So, what I think the submitter is trying to say, is that AOL is blocking all HTTP accesses with livejournal.com as the referrer. At least, I think that's what he means. I could be way off base here, considering the ambiguous language!
It would be pretty easy to set up a spoof site and harvest credit card numbers (if it was ecommerce), since you could change just one letter and no one would notice!
I'm saying they willingly did not update their system to combat the virus...equated to a woman knowing a rapist was following her, yet making no attempt to get help as she walked past a cop.
It'll happen when, alongside the PCI and AGP bus, is an H2O bus. It would be a nice thing to have, just plug in your card and cinch down the water fittings, and there ya go.
This problem will never be solved by watercooling, though. Eventually we'll be back up to the old dedicated cooling systems and eyepopping electricity bills. The fact is, every bit state change costs a certain, discrete amount of energy. We keep switching more and more bits, faster and faster. What we need to do is continue reducing the per-bit-change power consumption; currently the easiest way is to reduce the voltage. We'll eventually reach a limit on THAT though, we're already down to 1 volt or so.
Maybe we've reached a point where we can no longer consider extra processing power to be "free" for the price of a different chip. Processing power is going to be equated to real power, and perhaps computing resources will be measured in watts....
Also, don't forget the Mac and Linux users who unfortunately happened to be in the address book of some poor Windows user. I'm about to go nuts from the 50-100 autoreplies from corporate virus scanners, and I know I have it easy.
It would be nice if DHCP allowed you to automatically set a time server as well. That way you could set it to your local time server if you're running one on your network, or else go to an external server.
Writing styles can be matched reasonably well with cusum analysis. Obviously it does get extremely difficult (if not impossible) with large numbers of participants. But the more people write, the easier it is to tag their writing style.
I agree, none of the questions were at all difficult or thought-provoking. None in the least bit negative...I mean, if you don't want to address people who oppose you, how are you supposed to win them to your side?
There were some really good questions submitted, too. Certainly ones that could have replaced boxers vs. briefs or vi vs. emacs. Nobody cares about those stupids "debates" anymore.
Are you trying to give me advice from one experienced troll to another? 'Cuz I don't swing that way. I've used Linux since 2.0 and currently run it on four different computers from a 486 to an Athlon. I've also compiled kernels since I learned how to type 'make', and have worked with RTLinux and fixed kernel and driver source to get my hardware to work.
Maybe I'm not an expert C++ programmer and I don't have a CS degree, but I'm not as ignorant as you seem to believe.
On top of that, my user ID number is 200,000 less than yours! And that's only because I changed my nickname from the version that was 200,000 less than my current one.
Linux IS getting bigger, and runs slower because it expects better hardware.
I'm still waiting for the first Voltron-sim network game where the robots are controlled by individual players and can team up to form a giant robot. Now there's a game that needs to be made.
The size of Linux doubles every year or two. Is that perhaps an average of 18 months? At this rate Linux 3.0 will have 20 million lines. And I thought it was just me that Linux seemed slower and slower.
For no people? This is actually a great way to solve Earth's energy problems! Turn Mars into a giant nuclear power station. Th only remaining problem is running the superconducting transmission lines.
It's a great idea to call in an inspector periodically. Even the best-wired distribution box will eventually go bad and possibly cause a fire.
Why? Stuff expands when it is heated. Your connections are continually undergoing varying stresses depending on the current. When a connection works itself slightly loose, the resistance increases and the process speeds up.
Where I work, we have the local power service come in and take pictures of our distribution boxes with an infrared camera. That's a great way of pinpointing connections that are heating up too much.
This is the reason a computer can stop working, too...sometimes you can just pop the lid, wiggle everything and cinch it down, and it works.
A Markov word generator can do better. Seriously, no better way to discover words that mean absolutely nothing yet sound cool.
Try these on: Palogica, Unizard, Zaticand, Apprecros. PayPal me my fees.
Works great for naming countries too. Who would ever forget the name Sertaintritativiroboweakeeterrying? (only requires the time it takes to get to the end of the word)
These things keep getting more and more appealing. Someday when I have money I'll have to pick one up.
During the power outage, our execs in New York and Toronto kept in contact by using their Blackberries. Might be the first time they ever REALLY used them, but hey!
I knew some people who were 'aware' of EMP shells under development. The concept involved destructive acceleration of a core through a special shell casing. That's about all I was allowed to find out. Apparently this would be something you could fire from a tank-mounted cannon and detonate above the target area.
Kind of similar to the railguns that explosively slam the rails together in order to induce a huge current. Interesting stuff though, could really revolutionize high-tech battles.
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Years back a former co-worker, when I worked in IT, named their cat Five.
So, what I think the submitter is trying to say, is that AOL is blocking all HTTP accesses with livejournal.com as the referrer. At least, I think that's what he means. I could be way off base here, considering the ambiguous language!
It would be pretty easy to set up a spoof site and harvest credit card numbers (if it was ecommerce), since you could change just one letter and no one would notice!
I'm saying they willingly did not update their system to combat the virus...equated to a woman knowing a rapist was following her, yet making no attempt to get help as she walked past a cop.
The people who got infected did not know about the vulnerability, or else they did know and deserved what they got.
It's really a moot point, because most viruses exploit vulnerabilities we don't know about yet.
So, we get the viruses anyway. I don't see the upside, there will always be new viruses and those are the ones we have to worry about.
All the old viruses don't make us stronger, they just cost time and money to scan for and prevent from spreading.
You do realize that the space program started with unmanned craft, then insects, perhaps mice, then on to monkeys, and then Purdue graduates....
It'll happen when, alongside the PCI and AGP bus, is an H2O bus. It would be a nice thing to have, just plug in your card and cinch down the water fittings, and there ya go.
This problem will never be solved by watercooling, though. Eventually we'll be back up to the old dedicated cooling systems and eyepopping electricity bills. The fact is, every bit state change costs a certain, discrete amount of energy. We keep switching more and more bits, faster and faster. What we need to do is continue reducing the per-bit-change power consumption; currently the easiest way is to reduce the voltage. We'll eventually reach a limit on THAT though, we're already down to 1 volt or so.
Maybe we've reached a point where we can no longer consider extra processing power to be "free" for the price of a different chip. Processing power is going to be equated to real power, and perhaps computing resources will be measured in watts....
Also, don't forget the Mac and Linux users who unfortunately happened to be in the address book of some poor Windows user. I'm about to go nuts from the 50-100 autoreplies from corporate virus scanners, and I know I have it easy.
Well, actually, I guess it does. Possible to do if you set up the dhcp client correctly. Nevermind...but people still should do it.
It would be nice if DHCP allowed you to automatically set a time server as well. That way you could set it to your local time server if you're running one on your network, or else go to an external server.
Writing styles can be matched reasonably well with cusum analysis. Obviously it does get extremely difficult (if not impossible) with large numbers of participants. But the more people write, the easier it is to tag their writing style.
Here's someone's paper regarding cusum analysis and authorship attribution: The Computerized Determination of Disputed Authorship: Cusum Method.
Guess what? The buttons were also Spree tasting.
I agree, none of the questions were at all difficult or thought-provoking. None in the least bit negative...I mean, if you don't want to address people who oppose you, how are you supposed to win them to your side?
There were some really good questions submitted, too. Certainly ones that could have replaced boxers vs. briefs or vi vs. emacs. Nobody cares about those stupids "debates" anymore.
It would also help satisfy your urge to spend more on your computer than you did for your car.
(taking into account the average Slashdotter's vehicle)
I think a funny thing to say, as you were being trounced by this piece of computer hardware, would be "Et tu, Brute?"
Are you trying to give me advice from one experienced troll to another? 'Cuz I don't swing that way. I've used Linux since 2.0 and currently run it on four different computers from a 486 to an Athlon. I've also compiled kernels since I learned how to type 'make', and have worked with RTLinux and fixed kernel and driver source to get my hardware to work.
Maybe I'm not an expert C++ programmer and I don't have a CS degree, but I'm not as ignorant as you seem to believe.
On top of that, my user ID number is 200,000 less than yours! And that's only because I changed my nickname from the version that was 200,000 less than my current one.
Linux IS getting bigger, and runs slower because it expects better hardware.
Actually, I think the honor goes to Sluggy Freelance and Gofotron. ;-)
I'm still waiting for the first Voltron-sim network game where the robots are controlled by individual players and can team up to form a giant robot. Now there's a game that needs to be made.
Wow!
The size of Linux doubles every year or two. Is that perhaps an average of 18 months? At this rate Linux 3.0 will have 20 million lines. And I thought it was just me that Linux seemed slower and slower.
I think we need to find them a business that actually lures them away from spamming.
...I think I just discovered their master plan.
How about, if you are a confirmed spammer, you can be paid money NOT to spam.
For no people? This is actually a great way to solve Earth's energy problems! Turn Mars into a giant nuclear power station. Th only remaining problem is running the superconducting transmission lines.
It's a great idea to call in an inspector periodically. Even the best-wired distribution box will eventually go bad and possibly cause a fire.
Why? Stuff expands when it is heated. Your connections are continually undergoing varying stresses depending on the current. When a connection works itself slightly loose, the resistance increases and the process speeds up.
Where I work, we have the local power service come in and take pictures of our distribution boxes with an infrared camera. That's a great way of pinpointing connections that are heating up too much.
This is the reason a computer can stop working, too...sometimes you can just pop the lid, wiggle everything and cinch it down, and it works.
A Markov word generator can do better. Seriously, no better way to discover words that mean absolutely nothing yet sound cool.
Try these on: Palogica, Unizard, Zaticand, Apprecros. PayPal me my fees.
Works great for naming countries too. Who would ever forget the name Sertaintritativiroboweakeeterrying?
(only requires the time it takes to get to the end of the word)
These things keep getting more and more appealing. Someday when I have money I'll have to pick one up.
During the power outage, our execs in New York and Toronto kept in contact by using their Blackberries. Might be the first time they ever REALLY used them, but hey!
I knew some people who were 'aware' of EMP shells under development. The concept involved destructive acceleration of a core through a special shell casing. That's about all I was allowed to find out. Apparently this would be something you could fire from a tank-mounted cannon and detonate above the target area.
Kind of similar to the railguns that explosively slam the rails together in order to induce a huge current. Interesting stuff though, could really revolutionize high-tech battles.