Or... users speak, some developers fork, and either the main developers listen or the fork succeeds. Open source often offers its complete revision history.
I welcome any neurological diagnosis that is based upon actual brain activity rather than questionnaires that ask "how are you feeling?" EEGs have long been accepted as an accurate method to diagnose epilepsy. The effects of ADD & ADHD on an EEG are unknown to most doctors, but backed by a good number of clinical studies. The field isn't mainstream, but it's still scientific.
I can say from experience that there's something to this. I own a computerized EEG system and use it for biofeedback training. I was skeptical of any positive effects, but they happened. Combining EEG w/ feedback does teach self-regulation at a rapid pace. It works via an unknown mechanism, just like anti-depressants and alcohol.
The ability to sell the exact same item millions of times negates any right to complain. It's one of the reasons I write software... low operating overhead.
So, visually tagging all "sensitive" locations will keep us safe? It won't just tell our enemies exactly what to hit? What about maps at gas stations? The White Pages & Yellow Pages? 411? Google itself? *sigh*
I argue for coincidence.
First of all, even Microsoft relies on Linux for their infrastructure. As much as they try, it's just not possible to do many "things" on Windows. I wish I was allowed to go into more detail.
Intel does realize the importance of solid Linux support. They are a leader in this area in ways they simply don't have to be. To snub Linux could compromise their foothold on the embedded market, which is significant. It's just not possible that this is intentional. Mistakes happen.
I blame the outsourcing, which was probably some middle-manager's perceived ticket to promotion and praise.
Companies this big can't always put their best resources on EVERY project. Since Slashdot has made this problem known, I can't imagine it'll exist for more than 30 days. The Slashdot effect is a great motivator in shifting corporate priorities. Seriously.
I hate Intel. I do. In this case, however, I don't see that they've done much wrong. They will most likely issue a massive fix and add this component to their maintenance queue. Priorities.
Using an inflammatory and inflated claim that "95% of all downloads are pirated" is just showing how greedy the music industry is. But we all knew that already.
It may not be inflated. Remember what the music industry considers piracy: Copying your library to an MP3 player, burning a CD for your car, putting your library on a laptop, etc. The industry doesn't like the fair use provisions in copyright law, so they frequently pretend like they don't exist.
It's not like the old days, where you buy an 8-track tape for the car and LP for the house... eventually replacing them with cassette tape and compact disc... sometimes more than once. Who's ever lost or broken an album?
Now that people can make their own copies and backups, there's a lot less opportunity to sell the exact same product repeatedly with ever increasing costs. Digital downloads tend to result in only one sale. You can't "break" an MP3 like a scratched CD. Bummer. Time to bring back Vinyl.
Two dedicated lines, two 56k modems, many small PKZip files w/ password protection, terminal software, Xmodem CRC, and a phone call to say "I'm dialing in RIGHT now, plug the server in." be sure that you answer manually, so war dialers can't get in!
I do. No reward needed nor ever offered. Considering that I've easily surpassed the skills of the average MS engineer, my desires have turned altruistic. Try, test and evaluate. Nothing suits everyone, but you must consider the momentum generated by non-existent developers writing for charity... like me.
I think the answer was written in the posting. Smalltalk has inspired Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, Java, C++, Objective C, and more. It's also been the breeding ground for progressive ideas and practices such as MVC and automated unit testing (inspiration for JUnit). It's the ultimate language for real computer scientists and passionate hobbyists alike.
Proper and well designed tools are applicable to any career choice. Even if you don't use Smalltalk in everyday coding, the lessons learned from decades of great OO and best practices will surely inspire developers toward greater ideas. Learning a language isn't always about instant applicability. Like children learning a second language, cognitive skills increase despite the frequency of usage. You CAN improve your skills simply by studying the source of great inspiration.
They wouldn't have won their case unless it was a novel use.:) The courts are always right and justice prevails in all instances. Those who mistrust Lady Liberty are anti-American.
apple used secret hooks for spotlight in 10.4. In leopard, they've managed to release the much better fdevents API. With XP, your apps used to die UNLESS you used secret calls. Very different.
And I thought bloat was why Firefox had performance issues.
That whole claim of a non-programatic way of setting a flag is bullshit. He has no need. This stuff is all published, but homeboy wants every key to the kingdom, all Apple internal documentation, the end of intellectual property, people to read API documentation for him, people to listen to him whine when he screws up, etc.
Is this really an indication of the best open source has to offer? Teenaged girls don't exaggerate and bitch so much... Especially in the face of their own lazy incompetence.
Doxygen is awesome. It's callgraph support is unparalleled in the documentation world. I've used it w/ 550+ classes and it allows me to trace every dependency. That's even without any Doxygen specific tags. Better Objective C support would be nice, but it's satisfactory. C, C++, and PHP are all flawless. It's also extremely fast for most reasonably sized projects.
PHP is a language, not a framework. Cake, Akelos, Symfony... Those are valid comparisons. Sure, you can use the raw facilities of the language to build a site, install libraries and tools (PhpUnit, PhpDoc, xdebug, prototype.js, ADOdb, etc.) If you are already building good software, Rails gives you a nice toolbox and prevents you from perpetually reinventing the wheel. Its the layer you should be writing for every project. PHP doesn't provide anything out of the box. In fact, it even discourages best practices. Global variables? Magic quotes? Goto statement (its coming... Really)? And no, there is never any reason to use goto or "register globals." just making them available reduces software quality globally.
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Ever notice how those most "concerned" about scalability tend to have never profiled or benchmarked their own code?... or understand why you want to scale horizontally, rather than vertically? Whenever I build services that can handle 120,000 requests/sec., they usually just end up being 99% underutilized. Everyone likes to think THEY will be the next MySpace, with no server budget apparently. I highly doubt that any who argue Rails can't scale has ever had to deal with real distributed clusters. The database cluster will have many more scalablity issues than the webservers. This is such a non-issue, I cannot believe it. If you can scale JAVA!!!... You know what I mean.
"Web guys" will never understand the hype behind RoR. For the average PHP coder, RoR is slower and more restrictive... A hindrance. To a software engineer, however, RoR's great use of design patterns and best practices compliments what they should be doing already. Just as an example, if you're not writing unit tests, then you aren't very serious about your software to begin with. RoR's test facilities will bore you and nag you death. What Rails does is force you to consciously decide to not do something you should probably be doing, like testing. If MVC and encapsulation mean nothing to you, then RoR can't help you much. You still need you own discipline, or you can still write abominable code. RoR embodies many practices from how the big boys write software, few from the basement hackers.
You can use the standard HMAC algorithm on top of MD5 or SHA1 to adequately hash a password. It's much better than simply appending or prepending garbage to your cleartext.
PHP5 has a function built-in and I'm sure most other languages have comparable implementations available. It's not fool proof by any stretch, but if you use a randomly generated fixed "key," it at least prevents someone from using Google to discover the cleartext.
Better still: Use a unique value for the account + a randomly generated key. For example:
Key = "c,.rcph203p9h"
UserID = 12
HMAC_KEY = "c,.rcph203p9h::12"
That will make it computationally difficult to crack, as each password must be brute-forced individually.
Medical records SHOULD be managed by a company that has a history of writing software that: deletes data unintentionally, crashes, provides gaping security holes and reduces access via proprietary APIs. Yeah, this is definitely a way to make health care even worse. Exchange has done an outstanding job ending two decades of reliable email delivery.
A) Pulling numbers out of ass. It's crime. Criminals don't pay taxes. Where did this revenue estimate come from? Surely not from the IRS or the criminals' accounting department.
B) Playing the victim card. The "victims" of "cybercrime" are almost always entirely at fault due to gross negligence. We shouldn't cry for people (or businesses) that cause themselves harm... especially if the "crime" involves losing a laptop filled with private data.
C) Trying to present something old as new. It's not theft, it's cybercrime! It's not stalking, it's cyberstalking! It's not beating off, it's cybersex.
Lastly, SOX is a worthless piece of legislative bullshit.
... from their teachers. Let me get this straight. The U.S. Government wants to filter pictures of sex acts, so it can later employ teachers to have ACTUAL sexual relations with kids?... on the taxpayer's dime? I don't get it. The picture is worse than the deed? You know what they say about those most opposed.
How many teachers (federally funded employees) get away with banging their students without even a slap on the wrist? In my high school, there were at least two. One even tried to sex me up once during class. Can't we just start there Mr. Senator? I'd rather my kid look at nudie pics than get a fat cock up the ass from his History teacher.
Priorities aside, I'm sure the government will filter responsibly, just as they've used the Patriot Act responsibly and managed our Social Security responsibly. With all of the legislated restrictions on cryptography, it's practically guaranteed that we can't ever have electronic privacy. Will ever we have the same window into politician's lives as they have into ours?
While I commend you for your bravery and ability to get Vista x64 working, you don't seem to embody the "average user." For starters, you know what hardware is in your computer and what a driver is. That's not "normal." I'd assume that you deliberately selected your devices and didn't settle for some integrated video controller.
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Or... users speak, some developers fork, and either the main developers listen or the fork succeeds. Open source often offers its complete revision history.
I welcome any neurological diagnosis that is based upon actual brain activity rather than questionnaires that ask "how are you feeling?" EEGs have long been accepted as an accurate method to diagnose epilepsy. The effects of ADD & ADHD on an EEG are unknown to most doctors, but backed by a good number of clinical studies. The field isn't mainstream, but it's still scientific.
I can say from experience that there's something to this. I own a computerized EEG system and use it for biofeedback training. I was skeptical of any positive effects, but they happened. Combining EEG w/ feedback does teach self-regulation at a rapid pace. It works via an unknown mechanism, just like anti-depressants and alcohol.
The ability to sell the exact same item millions of times negates any right to complain. It's one of the reasons I write software... low operating overhead.
So, visually tagging all "sensitive" locations will keep us safe? It won't just tell our enemies exactly what to hit? What about maps at gas stations? The White Pages & Yellow Pages? 411? Google itself? *sigh*
I argue for coincidence. First of all, even Microsoft relies on Linux for their infrastructure. As much as they try, it's just not possible to do many "things" on Windows. I wish I was allowed to go into more detail. Intel does realize the importance of solid Linux support. They are a leader in this area in ways they simply don't have to be. To snub Linux could compromise their foothold on the embedded market, which is significant. It's just not possible that this is intentional. Mistakes happen. I blame the outsourcing, which was probably some middle-manager's perceived ticket to promotion and praise. Companies this big can't always put their best resources on EVERY project. Since Slashdot has made this problem known, I can't imagine it'll exist for more than 30 days. The Slashdot effect is a great motivator in shifting corporate priorities. Seriously. I hate Intel. I do. In this case, however, I don't see that they've done much wrong. They will most likely issue a massive fix and add this component to their maintenance queue. Priorities.
Using an inflammatory and inflated claim that "95% of all downloads are pirated" is just showing how greedy the music industry is. But we all knew that already.
It may not be inflated. Remember what the music industry considers piracy: Copying your library to an MP3 player, burning a CD for your car, putting your library on a laptop, etc. The industry doesn't like the fair use provisions in copyright law, so they frequently pretend like they don't exist.
It's not like the old days, where you buy an 8-track tape for the car and LP for the house... eventually replacing them with cassette tape and compact disc... sometimes more than once. Who's ever lost or broken an album?
Now that people can make their own copies and backups, there's a lot less opportunity to sell the exact same product repeatedly with ever increasing costs. Digital downloads tend to result in only one sale. You can't "break" an MP3 like a scratched CD. Bummer. Time to bring back Vinyl.
Right. Why leak sensitive information now, when you can just misplace some laptops later?
Two dedicated lines, two 56k modems, many small PKZip files w/ password protection, terminal software, Xmodem CRC, and a phone call to say "I'm dialing in RIGHT now, plug the server in." be sure that you answer manually, so war dialers can't get in!
Developers that cannot manage their own memory are not real developers. Period. Try threading sometime.
"Nobody develops software for charity"
I do. No reward needed nor ever offered. Considering that I've easily surpassed the skills of the average MS engineer, my desires have turned altruistic. Try, test and evaluate. Nothing suits everyone, but you must consider the momentum generated by non-existent developers writing for charity... like me.
"... leverages powerful ideas from Smalltalk ..."
I think the answer was written in the posting. Smalltalk has inspired Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, Java, C++, Objective C, and more. It's also been the breeding ground for progressive ideas and practices such as MVC and automated unit testing (inspiration for JUnit). It's the ultimate language for real computer scientists and passionate hobbyists alike.
Proper and well designed tools are applicable to any career choice. Even if you don't use Smalltalk in everyday coding, the lessons learned from decades of great OO and best practices will surely inspire developers toward greater ideas. Learning a language isn't always about instant applicability. Like children learning a second language, cognitive skills increase despite the frequency of usage. You CAN improve your skills simply by studying the source of great inspiration.
They wouldn't have won their case unless it was a novel use. :) The courts are always right and justice prevails in all instances. Those who mistrust Lady Liberty are anti-American.
You aren't anti-American, are you n6kuy?
apple used secret hooks for spotlight in 10.4. In leopard, they've managed to release the much better fdevents API. With XP, your apps used to die UNLESS you used secret calls. Very different.
And I thought bloat was why Firefox had performance issues.
That whole claim of a non-programatic way of setting a flag is bullshit. He has no need. This stuff is all published, but homeboy wants every key to the kingdom, all Apple internal documentation, the end of intellectual property, people to read API documentation for him, people to listen to him whine when he screws up, etc.
Is this really an indication of the best open source has to offer? Teenaged girls don't exaggerate and bitch so much... Especially in the face of their own lazy incompetence.
Doxygen is awesome. It's callgraph support is unparalleled in the documentation world. I've used it w/ 550+ classes and it allows me to trace every dependency. That's even without any Doxygen specific tags. Better Objective C support would be nice, but it's satisfactory. C, C++, and PHP are all flawless. It's also extremely fast for most reasonably sized projects.
PHP is a language, not a framework. Cake, Akelos, Symfony... Those are valid comparisons. Sure, you can use the raw facilities of the language to build a site, install libraries and tools (PhpUnit, PhpDoc, xdebug, prototype.js, ADOdb, etc.) If you are already building good software, Rails gives you a nice toolbox and prevents you from perpetually reinventing the wheel. Its the layer you should be writing for every project. PHP doesn't provide anything out of the box. In fact, it even discourages best practices. Global variables? Magic quotes? Goto statement (its coming... Really)? And no, there is never any reason to use goto or "register globals." just making them available reduces software quality globally.
Ever notice how those most "concerned" about scalability tend to have never profiled or benchmarked their own code? ... or understand why you want to scale horizontally, rather than vertically? Whenever I build services that can handle 120,000 requests/sec., they usually just end up being 99% underutilized. Everyone likes to think THEY will be the next MySpace, with no server budget apparently. I highly doubt that any who argue Rails can't scale has ever had to deal with real distributed clusters. The database cluster will have many more scalablity issues than the webservers. This is such a non-issue, I cannot believe it. If you can scale JAVA!!!... You know what I mean.
"Web guys" will never understand the hype behind RoR. For the average PHP coder, RoR is slower and more restrictive... A hindrance. To a software engineer, however, RoR's great use of design patterns and best practices compliments what they should be doing already. Just as an example, if you're not writing unit tests, then you aren't very serious about your software to begin with. RoR's test facilities will bore you and nag you death. What Rails does is force you to consciously decide to not do something you should probably be doing, like testing. If MVC and encapsulation mean nothing to you, then RoR can't help you much. You still need you own discipline, or you can still write abominable code. RoR embodies many practices from how the big boys write software, few from the basement hackers.
You can use the standard HMAC algorithm on top of MD5 or SHA1 to adequately hash a password. It's much better than simply appending or prepending garbage to your cleartext.
PHP5 has a function built-in and I'm sure most other languages have comparable implementations available. It's not fool proof by any stretch, but if you use a randomly generated fixed "key," it at least prevents someone from using Google to discover the cleartext.
Better still: Use a unique value for the account + a randomly generated key. For example:
Key = "c,.rcph203p9h"
UserID = 12
HMAC_KEY = "c,.rcph203p9h::12"
That will make it computationally difficult to crack, as each password must be brute-forced individually.
Medical records SHOULD be managed by a company that has a history of writing software that: deletes data unintentionally, crashes, provides gaping security holes and reduces access via proprietary APIs. Yeah, this is definitely a way to make health care even worse. Exchange has done an outstanding job ending two decades of reliable email delivery.
Problems:
A) Pulling numbers out of ass.
It's crime. Criminals don't pay taxes. Where did this revenue estimate come from? Surely not from the IRS or the criminals' accounting department.
B) Playing the victim card.
The "victims" of "cybercrime" are almost always entirely at fault due to gross negligence. We shouldn't cry for people (or businesses) that cause themselves harm... especially if the "crime" involves losing a laptop filled with private data.
C) Trying to present something old as new.
It's not theft, it's cybercrime! It's not stalking, it's cyberstalking! It's not beating off, it's cybersex.
Lastly, SOX is a worthless piece of legislative bullshit.
Everybody knows that these are just cheap imitations of dot-net.
... from their teachers. Let me get this straight. The U.S. Government wants to filter pictures of sex acts, so it can later employ teachers to have ACTUAL sexual relations with kids?... on the taxpayer's dime? I don't get it. The picture is worse than the deed? You know what they say about those most opposed.
How many teachers (federally funded employees) get away with banging their students without even a slap on the wrist? In my high school, there were at least two. One even tried to sex me up once during class. Can't we just start there Mr. Senator? I'd rather my kid look at nudie pics than get a fat cock up the ass from his History teacher.
Priorities aside, I'm sure the government will filter responsibly, just as they've used the Patriot Act responsibly and managed our Social Security responsibly. With all of the legislated restrictions on cryptography, it's practically guaranteed that we can't ever have electronic privacy. Will ever we have the same window into politician's lives as they have into ours?
While I commend you for your bravery and ability to get Vista x64 working, you don't seem to embody the "average user." For starters, you know what hardware is in your computer and what a driver is. That's not "normal." I'd assume that you deliberately selected your devices and didn't settle for some integrated video controller.
I once worked on a project where a coder used a 155 character variable name. I never want to see anyone approach that size again.