At least do it right. The obligatory doesn't start with "while in Russian". The general form is "In Soviet Russia you ". Multiple exclamation marks are not necessary. Five exclamation marks is a sure sign of insanity.
There are ways around everything. Much like email addresses can be harvested, so can IP addresses. Instead of willingly posting an email address to a site, all you would have to do is connect to an untrusted website and you've subscribed to the worm channel. Connect to a P2P application and somebody will be listening.
Besides, not all 128 bits of the address are going to be random. If i recall correctly, half is network and half is host. That would make scanning a network on par with scanning a class B network.
Doing things in closed-source proprietary drivers and calling the operating system useless is a bit disingenious - but something an MS shill or Apple fanboy would do.
Its only fair. Anytime any 3rd party application on Windows causes a problem, it must be the operating system's fault for allowing the user to do it. It looks like Linux allowed a user to do something you didn't expect.
Our local library system currently has about 110 copies listed "on order". There are 431 hold requests pending. Even assuming a turnaround time of 1 week, that would be a minimum of 4 weeks wait before getting the next available book.
You have an article that can invoke both Soviet Russia jokes and toilet humor. Just be thankful that there hasn't been a flood of Soviet Russia jokes. So far, there's only been a few attempts.
The way I read the article, it has nothing to do with programming, but with the electronics in the environment.
From TFA:
John Callas, project manager for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., explained that a dead rover battery could allow cold temperature to maim Opportunity's electronics.
"It's like leaving your laptop out in an Antarctic winter," Callas said. "Soldered joints in the electronics can contract due to thermal contraction. If a rover gets too cold, something essential will fail." Callas explained the situation is unprecedented, so the team isn't certain how much more light-blocking dust the rovers-especially Opportunity-can take.
Now where are we Canadians supposed to drive to for timely health care?
I typically drive to the hospital. Immediate need always comes first.
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Sarcastic Microsoft bash aside, all of the listed services are those that require connection to an external source. The "windows time service" makes me a bit suspicious that the author just picked everything that made any form of network communication without regard to information sent/received.
The following list describes various aspects of Windows Time Service data that is sent to and from the Internet and how the exchange of information takes place:
Port: NTP uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 123 on time servers. If this port is not open to the Internet, you cannot synchronize your server to Internet NTP servers.
Protocol: The service on Windows Vista implements NTP to communicate with other computers on the network.
The NTP Protocol is described here. I can't verify that they haven't implemented the evil NTP protocol (not running Vista), but I don't see why i should trust the author after listing this one.
Google is providing an application that is known and used by regular users on a Windows environment and providing something familiar in a Linux environment. The other option was not to write it at all.
I wouldn't say that the thread is off-topic. Slashdot is filled with many Linux users. The news is here. Google cooks up Google Desktop on Linux, and the Linux community responds by sending it back to the kitchen because they didn't receive a copy of the recipe along with it.
Sure, it would be nice if Google released code. Is it required? No. By releasing a binary, its as though Google did something worse than not porting at all.
If you read and follow the 'Privacy' thread above, you'll find that some Linux users will reject the software immediately because it isn't open source. Why should Google write software for Linux when some users won't use it because it doesn't follow their software beliefs?
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That's no moon...
Do it right or not at all. In Soviet Russia, [noun] [verbs] you.
In Soviet Russia, MP3 violates you!
If you had a girlfriend, perhaps you would have to put on your robe and wizard hat.
Nah, my issue was more in mis-reading the joke (s/ceiling/cellar/g). Next time I won't post when tired.
Like now...
I've been 'wreckless' for many years and my insurance company reduces my rates. If i were to get reckless though, that would be a different story.
Windows XP (not pro) does not include IIS. I can't say for sure about vista, but I doubt the home editions include it either.
At least do it right. The obligatory doesn't start with "while in Russian". The general form is "In Soviet Russia you ". Multiple exclamation marks are not necessary. Five exclamation marks is a sure sign of insanity.
In Soviet Russia, sale sells you!
There are ways around everything. Much like email addresses can be harvested, so can IP addresses. Instead of willingly posting an email address to a site, all you would have to do is connect to an untrusted website and you've subscribed to the worm channel. Connect to a P2P application and somebody will be listening.
Besides, not all 128 bits of the address are going to be random. If i recall correctly, half is network and half is host. That would make scanning a network on par with scanning a class B network.
Outbound traffic is sent back on a different port.
Our local library system currently has about 110 copies listed "on order". There are 431 hold requests pending. Even assuming a turnaround time of 1 week, that would be a minimum of 4 weeks wait before getting the next available book.
With my phone, if you save to the SIM card, then pop the SIM card into another phone, they're automatically loaded.
In Soviet Russia, copyright optimizes you!
lawyer bills + damage to "good name" + 5.75 million = 12 million ?
From TFA:
According to 'death by caffeine', for a 200 pound person:
Pepsi: Death after 359 cans
Coke: 401.47 cans
Dr. Pepper: 332.93 cans
Jolt: 62.05 cans
Just walk up to the Whitehouse and you can get on it for free.
Say to somebody, "Take a good look at it. It isn't going to be here much longer. Just wait and see."
On Windows time service:
The NTP Protocol is described here. I can't verify that they haven't implemented the evil NTP protocol (not running Vista), but I don't see why i should trust the author after listing this one.
Google is providing an application that is known and used by regular users on a Windows environment and providing something familiar in a Linux environment. The other option was not to write it at all.
I wouldn't say that the thread is off-topic. Slashdot is filled with many Linux users. The news is here. Google cooks up Google Desktop on Linux, and the Linux community responds by sending it back to the kitchen because they didn't receive a copy of the recipe along with it.
Sure, it would be nice if Google released code. Is it required? No. By releasing a binary, its as though Google did something worse than not porting at all.
If you read and follow the 'Privacy' thread above, you'll find that some Linux users will reject the software immediately because it isn't open source. Why should Google write software for Linux when some users won't use it because it doesn't follow their software beliefs?
Of course the firstborn gets the brains. First to die, first to rise from the dead, after all.
Braaaainnssss are first come, first serve.