...is trying to get information from someone while they're on the phone. You know how annoying it is at my part-time waiting gig trying to take an order from someone who won't put down the phone for the 10 seconds it takes to order ?
That would take forever to actually read through... I guess if you understand most of these functions you don't have to worry about a wife or girlfriend anyway...
That line really bothers me. How many times before have ways been found around things like SQL sanitization procedures? Why not block ALL javascript unless it's explicitly enabled? I can't believe that they would let that go.
I'm almost done a "Database Design and Development" course at college. Turns out the course entirely relies on MS Access (not exactly what I had in mind when signing up). Anyway, in the later part of the course macros/VBA was embedded in the example files, and one of the first instructions in the book was always "Enable the contents" - but the book never bothered mentioning why the warning was there and what the purpose was. I'm sure at least half of my computer science major peers would click OK without thought.
Is this really a "feature" that should be celebrated? This should have been implemented since the beginning. If you're making a PDF reader, and the PDF spec has an "execute" functionality, shouldn't everyone developing these programs have seen the spec and realized what this could do?
This seems rather odd as the firmware is just a binary blob anyway, right? I'm not sure what they achieve by doing this other than alienating their customers. However, does the firmware just happen to fall under an umbrella of things that non-customers should not have access to? That would better explain their position. Or they could just be trying to squeeze an extra dime out of people...
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ZenCoding...and here it is for emacs. I've only seen this mentioned once or twice before, but it does make things quite a bit quicker. Work a lot better than my highlight/middle click copy/paste method;p
Instead of privacy controls, how about not entering information you want to keep to yourself or a select few from ever getting on the site in the first place ? It's already been proven that what is private now will not necessarily be kept private, and there's always leaks and whatnot. Is it really that hard to just NOT put certain stuff on these sites to begin with ?
This is pretty nifty. I'll be on the lookout for a story here tomorrow about how the guy who made this was sued into oblivion. Really, this dude has to know that trouble is brewing.
Come on now - you know that getting around the protection to a legally purchased product is illegal. Not only illegal - but it encourages terrorists and heroin addicts. Think of the children, please ?
Most of the "Developing nations" out there are still having trouble with clean water, roads, and reliable power. So we're going to stick them with solar ? First, who is going to pay for it ? Second, if they aren't getting reliable power through more traditional means (like coal), how is this REALLY going to help them at all ?
You realize that in the real world such harsh actions very rarely end with any type of benefit for the employee, right ? Might as well just quit. He works on a network with people's sensitive medical records. Myself, along with millions of other Americans, applaud hospitals and other institutions for NOT letting these kinds of shenanigans go on. That's why HIPAA was created, love it or hate it.
This is one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situations. The hospital is just trying to stay in compliance with HIPAA and the various personal non-public information regulations. Their solution DOES seem a little overboard, but this is what happens when people continually lose laptops/usb drives/etc that contain sensitive information. While this might be a little hard for the hospital's employees to get used to, it's really a win for us normal folk (assuming it's all properly executed, which is a big assumption).
As far as legal recourse, IANAL but I don't think you really have one. While I get the whole "You're not touching my computer" bit, why don't you just use the computers provided ? Hell, even at the community college I go to, I have to install some software just to connect to their network. Same with some of the other corporations that friends and family work for. In the end, if you weasel your way around the restrictions and then lose your laptop, have it stolen, whatever - you'll really be on the hook.
If there's a Mac version, does that mean a Linux version might ever come out ? Because that would be sweet... A few months after switching to Linux I still boot into XP from time to time so I don't feel like I wasted the cash on a decent graphics card. You'd think if they've already ported this to the Mac maybe a Linux client wouldn't be that hard. Then I could get rid of Windows forever;p
I'm not from Australia, but TFA really makes it sound like this is a disappointment to Australians. I'm hoping that this is actually GOOD news to most of you guys down under ?
More or less. There's the "Debian Way" which is a bit more complicated, or there's the regular way: just log out of KDE/Gnome/etc, run the nvidia installer, log back in and that's it.
If your looking for a more stable ubuntu try Debian. It's what ubuntu is based on, and doesn't have all the fluffy feel-good stuff that ubuntu has. I'm not just trying to troll an ubuntu thread as a Debian guy, but I've heard dozens of times now about how someone is going to switch back to Windows due to problems in ubuntu. Try something else first! Ubuntu != Linux.
...Unless you want something besides a demo version.
Many of the free tools listed here also have paid versions that offer additional features (such as support for remote printing) or licensing (extra host computers or clients). For some users, the paid version will be the only true option.
...and I was getting all excited, too. TBH, I switched to Linux a few months ago and remote administration/printing/etc is one of the pluses. It's great to be at school, think "Uh-oh, forgot that term paper," and be able to grab it off the desktop at home.
I am naturally very excited about the news. This is a very ambitious project on one of the world's most important manuscript collections. I will keep my eyes peeled for any further details and developments. I am particularly interested in the business model that the Vatican Library will adopt in making these manuscripts digitally accessible. In particular, I am thinking of the manuscripts that are held across institutions and the potential for aggregating them (or even 'virtually re-uniting' them) in Virtual Research Environments.
The way I read the article that paragraph is just the blogger's opinion. He says he will "keep his eyes peeled for any further details," and that he's interested in the "business model that the Vatican Library will adopt in making these manuscripts digitally accessible." Nowhere does he say that this will ACTUALLY happen, though.
The Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) data format was developed in the late 1970s to interchange astronomical image data. The final negotiations on its design occurred in March 1979. By 1981, the year that the specifications were published in an astronomical journal, FITS had become the de facto standard data interchange format of astronomy. This fact was recognized by the IAU, which adopted FITS as its standard data interchange and archiving format by a resolution at the Patras (1982) General Assembly.
40 years is a bit of a stretch, but if you go from the time FITS was first thought of it is ~ 35 years old. Not bad for ANYTHING related to computing. Imagine if filesystems has 30+ year lifetimes;p
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...is trying to get information from someone while they're on the phone. You know how annoying it is at my part-time waiting gig trying to take an order from someone who won't put down the phone for the 10 seconds it takes to order ?
Making Debian look better with every release!
That would take forever to actually read through... I guess if you understand most of these functions you don't have to worry about a wife or girlfriend anyway...
Almost everyone can admit to speeding at times. Not many can say the same thing about being in the country illegally.
"It doesn't disable JavaScript entirely," Xiong said. "It only partially disables JavaScript."
That line really bothers me. How many times before have ways been found around things like SQL sanitization procedures? Why not block ALL javascript unless it's explicitly enabled? I can't believe that they would let that go.
I'm almost done a "Database Design and Development" course at college. Turns out the course entirely relies on MS Access (not exactly what I had in mind when signing up). Anyway, in the later part of the course macros/VBA was embedded in the example files, and one of the first instructions in the book was always "Enable the contents" - but the book never bothered mentioning why the warning was there and what the purpose was. I'm sure at least half of my computer science major peers would click OK without thought.
Is this really a "feature" that should be celebrated? This should have been implemented since the beginning. If you're making a PDF reader, and the PDF spec has an "execute" functionality, shouldn't everyone developing these programs have seen the spec and realized what this could do?
This seems rather odd as the firmware is just a binary blob anyway, right? I'm not sure what they achieve by doing this other than alienating their customers. However, does the firmware just happen to fall under an umbrella of things that non-customers should not have access to? That would better explain their position. Or they could just be trying to squeeze an extra dime out of people...
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ZenCoding ...and here it is for emacs. I've only seen this mentioned once or twice before, but it does make things quite a bit quicker. Work a lot better than my highlight/middle click copy/paste method ;p
Instead of privacy controls, how about not entering information you want to keep to yourself or a select few from ever getting on the site in the first place ? It's already been proven that what is private now will not necessarily be kept private, and there's always leaks and whatnot. Is it really that hard to just NOT put certain stuff on these sites to begin with ?
It's cute that you still think that really matters ;p
This is pretty nifty. I'll be on the lookout for a story here tomorrow about how the guy who made this was sued into oblivion. Really, this dude has to know that trouble is brewing.
Come on now - you know that getting around the protection to a legally purchased product is illegal. Not only illegal - but it encourages terrorists and heroin addicts. Think of the children, please ?
I really hope they're using GIT.
Most of the "Developing nations" out there are still having trouble with clean water, roads, and reliable power. So we're going to stick them with solar ? First, who is going to pay for it ? Second, if they aren't getting reliable power through more traditional means (like coal), how is this REALLY going to help them at all ?
You realize that in the real world such harsh actions very rarely end with any type of benefit for the employee, right ? Might as well just quit. He works on a network with people's sensitive medical records. Myself, along with millions of other Americans, applaud hospitals and other institutions for NOT letting these kinds of shenanigans go on. That's why HIPAA was created, love it or hate it.
This is one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situations. The hospital is just trying to stay in compliance with HIPAA and the various personal non-public information regulations. Their solution DOES seem a little overboard, but this is what happens when people continually lose laptops/usb drives/etc that contain sensitive information. While this might be a little hard for the hospital's employees to get used to, it's really a win for us normal folk (assuming it's all properly executed, which is a big assumption).
As far as legal recourse, IANAL but I don't think you really have one. While I get the whole "You're not touching my computer" bit, why don't you just use the computers provided ? Hell, even at the community college I go to, I have to install some software just to connect to their network. Same with some of the other corporations that friends and family work for. In the end, if you weasel your way around the restrictions and then lose your laptop, have it stolen, whatever - you'll really be on the hook.
If there's a Mac version, does that mean a Linux version might ever come out ? Because that would be sweet... A few months after switching to Linux I still boot into XP from time to time so I don't feel like I wasted the cash on a decent graphics card. You'd think if they've already ported this to the Mac maybe a Linux client wouldn't be that hard. Then I could get rid of Windows forever ;p
I'm not from Australia, but TFA really makes it sound like this is a disappointment to Australians. I'm hoping that this is actually GOOD news to most of you guys down under ?
More or less. There's the "Debian Way" which is a bit more complicated, or there's the regular way: just log out of KDE/Gnome/etc, run the nvidia installer, log back in and that's it.
I use Debian Squeeze (Testing) on my desktop. It has up-to-date packages, and it far more stable than ubuntu.
If your looking for a more stable ubuntu try Debian. It's what ubuntu is based on, and doesn't have all the fluffy feel-good stuff that ubuntu has. I'm not just trying to troll an ubuntu thread as a Debian guy, but I've heard dozens of times now about how someone is going to switch back to Windows due to problems in ubuntu. Try something else first! Ubuntu != Linux.
Many of the free tools listed here also have paid versions that offer additional features (such as support for remote printing) or licensing (extra host computers or clients). For some users, the paid version will be the only true option.
I am naturally very excited about the news. This is a very ambitious project on one of the world's most important manuscript collections. I will keep my eyes peeled for any further details and developments. I am particularly interested in the business model that the Vatican Library will adopt in making these manuscripts digitally accessible. In particular, I am thinking of the manuscripts that are held across institutions and the potential for aggregating them (or even 'virtually re-uniting' them) in Virtual Research Environments.
The way I read the article that paragraph is just the blogger's opinion. He says he will "keep his eyes peeled for any further details," and that he's interested in the "business model that the Vatican Library will adopt in making these manuscripts digitally accessible." Nowhere does he say that this will ACTUALLY happen, though.
The Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) data format was developed in the late 1970s to interchange astronomical image data. The final negotiations on its design occurred in March 1979. By 1981, the year that the specifications were published in an astronomical journal, FITS had become the de facto standard data interchange format of astronomy. This fact was recognized by the IAU, which adopted FITS as its standard data interchange and archiving format by a resolution at the Patras (1982) General Assembly.
40 years is a bit of a stretch, but if you go from the time FITS was first thought of it is ~ 35 years old. Not bad for ANYTHING related to computing. Imagine if filesystems has 30+ year lifetimes ;p