I'm not. Saw this one coming when they announced the song sharing thing. I had hoped, however, that the giant music conglomerations would grow up and let it go through. Zune shared music can only be played a few times, so what's the harm in a little advertising?
"...he claimed that most open source software is often abandoned and not developed, and leads to a lot of low-quality software with lots of bugs."
It might be true that most projects are abandoned, but I like the fact that all of the decent (or better) OSS is ignored. Except Linux. The professor couldn't handle a geek coup.
When the drive breaks, starts to run slow, or has other problems, I replace it. When it runs out of space, I get an additional drive (and throw out the oldest/smallest/junkiest one I have).
I didn't even think of that. It seems that you would have to make a website that was readable (by a software page reader) and easily usable by the blind, but still difficult to extract the email address. Maybe you could put an audio clip of contact info, akin to a voicemail message.
Personally, I don't have this issue too much (no business, ergo no customers), but I think that the image would be the most effective. Almost like a CAPTCHA, but not nearly as hard (you want your customers to read it easily), but the image would likely still work because (speculation) most harvesters analyze text because it is easy. Image analyzing takes more processing (or human victims), so the harvester would probably get more email addresses by skipping the images and going for text.
As for whether the harvesters can interpret javascript, I think that it depends on the particular harvester. You could analyze the source or the created page.
Double taxation in what sense? Okay, maybe some public money goes into the research fund (moreso at public universities than private), but how much? I was under the impression that collegiate level research was difficult because the professors are required to obtain their own funding through corporate sponsorships, grants, and private donations.
Now the case _for_ patents. I believe that it is important that universities be able to patent their developments, otherwise someone else will. It simply becomes a free-for-all among the corporate world; the first company to discover the piece of research gets the prize!
I really don't get the math here. 20 * 30 = 600, agreed. But are you "loosing" 600 if you regain 500? I'd say its more like: You are losing ((hourly wage)(time spent not working) - 500).
I was playing Half Life 2 earlier today, and there is a section where you travel under a bridge and do stuff. Well, I'm incredibly afraid of heights and nearly tossed my lunch. I ended up having my friend do that section for me, not because I suck (well, I do, but that section isn't hard at all) but because I couldn't watch the screen.
I think the idea was that you are inputting a password (the normal 5+ characters) except that you can't see what you're inputting, you can only feel it. You password could still be 1-2-3-4-5, which means you float your mouse over the nine boxes looking for the one that causes only one bump to pop up on your mouse. You click that box. Then you do the same for the next number, and so on, and so forth.
I must say, however, that this will be quite time consuming. I'm not sure if the boxes reset after every input (which they probably should, that way duplicates are easily detected), but that would definitely magnify the time needed.
I disagree. In my experience, it is harder to detect and prove plagiarism in code than in written language (like an essay). This is because it is very easy to copy short segments of code and change a variable name, maybe move some code around, and then claim it as your own. It is even easier when you are told a specific objective, because then all of the code will look somewhat similar, and (unabashedly opinion) it is harder to dinstinguish coding styles than it is to distinguish writing styles.
Finding errors/= Proving correctness. Part of proving a program, imho, should include making sure the program only does what it claims to do. No more. (Say goodbye to tag-a-long malware!)
Of course, this is a pretty idealistic outlook. We could all just program in ML, instead.
I see absolutely no problem with someone analyzing the security of a network and relaying the results to the owners of the network. According to the article, the "researcher", Macridis, checked the network and then tried to sell the results to the owners, _after_ already accessing the network. Seems a little bass ackward.
That video was probably the sexiest thing I've ever seen on a computer. And that's saying a lot;)
Console sales aren't super important for Nintendo
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If I recall correctly, Nintendo publishes (and develops) many of its more successful games, especially those starring franchise characters. The Wii sales will make some money, but, like the GCN, the Wii can come in second or third and still be fine for the company.
Honestly, I will not tell you what university I currently attend, because I cannot see how the specifics are even remotely relevant. The "sub-par" writing in my previous post is largely due to the fact that I was taking a two minute break from working on a psychology research paper, so I must sincerely apologize for my lack of caring at that time.
on how far you really want to go into the topic. I go to a fairly reputable univ. in robotics and cs in general. In fact, I got an email from one of the faculty today asking for undergrad help on various research projects, including various ideas in robotics...most were no experience required. Just my 2c
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I'm not. Saw this one coming when they announced the song sharing thing. I had hoped, however, that the giant music conglomerations would grow up and let it go through. Zune shared music can only be played a few times, so what's the harm in a little advertising?
Trying too hard. (Aside: The generally accepted format would be: 1. Find the largest twin prime numbers 2. ??? 3. PROFIT!!)
Kratos is too awesome to be a spartan. Think more along the lines of god, and try again.
What about Tupac then? He's still releasing music, and he's dead... at least I think he is... maybe...
"...he claimed that most open source software is often abandoned and not developed, and leads to a lot of low-quality software with lots of bugs." It might be true that most projects are abandoned, but I like the fact that all of the decent (or better) OSS is ignored. Except Linux. The professor couldn't handle a geek coup.
When the drive breaks, starts to run slow, or has other problems, I replace it. When it runs out of space, I get an additional drive (and throw out the oldest/smallest/junkiest one I have).
I didn't even think of that. It seems that you would have to make a website that was readable (by a software page reader) and easily usable by the blind, but still difficult to extract the email address. Maybe you could put an audio clip of contact info, akin to a voicemail message.
As for whether the harvesters can interpret javascript, I think that it depends on the particular harvester. You could analyze the source or the created page.
Double taxation in what sense? Okay, maybe some public money goes into the research fund (moreso at public universities than private), but how much? I was under the impression that collegiate level research was difficult because the professors are required to obtain their own funding through corporate sponsorships, grants, and private donations. Now the case _for_ patents. I believe that it is important that universities be able to patent their developments, otherwise someone else will. It simply becomes a free-for-all among the corporate world; the first company to discover the piece of research gets the prize!
I really don't get the math here. 20 * 30 = 600, agreed. But are you "loosing" 600 if you regain 500? I'd say its more like: You are losing ((hourly wage)(time spent not working) - 500).
use retinal scans for all of the identification needs? Similar, but != to face recognition.
More proof that Boy Scouts arre tools.
I was playing Half Life 2 earlier today, and there is a section where you travel under a bridge and do stuff. Well, I'm incredibly afraid of heights and nearly tossed my lunch. I ended up having my friend do that section for me, not because I suck (well, I do, but that section isn't hard at all) but because I couldn't watch the screen.
I'd hardly call the XBox small.
I must say, however, that this will be quite time consuming. I'm not sure if the boxes reset after every input (which they probably should, that way duplicates are easily detected), but that would definitely magnify the time needed.
I disagree. In my experience, it is harder to detect and prove plagiarism in code than in written language (like an essay). This is because it is very easy to copy short segments of code and change a variable name, maybe move some code around, and then claim it as your own. It is even easier when you are told a specific objective, because then all of the code will look somewhat similar, and (unabashedly opinion) it is harder to dinstinguish coding styles than it is to distinguish writing styles.
...WoW using 100% gpu? ROTFLOL!!1!11!one!!eleventy!1 (Completely off-topic, but...) Seriously, WoW is not very intense on the graphics card.
Finding errors /= Proving correctness. Part of proving a program, imho, should include making sure the program only does what it claims to do. No more. (Say goodbye to tag-a-long malware!)
Of course, this is a pretty idealistic outlook. We could all just program in ML, instead.
It can travel backwards in time too! (I've been seeing this for 2 or 3 days now)
I see absolutely no problem with someone analyzing the security of a network and relaying the results to the owners of the network. According to the article, the "researcher", Macridis, checked the network and then tried to sell the results to the owners, _after_ already accessing the network. Seems a little bass ackward.
if it really needs 20+ gigs of disc space.
That video was probably the sexiest thing I've ever seen on a computer. And that's saying a lot ;)
If I recall correctly, Nintendo publishes (and develops) many of its more successful games, especially those starring franchise characters. The Wii sales will make some money, but, like the GCN, the Wii can come in second or third and still be fine for the company.
Honestly, I will not tell you what university I currently attend, because I cannot see how the specifics are even remotely relevant. The "sub-par" writing in my previous post is largely due to the fact that I was taking a two minute break from working on a psychology research paper, so I must sincerely apologize for my lack of caring at that time.
on how far you really want to go into the topic. I go to a fairly reputable univ. in robotics and cs in general. In fact, I got an email from one of the faculty today asking for undergrad help on various research projects, including various ideas in robotics...most were no experience required. Just my 2c