Worthless? You can still code in your dorm and compile it on the Suns, can you not? If you cant do so with minimal effort, you aren't learning anything.
I did all the coursework for a microprocessor class (based on the 68k) on an emulator. I was there learning concepts and technique.
Fundings funding. If they want to give my alma mater 1.6 million to use Windows, I think that's just great.
Computer Science isnt "how to use your computer". The concepts and techniques you learn are beyond any operating system. Good algorithm design and analysis transcends linux vs windows vs mac osx.
When I did my degree, half the classes used Windows, the other half linux, and now, a few years later, I really cant remember which was which.
It was irrelevant, I wasnt learning computers, or even how to program in C, I was learning concepts.
I remember reading that Weird Al recorded his first album in the changing room of the local YMCA, because it had perfect acoustics for it.
I've also heard that Rick Okasak (sp?) of the Cars recorded demos with his buddies in the bathroom of his apartment, and sent it to a local radio station as part of some contest. Within a week it became the #1 requested song at that station, and it snowballed from there.
And yet it crushes monday night football in both ratings and shatters attendance records around the world. (I believe the Toronto SkyDome's record is still like 60,000 from Wrestlemania, is it not?)
Noone ever went to a Kiss show because the music was brilliant, it wasnt, it was goofy garage rock. They went to see big explosions and a guy with blood coming out of his mouth and drink and just have a good time. As an aside, I saw Phantom of the Opera in Toronto with Paul Stanley playing the Phantom. The guy can't sing. But it was still fun.
Don't be so pretentious. Go to concerts to have a good time, not to critique artistic integrity. Start complaining when they start using this at some snooty opera or philharmonic orchestra.
Unless your parents are exceptionally stupid, and I mean helmet and drool cup stupid, I'm sure they can comprehend the principles of "make two copies of important stuff in case your computer breaks".
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most of the content was usefull, not the porn and marketing you see now
Do whatever you want to the spammers and marketers, but if you so much as THINK about getting rid of the porn, I will hunt you down.
I'm serious. If I log on and there's so much as one tit out of place, I will kill you in your own kitchen.
BTW, you were probably not even alive when the internet "came out". And dont use the phrase "came out" unless you're referring to a slashdot editor.
They could be hunting spam relays. They could be looking to anonymously bounce kiddy porn. They could be looking for thousands of boxes to keep their warez.torrent files alive and kicking.
Hey, I just thought of that. That'd rock, be much easier and more effective than hunting for pubs. You even have one of your drones host the tracker in the first place.
Anyways, who cares. Patch your machines and shut up. We're seeing as many sobig stories as we are SCO, and it really isnt that big of a deal.
Checking logs is for "administrators" and IT guys, the PHBs of the tech industry.
You know, people who say things like: What we need is someone at the major distros to write a program which, when executed, will secure a system. Something which is point and click "easy".
If it were so simple, don't you think someone would have done so? What's "secure" to you?
And I'm a programmer, I only check logs when something's broken.
You go ahead and make 'securing your box' a full time job. I have things to do, and would rather deal with it after the fact.
To me, security is a sound backup and restoration plan, and not keeping all of my personal info in a file called "my banking stuff.doc"
Qt 4 mostly tries to preserve source-compatibility with a little search and replace and a COMPAT compilation switch. More porting will be required for styles and code that uses the meta object system directly.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Developers can adapt or fail. It doesnt seem wise to quit working towards better systems because some guy doesnt feel like replacing his widgets.
Personally, I don't really care about catching virus authors and blackhats. I just care about keeping them out of the machines and networks I've been paid to care about.
Do you feel the same way about burglars, rapists and murderers?
"I dont care about catching rapists, so long as they rape your mother/sister/wife and dont come in my house."
Paying for antivirus software is a ripoff, when there are free and effective versions like f-prot, or when the patches are released before the virus reaches you.
Ie; my machine was patched against SoBig before the copy of NAV pro we use in the office had an updated definition for it.
Between natural viruses and bacterias and man-created constructs.
If I create a superbug in a lab which is incurable, has a 99.99999% fatality rate, and spreads through the air, does that count as part of the "healthy ecosystem?"
Anyone can see the difference between the common cold and weaponized antrax.
Virus and worm writers can kiss my ass, with all the rest of the script kiddies and h4x0rs.
Because NASA regulations didn't allow anyone to go out and look at the damned wing in orbit without specific orders
There was no way to do so even if they had an idea there might be something wrong. It's impossible to be crawling around the underside of the craft in orbit.
It had nothing to do with regulations. It was simply not possible.
Private industry may do things cheaply and efficiently, but no way do I believe they will do it more safely. They'll adhere to whatever safety guidelines the government sets up.
They wont do anything that doesnt generate a profit. And safety in industry is directed by the legal department, a la "will this 'we are not responsible for blah blah..' disclaimer hold up in court?" This will be true so long as lawyers are cheaper than R&D.
I'd rather go to the moon with NASA than Amtrak or Delta, thanks.
Private industry leaves a 50 year old transmission grid unrepaired, leading to the largest blackout in US history. Private industry lets a 30 year old Concorde fly when its riddled with stress fractures.
Would it not be the case that the Crown Prosecution Service would roll out an "expert witness" to say something along the lines of "This is the speed that the box said the defendant was driving at. The box is always right, in my expert opinion." There's your prosecution testimony.
Uh huh, they'll bring in a team of $100-an-hour witnesses to defend a $20 ticket, or whatever that is in british pounds.
The whole "red light camera" thing is meant to be a cash cow for the government, they arent interested in pissing away billions of dollars just to be jerks.
Seriously, I got a photo radar ticket. Well, my car did, I wasn't driving it. I showed up in court, with the actual driver as a witness (since she did the crime, she was ready to do the time) Noone showed up to testify against me, they cant be bothered to actually see this kind of stuff through in court. They count on you just mailing in a cheque.
The same works with oldschool handwritten tickets, btw. Cops are much to busy to go to court to testify to every ticket they write, they have to pick and choose which they care about and which they dont. If a cop caught you going 150 mph in a school zone, coked out of your head, he'll make sure to show up. But for a $20 jobby, he wont take the time.
Besides, even if they bring in a dream team of techno eggheads, can the box prove I didnt swerve to avoid a little kid? Or speed up because there was a semi on my bumper?
Some high percentage, like in the 90s, of all traffic tickets taken to court are thrown out or reduced. Its just so much of a hassle, people usually just pay it and move on.
I realized how much different NASA is today. They have no fire in their belly, seems like they're more interested in keeping their jobs than anything
You know this how? You work at NASA? You were in mission control when Columbia went up?
About the only thing that's changed is that there's a no smoking rule. I live only a stones throw away from Gottard, and know dozens of people at various levels within NASA.
They are all extremely passionate about their work, and they all took Columbia very, very personally.
Dont make overly broad statements about a group of people you know absolutely nothing about.
Overreaction, as usual, by the Sun. I'm not even going to finish reading this diatribe, I don't buy it, not even for the UK. All of this is easier accomplished by roadside cameras, and has the same basic flaw - it wont hold up in court.
At any rate, you have the right to a day in court, and to face your accuser. Unless this tattler box can show up to testify against you, your case will be thrown out.
So once again some loudmouth says something stupid or sarcastic, and the Sun jumps all over it like its the next big story. Those guys are almost as bad as slashdot when it comes to fact checking.
but the people capable of, say, bioengineering plants to extract toxins from the soil, are also the most competent ones for putting in safeguards and policing themselves.
Right, and people who write Windows are the most competent to implement Palladium.
So you oppose the idea of ethics for researchers and corporations that benefit from that research.
No industry polices itself, thats whitewash for the public.
Re: cloning, the animals thus far produced are largely sick and genetically inferior, and it seem obvious that you cant just grab dna from any old part of the body, only the stem cells seem to have the complete print. So will we learn to fill in the blanks, like the frog DNA in the dinosaurs of Jurassic park? I wouldnt want meat from a sick cow.
GM food advocates balked the same way at critics. Then they produced a modified corn that produced the same chemicals that make people allergic to peanuts, which if you know anyone with such allergies you'd know the reactions are extreme and easily fatal. Remember all the freakout and recalls of Doritos and taco shells, etc, etc? People adopted the corn widely and unchecked, noone knew which foods contained what?
I dont care how much pontificating the scientific community does, I dont trust some dude in a lab to invent the words tastiest cow. Serious long term study is necessary. The fact is, noone knows for sure what reprocussions could come down the road.
They hadnt yet resolved that retarded lawsuit with the hippies.
Did anyone ever confuse pro wrestling with environmentalism? They (the Wildlife Fund) spent millions of donation money fighting that battle. I dont think that's what the donors had in mind when they opened their pocketbooks.
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Worthless? You can still code in your dorm and compile it on the Suns, can you not? If you cant do so with minimal effort, you aren't learning anything.
I did all the coursework for a microprocessor class (based on the 68k) on an emulator. I was there learning concepts and technique.
Fundings funding. If they want to give my alma mater 1.6 million to use Windows, I think that's just great.
Computer Science isnt "how to use your computer". The concepts and techniques you learn are beyond any operating system. Good algorithm design and analysis transcends linux vs windows vs mac osx.
When I did my degree, half the classes used Windows, the other half linux, and now, a few years later, I really cant remember which was which.
It was irrelevant, I wasnt learning computers, or even how to program in C, I was learning concepts.
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Blues Traveller
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I remember reading that Weird Al recorded his first album in the changing room of the local YMCA, because it had perfect acoustics for it.
I've also heard that Rick Okasak (sp?) of the Cars recorded demos with his buddies in the bathroom of his apartment, and sent it to a local radio station as part of some contest. Within a week it became the #1 requested song at that station, and it snowballed from there.
Last Phish show I went too, I dont think I could have found a dozen people who were there for the music.
It's a roaming drug party, just like the Grateful Dead or Allman Brothers or Cypress Hill.
That said, I dont think their music is particularly good. But it's a fun time at the show.
Pro wrestling is fake!
And yet it crushes monday night football in both ratings and shatters attendance records around the world. (I believe the Toronto SkyDome's record is still like 60,000 from Wrestlemania, is it not?)
It's entertainment, not art. Just accept it.
A lot of concerts are simply entertainment.
Noone ever went to a Kiss show because the music was brilliant, it wasnt, it was goofy garage rock. They went to see big explosions and a guy with blood coming out of his mouth and drink and just have a good time. As an aside, I saw Phantom of the Opera in Toronto with Paul Stanley playing the Phantom. The guy can't sing. But it was still fun.
Don't be so pretentious. Go to concerts to have a good time, not to critique artistic integrity. Start complaining when they start using this at some snooty opera or philharmonic orchestra.
Unless your parents are exceptionally stupid, and I mean helmet and drool cup stupid, I'm sure they can comprehend the principles of "make two copies of important stuff in case your computer breaks".
most of the content was usefull, not the porn and marketing you see now
Do whatever you want to the spammers and marketers, but if you so much as THINK about getting rid of the porn, I will hunt you down.
I'm serious. If I log on and there's so much as one tit out of place, I will kill you in your own kitchen.
BTW, you were probably not even alive when the internet "came out". And dont use the phrase "came out" unless you're referring to a slashdot editor.
"You can liken this guy to Lex Luthor and we're all supermen," said Russ Cooper
Actually I liken that guy to Rock Hudson and you're all the Christian Values Alliance.
Makes sense, you're a bunch of annoying wankers who take themselves way too seriously, and he's a pain in the ass.
Happy Troll Tuesday!
They could be hunting spam relays. They could be looking to anonymously bounce kiddy porn. They could be looking for thousands of boxes to keep their warez .torrent files alive and kicking.
Hey, I just thought of that. That'd rock, be much easier and more effective than hunting for pubs. You even have one of your drones host the tracker in the first place.
Anyways, who cares. Patch your machines and shut up. We're seeing as many sobig stories as we are SCO, and it really isnt that big of a deal.
Checking logs is for "administrators" and IT guys, the PHBs of the tech industry.
You know, people who say things like:
What we need is someone at the major distros to write a program which, when executed, will secure a system. Something which is point and click "easy".
If it were so simple, don't you think someone would have done so? What's "secure" to you?
And I'm a programmer, I only check logs when something's broken.
You go ahead and make 'securing your box' a full time job. I have things to do, and would rather deal with it after the fact.
To me, security is a sound backup and restoration plan, and not keeping all of my personal info in a file called "my banking stuff.doc"
Qt 4 mostly tries to preserve source-compatibility with a little search and replace and a COMPAT compilation switch. More porting will be required for styles and code that uses the meta object system directly.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Developers can adapt or fail. It doesnt seem wise to quit working towards better systems because some guy doesnt feel like replacing his widgets.
Personally, I don't really care about catching virus authors and blackhats. I just care about keeping them out of the machines and networks I've been paid to care about.
Do you feel the same way about burglars, rapists and murderers?
"I dont care about catching rapists, so long as they rape your mother/sister/wife and dont come in my house."
Paying for antivirus software is a ripoff, when there are free and effective versions like f-prot, or when the patches are released before the virus reaches you.
Ie; my machine was patched against SoBig before the copy of NAV pro we use in the office had an updated definition for it.
Between natural viruses and bacterias and man-created constructs.
If I create a superbug in a lab which is incurable, has a 99.99999% fatality rate, and spreads through the air, does that count as part of the "healthy ecosystem?"
Anyone can see the difference between the common cold and weaponized antrax.
Virus and worm writers can kiss my ass, with all the rest of the script kiddies and h4x0rs.
Because NASA regulations didn't allow anyone to go out and look at the damned wing in orbit without specific orders
There was no way to do so even if they had an idea there might be something wrong. It's impossible to be crawling around the underside of the craft in orbit.
It had nothing to do with regulations. It was simply not possible.
Private industry may do things cheaply and efficiently, but no way do I believe they will do it more safely. They'll adhere to whatever safety guidelines the government sets up.
They wont do anything that doesnt generate a profit. And safety in industry is directed by the legal department, a la "will this 'we are not responsible for blah blah..' disclaimer hold up in court?" This will be true so long as lawyers are cheaper than R&D.
I'd rather go to the moon with NASA than Amtrak or Delta, thanks.
Private industry leaves a 50 year old transmission grid unrepaired, leading to the largest blackout in US history. Private industry lets a 30 year old Concorde fly when its riddled with stress fractures.
Would it not be the case that the Crown Prosecution Service would roll out an "expert witness" to say something along the lines of "This is the speed that the box said the defendant was driving at. The box is always right, in my expert opinion." There's your prosecution testimony.
Uh huh, they'll bring in a team of $100-an-hour witnesses to defend a $20 ticket, or whatever that is in british pounds.
The whole "red light camera" thing is meant to be a cash cow for the government, they arent interested in pissing away billions of dollars just to be jerks.
Seriously, I got a photo radar ticket. Well, my car did, I wasn't driving it. I showed up in court, with the actual driver as a witness (since she did the crime, she was ready to do the time) Noone showed up to testify against me, they cant be bothered to actually see this kind of stuff through in court. They count on you just mailing in a cheque.
The same works with oldschool handwritten tickets, btw. Cops are much to busy to go to court to testify to every ticket they write, they have to pick and choose which they care about and which they dont. If a cop caught you going 150 mph in a school zone, coked out of your head, he'll make sure to show up. But for a $20 jobby, he wont take the time.
Besides, even if they bring in a dream team of techno eggheads, can the box prove I didnt swerve to avoid a little kid? Or speed up because there was a semi on my bumper?
Some high percentage, like in the 90s, of all traffic tickets taken to court are thrown out or reduced. Its just so much of a hassle, people usually just pay it and move on.
Turn what over to private industry?
Theres nothing to turn over, private industry can just go ahead and launch stuff into space, and do, as they shroud our planet in satellites.
Thats like saying the Air Force should stop researching new airplane technology. Let private industry develop the SCRAM jet.
Private industry isnt interested - they're motivated by profit. There's no money to be made studying the effects of 0 G on lima beans.
I realized how much different NASA is today. They have no fire in their belly, seems like they're more interested in keeping their jobs than anything
You know this how? You work at NASA? You were in mission control when Columbia went up?
About the only thing that's changed is that there's a no smoking rule. I live only a stones throw away from Gottard, and know dozens of people at various levels within NASA.
They are all extremely passionate about their work, and they all took Columbia very, very personally.
Dont make overly broad statements about a group of people you know absolutely nothing about.
Overreaction, as usual, by the Sun. I'm not even going to finish reading this diatribe, I don't buy it, not even for the UK. All of this is easier accomplished by roadside cameras, and has the same basic flaw - it wont hold up in court.
At any rate, you have the right to a day in court, and to face your accuser. Unless this tattler box can show up to testify against you, your case will be thrown out.
So once again some loudmouth says something stupid or sarcastic, and the Sun jumps all over it like its the next big story. Those guys are almost as bad as slashdot when it comes to fact checking.
but the people capable of, say, bioengineering plants to extract toxins from the soil, are also the most competent ones for putting in safeguards and policing themselves.
Right, and people who write Windows are the most competent to implement Palladium.
So you oppose the idea of ethics for researchers and corporations that benefit from that research.
No industry polices itself, thats whitewash for the public.
Re: cloning, the animals thus far produced are largely sick and genetically inferior, and it seem obvious that you cant just grab dna from any old part of the body, only the stem cells seem to have the complete print. So will we learn to fill in the blanks, like the frog DNA in the dinosaurs of Jurassic park? I wouldnt want meat from a sick cow.
GM food advocates balked the same way at critics. Then they produced a modified corn that produced the same chemicals that make people allergic to peanuts, which if you know anyone with such allergies you'd know the reactions are extreme and easily fatal. Remember all the freakout and recalls of Doritos and taco shells, etc, etc? People adopted the corn widely and unchecked, noone knew which foods contained what?
I dont care how much pontificating the scientific community does, I dont trust some dude in a lab to invent the words tastiest cow. Serious long term study is necessary. The fact is, noone knows for sure what reprocussions could come down the road.
No, he was a WWF wrestler.
They hadnt yet resolved that retarded lawsuit with the hippies.
Did anyone ever confuse pro wrestling with environmentalism? They (the Wildlife Fund) spent millions of donation money fighting that battle. I dont think that's what the donors had in mind when they opened their pocketbooks.
But that's another story.