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    The only surprise here is it took this long for the next farcebook problem with privacy/security to show up.
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    I keep telling them, Facebook can't be trusted! It's like an open database full of security holes just waiting to be exploited! But they won't listen. Well, one day, they will be the ones weeping! Oh, yes! Don't tell me I didn't warn them!
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

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    Its good to know that they keep 'spare' keys ... :P
    I'll close my account, as soon as I can manage to settle the communication problems..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    I keep telling them, Facebook can't be trusted! It's like an open database full of security holes just waiting to be exploited! But they won't listen. Well, one day, they will be the ones weeping! Oh, yes! Don't tell me I didn't warn them!
    Who is them?

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    Best policy is: Don't put anything on the web you don't want everybody to know.
    You must assume there is no secrecy, no privacy, and nothing hidden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    I keep telling them, Facebook can't be trusted! It's like an open database full of security holes just waiting to be exploited! But they won't listen. Well, one day, they will be the ones weeping! Oh, yes! Don't tell me I didn't warn them!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobertD View Post
    Best policy is: Don't put anything on the web you don't want everybody to know.
    You must assume there is no secrecy, no privacy, and nothing hidden.
    Like a friend of mine is always telling people: "If you wouldn't put it on a billboard at times square, don't put it on the internet."

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteflags View Post
    Who is them?
    Elysia's Facebook friends.
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    I use facebook and think the interface is totally atrocious -- I guess their success is purely concept (the reason I use it is because of their success, all my friends and family are there, maybe MS users can relate, LOL?)

    Anyway, so I'm not here to defend them BUT a lot of these privacy scandals remind me of "I parked my car in neutral with no brake on a hill, and it slid into the ocean -- now I sue the manufacturer!".

    Like of course they are a little shady about the information, but that is a Capitalist norm

    Recent fav:

    Facebook Boasts Put Houston Bank Robbers In Jail

    They are not dead, and thus are not eligible for the Darwin awards -- I wonder if some exception can be made??

    Actually I think this calls for some William Blake:

    What the hammer? what the chain?
    In what furnace was thy brain?
    What the anvil? What dread grasp
    Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

    When the stars threw down their spears,
    And water'd heaven with their tears,
    Did He smile His work to see?
    Did He who made the lamb make thee?
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    GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
    The C Book -- nice online learner guide
    Current ISO draft standard
    CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
    3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
    cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteflags View Post
    Who is them?
    Everyone who uses facebook.

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    Elysia's Facebook friends.
    I don't have "facebook friends". I don't use facebook.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Facebook or Facepalm? I can't seem to make my mind. This company is really right there in that special place where the only think stopping them from flopping is the lack of an alternative. One shows up, and they'll go down faster than MySpace ever did.

    We know nothing is eternal. Things just come and go. But like me smoking, some things just seem to want to go sooner than others.
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