According to the sources, local area networks will be used to connect PCs installed with the operating system to TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators and other home appliances, giving great flexibility in controlling home appliances.
Ahhh, the long awaited broadband connection to the fridge. A whole new world is upon us. Where the fridge is connected and we can... we can... Oh, never mind.
Wait, I remembered,- it can report back to the manufacturer BEFORE the computer chip, used to connect the fridge to the net, is about to fail. So they can send out a service team to replace the chip BEFORE the internet connection even went out!
You wonder how people have lived without it this long.
When I read:
The three companies predict the entire development cost will run to about 400 million dollars
I knew this was not just an OS they where talking about. Although, I'm sure one could spend that much on developing an OS, but @ 133 million a year, that would hire you 1000 people @ 100K salaries (if you take 33M for other cost like office space/equipment etc).
No one in their right mind would WANT to have that many people developing an OS. Well, maybe some do...
In fact, the reason there is NO consumer device out there with a CD uncovered like that, is because it allows you to look straight into the laser when there is no CD in the drive.
the rubber bandit! Unfortunately their site is down right now, but google cache gives you an idea: a giant rubber-powered airplane that is supposed to fly a person some day. A journalist' comment about what mess it would be if the rubber band broke still makes me laugh.
From one of the articles:
"It's easy... to dream up very, very bad scenarios," says Shawn Hernan, security analyst for the federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team
Pulease, I'm the last one to trivialize this whole thing, but reading this from a "federally funded" organization smells like FUD to me.
Sure you can dream up that stuff, where else would yer company be, right?
but I thought I'd share it anyways. Getting rid of the frustration of one day is worth some Karma.;)
I promise it's somewhat on-topic though!
Today a person came by to install my DirectTV dish. This 6 weeks after I had bought the dish and UltimateTV (bad, bad me!) from Circuit City. The 6 weeks is particularly important because we where very interested in the "free" installation, about which we would be contacted within 48 hours to make an appointment, so assured the salesman. Needles to say that I had to contact them after roughly 48 days...
The "free" installation cost $75,- (Ah,- chimney mount, that's $25,- extra. Ohw, dual LNB, that's $50,- for the extra line.). I think we got away pretty cheap.
The salesman told me that a phoneline was needed for the 'guide' services, and the person installing was obviously not too keen on running the 'included with free installation' 25ft of phone cable. Hence recommended a "wireless phone-line" solution. A while before (say 6 weeks), the salesman was thinking about selling it to me, but remembered (and told me!) though that that did not work with UltimateTV. The installer told me that few salesmen know how to operate a remote control let alone saying anyting remotely clever about wireless phone-lines. And thus left with the phone-line uninstalled.
!!!The on-topic part!!! Taking this a step back: The installer went on to tell me that Tivo had dual tuners and could record/watch two show at the same time. The salesman had told me that this was the exact advantage of the UltimateTV over the Tivo, but he must have been fiddling with his remote a lil too much.
Additionally it is interesting to note that I pulled the harddrive out of the UltimateTV upon arrival back home, and attached it to my removable Firewire IDE setup, connected to a Win2K machine (Oops, did I say that out loud?). Consequently, Win2K locked up to only revive after a push of the 'BIG' button. Hmmm, "Chinese wall" uh, Microsoft?!
As I sit here typing this, I am rudely interrupted by people actually watching this great new addition to personal entertainment, with the urgent message that the sound/video synchronization of the TV is fsck'd up. Great...
I'm glad I'm only programming OS's for a living. Don't want to think of what it would be like to get a real job.
Breace.
From the article
on
Code Red III
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· Score: 1, Funny
The Code Red worm spreads surreptitiously through a hole in certain Microsoft software such as Internet Information Server (IIS) Web software and Windows NT or 2000 operating systems
Ah, so Windows NT or 2000 are vulnerable too, uh? God, I love proper journalism.
It looks like one of those jets for model airplanes. If I remember correctly, these produce about 20 pounds of thrust.
When I was looking at them last time they where about 6K$.
There's no way to connect something like a generator to the spindle directly. You got to understand that something rotation at 100K RPM is going to produce a lot of frictional heat. That's why a lot of these type of devices (Turbos work similarly) have 'air' bearings. In other words the entire spindle floats in air by forcing air between the spindle and the supporting material. Adding something that connects directly to spindle will fail faster than you can say 'Hand me the fire extinguisher!', whilst removing fragments of metal from your forehead.
Although you probably could do it, building a hovercraft with this is probably only useful if you intend for it to fly.
Seriously, as the guys says, the exhaust fumes are a mere 500 degree C. Combined with parts that move at 100K RPM this is NOT a toy. This puppy attached to a moving object is definitely a 'stand back everyone' kind of thing.;)
Windows Update tends to break things, and your box is sometimes rendered useless.
Well, I appreciate M$ bashing like the next guy, but this is stretching reality a little bit. I have _never_ heard of it, let alone experienced it, with quite a few Windoze boxen around the house.
There's "no appeals process". Wah. This is not a court of law, this is a contract. We agree to let you use a car. If you use it in a means against our contract, you owe us more $$$. Don't like it? Pay the higher rates to rent from some other agency that is busy paying high overhead because all of their cars are getting stolen.
Don't forget that even if something is in a contract, if it violates the law, it means nothing.
In other words, the legality of this clause will have to be proven valid in court. Until then I wouldn't pay a dime,- there's many an indication that this will not hold up.
Under 'Side-by-Side DLL Support' you will see that this is been fixed in Microsofts latest state-of-the-art Operating Systems already.
/sound of fanfare
Effectively nuking the whole idea behind DLL's of course, but then again, they started of with putting the least used functions in DLLs and not the common stuff in the first place. So who cares...
The from the complex-software-causes-complex-problems dept. makes me choke though. Pulease...
I'm not sure why I'm writing this, it's obviously not because it's gonna be read (after 439 posts), let alone to gain some Karma.;o))
Anywho, this kind of press makes me so mad. What the hell kind of superiorism could one possibly be possessed by to call someone else's misery a hoax?
I mean, questioning something is one thing but to insinuate that it's an outright lie? It's sad to see a site like/. which usually seems to take the side of the underdog publish such an un-thoughtful article.
The people that have problems between the ears are these freaks that apparently can't handle a stronger opponent to fight than a sick man. Beating the dead, is what it is.
Unfortunately, for those suffering from the symptoms, these illnesses are _real_. Imagine what it's like to be in that position and hear others claim that you are 'faking'.
I hope Dr. Shorter will die a sudden death, and not from some 'curable by positive thinking' disease like cancer. Or he will have a lot of explaining to do.
The header files describing the libraries had to be used to produce the application linked (dynamically) to it and so their application forms a derivative work.
That's an interesting comment.
Let's say I created a header file with functions I would like to see in a DLL. I released it copyleft. Then I took some GPL software and implemented those functions. Obviously those changes now fall under GPL. But what do I care? The header file remains copyleft.
The program now merely uses the DLL. Nowhere is GPL source directly included.
An other way could be to have someone create a DLL (and release GPL source) and reverse-engineer the interfaces in the DLL. Again, no need for a GPL'd header file.
But the question is, how is a DLL different from a static LIB? Everyone seems to understand that a static LIB would obviously violate the GPL (when used by closed source software). What makes a DLL different?
And the interesting thing is that, theoretically that code will _never_ be executed (as any good compiler will tell you).
In fact, I see tons of things that my compiler (incidentally a Microsoft product, although often mixed with the Intel compiler) would complain about...
Slashdot Mirror
According to the sources, local area networks will be used to connect PCs installed with the operating system to TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators and other home appliances, giving great flexibility in controlling home appliances.
... we can ... Oh, never mind.
Ahhh, the long awaited broadband connection to the fridge. A whole new world is upon us. Where the fridge is connected and we can
Wait, I remembered,- it can report back to the manufacturer BEFORE the computer chip, used to connect the fridge to the net, is about to fail. So they can send out a service team to replace the chip BEFORE the internet connection even went out!
You wonder how people have lived without it this long.
Now that makes a lot more sense.
When I read:
The three companies predict the entire development cost will run to about 400 million dollars
I knew this was not just an OS they where talking about. Although, I'm sure one could spend that much on developing an OS, but @ 133 million a year, that would hire you 1000 people @ 100K salaries (if you take 33M for other cost like office space/equipment etc).
No one in their right mind would WANT to have that many people developing an OS. Well, maybe some do...
Just a thought
So _what_ car do you drive? Electric?
www.animefu.com
\ Top Users
\ CmdrTaco (267)
Hmmmm.....
Slashdot
/dev/razor
News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
Lawnmower with internet access
Monocycle @ 100 MPH
Taco's new desk
Power generating boots
Back to the Future board
etc.
And AFAIK getting a credit report for someone else is only legal if they give you permission to do so.
Of course conveniently omissing 'trivialities' such as having to brake the law, to make a point is something to be expected from the man.
In fact, the reason there is NO consumer device out there with a CD uncovered like that, is because it allows you to look straight into the laser when there is no CD in the drive.
I hope the guy thought of that...
That is the answer, but also for a different reason: criminals will simply use a different crypto method.
the rubber bandit! Unfortunately their site is down right now, but google cache gives you an idea: a giant rubber-powered airplane that is supposed to fly a person some day. A journalist' comment about what mess it would be if the rubber band broke still makes me laugh.
From one of the articles: .. to dream up very, very bad scenarios," says Shawn Hernan, security analyst for the federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team
"It's easy.
Pulease, I'm the last one to trivialize this whole thing, but reading this from a "federally funded" organization smells like FUD to me.
Sure you can dream up that stuff, where else would yer company be, right?
but I thought I'd share it anyways. Getting rid of the frustration of one day is worth some Karma. ;)
I promise it's somewhat on-topic though!
Today a person came by to install my DirectTV dish. This 6 weeks after I had bought the dish and UltimateTV (bad, bad me!) from Circuit City. The 6 weeks is particularly important because we where very interested in the "free" installation, about which we would be contacted within 48 hours to make an appointment, so assured the salesman. Needles to say that I had to contact them after roughly 48 days...
The "free" installation cost $75,- (Ah,- chimney mount, that's $25,- extra. Ohw, dual LNB, that's $50,- for the extra line.). I think we got away pretty cheap.
The salesman told me that a phoneline was needed for the 'guide' services, and the person installing was obviously not too keen on running the 'included with free installation' 25ft of phone cable. Hence recommended a "wireless phone-line" solution. A while before (say 6 weeks), the salesman was thinking about selling it to me, but remembered (and told me!) though that that did not work with UltimateTV. The installer told me that few salesmen know how to operate a remote control let alone saying anyting remotely clever about wireless phone-lines. And thus left with the phone-line uninstalled.
!!!The on-topic part!!! Taking this a step back: The installer went on to tell me that Tivo had dual tuners and could record/watch two show at the same time. The salesman had told me that this was the exact advantage of the UltimateTV over the Tivo, but he must have been fiddling with his remote a lil too much.
Additionally it is interesting to note that I pulled the harddrive out of the UltimateTV upon arrival back home, and attached it to my removable Firewire IDE setup, connected to a Win2K machine (Oops, did I say that out loud?). Consequently, Win2K locked up to only revive after a push of the 'BIG' button. Hmmm, "Chinese wall" uh, Microsoft?!
As I sit here typing this, I am rudely interrupted by people actually watching this great new addition to personal entertainment, with the urgent message that the sound/video synchronization of the TV is fsck'd up. Great...
I'm glad I'm only programming OS's for a living. Don't want to think of what it would be like to get a real job.
Breace.
The Code Red worm spreads surreptitiously through a hole in certain Microsoft software such as Internet Information Server (IIS) Web software and Windows NT or 2000 operating systems
Ah, so Windows NT or 2000 are vulnerable too, uh? God, I love proper journalism.
It looks like one of those jets for model airplanes. If I remember correctly, these produce about 20 pounds of thrust.
;)
When I was looking at them last time they where about 6K$.
There's no way to connect something like a generator to the spindle directly. You got to understand that something rotation at 100K RPM is going to produce a lot of frictional heat. That's why a lot of these type of devices (Turbos work similarly) have 'air' bearings. In other words the entire spindle floats in air by forcing air between the spindle and the supporting material. Adding something that connects directly to spindle will fail faster than you can say 'Hand me the fire extinguisher!', whilst removing fragments of metal from your forehead.
Although you probably could do it, building a hovercraft with this is probably only useful if you intend for it to fly.
Seriously, as the guys says, the exhaust fumes are a mere 500 degree C. Combined with parts that move at 100K RPM this is NOT a toy. This puppy attached to a moving object is definitely a 'stand back everyone' kind of thing.
Although it brakes my hart to see my precious Karma go, I do believe that the 'Redundant' moderation of my earlier post is most approriate!
Windows Update tends to break things, and your box is sometimes rendered useless.
Well, I appreciate M$ bashing like the next guy, but this is stretching reality a little bit. I have _never_ heard of it, let alone experienced it, with quite a few Windoze boxen around the house.
great technology like IMAP
Huh?! You mean where your email stays on the server? Aren't you contradicting yourself here?
There's "no appeals process". Wah. This is not a court of law, this is a contract. We agree to let you use a car. If you use it in a means against our contract, you owe us more $$$. Don't like it? Pay the higher rates to rent from some other agency that is busy paying high overhead because all of their cars are getting stolen.
Don't forget that even if something is in a contract, if it violates the law, it means nothing.
In other words, the legality of this clause will have to be proven valid in court. Until then I wouldn't pay a dime,- there's many an indication that this will not hold up.
I hate to ask this question since I've been using Winsock for a long time, but what exactly do you mean with 'Completion ports'?
Are you basically talking about WSAGetOverlappedResult? Or is there something I've been missing all the time...
Fear: When you see B8 00 4C CD 21 and know what it means
;o)
Godamn!
mov ax, 0004Ch
int 21h
; exit dos app.
And I honestly didn't have to think about it. That is Fear. Thanks for ruining my day!
sound of fanfareu recomp.asp.
/sound of fanfare
Look at this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/guide/feat
Under 'Side-by-Side DLL Support' you will see that this is been fixed in Microsofts latest state-of-the-art Operating Systems already.
Effectively nuking the whole idea behind DLL's of course, but then again, they started of with putting the least used functions in DLLs and not the common stuff in the first place. So who cares...
The from the complex-software-causes-complex-problems dept. makes me choke though. Pulease...
I'm not sure why I'm writing this, it's obviously not because it's gonna be read (after 439 posts), let alone to gain some Karma. ;o))
/. which usually seems to take the side of the underdog publish such an un-thoughtful article.
Anywho, this kind of press makes me so mad. What the hell kind of superiorism could one possibly be possessed by to call someone else's misery a hoax?
I mean, questioning something is one thing but to insinuate that it's an outright lie? It's sad to see a site like
The people that have problems between the ears are these freaks that apparently can't handle a stronger opponent to fight than a sick man. Beating the dead, is what it is.
Unfortunately, for those suffering from the symptoms, these illnesses are _real_. Imagine what it's like to be in that position and hear others claim that you are 'faking'.
I hope Dr. Shorter will die a sudden death, and not from some 'curable by positive thinking' disease like cancer. Or he will have a lot of explaining to do.
http://utopia.ision.nl/users/rjstek/english/softwa re/
The header files describing the libraries had to be used to produce the application linked (dynamically) to it and so their application forms a derivative work.
That's an interesting comment.
Let's say I created a header file with functions I would like to see in a DLL. I released it copyleft. Then I took some GPL software and implemented those functions. Obviously those changes now fall under GPL. But what do I care? The header file remains copyleft.
The program now merely uses the DLL. Nowhere is GPL source directly included.
An other way could be to have someone create a DLL (and release GPL source) and reverse-engineer the interfaces in the DLL. Again, no need for a GPL'd header file.
But the question is, how is a DLL different from a static LIB? Everyone seems to understand that a static LIB would obviously violate the GPL (when used by closed source software). What makes a DLL different?
And the interesting thing is that, theoretically that code will _never_ be executed (as any good compiler will tell you).
In fact, I see tons of things that my compiler (incidentally a Microsoft product, although often mixed with the Intel compiler) would complain about...