Leaving bugs is not something you do if you know they are there.
Depends on how much of the code you have to refactor to get rid of it, how many users are annoyed at that particular bug in the previous release, and how many new users you'd get by implementing the most asked-for feature instead.
You probably won't fix the bug where your text editor crashes if the user tries to open a file larger than 32 Gb first, if they've been also nagging you for global replace functionality.
All these industry leader racing toward openGL just proves how right you are?
Except they don't do OpenGL for cross-platform compatibility. They do DirectX for Windows, OpenGL for OS X, and everything else is flushed down the toilet.
WoW for example is nowhere near as fast on Windows with OpenGL as with DirectX. And they don't support Linux at all. Yeah, it might run on Wine if you sacrifice two goats for your favorite gaming gods, but that's hardly because Blizzard cares.
Yep. From now on, your standard Facebook login-ritual will include repeatedly bashing the keyboard with your forehead to throw off any typing-detection algorithm. Then halfway through the post too, just for good measure.
Copy-pasting all text is a very odd way of typing and could be flagged.
From your argument, it follows, that
- quoting from the post you're answering to is very odd and could be flagged
- youtube links are very odd and could be flagged
- sharing a patch with fellow developers is very odd and could be flagged
But nevermind that. Let's say the typing monitor works perfectly, and it can accurately detect who you want to have sex with (and whether you're going to rape and murder them). Let's say today it says I'm heterosexual and perfectly normal.
If I decide tomorrow that I like 6 year old boys better, and dump my girlfriend, what exactly will change in my typing that makes me detectable, how does it change, and most importantly, why would it? Remember, the algorithm is perfect.
And who the fuck came up with the idea that people have only typing style? Do you sometimes drink coffee while typing? Do you sometimes use the mouse while typing? Does one of your keys not work perfectly every time so you have to stop and think about it for a moment?
So if I do that when I'm talking to my girlfriend, am I a criminal? Also, there's this thing called the Backspace key, and I type faster with one hand than half the population with both.
One more thing: the caption for the picture says "Fears: Ashleigh Hall, 17, was murdered by Peter Chapman after meeting him on Facebook. Her killing has sparked calls for more security to protect people online"
Can you tell me how anything portrayed in this sentence could possibly relate to typing habits?
This whole article is just standard fearmongering, and not even the entertaining kind.
How does this work anyway? Does it account for the fact that I know my keyboard is wearing out and thus tend to hit the keys a bit stronger? Does that make me a man?
Does it account for the fact that I grew up typing, and don't even need to look at the keyboard or screen while typing, because it "flows"? Does that make me a woman?
Does it distinguish between typing on a laptop keyboard and a regular one? Since I'm used to laptop keys, I tend to go softer on regular keyboards. Does that make me a pedophile?
And most importantly: WHAT DOES MY TYPING SPEED HAVE TO DO WITH WHO I WANT TO FUCK?
Why anyone using/working on Wikileaks thinks they are above the law, I have never understood.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Thoughts wander. The hands not only input data, they filter it. Unless this thing has something analogous, it's useless and will remain so, no matter how much you can input at a time.
Yes they are safe by default just like a car with its wheels, engine and battery "disabled" by default is safe from most carjackers.
But they have a safe chassis. If you only look at the code involved in the default setup (hell, just the kernel), it's still way more than Firefox.
See? This is what I'm talking about. With all the work they do, this is all the respect they get. Give credit where credit is due: the parts they say is secure, is secure, and that's more than I can say for most software projects.
Let me ask you something: how many software project do you know where for each bug they find, they comb over the whole code base for the same type of bug? How many serious security flaws did they avoid by doing that?
Who's going to supervise the teen until they get to school?
Who supervises them at 2am when the parents are sleeping? Why don't you start installing security cameras in their bedroom while you're at it? Oh, wait.
OpenBSD seems to do just fine, with a bigger codebase, written in C.
Wanna guess what the difference is? They have security-obsessed people in charge.
Nobody gets credit for fixing a bug. Instead, we celebrate the people who get a fix out fastest. We don't care about flammable buildings, but we watch the response time of the fire department like a hawk.
Why can't you pull that back a little more so it's individual programs assigned to each CPU such that they don't have to interact with the OS at all once they are up and running? Can you imagine?
Sure. It'll wait for disk I/O ten times faster.
What we need is a "you don't want to use C: right now, trust me" signal. Ever tried to use Firefox while copying something big? Why does it take ages to display a webpage when it does not need to use the disk?
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Leaving bugs is not something you do if you know they are there.
Depends on how much of the code you have to refactor to get rid of it, how many users are annoyed at that particular bug in the previous release, and how many new users you'd get by implementing the most asked-for feature instead.
You probably won't fix the bug where your text editor crashes if the user tries to open a file larger than 32 Gb first, if they've been also nagging you for global replace functionality.
Diminishing returns applies to programming too... big surprise...
But you don't know how much each bug will cost. What if that little UI glitch gives remote root?
BTW Joel Spolsky said the same in 2001. Big fucking news indeed.
Except... Warcraft is 100% open GL.
Is it? Or better yet, start the same client two times at the same time and see it complain about DirectX.
All these industry leader racing toward openGL just proves how right you are?
Except they don't do OpenGL for cross-platform compatibility. They do DirectX for Windows, OpenGL for OS X, and everything else is flushed down the toilet.
WoW for example is nowhere near as fast on Windows with OpenGL as with DirectX. And they don't support Linux at all. Yeah, it might run on Wine if you sacrifice two goats for your favorite gaming gods, but that's hardly because Blizzard cares.
Slashdot just used up all their Big Brother references for the year.
Yeah. It's not like the US actually cares about international agreements they don't like, anyway. See Kyoto.
Have they ever?
Don't worry, "headling" still sounds smarter than the whole .NET vs. Mono debate.
Exactly.
90% of the Universe was discovered by thinking differently?
Hey, with a name like Very Large Telescope, something big was bound to happen.
Yeah, it limps alright. Just take a look at StackOverflow.
Though it does lead to some fun scenarios...
Yep. From now on, your standard Facebook login-ritual will include repeatedly bashing the keyboard with your forehead to throw off any typing-detection algorithm. Then halfway through the post too, just for good measure.
Copy-pasting all text is a very odd way of typing and could be flagged.
From your argument, it follows, that
- quoting from the post you're answering to is very odd and could be flagged
- youtube links are very odd and could be flagged
- sharing a patch with fellow developers is very odd and could be flagged
But nevermind that. Let's say the typing monitor works perfectly, and it can accurately detect who you want to have sex with (and whether you're going to rape and murder them). Let's say today it says I'm heterosexual and perfectly normal.
If I decide tomorrow that I like 6 year old boys better, and dump my girlfriend, what exactly will change in my typing that makes me detectable, how does it change, and most importantly, why would it? Remember, the algorithm is perfect.
And who the fuck came up with the idea that people have only typing style? Do you sometimes drink coffee while typing? Do you sometimes use the mouse while typing? Does one of your keys not work perfectly every time so you have to stop and think about it for a moment?
So if I do that when I'm talking to my girlfriend, am I a criminal? Also, there's this thing called the Backspace key, and I type faster with one hand than half the population with both.
One more thing: the caption for the picture says "Fears: Ashleigh Hall, 17, was murdered by Peter Chapman after meeting him on Facebook. Her killing has sparked calls for more security to protect people online"
Can you tell me how anything portrayed in this sentence could possibly relate to typing habits?
This whole article is just standard fearmongering, and not even the entertaining kind.
How does this work anyway? Does it account for the fact that I know my keyboard is wearing out and thus tend to hit the keys a bit stronger? Does that make me a man?
Does it account for the fact that I grew up typing, and don't even need to look at the keyboard or screen while typing, because it "flows"? Does that make me a woman?
Does it distinguish between typing on a laptop keyboard and a regular one? Since I'm used to laptop keys, I tend to go softer on regular keyboards. Does that make me a pedophile?
And most importantly: WHAT DOES MY TYPING SPEED HAVE TO DO WITH WHO I WANT TO FUCK?
you can get EXACTLY what you want
Or, if you're like me, you'll get EXACTLY what that table looked like the moment you got bored with the idea and went back to programming instead.
Why anyone using/working on Wikileaks thinks they are above the law, I have never understood.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I was told the First Amendment is above the law.
Perhaps you've got something else on your ASS
the technology isn't done yet
Thoughts wander. The hands not only input data, they filter it. Unless this thing has something analogous, it's useless and will remain so, no matter how much you can input at a time.
Yes they are safe by default just like a car with its wheels, engine and battery "disabled" by default is safe from most carjackers.
But they have a safe chassis. If you only look at the code involved in the default setup (hell, just the kernel), it's still way more than Firefox.
See? This is what I'm talking about. With all the work they do, this is all the respect they get. Give credit where credit is due: the parts they say is secure, is secure, and that's more than I can say for most software projects.
Let me ask you something: how many software project do you know where for each bug they find, they comb over the whole code base for the same type of bug? How many serious security flaws did they avoid by doing that?
Who's going to supervise the teen until they get to school?
Who supervises them at 2am when the parents are sleeping? Why don't you start installing security cameras in their bedroom while you're at it? Oh, wait.
OpenBSD seems to do just fine, with a bigger codebase, written in C.
Wanna guess what the difference is? They have security-obsessed people in charge.
Nobody gets credit for fixing a bug. Instead, we celebrate the people who get a fix out fastest. We don't care about flammable buildings, but we watch the response time of the fire department like a hawk.
2 to the negative power of a phone number.
Why can't you pull that back a little more so it's individual programs assigned to each CPU such that they don't have to interact with the OS at all once they are up and running? Can you imagine?
Sure. It'll wait for disk I/O ten times faster.
What we need is a "you don't want to use C: right now, trust me" signal. Ever tried to use Firefox while copying something big? Why does it take ages to display a webpage when it does not need to use the disk?