Just check my site at http://kobylkin.com and follow any link. You will see your address bar staying the same, does not matter what site you have landed on.
I just did, Firebird 0.71 on XP.
Every URL clearly shows the correct site it's going to in the statusbar when I mouseover.
Yeah you faked it by putting your entire site in a whole-page frameset, but that's cheating - as opposed to showing a major security flaw and violation of the standards (which in this instance Microsoft is clearly admitting but flat out failing to fix).
There is nothing about Moz Firebird that's going to make this less of an issue. The fact is that the typical user is going to see http://www.amazon.com@/fakepath/usualAmazoncrap:ru ssianmafia.ru and think it's an Amazon URL.
Ah! The joyous sound of yet another microsoft apologist.
If the user is dumb as a brick and cannot see something funky with the URL - that's the users problem.
If Microsoft SCREWS the URL so royally that it looks perfectly normal that's Microsoft being the mass producer of crap software and failing to patch it.
How are either of those examples of bad software in Firebird?
The tinfoil hat crowd would happily tell you that the reason there's no 64 bit windows is because Microsoft knew about this a long time ago and deliberately held off releasing Win64 technology because of some shady business dealings with Intel.
Just because they're "the tinfoil hat crowd" doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong.
Microsoft has a long and dirty history of colluding with Intel in the interests of their own mutual benefit to the exclusion of the rest of the industry.
First you say I have to point out than Windows Server 2003 64 bit edition is currently a free download and THEN you go on to point how totally ALPHA-Quality it is.
Mind you, this is not even slightly a Desktop OS (eg WHERE is XP-64?)
And this you're comparing to Linux on AMD64 which works pretty much as good there as it does anywhere else?
Repeat after me: An Ounce of Prevention is Better Than a Pound of Cure
Ask not "how much does it *really* cost a business to prevent viruses?" but rather ask yourselves, "how much are business practices like first and foremost, more features; and if that compromises security, well what of it?"
And the obvious yet often unasked and when are we going to send that BILL (pardon the pun) right back where it belongs?
I'm sure that most/.ers know exactly which particular multi-billion dollar american mega-corporation whose Supreme Ruler is about to be knighted I am referring to, without me having to mention them by name.
Yup! Don'cha know that the computers which aim anti-missile lasers (like the ones they're going to retrofit into Boeings) will be based on "neural net" technologies derived from cat-chasing-laser-pointer exercises.
Yeah Yeah I know - don't feed the trolls/ACs, but this just needs a comment.
If JimBob SixPack funds research comparing three mechanics, and he's a mechanic,and he's One of the three in the study, and "it just so happens" that the study finds JimBob SixPack is the best place to get your car serviced - that's suspicious (ie we "suspect" that the study results were influenced by the source of funding)
If , on the other hand, the study found that JimBob kinda sux, and you should go elsewhere.
This is just common sense
The fact that Microsoft often/regularly funds studies which (surprise!) are very complimentary about Microsoft is well-known. The fact that neither Microsoft and nor the group doing the study makes even the slightest mention of the fact that Microsoft Funded the Study (therefore, at least in theory, it's possible that the funding influenced the results) hints even stronger at a conflict of interest.
Again this is just common sense
In no way is this Linux Geeks Against Microsoft this is purely people with more than an ounce of common sense saying Business A funded some research which shows their product is the best - YAWN, why am I not surprised
Fact: when business XYZ funds "research" which says (in conclusion) many nice things about their product, and said research is publicized, anyone with more than half a brain realises this is not "research" but advertising.
Am I the only one to consider it ironic that it took a patent about "Machine Vision" to make someone in the legal system see just how stupid some patents are.
I assume it's because it was 89,599 at the time that was written, and the US of A is SO into education that they're building new schools all over the place faster than you can caount them.
Baloon-sellers make skyrocketing profits as the price of Helium Plummets. "We've never had it so good. Helium Filled baloons used to be an expensive premium product. Now we get Helium for practically nothing from the EnergyFarms and pass on a small discount to the customer. Our margins have never been higher." Said Jimmy SqueakyVoice, of SkyHigh PartyBaloons.
"Your argument is tantamount to saying that if I find a shoe on my lawn and decide to sue the wearer for tresspassing, the shoe store that originally sold the shoes would be in trouble if they no longer have records of the sale. That's plainly ridiculous."
It's not plainly ridiculous when the store owner trashes his records nightly because he knows the police are visiting shoe-store-owners asking for records.
ie you haven't been subpoena'd for evidence, but you are fully aware that it's only a matter of time, so you get rid of any potential evidence you might have
The ONLY potential argument here would be the "but there's no current investigation" angle.
Well, RIAA just filed in court, before you go thrashing logs you'd want to be absolutely certain that none of the IPs mentioned fit in your IP ranges.
And even if none are currently, now that you've gone public saying you're going to thrash logs specifically with the intent of circumventing potential subpoenas - well lets just say I'm sure their lawyers will have a field-day with you.
And not for the (apparently) obvious reason that Helium is lighter-than-air. (you see, it's only 'lighter' when/because it has lower density for the same volume)
In order for this to be a profitable enterprise, you'd pack the He3 as densely as possible into the return vessel.
So now you have (a) approaching engineering weight limits for return vessel (b) approaching structural integrity limits (ie maximum pressure) for return vessel (at least, for parts thereof).
I for one would not be looking for smack-down landings in the middle of some relatively unpopulated landmass.
Even though a the He3 wouldn't "go up in flames" a critical rupture of the pressurised vessel would be a significantly loud and dramatic event, not to mention fabulously expensive (ie because you've wasted one expensive return shot with zero He3 to show for it)
gravity relates to the mass of BOTH objects, and the distance between them
moving mass from one object to the other therefore doesn't change anything
the FUSION converts only a small fraction of said mass into energy (e=mC**2) where C is *really* quite a large number
therefore the net mass deficit over time is actually very small
Realistically, long before enough time passes that a significant amount of MASS has been converted into ENERGY, we are *extremely likely* to have either alternate fuel sources for He3 or other power technologies.
Please explain to me again exactly where there is a significant problem?
However, I *really* worry that the information could be subpoenad and used against individual students by the likes of the RIAA/MPAA.
Oviously I'm missing something - why are you worried? If they're breaking the law they deserve to get busted, if they are not, your logs will not point legal accusations at innocent students.
Yes we all hate the RIAA for their a-moral and insensitive behaviour, but in the end if they're subpoena'ing information it's because they have *some* evidence of violation of copyright.
I've been harping on upper management to let us purge the history after roughly a week (tops), which would give us plenty of debugging time, and at the same time not give the legal system enough time to issue a subpoena before the information is gone.
Now that you've gone on public record admitting that you're trying to get the log-storage period reasonably short specifically for the purposed of defeating potential RIAA subpoenas you're just put yourself in the line for interfering with a police investigation if not tampering with the evidence.
Cearly you've thought this through with the utmost care.
... For the benefit of the historically challenged...Yes folks, the Mayan Civilization collapsed catastrophically many many years ago and they're all dead now. (unfounded rumors suggest that it was rampant capitalism and an overpopulation of lawyers)
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- it's to microsoft's benefit because Intel gave them a fat wad of cash
- It's to Intels benefit because for the unwashed masses AMD64 doesn't have an OS to drive it, until Intel has a competing product
Remember, Microsoft doesn't care about peformance, or cheap hardware, all they care about is MAKING WADS OF CASH.Just check my site at http://kobylkin.com and follow any link. You will see your address bar staying the same, does not matter what site you have landed on.
I just did, Firebird 0.71 on XP.
Every URL clearly shows the correct site it's going to in the statusbar when I mouseover.
Yeah you faked it by putting your entire site in a whole-page frameset, but that's cheating - as opposed to showing a major security flaw and violation of the standards (which in this instance Microsoft is clearly admitting but flat out failing to fix).
There is nothing about Moz Firebird that's going to make this less of an issue. The fact is that the typical user is going to see http://www.amazon.com@/fakepath/usualAmazoncrap:ru ssianmafia.ru and think it's an Amazon URL.
Ah! The joyous sound of yet another microsoft apologist.
If the user is dumb as a brick and cannot see something funky with the URL - that's the users problem.
If Microsoft SCREWS the URL so royally that it looks perfectly normal that's Microsoft being the mass producer of crap software and failing to patch it.
How are either of those examples of bad software in Firebird?
The tinfoil hat crowd would happily tell you that the reason there's no 64 bit windows is because Microsoft knew about this a long time ago and deliberately held off releasing Win64 technology because of some shady business dealings with Intel.
Just because they're "the tinfoil hat crowd" doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong.
Microsoft has a long and dirty history of colluding with Intel in the interests of their own mutual benefit to the exclusion of the rest of the industry.
First you say I have to point out than Windows Server 2003 64 bit edition is currently a free download and THEN you go on to point how totally ALPHA-Quality it is.
Mind you, this is not even slightly a Desktop OS (eg WHERE is XP-64?)
And this you're comparing to Linux on AMD64 which works pretty much as good there as it does anywhere else?
HELLO!!!
Ok, so three new masters.
And who are the apprentices?
Always two there are, master and apprentice.
Repeat after me: An Ounce of Prevention is Better Than a Pound of Cure
/.ers know exactly which particular multi-billion dollar american mega-corporation whose Supreme Ruler is about to be knighted I am referring to, without me having to mention them by name.
Ask not "how much does it *really* cost a business to prevent viruses?" but rather ask yourselves, "how much are business practices like first and foremost, more features; and if that compromises security, well what of it?"
And the obvious yet often unasked and when are we going to send that BILL (pardon the pun) right back where it belongs?
I'm sure that most
Most chemists/pharmacies and even supermarkets these days will sell you protection from particularly nasty viruses. Cost is about a-dollar-a-pop, so to speak ;-)
Of course, at the rate these computer viruses are spreading, a-dollar-a-pop (ie per person per exposure) rapidly becomes a significant amount of cash.
Obviously a whole-lotta-poppin-goin-on.
Yup! Don'cha know that the computers which aim anti-missile lasers (like the ones they're going to retrofit into Boeings) will be based on "neural net" technologies derived from cat-chasing-laser-pointer exercises.
NASA is pink-ing out the skies so that we can't see futur-istic (to our eyes) Martian City-Scapes off in the distance
Much as I hate to whine about the quality of reporting here on The Slash.
This is *really* getting to be the site for
EVEN when they're DUPLICATE POSTINGS (at least once imediately following each other).
Yeah Yeah I know - don't feed the trolls/ACs, but this just needs a comment.
,and he's One of the three in the study, and "it just so happens" that the study finds JimBob SixPack is the best place to get your car serviced - that's suspicious (ie we "suspect" that the study results were influenced by the source of funding)
If JimBob SixPack funds research comparing three mechanics, and he's a mechanic
If , on the other hand, the study found that JimBob kinda sux, and you should go elsewhere.
This is just common sense
The fact that Microsoft often/regularly funds studies which (surprise!) are very complimentary about Microsoft is well-known. The fact that neither Microsoft and nor the group doing the study makes even the slightest mention of the fact that Microsoft Funded the Study (therefore, at least in theory, it's possible that the funding influenced the results) hints even stronger at a conflict of interest.
Again this is just common sense
In no way is this Linux Geeks Against Microsoft this is purely people with more than an ounce of common sense saying Business A funded some research which shows their product is the best - YAWN, why am I not surprised
Fact: when business XYZ funds "research" which says (in conclusion) many nice things about their product, and said research is publicized, anyone with more than half a brain realises this is not "research" but advertising.
Am I the only one to consider it ironic that it took a patent about "Machine Vision" to make someone in the legal system see just how stupid some patents are.
I assume it's because it was 89,599 at the time that was written, and the US of A is SO into education that they're building new schools all over the place faster than you can caount them.
Seamstress?
(and if you don't get it, go read Terry Pratchett's DiscWorld novels)
Here's some hard facts to balance this discussion.
- in 1997 JET produced 16MW which was 65% of input (210 seconds sustained)
- Actual Confinement time vs Predicted Confinement time graphs show damn close to 1:1
- The next major project ITER has a goal of producing 500MW(thermal)
- ITER is still purely a research project, still discussing sites, first plasma expected 2020, Q factor (power out/power in) of ~10
- After that DEMO (ie Demo Power Station) will aim for 2GW thermal and net electricity production
- Thirdly PROTO (Prototype Power Station) aims to generate 1.5GW of electricity
They're talking about feasible power production in the 30-50 year range.Actually:
Baloon-sellers make skyrocketing profits as the price of Helium Plummets. "We've never had it so good. Helium Filled baloons used to be an expensive premium product. Now we get Helium for practically nothing from the EnergyFarms and pass on a small discount to the customer. Our margins have never been higher." Said Jimmy SqueakyVoice, of SkyHigh PartyBaloons.
"Your argument is tantamount to saying that if I find a shoe on my lawn and decide to sue the wearer for tresspassing, the shoe store that originally sold the shoes would be in trouble if they no longer have records of the sale. That's plainly ridiculous."
It's not plainly ridiculous when the store owner trashes his records nightly because he knows the police are visiting shoe-store-owners asking for records.
ie you haven't been subpoena'd for evidence, but you are fully aware that it's only a matter of time, so you get rid of any potential evidence you might have
The ONLY potential argument here would be the "but there's no current investigation" angle.
Well, RIAA just filed in court, before you go thrashing logs you'd want to be absolutely certain that none of the IPs mentioned fit in your IP ranges.
And even if none are currently, now that you've gone public saying you're going to thrash logs specifically with the intent of circumventing potential subpoenas - well lets just say I'm sure their lawyers will have a field-day with you.
Gently, I'd assume.
And not for the (apparently) obvious reason that Helium is lighter-than-air.
(you see, it's only 'lighter' when/because it has lower density for the same volume)
In order for this to be a profitable enterprise, you'd pack the He3 as densely as possible into the return vessel.
So now you have (a) approaching engineering weight limits for return vessel (b) approaching structural integrity limits (ie maximum pressure) for return vessel (at least, for parts thereof).
I for one would not be looking for smack-down landings in the middle of some relatively unpopulated landmass.
Even though a the He3 wouldn't "go up in flames" a critical rupture of the pressurised vessel would be a significantly loud and dramatic event, not to mention fabulously expensive (ie because you've wasted one expensive return shot with zero He3 to show for it)
Realistically, long before enough time passes that a significant amount of MASS has been converted into ENERGY, we are *extremely likely* to have either alternate fuel sources for He3 or other power technologies.
Please explain to me again exactly where there is a significant problem?
However, I *really* worry that the information could be subpoenad and used against individual students by the likes of the RIAA/MPAA.
Oviously I'm missing something - why are you worried? If they're breaking the law they deserve to get busted, if they are not, your logs will not point legal accusations at innocent students.
Yes we all hate the RIAA for their a-moral and insensitive behaviour, but in the end if they're subpoena'ing information it's because they have *some* evidence of violation of copyright.
I've been harping on upper management to let us purge the history after roughly a week (tops), which would give us plenty of debugging time, and at the same time not give the legal system enough time to issue a subpoena before the information is gone.
Now that you've gone on public record admitting that you're trying to get the log-storage period reasonably short specifically for the purposed of defeating potential RIAA subpoenas you're just put yourself in the line for interfering with a police investigation if not tampering with the evidence.
Cearly you've thought this through with the utmost care.
Whiuch University did you say you worked for?
to watch someone "bell the cat"
In this instance of it being a case for Freedom From Opression (by SCO), would that make it a Liberty Bell?
I can tell you're an american, because most americans don't know their geography.
Hawaii is one of your so-called "united states".
What other options are there? Or is civilization bound to collapse? =)
Judging from past history yes.
Several times and loudly.
Several more times and with the merest whimper.
Don't just take my word for it, ask the Mayans.
... For the benefit of the historically challenged...Yes folks, the Mayan Civilization collapsed catastrophically many many years ago and they're all dead now. (unfounded rumors suggest that it was rampant capitalism and an overpopulation of lawyers)
- WTF?
to the list, I'm reasonably sure it's already on their initial list of 12 queries.Several times, and loudly.
- Why on earth would I buy a license for Linux when all you've offered me is unsubstantiated claims?
- What part of the legal terms fraud and barratry do your lawyers not understand?
- What makes you so sure you're going to get away with this?
- Exactly what kind of a game do you think you're playing, mister?
- Last week you were trying to sell me some bridge. This week you want to sell me a license for Linux. Is there no end to this madness?
- What! No Lube?
- Et Tu, Brute?
And, of course, the ever popular: