That's an interesting idea, and then we can get rid of all those useless "experts-exchange" links and similar.
What I also would like to have as a feature is the ability to search also for "special" characters. Google today seems to see "+" and a lot of other characters as spacing characters, but sometimes I really want to search for "a+b" as a term.
Since I'm working in a large organization I have come to realize that the amount of documentation in many projects is huge - often so large that essential key information is masked away, or right out FUBARed.
It's also not uncommon that the customer requirements are "interpreted" by people with no technical knowledge whatsoever and they have a tendency to eradicate information that they think is "too technical", or information that they think drives unnecessary cost. Some people also have a tendency to rename things to a semantic that is to common people fuzzy. Even obfuscation occurs. At the same time documents are filled with a large number of pages listing old or discarded alternatives.
We know some things at least so far. California have over-used the water for a long time now, the ground water table is a lot lower than it was a century ago. The dam fill levels have varied up and down more and people have a tendency to look at them when it comes to how much water that can be consumed.
There have been periods of drought before through history - at which time major population movements were necessary. In some cases enough to end empires.
The problem is that the devices reviewed aren't the devices that you have available in the shops. Specifications and designs changes so fast that you can't keep up.
Considering the short time it was up I don't see a major problem.
The main problem I see is that encrypted links are certified as being more secure than unencrypted when it comes to privileges in browsers because they aren't.
The basic idea as I see it with the Firefox browser doing opportunistic encryption is sound. The problem comes with all permutations of how it can be applied in a way that's transparent for the user.
We also have the problem with the chain of trust - not all CAs are trustworthy.
Because it highlights that the USPTO is doing a sloppy job and don't review patents at all, just check the formalia and let courts decide if they are valid or not.
Probably because the patent engineers don't know squat about the stuff they get to review.
Well - if you have a bit of code where you never should reach a specific point you can add a message there with an unique text string. That could be a form of easter egg, but it will provide a pretty unique message that can be searched for in case something goes wrong - like someone changing one part of the code without realizing the impact on this part of the code.
Many of us have had fun of the "This error shall never occur" and similar messages, some showing up at The Daily WTF.
The genie is already out of the box. It won't stop the real terrorists, but it will keep the knowledge off limits for the general public so it may actually take longer to discover a terrorist. If people forget that they should look out for people stashing a ton of fertilizer for their 1/2 acre land we know it's just going to get worse.
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That search engine will be hunted down and convicted of breaking the DMCA.
That's an interesting idea, and then we can get rid of all those useless "experts-exchange" links and similar.
What I also would like to have as a feature is the ability to search also for "special" characters. Google today seems to see "+" and a lot of other characters as spacing characters, but sometimes I really want to search for "a+b" as a term.
Since I'm working in a large organization I have come to realize that the amount of documentation in many projects is huge - often so large that essential key information is masked away, or right out FUBARed.
It's also not uncommon that the customer requirements are "interpreted" by people with no technical knowledge whatsoever and they have a tendency to eradicate information that they think is "too technical", or information that they think drives unnecessary cost. Some people also have a tendency to rename things to a semantic that is to common people fuzzy. Even obfuscation occurs. At the same time documents are filled with a large number of pages listing old or discarded alternatives.
It's easier that way - no need to be concerned with rights management. You can also get performance benefits from having it as a kernel driver.
But we also see the disadvantages - security holes.
I suspect that this also influences Windows XP, and it's quite interesting that a lot of ATMs and other embedded systems still uses XP.
Just make the religious institutions choose - tax exemption or copyright on their texts. You can't have both, you have to pick one.
I think that would solve most problems.
So will it be OK to play religious music - or if a station is predominantly religious to play some pop music? Giant loophole.
Well - in other parts of the world royalties are already paid for played music, and music is still played on the radios so it won't kill radio.
Just waiting for the sandworms to show up first.
It would really be interesting to see where it would take us, but I worry about false positives in high-profile issues.
We know some things at least so far. California have over-used the water for a long time now, the ground water table is a lot lower than it was a century ago. The dam fill levels have varied up and down more and people have a tendency to look at them when it comes to how much water that can be consumed.
There have been periods of drought before through history - at which time major population movements were necessary. In some cases enough to end empires.
To me it seems to be used to explain the unexplainable, much like the aether of former times.
It's how the taxes are managed, not where the taxes comes from.
The budget system used by many states and countries is what leads to the waste of tax money.
The problem is that the devices reviewed aren't the devices that you have available in the shops. Specifications and designs changes so fast that you can't keep up.
I did read the quote in the article and couldn't make sense of their reasoning.
Maybe it helps to smoke something.
How much RFI will this cause on radio frequencies?
Considering the short time it was up I don't see a major problem.
The main problem I see is that encrypted links are certified as being more secure than unencrypted when it comes to privileges in browsers because they aren't.
The basic idea as I see it with the Firefox browser doing opportunistic encryption is sound. The problem comes with all permutations of how it can be applied in a way that's transparent for the user.
We also have the problem with the chain of trust - not all CAs are trustworthy.
If the key is as long as the message and only used once XOR is ok.
It depends on the app, there are a lot of good apps out there for various purposes.
Because it highlights that the USPTO is doing a sloppy job and don't review patents at all, just check the formalia and let courts decide if they are valid or not.
Probably because the patent engineers don't know squat about the stuff they get to review.
So that's why I can't make a file named PRN in Windows!
That's actually a good reason for an easter egg in the code. It's the small details that do it.
Well - if you have a bit of code where you never should reach a specific point you can add a message there with an unique text string. That could be a form of easter egg, but it will provide a pretty unique message that can be searched for in case something goes wrong - like someone changing one part of the code without realizing the impact on this part of the code.
Many of us have had fun of the "This error shall never occur" and similar messages, some showing up at The Daily WTF.
That's a nice one.
The original bug - you had one engine in the car and one in the garage that you could drop in as replacement.
The genie is already out of the box. It won't stop the real terrorists, but it will keep the knowledge off limits for the general public so it may actually take longer to discover a terrorist. If people forget that they should look out for people stashing a ton of fertilizer for their 1/2 acre land we know it's just going to get worse.