.NET was a mostly foiled attempt of microsoft to do the same thing with C that they did to Netscape. Why hand that over to Microsoft by implementing some cross-platform version of a noose they can hang you with? They are bad enough when the law *isn't* on their side.
I don't understand what would drive anyone to do this unless they are on the Microsoft bank-roll.
Google is just trying to make a marketing argument to put some momentum behind their Chromebook. There is no solution which is completely 'torture' free... even an Abacus can be frustrating.
No matter how much you want it to be gone, Flash is like ActiveX and IE. A necessary piece of software for many production applications in use today. To take those pieces away means costing corporation several thousands if not millions in re-inventing their wheels. Corporations don't like to that, and many IT budgets aren't fat enough to do it. No matter how much Steve Jobs bitches about it his argument is irrelevant - at least at this point in time.
It will take the industry a good many years to shift away from their crappy software suite dependencies (IE, Flash, Active-X, etc, etc) but until that happens, we are stuck with Flash so let's just stop with all the whining.
WTF? Why is this summary so far off-base? The short version, FTFA:
"..merge Android 3.1 and Android 2.3 into..." "..which will be called Ice Cream Sandwich.." "...open source it alongside code that is much more universally friendly."
3.1 *is* Honeycomb. 3.0 *is* Honeycomb. Google *is* open sourcing it. No, 3.0 will not be released for public consumption.
The Xoom (running 3.0) is slated for an update to 3.1in May sometime. AFAIK, this is the only device running 3.0 out there so 3.0 will basically be deprecated.
It's not enough to pursue fossil fuels to the point of destroying the environment on a global scale, but what really, really pisses me off is that the 10 motherf@#$ in control of the world's supply are so crazed with insatiable greed that they can, and will, continue to as they wish with no regard for anything. They are unstoppable becuase they own the lawmakers.
I'm looking at you especially, Walker; you kochsucker.
This is the reason you don't want your browser able to access native OS code; when there's an exploit, the keys to the kingdom are in the browser. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/08/google_on_native_client/
Face it. Nobody is taking CS classes anymore. Software houses (and everyone else) found big bonanzas offshore in the early 2000s and they friggin <i>RAN</i> to the boats. Post-exodus, Manufacturing and Engineering went tits-up in the USA and nobody wanted to go into those fields and the people in them basically got the word "So sorry, tough sh*t"
The only reason the new guy can't code is because your getting bottom-of-the-barrel people coming into the interviews. The ones that were hot-shots have either left the US, moved-on to other careers, or are in management now. You reap what you sow; So sorry, tough sh*t. Yes, I'm a bit jaded.
To all the people who contributed Open Source projects over the last 20 years, a big THANKS. Can you imagine this landscape without open source software and alternatives to run it on like Linux and the *BSD variants?
Most of the internet would would need downtime for reboot every night, and the cost incurred by your ISP for all the proprietary licensing would probably put the net out of reach for most common folks.
Sounds to me like 3000 employees just finished their last TPS report.
"Hi Mike, yeah.. remeber that TPS report? Yeah.. that one I asked you to yeah.. fill out before the end of April? Yeah, we won't be needing that here anymore, yeah... so if you would just put all your stuff in this box and yeah... head over to Accenture that would be great."
The upgrade frenzy caused by Apple is really, really concerning. Just the labor practice alone[1][2] is appalling enough, not to mention the the amount of energy[3] it takes to produce a new device every 6 months. Can't people live with the same gadget for at least a couple/few years without going ape every time something new comes out?
1) Warn Boss of vulnerabilities 2) Boss asks for time/cost estimate to fix 2a) Boss brings estimate to talking-head meeting 2b) people protest about their job process changing 3) estimate sits on Boss's desk for 3 months 4) Boss golfs with his sis's brother-in-law and they talk security 5) Boss comes to work next day, calls meeting about security 6) You remind him of estimate on desk for 3 months 7) meeting devolves into yucks about golfing/hangover 8) Boss calls you into office after meeting 9) Asks you to pick two of the "hottest" security bullets in your list 10) time/cost gets approved for two of the 10 security items 11) system eventually gets compromised 12) everyone runs amok, asks how is this possible 13) Boss approves 8 remaining security bullets 14) Goto 1
Hmm.. the author calls it an exploit in the article. Seems to me that anytime you devise a method to utilize something that it wasn't really intended for is indeed and exploit, hack, workaround, kludge, whatever.
I think it's marvelous this person found a way to use the system in a way it wasn't intended. He/She is probably very bright. Thing is though, if you're going to mess around in places you really aren't supposed to, don't be surprised if someone takes issue with it. That's the risk you take. Used to be people used pseudonyms to mitigate some of the risk, but that's a whole 'nother discussion on privacy vs. idiocy.
Dropship that allows users to exploit Dropboxâ(TM)s file hashing scheme to copy files into their account without actually having them."
I can see why they would be a bit ruffled over this. Seems like this could be in the same realm as an SQL injection attempt. It's just using JSON instead.
"First of all, attempting to protect a proprietary protocol is going to get them nowhere. "
Ok, that's a problem. The reason the protocol is proprietary is because the company has put a lot of time, money and effort into developing their product. They want to recoup some of the development costs through the implementation of their protocol.
The DMCA thing well...that's what the DMCA is. It's basically a catch-all b1tchstick that can be bent into whatever shape the law wants to blame whoever for whatever. The way dropbox handled things *is* pretty crappy IMO, but if you're going to be a dick and crack peoples websites.... expect to get dick'd back.
It would be a lot harder to prove someone else used your setup when it's 'secured' with a password, but it can happen. Besides passwords being a piss-poor way to secure *anything* these days, many people choose stuff like their kids names, or birthdays or other crappy dictionary words.
What's worse, is a lot of people and places are still using WEP, which is useless in terms of accountability, but it would be enough for a court to say "You say you secured your setup but someone cracked it anyway? Yeah, right"
Nobody I know (corporates included) use a password like(lei3%dk&l[_#=3 anyway because it's "too hard" for users to remember.
Passwords are pointless for proving, or disproving, accountability.
Slow roasted Greenpeace over a hickory smoked fire. Famous Dave's Devil's Spit barbecue sauce slathered all over, popping and sizzling in the hot coals as it slowly drips. Next to it, a rack of Greenpeace ribs slathered in the same sauce, cooks to perfection as it fills the air with a smokehouse aroma.
over a hot fire I can't wait to take a bite Greenpeace is cooking
Malleability, Ductility, Tensile strength, Hardness, Abrasion resistance, Brittleness, Thermal conductivity, Thermal coefficient of expansion... they mention some of these, but the list goes on quite a ways.
It might be nice and light and easy to cover an airplane with, but if the plane hits a pebble on takeoff will it shatter a wing because it's really brittle? If same plane soaks up a bunch of rays sitting on the tarmac in 110F deg heat, does the stuff expand by a factor of 10? Likewise, when it gets to 40,000 feet does the stuff contract by the same amount? Another issue is shipping the stuff from Australia to wherever.. what kind of carbon footprint comes with the manufacting process and shipping it? Is adopting this stuff mainstream going to heat the planet even more?
I'm sure the stuff is made of awesome , but just sayin... it would be nice to see a little more in-depth info.
It's not like someone is going to break into your house to steal your iphone location logs. Besides, if my phone or ipad gets ripped-off, It may actually help to reveal where the thief's travels took him. Possibly implicating other theives. I think it's good that Apple is thinking ahead this way. Everyone can be an active participant in crime fighting.
Maybe this will even be enough of a deterrent that the 'other' handset manufacturers will adopt the same strategy for their devices. It could mean the end of technogadget theivery altogether. Also, this is a perfect example of an instance where Apple has pioneered another idea which will change the world to make it better, but they will never get the credit for it. Steve invented the Linux kernel you know... He and Chuck Norris.. it's all over the internet, go read it for yourself.
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.NET was a mostly foiled attempt of microsoft to do the same thing with C that they did to Netscape. Why hand that over to Microsoft by implementing some cross-platform version of a noose they can hang you with? They are bad enough when the law *isn't* on their side.
I don't understand what would drive anyone to do this unless they are on the Microsoft bank-roll.
Google is just trying to make a marketing argument to put some momentum behind their Chromebook. There is no solution which is completely 'torture' free... even an Abacus can be frustrating.
No matter how much you want it to be gone, Flash is like ActiveX and IE. A necessary piece of software for many production applications in use today. To take those pieces away means costing corporation several thousands if not millions in re-inventing their wheels. Corporations don't like to that, and many IT budgets aren't fat enough to do it. No matter how much Steve Jobs bitches about it his argument is irrelevant - at least at this point in time.
It will take the industry a good many years to shift away from their crappy software suite dependencies (IE, Flash, Active-X, etc, etc) but until that happens, we are stuck with Flash so let's just stop with all the whining.
WTF? Why is this summary so far off-base? The short version, FTFA:
"..merge Android 3.1 and Android 2.3 into..."
"..which will be called Ice Cream Sandwich.."
"...open source it alongside code that is much more universally friendly."
3.1 *is* Honeycomb. 3.0 *is* Honeycomb. Google *is* open sourcing it. No, 3.0 will not be released for public consumption.
The Xoom (running 3.0) is slated for an update to 3.1in May sometime. AFAIK, this is the only device running 3.0 out there so 3.0 will basically be deprecated.
It's not enough to pursue fossil fuels to the point of destroying the environment on a global scale, but what really, really pisses me off is that the 10 motherf@#$ in control of the world's supply are so crazed with insatiable greed that they can, and will, continue to as they wish with no regard for anything. They are unstoppable becuase they own the lawmakers.
I'm looking at you especially, Walker; you kochsucker.
This is the reason you don't want your browser able to access native OS code; when there's an exploit, the keys to the kingdom are in the browser.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/08/google_on_native_client/
Rule #1 when going up against the mafiaa is to not go up against the mafiaa.
Face it. Nobody is taking CS classes anymore. Software houses (and everyone else) found big bonanzas offshore in the early 2000s and they friggin <i>RAN</i> to the boats. Post-exodus, Manufacturing and Engineering went tits-up in the USA and nobody wanted to go into those fields and the people in them basically got the word "So sorry, tough sh*t"
The only reason the new guy can't code is because your getting bottom-of-the-barrel people coming into the interviews. The ones that were hot-shots have either left the US, moved-on to other careers, or are in management now. You reap what you sow; So sorry, tough sh*t. Yes, I'm a bit jaded.
check out The top status bar. doesn't say in TFA.
To all the people who contributed Open Source projects over the last 20 years, a big THANKS. Can you imagine this landscape without open source software and alternatives to run it on like Linux and the *BSD variants?
Most of the internet would would need downtime for reboot every night, and the cost incurred by your ISP for all the proprietary licensing would probably put the net out of reach for most common folks.
Sounds to me like 3000 employees just finished their last TPS report.
"Hi Mike, yeah.. remeber that TPS report? Yeah.. that one I asked you to yeah.. fill out before the end of April? Yeah, we won't be needing that here anymore, yeah... so if you would just put all your stuff in this box and yeah... head over to Accenture that would be great."
The upgrade frenzy caused by Apple is really, really concerning. Just the labor practice alone[1][2] is appalling enough, not to mention the the amount of energy[3] it takes to produce a new device every 6 months. Can't people live with the same gadget for at least a couple/few years without going ape every time something new comes out?
[1] - http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/02/27/apple-child-labor-china-history-sketchy-manufacturing/
[2] - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/apple-may-be-poisoning-chinese-workers-and-doesnt-seem-to-care-should-we/9908
[3] - http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/1119.html
1) Warn Boss of vulnerabilities
2) Boss asks for time/cost estimate to fix
2a) Boss brings estimate to talking-head meeting
2b) people protest about their job process changing
3) estimate sits on Boss's desk for 3 months
4) Boss golfs with his sis's brother-in-law and they talk security
5) Boss comes to work next day, calls meeting about security
6) You remind him of estimate on desk for 3 months
7) meeting devolves into yucks about golfing/hangover
8) Boss calls you into office after meeting
9) Asks you to pick two of the "hottest" security bullets in your list
10) time/cost gets approved for two of the 10 security items
11) system eventually gets compromised
12) everyone runs amok, asks how is this possible
13) Boss approves 8 remaining security bullets
14) Goto 1
Glad I don't do security anymore.
Hmm.. the author calls it an exploit in the article. Seems to me that anytime you devise a method to utilize something that it wasn't really intended for is indeed and exploit, hack, workaround, kludge, whatever.
I think it's marvelous this person found a way to use the system in a way it wasn't intended. He/She is probably very bright. Thing is though, if you're going to mess around in places you really aren't supposed to, don't be surprised if someone takes issue with it. That's the risk you take. Used to be people used pseudonyms to mitigate some of the risk, but that's a whole 'nother discussion on privacy vs. idiocy.
Dropship that allows users to exploit Dropboxâ(TM)s file hashing scheme to copy files into their account without actually having them."
I can see why they would be a bit ruffled over this. Seems like this could be in the same realm as an SQL injection attempt. It's just using JSON instead.
"First of all, attempting to protect a proprietary protocol is going to get them nowhere. "
Ok, that's a problem. The reason the protocol is proprietary is because the company has put a lot of time, money and effort into developing their product. They want to recoup some of the development costs through the implementation of their protocol.
The DMCA thing well ...that's what the DMCA is. It's basically a catch-all b1tchstick that can be bent into whatever shape the law wants to blame whoever for whatever. The way dropbox handled things *is* pretty crappy IMO, but if you're going to be a dick and crack peoples websites.... expect to get dick'd back.
A password doesn't equate to security.
It would be a lot harder to prove someone else used your setup when it's 'secured' with a password, but it can happen. Besides passwords being a piss-poor way to secure *anything* these days, many people choose stuff like their kids names, or birthdays or other crappy dictionary words.
What's worse, is a lot of people and places are still using WEP, which is useless in terms of accountability, but it would be enough for a court to say "You say you secured your setup but someone cracked it anyway? Yeah, right"
Nobody I know (corporates included) use a password like(lei3%dk&l[_#=3 anyway because it's "too hard" for users to remember.
Passwords are pointless for proving, or disproving, accountability.
aside from using gps or other applications which logically require the use of location data, i'm not seeing the need for constant logging.
Slow roasted Greenpeace over a hickory smoked fire. Famous Dave's Devil's Spit barbecue sauce slathered all over, popping and sizzling in the hot coals as it slowly drips. Next to it, a rack of Greenpeace ribs slathered in the same sauce, cooks to perfection as it fills the air with a smokehouse aroma.
over a hot fire
I can't wait to take a bite
Greenpeace is cooking
> What's the difference nowadays with the way that major corporations treat their workers, and all in the name of serving the CEO's paycheck.
They didn't have penicillin then.
Malleability, Ductility, Tensile strength, Hardness, Abrasion resistance, Brittleness, Thermal conductivity, Thermal coefficient of expansion... they mention some of these, but the list goes on quite a ways.
It might be nice and light and easy to cover an airplane with, but if the plane hits a pebble on takeoff will it shatter a wing because it's really brittle? If same plane soaks up a bunch of rays sitting on the tarmac in 110F deg heat, does the stuff expand by a factor of 10? Likewise, when it gets to 40,000 feet does the stuff contract by the same amount? Another issue is shipping the stuff from Australia to wherever.. what kind of carbon footprint comes with the manufacting process and shipping it? Is adopting this stuff mainstream going to heat the planet even more?
I'm sure the stuff is made of awesome , but just sayin... it would be nice to see a little more in-depth info.
It's not like someone is going to break into your house to steal your iphone location logs. Besides, if my phone or ipad gets ripped-off, It may actually help to reveal where the thief's travels took him. Possibly implicating other theives. I think it's good that Apple is thinking ahead this way. Everyone can be an active participant in crime fighting.
Maybe this will even be enough of a deterrent that the 'other' handset manufacturers will adopt the same strategy for their devices. It could mean the end of technogadget theivery altogether. Also, this is a perfect example of an instance where Apple has pioneered another idea which will change the world to make it better, but they will never get the credit for it. Steve invented the Linux kernel you know... He and Chuck Norris.. it's all over the internet, go read it for yourself.
That's some damn good marketing.
Not sure where you are getting your facts from, but Google did not "close" the honeycomb source code. That was a rumor created by Businessweek.
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-think-im-having-gene-amdahl-moment.html
Apparently their server has been affected. Clearly if they've banned the Android devices, the outage is caused by something else.
Just grab some Xubuntu or Kubuntu and you can have Gnome again.
:)
One of the best things about open source is the freedom to use alternatives