Virtual eXecuting Environment

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Virtual Workspace Environment

Virtual Workspace Environment 05/19/2004 11:44 AM
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Virtucoll Virtual Learning Environment

Virtucoll Virtual Learning Environment 06/09/2004 07:06 PM
0_2_2 Version Available

Report from Yale's Digital Cops in a
Virtual Environment

Report from Yale's Digital Cops in a
Virtual Environment 04/13/2004 12:52 PM
James Grimmelman has written up a witty and marvellous con-report from Yale's Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment, wherein a bunch of Internet law-enforcement theorists and practicioners chewed the fat with civ-lib types:

Phil's Commandment Five -- "Criminal sanctions should where necessary deter costly anti-social conduct." -- sounds an awful lot like Bentham's "The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common, is . . . to exclude mischief." Similarly, Phil's Commandment Three -- "When traditional crime presents a greater harm to society because it is committed online, that crime should entail a heavier punishment, where possible through neutral means such as measuring the actual damage done" -- has a close resemblance to Bentham's "When two offences come in competition, the punishment for the greater offence must be sufficient to induce a man to prefer the less."

Now, this is all well and good, but Dan Solove then undermines these simple utilitarian calculations, in exactly the way that two centuries of law and economics have undermined Bentham's calm confidence. It turns out that optimal deterrence is indeterminate: it doesn't spit out clear answers all the time, because you can often make good deterrence arguments for lower punishments. This is what Solove is getting at when he says that constructing identity theft as "theft" undermines the importance of building secure architecture. Dan sees creating vulnerability itself as a harm that needs to be redressed: perhaps the people at "fault" are as much the people using social security numbers as database primary keys, as much as the crackers who steal those numbers.

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Re-executing an advertisement

Re-executing an advertisement 06/23/2004 05:22 PM

IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary
programs using showHelp()

IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary
programs using showHelp() 12/30/2003 02:58 PM
Arman Nayyeri (Dec 29 2003)

Re: php-ping: Executing arbritary
commands

Re: php-ping: Executing arbritary
commands 12/30/2003 02:58 PM
ppp-design (Dec 30 2003)

Executing JavaScript on page load

Executing JavaScript on page load 05/26/2004 01:27 AM

Peter-Paul Koch recently wrote:

In my opinion, recent advances in JavaScript theory call for the removal of the event handlers that some Web developers-and all WYSIWYG editors-deploy in large masses in their XHTML files, where they don’t belong.

PPK is talking about inline event attributes such as the infamous onclick="" and onmouseover="" which have infested our HTML ever since Netscape introduced JavaScript back in version 2.0 of their browser. The alternative to these handlers is to add event handlers to elements after the document has loaded. PPK has detailed coverage of the various ways of doing this on his QuirksMode site.

In my work with unobtrusive JavaScript, I've found that by far the most common action I take is "registering" a script to be executed once the page has finished loading. There are a number of ways of doing this, which I described in my article E nhancing Structural Markup with JavaScript. Unfortunately, none of them are perfect if you wish to write truly reusable scripts.

For a script (such as my blockquote citations script discussed in the article) to be properly reusable, it needs to behave nicely in the presence of other scripts. This means that assigning a callback function directly to the window.onload handler is out of the question as doing so will over-ride previously assigned callbacks from other scripts. The correct way of adding a handler to an event without over-riding other handlers is to use modern event attachment method, which sadly differ between IE/Windows and other browsers. Scott Andrew's addEvent function handles the differences for you but comes with one major and rarely discussed drawback: it fails silently in IE5/Mac. If you care about the many Mac users still on OS9, you need to support that browser.

Anyway, I believe I've found a solution. Check this out:

function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      oldonload();
      func();
    }
  }
}

addLoadEvent(nameOfSomeFunctionToRunOnPageLoad);
addLoadEvent(function() {
  /* more code to run on page load */ 
});

The addLoadEvent function takes as an argument another function which should be executed once the page has loaded. Unlike assigning directly to window.onload, the function adds the event in such a way that any previously added onload functions will be executed first.

The way this works is relatively simple: if window.onload has not already been assigned a function, the function passed to addLoadEvent is simply assigned to window.onload. If window.onload has already been set, a brand new function is created which first calls the original onload handler, then calls the new handler afterwards.

addLoadEvent has one very important property: it will work even if something has previously been assigned to window.onload without using addLoadEvent itself. This makes it ideal for use in scripts that may be executing along side other scripts that have already been registered to execute once the page has loaded.

I've tested the above code successfully on IE 5, 5.5 and 6 for Windows; IE 5 and Safari for Mac; Opera 7.5 and FireFox on Mac (which should mean it works with those browsers on Windows as well). Opera 6 for Mac failed the test but has poor JavaScript support anyway and is hopefully becoming more and more rare now that Opera 7 has matured.

I've created a test page for the function. I'd be interested to here any bug reports from browsers I haven't covered.

I'm still considering ways in which this technique could be extended to work for generic events rather than just page loads. The challenge there would be to ensure that information about the event itself was passed to the event handlers in a consistent manner. For page load events this isn't an issue as the event object does not contain any valuable information.

Update: I've written the new technique up on my SitePoint blog and incorporated an explanation of closures and how they are used to preserve any previously assigned onload handlers.

php-ping: Executing arbritary commands

php-ping: Executing arbritary commands 12/29/2003 05:37 PM
ppp-design (Dec 29 2003)

Executing Pieces And Parts Of SQL
Queries

Executing Pieces And Parts Of SQL
Queries 05/24/2004 04:45 AM

RE: php-ping: Executing arbritary
commands

RE: php-ping: Executing arbritary
commands 12/30/2003 02:58 PM
Golden_Eternity (Dec 29 2003)

The Economics of Executing Virus Writers

The Economics of Executing Virus Writers 05/27/2004 10:35 AM

Executing a Command on each Computer in
a Domain

Executing a Command on each Computer in
a Domain 08/20/2004 06:12 AM

Supreme Court to Consider Legality of
Executing Teenagers

Supreme Court to Consider Legality of
Executing Teenagers 01/26/2004 10:57 PM
The court agreed today to decide whether the Constitution prohibits the death penalty for crimes committed at the age of 16 or 17.

Re: Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V

Re: Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V 01/26/2004 03:03 PM
mightye[removethis] (Jan 26 2004)

RE: Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part IV

RE: Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part IV 01/02/2004 06:05 PM
tlarholm_at_pivx.com (Jan 02 2004)

RE: Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V

RE: Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V 01/26/2004 03:03 PM
Thor Larholm (Jan 26 2004)

POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III

POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III 11/05/2003 04:53 PM
http-equiv_at_excite.com (Nov 05 2003)

Re: POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III

Re: POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III 11/06/2003 01:30 PM
Kurt Seifried (Nov 06 2003)

RE: POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III

RE: POS#1 Self-Executing HTML: Internet
Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part III 11/10/2003 11:39 PM
Evans, Arian (Nov 10 2003)

Desktop.ini flaw results in executing
folders

Desktop.ini flaw results in executing
folders 05/17/2004 05:58 PM
roozbeh afrasiabi (May 17 2004)

Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V

Self-Executing FOLDERS: Windows XP
Explorer Part V 01/26/2004 01:55 PM
http-equiv_at_excite.com (Jan 25 2004)

Self-Executing HTML: Internet Explorer
5.5 and 6.0 Part IV

Self-Executing HTML: Internet Explorer
5.5 and 6.0 Part IV 01/02/2004 05:02 PM
http-equiv_at_excite.com (Jan 01 2004)

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix

Virtual PC 7 The first major update to
Virtual PC since Microsoft bought the
emulation program from Connectix 01/03/2005 07:57 PM
MacWorld Jan 3 2005 11:05PM GMT

Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young
Killers

Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young
Killers 01/04/2005 11:31 AM
A Texas high school student convicted of a double murder waits on death row as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty.

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven

The Virtual Mobile Virtual Network
Operator From 7-Eleven 04/27/2004 05:27 PM
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are nothing new. Virgin, both in the UK and the US, has been quite successful creating their own mobile phone carrier, despite not having a network of their own, but simply handling the branding and management, while leaving all the technology issues to a network operator partner. So far, most MVNOs seem to be targeting the youth market (often with "pre-paid plans"), and considering just how lucrative that market seems these days, it's no surprise that plenty of others want into the market. However, operating the whole MVNO is probably a lot of work, so now we're getting to the point where you have virtual MVNOs (VMVNOs) who will do all the work for a company, and simply slap their brand on the final product. That seems to be what's happening with convenience store 7-Eleven, who has announced plans to sell pre-paid mobile phones and service under the "Speak Out" brand - though, all the work appears to be done by Ztar Mobile. Other retailers are quickly expected to follow. Wal-Mart is at the top of the list, with Costco and Home Depot also apparently considering their own mobile phone offerings. The idea is to target younger users, or those with bad credit histories, who can simply pick up a phone at the store, and use it until their minutes run out, at which point they can top it up again - back at the store, of course.

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine

HotFix Watch: Stop error message when
you install Virtual PC Additions and SMS
client components on a Windows NT
4.0-based virtual machine 09/08/2004 07:55 PM

Virtual machine shootout: Virtual PC vs.
VMware

Virtual machine shootout: Virtual PC vs.
VMware 08/01/2004 11:39 PM
Ever wondered which virtual machine product was right for your needs? Ars puts VMware and Virtual PC through their paces to determine which VM gives you more bang for the buck.

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.49 (Virtual World
Server) 08/15/2004 09:31 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.46 (Virtual World
Server) 06/26/2004 04:00 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.38 (Virtual World
Server) 11/02/2003 10:51 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.42 (Virtual World
Server) 01/28/2004 06:54 AM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

Virtual Universe 0.39 (Virtual World
Server)

Virtual Universe 0.39 (Virtual World
Server) 12/02/2003 03:47 PM
A platform independent 3D virtual reality environment.

"Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad
Allawi, has been accused of personally
executing six or seven insurgents by
more than one eyewitness"

"Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad
Allawi, has been accused of personally
executing six or seven insurgents by
more than one eyewitness" 07/18/2004 08:54 AM

"Peter Ludlow is not just a computer
gaming enthusiast. He's also a
philosophy professor, with an abiding
interest in the relationship between the
real and the virtual worlds. So when the
world's most successful virtual-reality
game, the Sims, launched an ..."

"Peter Ludlow is not just a computer
gaming enthusiast. He's also a
philosophy professor, with an abiding
interest in the relationship between the
real and the virtual worlds. So when the
world's most successful virtual-reality
game, the Sims, launched an ..." 01/17/2004 11:07 PM

Virtual Reference So Virtual We Couldn't
Use It

Virtual Reference So Virtual We Couldn't
Use It 07/07/2004 01:15 AM

Another virtual reference failure tonight. Kailee was reading about Neti and Ditto, the cloned monkeys, when she asked if we could find a picture of them. After a couple of fruitless attempts on the web, I again suggested she try my System's virtual reference project since we still had 15 minutes before they "closed" for the night.

So we fired up the URL and after a couple of confusing attempts to connect, we waited for a librarian to "answer" our call. And we waited. And we waited. And we waited. We finally gave up and submitted the question via email, only to be told we'd probably receive an answer in 1-2 business days.

It's extremely frustrating to try to teach Kailee to turn to librarians online for help only to keep running into problems and dead ends when she actually tries to do this. If she didn't have librarian parents, I'll bet she'd be giving up on us now.

Feed the Worms Who Write Worms to the
Worms - The economic logic of executing
computer hackers. By Steven E. Landsburg

Feed the Worms Who Write Worms to the
Worms - The economic logic of executing
computer hackers. By Steven E. Landsburg 05/30/2004 08:39 PM

TCL/TK Programming Environment

TCL/TK Programming Environment 07/31/2004 08:56 AM
Version 1.01 released

Configuring the dev environment

Configuring the dev environment 08/23/2002 08:00 AM
CNET Aug 22 2002 10:24PM ET

Manufacturing the environment

Manufacturing the environment 01/23/2004 03:54 AM
When industry flacks need to learn how to spin not-so-eco-friendly election issues, they go to an environmental conference.
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