I've been using IE *gulp* for years and years now. Browsing using the program has gotten to the point where its so frustrating and pathetic due to all the bugs that I've downloaded Mozilla and started using it more and more often.
As much as I despise M$, everyone coded for IE, so I gave in. Now Mozilla is making ground in my mind if I want to get stuff done and that can only mean good things if I'm not the only one (and I don't think I am). Why switch from IE to Mozilla? Wouldn't switching to Firebird be a better idea, as it only has the browser? I can understand using Firebird and (as you used IE, I can only presume) Outlook, but Mozilla and Outlook?
Password sniffing, spoofing, buffer overflows, and denial of service: these are only a few of the attacks on today's computer systems and networks. At the root of this epidemic is poorly written, poorly tested, and insecure code that puts everyone at risk. Clearly, today's developers need help figuring out how to write code that attackers won't be able to exploit. But writing such code is surprisingly difficult.
Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is an important new resource for developers serious about writing secure code. It contains a wealth of solutions to problems faced by those who care about the security of their applications. It covers a wide range of topics, including safe initialization, access control, input validation, symmetric and public key cryptography, cryptographic hashes and MACs, authentication and key exchange, PKI, random numbers, and anti-tampering. The rich set of code samples provided in the book's more than 200 recipes will help programmers secure the C and C++ programs they write for both Unix(R) (including Linux(R)) and Windows(R) environments. Readers will learn:
How to avoid common programming errors, such as buffer overflows, race conditions, and format string problems
How to properly SSL-enable applications
How to create secure channels for client-server communication without SSL
How to integrate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) into applications
Best practices for using cryptography properly
Techniques and strategies for properly validating input to programs
How to launch programs securely
How to use file access mechanisms properly
Techniques for protecting applications from reverse engineering
The book's web site supplements the book by providing a place to post new recipes, including those written in additional languages like Perl, Java, and Python. Monthly prizes will reward the best recipes submitted by readers.
Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is destined to become an essential part of any developer's library, a code companion developers will turn to again and again as they seek to protect their systems from attackers and reduce the risks they face in today's dangerous world.
Are you sure that Mozilla Firebird has a smaller disk and RAM footprint and draws pages more quickly than Opera 7? What does this pro-Opera page get wrong? It's a pro-Opera page, you answered your own question;)
Opera has climbed into my "must get everyone using" category. I think it's a fantastic product and deserves a lot of attention. Why use Opera when Firbird uses less memory, is faster and open source?
I used Mozilla for my web browser at home it suits all of my browsing needs. Surely if you're only using it for browsing you should use Firebird instead?
Yes; I know whether whoever I'm chatting to is actually going to respond, or has just nipped off to smoke a cigarette, drink some coffee, chat to someone else or whatever. I like to know whether I'm going to get a response soon or not, especially if there are several sessions open. Could they not just have typed something and fergotten about it? That would be more confusing than anything.
'an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message.' I really couldn't care less. This has to be one of the most annoying features put in an IM program, ever. The reasons for this are as follows:
Sometimes I might spend a while thinking out something I'm typing, if I do this it'll say '* is typing a messege', sometimes making the other user wait for me to finish what I'm typing, which I don't like.
Alot of humour in instant messeging is to do with timing, which is ruined if this is put into place.
It's pointless. I've yet to think of one reason to have it in any IM program, all it does is (slightly) bloat it.
If music should have a compulsory license, why shouldn't movies, software, ebooks and other media also be covered by compulsory licenses? It's bad enough music having it, how would you feel about the BAA (Book Association of America) sending you emails?
It is not the video games, the Twinkies or Oreo cookies that are making people do things, the total lack of personal responsiblity in the United States is in large part to blame. Here's an interesting theory. We are not responsible for any of our actions. The reasoning behind this is thus: all we are is a combination of our two parents, effected by the environment around us. Obviously more people in Brookyln (for example) are theifs than in say, Washington D.C, simply because of their environment. Some people might argue that even though peoples environment has affected them they are capable of freewill, but because of their environment I wonder just HOW free?
We talk with Running With Scissors' Vince Desi about his thoughts on the state of violent gaming in today's computer and video game market. Be forewarned Vince speaks his mind and we didn't dare censor him.
How did the idea first come for the Postal series?
We were bored making kids games for companies like Sesame Street and Disney. Most everybody in the office was playing Doom stuff, and we had a Robotron arcade machine. You make kids games for 10 years and then lets see what you think of. For us it was always about the fun, the comedy, I mean POSTAL is really about adult humor, that was out goal.
Was the "Postal" series created to be controversial from the beginning? Was being controversial your main goal?
Our main goal was to make people die laughing, we never took it serious. Not at all, we just wanted to do something different. People ask about our industry not being creative or original that's because every other game that comes out is the same as the other, except with new tech features. I had no idea that setting a marching band on fire was gonna be considered politically incorrect, and the suicide move in the first POSTAL, we all thought it was great, but a lot of asshole politicians just seen it as an opportunity to be hypocritical about.
When "Running With Scissors" was first developing "Postal 1", what types of ideas went through the team's heads about how controversial the title was going to be? Back then did you think much about the fact that games could somehow "inspire" the player to commit acts that were portrayed in your game, or any game for that matter?
First let me say that if I thought we could make a game that would honestly motivate people to do things in real life, then I would make a game about fucking, cause this world needs more sex than killing that's for shit sure. The creative process here is actually pretty open, everyone just says whats on their minds and it all gets considered, of course it the end technical reality takes over. For the most part the games include it all, we don't approach game design by what can or cant we put it, we just ask one thing, is it funny. Of course we have a different sense of humor but hey that's what makes the world interesting. As for the controversy I've said it before we never planned for it nor did we anticipate, I mean shit in this fucked up place called earth who the hell could have imagined that a video game could get so much attention when the real world is filled with real crazy people, but that's the news today.
What has influenced "Running With Scissors" development of such controversial titles?
OK, to really get a clearer picture let me run off a few personality characteristics of the key folks in design: catholic school upbringing, some of us grew up in the 60's, 70's and 80's, metal, comics, race, horny male syndrome, drugs, guns, animals...are you getting the picture yet? Sure I could go on and tell you things like Southpark, Spy vs Spy, Robotron, Atari, Clinton, and of course 9/11. Thinking about it I'd say we're a pretty normal group, that decided to go for it, and actually do and say what we feel, I really do think we're very lucky.
If there were no rating system on games and nothing holding back any type of gore or adult content, what type of things do you imagine we might see in today's video games or at least "Running With Scissors" titles?
I think a rating system is a good thing, the problem is that retailers are scared to carry controversial titles unless they get big ad guarantees, so the corruption and hypocrisy are not limited to the politicians, lets not forget the major publishers that are nothing more than pimps for sorry ass broke ugly developers. True creativity is a rare animal, so I'm not sure the rating system means that much for real and truly creative folks. I'm very proud of POSTAL not because its shock value but because it succeeds in what we set out to do MAKE PEOPLE HAVE FUN. As for RWS all I can say is if you play or watch POSTAL and don't laugh in the 1st 60 seconds then I blew it, and from all the fan mail
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Cowboy Neal certainly seems to think so!
I've been using IE *gulp* for years and years now. Browsing using the program has gotten to the point where its so frustrating and pathetic due to all the bugs that I've downloaded Mozilla and started using it more and more often.
As much as I despise M$, everyone coded for IE, so I gave in. Now Mozilla is making ground in my mind if I want to get stuff done and that can only mean good things if I'm not the only one (and I don't think I am).
Why switch from IE to Mozilla? Wouldn't switching to Firebird be a better idea, as it only has the browser? I can understand using Firebird and (as you used IE, I can only presume) Outlook, but Mozilla and Outlook?
Was the world made by 9 year olds in Pakistan for 50p a day?
...what's on the other side? Why isn't that part of the Universe?
The football game!
That's football, for our English readers ;)
That link is to the origional report filed with the ACCC submitted in July. The ACCC has now said they are looking into it. ;)
Don't you mean original?
This is a major Australian newspaper, it isn't going to get slashdotted, he's just blatant karma-whoring.
here
If you don't quit writing "artical" I'm going to fucking kill you.
You don't mean stop writing 'artical', by any chance? Saying 'quit' would be incorrect grammar, and "" indicates speech, wheras '' are quote marks.
Password sniffing, spoofing, buffer overflows, and denial of service: these are only a few of the attacks on today's computer systems and networks. At the root of this epidemic is poorly written, poorly tested, and insecure code that puts everyone at risk. Clearly, today's developers need help figuring out how to write code that attackers won't be able to exploit. But writing such code is surprisingly difficult.
Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is an important new resource for developers serious about writing secure code. It contains a wealth of solutions to problems faced by those who care about the security of their applications. It covers a wide range of topics, including safe initialization, access control, input validation, symmetric and public key cryptography, cryptographic hashes and MACs, authentication and key exchange, PKI, random numbers, and anti-tampering. The rich set of code samples provided in the book's more than 200 recipes will help programmers secure the C and C++ programs they write for both Unix(R) (including Linux(R)) and Windows(R) environments. Readers will learn:
How to avoid common programming errors, such as buffer overflows, race conditions, and format string problems
How to properly SSL-enable applications
How to create secure channels for client-server communication without SSL
How to integrate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) into applications
Best practices for using cryptography properly
Techniques and strategies for properly validating input to programs
How to launch programs securely
How to use file access mechanisms properly
Techniques for protecting applications from reverse engineering
The book's web site supplements the book by providing a place to post new recipes, including those written in additional languages like Perl, Java, and Python. Monthly prizes will reward the best recipes submitted by readers.
Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is destined to become an essential part of any developer's library, a code companion developers will turn to again and again as they seek to protect their systems from attackers and reduce the risks they face in today's dangerous world.
Are you sure that Mozilla Firebird has a smaller disk and RAM footprint and draws pages more quickly than Opera 7? What does this pro-Opera page get wrong? ;)
It's a pro-Opera page, you answered your own question
Opera has climbed into my "must get everyone using" category. I think it's a fantastic product and deserves a lot of attention.
Why use Opera when Firbird uses less memory, is faster and open source?
I used Mozilla for my web browser at home it suits all of my browsing needs.
Surely if you're only using it for browsing you should use Firebird instead?
Once you have that, everything else is only a few clicks away...
Along the same lines... Bittorrent
oh and here's a link to Kazaa Lite
Openoffice and Zonealarm.
Here's an ARTICLE about spelling, dick brain.
That's not an article, and surely you mean dick-brain?
An additional artical at MacNN.
The fight between Dell and Apple to supply the laptops
Yes; I know whether whoever I'm chatting to is actually going to respond, or has just nipped off to smoke a cigarette, drink some coffee, chat to someone else or whatever. I like to know whether I'm going to get a response soon or not, especially if there are several sessions open.
Could they not just have typed something and fergotten about it? That would be more confusing than anything.
I really couldn't care less. This has to be one of the most annoying features put in an IM program, ever. The reasons for this are as follows:
Anyone on Slashdot actually like it?
Yeah, it was baaaaa-d!
LMAO
That was uncalled for. *cries*
Well, I don't know about you, but I'd sure feel sheepish... :P
That really was terrible you know?
If music should have a compulsory license, why shouldn't movies, software, ebooks and other media also be covered by compulsory licenses?
It's bad enough music having it, how would you feel about the BAA (Book Association of America) sending you emails?
It is not the video games, the Twinkies or Oreo cookies that are making people do things, the total lack of personal responsiblity in the United States is in large part to blame.
Here's an interesting theory. We are not responsible for any of our actions. The reasoning behind this is thus: all we are is a combination of our two parents, effected by the environment around us. Obviously more people in Brookyln (for example) are theifs than in say, Washington D.C, simply because of their environment. Some people might argue that even though peoples environment has affected them they are capable of freewill, but because of their environment I wonder just HOW free?
We talk with Running With Scissors' Vince Desi about his thoughts on the state of violent gaming in today's computer and video game market. Be forewarned Vince speaks his mind and we didn't dare censor him. How did the idea first come for the Postal series? We were bored making kids games for companies like Sesame Street and Disney. Most everybody in the office was playing Doom stuff, and we had a Robotron arcade machine. You make kids games for 10 years and then lets see what you think of. For us it was always about the fun, the comedy, I mean POSTAL is really about adult humor, that was out goal. Was the "Postal" series created to be controversial from the beginning? Was being controversial your main goal? Our main goal was to make people die laughing, we never took it serious. Not at all, we just wanted to do something different. People ask about our industry not being creative or original that's because every other game that comes out is the same as the other, except with new tech features. I had no idea that setting a marching band on fire was gonna be considered politically incorrect, and the suicide move in the first POSTAL, we all thought it was great, but a lot of asshole politicians just seen it as an opportunity to be hypocritical about. When "Running With Scissors" was first developing "Postal 1", what types of ideas went through the team's heads about how controversial the title was going to be? Back then did you think much about the fact that games could somehow "inspire" the player to commit acts that were portrayed in your game, or any game for that matter? First let me say that if I thought we could make a game that would honestly motivate people to do things in real life, then I would make a game about fucking, cause this world needs more sex than killing that's for shit sure. The creative process here is actually pretty open, everyone just says whats on their minds and it all gets considered, of course it the end technical reality takes over. For the most part the games include it all, we don't approach game design by what can or cant we put it, we just ask one thing, is it funny. Of course we have a different sense of humor but hey that's what makes the world interesting. As for the controversy I've said it before we never planned for it nor did we anticipate, I mean shit in this fucked up place called earth who the hell could have imagined that a video game could get so much attention when the real world is filled with real crazy people, but that's the news today. What has influenced "Running With Scissors" development of such controversial titles? OK, to really get a clearer picture let me run off a few personality characteristics of the key folks in design: catholic school upbringing, some of us grew up in the 60's, 70's and 80's, metal, comics, race, horny male syndrome, drugs, guns, animals...are you getting the picture yet? Sure I could go on and tell you things like Southpark, Spy vs Spy, Robotron, Atari, Clinton, and of course 9/11. Thinking about it I'd say we're a pretty normal group, that decided to go for it, and actually do and say what we feel, I really do think we're very lucky. If there were no rating system on games and nothing holding back any type of gore or adult content, what type of things do you imagine we might see in today's video games or at least "Running With Scissors" titles? I think a rating system is a good thing, the problem is that retailers are scared to carry controversial titles unless they get big ad guarantees, so the corruption and hypocrisy are not limited to the politicians, lets not forget the major publishers that are nothing more than pimps for sorry ass broke ugly developers. True creativity is a rare animal, so I'm not sure the rating system means that much for real and truly creative folks. I'm very proud of POSTAL not because its shock value but because it succeeds in what we set out to do MAKE PEOPLE HAVE FUN. As for RWS all I can say is if you play or watch POSTAL and don't laugh in the 1st 60 seconds then I blew it, and from all the fan mail