All the big vendors for large to enterprise size customers have offered Voice Over IP for years on separated networks protecting them from SPIT and VOMIT.
SPIT and VOMIT, eh? Sounds like a great Verizon or other POTS company advertisement. Who would still have trouble resisting the low cost of VoIP once they learn it will cause them to be spat and/or vomitted upon?
Doubtful, this is an embedded system, how many people are itching for a desktop version of PalmOS or Symbian just because they like it on their PDA or phone?
Also, couldn't the parent post be posted in response to almost every story on slashdot ever?
The spam part. Yes, the fact that their study used spam is irrelevant to their conclusions, but that's what it is, that's why it's reported upon. Maybe if slashdot were around 20 years ago we'd see a similar story entitled "Study finds value in junk faxes".
I'd attribute it to the fact that PHP is a more popular platform, more people programming in PHP means more software using PHP, more software using PHP means more users running that software, more PHP web apps running means more people trying to exploit those web apps.
The fact that there are more inexperience people writing PHP code is something that contributes to PHP web apps as a whole, but not really to these recent big exploits particularly.
...and plenty of security patches to go with them. For the most part PHPBB does a good job, although it's difficult to compare the number of vulnerabilities between board because of the X-factor popularity, i.e. do they have more vulnerabilites than other board just because they're more popular or because they're worse at programming too.
What I do know is that I once found a flaw in another PHP board I won't name and rather than fix it, I was told by the developers that they don't consider it a bug. Now, granted this bug didn't let and attacker execute arbitrary PHP or anything but it did allow them to hijack the sessions of anybody on the board and generally wreak havoc.
It's news because just because something was patched by the developers 5 days ago doesn't mean that every user has patched their installations. I'm rather certain that the vast majority of people running these programs haven't patched them (or at least hadn't patched them until they read this slashdot post).
I built a robot when I was in 10th grade that did essentially the same thing as this one does, that is, move around while avoiding walls. It took me a few hours and $5 worth of electronics.
There's an article about this in the most recent issue of "Make" magazine, the magazine put out by O'Reilly. It has a neat picture of the cockroach up close with the velcro that's cemented to its back. Very neat.
'Power conditioning' conjures up the notion of a bunch of inductors and digital shit, introducing yet MORE noise. It's fine for your server. Don't listen to anything connected to it.
Power Conditioners are for the most part common place in any professional stereo system. Anytime you go to a concert I can almost guarantee that they're using a power conditioner. Most school PAs will have them too. Are they strictly necessary? No, but they do make a positive difference and aren't just for audiophile crazies (and yes, they are crazy).
This is true, but the current educational system doesn't work well for people who know what they like. I knew from about 9th grade. Some people don't know until long after they leave school, but the system seems to be little more flexible in their direction than in mine.
Real world hyperlinks my ass. What would be cooler than just writing a URL or whatever on the wall would be writing a 2 barcode on the wall then having a camera phone which can decode it. Just and it brings you to a related site.
It wouldn't have to be grafitti either, you could put barcodes like it on buildings/historical/monuments/businesses/etc. Imagine the following scenarios:
Restaurant: Clicking brings up their menu, prices, nutritional facts, takeout number, hours of operation.
Magazine Article: Clicking on a code at the end of an article brings up a page with related links, i.e. further information on the topic, the author of the article or the people mentioned therein.
Billboard Advertisement: Brings up company's website with further information about the product, a way to buy it, etc.
Subway or other transit map: Clicking brings up pertinent schedules.
Umm... that was exactly my point -- why wait until the end of your undergrad career (or more likely until you're a graduate student) to do things that truly interest you?
That sounds all well and good, but what are you supposed to do for the 12-16+ years of school [i]before[/i] you're allowed to really get into what interests you.
I'm not sure whether this would be more energy efficient or not, but I would bet not. I mean, really it's using electricity like an air conditioner would -- it takes electricity to make the ice in your freezer (or make the ice you buy from the store).
However, he did say it worked alright with cold water as well and water is included with rent in my apartment whereas electricity isn't. I think I might have to try this.
I can't help but think that a lot of this is bullshit. I mean, there's a lot to learn from his class and book for most people and that's great, but I think it's a ridiculous notion that most fabrication equipment will make it into home use. I mean sure, a lot of it's going to get cheaper in the future, especially a lot of the real high-end stuff (i.e. laser engravers) but it will never quite reach the point where a home user will have one. Even stuff that is affordable now like sign cutters is still expensive enough that most people wouldn't buy one unless they were using it to make money. Plus, while very cool, a sign cutter isn't actually that useful for making things, from what I've seen of the course it's mainly used for cutting out t-shirt transfer material and circuits. For both of those activities there are cheaper replacements -- kits for etching circuit boards can be bought for about $100 (some for less) and a basic screenprinting kit can be under $100, compared to a $500+ cutter (and that's if you cheap out, the ones they have in the lab are several thousand dollars).
I own a thermal printer and sign cutter, it cost more than the car I brought it home in and it's relatively cheap for what it is. I would have never considered buying it if I didn't intend to make money with it.
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Doubtful, this is an embedded system, how many people are itching for a desktop version of PalmOS or Symbian just because they like it on their PDA or phone?
Also, couldn't the parent post be posted in response to almost every story on slashdot ever?
The article says their BMI went down, assuming they lost weight, maybe they all just got taller?
Are they implying that all the spam I get about enlarging my penis are actually increasing the size of my penis?
I'd attribute it to the fact that PHP is a more popular platform, more people programming in PHP means more software using PHP, more software using PHP means more users running that software, more PHP web apps running means more people trying to exploit those web apps.
The fact that there are more inexperience people writing PHP code is something that contributes to PHP web apps as a whole, but not really to these recent big exploits particularly.
...and plenty of security patches to go with them. For the most part PHPBB does a good job, although it's difficult to compare the number of vulnerabilities between board because of the X-factor popularity, i.e. do they have more vulnerabilites than other board just because they're more popular or because they're worse at programming too.
What I do know is that I once found a flaw in another PHP board I won't name and rather than fix it, I was told by the developers that they don't consider it a bug. Now, granted this bug didn't let and attacker execute arbitrary PHP or anything but it did allow them to hijack the sessions of anybody on the board and generally wreak havoc.
-bash: apt-get: command not found -bash: apt-get: command not found
PostNuke has a serious security vulnerability? I am SOOOOO surprised!
It's news because just because something was patched by the developers 5 days ago doesn't mean that every user has patched their installations. I'm rather certain that the vast majority of people running these programs haven't patched them (or at least hadn't patched them until they read this slashdot post).
No, PHPBB doesn't use either of the PHP XML RPC libraries that have been compromised because, well, PHPBB doesn't use XML at all.
Good luck debugging this thing!
I built a robot when I was in 10th grade that did essentially the same thing as this one does, that is, move around while avoiding walls. It took me a few hours and $5 worth of electronics.
There's an article about this in the most recent issue of "Make" magazine, the magazine put out by O'Reilly. It has a neat picture of the cockroach up close with the velcro that's cemented to its back. Very neat.
Yes.
IBM & Citizen Watch develop Linux-based "WatchPad"
Watch This Wednesday: the Linux Watch
Et Cetera
Why, I'm not exactly sure.
This is true, but the current educational system doesn't work well for people who know what they like. I knew from about 9th grade. Some people don't know until long after they leave school, but the system seems to be little more flexible in their direction than in mine.
It wouldn't have to be grafitti either, you could put barcodes like it on buildings/historical/monuments/businesses/etc. Imagine the following scenarios:
- Restaurant: Clicking brings up their menu, prices, nutritional facts, takeout number, hours of operation.
- Magazine Article: Clicking on a code at the end of an article brings up a page with related links, i.e. further information on the topic, the author of the article or the people mentioned therein.
- Billboard Advertisement: Brings up company's website with further information about the product, a way to buy it, etc.
- Subway or other transit map: Clicking brings up pertinent schedules.
There are lots of possibilities.Umm... that was exactly my point -- why wait until the end of your undergrad career (or more likely until you're a graduate student) to do things that truly interest you?
That sounds all well and good, but what are you supposed to do for the 12-16+ years of school [i]before[/i] you're allowed to really get into what interests you.
Tell me when they find the Bullwinkle planet. Bullwinkle was always funnier.
I'm not sure whether this would be more energy efficient or not, but I would bet not. I mean, really it's using electricity like an air conditioner would -- it takes electricity to make the ice in your freezer (or make the ice you buy from the store).
However, he did say it worked alright with cold water as well and water is included with rent in my apartment whereas electricity isn't. I think I might have to try this.
I can't help but think that a lot of this is bullshit. I mean, there's a lot to learn from his class and book for most people and that's great, but I think it's a ridiculous notion that most fabrication equipment will make it into home use. I mean sure, a lot of it's going to get cheaper in the future, especially a lot of the real high-end stuff (i.e. laser engravers) but it will never quite reach the point where a home user will have one. Even stuff that is affordable now like sign cutters is still expensive enough that most people wouldn't buy one unless they were using it to make money. Plus, while very cool, a sign cutter isn't actually that useful for making things, from what I've seen of the course it's mainly used for cutting out t-shirt transfer material and circuits. For both of those activities there are cheaper replacements -- kits for etching circuit boards can be bought for about $100 (some for less) and a basic screenprinting kit can be under $100, compared to a $500+ cutter (and that's if you cheap out, the ones they have in the lab are several thousand dollars).
I own a thermal printer and sign cutter, it cost more than the car I brought it home in and it's relatively cheap for what it is. I would have never considered buying it if I didn't intend to make money with it.