I love the image at the top of the article showing the "sample of the code for a more secure version of Microsoft Windows" -- just some random binary file open in a hex editor.
Gotta love the NYT - their editors are on the ball!
Silly rabbit, nobody's ever really been to the moon, or even in space for that matter. It's all just a big hoax to cover up spending on other programs...
In the break room at a company I visited, there was a poster over the coffee machine of spider web pictures some researcher had taken after injecting spiders with various types of drugs (cocaine, heroin, LSD, etc), including caffeine.
What was scary -- all the "regular" drugs caused odd patterns in the webs but they were at least regular and identifiable as spider webs - some had more concentric rings, or more "spokes", or a square shape instead of "round", etc.
But the caffeine-stimulated spider's web looked like a pile of pickup sticks, with no discernible pattern at all.
Not sure what that means for those of us with fewer than 8 legs, but it definitely made me think twice each time I filled my coffee cup.
A[ctually|llegedly] _he_ didn't make the identifying entry. The way the gallery of images is set up, anyone can make comments and/or add captions to the photos. And that's what happened to Ms. Streisand's estate photo, and other celebrities' homes that were snapped as well.
<Linda Richman>
"I'm verklempt. Twok amongst yourselves. The topic is: she needs to get over it, and get over herself."
</Linda Richman>
That's the first thing I thought of at the end, as the 45-minute credits scrolled by: that was nothing more than a kick-ass setup for Matrix Revolutions. I sure hope the finale pays off. (I'll be in line to see it regardless though!)
I picked up my Zaurus at Linuxworld in San Francisco last fall during Sharp's "half off" sale, and have been using it on a daily basis since then. I also own (and continue to use) a Palm IIIxe.
Battery life for me has been about 2 to 2.5 hours with full backlight on (it's got 5 different settings, including off. The darker you go, the longer it lasts). The screen is very reflective, so if you're outside (or sitting in a window seat on a plane) you can turn the backlight off and get as much as 4-5 hours out of it.
It seems to charge back up completely pretty quickly once you plug it in, though. And I normally leave it sitting in the cradle (a la Palm V) charging when I'm not holding it in my office, etc.
But the short battery life definitely sucks if you're truly mobile with it (I fly quite a bit for business). How I wish it took regular (rechargeable) AAA batteries like my Palm...
It uses embedded Linux as the underlying OS (uname shows "2.4.6-rmk1-np2-embedix").
There are a couple of free terminal apps you can install (including multi-tab Konsole) to get a shell while in GUI mode. Or I suppose you could kill the GUI and run at the command line... but who wants that in a PDA?
There are a couple of howtos for cross-compiling for, and native compiling on, the Z at docs.zaurus.com. I don't any of that myself (yet), though, so I can only say I've glanced at the docs and they seem fairly straightforward.
OpenZaurus is a ROM image replacement that gives you more access to the installed RAM, etc. I haven't run it myself, but I've seen lots of positive comments. One note: some/many commercial Zaurus app providers like theKompany only support official Sharp ROMs. If you load their stuff on OZ and it doesn't work, oh well. But the OZ developers seem to be interested in knowing about problems like that to make OZ better.
BTW, theKompany apps rock (IMO) compared to the built-in ones. Yes, they cost a couple of $$ each, but you get free upgrades for life.
For all it's shortcomings, I haven't found much I can't do with the Z that I do use the Palm IIIxe for. And the "wow" factor of listening to my OGG files while surfing wirelessly or writing something with the keyboard is right up there... I can't count the number of people next to me on flights who have said "what _is_ that thing?":) The battery life could definitely be a problem though -- can't wait to try a 5600!
> if you keep both hands on the keyboard at all > times and don't spend hours upon hours browsing > for porn, you'll be spam-free.
A bit naive, I think. Many addresses are "legitimately" scraped from mailing or Usenet list archives, websites, resumes, etc.
Also, before the "recent" interest in spam prevention, selling email lists was an acceptable part of business, just like selling lists of snail mail addresses is (I used to work for a mailorder company and a large part of our revenue was selling the customer database to list brokers. when the company went under, that was one of the most valuable assets that was sold to pay creditors).
I personally have gotten spam in an Earthlink dialup account that I only use for connecting when I'm on the road away from hotels with broadband. I have never used the email address assigned there for anything. When I randomly thought to check it one day, there was spam in it! (And this from an ISP who advertises on TV about how great their spam prevention is.)
I agree that porn-related activities probably account for the majority of spam. But to say that if you get spam you're a pervert is a bit extreme.
> I'm taking my Delta frequent flyer miles and > giving them to the make a wish foundation. They > have lost my business forever.
My sentiments exactly. I always hated Delta anyway -- the few times I flew on them, something crappy always happened (stranded due to cancelled flights, lost luggage, etc). Now I know for sure to avoid them at all costs!
What I want to know is if this will somehow impact an individual's credit report -- too many queries too quickly have a negative effect. I'm hoping these jokers will at least use a read-only copy of the credit database, but ya never know...
"Honey - you know that house we wanted to buy? Well I just got rerouted through 2 alternate airports due to bad weather, and now our FICO score is too low to get the loan..."
Sun is doing this... at least, they were looking into it last summer. When I was still working there, I was part of a trial user group. We got unlimited access to it - not just 10 books or so.
The positive response was overwhelming, according to the follow-up email sent out at the end of the trial period. I have no idea what O'Reilly would charge for something like that, but I'm guessing a large-enough company would find it worthwhile to have any employee instantly able to find whatever they needed.
I think the comment was in reference to their rewriting in Perl. And if CluelessScripter _had_ used Perl, _and_ had enough of a clue to use "use strict," he would not have had so many problems.
> To kill these microorganisms, the compost must reach temperatures over 160 Deg F > and stay there for an extended period of time.
Actually, according to the book, 120 degrees F for a few days is all the EPA says is necessary. And the thermophilic (my word for the day) action from the microorganisms chowing down gets the temp up that high or higher: one section discusses checking the temperature, and apparently for a large properly operating compost pile, an inserted metal rod will get hot enough to be uncomfortable to hold in your hand after 10-15 minutes.
Low volume isn't the only reason they don't fab themselves... outsourcing that process allows Sun to seek best-of-breed fab technology without having to invest huge $$ in fab infrastructure and then have to "get their $$ worth" out of it. Which makes the stockholders happy (happy as can be, anyway...)
And TI (their main fab partner) gets the symbiotic benefit of having a reason to accelerate and chase the latest and greatest fab stuff to then use on their _own_ products (mainly DSP chips).
Yeah, powdered graphite on the 'axles' is _crucial_!!
And max out the weight.
I remember a winning design (not mine though) was a long pencil-shaped body, just thick enough to provide solid mounting for the axle cross members. They drilled the center of the body out and filled it with lead shot up to the weight limit. A 747-looking rudder capped it off on the ass end (more for intimidation than effect, I'm sure).
And don't forget the stripes! Use this site for inspiration!:)
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Yeah, I looked at it more closely after posting and saw that... oh well. It's still funny that they're using it as an example of secure code...
I love the image at the top of the article showing the "sample of the code for a more secure version of Microsoft Windows" -- just some random binary file open in a hex editor.
Gotta love the NYT - their editors are on the ball!
Silly rabbit, nobody's ever really been to the moon, or even in space for that matter. It's all just a big hoax to cover up spending on other programs...
A Continental jet cockpit? How ironically funny if he could make it Linux-powered...
In the break room at a company I visited, there was a poster over the coffee machine of spider web pictures some researcher had taken after injecting spiders with various types of drugs (cocaine, heroin, LSD, etc), including caffeine.
What was scary -- all the "regular" drugs caused odd patterns in the webs but they were at least regular and identifiable as spider webs - some had more concentric rings, or more "spokes", or a square shape instead of "round", etc.
But the caffeine-stimulated spider's web looked like a pile of pickup sticks, with no discernible pattern at all.
Not sure what that means for those of us with fewer than 8 legs, but it definitely made me think twice each time I filled my coffee cup.
A[ctually|llegedly] _he_ didn't make the identifying entry. The way the gallery of images is set up, anyone can make comments and/or add captions to the photos. And that's what happened to Ms. Streisand's estate photo, and other celebrities' homes that were snapped as well.
<Linda Richman>
"I'm verklempt. Twok amongst yourselves. The topic is: she needs to get over it, and get over herself."
</Linda Richman>
You know, no big whoop.
Best sig I've seen in a long time! :)
Longest.Trailer.Ever.
That's the first thing I thought of at the end, as the 45-minute credits scrolled by: that was nothing more than a kick-ass setup for Matrix Revolutions. I sure hope the finale pays off. (I'll be in line to see it regardless though!)
they should use it to replicate themselves another web server or two to handle the
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
A fellow San Diego Perl Monger has written a book about Perl and the web, including a chapter about web services.
It's a New Riders book, but the entire contents are available free on the web.
I picked up my Zaurus at Linuxworld in San Francisco last fall during Sharp's "half off" sale, and have been using it on a daily basis since then. I also own (and continue to use) a Palm IIIxe.
:) The battery life could definitely be a problem though -- can't wait to try a 5600!
Battery life for me has been about 2 to 2.5 hours with full backlight on (it's got 5 different settings, including off. The darker you go, the longer it lasts). The screen is very reflective, so if you're outside (or sitting in a window seat on a plane) you can turn the backlight off and get as much as 4-5 hours out of it.
It seems to charge back up completely pretty quickly once you plug it in, though. And I normally leave it sitting in the cradle (a la Palm V) charging when I'm not holding it in my office, etc.
But the short battery life definitely sucks if you're truly mobile with it (I fly quite a bit for business). How I wish it took regular (rechargeable) AAA batteries like my Palm...
It uses embedded Linux as the underlying OS (uname shows "2.4.6-rmk1-np2-embedix").
There are a couple of free terminal apps you can install (including multi-tab Konsole) to get a shell while in GUI mode. Or I suppose you could kill the GUI and run at the command line... but who wants that in a PDA?
There are a couple of howtos for cross-compiling for, and native compiling on, the Z at docs.zaurus.com. I don't any of that myself (yet), though, so I can only say I've glanced at the docs and they seem fairly straightforward.
OpenZaurus is a ROM image replacement that gives you more access to the installed RAM, etc. I haven't run it myself, but I've seen lots of positive comments. One note: some/many commercial Zaurus app providers like theKompany only support official Sharp ROMs. If you load their stuff on OZ and it doesn't work, oh well. But the OZ developers seem to be interested in knowing about problems like that to make OZ better.
BTW, theKompany apps rock (IMO) compared to the built-in ones. Yes, they cost a couple of $$ each, but you get free upgrades for life.
For all it's shortcomings, I haven't found much I can't do with the Z that I do use the Palm IIIxe for. And the "wow" factor of listening to my OGG files while surfing wirelessly or writing something with the keyboard is right up there... I can't count the number of people next to me on flights who have said "what _is_ that thing?"
> if you keep both hands on the keyboard at all
> times and don't spend hours upon hours browsing
> for porn, you'll be spam-free.
A bit naive, I think. Many addresses are "legitimately" scraped from mailing or Usenet list archives, websites, resumes, etc.
Also, before the "recent" interest in spam prevention, selling email lists was an acceptable part of business, just like selling lists of snail mail addresses is (I used to work for a mailorder company and a large part of our revenue was selling the customer database to list brokers. when the company went under, that was one of the most valuable assets that was sold to pay creditors).
I personally have gotten spam in an Earthlink dialup account that I only use for connecting when I'm on the road away from hotels with broadband. I have never used the email address assigned there for anything. When I randomly thought to check it one day, there was spam in it! (And this from an ISP who advertises on TV about how great their spam prevention is.)
I agree that porn-related activities probably account for the majority of spam. But to say that if you get spam you're a pervert is a bit extreme.
> I'm taking my Delta frequent flyer miles and
> giving them to the make a wish foundation. They
> have lost my business forever.
My sentiments exactly. I always hated Delta anyway -- the few times I flew on them, something crappy always happened (stranded due to cancelled flights, lost luggage, etc). Now I know for sure to avoid them at all costs!
What I want to know is if this will somehow impact an individual's credit report -- too many queries too quickly have a negative effect. I'm hoping these jokers will at least use a read-only copy of the credit database, but ya never know...
"Honey - you know that house we wanted to buy? Well I just got rerouted through 2 alternate airports due to bad weather, and now our FICO score is too low to get the loan..."
Sun is doing this... at least, they were looking into it last summer. When I was still working there, I was part of a trial user group. We got unlimited access to it - not just 10 books or so.
The positive response was overwhelming, according to the follow-up email sent out at the end of the trial period. I have no idea what O'Reilly would charge for something like that, but I'm guessing a large-enough company would find it worthwhile to have any employee instantly able to find whatever they needed.
I think the comment was in reference to their rewriting in Perl. And if CluelessScripter _had_ used Perl, _and_ had enough of a clue to use "use strict," he would not have had so many problems.
My interpretation of it, anyway...
> but i would've totally missed out on becoming a master of what i really love.
Your own domain?
> To kill these microorganisms, the compost must reach temperatures over 160 Deg F
> and stay there for an extended period of time.
Actually, according to the book, 120 degrees F for a few days is all the EPA says is necessary. And the thermophilic (my word for the day) action from the microorganisms chowing down gets the temp up that high or higher: one section discusses checking the temperature, and apparently for a large properly operating compost pile, an inserted metal rod will get hot enough to be uncomfortable to hold in your hand after 10-15 minutes.
Low volume isn't the only reason they don't fab themselves... outsourcing that process allows Sun to seek best-of-breed fab technology without having to invest huge $$ in fab infrastructure and then have to "get their $$ worth" out of it. Which makes the stockholders happy (happy as can be, anyway...)
And TI (their main fab partner) gets the symbiotic benefit of having a reason to accelerate and chase the latest and greatest fab stuff to then use on their _own_ products (mainly DSP chips).
Hey, he must have come up with the premise for 'Sneakers' also -- "too many secrets"!!
Guess that web server needs some water cooling too...
Get it? It's already melting... under the load...
Never mind...
Yeah, powdered graphite on the 'axles' is _crucial_!!
:)
And max out the weight.
I remember a winning design (not mine though) was a long pencil-shaped body, just thick enough to provide solid mounting for the axle cross members. They drilled the center of the body out and filled it with lead shot up to the weight limit. A 747-looking rudder capped it off on the ass end (more for intimidation than effect, I'm sure).
And don't forget the stripes! Use this site for inspiration!
Here's a link for you who don't know about 4:20...
I mean, how cool would it be to get married at exactly 4:20? (wink, wink)
:)
If you're gonna get that anal about the time, make it worthwhile!
Seriously, congrats and much happiness from someone you don't know and will never meet... (just like all the guests at _my_ wedding!)
...Ph.D. in Computer Science has YOU!