In a Mar. 4 e-mail to Windows workers, Vice-President Joe Peterson broke the news: "I think we all recognize that we need to turn the corner on Longhorn,"
Perhaps something interesting took place the day before in a courthouse in Utah, and Microsoft realized that the clock was really ticking down.
There are two people who should be included on this list, which we discussed several years ago.
Seymour Cray and Grace Hopper.
When asked what CAD tools he used to design his supercomputers, Cray replied, "Number three pencils and quadrille pads."
Grace Hopper used to pass out short pieces of wire to illustrate what was a nanosecond. The length of the wire was how far light would travel in a nanosecond.
If this turns out to be true, then there will likely be no Toy Story 3. In case you do no know Toy Story 2 caused a major problem between Disney and Pixar. Disney does not put out theatrical releases of sequels to their animated movies. Instead, they normally go out straight to video.
Pixar puts out Toy Story 2. Does this count as one of the flicks that Pixar needs to produce to meet the Disney contract? Pixar says yes, Disney says no. Bad blood ensues.
Pixar wants to get a much better contract with Disney. Frankly, Pixar animated products have been much better than those from the copyright extended protected mouse.
This might just might be a bargaining move on the part of Pixar. Disney needs Pixar (and bogus extensions of copyright). Go into a Disney Store in your local shopping mall. All the new stuff, except to Lilo and Stitch, as mainly Pixar based items.
First, I read this article when it came out and was noted on macintouch. It is obvious that the author has respect for the FBI agent. And if you read articles posted on securityfocus, this is not always the case when it comes to people in the government.
Macs are shipped with a relatively high level of security in that things (servers/daemons) are turned off by default.
The most significant security hole in OS X (IMHO) for a non-server perspective was the DHCP hijacking. This was a local subnet potential exploit that one should take very seriously, but not one to affect most people.
It is very likely that the FBI agent computers that run MacOS X are used for things like e-mail, web browsing, generating documents (Word and Acrobat), PowerPoint presentations, and other normal business applications. There is also the probability that they are used to run more specialized Window and Unix based applications.
Duh, the agent said that MacOS X was used because they can run these types of programs. One computer, many applications. Side-note: I use OS X because I have to use MS Office, Acrobat, Illustrator, X11, Motif, OpenGL, write programs in C/C++ using X11, OpenGL, and X11, perl, Tkl, as well as others. I want one computer to use, not two or three.
Going back to security, the last significant Mac based problem was the Autostart worm that went around some years ago. This flaw was due to QuickTime automatically starting an application when a CD was inserted in one's computer. This is no longer a problem, AFAIK.
I work in a heterogeneous computer environment. Windows (95 to XP), UNIX (IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX), Mac (OS 9 to X), and VMS (sob). Except for VMS, the Mac OS based systems are the easiest to maintain with regard to network security.
Finally, the FBI needs to get more experience with HFS+ file systems. If they the requisit experience and knowledge, then says to me that the FBI agents using OS X are using their systems to do more mundane things like generating documents, reading e-mail, etc... Then again, this might be a lesson that others should consider.
One thing about this whole Virginia Tech cluster is that the project director is Srinidhi Varadarajan, assistant professor of computer science. In most cases, assistant prof means untenured prof.
I'm not saying that assistant profs are not capable people. However, it is somewhat amazing that such a great responsibility has been undertaken/placed on an assistant prof (especially if he/she does not have tenure).
The problem with 215 is that it greatly expands the governments ability to obtain practically every conceivable pieces of information about anybody. Not foreign spies, anybody. And who grants this authority? The highly secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, who meet in secret, and extremely rarely release any infor about what they ruled on.
Before the Patriot Act, one could be investigated if one was a spy suspect. Now, the provision is that there is an ongoing investigation related to espionage or terrorist activity. This is a big web to spin and the FBI spins it without oversight.
Then there is the gag order that can be unilaterally applied by the FBI. Those that handed over info the FBI can be restricted from ever telling you that this info was given to the FBI.
However, 215 is not the main problem, the expansion of the National Security Letters (NSL) in the Patriot Act is the real problem. The FBI can issue a NSL without a Federal Court order if there is an on-going investigation that is taking place. Before, NSLs could be issued if it was believed that you were a foreign spy. And without any court oversight, the FBI has a "free-hand" to issue NSLs whenever they want. This is a big legal loophole in the Patriot Act.
What can one do with a NSL? The FBI can get info from your phone, ISP, banks, and credit card companies. Remember, all this without a court order. Additionally, a gag order can be issue to those companies to not disclose that they gave the FBI the information about you.
Toy Story 2 made more money than the original and meets your $200M+ criterion. A third Toy Story could do even better, but the pissing contest between Pixar and Disney prevents this from taking place.
Not too shaby for a G rated flick.
Rush Hour 2 also made more than $200M (more than the original), and I would not call this sequel remarkable nor excellent (although I did enjoy it).
This sounds like a fantastic game! Will you be making a French or German version?
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Some trivia. The Venera 13 and 14 photos were digitized and spatially transformed to a coordinate system similar to the Viking lander panoramas. This was done by some American graduate students after the Soviets gave them the photos (hardcopy only, IIRC). The Soviet scientists were not pleased to have been out-done by their foreign colleagues.
The work was done by James Garvin, Paul Helfenstein, and Maria Zuber. Garvin (who has a MS in CS from Stanford) is now the NASA chief scientist for Martian exploration. Helfenstein wrote software for the space shuttle before attending grad school. Zuber is now a prof at MIT.
Many of you don't know the DC metropolitan area and don't know where McClean, VA is located. McClean is a rather expensive expensive place to live with many expensive houses located there. Additionally, it has my favorite Japanese restaurant, Tachibana, where all the waitresses actually can speak Japanese. Great sushi at Tachibana. Don't order the full dinner unless you are really hungry. The full dinner comes with your choice of soup (e.g., miso), salad, appetizer, and dessert. Right now (because it is getting cold), a nice bowl of yosenabe sounds good.
But I digress. Right down the road (Dolly Madison) as you head eastward parallel to the Potomac River is a sign that points you towards the...
CIA Headquarters! Put your tin-foil hats on folks, the cows are coming in and they are wired for sound, video and have RFID chips in them!
Frankly, many companies that do business with the folks at the three letter agency (and other government agencies) have offices in McClean. I have to wonder if this is the reason why this test is being done in McClean. Then again, you mostly see expensive cars there so maybe they don't want to find out what the lawyers will do when a Lexus hits a BMW.
Actually with a few exceptions, the bulk of the "blue water" US scientific ships (e.g., AGOR class) are owned by the US Navy and are on loan to various academic institutions. These ships are distinctly different than their military counterparts as their hulls are painted white instead of gray.
If Ansel Adams was around today, he would have been in an Apple switcher ad talking about how he got a digital camera for Christmas, downloading Windows' drivers on Christmas day and computers that go "arrggghhh!"
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Baka! Baka mitai! Baka kuso atama! Chikushuo!
In a Mar. 4 e-mail to Windows workers, Vice-President Joe Peterson broke the news: "I think we all recognize that we need to turn the corner on Longhorn,"
Perhaps something interesting took place the day before in a courthouse in Utah, and Microsoft realized that the clock was really ticking down.
No! Not Dr. Craw, CRAW!
Sorry about that Chief.
I was thinking that the another appropriate saying (modified) would be, "never trust a sheep in wolf clothing."
Or if you accept SCO's great lower discount licencing rate, "never sniff a gift horse in the ass."
Acid? blondes? Hey, you might be right!
I guess the others were natural brunettes.
And later there is a scene where the girl fish opens her eyes after being led onto dry land by a boy fish.
"I'm evolving! I'm evolving!"
don't let James Cameron get anywhere close to this wreck! Don't give him any ideas!
There are two people who should be included on this list, which we discussed several years ago.
Seymour Cray and Grace Hopper.
When asked what CAD tools he used to design his supercomputers, Cray replied, "Number three pencils and quadrille pads."
Grace Hopper used to pass out short pieces of wire to illustrate what was a nanosecond. The length of the wire was how far light would travel in a nanosecond.
I would be ROTFLMAO except:
1) We have a similar sign on our office freezer.
2) I work at a science/engineering laboratory.
Sigh. Well at least we don't have a similar type of sign on our microwave.
s/beverages/furry little animals/
s/freezer/microwave oven/
The deeper the pipe, the harder the fall.
If this turns out to be true, then there will likely be no Toy Story 3. In case you do no know Toy Story 2 caused a major problem between Disney and Pixar. Disney does not put out theatrical releases of sequels to their animated movies. Instead, they normally go out straight to video.
Pixar puts out Toy Story 2. Does this count as one of the flicks that Pixar needs to produce to meet the Disney contract? Pixar says yes, Disney says no. Bad blood ensues.
Pixar wants to get a much better contract with Disney. Frankly, Pixar animated products have been much better than those from the copyright extended protected mouse.
This might just might be a bargaining move on the part of Pixar. Disney needs Pixar (and bogus extensions of copyright). Go into a Disney Store in your local shopping mall. All the new stuff, except to Lilo and Stitch, as mainly Pixar based items.
Eisner is playing poker with Jobs. I bet on Jobs.
First, I read this article when it came out and was noted on macintouch. It is obvious that the author has respect for the FBI agent. And if you read articles posted on securityfocus, this is not always the case when it comes to people in the government.
Macs are shipped with a relatively high level of security in that things (servers/daemons) are turned off by default.
The most significant security hole in OS X (IMHO) for a non-server perspective was the DHCP hijacking. This was a local subnet potential exploit that one should take very seriously, but not one to affect most people.
It is very likely that the FBI agent computers that run MacOS X are used for things like e-mail, web browsing, generating documents (Word and Acrobat), PowerPoint presentations, and other normal business applications. There is also the probability that they are used to run more specialized Window and Unix based applications.
Duh, the agent said that MacOS X was used because they can run these types of programs. One computer, many applications. Side-note: I use OS X because I have to use MS Office, Acrobat, Illustrator, X11, Motif, OpenGL, write programs in C/C++ using X11, OpenGL, and X11, perl, Tkl, as well as others. I want one computer to use, not two or three.
Going back to security, the last significant Mac based problem was the Autostart worm that went around some years ago. This flaw was due to QuickTime automatically starting an application when a CD was inserted in one's computer. This is no longer a problem, AFAIK.
I work in a heterogeneous computer environment. Windows (95 to XP), UNIX (IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX), Mac (OS 9 to X), and VMS (sob). Except for VMS, the Mac OS based systems are the easiest to maintain with regard to network security.
Finally, the FBI needs to get more experience with HFS+ file systems. If they the requisit experience and knowledge, then says to me that the FBI agents using OS X are using their systems to do more mundane things like generating documents, reading e-mail, etc... Then again, this might be a lesson that others should consider.
...and receives the DVD's with region one coding with a note saying, "Hack me."
BTW, what is ROTH? Return of the Hacker?
One thing about this whole Virginia Tech cluster is that the project director is Srinidhi Varadarajan, assistant professor of computer science. In most cases, assistant prof means untenured prof.
I'm not saying that assistant profs are not capable people. However, it is somewhat amazing that such a great responsibility has been undertaken/placed on an assistant prof (especially if he/she does not have tenure).
Patent this, patent that, stupid patents, obvious patents, blah, blah, blah.
Geez, what do you expect? Do you really think that you are going to find an Einstein in the patent office?
No, wait.
My friend had a Vega. We used to asked him how many hamsters were used in the engine.
I got to drive a rental Lada about 14 years ago when I was overseas. It didn't break down, so we were happy.
The AMC Pacer and Gremlin have to be considered. K-cars really sucked. Yugos are in a class by themselves, and we once got five guys in a Honda 600,
But I wouldn't be caught dead in the Slashdot Cruiser!
The problem with 215 is that it greatly expands the governments ability to obtain practically every conceivable pieces of information about anybody. Not foreign spies, anybody. And who grants this authority? The highly secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, who meet in secret, and extremely rarely release any infor about what they ruled on.
Before the Patriot Act, one could be investigated if one was a spy suspect. Now, the provision is that there is an ongoing investigation related to espionage or terrorist activity. This is a big web to spin and the FBI spins it without oversight.
Then there is the gag order that can be unilaterally applied by the FBI. Those that handed over info the FBI can be restricted from ever telling you that this info was given to the FBI.
However, 215 is not the main problem, the expansion of the National Security Letters (NSL) in the Patriot Act is the real problem. The FBI can issue a NSL without a Federal Court order if there is an on-going investigation that is taking place. Before, NSLs could be issued if it was believed that you were a foreign spy. And without any court oversight, the FBI has a "free-hand" to issue NSLs whenever they want. This is a big legal loophole in the Patriot Act.
What can one do with a NSL? The FBI can get info from your phone, ISP, banks, and credit card companies. Remember, all this without a court order. Additionally, a gag order can be issue to those companies to not disclose that they gave the FBI the information about you.
Toy Story 2 made more money than the original and meets your $200M+ criterion. A third Toy Story could do even better, but the pissing contest between Pixar and Disney prevents this from taking place.
Not too shaby for a G rated flick.
Rush Hour 2 also made more than $200M (more than the original), and I would not call this sequel remarkable nor excellent (although I did enjoy it).
This sounds like a fantastic game! Will you be making a French or German version?
Some trivia. The Venera 13 and 14 photos were digitized and spatially transformed to a coordinate system similar to the Viking lander panoramas. This was done by some American graduate students after the Soviets gave them the photos (hardcopy only, IIRC). The Soviet scientists were not pleased to have been out-done by their foreign colleagues.
The work was done by James Garvin, Paul Helfenstein, and Maria Zuber. Garvin (who has a MS in CS from Stanford) is now the NASA chief scientist for Martian exploration. Helfenstein wrote software for the space shuttle before attending grad school. Zuber is now a prof at MIT.
The cynic in me tells me that Treasury's "solution" to this is to have people send them comments/complaints.
Via e-mail.
Slight nitpick, Isengard gets washed away in the Two Towers, where I do agree with you that it looks more like a miniature set.
Gollum in the Return of the King is enough to justify the Visual Effect nomination, IMHO.
Many of you don't know the DC metropolitan area and don't know where McClean, VA is located. McClean is a rather expensive expensive place to live with many expensive houses located there. Additionally, it has my favorite Japanese restaurant, Tachibana, where all the waitresses actually can speak Japanese. Great sushi at Tachibana. Don't order the full dinner unless you are really hungry. The full dinner comes with your choice of soup (e.g., miso), salad, appetizer, and dessert. Right now (because it is getting cold), a nice bowl of yosenabe sounds good.
But I digress. Right down the road (Dolly Madison) as you head eastward parallel to the Potomac River is a sign that points you towards the...
CIA Headquarters! Put your tin-foil hats on folks, the cows are coming in and they are wired for sound, video and have RFID chips in them!
Frankly, many companies that do business with the folks at the three letter agency (and other government agencies) have offices in McClean. I have to wonder if this is the reason why this test is being done in McClean. Then again, you mostly see expensive cars there so maybe they don't want to find out what the lawyers will do when a Lexus hits a BMW.
Actually with a few exceptions, the bulk of the "blue water" US scientific ships (e.g., AGOR class) are owned by the US Navy and are on loan to various academic institutions. These ships are distinctly different than their military counterparts as their hulls are painted white instead of gray.
If Ansel Adams was around today, he would have been in an Apple switcher ad talking about how he got a digital camera for Christmas, downloading Windows' drivers on Christmas day and computers that go "arrggghhh!"
And the world would not know of Janie Porche.:-)