Obviously like other outdated languages they fall out of fashion and favour, but that certainly doesn't mean its unmaintainable.
Tweaking an existing program with 20+ years of bugfixes and real world modifications is infinitely cheaper and easier than replacing the functionality it performs.
We have a set of basic (predates VB even!) function code lurking in the core of our system which we would love to replace, but making mistakes and forgetting the intricate details by giving it a whole rewrite is out of the question at the moment.
I used to think the same. Now that I use them, I hate using plain IE.
Slight side issue, I keep on middle clicking on the little program tabs at the bottom of my screen and cursing when they don't open or close as expected.
Do any of the OS's offer middle button support for general things, or is it mainly restricted to browser functionality?
The thing is, this was the same with earlier competing systems
Spectrums vs c64 Amiga vs Atari ST Nintendo vs Sega
The one constant in all this has been they have all been replaced. Usually, the replacement kinda sneaks up and takes the crown.
This isn't a war, its just time for the next level.
Currently, as a PC/Windows user I have a stable machine, relatively safe from annoyances, but I am already planning my next machine, and x86 isn't even in the running.
Haven't you ever been pissed off with someone just enough to sign them up for 10s of "limited subject" lists?
My personal favorites to send people to include sewing and knitting sites.
They are VERY eager to sign people up, and they are right, they are totally opt-in, and all recipients have filled in the online form. Its just accidental that I give their address instead of my own.
Now, what do you think the annoyed recipient will do as soon as this hits his inbox (with a decvent provider)?
For employees at google, which time fraction would reading slashdot come under?
Theres the incredible drag factor of obsessive refreshing and giggling at stupid jokes on screen, or the fact your mainly reading articles about your own company.
I said a similar thing when the MOUSE driver for windows xp wanted to reboot after installation (extra button support).
All you need is "its a mouse, it works well but keep it away from anything electrical" and your rocking.
As for the driver thing, I eventually gave into the dark side and rebooted for a friggin MS mouse. The worst part is I replaced it about 3 weeks later cos it was crap.
If a third party application is fucking around in some other applications registry settings, then its doing something wrong.
The blame for this is squarely at netscapes door.
How many times have we had programs messing where they shouldn't, causing unexpected actions and events? and whether it is in the registry or an ini file is irrelivent, those settings are NOT totally understood by the third party.
Would you like me to start fucking with your firefox settings?
Would you hazard a guess how long it would last if I did?
In order that google should comply with the DMCA, the offending party has to contact them and tell them the specific search terms that lead to the results.
Those results are then removed, the DMCA notice is intact and may lead to the details of the complaint.
(This may include listing the blocked or infringing sites)
btw, an example of googles DMCA practices can be found by searching for "kazaa lite"
The enforcement activity was coordinated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a unit within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There was talk of a DOS attack on google and yahoo a few months ago. Google did infact go down for a while, but most of it was:
u1: "you hear google's down?" u2: "No? its still working here look..clickity..oh!" u2: "Your right, clickity its not working, watch..clickity" u1: "clickity its still not working here either"
Slashdot Mirror
It doesn't matter.
If the program tries to go through the registration process automatically and correctly filling in all fields except the email one.
It will try numerous variations of [username]@hotmail.com or gmail.com or any of the other popular ones.
If it gets far enough to be KNOWN as syntactically correct, then the next check has to be a check if the data conflicts.
Changing the failure message now is just as bad.
The message now is either "Accepted" or "Failed".
Its just a side effect of the automatic account creation, and at this moment, the only strong way to prevent it is CAPTCHA type human intervention.
I didn't think of the BSOD, I thought of penguins falling from the sky and wondered if I would need my umbrella !?
I thought it was called "oh fuck off!".
At least thats all I hear around the office whenever it appears.
no one can maintain
Obviously like other outdated languages they fall out of fashion and favour, but that certainly doesn't mean its unmaintainable.
Tweaking an existing program with 20+ years of bugfixes and real world modifications is infinitely cheaper and easier than replacing the functionality it performs.
We have a set of basic (predates VB even!) function code lurking in the core of our system which we would love to replace, but making mistakes and forgetting the intricate details by giving it a whole rewrite is out of the question at the moment.
Isn't the idea of standards compliant browsing to eliminate the need for making even minor tweaks to the codebase?
I might be a bit of an idealist, but a standard isn't a standard if it must be tweaked for everyone.
I used to think the same.
Now that I use them, I hate using plain IE.
Slight side issue, I keep on middle clicking on the little program tabs at the bottom of my screen and cursing when they don't open or close as expected.
Do any of the OS's offer middle button support for general things, or is it mainly restricted to browser functionality?
I'm defecting to Apple.
Don't know which model yet.
Of course he's right, but its not happening because he said it.
Mobile phone companies have been like this for years, its just an expansion of that.
By the time the last dupe occurs, I think he will need a new nickname.
The thing is, this was the same with earlier competing systems
Spectrums vs c64
Amiga vs Atari ST
Nintendo vs Sega
The one constant in all this has been they have all been replaced.
Usually, the replacement kinda sneaks up and takes the crown.
This isn't a war, its just time for the next level.
Currently, as a PC/Windows user I have a stable machine, relatively safe from annoyances, but I am already planning my next machine, and x86 isn't even in the running.
Haven't you ever been pissed off with someone just enough to sign them up for 10s of "limited subject" lists?
My personal favorites to send people to include sewing and knitting sites.
They are VERY eager to sign people up, and they are right, they are totally opt-in, and all recipients have filled in the online form. Its just accidental that I give their address instead of my own.
Now, what do you think the annoyed recipient will do as soon as this hits his inbox (with a decvent provider)?
No,
;)
the web service will have already been started.
Dir() is just a member function of it
For employees at google, which time fraction would reading slashdot come under?
Theres the incredible drag factor of obsessive refreshing and giggling at stupid jokes on screen, or the fact your mainly reading articles about your own company.
hmmmmm
Be assured, there will be 3 dupes by morning as compensation.
I said a similar thing when the MOUSE driver for windows xp wanted to reboot after installation (extra button support).
All you need is "its a mouse, it works well but keep it away from anything electrical" and your rocking.
As for the driver thing, I eventually gave into the dark side and rebooted for a friggin MS mouse. The worst part is I replaced it about 3 weeks later cos it was crap.
What I still don't know is does rendering XML in netscape bork as well, or is it just when you use vanilla IE?
;)
If it works in NS, then that aspect of the QA went apparantly well
If a third party application is fucking around in some other applications registry settings, then its doing something wrong.
The blame for this is squarely at netscapes door.
How many times have we had programs messing where they shouldn't, causing unexpected actions and events?
and whether it is in the registry or an ini file is irrelivent, those settings are NOT totally understood by the third party.
Would you like me to start fucking with your firefox settings?
Would you hazard a guess how long it would last if I did?
Tell that to google:
s ith+filetype%3Atorrent
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=star+wars+
In order that google should comply with the DMCA, the offending party has to contact them and tell them the specific search terms that lead to the results.
Those results are then removed, the DMCA notice is intact and may lead to the details of the complaint.
(This may include listing the blocked or infringing sites)
btw, an example of googles DMCA practices can be found by searching for "kazaa lite"
Gerald Ratner and Matthew Barrett both said they would be honoured to attend.
fta:
The enforcement activity was coordinated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a unit within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mirror it now.
Yes it has.
There was talk of a DOS attack on google and yahoo a few months ago.
Google did infact go down for a while, but most of it was:
u1: "you hear google's down?"
u2: "No? its still working here look..clickity..oh!"
u2: "Your right, clickity its not working, watch..clickity"
u1: "clickity its still not working here either"
u2: "dude, we r0x"
Slashdot would be good to setup a BT search engine.
A slashdot branded site would have more copies of recent movies than Blockbuster!
The worm was unleashed on the 19th.
The day after they went public with the hole.
Whos to say this virus wasn't ready to run and just waiting for an exploitable hole to complete the project?
This is nothing but 0 (1) day expl0its.
The best part about the windows firewall is its small size and almost unnoticable performance drop when using it.
Its most effective as you say as a second line of defense, but I still recommend running it inside the lan.
Let the hardware wall protect you from the outside world, but your machines need protection from themselves.
Theres nothing worse than a worm bouncing around your internal machines.