If you think a computer science education, today, isn't essentially training for a trade, you have been out of school too long.
Also, calculus gave me no such appreciation of "the meaning of equations" or "rates of change." The former, because I still hate advanced mathematics about as much as when I started the course (if not more!), the latter because it was nothing new. When I need to deal with rates of change, I still operate in an intuitive mode formed from about eight years of programming and doing graphical programming (chiefly 2D). The concepts of calculus were no great shakes to me. They gave me no "higher level understanding." They merely wasted my time and money.
Sure. But I don't need to know that. I just need to know A=pi*r^2. It works, it correctly represents the area of the circle, I do not need to know the "why."
That'd be fine, except for one problem: people want the computer ready-to-go out of the box. This means an installed OS. Yeah, you can say "they can offer Linux"--but then they have to support it, and the support costs compared to the purchases are likely to be minimal. A company looking at the bottom line might separate the packaging of OS and computer--but they'd still only offer Windows.
I think the EU should mandate that major sellers like Dell offer at least one computer model in each line with Linux (one netbook, one desktop, one notebook).
This is fucking retarded. A private corporation is under no obligation to offer anything in the way of computers.
Symantec has actually improved a great deal over the last couple years. F-Prot is a lot better (I use Avast!, which is also pretty excellent), but Symantec isn't the complete shitpile it used to be.
Generally, I go by this rule of thumb: if it's branded under 'Norton', avoid; 'Symantec', at least evaluate.
I know a little bit about SSH, I just didn't know you could actually use client keys it in conjunction with APT. It's a long way off for my company (a game company who is planning a Linux port) to actually have something publicly available that needs patching, and I'm not sure that we'll do this rather than have an update-checker build in, but it certainly is an interesting possibility.
As I understand it, however, there's no way to protect that application against non-authenticated users. Can you have an APT repository that, say, requires a login and password?
If you know about an exploit, the black hats out there already do. You're already behind. A public post adds no new vulnerability and gets the whip across a vendor's ass to get their code fixed.
Oh, please. They had sufficient time for a relatively simple exploit to be patched. This guy stalled them with vague non-responses and shit never got done, so milw0rm posted it publicly. That's what security folks do. It's not their fault that he decided that fixing the software he put his reputation behind wasn't worth it.
Uh, I care. As do many people who make money from supporting a wide variety of web browsers. If a client uses IE6, by god the site better look right in IE6 or I don't get paid.
Because I don't want to spend $120 on each game and upwards of $2,500 on a four-ass video game system (PCs + monitors + Windows licenses + Ethernet cables + switch).
You...don't. They presumably own computers. If they don't, it's the wrong game to play with those friends. It's not designed for that, and it shows glaringly if you've ever played the PC version.
Or because not all shooters are first-person: Raiden II for instance.
Irrelevant. The topic is first-person shooters. Stop trying to pathetically split hairs.
So? It was enabled by default in the 1993 PC shooter Doom.
Bad example and you know it, primarily because there wasn't effective mouselook or vertical aim. It had to have vertical auto-aim. You'll note that Marathon (the first FPS with mouselook) didn't have auto-aim. Whereas, today, console FPSes are dumbed down to the point where such is required because you are playing with a loaf of bread that has analog sticks poking out.
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If I buy a computer, I expect it to work when I plug it in and turn it on. I don't think I'm a minority in that opinion.
If you think a computer science education, today, isn't essentially training for a trade, you have been out of school too long.
Also, calculus gave me no such appreciation of "the meaning of equations" or "rates of change." The former, because I still hate advanced mathematics about as much as when I started the course (if not more!), the latter because it was nothing new. When I need to deal with rates of change, I still operate in an intuitive mode formed from about eight years of programming and doing graphical programming (chiefly 2D). The concepts of calculus were no great shakes to me. They gave me no "higher level understanding." They merely wasted my time and money.
Sure. But I don't need to know that. I just need to know A=pi*r^2. It works, it correctly represents the area of the circle, I do not need to know the "why."
Or I think it's discrete mathematics, which has as much to do with calculus as a Saturn V does to a thrown rock.
Calculus classes aren't just for people going into research fields. In all likelihood they'll "lose" little to nothing.
I've never once used a single scrap from calculus (computer science major).
That'd be fine, except for one problem: people want the computer ready-to-go out of the box. This means an installed OS. Yeah, you can say "they can offer Linux"--but then they have to support it, and the support costs compared to the purchases are likely to be minimal. A company looking at the bottom line might separate the packaging of OS and computer--but they'd still only offer Windows.
I think the EU should mandate that major sellers like Dell offer at least one computer model in each line with Linux (one netbook, one desktop, one notebook).
This is fucking retarded. A private corporation is under no obligation to offer anything in the way of computers.
And nobody would buy the fucking things anyway.
Learn to think.
Symantec has actually improved a great deal over the last couple years. F-Prot is a lot better (I use Avast!, which is also pretty excellent), but Symantec isn't the complete shitpile it used to be.
Generally, I go by this rule of thumb: if it's branded under 'Norton', avoid; 'Symantec', at least evaluate.
I know a little bit about SSH, I just didn't know you could actually use client keys it in conjunction with APT. It's a long way off for my company (a game company who is planning a Linux port) to actually have something publicly available that needs patching, and I'm not sure that we'll do this rather than have an update-checker build in, but it certainly is an interesting possibility.
This is pretty handy to read. Much appreciated.
Oh, interesting. I may have to look into this for distributing commercial application updates on Linux.
Thanks!
If you really think it wouldn't be in the hands of the script kiddies in short order anyway, you're woefully naive.
As I understand it, however, there's no way to protect that application against non-authenticated users. Can you have an APT repository that, say, requires a login and password?
If you know about an exploit, the black hats out there already do. You're already behind. A public post adds no new vulnerability and gets the whip across a vendor's ass to get their code fixed.
Oh, please. They had sufficient time for a relatively simple exploit to be patched. This guy stalled them with vague non-responses and shit never got done, so milw0rm posted it publicly. That's what security folks do. It's not their fault that he decided that fixing the software he put his reputation behind wasn't worth it.
Many/most (cheapvps, fsckvps, etc.) are reselling VAserv stuff, so a lot have been hit hard.
If they're using HyperVM, stay the hell away.
Of course there is. You just do it. In C# especially, it's not that hard.
Oh? What's that? You have a lot of places it's used? Tough shit. Do it right.
Good point. Is there any activity at all?
Me, I've been playing a lot of Sporkhack lately. Also thinking about writing a RL in my free time.
Programs should be free.
Yeah, it's not like they take any effort to make and it's certainly not like the creators shouldn't be compensated if they so wish.
NetHack's DevTeam doesn't want money for what they do--awesome. Somebody else does--it's their call.
Whether prior art exists or not isn't the issue. It's whether you can find examples of it.
Uh, I care. As do many people who make money from supporting a wide variety of web browsers. If a client uses IE6, by god the site better look right in IE6 or I don't get paid.
It's already in thousands of places. It's not like one more will do much. :P
I didn't know about that. Neat trick, but I'd rather have my own display and my own positional audio on my own machine. :)
Because I don't want to spend $120 on each game and upwards of $2,500 on a four-ass video game system (PCs + monitors + Windows licenses + Ethernet cables + switch).
You...don't. They presumably own computers. If they don't, it's the wrong game to play with those friends. It's not designed for that, and it shows glaringly if you've ever played the PC version.
Or because not all shooters are first-person: Raiden II for instance.
Irrelevant. The topic is first-person shooters. Stop trying to pathetically split hairs.
So? It was enabled by default in the 1993 PC shooter Doom.
Bad example and you know it, primarily because there wasn't effective mouselook or vertical aim. It had to have vertical auto-aim. You'll note that Marathon (the first FPS with mouselook) didn't have auto-aim. Whereas, today, console FPSes are dumbed down to the point where such is required because you are playing with a loaf of bread that has analog sticks poking out.