Yes obviously we can't expect them to know everything about every subject, but they could at least do some research:
"Licensing is one of the problems the Ekush team is expecting to face. As the project is not based in the US, Ekush OS will not be able to obtain the license banner of General Public License (GPL), the US-based licensing company."
Simple, run a full virus/malware scan and not reply. Check the currently open processes for strange ones you don't recognise and run netstat or an equivilant to look for strange network traffic. But most of the time, a virus won't use your email address anyway if it's infected you.
What I do first of all after the basic "hello world" examples and stuff when learning a new language is a simple "guess the number" game - computer randomly generates number between 1 and 100.
User then guesses, and computer replies if the guess is higher or lower until number is guessed. Teaches use of loops, random number generation, text input & output etc. Can also go on to store lowest number of guesses in "high score" table etc, or use TCP to make it playable over telnet, if you so wish.
If anyone can use the firefox name and logo for their own version of firefox, then people can stick ad/malware and distribute their own version of it, which could give firefox a bad name ("i downloaded firefox and i got 30 porn popups, and my cpu caught fire from the extra cpu load, don't use it!").
On the day that the ad runs, you will receive an email with a high-resolution PDF file of the final layout. You may want to purchase a copy of the newspaper, or have the PDF printed and framed. The ad will not necessarily run on the day Firefox 1.0 comes out (November 9), because we get better pricing if we provide a (small) window of time rather than an exact date.
Wasnt subliminal messaging tested in the 1950s by the CIA, for something like this? I seem to remember an experiment where they used subliminal messaging and increased the purchase of popcorn in a cinema by around 50%.
Some newspapers have actually done similer to that in the UK, not with real explosives (I think/hope anyway), but they did test security by sneaking stuff through. Was also a documentry about this a while ago.
What is there to be suspicious about? The worst that can happen (as regards to this being "democratic") is that he doesn't do what the vote says.
He doesn't actually have any power currently as he is unelected, so he can't affect much, and in the worst way of it being abused (ie his campaign being sabotaged so he has a lie-in and doesn't prepare for debates) there is still a human element to check it.
"Firefox lets just as many viruses and trojans and spyware through as IE does. How do I know? My virus checker catches them all of the time when browsing with Firefox."
Most virus checkers that scan HTTP traffic just watch the traffic, and don't try to guess if it will work on your browser. What your virus checker is detecting is exploits which may work if you were using IE.
And firefox is more secure than IE, but almost nothing can be 100% secure.
No, but they should at least check that the file isnt 9.8mb (for the windows framework), and at least is a movie file and not an executable installer (as the case is for the windows version). Don't need people to filter out exe files, or files below a certian threshhold.
I've had a "security update" for Windows Media Player require me to reboot a Windows XP Pro machine. Could continue using the machine, just WMP wouldnt open, not too bad as I have Media Player Classic on it, just irritating asking me every 10 mins if I wanted to reboot now.
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Yup, was Goldeneye
"I suspect IE will be around a lot longer than Firefox."
:P
Only because MS can't seem to seperate it from Windows
Yes obviously we can't expect them to know everything about every subject, but they could at least do some research:
"Licensing is one of the problems the Ekush team is expecting to face. As the project is not based in the US, Ekush OS will not be able to obtain the license banner of General Public License (GPL), the US-based licensing company."
(Link taken from here btw.)
I thought this was going to be about a beowulf cluster of GameCubes.
Only if you wrote in DSDD to DSHD floppies I think. Something to do with HD floppies needing a stronger magnetic field to retain data better.
Simple, run a full virus/malware scan and not reply. Check the currently open processes for strange ones you don't recognise and run netstat or an equivilant to look for strange network traffic. But most of the time, a virus won't use your email address anyway if it's infected you.
One been up for quite a while here.
What I do first of all after the basic "hello world" examples and stuff when learning a new language is a simple "guess the number" game - computer randomly generates number between 1 and 100.
User then guesses, and computer replies if the guess is higher or lower until number is guessed. Teaches use of loops, random number generation, text input & output etc. Can also go on to store lowest number of guesses in "high score" table etc, or use TCP to make it playable over telnet, if you so wish.
If anyone can use the firefox name and logo for their own version of firefox, then people can stick ad/malware and distribute their own version of it, which could give firefox a bad name ("i downloaded firefox and i got 30 porn popups, and my cpu caught fire from the extra cpu load, don't use it!").
From the FAQ:
# How will I know when the ad runs?
On the day that the ad runs, you will receive an email with a high-resolution PDF file of the final layout. You may want to purchase a copy of the newspaper, or have the PDF printed and framed. The ad will not necessarily run on the day Firefox 1.0 comes out (November 9), because we get better pricing if we provide a (small) window of time rather than an exact date.
Wasnt subliminal messaging tested in the 1950s by the CIA, for something like this? I seem to remember an experiment where they used subliminal messaging and increased the purchase of popcorn in a cinema by around 50%.
Seems like the slashdotters in this thread figured this out first.
Heh well it's down now, either because they just took it down, or it got slashdotted.
Slashdotting, the geek's tool of choice for dealing with phishers.
If he is really a "terminal man", we can just telnet to him if something goes wrong.
Heh no idea to be honest, but I'd guess that claiming something that isnt yours is against the law.
Couldn't this be used to warm people rather than cool them, by replacing the cooling part with a heating part?
Fraudulant claim of copyright?
Some newspapers have actually done similer to that in the UK, not with real explosives (I think/hope anyway), but they did test security by sneaking stuff through. Was also a documentry about this a while ago.
"The cops USE Google, but they still have to be the ones that put 2 and 2 together to get a conclusion."
Sure about that?
What is there to be suspicious about? The worst that can happen (as regards to this being "democratic") is that he doesn't do what the vote says.
He doesn't actually have any power currently as he is unelected, so he can't affect much, and in the worst way of it being abused (ie his campaign being sabotaged so he has a lie-in and doesn't prepare for debates) there is still a human element to check it.
Once again, a PC manufacturer copies something Apple did ages ago!
"Firefox lets just as many viruses and trojans and spyware through as IE does. How do I know? My virus checker catches them all of the time when browsing with Firefox." Most virus checkers that scan HTTP traffic just watch the traffic, and don't try to guess if it will work on your browser. What your virus checker is detecting is exploits which may work if you were using IE. And firefox is more secure than IE, but almost nothing can be 100% secure.
Pete Waterman said that on the BBC news on TV earlier while being interviewed so I think thats what he's referring to.
No, but they should at least check that the file isnt 9.8mb (for the windows framework), and at least is a movie file and not an executable installer (as the case is for the windows version). Don't need people to filter out exe files, or files below a certian threshhold.
I've had a "security update" for Windows Media Player require me to reboot a Windows XP Pro machine. Could continue using the machine, just WMP wouldnt open, not too bad as I have Media Player Classic on it, just irritating asking me every 10 mins if I wanted to reboot now.