I have watched both BitDefender and Kaspersky open those executable compression packages. I don't have BitDefender in front of me, but during scans it logs the quantity of "packed" files that it has unpacked. It seems reasonable to assume that most of the rest of the AV companies do the same.
It's arguable that the AV products are always able to open up every variation of these things, but it's incorrect to say that simply enclosing your malware inside one automatically makes it undetectable.
Even if it is the end the people who designed, built, tested and watched over those rovers over the past years should be very proud of their accomplishment. To succeed so well at something that is so incredibly difficult is high praise in itself.
To these talented and hard-working engineers, technicians and researchers (and even the JPL PHBs), I salute you.
I hate to get in the way of you being a jerk and all, but my point is that I was looking for "Coral Cache", not the "Coral Content Distribution Network", which sounded like a totally different thing (since everyone calls it by an incorrect name).
Also, I was searching for "Coralcache" because I'd seen it written that way several times. I won't provide you with a link, because I'm not a pedantic ass.
I was making a point: There's no "Coral Cache FAQ" to read, because there's no Coral Cache. The Coral CDN would work much better if the multitudes of us that cannot use nyud.net links knew there was a FAQ with a solution in it. I didn't know what the heck it was until I made a much more determined effort.
I got that URL by doing a DNS lookup for anandtech.com.nyud.net since nyud.net never resolves at all for me. I then appended the:8090/... stuff to the end and got it.
Until today, I had no idea what "CoralCache" was because "CoralCache" doen't come up on Google with any non-cryptic answer. I just assumed it was some poorly-implemented thing that I couldn't get to.
Thanks to WikiPedia's article on Slashdotting, I found that CoralCache isn't "CoralCache" but actually the Coral CDN, whose web page is here, and whose FAQ is here. So all this time I could've been reading Coralized links if people had just bothered to call it something that actually resembled its name.
Do they tend to be aimed at people who already know a lot about CS or *nix? I really want something that starts from a bird's-eye view (more concept than detail) and gets more detailed as the book progresses. I can learn anything technical, especially if I can get a handle on the "who" and "why" before filling up on the "what" and "how".
... whatever that means, is this. I need a high-level description of how Unix works. I have a reasonable handle on how Windows works (at least on a conceptual basis), so if I run into a problem or would like to get something done, I have an idea the kind of tools I need.
I've only played with HP-UX and a couple of Linux flavors - and not long or thorough enough to know what's going on under the hood.
Some examples:
How does **nix boot? How does it interact with hardware? Is there a general hint to what all the directories are about or any memory aids for knowing what's in them? Permissions - any chance of an overview of what the bits mean, why they might be used and how they're actually used?
The books I've seem go right from a brief history of Unix to either installing it or talking about commands. I've got no problem learning the "how", but I really need to know the "why" before I will spend the valuable time re-learning my way around an OS. Until then, I'll be sticking with Windows.
Does anyone know any books that address the "how it all works together" part? I'll be happy to read man pages and cryptic HOWTOs once I know why I'm doing it.
It's looking like there should be quite a bit of competition soon in human orbital spaceflight. Here are the various competitors I can think of off-hand:
* USA: Shuttle-derived system, probably with a CEV capsule on top. There's several downsides to a shuttle-derived system, but it keeps the constituencies happy and should have enough government momentum to keep on going.
* Russia and Europe: Kliper's been searching around for financial support for a while, and it looks like they finally got at least -some- funding from Europe.
* t/Space: The (Rutan-affiliated?) company just completed a parachute drop test and water landing of a full-scale model of their proposed CXV space capsule. It's uncertain if they'll get more funding from NASA, but their concept seems sound and may get private investment. Oh, and their web page has some really spiffy videos.
* SpaceX: They've already announced their intent to compete for Bigelow's orbital prize, and their upcoming man-rated Falcon V will be large enough to carry a Gemini-style capsule.
Now what about destinations? Besides the ISS, we've got Robert Bigelow's inflatable space station modules, which should be up and operational by 2010, with several prototype launches before then. He's planning on selling these modules to various groups and countries, so hopefully we'll have several different space stations up there.
Between Shenzhou 8 and 9 China is planning on launching a small orbital laboratory, which Shenzhou 9 will be docking with. Various members of the Chinese space program have also been visiting Bigelow's facility, so perhaps we'll see them doing something with his modules.
The human ear can only detect sounds between 20Hz and about 20kHz (some people can hear higer, some cannot hear frequencies that high).
Audio is typically sampled at 44kHz to eliminate aliasing distortion. Google for "Nyquist" and "aliasing distortion" for more than you could ever possibly want to know.
Does this sort of über-large wind power machine generate more energy than it takes to create, install, and maintain it? I remember reading that the smaller machines required more energy over their lifetimes than they were able to generate.
If that's becoming less true, I think this is a great thing. I worry a little about the environmental effects of "taking energy out of the wind", but I haven't read about anyone important who shares my worry, so it's probably unfounded.
He's not pushing religion on anyone, you're just being oversensitive. He's saying anyone following a faith should say a quick prayer. If you don't follow a faith, grieve in your own way (or not).
Why deaths make people so hypersensitive is beyond me.
I wondered what michael was talking about with this, so I googled. My education on the classics is apparently pretty bad!
Augeas, king of Elis, was rich in horses, cattle, goats, anything that could eat, and... the products of 3000 oxen, gathered lovingly for ten years, stood there, caked hard, higher than a house. The smell was so bad, no-one wanted to go near. Herakles had to clean this up. Fighting monsters never looked so good. Herakles spoke to Augeas and agreed to clean his stables in exchange for a tenth of the cattle. Herakles sent the river Alpheus through the stables, clearing them in less than a day. Augeas refused to pay, claiming Herakles had not performed the job with his own hands. When his own son took the side of Herakles, he banished him. Herakles made war on Augeas, deposing him, and replacing him with his son.
Herakles = Hercules = Kevin Sorbo
I liked the MST3k Hercules movies better than the TV ones.
... it's having your ActiveX security at default permissions, which in itself is a boneheaded move by Microsoft.
Basically, default permissions say that any "signed" ActiveX control is OK to install without a prompt. So Xupiter just goes ahead and installs it.
People need to read up and learn how to use the (fairly powerful) security settings in IE6, and Microsoft needs to be chastized again for making default security too trusting.
I guess it depends on your paradigm... command-line commandos don't like the GUI's insulation, while GUI geeks hate remembering a bunch of bizarre program names.
Unless I'm missing the point - the only real failing of Win32 is that a lot of stuff can't be scripted because of the lack of a CLI. Does GNUWIN allow for some of this? Does it have hooks into system admin programs on Win32?
"Yeah, it's really nice... WAIT DID YOU MICROWAVE IT BEFORE WE LEFT HOME!?!"
"Micro - huh? What the hell are to talking about?"
"RFID SAND CHIPS! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! They've probably tracked us here. Better take off your clothes until we can get to some underground consignment shops and hook you up with some aluminized disco stuff from the '70s."
"We're through."
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I finished building a Windows machine for my brother the other day, and he uses AOL. So I installed the AOL 8.0 CD (you can imagine how hard it was for me to run that setup program deliberately), and to my surprise, one of the hundred Real pieces of software were installed (Real Player? Real One? I don't remember).
So I uninstalled it ASAFP, and then AOL bitched that it wasn't present so I reinstalled it.
That along with the MANY directories full of shite sofware AOL put on the machine (without my permission), makes me hate AOL all the more.
And now they've screwed up Winamp, by releasing the 3.0 bloatware version that takes a good 5 seconds to load on a 933MHz PIII. That's inexcusable. They've screwed up everything they've touched.
At least they don't verify that the email address that they make you fill in is real.:)
Hee hee hee...
I always use "Bob@bob.com" for my emails when I have to enter an address and I'm pretty sure I won't actually need to receive important email about it. I feel sorry for that poor guy if he exists, because I suspect he gets a LOT of my SPAM. Sorry, Bob.
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I've successfully kept any and all Real software of my machine for two years now, and not felt the least bit sad about it.
At least on Windows machines, installing their software means you've installed a LOT of registry keys everywhere, plus you get several programs that default to starting with Windows.
Even uninstalling it leaves crap everywhere. And their ad-ridden players are massively annoying.
Quicktime is getting worse in the same way, but I'm more likely to download a Quicktime video than a Real one anyday.
So do whatever you want, Real. I'll be happily counting the days until your extinction.
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I have watched both BitDefender and Kaspersky open those executable compression packages. I don't have BitDefender in front of me, but during scans it logs the quantity of "packed" files that it has unpacked. It seems reasonable to assume that most of the rest of the AV companies do the same.
It's arguable that the AV products are always able to open up every variation of these things, but it's incorrect to say that simply enclosing your malware inside one automatically makes it undetectable.
Even if it is the end the people who designed, built, tested and watched over those rovers over the past years should be very proud of their accomplishment. To succeed so well at something that is so incredibly difficult is high praise in itself.
To these talented and hard-working engineers, technicians and researchers (and even the JPL PHBs), I salute you.
You haven't been to a Radio Shack lately, have you? They have almost nothing.
"You've got questions, we've got Blank Stares"
You smoked dried animals? That is strange. ...
What's it like?
I hate to get in the way of you being a jerk and all, but my point is that I was looking for "Coral Cache", not the "Coral Content Distribution Network", which sounded like a totally different thing (since everyone calls it by an incorrect name).
Also, I was searching for "Coralcache" because I'd seen it written that way several times. I won't provide you with a link, because I'm not a pedantic ass.
I was making a point: There's no "Coral Cache FAQ" to read, because there's no Coral Cache. The Coral CDN would work much better if the multitudes of us that cannot use nyud.net links knew there was a FAQ with a solution in it. I didn't know what the heck it was until I made a much more determined effort.
That's trolling?
I'm not sure if you're insulting me or not.
:8090/... stuff to the end and got it.
I got that URL by doing a DNS lookup for anandtech.com.nyud.net since nyud.net never resolves at all for me. I then appended the
Until today, I had no idea what "CoralCache" was because "CoralCache" doen't come up on Google with any non-cryptic answer. I just assumed it was some poorly-implemented thing that I couldn't get to.
Thanks to WikiPedia's article on Slashdotting, I found that CoralCache isn't "CoralCache" but actually the Coral CDN, whose web page is here, and whose FAQ is here. So all this time I could've been reading Coralized links if people had just bothered to call it something that actually resembled its name.
nyud.net doesn't resolve for me, so I'm using this:
8 090/printarticle.aspx?i=2610
http://www.anandtech.com.http.l2.l1.l0.nyucd.net:
Thanks.
Do they tend to be aimed at people who already know a lot about CS or *nix? I really want something that starts from a bird's-eye view (more concept than detail) and gets more detailed as the book progresses. I can learn anything technical, especially if I can get a handle on the "who" and "why" before filling up on the "what" and "how".
... whatever that means, is this. I need a high-level description of how Unix works. I have a reasonable handle on how Windows works (at least on a conceptual basis), so if I run into a problem or would like to get something done, I have an idea the kind of tools I need.
I've only played with HP-UX and a couple of Linux flavors - and not long or thorough enough to know what's going on under the hood.
Some examples:
How does **nix boot? How does it interact with hardware? Is there a general hint to what all the directories are about or any memory aids for knowing what's in them? Permissions - any chance of an overview of what the bits mean, why they might be used and how they're actually used?
The books I've seem go right from a brief history of Unix to either installing it or talking about commands. I've got no problem learning the "how", but I really need to know the "why" before I will spend the valuable time re-learning my way around an OS. Until then, I'll be sticking with Windows.
Does anyone know any books that address the "how it all works together" part? I'll be happy to read man pages and cryptic HOWTOs once I know why I'm doing it.
It's looking like there should be quite a bit of competition soon in human orbital spaceflight. Here are the
various competitors I can think of off-hand:
* USA: Shuttle-derived system, probably with a CEV capsule on top. There's several downsides to a shuttle-derived system, but it keeps the constituencies happy and should have enough government momentum to keep on going.
* Russia and Europe: Kliper's been searching around for financial support for a while, and it looks like they finally got at least -some- funding from Europe.
* China: various iterations of Shenzhou spacecraft
In the private sector:
* t/Space: The (Rutan-affiliated?) company just completed a parachute drop test and water landing of a full-scale model of their proposed CXV space capsule. It's uncertain if they'll get more funding from NASA, but their concept seems sound and may get private investment. Oh, and their web page has some really spiffy videos.
* SpaceX: They've already announced their intent to compete for Bigelow's
orbital prize, and their upcoming man-rated Falcon V will be large enough to carry a Gemini-style capsule.
Now what about destinations? Besides the ISS, we've got Robert Bigelow's inflatable space station modules, which should be up and operational by 2010, with several prototype launches before then. He's planning on selling these modules to various groups and countries, so hopefully we'll have several different space stations up there.
Between Shenzhou 8 and 9 China is planning on launching a small orbital laboratory, which Shenzhou 9 will be docking with. Various members of the Chinese space program have also been visiting Bigelow's facility, so perhaps we'll see them doing something with his modules.
The future should be interesting.
Original article here.
The human ear can only detect sounds between 20Hz and about 20kHz (some people can hear higer, some cannot hear frequencies that high).
Audio is typically sampled at 44kHz to eliminate aliasing distortion. Google for "Nyquist" and "aliasing distortion" for more than you could ever possibly want to know.
Get that man on the KDE team IMMEDIATELY! His parents obviously had a grasp of the KDE naming convention long ago.
It's funny. Laugh.
Does this sort of über-large wind power machine generate more energy than it takes to create, install, and maintain it? I remember reading that the smaller machines required more energy over their lifetimes than they were able to generate.
If that's becoming less true, I think this is a great thing. I worry a little about the environmental effects of "taking energy out of the wind", but I haven't read about anyone important who shares my worry, so it's probably unfounded.
He's not pushing religion on anyone, you're just being oversensitive. He's saying anyone following a faith should say a quick prayer. If you don't follow a faith, grieve in your own way (or not).
Why deaths make people so hypersensitive is beyond me.
Christ that was insensitive. There are enough trolls here without that comment.
Herakles = Hercules = Kevin Sorbo
I liked the MST3k Hercules movies better than the TV ones.
... it's having your ActiveX security at default permissions, which in itself is a boneheaded move by Microsoft.
Basically, default permissions say that any "signed" ActiveX control is OK to install without a prompt. So Xupiter just goes ahead and installs it.
People need to read up and learn how to use the (fairly powerful) security settings in IE6, and Microsoft needs to be chastized again for making default security too trusting.
But it's NOT a bug.
Windows is pretty easy to live with as it is.
I guess it depends on your paradigm... command-line commandos don't like the GUI's insulation, while GUI geeks hate remembering a bunch of bizarre program names.
Unless I'm missing the point - the only real failing of Win32 is that a lot of stuff can't be scripted because of the lack of a CLI. Does GNUWIN allow for some of this? Does it have hooks into system admin programs on Win32?
I can picture the conversation with my wife now:
"Hon, do you like this dress?"
"Yeah, it's really nice... WAIT DID YOU MICROWAVE IT BEFORE WE LEFT HOME!?!"
"Micro - huh? What the hell are to talking about?"
"RFID SAND CHIPS! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! They've probably tracked us here. Better take off your clothes until we can get to some underground consignment shops and hook you up with some aluminized disco stuff from the '70s."
"We're through."
I finished building a Windows machine for my brother the other day, and he uses AOL. So I installed the AOL 8.0 CD (you can imagine how hard it was for me to run that setup program deliberately), and to my surprise, one of the hundred Real pieces of software were installed (Real Player? Real One? I don't remember).
So I uninstalled it ASAFP, and then AOL bitched that it wasn't present so I reinstalled it.
That along with the MANY directories full of shite sofware AOL put on the machine (without my permission), makes me hate AOL all the more.
And now they've screwed up Winamp, by releasing the 3.0 bloatware version that takes a good 5 seconds to load on a 933MHz PIII. That's inexcusable. They've screwed up everything they've touched.
At least they don't verify that the email address that they make you fill in is real. :)
Hee hee hee...
I always use "Bob@bob.com" for my emails when I have to enter an address and I'm pretty sure I won't actually need to receive important email about it. I feel sorry for that poor guy if he exists, because I suspect he gets a LOT of my SPAM. Sorry, Bob.
I've successfully kept any and all Real software of my machine for two years now, and not felt the least bit sad about it.
At least on Windows machines, installing their software means you've installed a LOT of registry keys everywhere, plus you get several programs that default to starting with Windows.
Even uninstalling it leaves crap everywhere. And their ad-ridden players are massively annoying.
Quicktime is getting worse in the same way, but I'm more likely to download a Quicktime video than a Real one anyday.
So do whatever you want, Real. I'll be happily counting the days until your extinction.
Looks like the Machine Planet is coming sooner than we realized! We just have to watch out for the bloody Tlielaxians.
Signed,
Pahwindah Dirt