OMG - you might have to download adobe, flash, quicktime or java plugins. Poor you. Your life really sucks as a result of wasting those 20 minutes. Maybe vendors should pay Fedora the same amount they have to pay MS to be "trusted apps" included with the OS.
It is relatively easy to fix the bug locally - at the end of any DNS lookup don't cache any of the information that was used. The bug is due to using cached information received for the lookup of domain A when looking up domain B. The problem is that if everybody did this it would put a tremendous load on the DNS system. All DNS lookups would start at the root servers and work their way down using only authoritative records.
For ECL we preferred wirewrap. You can twist two wires together and have a differential controlled impedance line as short as possible. Parallel printed circuit lines were the ones that picked up crosstalk.
When I was in school in Pittsburgh, software interns got about the same as the starting salary in the steel mills which is now about $12/hour, so things haven't changed.
I forgot the 5th point which is even more relevant to this article. Periodically, the OSS website will be redesigned and moved to a new server, losing all of the old user-generated wiki and forum content. This happened to a couple of OSS projects that I contributed to: ALSA most recently.
Just because the software is free does not mean the website is. A typical OSS website takes a lot of effort to develop. I've noticed the following common characteristics for OSS project websites.
Must have a completely meaningless name.
Nowhere on the website is it allowed to tell you what the software actually does.
Has installation instructions, but no instructions for either upgrading or removing the software.
Documentation consists of a skeleton outline in wiki form with no actual content.
Who are these "privacy agencies"? My chart of the federal government has no Department of Privacy. It seems to have the exact opposite - the Department of Homeland Securemylibraryrecords.
I wondered about #1, also. My ISP blocks *inbound* port 25 but not outbound. They don't want to let me run a server on a dynamic home IP address because they want to charge me for a business use. They also block inbound port 80.
It turns out the reason they don't block outbound 25 is because that would force the spammers to email out through the ISP mail servers which would get them blacklisted. They are fine with letting the home users send spam and get blacklisted. It doesn't cost them anything.
I have invented a method of typing very long lines by simply not pressing the Enter key, even inside a little text box. This method was invented by Intron.
That's the bizarre part. He wanted the trial done before elections, and he willingly took the stand in his own defense. That indicates that he believed he was innocent and would get off. There seems to be a class of amoral individuals who believe that whatever they do must be ok. Rules only apply to other people.
We're coming up on the 70th anniversary of the Orson Welles broadcast on Halloween 1938. Not really a hoax, since they told listeners during the broadcast that they were listening to a radio play.
"When the RNA switch is ON, then the gene expression reporter will have an output of (for example) 1030. When the RNA switch is OFF, then the reporter will output 1000."
So you are saying that a reporter has a great deal of bias? What else is new?
Interesting side note. The equipment companies developed aluminum grade crossing gates, but the railroads preferred the wood or fiberglass ones for legal reasons. After a crash, you can find the fragments in the front of the car to prove it ran through the barrier before being hit by the train.
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OMG - you might have to download adobe, flash, quicktime or java plugins. Poor you. Your life really sucks as a result of wasting those 20 minutes. Maybe vendors should pay Fedora the same amount they have to pay MS to be "trusted apps" included with the OS.
It is relatively easy to fix the bug locally - at the end of any DNS lookup don't cache any of the information that was used. The bug is due to using cached information received for the lookup of domain A when looking up domain B. The problem is that if everybody did this it would put a tremendous load on the DNS system. All DNS lookups would start at the root servers and work their way down using only authoritative records.
At least link to the RFC
The flip side is that if you don't know who wrote the code, you can never take it closed source for fear of getting sued.
For ECL we preferred wirewrap. You can twist two wires together and have a differential controlled impedance line as short as possible. Parallel printed circuit lines were the ones that picked up crosstalk.
When I was in school in Pittsburgh, software interns got about the same as the starting salary in the steel mills which is now about $12/hour, so things haven't changed.
I forgot the 5th point which is even more relevant to this article. Periodically, the OSS website will be redesigned and moved to a new server, losing all of the old user-generated wiki and forum content. This happened to a couple of OSS projects that I contributed to: ALSA most recently.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/darpa_aware_ware_srs_go/
Of course, nobody would be stupid enough to build these even if offered a lucrative government contract. Oh, wait ...
Who are these "privacy agencies"? My chart of the federal government has no Department of Privacy. It seems to have the exact opposite - the Department of Homeland Securemylibraryrecords.
I wondered about #1, also. My ISP blocks *inbound* port 25 but not outbound. They don't want to let me run a server on a dynamic home IP address because they want to charge me for a business use. They also block inbound port 80.
It turns out the reason they don't block outbound 25 is because that would force the spammers to email out through the ISP mail servers which would get them blacklisted. They are fine with letting the home users send spam and get blacklisted. It doesn't cost them anything.
"the right to bare arms"
I wear long sleeve shirts in winter.
I have invented a method of typing very long lines by simply not pressing the Enter key, even inside a little text box. This method was invented by Intron.
Currently, the OpenNIC operates the .indy, .geek, .null, .oss, .parody, .bbs, .fur, .free and .ing Top Level Domains.
Not until the computer company starts selling music players and music.
"Why do you think he wanted a speedy trial?"
That's the bizarre part. He wanted the trial done before elections, and he willingly took the stand in his own defense. That indicates that he believed he was innocent and would get off. There seems to be a class of amoral individuals who believe that whatever they do must be ok. Rules only apply to other people.
We're coming up on the 70th anniversary of the Orson Welles broadcast on Halloween 1938. Not really a hoax, since they told listeners during the broadcast that they were listening to a radio play.
"Did the contractors on the Death Star deserve to die?"
Depends on whether it was the ones that did the weapons array or the ones that did the low-flush toilets. Oh wait, Halliburton did both.
"When the RNA switch is ON, then the gene expression reporter will have an output of (for example) 1030. When the RNA switch is OFF, then the reporter will output 1000."
So you are saying that a reporter has a great deal of bias? What else is new?
NASA seems to have reinvented the weather rock for only $40 M.
It's just what we need to get the economy moving. In 1999 we had the Y2K Problem. Now we can have the YnotV6 Problem!
Interesting side note. The equipment companies developed aluminum grade crossing gates, but the railroads preferred the wood or fiberglass ones for legal reasons. After a crash, you can find the fragments in the front of the car to prove it ran through the barrier before being hit by the train.
It also takes longer to boil ramen.
That's exactly why I gave up writing scientific papers and now rob gas stations.