Yes, that is true. However, having a slightly unsteady surface (ie vibrating) to walk on "keeps you on your toes", so to speak.
And that is how this works. On normal, solid and stable ground, the balance system "gets lazy", but by providing subtle shifts in the "ground", you force the balance system to so to speak, concentrate on what it is doing.
Now, we were required to wave the card *and* enter a 5-digit number -- which we all immediately wrote on the card. A message came down from data (in)security: "Don't write your number on your card!" The message was universally ignored.
Then you sir, are the problem. No system can be completely secured against the authorized users.
I've worked in a place where we had those cards too, only we could not just wave them, we had to put them in a slot. Out of say 30-40 people, noone wrote the number on the card. Noone stored the number next to the card, like in the same wallet.
If security gives you a rule to follow, you follow it even if you don't agree. Security may have reasons you don't grasp (and you don't seem too bright, more like a troublemaker).
You didn't follow the guidelines, and consequently, *you* made it possible for someone unathorized ot enter your workplace if they got a hold of your card. You and noone else. You.
Security to blame? I don't think so. They told you what to do. You chose to be stubborn and stupid about it.
if you send an email without a subject, a dialog pops up and goes blah blah blah
There is nothing more annoying than getting mails without a subject line. It is even more annoying trying to spot that mail again in the list, when you have received several of them.
Now if they could actually forbid sending mails without a subject line, I'll start forcing Mozilla down all my friends throats...:)
I was not going to comment at all about the stupidness of the poster going on about Microsoft should have fixed this from the start and all that crap only a non-programmer could say. So many others already said it so well.
Then I looked at the nick and emailaddress of the submitter: jointm1k and jointm1k@dajoint.nl, and suddenly it all became very clear to me just how you could, with a straight face, submit something like that.
I use the Commanders (Norton style, Windows and Midnight) for all that nowadays. That is the only system that (may not really be, but) feels logical and intiutive to me.
I know people that has been using WinZip for years and still need to think for a while before they can get the program to do anything (yes, even unzipping!). The commanders behave just like you were copying regular files. It is great...
I would go a bit further... all the "Teach Yourself X in N [days|hours]" books I've tried sucked monkey bollocks. It was that Perl one, and the ASP one and a few more that I can't recall offhand. I only bought the Perl one myself, luckily.
Granted, last time I tried it was quite some time ago (funny what wasting money on useless stuff teaches you to avoid) and they might have gotten a review process instead of beer party and authors instead of monkeys nowadays. I sure hope so, for all the poor sods that buys their books.
Most of the "Commanders" do this, internally, as well as faking lots of other stuff as local filesystems, making everything work seemlessly between archives, ftp, local files etc. Insanely good for productivity, and the learning curve involves one program instead of five.
They are not targeting users anymore.
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PKWare Zips to Growth
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· Score: 3, Interesting
The company's sales efforts are now focused on corporate customers.
And why companies should listen:
The company has crafted a new partnership with RSA Security Inc., which will lead to merging zip capability with security features in the same programs.
Maybe that'll be enough.
I'm pretty sure the shareware business model for these guys would be dead anyway whatwith some other competitors being so well known and wide spread there days. Can you say "WinZip"? (Yuck, bad, bad program.)
I still buy quite a few albums. But it is rarely the latest, and never anything that is played on MTV (other than by accident).
That means I am not buying what companys wants to sell, and maybe that makes me a pirate in their statistics. Sigh.
If they would stop pushing the unintelligent, massproduced and boring music, and starting to promote innovation, feeling and interesting stuff they would have me buying list music too.
The companies they mail must be seriously confused as to what this has to do with their site...:)
Jokes aside, that "frequent visitor" phrase is nice, and _may_ help getting their message through to the right persons.
But probably not - and it is lying (which is easy to deduce when visiting their site - the url is given in the same mail). Pretending to be a regular visitor may hurt these guys in the long run, even if they do stuff for a good cause... I don't know if they do, I read the explanations and still couldn't figure out if this was something worth bothering about.:)
Yes, I mean that. I've never used XP, but in those versions I have used, it does.
I even double-checked right now on my windows 2000 machine. Dragging a file from one folder to another makes a copy.
If Microsoft decided to change something good to something bad in XP, well then it is their problem. Or rather their users. I'm not moving to XP anyway, by the time 2000 isn't enough I'll just move to Linux permanently.
Maybe it is what you are used to, but I think that way is worse. I use both, depending on situation, but to me, the right-click-drag option is much more flexible and intiutive.
Moreover, you didn't answer all those options, only move versus copy - still missing alias and friends.
And it is very confusing I've noticed, in macs, that it sometimes copies, and sometimes moves depening on if you are on the same machine or not. This is confusing because Macs are so good at hiding the difference between local and remote, so you never know what to expect.
Of course, copy is what you expect remotely. I don't understand why it isn't what you expect locally. On windows, btw, copy is default for all cases. At least that is consistent, and works with the principle of least surprise.
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Because Opera is not evil, just Norwegian? ;-)
I just noticed that Opera 7 is out in a Beta. I think I'll go give it a spin right away...
Well, yeah, but that is so lame.
:)
A scheme like this would have style.
Remember the eggs in one's basket proverb?
:)
Yeah, can't make an omelet without breaking them, right?
Yes, that is true. However, having a slightly unsteady surface (ie vibrating) to walk on "keeps you on your toes", so to speak.
And that is how this works. On normal, solid and stable ground, the balance system "gets lazy", but by providing subtle shifts in the "ground", you force the balance system to so to speak, concentrate on what it is doing.
Buying software with an EAL4 rating is kind of like buying a home without a home inspection, only more risky.
He has obviously never bought anything from Fernwilter and Associates.
Now, we were required to wave the card *and* enter a 5-digit number -- which we all immediately wrote on the card. A message came down from data (in)security: "Don't write your number on your card!" The message was universally ignored.
Then you sir, are the problem. No system can be completely secured against the authorized users.
I've worked in a place where we had those cards too, only we could not just wave them, we had to put them in a slot. Out of say 30-40 people, noone wrote the number on the card. Noone stored the number next to the card, like in the same wallet.
If security gives you a rule to follow, you follow it even if you don't agree. Security may have reasons you don't grasp (and you don't seem too bright, more like a troublemaker).
You didn't follow the guidelines, and consequently, *you* made it possible for someone unathorized ot enter your workplace if they got a hold of your card. You and noone else. You.
Security to blame? I don't think so. They told you what to do. You chose to be stubborn and stupid about it.
Wise up, shape up, grow up. Thank you.
if you send an email without a subject, a dialog pops up and goes blah blah blah
:)
There is nothing more annoying than getting mails without a subject line. It is even more annoying trying to spot that mail again in the list, when you have received several of them.
Now if they could actually forbid sending mails without a subject line, I'll start forcing Mozilla down all my friends throats...
Since all your collected code so far amounts to
;-)
10 PRINT "TOM IS STUPID"
20 GOTO 10
and it took you three hours of debugging before "release", noone is much surprised.
I was not going to comment at all about the stupidness of the poster going on about Microsoft should have fixed this from the start and all that crap only a non-programmer could say. So many others already said it so well.
Then I looked at the nick and emailaddress of the submitter: jointm1k and jointm1k@dajoint.nl, and suddenly it all became very clear to me just how you could, with a straight face, submit something like that.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EmbraceChange
:)
That is something that should be read by all "Waterfall" developers like you. It is very useful, even if you don't change your opinion.
Damn. IHBT.
I use the Commanders (Norton style, Windows and Midnight) for all that nowadays. That is the only system that (may not really be, but) feels logical and intiutive to me.
I know people that has been using WinZip for years and still need to think for a while before they can get the program to do anything (yes, even unzipping!). The commanders behave just like you were copying regular files. It is great...
I would go a bit further... all the "Teach Yourself X in N [days|hours]" books I've tried sucked monkey bollocks. It was that Perl one, and the ASP one and a few more that I can't recall offhand. I only bought the Perl one myself, luckily.
Granted, last time I tried it was quite some time ago (funny what wasting money on useless stuff teaches you to avoid) and they might have gotten a review process instead of beer party and authors instead of monkeys nowadays. I sure hope so, for all the poor sods that buys their books.
Most of the "Commanders" do this, internally, as well as faking lots of other stuff as local filesystems, making everything work seemlessly between archives, ftp, local files etc. Insanely good for productivity, and the learning curve involves one program instead of five.
Try:
Midnight commander on Linux (often, typing "mc" is enough), windows commander on Windows.
The company's sales efforts are now focused on corporate customers.
And why companies should listen:
The company has crafted a new partnership with RSA Security Inc., which will lead to merging zip capability with security features in the same programs.
Maybe that'll be enough.
I'm pretty sure the shareware business model for these guys would be dead anyway whatwith some other competitors being so well known and wide spread there days. Can you say "WinZip"? (Yuck, bad, bad program.)
I still buy quite a few albums. But it is rarely the latest, and never anything that is played on MTV (other than by accident).
That means I am not buying what companys wants to sell, and maybe that makes me a pirate in their statistics. Sigh.
If they would stop pushing the unintelligent, massproduced and boring music, and starting to promote innovation, feeling and interesting stuff they would have me buying list music too.
Haven't we heard enough about carbon and why it is released upon the public yet?
As a frequent visitor of www.xyz.com...
:)
:)
The companies they mail must be seriously confused as to what this has to do with their site...
Jokes aside, that "frequent visitor" phrase is nice, and _may_ help getting their message through to the right persons.
But probably not - and it is lying (which is easy to deduce when visiting their site - the url is given in the same mail). Pretending to be a regular visitor may hurt these guys in the long run, even if they do stuff for a good cause... I don't know if they do, I read the explanations and still couldn't figure out if this was something worth bothering about.
Isn't that what has caused most, if not all, wars throughout human history? ;-)
Yes, I even used the stupid built-in Explorer that I never use otherwise to make sure. Maybe you've changed a setting somewhere?
the best file-management innovation ever since dragging between two panes in a split window
:)
Just have to say "Amen, brother!"
Dragging an object with left mouse button moves the object
Not so. See my other reply in this same thread. Maybe you use XP too, though?
Yes, I mean that. I've never used XP, but in those versions I have used, it does.
I even double-checked right now on my windows 2000 machine. Dragging a file from one folder to another makes a copy.
If Microsoft decided to change something good to something bad in XP, well then it is their problem. Or rather their users. I'm not moving to XP anyway, by the time 2000 isn't enough I'll just move to Linux permanently.
Maybe it is what you are used to, but I think that way is worse. I use both, depending on situation, but to me, the right-click-drag option is much more flexible and intiutive.
Moreover, you didn't answer all those options, only move versus copy - still missing alias and friends.
And it is very confusing I've noticed, in macs, that it sometimes copies, and sometimes moves depening on if you are on the same machine or not. This is confusing because Macs are so good at hiding the difference between local and remote, so you never know what to expect.
Of course, copy is what you expect remotely. I don't understand why it isn't what you expect locally. On windows, btw, copy is default for all cases. At least that is consistent, and works with the principle of least surprise.
Following the recent DOS attacks against the root servers
:)
You mean like posting the IP on slashdot for all previously unknowing script kiddies to see?
Who'd have thought that anyone could beat the champs? ;-)