Re:stun guns are not that effective
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So, just combine the two.
1. Push the button once to charge. 2. Push and hold the button a second time after discharge to arm/deploy cuff-mounted miniature gun. 3. Push the button a third time to fire weapon at assailant. 4. Later, rinse, repeat.
Just don't bump that button by accident.;)
Hmmm... come to think of it: large, unbreakable, rake-like steel protrusions automatically extended from the outside cuffs might be useful too (Wolverine-ess anyone?)
Very true. OTOH, having the flexibility of being able to use solid state in nasty enviornments and cheaper, longer duration, rotational media in saner ones might be advantagous to some.
How much will this affect civilian aviation now that it has allowed some dependence on GPS for instrument approach? I haven't been around the aviation world for a few years but I'm hoping that instrument rated private planes still require the more traditional VOR/approach equipment.
Artimis provides both the traffic guys and the general consumer information about current average speeds over many of the highway links. Plus it has many webcams in place so that the user can get a feel for the traffic visually.
Those are all good ways to add an interpreter to Java. OTOH, what I was trying to say is that that JAVA should have a way to compile JAVA expressions without needing a separate language to compile to Java bytecode. I mean, if I want a program to be able to evaluate "3+5" I have to add whole other languages or write the parser myself? Sheesh.
Plus, I never said not having the evaluator was it's downfall, only that it bugged me. However, an admission like that, if real, lends more credibility to Python, which is frequently dismissed in Java and Perl circles despite having several features that the others lack (generators anyone?).
Java is a fine tool for many things and as I said I am leary of the claim that Python is performing as well as Java. My contention with the article is that having the compiler around, considering it is relatively tiny, is a PLUS, not a MINUS in Python's favor.
A study performed by an outside team appears to indicate a rough parity in performance between Java and a common implementation of another OO language called Python (see IEEE Computing, October 2000, "An Empirical Comparison of Seven Programming Languages" by Lutz Prechelt of the University of Karlsruhe). Both platforms are Object Oriented, support web applications, serialization, internet connections and native interfaces. The key difference is that Python is a scripting language. This means there is no compilation to byte code so the Python runtime environment has to do two things in addition to what the Java runtime environment does. It has to perform syntax checks and it must parse the ascii text provided by the programmer. Both of those tasks are performed at compile time by Java and so that capability does not have to be in the JRE.
Assuming the memo is for real, this is a real boon for the Python community, even though it gets the bit about bytecode compilation wrong (Python DOES compile to bytecode and one CAN take the bytecode and ship without source). The point about Python carrying its compiler with it is true but IMHO it is a feature, not a bug. It always bugged me that Java had no good mechanism to compile simple expressions on-the-fly.
I am, however, a little leary on the performance parity bit. Don't get me wrong, I love programming in Python, but I know from experience that it still costs a good bit to create all the dictionaries that are used for frame construction, global maniuplation, and object management.
Python is, however, fast enough for a great many applications. I'm just a little skeptical about it being quite as fast in certain aspects.
As a consumer, would there be any safety considerations during collision with using plastic instead of steel for body panels? I would assume that steel would absorb some limited amount of energy in the process of deformation. Would plastic do as well in these cases or are the energies too big for it to matter anyway?
SCO is suing only to protect the ABI libraries? Is the only purpose of these libraries to run SCO Unixware software unmodified?
What software will I, as a Linux user, not be able to run if I want to avoid the IP problems here. Do I need to recompile my kernel, delete some packages, what?
(BTW: there seems to be much FUD on this and I would like the straight skinny on what I can't use anymore that I may or may not have used in the past.)
... setting up licensed cell-phone free zones (such as concert halls etc) where phones cannot ring. The zones could have a small very low-power transmitter/scrambler that would inform/interrupt the cell phone so that it just wouldn't ring in those areas.
Sounds like a great scam to me. Here's how the dance could go:
1) Create a worm that will at some point perform a DDOS attack on my machine. Make sure it's nice and quiet so that it isn't detected until attack day.
2) Wait until my site is attacked by the worm. Whine and moan about the lack of security on the other machines.
3) Pick from among the richest "attackers" and sue their pants off...
(Oh yeah,... profit!)
A friend of mine once said, "The only secure system is one that's not connected to the wall outlet." The hackers will always find something new to break into and everyone else will diligently (sometimes) try to stop them. The problem is that everyone's idea of diligence is different and someone with an itchy trigger finger killing off my processes at the drop of the hat isn't my idea of better security.
Plus, whatever means the security patrol uses to shutdown the offending processes will likely be exploitable in itself. If ssh is getting hacked then certainly this little back-door will too.
Protection from personal firewalls is more tricky, and this is where the implicit proof that this is a hoax lies.
Not that I disagree that this is a hoax, I believe (or at least hope) it is, but it is easily possible for an application leech to evade detection. For example, suppose that the virus attaches itself to bearshare which connects to a well-known port of many other hosts (I forget the gnutella port number). In order for Bearshare to work the firewall MUST allow outbound traffic on that port to just about any host. A virus could easily send whatever data it wants to another site (say im.not.riaa.honest.com) that is going to process the data differently but not show up in the gnutella host list.
But on the upside, almost all of them checksum the applications they are watching...
Now your second point is tougher to evade, although not impossible (I think someone else went down that path). It does, however, depend on everyone running personal firewalls of some sort that do that form of checking. Perhaps that's where the 95% that is being bandied about comes from - the other 5% have their kit together and are running better monitoring software.
Again, I'm in your camp about the hoax-ness of the claim. I don't have good reasons to disbelieve myself, most of what was claimed seem to be plausible. However, the manner of posting this claim, not to mention the lack of benefit the poster had in posting, are the only indicators I can point to firmly to guide me.
1) Create and deploy worm that infects all P2P computers. Do nothing with it, just get the computers infected.
2) Once the worm is in place get legislation fast-tracked through government.
3) Nuke all "offending" computers now that it's nice and legal.
4) ???
5) Profit! (Sorry, had to do it...)
OTOH, I still think this is a hoax. Unless gobbles is trying to save our collective butts I see no reason for him to post any warning. If it is real we'll just close the hole anyway.
Re:"Taken" was actually really good
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I would like to see a sequal
Entitled "Returned to Sender" perhaps? The matured Allie is banished from alien-heaven after she re-introduces the species to pr0n and opens up a brothel. In retaliation, she posts a story on slashdot linked to the alien subconcious's website thus causing their ultimate demise.
(Actually, I like the mini-series overall but I just couldn't help myself.)
First off, do they allow this sort of distribution? If so, what sort of a license does one buy?
The way I'm reading it is that the software is running (and therefore distrubuted) ONLY on the server. The clients simply are thin display programs that do not actually run any of the software themselves.
I am currently trialing Time Warner's VOD service out here in Cincinnati (they've had it for a year now but I didn't jump until it a free trial was available). Although I like the time-shifting features the latency is absolutely awful. Pressing pause/play/ff/rew takes whole seconds to be processed and the set of shows available is not exactly complete (about 20% of the premium channel offerings). Add to that the fact that the stupid thing is entirely unavailable frequently and you can color me unimpressed.
Basically, the cable companies are going to have to give the service away for free before I give it serious thought when PVRs fit my preferences more anyway.
DOS wasn't that bad of an OS. That's no bullshit. It has its high points, and has been around *much* longer, and been magnitudes more popular than nearly everything else that rose to compete with it.
Huh? I'm pretty sure UNIX with bourne shell has been around longer than DOS and (considering it and its direct descendents) are still in wide use I would venture that is also more popular overall. Here's a link to bourne shell's history.. Here's another.
Unless, of course, you were only referring to psuedo-shell-like things that ran on Pee-Cee's.
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So, just combine the two.
;)
1. Push the button once to charge.
2. Push and hold the button a second time after discharge to arm/deploy cuff-mounted miniature gun.
3. Push the button a third time to fire weapon at assailant.
4. Later, rinse, repeat.
Just don't bump that button by accident.
Hmmm... come to think of it: large, unbreakable, rake-like steel protrusions automatically extended from the outside cuffs might be useful too (Wolverine-ess anyone?)
The list could go on and on...
Very true. OTOH, having the flexibility of being able to use solid state in nasty enviornments and cheaper, longer duration, rotational media in saner ones might be advantagous to some.
Time for mini, tabletop, real bzflag. How can I get one with the guided missile option?
... someone actually USES this bit in their hacks. That would definitely make news... >:)
How much will this affect civilian aviation now that it has allowed some dependence on GPS for instrument approach? I haven't been around the aviation world for a few years but I'm hoping that instrument rated private planes still require the more traditional VOR/approach equipment.
A friend of mine usually just calls it "D-flat".
Artimis provides both the traffic guys and the general consumer information about current average speeds over many of the highway links. Plus it has many webcams in place so that the user can get a feel for the traffic visually.
Those are all good ways to add an interpreter to Java. OTOH, what I was trying to say is that that JAVA should have a way to compile JAVA expressions without needing a separate language to compile to Java bytecode. I mean, if I want a program to be able to evaluate "3+5" I have to add whole other languages or write the parser myself? Sheesh.
Plus, I never said not having the evaluator was it's downfall, only that it bugged me. However, an admission like that, if real, lends more credibility to Python, which is frequently dismissed in Java and Perl circles despite having several features that the others lack (generators anyone?).
Java is a fine tool for many things and as I said I am leary of the claim that Python is performing as well as Java. My contention with the article is that having the compiler around, considering it is relatively tiny, is a PLUS, not a MINUS in Python's favor.
Assuming the memo is for real, this is a real boon for the Python community, even though it gets the bit about bytecode compilation wrong (Python DOES compile to bytecode and one CAN take the bytecode and ship without source). The point about Python carrying its compiler with it is true but IMHO it is a feature, not a bug. It always bugged me that Java had no good mechanism to compile simple expressions on-the-fly.
I am, however, a little leary on the performance parity bit. Don't get me wrong, I love programming in Python, but I know from experience that it still costs a good bit to create all the dictionaries that are used for frame construction, global maniuplation, and object management.
Python is, however, fast enough for a great many applications. I'm just a little skeptical about it being quite as fast in certain aspects.
As a consumer, would there be any safety considerations during collision with using plastic instead of steel for body panels? I would assume that steel would absorb some limited amount of energy in the process of deformation. Would plastic do as well in these cases or are the energies too big for it to matter anyway?
Just curious...
SCO is suing only to protect the ABI libraries? Is the only purpose of these libraries to run SCO Unixware software unmodified?
What software will I, as a Linux user, not be able to run if I want to avoid the IP problems here. Do I need to recompile my kernel, delete some packages, what?
(BTW: there seems to be much FUD on this and I would like the straight skinny on what I can't use anymore that I may or may not have used in the past.)
If someone is bothering you with their cell phone chatter in a place such as a movie theater... "accidently" spill some of your cola on them.
No way! A cola these days costs me more than their phone does them!
... setting up licensed cell-phone free zones (such as concert halls etc) where phones cannot ring. The zones could have a small very low-power transmitter/scrambler that would inform/interrupt the cell phone so that it just wouldn't ring in those areas.
Sounds like a great scam to me. Here's how the dance could go:
... profit!)
1) Create a worm that will at some point perform a DDOS attack on my machine. Make sure it's nice and quiet so that it isn't detected until attack day.
2) Wait until my site is attacked by the worm. Whine and moan about the lack of security on the other machines.
3) Pick from among the richest "attackers" and sue their pants off...
(Oh yeah,
A friend of mine once said, "The only secure system is one that's not connected to the wall outlet." The hackers will always find something new to break into and everyone else will diligently (sometimes) try to stop them. The problem is that everyone's idea of diligence is different and someone with an itchy trigger finger killing off my processes at the drop of the hat isn't my idea of better security.
Plus, whatever means the security patrol uses to shutdown the offending processes will likely be exploitable in itself. If ssh is getting hacked then certainly this little back-door will too.
Not that I disagree that this is a hoax, I believe (or at least hope) it is, but it is easily possible for an application leech to evade detection. For example, suppose that the virus attaches itself to bearshare which connects to a well-known port of many other hosts (I forget the gnutella port number). In order for Bearshare to work the firewall MUST allow outbound traffic on that port to just about any host. A virus could easily send whatever data it wants to another site (say im.not.riaa.honest.com) that is going to process the data differently but not show up in the gnutella host list.
Now your second point is tougher to evade, although not impossible (I think someone else went down that path). It does, however, depend on everyone running personal firewalls of some sort that do that form of checking. Perhaps that's where the 95% that is being bandied about comes from - the other 5% have their kit together and are running better monitoring software.
Again, I'm in your camp about the hoax-ness of the claim. I don't have good reasons to disbelieve myself, most of what was claimed seem to be plausible. However, the manner of posting this claim, not to mention the lack of benefit the poster had in posting, are the only indicators I can point to firmly to guide me.
As always, your milage may vary.
I think it could go something like this:
1) Create and deploy worm that infects all P2P computers. Do nothing with it, just get the computers infected.
2) Once the worm is in place get legislation fast-tracked through government.
3) Nuke all "offending" computers now that it's nice and legal.
4) ???
5) Profit! (Sorry, had to do it...)
OTOH, I still think this is a hoax. Unless gobbles is trying to save our collective butts I see no reason for him to post any warning. If it is real we'll just close the hole anyway.
Entitled "Returned to Sender" perhaps? The matured Allie is banished from alien-heaven after she re-introduces the species to pr0n and opens up a brothel. In retaliation, she posts a story on slashdot linked to the alien subconcious's website thus causing their ultimate demise.
(Actually, I like the mini-series overall but I just couldn't help myself.)
If a 70-year-old wears the device do they feel 140 or should one assume that an age 70 simulator worn by a 70-year-old would have no effect?
The way I'm reading it is that the software is running (and therefore distrubuted) ONLY on the server. The clients simply are thin display programs that do not actually run any of the software themselves.
Did I miss something here?
(Oops! forgot the smileys - this was the funniest post I'd read in a while!) :) :) :)
Gawd I wish I had some mod points right about now...
I am currently trialing Time Warner's VOD service out here in Cincinnati (they've had it for a year now but I didn't jump until it a free trial was available). Although I like the time-shifting features the latency is absolutely awful. Pressing pause/play/ff/rew takes whole seconds to be processed and the set of shows available is not exactly complete (about 20% of the premium channel offerings). Add to that the fact that the stupid thing is entirely unavailable frequently and you can color me unimpressed.
Basically, the cable companies are going to have to give the service away for free before I give it serious thought when PVRs fit my preferences more anyway.
Anyone know how long it will be before the DVDs are available? Amazon.com has no info, other than a DVD will exist sometime.
Huh? I'm pretty sure UNIX with bourne shell has been around longer than DOS and (considering it and its direct descendents) are still in wide use I would venture that is also more popular overall. Here's a link to bourne shell's history.. Here's another.
Unless, of course, you were only referring to psuedo-shell-like things that ran on Pee-Cee's.
What will "Hello World" in DNA look like?