This would need to have an option to set the min score of replies to be sent. Otherwise, I can just imagine some troll sending email (such as a link to a certain.cx site) to several people by just replying to some deeply nested comment. I would not want to see that crud in my inbox.
It seems somebody always makes this post when [Insert Big Company] does [Insert Big Evil Action].
You ask if there is anything wrong with the industry taking action in its own self interest. Usually the answer is no, but when it uses and abuses other people it is wrong.
The "self interest" defense is no defense at all!
Can you imagine the rapist or murderer using this defense? "Oh judge, I get off everytime I rape or kill somebody. So its in my own self interest to continue and I shouldn't be held liable."
When your own self interest uses and abuses other people you must be held accountable.
...have a different name under for SAMBA in Germany...
The primary source of Samba information and software is the internet. How is it possible to rename Samba within Germany or any country for that matter? Sure you could slap a ".de" on the end of the URL and redirect Germans there but this won't keep the name "Samba" out Germany.
Its easy to rename a car model or someting in a different country because it is very difficult to go outside of that particular market and look at the same product. But on the net it involves retyping a URL. Ooo, real hard.
I think we will see a lot more of this kind of problem. The hundreds of small namespaces are being combined into larger and larger namespaces. Eventually there will be only 1 really big namespace. And there are only so many 5 letter combinations of letters in the alphabet.
I don't know whether that statistic is true or not -- it sounds possible. Of course you should remember that on June 5, 1944 (The day before D-Day) "All was quiet on the Western Front". So it would seem foolish to NOT put 90% of the military on the other front where there was actual combat taking place.
I think you mean no virus should be able to write to its own executable image. That would only prevent some wierd twisted self-modifying (but possible) virii. The virus could just write a new file and copy itself byte by byte then exec the new virus.
In any case, the computer wouldn't work at all if processes were denied read access to its executable image: no process would ever be able to read its text segment (program instructions)! This would be quite a problem for every program.;)
After decades of development and use, a major security flaw has been discovered in the Unix operating system. "All variants of Unix are affected", according to a mailing list of software security bugs for system administrators. Because this security hole was not discovered until today, it is possible that hackers have been exploiting it for years.
Details of the bug are still limited but early reports hint that a Unix feature called an "Unamed pipe" has a flaw that, when used, opens access to the computer system to any other computers on the network. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the "[Unamed] pipe is a tool used exclusively by malicious computer hackers." As a leader in network security, Microsoft ensures its customers that it is not affected by the bug. The spokesperson continues, "At Microsoft we recognize the fact that the command prompt is the true reason why such hideous exploits flurish. For that reason, we have taken the innovative step of integrating the graphical user interface directly into the operating system, bypassing any need for a useful command prompt interface."
All users of Unix and Unix-variant operatings sytems are urged to refrain from using unamed pipes until a security patch is made available. Utilities such as "man" should not be used under any circumstances for any purpose. System administrators should take necessary precautions and install security patches as soon as possible. Users should also take precautions and never open unamed pipes, especially unamed pipes you weren't expecting.
With the recent talk about filters in libraries , the idea struck me that a new TLD would make it very easy to filter this stuff out, as the article also mentions. This would elliminate the problem of wrongly blocked sites because unless you are selling porn, then nobody would ever want a URL that ends in.sex.
There would still be many sites that wouldn't comply, but that will always be the case no matter what laws or policies are implemented. Consider your local video store: it sells Wallace and Gromit and other childrens videos but there is also a room in the back that sells the porn flicks. Libraries and schools could simply block *.sex. This wouldn't keep out all "offensive material" but a great deal of it. I would be happy then also because innocent sites wouldn't be blocked. I think this is a reasonable compromise.
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Somebody with a popular site should put the code in the web pages in the form of a comment. Then, every person who reads the web page will have it on his/her computer. Hundreds of people will have stored it on their computers.
A package arrived today with my new NIC. Inside, buried under a new incarnation of foam peanuts I have never seen before, was my NIC and a AOL 5.0 CD. (I sure hope that wasn't added onto the weight of my package when they calculated shipping and handling charges!).
At first I thought, toss that crap. But then I happened to glance at the bottle of soda next to my keyboard. "Hey, thats gonna leave a mark." Wouldn't want that to happen to my $5 garage sale folding table. Shoot no. So now I have a new coaster.
The only remaining question is should the shiny side be up or down? I think it depends on whether I want to keep cold liquids cold or hot liquids hot. The light reflected by the shiny side would help keep the hot liquids hot.
A paperback book called "Repetitive Strain Injury - A Computer User's Guide" by Emil Pascarellie and Deborah Quilter. I got my copy at amazon.com. I forget what I paid, but the back cover of the book says $16.95 (US).
I too am a poor college student doing part time programming work. My wrists begain to ache badly some time ago, but two things greatly helped: I purchased an ergo-keyboard (split down the middle) and stopped resting my hands on the keyboard and mouse when using them.
A small investment now will hopefully prevent future problems.
The window may be arbitrarily selected. For example, the decade could begin with the 1950's and end with the 2040's, or it could begin with the 1980's and end with the 2070's.
(Thanks for picking that out GnrcMan)
What if we use the dates starting with 1900 and ending with 2000? Doesn't this "window system" already exist in ALL applications that allow you to use a two digit year? Even if the app isn't Y2k complient, if you type in "99" it assumes that you mean 1999 not 99 AD. Abstractly speaking, this window system already is in common use -- and in a certain sense caused the Y2k problem in the first place!
What foolishness to try and patent this!
Anybody here every write a check to pay for that new UltraWidget6000? Did you date the check with '99? You implicitly used a window system. The cashier knew what you meant and nobody from here to the bank will misunderstand.
Maybe you used a credit card instead: my credit card expires in "01/01". The same window system is implicit. There is no misunderstanding that the year it expires is 2001, not 1901 and not 1 AD.
Allow me to describe the world as I see it. First of all -- Whoa, what the... Hey look here, it's an "opposable thumb". This is really cool! Hey everybody look -- actually, nevermind -- I'm gonna quitely patent this thing. Then sue everybody that has one. And if you have two I'll sue you for three times as much. MooHooHaaHaa! Then I will invest all my money in Micro$oft: how evil can I get?
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This would need to have an option to set the min score of replies to be sent. Otherwise, I can just imagine some troll sending email (such as a link to a certain .cx site) to several people by just replying to some deeply nested comment. I would not want to see that crud in my inbox.
(you got your grain of salt?)
Thats right, I just proved that class P is in fact equivalent to class NP! I will be famous and rich! Where is my insta-PhD?
Okay, here is the proof: Oh, wait, oops. Guess I should have verified that before posting huh? Maybe I'm just a little thick in the head.
It seems somebody always makes this post when [Insert Big Company] does [Insert Big Evil Action].
You ask if there is anything wrong with the industry taking action in its own self interest. Usually the answer is no, but when it uses and abuses other people it is wrong.
The "self interest" defense is no defense at all!
Can you imagine the rapist or murderer using this defense? "Oh judge, I get off everytime I rape or kill somebody. So its in my own self interest to continue and I shouldn't be held liable."
When your own self interest uses and abuses other people you must be held accountable.
Give me a break
The primary source of Samba information and software is the internet. How is it possible to rename Samba within Germany or any country for that matter? Sure you could slap a ".de" on the end of the URL and redirect Germans there but this won't keep the name "Samba" out Germany.
Its easy to rename a car model or someting in a different country because it is very difficult to go outside of that particular market and look at the same product. But on the net it involves retyping a URL. Ooo, real hard.
I think we will see a lot more of this kind of problem. The hundreds of small namespaces are being combined into larger and larger namespaces. Eventually there will be only 1 really big namespace. And there are only so many 5 letter combinations of letters in the alphabet.
I don't know whether that statistic is true or not -- it sounds possible. Of course you should remember that on June 5, 1944 (The day before D-Day) "All was quiet on the Western Front". So it would seem foolish to NOT put 90% of the military on the other front where there was actual combat taking place.
I think you mean no virus should be able to write to its own executable image. That would only prevent some wierd twisted self-modifying (but possible) virii. The virus could just write a new file and copy itself byte by byte then exec the new virus.
In any case, the computer wouldn't work at all if processes were denied read access to its executable image: no process would ever be able to read its text segment (program instructions)! This would be quite a problem for every program. ;)
After decades of development and use, a major security flaw has been discovered in the Unix operating system. "All variants of Unix are affected", according to a mailing list of software security bugs for system administrators. Because this security hole was not discovered until today, it is possible that hackers have been exploiting it for years.
Details of the bug are still limited but early reports hint that a Unix feature called an "Unamed pipe" has a flaw that, when used, opens access to the computer system to any other computers on the network. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the "[Unamed] pipe is a tool used exclusively by malicious computer hackers." As a leader in network security, Microsoft ensures its customers that it is not affected by the bug. The spokesperson continues, "At Microsoft we recognize the fact that the command prompt is the true reason why such hideous exploits flurish. For that reason, we have taken the innovative step of integrating the graphical user interface directly into the operating system, bypassing any need for a useful command prompt interface."
All users of Unix and Unix-variant operatings sytems are urged to refrain from using unamed pipes until a security patch is made available. Utilities such as "man" should not be used under any circumstances for any purpose. System administrators should take necessary precautions and install security patches as soon as possible. Users should also take precautions and never open unamed pipes, especially unamed pipes you weren't expecting.
With the recent talk about filters in libraries , the idea struck me that a new TLD would make it very easy to filter this stuff out, as the article also mentions. This would elliminate the problem of wrongly blocked sites because unless you are selling porn, then nobody would ever want a URL that ends in .sex.
There would still be many sites that wouldn't comply, but that will always be the case no matter what laws or policies are implemented. Consider your local video store: it sells Wallace and Gromit and other childrens videos but there is also a room in the back that sells the porn flicks. Libraries and schools could simply block *.sex. This wouldn't keep out all "offensive material" but a great deal of it. I would be happy then also because innocent sites wouldn't be blocked. I think this is a reasonable compromise.
Somebody with a popular site should put the code in the web pages in the form of a comment. Then, every person who reads the web page will have it on his/her computer. Hundreds of people will have stored it on their computers.
A package arrived today with my new NIC. Inside, buried under a new incarnation of foam peanuts I have never seen before, was my NIC and a AOL 5.0 CD. (I sure hope that wasn't added onto the weight of my package when they calculated shipping and handling charges!).
At first I thought, toss that crap. But then I happened to glance at the bottle of soda next to my keyboard. "Hey, thats gonna leave a mark." Wouldn't want that to happen to my $5 garage sale folding table. Shoot no. So now I have a new coaster.
The only remaining question is should the shiny side be up or down? I think it depends on whether I want to keep cold liquids cold or hot liquids hot. The light reflected by the shiny side would help keep the hot liquids hot.
A paperback book called "Repetitive Strain Injury - A Computer User's Guide" by Emil Pascarellie and Deborah Quilter. I got my copy at amazon.com. I forget what I paid, but the back cover of the book says $16.95 (US).
I too am a poor college student doing part time programming work. My wrists begain to ache badly some time ago, but two things greatly helped: I purchased an ergo-keyboard (split down the middle) and stopped resting my hands on the keyboard and mouse when using them.
A small investment now will hopefully prevent future problems.
The window may be arbitrarily selected. For example, the decade could begin with the 1950's and end with the 2040's, or it could begin with the 1980's and end with the 2070's.
(Thanks for picking that out GnrcMan)
What if we use the dates starting with 1900 and ending with 2000? Doesn't this "window system" already exist in ALL applications that allow you to use a two digit year? Even if the app isn't Y2k complient, if you type in "99" it assumes that you mean 1999 not 99 AD. Abstractly speaking, this window system already is in common use -- and in a certain sense caused the Y2k problem in the first place!
What foolishness to try and patent this!
Anybody here every write a check to pay for that new UltraWidget6000? Did you date the check with '99? You implicitly used a window system. The cashier knew what you meant and nobody from here to the bank will misunderstand.
Maybe you used a credit card instead: my credit card expires in "01/01". The same window system is implicit. There is no misunderstanding that the year it expires is 2001, not 1901 and not 1 AD.
This is painfully obvious and makes me sick.
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Allow me to describe the world as I see it. First of all -- Whoa, what the... Hey look here, it's an "opposable thumb". This is really cool! Hey everybody look -- actually, nevermind -- I'm gonna quitely patent this thing. Then sue everybody that has one. And if you have two I'll sue you for three times as much. MooHooHaaHaa! Then I will invest all my money in Micro$oft: how evil can I get?
/etc/passwd /etc/passwd ~/.sig
--
> wc -l
67890
> rm ~/.sig ; ln -s