"Which direction would the other man take to the honest village?"
Then go the opposite direction.
Let's say the honest town is to the left. If you ask "what would the other guy say" to the liar, the liar knows the honest guy would say "left" so he lies and says "right." Likewise, the honest guy knows the other guy is a liar and says "right."
Wake me up when an E.coli bacteria transforms into a non-E.coli bacteria. You can create a strain that is immune to every known antibiotic, but it will still be E.coli!
Why then in 700 pages is there barely a mention of how to configure a firewall?
Probably because a firewall has fuckall to do with with malware? Malware is an Application layer issue, and while Network/Transport layer security may help mitigate damage, it's not going to keep Clicky McFucktwit from opening GOODTIMES.EXE attached to his e-mail.
Eh, if they're selling their own, unlicensed software and using Nintendo's hardware, they're probably OK. Any manufacturing patents on NES-era technology have long since expired, and the NES has been reverse-engineered to heck and back thanks to the emu scene.
Now if they are in fact throwing in an "X in 1" cartridge that contains licensed NES games, then THAT would be clearly illegal.
Frivilous law suits are another one. The moment that you cap the awards limits is the moment the corporations win. They have tried like hell to get the average person to believe that some old lady burned herself with coffee and it's some how not their fault. The truth is that the coffee was a few degrees below BOILING. It caused third degree burns to her genitals. Her medial bills far exceed her ability to pay them. They had to perform skin grafts to her inner thighs. At first all she wanted was for them to pay the bill. I agree that she should NOT have used her lap as a "hot beverage securing device", but get real. This lady is scarred by hot liquid. Imagine if that was your child having to grow up with these scarrs. Unable to feel orgasm because the flesh was removed. Price tag that.
Out-of-control jury-calculated awards have also done a royal clusterf**k on health care costs. Key word there is "jury-calculated." The suggested tort law reforms have been centered around limiting the amount of damages a jury can declare. It sounds great in theory to "make the corporations pay" but the current system encourages the "jury jackpot" mentality.
Nah. Only UNIXes Adobe's had products for were Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX. And recently that's been cut to Solaris for recent versions of Distiller Server and FrameMaker (the two main UNIX products).
The purpose of the site is to get information to VOTERS. If you are a "non USian" (God, I hate that term. Take it back to K5 where it came from and let it die), you are not the intended audience.
DirecTV is already using this functionality in their STARZ! package, called "STARZ! on Demand." Basically, it automatically downloads movies to your DVR via the satellite. You have the benefit of relatively fast downloads (compared to dial-up, anyway), and the movies just show up. The downside is you don't get to pick what movie you get, but since it's on the DVR you can start the movie anytime you want.
Well, in your example, the description of Mickey Mouse IS owned by Disney. The description that the ISO specifications provide is free for anyone. The trick is actually implementing it. The commercially reproduced version costs 100 pounds, this version costs less (but may not be usable if you have a crappy printer).
It's sorta like the Bible. The actual scriptures are public domain, but the various translations--NKJV, NIV, etc--are copyrighted. I can go get the original Greek/Hebrew/Aramaic texts and translate them myself and get a result that is very close to an existing translation, and it is not illegal.
I worked for a printing systems company a while back and I seem to recall management mentioning that the company cooperates with the government in terms of helping to track printers and foil counterfeiters. I don't believe it's a microscopic number, but every printer will print slightly differently due to flaws in the manufacturing processes for heads and toner cartrdiges and the materials they use. The upshot of all that is that if The Law suspected that a letter came from your printer, they CAN verify that, given the original letter and your printer. It'd be pretty easy to send type samples for every printer serial number off to some federal database somewhere, though I don't know that it's done currently.
I don't think such a database would be worth anything. Like gun ballistics, the characteristics of a given printer will change over time. And all you have to do with most printers is change the toner cartridge, and you've modified the "signature" of the printer output.
If "a little soldering" is required, it is NOT built-in. I'm not even sure "some assembly required" is broad enough to describe it, since a soldering iron isn't something everyone has (compared to screwdrivers or hammers).
I'd love to use Thunderbird more, but it has some significant flaws (note: I haven't upgraded to the new version released a few days ago, so if these are fixed I'd love to hear about it).
1. When a stored password fails, the user isn't prompted for the password. You have to go into the password manager and DELETE the old password before you can enter a new one.
2. There does not appear to be the equivalent to "send/receive all", so I have to click on each account and click "Get mail" to check my e-mail. This is a big problem since I have 6 different accounts set up.
3. Setting up per-account SMTP servers is unnecessarily complicated. Is it too much to have the SMTP server settings for an account on the same page as the POP3 settings?
4. The "new mail" pop-up only pops up once per session, as far as I can tell. The sound effect is inconsistent also.
CS: Source DOES include significant gameplay changes!
- Accurate physics, including ragdoll physics for when players die; you can also push stuff around. - When you land from a jump, you STOP MOVING. No more bunny hoppers! Also if you fall from a high enough ledge to take damage, you stop moving for a bit. - Accurate hitboxes, so you actually have to hit the head to get a headshot. - The new fog effects make smoke grenades really useful. - Flashbangs actually make you deaf for a minute, as do grenades if they explode near you. - Jumping makes noise.
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XP SP2 also includes an automatic LSP chain fix tool.
If you say so. I incorrectly flagged two of the paypal e-mails as fraudulent because they both read like Engrish (AKA poorly translated Japanese text).
Your software isn't necessarily "phoning home." It's probably trying to do something mundane, like print. In fact, if you do something stupid like block all network access, you'll kill your ability to print!
As long as you make sure requests to "localhost" are allowed, you should be OK.:)
"Make the easy things easy, and the hard things possible." This applies to a lot more than just Perl scripts.
However, the "easy" thing is not always so cut-and-dried. Maybe he wants to remove red-eye from his digital photographs, and maybe he's using Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop can remove red-eye, but that's not its primary purpose. Removing red-eye in Photoshop is going to be a bit more complicated than a program dedicated to red-eye removal, but that is not a fault in Photoshop. In fact, an experienced Photoshop user could probably remove red-eye faster than an inexperienced user could remove red-eye in a dedicated program.
This is where usability testing is key--why spend time on a feature that only a tiny fraction of your user base is trying to do? Which would you rather see happen to The Gimp: a red-eye wizard, or a Windows version that doesn't spawn a new taskbar item for each new window?
It seems like a "duh" comment to say "make it easy to do common things!" but you have to know what the common things are, first!
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"Which direction would the other man take to the honest village?"
Then go the opposite direction.
Let's say the honest town is to the left. If you ask "what would the other guy say" to the liar, the liar knows the honest guy would say "left" so he lies and says "right." Likewise, the honest guy knows the other guy is a liar and says "right."
Nathan
Wake me up when an E.coli bacteria transforms into a non-E.coli bacteria. You can create a strain that is immune to every known antibiotic, but it will still be E.coli!
Probably an attempt to recover the investment in Thrill Kill with a piece of licensed crap.
Nathan
Probably because a firewall has fuckall to do with with malware? Malware is an Application layer issue, and while Network/Transport layer security may help mitigate damage, it's not going to keep Clicky McFucktwit from opening GOODTIMES.EXE attached to his e-mail.
Nathan
Hardly. It was a shit game, and EA just took advantage of the uproar to kill the project and get some "we care about the kids" press at the same time.
Nathan
Stac's failure had more to do with the exponential increase in hard drive capacity in the early 90s and less to do with Microsoft's dirty pool.
Nathan
Eh, if they're selling their own, unlicensed software and using Nintendo's hardware, they're probably OK. Any manufacturing patents on NES-era technology have long since expired, and the NES has been reverse-engineered to heck and back thanks to the emu scene.
Now if they are in fact throwing in an "X in 1" cartridge that contains licensed NES games, then THAT would be clearly illegal.
But IANAL.
Nathan
Out-of-control jury-calculated awards have also done a royal clusterf**k on health care costs. Key word there is "jury-calculated." The suggested tort law reforms have been centered around limiting the amount of damages a jury can declare. It sounds great in theory to "make the corporations pay" but the current system encourages the "jury jackpot" mentality.
Nathan
Nah. Only UNIXes Adobe's had products for were Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX. And recently that's been cut to Solaris for recent versions of Distiller Server and FrameMaker (the two main UNIX products).
Nathan
Geez, and Americans are accused of arrogance.
The purpose of the site is to get information to VOTERS. If you are a "non USian" (God, I hate that term. Take it back to K5 where it came from and let it die), you are not the intended audience.
Nathan
Well, it doesn't necessarily work like that.
DirecTV is already using this functionality in their STARZ! package, called "STARZ! on Demand." Basically, it automatically downloads movies to your DVR via the satellite. You have the benefit of relatively fast downloads (compared to dial-up, anyway), and the movies just show up. The downside is you don't get to pick what movie you get, but since it's on the DVR you can start the movie anytime you want.
Nathan
Well, in your example, the description of Mickey Mouse IS owned by Disney. The description that the ISO specifications provide is free for anyone. The trick is actually implementing it. The commercially reproduced version costs 100 pounds, this version costs less (but may not be usable if you have a crappy printer).
It's sorta like the Bible. The actual scriptures are public domain, but the various translations--NKJV, NIV, etc--are copyrighted. I can go get the original Greek/Hebrew/Aramaic texts and translate them myself and get a result that is very close to an existing translation, and it is not illegal.
Nathan
You ever hear of this gizmo, called a VCR? It uses, y'know, tapes?
Nathan
I don't think such a database would be worth anything. Like gun ballistics, the characteristics of a given printer will change over time. And all you have to do with most printers is change the toner cartridge, and you've modified the "signature" of the printer output.
Nathan
If "a little soldering" is required, it is NOT built-in. I'm not even sure "some assembly required" is broad enough to describe it, since a soldering iron isn't something everyone has (compared to screwdrivers or hammers).
Nathan
You left out the +9 Ogre Slaying Knife.
Nathan
I'd love to use Thunderbird more, but it has some significant flaws (note: I haven't upgraded to the new version released a few days ago, so if these are fixed I'd love to hear about it).
1. When a stored password fails, the user isn't prompted for the password. You have to go into the password manager and DELETE the old password before you can enter a new one.
2. There does not appear to be the equivalent to "send/receive all", so I have to click on each account and click "Get mail" to check my e-mail. This is a big problem since I have 6 different accounts set up.
3. Setting up per-account SMTP servers is unnecessarily complicated. Is it too much to have the SMTP server settings for an account on the same page as the POP3 settings?
4. The "new mail" pop-up only pops up once per session, as far as I can tell. The sound effect is inconsistent also.
Nathan
It was probably reposted intentionally because nobody could read the babyshit-beige version in the IT section.
Nathan
CS: Source DOES include significant gameplay changes!
- Accurate physics, including ragdoll physics for when players die; you can also push stuff around.
- When you land from a jump, you STOP MOVING. No more bunny hoppers! Also if you fall from a high enough ledge to take damage, you stop moving for a bit.
- Accurate hitboxes, so you actually have to hit the head to get a headshot.
- The new fog effects make smoke grenades really useful.
- Flashbangs actually make you deaf for a minute, as do grenades if they explode near you.
- Jumping makes noise.
Nathan
XP SP2 also includes an automatic LSP chain fix tool.
Nathan
If you say so. I incorrectly flagged two of the paypal e-mails as fraudulent because they both read like Engrish (AKA poorly translated Japanese text).
Nathan
You fell for the "blast processing" bit?
<Nelson>Ha, Ha!</Nelson>
Nathan
Your software isn't necessarily "phoning home." It's probably trying to do something mundane, like print. In fact, if you do something stupid like block all network access, you'll kill your ability to print!
:)
As long as you make sure requests to "localhost" are allowed, you should be OK.
Nathan
They don't call it "Bring 'em Young" for nothing.
Nathan
"Make the easy things easy, and the hard things possible." This applies to a lot more than just Perl scripts.
However, the "easy" thing is not always so cut-and-dried. Maybe he wants to remove red-eye from his digital photographs, and maybe he's using Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop can remove red-eye, but that's not its primary purpose. Removing red-eye in Photoshop is going to be a bit more complicated than a program dedicated to red-eye removal, but that is not a fault in Photoshop. In fact, an experienced Photoshop user could probably remove red-eye faster than an inexperienced user could remove red-eye in a dedicated program.
This is where usability testing is key--why spend time on a feature that only a tiny fraction of your user base is trying to do? Which would you rather see happen to The Gimp: a red-eye wizard, or a Windows version that doesn't spawn a new taskbar item for each new window?
It seems like a "duh" comment to say "make it easy to do common things!" but you have to know what the common things are, first!
Nathan