I wish those same right wing idiots would carry over their contempt for "experts" into every aspect of their lives...
Going to fly on an airplane? Forget a licensde pilot. Find the guy who agrees with you ideologically. What could go wrong?
Need a medical procedure done? Don't use one of those "liberal" doctors with a degree. Ask Joe the Plumber to do it for you. He knows more than those stupid doctors anyway!
If the mainstream lighting industry won't make them available, there are other industries where you can get high intensity LED lighting. I have a few of these in my living room, connected to my computer and with a DMX interface I can dial up virtually any color I want. It's awesome.
Personally, I'd rather not have another president in office who doesn't believe in evolution and thinks man and dinosaurs walked hand in hand. I don't care if he fellates the Constitution every night before bedtime, I'm not voting for a fundamentalist, evangelical Christian who thinks superstition takes priority over science, and nobody in their right mind can afford to have another leader in office who hears voices in his head, even if they have a few good ideas.
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I couldn't help but notice the huge, annoying, "Jesus is the reason for the season" in those Xmas lights. Maybe if the architect did as much research into history as he did lighting, he might realize that Christmas was appropriated from earlier pagan traditions and has very little, if virtually nothing to do with "Jesus". Historians also generally agree (among those that actually think there was a historial Jesus figure) that Jesus was not born on December 25th in the first place. He was more likely born in the Spring or Summer. It's one thing to believe something that's erroneous. It's another to cast it in a hundred thousand lights and broadcast your ignorance to the entire neighborhood. Happy Saturnalia!
It's been going on for awhile, but the two-tiered attack began with Reagan eradicating the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 which paved the way for partisan talk radio which were basically paid mouthpieces for various corporate interests who could sway public opinion on key issues, and also stations no longer being obligated via the FCC rules to report news of critical interest to the public, so they could sneak all sorts of legislation, including relaxed ownership rules which were stuffed into the 1996 telco act. Check out the link above for all the gory details.
Gonzales is yet another example how the Bush administration values loyalty over competence. In virtually every executive-appointed office, Bush has installed people who are not qualified to do the job, but are unconditionally loyal to him and his party.
While this may have always been true, it's never been more true now and this exemplifies the weakness of the American system of government. You elect a president, and then he puts incompetent cronies in positions of huge responsibility in important areas of the government. We've also seen that Bush has no reservations against using loopholes like congressional recess appointments to get around the checks and balances in Congress.
In other countries like Switzerland, heads of each major area of government, from transportation to defense, are independently, democratically elected. The next time an American starts talking about "democracy", remind them that they need to look elsewhere, far outside of their own country, to find a more true example of the democracy.
I find it ironic that Time Warner is going at this from the wrong end of the problem. If they filtered port 25 traffic from broadband DUL space, the spammers wouldn't be interested in invading their customers' machines. It's almost always about spam. The fact that most of these ISPs do little to stop their customers' machines from being zombied, or anything to reduce the viability of them being exploited, shows how much they really care about the customers. All broadband ISPs should now be filtering SMTP traffic on their networks. Anyone that wants to run their own mail server can set up alternate ports and use special IP space designated for SMTP traffic. This would make the botnets obsolete.
I think as a general principal, when you see anyone generalizing about the value of Wiki, that should be a signal of extreme bias. Proponents of systems where power and influence is concentrated in the hands of the few, view Wiki as a threat, and therefore will seek to discredit the resource as a whole. We need to promote the idea that our first response to these criticisms should be skepticism. If they're not going to bring up specific issues, the BS detector should immediately go off. Every time I've heard criticism, it's always been vague, ambiguous references to Wikipedia in general.
I welcome this new direction. The last console I purchased was a N64, and to be honest, I really haven't seen anything new or innovative since then in terms of software. Games like Waverace and Super Mario World were brilliant, and the first person shooters just bore me now. The Wii has re energized my interest in console gaming, but now there's another problem: finding one. After all this time, they still can't keep them in stock and that's frustrating.
That doesn't appear to be accurate. I'm drinking a Diet Mt. Dew (Pepsi product) right now and the amount of caffeine is not listed on the can. It merely lists "caffeine" as an ingredient.
Thanks for pointing this out. While we're at it, let's also make it known that Gerald R. Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, giving the United States ten years to fully convert over to the metric system. So why aren't we using it now? Two words: RONALD REAGAN.
This is really simple... don't use Vista. I didn't switch from Win98 to XP until years after the fact. And I still am sorry I installed XP64 - it's not ready for prime time either. I'm not going to be one of Microsoft's monkeys. They can iron out the kinks using someone else's gray hairs.
More interesting news would be details on Google and other companies' IP databases. You know groups out there are cataloging content and log information by IP address.
Have you ever gotten some virus e-mailed to you and all you had was an IP address of the host? Wouldn't it be nice to look up that IP and call the guy and tell him his stupid computer is infected? Someone, somewhere has a database like this... I'm sure Google at the least.
I am sick and tired of lamers blaming poor coding and design on the language, especially C and C++.
The fact that C doesn't have automated garbage collection is not that big of a deal to any competent programmer. Now to a slacker, second-rate programmer, then yes, it certainly is an issue. And the irony is a crappy programmer will still write a crappy app in higher-level languages... the bugs may not be related to variable overloading, but they'll likely be just as obnoxious.
C/C++ is designed for performance and control. Java can't hold a candle to C/C++ in any mission critical application without requiring exponentially more resources. I know the Java fanbois don't want to hear it, but it's the truth. I have 20 year old C apps that are still running perfectly today. If you like high-level languages, that's cool -- some people like to use Microsoft Frontpage as well.. but don't say the lower level stuff is a problem when it isn't. It's just a problem for you because you can't be bothered to have complete control over your app -- you'd rather divest a significant portion of that in some third party library that will probably yield even more security holes in the future.
The object oriented API might have been interesting, but it was too heavily based on an oddball OO language that was particularly hard to work with: C++.
You had me until you said C++ was an oddball language that was hard to work with.
I'm frequently looking for a job (I do a lot on contract) and the standard reply is: We're sorry, but we currently have decided not to extend you an offer. We encourage you to please apply for any future openings...
Just imagine if one time, one of the guys pulled you aside and said, "Dude, you could use a breath mint...." and from that day forward your prospects improved.
It really blows me away how non-confrontational we have become as a society. Like a little group of dweebs.
I recently set a friend up on a job interview. It turned out the prospective employer asked him why he was interested in this new job and he railed on for 10 minutes about how much his current job sucked. He screwed himself, and I told him, and with that knowledge maybe next time he won't make a complete dork of himself in a job interview. Honesty... check it out... it's new, it's cool... stop being a non-confrontational wuss! This whole modern world seems to be designed around taking advantage of insecure people who are afraid to tell the truth. I'm not playing into that. My friends respect my honesty.
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This is going to be awesome!
The next time I post what I had for lunch, I can top it with a lump of virtual crabmeat, maybe a side of mac and cheese.
I assume the reason for this is Apple makes their money selling storage in the cloud. The more you use those apps, the more storage you need.
I wish those same right wing idiots would carry over their contempt for "experts" into every aspect of their lives...
Going to fly on an airplane? Forget a licensde pilot. Find the guy who agrees with you ideologically. What could go wrong?
Need a medical procedure done? Don't use one of those "liberal" doctors with a degree. Ask Joe the Plumber to do it for you. He knows more than those stupid doctors anyway!
So my impression is that the script isn't targeting specific apps but ASP-based servers and trying to do generic SQL-injection?
The question is, can people identify which apps have been exploited by the attack vector?
If the mainstream lighting industry won't make them available, there are other industries where you can get high intensity LED lighting. I have a few of these in my living room, connected to my computer and with a DMX interface I can dial up virtually any color I want. It's awesome.
Personally, I'd rather not have another president in office who doesn't believe in evolution and thinks man and dinosaurs walked hand in hand. I don't care if he fellates the Constitution every night before bedtime, I'm not voting for a fundamentalist, evangelical Christian who thinks superstition takes priority over science, and nobody in their right mind can afford to have another leader in office who hears voices in his head, even if they have a few good ideas.
His stance on the Iraq war and his position on constitutional issues is admirable, but it's a shame more people aren't familiar with Ron Paul's brand of Libertarianism - it's a real eye-opener.
I still prefer the more understated FSM Holiday Display.
I couldn't help but notice the huge, annoying, "Jesus is the reason for the season" in those Xmas lights. Maybe if the architect did as much research into history as he did lighting, he might realize that Christmas was appropriated from earlier pagan traditions and has very little, if virtually nothing to do with "Jesus". Historians also generally agree (among those that actually think there was a historial Jesus figure) that Jesus was not born on December 25th in the first place. He was more likely born in the Spring or Summer. It's one thing to believe something that's erroneous. It's another to cast it in a hundred thousand lights and broadcast your ignorance to the entire neighborhood. Happy Saturnalia!
Required reading on this issue: How the gutting of the Fairness Doctrine and the 1996 Telco Act screwed up the media. This gives you a good introduction into what happened to our system of media and regulation.
It's been going on for awhile, but the two-tiered attack began with Reagan eradicating the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 which paved the way for partisan talk radio which were basically paid mouthpieces for various corporate interests who could sway public opinion on key issues, and also stations no longer being obligated via the FCC rules to report news of critical interest to the public, so they could sneak all sorts of legislation, including relaxed ownership rules which were stuffed into the 1996 telco act. Check out the link above for all the gory details.
You honestly think DirecTV DVR is better than Tivo? Or are you a paid viral marketer for DirecTV?
Gonzales is yet another example how the Bush administration values loyalty over competence. In virtually every executive-appointed office, Bush has installed people who are not qualified to do the job, but are unconditionally loyal to him and his party.
While this may have always been true, it's never been more true now and this exemplifies the weakness of the American system of government. You elect a president, and then he puts incompetent cronies in positions of huge responsibility in important areas of the government. We've also seen that Bush has no reservations against using loopholes like congressional recess appointments to get around the checks and balances in Congress.
In other countries like Switzerland, heads of each major area of government, from transportation to defense, are independently, democratically elected. The next time an American starts talking about "democracy", remind them that they need to look elsewhere, far outside of their own country, to find a more true example of the democracy.
I find it ironic that Time Warner is going at this from the wrong end of the problem. If they filtered port 25 traffic from broadband DUL space, the spammers wouldn't be interested in invading their customers' machines. It's almost always about spam. The fact that most of these ISPs do little to stop their customers' machines from being zombied, or anything to reduce the viability of them being exploited, shows how much they really care about the customers. All broadband ISPs should now be filtering SMTP traffic on their networks. Anyone that wants to run their own mail server can set up alternate ports and use special IP space designated for SMTP traffic. This would make the botnets obsolete.
I think as a general principal, when you see anyone generalizing about the value of Wiki, that should be a signal of extreme bias. Proponents of systems where power and influence is concentrated in the hands of the few, view Wiki as a threat, and therefore will seek to discredit the resource as a whole. We need to promote the idea that our first response to these criticisms should be skepticism. If they're not going to bring up specific issues, the BS detector should immediately go off. Every time I've heard criticism, it's always been vague, ambiguous references to Wikipedia in general.
I welcome this new direction. The last console I purchased was a N64, and to be honest, I really haven't seen anything new or innovative since then in terms of software. Games like Waverace and Super Mario World were brilliant, and the first person shooters just bore me now. The Wii has re energized my interest in console gaming, but now there's another problem: finding one. After all this time, they still can't keep them in stock and that's frustrating.
I have no doubt, those that thought Reagan was a great president, would also believe the metric system is demonic in nature.
That doesn't appear to be accurate. I'm drinking a Diet Mt. Dew (Pepsi product) right now and the amount of caffeine is not listed on the can. It merely lists "caffeine" as an ingredient.
Thanks for pointing this out. While we're at it, let's also make it known that Gerald R. Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, giving the United States ten years to fully convert over to the metric system. So why aren't we using it now? Two words: RONALD REAGAN.
Only a brain dead right-winger would employ the metaphor that two wrongs cancel each other out.
This is really simple... don't use Vista. I didn't switch from Win98 to XP until years after the fact. And I still am sorry I installed XP64 - it's not ready for prime time either. I'm not going to be one of Microsoft's monkeys. They can iron out the kinks using someone else's gray hairs.
This is news?
More interesting news would be details on Google and other companies' IP databases. You know groups out there are cataloging content and log information by IP address.
Have you ever gotten some virus e-mailed to you and all you had was an IP address of the host? Wouldn't it be nice to look up that IP and call the guy and tell him his stupid computer is infected? Someone, somewhere has a database like this... I'm sure Google at the least.
I am sick and tired of lamers blaming poor coding and design on the language, especially C and C++.
The fact that C doesn't have automated garbage collection is not that big of a deal to any competent programmer. Now to a slacker, second-rate programmer, then yes, it certainly is an issue. And the irony is a crappy programmer will still write a crappy app in higher-level languages... the bugs may not be related to variable overloading, but they'll likely be just as obnoxious.
C/C++ is designed for performance and control. Java can't hold a candle to C/C++ in any mission critical application without requiring exponentially more resources. I know the Java fanbois don't want to hear it, but it's the truth. I have 20 year old C apps that are still running perfectly today. If you like high-level languages, that's cool -- some people like to use Microsoft Frontpage as well.. but don't say the lower level stuff is a problem when it isn't. It's just a problem for you because you can't be bothered to have complete control over your app -- you'd rather divest a significant portion of that in some third party library that will probably yield even more security holes in the future.
The object oriented API might have been interesting, but it was too heavily based on an oddball OO language that was particularly hard to work with: C++.
You had me until you said C++ was an oddball language that was hard to work with.
I'm frequently looking for a job (I do a lot on contract) and the standard reply is: We're sorry, but we currently have decided not to extend you an offer. We encourage you to please apply for any future openings...
Just imagine if one time, one of the guys pulled you aside and said, "Dude, you could use a breath mint...." and from that day forward your prospects improved.
Honesty(tm) - it works wonders.
It really blows me away how non-confrontational we have become as a society. Like a little group of dweebs.
I recently set a friend up on a job interview. It turned out the prospective employer asked him why he was interested in this new job and he railed on for 10 minutes about how much his current job sucked. He screwed himself, and I told him, and with that knowledge maybe next time he won't make a complete dork of himself in a job interview. Honesty... check it out... it's new, it's cool... stop being a non-confrontational wuss! This whole modern world seems to be designed around taking advantage of insecure people who are afraid to tell the truth. I'm not playing into that. My friends respect my honesty.