Just because a lot of people seem to advocate silently tossing the email, or replying with intent to confuse...
I once got an email asking me to confirm details for a wedding (cake? Don't remember). Of course I responded! Think of the consequences of just dropping all incorrect emails. Arguably people shouldn't send critical information by email (hah!). Perhaps you can get sued (USA! Hah!). Yes, it may cost you some time to clear it out (yet you're wasting time on slashdot?).
Based on reading the article + other news sources, the alarm system wasn't disaster preventive. It was a gas (danger) detector, and may have prevented zero / some / all fatalities.
This could be a problem for email programs that limit message sizes, such as Gmail or BlackBerry.
I'd say this this is a problem for programs that don't limit sizes. TFA doesn't state any numbers, but I wouldn't want my BlackBerry to try and open files with thousands of lines of redundant CSS code.
Request: Can someone make a plugin for moxilla/firefox that blocks this? This would be somewhat akin to the flashblocker plugin that already exists (and is highly recommended).
As for simple layering the same protocol, consider this (silly example): Exchanging each letter with the letter n positions futher along the alphabet does not get more secure by being done multiple times.
That's true, but:
1. Adding layers doesn't make it any less secure
I would say that rot13, while insecure, when adding another layer would make it less secure.
I took japanese at university and the only access we had to computers was in the library, not during class.
The school offered no e-learning but our coursebook had a homepage. So technically if you accessed the homepage at the library the university was offering e-learning.
Not having specific e-teaching is fine since teaching languages doesn't really need/benefit from using computers. Especially japanese: all reports and essays have to be written by hand anyway, doing japanese auto-input on a keyboard doesn't exactly help the students kanji writing skills.
That's not saying that you should't have computers. They are very good for self-study. What you can do / what I did at home was:
Lookup kanji/words with gjiten for linux or jquicktrans (radical lookup is great) for windows. This is almost like a denshi-jisyo.
Flashcard programs: kgold etc.
Of course it's important to have a correctly set-up keyboard and all fonts installed. Windows handles this just fine. I had no problems with linux, but it could be my great dist. The macs at school were a catastrophe (you had to cut/paste kanji from a table containing all kanji).
Jim Breen has an extensive page about japanese with a lot about software. You can google for his name.
Remember to have a goal for each teaching session and to properly teach the students how to use all software you're going to use in class. I.e. don't just plunk students in front of a computer, tell them to open a program and hope they'll take it from there. They will also need a task/exercise to do if they are going to use the computer. Otherwise everyone will just sit there, doing nothing, waiting for class to end. This is a common problem with schools who hope computers will magically teach the students as long as the students sit for a while in front of the computers.
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Just because a lot of people seem to advocate silently tossing the email, or replying with intent to confuse... I once got an email asking me to confirm details for a wedding (cake? Don't remember). Of course I responded! Think of the consequences of just dropping all incorrect emails. Arguably people shouldn't send critical information by email (hah!). Perhaps you can get sued (USA! Hah!). Yes, it may cost you some time to clear it out (yet you're wasting time on slashdot?).
You mean he's as smart as one in 44? http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/IQBasics.aspx
Based on reading the article + other news sources, the alarm system wasn't disaster preventive. It was a gas (danger) detector, and may have prevented zero / some / all fatalities.
I'd say this this is a problem for programs that don't limit sizes. TFA doesn't state any numbers, but I wouldn't want my BlackBerry to try and open files with thousands of lines of redundant CSS code.
Please change tagging to read: "it, microsoft, thatwasquick, hellfrozenover (tagging beta)"
Request: Can someone make a plugin for moxilla/firefox that blocks this? This would be somewhat akin to the flashblocker plugin that already exists (and is highly recommended).
As for simple layering the same protocol, consider this (silly example): Exchanging each letter with the letter n positions futher along the alphabet does not get more secure by being done multiple times.
That's true, but:
1. Adding layers doesn't make it any less secure
I would say that rot13, while insecure, when adding another layer would make it less secure.
I took japanese at university and the only access we had to computers was in the library, not during class.
The school offered no e-learning but our coursebook had a homepage. So technically if you accessed the homepage at the library the university was offering e-learning.
Not having specific e-teaching is fine since teaching languages doesn't really need/benefit from using computers. Especially japanese: all reports and essays have to be written by hand anyway, doing japanese auto-input on a keyboard doesn't exactly help the students kanji writing skills.
That's not saying that you should't have computers. They are very good for self-study. What you can do / what I did at home was:
Put various websites through rikai like slashdot.jp or asahi shinbun.
Lookup kanji/words with gjiten for linux or jquicktrans (radical lookup is great) for windows. This is almost like a denshi-jisyo.
Flashcard programs: kgold etc.
Of course it's important to have a correctly set-up keyboard and all fonts installed. Windows handles this just fine. I had no problems with linux, but it could be my great dist. The macs at school were a catastrophe (you had to cut/paste kanji from a table containing all kanji).
Jim Breen has an extensive page about japanese with a lot about software. You can google for his name.
Remember to have a goal for each teaching session and to properly teach the students how to use all software you're going to use in class. I.e. don't just plunk students in front of a computer, tell them to open a program and hope they'll take it from there. They will also need a task/exercise to do if they are going to use the computer. Otherwise everyone will just sit there, doing nothing, waiting for class to end. This is a common problem with schools who hope computers will magically teach the students as long as the students sit for a while in front of the computers.
Methinks knife. Will this show up in security (airport metal detectors)?