I quote, "you stupid." - Way to go! The first fucking sentence in your paragraph describing how someone is stupid, is, ironically, stupid. I also notice your lack of participles. If you're going to try to rip on someone, make sure your grammar is correct, poor grammar really invalidates your credibility.
Next, yes Outlook Express is "packaged" with the OS, but it has been the vector for countless virii for simply that reason. Same with IE. For all intents and purposes, removing IE cripples the UI aspect of Windows. Since Windows doesn't have great command-line utilities, I don't think I need to go further. IE is very vulnerable and no firewall will stop it. Let's not forget to mention how Windows won't even work without its precious RPC service. I'd call that an achilles heel if I ever saw one.
To deal with the rest of your idiotic drivel, apt-get can be run as a cron job, just like Windows Automated Updates. No one has to touch it, just like Windows! Wow. What's even better is that the only rebooting necessary is for kernel updates. Windows is sadly dissimilar in this regard.
I wonder what makes you so qualified to write an attack and start talking about CS majors like they are the all mighty computer wizards? Most CS majors I know don't know shit. Sure, they can write "Hello World," in various languages, but give them a problem and watch them fail. Just like you just did.
Not like it matters. Most of the people who would cause such an accident wouldn't pay attention to the little warning anyhow. It would have to be a forced reaction, like mechanically slowing the car down, for it to make a difference. People regularly overestiamte their driving ability and that's why major accidents happen. No one will believe a beeper over their own perceived ability...
That's a very good way of looking at it. Have the salable portion of a program be the interface (aka the tedium) and the core be open. This would also help portability, having an open kernel. Of course an open interface would be fine too, but I'm sure it wouldn't have the fit and finish that a closed product relying on profit would unless the group was very dedicated.
Garbage Collection, self memory management, etc... Things that, in a critical app that is speed dependant, should be determined by the programmer, not the interpreter. Extra cycles on every memory allocation and logic to determine when variables can be safely freed. No sir, I don't like it.
I don't know about him but I repaired over 50 iMacs in less than 8 months back in 1999-2000. They really rushed those things out, the analog board (arguably the most annoying piece of shit to ever get back in correctly) would die, or the RAM would die because of heat, or the misengineered power button that wouldn't release... That was for one product. They do make good computers in the G4/G5 arena, but asserting they don't make other shitty products is like saying the sky isn't blue.
You hit the nail on the head. I don't think it matters if id makes a great "game" anymore, just a great engine. They'll make so much licensing it out that it probably doesn't even matter if they sell a single copy of the original.
You're an assumptive idiot. I listen to maybe two bands that are published/promoted by the RIAA. I'm thinking of the greater good here, not like some money hungry fuckoff who thinks someone did a good job because they got rich. And I don't "wish" they will go away, They're doing a fine job of it by themselves, but they have a large amount of assets to drain first.
The x86-64 has 16 64-bit GP registers now. The instruction set isn't so bad if you get down to the microcode anyhow, most common instructions (MOV, ADD, INC, DEC) are executed in 1-2 clocks, and have since the 486. Yes there is a latency to decode the instructions but that's what pipelining is for.
I agree to a point. That point being the RIAA has a lock on the price of many popular musicians while the musicians are the ones doing the work, in all reality. The RIAA really has no purpose, aside from lending money to prospective artists at a price so high (artistic freedom) that I'm amazed people even go for it. It's a monopoly on a product that cannot be recreated nor can it be competed with. It isn't like AMD vs Intel where they are functionally equivalent. Metallica and Band X on a private label are not functionally equivalent, even if they are "as good" in many peoples opinion. Musicians deserve the money, they should set the prices.
Not only that, but no one is going to pay $2.99 for a single song when the single CD can be had for a dollar more. They are seriously attempting to make online purchasing a worthless venture and they will fail. I hope sooner than later, because these assholes are going kicking and screaming into their graves and it's really sort of sad. They've had it good for a long time, and now that times have obseleted their methods of resting on their laurels, they don't know what the hell to do. Here's to hoping they go away within the year.
Couldn't you just filter by MAC address and be done with it? That's how I do things and I haven't had any real problems, although it is admittedly a pain in the ass.
The 80386 had a few instructions that handled task swapping, but I guess they sucked so badly that it was more prudent to do it all in software. I would have hoped that the newer architectures would have taken care of that but I guess they haven't.
I remember reading a story about how an HP engineer set up a row of printers (I think it was 12, in total) and he programmed the servos to sing "Happy Birthday" for a fellow engineer... I wish I could remember more details but I'm in no state to look up details right now.
You just made me realize another point to this, and that is these fucking things will redirect traffic. People will learn where the shitty lights are and go around them, congesting other, less-able roadways.
What is also beautiful about pass on the left only is that the people who need to get over to the right to exit are guaranteed (legally at least) not to be passed on the right. This creates a very efficient means for getting people off the road, since they are practically assured they won't be collided with.
No way...
The key is proper civil engineering. You have to build the infastructure properly to handle the load. This includes light timings and placements, road sizes and turning lanes, pedestrian foot traffic, etc. You also have to take into account the psyhcology of the motorists that will travel on the roadways. You can't force people to change, so why not make a better system? Instead of spending tax money on ridiculous schemes to "stop" speeding, make it possible to speed. Make it safe to travel 80mph. People can do it, it just takes training.
Part of the problem with speeding (in fact, I'd go so far as to say most of the problem) is the ease at which motorists can obtain driving privilidges. It costs next to nothing, the DMV's are so overworked in metropolitian areas that the "barrier for entry", is VERY low. As a good anecdotal example, I had to take my driving test twice. I took one in the boondocks (no wait time) and one in the city (4 hour wait time for the test alone, 7 to actually complete the license). Here's the run down of my experiences:
Boondocks (where I failed):
I had to, in no particular order -
back around a corner,
park on both an uphill and a downhill grade,
drive along streets with varying speed limits of 20-45mph
park in a parking lot
there was more to the test, but I failed by rubbing on the curb during downhill parking (I guess that's a "dangerous action", and considered an instant failure. Oh well.)
total time elapsed: > 30 minutes not including what would come after the failure.
City:
back around a corner
drive on one 20mph street
total time elapsed: < 5 minutes.
As you can see, the test where there were no people waiting was FAR more involved and probably a better test of my driving ability, although I still claim shenanigans on the curb thing, dangerous my ass... Any how, make it more difficult to get it, like in Germany, where license costs are almost two orders of magnitude more expensive than ours are. And they test to make sure you know your machine and your rules. (As an aside, I say the German idea of "road etiquette" should be adopted as soon as possible in the States. Pass on the right my ass. Once you hit your intended crusing speed, hit the right lane. Pass only on the left. Perfection if I've ever seen it.)
But regardless, I will concede that for the foreseeable future, there will be jackasses who absolutely have to get ahead, feel the need to swerve in and out of traffic because they just saw the "Fast and the Furious", etc. I say, make it easy for them to do it so they stay the hell away from motorists who are safe and conscientious, while still allowing Joe Average to get where he needs to go in a reasonable amount of time without the hassle of stop and go.
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I quote, "you stupid." - Way to go! The first fucking sentence in your paragraph describing how someone is stupid, is, ironically, stupid. I also notice your lack of participles. If you're going to try to rip on someone, make sure your grammar is correct, poor grammar really invalidates your credibility.
Next, yes Outlook Express is "packaged" with the OS, but it has been the vector for countless virii for simply that reason. Same with IE. For all intents and purposes, removing IE cripples the UI aspect of Windows. Since Windows doesn't have great command-line utilities, I don't think I need to go further. IE is very vulnerable and no firewall will stop it. Let's not forget to mention how Windows won't even work without its precious RPC service. I'd call that an achilles heel if I ever saw one.
To deal with the rest of your idiotic drivel, apt-get can be run as a cron job, just like Windows Automated Updates. No one has to touch it, just like Windows! Wow. What's even better is that the only rebooting necessary is for kernel updates. Windows is sadly dissimilar in this regard.
I wonder what makes you so qualified to write an attack and start talking about CS majors like they are the all mighty computer wizards? Most CS majors I know don't know shit. Sure, they can write "Hello World," in various languages, but give them a problem and watch them fail. Just like you just did.
Exactly, I like OS X. Like super-windows with an xterm....
Not like it matters. Most of the people who would cause such an accident wouldn't pay attention to the little warning anyhow. It would have to be a forced reaction, like mechanically slowing the car down, for it to make a difference. People regularly overestiamte their driving ability and that's why major accidents happen. No one will believe a beeper over their own perceived ability...
That's a very good way of looking at it. Have the salable portion of a program be the interface (aka the tedium) and the core be open. This would also help portability, having an open kernel. Of course an open interface would be fine too, but I'm sure it wouldn't have the fit and finish that a closed product relying on profit would unless the group was very dedicated.
Garbage Collection, self memory management, etc... Things that, in a critical app that is speed dependant, should be determined by the programmer, not the interpreter. Extra cycles on every memory allocation and logic to determine when variables can be safely freed. No sir, I don't like it.
It's called Exploding the die. Every 6 you explode. Which I dislike because then it's impossible to actually roll a 6.
I'm waiting to see how the advent of quantum entanglement will affect communications. Instant data transfer across massive distances....
I don't know about him but I repaired over 50 iMacs in less than 8 months back in 1999-2000. They really rushed those things out, the analog board (arguably the most annoying piece of shit to ever get back in correctly) would die, or the RAM would die because of heat, or the misengineered power button that wouldn't release... That was for one product. They do make good computers in the G4/G5 arena, but asserting they don't make other shitty products is like saying the sky isn't blue.
You hit the nail on the head. I don't think it matters if id makes a great "game" anymore, just a great engine. They'll make so much licensing it out that it probably doesn't even matter if they sell a single copy of the original.
You're an assumptive idiot. I listen to maybe two bands that are published/promoted by the RIAA. I'm thinking of the greater good here, not like some money hungry fuckoff who thinks someone did a good job because they got rich. And I don't "wish" they will go away, They're doing a fine job of it by themselves, but they have a large amount of assets to drain first.
The x86-64 has 16 64-bit GP registers now. The instruction set isn't so bad if you get down to the microcode anyhow, most common instructions (MOV, ADD, INC, DEC) are executed in 1-2 clocks, and have since the 486. Yes there is a latency to decode the instructions but that's what pipelining is for.
I agree to a point. That point being the RIAA has a lock on the price of many popular musicians while the musicians are the ones doing the work, in all reality. The RIAA really has no purpose, aside from lending money to prospective artists at a price so high (artistic freedom) that I'm amazed people even go for it. It's a monopoly on a product that cannot be recreated nor can it be competed with. It isn't like AMD vs Intel where they are functionally equivalent. Metallica and Band X on a private label are not functionally equivalent, even if they are "as good" in many peoples opinion. Musicians deserve the money, they should set the prices.
Not only that, but no one is going to pay $2.99 for a single song when the single CD can be had for a dollar more. They are seriously attempting to make online purchasing a worthless venture and they will fail. I hope sooner than later, because these assholes are going kicking and screaming into their graves and it's really sort of sad. They've had it good for a long time, and now that times have obseleted their methods of resting on their laurels, they don't know what the hell to do. Here's to hoping they go away within the year.
That is true, I forgot about the manual MAC settings. I guess the only real key to security is disconnectivity.
No need for all that: Get it from NIST, may as well line your shit up with an atomic clock.
Couldn't you just filter by MAC address and be done with it? That's how I do things and I haven't had any real problems, although it is admittedly a pain in the ass.
The 80386 had a few instructions that handled task swapping, but I guess they sucked so badly that it was more prudent to do it all in software. I would have hoped that the newer architectures would have taken care of that but I guess they haven't.
He killed dogs and an elephant as well.
...that gets sucked into a jet engine...
Only on slashdot would a post like this contain grammatical errors.
I remember reading a story about how an HP engineer set up a row of printers (I think it was 12, in total) and he programmed the servos to sing "Happy Birthday" for a fellow engineer... I wish I could remember more details but I'm in no state to look up details right now.
You just made me realize another point to this, and that is these fucking things will redirect traffic. People will learn where the shitty lights are and go around them, congesting other, less-able roadways.
What is also beautiful about pass on the left only is that the people who need to get over to the right to exit are guaranteed (legally at least) not to be passed on the right. This creates a very efficient means for getting people off the road, since they are practically assured they won't be collided with.
No way... The key is proper civil engineering. You have to build the infastructure properly to handle the load. This includes light timings and placements, road sizes and turning lanes, pedestrian foot traffic, etc. You also have to take into account the psyhcology of the motorists that will travel on the roadways. You can't force people to change, so why not make a better system? Instead of spending tax money on ridiculous schemes to "stop" speeding, make it possible to speed. Make it safe to travel 80mph. People can do it, it just takes training.
Part of the problem with speeding (in fact, I'd go so far as to say most of the problem) is the ease at which motorists can obtain driving privilidges. It costs next to nothing, the DMV's are so overworked in metropolitian areas that the "barrier for entry", is VERY low. As a good anecdotal example, I had to take my driving test twice. I took one in the boondocks (no wait time) and one in the city (4 hour wait time for the test alone, 7 to actually complete the license). Here's the run down of my experiences:
Boondocks (where I failed):
I had to, in no particular order -
back around a corner,
park on both an uphill and a downhill grade,
drive along streets with varying speed limits of 20-45mph
park in a parking lot
there was more to the test, but I failed by rubbing on the curb during downhill parking (I guess that's a "dangerous action", and considered an instant failure. Oh well.)
total time elapsed: > 30 minutes not including what would come after the failure.
City: back around a corner
drive on one 20mph street
total time elapsed: < 5 minutes.
As you can see, the test where there were no people waiting was FAR more involved and probably a better test of my driving ability, although I still claim shenanigans on the curb thing, dangerous my ass... Any how, make it more difficult to get it, like in Germany, where license costs are almost two orders of magnitude more expensive than ours are. And they test to make sure you know your machine and your rules. (As an aside, I say the German idea of "road etiquette" should be adopted as soon as possible in the States. Pass on the right my ass. Once you hit your intended crusing speed, hit the right lane. Pass only on the left. Perfection if I've ever seen it.)
But regardless, I will concede that for the foreseeable future, there will be jackasses who absolutely have to get ahead, feel the need to swerve in and out of traffic because they just saw the "Fast and the Furious", etc. I say, make it easy for them to do it so they stay the hell away from motorists who are safe and conscientious, while still allowing Joe Average to get where he needs to go in a reasonable amount of time without the hassle of stop and go.
Free of bias? Being paid for something sometimes forces a bias that is unacceptable in a study.