The C Programmer's Handbook
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Hijacking .NET
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· Score: 2, Interesting
The best "C" book out there is (was) "The C Programmer's Handbook" by Bolsky (AT&T Bell Laboratories). 84 pages. Small. Designed as a reference. C Syntax, precedence rules, a few funtions, ascii table, etc.
They used to include the book with each 3B (and other) unix box.
Today Microsoft announced a major new feature in their.NET c# language. They have introduced a new keyword "really". To be used with the "private" keyword. By declaring something "really private" you can make sure that it will not be exported in a "blatantly obvious" manner.
For added security you can use the "really" keyword multiple times to define your level of security. So "really private" is less secure then "really really private".
Use of this keyword with other keywords such as "public" can have unpredictable results.
It's good strategy. They keep piling the work up and Linus gets too busy to apply patches to Linux. Linux releases grind to halt. Microsoft succeeds at world domination. At least that's what the memo said.
That'll be fun -- put the guy in jail. The slashdot can post his new address (down to the jailcell) and we'll be able to see how many catalogs his jail cell can hold.
After my eyes crossed reading the patent (and maybe not understanding all of it) all I could think of was "gee, we did that at the University of Illinois in the late 80s." Connecting to a mainframe computer from a specialized client that used TCP/IP as a communications medium. There were directory services, local and remote executing, fees for computing royalties, directories to be searched to find applicable content.
Oh well.The world would be a different place if Universities had been into patenting cool ideas instead of just writing papers about them and then having the commercial sector use the technology.
Seems like a good open source project to start. If only there was more time in a day.
Kurt
Post office reporting spammers
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FTC vs Spammers
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And in other news the government has now agreed to accept that anyone receiving "large volumes" of unwanted snail mail is probably a spammer. They are asking all postal employees to report possible spammers.
And how is that any different from what the Spam King and all his buddies do to us in our electronic mailboxes? I receive emails that are electronic bills, work related email, etc. So because I get so much spam I have a chance of deleting/misfiling/whatever them. So if it's bad to do in the physical world it should be just as bad to do in the electronic world.
So by your argument (which I agree with because it supports mine) every Spammer is committing a DOS attack against me and should be charged with a crime. And forced to do jail time or pay restitution.
As long as I can control the light so that I can make it flash on and off at random intervals. Or maybe connect it to my website hit counter. So when I get slashdoted my microwave goes supernova.
The IS department at a previous job couldn't create a backup tape that would maintain valid data moving it across the datacenter. (as discovered after a harddrive crash). NASA has a backup system that can survive re-entry in a disintegrating shuttle, fall 200,000 feet and STILL have most of the data intact?
Since the RIAA is cracking down on piracy and scaring people into not making personal copies of their own CDs it stands to reason that this is cutting into the profits of CD Burner and Media producers. It seems to me (using the RIAA's own logic) that the RIAA should be charged a certain amount per CD/DVD they sell to give back to the Burner/Media producers to make up for the losses in revenue. But then again, I could be wrong.
Well -- indirectly his postman is probably going to be hurt due to a hernia. But they'll probably change things so that he receives his mail delivered in large bags.
Most of the crashes we had with the CDC disk packs were the heads letting loose. But there were occasionally the platter breaking up.. I was really happy at how strong the plastic/glass/whatever was that cdc made the window on top of the drive out of.
We used to have one drive that crashed heads/packs all the time (out of about 10 drives in the room). The CDC CEs were always grumbling about how dirty it was in the room 'cause they always had to change the filters on just that drive. Remember that these were the days of raised floors and serious air ventilation. One night we found out why. The janitor would run his jumbo soft broom over the floor to clean up. Then he'd go over to this hole in the floor and shake out the mop. All the dust disappeared. *sigh* -- nobody ever told him not to do it so he didn't know any better. That was rectified quickly.
So I guess the fun will start when someone launches a virus that instead of "damaging" Windows it just starts up filesharing and shares a ton of "copyrighted music" -- either spoofing or downloads of the real files. Enough to attract the RIAA Gestapo. Then sit back and watch the fireworks as the RIAA does all the dirty work of trashing the machine. Admittedly you could say this virus already exists as any PC User, but it isn't as efficient.
It would be fun to see how long the RIAA tactics lasted. Especially as the virus made it's way through the government agencies...
I read that story and instantly thought of doing it to my Piece of Sh*t 1992 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler. Then I figured that it would probably break down on the way to the ground.
It would be worth gathering up all the pieces and taking them to the Chrysler dealer and asking if this is covered under warranty.
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The best "C" book out there is (was) "The C Programmer's Handbook" by Bolsky (AT&T Bell Laboratories). 84 pages. Small. Designed as a reference. C Syntax, precedence rules, a few funtions, ascii table, etc.
They used to include the book with each 3B (and other) unix box.
It was written to be useful, not to be big.
Today Microsoft announced a major new feature in their .NET c# language. They have introduced a new keyword "really". To be used with the "private" keyword. By declaring something "really private" you can make sure that it will not be exported in a "blatantly obvious" manner.
For added security you can use the "really" keyword multiple times to define your level of security. So "really private" is less secure then "really really private".
Use of this keyword with other keywords such as "public" can have unpredictable results.
It's good strategy. They keep piling the work up and Linus gets too busy to apply patches to Linux. Linux releases grind to halt. Microsoft succeeds at world domination. At least that's what the memo said.
It would be nice if there was a YaST2 plugin for Samba (both client and server)..
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's bandwidth.
Thou shalt not slashdot thy neighbor's server.
That'll be fun -- put the guy in jail. The slashdot can post his new address (down to the jailcell) and we'll be able to see how many catalogs his jail cell can hold.
He'll be real popular around mailcall.
After my eyes crossed reading the patent (and maybe not understanding all of it) all I could think of was "gee, we did that at the University of Illinois in the late 80s." Connecting to a mainframe computer from a specialized client that used TCP/IP as a communications medium. There were directory services, local and remote executing, fees for computing royalties, directories to be searched to find applicable content.
Oh well.The world would be a different place if Universities had been into patenting cool ideas instead of just writing papers about them and then having the commercial sector use the technology.
Seems like a good open source project to start. If only there was more time in a day.
Kurt
And in other news the government has now agreed to accept that anyone receiving "large volumes" of unwanted snail mail is probably a spammer. They are asking all postal employees to report possible spammers.
And how is that any different from what the Spam King and all his buddies do to us in our electronic mailboxes? I receive emails that are electronic bills, work related email, etc. So because I get so much spam I have a chance of deleting/misfiling/whatever them. So if it's bad to do in the physical world it should be just as bad to do in the electronic world.
So by your argument (which I agree with because it supports mine) every Spammer is committing a DOS attack against me and should be charged with a crime. And forced to do jail time or pay restitution.
As long as I can control the light so that I can make it flash on and off at random intervals. Or maybe connect it to my website hit counter. So when I get slashdoted my microwave goes supernova.
The IS department at a previous job couldn't create a backup tape that would maintain valid data moving it across the datacenter. (as discovered after a harddrive crash). NASA has a backup system that can survive re-entry in a disintegrating shuttle, fall 200,000 feet and STILL have most of the data intact?
Amazing.
The PLATO system (University of Illinois) has had MOD words (an SCCS type system) since the 70s. Does that count?
I'm sure the cable companies will be suing soon enough over the power company "infringing on the cable company's government supported monopoly."
Soylent Green! The early formula...
Hopefully this will be an incentive to drive the cost of LCD monitors down.
Since the RIAA is cracking down on piracy and scaring people into not making personal copies of their own CDs it stands to reason that this is cutting into the profits of CD Burner and Media producers. It seems to me (using the RIAA's own logic) that the RIAA should be charged a certain amount per CD/DVD they sell to give back to the Burner/Media producers to make up for the losses in revenue. But then again, I could be wrong.
Well -- indirectly his postman is probably going to be hurt due to a hernia. But they'll probably change things so that he receives his mail delivered in large bags.
And not some grouchy R2 unit that is always wandering off.
Better do it quick before the poles reverse
Most of the crashes we had with the CDC disk packs were the heads letting loose. But there were occasionally the platter breaking up.. I was really happy at how strong the plastic/glass/whatever was that cdc made the window on top of the drive out of.
We used to have one drive that crashed heads/packs all the time (out of about 10 drives in the room). The CDC CEs were always grumbling about how dirty it was in the room 'cause they always had to change the filters on just that drive. Remember that these were the days of raised floors and serious air ventilation. One night we found out why. The janitor would run his jumbo soft broom over the floor to clean up. Then he'd go over to this hole in the floor and shake out the mop. All the dust disappeared. *sigh* -- nobody ever told him not to do it so he didn't know any better. That was rectified quickly.
So I guess the fun will start when someone launches a virus that instead of "damaging" Windows it just starts up filesharing and shares a ton of "copyrighted music" -- either spoofing or downloads of the real files. Enough to attract the RIAA Gestapo. Then sit back and watch the fireworks as the RIAA does all the dirty work of trashing the machine. Admittedly you could say this virus already exists as any PC User, but it isn't as efficient.
It would be fun to see how long the RIAA tactics lasted. Especially as the virus made it's way through the government agencies...
I read that story and instantly thought of doing it to my Piece of Sh*t 1992 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler. Then I figured that it would probably break down on the way to the ground.
It would be worth gathering up all the pieces and taking them to the Chrysler dealer and asking if this is covered under warranty.
Great! Now Bush has a reason to push the space program. New places to go and destroy the environment.
She kinna take it anymore, captain! She's gonna blow!