Isn't interesting how doing science requires believing in induction, that the future will be like the past
It's worked pretty well so far. Here's a little test: You can fly in Airplane A which has been built according to the best understanding of scientific principles. Be aware that there's a tiny chance that the laws of physics will suddenly change and you'll be splattered all over a mountain.
Or you can fly in Airplane B which consists of pieces of plywood screwed haphazardly to a lead frame. Airplane B, however, has been blessed by the clergy of every major religion and will be flown only by those who have complete faith in God and God's ability to perform miracles.
Welcome to the 21st century. And by the way, I'd be filled with glee to see Rogers in a downward spiral. My sympathy for that company would extend to dancing on its grave.
... and here's how. "Oh, you won't comply? Guess you don't want your airline to have landing rights in the US, then."
The US, unfortunately, can get away with extortion. I live in Canada and have family in the United States, but this is seriously offputting. I think it's time to boycott travel to the US until they back away from this kind of insanity.
Even if the kid did post the tweet during school from a school computer using the school's network, do you really think expulsion is an appropriate punishment for writing "Fuck"?
At most, in the worst case, this was worthy of a verbal reprimand like "Don't fucking do that again!"
Ah, could be. This might be a "Microsoft Universe" problem.
We sell software that has a Web interface, and we've had customers take a.BMP image of Internet Explorer, embed it in a Word document and attach the Word document to an email when they could have cut-and-pasted a 50-character error message from the Web interface.:(
I hate office suites, but they're a necessary evil. And I'm beginning to mellow and even like certain parts of LibreOffice like the spreadsheet component.
Heh... I guess it's all relative.:) Every time I get annoyed at Linux, I think of how nasty it would be to run Windows on my desktop and then I calm down.
What's bad about it is coming up with sane ways to deal with malformed parameter values while minimizing security risks. There are many ways to abuse that spec (for example) to specify something that Outlook sees as "filename.exe" while your security scanner sees "innoccuous.txt", depending on how the malformed parameter is interpreted.
Handling well-formed MIME is easy. Dealing safely with malformed MIME is a nightmare. And unfortunately, because of piles of bad software, you can't be pedantic and simply reject malformed MIME; end-users will riot.
MIME is quite amazing, but some of the RFCs such as RFC 2231 are a real WTF. I took over maintainership of the MIME::tools Perl module and felt murderous sentiments towards the authors of that RFC...
... then they would forge postings defaming Mohammed from all the nutcases who have called for this guy's punishment. Let's see how quickly things would change.
If I had to work with Windows or Mac OS X, I would exit the computer field.
That's unlikely to happen since I own my own company and get to pick the platform, but I'm serious: No amount of money would induce me to work with products from Apple or Microsoft.
When I use a public wireless access point, my networking scripts immediately set up an OpenVPN tunnel and make that the default route. If you don't route all your traffic over a VPN when you use public wireless of any kind, you're asking for trouble.
Physical textbooks lack portability, durability, accessibility, consistent quality, interactivity and searchability, and they're not environmentally friendly.
On the other hand, they're not encumbered by DRM, they don't vaporize after a hundred readings or a year, whichever comes first, they don't demand that you read them with Apple (R) iGlasses and they don't have to be vetted by a gatekeeper (who takes 30%) before being published.
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How does assuming that the laws of nature don't change suddenly imply "theism"? That is a non-sequitur.
Get a cheap colocated server in the US and then run OpenVPN or whatever flavor of VPN you prefer.
Isn't interesting how doing science requires believing in induction, that the future will be like the past
It's worked pretty well so far. Here's a little test: You can fly in Airplane A which has been built according to the best understanding of scientific principles. Be aware that there's a tiny chance that the laws of physics will suddenly change and you'll be splattered all over a mountain.
Or you can fly in Airplane B which consists of pieces of plywood screwed haphazardly to a lead frame. Airplane B, however, has been blessed by the clergy of every major religion and will be flown only by those who have complete faith in God and God's ability to perform miracles.
Which plane would you choose to board?
We're now in a downward spiral
Welcome to the 21st century. And by the way, I'd be filled with glee to see Rogers in a downward spiral. My sympathy for that company would extend to dancing on its grave.
The raisin de etre
That's just sour grapes.
With my antenna and digital TV, I get about 10 channels for free. 90% of the programming is crap.
But I can pay $60/month and get 100 channels of crap? Oh boy!!!! Sign me up!!!
... and here's how. "Oh, you won't comply? Guess you don't want your airline to have landing rights in the US, then."
The US, unfortunately, can get away with extortion. I live in Canada and have family in the United States, but this is seriously offputting. I think it's time to boycott travel to the US until they back away from this kind of insanity.
Even if the kid did post the tweet during school from a school computer using the school's network, do you really think expulsion is an appropriate punishment for writing "Fuck"?
At most, in the worst case, this was worthy of a verbal reprimand like "Don't fucking do that again!"
I have an actual company I can go yell at on the phone.
Oh? Please tell. I'd love to hear stories of how you yelled at Microsoft over the phone and actually got anywhere.
My 80-yr-old mother uses Linux. It was not "grandma simple" to install and set up (I did that for her), but she certainly has no trouble using it.
Ah, could be. This might be a "Microsoft Universe" problem.
We sell software that has a Web interface, and we've had customers take a .BMP image of Internet Explorer, embed it in a Word document and attach the Word document to an email when they could have cut-and-pasted a 50-character error message from the Web interface. :(
Tons of GUI screen shots.
Isn't that the nature of the beast? Documenting systems that rely heavily on GUIs is a real PITA. For example:
Unix doc: "To prevent others from accessing your file, execute: chmod go-rwx file "
WIndows doc: "Right click here, choose "Permissions" or whatever, go to the "Access" tab, enable the "frobnitz" checkbox..."
Aieeee!
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I hate office suites, but they're a necessary evil. And I'm beginning to mellow and even like certain parts of LibreOffice like the spreadsheet component.
Thanks for all the hard work, TDF guys and gals.
Because playing with yourself makes you blind.
Heh... I guess it's all relative. :) Every time I get annoyed at Linux, I think of how nasty it would be to run Windows on my desktop and then I calm down.
Yes, X.400 would've been far, far worse.
What's bad about it is coming up with sane ways to deal with malformed parameter values while minimizing security risks. There are many ways to abuse that spec (for example) to specify something that Outlook sees as "filename.exe" while your security scanner sees "innoccuous.txt", depending on how the malformed parameter is interpreted.
Handling well-formed MIME is easy. Dealing safely with malformed MIME is a nightmare. And unfortunately, because of piles of bad software, you can't be pedantic and simply reject malformed MIME; end-users will riot.
MIME is quite amazing, but some of the RFCs such as RFC 2231 are a real WTF. I took over maintainership of the MIME::tools Perl module and felt murderous sentiments towards the authors of that RFC...
You have two choices:
1. Talk to your employer and try to get an exemption written into your contract. If choice 1 fails, then you are left with:
2. Quit.
... then they would forge postings defaming Mohammed from all the nutcases who have called for this guy's punishment. Let's see how quickly things would change.
If I had to work with Windows or Mac OS X, I would exit the computer field.
That's unlikely to happen since I own my own company and get to pick the platform, but I'm serious: No amount of money would induce me to work with products from Apple or Microsoft.
... does not contain too few non-single negatives, no?
Because of Windows' lack of decent remote access options, Windows ISVs continue to reinvent SSH badly.
When I use a public wireless access point, my networking scripts immediately set up an OpenVPN tunnel and make that the default route. If you don't route all your traffic over a VPN when you use public wireless of any kind, you're asking for trouble.
Physical textbooks lack portability, durability, accessibility, consistent quality, interactivity and searchability, and they're not environmentally friendly.
On the other hand, they're not encumbered by DRM, they don't vaporize after a hundred readings or a year, whichever comes first, they don't demand that you read them with Apple (R) iGlasses and they don't have to be vetted by a gatekeeper (who takes 30%) before being published.