As far as the huge memory management problems, that is one thing that should be addressed. What is likely is that the coders incorrectly forgot to send the image in memory to the garbage collector. This means faster undo, but a huge amount of memory taken up. I'll have to check out the source to make sure they run the dispose function on the objects when necessary.
I can only speak with some knowledge about it because I was creating a digital picture presenter in C#.NET and I had similar problems. I had to dispose of the object in memory or take up 1.8 GB of memory (including tons of virtual memory) when doing my little slide show with full-size digital pictures by being lazy.
A little C/C++ knowledge always helps when programming in C#. Garbage collection is no excuse for laziness.
I've tried out the program, and if you think about the fact that this was a student project done by full-time students (for senior design), it's quite impressive. I've noticed some lag on speed on some things but much faster load time and better undo, etc., than some commercial programs.
Also, keep in mind it is written in C# (which means managed code), which means there is garbage collection and other things causing some decrease in performance. Any takers on implementing this in Java with similar performance?
All in all, I'd say it was very nicely done, and with the source available, you could add your own file types and other effects with not much effort. Definitely a huge leap from MS Paint and much more intuitive to me than Photoshop.
So, exploiting a vulnerability in phpBB on a "secure" Linux box combined with a vulnerability in a rather unsecure IE could combine to give us a worm and a trojan (or other virus)?
Scary stuff...
"There's a lot of scary things here, but to me what is most scary is that American copyright owners can mobilize foreign police to do their bidding."
Anyway, these are NOT my thoughts, but posted by CmdrTaco. How can you tell in the future?
a) I don't post singular/plural grammatical errors like the above quote
b) I am not so anti-copyright
c) I'm a noob - it was my first submission, so for a few years expect me to be quoted, rather than quoting others.
FYI, the Unofficial SuprNova.org Closure FAQ was hacked, with the following message:
OWNED BY YOGI! MOUAHAHAHAHAH
You f*cker steal artists !
REAL FAQs ARE HERE AND HERE
Greetz to : b, th*m*r[ChezLeCoiffeur], Croc-La-Pute
FREE TORRENTS HERE
Don't click on the "FREE TORRENTS HERE" link - you've been warned...
Oh, and the FAQs point to the RIAA and MPAA websites. Someone had fun, I guess...
I notice the 30/30/31 day trend which repeats every 3 months. It looks really convenient, and you can much more easily correspondence between day of week and date on the calendar this way.
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft, and promote VS.NET on campus. I think this guy is quite nieve (even if from Microsoft) or being deceptive. A few pointers:
1) At least when you post, do a similar comparison between both browsers. I want IE so when I search Google for download internet explorer, then the first link is "www.microsoft.com/ie/" which REDIRECTS me to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm which again REDIRECTS me to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
Can someone tell me if that is the same Internet Explorer? After all, Microsoft is a big company. I just wanted the regular IE.
2) Watch what you quote - when you wisely point out that Secunia has found (gulp!) 3 security advisories, did you know that only one was moderately critical and the rest were minor? Then, I noticed the advisories for Internet Explorer 6 (the most secure IE browser) - only 53 advisories from 2003-2004 (same timeframe), of which 42% (or around 24) were either highly or extremely critical! Oops, let's not compare using that website.
3) Then, there's the whole issue with downloading extensions - when I click on a link to download my XPI (no clue what it is, as naive user), it waits a few seconds (no surprises) and then asks me to install now or cancel. Oh, and horror of horrors, the Install Now is default! That's what I wanted anyway...and this isn't ActiveX that installs/runs immediately or whenever, but explicitly states that it starts on restart of Mozilla. So, I can even uninstall before reloading Mozilla if I have second thoughts! Hmm, sounds secure to me.
4) I've seen too many web sites that have Versign and a bunch of other BS images that give me no more trust than another site without them. So, I create a spoofed website with Verisign pictures and have no problem fooling users. But with a Firefox plugin, I'll know I'm on a spoofed website. Personally, word of mouth is the biggest way to increase trust, and that's why I recommend Firefox using word of mouth the most - I'll tie my name to Firefox because I use it and trust it. (Even carry it on my USB drive).
5) Why not fight for some real change and migrate AWAY from ActiveX controls and Microsoft-specific mangled HTML code (and even links) that I can't even run in Firefox? And build in some Firefox-like security rather than pretending the fire is under control!
It is quite nieve, I would say, to categorically label open source or closed source software as safer than its counterpart.
I may have a specialized closed-source operating system with low public demand but it remains lucrative within its niche market. I could have some genius programmers make it very safe. I could have this same operating system open source with only a small handful of developers worldwide working on or even interested in it (think of the countless SourceForge and other projects). So, due to lack of interest, it is total junk.
Now, if you build interest with great ideas and vision as the homesteader of OSS and build a large community that examines your code carefully, you will have a very good operating system.
However, in either case, you don't take into account malicious behavior. Let's say I spend hour after hour finding major security holes in an Open Source operating system. Who's to say I don't simply keep my findings secret until I can inflict maximum damage or steal the most money?
Open source is nice under the idealistic assumption that all developers are honest. For all you know, 1/2 of the developers on the current Linux distro only report half of the errors they find (or worse yet, embed malicious code in the OS). However, closed source developers have one added advantage - they get paid for what they do. If they get sick of the company, they could embezzle money or insert malicious code or document possible exploits as a personal vendetta.
All in all, I'd say the market decides which types of software are best suited for each model. And some software are successful when following either model.
The real question: Is this my sig or actually part of my comments?
OK, I'm going to record an MP3 reading of the Intellectual Property Protection Act (all 200,000 pages) and intersperse commercials in support of the bill throughout the MP3. I will share it on my network (there's no place like http://127.0.0.1) and present you with a dilemma.
You can stream the reading off my network and break one part of the legislation. Or, you can choose not to listen and thus disregard my commercials and break another part of the legistlation.
Don't worry, it's not supposed to make sense, unless your IQ is less than the average Hollywood filmmaker.
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I tried this five times with rubbing alcohol? How many times before I can get it at vodka level of drinkability?
I think getting a basic feel for colors and their significance as well as thought that goes into graphic design would help to create decent amateur art.
Another quick and fun way is to buy a digital camera and go crazy with the photography! Your knowledge of perspective, beautiful vs. ugly colors, and a lot of stuff will increase dramatically. I had the Canon A70 and then A75 - both quite reputable 3 MP cameras that had quite a few features to play around with.
I moved pretty quickly from SP1 to SP2 because I recently got a system that had Windows XP Home preinstalled. It worked pretty smoothly, although I went to http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm to mess around with and shut down services that were unneeded. However, I ended up going back to SP2 settings because VPN stopped working.
I would say the app that took the biggest hit was IE. For example, load a page that you know contains popups and the load time is quite a bit longer. IE was so noticeably different for me that I checked out Firefox and am so happy I did!
OK, I think Firefox is set to take some serious market share. Here's why:
I consider myself a techie type as far as programming goes, but with basic browsing needs. Give me my Google toolbar, Google Deskbar, and that is enough for a browser. Oh, and I want something FAST!
I've had IE for years, but been open to other browsers. I've used Netscape 4 and 7, Opera 6 and 7, Firebird and Firefox 0.7 and 1.0 as well as IE 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. I've tried them all and returned to IE repeatedly. Until now...
I installed Firefox 0.7 - decent skin, but slow browser and I couldn't get my bookmarks to load by name (typing slash in address bar ought to take me to/. if I set up a bookmark called slash). Bla. Opera had ads - totally ridiculous. Netscape is slow and unreliable (crashes too often).
Then, two things happened. I installed Windows XP SP2 (for XP Home) - a reasonable idea because it was recommended. But, a blazing fast P4 laptop hit a speed bump, especially in my browsing! I was ticked! I nixed a ton of Services (Themes were already nixed), and unfortunately went overboard and lost VPN access. Can't get it back unfortunately...
That's when I had just been trying out Firefox PR1.0 and got seriously excited about the new browser. I discovered bookmark keywords are shortcuts to the link accessible from the address bar, fixing problem #1. And biggest of all, I discovered a built-in RSS reader under the name of "Live Bookmarks"! Immediately, I brought over my 13 favorite RSS feeds (./ included), and was thrilled.
Then, a./ user in the know mentioned Firefox 1.0 MOOX, Firefox optimized for fast processors. (I call it Firefox on steroids!) I now use MOOX M1 for an older machine, MOOX M2 for my P3 laptop, and MOOX M3 for my P4 laptop. All work fabulously and imported my bookmarks automatically from Firefox 1.0! Finally, a site that loaded a Sharepoint portal and even www.microsoft.com faster than IE! WOW! By the way, you can get it here:
http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/
With my Firefox 1.0 MOOX M3 browser, I'm not going back to IE! I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft at my college, so that's saying a lot.
Out of curiosity, how would this really hurt Microsoft though? I don't see their Office (especially MS Word and Powerpoint) products leaving anytime soon, and I'm not so sure a different browser would hurt them.
Dan
P.S. First time post...Slashdot is cool, even more cool when its an RSS feed inside Firefox.
Coat a commercial jet with plasma actuators (like a skin over the aircraft), and it will drastically reduce drag and a jet could feasible fly Mach 10 from California to Japan (or other global travel) and take minutes. Keep acceleration lower and it will not be noticeable to passengers. Here's a website that discusses this (I've also heard a presentation at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ where this is being researched currently at a local company).
http://www.poly.edu/glance/research.cfm?men=m11
As primarily a Windows user (I've also used Linux, btw), I don't see the big problem about bundling Windows Media player into Windows, especially since it has been bundled since Windows 3.1 or so. To change it would probably require Microsoft to change the OS pretty significantly in some places. I personally much prefer MusicMatch over Windows Media Player, but I don't see the big deal as a user. If I'm used to Real Player, I'd download a later version than would (in theory) ship with a new PC anyway. Anyway, any Dell system would usually come with MusicMatch preinstalled anyway with the file associations easily customizable.
Just my 2 cents,
Dan
Slashdot Mirror
As far as the huge memory management problems, that is one thing that should be addressed. What is likely is that the coders incorrectly forgot to send the image in memory to the garbage collector. This means faster undo, but a huge amount of memory taken up. I'll have to check out the source to make sure they run the dispose function on the objects when necessary.
I can only speak with some knowledge about it because I was creating a digital picture presenter in C#.NET and I had similar problems. I had to dispose of the object in memory or take up 1.8 GB of memory (including tons of virtual memory) when doing my little slide show with full-size digital pictures by being lazy.
A little C/C++ knowledge always helps when programming in C#. Garbage collection is no excuse for laziness.
Source: pdn_src_2_0.zip (10,995,752 bytes)
Installer: PaintDotNet_2_0.msi (8,087,552 bytes)
My own mirrors (should download at up to 200 KB/sec, and arrive in less than 1 minute):
Source (1)
Source (2)
Source (3)
Installer (1)
Installer (2)
Installer (3)
I've tried out the program, and if you think about the fact that this was a student project done by full-time students (for senior design), it's quite impressive. I've noticed some lag on speed on some things but much faster load time and better undo, etc., than some commercial programs.
Also, keep in mind it is written in C# (which means managed code), which means there is garbage collection and other things causing some decrease in performance. Any takers on implementing this in Java with similar performance?
All in all, I'd say it was very nicely done, and with the source available, you could add your own file types and other effects with not much effort. Definitely a huge leap from MS Paint and much more intuitive to me than Photoshop.
So, exploiting a vulnerability in phpBB on a "secure" Linux box combined with a vulnerability in a rather unsecure IE could combine to give us a worm and a trojan (or other virus)? Scary stuff...
"There's a lot of scary things here, but to me what is most scary is that American copyright owners can mobilize foreign police to do their bidding." Anyway, these are NOT my thoughts, but posted by CmdrTaco. How can you tell in the future?
a) I don't post singular/plural grammatical errors like the above quote
b) I am not so anti-copyright
c) I'm a noob - it was my first submission, so for a few years expect me to be quoted, rather than quoting others.
FYI, the Unofficial SuprNova.org Closure FAQ was hacked, with the following message:
OWNED BY YOGI! MOUAHAHAHAHAH
You f*cker steal artists !
REAL FAQs ARE HERE AND HERE
Greetz to : b, th*m*r[ChezLeCoiffeur], Croc-La-Pute
FREE TORRENTS HERE
Don't click on the "FREE TORRENTS HERE" link - you've been warned...
Oh, and the FAQs point to the RIAA and MPAA websites. Someone had fun, I guess...
Here's a link to the article where you don't need to register:
On the Open Internet, a Web of Dark Alleys
I notice the 30/30/31 day trend which repeats every 3 months. It looks really convenient, and you can much more easily correspondence between day of week and date on the calendar this way.
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft, and promote VS.NET on campus. I think this guy is quite nieve (even if from Microsoft) or being deceptive. A few pointers:
1) At least when you post, do a similar comparison between both browsers. I want IE so when I search Google for download internet explorer, then the first link is "www.microsoft.com/ie/" which REDIRECTS me to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm which again REDIRECTS me to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
Can someone tell me if that is the same Internet Explorer? After all, Microsoft is a big company. I just wanted the regular IE.
2) Watch what you quote - when you wisely point out that Secunia has found (gulp!) 3 security advisories, did you know that only one was moderately critical and the rest were minor? Then, I noticed the advisories for Internet Explorer 6 (the most secure IE browser) - only 53 advisories from 2003-2004 (same timeframe), of which 42% (or around 24) were either highly or extremely critical! Oops, let's not compare using that website.
3) Then, there's the whole issue with downloading extensions - when I click on a link to download my XPI (no clue what it is, as naive user), it waits a few seconds (no surprises) and then asks me to install now or cancel. Oh, and horror of horrors, the Install Now is default! That's what I wanted anyway...and this isn't ActiveX that installs/runs immediately or whenever, but explicitly states that it starts on restart of Mozilla. So, I can even uninstall before reloading Mozilla if I have second thoughts! Hmm, sounds secure to me.
4) I've seen too many web sites that have Versign and a bunch of other BS images that give me no more trust than another site without them. So, I create a spoofed website with Verisign pictures and have no problem fooling users. But with a Firefox plugin, I'll know I'm on a spoofed website. Personally, word of mouth is the biggest way to increase trust, and that's why I recommend Firefox using word of mouth the most - I'll tie my name to Firefox because I use it and trust it. (Even carry it on my USB drive).
5) Why not fight for some real change and migrate AWAY from ActiveX controls and Microsoft-specific mangled HTML code (and even links) that I can't even run in Firefox? And build in some Firefox-like security rather than pretending the fire is under control!
It is quite nieve, I would say, to categorically label open source or closed source software as safer than its counterpart.
I may have a specialized closed-source operating system with low public demand but it remains lucrative within its niche market. I could have some genius programmers make it very safe. I could have this same operating system open source with only a small handful of developers worldwide working on or even interested in it (think of the countless SourceForge and other projects). So, due to lack of interest, it is total junk.
Now, if you build interest with great ideas and vision as the homesteader of OSS and build a large community that examines your code carefully, you will have a very good operating system.
However, in either case, you don't take into account malicious behavior. Let's say I spend hour after hour finding major security holes in an Open Source operating system. Who's to say I don't simply keep my findings secret until I can inflict maximum damage or steal the most money?
Open source is nice under the idealistic assumption that all developers are honest. For all you know, 1/2 of the developers on the current Linux distro only report half of the errors they find (or worse yet, embed malicious code in the OS). However, closed source developers have one added advantage - they get paid for what they do. If they get sick of the company, they could embezzle money or insert malicious code or document possible exploits as a personal vendetta.
All in all, I'd say the market decides which types of software are best suited for each model. And some software are successful when following either model.
The real question: Is this my sig or actually part of my comments?
OK, I'm going to record an MP3 reading of the Intellectual Property Protection Act (all 200,000 pages) and intersperse commercials in support of the bill throughout the MP3. I will share it on my network (there's no place like http://127.0.0.1) and present you with a dilemma. You can stream the reading off my network and break one part of the legislation. Or, you can choose not to listen and thus disregard my commercials and break another part of the legistlation. Don't worry, it's not supposed to make sense, unless your IQ is less than the average Hollywood filmmaker.
I tried this five times with rubbing alcohol? How many times before I can get it at vodka level of drinkability?
I think getting a basic feel for colors and their significance as well as thought that goes into graphic design would help to create decent amateur art. Another quick and fun way is to buy a digital camera and go crazy with the photography! Your knowledge of perspective, beautiful vs. ugly colors, and a lot of stuff will increase dramatically. I had the Canon A70 and then A75 - both quite reputable 3 MP cameras that had quite a few features to play around with.
I moved pretty quickly from SP1 to SP2 because I recently got a system that had Windows XP Home preinstalled. It worked pretty smoothly, although I went to http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm to mess around with and shut down services that were unneeded. However, I ended up going back to SP2 settings because VPN stopped working. I would say the app that took the biggest hit was IE. For example, load a page that you know contains popups and the load time is quite a bit longer. IE was so noticeably different for me that I checked out Firefox and am so happy I did!
Sorry about the lack of HTML tags Will do better next time...
OK, I think Firefox is set to take some serious market share. Here's why: I consider myself a techie type as far as programming goes, but with basic browsing needs. Give me my Google toolbar, Google Deskbar, and that is enough for a browser. Oh, and I want something FAST! I've had IE for years, but been open to other browsers. I've used Netscape 4 and 7, Opera 6 and 7, Firebird and Firefox 0.7 and 1.0 as well as IE 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. I've tried them all and returned to IE repeatedly. Until now... I installed Firefox 0.7 - decent skin, but slow browser and I couldn't get my bookmarks to load by name (typing slash in address bar ought to take me to /. if I set up a bookmark called slash). Bla. Opera had ads - totally ridiculous. Netscape is slow and unreliable (crashes too often).
Then, two things happened. I installed Windows XP SP2 (for XP Home) - a reasonable idea because it was recommended. But, a blazing fast P4 laptop hit a speed bump, especially in my browsing! I was ticked! I nixed a ton of Services (Themes were already nixed), and unfortunately went overboard and lost VPN access. Can't get it back unfortunately...
That's when I had just been trying out Firefox PR1.0 and got seriously excited about the new browser. I discovered bookmark keywords are shortcuts to the link accessible from the address bar, fixing problem #1. And biggest of all, I discovered a built-in RSS reader under the name of "Live Bookmarks"! Immediately, I brought over my 13 favorite RSS feeds (./ included), and was thrilled.
Then, a ./ user in the know mentioned Firefox 1.0 MOOX, Firefox optimized for fast processors. (I call it Firefox on steroids!) I now use MOOX M1 for an older machine, MOOX M2 for my P3 laptop, and MOOX M3 for my P4 laptop. All work fabulously and imported my bookmarks automatically from Firefox 1.0! Finally, a site that loaded a Sharepoint portal and even www.microsoft.com faster than IE! WOW! By the way, you can get it here:
http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/
With my Firefox 1.0 MOOX M3 browser, I'm not going back to IE! I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft at my college, so that's saying a lot.
Out of curiosity, how would this really hurt Microsoft though? I don't see their Office (especially MS Word and Powerpoint) products leaving anytime soon, and I'm not so sure a different browser would hurt them.
Dan
P.S. First time post...Slashdot is cool, even more cool when its an RSS feed inside Firefox.
Coat a commercial jet with plasma actuators (like a skin over the aircraft), and it will drastically reduce drag and a jet could feasible fly Mach 10 from California to Japan (or other global travel) and take minutes. Keep acceleration lower and it will not be noticeable to passengers. Here's a website that discusses this (I've also heard a presentation at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ where this is being researched currently at a local company). http://www.poly.edu/glance/research.cfm?men=m11
As primarily a Windows user (I've also used Linux, btw), I don't see the big problem about bundling Windows Media player into Windows, especially since it has been bundled since Windows 3.1 or so. To change it would probably require Microsoft to change the OS pretty significantly in some places. I personally much prefer MusicMatch over Windows Media Player, but I don't see the big deal as a user. If I'm used to Real Player, I'd download a later version than would (in theory) ship with a new PC anyway. Anyway, any Dell system would usually come with MusicMatch preinstalled anyway with the file associations easily customizable. Just my 2 cents, Dan