This needs modded up. How'd my dad put it... "You'd be right. You'd be dead right." Something like that. I've avoided a ton of accidents that wouldn't have been my fault just because I pay attention. Including the forklift pallet that almost landed on the driver's side of the windshield after flying off a truck. Wouldn't have been my fault, but damned if I didn't want to catch a pallet with my face.
If you're 10 yards from the intersection traveling at 30mph, you have JUST enough time to either SLAM on the brakes causing a hazard for everyone around you, or continue through the intersection. There's this little thing called "momentum" that people seem to forget about when talking about cars... it scares the shit out of me that they're allowed to drive while not knowing that.
Not have ridiculously short yellow light durations
Put a short amount of time while changing where ALL lights are red
Be in it for the citizens, not for profit
You wish that's how it worked. That's a VERY recent development... most games (C&C: Generals and later even) typically run everything in a main loop. It was so bad that when a friend of mine was working with OSG and did a separate render thread, he got NO speedup with ATI's drivers (they've since fixed that) because ATI just did a busy-wait if you enabled VSYNC. So his on a single CPU processing thread actually got slower when not blasting the images to the screen more times than the actual LCD could display. Completely stupid.
No, you can't "see" the difference between 30 and 60fps. That's why movies play at 24fps. 30 is a great FLOOR. The problem is that you're talking average FPS rates, which yes, 30 is too low. It means there are a significant number of times where it's below 30fps.
Sweet. I always wanted the Internet to be a closed place, where you had to be special to play along. There's no reason for it to be this "free for all" where people can "communicate" willy-nilly without having to bribe the right server owners or worry about having an equal right to communicate.
And you drop mail from my home-run email server, too. You're saying that home users should only be able to download stuff from the web, and that's the only way they can participate on the Internet? I thought the Internet was built as a network of computers that were all peers. Your "solution" makes separate classes of computers depending on how they connect, which would mean that you could only be a provider of content if you had enough clout in the right places. Sounds wonderful.
How is this troll modded up? RTFA and you'd see:
"Linux computers are very valuable to hackers. A bot army, similar to real armies, needs a general (controller) and infantry (zombies). Linux boxes are often used as servers, which means they have a high up-time - essential for a central control point. A Windows computer, on the other hand, is found at home or as a desktop machine in an office, and these computers are regularly switched off. This makes them less attractive as controllers, but ideal for infantry, or zombies," McCourt stated. Linux may be in the botnet, but it's typically the command and control part, which means it's a manually compromised, high-value server. It's almost certainly not something that got compromised through OS design issues, unlike all the "soldiers" he references, which were probably created through someone going to a dodgy web page, or just looking at an email in Outlook.
Just because someone chose a bad password does NOT put Linux architecturally on the same footing as Windows.
Nope. But those Linux machines almost certainly had to be manually compromised... from TFA you linked to:
"Linux computers are very valuable to hackers. A bot army, similar to real armies, needs a general (controller) and infantry (zombies). Linux boxes are often used as servers, which means they have a high up-time - essential for a central control point. A Windows computer, on the other hand, is found at home or as a desktop machine in an office, and these computers are regularly switched off. This makes them less attractive as controllers, but ideal for infantry, or zombies," McCourt stated. No, no technology can replace stupidity or arrogance. But if you have Linux with a good password, you're a lot safer than if you have Windows with a good password.
Nimda used IIS and network shares to spread, and Slammer hit MS SQL servers to spread.
What was that you were saying? They may hit server applications, but it is still a very valid counter-argument to the assertion that popularity just makes it a bigger target. It doesn't matter whether it's a server or a home desktop, because it was a blanket statement of higher popularity equating to a more popular target. FYI the LAMP stack and Apache have NOT been hit by any attacks the size of Nimda or Slammer. Or any automated attacks, as far as I know. And LAMP and Apache are more popular solutions in the same space than IIS and MSSQL.
How the hell did you get an informative for that? You're tilting at non-existent windmills... is it just the phrase "apples to oranges"? Is that what turns a moderator's senses off?
Say what? Social engineering is taking advantage of social behaviors. People will look at a USB drive... it's exploiting their social behavior, whether it's curiosity or altruism or what, it's still social engineering if you use their behavior to accomplish your ends.
I used to think that way. And then a co-worker had a suitcase dropped on his head when he had his noise-canceling headphones on. I'm sorry... I use my ears to tell what the hell is going on around me because 90% of the upright-walking monkeys out there are too retarded to be trusted with even theoretically simple tasks, like pulling something out of the overhead bins without dropping it. I would also expect some common courtesy... I don't watch videos on the plane without headphones (that don't block all noise), I don't elbow the person next to me, and I don't kick the seat in front of me. We've all gotta share the same small space for a non-trivial amount of time... if people are too stupid and self-important to not be douches to those around them in those situations, we need to start making rules so that they HAVE to be courteous. Such as keeping cell phones disallowed.
I'd say that they're just as safe as any cell phone would be. They don't use much more power. The trick would be getting something that looks like a remote bomb detonator through security.
Meh. If they annoy me, I'll make it a three sided conversation. I can be just as annoying as the douche next to me, and I don't even need a phone. The difference is, I try not to be unless I have to be:)
I used to bag groceries. Just because they're thin doesn't mean they aren't strong. What usually happens is some muppet UNDER packs them (they're stronger when slightly stretched), or they run a corner of a box down the side, rather than packing around the outside and squeezing stuff into the middle. Really, a plastic bag will hold a lot, and they're great for small trash can liners (like in a bathroom), picking up cat or dog waste, etc.
I'm not saying that I don't care about turtles or that a lot of people throw them out... but I reuse the hell out of mine, and if you chase off the stupid kids from packing your bags, you actually can carry quite a bit in one without it breaking. FYI, quite a bit ~3 2L bottles of soda worth of weight, if packed properly.
I've found that plastic grocery sacks make wonderful receptacles for cat doodie when I scoop it out. But I still never get a bag for things like milk or anything that has it's own handle.
Why not invest? If wild alligators are endangered, a farm is a GREAT thing to invest in. Figure out how to breed them, release some back into the wild (they're never going to be "tame"), and boom, you have the experience and outlay to start making products from your farmed animals.
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This needs modded up. How'd my dad put it... "You'd be right. You'd be dead right." Something like that. I've avoided a ton of accidents that wouldn't have been my fault just because I pay attention. Including the forklift pallet that almost landed on the driver's side of the windshield after flying off a truck. Wouldn't have been my fault, but damned if I didn't want to catch a pallet with my face.
If you're 10 yards from the intersection traveling at 30mph, you have JUST enough time to either SLAM on the brakes causing a hazard for everyone around you, or continue through the intersection. There's this little thing called "momentum" that people seem to forget about when talking about cars... it scares the shit out of me that they're allowed to drive while not knowing that.
And cities should:
Not have ridiculously short yellow light durations
Put a short amount of time while changing where ALL lights are red
Be in it for the citizens, not for profit
Which do you see happening first?
You wish that's how it worked. That's a VERY recent development... most games (C&C: Generals and later even) typically run everything in a main loop. It was so bad that when a friend of mine was working with OSG and did a separate render thread, he got NO speedup with ATI's drivers (they've since fixed that) because ATI just did a busy-wait if you enabled VSYNC. So his on a single CPU processing thread actually got slower when not blasting the images to the screen more times than the actual LCD could display. Completely stupid.
No, you can't "see" the difference between 30 and 60fps. That's why movies play at 24fps. 30 is a great FLOOR. The problem is that you're talking average FPS rates, which yes, 30 is too low. It means there are a significant number of times where it's below 30fps.
It scares me that you have devoted that much time thinking about the physics of that.
Balls? Who needs balls when you're in a corporation's pocket? "ideals" and "ethics" are for poor people.
Lucent is a company that does network services and such. Lucid means easily understood.
"Monty Hall". Did you NEVER watch "Let's Make A Deal"?
It's named off of a person, not a "haul" or anything.
Sweet. I always wanted the Internet to be a closed place, where you had to be special to play along. There's no reason for it to be this "free for all" where people can "communicate" willy-nilly without having to bribe the right server owners or worry about having an equal right to communicate.
And you drop mail from my home-run email server, too. You're saying that home users should only be able to download stuff from the web, and that's the only way they can participate on the Internet? I thought the Internet was built as a network of computers that were all peers. Your "solution" makes separate classes of computers depending on how they connect, which would mean that you could only be a provider of content if you had enough clout in the right places. Sounds wonderful.
That won't work... that'll ask them if they want to format their disk.
/y
format c:
THAT is what people should type if you really want them to get hit.
Just because someone chose a bad password does NOT put Linux architecturally on the same footing as Windows.
Nimda used IIS and network shares to spread, and Slammer hit MS SQL servers to spread.
What was that you were saying? They may hit server applications, but it is still a very valid counter-argument to the assertion that popularity just makes it a bigger target. It doesn't matter whether it's a server or a home desktop, because it was a blanket statement of higher popularity equating to a more popular target. FYI the LAMP stack and Apache have NOT been hit by any attacks the size of Nimda or Slammer. Or any automated attacks, as far as I know. And LAMP and Apache are more popular solutions in the same space than IIS and MSSQL.
How the hell did you get an informative for that? You're tilting at non-existent windmills... is it just the phrase "apples to oranges"? Is that what turns a moderator's senses off?
Say what? Social engineering is taking advantage of social behaviors. People will look at a USB drive... it's exploiting their social behavior, whether it's curiosity or altruism or what, it's still social engineering if you use their behavior to accomplish your ends.
Naah. Your cpu is likely only a centimeter or two across at the most. The chips are small... it's the packaging that makes them bigger ;)
And you, an apparent douchebag, obviously don't mind someone kicking the back of your seat or sleeping leaning on you.
Wait, you do? Almost like someone is invading your space in an already too-close situation? Imagine that.
I used to think that way. And then a co-worker had a suitcase dropped on his head when he had his noise-canceling headphones on. I'm sorry... I use my ears to tell what the hell is going on around me because 90% of the upright-walking monkeys out there are too retarded to be trusted with even theoretically simple tasks, like pulling something out of the overhead bins without dropping it. I would also expect some common courtesy... I don't watch videos on the plane without headphones (that don't block all noise), I don't elbow the person next to me, and I don't kick the seat in front of me. We've all gotta share the same small space for a non-trivial amount of time... if people are too stupid and self-important to not be douches to those around them in those situations, we need to start making rules so that they HAVE to be courteous. Such as keeping cell phones disallowed.
I'd say that they're just as safe as any cell phone would be. They don't use much more power. The trick would be getting something that looks like a remote bomb detonator through security.
Meh. If they annoy me, I'll make it a three sided conversation. I can be just as annoying as the douche next to me, and I don't even need a phone. The difference is, I try not to be unless I have to be :)
I used to bag groceries. Just because they're thin doesn't mean they aren't strong. What usually happens is some muppet UNDER packs them (they're stronger when slightly stretched), or they run a corner of a box down the side, rather than packing around the outside and squeezing stuff into the middle. Really, a plastic bag will hold a lot, and they're great for small trash can liners (like in a bathroom), picking up cat or dog waste, etc.
I'm not saying that I don't care about turtles or that a lot of people throw them out... but I reuse the hell out of mine, and if you chase off the stupid kids from packing your bags, you actually can carry quite a bit in one without it breaking. FYI, quite a bit ~3 2L bottles of soda worth of weight, if packed properly.
I've found that plastic grocery sacks make wonderful receptacles for cat doodie when I scoop it out. But I still never get a bag for things like milk or anything that has it's own handle.
Yup. But their statement made the front page too. Which is the important bit... WHY they took it down.
Why not invest? If wild alligators are endangered, a farm is a GREAT thing to invest in. Figure out how to breed them, release some back into the wild (they're never going to be "tame"), and boom, you have the experience and outlay to start making products from your farmed animals.
BTW, they haven't been on the endangered list for 20 years. And, guess what? alligator farms do exist (have since 2 years BEFORE they were delisted), and guess what, you can buy real alligator skin boots as well as alligator steaks.
How in the hell do completely moronic posts like this get modded up?