Comment Re:Theologians will disagree (Score 2, Funny) 844
COBOL can't be Islam. Islam numbers are always increasing.
Comment OMG!!!! (Score 1) 844
I just got the news! Python attacked a 3-year-old!!!
Maybe it was a DoS attack or something.
Comment Re:What, no scientology? (Score 3, Funny) 844
Python would be Scientology? I surely don't agree.
You have to pay nobody to learn it. It's fun and there's no Xeno. Also, nobody was attacked after saying bad things about it. I think.
Comment LOLCode (Score 5, Funny) 844
LOLCODE would be Pastafarianism - An esoteric, Internet-born belief that nobody really takes seriously, despite all the efforts to develop and spread it.
WHAT??? What do you mean no one takes Pastafarianism seriously?? Die, infidel!
Comment Re:I don't get it... 10% overrun limit? (Score 1) 61
So, does this mean as soon as they have 10% cost overrun their license is revoked?
Man, it took me a while, but I figured it out: it's 12.5%.
(Also, please be sure to point out that 200-->225 is not a 10% overrun or your geek-license will be revoked.)
Done.
Comment Re:I'm no fan of MS... (Score 1) 455
Sir, you've been diagnosed. Please go to the nearest hospital.
Comment Re:I'm no fan of MS... (Score 1) 455
Who hear who codes in C or C++ hasn't had a similar bug in their own code from time to time even though you were sure you'd debugged everything and the code passed through testing fine?
That's why you should use Java. This would never happen!
Comment Re:Those that haven't already changed... (Score 4, Interesting) 455
I think that most people that read news about IT don't use IE already.
Experts Say To Switch Browsers In Light of IE Vulnerability 455
It appears that the exploit in IE briefly mentioned a few days ago is causing a serious reaction: SteveAU writes "Microsoft has begun flooding media outlets with information advising users to switch to an alternate browser while a serious security flaw is being patched. The flaw, which affects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is manifested via malware and has infected over 6,000 sites thus far. Microsoft states: 'The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer. When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object's memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable.'" According to the BBC report, though, Microsoft itself is only asking that users be "vigilant while it investigated and prepared an emergency patch"; it's outside experts who say to dump IE (at least for now).
Update: 12/16 21:11 GMT by KD : Microsoft will issue an emergency critical update for IE tomorrow.
Update: 12/16 21:11 GMT by KD : Microsoft will issue an emergency critical update for IE tomorrow.
Comment Re:Ubuntu and the new users (Score 1) 193
Nah. The webcam doesn't work because the chipset has no drivers for Linux, and the company which supplies the chipset refuses to open their specs so the community could write their own drivers.
Comment Re:Sarcasm mark (Score 3, Informative) 389
I have a friend who said once that you can give sexual meaning to any statement as long as you end it with "if you know what I mean". Something like:
Now I will recompile my kernel, if you know what I mean.
Maybe people could use a sentence like that to imply sarcasm... maybe 'Obviously'.
...if you know what I mean.
Comment House (Score 2, Funny) 389
Maybe sarcasm is good to identify other diseases as well. That's why House is so good!
Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia 389
An anonymous reader writes "Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but Australian scientists are using it to diagnose dementia, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, found that patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic."
Is MySQL's Community Eating the Company? 223
mjasay writes "Craigslist's Jeremy Zawodny reviews the progress of MySQL as a project, and discovers that through third-party forks and enhancements like Drizzle and OurDelta 'you can get a "better" MySQL than the one Sun/MySQL gives you today. For free.' Is this a good thing? On one hand it demonstrates the strong community around MySQL, but on the other, it could make it harder for Sun to fund core development on MySQL by diverting potential revenue from the core database project. Is this the fate of successful open-source companies? To become so successful as a community that they can't eke out a return as a company? If so, could anyone blame MySQL/Sun for creating its own proprietary fork in order to afford further core development?"
Safari and Chrome: Tied For the Worst Password Manager 218
Startled Hippo writes "Safari and Chrome are tied for the worst password manager built into a major Web browser, according to a new study on the issue produced by Chapin Information Services. One problem is that some password managers can be tricked into submitting different password credentials to different parts of the same Web site. The bug has been fixed in Firefox, but Chrome and Safari are still vulnerable to this kind of attack."
