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Comment Re:Those aren't "programming" mistakes... (Score 1) 213

by mwanaheri (#36637068) Attached to: The Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes
well some of the mistakes definitely are programming mistakes. If the requirement states 'take input from field A and store it in table C' then it is a programming mistake not to use a prepared statement but to dynamically build a statement. On the other hand, the promotion of frameworks may make the software over-engineered and the architecture more complicated than necessary. That again can cause many problems...

Comment Re:Seems just as safe as ever... (Score 1) 1148

I'm afraid it isn't that easy. Shure you can build more modern and more save nuclear plants. The problem is what happens if something goes (terribly) wrong. If a gas plant fails terribly, you get a big explosion and a number of killed people. Tragic, but the consequences are limited in terms of regional spread and timeline. If a nuclear plant fails, the consequences are quite different. You can't just go, clean the place up and build a new plant. The contamination remains and will continue to be lethal for generations to come. Just invest some time and money? Well, you certainly believe in software that has no bugs, do you?

Comment Re:Karma (Score 1) 616

by mwanaheri (#25366809) Attached to: Give two weeks' notice ...
Yes, you can (talking about germany now). It isn't even uncommon. There are two motivations for it: 1) frienly end: If you fire somebody because of business changes, this period is a good time to find a new job. I've seen employers phoning other companies to help that person with a new job. 2) unfriendly end: better not have the fired person in your companies messing around with your stuff.
Portables

Journal Journal: Minox Windwatch Pro

Journal by dwimurdianto
Designed for all outdoor activities such as; cycling, hiking, sailing, surfing, mountain climbing, canoeing, or anything else . . more
The Internet

YouTube Users Attend First Official Get-Together 52

Posted by Zonk from the haven't-i-seen-you-somewhere-before dept.
An anonymous reader wrote us with a link to News.com's coverage of the first official YouTube get-together. Video aficionados from as far away as Australia descended on the Pier 39 shopping complex in San Francisco to meet and, of course, videotape each other. An estimated 100 some people attended the 'As One' event, which allowed some of the most popular bloggers and video posters to meet their fans. "'I don't have any groupies yet,' said Ben Going when asked whether his Internet fame has changed his life. The 21-year-old waiter from Huntsville, Ala., has a regular YouTube audience that numbers nearly 26,000. Two minutes after making his joke, Going was approached by two red-haired teenagers who asked him for an autograph. Going, known at YouTube as Boh3m3, shrugged at a reporter and appeared simultaneously thrilled and embarrassed. Lowering his hat, the one Going wears in many of his videos, he signed away."
Portables

Journal Journal: Sennheiser PXC 450

Journal by dwimurdianto
This headphones using NoiseGard 2.0 Advance technology for active attenuation of ambient noise from Sennheiser that can protect against ambient noise up to 90.0% . . more

Feed Satellites Seek Substorm Source (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Five science satellites blast off on a single rocket -- it's a mission to find the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere. By the Associated Press.


Graphics

Submission + - Rollable E Ink Display Becomes Real Product

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An anonymous reader writes: Two years ago Philips unveiled a prototype of a functional electronic-document reader, called the Readius, which could unroll its display to a scale larger than the device itself. Unfortunately, that was only a prototype. According to Cnet, however, Polymer Vision, which spun out from Philips in 2006, has redesigned the Readius and turned it into a real product that it is going to be available by the end of this year. There are some notable differences between this Readius and the prototype version, in particular, the ability to display 16 shades of grey instead of just 4 and the connectivity options. What doesn't make sense though, is given the energy efficiency and easy-to-read high contrast functionality of E Ink, why other than Motorola with its Motofone, has no other cell phone manufacturer incorporated E Ink technology into its handsets?
Movies

MPAA Violates Another Software License 297

Posted by Zonk from the that's-a-little-cold dept.
Patrick Robib, a blogger who wrote his own blogging engine called Forest Blog recently noticed that none other than the MPAA was using his work, and had completely violated his linkware license by removing all links back to the Forest Blog site, not crediting him in any way. The MPAA blog was using the Forest Blog software, but had completely stripped off his name, and links back to his site. He only found about it accidentally when he happened to visit the MPAA site.
Biotech

Suppressed Report Shows Cancer Link to GM Potatoes 325

Posted by Zonk from the politics-and-potatoes-and-science-mix-poorly dept.
Doc Ruby writes "After an 8-year-long court battle, Welsh activists have finally been allowed to released a Russian study showing an increased cancer risk linked to eating genetically modified potatoes. While the victory of the Welsh Greenpeace members in the courtroom would seem to vindicate the work of the Russian scientists that did the original research, there are still serious questions to be answered. The trials involved rats being fed several types of potatoes as feed. The rats who were fed GM potatoes suffered much more extensive damage to their organs than with any other type; just the same, serious questions remain about the validity of the findings. The Welsh group wants to use this information to stop the testing of GM crops in the UK, tests currently slated for the spring of this year."

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