It seems that the problem per se is not with ACPI but rather with device drivers with long interrupt service times.
I imagine Windows 2000/XP has some facility for keeping track of average interrupt service times for device drivers - anyone know how to get at that data? It seems to me if we could track down offensive drivers, we could put the pressure on the right people -- the device driver developers.
Having an external firewire connection to me makes MUCH more sense in that they can use to for additional storage for drives. They can also make the device communicate with a PC easier where it acts as a "camera"; of course these very same suggestions might get them into "hotter" water with the Media companies..
If they had a Tivo that had the firewire features, the rate increase may be worth it... but as of now... nope...
So let me get this straight... you're eager to hook up hundreds (thousands?) of dollars of digital video equipment and storage devices to your Tivo so you can use it as an overdeveloped video database, but an additional $3 per month for the service is too rich for your blood?
My g/f in high school used to start her period on exactly the same day as all the other girls on her soccer team - amazing
This is actually how the first period of a soccer game usually begins. Moreover, all the girls usually start at the same time. Something with pheromones...
It also promotes uneven CRT wear, particularly noticeable on rear-projection TV sets after extended use at higher contrast settings. Same thing goes for stock tickers, opaque network logos, etc.
What about blood, stool and tissue samples that are mailed to medical labs for testing? How many people will die because the sample was degraded or destroyed, and the test result was incorrect? What about prescription medicines that are damaged by the radiation?
The difference is that all the accidents you mention could be avoided with nominal care and forethought. Compare this to, say, widespread infection from unirradiated mail loaded with spores.
So, what happens when a terrorist kills 5 Americans with a gun?
The critical difference lies in the potential accountability of the perpetrator for his actions.
A shooter knows that when he takes aim at a group of people and fires that he could be held accountable, barring escape or suicide. This is what keeps most sociopaths in check: fear of accountability; fear of justice. At the same time this is what lets our nation sleep well at night: knowledge that criminals could be held accountable and could be brought to justice; not that they necessarily will be but that it is at least possible.
Anthrax and other bioagents are tele-weapons and as October showed us, remote biological assaults have far less potential for accountability; their perpetrators stand a far smaller chance of ever being brought to justice. That is why going after the people who would use these so-called asymmetric weapons is so critical. And in the meantime, since the nation (OK, senators, anchorpersons and postal workers) can't rely on anthrax flingers being be brought to justice, it's up to the government to give us Cipro, smallpox vaccines and irradiation, the next best things.
The real revolution with XML will be social, not technological.
This has already happened. I spent New Years' at an XML party, and XML is readily available at raves. You probably want to bring XML validators to these things, though. You can't really tell if all XML is legitimate just by looking at it.
Sometimes it's not that easy. Have you ever been involved in the development/testing/release of software used by millions of people day-to-day? Suffice to say the turn-around time for bug patches often far exceeds the time it takes to actually code the fix. Not to mention w00w00 probably reported this hole during the peak of the holiday season (when many staff are on vacation). Notice how w00w00 doesn't mention how long they waited for a response, and there is no mention of multiple attempts to contact the AIM team. One would think that an organization interested in the public good might have taken such measures.
Here is probably what happened: Some product manager at AOL probably got wind of the hole and naively assessed the priority of the situation as relatively low. Why was it assessed as low priority? Well, that product manager probably looked at w00w00's e-mail and said, "wow, we should fix that soon, but it shouldn't delay the release of the holiday revenue-generating initiatives we're currently working on." What this product manager did not realize was that, despite w00w00's "white hat" e-mail, w00w00 wasn't on their side or even their users'; w00w00 wanted to embarrass the company.
They did the right thing. End of story.
Well let's see. The situation went from a few dozen (hundred?) people being able to exploit an obscure hole to hundreds of thousands knowing how in detail. Think about it: even if deployment of a bug fix hadn't been slated for another month, all w00w00 accomplished was a dramatic increase in AOL's (and AOL users') damage exposure. They did the self-righteous thing.
In retrospect I concede that my second and third analogies were increasingly less relevant, and to be fair I also posed a question about an ethical mandate and concluded by talking about legality. Two separate issues.
If the repliers are right, and these actions indeed qualify as protected free speech, I still question the morality of the action. I still question the justification of short-term exposure to harm for putative greater long-term good, regardless of legal "fault."
Perhaps the former was a result of the latter? There's a concept called "lighting a fire under their ass".
Can someone please explain to me the moral or ethical mandate that supports/justifies this sort of vigilante thinking? Consider the following off-line scenarios, which to me seem equivalent (someone correct my thinking):
A test mode is discovered in a popular residential/commercial building security system whereby anyone can enter such a building by punching in a certain 23-digit code into the alarm keypad. w00w00 drives around town and posts a picture of the affected keypads and the first 21 digits of the code.
Certain model year GM vehicles' security systems can be foiled by holding down multiple chiclet keys at once and inserting a metal object into the driver's side door keyhole. w00w00 cruises local mall parking lots, opening the doors of random vehicles, putting a bulletin about the problem on the driver's seat, closing the door, and fleeing.
A template and generating function for test AT&T calling card numbers is discovered that permits anyone with the two to make free calls. w00w00 publishes the information.
All of these actions could have theoretically been done in the name of improving security but in the short-term all they do is recklessly endanger it.
These actions wouldn't fly in the real world without legal repercussions. And how can you claim that they are done in the interest of the public when so much anonymous public damage could result in the short-term? Is there anyone out there who really believes this isn't being done to take a stab at big corporations for big corporations' sake, by individuals who thrive in the gray area of the law?
There is at least one long-term upside to w00w00's actions, though. Their actions will hasten the approval of legislation which makes online reckless endangerment as criminal on the Internet as it is in your neighborhood.
After security and maintenance I'd ask for better food. I'd put broadband-in-flight last on the list.
Remember we're not talking about what the consumer wants, but what Boeing could do.
While Boeing could probably devise features that facilitate better airplane security, getting airlines to be better about maintenance and food is an issue that is probably less in their control.
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
Jesus...KPMG has really won haven't they. With one stupid letter they managed to get more free advertising and even active links than X10 has purchased during its entire lifetime. Given the way modern search enginges work this probably boosts it up to the top of the heap in search results as well.
I know what you mean. I, for one, am chomping at the bit to patronize KPMG's business financial consulting services, all as a result of this thread.
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It seems that the problem per se is not with ACPI but rather with device drivers with long interrupt service times.
I imagine Windows 2000/XP has some facility for keeping track of average interrupt service times for device drivers - anyone know how to get at that data? It seems to me if we could track down offensive drivers, we could put the pressure on the right people -- the device driver developers.
Do you own a Tivo?
- is not presented in an ordered list (<ol>)
- repeatedly uses asterisks rather than mark-up to indicate emphasis
- makes several external references but does not hyperlink any of them
- violates its own sixth commandment?
Some decent insight, but perhaps the ultimate lesson is that there's more than one way to close an <HTML> tagMicrosoft has had plans to develop a buggy Windows-driven phone for some time now.
This is why their just-in-time core dumper is called "Dr. Watson".
A shooter knows that when he takes aim at a group of people and fires that he could be held accountable, barring escape or suicide. This is what keeps most sociopaths in check: fear of accountability; fear of justice. At the same time this is what lets our nation sleep well at night: knowledge that criminals could be held accountable and could be brought to justice; not that they necessarily will be but that it is at least possible.
Anthrax and other bioagents are tele-weapons and as October showed us, remote biological assaults have far less potential for accountability; their perpetrators stand a far smaller chance of ever being brought to justice. That is why going after the people who would use these so-called asymmetric weapons is so critical. And in the meantime, since the nation (OK, senators, anchorpersons and postal workers) can't rely on anthrax flingers being be brought to justice, it's up to the government to give us Cipro, smallpox vaccines and irradiation, the next best things.
The series was pretty lyme if you ask me.
I have been putting my socks on before my T-shirt for about 15 years now.
What are the odds they don't have a wireless webcam on them?
One day, this will be something they'll tell someone else's grandchildren about.
Here is probably what happened: Some product manager at AOL probably got wind of the hole and naively assessed the priority of the situation as relatively low. Why was it assessed as low priority? Well, that product manager probably looked at w00w00's e-mail and said, "wow, we should fix that soon, but it shouldn't delay the release of the holiday revenue-generating initiatives we're currently working on." What this product manager did not realize was that, despite w00w00's "white hat" e-mail, w00w00 wasn't on their side or even their users'; w00w00 wanted to embarrass the company.
Well let's see. The situation went from a few dozen (hundred?) people being able to exploit an obscure hole to hundreds of thousands knowing how in detail. Think about it: even if deployment of a bug fix hadn't been slated for another month, all w00w00 accomplished was a dramatic increase in AOL's (and AOL users') damage exposure. They did the self-righteous thing.
In retrospect I concede that my second and third analogies were increasingly less relevant, and to be fair I also posed a question about an ethical mandate and concluded by talking about legality. Two separate issues.
If the repliers are right, and these actions indeed qualify as protected free speech, I still question the morality of the action. I still question the justification of short-term exposure to harm for putative greater long-term good, regardless of legal "fault."
All of these actions could have theoretically been done in the name of improving security but in the short-term all they do is recklessly endanger it.
These actions wouldn't fly in the real world without legal repercussions. And how can you claim that they are done in the interest of the public when so much anonymous public damage could result in the short-term? Is there anyone out there who really believes this isn't being done to take a stab at big corporations for big corporations' sake, by individuals who thrive in the gray area of the law?
There is at least one long-term upside to w00w00's actions, though. Their actions will hasten the approval of legislation which makes online reckless endangerment as criminal on the Internet as it is in your neighborhood.
Nobody doubts the impact Mosfet has had on KDE, but we would be remiss if we neglected the many contributions of Bipolar and Jfet as well.
They too have played a big role in making KDE what it is today.
While Boeing could probably devise features that facilitate better airplane security, getting airlines to be better about maintenance and food is an issue that is probably less in their control.
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
While you're voting, feel free also to submit your vote for the best lunar landing of 2001 and/or most significant world event of 2001.
Now all I need is a business and finances.