The olfactometer helps inspectors determine the level of stink. The instrument dilutes the outdoor air seven times with filtered air. If the odor can still be detected after dilution, it's considered excessive.
Am I the only one that noticed that the device in question is used to DILUTE air, and then pass it on to the nose to be smelled? The/. article text talks about using it for long-range stuff, and so do a lot of the posters here. That is NOT what it is. =p (So you can stop comparing it to Futurama now)
I use Counter-Strike to treat my anger management issues. =D People complain that video games increase violent tendencies... bs... blowing up people's head is just what I need to relax after a hard day...
It really was a horrible marketing job...
They didn't even know what they were trying to sell it as. Hell, I read a lot of crap about it, and I barely understood EXACTLY what it was. They were referring to it as a wireless protocol(true) sometimes and for other things it was just thrown in as an erroneous feature.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linus leave Transmeta to work fulltime on the kernel, at OSDL? Cuz I know his email address definately changed from @transmeta to @osdl.
I thought this was quite funny.
My high school recently decided to have a lip synch contest, and they handed out flyers to everyone advertising it, and giving instructions on how to enter. One of the requirements is "Provide a copy of the song on a NEW CD, not the original." Now of course people with DRM "enhanced" CD's won't be able to do this.
I plan to report them to the RIAA very soon... nothing like pitting your two worst enemies against eachother.
Normally I side with the people that say that this is an invasion of privacy, but in this case, I see no problem with it. Bars are privately owned businesses.. you aren't forced to go into them, and they have a right to try and protect their property by screening people, just like they have the right to throw you out.
I find the whole idea that people actually continue to say this phrase, absurd. In this day and age, things that were deemed impossible are being done every day. Of course this has happened throughout the ages, not just currently, but it seems more prevelant now. This is the reason I laugh my ass off when some company comes out with an "uncrackable" security mechanism.
I see all these posts about how he's going to fail miserably. That might well be true, but why must we attack people who want try and change things in Linux that need changing? X is old, outdated and bloated. I for one, would love to see this project succeed, and like someone else mentioned, Linus started Linux as an undergrad project.
DARE is beyond worthless. I remember getting these lifesaver candies on a necklace that we had to wear all day, and try not to eat. (Supposed to emulate resisting drugs) I ate mine within 5 minutes. And, also if you think about, what they were really teaching us is that drugs are like candy.
Thanks, but I'll take the hard drive WITHOUT Lindows installed on it. Linux or no Linux, I don't want an OS preinstalled on my hard drive. If I wanted that, I would buy a systen from a computer manufacturer.
AC #2, I think you missed his point. He was pointing out that an HTTP 404 error is part of the HTTP protocol not the DNS protocol. A correct DNS response would be something equivelant to "Host not found."
People should be held accountible for their computers. Just because they didn't write the worm, doesn't mean they're not at fault. It's time that people started taking responsibility with their computers, and actually.. o i don't know... learning how to secure them? And someone mentioned something about kicking 90% of Internet users offline. I don't think the ignorance rate is THAT high, but I still say good riddance. (Yes I'm a bitter asshole, thank you.)
"O Brave New World, that has such people in it."
Well actually it reminds me of the book, where society is encouraged to worship science and technology, yet scientific research is censored by their government.
I cannot express how much outrage this article has caused me. I would like to say something more interesting, but I'm busy losing hope in America and everything it "supposedly" stood for.
Personally, I think Linux will always be more secure as long as Windows doesn't implement users and groups correctly. In XP, the default login is Administrator, which allows for access to EVERY single file on the system. The installation doesn't tell you this either, it just uses it if you setup only one account. With Linux, even if someone were to break your user password, or exploit their way into a user account, they can't do nearly as much damage as in Windows. Of course if they get the root password, you're just as screwed, but at least there's a barrier of protection between levels.
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The olfactometer helps inspectors determine the level of stink. The instrument dilutes the outdoor air seven times with filtered air. If the odor can still be detected after dilution, it's considered excessive.
/. article text talks about using it for long-range stuff, and so do a lot of the posters here. That is NOT what it is. =p (So you can stop comparing it to Futurama now)
Am I the only one that noticed that the device in question is used to DILUTE air, and then pass it on to the nose to be smelled? The
Windows is too limited for computer users.
I use Counter-Strike to treat my anger management issues. =D People complain that video games increase violent tendencies... bs... blowing up people's head is just what I need to relax after a hard day...
It really was a horrible marketing job... They didn't even know what they were trying to sell it as. Hell, I read a lot of crap about it, and I barely understood EXACTLY what it was. They were referring to it as a wireless protocol(true) sometimes and for other things it was just thrown in as an erroneous feature.
Looks like a nice product, Linus and Co.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linus leave Transmeta to work fulltime on the kernel, at OSDL? Cuz I know his email address definately changed from @transmeta to @osdl.
Watch who you're calling dumbass... Linux was NOT based off Minix, Linux was a Minix REPLACEMENT. It was written completely from scratch.
... When people with money and lawyers get bored, in America.
I thought this was quite funny. My high school recently decided to have a lip synch contest, and they handed out flyers to everyone advertising it, and giving instructions on how to enter. One of the requirements is "Provide a copy of the song on a NEW CD, not the original." Now of course people with DRM "enhanced" CD's won't be able to do this. I plan to report them to the RIAA very soon... nothing like pitting your two worst enemies against eachother.
/me can see the arguments over whether the universe is shaped like a soccer ball or a football already....
just for kicks... what filesystem might you have been using? Crazy idea... I know...
Normally I side with the people that say that this is an invasion of privacy, but in this case, I see no problem with it. Bars are privately owned businesses.. you aren't forced to go into them, and they have a right to try and protect their property by screening people, just like they have the right to throw you out.
I do believe he is correct, you did not specify what dimensions this example was in...
I find the whole idea that people actually continue to say this phrase, absurd. In this day and age, things that were deemed impossible are being done every day. Of course this has happened throughout the ages, not just currently, but it seems more prevelant now. This is the reason I laugh my ass off when some company comes out with an "uncrackable" security mechanism.
Yet another reason to consider banning AC posting...
I see all these posts about how he's going to fail miserably. That might well be true, but why must we attack people who want try and change things in Linux that need changing? X is old, outdated and bloated. I for one, would love to see this project succeed, and like someone else mentioned, Linus started Linux as an undergrad project.
DARE is beyond worthless. I remember getting these lifesaver candies on a necklace that we had to wear all day, and try not to eat. (Supposed to emulate resisting drugs) I ate mine within 5 minutes. And, also if you think about, what they were really teaching us is that drugs are like candy.
Thanks, but I'll take the hard drive WITHOUT Lindows installed on it. Linux or no Linux, I don't want an OS preinstalled on my hard drive. If I wanted that, I would buy a systen from a computer manufacturer.
AC #2, I think you missed his point. He was pointing out that an HTTP 404 error is part of the HTTP protocol not the DNS protocol. A correct DNS response would be something equivelant to "Host not found."
People should be held accountible for their computers. Just because they didn't write the worm, doesn't mean they're not at fault. It's time that people started taking responsibility with their computers, and actually.. o i don't know... learning how to secure them? And someone mentioned something about kicking 90% of Internet users offline. I don't think the ignorance rate is THAT high, but I still say good riddance. (Yes I'm a bitter asshole, thank you.)
Yes, gone will be the days of connecting to other computers and transferring data. Soon, very soon...
"O Brave New World, that has such people in it." Well actually it reminds me of the book, where society is encouraged to worship science and technology, yet scientific research is censored by their government.
I cannot express how much outrage this article has caused me. I would like to say something more interesting, but I'm busy losing hope in America and everything it "supposedly" stood for.
Personally, I think Linux will always be more secure as long as Windows doesn't implement users and groups correctly. In XP, the default login is Administrator, which allows for access to EVERY single file on the system. The installation doesn't tell you this either, it just uses it if you setup only one account. With Linux, even if someone were to break your user password, or exploit their way into a user account, they can't do nearly as much damage as in Windows. Of course if they get the root password, you're just as screwed, but at least there's a barrier of protection between levels.
I really don't think so. People sometime complain that if we achieve the goal of killing MS, that we'll lose all the innovation they contribute.
Frankly, this is bull. You want facts?
Read http://microsuck.com/content/whatsbad.shtml