Have you ever seen Star Wars? Or The Empire Strikes Back? Okay, the ewoks were just midgets in pajamas, but even that many midgets is cooler than blue-screened floppy ears. Sorry, but a blue screen is still a blue screen (even if it's green) and most movies haven't gotten any better at it than Superman. If you can't tell the difference, I've got a collection of high fidelity MP3s I'll sell you, too.
These are the some of the coolest computers out there. You may have some hardware problems, but still, its worth it. Do you hate mice, trackballs, erasers, pads, etc.? How about a touchscreen? That's point and click. And I swore I'd never get a LCD until I could actually see the picture. These almost deliver. And the case is no-doubt styling from Milan to Tokyo. Most important of all, crumbs in the keyboard are a thing of the past. Oh, integrated wireless, too. CDPD:(
Fitt should update his laws
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The reason buttons are a pixel away from the edge is to prevent war, the galaxy is... er, to prevent accidental clicking. Ever fidget with the mouse and click something on accident? Having a one pixel buffer is a security measure so you don't X your unsaved thesis. It's a tradeoff, just like the pop-ups and autosaves -- which bug me too.
It really is based on usablity. That, and to facilitate re-sizing. The most infuriating thing in Gnome when I first started was being unable to grab a corner and resize the window.
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What if, say, I launch Mozilla, and would like to write a device driver and design a new theme and do my taxes while it loads -- is that throbbing icon going to follow my mouse around and get in the way when I type? It seems like it could get annoying.
I supported redhat when they needed it. Back when a $24.95 boxed set meant something to them. Back when Bob Young didn't even know what IPO stood for, back in 97 and 98. Having helped give them their chance (and personal fortunes), I think I'm entitled to free downloads every 6 months or so.
Seriously, though, I think a major point of Free Software isn't that it is free, but that once you pay for it, you shouldn't have to pay for every bug fix and add on and incompatibility forced upon you, and I'm glad redhat is dedicated to keeping their stuff open (if not consistent.)
Being a lawyer does not grant any special magical ability to understand and interpret legal issues. Most lawyers know less about copyright law than most slashdot readers. There is no endowment of omniscience that comes with passing the bar exam. Lawyers are just people who have usually taken 4 years more school than you and who are generally considered dishonest. If you are licensed as a lawyer, then you are allowed by law to call yourself a lawyer. That is it. You can hire your accountant or baker or shoe salesman to represent you in court and counsel you on legal matters as long as it is perfectly clear that you don't think he is a lawyer.
The reason security through obscurity doesn't work is because it is useless against an internal attack -- this includes, to a degree, social engineering. Changing the port number doesn't do any good at all if the attack is launched by a former employee.
The reason security through obscurity doesn't work is it assumes a lesser effort provides a deterrent after a greater effort has already been spent. If the attacker can beat Kerberos authentication (or even a password challenge) the port scan becomes a trivial effort.
The one advantage of the article's example is not security related at all. Filtering script kiddies saves a potential bandwidth hit by quietly dropping port 80 traffic.
Less than half of registered voters actually vote. When the president isn't on the ballot, its a lot (A LOT!) less. Registered voters are a majority, but not by so much. Even with motor-voter programs, people are turned down. Not just in Florida. Oh yeah, you don't really have any say in who you get to vote for either. Sure, vote for Nader or Perot.
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one out of two doesn't sound that bad anymore
Oh, you mean computer animation.
Have you ever seen Star Wars? Or The Empire Strikes Back? Okay, the ewoks were just midgets in pajamas, but even that many midgets is cooler than blue-screened floppy ears. Sorry, but a blue screen is still a blue screen (even if it's green) and most movies haven't gotten any better at it than Superman. If you can't tell the difference, I've got a collection of high fidelity MP3s I'll sell you, too.
These are the some of the coolest computers out there. You may have some hardware problems, but still, its worth it. Do you hate mice, trackballs, erasers, pads, etc.? How about a touchscreen? That's point and click. And I swore I'd never get a LCD until I could actually see the picture. These almost deliver. And the case is no-doubt styling from Milan to Tokyo. Most important of all, crumbs in the keyboard are a thing of the past. Oh, integrated wireless, too. CDPD :(
The reason buttons are a pixel away from the edge is to prevent war, the galaxy is... er, to prevent accidental clicking. Ever fidget with the mouse and click something on accident? Having a one pixel buffer is a security measure so you don't X your unsaved thesis. It's a tradeoff, just like the pop-ups and autosaves -- which bug me too. It really is based on usablity. That, and to facilitate re-sizing. The most infuriating thing in Gnome when I first started was being unable to grab a corner and resize the window.
What if, say, I launch Mozilla, and would like to write a device driver and design a new theme and do my taxes while it loads -- is that throbbing icon going to follow my mouse around and get in the way when I type? It seems like it could get annoying.
how do you know the organizers don't know what their focus is, just because the ignorant follwers don't?
Those that have the most money make the laws.
there aren't that many isp's left.
This is singapore. The spectrum isn't regulated the same way, and 1 tower with a couple well placed repeaters is all it takes.
Seriously, though, I think a major point of Free Software isn't that it is free, but that once you pay for it, you shouldn't have to pay for every bug fix and add on and incompatibility forced upon you, and I'm glad redhat is dedicated to keeping their stuff open (if not consistent.)
Being a lawyer does not grant any special magical ability to understand and interpret legal issues. Most lawyers know less about copyright law than most slashdot readers. There is no endowment of omniscience that comes with passing the bar exam. Lawyers are just people who have usually taken 4 years more school than you and who are generally considered dishonest. If you are licensed as a lawyer, then you are allowed by law to call yourself a lawyer. That is it. You can hire your accountant or baker or shoe salesman to represent you in court and counsel you on legal matters as long as it is perfectly clear that you don't think he is a lawyer.
An unjust law is seldom enforced fairly
My Cyrix 233 really sucks alot when it comes to specFP, but it's a major contendor when it comes to spec$$
It was only put in IE and Mozilla for one reason -- to sell links.
what does the sleep patterns of dust have to do with whether there is life on Mars (black or white)?
my comparisons are almost all != and how important is arithmatic compared to concatenation?
there is no SOAP module being written for perl 4 that I am aware of
Why not just override the - or > operators?
They're used a lot less than .
The reason security through obscurity doesn't work is it assumes a lesser effort provides a deterrent after a greater effort has already been spent. If the attacker can beat Kerberos authentication (or even a password challenge) the port scan becomes a trivial effort.
The one advantage of the article's example is not security related at all. Filtering script kiddies saves a potential bandwidth hit by quietly dropping port 80 traffic.
cmon yall, the above is hella funny if you've ever seen the *BSD is dying posts.
Oh, I guess that's the idea
can someone please explain this apparent contradiction?
Less than half of registered voters actually vote. When the president isn't on the ballot, its a lot (A LOT!) less. Registered voters are a majority, but not by so much. Even with motor-voter programs, people are turned down. Not just in Florida. Oh yeah, you don't really have any say in who you get to vote for either. Sure, vote for Nader or Perot.