That's incredibly useful information, thank you very much.
I have a question, which probably has an obvious answer. I have an XP machine running Norton Internet Security and the latter uses ActiveX and scripting. I want this to be allowed free reign of the machine, but to disable scripting, ActiveX and the such for absolutely everything else. However! I'm having difficulty figuring out how to permit NIS free reign; I presume it would be by adding it to the Trusted Sites zone, but it seems you can only add https (and http)... Any ideas how to go about this?
Next you'll be saying that there're software writers who hide clauses in EULAs so malicious software that spies on your computing activities can be installed alongside it!
I whole-heartedly support open source and I think it's great they're going to reveal some of their code, but I don't feel that Google owes the community anything; they already provide top quality services.
A friend of mine has been doing some work for an MP and I heard that this was coming quite a way back. They're pretty pissed off with Microsoft's security track record and silly licenses.
There's a significant chance they can be persuaded to take OSS up.
Apart from being threatened, surely Google have sufficiently intelligent engineers to figure out a solution to this problem?
No doubt the software would follow a particular pattern, which even in a large amount of data, could possibly be tracked and with regards to things like open proxies, it would surprise me if Google didn't already check for things like that.
My thoughts precisely. Surely that violates section 4 of the GPL, and I quote: "You may not... sublicense... except as expressly provided under this License", which would therefore invoke section 5, preventing them distributing it.
Are they getting permission from the authors to sublicense the software under their own scheme? That's the only way I can see them getting around it.
That's what Microsoft is probably assuming. Personally, I feel they should call their bluff and declare a ban. There'd be absolute chaos, but I'm sure Microsoft would cave in eventually. Losing the entire european monopoly? Microsoft? They're hardly gonna take that lying down are they?
Oh no! It promotes sitting on your arse! Yes, but in order to be allowed to sit on your arse and play video games, you've first got to do some exercise. This seems to be the reasoning, so if this is what would happen anyway, but without the physical exercise bit, how on earth is this system a bad thing?
I'm not at all an expert, but I am a keen biologist and have spent a couple of weeks doing research work with an organism known as Agrobacterium Tumefaciens. It has the ability to transfer genetic material from its own genome to its host's genome; in this particular case, genes for the synthesis of cytokinins and opines, which result in tumour growths containing a type of amino acid/sugar that the bacteria can metabolise. There're also various mechanisms that bacteria like E. Coli use, such as bacteriophages and transferance from other dead organism's DNA.
The concern is that there could feasibly be some type of organism or other mechanism by which the human body can acquire genetic material through digestion of another organism. Although this is possible, I think it's fairly irrelevant for the following reasons:
1) Viruses implant their genetic material into a host's cells and that usually doesn't result in long-term genetic damage; 2) For the most serious damage to occur from transfer of genes, genetic material would really need to be implanted into a human's gametes, but it's likely that material would only be implanted into somatic cells; 3) Manufacture of things like plastics or toxic materials is of much larger concern (who really cares what genes they're using, if their product is toxic to the environment?); 4) As has already been stated, there're much worse nasties out there and we're coping just fine.
There's qutie possibly also some paranoia from BSE, though that was caused from prion proteins which is an altogether different kettle of fish.
Did anyone else notice that the Google Zeitgeist used the phrase "Ripped from the headlines", which was amongst the 17 phrases that people would like to see banned?
I'm inclined to agree with hawkbug here, although to begin with she might find it a little confusing, she would definitely gain a deeper understanding of how web pages work, which in the long run is going to help her considerably. My advise is to start out with virtually any WYSIWYG editor, but only to learn concepts.
Personally, I use vim (text editor), FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and occasionally Dreamweaver (WYSIWYG editor) when there's an obscure problem with the design. I'm not sure if you can get Dreamweaver for free, but I do recommend it as a start and aid later on.
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00000000? Sounds rather like a combination code that only a complete tool would use on, say, a nuclear warhead.
I'm still using Microsoft BASIC under CP/M!
All your identity are belong to us? No that doesn't fit, nevermind.
Surely the Gods in nethack are used effectively, very conspicuous and in some cases necessary?
I often pray when stuck in a trap, with a cursed weapon (so no spells), sick, hallucinating and hungry at the same time. Yeah, I was pretty unlucky...
Praise Anhur!
That's incredibly useful information, thank you very much.
I have a question, which probably has an obvious answer. I have an XP machine running Norton Internet Security and the latter uses ActiveX and scripting. I want this to be allowed free reign of the machine, but to disable scripting, ActiveX and the such for absolutely everything else. However! I'm having difficulty figuring out how to permit NIS free reign; I presume it would be by adding it to the Trusted Sites zone, but it seems you can only add https (and http)... Any ideas how to go about this?
Next you'll be saying that there're software writers who hide clauses in EULAs so malicious software that spies on your computing activities can be installed alongside it!
I whole-heartedly support open source and I think it's great they're going to reveal some of their code, but I don't feel that Google owes the community anything; they already provide top quality services.
We had a previous story about this as well.
I mean, I've heard some unsightly rumours that the moderators sometimes miss duplicate stories on Slashdot, but really this is just a joke...
A friend of mine has been doing some work for an MP and I heard that this was coming quite a way back. They're pretty pissed off with Microsoft's security track record and silly licenses.
There's a significant chance they can be persuaded to take OSS up.
This would work in much in the same way that "caller ID" for telephones shows the phone number of the person calling.
Why, when combined with Microsoft, do I feel a strong sense of dread and the words "MSN Passport" materialise into my head?
Anyone else notice at the bottom the little table containing the words "E-commerce...Create Alert"?
The "science experiments" done on the Shuttle nowadays are mostly nonsense anyway; the real ones could be done far more cheaply by robots anyway.
What the hell? I think it's very important we know the effects of micro-gravity on very tiny screws!
Apart from being threatened, surely Google have sufficiently intelligent engineers to figure out a solution to this problem?
No doubt the software would follow a particular pattern, which even in a large amount of data, could possibly be tracked and with regards to things like open proxies, it would surprise me if Google didn't already check for things like that.
I suppose there isn't enough detail in the article to ask whether anyone knows if this could be applied to OGG?
My thoughts precisely. Surely that violates section 4 of the GPL, and I quote: "You may not... sublicense... except as expressly provided under this License", which would therefore invoke section 5, preventing them distributing it.
Are they getting permission from the authors to sublicense the software under their own scheme? That's the only way I can see them getting around it.
That's what Microsoft is probably assuming. Personally, I feel they should call their bluff and declare a ban. There'd be absolute chaos, but I'm sure Microsoft would cave in eventually. Losing the entire european monopoly? Microsoft? They're hardly gonna take that lying down are they?
"Lookie! We're nice and open now! Easy to develop for! This means more apps and games for you!"
It's not going to really be any different, but I'm sure their marketing deptartment will somehow find a way to use this to their advantage.
I seem to recall that in the UK, under the RIP Act, the government can demand your private key if they suspect there's worthwhile evidence there.
Now would be the time to get using PGP and similar software.
I'd then be able to have my website at http://bork.bork.bork/
Oh no! It promotes sitting on your arse! Yes, but in order to be allowed to sit on your arse and play video games, you've first got to do some exercise. This seems to be the reasoning, so if this is what would happen anyway, but without the physical exercise bit, how on earth is this system a bad thing?
I'm not at all an expert, but I am a keen biologist and have spent a couple of weeks doing research work with an organism known as Agrobacterium Tumefaciens. It has the ability to transfer genetic material from its own genome to its host's genome; in this particular case, genes for the synthesis of cytokinins and opines, which result in tumour growths containing a type of amino acid/sugar that the bacteria can metabolise. There're also various mechanisms that bacteria like E. Coli use, such as bacteriophages and transferance from other dead organism's DNA.
The concern is that there could feasibly be some type of organism or other mechanism by which the human body can acquire genetic material through digestion of another organism. Although this is possible, I think it's fairly irrelevant for the following reasons:
1) Viruses implant their genetic material into a host's cells and that usually doesn't result in long-term genetic damage;
2) For the most serious damage to occur from transfer of genes, genetic material would really need to be implanted into a human's gametes, but it's likely that material would only be implanted into somatic cells;
3) Manufacture of things like plastics or toxic materials is of much larger concern (who really cares what genes they're using, if their product is toxic to the environment?);
4) As has already been stated, there're much worse nasties out there and we're coping just fine.
There's qutie possibly also some paranoia from BSE, though that was caused from prion proteins which is an altogether different kettle of fish.
Did anyone else notice that the Google Zeitgeist used the phrase "Ripped from the headlines", which was amongst the 17 phrases that people would like to see banned?
I'm inclined to agree with hawkbug here, although to begin with she might find it a little confusing, she would definitely gain a deeper understanding of how web pages work, which in the long run is going to help her considerably. My advise is to start out with virtually any WYSIWYG editor, but only to learn concepts. Personally, I use vim (text editor), FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and occasionally Dreamweaver (WYSIWYG editor) when there's an obscure problem with the design. I'm not sure if you can get Dreamweaver for free, but I do recommend it as a start and aid later on.