These rolling retests require the driver to take the test as the car is moving.
Great, so someone has a new distraction in their car to go along with cell phones, the CD player, kids...etc. Wait until a few people wrap themselves around a tree. Then I wonder if the state may be liable for passing retarded legislation.
Good one, lawmakers. Strike another blow for stupidity!
A great, free, Windows program is AIDA32. It gives lots of valuable info. It's not perfect, but it's constantly in development and improvement. Up until about a week ago there was a DOS/16-bit version available, but due to lack of demand it was discontinued (sadly). Another ok program is PC-Config, which is no longer being worked on, but it's pretty good. And NSSI is really pretty nice as well.
It may not be portable, but you can pick up a Dell 400SC, 3.2GHz P4, 1.5GB ram, then plop in a killer vid/sound card for less than $2000.
I'd do that rather than get this laptop. Oh, you want portable? Ok, how about a Shuttle XPC? Screen? A 15" LCD is pretty cheap now too. And that's better than a laptop too.
Until notebook prices come down significantly, and the battery life is extended much longer, they're not going to replace a real, good, gaming desktop system. Never.
My take on this is that a fetus is unborn, and the unborn aren't among us, kind of like the undead, but less creepy (I know that sounds weird, but bear with me). So, rights of status (such as "human") come into play only once the fetus is viable outside a womb without extreme assistance (I'm not talking about a simple incubator, but more drastic measures). Although the DNA and the tissue is undoubtedly human, it's not a person until certain things take place--such as brain function development normally attributed to a human infant, autonomous function control, etc. Before the third trimester, really, it's just some flesh (assuming it's viable). To me, before that time, it's just a "thing" and not a "person."
Visual Basic is a computer language popular among malware authors for its simplicity; Philet0ast3r has used it to create several of the two dozen viruses he's written.
Jeez...VB? Real virus hax0rz work in assembly, it's smaller, neater, and faster. These guys are a bunch of script kiddie punks. No wonder they were hip to being interviewed, they had no talent and wanted a name for themselves.
Although I never repond to Anonymous posters I will for this...
I performed your outlined procedure, and the link doesn't do what it should because of the vulnerability. What it does is open slashdot, but it has the correct URL listed in the address bar of my IE.
The only way to be sure is to run the damn tests ourselves on identical hardware and see who wins.
All the benchmarks need to be identical code, probably cross-compiled to run on Linux and Windows.
Hell, I'd run the tests myself but I don't know of a cross-platform benchmark that runs on Windows and Linux--both natively. If you know of one (got URL?) let me know and I'll get back to you....
Get Congress to empower and create a department that has the authority and right to examine any patent submitted to it and if found "abusive" (defined later) then this said department would nullify the patent--with no refund of filing fee applicable.
Then all we'd need to do is submit bad patents to this department, who would be bound by charter to investigate, and then since this one is such a freaking no brainer, this patent would be nullified without problem.
Hell, all we need is to write all our Congresspeople and tell them to do just that, and pow! No more BS patents.
And you can go back and look at the discussions with many people who all played the tune of "fuck Microsoft".
Being a spelling Nazi doesn't prove your point; neither does crying strawman when the case is not warranted. Too many people on/. complain when anything hurts their precious Linux or any OSS project (even if the OSS project [or Linux] violates international laws), but if something harms the company-we-love-to-hate their backs are turned and then the snickering begins.
"Obviously SCO has a lot of enemies out there right now, but it's always sad to watch someone stoop to this level."
Why do I have the feeling that if it was Microsoft being DOSed your statement would be more along the lines of "go get 'em!"? Is it because it was most likely an OSS/GNU/Linux person who wrote the malware and you're just trying to cover for them?
The law is, if it's meant to be secure (whether or not it actually is being immaterial) then accessing that information without permission is a major felony.
So, when will we see the perps in prison? Not that Whitewater, this-is-just-a-camp-with-a-fence type prison, but a real-live fuck-you-in-the-ass type prison? (Probably never.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Republicans cannot be trusted.
Ok, here's what you do when someone (like MS) says "here's $10, fork over the domain!"
Ready? It's really easy.
Tell them to "go fuck themself." Don't quote figures, don't say anything other than "go fuck yourself". Then they have to prove you're a squatter, bad-faith, etc. Which they really can't because A) the site (now slashdotted tot he ninth level of Hell) has content expected to exist on such a site; and B) his given birth name is the name he chose for the domain--something even MS can't deny.
Problems...you betcha! Just read the sad tale of Uzi Nissan. So your given name is not the protected thing you may think...it's all about deep pockets. But with luck you can win.
Personally, I would never have gone with the "-soft" on the end of the domain. But that's me.
...but couldn't the student just place a quickie licensing notice on the paper and declare all uses for purposes other than him getting a grade are denied, thus preventing the anti-plagerism service form having the right to copy, store, etc. the document?
Potato Famine: people died by the cartful.
MSBlast: affected computers were unusable until patched.
There's one. Comparing computer problems to real-world situations where death is involved is a mistake (aka: a fucking joke.) Just like the comparison of Windows to automobiles.
Comparing the potato famine and MSBlast is a fucking joke. Whoever comes up with these analogies needs to learn how to communicate better and find more creative uses for their time than to post thinly veiled attacks at Microsoft.
Look, just tell them that we need to have, pronto, a method of challenging and revoking (auditing) patents. Then tell them why...give them examples (like this one). Mention things like "prior art". Congress is clueless, but we CAN clue them in...we just need lots of people to start yammering at them, then they'll get the message.
Although the space elevator is a great idea (frankly I love it), the problem I've never found an aswer to (and if you have an answer please let me know) is how do we attach the ribbon?
Seriously, the counterweight on Earth is no issue, neither is the opposing end in LEO; but how do we get the ribbon from "A" to "B"? Near as I can tell, nobody's ever covered that.
You must comply with the bandwidth usage, data storage and other limitations on the Service that are in effect from time to time. If your usage exceeds these limitations, Mediacom may, at its sole discretion, charge you for the excess usage, reduce transmission speed or other Service parameters, limit, suspend or terminate the Service or take other actions.
I've never seen anyone get nabbed for over use, and I'm a major bandwidth pig.
It also says:
(i) The Service may only be used for personal and household purposes and may not be used to host a business Website or for other commercial purposes;
(ii) The Service may be used only at Customer's residence within Customer's Mediacom Cable System;
(iii) Not more than one computer may be connected to the Service;
(iv) The Service may not be used in conjunction with routers or servers, including Electronic Mail, NAT, DHCP, DNS and WEB servers;
(v) Customer and members of Customer's household living with Customer at Customer's residence are the only authorized users of the Service; and
(vi) Customer and Users must comply with all other limitations, restrictions, policies, terms, conditions and restrictions that Mediacom makes applicable to the same kind of residential account.
But don't pay attention to section iv, as they have a page that specifically tells you that you can set up a NAT router and firewall, but servers are still a no-no (even though I know at least one person who has his own DNS, email, and the like running. I guess if nobody complains then they don't care.)
...then how do they explain that our universe seems to be accellerating in its expansion? Unless all the matter and gravitational forces are centered on the "shell" of the bubble...which seems to defy all current theories. Should not the bubble collapse inward upon itself as each section of the shell pulls on opposing sections?
The gravastar seems more weird than a generally accepted black hole.
With that said, we need a benchmark system that can be run under Linux and Windows.
Anyone got one? If so, post here, I will run the test on the same system for both OSes and will post the results I get in my journal. The rules are really simple. The benchmarking application must run identically (no fudging figures or "cheating" under either OS), and must be cross-platform (I'm not going to install WINE or any of that--it has to function as-is on all OSes.) And it must encompass one test...I'm not going to run the thing for hours on end as I don't have that much free time to screw with it. Something simple like file-access and read/write should suffice.
I will compare the following:
(1) Slackware 9
(2) Red Hat 9 (3) Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition
Slashdot Mirror
These rolling retests require the driver to take the test as the car is moving.
Great, so someone has a new distraction in their car to go along with cell phones, the CD player, kids...etc. Wait until a few people wrap themselves around a tree. Then I wonder if the state may be liable for passing retarded legislation.
Good one, lawmakers. Strike another blow for stupidity!
A great, free, Windows program is AIDA32. It gives lots of valuable info. It's not perfect, but it's constantly in development and improvement. Up until about a week ago there was a DOS/16-bit version available, but due to lack of demand it was discontinued (sadly). Another ok program is PC-Config, which is no longer being worked on, but it's pretty good. And NSSI is really pretty nice as well.
Check those out.
No laptop can compete with a desktop. Never.
It may not be portable, but you can pick up a Dell 400SC, 3.2GHz P4, 1.5GB ram, then plop in a killer vid/sound card for less than $2000.
I'd do that rather than get this laptop. Oh, you want portable? Ok, how about a Shuttle XPC? Screen? A 15" LCD is pretty cheap now too. And that's better than a laptop too.
Until notebook prices come down significantly, and the battery life is extended much longer, they're not going to replace a real, good, gaming desktop system. Never.
Human embryos != Humans
My take on this is that a fetus is unborn, and the unborn aren't among us, kind of like the undead, but less creepy (I know that sounds weird, but bear with me). So, rights of status (such as "human") come into play only once the fetus is viable outside a womb without extreme assistance (I'm not talking about a simple incubator, but more drastic measures). Although the DNA and the tissue is undoubtedly human, it's not a person until certain things take place--such as brain function development normally attributed to a human infant, autonomous function control, etc. Before the third trimester, really, it's just some flesh (assuming it's viable). To me, before that time, it's just a "thing" and not a "person."
That's my take at any rate. Take it as you like.
Visual Basic is a computer language popular among malware authors for its simplicity; Philet0ast3r has used it to create several of the two dozen viruses he's written.
Jeez...VB? Real virus hax0rz work in assembly, it's smaller, neater, and faster. These guys are a bunch of script kiddie punks. No wonder they were hip to being interviewed, they had no talent and wanted a name for themselves.
Perhaps we should kill them.
Although I never repond to Anonymous posters I will for this...
I performed your outlined procedure, and the link doesn't do what it should because of the vulnerability. What it does is open slashdot, but it has the correct URL listed in the address bar of my IE.
Odd behavior?
And again I state: the example vulnerabilities don't work on my IE. Your post, or anyyone's, don't take me to a misnamed site at all.
Just like I said: perhaps everyone has a flawed IE install. Mine does not, not has it ever, exhibited the behavior that others are complaining about.
http://www.amazon.com%01@malicious-site.com
Gee, in my IE it shows up properly (as malicious-site.com) and not as amazon.com... Perhaps your IE is broken?
Mod me Flamebait, I don't care...
How is it this story is ok, but when MS announces a fix that will be coming shortly that story is rejected outright?
Hey, mods...take your head outta your ass. Your anti-MS slant is showing (again.)
The only way to be sure is to run the damn tests ourselves on identical hardware and see who wins.
All the benchmarks need to be identical code, probably cross-compiled to run on Linux and Windows.
Hell, I'd run the tests myself but I don't know of a cross-platform benchmark that runs on Windows and Linux--both natively. If you know of one (got URL?) let me know and I'll get back to you....
Get Congress to empower and create a department that has the authority and right to examine any patent submitted to it and if found "abusive" (defined later) then this said department would nullify the patent--with no refund of filing fee applicable.
Then all we'd need to do is submit bad patents to this department, who would be bound by charter to investigate, and then since this one is such a freaking no brainer, this patent would be nullified without problem.
Hell, all we need is to write all our Congresspeople and tell them to do just that, and pow! No more BS patents.
And you can go back and look at the discussions with many people who all played the tune of "fuck Microsoft". Being a spelling Nazi doesn't prove your point; neither does crying strawman when the case is not warranted. Too many people on /. complain when anything hurts their precious Linux or any OSS project (even if the OSS project [or Linux] violates international laws), but if something harms the company-we-love-to-hate their backs are turned and then the snickering begins.
"Obviously SCO has a lot of enemies out there right now, but it's always sad to watch someone stoop to this level."
Why do I have the feeling that if it was Microsoft being DOSed your statement would be more along the lines of "go get 'em!"? Is it because it was most likely an OSS/GNU/Linux person who wrote the malware and you're just trying to cover for them?
I'm sorry, but I smell hypocracy.
The law is, if it's meant to be secure (whether or not it actually is being immaterial) then accessing that information without permission is a major felony.
So, when will we see the perps in prison? Not that Whitewater, this-is-just-a-camp-with-a-fence type prison, but a real-live fuck-you-in-the-ass type prison? (Probably never.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Republicans cannot be trusted.
Ok, here's what you do when someone (like MS) says "here's $10, fork over the domain!"
Ready? It's really easy.
Tell them to "go fuck themself." Don't quote figures, don't say anything other than "go fuck yourself". Then they have to prove you're a squatter, bad-faith, etc. Which they really can't because A) the site (now slashdotted tot he ninth level of Hell) has content expected to exist on such a site; and B) his given birth name is the name he chose for the domain--something even MS can't deny.
Problems...you betcha! Just read the sad tale of Uzi Nissan. So your given name is not the protected thing you may think...it's all about deep pockets. But with luck you can win.
Personally, I would never have gone with the "-soft" on the end of the domain. But that's me.
...but couldn't the student just place a quickie licensing notice on the paper and declare all uses for purposes other than him getting a grade are denied, thus preventing the anti-plagerism service form having the right to copy, store, etc. the document?
....man, that takes me back...I totally miss the old Apple][ days... good times.
Potato Famine: people died by the cartful.
MSBlast: affected computers were unusable until patched.
There's one. Comparing computer problems to real-world situations where death is involved is a mistake (aka: a fucking joke.) Just like the comparison of Windows to automobiles.
Comparing the potato famine and MSBlast is a fucking joke. Whoever comes up with these analogies needs to learn how to communicate better and find more creative uses for their time than to post thinly veiled attacks at Microsoft.
Give it up already.
Look, just tell them that we need to have, pronto, a method of challenging and revoking (auditing) patents. Then tell them why...give them examples (like this one). Mention things like "prior art". Congress is clueless, but we CAN clue them in...we just need lots of people to start yammering at them, then they'll get the message.
...when I can waste an hour and then know kung-fu.
Although the space elevator is a great idea (frankly I love it), the problem I've never found an aswer to (and if you have an answer please let me know) is how do we attach the ribbon?
Seriously, the counterweight on Earth is no issue, neither is the opposing end in LEO; but how do we get the ribbon from "A" to "B"? Near as I can tell, nobody's ever covered that.
It also says: But don't pay attention to section iv, as they have a page that specifically tells you that you can set up a NAT router and firewall, but servers are still a no-no (even though I know at least one person who has his own DNS, email, and the like running. I guess if nobody complains then they don't care.)
...then how do they explain that our universe seems to be accellerating in its expansion? Unless all the matter and gravitational forces are centered on the "shell" of the bubble...which seems to defy all current theories. Should not the bubble collapse inward upon itself as each section of the shell pulls on opposing sections?
The gravastar seems more weird than a generally accepted black hole.
With that said, we need a benchmark system that can be run under Linux and Windows.
Anyone got one? If so, post here, I will run the test on the same system for both OSes and will post the results I get in my journal. The rules are really simple. The benchmarking application must run identically (no fudging figures or "cheating" under either OS), and must be cross-platform (I'm not going to install WINE or any of that--it has to function as-is on all OSes.) And it must encompass one test...I'm not going to run the thing for hours on end as I don't have that much free time to screw with it. Something simple like file-access and read/write should suffice.
I will compare the following: