Looks like a fairly opaque cup to me. Sue the bastards. Then sue the school district for defamation of character. That ought to teach the fundies (and the people who kowtow to them) to mind their own fucking business.
I'm about to build a machine. According to Tom's Hardware, if you want to build a gaming machine these days, you have to go core 2 duo. AMD is posting a loss because they can't compete right now. Not news.
Instead of low level commands such as SendToStick(), we could see routines such as GetWriteProtectState(), RefreshFileBrowser(), and the most significant one, VerifyPassWord().
Obviously, this routine caught most of our attention. We used the debugger to study it, and found that its result was passed to the main program using an EAX register. The debugger allowed us to place a breakpoint immediately after the call to VerifyPassWord(), upon which we entered a fictional password and changed the return value 0 in the register to 1.
Tell me again why we as Software Engineers are supposed to use descriptive method and variable names? Sure, it may be useful during testing/building/debugging/etc; nobody will argue that. However, if your "secure" product can be easily hacked due to the fact that you use descriptive class/variable/method names, maybe the practice should be reviewed.
Now in this particular case, there were other flaws with the design (all verification happening on the pc?!?) What happened here though is that the hackers were looking for a place to start by looking through a debugger. During that exploration they discovered a gaping security hole. I'm not saying that they wouldn't have found the design flaw to begin with -- I have no doubt that they would have. But maybe we should look to the security through obscurity methodology as an additional layer of protection.
What kind of "intelligent" designer puts a recreational facility next to a waste disposal site?
You've obviously never been to New Jersey. God made man with the recreational facility next to the waste disposal site. Man made New Jersey with the recreational facility next to the waste disposal site.
Proof that God made man in his image!
-- Your sig(k) has been stolen. There is a puff of smoke!
I would say that it is a myth. Bullies may be cowards but they have a very strong interest in not appearing as such. If you chase away a bully you have solved your own problem but the consequences for the bully are much graver - that they'll lose their position of power through fear. Without the fear they risk being attacked by every person they have mistreated and lose their power of intimidation. So in a single case a bully will usually go to extreme lengths to as publicly as possible demonstrate that he is not a coward and that he is willing to go much further than you are.
Yeah, except that a malicious prosecution lawsuit is more than a bloody nose - it's legal precedent. That means instead of some kids seeing someone fight off the bully, the kid who fights off the bully gets to stain the ground with the bully's blood and forever after celebrate that day as "I defeated a bully day". The RIAA was probably hoping this one would go away... that's the best case scenerio for them.
So even if the U.S. were to sign a (perfectly reasonable) treaty restricting how its courts could operate, one could argue that the federal government lacks the authority to tell the state courts how to operate.
Roe v. Wade.
If what you just said was true, then Roe v. Wade wouldn't be such a hot topic.
However, I'm now very interested in thoughts on the community aspect of the college classroom. Helpful or not?
In every programming class I've taken, I've always finished projects first. Does that mean that I was more talented? No, not in all cases. However, it did mean that (for me at least) the community aspect of the college classroom wasn't all that helpful. Note that I didn't say "Not at all helpful" because the rest of the class quickly realized that I was done early. As a result, classmates came to me with questions. By going over their code (that didn't work) with them, it helped me understand other people's thought processes, their general approach to programming and what traps to avoid.
It also helped me learn how to debug poorly written code with no comments:)
What do they want to learn and how do they want it delivered? What do they like about their options today (from college coursework to Wikiversity)? What's missing? What just doesn't work?"
In my personal experience, classrooms that were structured were one of the best methods for me. In the end though, the best way to learn is to practice, which may be why the structure of the classroom was most effective for me. Learning from books is my second suggestion, as when I try to learn from an online source, I tend to get distracted... too many links and other areas to explore.
I know this subject has been talked about many times before on slashdot, and the general consensus is that discipline can keep this from affecting you, but with ADD and a daily overdose of caffeine, the discipline falls by the wayside when I see something shiny (oooo a 14 line ruby rss aggregator!).
So what works for me? If I'm not in a classroom, I work from a laptop and a book... with the wireless turned off. It's the only way to enforce the discipline I need.
It talks about not only how to write a good SLA but also how to avoid burnout in your employees.
Did they mean to title the "avoid burnout" chapter "Don't promote the dumbass who looks good in a tie to advanced support, promote the guy who is smart and works hard to make your company succeed."
wait wait this shit gets better. From the About the Teacher page:
I grew up in central Connecticut. I graduated with a B.A. from Elmira College in Education and Psychology. After several years of teaching and then working in the Rare Book Room at Syracuse University, I decided to return to graduate school, receiving a M.L.S. from Syracuse University in Library and Information Technology. In 1978 we moved to Boston and I was accepted into a Master's program ar Harvard University where I received a Ed.M. in Reading.
Here's a list of teachers and the email naming convention if you feel someone should contact her and/or her supervisor. Alternately you can point out that she's about to go to her 40th high school reunion and should be retiring anyway.
8. Special Projects - occasionally there will be projects that the children will work on at home with instructions as to when they need to come back to class.
Teacher, teacher can I have a special project so I don't have to come back to school until it's done?
like good grammar? FTA: . Reading Log - children should be reading a minimum of 15 every night.
Um. 15 what?
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The answer is of course Ruby. You can start with Chris Pine's Learn to Program which walks you through the basics of Ruby programming, or for a more psychedelic way of learning programming there is always Why's poignant guide to ruby. Then when you get advanced enough (you've read the pickaxe and possibly the ruby way) you can start working on the bi-weekly Ruby Quiz./ruby fanboy
Yeah, I'm sure he had a problem affording it... but I'd have gone even though that's a substantial portion of my yearly salary. The only thing I can think of is that he might have been in the middle of a divorce - and if his salary was reported to be 138k higher per year, then his soon to be ex might have a much higher alimony. One that he couldn't afford to pay.
I was shocked and amazed to see this video showing how to get in on the googleTV Beta, but after I did (regardless of how much bullshit the video is full of), I realized just how big a part Google and Microsoft could play in the next few years. It's going to be an interesting time for TV.
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Looks like a fairly opaque cup to me. Sue the bastards. Then sue the school district for defamation of character. That ought to teach the fundies (and the people who kowtow to them) to mind their own fucking business.
Who said I wasn't buying a top of the line video card? I've got an nvidia geforce 8800 gts. That's more than capable.
I'm about to build a machine. According to Tom's Hardware, if you want to build a gaming machine these days, you have to go core 2 duo. AMD is posting a loss because they can't compete right now. Not news.
Evolution is what happens to your species when your species is unable to control the environment around it.
We don't evolve as much because we control our environment. Monkeys don't. They are forced to adapt to constant change or die out.
Instead of low level commands such as SendToStick(), we could see routines such as GetWriteProtectState(), RefreshFileBrowser(), and the most significant one, VerifyPassWord().
Screenshot of debugging windows
Obviously, this routine caught most of our attention. We used the debugger to study it, and found that its result was passed to the main program using an EAX register. The debugger allowed us to place a breakpoint immediately after the call to VerifyPassWord(), upon which we entered a fictional password and changed the return value 0 in the register to 1.
Tell me again why we as Software Engineers are supposed to use descriptive method and variable names? Sure, it may be useful during testing/building/debugging/etc; nobody will argue that. However, if your "secure" product can be easily hacked due to the fact that you use descriptive class/variable/method names, maybe the practice should be reviewed.
Now in this particular case, there were other flaws with the design (all verification happening on the pc?!?) What happened here though is that the hackers were looking for a place to start by looking through a debugger. During that exploration they discovered a gaping security hole. I'm not saying that they wouldn't have found the design flaw to begin with -- I have no doubt that they would have. But maybe we should look to the security through obscurity methodology as an additional layer of protection.
Why is TiSP in beta?
When things go wrong with TiSP, they go very, very wrong. Let's leave it at that.
Priceless.
I would say that it is a myth. Bullies may be cowards but they have a very strong interest in not appearing as such. If you chase away a bully you have solved your own problem but the consequences for the bully are much graver - that they'll lose their position of power through fear. Without the fear they risk being attacked by every person they have mistreated and lose their power of intimidation. So in a single case a bully will usually go to extreme lengths to as publicly as possible demonstrate that he is not a coward and that he is willing to go much further than you are.
Yeah, except that a malicious prosecution lawsuit is more than a bloody nose - it's legal precedent. That means instead of some kids seeing someone fight off the bully, the kid who fights off the bully gets to stain the ground with the bully's blood and forever after celebrate that day as "I defeated a bully day". The RIAA was probably hoping this one would go away... that's the best case scenerio for them.
So even if the U.S. were to sign a (perfectly reasonable) treaty restricting how its courts could operate, one could argue that the federal government lacks the authority to tell the state courts how to operate.
Roe v. Wade.
If what you just said was true, then Roe v. Wade wouldn't be such a hot topic.
However, I'm now very interested in thoughts on the community aspect of the college classroom. Helpful or not?
:)
In every programming class I've taken, I've always finished projects first. Does that mean that I was more talented? No, not in all cases. However, it did mean that (for me at least) the community aspect of the college classroom wasn't all that helpful. Note that I didn't say "Not at all helpful" because the rest of the class quickly realized that I was done early. As a result, classmates came to me with questions. By going over their code (that didn't work) with them, it helped me understand other people's thought processes, their general approach to programming and what traps to avoid.
It also helped me learn how to debug poorly written code with no comments
What do they want to learn and how do they want it delivered? What do they like about their options today (from college coursework to Wikiversity)? What's missing? What just doesn't work?"
In my personal experience, classrooms that were structured were one of the best methods for me. In the end though, the best way to learn is to practice, which may be why the structure of the classroom was most effective for me. Learning from books is my second suggestion, as when I try to learn from an online source, I tend to get distracted... too many links and other areas to explore.
I know this subject has been talked about many times before on slashdot, and the general consensus is that discipline can keep this from affecting you, but with ADD and a daily overdose of caffeine, the discipline falls by the wayside when I see something shiny (oooo a 14 line ruby rss aggregator!).
So what works for me? If I'm not in a classroom, I work from a laptop and a book... with the wireless turned off. It's the only way to enforce the discipline I need.
Which careers on IT are actually more in demand and which ones not?
Editor who doesn't rely on spell check.
It talks about not only how to write a good SLA but also how to avoid burnout in your employees.
Did they mean to title the "avoid burnout" chapter "Don't promote the dumbass who looks good in a tie to advanced support, promote the guy who is smart and works hard to make your company succeed."
Or gal. I'm not sexist.
I'm sorry, but any review site that gives Red Steel for the wii a 6.0 needs to be ditched.
If you think this lady isn't ripe for retirement, maybe you should read the links provided... oh shit, what am I saying, this is slashdot.
wait wait this shit gets better. From the About the Teacher page:
I grew up in central Connecticut. I graduated with a B.A. from Elmira College in Education and Psychology. After several years of teaching and then working in the Rare Book Room at Syracuse University, I decided to return to graduate school, receiving a M.L.S. from Syracuse University in Library and Information Technology. In 1978 we moved to Boston and I was accepted into a Master's program ar Harvard University where I received a Ed.M. in Reading.
Here's a list of teachers and the email naming convention if you feel someone should contact her and/or her supervisor. Alternately you can point out that she's about to go to her 40th high school reunion and should be retiring anyway.
boy there are some real gems in there:
8. Special Projects - occasionally there will be projects that the children will work on at home with instructions as to when they need to come back to class.
Teacher, teacher can I have a special project so I don't have to come back to school until it's done?
like good grammar? FTA: . Reading Log - children should be reading a minimum of 15 every night.
Um. 15 what?
The answer is of course Ruby. You can start with Chris Pine's Learn to Program which walks you through the basics of Ruby programming, or for a more psychedelic way of learning programming there is always Why's poignant guide to ruby. Then when you get advanced enough (you've read the pickaxe and possibly the ruby way) you can start working on the bi-weekly Ruby Quiz. /ruby fanboy
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I guess the couple was transfered to a location without desks.
Where do I sign up for this war?
Yeah, I'm sure he had a problem affording it... but I'd have gone even though that's a substantial portion of my yearly salary. The only thing I can think of is that he might have been in the middle of a divorce - and if his salary was reported to be 138k higher per year, then his soon to be ex might have a much higher alimony. One that he couldn't afford to pay.
I was shocked and amazed to see this video showing how to get in on the googleTV Beta, but after I did (regardless of how much bullshit the video is full of), I realized just how big a part Google and Microsoft could play in the next few years. It's going to be an interesting time for TV.