Does anyone know - could these debug features be used to do something like break Operating System security models, leading to privilege escalation issues, or for other nefarious purposes?
Exactly my thoughts as well. Perhaps if these features were documented, and compilers and kernels were written with these features in mind, they would be insanely helpful. This way, however, it's just a back door wide open.
Google is in no way too big to fail, technology companies always seem to have a more than ample supply of other companies willing to take the market share.
Google is big enough to kill other companies just by taking them out of their search results. What exactly do you mean by "in no way too big to fail"?
You will if you really wanted to. But what I noticed with most geeks is that they don't care. They wouldn't mind it, but don't care enough to really go for it.
2. you can't identify your prime minister by sight?
Would you remember this guy? Never was anyone, never did anything, didn't even run for re-election. After the previous shithead stepped down, his job was basically to smile at the cameras until the elections they were sure to lose.
I did my research, found the person I liked and I voted for them even though they are likely to win.
We need more people like you.
As for me, last time I accidentally watched TV, I had the following conversation with my neighbor: "Who the fuck is that?" - "That's the mayor." - "Wow. And what about that shithead standing next to him?" - "That's the prime minister..."
As a french keyboard user and C programmer, I must say that I curse the fact that you have to use Alt-Gr for { [ @ # or |
How about switching layouts? I use Hungarian when writing Hungarian and US when coding or writing English. You'll also learn to not look at the keyboard really quickly.
If he really wants to go into creative writing, we might remind him that the 26 letters of the alphabet were good enough for Shakespeare.
Exactly. Completely Missing The Point at its best.
1. The idea behind modern programming is reducing complexity. That can't really be done by using symbols no other programmer has ever seen before. 2. Most programming fonts go out of their way to make those symbols look distinct. You simply have to know if that's a zero or an upper-case O. Imagine trying to figure out if that there is a Greek upper-case Omega or a "Dentistry symbol light down and horizontal with wave" (taken from TFA). 3. APL died for a reason. 4. Author cites C++ operator overloading as a good thing. 'Nuff said.
Stop kidding yourself, there is nothing dangerous or offensive on the internet.
Stop kidding yourself, and show your kids some Goatse or Zippocat. That said, the "dangerous or offensive" nature does not come from the internet, and is by no means exclusive to it.
For example, when I was 6, I was told there was an invisible man in the sky who drowned all the puppies in the world (except two), and that this was a good thing.
I have a USB 3G Modem with a 5 Gig limit which I watched quite carefully. When I knowingly went over just a few hundred megabytes my bill went from $50.00 to $750.00.
As much as I hate Vodafone UK for their quality and practices, at least they got this part right: prepay. When you go over, it just stops sending you data, and everyone is happy.
but the Bible told that it was round. (Isaiah 40:22)
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
especially since we are talking about the quality of the comments, an inheritly subjective issue.
There are ways to improve it, however. The biggest issue for me right now is that I see (and more importantly, look for!) the score before reading the comment itself.
You simply judge the same comment differently if you already know it's supposed to be Interesting or Funny.
Dell, HP and Lenovo don't put up " recommends Windows 7" on each page because they actually do recommend Windows 7. They do it because Microsoft pays them money to do it.
If you had a company that sells computers, what would you recommend? 7 is better for that purpose than all other OSes combined.
Sure, Linux is free, but what else does it do? Specifically, what does it do that is interesting for J. Random User and Windows doesn't do it? The best I can come up with is development tools (KDevelop4 variable coloring!), half-assed clones of well-known Windows software, and great cross-platform stuff you use on windows anyway. Then there's Xorg: if they ever plug in another screen to your laptop, expect three hours of support calls instead of three mouse clicks.
Disclaimer: I use Gentoo except for games. I installed Debian for my mom to cut down on fly-home-tech-support costs. I wouldn't recommend Linux for anyone who needs more than a browser and my recommendation.
Every connected device will be mandated to have the bottom 64 bits of its ipv6 address store a pc health certification identifier which will link to their owner's unique citizen identifier. I told you this was coming...
Specifically, your plan fails to account for
(X) Lack of centrally controlling authority (X) Open relays in foreign countries (X) Asshats (X) Jurisdictional problems (X) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes (X) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
but have you ever actually been to Eastern Europe?
You mean the countries where tax evasion is a national sport, the people don't even realize they should pay for software, and when you tell them, they know you're joking?
I personally have not seen *anyone* who paid for any version of Windows unless their company got hit with an extensive tax audit. I'm from Hungary.
The thing is, noscript doesn'HEY YOU JUST TYPED AN APOSTROPHE, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t offer much in the way of proHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)tection and an awful loHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t of annoyance.HEY YOU JUST TYPED A FULL STOP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)
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Does anyone know - could these debug features be used to do something like break Operating System security models, leading to privilege escalation issues, or for other nefarious purposes?
Exactly my thoughts as well. Perhaps if these features were documented, and compilers and kernels were written with these features in mind, they would be insanely helpful. This way, however, it's just a back door wide open.
How bout some rtfa'ing up in this piece?
You must be new here.
Google is in no way too big to fail, technology companies always seem to have a more than ample supply of other companies willing to take the market share.
Google is big enough to kill other companies just by taking them out of their search results. What exactly do you mean by "in no way too big to fail"?
You will if you really wanted to. But what I noticed with most geeks is that they don't care. They wouldn't mind it, but don't care enough to really go for it.
Meh. Computers are more predictable.
Shhh, we're talking about Agile. Put your logic away and break out the Bib^Wmanifesto.
2. you can't identify your prime minister by sight?
Would you remember this guy? Never was anyone, never did anything, didn't even run for re-election. After the previous shithead stepped down, his job was basically to smile at the cameras until the elections they were sure to lose.
I did my research, found the person I liked and I voted for them even though they are likely to win.
We need more people like you.
As for me, last time I accidentally watched TV, I had the following conversation with my neighbor: "Who the fuck is that?" - "That's the mayor." - "Wow. And what about that shithead standing next to him?" - "That's the prime minister..."
As a french keyboard user and C programmer, I must say that I curse the fact that you have to use Alt-Gr for { [ @ # or |
How about switching layouts? I use Hungarian when writing Hungarian and US when coding or writing English. You'll also learn to not look at the keyboard really quickly.
If he really wants to go into creative writing, we might remind him that the 26 letters of the alphabet were good enough for Shakespeare.
Exactly. Completely Missing The Point at its best.
1. The idea behind modern programming is reducing complexity. That can't really be done by using symbols no other programmer has ever seen before.
2. Most programming fonts go out of their way to make those symbols look distinct. You simply have to know if that's a zero or an upper-case O. Imagine trying to figure out if that there is a Greek upper-case Omega or a "Dentistry symbol light down and horizontal with wave" (taken from TFA).
3. APL died for a reason.
4. Author cites C++ operator overloading as a good thing. 'Nuff said.
Stop kidding yourself, there is nothing dangerous or offensive on the internet.
Stop kidding yourself, and show your kids some Goatse or Zippocat. That said, the "dangerous or offensive" nature does not come from the internet, and is by no means exclusive to it.
For example, when I was 6, I was told there was an invisible man in the sky who drowned all the puppies in the world (except two), and that this was a good thing.
The solution is we should take our business elsewhere, because we are the ones who care about the human cost.
Define "we". Most people care more about the price of the phone they want to buy than the lives of some random Chinese workers. Including the Chinese.
Couldn't agree with you more. It's a sad day when xkcd can be used legitimately in court.
why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
RTFA.
I have a USB 3G Modem with a 5 Gig limit which I watched quite carefully. When I knowingly went over just a few hundred megabytes my bill went from $50.00 to $750.00.
As much as I hate Vodafone UK for their quality and practices, at least they got this part right: prepay. When you go over, it just stops sending you data, and everyone is happy.
but the Bible told that it was round. (Isaiah 40:22)
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Which Bible are we talking about?
especially since we are talking about the quality of the comments, an inheritly subjective issue.
There are ways to improve it, however. The biggest issue for me right now is that I see (and more importantly, look for!) the score before reading the comment itself.
You simply judge the same comment differently if you already know it's supposed to be Interesting or Funny.
Dell, HP and Lenovo don't put up " recommends Windows 7" on each page because they actually do recommend Windows 7. They do it because Microsoft pays them money to do it.
If you had a company that sells computers, what would you recommend? 7 is better for that purpose than all other OSes combined.
Sure, Linux is free, but what else does it do? Specifically, what does it do that is interesting for J. Random User and Windows doesn't do it? The best I can come up with is development tools (KDevelop4 variable coloring!), half-assed clones of well-known Windows software, and great cross-platform stuff you use on windows anyway. Then there's Xorg: if they ever plug in another screen to your laptop, expect three hours of support calls instead of three mouse clicks.
Disclaimer: I use Gentoo except for games. I installed Debian for my mom to cut down on fly-home-tech-support costs. I wouldn't recommend Linux for anyone who needs more than a browser and my recommendation.
Every connected device will be mandated to have the bottom 64 bits of its ipv6 address store a pc health certification identifier which will link to their owner's unique citizen identifier. I told you this was coming...
Specifically, your plan fails to account for
(X) Lack of centrally controlling authority
(X) Open relays in foreign countries
(X) Asshats
(X) Jurisdictional problems
(X) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
(X) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
...is that anyone can write apps that will suck the remaining privacy we have out of us and sell it to the highest bidder.
Nobody wants to suck my privacy out of me :(
but have you ever actually been to Eastern Europe?
You mean the countries where tax evasion is a national sport, the people don't even realize they should pay for software, and when you tell them, they know you're joking?
I personally have not seen *anyone* who paid for any version of Windows unless their company got hit with an extensive tax audit. I'm from Hungary.
No confirmation, no denials, no explanation, no reason to believe it at all... ...and this is news?
Well, I didn't hear it before, so I guess it qualifies...
My grandmother lives in Vladivostok.
Hint: if it's closer to Japan than Germany, it's not Europe.
Can you invite them as friends? Can you say social networking?
Please don't give them ideas :(
You sound like a person blaming women being raped because she dresses sexy.
The people we're talking about are not just dressing sexy, they're walking in a prison, pulling their pants down and yelling "Come and get it, boys!".
The thing is, noscript doesn'HEY YOU JUST TYPED AN APOSTROPHE, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t offer much in the way of proHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)tection and an awful loHEY YOU JUST TYPED AN O, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)t of annoyance.HEY YOU JUST TYPED A FULL STOP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ALLOW THIS? (Y/N)
Stop using Vista then.