Oh...the Wiimotes are out of stock too? *walking away, hanging head*
I presume you're making a joke on this part, and you've been accordingly modded +2 funny. But I thought I'd mention that by my own experiences, the wiimotes have been consistently well stocked
I suspect that the original poster may be in a different country to yourself.
I live in the UK and have bought both a Wii and a Wiimote in the last week. The Wii was hard to get hold of, but nowhere near as hard to get hold of as the Wiimote. Eventually I found one in stock in a store 150 miles away. They only had one in stock. During that time, I've seen three online stores with Wiis in stock, totalling about 2,000 units.
Never, ever, trust data provided by the user. If there's potential to cause trouble, somebody will do it, which is why the site should have been keeping track of who's application was being filled out on the server, probably in a session variable. In order for Session variables to be work, a Session ID must be generated to maintain state. Where do you think the session ID comes from? It's provided by the user in a cookie. By using cookies instead of urls, you won't be solving the problem, you'll only be moving it.
The underlying problem is that the id to maintain state in the web site is so short as to be easy to guess another one that will work. The solution to this is to use much larger session IDs and generate them randomly. I'd say a 128 bit integer at least. On top of that, it'd make sense to have some code in place to detect when a user is trying to guess an ID by brute force. If they try then log the attempted intrusion and block the user.
The Session object in ASP generated Session IDs that were predictable. I think ASP.Net's mechanism is better, but I don't know how much better. I wouldn't trust the Session object to generate non-predictable IDs in all circumstances, it is after all, closed source software and not open to review. It would be prudent when using the Session object to generate State IDs to also ensure that attempts to guess the ID are blocked as well.
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.
I haven't RTFA, but by any chance does this involve giving the retailer twice what it's worth for the system and then using a screwdriver to prise off a mouse button or two?
I think games might be the key for Microsoft to increase Vista uptake.
Vista is the only operating system that supports DirectX10 at the moment. if it stays that way and games start making use of DirectX10 features then games will have no choice but to use Vista.
There is also the small matter of "Vista only" games such as Halo 2 and the eagerly awaited Alan Wake from Remedy, the makers of Max Payne. that too will be a "Vista only" title.
My thoughts exactly. 5 watts is a joke and is just a cheap attempt to jump on the "green" bandwagon. Unfortunately there are clueless folks out their that don't know a 'watt' from a 'when' and they'll get suckered in by this marketing.
I too would be interested to know how much power solid state drives use. I can't help but think that without any moving parts, they consume one hell of a lot less.
Is this at all suprising? It's the police, they're hardly high-tech. I wouldn't be suprised if they couldn't get into a PKzip passworded archive. ROT-13 would certainly baffle them.
Now, if it were the security services that couldn't get in, that would be more suprising.
i bet you could throw together a p3 or amd athlon system booting off a usb pen for similar cash and it would tear appart a crippled amd 3rd world processor
Yes, maybe you could, and maybe that system would better suit your needs... but not everyone's.
However, that USB pen is a read/write device. It could theoretically get infected ith viruses and spyware, the end user could accidentally wipe it. All of those are extra work for a corporate IT department.
If you're a company, you could build a system out of these parts for well under $200 (and that includes a keyboard, mouse and monitor). It'd be perfect for the 90% of the company that are office drones that only need a word processor, a spreadsheet and email access.
With these machine, you get all that, it's backed up remotely and there's no maintainence and support costs are next to nothing...
"oh dear, you spilt coffee over your computer? Here's another one, just use the same log in details that you did before"
You don't nee dto train anyone to understand computers. You just need someone on minimum wage who can put the components together and plug in peripherals.
And the nice thing about not having a standard operating system and a fast processor is that your office drone employees won't waste their working time playing games.
No, I wouldn't want one of these computers, but I bet there's one hell of a lot of corporates out there that will see dollar signs in their eyes when they realise the potential of these thin-client computers.
the test proved 90% accurate in identifying people who had been diagnosed with the disease by other methods. It was also 87% accurate in distinguishing samples from people who do not have Alzheimer's but exhibit some other form of dementia. Let me guess. It's also successful at diagnosing 88% of people who have no symptoms whatsoever?
you didnt invent "ajax" in 1996, its part of the fucking javascript language.. and it didnt work then because your a shitty coder. I agree with your sentiment, but not your language (both the harshness and the poor spelling)
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I suspect that the original poster may be in a different country to yourself.
I live in the UK and have bought both a Wii and a Wiimote in the last week. The Wii was hard to get hold of, but nowhere near as hard to get hold of as the Wiimote. Eventually I found one in stock in a store 150 miles away. They only had one in stock. During that time, I've seen three online stores with Wiis in stock, totalling about 2,000 units.
The underlying problem is that the id to maintain state in the web site is so short as to be easy to guess another one that will work. The solution to this is to use much larger session IDs and generate them randomly. I'd say a 128 bit integer at least. On top of that, it'd make sense to have some code in place to detect when a user is trying to guess an ID by brute force. If they try then log the attempted intrusion and block the user.
The Session object in ASP generated Session IDs that were predictable. I think ASP.Net's mechanism is better, but I don't know how much better. I wouldn't trust the Session object to generate non-predictable IDs in all circumstances, it is after all, closed source software and not open to review. It would be prudent when using the Session object to generate State IDs to also ensure that attempts to guess the ID are blocked as well.
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.
I haven't RTFA, but by any chance does this involve giving the retailer twice what it's worth for the system and then using a screwdriver to prise off a mouse button or two?
I think games might be the key for Microsoft to increase Vista uptake.
Vista is the only operating system that supports DirectX10 at the moment. if it stays that way and games start making use of DirectX10 features then games will have no choice but to use Vista.
There is also the small matter of "Vista only" games such as Halo 2 and the eagerly awaited Alan Wake from Remedy, the makers of Max Payne. that too will be a "Vista only" title.
The german police will be pleased!
> When you run a relatively small server room with 40 servers each with 5 drives in a raid that 5 watts turns into 1 kW fairly rapidly.
So...
If you multiply a small number by a big number then you get a big number.
That doesn't stop the original number being small though.
My thoughts exactly. 5 watts is a joke and is just a cheap attempt to jump on the "green" bandwagon. Unfortunately there are clueless folks out their that don't know a 'watt' from a 'when' and they'll get suckered in by this marketing.
I too would be interested to know how much power solid state drives use. I can't help but think that without any moving parts, they consume one hell of a lot less.
Is this at all suprising? It's the police, they're hardly high-tech. I wouldn't be suprised if they couldn't get into a PKzip passworded archive. ROT-13 would certainly baffle them.
Now, if it were the security services that couldn't get in, that would be more suprising.
My mother's banned me from doing science experiments ever since the last "incident". :(
Who's going to pay me not to criticise them in my comment?
Well, if they're clever a 3rd party will anticipate that move too and bid $4.6m and 2 pennies!
This guy uses underlines for things other than links on his web site.
I, therefore, think he's the last person in the world who should discuss how to improve a UI.
As facinating as this is, can someone explain to me what place this article has on a technology news site?
Yes, maybe you could, and maybe that system would better suit your needs... but not everyone's.
However, that USB pen is a read/write device. It could theoretically get infected ith viruses and spyware, the end user could accidentally wipe it. All of those are extra work for a corporate IT department.
If you're a company, you could build a system out of these parts for well under $200 (and that includes a keyboard, mouse and monitor). It'd be perfect for the 90% of the company that are office drones that only need a word processor, a spreadsheet and email access.
With these machine, you get all that, it's backed up remotely and there's no maintainence and support costs are next to nothing...
"oh dear, you spilt coffee over your computer? Here's another one, just use the same log in details that you did before"
You don't nee dto train anyone to understand computers. You just need someone on minimum wage who can put the components together and plug in peripherals.
And the nice thing about not having a standard operating system and a fast processor is that your office drone employees won't waste their working time playing games.
No, I wouldn't want one of these computers, but I bet there's one hell of a lot of corporates out there that will see dollar signs in their eyes when they realise the potential of these thin-client computers.
So they named a building after Bill Gates.
Now the building is full of holes and needs lots of patching up.
Perhaps they were tempting fate there?
All the tags are conrolled by the Storm botnet! :)
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Good web sites sometimes include the word viagra. Why should Google block them?
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Personally, I'm holding out for the first Quantum Whizzer.
OMG! If I'd known my SeaMonkeys had a use, I'd never have put them in the microwave!
Alas a cure for classic autism will come to late for the likes of Einstein, the world would be a much simpler place had he been cured.
I phone up the Boston Globe and asked for their advice. they said I should "stop using Windows 2000"
Man, those guys are good!