I don't think he ever mentioned or even implied this didn't pose a risk. In fact he did say explicitly that it may pose a risk. What he points out I believe is they may have had a chance to review it before the POC code hit the internet for people to toy around with and use the exploit.
Whether that's a correct assessment or not is debatable but don't put words in other peoples mouths. One thing you may want to do is watch The Godfather Pt III. You could learn a few things from Michael. One thing is "Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgement".
I think the saving factor based on his review was that it would be a good reference for experience QBasic programmers to have as it delves into data structures and databases and so on.
Yes, I meant "expected" but misspoke. And yes it is ironic. Maybe re-read the definition of ironic again after replacing "intended" with "expected" in my comment.
Actually, it could be considered ironic. One of the definitions for ironic is: "Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended"
So, what is generally intended in a browser vulnerability is that IE *will* be affected. It wasn't and therefore is ironic.
That is so true especially in small towns like where I grew up. We didn't have access to a lot of materials. The curriculum pretty much stayed fixed. We had a programming class in QBASIC when I was in gr. 8 I think but then our 'computer science' class became simply a typing class.
It's too bad b/c I know that myself and a couple others were quite interested in computers. The environment just didn't foster it. I continued learning on my own while others just let it fade into the background and the world may have missed out on some great hackers.
Heaven forbid teens should do something like play a sport, hit the beach, read a book. Knowledge has great benefits and especially this but don't let yourself get completely glued to a computer for your entire life or the world will zoom on by and you'll miss a lot of fun stuff. That's what summer is for when you're a teen. Get a nice summer job to earn some money, then go have fun with your friends!
Mainly for control purposes. If you use a variable in your class for various things maybe you don't want a client to be able to change it whenever and to whatever they want. having it in a method gives you control over what happens (if you allow anything to happen at all). Maybe for some reason you want to keep track of how many times a variable was accessed or something like that.
That's why, though I totally see the point of the previous posters 'property' keyword and why some would want it, it basically amounts to having public variables which defeats the control you get over the access to those variables when you need it.
The person who accidently trashed mt fuji when the didn't mean to thinks it was:) And, as mentioned, it's not like you can't do it in windows with just a couple cli commands. Are the linux guis that much different in how they operate in regards to the sequence you described for windows? Better yet, how about:
open My Computer
browse to \mnt\fuji
right-click cut
right-click paste
select cut of fuji
right-click rename
type barjii
Man, I wish I had some mod points again b/c i would mod this so far down that, that..........must.....fight......the slashdot sensibility.......fight it........success!!! I would mod you so far up it wouldn't even be funny. Well, it kind of would b/c you can only moderate a comment once so I'd only mod you up one point but....you get the picture:) Anyways, great post. Now, where did my brain go.........
"Seeing this has convinced me that the profession of "game programmer" will never be more than a niche."
Is any profession with a specific title more than a niche? If someone is a "web programmer", then they're in a little niche of their own away from game programmers. The thing is, they're not necessarily separate. All of them require general skill in programming and good ones in each niche could probably switch between certain niches quite easily. Remember, I said *good* ones can do that which rules out a lot of web programmers......... ok, go ahead and hit me;)
Maybe games will go back to having really in-depth and unique stories to drag playeres in to the world. Look at Myst. It had great graphics and a solid story behind it. Not that it was a horribly complex story. It was just something that hadn't been done along with such an immersive world before. I think it's still the best-selling game of all time. Maybe Sims took that over though. Which is another game that had a unique twist on a good story. Best-sellers b/c why?:)
Well considering Cheech has gone dry and on to bigger and better things than Cheech and Chong movies, I'd say it wouldn't be so bad. Chong on the other hand....:)
What is this? "My dad can beat up your dad!" style argument? That's really interesting that you work with databases containing terabytes of data across 100s of disks but.....does that mean everyone else is working at a "kid" level? I'm assuming you posted AC b/c you were worried about being labelled a troll or the likes which likely means you knew there was something inheritently childlike about your post and didn't want to lose precious karma. Fortunately (unfortunately) you got modded up as being interesting (which is true) but didn't get modded down for childlike behaviour.
A lot of problems and bloat with these programs is maintaining backwards compatibility with old outdated file formats and functionality. I think it's a good step to start breaking backwards compatibility. How else can you get a fresh release of a product without getting rid of outdated code? Sure, they should have "done it right" the first time but at least they're working at fixing the product properly.
> pretty new buttons and a three panel view
Don't forget, lots of people like flash and style over functionality. Of course that's usually until they really start using it but by then they're already tied to the product. It's all about marketing:)
I don't use the new beta but I use Office 2000 and thought I'd respond to a few of these things.
> Can I turn of HTML mail in Outlook?
Why couldn't you before? I use text email in Outlook just fine. It even highlights URLs for me in text mode which I find nice . Maybe you don't?
> Does fastfind sit in the background and hammer > my pc from time to time?
If you don't turn it off, yeah probably:)
> How easy is it to install shit head the paper clip?
Why would you want to install it if you hate it?;)
> Can I tell Office that I'm english and have A4 > paper, english dictionaries, the correct date > format, paper size in inches etc..... without > going through all the dialogues.
In Page Setup, there's an option "From this point forward" that should save your Page setup setting.
When I insert a date, my format choice hangs around for the next go at it. I don't use the keyboard shortcut though maybe the choice sticks around if you go through the menu once then start using the keyboard shortcut.
As for english dictionary, try the Set Language option in Tools???
> What about that horrible auto-crap, is that > still on by default?
I assume it still is but you can turn off a fair bit of that auto stuff from Tools->Auto Correct
The biggest issue now is the name change b/c, according to the article, they have made the product extremely secure. Remember, a name change is a "big" change. If you buy Windows 2003 and keep seeing "Windows.NET" everywhere in the OS, you're gonna wonder what the f*** is going on.
I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Stephen Hawking believes not in the Big Crunch but in the ever expanding universe idea?
Could be he used to believe in the big crunch theory but reversed his mind and nobody realizes it?:)
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I don't think he ever mentioned or even implied this didn't pose a risk. In fact he did say explicitly that it may pose a risk. What he points out I believe is they may have had a chance to review it before the POC code hit the internet for people to toy around with and use the exploit.
Whether that's a correct assessment or not is debatable but don't put words in other peoples mouths. One thing you may want to do is watch The Godfather Pt III. You could learn a few things from Michael. One thing is "Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgement".
One of the three choices in life these days. Strike, sue or bitch and moan.
"And I think to myself...what a wonderful world"
I think the saving factor based on his review was that it would be a good reference for experience QBasic programmers to have as it delves into data structures and databases and so on.
Yes, I meant "expected" but misspoke. And yes it is ironic. Maybe re-read the definition of ironic again after replacing "intended" with "expected" in my comment.
Actually, it could be considered ironic. One of the definitions for ironic is: "Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended" So, what is generally intended in a browser vulnerability is that IE *will* be affected. It wasn't and therefore is ironic.
That is so true especially in small towns like where I grew up. We didn't have access to a lot of materials. The curriculum pretty much stayed fixed. We had a programming class in QBASIC when I was in gr. 8 I think but then our 'computer science' class became simply a typing class.
It's too bad b/c I know that myself and a couple others were quite interested in computers. The environment just didn't foster it. I continued learning on my own while others just let it fade into the background and the world may have missed out on some great hackers.
Heaven forbid teens should do something like play a sport, hit the beach, read a book. Knowledge has great benefits and especially this but don't let yourself get completely glued to a computer for your entire life or the world will zoom on by and you'll miss a lot of fun stuff. That's what summer is for when you're a teen. Get a nice summer job to earn some money, then go have fun with your friends!
Actually the following:
:)
object.person.bart_simpson.say("Bite Me!");
wouldn't need to be dereferenced by hand.
However, this would:
object->person()->bart_simpson()->say("Bi te Me!");
Method calls that return an object can't be immediately dereferenced in the same statement. Those would have to be dereferenced one by one.
But I know what you mean though. It sucks that you have to do that
I don't think the percentage is the problem. I believe it's the actual amount that percentage represents that is the problem
*in Homer Simpsons voice* 'mmmmmm.....Itanium 2 chops.......glazhzhzhz'
Mainly for control purposes. If you use a variable in your class for various things maybe you don't want a client to be able to change it whenever and to whatever they want. having it in a method gives you control over what happens (if you allow anything to happen at all). Maybe for some reason you want to keep track of how many times a variable was accessed or something like that.
That's why, though I totally see the point of the previous posters 'property' keyword and why some would want it, it basically amounts to having public variables which defeats the control you get over the access to those variables when you need it.
The person who accidently trashed mt fuji when the didn't mean to thinks it was :) And, as mentioned, it's not like you can't do it in windows with just a couple cli commands. Are the linux guis that much different in how they operate in regards to the sequence you described for windows? Better yet, how about:
open My Computer
browse to \mnt\fuji
right-click cut
right-click paste
select cut of fuji
right-click rename
type barjii
To be extremely cunning requires some pretty good smarts about you :)
Man, I wish I had some mod points again b/c i would mod this so far down that, that..........must.....fight......the slashdot sensibility.......fight it........success!!! I would mod you so far up it wouldn't even be funny. Well, it kind of would b/c you can only moderate a comment once so I'd only mod you up one point but....you get the picture :) Anyways, great post. Now, where did my brain go.........
"Seeing this has convinced me that the profession of "game programmer" will never be more than a niche."
;)
Is any profession with a specific title more than a niche? If someone is a "web programmer", then they're in a little niche of their own away from game programmers. The thing is, they're not necessarily separate. All of them require general skill in programming and good ones in each niche could probably switch between certain niches quite easily. Remember, I said *good* ones can do that which rules out a lot of web programmers......... ok, go ahead and hit me
Maybe games will go back to having really in-depth and unique stories to drag playeres in to the world. Look at Myst. It had great graphics and a solid story behind it. Not that it was a horribly complex story. It was just something that hadn't been done along with such an immersive world before. I think it's still the best-selling game of all time. Maybe Sims took that over though. Which is another game that had a unique twist on a good story. Best-sellers b/c why? :)
Well considering Cheech has gone dry and on to bigger and better things than Cheech and Chong movies, I'd say it wouldn't be so bad. Chong on the other hand.... :)
no wonder it never saw the light of day. they don't even know how many goals are in a hat-trick ;)
What is this? "My dad can beat up your dad!" style argument? That's really interesting that you work with databases containing terabytes of data across 100s of disks but.....does that mean everyone else is working at a "kid" level? I'm assuming you posted AC b/c you were worried about being labelled a troll or the likes which likely means you knew there was something inheritently childlike about your post and didn't want to lose precious karma. Fortunately (unfortunately) you got modded up as being interesting (which is true) but didn't get modded down for childlike behaviour.
So if it was in HTML the link should have been "the paper (HyperText Markup Language)..."?
Come on, is it that big of a deal really?
A lot of problems and bloat with these programs is maintaining backwards compatibility with old outdated file formats and functionality. I think it's a good step to start breaking backwards compatibility. How else can you get a fresh release of a product without getting rid of outdated code? Sure, they should have "done it right" the first time but at least they're working at fixing the product properly.
:)
> pretty new buttons and a three panel view
Don't forget, lots of people like flash and style over functionality. Of course that's usually until they really start using it but by then they're already tied to the product. It's all about marketing
I don't use the new beta but I use Office 2000 and thought I'd respond to a few of these things.
:)
;)
> Can I turn of HTML mail in Outlook?
Why couldn't you before? I use text email in Outlook just fine. It even highlights URLs for me in text mode which I find nice . Maybe you don't?
> Does fastfind sit in the background and hammer
> my pc from time to time?
If you don't turn it off, yeah probably
> How easy is it to install shit head the paper clip?
Why would you want to install it if you hate it?
> Can I tell Office that I'm english and have A4
> paper, english dictionaries, the correct date
> format, paper size in inches etc..... without
> going through all the dialogues.
In Page Setup, there's an option "From this point forward" that should save your Page setup setting.
When I insert a date, my format choice hangs around for the next go at it. I don't use the keyboard shortcut though maybe the choice sticks around if you go through the menu once then start using the keyboard shortcut.
As for english dictionary, try the Set Language option in Tools???
> What about that horrible auto-crap, is that
> still on by default?
I assume it still is but you can turn off a fair bit of that auto stuff from Tools->Auto Correct
The biggest issue now is the name change b/c, according to the article, they have made the product extremely secure. Remember, a name change is a "big" change. If you buy Windows 2003 and keep seeing "Windows .NET" everywhere in the OS, you're gonna wonder what the f*** is going on.
Language creator defends his language over other languages!!!! Whoa! Total mind blower
I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Stephen Hawking believes not in the Big Crunch but in the ever expanding universe idea? Could be he used to believe in the big crunch theory but reversed his mind and nobody realizes it? :)