Like it or not, every company in this market is grabbing every patent it can get. Every CEO MUST do this, or get face the wrath of the board for leaving the company with its pants down. Every board of directors must do this or face the wrath of the share holders. It is not a choice for any company, it is a requirement.
As long as the US laws are written by corporations for corporations, there is no way out of this. A non-corporation must step in an stop it, and the corporations will be grateful. It is a huge waste of money to defend your products from potential patent litigation.
Without the Steve, no one will have a clue what this even is. At least until someone steps into his shoes...
In the meantime, it should read "needs of the corporate/government surveillance industry". Seriously, "Open the pod bay door, HAL." "Fuck you Dave, I changed the codes while you were out. Good luck floating home."
Of course, we can always encourage the hacker-elite by making "changing the function, aka programming" ambiguously legal.
I'm afraid you are all infringing on my patent on "Whining in a long, well thought-out post on slashdot about pending legislation, but never finding the time to email your representative."
I complained to my elected official about the database copyright bill. She said, in effect, "Who cares what you think." Then she was reelected, though I didn't vote for her. Any other suggestions?
Actually, using strlcpy() and strlcat() in place of most strcpy() and strcat()s would go a long way to preventing buffer overflows from happening.
Now, strlcpy() and strlcat() are relatively new, and may not have been available when this was written, but they are certainly available in Darwin now.
So start making men's and women's wallets that shield the RFID signature of the contained money and instead emit the signature of a small amount of cash.
$799 is fine, but doesn't include either a CDROM or floppy. A USB CDROM is at least $100. And you would have to carry it around in addition to the laptop, adding the weight.
An all-in-one solution might make more sense, there are a lot of them out there.
A) LOTR B) Harry Potter C) People who are laid off can't afford to go. D) People who still have jobs are too busy doing the work of those laid off. E) LOTR
If it had come out last week it would have done much better. The current selection is dismal.
"If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it."
A shorter restatement might be: "If there is a way someone can screw it up, they will."
I'm not sure I see how this could be a "Theory that Explains Everything," but I'm trying to be open minded... (Maybe there was a way I could screw it up.)
Slashdot Mirror
"We" have never agreed with "them". "They" are clearly out to get "us".
Are other news outlets jumping on the bandwagon?
Do slashdot posters ignore anything that Apple may have done to improve the situation?
http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Apple+Cuts+07+Percent+of+iPad+Profit+to+Give+Factory+Workers+Big+Raise/article18571.htm
I call BS.
Like it or not, every company in this market is grabbing every patent it can get. Every CEO MUST do this, or get face the wrath of the board for leaving the company with its pants down. Every board of directors must do this or face the wrath of the share holders. It is not a choice for any company, it is a requirement.
As long as the US laws are written by corporations for corporations, there is no way out of this. A non-corporation must step in an stop it, and the corporations will be grateful. It is a huge waste of money to defend your products from potential patent litigation.
Ahem....
Just stay away from the 8th dimension or it will be Orson Wells, all over again.
Better now?
Without the Steve, no one will have a clue what this even is. At least until someone steps into his shoes...
In the meantime, it should read "needs of the corporate/government surveillance industry". Seriously, "Open the pod bay door, HAL." "Fuck you Dave, I changed the codes while you were out. Good luck floating home."
Of course, we can always encourage the hacker-elite by making "changing the function, aka programming" ambiguously legal.
enough said.
...given the type of construction used and the state of the tools in the tunnel.
If you are looking for answers to ANYTHING, you shouldn't be watching television AT ALL.
I'm afraid you are all infringing on my patent on "Whining in a long, well thought-out post on slashdot about pending legislation, but never finding the time to email your representative."
License terms to follow.
1200 changes, including over 600 times that color was changed to colour and back again... :-)
I complained to my elected official about the database copyright bill. She said, in effect, "Who cares what you think." Then she was reelected, though I didn't vote for her. Any other suggestions?
#include "half-smirk.h"
Maybe they assumed that since so many people act out mental diseases in slashdot postings, there would be a common experience base.
strncat() is junk. Use strlcat() (and strlcpy()).
Danny
Actually, using strlcpy() and strlcat() in place of most strcpy() and strcat()s would go a long way to preventing buffer overflows from happening.
Now, strlcpy() and strlcat() are relatively new, and may not have been available when this was written, but they are certainly available in Darwin now.
Danny
Mommy, why can't our home computer open my homework assignment? It worked fine at school.
What are the odds that hundreds of comments have slowly changed to become exact matches of the SCO code? Astronomical doesn't begin to describe it.
Oh my god! I was just about to post the exact same comment! What are the odds? This is freaky.
Bill Gatezaqql sez, "No one will ever need to count more than 127 of anything..."
So start making men's and women's wallets that shield the RFID signature of the contained money and instead emit the signature of a small amount of cash.
Definitely some kind axis... Axis of source, perhaps.
$799 is fine, but doesn't include either a CDROM or floppy. A USB CDROM is at least $100. And you would have to carry it around in addition to the laptop, adding the weight.
An all-in-one solution might make more sense, there are a lot of them out there.
Most of them call to get advice on how to do a certain thing with the software.
Caller: How do I get my 30 page Word document back after Windows Blue Screens?
Tech Support: *Marks this as an advice call*
Save it before the Blue screen happens.
A) LOTR
B) Harry Potter
C) People who are laid off can't afford to go.
D) People who still have jobs are too busy doing the work of those laid off.
E) LOTR
If it had come out last week it would have done much better. The current selection is dismal.
And have his patches disappear into the void of the pr system, where most patches never get out.
Next thing you know, it will require an NDA to make a purchase.
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Danny
The Orginal Murphy's Law states:
A shorter restatement might be: "If there is a way someone can screw it up, they will."
I'm not sure I see how this could be a "Theory that Explains Everything," but I'm trying to be open minded... (Maybe there was a way I could screw it up.)