1. U2 - $61.9 million
2. Dr. Dre - $51.9 million
3. The Beatles - $47.9 million
4. Dave Matthews Band - $43.4 million
5. Madonna - $40.8 million
Much of this money may have been made by touring (some bands, not so much); as I understand it, #4 (DMB) makes most of their money touring and putting on [good, imho] live shows (also evidenced by the fact that between 2000-2001, their CD's were released on Napster before they were pressed by their music label).
distinction in the law concerning the intent of the action
True, that would be the right way to do it, but then there's the potential for abuse; when I get caught cracking something for not-so-honorable reasons then I can claim that I was "researching" their system and actually trying to help.
Question is, did they go around looking at the files they gained access to (analogous to the 'walking around' part of this example)?
If I said to my neighbor, hey, your door's unlocked, they'd be glad I told them; unless I pointlessly walked around and looked at their pictures and put my feet up on their coffee table. If the firm really snooped for their own curiosity (or for any other selfish reason), as opposed to if they looked around to give examples of what kind of sensitive material is exposed (I see examples of radio encryption techniques and so forth), then that's a problem. Otherwise, one may argue that they were doing a "favor" (albeit perhaps illegally).
Of course one may also argue that it would be more sensible to have reported the problem to the appropriate entity, but...
Sometimes useful, yes. but necessarily? Some things are just natural in list format.
But for a menu of 4 or 6 items I suppose it can be a lot easier on the ol carpal tunnels, and perhaps aesthetically nicer. In any event, worthwhile being supported.
Ok ok, I'll let the "virii" slide, even though it is "viruses" (to be honest, I wasn't sure myself). That issue's been beaten to death anyway!
What's interesting to note is that, in addition to fighting the anthrax itself, this method is also useful in detecting the spores (below is a snippet of the article which wasn't mentioned in the article summary...it's all in the yahoo! article link):
Fischetti said that the enzyme had another potential use: detection of small numbers of anthrax spores. When PlyG destroys an anthrax bacterium, the cell releases a substance that can be detected with the help of a fluorescent agent and a hand-held device.
idiot admins there are out there, they need the FBI to give them security advice.
It's like leaving your front door unlocked, letting people notice, and needing the FBI to step in and letting you know (although the article said that it's not an 'official' warning, just the passing on of helpful info).
Part of the miserable drill experience is, yeah, the drill mangling up my nerves (which after a while of drilling I'm able to deal with), but mostly I have a problem with the drilling itself; the vibration, the sounds (if it's a molar then it's right near my eardrum), and that nasty tooth dust that gets kicked up. I'm guessing the laser will eliminate most of that; however, maybe the nerve pain will bother me more now that I don't have all those other fun distractions.
Well, they're selling HDTV sets now. By 2007, when it's mandatory that they switch over to the new signal, 70-80% of people may very well have at least one those sets (at which point, they're already not completely novel technology, price will drop, and then I'll buy one).
To further elaborate, you can set it so only certain regions are read/write or executable/(read optional) - the only thing is, dividing your code/data/stack into "segments" like this isn't at all used, because it's easier just to use all the pages in memory in one big segment, aliased into code/data/stack. It's just convenient. The memory itself (page tables) don't contain such attributes (rw, x). Therefore it's easy to write code into the stack and execute it in the "code" segment (which is really the same chunks of memory).
"...plus the average out-of-court settlement, Z, equals A. If A is greater than the amount of money brought in by the reactor, we don't build one. Which power plant do you work for? A major one."
Though the majority of hardware supports USB (1 or 2) over firewire, some types of equipment went with IEEE early on and stuck with it, such as digital video cameras and tape decks. 400Mbps was enough to send high-quality NTSC video.
Now we have USB2, which is slightly faster, but there's such a large base of IEEE video equipment, and so they may just stick with it instead of changing over all their hardware (DV cameras, capture cards, tape decks, etc.) to USB; IEEE's still good enough, and it's just not worth it for them to switch everything over.
But did he explicitly say this software is "good"?;)
I scanned thru the EXE file myself for an occurence of this function call; I did find one pattern, but couldn't determine what program segment it was is, if it's actual code, etc. Still trying to get dos's old DEBUG.EXE working under wine (and don't want to install windows again)
Old DOS (few programs, anyway) used to use INT 14h to transmit bytes over the serial port. You can search for this opcode in your debugger (look for the bytes CD 14).
Set up a breakpoint there or something; the register AH is 01; AL is the character that's being written; and DX={0=COM1, 1=COM2,...}
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I tried to download the Intel ISO (for sol 8) just yesterday, and after the annoying registration process (hey, least I could do, since it's a free download anyway), they said that "at this time" free.iso's for Intel are no longer available for download (casually mentioning a price reduction for the actual media, to $45 or so, iirc?). But for Sparc it's still free and available.
What's the best way to get people to use CL for this? Use it yourself, and beat them at their own game. Maybe some Lisp-based tools for web developers? Get them out of the pointy-brackets syntax and into S-expressions =)
Couldn't agree more. People just aren't into Lisp anymore. As far as the logic of a program goes, it's so much easier than an imperative language like Java, etc. I'm not familiar with web apps and lisp (I use Scheme, really) - does it play well with databases and such?
I'm accustomed to objects being patented (hammers, televisions, etc.) Is there a surge lately in patenting gerunds? Like, certain methods of 'advertising', or swinging sideways in a swing? (can't find the slashdot article link at the moment)
I'm gonna submit a smart-alecky patent application, for things like sitting in a chair and picking my nose. Because how are they different from this advertising method (apart from the latter being a piece of software), or from a revolutionary swinging method?
There is a memory leak in this program and it is probably in the database driver. Fix it or find a workaround.
Design and implement a SNMP subagent and integrate into this legacy system...
A customer wants this feature but it has to be backward compatible. Find a solution.
Indeed, all very practical and useful things in real life. But I think, for contests, very general tasks are good gauges of a programmer's skill...such as determining a good solution that minimizes order of complexity, like O(lg n) instead of O(n); or just implementing something in C/C++/Scheme(?) (or a common language everyone should know), elegantly and efficiently.
This might allow more people to participate (not everyone knows about SNMP, for example). Those that do well in the general topics like the above mentioned should be able to do well in just about anything (e.g. if given the appropriate protocol specs and a good amount of time).
To elaborate on the toothpaste metaphor to make it more germane to the Microsoft thing:
Let's say: Colgate tastes much better, say, than Crest, but Crest works better. Crest is also a lot cheaper. People don't want Crest though, they want the better-tasting Colgate.
Let's also say toothbrush manufacturers bundle Colgate toothpaste with their toothbrushes. Now everybody pays for the inferior-quality Colgate, whether they want to or not.
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MY favorite part was at the end where it said "system failure". Or is that a Windows Media error message? (wakka wakka)
But look at the really convincing drawings he made, while in the development phase of his record scanning software. They're highly scientifical.
The top-earning bands of 2001:
1. U2 - $61.9 million
2. Dr. Dre - $51.9 million
3. The Beatles - $47.9 million
4. Dave Matthews Band - $43.4 million
5. Madonna - $40.8 million
Much of this money may have been made by touring (some bands, not so much); as I understand it, #4 (DMB) makes most of their money touring and putting on [good, imho] live shows (also evidenced by the fact that between 2000-2001, their CD's were released on Napster before they were pressed by their music label).
True, that would be the right way to do it, but then there's the potential for abuse; when I get caught cracking something for not-so-honorable reasons then I can claim that I was "researching" their system and actually trying to help.
If I said to my neighbor, hey, your door's unlocked, they'd be glad I told them; unless I pointlessly walked around and looked at their pictures and put my feet up on their coffee table. If the firm really snooped for their own curiosity (or for any other selfish reason), as opposed to if they looked around to give examples of what kind of sensitive material is exposed (I see examples of radio encryption techniques and so forth), then that's a problem. Otherwise, one may argue that they were doing a "favor" (albeit perhaps illegally).
Of course one may also argue that it would be more sensible to have reported the problem to the appropriate entity, but...
But for a menu of 4 or 6 items I suppose it can be a lot easier on the ol carpal tunnels, and perhaps aesthetically nicer. In any event, worthwhile being supported.
What's interesting to note is that, in addition to fighting the anthrax itself, this method is also useful in detecting the spores (below is a snippet of the article which wasn't mentioned in the article summary...it's all in the yahoo! article link):
Fischetti said that the enzyme had another potential use: detection of small numbers of anthrax spores. When PlyG destroys an anthrax bacterium, the cell releases a substance that can be detected with the help of a fluorescent agent and a hand-held device.
It's like leaving your front door unlocked, letting people notice, and needing the FBI to step in and letting you know (although the article said that it's not an 'official' warning, just the passing on of helpful info).
Part of the miserable drill experience is, yeah, the drill mangling up my nerves (which after a while of drilling I'm able to deal with), but mostly I have a problem with the drilling itself; the vibration, the sounds (if it's a molar then it's right near my eardrum), and that nasty tooth dust that gets kicked up. I'm guessing the laser will eliminate most of that; however, maybe the nerve pain will bother me more now that I don't have all those other fun distractions.
Great, people walking around with human-zappers. I thought people with those keychain laser pointers were annoying.
Well, they're selling HDTV sets now. By 2007, when it's mandatory that they switch over to the new signal, 70-80% of people may very well have at least one those sets (at which point, they're already not completely novel technology, price will drop, and then I'll buy one).
To further elaborate, you can set it so only certain regions are read/write or executable/(read optional) - the only thing is, dividing your code/data/stack into "segments" like this isn't at all used, because it's easier just to use all the pages in memory in one big segment, aliased into code/data/stack. It's just convenient. The memory itself (page tables) don't contain such attributes (rw, x). Therefore it's easy to write code into the stack and execute it in the "code" segment (which is really the same chunks of memory).
"...plus the average out-of-court settlement, Z, equals A. If A is greater than the amount of money brought in by the reactor, we don't build one. Which power plant do you work for? A major one."
(paraphrased somewhat)
Hit Alt+H for a special surprise!
Since when is that nothing to worry about? Do jets discharge fuel on a routine basis? For all I know maybe they do, but...
Though the majority of hardware supports USB (1 or 2) over firewire, some types of equipment went with IEEE early on and stuck with it, such as digital video cameras and tape decks. 400Mbps was enough to send high-quality NTSC video.
Now we have USB2, which is slightly faster, but there's such a large base of IEEE video equipment, and so they may just stick with it instead of changing over all their hardware (DV cameras, capture cards, tape decks, etc.) to USB; IEEE's still good enough, and it's just not worth it for them to switch everything over.
I scanned thru the EXE file myself for an occurence of this function call; I did find one pattern, but couldn't determine what program segment it was is, if it's actual code, etc. Still trying to get dos's old DEBUG.EXE working under wine (and don't want to install windows again)
Set up a breakpoint there or something; the register AH is 01; AL is the character that's being written; and DX={0=COM1, 1=COM2, ...}
(hope you like assembly!)
hmm...well, I suppose he's learned his lesson by now. Maybe we should leave the poor bastard(s) alone.
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info: It all started out when me(omegakidd) and Joe(punkman) created a channel on EFnet. Then I decided to get omegapunx.org. That is the end of that.
I tried to download the Intel ISO (for sol 8) just yesterday, and after the annoying registration process (hey, least I could do, since it's a free download anyway), they said that "at this time" free .iso's for Intel are no longer available for download (casually mentioning a price reduction for the actual media, to $45 or so, iirc?). But for Sparc it's still free and available.
Couldn't agree more. People just aren't into Lisp anymore. As far as the logic of a program goes, it's so much easier than an imperative language like Java, etc. I'm not familiar with web apps and lisp (I use Scheme, really) - does it play well with databases and such?
(define (add-stuff-to-shopping-cart new-stuff)
(cons old-stuff new-stuff) )
Ok, well that's not technically correct. But it looks easy, right? :)
I'm gonna submit a smart-alecky patent application, for things like sitting in a chair and picking my nose. Because how are they different from this advertising method (apart from the latter being a piece of software), or from a revolutionary swinging method?
Indeed, all very practical and useful things in real life. But I think, for contests, very general tasks are good gauges of a programmer's skill...such as determining a good solution that minimizes order of complexity, like O(lg n) instead of O(n); or just implementing something in C/C++/Scheme(?) (or a common language everyone should know), elegantly and efficiently.
This might allow more people to participate (not everyone knows about SNMP, for example). Those that do well in the general topics like the above mentioned should be able to do well in just about anything (e.g. if given the appropriate protocol specs and a good amount of time).
Let's say: Colgate tastes much better, say, than Crest, but Crest works better. Crest is also a lot cheaper. People don't want Crest though, they want the better-tasting Colgate.
Let's also say toothbrush manufacturers bundle Colgate toothpaste with their toothbrushes. Now everybody pays for the inferior-quality Colgate, whether they want to or not.