Obama announces an open government and a closed Guantanamo - then he asks to dismiss cases based on national security. Then he recruits the DoJ straight out of the ranks of the Music Mafia - then he appoints a net-neutrality friendly CIO.
That he's cozy with Google, who I also don't know whether to love or hate anymore, is hardly even surprising.
I'm not calling him a flip-flopper (wow, that term got loaded in the last election) and I supported and still support him, but could he please pick a course and stick with it?
The selection that is getting the most votes is 'Suggest your own,'
You're right, the linked page doesn't report any such tally. I conclude that this story is either a first-hand report from the guys running the poll, or rubbish.
Some of those kids are going to get into a schoolyard brawl and have to be excused for the next week until their black eyes recede sufficiently for the system to let them in again.:P
I advise that copyright in all CityRail timetables is owned by RailCorp.... Any use of these timetables in a manner which breaches copyright by a third party can only occur through the grant of a suitable licence by RailCorp....
As such, any third-party CityRail timetable application would contain inaccuracies and have the potential to mislead our customers.
So the information that he is disseminating is both classified and wrong. Sounds like the classic Scientology defense to me. I'm no lawyer, but I have the hunch that one of those charges will have to be withdrawn before the other even has a chance.
The headline says he got a nastygram from "Transit Sydney".
According to the summary that is, you know, right below it, "Transit Sydney" is the application, not the company. The company is "RailCorp".
Getting a nastygram from an application you developed does occasionally occur (fuck those runtime exceptions), but not in the sense this article implies.
If a free software team announced "our current stable version is insecure, but if you install our test version, you'll be safe", there would be serious hell. If you have security holes in your current stable branch, you bloody well fix them immediately instead of asking users to download a beta version. (Well, unless you're Google, in which case the whole universe is in beta.)
Just to be sure this wasn't the case, I traced the source through this poorly researched blog entry on infopackets.com back to CNet, and lo and behold:
Firefox 3.0.7 targets security issues Mozilla on Wednesday released an update to the Firefox Web browser that its developers said fixes eight security issues found in Firefox 3.0.6
Nope, no mention of a beta. Yes, a beta of 3.1 was released at the same time as a stable 3.0.7, and yes, 3.1 has an advanced JS engine that will boost performance. I'll even wager that if the 3.0.6 bugs were also in the 3.1 branch, then this beta fixed them as well.
But no, users do not have to download a beta version to ensure security, and to mislead them otherwise is pretty irresponsible as there is already enough FUD going on about Mozilla.
Except that the latest Microsoft-bashing story focuses on the fact that Microsoft is not yet fixing a known vulnerability in Excel.
Did you know about these 8 vulnerabilities before they were fixed? I sure didn't. The release notes of the security update are usually the first place such vulnerabilities are publicly disseminated - while in the case of proprietary software, it sometimes seems like the dev team is the last to hear about them...
So you can be awarded the prize if you die in the months before the ceremony. I hope they don't require the coffin to be shipped to Stockholm in such cases.:P
"Usability" is another word for "safe for newbies and those too lazy to read the manual". Whether you want your software to be like this depends on your target audience. You wouldn't ask for the bash shell to become more "usable". It can be used by advanced users, and they are the only ones who need to use it. In the case of CMS and web frameworks, the target audience can be very varied: You get Ruby on Rails which only programmers use, and Joomla which is only really worthwhile if Drupal is too difficult.
A theocracy has a hard time gaining a scientific edge, but it also does wonders for maintaining centralized control. Very few politicians consider changing the status quo in favor of giving up their power.
(And that is even if none of the people in power actually have the strong beliefs they profess. If they do, then these convictions will only strengthen the resistance to change).
So in twenty, thirt years...
on
Designer Babies
·
· Score: 1
The streets will be filled by clones of Hollywood celebrities who can use each other as shaving mirrors.:)
Exactly. As much as 100% of all illegal content, like child pornography or (even worse!) pirated music is transferred over the internet by routers. Get rid of them, and you nip all that crime in the bud!
"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another fish for you to take away tomorrow!"
I guess the governor of Wisconsin has read the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.
Slashdot Mirror
...but the real worry would come if it threatened to sue you. :P
Obama announces an open government and a closed Guantanamo - then he asks to dismiss cases based on national security. Then he recruits the DoJ straight out of the ranks of the Music Mafia - then he appoints a net-neutrality friendly CIO.
That he's cozy with Google, who I also don't know whether to love or hate anymore, is hardly even surprising.
I'm not calling him a flip-flopper (wow, that term got loaded in the last election) and I supported and still support him, but could he please pick a course and stick with it?
You're right, the linked page doesn't report any such tally. I conclude that this story is either a first-hand report from the guys running the poll, or rubbish.
First he vandalizes Wikipedia, then he pisses off the Browncoats...
If Colbert doesn't clean up his act, the internets will be taking revenge soon! :P
Some of those kids are going to get into a schoolyard brawl and have to be excused for the next week until their black eyes recede sufficiently for the system to let them in again. :P
So the information that he is disseminating is both classified and wrong. Sounds like the classic Scientology defense to me. I'm no lawyer, but I have the hunch that one of those charges will have to be withdrawn before the other even has a chance.
The headline says he got a nastygram from "Transit Sydney".
According to the summary that is, you know, right below it, "Transit Sydney" is the application, not the company. The company is "RailCorp".
Getting a nastygram from an application you developed does occasionally occur (fuck those runtime exceptions), but not in the sense this article implies.
What the hell do the dinosaur, the basketball and the mud have in common here?
Am I the only one to whom this reads like a kind of dadaist ramble?
Yeah, sounds like a perfect preparation for the real world.
Whoever cleared this for the front page?
If a free software team announced "our current stable version is insecure, but if you install our test version, you'll be safe", there would be serious hell. If you have security holes in your current stable branch, you bloody well fix them immediately instead of asking users to download a beta version. (Well, unless you're Google, in which case the whole universe is in beta.)
Just to be sure this wasn't the case, I traced the source through this poorly researched blog entry on infopackets.com back to CNet, and lo and behold:
Nope, no mention of a beta. Yes, a beta of 3.1 was released at the same time as a stable 3.0.7, and yes, 3.1 has an advanced JS engine that will boost performance. I'll even wager that if the 3.0.6 bugs were also in the 3.1 branch, then this beta fixed them as well.
But no, users do not have to download a beta version to ensure security, and to mislead them otherwise is pretty irresponsible as there is already enough FUD going on about Mozilla.
Except that the latest Microsoft-bashing story focuses on the fact that Microsoft is not yet fixing a known vulnerability in Excel.
Did you know about these 8 vulnerabilities before they were fixed? I sure didn't. The release notes of the security update are usually the first place such vulnerabilities are publicly disseminated - while in the case of proprietary software, it sometimes seems like the dev team is the last to hear about them...
I'm still browsing with "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090305 Minefield/3.2a1pre"
So I guess it'll take at least a day for the decision to be reflected in the trunk build ID (who'd have thought! :P )
But actually manipulating gravity is probably far more difficult than observing it. ;)
So you can be awarded the prize if you die in the months before the ceremony. I hope they don't require the coffin to be shipped to Stockholm in such cases. :P
But then we'd need to blur the real world as well.
Induce mandatory myopia or blindness in all citizens! What do they need to see for anyway? Terrorists and Hitler had eyes! Eyes are evil!
... that was sarcasm?
It's brilliant!
...Then only the OUTLAWS will use Google.
Do you want to HELP THE TERRORISTS? NO?
Then DON'T FUCK with Google!
(I'm just emulating the logic that seems to be in use in California.)
Err... no. Not necessarily.
"Usability" is another word for "safe for newbies and those too lazy to read the manual". Whether you want your software to be like this depends on your target audience. You wouldn't ask for the bash shell to become more "usable". It can be used by advanced users, and they are the only ones who need to use it. In the case of CMS and web frameworks, the target audience can be very varied: You get Ruby on Rails which only programmers use, and Joomla which is only really worthwhile if Drupal is too difficult.
A theocracy has a hard time gaining a scientific edge, but it also does wonders for maintaining centralized control. Very few politicians consider changing the status quo in favor of giving up their power.
(And that is even if none of the people in power actually have the strong beliefs they profess. If they do, then these convictions will only strengthen the resistance to change).
The streets will be filled by clones of Hollywood celebrities who can use each other as shaving mirrors. :)
Exactly. As much as 100% of all illegal content, like child pornography or (even worse!) pirated music is transferred over the internet by routers. Get rid of them, and you nip all that crime in the bud!
"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another fish for you to take away tomorrow!"
I guess the governor of Wisconsin has read the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.
... because this IS my real life, you insensitive clod!
On the other hand, Slashdot can accomplish the same for millions of nerds with no government funding at all!