Like a few others suggested; Stick it in a high end luxuary car's windscreen, no need for the driver to move his eyes from the road to see readouts.
I don't that would work very well. Current HUDs use an optical system to allow the generate imagery to be focused at infinity, that way the pilot/driver doesn't have to refocus between the outside world and the generated image.
You know, only yesterday on slashdot did I read a comment that said (in all seriousness) that there "are 11 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't". Facepalm indeed!
The quote I like is:
There are 3 kinds of people in the world; those that can count and those that can't.
In the mid to late 80's Apple was well known for being extremely obtuse about low level programming information and tools for the Mac.
Not sure what you mean by 'low level programming info', but they had the Inside Macintosh series that documented the Mac OS. If you're referring to hardware specs, well yes, they held that info closely.
Not only did they refuse to give out development tools for free, but they also refused to allow others to have enough information to develop their own.. at any price.
No OS company has to give out dev tools for free. It seems like it would have been a good idea to encourage apps to be developed, though.
What about Lightspeed/Think C? Apparently THINK had enough info to develop tools for Mac OS.
The biggest posers I worked with used Visual Studio. The best group of programmers I worked with used text editor. That group could code rings around VS. The best of the best of them used vi.
I'm a great programmer and I use emacs, you insensitive clod!
I don't know that I would say I'm a 'great' programmer, but I do OK. I use VI, but have great respect for emacs users.
Most (all) of my co-workers use a nice IDE editor. I think it's a good code browser but I'm much faster editing with two or three gVim windows than I am with the IDE.
A cow-orker of mine is pretty good using Visual Studio to create apps, but he has no clue about making things thread safe. Causes very hard to find problems.
It seems as if all they did was to avoid gross stupidity. That must be a lot harder to do than you'd think.
I think it boils down to this (from a Despair.com poster):
None of us is as dumb as all of us.
Most companies don't understand this. The get a group of smart people together and assume that they'll come up with some really good ideas, but end up with a camel.
I dont want to do an update nor move all the files and settings in place and install new programs right now (and more so because I will probably get a new computer soon anyway)
This is one of the biggest PITA with Windows; migrating to a new machine or fresh install. With my home computer (MacBook) I just ran the Migration Assistant and it moved my settings, users, apps and files from my old iMac without any hassles. With Windows you're hunting for the install discs and looking at a day of installs and trying to remember where you downloaded some things from.
Is there anything close to that for Windows (that actually works)? I use Windows at work, and when I get a new machine it is a royal pain to move everything over.
Or you could have it in your GPS that tells you to use exit ramp in "5 miles", "exit now".
Or, the driver could pay attention to the signs on the roadside that have the height clearance for the upcoming overpasses!
I saw a news article not long ago where a truck was driven under an overpass that was too low and peeled back the top of the trailer. The reporter was blaming GPS of course, not the idiot driver.
Since version 3, updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end, so that the version number asymptotically approaches Ï. The current version is 3.1415926.
I'm told that most of industry frowns upon each developer in a team using his or her own language.
Been there, done that. I worked on a mini-computer that had only a Fortran IV compiler, but it did have a macro pre-processor that allowed you to write Fortran 99 looking code that would then be converted to Fortran IV for input to the compiler.
A cow-orker of mine went a couple of steps farther; he used the general purpose macro pre-processor to allow him to write his code in his own language, which was then sent through two passes of the pre-processor, then through the Fortran 99 to IV pre-processor before being compiled.
I felt sorry of the guy that had to maintain that code (not me, fortunately).
Each of these machines has and IP address which it advertises every time it makes an attack. That's right folks: The return IP address is part of the header. You can't route packets without this information.
Not necessarily. For SYN flood the src address can be spoofed, since the attacker doesn't care if he gets the SYN-ACK.
What the ISPs could do for this is to filter outbound traffic such that if the src IP is not on their network (i.e., is spoofed) the packet is dropped.
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Honestly no matter what humans do to save or destroy the earth, in 4-5 billion years the sun is going to engulf the earth.
Me: Did you say 4-5 MILLION years?
You:
4-5 billion years
Me: Whew! I was worried!
arguably the 'real' Motorola - inventor of the 68000 uP
Don't forget the 6800!
BTW, get off my lawn!
Well done. Pretty cool, really.
Now make an analogy using a cow, 5 bags of salt, and the Pacific Ocean. :)
Assume a spherical cow in a vacuum...
Like a few others suggested; Stick it in a high end luxuary car's windscreen, no need for the driver to move his eyes from the road to see readouts.
I don't that would work very well. Current HUDs use an optical system to allow the generate imagery to be focused at infinity, that way the pilot/driver doesn't have to refocus between the outside world and the generated image.
You know, only yesterday on slashdot did I read a comment that said (in all seriousness) that there "are 11 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't". Facepalm indeed!
The quote I like is:
There are 3 kinds of people in the world; those that can count and those that can't.
In the mid to late 80's Apple was well known for being extremely obtuse about low level programming information and tools for the Mac.
Not sure what you mean by 'low level programming info', but they had the Inside Macintosh series that documented the Mac OS. If you're referring to hardware specs, well yes, they held that info closely.
Not only did they refuse to give out development tools for free, but they also refused to allow others to have enough information to develop their own .. at any price.
No OS company has to give out dev tools for free. It seems like it would have been a good idea to encourage apps to be developed, though.
What about Lightspeed/Think C? Apparently THINK had enough info to develop tools for Mac OS.
Should be brain-controlled
Are you sure?
Maybe it's to let the game control your brain! Wonder if it will work through my tin-foil hat?
They're fast because every song is sitting in memory instead of being on a slow, spinning platter."
So does that mean that the songs sound like a 45 played at 78? Or that the ones from the hard drives sound like a 45 played at 33?
Of course, half the /.ers here won't know what I'm talking about. :-)
I'm a great programmer and I use emacs, you insensitive clod!
I don't know that I would say I'm a 'great' programmer, but I do OK. I use VI, but have great respect for emacs users.
Most (all) of my co-workers use a nice IDE editor. I think it's a good code browser but I'm much faster editing with two or three gVim windows than I am with the IDE.
A cow-orker of mine is pretty good using Visual Studio to create apps, but he has no clue about making things thread safe. Causes very hard to find problems.
Should we let all the n00bs in on it?
Amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!
See I'll type in my password:
*********
Slashcode converted it to stars. Try it yourself!
It seems as if all they did was to avoid gross stupidity. That must be a lot harder to do than you'd think.
I think it boils down to this (from a Despair.com poster):
None of us is as dumb as all of us.
Most companies don't understand this. The get a group of smart people together and assume that they'll come up with some really good ideas, but end up with a camel.
I dont want to do an update nor move all the files and settings in place and install new programs right now (and more so because I will probably get a new computer soon anyway)
This is one of the biggest PITA with Windows; migrating to a new machine or fresh install. With my home computer (MacBook) I just ran the Migration Assistant and it moved my settings, users, apps and files from my old iMac without any hassles. With Windows you're hunting for the install discs and looking at a day of installs and trying to remember where you downloaded some things from.
Is there anything close to that for Windows (that actually works)? I use Windows at work, and when I get a new machine it is a royal pain to move everything over.
If you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry Truman
I prefer the W.C. Fields version:
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull."
Stirling with an "i".
Perhaps he wants an engine made of Sterling silver?
Or you could have it in your GPS that tells you to use exit ramp in "5 miles", "exit now".
Or, the driver could pay attention to the signs on the roadside that have the height clearance for the upcoming overpasses!
I saw a news article not long ago where a truck was driven under an overpass that was too low and peeled back the top of the trailer. The reporter was blaming GPS of course, not the idiot driver.
How about a Ballmer Borg?
When I see Ballmer I think of the Peter Boyle as the Monster in Young Frankenstein. Of course, that reference is even older than the Borg reference.
Those who follow closely the evolution of technology say it will happen around 2030-2050.
Maybe Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 UTC 2038 ?
But I'm confident it will be a positive change.
As long as it's unsigned.
Since version 3, updates have been indicated by adding an extra digit at the end, so that the version number asymptotically approaches Ï. The current version is 3.1415926.
He can get away with that; most of us can't.
Heathcliff
Garfield
Mr. Bigglesworth
Addendum: Whois on my own IP also indicates a Virginia location. I can't figure out how they're getting Texas!
That's because Texas is where you want to be!
A Vax is a minicomputer.
A supermini, thank you. It's hard to think something that consisted of a cluster of multi-processor 8800s as a minicomputer.
The high-end VAXes were really somewhere between the minis and the mainframes of the time.
I'm told that most of industry frowns upon each developer in a team using his or her own language.
Been there, done that. I worked on a mini-computer that had only a Fortran IV compiler, but it did have a macro pre-processor that allowed you to write Fortran 99 looking code that would then be converted to Fortran IV for input to the compiler.
A cow-orker of mine went a couple of steps farther; he used the general purpose macro pre-processor to allow him to write his code in his own language, which was then sent through two passes of the pre-processor, then through the Fortran 99 to IV pre-processor before being compiled.
I felt sorry of the guy that had to maintain that code (not me, fortunately).
Each of these machines has and IP address which it advertises every time it makes an attack. That's right folks: The return IP address is part of the header. You can't route packets without this information.
Not necessarily. For SYN flood the src address can be spoofed, since the attacker doesn't care if he gets the SYN-ACK.
What the ISPs could do for this is to filter outbound traffic such that if the src IP is not on their network (i.e., is spoofed) the packet is dropped.