I have memories of this odd input device. It looked very similar to a regular computer mouse, but the ball was ON TOP. I think they called it a "trackball". Oddly enough, by simply manipulating the ball with one's thumb, you get the same effect as moving the mouse across the desk, but the trackball remained stationary! I do wonder if that might be useful to you, as it could, theoretically, be placed on any surface and work just fine.
Yes, but how can we be sure a "slap on the wrist" will REALLY get them to stop?
Then again, it would be negative press if they ground some teenager into the figurative dirt....
Probably for the same reason that I am saddened by the grammatical structure of your sentence. I place unreasonably high expectations on the grammatical prowess of others. Of course, now that I've said that, there will undoubtedly be some other grammar Nazi pointing out each grammatical error in my post. Such is the way things are.
Now see, I was watching TV, and came across the idea that there would be an RFID tag in the food and your credit card, and it'd be a small matter of simply walking through a post or whatever, and it'd automagically deduct the money from your credit card account - then it proceeds to zap you with electricity, destroying the RFID tags in the process. Or something. Either that, or the in-store system just makes a note to ignore RFID tags belonging to the food you just purchased and you then walk out, no need to even get out your wallet.
No big deal. Since I use Thunderbird to check my email, and I don't pay for anything, there's nothing worth stealing. "OH NOES! SOMEONEZ HAX0R3D MY YTMND PASSWORD! T3H W0R1D IS 3ND1NG!!!!!!111one1" Seriously, all my important passwords (such as my Slashdot password), are stored in the most important place available: my brain. I figure, "If I can't remember the password for this site, this site is obviously inferior and not worthy of my attention!"
Technically, it might not actually be needed. Say that they guy who purchased it for $89,000,000 did so on credit. Then, he was paid $89,000,050 in credits. Net result= $50 credit to account. $89,000,000 bet being used as payment, a PS3 was theoretically purchased for $50.
I'll collect on that $50 bet now.
Hey! I still use Windows 98 (well only sometimes). It actually runs pretty well if you happen to remove that Internet Explorer crap that comes bundled...
But seriously, I run Windows 98 with the ultra-light Windows 95 shell and de-integrated. 98lite was the best thing I've ever downloaded!
Actually, just removing Internet Explorer probably "patched" quite a few of the security flaws.
You see, I happily use Windows 3.1 on my computer at home, and I havent had ANY virus problems. Sure, when I want to use the internet, I have to be risky and use my XP machine, but it's only a matter of time before everybody adopts Vista and people write viruses for Vista. Then, due to the fact that they will break backwards compatibility with Windows 98, I can finally upgrade my Windows 3.1 box to windows 98!
Sometimes it is more helpful to be several miles behind the dull edge than four feet in front of the bleeding edge.
Unless I'm mistaken, most Highschool Physics classes teach that c is shorthand for the speed of light, which is 3*(10^8) m/s. As used in an equation: 57.7% * c =.557c = 172,500,000 m/s (check: 3*10^8 = 300,000,000;.577 * 300,000,000 = 172,500,000 m/s).
It's not 57.7% relative to some object, it's 57.7% of light speed, or 172,500,000 m/s. Just thought I'd add my two cents.
Yeah, buy what you failed to note was that it lumped ALL Unix/Linux based systems together - Apple OS X, Red Hat, etc. Furthermore, the list was littered with "Updated" entries - essentially a previous entry which has been 'updated', and is lumped with the original.
Example: - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated) - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated) - Debian Lintian Insecure Temporary File - Debian Linux Firewall Loading Failure - Debian Module-Assistant Insecure Temporary File Creation - Red Hat BCM5820 Linux Driver Buffer Overflow (Updated) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Red Hat GNOME VFS updates address extfs vulnerability (Updated)
As you can see, many entries were repeated or were updates. Furthermore, just because one Unix/Linux had an error/bug/whatever does not mean they all had such an error/bug/whatever.
Plus, according to CERT, "This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software vulnerabilities that were identified between January 2005 and December 2005." Note the keyword IDENTIFIED. As in "those that were found" which may be significantly less than those errors or bugs that actually exist. Remember that with Open Source, anybody checking the code could find an error or report an error. With closed source code (like windows), only Microsoft has access to the code to debug it, so the chances of anybody else finding any flaws can correct or report it - unless you happen to get lucky and find a flaw, which is very unlikley.
Is it just me,or am I the only one who realizes that this is EXACTLY why we need to step up the space program. I want to be off this filthy planet and on some sort of space station or Mars colony, or something. That way, I can laugh at how pathetic the rest of the human race is as they overcrowd AND freeze, whilst I am on a spacious Mars colony, suffering only minor discomfort at the slight chill (which is nowhere near as bad as Earth's mini-Ice Age)
My solution is simple, and requires no math skills whatsoever. In order for them to be locked in the individual cells, they all had to be led through the central room, so that they know what's going on. Therefore, everybody had been through the central chamber at least once.
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I have memories of this odd input device. It looked very similar to a regular computer mouse, but the ball was ON TOP. I think they called it a "trackball". Oddly enough, by simply manipulating the ball with one's thumb, you get the same effect as moving the mouse across the desk, but the trackball remained stationary! I do wonder if that might be useful to you, as it could, theoretically, be placed on any surface and work just fine.
Yes, but how can we be sure a "slap on the wrist" will REALLY get them to stop? Then again, it would be negative press if they ground some teenager into the figurative dirt....
Probably for the same reason that I am saddened by the grammatical structure of your sentence. I place unreasonably high expectations on the grammatical prowess of others. Of course, now that I've said that, there will undoubtedly be some other grammar Nazi pointing out each grammatical error in my post. Such is the way things are.
Now see, I was watching TV, and came across the idea that there would be an RFID tag in the food and your credit card, and it'd be a small matter of simply walking through a post or whatever, and it'd automagically deduct the money from your credit card account - then it proceeds to zap you with electricity, destroying the RFID tags in the process. Or something. Either that, or the in-store system just makes a note to ignore RFID tags belonging to the food you just purchased and you then walk out, no need to even get out your wallet.
Sarcasm, FTW.
Unless I fell victim to sarcasm myself, in which case I've just been played for a fool.
Grr! I'll concede this round, but I'll be back!
No big deal. Since I use Thunderbird to check my email, and I don't pay for anything, there's nothing worth stealing. "OH NOES! SOMEONEZ HAX0R3D MY YTMND PASSWORD! T3H W0R1D IS 3ND1NG!!!!!!111one1" Seriously, all my important passwords (such as my Slashdot password), are stored in the most important place available: my brain. I figure, "If I can't remember the password for this site, this site is obviously inferior and not worthy of my attention!"
Including sarcasm!
Technically, it might not actually be needed. Say that they guy who purchased it for $89,000,000 did so on credit. Then, he was paid $89,000,050 in credits. Net result= $50 credit to account. $89,000,000 bet being used as payment, a PS3 was theoretically purchased for $50. I'll collect on that $50 bet now.
Hey! I still use Windows 98 (well only sometimes). It actually runs pretty well if you happen to remove that Internet Explorer crap that comes bundled...
But seriously, I run Windows 98 with the ultra-light Windows 95 shell and de-integrated. 98lite was the best thing I've ever downloaded!
Actually, just removing Internet Explorer probably "patched" quite a few of the security flaws.
Reminds me of Schrödinger's cat expiriment (the very act of observing has an effect on the outcome)...
except that the child isn't being left in a box with a potentially harmful substance for an undetermined amount of time...
Wait! Since when did anybody here have a "girlfriend"?
Clearly this is a case of somebody spoofing sombody else's slashdot account!
Is nothing sacred?
The real question is, will these shark-mind control devices run Linux?
You see, I happily use Windows 3.1 on my computer at home, and I havent had ANY virus problems. Sure, when I want to use the internet, I have to be risky and use my XP machine, but it's only a matter of time before everybody adopts Vista and people write viruses for Vista. Then, due to the fact that they will break backwards compatibility with Windows 98, I can finally upgrade my Windows 3.1 box to windows 98!
Sometimes it is more helpful to be several miles behind the dull edge than four feet in front of the bleeding edge.
Unless I'm mistaken, most Highschool Physics classes teach that c is shorthand for the speed of light, which is 3*(10^8) m/s. As used in an equation: 57.7% * c = .557c = 172,500,000 m/s (check: 3*10^8 = 300,000,000; .577 * 300,000,000 = 172,500,000 m/s).
It's not 57.7% relative to some object, it's 57.7% of light speed, or 172,500,000 m/s. Just thought I'd add my two cents.
Yeah, buy what you failed to note was that it lumped ALL Unix/Linux based systems together - Apple OS X, Red Hat, etc. Furthermore, the list was littered with "Updated" entries - essentially a previous entry which has been 'updated', and is lumped with the original.
Example:
- Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities
- Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated)
- Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated)
- Debian Lintian Insecure Temporary File
- Debian Linux Firewall Loading Failure
- Debian Module-Assistant Insecure Temporary File Creation
- Red Hat BCM5820 Linux Driver Buffer Overflow (Updated)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
- Red Hat GNOME VFS updates address extfs vulnerability (Updated)
As you can see, many entries were repeated or were updates. Furthermore, just because one Unix/Linux had an error/bug/whatever does not mean they all had such an error/bug/whatever.
Plus, according to CERT, "This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software vulnerabilities that were identified between January 2005 and December 2005." Note the keyword IDENTIFIED. As in "those that were found" which may be significantly less than those errors or bugs that actually exist. Remember that with Open Source, anybody checking the code could find an error or report an error. With closed source code (like windows), only Microsoft has access to the code to debug it, so the chances of anybody else finding any flaws can correct or report it - unless you happen to get lucky and find a flaw, which is very unlikley.
Is it just me,or am I the only one who realizes that this is EXACTLY why we need to step up the space program. I want to be off this filthy planet and on some sort of space station or Mars colony, or something. That way, I can laugh at how pathetic the rest of the human race is as they overcrowd AND freeze, whilst I am on a spacious Mars colony, suffering only minor discomfort at the slight chill (which is nowhere near as bad as Earth's mini-Ice Age)
My solution is simple, and requires no math skills whatsoever. In order for them to be locked in the individual cells, they all had to be led through the central room, so that they know what's going on. Therefore, everybody had been through the central chamber at least once.