The document is available to read as both text and pdf. I understand his worrying, but to me the biggest WTF is:
He works for one Cambridge university, he published his document to its biggest rival (Oxford) and they expect US dollars for a totally English transaction.
I go to google news specifically for the variation in sources. I like to see the varying articles and standpoints available for the same story (usually in the editorials around the actual feed). If google starts feeding me a single specific variation with one POV its worse in my book.
If they got clever, they could make a conductive film and get tracks at one times the films thickness;) As it stands I will only be impressed if they get fractures down to at least 2 times thickness.
Yes, Microsoft worked hard to implement the slowness of Eclipse within Visual Studio. The latest 2005 editions even come with a set of custom options for configuring your resource hogging. The flashing file save icon has been redesigned and now displays as an alpha blended bead of annoyance.
It sounds like the honour virus to be honest, "We need to monitor you, if you would wear this covert recording hat whilst doing your illegal stuff it would be fan-diddly-astic".
Will it be illegal to thwart the attack?
Will it become illegal to use an alternative operating system or antivirus software or even just common sense to deflect these payloads?
The Femilab bison have to be fine breeding studs; travelling at half light speed and crashing into a matter sample in under a millisecond doesn't leave much time for foreplay.
Why is it interesting that a google employee opposes something Microsoft does? I mean, those aren't exactly love seats being thrown out of Microsoft's office windows.
Its not the moralising, its the errors with these kind of files. I would rather allow everything until it proves to be a problem then filter it specifically. Its cleaner and more logical for me and more to the point, its less annoying.
Each entry in the list you linked that is marked as "Removed" is a few annoying minutes of head scratching trying to find out if its dead or not. There have been more removed over the couple of years that hosts file has been building than I have added so I will stick with my current method:)
Have you ever clicked on any link and had the server dead? How do you know the difference between dead because its off the internet or dead because of your host list?
I hate not knowing and spent more time faffing about trying to find out that eventually I gave up.
Its like a spam filter, I have a spam folder containing every single spam I have received and have trained my filter to recognise and handle it but I hate mail systems which silently eat spam without even letting me get at it (ISP|domain level).
Viruses mainly come from insecure browsers and user stupidity.
The biggest (solvable) problem with porn (and other) sites is link/statusbar hijacking where you click one link and are redirected to another site not related.
The solution involves preventing access to the statusbar and unfolding the links (with a greasemonkey script).
I will not click anything which I cannot see the resultant page.
I understand the principle and in some situations it might work, but the shotgun approach just makes people think half the net isn't working. When I tried one of these large files I was forever going in and removing hosts after realising they weren't dead because of the slashdot effect (or similar) but were infact blocked in hosts.
I also find it tedious to update the hosts file, so have on numerous occasions considered (and half implemented) a firefox addin which lists the servers used on a particular page as a tick list allowing a quick simple selection and automatic insertion into the local hosts file.
Unfortunately my java skills are weak and hence it remains as an idea rather than a finished addin.
Slashdot Mirror
This post is delayed as well, though its not because of the PS3 console either.
Its because I outsourced my typing and there is some lag.
Then compare core samples through the brain.
Nothing wrong with that, and if you use a bore small enough people won't notice.
Of anybody in the world, Fossett should have the best shot at survival.
I hope this is merely a chapter and not his swan song.
The document is available to read as both text and pdf.
I understand his worrying, but to me the biggest WTF is:
He works for one Cambridge university, he published his document to its biggest rival (Oxford) and they expect US dollars for a totally English transaction.
I say, off with their heads.
I go to google news specifically for the variation in sources.
I like to see the varying articles and standpoints available for the same story (usually in the editorials around the actual feed).
If google starts feeding me a single specific variation with one POV its worse in my book.
Does this mean Roland will get a wagerise?
*duck*
If they got clever, they could make a conductive film and get tracks at one times the films thickness ;)
As it stands I will only be impressed if they get fractures down to at least 2 times thickness.
'cos Bill is the person ultimately responsible.
Yes, Microsoft worked hard to implement the slowness of Eclipse within Visual Studio.
The latest 2005 editions even come with a set of custom options for configuring your resource hogging.
The flashing file save icon has been redesigned and now displays as an alpha blended bead of annoyance.
It sounds like the honour virus to be honest, "We need to monitor you, if you would wear this covert recording hat whilst doing your illegal stuff it would be fan-diddly-astic".
Will it be illegal to thwart the attack?
Will it become illegal to use an alternative operating system or antivirus software or even just common sense to deflect these payloads?
Sorry, Apple already has designs on the iSched moniker.
Where else would you keep your iLawnmower?
Thats a really cool hobby to have.
I have however noticed something which might get Linus and Stallman (not difficult really) seething.
Chade-Meng has a number of different albums, one being "Tech industry Titans" and another being "Other Famous people".
Try to guess which folder they are in...
Is it because Stallman smells?
Is this the same thing which is holding galaxies in a certain direction?
Is the universe binary?
So if I post an entire movie but give a commentary of it alongside its fair use?
He should counterclaim and sue for damages.
How many copies did Viacom sent out to viewers homes?
Isn't it something like $250,000 per copy?
Its always illuminating to see developers take a lateral step towards problems.
Here in the UK we use the tiny amount of light to power calculators but I think you would need a panel at least 3km square.
Best analogy ever.
... is delivered us via a system of tubes ...
:)
Ted Stevens would be proud
From what I have been reading, twitter and erris are one and the same.
Look at the comments lower down in the discussion for a full rundown.
It was a headscratcher for me at first, but I think I believe it as well now.
The Femilab bison have to be fine breeding studs; travelling at half light speed and crashing into a matter sample in under a millisecond doesn't leave much time for foreplay.
Why is it interesting that a google employee opposes something Microsoft does?
I mean, those aren't exactly love seats being thrown out of Microsoft's office windows.
Its not the moralising, its the errors with these kind of files.
:)
I would rather allow everything until it proves to be a problem then filter it specifically.
Its cleaner and more logical for me and more to the point, its less annoying.
Each entry in the list you linked that is marked as "Removed" is a few annoying minutes of head scratching trying to find out if its dead or not.
There have been more removed over the couple of years that hosts file has been building than I have added so I will stick with my current method
Have you ever clicked on any link and had the server dead?
How do you know the difference between dead because its off the internet or dead because of your host list?
I hate not knowing and spent more time faffing about trying to find out that eventually I gave up.
Its like a spam filter, I have a spam folder containing every single spam I have received and have trained my filter to recognise and handle it but I hate mail systems which silently eat spam without even letting me get at it (ISP|domain level).
Viruses mainly come from insecure browsers and user stupidity.
The biggest (solvable) problem with porn (and other) sites is link/statusbar hijacking where you click one link and are redirected to another site not related.
The solution involves preventing access to the statusbar and unfolding the links (with a greasemonkey script).
I will not click anything which I cannot see the resultant page.
I understand the principle and in some situations it might work, but the shotgun approach just makes people think half the net isn't working. When I tried one of these large files I was forever going in and removing hosts after realising they weren't dead because of the slashdot effect (or similar) but were infact blocked in hosts.
I also find it tedious to update the hosts file, so have on numerous occasions considered (and half implemented) a firefox addin which lists the servers used on a particular page as a tick list allowing a quick simple selection and automatic insertion into the local hosts file.
Unfortunately my java skills are weak and hence it remains as an idea rather than a finished addin.
Additional to my note, looking through the specific host file you reference I see it blocks a load of porn sites.
These are wanted and are not crappy adverts
ahem..