Yes, I say good! I'm sure M$ is going this route to screw all the unlicensed active copies of w2k/etc. forcing them to upgrade to WinXP where everything must be "activated" through M$. Maybe this will slap everyone around developing sites and teach them a thing or two about web development. Most just don't take other browsers in account when creating websites. The ONLY reason I fire up IE anymore is when I run across a site that can't display properly due to bad code (putting aside the whole ActiveX mess). It's been awhile since I've been shoulders deep in web development, so I'm sure things have progressed quite a bit, but I never used IE as my primary testing browser; let alone use only one single browser to test with.
There's nothing more painful than browsing, hitting that point where the site won't properly function, and having to fire up IE.
SlashDot simply cache the linked sites in their stories. Only the first page off the link. Maybe in a split version like google's cached sites showing the URL and all. That way, if anyone is interested in the rest of the site, they can dig from there.
Yes, off topic. But needs to be addressed. It gets frustrating when links go dead in less than an hour after the story is posted.
Good job for sticking it out and actually begging^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hasking for help/advice for something you have obviously proved you are worthy of performing or forced into tackling. Not that I'm attempting to put you in your place or anything. More like a complement on a asking a much needed question.
For the past 3.5 years I have worked my first major corp. job. I haven't been corrupted yet (hopefully never), but have learned so much about the corp./business world. Including forming a few itchy office environment preferences.
#1 problem in office environments, cubes. They serve their purpose, but almost seem to encourage diversity. Also aiding to the slowness of communication (information takes longer to gather). Solution? Get rid of the cubes. Simple eh? Not really. A barrier must still exist between woker. Something the mute noise travel, but not block the reality that they are in (TOO MANY PEOPLE TO COMPLETE SIMPLE TASKS, heh). #2 Lighting. If possible, avoid fluorescent. It just too dammaging in many ways. (forgive me for not ref. any url's. Alittle lazy right now) One can get very creative for lighting now days. Research! #3 problem... Stairs vs. Elevators. Don't make the stairs wider and the evelator counter lower in hopes of people using the stairs. Comes on, that's just dumb. #4 Conference rooms. Make sure you have plenty. Even small ones. Nothing like seperating yourself from the farm when you need to read/code/etc. or be on a conference call and hate using a headset. Which brings me to my next point... #5 Wireless LAN. Oh yes, defiantly a must. Being a smoker and all, I love the alternative to a conf. room for reading or whatever by enjoying the outdoors while working and "breaking" at the same time. Make sure you set things up correctly though. Wireless network traffic could be the downfall of your "secret weapon". #6 coffee/breakroom/kitchen/etc. Dedicate a room (read, room... Not a hole in the wall corner near the copy room.) Put in the works if possible. Stove/oven, a couple microwaves (incase some screws up the popcorn), fridge and seperate freezer. Oh yeah, and stick to Folders.;)
fix their browser vs. telling people how to use it?
Seems to me that all the little "tricks" to safe browsing comes over time. I watch so many people browse through sites and click on crap that I would simply never click on.
The biggest mistake I see people make is not having the status bar visiable. Enable it folks! It serves as a good quick check on the url you are about to be forwarded to.
put the RFID tags on the individual products? Some cheap device that contains info on the product. I'm sure this is in place already. Regardless, having this avaliable would be great for a self-checkout deal. Some of the supercenters around here (Kansas) have the self-checkout lanes, but I call it scan-n-sack-your-own-shit-cause-we're-lazy-bastard s.
Just imagine... you walk up with a cart full of shit while a cleark offers to bag up your stuff (still havn't scanned a thing), the register gives your total, you slide your CC or inject cash and your off. Of course, detecting more than one of the same object might be tricky. Maybe a unique ID for each product ID.
I just can't wait till I can go in somewhere and grab someting off the shelf, stuff it in my pocket and walk right out w/o ever having to deal with an employee. (IBM comes to mind...) It would be like having your own warehouse with an endless supply of needful things. Depending on how deep your bank account is of course.
Is it me, or is this just getting old? I doubt it helps when I actually have TPS (TRE Performance Stats (yes, the TRE is another "one")) reports to do weekly!
I'm sure it's the folks that have never set foot in a cube (let alone, worked in a cube) that crack this joke. Nothing wrong with cubes, unless you can touch both sides at the same time with your arms outreached. (this does not include cabinets or other "attached" items)
And, I believe Peter got a promotion vs. getting fired.
Did I make mention that it was targeted towards "boys only"?... no. I believe that was the post I replied on.
Try replying to the correct comment. I just don't understand it. Why can't people understand how this works?!? I just educated someone not two hours ago on how to properly post a reply. sheesh!
Re:1000 projects for a boy
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Linux Toys
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I don't think the book is targeted 100% towards kids. They might be calling them "toys". But I found most of the projects interesting. Something that I would tackle for fun and reward.
Just because it's a toy doesn't mean it's restricted to kids only.
I could give 2 shits about EVERYTHING ever to be discovered on THIS planet. I know we will eventually figure out EVERYTHING on this planet, including ourselves. We're well on our way. What I really want to know for fact is, what else is possibly out there on other solar systems? Why haven't we had contact with something if that something has been in existence for millions/billions/trillions/etc. of years? Does that something really want to avoid us, (a very young solar system. Which could be false, considering the sunlight from a solar system just as young, if not younger hasn't reached us yet.) that much? Maybe none of them survive long enough to do so. WTF is this whole SPACE thing anyways?!? Is there an end? Is there one "thing" controlling this all? There has to be, nothing just happens on it's own with out something/someone controlling/creating it.
The other thing I think about quiet a bit is our solar system, and how it functions. Think about this, Mars is the next Earth. I haven't done much research on this to see if anyone has gone into theories on this or not. But It's very logical. Our Sun has gravitational pull. As Earth gets closer to the Sun (which yes, I understand this will take years. way longer than any of our lives of course.), Mars will evolve more into another Earth. Atmosphere, water, etc. Mercury and Venus are retired Earths. Which is really f'd up when you start thinking this way. It truly is evolution.
And this folks is one of the most important reasons I take a technically agnostic stand towards religion. Ever wonder why the Bible (or any religion for that matter) never fully explains space? It's all about the Earth, and running our lives. Pretty sick if a one true thing is controlling this all and not letting us know anything about what is happening on that star way over there. Kinda makes it sound like one gigantic ant farm/experiment. But maybe there is a god, or not just one but many, one for each solar system (haha). Or maybe we ARE in the/a Matrix! (had to say it)
um... this is call a NEW PRODUCT.
Remember?... "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
If they were pitching it, they would be telling you where you could purchase one that you profit them.
And last but not least... if you don't like the topics, submit your own.
Re:Why are we helping him build his business?
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Ask Kevin Mitnick
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Obviously you missed the whole story of Kevin, Let alone his book and new company.
The direction of his book is not to teach others how to hack as he did. But to inform every one of his techniques and learning experiences. His book covers a lot of ground for a unique way of hacking with today's knowledge. If anything, we can learn a great deal from his book. Same goes for 2600 and Kevin's' new company.
Another thing... He might have severed some time. But it was silly. No one should have gone through what he did. Even if they are as clever. He took a major stand against our government with what he did. For that alone, I'm willing to support the guy 100% in his new findings and recovery for time lost. And so should you!
I wish they would go ahead and place the keyboard shortcut features on the main search interface. Sure is a PITA to press tab when browsing on a TV display @ 640x480 when you don't want to use the mouse. Plus I don't touch the mouse all that much.
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Yes, I say good!
I'm sure M$ is going this route to screw all the unlicensed active copies of w2k/etc. forcing them to upgrade to WinXP where everything must be "activated" through M$.
Maybe this will slap everyone around developing sites and teach them a thing or two about web development. Most just don't take other browsers in account when creating websites. The ONLY reason I fire up IE anymore is when I run across a site that can't display properly due to bad code (putting aside the whole ActiveX mess). It's been awhile since I've been shoulders deep in web development, so I'm sure things have progressed quite a bit, but I never used IE as my primary testing browser; let alone use only one single browser to test with.
There's nothing more painful than browsing, hitting that point where the site won't properly function, and having to fire up IE.
SlashDot simply cache the linked sites in their stories. Only the first page off the link. Maybe in a split version like google's cached sites showing the URL and all. That way, if anyone is interested in the rest of the site, they can dig from there.
Yes, off topic. But needs to be addressed. It gets frustrating when links go dead in less than an hour after the story is posted.
Simple, stable, and old school...
Slackware user since 3.4
Keep up the great work Patrick!
Enjoy!
Good job for sticking it out and actually begging^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hasking for help/advice for something you have obviously proved you are worthy of performing or forced into tackling. Not that I'm attempting to put you in your place or anything. More like a complement on a asking a much needed question.
;)
For the past 3.5 years I have worked my first major corp. job. I haven't been corrupted yet (hopefully never), but have learned so much about the corp./business world. Including forming a few itchy office environment preferences.
#1 problem in office environments, cubes. They serve their purpose, but almost seem to encourage diversity. Also aiding to the slowness of communication (information takes longer to gather). Solution? Get rid of the cubes. Simple eh? Not really. A barrier must still exist between woker. Something the mute noise travel, but not block the reality that they are in (TOO MANY PEOPLE TO COMPLETE SIMPLE TASKS, heh).
#2 Lighting. If possible, avoid fluorescent. It just too dammaging in many ways. (forgive me for not ref. any url's. Alittle lazy right now) One can get very creative for lighting now days. Research!
#3 problem... Stairs vs. Elevators. Don't make the stairs wider and the evelator counter lower in hopes of people using the stairs. Comes on, that's just dumb.
#4 Conference rooms. Make sure you have plenty. Even small ones. Nothing like seperating yourself from the farm when you need to read/code/etc. or be on a conference call and hate using a headset.
Which brings me to my next point...
#5 Wireless LAN. Oh yes, defiantly a must. Being a smoker and all, I love the alternative to a conf. room for reading or whatever by enjoying the outdoors while working and "breaking" at the same time. Make sure you set things up correctly though. Wireless network traffic could be the downfall of your "secret weapon".
#6 coffee/breakroom/kitchen/etc. Dedicate a room (read, room... Not a hole in the wall corner near the copy room.) Put in the works if possible. Stove/oven, a couple microwaves (incase some screws up the popcorn), fridge and seperate freezer. Oh yeah, and stick to Folders.
psDoom
Another FPS tied close to the OS. Always seemed pretty risky to me, but fun no less.
Seems to me that all the little "tricks" to safe browsing comes over time. I watch so many people browse through sites and click on crap that I would simply never click on.
The biggest mistake I see people make is not having the status bar visiable. Enable it folks! It serves as a good quick check on the url you are about to be forwarded to.
put the RFID tags on the individual products? Some cheap device that contains info on the product. I'm sure this is in place already. Regardless, having this avaliable would be great for a self-checkout deal. Some of the supercenters around here (Kansas) have the self-checkout lanes, but I call it scan-n-sack-your-own-shit-cause-we're-lazy-bastard s.
Just imagine... you walk up with a cart full of shit while a cleark offers to bag up your stuff (still havn't scanned a thing), the register gives your total, you slide your CC or inject cash and your off. Of course, detecting more than one of the same object might be tricky. Maybe a unique ID for each product ID.
I just can't wait till I can go in somewhere and grab someting off the shelf, stuff it in my pocket and walk right out w/o ever having to deal with an employee. (IBM comes to mind...) It would be like having your own warehouse with an endless supply of needful things. Depending on how deep your bank account is of course.
the perl module Coy.
I swear I just can't stop using it. It cracks me up, at the same time keeps me in a good state of mind for coding.
MULLET!
heh... sorry
I'm sure it's the folks that have never set foot in a cube (let alone, worked in a cube) that crack this joke. Nothing wrong with cubes, unless you can touch both sides at the same time with your arms outreached. (this does not include cabinets or other "attached" items)
And, I believe Peter got a promotion vs. getting fired.
yep... it's gay.
Did I make mention that it was targeted towards "boys only"?... no. I believe that was the post I replied on.
Try replying to the correct comment.
I just don't understand it. Why can't people understand how this works?!? I just educated someone not two hours ago on how to properly post a reply.
sheesh!
I don't think the book is targeted 100% towards kids.
They might be calling them "toys". But I found most of the projects interesting. Something that I would tackle for fun and reward.
Just because it's a toy doesn't mean it's restricted to kids only.
They shouldn't have the jobs to begin with. heh... Imagine that, the list actually works!
Highest point in Kansas is the smallest mountian in the US.
See: Mount Sunflower
I could give 2 shits about EVERYTHING ever to be discovered on THIS planet. I know we will eventually figure out EVERYTHING on this planet, including ourselves. We're well on our way.
What I really want to know for fact is, what else is possibly out there on other solar systems?
Why haven't we had contact with something if that something has been in existence for millions/billions/trillions/etc. of years? Does that something really want to avoid us, (a very young solar system. Which could be false, considering the sunlight from a solar system just as young, if not younger hasn't reached us yet.) that much? Maybe none of them survive long enough to do so.
WTF is this whole SPACE thing anyways?!? Is there an end? Is there one "thing" controlling this all? There has to be, nothing just happens on it's own with out something/someone controlling/creating it.
The other thing I think about quiet a bit is our solar system, and how it functions. Think about this, Mars is the next Earth. I haven't done much research on this to see if anyone has gone into theories on this or not. But It's very logical. Our Sun has gravitational pull. As Earth gets closer to the Sun (which yes, I understand this will take years. way longer than any of our lives of course.), Mars will evolve more into another Earth. Atmosphere, water, etc. Mercury and Venus are retired Earths.
Which is really f'd up when you start thinking this way. It truly is evolution.
And this folks is one of the most important reasons I take a technically agnostic stand towards religion. Ever wonder why the Bible (or any religion for that matter) never fully explains space? It's all about the Earth, and running our lives. Pretty sick if a one true thing is controlling this all and not letting us know anything about what is happening on that star way over there. Kinda makes it sound like one gigantic ant farm/experiment. But maybe there is a god, or not just one but many, one for each solar system (haha). Or maybe we ARE in the/a Matrix! (had to say it)
My brain hurts now...
again... submit your own. It's public created content.
Remember?... "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
If they were pitching it, they would be telling you where you could purchase one that you profit them.
And last but not least... if you don't like the topics, submit your own.
Obviously you missed the whole story of Kevin, Let alone his book and new company.
The direction of his book is not to teach others how to hack as he did. But to inform every one of his techniques and learning experiences. His book covers a lot of ground for a unique way of hacking with today's knowledge. If anything, we can learn a great deal from his book. Same goes for 2600 and Kevin's' new company.
Another thing... He might have severed some time. But it was silly. No one should have gone through what he did. Even if they are as clever. He took a major stand against our government with what he did. For that alone, I'm willing to support the guy 100% in his new findings and recovery for time lost.
And so should you!
Would that be Wichita, KS? (your sig...)
I wish they would go ahead and place the keyboard shortcut features on the main search interface. Sure is a PITA to press tab when browsing on a TV display @ 640x480 when you don't want to use the mouse.
Plus I don't touch the mouse all that much.
Don't use Windows.
This comment alone attached to the end of the story just forced me to read that article.
props to CowboyNeal!
I didn't mind it too much when they gave out floppies.
At least you could reuse them.