It's really nice to see this happening. I wouldn't expect a big company to fold under public pressure over something like this. This is what the internet is meant for. Good job, Slashdot!
"surely some slashdotter who cashed out of the bubble at the right time can bid it up"
Naw, I waited until all of my investments went to under 10 cents before cashing out.
And I don't know how Neil Gaiman is.
Maybe I'm not as nerdy as I thought...
No, I'm still a nerd!
(courtesy of Yahoo! image search -- don't get me wrong, I love Google, but Yahoo! image search is much more up to date).
Every since I uninstalled Java temporarily (ran out of room on my primary hard drive while upgrading), I only needed it once, to use some IRC chat applet. Guess what? I decided not to install it.
Seems like that wasn't such a bad idea after all. Then again, I'm probably not dumb enough to click OK while on some unscrupulous site, no matter what they're asking me. But who knows? I'm usually on the computer at 2 in the morning, and I'm tired then:)
"GCC 4.0 also introduces a security feature called Mudflap, which adds extra features to the compiled program that check for a class of vulnerabilities called buffer overruns, Mitchell said. Mudflap slows a program's performance, so it's expected to be used chiefly in test versions, then switched off for finished products." - from the article
I really love this feature, it will probably cut down on a great deal of problems. My only concern is that some devs will think running it all the time is OK (read: "Mudflap slows a program's performance"), so hopefully that's not the case.
More detailed information on the mudflap system can be found here.
I can't believe that 20,000 people visit Adam Seifer's site every week, just to see pictures of his meals. It's such a useless thing, and fotolog.net just has countless, random pictures. I know art is subjective, but I don't think they have that much subjective value.
I guess it's the same reason we like reality TV: we get to live vicariously. It's good entertainment. And stuff like that.
Personally, I waste enough of my own life eating meals (usually 3 square / day); I don't want to waste even more watching what others eat (or observing other mundane activities).
I don't think you got what define:WORD is. It's not the linked words after you do a search. It's a google parameter such as movies:, doing define:WORD will give the definition of the word from many online resources, not any one. I use it all the time.
I'm happy about this change, when I noticed it a couple weeks ago. Dictionary.com is good, but all it only offers definitions. If I wanted those, I could use the google parameter define:WORD. Answers gives a great deal more information. Almost everything I want can be found there -- and to think, I didn't even know about it before google started using it (although I did know about wikipedia).
It's also not as annoying, ad-wise, as dictionary.com.
It'd be nice for google to make their own answers.com type site. Not sure if they will though.
I must have seen the Jackal nearly 10 times. I love that film (same with Gladiator, Brave Heart, etc. although I've only seen them two or three times each -- they're way too long).
The Jackal was really on the brink of cutting edge technology. He had a huge, remote-controlled machine gun, secret identities, and a sail boat. If only he had a Bluetooth sniper rifle, then he NEVER would have been stopped!
It seems like Bluetooth is in almost EVERYTHING these days (the Power Book I recently ordered, my new cell phone, etc. all are enabled). Is this merely an extention of the ubiquitousness of the technology? Or is there some inherent flaw that makes Bluetooth vulnerable? I'm inclined to believe the former -- that a properly secured Bluetooth system would be safe -- but I don't know much about the technology.
Any experts in the house (of course there are, we're on Slashdot!).
I understand why it seems that way, but it honestly was true. I just don't really remember the details because I wasn't quite involved in the situation. A friend just asked me to sit in because he wasn't as tech savvy as I was (although I'm not that tech savvy myself!).
It was a few years back and the call only lasted about 10 minutes. It was about my relative's company doing some business with this guy's. Like I said, I think he was an executive at a company that was very close to Kazaa, but perhaps not Kazaa itself.
I know maybe it seems like BS but honestly it's not! My memory just sucks.:)
I was on the phone with a Kazaa-exec a few years back (actually, listening in), and couldn't help commenting on the rampant spyware issues. He was not actually at Kazaa, rather at a company that managed their ad-services if I remember correctly, and took a great deal of offense at my comments! He got really upset when I mentioned how Kazaa-Lite was so much better (hehehe).
He sounded fairly unscrupulous at the time, so I guess he knew what was going on fairly well and was OK with it. This seems like a continuation of past policy. Obviously the higher-ups don't care about users, just about making as much money as they can, any way they can.
I thought it would completely die years ago (I stopped using it a long time back). Maybe it will soon with all these recent "issues."
I love this idea, but is it going to be solely media/data look-up oriented? It would have been nice to have a small (pda-sized) keyboard fold out near the parking break or something! Then you'd have a full on computer. Not sure how comfortable it'd be to work on though, so maybe not necessary.
It seems like it'd be nice to work on your ipod, play media (dvds/cds), keep your calendar and address book up-to-date, etc. but what about the internet? What ways would be viable? WiFi would seem to be fairly unreliable (depending on where he usually parks/drives), and a cell-phone hook-up would probably be expensive from what I remember.
Also, would hooking up a GPS device be a viable option? And is there any navigation software for the MacOS? That would really start to make this sort of thing much more useful.
Funny! Actually, I'm still sort of upset by that decision. And guess what? Other schools decided to follow suit (such as MIT's business school, and a few of the others)!
It seems a bit scary that this "Warez Trader" is getting extradited, but I guess his crimes are more serious than we would like to admit.
I was actually just comparing two distinct businesses as functioning similarly. I wasn't calling one the de facto standard. Please read more carefully and don't be so quick to attack uselessly.
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Google indexes to serve ads. AIM tried to lay claim on our IP.
It's really nice to see this happening. I wouldn't expect a big company to fold under public pressure over something like this. This is what the internet is meant for. Good job, Slashdot!
I love how I talk about losing all my $$$ and I get modded funny. Thanks for the support, MODS! lol
...a rumble was heard.
Right after Lucas read about this on Slashdot.
"surely some slashdotter who cashed out of the bubble at the right time can bid it up"
Naw, I waited until all of my investments went to under 10 cents before cashing out. And I don't know how Neil Gaiman is. Maybe I'm not as nerdy as I thought... No, I'm still a nerd!
(courtesy of Yahoo! image search -- don't get me wrong, I love Google, but Yahoo! image search is much more up to date).
Every since I uninstalled Java temporarily (ran out of room on my primary hard drive while upgrading), I only needed it once, to use some IRC chat applet. Guess what? I decided not to install it.
:)
Seems like that wasn't such a bad idea after all. Then again, I'm probably not dumb enough to click OK while on some unscrupulous site, no matter what they're asking me. But who knows? I'm usually on the computer at 2 in the morning, and I'm tired then
Screenshot.
Knock yourself out, bud!
"GCC 4.0 also introduces a security feature called Mudflap, which adds extra features to the compiled program that check for a class of vulnerabilities called buffer overruns, Mitchell said. Mudflap slows a program's performance, so it's expected to be used chiefly in test versions, then switched off for finished products." - from the article
I really love this feature, it will probably cut down on a great deal of problems. My only concern is that some devs will think running it all the time is OK (read: "Mudflap slows a program's performance"), so hopefully that's not the case.
More detailed information on the mudflap system can be found here.
Not exactly the easiest way to hold that data. I could write what I ate today:
Bowl of frosted flakes, whole milk (not sure how a picture would manage that last part).
Macaroni and cheese (1 serving).
8 pieces friend chicken.
(yes, I wasn't too healthy today, but I did go to the gym, so there's something).
Instead of a 500KB image for each!
I can't believe that 20,000 people visit Adam Seifer's site every week, just to see pictures of his meals. It's such a useless thing, and fotolog.net just has countless, random pictures. I know art is subjective, but I don't think they have that much subjective value.
I guess it's the same reason we like reality TV: we get to live vicariously. It's good entertainment. And stuff like that.
Personally, I waste enough of my own life eating meals (usually 3 square / day); I don't want to waste even more watching what others eat (or observing other mundane activities).
That's just me though.
I don't think you got what define:WORD is. It's not the linked words after you do a search. It's a google parameter such as movies:, doing define:WORD will give the definition of the word from many online resources, not any one. I use it all the time.
I'm happy about this change, when I noticed it a couple weeks ago. Dictionary.com is good, but all it only offers definitions. If I wanted those, I could use the google parameter define:WORD. Answers gives a great deal more information. Almost everything I want can be found there -- and to think, I didn't even know about it before google started using it (although I did know about wikipedia).
It's also not as annoying, ad-wise, as dictionary.com.
It'd be nice for google to make their own answers.com type site. Not sure if they will though.
Now they can slowly cut down on server load by banning accounts!
Then again, I don't play the game so maybe 'gold farming' is worse than it appears to be? (I'm sure it violates the TOS, but still...).
I must have seen the Jackal nearly 10 times. I love that film (same with Gladiator, Brave Heart, etc. although I've only seen them two or three times each -- they're way too long).
The Jackal was really on the brink of cutting edge technology. He had a huge, remote-controlled machine gun, secret identities, and a sail boat. If only he had a Bluetooth sniper rifle, then he NEVER would have been stopped!
Great movie, heh. Yes, I think he used a cell phone to dial in to another cell phone to control the device. Much less conspicuous (even in '97)!
It seems like Bluetooth is in almost EVERYTHING these days (the Power Book I recently ordered, my new cell phone, etc. all are enabled). Is this merely an extention of the ubiquitousness of the technology? Or is there some inherent flaw that makes Bluetooth vulnerable? I'm inclined to believe the former -- that a properly secured Bluetooth system would be safe -- but I don't know much about the technology.
Any experts in the house (of course there are, we're on Slashdot!).
I understand why it seems that way, but it honestly was true. I just don't really remember the details because I wasn't quite involved in the situation. A friend just asked me to sit in because he wasn't as tech savvy as I was (although I'm not that tech savvy myself!).
:)
It was a few years back and the call only lasted about 10 minutes. It was about my relative's company doing some business with this guy's. Like I said, I think he was an executive at a company that was very close to Kazaa, but perhaps not Kazaa itself.
I know maybe it seems like BS but honestly it's not! My memory just sucks.
I was on the phone with a Kazaa-exec a few years back (actually, listening in), and couldn't help commenting on the rampant spyware issues. He was not actually at Kazaa, rather at a company that managed their ad-services if I remember correctly, and took a great deal of offense at my comments! He got really upset when I mentioned how Kazaa-Lite was so much better (hehehe).
He sounded fairly unscrupulous at the time, so I guess he knew what was going on fairly well and was OK with it. This seems like a continuation of past policy. Obviously the higher-ups don't care about users, just about making as much money as they can, any way they can.
I thought it would completely die years ago (I stopped using it a long time back). Maybe it will soon with all these recent "issues."
Japan begins to take away the last great thing America has -- innovation and creation of new technologies.
Great! Now, we should take a hint from the rest of the world and follow three easy steps:
(1) Wait for [Japan] to develop new, high-speed-over-powerline technology.
(2) "Borrow" technology for use in American homes.
(3) Profit!
I love this idea, but is it going to be solely media/data look-up oriented? It would have been nice to have a small (pda-sized) keyboard fold out near the parking break or something! Then you'd have a full on computer. Not sure how comfortable it'd be to work on though, so maybe not necessary.
It seems like it'd be nice to work on your ipod, play media (dvds/cds), keep your calendar and address book up-to-date, etc. but what about the internet? What ways would be viable? WiFi would seem to be fairly unreliable (depending on where he usually parks/drives), and a cell-phone hook-up would probably be expensive from what I remember.
Also, would hooking up a GPS device be a viable option? And is there any navigation software for the MacOS? That would really start to make this sort of thing much more useful.
Funny! Actually, I'm still sort of upset by that decision. And guess what? Other schools decided to follow suit (such as MIT's business school, and a few of the others)!
It seems a bit scary that this "Warez Trader" is getting extradited, but I guess his crimes are more serious than we would like to admit.
A friend of mine used to be a big fan.
I didn't realize they were as successful as they appear to be. I'll look forward to seeing the trailer when I get home later today.
I was actually just comparing two distinct businesses as functioning similarly. I wasn't calling one the de facto standard. Please read more carefully and don't be so quick to attack uselessly.
Sorry for the typo, I meant to type 'whose'.
Actually, I don't think so. Who's means "Who is," while whoose was the intended word in this case.