I'm going to ban my students from using P2P services and allow my research staff to patent my research... if the typical slashbot is correct about the merits of these actions, I should lose my game quite quickly.
The anti-virus industry depends on the continued introduction of new viruses
Not totally true. Look at April's wild list. Form.A is on the list and has existed for over 10 years.
They don't generally stop improper behavior by all possibly-hostile content
Because behavior blocking doesn't work. It is difficult to distinguish between malicious behavior and things that users want and need to do. Too many false alarms => software disabled.
just take an infinite number of monkeys, each of them provided with a CAD workstation
You'll probably have to reference this patent owned by Microsoft.
Those test programs are commonly called "monkeys" due to the ways they act on the control items provided by an application. Analogous to a monkey randomly pounding the keys of a typewriter,
That already happens. Get modded down 5 times in 24 hours and your username and IP address are banned from posting for 5 days. (Exact values may have changed).
You can also get into a state where a named account can post, but anonymous posting is banned.
I heard all this second hand... I've never experienced it myself... honest;-)
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Must be a misprint! Jeanne Calment was 122.
Andy Elson, at least, is very much an engineer
Yes I do
If you want "/n" displayed then "/n" is correct.
"Stuff" breaks when you put, on Slashdot, a link to a 63Mb movie.
It should be pretty obvious what colour their testcard will be
Download it from here
I'm going to ban my students from using P2P services and allow my research staff to patent my research
You can find North with any watch. Even the $1 watch from a cornflakes packet.
Try it now
on charges that to this day remain unclear
They look quite clear on the indictment
You can't argue and say
I wasn't - I was saying the store isn't guilty of false arrest (a very serious crime). It is clear they were wasting the police officer's time.
The manager isn't guilty of false arrest - he didn't arrest the customer. He called the police and the police decided to arrest the customer.
The anti-virus industry depends on the continued introduction of new viruses
Not totally true. Look at April's wild list. Form.A is on the list and has existed for over 10 years.
They don't generally stop improper behavior by all possibly-hostile content
Because behavior blocking doesn't work. It is difficult to distinguish between malicious behavior and things that users want and need to do. Too many false alarms => software disabled.
Some lists of useragent strings are here and here.
Where's your public key?
So it's "free" email to anyone who's spent $2000 on an iMac?
It's running Windows. I hope that slum has a license.
The software is public now though ... I think there was a story on slashdot about it.
Cool, if I take these it will increase my chances of getting a first post.
Pop pill.
Reload
Pop pill.
Reload
Pop pill.
Reload
Rinse,
Repeat.
I'll have 555 please.
I won't get telemarketing calls because they won't believe my number is real.
You'll probably have to reference this patent owned by Microsoft.
There will be no jumping out of the swings, swinging sideways, standing on the seats, swinging on stomachs, or climbing on the frame. There will be no twisting, whether moving or not
There's no date on it, but I bet there is a printed copy that pre-dates Nov 2000.
can't be hacked by any script kiddie out there who's downloaded the latest attack script
It can, obviously. However the scripts come much less frequently.
That already happens. Get modded down 5 times in 24 hours and your username and IP address are banned from posting for 5 days. (Exact values may have changed).
... I've never experienced it myself ... honest ;-)
You can also get into a state where a named account can post, but anonymous posting is banned.
I heard all this second hand