Re:If they're good enough for the Space Shuttle...
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Linus Says No to 'Specs'
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Maybe Linus and his chief lieutenants can't write a useful spec, but that doesn't mean nobody can.
Linus and friends write documentation, not specs. Specs tell you how a program "should" work and tend to be full of BS unless they're at very high level, documentation tells you how a program "does" work. I imagine that Linus and friends are more interested in telling you how it does work than how it should work, and I tend to agree with that perspective.
Young people 'steal' music, young people steal stuff. Therefore, 'stealing music' (leads to)/(increases the probability of) stealing stuff. Someone should give these people an award, for stupidity.
More like: "As a result of Episode I and Episode II SUCKING, Episode III only managed to earn $380 million at the box office."
How about...
Even though Episode I, Episode II, and Episode III sucked it managed to earn $380 million at the box office - giving it the 7th highest box office gross in US history.
Re:Burn out at work is not always work related!
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Pay vs. Happiness
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But all the kids/youth I know have iPods, new cars, nice rental apartments downtown, 3 nights-out-a-week, DVDs and home theaters. And they wonder why they're stressed at work.
While I may not be the typical example, I:
* Have been working since I was a freshman in HS (now a Junior in College)
* Work a full load in the the Physics Department
* Spend almost all of my "free time" either doing homework or working
* Buy equipment that is meant to last so I won't have to buy a replacement in the near future
* Bike to class on days I don't go to work afterward
* Borrow one of my parent's vehicles on the days I do go to work
* Rent a place in order to get forced into social interactions (I'm normally a hermit)
* Get things for free when I can (food, DVD player, iPod, etc.). For example, I got my iPod from work here just recently cause they were raffling some off they got from another company.
* Have a 401K
* Have been saving 50% of my income (after taxes) the entire time I've been working
* Have no loans because I've been paying for my own education out of pocket
* Can still afford a reasonably expensive computer system that I put to good use
But guess what? It isn't easy, the pressure from adults is to quit my job and concentrate on my school work. For the most part it's my job that keeps me sane, I feel like I'm actually accomplishing something and getting something done - without that I'd probably burn out. The atmosphere at work where good work is recognized and congratulated is a big part of what sustains me. Excuse me if I'm a bit upset about this, but there are just as many lazy and short-sighted people in your age bracket (whatever that may be) as there are in mine.
Apart from the right to use the software under the terms and conditions they accepted before purchasing/renting it.
You mean "let us a**-f*** you or you can't use our operating system"? Or "by using this software you agree that you waive your rights to reverse engineer, decompile, etc..."? Ridiculous conditions that are non-negotiable and you are required to accept them if you want to get anything done?
I kinda enjoyed the old BSG, but I have to agree, I find the new one fairly unwatchable.
I've never seen the old one but I totally agree about the new one. How do ANY of these shows except the X-Files beat out SG-1? They're the two longest running (currently tied for length) so how do any of the others even compare?
The damn spec hasn't changed in ages and is designed especial for posterity. If you have a textbook (you know, those expensive things you have to buy for school?) they're all written in LaTeX.
Really? I wonder if this website really knows much about Linux at all. That's fine advice for a platform that has antivirus products.
Well, technically Linux has antivirus products - just most of them are for scanning Windows executables that are going through your Linux mail system. If you're running the SELinux extensions it'd probably stop the thing anyway though.
where's the Maya/3DS/LW/Softimage alternative? It doesn't exist (dont be a bone head and suggest Blender here, its like comaring a 79' VW to a Ferrai).
where's the video editing solutions? We have one decent one, but all with haggid no-useable interfaces (seen from a non-linux-fanboiii perspective).
Make it yourself (or find one, I don't do this myself).
Where's the DVD authoring software(i know about dvd-author, and the v.0.0.1 guis being made for it. From a desktop users perspective these are 100% useless atm)? Heck, where's the LEGAL dvd player to watch your newly mastered holyday vid?
Pointing at the emperor and throwing rocks at his balls are two very different things. They could of just pointed. They went the rocks at balls path.
Have you ever known an emperor to respond to the "oh, you made a mistake" approach? Or even recognize that a mistake has been made without a few rocks thrown at their balls? Plenty of people, security experts and script kiddies alike, have been warning with the "pointing" method for a long time. Absolutely no-one notices until the emperor takes a few rocks to the balls. Disclaimer: I disagree with such treatment on principle but can see why someone would take such an approach.
i don't plan to let my kids touch computers too early (up to 14ish)
Then I hope you don't end up with a kid like me, I was unruly as all get out until I was introduced to computers and started programming (around age 8 or 9). They couldn't find any sports, arts, or activities of any kind that interested me so my parents wished that they'd found out computers interested me a lot earlier than they did.
On a side note, I highly recommend traditional adventure games such as Monkey Island and Myst (all ages) or Grim Fandango (for young adults or adults).
A honeypot is, to quote Lance Spitzner founder of the Honeynet Project:
"An information system resource whose value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource."
Simply put a honeypot is something that appears to be vulnerable, but in reality is recording illicit use by malicious attackers.
GHH allows administrators to track malicious hosts: observe who is perpetrating the attack and how it is being executed via the log. The data generated by this, or any other honeypot can be used to deny future access to attackers, notify service providers of attacks originating from their networks or act as an input for statistical analysis.
Most student address requests that I get in my office are for Army and Navy recruiting stations. They pay a $50 fee per list and receive a disk with the Access database of the names.
My god those people make me angry, the Air Force kept sending me stuff and calling me all the time even after I got to college (and I'd told them several times to leave me alone). When they finally called my dorm at college I told them that if they called me again I would file a complaint and make sure that someone paid attention to it - and then they finally left me alone. Can these people not take no for an answer? Why must they continue to pester everyone under the sun even after they've gone to college?
But anyway, on topic: What right does any spammer think they have to send unsolicited email through someone's system? As far as I'm concerned email is much more like the fax system in that it wastes time and money for servers to process those messages that no-one wants anyway.
As another poster noted, the ruling only enforces a company's right to protect its image by limiting off-duty fraternization "while in uniform". Of course, the biased article that was linked doesn't mention that little bit.;)
Sheesh, you mean we don't just have to read the article we need to go fact-check it now too? Will it never end!?!?
Real books are hard to come by...but wifi-enabeled Pocket PCs are easy? I'm all for technology applications, but a book is a fraction of the cost of a PDA (yes, even a textbook) - and more durable, too.
When textbooks are 100-300 USD a piece and PDAs are 100-700 USD I can see where it might be preferrable to go with an inexpensive PDA if you have a good way of getting the material to put on it.
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Maybe Linus and his chief lieutenants can't write a useful spec, but that doesn't mean nobody can.
Linus and friends write documentation, not specs. Specs tell you how a program "should" work and tend to be full of BS unless they're at very high level, documentation tells you how a program "does" work. I imagine that Linus and friends are more interested in telling you how it does work than how it should work, and I tend to agree with that perspective.
Young people 'steal' music, young people steal stuff. Therefore, 'stealing music' (leads to)/(increases the probability of) stealing stuff. Someone should give these people an award, for stupidity.
More like: "As a result of Episode I and Episode II SUCKING, Episode III only managed to earn $380 million at the box office."
How about...
Even though Episode I, Episode II, and Episode III sucked it managed to earn $380 million at the box office - giving it the 7th highest box office gross in US history.
But all the kids/youth I know have iPods, new cars, nice rental apartments downtown, 3 nights-out-a-week, DVDs and home theaters. And they wonder why they're stressed at work.
While I may not be the typical example, I:
* Have been working since I was a freshman in HS (now a Junior in College)
* Work a full load in the the Physics Department
* Spend almost all of my "free time" either doing homework or working
* Buy equipment that is meant to last so I won't have to buy a replacement in the near future
* Bike to class on days I don't go to work afterward
* Borrow one of my parent's vehicles on the days I do go to work
* Rent a place in order to get forced into social interactions (I'm normally a hermit)
* Get things for free when I can (food, DVD player, iPod, etc.). For example, I got my iPod from work here just recently cause they were raffling some off they got from another company.
* Have a 401K
* Have been saving 50% of my income (after taxes) the entire time I've been working
* Have no loans because I've been paying for my own education out of pocket
* Can still afford a reasonably expensive computer system that I put to good use
But guess what? It isn't easy, the pressure from adults is to quit my job and concentrate on my school work. For the most part it's my job that keeps me sane, I feel like I'm actually accomplishing something and getting something done - without that I'd probably burn out. The atmosphere at work where good work is recognized and congratulated is a big part of what sustains me. Excuse me if I'm a bit upset about this, but there are just as many lazy and short-sighted people in your age bracket (whatever that may be) as there are in mine.
Apart from the right to use the software under the terms and conditions they accepted before purchasing/renting it.
You mean "let us a**-f*** you or you can't use our operating system"? Or "by using this software you agree that you waive your rights to reverse engineer, decompile, etc..."? Ridiculous conditions that are non-negotiable and you are required to accept them if you want to get anything done?
I kinda enjoyed the old BSG, but I have to agree, I find the new one fairly unwatchable.
I've never seen the old one but I totally agree about the new one. How do ANY of these shows except the X-Files beat out SG-1? They're the two longest running (currently tied for length) so how do any of the others even compare?
LaTeX
The damn spec hasn't changed in ages and is designed especial for posterity. If you have a textbook (you know, those expensive things you have to buy for school?) they're all written in LaTeX.
Really? I wonder if this website really knows much about Linux at all. That's fine advice for a platform that has antivirus products.
Well, technically Linux has antivirus products - just most of them are for scanning Windows executables that are going through your Linux mail system. If you're running the SELinux extensions it'd probably stop the thing anyway though.
... and detecting the magnesium flouride that is often used an an antireflective coating on lenses.
Most eyeglasses have antireflective coatings these days too, I imagine that such a technology would blind anyone with glasses within its range.
It's not possible to not create some emmissions.
Aren't diesel engines no-emission? My understanding was that diesel engines only had unburnt fuel coming out which could then be recaptured...
How Appropriate ... you fight like a cow.
where's the Maya/3DS/LW/Softimage alternative? It doesn't exist (dont be a bone head and suggest Blender here, its like comaring a 79' VW to a Ferrai).
Maya Software Requirements
where's the video editing solutions? We have one decent one, but all with haggid no-useable interfaces (seen from a non-linux-fanboiii perspective).
Make it yourself (or find one, I don't do this myself).
Where's the DVD authoring software(i know about dvd-author, and the v.0.0.1 guis being made for it. From a desktop users perspective these are 100% useless atm)? Heck, where's the LEGAL dvd player to watch your newly mastered holyday vid?
NeroLINUX
Where's the CAD/CAM software?
CAD Programs for Linux
Where's the games?t
Like Doom III, Unreal Tournament, or loads of Windows games under Wine?
Maybe before you get in a tiff about Linux programs you should go check Google first.
Pointing at the emperor and throwing rocks at his balls are two very different things. They could of just pointed. They went the rocks at balls path.
Have you ever known an emperor to respond to the "oh, you made a mistake" approach? Or even recognize that a mistake has been made without a few rocks thrown at their balls? Plenty of people, security experts and script kiddies alike, have been warning with the "pointing" method for a long time. Absolutely no-one notices until the emperor takes a few rocks to the balls. Disclaimer: I disagree with such treatment on principle but can see why someone would take such an approach.
Australia? Is this a joke? I knew they were right-of-center but am I missing something news that I should know about them?
Yes, yes, and yes. You're missing one of today's other main page items:
Search Engines Break AU Online Gambling Ban?
How many copies would you buy?
How about almost 18 thousand?
http://www.blizzpub.net/petition/
Making queries to google? Sounds like a very round-about way to search google. What is the purpose of this?
Maybe they're from china or australia and it's the only way they can get uncensored searches.
Plase mod parent up.
Imagine what you could do with a Beowulf cluster of these!
Well, if you have/obtain access to the casino network then you could make yourself a beowulf cluster of them.
i don't plan to let my kids touch computers too early (up to 14ish)
Then I hope you don't end up with a kid like me, I was unruly as all get out until I was introduced to computers and started programming (around age 8 or 9). They couldn't find any sports, arts, or activities of any kind that interested me so my parents wished that they'd found out computers interested me a lot earlier than they did.
On a side note, I highly recommend traditional adventure games such as Monkey Island and Myst (all ages) or Grim Fandango (for young adults or adults).
Slashdotting a US Gov't website? Some pent up anger people?
/. effect before we slashdotted it - they're already way too busy taking care of stupid patents like this one.
ROFL, the USPTO was experiencing the
http://ghh.sourceforge.net/userfaq.php
A honeypot is, to quote Lance Spitzner founder of the Honeynet Project:
"An information system resource whose value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource."
Simply put a honeypot is something that appears to be vulnerable, but in reality is recording illicit use by malicious attackers.
GHH allows administrators to track malicious hosts: observe who is perpetrating the attack and how it is being executed via the log. The data generated by this, or any other honeypot can be used to deny future access to attackers, notify service providers of attacks originating from their networks or act as an input for statistical analysis.
Most student address requests that I get in my office are for Army and Navy recruiting stations. They pay a $50 fee per list and receive a disk with the Access database of the names.
My god those people make me angry, the Air Force kept sending me stuff and calling me all the time even after I got to college (and I'd told them several times to leave me alone). When they finally called my dorm at college I told them that if they called me again I would file a complaint and make sure that someone paid attention to it - and then they finally left me alone. Can these people not take no for an answer? Why must they continue to pester everyone under the sun even after they've gone to college?
But anyway, on topic: What right does any spammer think they have to send unsolicited email through someone's system? As far as I'm concerned email is much more like the fax system in that it wastes time and money for servers to process those messages that no-one wants anyway.
As another poster noted, the ruling only enforces a company's right to protect its image by limiting off-duty fraternization "while in uniform". Of course, the biased article that was linked doesn't mention that little bit. ;)
Sheesh, you mean we don't just have to read the article we need to go fact-check it now too? Will it never end!?!?
Real books are hard to come by...but wifi-enabeled Pocket PCs are easy? I'm all for technology applications, but a book is a fraction of the cost of a PDA (yes, even a textbook) - and more durable, too.
When textbooks are 100-300 USD a piece and PDAs are 100-700 USD I can see where it might be preferrable to go with an inexpensive PDA if you have a good way of getting the material to put on it.