1) Do something blatantly unconstitutional. 2) Get it knocked down in court. 3) Tie it up in appeals for years, continuing to do whatever you were doing. 4) Eventually get it killed by the supreme court, but have made a great run of it.
Politicians game the system and have no respect for the courts. Film at 11.
What I'm saying is that, regardless of policies and design, Javascript is a disaster. It's huge, complex, and full of potential holes.
Of course, this is no different from a lot of scripting languages. The difference in Javascript is that the script is potentially malicious. Expecting a scripting engine to execute code that may be malicious safely seems akin to trying to pet a rabid raccoon.
Mozilla is better at getting problems fixed and sets better policies than Microsoft, but I'm not convinced that it's written much better than IE.
Web browsers are, by their very nature, huge targets. Their job is to deal with arbitrary data from all over the damn place. The whole thing should probably be sandboxed, but short of that, it shouldn't be running code from random sites.
That's it. Link a 720 megapixel image, on the front page of Slashdot, from an Aussie server, just as North America is getting into the office and commencing "working.";)
At least as I, an American see it you do have one saving grace that may keep you from falling into our pit of stupid: the average Aussie would appear to hate their politicians. All of them. All of the time.
Here, we have a good chunk of population that thinks Shrubby is basically Jesus Jr. I don't think anyone would accuse Howard of being God's messenger . . . . . . .
Apple a) gets a lot of code for free, b) has a small hardware set with tightly controlled drivers to support, and c) isn't afraid to break native API compatibility and shove users into a VM when they need to.
Is there some special reason why the users need to have their own XP image? If not wouldn't it be easier to just force them to save their work on a network share and ghost the machines back to the stock image every night?
With the force of light I will show thee a better way to the mythical headless install, for behold! The holy cable of the null-modi! It has traveled here from the eBay for its $4.99 in order that it may be connected between that system which is blind and thoughtless and that which has already reached enlightenment. Amen.
(Does slackware support serial install? Very yes, and on the default media . . . . . . as long as you remember to edit/etc/securetty when you're done . . . . . . . )
If I remember rightly this whole thing was our idiot governor's baby. As much as I'd like to say "never vote for such foolery again" it's not that simple here.
In Illinois the only choices we're ever given are literally felonious or criminally incompetent governors from the two parties. Want to run as an "unrecognized" party? Need 25,000 signatures to get on the ballot (and since the parties in power will snow you with objections, you need well more than that.) Independent? The same number. ("Established" parties, resources and all, need 500.)
The two parties like the status quo, and they have the laws written to lock it in astoundingly well. We have the idiots in power and the other guys who pretend to be different (roles switch when there's a change of guard.) Our opinion as electorate matters about as much as it would in China - you just don't get beaten for complaining . . . . . .
If you're a backpacker having one, and only one item makes your life a lot easier. If you're willing to do laundry every few days it's really all you need anyway.
Personally, I trust niether the luggage processing systems or the throwers. I'd rather not give them the opportunity to fuck up and waste a day of my time.
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I'd have to assume so. There are very few uses for realistic plastic skin.
The US army already has robots that break the laws of robotics. Their armed drones happily shoot at things.
Of course, the laws of robotics will probably do more harm than good with more advanced robots anyway. I've heard Servotron . . . . . .
Does the public give a shit about engineers? No? Then no.
I don't know. If you ask me using a filesystem associated with a murder would be WAY METAL . . . . .
This is the way it's done.
1) Do something blatantly unconstitutional.
2) Get it knocked down in court.
3) Tie it up in appeals for years, continuing to do whatever you were doing.
4) Eventually get it killed by the supreme court, but have made a great run of it.
Politicians game the system and have no respect for the courts. Film at 11.
Yes, it can be inferred from that, but it cannot be proven the way scientists like to.
I'll be putting a couple megabits on over the next few hours (as soon as I have the bits to throw.) I assume others will do similar.
I am a Linux user. Yes, a Firefox exploit will not hose my box. It can certainly hose my ~/ however, possibly stealing data in the process.
What I'm saying is that, regardless of policies and design, Javascript is a disaster. It's huge, complex, and full of potential holes.
Of course, this is no different from a lot of scripting languages. The difference in Javascript is that the script is potentially malicious. Expecting a scripting engine to execute code that may be malicious safely seems akin to trying to pet a rabid raccoon.
The "Shit. How can we be eliteist now?" department?
(I'm not a MS apologist or an Opera zealot. I'm asking myself the same thing . . . . . )
Mozilla is better at getting problems fixed and sets better policies than Microsoft, but I'm not convinced that it's written much better than IE.
Web browsers are, by their very nature, huge targets. Their job is to deal with arbitrary data from all over the damn place. The whole thing should probably be sandboxed, but short of that, it shouldn't be running code from random sites.
And if that's not obscure enough, there's always Lynx. ;)
Noscript is your friend. Been using it for a year or so now.
Yes, whitelisting sites is a pain, but Javascript is a remnant of a more innocent time and should probably be phased out anyway.
A Martian year is longer than an Earthican year. (687 days.)
That's it. Link a 720 megapixel image, on the front page of Slashdot, from an Aussie server, just as North America is getting into the office and commencing "working." ;)
Because it's cheap and it works. Only gamers need modern machines at their desks.
My dual 866 P3 is more than adequate for what I need it to do and never lets me down. Linux 2.6, 196 days uptime.
At least as I, an American see it you do have one saving grace that may keep you from falling into our pit of stupid: the average Aussie would appear to hate their politicians. All of them. All of the time.
Here, we have a good chunk of population that thinks Shrubby is basically Jesus Jr. I don't think anyone would accuse Howard of being God's messenger . . . . . . .
Apple a) gets a lot of code for free, b) has a small hardware set with tightly controlled drivers to support, and c) isn't afraid to break native API compatibility and shove users into a VM when they need to.
So the brain uses what, 11-bit integers then? What the fuck was whoever designed that thing smoking?
Two words: Dennis Hastert.
Articles of impeachment won't even hit the house floor prior to 2007, and probably not even then.
Is there some special reason why the users need to have their own XP image? If not wouldn't it be easier to just force them to save their work on a network share and ghost the machines back to the stock image every night?
With the force of light I will show thee a better way to the mythical headless install, for behold! The holy cable of the null-modi! It has traveled here from the eBay for its $4.99 in order that it may be connected between that system which is blind and thoughtless and that which has already reached enlightenment. Amen.
/etc/securetty when you're done . . . . . . . )
(Does slackware support serial install? Very yes, and on the default media . . . . . . as long as you remember to edit
If I remember rightly this whole thing was our idiot governor's baby. As much as I'd like to say "never vote for such foolery again" it's not that simple here.
In Illinois the only choices we're ever given are literally felonious or criminally incompetent governors from the two parties. Want to run as an "unrecognized" party? Need 25,000 signatures to get on the ballot (and since the parties in power will snow you with objections, you need well more than that.) Independent? The same number. ("Established" parties, resources and all, need 500.)
The two parties like the status quo, and they have the laws written to lock it in astoundingly well. We have the idiots in power and the other guys who pretend to be different (roles switch when there's a change of guard.) Our opinion as electorate matters about as much as it would in China - you just don't get beaten for complaining . . . . . .
Yeah, because invading Afghanistan worked so well for getting rid of Al Queda . . . .
Does somebody give you an extra ration of crack every time you sucessfully articulate what they want you to believe?
If you're a backpacker having one, and only one item makes your life a lot easier. If you're willing to do laundry every few days it's really all you need anyway.
Personally, I trust niether the luggage processing systems or the throwers. I'd rather not give them the opportunity to fuck up and waste a day of my time.