Flashblock made that problem go away for me on 3 computers. It stops all flash content until you click on the flash element to enable it, and has a built-in whitelist manager that I really should start using for youtube.
I don't believe that's the paper referred to in TFA. The in-depth paper I'm reading from Heimburg and Jackson is called "On the action potential as a propagating density pulse and the role of anesthetics."
"Those sites are virtual wastelands for content (i.e. lots of content, but little substance)."
Kind of like...commercial radio?
It's too bad music is so subjective--otherwise, my guess would be that the ratio of shit/gold is about equal between commercial radio and the internet.
Petition the larger streaming stations to stop playing useless shit from the RIAA, find indie bands who want exposure and are willing to allow the station to play their songs for free, and stop buying into the idea that the RIAA controls music.
"My favorite human bad causal reasonings are ones that reflect unthinking egotism. 'After surviving this plane crash, I _have_ to believe in God! Even though he took the head off the guy sitting next to me!'"
I love those. Especially the ones of the form "it was God's will that I survived this horrible accident!" To accept that, you also have to accept that it was "God's will" to let the other people die...and depending on your degree of religiosity, his will to cause the accident in the first place. That never gets mentioned, though.
"You thoroughly test them in the lab and if they solve the business problem, you roll them out."
I don't believe 7 days is enough time to thoroughly test anything like a third-party time change patch on e-commerce lab servers, at least in the travel business (my enterprise environment). I'm also finding it hard to believe anyone who still writes "M$" has any kind of responsibility in the enterprise, but you never know.
That sounds like a real enterprise-level idea. I'm sure most large corporations will jump at the chance of using a small third-party vendor to ensure uptime.
Jedi mind-trick for moderators: of course, this wouldn't even be an issue if the Windows API were open source.
"Hell, I don't even keep a firewall active on my home system; but that's) cause I don't do ANYTHING of value on it."
Wow.
So, like, does being part of a zombie botnet noticeably slow down your connection at certain times, or is it fairly well distributed over the entire net? How well do those things scale?
"You can't do that with a brass key, a legit locksmith won't sell it to you unless you have the original."
Sorta.
Restricted keys, like the Medeco M3, won't be duplicated without a lot of paperwork and permission from the company who distributes the keys (even if you have the original key on you). Unrestricted keys--like, say, my house key--are duplicated by reputable locksmiths all the time. Just go to one and ask for a code cut of a specific blank.
Why should companies put effort into fixing their product when they can just suppress the information with a well-aimed legal threat? This will ensure that no one else will be able to get their hands on this very sensitive information, since the only place it could possibly be distributed is at Black Hat. Well done, HID Corp.
I'd rather Dell got their shit together in the customer service department and worry about linux afterwards. I can install linux myself (and as others have pointed out, it's not like you get a better deal by telling Dell to hold the Windows)--I can't make Mandeep--Dell's latest clueless support monkey--escalate my issues to a higher tier of support rather than recycle the same cut & paste I've seen from everyone else at tier 1.
Hundreds of thousands of years? Modern humans showed up about 50,000 years ago, and ancient homo sapiens only branched away from other hominids about 150K years ago.
This article was much more entertaining when I saw it on Slashdot two or three years ago, complete with almost identical comments about how they must be hosting the site on the test system in question because it wouldn't load after being slashdotted, etc.
What's the current record for longest time between dupes? I think it just got shattered.
More importantly, is he being charged under Title 17 or Title 18? The former has a statute of limitations of 3 years, while the latter is 5 years. If he's being charged under Title 17 his lawyer might have a quick case to look forward to. Even if it's Title 18, the government will have to show that he committed the crimes he's being indicted for subsequent to 1999-2000 or so.
Yeah, I totally see that happening. People at work paying the slightest bit of attention to what anonymous people on the internet said about a co-worker years ago.
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My sarcasm meter just melted.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. My three-year-old son is smarter than a bunch of politicians.
Flashblock made that problem go away for me on 3 computers. It stops all flash content until you click on the flash element to enable it, and has a built-in whitelist manager that I really should start using for youtube.
I don't believe that's the paper referred to in TFA. The in-depth paper I'm reading from Heimburg and Jackson is called "On the action potential as a propagating density pulse and the role of anesthetics."
"I can assure you that the article is complete, unadulterated pseudoscience. I don't know how they got this past peer review but it gibberish."
I wasn't aware CBC articles had to go through peer review before publication. That seems a little tedious for news purposes.
"Those sites are virtual wastelands for content (i.e. lots of content, but little substance)."
Kind of like...commercial radio?
It's too bad music is so subjective--otherwise, my guess would be that the ratio of shit/gold is about equal between commercial radio and the internet.
No!
Petition the larger streaming stations to stop playing useless shit from the RIAA, find indie bands who want exposure and are willing to allow the station to play their songs for free, and stop buying into the idea that the RIAA controls music.
You might as well ask Myspace to verify pedophile status in people who sign up. Their success rate will be the same.
"My favorite human bad causal reasonings are ones that reflect unthinking egotism. 'After surviving this plane crash, I _have_ to believe in God! Even though he took the head off the guy sitting next to me!'"
I love those. Especially the ones of the form "it was God's will that I survived this horrible accident!" To accept that, you also have to accept that it was "God's will" to let the other people die...and depending on your degree of religiosity, his will to cause the accident in the first place. That never gets mentioned, though.
"You thoroughly test them in the lab and if they solve the business problem, you roll them out."
I don't believe 7 days is enough time to thoroughly test anything like a third-party time change patch on e-commerce lab servers, at least in the travel business (my enterprise environment). I'm also finding it hard to believe anyone who still writes "M$" has any kind of responsibility in the enterprise, but you never know.
*whooosh!*
That sounds like a real enterprise-level idea. I'm sure most large corporations will jump at the chance of using a small third-party vendor to ensure uptime.
Jedi mind-trick for moderators: of course, this wouldn't even be an issue if the Windows API were open source.
"Hell, I don't even keep a firewall active on my home system; but that's) cause I don't do ANYTHING of value on it."
Wow.
So, like, does being part of a zombie botnet noticeably slow down your connection at certain times, or is it fairly well distributed over the entire net? How well do those things scale?
We Americans who know the language say "couldn't care less" as well.
"You can't do that with a brass key, a legit locksmith won't sell it to you unless you have the original."
Sorta.
Restricted keys, like the Medeco M3, won't be duplicated without a lot of paperwork and permission from the company who distributes the keys (even if you have the original key on you). Unrestricted keys--like, say, my house key--are duplicated by reputable locksmiths all the time. Just go to one and ask for a code cut of a specific blank.
Why should companies put effort into fixing their product when they can just suppress the information with a well-aimed legal threat? This will ensure that no one else will be able to get their hands on this very sensitive information, since the only place it could possibly be distributed is at Black Hat. Well done, HID Corp.
"Kids know this but parents don't!"
I do now. Thanks for the tip, Mike Foster!
Off to buy a Wii.
What is this, Digg?
Looking forward to the "Presidential Candidate Hairdo Debate" followup.
I'd rather Dell got their shit together in the customer service department and worry about linux afterwards. I can install linux myself (and as others have pointed out, it's not like you get a better deal by telling Dell to hold the Windows)--I can't make Mandeep--Dell's latest clueless support monkey--escalate my issues to a higher tier of support rather than recycle the same cut & paste I've seen from everyone else at tier 1.
"Iranian TV broke the news of the reported test saying: 'The first space rocket has been successfully launched into space.'"
This report brought to you by the Iranian TV department of redundancy department in Iran, via TV reporting.
Hundreds of thousands of years? Modern humans showed up about 50,000 years ago, and ancient homo sapiens only branched away from other hominids about 150K years ago.
This article was much more entertaining when I saw it on Slashdot two or three years ago, complete with almost identical comments about how they must be hosting the site on the test system in question because it wouldn't load after being slashdotted, etc.
What's the current record for longest time between dupes? I think it just got shattered.
More importantly, is he being charged under Title 17 or Title 18? The former has a statute of limitations of 3 years, while the latter is 5 years. If he's being charged under Title 17 his lawyer might have a quick case to look forward to. Even if it's Title 18, the government will have to show that he committed the crimes he's being indicted for subsequent to 1999-2000 or so.
/ usam/title9/crm01860.htm
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room
"What are you in for?"
"I raped my grandmother, bludgeoned her to death and ate the corpse. You?"
"I gave some software away."
Yeah, I totally see that happening. People at work paying the slightest bit of attention to what anonymous people on the internet said about a co-worker years ago.