Yahoo uses Java for many of their online games. You might not play them, but a lot of people do. And that "lot of people" will probably leave Java enabled and be victim to this crap.
JavaScript is natively supported in the browser. Java requires an additional piece of software. Browsing the web in a secure mode should rely on the fewest number of software elements in order to minimize the opportunities for exploits. I'm not saying that only having one program running will prevent problems, but, as long as you keep that program patched appropriately, you should be safer than running two.
So, how long is this going to take? What happens when the black holes at the center of each one collide? And, if as we say yesterday, they are really worm holes, what will that imply? Will the wormholes be the 4-way stop of the galaxy?
Mocking games is not the same as a game gaining a cult following.
Mocking games = Mystery Science Theater 3000. Cult following = The Rocky Horror Picture Show....it was so bad but has a huge following BECAUSE it was bad.
There aren't really any games that people play because they enjoy how bad they are. There are games that people mock because they were bad. There are memes started because of poorly written games (All your base....). But how many times do you go back any play them?
That was the point of the article. Not that there are games that are constantly mocked.
Dell can produce several 100K of computers (servers, laptops, desktops, etc.) per day in the US alone......so, 30K a day doesn't really seem like that big of deal to me.
That would be "as fast as they decide to ship them".....I don't really think that they can "only" produce a handful of them.....stores around here are still constantly sold out getting small shipments periodically. Not saying they can't be had, but that I think they can make them faster than they are right now.
Of course, this delay does a couple of smart things: 1. Maintain high demand so that price cuts aren't necessary. 2. Delays production of units so that component parts become cheaper -- thus reducing the loss (or increasing the margin?).
I highly recommend the production at the community theater (joke) and the observatory (the trip highlight). The parade is a joke.....of course, I lived in New Orleans for a while and sort of have a totally different perspective on parades.
As a databases programmer, I like the way fixed with fonts line up in this style of statement:
select col1, col2, col3, col4 from tab1, tab2, tab3 where tab1.key = tab2.fkey and tab2.key = tab3.fkey and tab2.filter = ?arg1 and tab3.filter = ?arg2
Most proportional fonts don't really handle the tab-stop mid line very well.......
There's the RIAA and the MPAA. What about the CLAA - Copyright Licensees Associate of America (open to suggestion for a better name). We would certainly be bigger than either of those two organizations combined. The best way to fight a bully is to find (or make) a bigger bully.
I think your version comparision is flawed. Windows XP has had service packs, that is more equivalent to your point releases of Linux than the jump from Win95 to WinXP. Can you take Linux 1.x.x apps and run them on Linux 2.x.x? Likely, but just as likely to work for Windows apps, too.....I do believe that many older Windows apps run in Windows XP in compatibility mode.
Now, go the other way (XP -> 95 or 2.x.x -> 1.x.x). Neither will work very well. Something required will very likely be missing.
The need to consider it (and rehash the arguments) is there. Technology changes. Ideals change. Needs change. I agree that today it is more a dream, but given that the projections are that it will take years to accomplish, we must visit the idea every once in a while to determine if the need has reached a critical point.
If a terraformed Mars were needed within the next 100 years, it is already too late and we are doomed. If, in 20 years, it is determined that we can reduce terraforming time to 80 years or the need has been delayed, then there is hope. We should evaluate the need to perform such an invasive act periodically.
(Please sift through the poorly argued point to get to the meat of my meaning....)
Mod parent to +5 (or +11, depending on how high your dial goes).
The only thing left out was that joining the mailing list and discussion boards will help you learn the lingo fastest. The only way to learn how to talk like a 133t hax0r is to lurk among them for a while. Every group is going to have their own slang. There is no "master list". Your background in CS will help you piece things together (well, related to the CS stuff). A classic example? In X Windows, knowing that the server is your screen and the client is the processes (apps) isn't easy to figure out unless you hang around them long enough.
But being a coder, like the parent post says, picking an item off of the TODO list and doing it will give you a good start. Pick an "easy" one. Read the code. Re-read the code. Make an attempt. Re-read the code. Redesign your solution to fit closer to how everything else works. Talk on the boards with people about how you have a mostly working solution. Then, you'll get a feel for their slang as they respond to something that you are pretty familar with.
Yep, used them all. At various times, I liked each one of those "best". Right now, I pretty much use Yahoo and MSN as a portal, nothing more, and Google as my search engine (and mail). Homepage is of course the about link.....nothing like near instantaneous retrieval of your homepage.
What everyone is failing to realize is that they can only patent new methods of patching....
If program Z has a bug that is fixed using some existing technique (buffer overruns where you add tighter bounds checking, maybe....fixing parameter verification with regular expressions....etc.), the patch can still go. The only time this will really matter is if the fix for the exploit involves a completely new and novel way of doing something.....and even then might require too much internal knowledge of the code to know how to create a patent that covers the fix (thus violating copyrights?).
Personally, I think that these guys haven't thought enough about this and are doomed to failure.
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1. Yahoo.com
Done.
Yahoo uses Java for many of their online games. You might not play them, but a lot of people do. And that "lot of people" will probably leave Java enabled and be victim to this crap.
Layne
I'll venture this one.....
JavaScript is natively supported in the browser. Java requires an additional piece of software. Browsing the web in a secure mode should rely on the fewest number of software elements in order to minimize the opportunities for exploits. I'm not saying that only having one program running will prevent problems, but, as long as you keep that program patched appropriately, you should be safer than running two.
Layne
So, how long is this going to take? What happens when the black holes at the center of each one collide? And, if as we say yesterday, they are really worm holes, what will that imply? Will the wormholes be the 4-way stop of the galaxy?
Layne
Mocking games is not the same as a game gaining a cult following.
Mocking games = Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Cult following = The Rocky Horror Picture Show....it was so bad but has a huge following BECAUSE it was bad.
There aren't really any games that people play because they enjoy how bad they are. There are games that people mock because they were bad. There are memes started because of poorly written games (All your base....). But how many times do you go back any play them?
That was the point of the article. Not that there are games that are constantly mocked.
Layne
I found this: http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/halftw.ht m
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And a magnet didn't make your CRT go all "wonky" rainbow colored?
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Based on context, that should have been THERE......if you're going to be a NAZI, do it right.
Layne
Dell can produce several 100K of computers (servers, laptops, desktops, etc.) per day in the US alone......so, 30K a day doesn't really seem like that big of deal to me.
Layne
I'm not saying there are warehouses full of the things.....I think that they just aren't "in a hurry" to make them at full production speeds.
Layne
That would be "as fast as they decide to ship them".....I don't really think that they can "only" produce a handful of them.....stores around here are still constantly sold out getting small shipments periodically. Not saying they can't be had, but that I think they can make them faster than they are right now.
Of course, this delay does a couple of smart things:
1. Maintain high demand so that price cuts aren't necessary.
2. Delays production of units so that component parts become cheaper -- thus reducing the loss (or increasing the margin?).
Layne
I highly recommend the production at the community theater (joke) and the observatory (the trip highlight). The parade is a joke.....of course, I lived in New Orleans for a while and sort of have a totally different perspective on parades.
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Or the 10 minutes spent with your car idle.
Layne
There's the RIAA and the MPAA. What about the CLAA - Copyright Licensees Associate of America (open to suggestion for a better name). We would certainly be bigger than either of those two organizations combined. The best way to fight a bully is to find (or make) a bigger bully.
Layne
Why isn't there a Grindel cluster or Grindel OS or something for all of these Beowulf clusters?
Layne
I think your version comparision is flawed. Windows XP has had service packs, that is more equivalent to your point releases of Linux than the jump from Win95 to WinXP. Can you take Linux 1.x.x apps and run them on Linux 2.x.x? Likely, but just as likely to work for Windows apps, too.....I do believe that many older Windows apps run in Windows XP in compatibility mode.
Now, go the other way (XP -> 95 or 2.x.x -> 1.x.x). Neither will work very well. Something required will very likely be missing.
Layne
The need to consider it (and rehash the arguments) is there. Technology changes. Ideals change. Needs change. I agree that today it is more a dream, but given that the projections are that it will take years to accomplish, we must visit the idea every once in a while to determine if the need has reached a critical point.
If a terraformed Mars were needed within the next 100 years, it is already too late and we are doomed. If, in 20 years, it is determined that we can reduce terraforming time to 80 years or the need has been delayed, then there is hope. We should evaluate the need to perform such an invasive act periodically.
(Please sift through the poorly argued point to get to the meat of my meaning....)
Layne
Mod parent to +5 (or +11, depending on how high your dial goes).
The only thing left out was that joining the mailing list and discussion boards will help you learn the lingo fastest. The only way to learn how to talk like a 133t hax0r is to lurk among them for a while. Every group is going to have their own slang. There is no "master list". Your background in CS will help you piece things together (well, related to the CS stuff). A classic example? In X Windows, knowing that the server is your screen and the client is the processes (apps) isn't easy to figure out unless you hang around them long enough.
But being a coder, like the parent post says, picking an item off of the TODO list and doing it will give you a good start. Pick an "easy" one. Read the code. Re-read the code. Make an attempt. Re-read the code. Redesign your solution to fit closer to how everything else works. Talk on the boards with people about how you have a mostly working solution. Then, you'll get a feel for their slang as they respond to something that you are pretty familar with.
Layne
Just because they are used in the process, doesn't mean they are consumed by the process.....
For example, fermentation of alcohol -- that's just a by-product of the little buggers eating the sugars not of them dying.
Layne
So, by extending that logic, it means that in a few hundred generations, plants will have a functioning society.....
Swamp Thing lives!
Oblig: I for one welcome our altruistic towards family, malevolent towards others veggie overlords!
Layne
Altavista, Lycos, WebCrawler.
Yep, used them all. At various times, I liked each one of those "best". Right now, I pretty much use Yahoo and MSN as a portal, nothing more, and Google as my search engine (and mail). Homepage is of course the about link.....nothing like near instantaneous retrieval of your homepage.
Layne
Apparently, 35K is enough for the first experiment.
Layne
What everyone is failing to realize is that they can only patent new methods of patching....
If program Z has a bug that is fixed using some existing technique (buffer overruns where you add tighter bounds checking, maybe....fixing parameter verification with regular expressions....etc.), the patch can still go. The only time this will really matter is if the fix for the exploit involves a completely new and novel way of doing something.....and even then might require too much internal knowledge of the code to know how to create a patent that covers the fix (thus violating copyrights?).
Personally, I think that these guys haven't thought enough about this and are doomed to failure.
Layne
Besides, unless you were the fristy psot from the first news article (in the beta), then there are too many examples of prior art.
Layne