The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" won a special Academy Award (Oscar) for its invention of a new way to make realistic looking snow for the movies (a kind of plastic/foam used by fire departments).
Before that, movie productions used cornflakes painted white. They were loud, leading to sound problems that required redubbing. Moreover, they caused rodent infestation problems.
I wonder if these potato starch snowflakes are going to cause problems simialr to ones the corn flakes caused?
Right now, if you need PHP and still want to do your page design in Composer, you have only two options: (1) Every time you tweak the page in Composer, insert all your PHP by hand, or (2) Put your own "#PHPBlock1" tags in the html and have a script replace it with the neccessary PHP code later. Having to do either is annoying. Composer simply shouldn't mangle PHP blocks at all.
Actually, for PHP at least, there is a much easier workaround. Just code like this:
After seeing the previously fixed results of SDI tests, reading about the problems with the Patriot missle system, and learning the true history of the testing of the Bradley "fighting vehicle," I don't doubt that these results were fixed. I just wonder how much.
(BTW, a good movie about the Bradley tests is "Pentagon Wars", starring Carey Elwes and Kelsey Grammer. It's been playing recently on the Starz channels. For more info see: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0144550)
From the about tab in the ODBC Administrator application, I saw that they were using iodbc librarys. A quick search of the web boards at iodbc.org turned up this from an iODBC developer:
"OpenLink has a full complement of Drivers for use on Mac OS X, including Jaguar. Single-Tier drivers supporting connections to MySQL, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Virtuoso, and the Generic Multi-Tier driver, are all available for download now.
They all come with the OpenLink ODBC Administrator (a/k/a the iODBC Administrator), and the Aqua-Frameworks implementation of iODBC. Other OEM and third-party drivers will become available in the future, I'm sure.
Apple ships the Darwin-level iODBC components, at this time, with a rudimentary ODBC Administrator -- only capable of keyword-value pair DSN configuration. This is a proof-of-concept application, while the OpenLink ODBC Administrator is a mature application, capable of delivering driver-specific configuration panels, based on Setup Libraries shipped with the Drivers."
So maybe he's right and the OSX app is just a proof of concept. The interface looks very similar to the ODBC interface on windows. If you have experience with windows ODBC, you might be able to get the mac one working.
My concern with all of these schemes is that if someone gets hold of your biometric data it may be passible to spoof the device in some way. At least with a password you can change your password if someone gets hold of it, but with these schemes, if someone gets hold of your data there is nothing you can do about it.
I completely agree. Biometrics should be used only for Identity Confirmation, NOT Authentication. I feel that for sensitive items, like ATM transactions, etc., you should still be required to use something else for authentication. That doesn't necessarily have to be a password or PIN code, but perhaps a spoken pass phrase or some special body movement, etc.
Re:Down with specialized pieces
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Lego Addictions
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I can't agree more. I remember when my Mom bought me the first castle lego came out with. It was yellow and it had hinges to open it up. The windows were just spaces with small arch pieces at the top and smooth plates on the bottom.
I remember having to make the horses for the guys to ride on. They each took about 30 pieces, a bunch of flat two plates and some triangles. (I could still do it, probably).
The next year they released new castles with crappy pre-made walls (with windows) and pre-made painted horses with saddles....sigh...
I suppose it isn't exactly metabrowsing, but in mozilla 1.0 you can file a group of tabs as one bookmark. Just choose "File Bookmark" from the "Bookmarks" menu, and click the "File as Group" checkbox.
I use it to browse slashdot, the register, macsurfer, etc., for my morning tech news, without having to go to each sit individually.
The application/system items on the drive don't need to be encrypted of course so just create a new disk image in disk copy, choosing the 128-bit AES encryption option. You will be prompted for a password to use. (Don't save it to the keychain, duh.) You will have to enter your password twice when you open the image.
Now be very careful with your documents/items and always save them to the encrypted disk image.
The other benefit is that keeping all your important things on that image allows for easy backups.
I just got my copy of Warcraft III so it'll be a while before I can test this out. FWIW, I appreciate Blizzard shipping the Mac version at the same time as the PC.
I'm not sure exactly how evolt works on the backend, but would it be possible to let interested parties setup local copies or private mirrors?
For example,large web development companies could put a copy on one of their servers for all of their developers to access. The PHB's might not want to share their bandwidth with the world, but with it on one of their servers, you could reduce *your* load caused by those developers.
Maybe a lone developer could just set it up on their machine to run tests.
It is a really great service and I'd love it if more web developers would use it.
For mirrors, I agree with the other posters here that you should check out CPAN, php, apache etc and email the administrators of those mirrors. Universities are usually pretty good about sharing the bandwidth.
<sigh> I miss the Internet2 connections at UCLA </sigh>
1) Add or remove DIMMs to change the total amount of RAM in the computer.
2) Then, the PRAM must be reset 3 times. (Command + Option + P + R).
I'm not sure if just removing the PRAM battery will also reset the PRAM or not in this case.
Is this secure? Well, it depends on your situation. If you are in a lab situation and you don't want the students booting off CDs, ZIPs, external hard drives, etc., for their hax0rish needs, then this works OK. It's easy to spot someone opening up a computer and swapping out ram, etc.
For your own machine? Probably more trouble than it's worth because it causes problems with firmware upgrades, etc. If someone has physical access to your machine, they can get the data off by using the above procedure or by the hard drive swapping someone else mentioned.
Bottom Line: If you have sensitive data on your machine, you should encrypt it even if you have OF password set. In general, if you let someone have physical access to a machine, assume they can get access to all the data on it.
Suggestion: Godwin's Law Filter
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I'd like to invoke Godwin's Law and end this thread now.
Maybe someone can just add a godwin's law filter to slash?
if (/hitler|nazi/) { die "Godwin's law exception!"; }
I've wanted Shockwave for 15 years. My mom always told me he was "Too expensive".
For those who don't know, he was the best transformer ever. Basically, he was a "tape player" type transformer, but he looked like a really mean robot. No anthropomorphic stuff like Optimus Prime or Megatron.
He had these little robots in the forms of tapes that you could carry in the cassette part. They transformed into Jaguars and stuff. Very cool.
See, and the best thing is that even though you can't bring toys on the school bus, you *can* bring tape players, so you can just tell the bus driver it's a tape player.
Now I just need to find a school bus that'll take me to work.
This update will replace the current PHP module you have installed.
Many people use a version of the Apache PHP module compiled for OS X by Marc Liyanage that has PDF/Postgres/curl/gd, etc. enabled, rather than the stock Apple installed module.
After applying the update, you will need to reinstall the Liyanage module. It only takes 3 minutes. The instructions and download are located here:
Apple in particular has ordered Quanta not to discuss its work on the updated iMac, a stylish desktop PC with a white domed base and a flat panel monitor attached by a telescopic arm.
If I were them, I'd be glad I wasn't getting blamed for mistakes like this:
Slashdot Mirror
There is a free online ASL (American Sign Language) course at lifeprint.com
Even if you aren't deaf, it can be a great skill to communicate with others at a distance.
The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" won a special Academy Award (Oscar) for its invention of a new way to make realistic looking snow for the movies (a kind of plastic/foam used by fire departments).
Before that, movie productions used cornflakes painted white. They were loud, leading to sound problems that required redubbing. Moreover, they caused rodent infestation problems.
I wonder if these potato starch snowflakes are going to cause problems simialr to ones the corn flakes caused?
BTW, I learned this from an interview on the Motley Fool radio show last night:
Actually, for PHP at least, there is a much easier workaround. Just code like this:
<script language="php"> echo 'Hello World!'; </script>
That format has been supported since at least PHP 3 and perhapes even PHP/FI. Annoying for just echoing a variable, but OK for larger scripts.
Along those lines, maybe Phoenix should be Less'Zilla.
See: http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert- 20021014.html
After seeing the previously fixed results of SDI tests, reading about the problems with the Patriot missle system, and learning the true history of the testing of the Bradley "fighting vehicle," I don't doubt that these results were fixed. I just wonder how much.
(BTW, a good movie about the Bradley tests is "Pentagon Wars", starring Carey Elwes and Kelsey Grammer. It's been playing recently on the Starz channels. For more info see: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0144550)
Maybe this brings us one step closer to the future library computers in last year's "Time Machine" movie.
From the about tab in the ODBC Administrator application, I saw that they were using iodbc librarys. A quick search of the web boards at iodbc.org turned up this from an iODBC developer:
http://www.iodbc.org/wwwboard/messages/1423.htmlSo maybe he's right and the OSX app is just a proof of concept. The interface looks very similar to the ODBC interface on windows. If you have experience with windows ODBC, you might be able to get the mac one working.
I completely agree. Biometrics should be used only for Identity Confirmation, NOT Authentication. I feel that for sensitive items, like ATM transactions, etc., you should still be required to use something else for authentication. That doesn't necessarily have to be a password or PIN code, but perhaps a spoken pass phrase or some special body movement, etc.
I can't agree more. I remember when my Mom bought me the first castle lego came out with. It was yellow and it had hinges to open it up. The windows were just spaces with small arch pieces at the top and smooth plates on the bottom.
...sigh...
I remember having to make the horses for the guys to ride on. They each took about 30 pieces, a bunch of flat two plates and some triangles. (I could still do it, probably).
The next year they released new castles with crappy pre-made walls (with windows) and pre-made painted horses with saddles.
I suppose it isn't exactly metabrowsing, but in mozilla 1.0 you can file a group of tabs as one bookmark. Just choose "File Bookmark" from the "Bookmarks" menu, and click the "File as Group" checkbox.
I use it to browse slashdot, the register, macsurfer, etc., for my morning tech news, without having to go to each sit individually.
The application/system items on the drive don't need to be encrypted of course so just create a new disk image in disk copy, choosing the 128-bit AES encryption option. You will be prompted for a password to use. (Don't save it to the keychain, duh.) You will have to enter your password twice when you open the image.
Now be very careful with your documents/items and always save them to the encrypted disk image.
The other benefit is that keeping all your important things on that image allows for easy backups.
It's cool that he's ported the project to OS X.
I wonder how soon the flames will start up again? For reference, see when the game/engine was a focus on developer's slashdot:
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/0 5/27/0347226&mode=flat&tid=127
I just got my copy of Warcraft III so it'll be a while before I can test this out. FWIW, I appreciate Blizzard shipping the Mac version at the same time as the PC.
Uh oh.... Here come the bnetd flames...
You said:
From the article:
So it looks like C|Net is just rumor mongering as well. They aren't really confirming anything, just re-reporting.
USight is a website dedicated to promoting ubiquitous computing in education. There is a curriculum page offerring curriculum ideas at:
http://usight.concord.org/curriculum/
You can also find more information about handhelds in education on the Concord Consortium site at:
http://www.concord.org/themes/handhelds.html
Ahhh..... Nuts.....
The site was slashdotted and I was confusing it with DejaVu
Move along...
I'm not sure exactly how evolt works on the backend, but would it be possible to let interested parties setup local copies or private mirrors?
For example,large web development companies could put a copy on one of their servers for all of their developers to access. The PHB's might not want to share their bandwidth with the world, but with it on one of their servers, you could reduce *your* load caused by those developers.
Maybe a lone developer could just set it up on their machine to run tests.
It is a really great service and I'd love it if more web developers would use it.
For mirrors, I agree with the other posters here that you should check out CPAN, php, apache etc and email the administrators of those mirrors. Universities are usually pretty good about sharing the bandwidth.
<sigh> I miss the Internet2 connections at UCLA </sigh>
Fear not! According to the securemac site and the macosxlabs site, just do the following:
I'm not sure if just removing the PRAM battery will also reset the PRAM or not in this case.
Is this secure? Well, it depends on your situation. If you are in a lab situation and you don't want the students booting off CDs, ZIPs, external hard drives, etc., for their hax0rish needs, then this works OK. It's easy to spot someone opening up a computer and swapping out ram, etc.
For your own machine? Probably more trouble than it's worth because it causes problems with firmware upgrades, etc. If someone has physical access to your machine, they can get the data off by using the above procedure or by the hard drive swapping someone else mentioned.
Bottom Line: If you have sensitive data on your machine, you should encrypt it even if you have OF password set. In general, if you let someone have physical access to a machine, assume they can get access to all the data on it.
I'd like to invoke Godwin's Law and end this thread now.
Maybe someone can just add a godwin's law filter to slash?
if (/hitler|nazi/) { die "Godwin's law exception!"; }
I've wanted Shockwave for 15 years. My mom always told me he was "Too expensive".
For those who don't know, he was the best transformer ever. Basically, he was a "tape player" type transformer, but he looked like a really mean robot. No anthropomorphic stuff like Optimus Prime or Megatron.
He had these little robots in the forms of tapes that you could carry in the cassette part. They transformed into Jaguars and stuff. Very cool.
See, and the best thing is that even though you can't bring toys on the school bus, you *can* bring tape players, so you can just tell the bus driver it's a tape player.
Now I just need to find a school bus that'll take me to work.
Whatever you do, don't contact their "construction fleet". Bad things will happen. The dolphins warned me.
In general, that's good advice. However, the module in question was updated to 4.1.2 one day after the hole was made public (February 27, 2002).
It's taken Apple over a month to provide the same fix.
FYI, the actual issue is the PHP file upload security hole. For more details see:
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012002.htm l
This update will replace the current PHP module you have installed.
Many people use a version of the Apache PHP module compiled for OS X by Marc Liyanage that has PDF/Postgres/curl/gd, etc. enabled, rather than the stock Apple installed module.
After applying the update, you will need to reinstall the Liyanage module. It only takes 3 minutes. The instructions and download are located here:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/
If I were them, I'd be glad I wasn't getting blamed for mistakes like this:
http://macosrumors.com/i/offsetapple.jpg
If you're using a Mac, MacSFTP is about the only game in town. It is, IMHO, a very good program and well worth the $25.
The developer has been incredibly responsive with fixes and new features. I highly recommend the program.
Find more info at:
http://macssh.com/