Also, diagnostic codes are not very useful if the problem lies in the computer that's telling you the codes.
I had a fault on my Mitsi GTO ('3000GT' in americanese), it was only running on about 4 cylinders. According to the fancy whiz bang diagnostic gizmo, one of the coil packs was faulty. Some time and much money later, it turned out the coils were fine, but the ECU was playing up. Replacing that solved the problem.
Computers lie! It was trying to misdirect attention so it didn't get replaced!
I can't figure out if I'm the only sane one or the only crazy one. Especially given the 'pyramid' referred to - I don't see a pyramid unless it's rewritten to use nested ifs.
To me, nested ifs are much easier to read - they convey the meaning/intent of the code a lot better. As in 'if this function call works, then do this. Otherwise, just clean up and exit'
How is this so hard to understand? geode_aes_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id) {
int ret;
if ((ret = pci_enable_device(dev)))
return ret;
if (!(ret = pci_request_regions(dev, "geode-aes"))) {
_iobase = pci_iomap(dev, 0, 0);
if (_iobase == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
}
else {
spin_lock_init(&lock);/* Clear any pending activity */
iowrite32(AES_INTR_PENDING | AES_INTR_MASK, _iobase + AES_INTR_REG);
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_alg))) {
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_ecb_alg))) {
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_cbc_alg))) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "geode-aes: GEODE AES engine enabled.\n");
return 0;
}
crypto_unregister_alg(&geode_ecb_alg);
}
crypto_unregister_alg(&geode_alg);
}
pci_iounmap(dev, _iobase);
}
pci_release_regions(dev);
}
pci_disable_device(dev);
His point is that a 13-character password is harder to crack than a 3 character one, and if he put the spaces there to make the password harder to crack, removing them will make the password (possibly much) weaker.
I seem to recall Jez got diagnosed with a back/neck problem a while ago, the doc said he shouldn't powerslide anymore. But, being Jeremy Clarkson, he kept going..
Damn, where do you shop? The most I've seen Blu-ray for is around $50, at Whitcoulls. Mind you, the only BD movies I've seen for sale so far have been crap, so maybe that's why!
Yes, but 'anyone at all' doesn't have the weight of a newspaper or other 'reputable' source behind them. I think the Judge has a pretty interesting idea here - of course the names will end up on the internet, but only in blog posts and such..
For instance, if I was to google 'HungryHobo' and saw within the results a blog post saying "HungryHobo's mom is a crack whore", I'd probably disregard it. However, if I saw an article in the online version of an established dead-tree newspaper headlined "HungryHobo's mother implicated in drugs-for-sex scandal" then I'd be more inclined to believe it.
However I'm not sure what would happen if a number of blog posts or other websites published the names along with links to articles about the case - google's page rank may effectively tie the names to the articles!
Wait.. I download (pirate) books more than anything, and occasionally I'll see a dating guide
You download pirate dating books?! Awesome! They must be full of useful tips, like "yarr, best buy the wench a drink, or ye'll be polishing yer own hook tonight"
I second that! It sounds like a cool visualisation - especially to help explain to non-tech (or non-network admin!) people.
I could get to the site, but the java applet appears to be modal (or maybe it's my firefox), and then it tries to connect to some random port across the interwebs which I don't think my company's firewall is particularly kind towards..
I found out a potential reason behind the 'funny picture in word document' thing the other day. I sent my dad (who works at a govt dept) an email with a picture attached, and he replied with 'all pictures get stripped out of our emails. the workaround is to put the picture in a word document' So I blame Corp/Govt email policies - pictures are obviously just (potentially offensive) time wasters, but Word documents are business, and we all know how quickly workarounds like that spread in corporate offices - much like using spreadsheets for data storage! Ha! I related it back to the topic! Wait.. what was the topic again?..:)
Resource scheduling is just stupid. If you forget and add a room as a required participant instead of a resource, it doesn't get scheduled, and ends up double-booked. This happens to everybody, even people who have been using it for years.
I set up all our resources with an autoresponder rule that sends "Oi, I'm a resource" emails in response to any meeting requests. That way when users forget to select 'resource' they get an email saying "I'm a <meeting room/laptop/whatever>, I don't check emails much. Please select me as a 'resource'" sort of thing. It's a hack workaround, but that's what my Exchange experience has mostly been.
My biggest pet peeve with the Calendaring bit is it's NOT client/server. It all works via email. If I book a meeting with you, and you accept but don't send a response, I have no idea that you're attending. The 'tracking' tab in the appointment doesn't know you're attending. Even though both my calendar and your calendar are stored on the same server!
Now there's a thought! Quick! Someone get some stats - how many patients that have MRI scans also have tumours? There could be a correlation! Get Fox News on the phone!
What if a dead weight (cargo) is hurled into space by the magnetic ring while a capsule containing human beings is connected to it with with a strong, but very elastic wire.
I'm pretty sure Wile E. Coyote tried that once. It didn't work out too well for him.
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Uh, I don't think you 'buy' hookers. You rent them. I think that's kinda the point.
You know, from what I hear.
Also, diagnostic codes are not very useful if the problem lies in the computer that's telling you the codes.
I had a fault on my Mitsi GTO ('3000GT' in americanese), it was only running on about 4 cylinders. According to the fancy whiz bang diagnostic gizmo, one of the coil packs was faulty. Some time and much money later, it turned out the coils were fine, but the ECU was playing up. Replacing that solved the problem.
Computers lie! It was trying to misdirect attention so it didn't get replaced!
Because cars are awesome, hippy.
I can't figure out if I'm the only sane one or the only crazy one. Especially given the 'pyramid' referred to - I don't see a pyramid unless it's rewritten to use nested ifs.
To me, nested ifs are much easier to read - they convey the meaning/intent of the code a lot better. As in 'if this function call works, then do this. Otherwise, just clean up and exit'
How is this so hard to understand?
geode_aes_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id) {
int ret;
if ((ret = pci_enable_device(dev)))
return ret;
if (!(ret = pci_request_regions(dev, "geode-aes"))) { /* Clear any pending activity */
_iobase = pci_iomap(dev, 0, 0);
if (_iobase == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
}
else {
spin_lock_init(&lock);
iowrite32(AES_INTR_PENDING | AES_INTR_MASK, _iobase + AES_INTR_REG);
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_alg))) {
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_ecb_alg))) {
if (!(ret = crypto_register_alg(&geode_cbc_alg))) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "geode-aes: GEODE AES engine enabled.\n");
return 0;
}
crypto_unregister_alg(&geode_ecb_alg);
}
crypto_unregister_alg(&geode_alg);
}
pci_iounmap(dev, _iobase);
}
pci_release_regions(dev);
}
pci_disable_device(dev);
printk(KERN_ERR "geode-aes: GEODE AES initialization failed.\n");
return ret;
}
Mods, please look up the meaning of the word 'informative'. I do not think it means what you think it means.
His point is that a 13-character password is harder to crack than a 3 character one, and if he put the spaces there to make the password harder to crack, removing them will make the password (possibly much) weaker.
I do.
Constantly.
For everything.
I seem to recall Jez got diagnosed with a back/neck problem a while ago, the doc said he shouldn't powerslide anymore. But, being Jeremy Clarkson, he kept going..
Damn, where do you shop? The most I've seen Blu-ray for is around $50, at Whitcoulls. Mind you, the only BD movies I've seen for sale so far have been crap, so maybe that's why!
Yes, but 'anyone at all' doesn't have the weight of a newspaper or other 'reputable' source behind them.
I think the Judge has a pretty interesting idea here - of course the names will end up on the internet, but only in blog posts and such..
For instance, if I was to google 'HungryHobo' and saw within the results a blog post saying "HungryHobo's mom is a crack whore", I'd probably disregard it.
However, if I saw an article in the online version of an established dead-tree newspaper headlined "HungryHobo's mother implicated in drugs-for-sex scandal" then I'd be more inclined to believe it.
However I'm not sure what would happen if a number of blog posts or other websites published the names along with links to articles about the case - google's page rank may effectively tie the names to the articles!
Only on slashdot would you find someone equating 'mind-blowing, multiple-orgasm sex' to.. regular expressions.
*whoosh*
Wait..
I download (pirate) books more than anything, and occasionally I'll see a dating guide
You download pirate dating books?! Awesome! They must be full of useful tips, like "yarr, best buy the wench a drink, or ye'll be polishing yer own hook tonight"
Yeah, right.
I second that! It sounds like a cool visualisation - especially to help explain to non-tech (or non-network admin!) people.
I could get to the site, but the java applet appears to be modal (or maybe it's my firefox), and then it tries to connect to some random port across the interwebs which I don't think my company's firewall is particularly kind towards..
I would say it is a kill two birds with one stone.
A..
B..
C..
uh, I think that's three birds.
I found out a potential reason behind the 'funny picture in word document' thing the other day. I sent my dad (who works at a govt dept) an email with a picture attached, and he replied with 'all pictures get stripped out of our emails. the workaround is to put the picture in a word document' :)
So I blame Corp/Govt email policies - pictures are obviously just (potentially offensive) time wasters, but Word documents are business, and we all know how quickly workarounds like that spread in corporate offices - much like using spreadsheets for data storage! Ha! I related it back to the topic! Wait.. what was the topic again?..
http://xkcd.com/366/
I was thinking 'NT, Community/User edition', or 'Community/User NT'..
dwarf porn?
Resource scheduling is just stupid. If you forget and add a room as a required participant instead of a resource, it doesn't get scheduled, and ends up double-booked. This happens to everybody, even people who have been using it for years.
I set up all our resources with an autoresponder rule that sends "Oi, I'm a resource" emails in response to any meeting requests.
That way when users forget to select 'resource' they get an email saying "I'm a <meeting room/laptop/whatever>, I don't check emails much. Please select me as a 'resource'" sort of thing.
It's a hack workaround, but that's what my Exchange experience has mostly been.
My biggest pet peeve with the Calendaring bit is it's NOT client/server. It all works via email. If I book a meeting with you, and you accept but don't send a response, I have no idea that you're attending. The 'tracking' tab in the appointment doesn't know you're attending. Even though both my calendar and your calendar are stored on the same server!
This is slashdot - I thought Python references got automatic +5 funny mods?!
Despite the secularization of society..
yes, 'despite', indeed..
Now there's a thought! Quick! Someone get some stats - how many patients that have MRI scans also have tumours? There could be a correlation! Get Fox News on the phone!
What if a dead weight (cargo) is hurled into space by the magnetic ring while a capsule containing human beings is connected to it with with a strong, but very elastic wire.
I'm pretty sure Wile E. Coyote tried that once. It didn't work out too well for him.