Because I debug in plain english anyway, I'm always saying "Why the hell won't you work you piece of shit?!" and "Listen here you piece of shit if you insist on seg faulting again then I'll show you where you can put those damn indices!"...
So... now the computer can actually respond to my threats and questions. Excellent!
I am a Physics student...with only one class left until Grad School. When I first considered Physics... I had a hard time justifying to myself making $40,000 as a postdoc (if I'm lucky) vs. making maybe $60-70k as a programmer...or more with an MBA or Engineering degree.
What it came down to is this... I did what made me happy. I may never make much money at all, but I love what I'm doing. I made the choice to switch over to Physics, and I have never looked back.
I don't know many people who would want to trade in their iPod for a largely inferior product...besides, low cost becomes a non-issue when you've already purchased the higher-priced product.
I'd never trade in my iPod. I have never owned any music player that is as good as the iPod. Sure, I paid a bloody fortune for it, but you get what you pay for. It seems that there was so much thought put into the design of it, and when I go to CompUSA or where ever and actually TRY these other products... ugh. I couldn't imagine ever owning one again!
(Then again, I say that about my Mac too, but it's true!)
The flight controller display blanked out (blue-screened for all I know
That's interesting -- I'd never really thought about that before... has it been mentioned anywhere what kind of software this thing is running? I know the space shuttle has some custom, reliable, blah blah code and stuff, so... what do they use on this craft? Anyone?
And each iPod must have a unique identifier (presumably for DRM among other reasons), right?
Just a quick note to let you know -- they DO in fact have a unique identifier. All Apple products (computer-wise, anyway) do. My powerbook and iPod both have serial numbers that I registered with Apple when I bought them.
but don't look back on SCO's year, or you'll turn into a pillar of salt.
I don't think we're allowed to look back on SCO's year. That is their IP, I believe. They may be offering licenses to do that, though, at US$1599.00 per eyeball.
If they put RFID on food products, then they'll be able to detect whether or not I've bought the ingredients for falafel and hummus and if I eat those, I must obviously be a terrorist!
Would there be any rights violations if folks went and sold these other shirts on CafePress?
I think so -- because in the Official Rules (we all read them, right?) it said that the entry becomes property of Slashdot (or whoever owns them now -- I forget).
So, I believe it would be a violation.
In non-RIAA-threatening lingo : "we know how to run tcpdump".
Nah. I doubt they're that intelligent. They probably just mean that they can look at the username, and then type netstat from their Win command prompt (guess there's no DOS prompt anymore, eh?).
Used that one a few times. Immediately I got "Oh I am so sorry..."...which made me rather angry, since I knew damn well they didn't care and were being even MORE dishonest.;-)
We are decommissioning Unixware boxes and replacing them with Linux as fast as we can!!!
One of my current projects involves moving some old code from Siemens off of SCO boxes, and moving it onto Linux boxes so that we can permanently get rid of SCO. Muahaha. I felt so dirty after touching that SCO machine yesterday though. Eww.
Me: Hi. I just installed OpenBSD on an old box, and I'm having trouble getting it to DHCP for an IP address.
I'm surprised they didn't just tell you that only Windows/Mac computers are supported (once somebody finally figured out that OpenBSD isn't a Windows program).
I usually tell them I'm running Windows and to just gimmie the numbers even though I'm not.:-)
It's an autopilot that cannot be disabled. I'm sure pilots will love giving complete trust to a system that could become corrupt in mid-flight, and that has authority over their decisions.
Well then maybe they'll just have to do it without loving it. As most here know, the space shuttle is controlled during re-entry completely by the computer, and while the autopilot can be disabled, it has never been (with the exception of Columbia). It has also never resulted in any space shuttle disasters. I think the idea that something software controlled is automatically evil is ridiculous. There just has to be control over the quality of the software (i.e. developed in an environment similar to that of the shuttle's).
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Because I debug in plain english anyway, I'm always saying "Why the hell won't you work you piece of shit?!" and "Listen here you piece of shit if you insist on seg faulting again then I'll show you where you can put those damn indices!"...
So... now the computer can actually respond to my threats and questions. Excellent!
Mike.
(Yes, I did RTFA.)
What it came down to is this... I did what made me happy. I may never make much money at all, but I love what I'm doing. I made the choice to switch over to Physics, and I have never looked back.
Mike.
I'd never trade in my iPod. I have never owned any music player that is as good as the iPod. Sure, I paid a bloody fortune for it, but you get what you pay for. It seems that there was so much thought put into the design of it, and when I go to CompUSA or where ever and actually TRY these other products... ugh. I couldn't imagine ever owning one again!
(Then again, I say that about my Mac too, but it's true!)
Mike.
That's interesting -- I'd never really thought about that before... has it been mentioned anywhere what kind of software this thing is running? I know the space shuttle has some custom, reliable, blah blah code and stuff, so... what do they use on this craft? Anyone?
Mike.
Just a quick note to let you know -- they DO in fact have a unique identifier. All Apple products (computer-wise, anyway) do. My powerbook and iPod both have serial numbers that I registered with Apple when I bought them.
Just like how they had him promote the 17" Powerbook (which is frickin' huge!)...?
Mike.
I don't think we're allowed to look back on SCO's year. That is their IP, I believe. They may be offering licenses to do that, though, at US$1599.00 per eyeball.
Mike.
If they put RFID on food products, then they'll be able to detect whether or not I've bought the ingredients for falafel and hummus and if I eat those, I must obviously be a terrorist!
Those ignorant clods!
Execute the spammers? :-)
No! I will beat *ALL* of you and disclose my code, but I demand $450 per license.
If you look in kernel/exit.c on line 157:
int retval;
Similarly, in many of my programs I have used that same line in functions to store return values. They took my IP!
Pay up!
I just gotta tell you -- good one! ;-0
I was just on their site looking at the machines. Weird, weird, weird.
I think so -- because in the Official Rules (we all read them, right?) it said that the entry becomes property of Slashdot (or whoever owns them now -- I forget). So, I believe it would be a violation.
Nah. I doubt they're that intelligent. They probably just mean that they can look at the username, and then type netstat from their Win command prompt (guess there's no DOS prompt anymore, eh?).
Used that one a few times. Immediately I got "Oh I am so sorry..." ...which made me rather angry, since I knew damn well they didn't care and were being even MORE dishonest. ;-)
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From what I read, the exploit comes in the form of a weird MIDI file. Are you buying MIDI files from BuyMusic, or...?
Mike.
Whoa! Heavy Metal!!!! *head bang*
Those are HTML comments -- so they're not displayed inside the browser.
Is that what you're asking?
Hope that helps, if so.
Mike.
Amen. SomaFM rocks.
One of my current projects involves moving some old code from Siemens off of SCO boxes, and moving it onto Linux boxes so that we can permanently get rid of SCO. Muahaha. I felt so dirty after touching that SCO machine yesterday though. Eww.
Mike.
I'm surprised they didn't just tell you that only Windows/Mac computers are supported (once somebody finally figured out that OpenBSD isn't a Windows program).
I usually tell them I'm running Windows and to just gimmie the numbers even though I'm not. :-)
Mike.
True enough. I think that several redundant, semi-independent databases would help to prevent this, but nothing is ever 100% safe.
Mike.
Well then maybe they'll just have to do it without loving it. As most here know, the space shuttle is controlled during re-entry completely by the computer, and while the autopilot can be disabled, it has never been (with the exception of Columbia). It has also never resulted in any space shuttle disasters. I think the idea that something software controlled is automatically evil is ridiculous. There just has to be control over the quality of the software (i.e. developed in an environment similar to that of the shuttle's).
Mike.
what good is a digital signature verified by the Post Office if you are unable to.......... speak?
Mike.