I use Perl/CGI/Apache2/MySQL for proof-of-concept/fast-prototyping--which usually takes one to two days (or weeks). Once the functionality, testing, and etc. is done, I send the specifications and the URL to another department. Then I wait for one to two months for them to come back with a Windows.NET program (usually written in C# or VB) using MS SQL Server. During that time my co-workers continue to use my web-based stuff. (BTW, this is in a corporate environment with annual revenues of about four billion dollars and 5,000 employees.)
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Yogonet, 3/1/07, Canada
An item which aired on CBC's "The National" on February 26 is irresponsible, inaccurate and damaging, says slot machine manufacturer Konami Gaming. The company will pursue legal action.
Konami will pursue legal action against CBC.
The report by journalist Dave Seglins claims that a few older Konami machines contain a "subliminal message," implying that this may affect the behavior of the player but the story does not specify how, if at all, this could occur.
Seglins was told in an interview with Konami C.O.O. Steve Sutherland that the machines in question are actually some of the lowest performing machines, based on house averages, within the Konami game library.
"The performance of these machines directly disproves the CBC's theory, but the reporter conveniently neglected to mention that in his piece," says Sutherland. "The reporter did not ask for the data that shows these machines generate less revenue than comparable machines. Broadcasting a story based on controversial and vague theories, despite the facts which refute those theories, is irresponsible and impugns the integrity of an honest company."
In addition, the CBC reporter neglected to include that the psychologist he interviewed for the story, Philip Merikle, wrote in the Encyclopedia of Psychology that "there is no independent evidence indicating that embedded subliminal words, symbols or objects are used to sell products. Furthermore, even if such embedded subliminal stimuli were used, there is no evidence to suggest this would be an effective method for influencing the choices that consumers make."
According to Konami, the CBC story was also misleading by creating the impression that subliminal perception is a more powerful influencer. Merikle wrote in the same encyclopedia: "A common theme that links all extraordinary claims regarding subliminal perception is that perception in the absence of an awareness of perceiving is somehow more powerful or influential. This idea is not supported by the results of controlled laboratory investigations."
The CBC presented no evidence and no first-hand accounts to support any of its claims.
The report shows that five of the same symbol appear for 200-milliseconds on the screen at the start of a game on four (three in Canada) game titles developed in 2001. "Even though this has absolutely no effect whatsoever on the outcome of the game, we have still offered conversion kits for every machine," adds Sutherland.
"Konami will pursue its legal options related to what it considers irresponsible reporting on the part of CBC, and the resultant impact on the integrity of Konami Gaming," says Sutherland.
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Well, since you bring up O'Reilly: I contacted Julie at O'Reilly on 2007-02-06 (ref. tracker number 697612) regarding "Ruby on Rails Up and Runnig" with the fact that I've submitted at least ten separate errata for that book (and I was only up to page 51) and nothing had been posted yet. (The errata pages haven't been touched since November 2, 2006.)
So, yeah, *I* can make the *effort* and take the *time* to do so, but I have to wonder "Why bother?" when no action is being taken to keep the pages up to date. Sigh.
He echoed storage vendors and analysts in pointing out that as many as half of the drives returned to vendors actually work fine and may have failed for any reason, such as a harsh environment at the customer site and intensive, random read/write operations that cause premature wear to the mechanical components in the drive. Random read/write operations? Oh, okay, I'll start using *sequential* read/write operations instead! Thanks for the tip!
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I've been emailing errata to Paul from two of his books over the span of several months now and he's simply not updating the on-line errata pages. For example, the errata page for "MySQL and Perl for the Web" hasn't been updated since 2006-07-25; since 2006-02-11 for "MySQL"; and "MySQL Cookbook, 2nd Edition" has no errata at all yet it's a 975 page book.
Paul, your writing is first rate and I love everything about your books. I hope you are well--and get the errata updated soon, please.
BTW: Paul literally writes his books--with pencil and paper. In a coffee shop.
Why can't companies whose job is security do security right? Likely for the same reason that companies whose job is software can't do software right. (A) It's very difficult (B) Lowered standards/expectations of consumers (C) There's money to be made from a cycle of "upgrading"
Commercial Availability: The S3-R1 system is currently available to end customers on a pilot basis. Business partners can also license the technology for product development.
Check out the demos under "Research Areas" (bottom of page)--incredible!
What's up with Canada? This happened in 2000:
A manufacturer of computerized gambling equipment, WMS Gaming, of Chicago, earlier this year sued Edmonton, Alberta, software consultant Zues Yaghi for $10 million after he showed the company and Canadian authorities a "back door" he'd discovered in the company's casino slot machines.
In a case that was reported in Canada, but mostly ignored elsewhere, Yaghi went to officials of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, who videotaped the consultant winning hundreds of dollars, according to The Edmonton Journal. He turned all the money over to the officials on the spot.
Both Yaghi and the manufacturing company say the software error in the machines allowed millions of dollars of fraudulent gains. At least two people other than Yaghi took advantage of the bug at casinos in the United States and Canada before the software was fixed, the company says.
Yaghi may have erred when he proposed to the company that they hire him as a consultant to find and repair such flaws for a fee of $250,000. The company offered $50,000 instead, which Yaghi declined.
The company then obtained an order from a Canadian court to seize computers from Yaghi's home, persuaded the gaming commission to ban him from Alberta casinos, and filed the $10 million lawsuit.
In response, Yaghi is suing WMS Gaming for $1 million and the gaming commission for $3 million.
I did a trademark search for "home server" at the USPTO (www.uspto.gov). Here are the results:
servahome / live telly home entertainment server / dead homeserve america / live server@home/live homeserver / dead homeserver / dead homeserver / dead
Heck, let's "Take It To The Next Level" (TM) and include a GPS receiver; an auto-dialer; city/highway db. When the "alarm" goes off, have the vehicle auto-dial 911; a synthesized voice announces (among other things) the GPS coordinates, along with cross streets (city) or mile-post number (highway). If the driver attempts to thwart the system, the vehicle will administer electric shocks (with increasing intensity).
"bug is in Reader" Huh? TFA mentions the DOM. And a link from TFA had this follow-up:
Works on:
Firefox 2.0.0.1 win32
Firefox 1.5.0.8 win32
Opera 8.5.4 build 770 win32
Opera 9.10.8679 win32
But doesn't work here on IE6 or IE7.
My Firefox was updated this a.m. to 1.5.0.9 and it was not affected. The Reader remains the same.
BTW, I wonder how much credit the IE7 team gets for not being affected by this?
Well, if Apple didn't start this naming convention with software such as: MacPaint, MacDraw, and etc., who did? For instance, was it originally "VisiCalc" or "Visicalc?"
C'mon,/.'ers, I really want to know: what was the first software product to take two words and make them into one, using mixed letter case?
What's up with the ridiculous use of Apple-like names? (E.g., "MacPaint," "iPOD," etc.) Is the DOJ now being run by 20-something*** year old people who think it's _essential_ to do this?
***They must be 20-somethings; an old fart like me would have used "Omni" instead of "One."
Reducing the risk would attract more climbers, in spite of the fact that Everest is over-crowded now as it is. (Example: there have been instances of twenty or more climbers in a queue, waiting to summit!) It's "bad enough" that climbers use oxygen, modern gear, and an over reliance on porters, etc. to summit.
Our so-called modern society is overwrought with OSHA-, FDA-, EPA-, NTSB- (and etc.) mandated warning labels and devices, intended to protect us from ourselves.
Some places, Nature does not want us to go. Everest is one of them. Let's keep it that way.
Well, if it's confined to the same category as an electric kettle, I'd say it's either: (a) a juicer or (b) an electric carving knife.
How many people regularly use these? Sure, they sound useful, but the reality is that people use them for awhile (or infrequently), then let them collect dust for a few years before they're finally given to Goodwill.
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I use Perl/CGI/Apache2/MySQL for proof-of-concept/fast-prototyping--which usually takes one to two days (or weeks). Once the functionality, testing, and etc. is done, I send the specifications and the URL to another department. Then I wait for one to two months for them to come back with a Windows .NET program (usually written in C# or VB) using MS SQL Server. During that time my co-workers continue to use my web-based stuff. (BTW, this is in a corporate environment with annual revenues of about four billion dollars and 5,000 employees.)
Argh! My bad! My face is red with embarrassment!
but only for a second. -- Steven Wright
Konami Gaming sues CBC
Yogonet, 3/1/07, Canada An item which aired on CBC's "The National" on February 26 is irresponsible, inaccurate and damaging, says slot machine manufacturer Konami Gaming. The company will pursue legal action.
Konami will pursue legal action against CBC.
The report by journalist Dave Seglins claims that a few older Konami machines contain a "subliminal message," implying that this may affect the behavior of the player but the story does not specify how, if at all, this could occur.
Seglins was told in an interview with Konami C.O.O. Steve Sutherland that the machines in question are actually some of the lowest performing machines, based on house averages, within the Konami game library.
"The performance of these machines directly disproves the CBC's theory, but the reporter conveniently neglected to mention that in his piece," says Sutherland. "The reporter did not ask for the data that shows these machines generate less revenue than comparable machines. Broadcasting a story based on controversial and vague theories, despite the facts which refute those theories, is irresponsible and impugns the integrity of an honest company."
In addition, the CBC reporter neglected to include that the psychologist he interviewed for the story, Philip Merikle, wrote in the Encyclopedia of Psychology that "there is no independent evidence indicating that embedded subliminal words, symbols or objects are used to sell products. Furthermore, even if such embedded subliminal stimuli were used, there is no evidence to suggest this would be an effective method for influencing the choices that consumers make."
According to Konami, the CBC story was also misleading by creating the impression that subliminal perception is a more powerful influencer. Merikle wrote in the same encyclopedia: "A common theme that links all extraordinary claims regarding subliminal perception is that perception in the absence of an awareness of perceiving is somehow more powerful or influential. This idea is not supported by the results of controlled laboratory investigations."
The CBC presented no evidence and no first-hand accounts to support any of its claims.
The report shows that five of the same symbol appear for 200-milliseconds on the screen at the start of a game on four (three in Canada) game titles developed in 2001. "Even though this has absolutely no effect whatsoever on the outcome of the game, we have still offered conversion kits for every machine," adds Sutherland.
"Konami will pursue its legal options related to what it considers irresponsible reporting on the part of CBC, and the resultant impact on the integrity of Konami Gaming," says Sutherland.
Because it's here:
2 ed.php
http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-cookbook/downloads-
Well, since you bring up O'Reilly: I contacted Julie at O'Reilly on 2007-02-06 (ref. tracker number 697612) regarding "Ruby on Rails Up and Runnig" with the fact that I've submitted at least ten separate errata for that book (and I was only up to page 51) and nothing had been posted yet. (The errata pages haven't been touched since November 2, 2006.)
So, yeah, *I* can make the *effort* and take the *time* to do so, but I have to wonder "Why bother?" when no action is being taken to keep the pages up to date. Sigh.
I've been emailing errata to Paul from two of his books over the span of several months now and he's simply not updating the on-line errata pages. For example, the errata page for "MySQL and Perl for the Web" hasn't been updated since 2006-07-25; since 2006-02-11 for "MySQL"; and "MySQL Cookbook, 2nd Edition" has no errata at all yet it's a 975 page book.
Paul, your writing is first rate and I love everything about your books. I hope you are well--and get the errata updated soon, please.
BTW: Paul literally writes his books--with pencil and paper. In a coffee shop.
How about IPOOP instead?
Sigh.
...will demo an RFID hacking tool... Presumably demonstrating (actually using) the tool would utilize what HID Corp. has patented. And you can't do that without some prearranged agreement with the IP owner. BTW here is a list of HID Corp. patents: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=Phttp://www.research.ibm.com/peoplevision/
Commercial Availability: The S3-R1 system is currently available to end customers on a pilot basis. Business partners can also license the technology for product development.
Check out the demos under "Research Areas" (bottom of page)--incredible!
(Previous PeopleVision Project)
Check out the incredible demos under the heading "Research Areas" (bottom of page) at http://www.research.ibm.com/peoplevision/
In a case that was reported in Canada, but mostly ignored elsewhere, Yaghi went to officials of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, who videotaped the consultant winning hundreds of dollars, according to The Edmonton Journal. He turned all the money over to the officials on the spot.
Both Yaghi and the manufacturing company say the software error in the machines allowed millions of dollars of fraudulent gains. At least two people other than Yaghi took advantage of the bug at casinos in the United States and Canada before the software was fixed, the company says.
Yaghi may have erred when he proposed to the company that they hire him as a consultant to find and repair such flaws for a fee of $250,000. The company offered $50,000 instead, which Yaghi declined.
The company then obtained an order from a Canadian court to seize computers from Yaghi's home, persuaded the gaming commission to ban him from Alberta casinos, and filed the $10 million lawsuit.
In response, Yaghi is suing WMS Gaming for $1 million and the gaming commission for $3 million.
iFone is available according to the U.S. Trademark office; the previous owner ABANDONED it.
9 h1ak1.2.1
i sco_apple_8&printer=1
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=
BTW, why didn't the OP use the printer friendly link instead?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/c
I did a trademark search for "home server" at the USPTO (www.uspto.gov). Here are the results:
/live
servahome / live
telly home entertainment server / dead
homeserve america / live
server@home
homeserver / dead
homeserver / dead
homeserver / dead
You're right--"Home Server" is DOA.
Heck, let's "Take It To The Next Level" (TM) and include a GPS receiver; an auto-dialer; city/highway db. When the "alarm" goes off, have the vehicle auto-dial 911; a synthesized voice announces (among other things) the GPS coordinates, along with cross streets (city) or mile-post number (highway). If the driver attempts to thwart the system, the vehicle will administer electric shocks (with increasing intensity).
Patent pending.
"bug is in Reader" Huh? TFA mentions the DOM. And a link from TFA had this follow-up: Works on:
Firefox 2.0.0.1 win32
Firefox 1.5.0.8 win32
Opera 8.5.4 build 770 win32
Opera 9.10.8679 win32
But doesn't work here on IE6 or IE7. My Firefox was updated this a.m. to 1.5.0.9 and it was not affected. The Reader remains the same. BTW, I wonder how much credit the IE7 team gets for not being affected by this?
Well, if Apple didn't start this naming convention with software such as: MacPaint, MacDraw, and etc., who did? For instance, was it originally "VisiCalc" or "Visicalc?"
/.'ers, I really want to know: what was the first software product to take two words and make them into one, using mixed letter case?
C'mon,
What's up with the ridiculous use of Apple-like names? (E.g., "MacPaint," "iPOD," etc.) Is the DOJ now being run by 20-something*** year old people who think it's _essential_ to do this? ***They must be 20-somethings; an old fart like me would have used "Omni" instead of "One."
Sure beats `p@$$word' for my login
Reducing the risk would attract more climbers, in spite of the fact that Everest is over-crowded now as it is. (Example: there have been instances of twenty or more climbers in a queue, waiting to summit!) It's "bad enough" that climbers use oxygen, modern gear, and an over reliance on porters, etc. to summit.
Our so-called modern society is overwrought with OSHA-, FDA-, EPA-, NTSB- (and etc.) mandated warning labels and devices, intended to protect us from ourselves.
Some places, Nature does not want us to go. Everest is one of them. Let's keep it that way.
Well, if it's confined to the same category as an electric kettle, I'd say it's either: (a) a juicer or (b) an electric carving knife.
How many people regularly use these? Sure, they sound useful, but the reality is that people use them for awhile (or infrequently), then let them collect dust for a few years before they're finally given to Goodwill.
Unless you're doing a Number Two--then the cost (equivalent) is what, 2p?
Anyone who works for Google; they're all (multi) millionaires, right?