If the government is so worried about Winblows machines, why don't they just have ISPs block ports 135-139, among others? Most problems solved. Heck, honestly, block all ports below 1024 unless you have "server" licensed access. Then, to finish it off, ban IE, and mandate Firefox.
That type of action wouldn't surprise me, but it'd piss me off (I run my own web server to share items with family, for instance).
Clinton's support is irrelevant to the original point - it was a Republican congress that approved it.
I don't care about Moore's pics for the most part, but at least he's open about who and what he's against.
In the case of "framing", yeah, that would be dispicable too. However, I have yet to see even a reasonably decent PR message from the dems on anything lately, so I seriously doubt they could pull off this underhanded stunt either.
You have to admit - the Veterans for Truth, or whatever mis-named group that was, was very effective. Karl should be proud. It certainly was an effective textbook smear campaign against a decorated wounded vet vs a bubblegum blowing deserter.
This is 100% true - life is too short. If a MS product doesn't work in 15 minutes, delete it. Whoops, there's a large disturbance in Redmond as 200 million windows systems just converted to something else.
Seriously, though, if you'd like to know a serious point of weirdness (and where MS yet again failed to support a standard) is the X.500 adaptation in Exchange up to at least 5.5. Organization (the "O" in the addressing) is supposed to be case sensitive. In Exchange up to at least 5.5, it isn't. You can connect organizations with "Org", "orG" and "ORG" together. This does, however, cause some issues with messaging that does honor the X.500 spec.
Oh, and you cannot change the organization either - because it's populated throughout the "standard" JET DB that underlies Exchange.
Long story short - 1 typo screwed up a system years after implementation, because it wasn't caught until a configuration change was to be made.
To address the MS SQL DB item - try clustering the POS. Oracle, IBM DB/2, PostgreSQL or MySQL anyone? MS SQL is a nice replacement for Access, as it actually works. For enterprise use, however, get a real DB.
The DNS spec has existed for a long time. Those rules should be sacrosanct, as various pieces of the internet depend on those. When someone violates rules meant to allow the internet to function, then they should be summarily "blocked".
You could still get to them via IP addresses, but the DNS system would no longer let them play.
In this case, yes, they should be blocked. Afghanistan or Iraq? What have they done to corrupt the internet?
That doesn't make it ethical or morally right - 2 things the Republicans claim they stand for. BTW, maybe I should have stated that "Whether you are for or against the Republicans, this misuse and misdirection of the public for PR purposes as funded and directed by Republicans must be viewed as dispicable, especially since they are in power."
At this point, their credibility is such that I'd equally believe that they stand for martians as much as any other statement coming out of their mouths.
In 1999, when I stated that I, as, up to then, a life-long conservative of the Republican ilk, would not be voting for Bush as he was a very very dangerous person. All my formerly like-minded friends said I had become an idiot liberal, including members of my family. This year the last of them will vote anti-republican (note - that's not voting for Democrats, it's voting anti-republican).
NAFTA was approved by a republican congress. Matter of fact, anything in the law from 93 onward was largely republican driven or supported. (Remember, they've owned the Congress where laws are made, like that wonderful HB1 and L visa programs)
As for the video - you evidently haven't read/seen enough items from history. Start with fiction - "A Brave New World" and "1984", watch "V is for Vendetta", and then watch some WWII Nazi history films, preferably documentaries that include Joseph Goebbels' efforts and effects.
Whether you are for or against the Republicans, this misuse and misdirection of the public for PR purposes done by a PR firm must be viewed as dispicable, especially when done by those in power.
Anyone running a DNS server can hijack *.cm for their customers. If enough folks do this (easier at root level) then the owners of *.cm will hopefully see the light and play by the rules, if they want to be part of the global internet.
Also, anti-spammers could do the same thing, btw (block all *.cm and treat as spam unless it's in your address book)
As for the US controlling root, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Should they block *.cm, since they're not playing by the rules I would have no issue with it. Stopping *.xxx from coming into existance, however, is idiotic.
Considering the sheer number of iPods sold in the US, including just about every teenager that can afford a car, indicates to me that there isn't an iPod demographic anymore. (Note, the teenager reference is in support of the Neon/Focus demographic.)
Even so, I'll expand on the original statement and add Mustangs, Grand Ams, Grand Prix (2 classes up!) etc.
Basically, that's a whole lot of cars, all already rolling off the lines. And they're going to install a new radio into them to integrate iPods? I honestly can't see it. The supplier lines lag new orders by a bit, so there's considerable inventory in the chain already.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that iPod integration will probably be as lame as BMW's AUX port. An AUX port to me is not integration, merely a "standard" (IMNSHO) feature that all radios should have. Integration would be where I control the iPod via the radio's controls, as much as that is possible. (Volume, next song, previous song are the big three).
I'm not sure that using static analysis tools are a sign of a bad corporate culture.
Considering TFA states "The only way to know is to run a software inspector at every check-in", this is a sign of using it as a crutch. That and the fact that the GP states that they had to add comments to get their tool to ignore "valid" pieces of code, that's an even bigger issue.
And just exactly what are you checking with the "code-inspector"? Are you being a "grammar nazi" and checking for the ever important whitespace or Camel case violations? (with the note that the JVM and assorted Sun releases violate both?)
That said, code inspectors can be a helpful tool if used correctly. But, code inspectors still won't save you from bad code, only from extremely naive and simplistic violations of best practices.
I didn't miss it, and it still doesn't negate my earlier statements.:)
the proportion of cars on the road in 2007 will not be 2007 year cars. Which is the point.
BTW, what's the integration going to be, and how are they going to integrate with cars that should hit dealers within the next 2 months? I don't see it happening for most 2007 models until later in the year.
They use a CD just long enough to rip the songs...
That's one of my points - the new format will attempt to stop that for most, and hence I see it failing and CDs continuing for 7-10 years, because of things like "legacy" players.
That said, I do like the 5.1 possibilities with the audio track on a DVD (Why DVD-Audio was created, well, it had to do with more DRM, not the fact that the 5.1 channels on a DVD weren't good enough).
It's not about when cars add them in - it's the large number of cars out there that don't support it. For them, the CD is a requirement, FM Broadcaster units for MP3 players aside.
The CD's demise is certainly not pending, at least not in the near term. Just witness all the CD sleeves on autos across the country. Not a single one of those has a DVD player in the dash. Matter of fact, my 2004 vehicle doesn't play anything but straight CDs, my 2006 plays MP3s and WMAs (at least it purports to play the latter). Not a DVD in the mix.
Those that have DVD video players are most likely not setup for DVD sound, at least I'm willing to bet on that without even checking it out. The reason? My home DVD players handle audio, but none are very consumer friendly about it, at least not as compared to CDs.
So, long story short, should they even be wildly successful, I'd say CDs still have 8-10 years of life left, as no 2007 vehicle I know of will come with a DVD audio rig, especially given the DRM'd nature of these DVDs.
We can't go to the moon now. There's no sufficiently heavy lift vehicle available, and the facilities to construct one no longer exist either. There was a report out about 2 years ago that detailed what it would take just to get a heavy lift vehicle back into production - I believe they said a minimum of 5 years with lots of cash, 10 at a realistic cost.
I find this hard to believe myself, as we have several reasonable rocket engines available (Delta IV's RS-68 I think has an exceptionally good one that doesn't use LOX/H) that should be usable.
Also, the materials we have today should be far better and easier to work with than those from the 60s. Take Kevlar or better materials for spacesuits - solves that problem. We've sealed them for water, so it should be easy to tell with dye whether any seals are penetrated enough to cause issues.
I agree fully. Almost any B&W laser will meet the "nice graphics" requirement these days. Take my Minolta 1350W I bought for $8 brand new (aren't rebates great? No network built-in, but there's a DL version that does). It's been 2 years, and still has the original toner cartridge in it. Then again, I don't print more than a couple dozen pages per month.
Heck, you can buy the 2300DL for about $250, and it's a color laser, refurbished.
I think the primary issue here is what's the expected usage and what are the longevity requirements. In the case of both printers mentioned above (and for others like the Samsung 1650, I think) is that if you're a casual user, you just buy a replacement printer when you're done, because the entire printer is cheaper than the toner replacement. It's doubly true of the 2300W which I saw available refurbished last week for $149.
that would make me ask - what's the performance hit for that? Seriously.
I know there's lots of tricks that can be played to minimize the impact of the "instant" snapshot (there's no such thing as "instant" in the computer storage world) as 'x'GB of data will take 'y' time to replicate, and 'y' will not even be infinitesimal.
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If the government is so worried about Winblows machines, why don't they just have ISPs block ports 135-139, among others? Most problems solved. Heck, honestly, block all ports below 1024 unless you have "server" licensed access. Then, to finish it off, ban IE, and mandate Firefox.
That type of action wouldn't surprise me, but it'd piss me off (I run my own web server to share items with family, for instance).
Sure sounds like the right name for a site reviewing this beast. What would the heat output of that rig be?
Clinton's support is irrelevant to the original point - it was a Republican congress that approved it.
I don't care about Moore's pics for the most part, but at least he's open about who and what he's against.
In the case of "framing", yeah, that would be dispicable too. However, I have yet to see even a reasonably decent PR message from the dems on anything lately, so I seriously doubt they could pull off this underhanded stunt either.
You have to admit - the Veterans for Truth, or whatever mis-named group that was, was very effective. Karl should be proud. It certainly was an effective textbook smear campaign against a decorated wounded vet vs a bubblegum blowing deserter.
you just have to slice it.
Dang these pocket knives!
It wasn't about them using a PR firm, it was about the action itself.
I fully expect all parties to use PR firms these days. The manner in which this one was employed is outside the bounds of what I consider acceptable.
Money - use it in cash transactions. If you remove their ability to collect data...
This is 100% true - life is too short. If a MS product doesn't work in 15 minutes, delete it. Whoops, there's a large disturbance in Redmond as 200 million windows systems just converted to something else.
Seriously, though, if you'd like to know a serious point of weirdness (and where MS yet again failed to support a standard) is the X.500 adaptation in Exchange up to at least 5.5. Organization (the "O" in the addressing) is supposed to be case sensitive. In Exchange up to at least 5.5, it isn't. You can connect organizations with "Org", "orG" and "ORG" together. This does, however, cause some issues with messaging that does honor the X.500 spec.
Oh, and you cannot change the organization either - because it's populated throughout the "standard" JET DB that underlies Exchange.
Long story short - 1 typo screwed up a system years after implementation, because it wasn't caught until a configuration change was to be made.
To address the MS SQL DB item - try clustering the POS. Oracle, IBM DB/2, PostgreSQL or MySQL anyone? MS SQL is a nice replacement for Access, as it actually works. For enterprise use, however, get a real DB.
The DNS spec has existed for a long time. Those rules should be sacrosanct, as various pieces of the internet depend on those. When someone violates rules meant to allow the internet to function, then they should be summarily "blocked".
You could still get to them via IP addresses, but the DNS system would no longer let them play.
In this case, yes, they should be blocked. Afghanistan or Iraq? What have they done to corrupt the internet?
That doesn't make it ethical or morally right - 2 things the Republicans claim they stand for. BTW, maybe I should have stated that "Whether you are for or against the Republicans, this misuse and misdirection of the public for PR purposes as funded and directed by Republicans must be viewed as dispicable, especially since they are in power."
At this point, their credibility is such that I'd equally believe that they stand for martians as much as any other statement coming out of their mouths.
In 1999, when I stated that I, as, up to then, a life-long conservative of the Republican ilk, would not be voting for Bush as he was a very very dangerous person. All my formerly like-minded friends said I had become an idiot liberal, including members of my family. This year the last of them will vote anti-republican (note - that's not voting for Democrats, it's voting anti-republican).
I regret being right about that daily.
NAFTA was approved by a republican congress. Matter of fact, anything in the law from 93 onward was largely republican driven or supported. (Remember, they've owned the Congress where laws are made, like that wonderful HB1 and L visa programs)
As for the video - you evidently haven't read/seen enough items from history. Start with fiction - "A Brave New World" and "1984", watch "V is for Vendetta", and then watch some WWII Nazi history films, preferably documentaries that include Joseph Goebbels' efforts and effects.
Whether you are for or against the Republicans, this misuse and misdirection of the public for PR purposes done by a PR firm must be viewed as dispicable, especially when done by those in power.
Anyone running a DNS server can hijack *.cm for their customers. If enough folks do this (easier at root level) then the owners of *.cm will hopefully see the light and play by the rules, if they want to be part of the global internet.
Also, anti-spammers could do the same thing, btw (block all *.cm and treat as spam unless it's in your address book)
As for the US controlling root, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Should they block *.cm, since they're not playing by the rules I would have no issue with it. Stopping *.xxx from coming into existance, however, is idiotic.
Considering the sheer number of iPods sold in the US, including just about every teenager that can afford a car, indicates to me that there isn't an iPod demographic anymore. (Note, the teenager reference is in support of the Neon/Focus demographic.)
Even so, I'll expand on the original statement and add Mustangs, Grand Ams, Grand Prix (2 classes up!) etc.
Basically, that's a whole lot of cars, all already rolling off the lines. And they're going to install a new radio into them to integrate iPods? I honestly can't see it. The supplier lines lag new orders by a bit, so there's considerable inventory in the chain already.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that iPod integration will probably be as lame as BMW's AUX port. An AUX port to me is not integration, merely a "standard" (IMNSHO) feature that all radios should have. Integration would be where I control the iPod via the radio's controls, as much as that is possible. (Volume, next song, previous song are the big three).
I'll believe it when I see a base model commuter car with iPod integration for sale, say a Neon, Focus, or Malibu.
replacing "worship of god" with "worship of the party/state" is not aethism.
Considering TFA states "The only way to know is to run a software inspector at every check-in", this is a sign of using it as a crutch. That and the fact that the GP states that they had to add comments to get their tool to ignore "valid" pieces of code, that's an even bigger issue.
And just exactly what are you checking with the "code-inspector"? Are you being a "grammar nazi" and checking for the ever important whitespace or Camel case violations? (with the note that the JVM and assorted Sun releases violate both?)
That said, code inspectors can be a helpful tool if used correctly. But, code inspectors still won't save you from bad code, only from extremely naive and simplistic violations of best practices.
I didn't miss it, and it still doesn't negate my earlier statements. :)
the proportion of cars on the road in 2007 will not be 2007 year cars. Which is the point.
BTW, what's the integration going to be, and how are they going to integrate with cars that should hit dealers within the next 2 months? I don't see it happening for most 2007 models until later in the year.
I wasn't confused at all. I'm well aware of the technology. I also know that the sound quality suffers.
That's one of my points - the new format will attempt to stop that for most, and hence I see it failing and CDs continuing for 7-10 years, because of things like "legacy" players.
That said, I do like the 5.1 possibilities with the audio track on a DVD (Why DVD-Audio was created, well, it had to do with more DRM, not the fact that the 5.1 channels on a DVD weren't good enough).
It's not about when cars add them in - it's the large number of cars out there that don't support it. For them, the CD is a requirement, FM Broadcaster units for MP3 players aside.
This isn't DVD-Audio, but utilizing the audio track on DVD-Video, if I understood TFA.
The CD's demise is certainly not pending, at least not in the near term. Just witness all the CD sleeves on autos across the country. Not a single one of those has a DVD player in the dash. Matter of fact, my 2004 vehicle doesn't play anything but straight CDs, my 2006 plays MP3s and WMAs (at least it purports to play the latter). Not a DVD in the mix.
Those that have DVD video players are most likely not setup for DVD sound, at least I'm willing to bet on that without even checking it out. The reason? My home DVD players handle audio, but none are very consumer friendly about it, at least not as compared to CDs.
So, long story short, should they even be wildly successful, I'd say CDs still have 8-10 years of life left, as no 2007 vehicle I know of will come with a DVD audio rig, especially given the DRM'd nature of these DVDs.
We can't go to the moon now. There's no sufficiently heavy lift vehicle available, and the facilities to construct one no longer exist either. There was a report out about 2 years ago that detailed what it would take just to get a heavy lift vehicle back into production - I believe they said a minimum of 5 years with lots of cash, 10 at a realistic cost.
I find this hard to believe myself, as we have several reasonable rocket engines available (Delta IV's RS-68 I think has an exceptionally good one that doesn't use LOX/H) that should be usable.
Also, the materials we have today should be far better and easier to work with than those from the 60s. Take Kevlar or better materials for spacesuits - solves that problem. We've sealed them for water, so it should be easy to tell with dye whether any seals are penetrated enough to cause issues.
I agree fully. Almost any B&W laser will meet the "nice graphics" requirement these days. Take my Minolta 1350W I bought for $8 brand new (aren't rebates great? No network built-in, but there's a DL version that does). It's been 2 years, and still has the original toner cartridge in it. Then again, I don't print more than a couple dozen pages per month.
Heck, you can buy the 2300DL for about $250, and it's a color laser, refurbished.
I think the primary issue here is what's the expected usage and what are the longevity requirements. In the case of both printers mentioned above (and for others like the Samsung 1650, I think) is that if you're a casual user, you just buy a replacement printer when you're done, because the entire printer is cheaper than the toner replacement. It's doubly true of the 2300W which I saw available refurbished last week for $149.
that would make me ask - what's the performance hit for that? Seriously.
I know there's lots of tricks that can be played to minimize the impact of the "instant" snapshot (there's no such thing as "instant" in the computer storage world) as 'x'GB of data will take 'y' time to replicate, and 'y' will not even be infinitesimal.
Then, of course, there's also the cost.