Remember Pong? One of the first--and simplest--video games, Pong opened the door to a fascinating new frontier in gaming.
I'm sorry but I stopped reading the article there. Has anyone connected to the Internet (even if you're one of the zenophobic aboriginal peoples of Indonesia) not heard of Pong at this point?
...Ridiculous IP claims will be the death of Microsoft.
When they're resorting to patenting what appear to me to be boolean operations with an object-oriented twist, that's a bad sign about what real plans the company doesn't have.
Expect bad news for Lexmark on all fronts. You may recall that Dell has been using Lexmark printers for a few years. But now, even Dell is moving away from them in favor of other printer vendors.
Not sure if it relates back directly to their frivolous use of the DMCA, but it seems like they are being hit from all sides right now.
I find that more technically-abled people are familiar with and have installed WinRAR or the unix-variant based RAR on their system.
Of course, such people are less likely to be taken in by a virus, so I'm forced to believe that this new spin on virus writing isn't going to be very effective.
Similarly, I suppose virus-writers could rename their.exe file to be.txt and leave instructions within the.txt file to rename the file to.exe and from there ask them to execute it but the people that would understand those instructions would not be likely to follow them.
Creators of robots use Linux to control them because robots would be far too dangerous when infected with spyware.
Imagine you forget to patch your mobile, appendage-laden Windows-running robot, connect it to the Internet and suddenly it wakes you up in the middle of the night with a mischievous look on its face.
I know that it breaks some programs and has caused some people problems, but the alternative of ridiculously insecure Windows boxes running rampant is worse.
I've been running Windows XP SP2 on all of my computers (which admittedly is a small population of 3) with no problems. The built-in popup blocker is more rigorous than anything else I've seen and itself breaks many things (most amusingly Outlook Access for Web), but for the most part is plays fairly nice.
Hehe. I last programmed in 6502 assembly (or more correctly, 6510 assembly) on my Commodore 64 when I was about 15. That was about 17 years ago! I was amazed I recalled JSR $FFD2 from memory.
I can't remember what I did yesterday but for some reason I really can't get any of the important C-64 numbers out of my head.
I actually had a good idea for a patent recently... Someone needs to patent the "Business process whereby one patents an obvious business process". Then, any time someone like Microsoft comes along and patents something obvious - like autolinking, you can sue them for patent infringment. This would work for other obvious patents like Amazon's "One-Click" ordering system.
Not surprising. The business software alliance which is funded by proprietary closed-source software companies wants proprietary standards instead of open standards. They also want proprietary closed-source software instead of open-standard open-source software.
If open standards and open source software were to become prevalent, how would they shake down companies?
The Seagate Barracuda line of hard drives is definitely the quietest mainstream hard drive out there. It's specifically engineered to be quiet. I find that the street prices are about $20-$30 more than for the cheapest hard drive of the same size, but to me, it's worth it!
This is going to be The Next Big Thing. Such "Rural Sourcing" has been going on somewhat quietly for a while now and is giving offshoring your workforce a serious run for its money.
There's even a company named (imagine that) "Rural Sourcing, Inc." that is consulting companies on how they can open up call centers, technology centers, etc. in economically depressed or extremely rural areas of the U.S.
I remember attempting to clean systems that had the Linux Rootkit installed on it in the past. Can't trust results of ps, can't trust results of netstat, can't trust anything.
I can't even imagine having this type of situation on a Windows box. There's just so many more places to hide things and most even technically knowledgable people wouldn't know what to do if their favorite process list application or network connection lister only shows you what the spyware author wants you to see.
If you can even discern there is a problem, re-formatting is your only hope.
Smokers have the right to purchase cancer-causing tobacco sticks at a low price, light those cancer-causing tobacco sticks on fire anywhere they want to, raise the cost of health care for everyone, cause cancer in people that are affected by their second-hand smoke, and shirk taxes that have been levied on products they purchase.
I think that pretty much sums up the average smoker's opinion.
1. Many brokers don't let you short a stock that is below $5.
2. Delisting a stock decreases liquidity which can make it very difficult to cover your short if the stock rises precipitously.
Unlike buying a stock which has a limited downside potential (the stock goes to $0 in which case you lose your entire investment), shorting a stock has a theoretically infinite downside potential. If you short a stock at $4.30 and it goes up to $1,000,000 per share, you've lost almost a million dollars for each share you shorted. Of course, that's not realistic, but the point is that shorting a stock is not to be taken lightly.
Well, this campaign appears to be winding down. Which evil company should we target next? We should at least be prepared so we're not caught without someone to bash on/.
Blocking suspected software pirates from downloading security patches and their new anti-spyware software is bad enough.
Now they're blocking competing software applications from downloading them as well? They're fortunate that there isn't an outcry to make them pay to ship billions of CDs to registered users of Windows. They should be thrilled that people are willing to take the time to download their patches, regardless of whether they can prove their licensing or what other software they run.
This is just incredibly idiotic. Secure and spyware-free Windows boxes mean less spam and other nuisances for everyone on the Internet. I thought Microsoft has supposedly declared war on such things - I guess not.
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I RTFA and couldn't figure out the precise technique that Altair Nanotechnologies used to breed this super-Lion with 3x the power of a regular lion.
Putting 80 screenshots of the upcoming Star Wars movie on your web site at this point is like asking to be DDoS'd.
You have to feel sorry for the ISP hosting that site and every ISP in between.
Remember Pong? One of the first--and simplest--video games, Pong opened the door to a fascinating new frontier in gaming.
I'm sorry but I stopped reading the article there. Has anyone connected to the Internet (even if you're one of the zenophobic aboriginal peoples of Indonesia) not heard of Pong at this point?
...Ridiculous IP claims will be the death of Microsoft.
When they're resorting to patenting what appear to me to be boolean operations with an object-oriented twist, that's a bad sign about what real plans the company doesn't have.
From everything that I've read his defense to Apple's charge of him posting the pre-release software is that he's a kid, please feel sorry for him.
I feel sympathy for him too, but how do you stop leaks if not punish the people that perpetrate the leaks?
Expect bad news for Lexmark on all fronts. You may recall that Dell has been using Lexmark printers for a few years. But now, even Dell is moving away from them in favor of other printer vendors.
Not sure if it relates back directly to their frivolous use of the DMCA, but it seems like they are being hit from all sides right now.
I find that more technically-abled people are familiar with and have installed WinRAR or the unix-variant based RAR on their system.
.exe file to be .txt and leave instructions within the .txt file to rename the file to .exe and from there ask them to execute it but the people that would understand those instructions would not be likely to follow them.
Of course, such people are less likely to be taken in by a virus, so I'm forced to believe that this new spin on virus writing isn't going to be very effective.
Similarly, I suppose virus-writers could rename their
Capitalism provides a simple solution to this problem.
Track down the person that made such an non-upgradable notebook and kill them in their sleep.
Actually, maybe that's not the capitalistic way of solving it but it's likely more satisfying.
Creators of robots use Linux to control them because robots would be far too dangerous when infected with spyware.
Imagine you forget to patch your mobile, appendage-laden Windows-running robot, connect it to the Internet and suddenly it wakes you up in the middle of the night with a mischievous look on its face.
I know that it breaks some programs and has caused some people problems, but the alternative of ridiculously insecure Windows boxes running rampant is worse.
I've been running Windows XP SP2 on all of my computers (which admittedly is a small population of 3) with no problems. The built-in popup blocker is more rigorous than anything else I've seen and itself breaks many things (most amusingly Outlook Access for Web), but for the most part is plays fairly nice.
I look forward to heating my house with my new Intel processor!
Hehe. I last programmed in 6502 assembly (or more correctly, 6510 assembly) on my Commodore 64 when I was about 15. That was about 17 years ago! I was amazed I recalled JSR $FFD2 from memory.
I can't remember what I did yesterday but for some reason I really can't get any of the important C-64 numbers out of my head.
POKE 53281,0
POKE 53280,0
POKE 646,15
SYS 64738
* = $C000:.MEM
LDA #115
JSR $FFD2
LDA #108
JSR $FFD2
LDA #097
JSR $FFD2
LDA #115
JSR $FFD2
LDA #104
JSR $FFD2
LDA #100
JSR $FFD2
LDA #111
JSR $FFD2
LDA #116
JSR $FFD2
SYS 49152
I wonder if slashdot has ever been output in 6502 assembly language before?
Why would my own patent prevent me from doing something?
I actually had a good idea for a patent recently... Someone needs to patent the "Business process whereby one patents an obvious business process". Then, any time someone like Microsoft comes along and patents something obvious - like autolinking, you can sue them for patent infringment. This would work for other obvious patents like Amazon's "One-Click" ordering system.
Not surprising. The business software alliance which is funded by proprietary closed-source software companies wants proprietary standards instead of open standards. They also want proprietary closed-source software instead of open-standard open-source software.
If open standards and open source software were to become prevalent, how would they shake down companies?
The Seagate Barracuda line of hard drives is definitely the quietest mainstream hard drive out there. It's specifically engineered to be quiet. I find that the street prices are about $20-$30 more than for the cheapest hard drive of the same size, but to me, it's worth it!
This is going to be The Next Big Thing. Such "Rural Sourcing" has been going on somewhat quietly for a while now and is giving offshoring your workforce a serious run for its money.
There's even a company named (imagine that) "Rural Sourcing, Inc." that is consulting companies on how they can open up call centers, technology centers, etc. in economically depressed or extremely rural areas of the U.S.
I remember attempting to clean systems that had the Linux Rootkit installed on it in the past. Can't trust results of ps, can't trust results of netstat, can't trust anything.
I can't even imagine having this type of situation on a Windows box. There's just so many more places to hide things and most even technically knowledgable people wouldn't know what to do if their favorite process list application or network connection lister only shows you what the spyware author wants you to see.
If you can even discern there is a problem, re-formatting is your only hope.
Smokers have the right to purchase cancer-causing tobacco sticks at a low price, light those cancer-causing tobacco sticks on fire anywhere they want to, raise the cost of health care for everyone, cause cancer in people that are affected by their second-hand smoke, and shirk taxes that have been levied on products they purchase.
I think that pretty much sums up the average smoker's opinion.
From TFA:
Imagine more than Google
Imagine a better iTunes
Imagine Google on iTunes
Perhaps my early brain development was flawed, because I'm at a total loss to imagine what a "Google on iTunes" would be like or even what that means.
Couple points:
1. Many brokers don't let you short a stock that is below $5.
2. Delisting a stock decreases liquidity which can make it very difficult to cover your short if the stock rises precipitously.
Unlike buying a stock which has a limited downside potential (the stock goes to $0 in which case you lose your entire investment), shorting a stock has a theoretically infinite downside potential. If you short a stock at $4.30 and it goes up to $1,000,000 per share, you've lost almost a million dollars for each share you shorted. Of course, that's not realistic, but the point is that shorting a stock is not to be taken lightly.
Well, this campaign appears to be winding down. Which evil company should we target next? We should at least be prepared so we're not caught without someone to bash on /.
And don't say Microsoft. That's too easy.
Blocking suspected software pirates from downloading security patches and their new anti-spyware software is bad enough.
Now they're blocking competing software applications from downloading them as well? They're fortunate that there isn't an outcry to make them pay to ship billions of CDs to registered users of Windows. They should be thrilled that people are willing to take the time to download their patches, regardless of whether they can prove their licensing or what other software they run.
This is just incredibly idiotic. Secure and spyware-free Windows boxes mean less spam and other nuisances for everyone on the Internet. I thought Microsoft has supposedly declared war on such things - I guess not.
>25,241,830 and counting to be precise ;)
WRONG! It's 25,241,837
Wait... It's 25,241,842...
No, wait... 25,241,857
Uh, never mind.