You do realize that the M$ demo was a fake, and that their "Surface" isn't capable of those features at this time. M$ admitted to this. See this video of Surface being used and demonstrated live. You are either be misinformed or lying.
The linux demo was a real demo. The iPhone is a real product. M$ is in fantasy land with a big useless table. Multi-touch has been kicking around for longer than this Linux project and the iPhone and Microsoft Surface, before we start giving Steve Jobs credit. Microsoft Surface specifically was first looked at by Bathiche and Wilson of Microsoft Research in 2001, and the first prototype was done in 2003. Apple had just released their iPod at this time, so I'd be amazed if the iPhone was under serious development at the time.
Multi-touch isn't even a big deal, it's the concept of surface computing, and the software they've developed to work with it. See the YouTube vid; it has some very interesting applications, and if the price of multi-touch screens goes down it'll be huge. (If the price doesn't go down it'll be a cute fingerprint-coated side attraction at expensive hotels and board rooms.)
So, I suppose you will blame the BIOS or the OS or anything _but_ _your_choice_ of CPUs when the security-related bugs that promise to allow any script kid to compromise your servers in unprecedented ways are exploited.
For me, choosing any CPU that has known security bugs to be used on any connected computer is reason enough to be fired. What security bugs? I don't know where people get the idea that there were security bugs in the errata Intel released. Theo said that out of 50 bugs "2-3" were "potentially exploitable", but as far as I know no-one has given so much as a proof of concept.
Saying that these bugs "allow any script kid to compromise your servers in unprecedented ways" is totally over the top.
No-one has shown that any of the bugs contain any sort of vulnerability,
no-one has shown that any of the hypothetical vulnerabilities allow remote code execution,
no-one has shown that any of the hypothetical remote code execution vulnerabilities could be exploited in realistic scenarios,
certainly nothing has been made available to script kids,
and I don't even know what "in unprecedented ways" means in this context.
It is just FUD, until someone can actually point out a realistic code execution vulnerability, or even a PoC, even one that could be exploited in unrealistic scenarios, even a DoS, an idea, anything!
If language was everything then Python and Ruby would be good, but unfortunately support and libraries are also important, so PHP and Perl are the better choice if you want something as useful as possible.
[paranoia] Wonder when you'll be downloading this important security update from Microsoft? [/paranoia] The same day as I switch (back) to Linux.
I use Pidgin only because I couldn't stand the ads in Live Messenger, I use Firefox mainly because of AdBlock, I download movies because I can't stand the ads in Blockbuster DVDs, and TV shows because I can't stand spending 1/3rd of the time watching ads, and I'll definitely put up with the hassles of WINE again if Windows starts forcing ads down my throat.
Anyone that write MS as M$ in an attempt at being cute or derogatory needs to have their life removed. The human race simply should not have to deal with such stupidity. Mmm, a slight overreaction.
The planet they detected water vapor on is, apparently, close enough to its star to be molten. Maybe superheating doesn't get rid of the water vapor, maybe it's about having a magnetic field or something.
5) Mammoth burgers.. seriously. If we really wiped these things extinct they might be very tasty, and what would be more marketable than a favorite human food that we haven't eaten in millennia.
Cloning from DNA alone is still science fiction though, but it would be interesting.
For a freak of nature experiment I'd like to see a human-chimpanzee hybrid. Apparently we're so closely related that we could interbreed, and I'd be very interested in what the hybrid would look like. It could have some interesting clues for anthropology.
Well, here in Quebec at least, such provisions are illegal and software manufacturers can and have been held responsible for the reliability and functionality of their products. The BSD license basically says nothing more than "I, the coder, will not be responsible if something goes wrong", so this isn't a new clause or a Microsoft specific clause.
Do people here really think that the US DoD don't already know about China's submarine bases? The US DoD has more satellites at better resolution than whatever commercial service Google maps uses.
... a thousand times. The traditional 2D-technology is uncompetitive since the end of the 1990s.
The cutting edge of optical disks are HD-DVDs als BR-Discs with up to 50 Gigs, but even todays
harddisks can store an entire terabyte of data. At a far higher cost per GB, which puts discs head and shoulders above hard disks/USB drives for distributing data in massive quantities.
But it's not one layer of defense, because the chances are that even without the firewall there are no remote exploits for your operating system. (Besides, I run a FreeBSD machine as a gateway/firewall as well)
I don't think so, the description could just detail the kind of exploit and the platforms on which it's exploitable etc. It would be in the seller's best interest to be completely truthful, because if they're not the bidder won't have to pay and they'd have given away their valuable exploit information.
I think this is a good idea though, though I can see why it's controversial. It'll create a market for people looking for security vulnerabilities, it'll make software companies pay attention and perhaps audit their software if someone lists a bug in their software.
It might be a cheap way for software companies to patch their own holes; by creating a marketplace for freelance security auditors, just so long as the software companies buy their own exploits, and it'd also name & shame companies that are repeatedly bid for, and the price for an exploit in a piece of software would be a fairly reliable security metric.
Selling information is a notoriously difficult thing to do though. Once you've sold the information will the buyer turn around and sell it to 10 other people at 1/9th of the original price?
It's an interesting idea anyway, I hope the lawyers don't ruin it.
It has to be big, insecure, have a big vent in the ceiling, be protected by inept guards with MP5s, eye scans, and laser beams, and have a 3D user interface that says "Access Denied" in big, big letters.
By the time it takes to get a million users get trained on UAC, IE7, Office 2007 and the support guys figure out how to get these running... the CIO could confdently move to Phase 2 with Linux-based web services, CRM, Business Intelligence etc. The army of MCSEs can be sent to Dell to support unfortunate CIOs stuck with Vista. I don't know what "Phase 2" is, or what CRM and "Business Intelligence" mean in that context, but I do know that it's easier to teach people to use User Access Controls, Internet Explorer 7, and Office 2007 than to design and implement an entirely new platform and teach people to use the new platform.
At least Gates did more than marketing, which is more than you can say for Steve Jobs (praise be upon him), and at least Gates didn't steal hundreds of dollars off of Allen, which is more than you can say for Jobs (praise be upon him) and Woz.
Your computer can't just "catch" a virus from being on the internet. Unless there's a remote exploit (that's exposed with the firewall on) the user has to actively run malicious code. If you just take some care and use some common sense you don't accidentally run malicious code.
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The linux demo was a real demo. The iPhone is a real product. M$ is in fantasy land with a big useless table. Multi-touch has been kicking around for longer than this Linux project and the iPhone and Microsoft Surface, before we start giving Steve Jobs credit. Microsoft Surface specifically was first looked at by Bathiche and Wilson of Microsoft Research in 2001, and the first prototype was done in 2003. Apple had just released their iPod at this time, so I'd be amazed if the iPhone was under serious development at the time.
Multi-touch isn't even a big deal, it's the concept of surface computing, and the software they've developed to work with it. See the YouTube vid; it has some very interesting applications, and if the price of multi-touch screens goes down it'll be huge. (If the price doesn't go down it'll be a cute fingerprint-coated side attraction at expensive hotels and board rooms.)
For me, choosing any CPU that has known security bugs to be used on any connected computer is reason enough to be fired. What security bugs? I don't know where people get the idea that there were security bugs in the errata Intel released. Theo said that out of 50 bugs "2-3" were "potentially exploitable", but as far as I know no-one has given so much as a proof of concept.
Saying that these bugs "allow any script kid to compromise your servers in unprecedented ways" is totally over the top.
It is just FUD, until someone can actually point out a realistic code execution vulnerability, or even a PoC, even one that could be exploited in unrealistic scenarios, even a DoS, an idea, anything!
If language was everything then Python and Ruby would be good, but unfortunately support and libraries are also important, so PHP and Perl are the better choice if you want something as useful as possible.
I use Pidgin only because I couldn't stand the ads in Live Messenger, I use Firefox mainly because of AdBlock, I download movies because I can't stand the ads in Blockbuster DVDs, and TV shows because I can't stand spending 1/3rd of the time watching ads, and I'll definitely put up with the hassles of WINE again if Windows starts forcing ads down my throat.
They haven't bought VMWare; a 13% stake is significant but Intel aren't running VMWare now by any means.
Will they call this period the "information revolution" or something cheesy like that?
The planet they detected water vapor on is, apparently, close enough to its star to be molten. Maybe superheating doesn't get rid of the water vapor, maybe it's about having a magnetic field or something.
5) Mammoth burgers.. seriously. If we really wiped these things extinct they might be very tasty, and what would be more marketable than a favorite human food that we haven't eaten in millennia.
Cloning from DNA alone is still science fiction though, but it would be interesting.
For a freak of nature experiment I'd like to see a human-chimpanzee hybrid. Apparently we're so closely related that we could interbreed, and I'd be very interested in what the hybrid would look like. It could have some interesting clues for anthropology.
With the difference that the CPU doesn't immidiately see right through the charade.
Maybe get it insured by PayPal, and claim it got so badly ruined because of poor postage handling.
Incidentally SQLite also requires regular VACUUMs.
Do people here really think that the US DoD don't already know about China's submarine bases? The US DoD has more satellites at better resolution than whatever commercial service Google maps uses.
Apparently it was Christened by Khrushchev himself.
Uglier, but cheaper and more functional. Yeah, that's pretty much open source in a nutshell.
... a thousand times. The traditional 2D-technology is uncompetitive since the end of the 1990s.The cutting edge of optical disks are HD-DVDs als BR-Discs with up to 50 Gigs, but even todays
harddisks can store an entire terabyte of data. At a far higher cost per GB, which puts discs head and shoulders above hard disks/USB drives for distributing data in massive quantities.
It's lucky Jobs went to his calligraphy classes; if he hadn't we'd all still be using monochrome terminals. (A pretty arrogant thing to imply)
But it's not one layer of defense, because the chances are that even without the firewall there are no remote exploits for your operating system. (Besides, I run a FreeBSD machine as a gateway/firewall as well)
I don't think so, the description could just detail the kind of exploit and the platforms on which it's exploitable etc. It would be in the seller's best interest to be completely truthful, because if they're not the bidder won't have to pay and they'd have given away their valuable exploit information.
I think this is a good idea though, though I can see why it's controversial. It'll create a market for people looking for security vulnerabilities, it'll make software companies pay attention and perhaps audit their software if someone lists a bug in their software.
It might be a cheap way for software companies to patch their own holes; by creating a marketplace for freelance security auditors, just so long as the software companies buy their own exploits, and it'd also name & shame companies that are repeatedly bid for, and the price for an exploit in a piece of software would be a fairly reliable security metric.
Selling information is a notoriously difficult thing to do though. Once you've sold the information will the buyer turn around and sell it to 10 other people at 1/9th of the original price?
It's an interesting idea anyway, I hope the lawyers don't ruin it.
It has to be big, insecure, have a big vent in the ceiling, be protected by inept guards with MP5s, eye scans, and laser beams, and have a 3D user interface that says "Access Denied" in big, big letters.
The post was meant to be funny right?
Scientists are definitely not known for playing down discoveries, but it is reassuring that it's a university and not a company.
At least Gates did more than marketing, which is more than you can say for Steve Jobs (praise be upon him), and at least Gates didn't steal hundreds of dollars off of Allen, which is more than you can say for Jobs (praise be upon him) and Woz.
Your computer can't just "catch" a virus from being on the internet. Unless there's a remote exploit (that's exposed with the firewall on) the user has to actively run malicious code. If you just take some care and use some common sense you don't accidentally run malicious code.