Bad analogy. Shredding and pulping is like destroying the physical media (i.e. smashing the drive). A more appropriate analogy would be, "I erased the writing, wrote something else over it, erased that, and repeated the process 35 times." Like with overwriting the drive, you're not affecting the media, but the data that is stored on the media.
When China's "Cultural Revolution" lynched, killed and terrorized millions with physical violence at the hands of actual mobs in the streets, that was mob rule, controlled by the mafia mob running the country.
So if many mobs terrorize millions, its mob rule, but if a single mob terrorizes a single person, its "just" harassment? Tell me, then, at what point does this harassment rise to the level of mob rule? Does the guy have to be physically attacked? Are the death threats and threats of physical imprisonment not enough?
These episodes lie somewhere between, at harassment. That's not "mob rule".
How is this form of harassment not mob rule? Would you like it if I create some trumped up charges against you, gather a mob, then proceed to turn your life into a living hell through harassing phone calls and posting of death threats against you and you associates? How about "We call on every company, every establishment, every office, school, hospital, shopping mall and public street to reject him."
There's more to mob rule than physical injury. These unfounded accusations have permanently smeared the person's reputation. From now on, every employer that does a Google search on this guy will see these accusations, robbing the person of what might have been a good first impression.
If any of these thing happened to you, wouldn't you say that your due process rights have been violated?
But you could argue that fire is more engineering than science. The knowledge involved did not concern the physical causes of fire, but more of how to start and control fires. In other words, the ancients did not investigate the chemical reactions behind fire before using and cotrolling fire.
"I'm too busy doing actual application development and working on projects to get certified, but if you wish to pay for it, I can pass any certification (computer related) that you need."
Which is great if you have a number of years of experience, or can point to some software that you've written as a sample of your work. But for those of us just starting out, having certifications can be an aid in getting one's foot in the door.
By your reasoning, I should just leave and pretend I didn't see the locks -- only a criminal would report it.
If there was a break-in at the site, wouldn't your admitted knowledge of the vulnerability make you a suspect? After all, you're willing to admit that you were at the scene of the crime, and you even admit to noticing the vulnerability. What's to prevent the police from sweeping you up in the investigation?
With the CD, you have to leave it in the machine for about 15 minutes, then rename all the files to the names of the tracks, then do a few mouse clicks. That means that a CD is at least 2 orders of magnitude more difficult to share than an MP3.
First: 15 minutes? How slow is your CD drive? On any reasonable P4 machine equipped with a recently manufactured optical drive, CD ripping takes about 5 to 10 minutes in Windows or Linux.
Second: rename all the files to the names of the tracks? Isn't that what CDDB is for? Windows Media Player and xmms both have pretty good autodetection, and can generally set up file names for you.
Third: order of magnitude? Even accepting your assumptions about ripping time and time taken to organize the files, I still fail to see how doing that is an order of magnitude more difficult than downloading.
That's fine for application software, where the code is running on your machine. However, this article is talking about security testing on 3rd party web pages. In this case, I think the article's opinion is correct. Unless there's a signed statement explicitly allowing you to do penetration testing, you shouldn't go prying into other peoples web sites even if you do think there is a vulnerability. And, should you (inadvertently) find a vulnerability, you ought to keep it to yourself and delete all evidence of the vulnerability from your computer.
To revert to the overused house analogy, you don't tell a stranger that their front door is unlocked. To do so is to invite speculation about how you arrived at that knowledge. And if there's a burglary at that residence, your admitted knowledge automatically makes you a suspect.
Congrats for beating me to the reference. As I recall, in Dune, a droplet of electro-conductive oil served as the lens, providing zoom, autofocus, and adaptive optics in a single system.
That's not a bad idea either. There is a MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) compiler for C++ included in Visual Studio, so existing code could easily be packaged to run alongside new code. As long as you aren't considering the risks of further Microsoft dependence, C# is an adequate substitute for Java in most respects.
The grandparent is wondering whether a rewrite is necessary in the first place. 6 years of framework code is not something that one rewrites on a whim. Instead, grandparent is suggesting that the framework be encapsulated by SWIG, and new extensions be written in a proper object-oriented language that interfaces with SWIG.
That's pretty much what he means. Don't install an X server on the box you're installing on, have the X Server on your client and use X Forwarding to get the graphical interface.
Manet's later works were of an impressionist style. According the article, Manet's work bridged the gap between realism and impressionism. Also, Manet lived before Monet, making it more plausible for him (Manet) to have copyrighted impressionism.
XP Product activation is actually pretty forgiving of hardware changes. Usually only a motherboard swap or a complete rebuild will cause a problem.
That's generally true. However, product activation can be somewhat arbitrary on when it decides to bug you. For example, I changed my video card, and Windows thought it was ok. When I changed my sound card, though, Windows said that I had to reactivate. What gives?
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Because concentration camp laborers are even cheaper.
Bad analogy. Shredding and pulping is like destroying the physical media (i.e. smashing the drive). A more appropriate analogy would be, "I erased the writing, wrote something else over it, erased that, and repeated the process 35 times." Like with overwriting the drive, you're not affecting the media, but the data that is stored on the media.
Its not clear text if you put up an ascii-formatted encoded message.
When China's "Cultural Revolution" lynched, killed and terrorized millions with physical violence at the hands of actual mobs in the streets, that was mob rule, controlled by the mafia mob running the country.
So if many mobs terrorize millions, its mob rule, but if a single mob terrorizes a single person, its "just" harassment? Tell me, then, at what point does this harassment rise to the level of mob rule? Does the guy have to be physically attacked? Are the death threats and threats of physical imprisonment not enough?
These episodes lie somewhere between, at harassment. That's not "mob rule".
How is this form of harassment not mob rule? Would you like it if I create some trumped up charges against you, gather a mob, then proceed to turn your life into a living hell through harassing phone calls and posting of death threats against you and you associates? How about "We call on every company, every establishment, every office, school, hospital, shopping mall and public street to reject him."
There's more to mob rule than physical injury. These unfounded accusations have permanently smeared the person's reputation. From now on, every employer that does a Google search on this guy will see these accusations, robbing the person of what might have been a good first impression.
If any of these thing happened to you, wouldn't you say that your due process rights have been violated?
What about spyware and virii? Or is your mom going to trust those error-message-like pop-ups that say, "Get your anti-spyware here!"
But you could argue that fire is more engineering than science. The knowledge involved did not concern the physical causes of fire, but more of how to start and control fires. In other words, the ancients did not investigate the chemical reactions behind fire before using and cotrolling fire.
"I'm too busy doing actual application development and working on projects to get certified, but if you wish to pay for it, I can pass any certification (computer related) that you need."
Which is great if you have a number of years of experience, or can point to some software that you've written as a sample of your work. But for those of us just starting out, having certifications can be an aid in getting one's foot in the door.
By your reasoning, I should just leave and pretend I didn't see the locks -- only a criminal would report it.
If there was a break-in at the site, wouldn't your admitted knowledge of the vulnerability make you a suspect? After all, you're willing to admit that you were at the scene of the crime, and you even admit to noticing the vulnerability. What's to prevent the police from sweeping you up in the investigation?
With the CD, you have to leave it in the machine for about 15 minutes, then rename all the files to the names of the tracks, then do a few mouse clicks. That means that a CD is at least 2 orders of magnitude more difficult to share than an MP3.
First: 15 minutes? How slow is your CD drive? On any reasonable P4 machine equipped with a recently manufactured optical drive, CD ripping takes about 5 to 10 minutes in Windows or Linux.
Second: rename all the files to the names of the tracks? Isn't that what CDDB is for? Windows Media Player and xmms both have pretty good autodetection, and can generally set up file names for you.
Third: order of magnitude? Even accepting your assumptions about ripping time and time taken to organize the files, I still fail to see how doing that is an order of magnitude more difficult than downloading.
But when that 0.5% has 30% of the wealth, then they're a market, even if they're a negligible portion of the population.
That's fine for application software, where the code is running on your machine. However, this article is talking about security testing on 3rd party web pages. In this case, I think the article's opinion is correct. Unless there's a signed statement explicitly allowing you to do penetration testing, you shouldn't go prying into other peoples web sites even if you do think there is a vulnerability. And, should you (inadvertently) find a vulnerability, you ought to keep it to yourself and delete all evidence of the vulnerability from your computer.
To revert to the overused house analogy, you don't tell a stranger that their front door is unlocked. To do so is to invite speculation about how you arrived at that knowledge. And if there's a burglary at that residence, your admitted knowledge automatically makes you a suspect.
Congrats for beating me to the reference. As I recall, in Dune, a droplet of electro-conductive oil served as the lens, providing zoom, autofocus, and adaptive optics in a single system.
That's not a bad idea either. There is a MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) compiler for C++ included in Visual Studio, so existing code could easily be packaged to run alongside new code. As long as you aren't considering the risks of further Microsoft dependence, C# is an adequate substitute for Java in most respects.
The grandparent is wondering whether a rewrite is necessary in the first place. 6 years of framework code is not something that one rewrites on a whim. Instead, grandparent is suggesting that the framework be encapsulated by SWIG, and new extensions be written in a proper object-oriented language that interfaces with SWIG.
SuSE 10 also includes the JRE by default.
Oops, it looks like my reading comprehension isn't all that its cracked up to be :-)
NiCd batteries are still used in power tools and other industrial applications because of their ability to deliver large amounts of current quickly.
That's pretty much what he means. Don't install an X server on the box you're installing on, have the X Server on your client and use X Forwarding to get the graphical interface.
And I'm surprised that you aren't up on your lessons. The correct phrase is "Ignorance is Strength".
The metallic purple Games section is also pretty bad.
I don't know about you, but my cable TV doesn't go out for 8 hours every other night.
Hence, I just borrow the book, take notes and return.
Does your Professor insist on using homework problems from the very latest edition of the book?
Manet's later works were of an impressionist style. According the article, Manet's work bridged the gap between realism and impressionism. Also, Manet lived before Monet, making it more plausible for him (Manet) to have copyrighted impressionism.
XP Product activation is actually pretty forgiving of hardware changes. Usually only a motherboard swap or a complete rebuild will cause a problem.
That's generally true. However, product activation can be somewhat arbitrary on when it decides to bug you. For example, I changed my video card, and Windows thought it was ok. When I changed my sound card, though, Windows said that I had to reactivate. What gives?