I've done quite a bit of national (that is, not international) air travel, and thought I'd note what they've both done and not done, often at the same airport.
Force me to send my laptop through a scanner separately. (Or sometimes, not)
Force me to boot my laptop. (Or sometimes, not)
Force me to take off my shoes which have metal in them. (Or sometimes, not)
Pad me down. (Or sometimes, not)
Confiscate my keychain can opener. (Went on several flights before they took it away)
Check my luggage. (Or sometimes, not)
I think you get the idea. It seems completely random, regardless of the time of year or airport.
Oh, so it deserves a patent because no one would have ever though to make unused things less visible. No wait... Where did all my desktop icons go? Where did all my system tray icons go? There's youre time dependency. hmm So the argument must then bee specifically for translucence. No wait, apple didn't invent the alpha channel. Ok so what are they trying to patent? Two ideas from other people put together. That might be valid in many things, however you owe me $2 every time you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
My problem with quantum mechanics is that it's just theory so far that it fits what we can currently see. Either they're right and the universe will end in an extremely unfortunate roll of the dice (not to mention improbability engines will become a wave of the future), or they're wrong and they've just created a fantastic fantasy to explain how things are working. If you think about it you can explain anything to someone who doesn't know about in such a way that magical/mystical things are involved.
How does a TV work? We capture their souls, put it in a box, and hook electtrodes to them.
Why isn't this photon where it should be? It spawned mulitple universes, took different paths in each one, took the result of all those universes, and merged them back into ours to account for interference.
I can prove the speed of light isn't a speed barrier with ten rubber bands, a lego set, a rubber duck, and hot dog (red kind, not the white or brown kind).
This is actually a much bigger deal than most people realize. Two cores will soon be standard-- but it won't stop there. The philosophy I've noticed is pretty much this: It's a sticky subject, there are no good answers, we have to answer it sometime, so let's delay it as much as possible.
The problem with this is it's the consumer who will feel the pinch if the discussion (delay) goes on for too long. When you get into industrial software especially, things work on running licenses. Now Synopsys allows ones license to run on two processors so they are at least slightly covered, but others aren't so forward thinking.
I I I I I * am am am am am * beta beta beta beta beta * testing testing testing testing testing* a a a a a * certain certain certain certain certain * Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel * high-end high-end high-end high-end high-end * server server server server server * processor processor processor processor processor * but but but but but * I I I I I * can't can't can't can't can't * tell tell tell tell tell * you you you you you * how how how how how * many many many many many * cores cores cores cores cores * there there there there there * are are are are are * thus thus thus thus thus * the the the the the * stars stars stars stars stars * . . . . . *
* Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew! * That That That That That * sucked sucked sucked sucked sucked * . . . . . *
Certainly in this line of work there is no end to the questions. No single person really knows what is going on. Smaller projects might be able to reach more expertise across the board, but that simply isn't always feasible. There isn't a day that goes by where you'll have less than a couple questions, whether you're 21 or 60+. People are asking me, I am asking them, they are asking each other. Almost everything you do is new-- if not the subject, the methodology. If not the methodology, the requirements. If not the requirements, the tools, etc etc. Heck you can think you're doing the same thing twice in a row and be thrown several curve balls the second time around.
Emailing/IMing usually only gets you enough to change the nature of your question, but does not eliminate the question. Especially considering that the person answering doesn't know exactly either because it's not ever clear exactly what you're asking, or what you're expecting. Even so if they understand perfectly and are considered an expert on the subject, the chance is their initial answer won't help. A real back-and-fourth dialog is required. Unless the communication is audio and visual, it simply isn't par.
While I don't really like the dress code that is typical of work (thus I love my Intel internship), the office environment isn't replaceable. Even if I like what I am doing for work, distractions at home purely cost the company money. Distractions at work, on the other hand, largely provide to the company. At the very least the distraction is a team effort.
Now maybe it's just because of where I'm working right now but just about the whole day is about work. We're always talking about what we're doing, what we've learned, and what not to do, during any 'distraction'. During lunch I may learn how to get around a problem I am having because I'm communicating with different people than I directly work with.
Anyway I don't think I can explain well without running on about one thing or another; however I am confident that getting even a solid 8 hours of work done at home will be less productive than a half a day or work, and a half of day of distractions at the office. And you'll never get 8 hours of solid work at home without fretting over something.
The majority of documents can be written fine in wordpad. Want to spell check it? Paste it into a box on Yahoo or something with a spell checker. Want tables? Open up outlook, excel, etc draw the desired shape, paste it into wordpad. Too bad you still need MS Office.
Don't believe Office is bloated? Oh wait, how much does space does a blank MS Word document take? 24,000 bytes...
How do you actually catch the original author of a worm, anyway?
They brag about it. Aside from that there is little that can be done. What's to stop someone in a car from driving by a wifi spot and starting a worm from it? What can possibly catch it? Mandate security cameras on all wifi spots and keep records for weeks, looking for a license plate number? Or any wifi internet cafe. Or any public computer.
Note that protecting every wifi and logging every public computer is not enough. You can still plant something made to go off far into the future, or even to spread one or two hops first completely deleting the trace behind it, and spread from there.
So back to my original point, the only way to know who created the worm (unless they did something stupid while releasing it) is for them to admit doing it. They'll brag to their friends, then someone will want some bounty offered by some nameless coporation. If, however, they are scared of being caught because of articles like this, maybe they'll shut up and we'll just never know.
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This stuff always cracks me up. Mod parent funny.
"Thus nevertheless?".... teehee!
"The faucet is pouring too much water."
/$2,000,000 investigation.
"Turn it down."
"Oh."
It is probably illegal to say the package is worth $2000 to customs. Aside from that... I don't think so.
Everyone else is jumping off the bridge, I might as well too! Good point!
I was under the impression that a tanker exploding was more environmentally friendly than an SUV. Better mileage too.
I've done quite a bit of national (that is, not international) air travel, and thought I'd note what they've both done and not done, often at the same airport.
Force me to send my laptop through a scanner separately. (Or sometimes, not)
Force me to boot my laptop. (Or sometimes, not)
Force me to take off my shoes which have metal in them. (Or sometimes, not)
Pad me down. (Or sometimes, not)
Confiscate my keychain can opener. (Went on several flights before they took it away)
Check my luggage. (Or sometimes, not)
I think you get the idea. It seems completely random, regardless of the time of year or airport.
Oh, so it deserves a patent because no one would have ever though to make unused things less visible. No wait... Where did all my desktop icons go? Where did all my system tray icons go? There's youre time dependency. hmm So the argument must then bee specifically for translucence. No wait, apple didn't invent the alpha channel. Ok so what are they trying to patent? Two ideas from other people put together. That might be valid in many things, however you owe me $2 every time you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
I blame Microsoft on Microsoft price increases.
My problem with quantum mechanics is that it's just theory so far that it fits what we can currently see. Either they're right and the universe will end in an extremely unfortunate roll of the dice (not to mention improbability engines will become a wave of the future), or they're wrong and they've just created a fantastic fantasy to explain how things are working. If you think about it you can explain anything to someone who doesn't know about in such a way that magical/mystical things are involved.
How does a TV work? We capture their souls, put it in a box, and hook electtrodes to them.
Why isn't this photon where it should be? It spawned mulitple universes, took different paths in each one, took the result of all those universes, and merged them back into ours to account for interference.
I can prove the speed of light isn't a speed barrier with ten rubber bands, a lego set, a rubber duck, and hot dog (red kind, not the white or brown kind).
I'm still waiting for the Doom movie staring Schwarzenegger as the retired-boozing-grumpy-soldier turned lovable-plush-novelty.
This is actually a much bigger deal than most people realize. Two cores will soon be standard-- but it won't stop there. The philosophy I've noticed is pretty much this: It's a sticky subject, there are no good answers, we have to answer it sometime, so let's delay it as much as possible.
The problem with this is it's the consumer who will feel the pinch if the discussion (delay) goes on for too long. When you get into industrial software especially, things work on running licenses. Now Synopsys allows ones license to run on two processors so they are at least slightly covered, but others aren't so forward thinking.
I I I I I * am am am am am * beta beta beta beta beta * testing testing testing testing testing* a a a a a * certain certain certain certain certain * Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel * high-end high-end high-end high-end high-end * server server server server server * processor processor processor processor processor * but but but but but * I I I I I * can't can't can't can't can't * tell tell tell tell tell * you you you you you * how how how how how * many many many many many * cores cores cores cores cores * there there there there there * are are are are are * thus thus thus thus thus * the the the the the * stars stars stars stars stars * . . . . . *
* Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew! * That That That That That * sucked sucked sucked sucked sucked * . . . . . *
Nowadays:
1. Come to a conclusion.
2. File for a vague patent.
3. Wait until many people come to the same conclusion independently.
4. Sue them all.
5. Profit.
Certainly in this line of work there is no end to the questions. No single person really knows what is going on. Smaller projects might be able to reach more expertise across the board, but that simply isn't always feasible. There isn't a day that goes by where you'll have less than a couple questions, whether you're 21 or 60+. People are asking me, I am asking them, they are asking each other. Almost everything you do is new-- if not the subject, the methodology. If not the methodology, the requirements. If not the requirements, the tools, etc etc. Heck you can think you're doing the same thing twice in a row and be thrown several curve balls the second time around.
Emailing/IMing usually only gets you enough to change the nature of your question, but does not eliminate the question. Especially considering that the person answering doesn't know exactly either because it's not ever clear exactly what you're asking, or what you're expecting. Even so if they understand perfectly and are considered an expert on the subject, the chance is their initial answer won't help. A real back-and-fourth dialog is required. Unless the communication is audio and visual, it simply isn't par.
While I don't really like the dress code that is typical of work (thus I love my Intel internship), the office environment isn't replaceable. Even if I like what I am doing for work, distractions at home purely cost the company money. Distractions at work, on the other hand, largely provide to the company. At the very least the distraction is a team effort.
Now maybe it's just because of where I'm working right now but just about the whole day is about work. We're always talking about what we're doing, what we've learned, and what not to do, during any 'distraction'. During lunch I may learn how to get around a problem I am having because I'm communicating with different people than I directly work with.
Anyway I don't think I can explain well without running on about one thing or another; however I am confident that getting even a solid 8 hours of work done at home will be less productive than a half a day or work, and a half of day of distractions at the office. And you'll never get 8 hours of solid work at home without fretting over something.
It's not all THAT bad.
It's not like there are other useless channels out there.
Just think... In 20 years we'll be able to buy $1000 shoes that make us feel barefoot.
The majority of documents can be written fine in wordpad. Want to spell check it? Paste it into a box on Yahoo or something with a spell checker. Want tables? Open up outlook, excel, etc draw the desired shape, paste it into wordpad. Too bad you still need MS Office.
Don't believe Office is bloated? Oh wait, how much does space does a blank MS Word document take? 24,000 bytes...
How do you actually catch the original author of a worm, anyway?
They brag about it. Aside from that there is little that can be done. What's to stop someone in a car from driving by a wifi spot and starting a worm from it? What can possibly catch it? Mandate security cameras on all wifi spots and keep records for weeks, looking for a license plate number? Or any wifi internet cafe. Or any public computer.
Note that protecting every wifi and logging every public computer is not enough. You can still plant something made to go off far into the future, or even to spread one or two hops first completely deleting the trace behind it, and spread from there.
So back to my original point, the only way to know who created the worm (unless they did something stupid while releasing it) is for them to admit doing it. They'll brag to their friends, then someone will want some bounty offered by some nameless coporation. If, however, they are scared of being caught because of articles like this, maybe they'll shut up and we'll just never know.
Sorry, it doesn't work on the noises you make.
One step closer to the cone of silence!
Damn. I'm still grappling with the unmistakable cone of ignorance
using namespace chlamydia;
Wait, you mean a quadrillion squared bitmap doesn't count?
What is this 'Windows Update' of which you speak?
It's like 'Weekend Update', but funny.