I can't imagine how selling computers to the second-most populous country in the world is in the company's long-term interest.
Eventually, as they become more developed, India will become one hell of a market. Now, how many people can actually afford a computer - even a Dell? And, you don't need to move to a country to sell there. There's something called the internet that gives anyone an automatic world presence.
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Did you read every line of code to look for potential security flaws, or did you just write code of your own?
Do you think every single other coder involed in the project read every line of code you wrote, and made sure there was no way it could introduce security holes?
I would expect that someone would at the very least look at the code that their code is interacting with for blatent holes. I don't expect them to write/run test cases to examine every line of code in the entire builld tree. I would expect it for their module at least. That's proper software developmnt.
My point was that in this day, I would think folks writing code would more conscious of potential security holes in their code - not just writing code and to hell with any potential exploints.
On another point, that might be an interesting OSS project - a security project that does exactly what you have mentioned and write test cases.
These things will NEVER be completely secure. Someone will always figure a way to hack them.
Eventually, folks will realize, that no matter how hard you try, you will never be completely safe: even if you become a shut-in. We just have to accept that life is terminal and it has inherit risks. Without those risks, life would be waaayy to fucking boring - for me anyway!
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"... You'd think that with OSS, with more people looking at the code, you're more apt at finding security holes. But are enough people really interested?"
Oh, really? I think so.
In this day and age with all of the security problems (especially with MS), OSS trying to gain market share, I'd think that every OSS coder would be really mindful of any potential holes. Especially if he knew that another developer would be looking at it. I would be really embarassed (if I were a developer) if I got an email saying something to the effect of "Hey dumbass, nice job of preventing buffer overflow there at line: xxx in abcdef.c! Don't worry, no one will EVER exploit that hole!"
A lot of times, people come into the restaruant she works in and while she's trying to take their order and ask them things like: "What kind of dressing do you want, what do you want to drink, etc...", they'll be looking at their crackberry and findling with the butons. Of course, they're asking her to repeat what she said and thy always get pissed when their order isn't what they thought they asked for. So, to make their rudness fun, while she's (other waitresses are doing this, too) taking their order, she'll interject a "meow", as in a cat's meow. The contest amoung the waitresses is to see how many "meows" they can say to the crackberryheads before they say "excuse me?". It's really fun to watch!
charge when someone is busted for one joint. Geeze! The trouble is, when you start exagerating the charges, it dilutes the original offense. Charge someone with "terrorist threats" when they threaten to kick someone ass, you make it so that when folks hear the "terrorist threat", they'll just think of some guy who's pissed off at someone - which is what I do now. Someone charged as a drug dealer, I just think he had a joint or two. Someone charged for having child porn, I think he was looking at a 17 1/2 year-old or something.
What I'm getting at too, is that, when I hear about these "crimes" I just think they're really nothing and it's just some prosecutor trying to make a name for himself.
Sorry, unless I see the evidence for myself, I don't believe the hype coming from law enforcement.
If you ignore the fact that mass producing of Child porn only fuels the interest for more child porn, adding 'fuel' to their proverbial 'fire'.
Where did you get that from?
There's plenty of "deviant behavior" porn out there ("shit eating", "golden showers", "screwing very old people", and much more), but it has never fueled interest in me. I've seen some of it and was completely grossed out over it. There could be child porn legally available, and I would never be interested in it - no matter how much is out there.
Those folks who are into the child porn need help.
Most CEOs are just middle managers who got promoted to the top spot; either from within or were hired from another company. But the thing is, what makes a good middle manager (attention to detail, thinking about finances, day to day stuff) is exactly what makes a poor CEO. To be a great CEO, you need to think about strategy, where your market is going, where there is new markets, ner tech, etc... - Which is exactly what Jobs does. Saying he's "trying to come up with the next blockbuster product." is over-simplifying what he does.
It's sad that corps have this mentality that you have to work your way up through the ranks before becoming a CEO. But the problem is, what gets you promoted on the lower levels actually hurts you as a CEO. (There's a reason why the average CEO job lasts less then 2 years - they fired.) If Jobs were concentrating an each department's finances and other details, he would have missed the boat on these new products.
Gates on the other hand, is not a visionary. He is a follower (which can pay off big), but look at MS's strategy: throw money at anything new. Apple on the other hand creates something new.
I think my point is made and I don't want to turn/. into a MBA class!:-(
... call in all of the bonds at once and force the US government to default, thus ruining the credit of the US government.
I agree with the dumping of their US bills and the affect on the exchange rate of the US dollar, but on calling in the bonds, ah, no. You can't do that. A bond is in a way a contract: it's like a mortgage. A bank can't just say to themsleves, well, we need the money, let's call his mortgage in. If you're in default, then they can do that. It's the same with Bonds. Maybe you meant that by if there was a Chinese economic war, then the US would default on their bonds. The US economy is HUGE. Let's put this way, if the entire world pulled all of their money to buy the US out, they'd come up quite short.
OTOH, some bonds can be called in by the Treasury. See here.
For those of you who don't get the parent's satire, replace "bribery" with campaign contributions, soft money, promises of really cushy consulting jobs when out of office, and anything else that's used to get a politician "on-board" to your or your company's agenda.
FTFA: The game types most effective in distracting from pain, meted out by cold pressor tests after 10 minutes of each subject playing a particular game type, were the sports and fighting games.
I wonder if these games produce an adrenaline response? It's like remembering a situation that really pissed you off and you start getting pissed off again - with the resulting adrenaline.
A lot of athletes will use imaging techniques to perfect their game. Only in this instance, you're placing yourself in the role of the game character. So when he gets hit, so do you - in your head.
but I'm afraid that if MS has to comply, then later on down the road, MS can claim that some OSS has put their code into [insert an OSS project]. Then we'll have SCO all over again.
He goes to the finance guys and says, "Hey, this game sold x million copies! Just think how many tickets it'll sell! Luv ya babe!"
The money guy's thinking, "Fuck, this guy's right! My kid is always in front of those things! We gotta put some $$$ in and the budget's below $100 million - WE CAN'T LOSE!"
Mix in some Hollywood coke and Voila! - A film is being made!
hoping for a little more than this. It looks like an IT department's report: not a report for an organization.
It was great of them to show where the money went. I would also like to see some sort of statement to see how their finances are. It could actually increase donations if folks were able to see how much a shoe-string operation they are.
Or does somehow the magic Apple logo protect you from all harm - and Bill Gates?
You see, you hold a crucifix straight up and down for Vampires; cock it 45 degrees so it sort of looks like the Apple logo, and you'll keep Gates away! But, there's a problem with Balmer, you also need the Firefox logo to ward him off. Sometimes, you need Nerdy, the MS Slayer. She's, yes, it's a woman, the chosen one. I can't say anymore now.
It's funny you mentioned that. I was just thinking of the military uses of a hand powered laptop. No need to recharde batteries, no need for generators, etc... Perfect for the War Lord on the Go (R).
There you go! There's a product idea. Warlord Laptops - when you need that information right before your rape and pillaging!
Testimonials...:
Why I have been raping and robbing for years and when I got my Warlord Laptop, our productivity has gone up 300%! I can now rape and pillage more villages than ever! - warlord in Congo
I wonder, will actually make it to their intended market ?
The aim is to have governments or donors buy them and give full ownership to the children.
I'm going to be real curious as to the after market value of these things. If it goes above $100, you can bet that those kids won't be getting them.
The devices will be lime green in color, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and, so the thinking goes, to fend off potential thieves.
So, if I paint a Ferrari lime green and put a hand crank on it, nobody will steal it?
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Eventually, as they become more developed, India will become one hell of a market. Now, how many people can actually afford a computer - even a Dell? And, you don't need to move to a country to sell there. There's something called the internet that gives anyone an automatic world presence.
Do you think every single other coder involed in the project read every line of code you wrote, and made sure there was no way it could introduce security holes?
I would expect that someone would at the very least look at the code that their code is interacting with for blatent holes. I don't expect them to write/run test cases to examine every line of code in the entire builld tree. I would expect it for their module at least. That's proper software developmnt.
My point was that in this day, I would think folks writing code would more conscious of potential security holes in their code - not just writing code and to hell with any potential exploints.
On another point, that might be an interesting OSS project - a security project that does exactly what you have mentioned and write test cases.
Eventually, folks will realize, that no matter how hard you try, you will never be completely safe: even if you become a shut-in. We just have to accept that life is terminal and it has inherit risks. Without those risks, life would be waaayy to fucking boring - for me anyway!
Oh, really? I think so.
In this day and age with all of the security problems (especially with MS), OSS trying to gain market share, I'd think that every OSS coder would be really mindful of any potential holes. Especially if he knew that another developer would be looking at it. I would be really embarassed (if I were a developer) if I got an email saying something to the effect of "Hey dumbass, nice job of preventing buffer overflow there at line: xxx in abcdef.c! Don't worry, no one will EVER exploit that hole!"
I got this from a waitress friend of mine...
A lot of times, people come into the restaruant she works in and while she's trying to take their order and ask them things like: "What kind of dressing do you want, what do you want to drink, etc...", they'll be looking at their crackberry and findling with the butons. Of course, they're asking her to repeat what she said and thy always get pissed when their order isn't what they thought they asked for. So, to make their rudness fun, while she's (other waitresses are doing this, too) taking their order, she'll interject a "meow", as in a cat's meow. The contest amoung the waitresses is to see how many "meows" they can say to the crackberryheads before they say "excuse me?". It's really fun to watch!
Still using that version? :-) (I have no right to throw stones - I knw!)
What I'm getting at too, is that, when I hear about these "crimes" I just think they're really nothing and it's just some prosecutor trying to make a name for himself.
Sorry, unless I see the evidence for myself, I don't believe the hype coming from law enforcement.
Where did you get that from?
There's plenty of "deviant behavior" porn out there ("shit eating", "golden showers", "screwing very old people", and much more), but it has never fueled interest in me. I've seen some of it and was completely grossed out over it. There could be child porn legally available, and I would never be interested in it - no matter how much is out there.
Those folks who are into the child porn need help.
Most CEOs are just middle managers who got promoted to the top spot; either from within or were hired from another company. But the thing is, what makes a good middle manager (attention to detail, thinking about finances, day to day stuff) is exactly what makes a poor CEO. To be a great CEO, you need to think about strategy, where your market is going, where there is new markets, ner tech, etc... - Which is exactly what Jobs does. Saying he's "trying to come up with the next blockbuster product." is over-simplifying what he does.
It's sad that corps have this mentality that you have to work your way up through the ranks before becoming a CEO. But the problem is, what gets you promoted on the lower levels actually hurts you as a CEO. (There's a reason why the average CEO job lasts less then 2 years - they fired.) If Jobs were concentrating an each department's finances and other details, he would have missed the boat on these new products.
Gates on the other hand, is not a visionary. He is a follower (which can pay off big), but look at MS's strategy: throw money at anything new. Apple on the other hand creates something new.
I think my point is made and I don't want to turn /. into a MBA class! :-(
Wait! I have hanging around a lot, but I guess I missed that we (/.) hate Intel now?
Hate list:
MS
SCO
BestBuy
Intel
/. Purgaory:
Google
Good list:
Apple
Linux
*BSD
OSS
IBM
why there's so much bitterness when a Supreme Court Justice is nominated.
I see we're in a Karma burning mood today.
I agree with the dumping of their US bills and the affect on the exchange rate of the US dollar, but on calling in the bonds, ah, no. You can't do that. A bond is in a way a contract: it's like a mortgage. A bank can't just say to themsleves, well, we need the money, let's call his mortgage in. If you're in default, then they can do that. It's the same with Bonds. Maybe you meant that by if there was a Chinese economic war, then the US would default on their bonds. The US economy is HUGE. Let's put this way, if the entire world pulled all of their money to buy the US out, they'd come up quite short.
OTOH, some bonds can be called in by the Treasury. See here.
For those of you who don't get the parent's satire, replace "bribery" with campaign contributions, soft money, promises of really cushy consulting jobs when out of office, and anything else that's used to get a politician "on-board" to your or your company's agenda.
I wonder if these games produce an adrenaline response? It's like remembering a situation that really pissed you off and you start getting pissed off again - with the resulting adrenaline.
A lot of athletes will use imaging techniques to perfect their game. Only in this instance, you're placing yourself in the role of the game character. So when he gets hit, so do you - in your head.
Geeze!
Have the tech woman living a life like Barbie. Add in a deal with Matel for an "Engineer Barbie" that comes with her own laptop and you'll have a hit.
but I'm afraid that if MS has to comply, then later on down the road, MS can claim that some OSS has put their code into [insert an OSS project]. Then we'll have SCO all over again.
The money guy's thinking, "Fuck, this guy's right! My kid is always in front of those things! We gotta put some $$$ in and the budget's below $100 million - WE CAN'T LOSE!"
Mix in some Hollywood coke and Voila! - A film is being made!
What's the mystery?
It was great of them to show where the money went. I would also like to see some sort of statement to see how their finances are. It could actually increase donations if folks were able to see how much a shoe-string operation they are.
They put their ice cream and other products in that handy single serving container and they say it has four servings!
Or the twenty oz Coke bottles, Servings per container: 2.5.
You see, you hold a crucifix straight up and down for Vampires; cock it 45 degrees so it sort of looks like the Apple logo, and you'll keep Gates away! But, there's a problem with Balmer, you also need the Firefox logo to ward him off. Sometimes, you need Nerdy, the MS Slayer. She's, yes, it's a woman, the chosen one. I can't say anymore now.
Geeze! Stop picking on my CPU speed - I'm sensitive. Please, keep it civil and just insult my penis size! Thank you!
:-)
It's funny you mentioned that. I was just thinking of the military uses of a hand powered laptop. No need to recharde batteries, no need for generators, etc... Perfect for the War Lord on the Go (R).
There you go! There's a product idea. Warlord Laptops - when you need that information right before your rape and pillaging!
Testimonials...:
Why I have been raping and robbing for years and when I got my Warlord Laptop, our productivity has gone up 300%! I can now rape and pillage more villages than ever!
- warlord in Congo
The aim is to have governments or donors buy them and give full ownership to the children.
I'm going to be real curious as to the after market value of these things. If it goes above $100, you can bet that those kids won't be getting them.
The devices will be lime green in color, with a yellow hand crank, to make them appealing to children and, so the thinking goes, to fend off potential thieves.
So, if I paint a Ferrari lime green and put a hand crank on it, nobody will steal it?