Anyone else see this as a giant "Matrix screensaver" that just scrolls code down the TV screen? Man, plug it into sourceforge and you've got programming for years! (pun unfortunately intended)
Then we'll have freaky TV-addicts who recognize the difference between mozilla and konqueror strictly by watching scrolling lines of code go by.
Or maybe you can watch it, convulse a few times, and go "Whoa, I know Script-Fu!"
If they throw in the hum of a bunch of servers along with the sound of extremely high powered AC blasting through the vents (while the code scrolls), I'm in!
There's a strange validity to your comment, sarcasm or not..NET was the Microsoft answer to Java, after all. If project Mono gets its way, we may be coding in C# (or really, pick anything that'll compile to.NET) for multi-platform stuff. Then again there's always Python, right?
I suppose I'll ask again -- how's Java on the client side these days? I keep hearing "server side works great, but the client side is still awkward" with the AWT, Swing, yadda yadda.
In the other world, there's Novell who seems to be doing a lot of OSS-hugging lately. I believe SUSE's YAST is going open along with a few of Novell's very own formerly closed-source stuff. Sure, they may not be opening up the keys to the kingdom (not sure if they are or not) but at least they're visibly cooperating with the Open Source community.
SUN still contributes to OO.org stuff so we can't really rip them on that. However, they remain at the very least lukewarm to OSS. They offer Linux because their customers ask for it, they say. They package a Java Desktop where the word "Java" seems a bit out of place...I think banking on name recognition more than anything else. They killed off the cobalt servers. Just not very Open Source-friendly as far as their PR campaign seems to be going.
Open Source Java? A stern no is the answer. I guess they'll still need to hang on to something while the boat sinks. Might as well be a cup of strong hot coffee.
As far as I know, that only applies to security breaches that lead to a leak of personal information. Even then, if disclosure would impede any form of investigation, people did not have to say anything at all.
So technically, even if it DID happen, people can dance around it all they want.
I know there was a.NET The Platform, C# --.NET's Revenge, and VB.NET -- a new SOAP. A while ago, the company put forth this.NET strategy and then backed away as people started going "eh?" as to what it all meant.
From general consensus, the.NET platform seems to be doing ok into adoption (if those "Senior.NET Programmer" ads are an indication) while the whole "My Services" single sign-on deathtrap was greeted with uberskepticism. If I remember correctly, this was one of the grand awakenings BillyGoat had -- when nobody would adopt it because of security concerns, he realized he had to coin "Trustworthy Computing."
I don't think the idea is going to die away -- when they've come up with their "Best Windows Ever!!!" in 2007 or so, look for that same "My Services" pitch.
C'mon, man, get with it!!! You can have Ze Sweedish Chef reading from the Anarchist Cookbook or something like that. Have Gonzo try out Prof. Bunsen's latest rocket-propelled computer case mod. And there can be an entire segment on the martian space probe a la Pigs In Space. And don't even talk about how Kermit ain't 1337 'coz you have to be 1337 when they name a protocol after you.
Here I was auctioning off evidence/information on whereabouts of WMDs in Iraq when people got all huffy and decided to shut it down. I nearly got some dude named Dubya bidding oodles of cash for the info but got shutdown before bidding was over.
Why can't you vigilantes just mind your own biz, damn it!!!
Yo, it's a joke -- no need to start a super-secret file on me.
I mean we've heard it before and I'm starting to believe it -- Google is dying. When you're the top search engine out there, people start wanting to make a living spamming, scamming, and (google)bombing the algorithm just so they show up first.
Continuing to improve is a must. That doesn't necessarily mean expanding to blogging and giving away free e-mails and stuff. Just give me the appropriate results to my searches, separate the ads from (informative) content, and keep things as simple as possible. It's tough when everyone's gunning for you, but you can't sit still -- the search engine war should be won by the engine that gives the best results.
Google -- I'm pulling for you. I really am. Don't Netscape your way into oblivion, please. Yahoo will likely compete on merit. MS will play "default with OS" against you. I really hope you'll make it out ahead.
Having browsed only a few ASP.NET howtos but not having had the opportunity (or misery -- since this IS slashdot) to code in it, I'm not too familiar with ASP.NET
OTOH, I am a bit more involved in programming in PHP. I think it's fairly nice and simple enough. Haven't gotten into a lot of the OO stuff but it's still fairly powerful with the simple things I do.
From what I've read, ASP.NET abstracts a LOT of the stuff from the programmer. Forms pretty much take care of themselves, validate on their own, and repopulate themselves for the user to correct. Among other things, this helps isolate code from content.
From experience (which may be very limited), PHP doesn't have this feature. This allows for so much more control over what happens to your forms, but also introduces more code into the mix which could get ugly after a while.
Thus we have control vs. abstraction -- a classic debate. Convenience and rapid development would lean towards abstraction (as anyone who coded VB may argue). Would be nice if PHP had that n00b convenience somewhere while still being great for more advanced coders.
Ultimately, control is probably the choice for anyone who wants to get past the abstraction. Besides, in the long run, you'd probably want to write your own data validation code (or at least implement an open-source version) instead of relying on a (closed-source) language to check for you. That's simply a matter of trust.
SoCal could use a stereotypic smattering of "Dude" and Valleyspeak's "Like" and "Totally" if not the "Foshizzles" and "Shizznits"
On a "Help" tab that nobody uses, I wrote:
"You, um, push buttons and like stuff happens. Sometimes it's like totally cool stuff but sometimes it's like 'oh man, there's no undo button? Mega bummer!'"
Somehow this doesn't strike me as a bunch of linux boxen unfirewalled with the root password as "password."
Just goes to show, though, that people can sing about security all they want, release whitepapers and HOWTOs on security, but if people don't follow nor enforce such rules PROPERLY, it amounts to jaque squat.
Of course, their need for security is much greater than your average home user. We're not all carrying heuuuge amounts of sensitive information.
I've always been puzzled as to how this works. I know there should be lots of cases of such things already (Sharman Networks, for example) where a "local" law is used to prosecute someone from another area.
With the Internet being what it is, how do we effectively enforce such things? Seems like a lot of chest-pumping without much effect. More politicians posturing? So how can local laws be enforced on a global community? (besides pissing enough people off to get the DMCA slapped on you and ruin your US travel itinerary a la Dmitri)
Ok, ok, patching is a part of life -- that's understood. We have to patch our Linux installs too, after all. However, the Linux community doesn't seem to wrap itself in this strange PR shroud that MS does. You know the one -- how hackers are good for testing MS software and then how hacks aren't found until after MS releases a patch...oh and this business about making patch management easier by bundling patches monthly instead of releasing them sooner to protect their customers from harm.
Right. So here we have a patch that should've probably been QA-ed to death (since they're doing this monthly instead of knee-jerk) and then later issuing another patch to properly plug the hole.
I guess after they um...opened the source to some of Windows, they're only following suit by doing the "Release early, release often" mantra. Next thing we know, they'll be sponsoring Linux-friendly news sites and even exhibiting in Open Source conventions.
Windows still has an edge in simplicity as far as installing apps. Folks who swear by apt (for RPM) do have to realize you still need to deal with adding repositories to sources.list and dealing with GPG signatures.
OTOH, that simplicity in installing apps makes Windows extremely vulnerable as well. Doesn't take much effort to run/install anything off the Internet. Spyware can cling onto your system without much consent at all.
That brings up the major difference I've seen so far. Worms, Viruses, Trojans, Keyloggers, and other forms of malware don't seem to find their way into my Linux machine. The rest of my family who run Windows, though, get infected too many times for my liking.
Is that because most Linux users know to watch out for those types of things while Windows users can be painted with the "AOLer" stereotype? That's probably a factor. But so is the general architecture of not putting yourself in danger for the sake of convenience -- by running mail programs and browsers with enough privs to bork a system.
Cheaper, more secure, and absolutely transparent. Many thanks to everyone who makes OSS possible -- from the programmers and QA testers to the advocacy groups and spokespeople. (and the large corporations backing Open Source)
Sponsored by the MLB because the WMA format is like Realplayer on Steroids.
Hey, our software is about as intrusive as the proposed drug-testing you guys want to implement -- I say we're a perfect match!
With names like A-Rod and "The Big Unit" we're just trying to innovate the Web more than the porn industry!
RealPlayer -- don't be a player hater!
RealNetworks should instead sue because the MLB promotes the use of the password-hacking software "crackerjack"
What's more American than baseball and a shady software company that wants to take control of your machine? Um...wait, we meant the folks who do the WMA format, not us.
Alrighty, so what's the technical difference between a gift from the company to the US Army vs. grants and stuff from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
Working at a public place that got a grant from the Gates Foundation, we've got machines, software, and some sort of training budget to provide the public with access to Office 2000, a few edutainment titles, and some form of Internet access. We also provide free classes in basic computer use, "Web Surfing", E-mail, and MS Office products.
The net result -- the public gets shtuff, we sound like MS Infomercials, and they get a bit of a shock when they see the sticker price on MS Office (which they realize they have to buy separately as it doesn't come with their purchased PC)
So to reiterate -- what's the difference between an MS "gift" to the army and a grant from the B&M Gates Foundation? (besides any tax shelters/breaks, etc, that is.) Both end up as advertising for MS in one form or another.
When the web started, these were the folks who mostly implemented the whole credit card/password access thing. They "stretched" graphics, streaming (uh huh huh) video, audio, and any other multimedia applications out there.
They've gone after the broadband crowd long before everyone else relied on it, and in a sense, continue to push the whole Internet-based "entertainment" stuff. Yeah, they innovate, can't deny that. They've always been in the fringe -- and everyone else just kinda looks on to see what does and doesn't work.
Hmmm, maybe they're the "military" of the Internet -- the technology gets designed for their purposes first, then once it's tested, goes on to find applications for the general public.
Can I patent the idea of when a button is pressed, something happens? Then I can sue oodles of companies for infringement. If I make it vague enough, a foot-pedal could count as a button press in which case I can go after the automotive industry as well as the makers of old fashioned sewing machines! Heck, unless you can take pictures with a camera telepathically, this can even be used against Kodak. Mwahahahahaha!!!
So I got called in to "fix" a machine from the parental units. Some spyware/adware got into a fight with the AVG scanner causing it the screen to go black soon after bootup. How the hell it got through in the first place, I don't know, but the solution was boot from CD, run the virus scanner, delete the offending files, reboot.
Installed spybot S&D afterwards and sure enough, spyware all over the place. Went home thinking "my linux box doesn't EVER have this problem."
But see, my dad does my taxes and it's best not to offend. Plus as far as I know, Turbotax runs on Windows and not the penguin. You can educate all you want, install and run all the preventive measures you want, but in the end, it's the end-user that can royally bork a system.
You want protection? Take them out of any network. Want absolute protection? Grind the PC to bits. If you want a compromise, you'll have to deal with preventive maintenance...and you'll find out your mom or dad will STILL run unexpected file attachments.
Encyclopedias were great for quick facts. If one needed to look up a brief explanation of something, you found yourself an encyclopedia and thumbed through it. Well, with a DSL line and Google, it's a faster, cheaper, and more convenient way to get information.
As for written assignments, encyclopedias aren't too valid as sources of info, so as a child hits his teens and the assignments get more "challenging," the need for an encyclopedia diminishes.
Gone also are those "Internet Yellow Pages" books with URLS in them, and any other compilations of information that change more rapidly than any print publication could.
1) Toss in the two jokers and you just might see a human buffer-overrun error.
2) Is note-taking completely illegal or can they say it's their pagefile?
3) Will narcotics be allowed as HIMEM.SYS?
4) For a two-deck challenge, will they have to modify their autoexec.bat the way I had to tweak it to run Doom II on 4MB of RAM?
5) Sabotaging the contest involves the RAMBUS method -- where one causes a hardware failure by striking the shuttle service used by the contestants with a larger vehicle. (Inspiration, GTA -- max SysReq 8MB Memory Card)
There are existing cookbooks for Java, Perl, PHP, and a slew of other programming languages. I believe O'Reily is big on stuff like that.
If you're more into spicier things, there's always the Anarchist Cookbook. Talk about retro-BBS-style cajun cuisine there, eh? Nothing like wading through txt files on good ol' "Edit" back in the DOS days.
Wait, you mean like Food-cooking? Why? Pizza hut delivers and you can order online. Don't even have to talk to anyone on the phone!!! You can even have spicy wings, bread sticks, and a caffeinated beverage to boot. BAM! Another notch!!!
I've prepared a handout for a "Basic Computer Security for Home Users" class using the same analogy. The Internet is at its "Wild West" stage where pie-in-the-sky meets desperados and we're not exactly sure how to enforce laws (our sheriff supposedly has no jurisdiction over another country).
Them 'puter users should be more skeptical because you have pickpockets, safecrackers, and train robbers around.
Wouldn't this much virus activity raise the chances of being caught? Pride has been the downfall of a great many "1337 d00dz" who can't seem to avoid bragging about their 5|i77z. Then again, if you did stage such acts, it does nothing for your ego unless people know you did so.
These are not your stealth haxorz, these are the works of script kiddies. But of course everyone here already knew that.
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Anyone else see this as a giant "Matrix screensaver" that just scrolls code down the TV screen? Man, plug it into sourceforge and you've got programming for years! (pun unfortunately intended)
Then we'll have freaky TV-addicts who recognize the difference between mozilla and konqueror strictly by watching scrolling lines of code go by.
Or maybe you can watch it, convulse a few times, and go "Whoa, I know Script-Fu!"
If they throw in the hum of a bunch of servers along with the sound of extremely high powered AC blasting through the vents (while the code scrolls), I'm in!
There's a strange validity to your comment, sarcasm or not. .NET was the Microsoft answer to Java, after all. If project Mono gets its way, we may be coding in C# (or really, pick anything that'll compile to .NET) for multi-platform stuff. Then again there's always Python, right?
I suppose I'll ask again -- how's Java on the client side these days? I keep hearing "server side works great, but the client side is still awkward" with the AWT, Swing, yadda yadda.
In the other world, there's Novell who seems to be doing a lot of OSS-hugging lately. I believe SUSE's YAST is going open along with a few of Novell's very own formerly closed-source stuff. Sure, they may not be opening up the keys to the kingdom (not sure if they are or not) but at least they're visibly cooperating with the Open Source community.
SUN still contributes to OO.org stuff so we can't really rip them on that. However, they remain at the very least lukewarm to OSS. They offer Linux because their customers ask for it, they say. They package a Java Desktop where the word "Java" seems a bit out of place...I think banking on name recognition more than anything else. They killed off the cobalt servers. Just not very Open Source-friendly as far as their PR campaign seems to be going.
Open Source Java? A stern no is the answer. I guess they'll still need to hang on to something while the boat sinks. Might as well be a cup of strong hot coffee.
As far as I know, that only applies to security breaches that lead to a leak of personal information. Even then, if disclosure would impede any form of investigation, people did not have to say anything at all.
So technically, even if it DID happen, people can dance around it all they want.
Was this .NET My Services?
.NET The Platform, C# -- .NET's Revenge, and VB.NET -- a new SOAP. A while ago, the company put forth this .NET strategy and then backed away as people started going "eh?" as to what it all meant.
.NET platform seems to be doing ok into adoption (if those "Senior .NET Programmer" ads are an indication) while the whole "My Services" single sign-on deathtrap was greeted with uberskepticism. If I remember correctly, this was one of the grand awakenings BillyGoat had -- when nobody would adopt it because of security concerns, he realized he had to coin "Trustworthy Computing."
I know there was a
From general consensus, the
I don't think the idea is going to die away -- when they've come up with their "Best Windows Ever!!!" in 2007 or so, look for that same "My Services" pitch.
C'mon, man, get with it!!! You can have Ze Sweedish Chef reading from the Anarchist Cookbook or something like that. Have Gonzo try out Prof. Bunsen's latest rocket-propelled computer case mod. And there can be an entire segment on the martian space probe a la Pigs In Space. And don't even talk about how Kermit ain't 1337 'coz you have to be 1337 when they name a protocol after you.
Here I was auctioning off evidence/information on whereabouts of WMDs in Iraq when people got all huffy and decided to shut it down. I nearly got some dude named Dubya bidding oodles of cash for the info but got shutdown before bidding was over.
Why can't you vigilantes just mind your own biz, damn it!!!
Yo, it's a joke -- no need to start a super-secret file on me.
I mean we've heard it before and I'm starting to believe it -- Google is dying. When you're the top search engine out there, people start wanting to make a living spamming, scamming, and (google)bombing the algorithm just so they show up first.
Continuing to improve is a must. That doesn't necessarily mean expanding to blogging and giving away free e-mails and stuff. Just give me the appropriate results to my searches, separate the ads from (informative) content, and keep things as simple as possible. It's tough when everyone's gunning for you, but you can't sit still -- the search engine war should be won by the engine that gives the best results.
Google -- I'm pulling for you. I really am. Don't Netscape your way into oblivion, please. Yahoo will likely compete on merit. MS will play "default with OS" against you. I really hope you'll make it out ahead.
Having browsed only a few ASP.NET howtos but not having had the opportunity (or misery -- since this IS slashdot) to code in it, I'm not too familiar with ASP.NET
OTOH, I am a bit more involved in programming in PHP. I think it's fairly nice and simple enough. Haven't gotten into a lot of the OO stuff but it's still fairly powerful with the simple things I do.
From what I've read, ASP.NET abstracts a LOT of the stuff from the programmer. Forms pretty much take care of themselves, validate on their own, and repopulate themselves for the user to correct. Among other things, this helps isolate code from content.
From experience (which may be very limited), PHP doesn't have this feature. This allows for so much more control over what happens to your forms, but also introduces more code into the mix which could get ugly after a while.
Thus we have control vs. abstraction -- a classic debate. Convenience and rapid development would lean towards abstraction (as anyone who coded VB may argue). Would be nice if PHP had that n00b convenience somewhere while still being great for more advanced coders.
Ultimately, control is probably the choice for anyone who wants to get past the abstraction. Besides, in the long run, you'd probably want to write your own data validation code (or at least implement an open-source version) instead of relying on a (closed-source) language to check for you. That's simply a matter of trust.
SoCal could use a stereotypic smattering of "Dude" and Valleyspeak's "Like" and "Totally" if not the "Foshizzles" and "Shizznits"
On a "Help" tab that nobody uses, I wrote:
"You, um, push buttons and like stuff happens. Sometimes it's like totally cool stuff but sometimes it's like 'oh man, there's no undo button? Mega bummer!'"
Not sure if anyone has noticed it here yet.
Somehow this doesn't strike me as a bunch of linux boxen unfirewalled with the root password as "password."
Just goes to show, though, that people can sing about security all they want, release whitepapers and HOWTOs on security, but if people don't follow nor enforce such rules PROPERLY, it amounts to jaque squat.
Of course, their need for security is much greater than your average home user. We're not all carrying heuuuge amounts of sensitive information.
I've always been puzzled as to how this works. I know there should be lots of cases of such things already (Sharman Networks, for example) where a "local" law is used to prosecute someone from another area.
With the Internet being what it is, how do we effectively enforce such things? Seems like a lot of chest-pumping without much effect. More politicians posturing? So how can local laws be enforced on a global community? (besides pissing enough people off to get the DMCA slapped on you and ruin your US travel itinerary a la Dmitri)
Ok, ok, patching is a part of life -- that's understood. We have to patch our Linux installs too, after all. However, the Linux community doesn't seem to wrap itself in this strange PR shroud that MS does. You know the one -- how hackers are good for testing MS software and then how hacks aren't found until after MS releases a patch...oh and this business about making patch management easier by bundling patches monthly instead of releasing them sooner to protect their customers from harm.
Right. So here we have a patch that should've probably been QA-ed to death (since they're doing this monthly instead of knee-jerk) and then later issuing another patch to properly plug the hole.
I guess after they um...opened the source to some of Windows, they're only following suit by doing the "Release early, release often" mantra. Next thing we know, they'll be sponsoring Linux-friendly news sites and even exhibiting in Open Source conventions.
Windows still has an edge in simplicity as far as installing apps. Folks who swear by apt (for RPM) do have to realize you still need to deal with adding repositories to sources.list and dealing with GPG signatures.
OTOH, that simplicity in installing apps makes Windows extremely vulnerable as well. Doesn't take much effort to run/install anything off the Internet. Spyware can cling onto your system without much consent at all.
That brings up the major difference I've seen so far. Worms, Viruses, Trojans, Keyloggers, and other forms of malware don't seem to find their way into my Linux machine. The rest of my family who run Windows, though, get infected too many times for my liking.
Is that because most Linux users know to watch out for those types of things while Windows users can be painted with the "AOLer" stereotype? That's probably a factor. But so is the general architecture of not putting yourself in danger for the sake of convenience -- by running mail programs and browsers with enough privs to bork a system.
Cheaper, more secure, and absolutely transparent. Many thanks to everyone who makes OSS possible -- from the programmers and QA testers to the advocacy groups and spokespeople. (and the large corporations backing Open Source)
Sponsored by the MLB because the WMA format is like Realplayer on Steroids.
Hey, our software is about as intrusive as the proposed drug-testing you guys want to implement -- I say we're a perfect match!
With names like A-Rod and "The Big Unit" we're just trying to innovate the Web more than the porn industry!
RealPlayer -- don't be a player hater!
RealNetworks should instead sue because the MLB promotes the use of the password-hacking software "crackerjack"
What's more American than baseball and a shady software company that wants to take control of your machine? Um...wait, we meant the folks who do the WMA format, not us.
Alrighty, so what's the technical difference between a gift from the company to the US Army vs. grants and stuff from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
Working at a public place that got a grant from the Gates Foundation, we've got machines, software, and some sort of training budget to provide the public with access to Office 2000, a few edutainment titles, and some form of Internet access. We also provide free classes in basic computer use, "Web Surfing", E-mail, and MS Office products.
The net result -- the public gets shtuff, we sound like MS Infomercials, and they get a bit of a shock when they see the sticker price on MS Office (which they realize they have to buy separately as it doesn't come with their purchased PC)
So to reiterate -- what's the difference between an MS "gift" to the army and a grant from the B&M Gates Foundation? (besides any tax shelters/breaks, etc, that is.) Both end up as advertising for MS in one form or another.
When the web started, these were the folks who mostly implemented the whole credit card/password access thing. They "stretched" graphics, streaming (uh huh huh) video, audio, and any other multimedia applications out there.
They've gone after the broadband crowd long before everyone else relied on it, and in a sense, continue to push the whole Internet-based "entertainment" stuff. Yeah, they innovate, can't deny that. They've always been in the fringe -- and everyone else just kinda looks on to see what does and doesn't work.
Hmmm, maybe they're the "military" of the Internet -- the technology gets designed for their purposes first, then once it's tested, goes on to find applications for the general public.
Can I patent the idea of when a button is pressed, something happens? Then I can sue oodles of companies for infringement. If I make it vague enough, a foot-pedal could count as a button press in which case I can go after the automotive industry as well as the makers of old fashioned sewing machines! Heck, unless you can take pictures with a camera telepathically, this can even be used against Kodak. Mwahahahahaha!!!
World domination awaits!
So I got called in to "fix" a machine from the parental units. Some spyware/adware got into a fight with the AVG scanner causing it the screen to go black soon after bootup. How the hell it got through in the first place, I don't know, but the solution was boot from CD, run the virus scanner, delete the offending files, reboot.
Installed spybot S&D afterwards and sure enough, spyware all over the place. Went home thinking "my linux box doesn't EVER have this problem."
But see, my dad does my taxes and it's best not to offend. Plus as far as I know, Turbotax runs on Windows and not the penguin. You can educate all you want, install and run all the preventive measures you want, but in the end, it's the end-user that can royally bork a system.
You want protection? Take them out of any network. Want absolute protection? Grind the PC to bits. If you want a compromise, you'll have to deal with preventive maintenance...and you'll find out your mom or dad will STILL run unexpected file attachments.
Encyclopedias were great for quick facts. If one needed to look up a brief explanation of something, you found yourself an encyclopedia and thumbed through it. Well, with a DSL line and Google, it's a faster, cheaper, and more convenient way to get information.
As for written assignments, encyclopedias aren't too valid as sources of info, so as a child hits his teens and the assignments get more "challenging," the need for an encyclopedia diminishes.
Gone also are those "Internet Yellow Pages" books with URLS in them, and any other compilations of information that change more rapidly than any print publication could.
1) Toss in the two jokers and you just might see a human buffer-overrun error.
2) Is note-taking completely illegal or can they say it's their pagefile?
3) Will narcotics be allowed as HIMEM.SYS?
4) For a two-deck challenge, will they have to modify their autoexec.bat the way I had to tweak it to run Doom II on 4MB of RAM?
5) Sabotaging the contest involves the RAMBUS method -- where one causes a hardware failure by striking the shuttle service used by the contestants with a larger vehicle. (Inspiration, GTA -- max SysReq 8MB Memory Card)
There are existing cookbooks for Java, Perl, PHP, and a slew of other programming languages. I believe O'Reily is big on stuff like that.
If you're more into spicier things, there's always the Anarchist Cookbook. Talk about retro-BBS-style cajun cuisine there, eh? Nothing like wading through txt files on good ol' "Edit" back in the DOS days.
Wait, you mean like Food-cooking? Why? Pizza hut delivers and you can order online. Don't even have to talk to anyone on the phone!!! You can even have spicy wings, bread sticks, and a caffeinated beverage to boot. BAM! Another notch!!!
I've prepared a handout for a "Basic Computer Security for Home Users" class using the same analogy. The Internet is at its "Wild West" stage where pie-in-the-sky meets desperados and we're not exactly sure how to enforce laws (our sheriff supposedly has no jurisdiction over another country).
Them 'puter users should be more skeptical because you have pickpockets, safecrackers, and train robbers around.
Wouldn't this much virus activity raise the chances of being caught? Pride has been the downfall of a great many "1337 d00dz" who can't seem to avoid bragging about their 5|i77z. Then again, if you did stage such acts, it does nothing for your ego unless people know you did so.
These are not your stealth haxorz, these are the works of script kiddies. But of course everyone here already knew that.
Hey, taco, post dis shizznit, yo!
Wit propz an shout outs to my bro
Coz we ain't down 'til we make a deal
Or I post nekkid pics of CowboyNeal.
Word 2 yo mutha.