Actually, your argument isn't logically sound - I am not required to give a fully-valid alternative in order to point out the sensationalist and reasonably-misrepresenting implications of the article's existing title. It's pretty easy to spot something "wrong" even if you can't provide a better alternative yourself (or don't feel like it). There's not some philosophical/moral obligation to provide an improved alternative (as much as people might like to think so). Of course, if that were the case, we'd be well on our way to a perfect society, but unfortunately it is not.
But sure, if you need a better-written suggested alternative: "MySQL to add code from Google".
BTW, I read very well, but for pretty much all people, when scanning through a long list of recent news headlines (in order to pick out ones of interest as opposed to uninteresting ones), it's easy to mix up words that aren't extremely literal and direct. In this case, I DID understand the title properly, but for a split second thought it might be about some kind of SQL injection attack. From that split-second thought, I expected that a LOT of people were going to read it like that, as opposed to the actual subject of the article.
When editors start using inaccurate terms, or unneccesary synonyms for creative effect, it's pretty easy to get the wrong idea from such a headline. Frankly, there's no such fucking thing as "injecting" code into a project or application. You write code, edit it, maybe add it. You don't "inject" it, unless you like confusing people for fun. Using such a word has no real purpose other than maybe acting silly or, very possibly, intentionally making people think the news article is related to an SQL injection attack on/by Google, so as to get more people to read the article.
Yeah, have you ever noticed how the teachers that push logic and critical thinking are labelled as "assholes" or "bitches" by the students? That seems to be how it goes every time. I remember all the teachers I thought were cool, that usually put a lot of value in proper grammar, critical thinking and logic, usually had things said about them like "Yeah Mrs. ____ is such a bitch," or similar such statements. It's like, actually, no, she's just trying to ensure you get a half-decent education, unlike the rest of the lazy/average fucks that are "teaching" you (aka making you read a textbook and answer some questions about it in a test later on). Of course my perspective might be a bit different from the norm considering I had my own parents teaching me about critical thinking and observational skills and stuff like that through my whole childhood, so by the time they should have been teaching that in school it was already "common sense" to me...
Yeah, who writes these headlines? It's like, let's throw together the most fucking sensationalist possible combination of words to evoke certain responses in peoples' minds when they read this headline. Instead of just writing something constructive like "MySQL adds code from Google", it has to be some sensationalistic crap so as to make people go "OMG SQL injection?!? Sum1 haxed MySQL??" and immediately read the article. What is this, FOX News or something?:P
My big complaint on the retail box was the fact that the only documentation you get is a single piece of cardboard/paper with the default key bindings and some instructions which actually are inaccurate - they say to "insert the disc with the game you want to install". Well, the first disc has an installer which doesn't really let you choose which game to install until you've already started the installer, entered the serial and authorized it with Steam. Also, the discs are not labelled differently - so it's not like putting in one disc will give you one game, and another will give you others. In fact, if you put the 2nd disc in, there isn't even an installer program on there, just some data files. So, why doesn't the little instructional piece of card board just say "insert the first disc to install the games"?? Pretty lame usability/QA if you ask me.:P
"Built on the original Half-Life engine, the first Team Fortress game was one of the first examples of role-based team play on the PC."
Well, actually the first TF was for Quake, and later brought to QuakeWorld. Please read the Team Fortress page on Wikipedia.
BTW, you can grab an immediately-ready-to-play "distribution" of TF for QuakeWorld, nicely packaged and a quick download. I have to admit I find the menus really hard to navigate around in, but either way it's a super convenient way to get back into the original TF that made multiplayer FPSes what they are today! Take a look at the official zelTF site (which seems to be down at the time) or check the permanent forum thread at Quakeworld.nu.
Oh man, be sure to check out that video right on the front page. This site is pure gold! I want to archive the whole thing just to show people so they can join in the hilarity!
I actually laughed out loud when the guy said "pioneer of internet law". Like, after these absolutely insane claims and statements, who's going to accept that he's apparently a pioneer of internet law? What is this, some new form of Alternate Reality Game made to promote an upcoming video game or other entertainment product?? The site is so utterly outrageous, I wouldn't be even remotely surprised...
Well, the reason I told him to turn on the "Encrypt filenames" option is exactly that - even if the files' content is encrypted, the filenames are still listed in there, unless you choose that option. If that option is on, then you can't get a damned thing out of the ZIP without entering the correct password, since it uses what you enter as the decryption key or whatever.
However, zipping a file just now, I see in WinRAR I'm not given the option to "encrypt filenames" when putting a password on a ZIP. I guess that feature may only exist for actual RAR files! Well, either way, the advice to enable that option is still valid, and is the key element to ensuring no snooping of your RAR (ZIP if possible) files by automated systems..:)
"Everyone and their brother loves Colbert because he is cool and hip and represents a stick in the eye to every other goddamned POLITICIAN out there who can't help but pander to big money and special interest groups. But come election day, it ain't OSX you're putting on your servers.
Yeah, I thought that was a bit unprofessional as well... And I absolutely hate Microsoft software...
While I share the same inclination to say "too bad" to MS users, I instead do what I can to bring people away from proprietary/closed/crippled stuff like that in a way that is constructive, rather than pissing people off by giving them a file format they've never even seen before. Saying "here's a file you really need to view, but you'll have to install some software to view it" is fairly disrespectful in my opinion, especially in a business setting. It's not the end of the world, but it's sure not a great way to impress someone you're doing work with.
"Security. We had a problem with a salesperson that sent a contract to a client."
I immediately thought of a situation I've seen - where someone uses an old job proposal doc as a template for a new one. I've opened work proposals and seen the "history of edits" of the file, showing the previous clients' (yes, more than one!) information, including client name, budget amounts, names of people at the company, etc. Needless to say, I was pretty appalled, as were the sales people when I pointed out that they were basically sending clients confidentional information without even knowing it. Thanks MS, sweet features we didn't want!:D
Oh, did I mention I don't use MS Word at all, other than for viewing docs at work? I learned a good 12 or so years ago not to get myself screwed over by using that trash. RTF for basic text documents, OpenOffice for anything that needs more than basic layout (before OpenOffice I only used RTF, before RTF was around I used Quark XPress).
But now you moved to Washington?? Traitor!;) I gotta admit though, I laughed out loud at some of the pages on your site "My Tori Amos links"... "Click here to go to my music page!" with default Netscape colors... You totally made this site around the same time you were trading that music on Usenet at SFU/UBC, eh?? haha no offense intended of course!;)
"If they can win against Usenet.com and their servers, expect legal letters to go out to every other usenet node telling them to shut down, filter groups (yeah, like that would work), or face a lawsuit against a billion dollar corporation."
Filter groups, eh? Yeah, you know, I remember the time I downloaded some beta copy of a game or OS or something years ago. It was sitting in alt.games.worms... In fact, I seem to recall that only a portion of the software was on there - you had to grab the other half from a different newsgroup.
Good luck filtering when the data is distributed all over tons of totally arbitrary unrelated newsgroups...:)
Actually, my ISP has really horrible retention of binaries on their NNTP server anyways, to the point where I don't even bother going on usenet anymore.
Apparently not, actually, considering the CRIA threats sent to demonoid.com recently (thus causing Demonoid to block all Canadian users so as to avoid the legal trouble of having the CRIA after them)... Hey, CRIA assclowns, did I mention I want my fucking CDR/DVDR "levies" back?
Heh! "the fit-PC has very little horsepower, which makes it apt for web browsing and light applications; today's games need not apply."
Today's games? Pff.. It'll run Quake! Good enough for me.;) Hell, why not buy a ton of 'em and start the next monthly/bi-monthly/whatever Quake 1 LAN in your area? That would be pretty damn cool IMO.
But then again maybe I'm the only one who considers an install of Quake 1 a required part of installing a fresh copy of any OS...;)
No shit hey. I can see it now. Mass Effect 2008: Space-farer Expansion Set 4. Man, EA pisses me off... I'm barely even joking about that game title - it'll probably happen, just with a different title for the expansion. Just look at the countless fucking expansions for The Sims. Now combine that with something like Madden or NFS or any of those other games they update every single year (or even more often).
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I wish to speak with a manager!
Paintshop? You're joking, right? Or maybe you meant Photoshop? ...
Actually, your argument isn't logically sound - I am not required to give a fully-valid alternative in order to point out the sensationalist and reasonably-misrepresenting implications of the article's existing title. It's pretty easy to spot something "wrong" even if you can't provide a better alternative yourself (or don't feel like it). There's not some philosophical/moral obligation to provide an improved alternative (as much as people might like to think so). Of course, if that were the case, we'd be well on our way to a perfect society, but unfortunately it is not.
But sure, if you need a better-written suggested alternative: "MySQL to add code from Google".
BTW, I read very well, but for pretty much all people, when scanning through a long list of recent news headlines (in order to pick out ones of interest as opposed to uninteresting ones), it's easy to mix up words that aren't extremely literal and direct. In this case, I DID understand the title properly, but for a split second thought it might be about some kind of SQL injection attack. From that split-second thought, I expected that a LOT of people were going to read it like that, as opposed to the actual subject of the article.
When editors start using inaccurate terms, or unneccesary synonyms for creative effect, it's pretty easy to get the wrong idea from such a headline. Frankly, there's no such fucking thing as "injecting" code into a project or application. You write code, edit it, maybe add it. You don't "inject" it, unless you like confusing people for fun. Using such a word has no real purpose other than maybe acting silly or, very possibly, intentionally making people think the news article is related to an SQL injection attack on/by Google, so as to get more people to read the article.
I guess, unless you bought your copy of Orange Box from an international retailer, as those buyers just found out, when Valve deactivated their games without notice. How is that even fucking legal?
What, Microsoft matching or attempting to block the plans of competitors? Nothing new from them, that's for sure!
Yeah, have you ever noticed how the teachers that push logic and critical thinking are labelled as "assholes" or "bitches" by the students? That seems to be how it goes every time. I remember all the teachers I thought were cool, that usually put a lot of value in proper grammar, critical thinking and logic, usually had things said about them like "Yeah Mrs. ____ is such a bitch," or similar such statements. It's like, actually, no, she's just trying to ensure you get a half-decent education, unlike the rest of the lazy/average fucks that are "teaching" you (aka making you read a textbook and answer some questions about it in a test later on). Of course my perspective might be a bit different from the norm considering I had my own parents teaching me about critical thinking and observational skills and stuff like that through my whole childhood, so by the time they should have been teaching that in school it was already "common sense" to me...
Yeah, who writes these headlines? It's like, let's throw together the most fucking sensationalist possible combination of words to evoke certain responses in peoples' minds when they read this headline. Instead of just writing something constructive like "MySQL adds code from Google", it has to be some sensationalistic crap so as to make people go "OMG SQL injection?!? Sum1 haxed MySQL??" and immediately read the article. What is this, FOX News or something? :P
My big complaint on the retail box was the fact that the only documentation you get is a single piece of cardboard/paper with the default key bindings and some instructions which actually are inaccurate - they say to "insert the disc with the game you want to install". Well, the first disc has an installer which doesn't really let you choose which game to install until you've already started the installer, entered the serial and authorized it with Steam. Also, the discs are not labelled differently - so it's not like putting in one disc will give you one game, and another will give you others. In fact, if you put the 2nd disc in, there isn't even an installer program on there, just some data files. So, why doesn't the little instructional piece of card board just say "insert the first disc to install the games"?? Pretty lame usability/QA if you ask me. :P
"Built on the original Half-Life engine, the first Team Fortress game was one of the first examples of role-based team play on the PC."
Well, actually the first TF was for Quake, and later brought to QuakeWorld. Please read the Team Fortress page on Wikipedia.
BTW, you can grab an immediately-ready-to-play "distribution" of TF for QuakeWorld, nicely packaged and a quick download. I have to admit I find the menus really hard to navigate around in, but either way it's a super convenient way to get back into the original TF that made multiplayer FPSes what they are today! Take a look at the official zelTF site (which seems to be down at the time) or check the permanent forum thread at Quakeworld.nu.
Hey man, the article is about steganography, not stenography. ;)
Oh man, be sure to check out that video right on the front page. This site is pure gold! I want to archive the whole thing just to show people so they can join in the hilarity!
I actually laughed out loud when the guy said "pioneer of internet law". Like, after these absolutely insane claims and statements, who's going to accept that he's apparently a pioneer of internet law? What is this, some new form of Alternate Reality Game made to promote an upcoming video game or other entertainment product?? The site is so utterly outrageous, I wouldn't be even remotely surprised...
Well, the reason I told him to turn on the "Encrypt filenames" option is exactly that - even if the files' content is encrypted, the filenames are still listed in there, unless you choose that option. If that option is on, then you can't get a damned thing out of the ZIP without entering the correct password, since it uses what you enter as the decryption key or whatever.
:)
However, zipping a file just now, I see in WinRAR I'm not given the option to "encrypt filenames" when putting a password on a ZIP. I guess that feature may only exist for actual RAR files! Well, either way, the advice to enable that option is still valid, and is the key element to ensuring no snooping of your RAR (ZIP if possible) files by automated systems..
"we need standards before we get browsers, not browsers that generate standards."
:)
No probs, check it out: HTML 4.01 Specification
Holy crap, no way??
...
:(
*checks email*
Damn, one newsletter, one real message, no mp3 spam
Easy solution, put a password on the ZIP archive. Be sure to check the option "encrypt filenames" as well, if available. :)
"Everyone and their brother loves Colbert because he is cool and hip and represents a stick in the eye to every other goddamned POLITICIAN out there who can't help but pander to big money and special interest groups. But come election day, it ain't OSX you're putting on your servers.
:(
Know what I mean?"
Err, what? Actually, not really...
Yeah, I thought that was a bit unprofessional as well... And I absolutely hate Microsoft software...
While I share the same inclination to say "too bad" to MS users, I instead do what I can to bring people away from proprietary/closed/crippled stuff like that in a way that is constructive, rather than pissing people off by giving them a file format they've never even seen before. Saying "here's a file you really need to view, but you'll have to install some software to view it" is fairly disrespectful in my opinion, especially in a business setting. It's not the end of the world, but it's sure not a great way to impress someone you're doing work with.
"Security. We had a problem with a salesperson that sent a contract to a client."
:D
I immediately thought of a situation I've seen - where someone uses an old job proposal doc as a template for a new one. I've opened work proposals and seen the "history of edits" of the file, showing the previous clients' (yes, more than one!) information, including client name, budget amounts, names of people at the company, etc. Needless to say, I was pretty appalled, as were the sales people when I pointed out that they were basically sending clients confidentional information without even knowing it. Thanks MS, sweet features we didn't want!
Oh, did I mention I don't use MS Word at all, other than for viewing docs at work? I learned a good 12 or so years ago not to get myself screwed over by using that trash. RTF for basic text documents, OpenOffice for anything that needs more than basic layout (before OpenOffice I only used RTF, before RTF was around I used Quark XPress).
Yeah, I want too downlaod teh pixesl!! :D
But now you moved to Washington?? Traitor! ;) I gotta admit though, I laughed out loud at some of the pages on your site "My Tori Amos links" ... "Click here to go to my music page!" with default Netscape colors... You totally made this site around the same time you were trading that music on Usenet at SFU/UBC, eh?? haha no offense intended of course! ;)
"If they can win against Usenet.com and their servers, expect legal letters to go out to every other usenet node telling them to shut down, filter groups (yeah, like that would work), or face a lawsuit against a billion dollar corporation."
... In fact, I seem to recall that only a portion of the software was on there - you had to grab the other half from a different newsgroup.
:)
Filter groups, eh? Yeah, you know, I remember the time I downloaded some beta copy of a game or OS or something years ago. It was sitting in alt.games.worms
Good luck filtering when the data is distributed all over tons of totally arbitrary unrelated newsgroups...
Actually, my ISP has really horrible retention of binaries on their NNTP server anyways, to the point where I don't even bother going on usenet anymore.
"(1) you get to copy stuff, right?"
Apparently not, actually, considering the CRIA threats sent to demonoid.com recently (thus causing Demonoid to block all Canadian users so as to avoid the legal trouble of having the CRIA after them)... Hey, CRIA assclowns, did I mention I want my fucking CDR/DVDR "levies" back?
Heh! "the fit-PC has very little horsepower, which makes it apt for web browsing and light applications; today's games need not apply."
;) Hell, why not buy a ton of 'em and start the next monthly/bi-monthly/whatever Quake 1 LAN in your area? That would be pretty damn cool IMO.
;)
Today's games? Pff.. It'll run Quake! Good enough for me.
But then again maybe I'm the only one who considers an install of Quake 1 a required part of installing a fresh copy of any OS...
No shit hey. I can see it now. Mass Effect 2008: Space-farer Expansion Set 4. Man, EA pisses me off... I'm barely even joking about that game title - it'll probably happen, just with a different title for the expansion. Just look at the countless fucking expansions for The Sims. Now combine that with something like Madden or NFS or any of those other games they update every single year (or even more often).
haha, riiight, or they just do a good job of maintaining the illusion that he gets to do whatever he wants. ;)