After living in NC for a couple of years (I am born and raised Canadian, and living back here in the Canadian west for the past 6 years or so), I am sad to report that the east / south is just as racist as the midwest, if not more so. Now, granted, I was living in a small-ish town, and I assume that the bigger cities are a bit better, but it is still very sad how stupid people can be.
"Trying to make bits not copyable is like trying to make water not wet." So all you have to do to prevent copying is to freeze the bits? And to think people have invested all this money in DRM!
The virus could modify code that runs just after a legitimate privilege escalation, and then wait until the next time you need to perform that privileged action.
Unless the code (either on disk or in memory) which the virus was modifying was writable by the user, this should not be possible. Or am I misunderstanding you?
Unless you have enough runnable processes, but that often isn't so.
I regularly have 10+ applications open at once, and that is not counting background processes.
From my experience, I see family / office workers, who would not be considered very technical, tending to have multiple applications open at once - web browser, music player, email, office suite, etc. Add in an AV scanner and background processes, and I can see that you can easily take advantage of up to 8 cores.
Now, I admit that these applications would not keep all 8 cores at 100%, but then again most users don't max out even a single processor that often. I would argue that many cases which I have seen (again, just my experience) where people are complaining about slow computers are directly related to the responsiveness / latency. I don't really notice if something take 30 seconds vs. 50, but I easily notice if my mouse pointer is lagging by even a few milliseconds. If adding on a couple extra cores can reduce things like that, I am all for it!
FOSS packages have been shown to be more reliable in the long run than proprietary packages (and therefore contribute less per server to that economic loss than proprietary software).
Do you have a source for this? I believe it, but it would be nice to have firm numbers to back up my position to bosses / unwashed masses.
TV companies can either adapt or die, and there are plenty of ways they can adapt.
I see a very simple way - release open (meaning I can play them on Linux), high quality, non DRM'd content (TV shows, whatever) which include commercials. That is what supports most programming anyway - if you release it as a torrent, there is not even much overhead for them to pay for bandwidth, etc.
I know the argument against this - that people will just remove the commercials and re-distribute. Well, I for one welcome^W (oops) would be perfectly willing to watch the official legal version including commercials, to support this official and legal method of distribution. The extra time wasted on commercials would be my payment for the 'free' content. If someone doesn't want to spend time on that, they are free to buy the DVD.
I just don't see why more companies are not going to methods like this. Am I missing something obvious?
What? You trust someone to access your WAP anonymously and do whatever they want on the Internet, but you don't trust them to not print 10,000 page documents to waste your ink and paper, or to raid your server? Yes, pretty much. Just because I trust someone to check their mail and access Slashdot, doesn't mean that I want them to go snooping through my pictures, or accessing my personal files. It's not so much an issue of 'I don't trust you to not be a terrorist pedophile' as it is about privacy.
I do concede the point about the hastle of getting myself involved in a legal dispute if anything happens (P2P copyright infringement, etc). Filtering of traffic (only allow HTTP ports, for instance) can help in that respect. Sure, you still have the worries of someone accessing some website which the powers that be find offensive, but I am not really concerned about that.
By your logic, there would be no point in partaking in any sort of altruistic behaviour, as long as the risk exists that *someone* may take advantage of that altruism and use it for nefarious purposes.
I am not a lawyer, but if anything wouldn't this just give you plausible deniability? "I'm sorry, your honour, but it must have been my neighbour who was downloading hundreds of MP3s".
(I currently have my AP encrypted, but I am seriously thinking about opening it. I just need to get another, wired AP to put my server / printer etc behind, and figure out a good way to let me print via wireless but not person $FOO from outside.)
Remote control will probably never be quite as good as having a human brain inside guiding it. Which is a fact which all good Cybermen know beyond doubt. YOU WILL BE UPGRADED.
Yeah, I can make an.iso, but I don't know how to 'burn' an audio CD to that.iso. Oh well, it's an academic question anyway, as I don't support DRM'd music. Just curious.
Cheers
Have you been able to do that on the Mac, or only on Windows? I can't seem to find a way to do this on the Mac, although I would be very interested in finding out how.
Slightly off topic, but I just found KiCad which I find miles ahead of either PCB or Eagle. The learning curve is a little steep (and the software was originally French, translated to English), but if you take a half hour and follow through a tutorial (I used http://www.kicadlib.org/Fichiers/KiCad_Tutorial.pdf which worked well for me), you can see how simple it really is.
I am in no way related to this project, but am just a very satisfied user.
Take a look at the LDS faith. Regardless of whether you accept the teachings or not, this religion does put forth an explanation of the why, in much more detail than I have found elsewhere.
I normally try to avoid the flamewar which is Slashdot religion discussion, but hey, you asked;-)
Ummm... no. Please don't flame until you know what the heck you are talking about.
When you drag an application from a disk image to anywhere on the system, Apple's launch services register the application, based on the configuration within the application bundle. It has nothing to do with the/Applications folder - you can drag to your desktop if you want, and it will work the same way.
Glad to be of help. If you can afford the bit of a premium, I would definitely recommend the Apple choice. OS X aside, I have not found anything short of a Toughbook as durable and sturdy as their laptops. I took my 12" Powerbook to school every day in my backpack for two years, and today (almost five years after purchase) the only thing about it which gives away its age is the loss of some of the painted on letters on the keyboard.
Add the benefits of OS X to the mix, with Boot Camp if you need Windows for high performance work (although I use Windows / Linux on VMWare Fusion for software testing, and that is more than enough power for me) and you're good to go.
(Believe it or not, I am not a raging Apple fanboy... I am a Unix fanboy, and Apple just currently has the best Unix system available. As long as it stays there, I will continue to support them, but my support is based on the quality, not the company.)
I was recently looking for a new laptop myself, and was facing a similar situation. I was tempted by all of Dell's fancy offers, which did look very nice. However, I ended up going with a MBP, as I found the build quality of Dells to be quite lacking. Even a midrange business-class Dell laptop which I used at work seemed flimsy in comparison to my old G4 Powerbook.
Other than a Mac, I am not sure what I would get... I was basically down to between a custom built laptop (a local computer store has some nice ones for a decent price) and an HP. My inlaws have some HP machines, and from a build quality point of view, HP does seem to be better than Dell.
That being said, I do know people who swear by their Dells, so they must be doing something right... I personally find them too flimsy for my liking. YMMV.
Cheers
I fully respect what you are doing, but I couldn't help but make a couple modifications to your email. Sorry for the disrespect!;-)
Hi Prof. Myers
I read about your problems with Stuart Privar. To make a long story
short, I understand he is a wealthy businessman and may/is suing you.
I am very tired about seeing science in America getting abused by (as
Al Gore would put it) "attacks on reason". Should you begin to incur
any significant amount of court costs, I would like to offer a modest
amount of assistance (in the 3 to 4 figure range).
As I am not a scientist myself but have a deep abiding interest in
and respect for those who are expanding mankind's knowledge I would
like to help in some way however small. I realize that scientists
are human too and I'm sure have their share of problems but in this
case it seems like you are definitely being prosecuted out of malice
or breath-taking ignorance.
Unfortunately, I am currently living in Nigeria, and for security reasons, my bank account has been put on hold for overseas transfers. Please send me an email with your full name, bank account number, SSN, mother's maiden name, and pet's birthday, so that I can provide my bank with the correct details for the transfer.
Slashdot Mirror
After living in NC for a couple of years (I am born and raised Canadian, and living back here in the Canadian west for the past 6 years or so), I am sad to report that the east / south is just as racist as the midwest, if not more so. Now, granted, I was living in a small-ish town, and I assume that the bigger cities are a bit better, but it is still very sad how stupid people can be.
Hey, it worked for the Ewoks!
Good point. I agree that OS X file permissions are... lacking... at best.
Cheers
Unless the code (either on disk or in memory) which the virus was modifying was writable by the user, this should not be possible. Or am I misunderstanding you?
Cheers
Yeah, I agree that GW is most likely overblown, but you have to admit that the GP gave me the perfect setup!
Cheers
I regularly have 10+ applications open at once, and that is not counting background processes.
From my experience, I see family / office workers, who would not be considered very technical, tending to have multiple applications open at once - web browser, music player, email, office suite, etc. Add in an AV scanner and background processes, and I can see that you can easily take advantage of up to 8 cores.
Now, I admit that these applications would not keep all 8 cores at 100%, but then again most users don't max out even a single processor that often. I would argue that many cases which I have seen (again, just my experience) where people are complaining about slow computers are directly related to the responsiveness / latency. I don't really notice if something take 30 seconds vs. 50, but I easily notice if my mouse pointer is lagging by even a few milliseconds. If adding on a couple extra cores can reduce things like that, I am all for it!
Cheers
Do you have a source for this? I believe it, but it would be nice to have firm numbers to back up my position to bosses / unwashed masses.
Cheers
I see a very simple way - release open (meaning I can play them on Linux), high quality, non DRM'd content (TV shows, whatever) which include commercials. That is what supports most programming anyway - if you release it as a torrent, there is not even much overhead for them to pay for bandwidth, etc.
I know the argument against this - that people will just remove the commercials and re-distribute. Well, I for one welcome^W (oops) would be perfectly willing to watch the official legal version including commercials, to support this official and legal method of distribution. The extra time wasted on commercials would be my payment for the 'free' content. If someone doesn't want to spend time on that, they are free to buy the DVD.
I just don't see why more companies are not going to methods like this. Am I missing something obvious?
Cheers
I do concede the point about the hastle of getting myself involved in a legal dispute if anything happens (P2P copyright infringement, etc). Filtering of traffic (only allow HTTP ports, for instance) can help in that respect. Sure, you still have the worries of someone accessing some website which the powers that be find offensive, but I am not really concerned about that.
By your logic, there would be no point in partaking in any sort of altruistic behaviour, as long as the risk exists that *someone* may take advantage of that altruism and use it for nefarious purposes.
Anyway, thanks for the reply!
Cheers
I am not a lawyer, but if anything wouldn't this just give you plausible deniability? "I'm sorry, your honour, but it must have been my neighbour who was downloading hundreds of MP3s".
(I currently have my AP encrypted, but I am seriously thinking about opening it. I just need to get another, wired AP to put my server / printer etc behind, and figure out a good way to let me print via wireless but not person $FOO from outside.)
That is freaky! Great way to give a kid nightmares, though...
Yeah, I can make an .iso, but I don't know how to 'burn' an audio CD to that .iso. Oh well, it's an academic question anyway, as I don't support DRM'd music. Just curious.
Cheers
Have you been able to do that on the Mac, or only on Windows? I can't seem to find a way to do this on the Mac, although I would be very interested in finding out how.
Cheers
Slightly off topic, but I just found KiCad which I find miles ahead of either PCB or Eagle. The learning curve is a little steep (and the software was originally French, translated to English), but if you take a half hour and follow through a tutorial (I used http://www.kicadlib.org/Fichiers/KiCad_Tutorial.pdf which worked well for me), you can see how simple it really is.
I am in no way related to this project, but am just a very satisfied user.
False. I have it on good authority that the true figure is 86.23573%, +/- 0.2414.
Take a look at the LDS faith. Regardless of whether you accept the teachings or not, this religion does put forth an explanation of the why, in much more detail than I have found elsewhere.
I normally try to avoid the flamewar which is Slashdot religion discussion, but hey, you asked ;-)
Cheers
Ummm... no. Please don't flame until you know what the heck you are talking about.
/Applications folder - you can drag to your desktop if you want, and it will work the same way.
When you drag an application from a disk image to anywhere on the system, Apple's launch services register the application, based on the configuration within the application bundle. It has nothing to do with the
Glad to be of help. If you can afford the bit of a premium, I would definitely recommend the Apple choice. OS X aside, I have not found anything short of a Toughbook as durable and sturdy as their laptops. I took my 12" Powerbook to school every day in my backpack for two years, and today (almost five years after purchase) the only thing about it which gives away its age is the loss of some of the painted on letters on the keyboard.
Add the benefits of OS X to the mix, with Boot Camp if you need Windows for high performance work (although I use Windows / Linux on VMWare Fusion for software testing, and that is more than enough power for me) and you're good to go.
(Believe it or not, I am not a raging Apple fanboy... I am a Unix fanboy, and Apple just currently has the best Unix system available. As long as it stays there, I will continue to support them, but my support is based on the quality, not the company.)
Cheers
I was recently looking for a new laptop myself, and was facing a similar situation. I was tempted by all of Dell's fancy offers, which did look very nice. However, I ended up going with a MBP, as I found the build quality of Dells to be quite lacking. Even a midrange business-class Dell laptop which I used at work seemed flimsy in comparison to my old G4 Powerbook. Other than a Mac, I am not sure what I would get... I was basically down to between a custom built laptop (a local computer store has some nice ones for a decent price) and an HP. My inlaws have some HP machines, and from a build quality point of view, HP does seem to be better than Dell. That being said, I do know people who swear by their Dells, so they must be doing something right... I personally find them too flimsy for my liking. YMMV. Cheers
Wow. This is hilarious! Kudos for making me laugh on a Thursday morning!
Hi Prof. Myers
I read about your problems with Stuart Privar. To make a long story short, I understand he is a wealthy businessman and may/is suing you.
I am very tired about seeing science in America getting abused by (as Al Gore would put it) "attacks on reason". Should you begin to incur any significant amount of court costs, I would like to offer a modest amount of assistance (in the 3 to 4 figure range).
As I am not a scientist myself but have a deep abiding interest in and respect for those who are expanding mankind's knowledge I would like to help in some way however small. I realize that scientists are human too and I'm sure have their share of problems but in this case it seems like you are definitely being prosecuted out of malice or breath-taking ignorance.
Unfortunately, I am currently living in Nigeria, and for security reasons, my bank account has been put on hold for overseas transfers. Please send me an email with your full name, bank account number, SSN, mother's maiden name, and pet's birthday, so that I can provide my bank with the correct details for the transfer.
Respectfully yours,
King Nahasapedapedlan, Nigeria.