands the new version.
This should apply to essential infrastructure like routers, DNS servers, SMTP servers, and so on. If a server does not understand a protocol that has been around for five years, that's reason enough to refuse connection.
If this becomes part of the standards, we won't have to support ancient legacy forever. When countries with languages other than English want readable domain names, we won't have to live forever with kludges like punycode, such kludges will stay just for five years, after that real solutions can be used instead. If/when solutions to serious problems like spam and DDoS are found and standardised, we can count on the infrastructure to support the solutions within five years. Stuff like IPv6 could spread quickly and smoothly.
Of course, having to upgrade introduces some inconvenience and expenses. But having to support ancient legacy is also inconvenient and expensive. In spite of the upgrade inconvenience, in the long run this kind of limit should save lots of money for everyone.
Why is everyone here saying that it's obvious that the brain might work like a biological organism? Why is everyone complaining that this has been known for years?
If it were that well-known and obvious, Amazon would have patented it.
Of course it's completely ridiculous! Would nuclear missile systems be so vulnerable to cracking that people could log in by telephone? And give them commands? And tell them to launch nuclear strikes? And get them to obey? With nobody noticing and stopping the process?
If that's true it makes spamming an extremely serious felony. Clearly invading people's computers with torrents of spam can never be presumed to agree with people's acceptable use policy. Every major spammer has millions of counts of felony.
teens were really anxious about exceeding their cellular minutes, often because parents make them pay if they talk too much.
Here in Sweden we have pay-before-use cards. If you choose this you can't waste more than you can afford, since you have to pay in advance. Don't you have them in the US?
To fill the card you buy a code that you enter on the phone's keypad.
Most youngsters here have mobile phones, and most of them use this arrangement.
U.S. Cellular says that led U.S. Cellular to offer unlimited call me minutes.
Here it's always the caller who pays the entire cost (except of course when you call free customer-service numbers and the like.) I would never subscribe to any service that could charge me for something I didn't do.
You're lucky! When I was young, I had to code games like Oregon Trial myself on a TRS-80 Model III. And after I played the game, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves, singing "Hallelujah"!
That's nothing compared to my childhood! My Dad forced us to use Windows!
I disagree, people will get it. You explained it quite well in your comment #11604781. But there are thousands of people here, and several hundred comments. Not everyone reads all the comments. Especially considering your comment appeared ten hours after the article, and many people read comments only in the first two or three hours.
Keep a copy of your explanation on your hard disk. Copy-paste it as a comment when the topic arises, early if possible. Then people will get it and start telling each other.
I suppose the economy of moon voyages might change in interesting ways if this moon-based space elevator can really be deployed, with the top close to the L1 Lagrange point between the moon and Earth.
Please mod parent up! I don't know if it's true but it's definitely very interesting, and very much on-topic. If it's false it would still be very interesting, as would be a reply discussing its merits.
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we know -no-one- uses Windows machines where it matters...
Did you confuse the stories? This isn't the story about Windows security.
My post is about internet protocol kludges like punycode, which exists because of limitations in the DNS standards and DNS infrastructure.
Nothing to do with Windows.
In order to present ads related to the current website, the program needs to spy on the user's surfing. Is this spying legal?
Here's how to get a ruling against adware: Sue them for infringing on Amazon's patent.
I'm sure Amazon has a patent for popup ads. The idea is so simple and obvious, Amazon must have a patent.
> PS: What's up with the new barrier to posting for the visually impaired? I had to get help in order to get around that crap. Did some blind girl dump Taco or something?
Was it one of those picture challenges where you have to copy a code from a picture? I have not seen any such stuff when posting to Slashdot, and I haven't posted anonymously, so maybe it has something to do with your posting anonymously.
I have seen a different weird thing lately: Whenever I post, Slashdot scans several ports on my computer. I have no idea why they do this. Here's one wild theory: Maybe they've found some way to weed out discussion-site spammers by scanning ports, and maybe that doesn't work on your computer, and therefore you get the picture challenge instead.
Anyway, if you e-mail Slashdot, hopefully they'll have a solution for getting around the challenge or for getting an auditory challenge or something.
Define, as part of the standards, that when certain standards have been upgraded in important ways, within five years all essential infrastructure software must be upgraded so that it understands the new version.
This should apply to essential infrastructure like routers, DNS servers, SMTP servers, and so on. If a server does not understand a protocol that has been around for five years, that's reason enough to refuse connection.
If this becomes part of the standards, we won't have to support ancient legacy forever. When countries with languages other than English want readable domain names, we won't have to live forever with kludges like punycode, such kludges will stay just for five years, after that real solutions can be used instead. If/when solutions to serious problems like spam and DDoS are found and standardised, we can count on the infrastructure to support the solutions within five years. Stuff like IPv6 could spread quickly and smoothly.
Of course, having to upgrade introduces some inconvenience and expenses. But having to support ancient legacy is also inconvenient and expensive. In spite of the upgrade inconvenience, in the long run this kind of limit should save lots of money for everyone.
Why is everyone here saying that it's obvious that the brain might work like a biological organism? Why is everyone complaining that this has been known for years?
If it were that well-known and obvious, Amazon would have patented it.
Hardware? Where?
This is slashdot, and the story is about Open Source spreading. And you need to ask where?
Between the legs of course!
Moscow is about two years old.
They did repair, and sometimes rebuild, many buildings after the fall of Communism, but this is a gross exaggeration.
By the way, have you jumped over any lazy dogs lately?
That was ages ago! It's amazing how long people remember important events.
It promises a stellar show for star-gazers.
I'm afraid you've misunderstood this. It's not a stellar, it's planetary.
Of course it's completely ridiculous! Would nuclear missile systems be so vulnerable to cracking that people could log in by telephone? And give them commands? And tell them to launch nuclear strikes? And get them to obey? With nobody noticing and stopping the process?
By whistling a carrier frequency?
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If that's true it makes spamming an extremely serious felony. Clearly invading people's computers with torrents of spam can never be presumed to agree with people's acceptable use policy. Every major spammer has millions of counts of felony.
teens were really anxious about exceeding their cellular minutes, often because parents make them pay if they talk too much.
Here in Sweden we have pay-before-use cards. If you choose this you can't waste more than you can afford, since you have to pay in advance. Don't you have them in the US?
To fill the card you buy a code that you enter on the phone's keypad.
Most youngsters here have mobile phones, and most of them use this arrangement.
U.S. Cellular says that led U.S. Cellular to offer unlimited call me minutes.
Here it's always the caller who pays the entire cost (except of course when you call free customer-service numbers and the like.) I would never subscribe to any service that could charge me for something I didn't do.
Heh! Never let moderations guide you! Especially today -- today seems to be an exceptionally clueless moderation day (currently rated "Informative"). :-D
Are you kidding?
Yes, [s]he is. Laugh.
That's exactly how it works. This new knowledge gives you the right to be proud.
It's a common mistake.
Thanks for the info. Very interesting.
The news itself might be interest,
Is there a law stating that posts with corrections must contain errors?
You're lucky! When I was young, I had to code games like Oregon Trial myself on a TRS-80 Model III. And after I played the game, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves, singing "Hallelujah"!
That's nothing compared to my childhood! My Dad forced us to use Windows!
If it is the majority, isnt that Democracy?
What majority? Do you seriously believe that a majority of Internet users will download this stuff?
before the text *is* was supposed to refer to
Beware, lest you awaken the hilarity laugh of the spelling nazi to whom you dare speak.
I disagree, people will get it. You explained it quite well in your comment #11604781. But there are thousands of people here, and several hundred comments. Not everyone reads all the comments. Especially considering your comment appeared ten hours after the article, and many people read comments only in the first two or three hours.
Keep a copy of your explanation on your hard disk. Copy-paste it as a comment when the topic arises, early if possible. Then people will get it and start telling each other.
I suppose the economy of moon voyages might change in interesting ways if this moon-based space elevator can really be deployed, with the top close to the L1 Lagrange point between the moon and Earth.
Please mod parent up! I don't know if it's true but it's definitely very interesting, and very much on-topic. If it's false it would still be very interesting, as would be a reply discussing its merits.
Yeah. Tell that to Grandma.