He claims he has a higher purpose than the money in going after the social network.
"I'm not doing this for money. I'm doing this for justice. I believe there should be some, somewhere," he told The New York Post.
If he actually won this, I wonder what he'd do with the $500k. Unless he donates its entirety to a good cause (charity, good of the community), he's doing this for the money.
But the bigger question is, what exactly did he do that Facebook saw as a violation? For all we know he could have been posting inappropriate photos or harassing people...
Is it possible to do this with an iPod Touch? I know it's akin to an iPhone and may be similar enough for this hijacking device to function the same way, but TFA doesn't mention iPods at all...
Not to mention, I don't imagine Apple would etch "iPad 2" right on the back of the unit like that. With iPods they've always said, simply, "iPod" regardless of model or generation. (At least from what I've observed over the years.)
I don't mean to spark a fan argument (as I'm not that much of a Star Wars fan) but by being appalled by Hayden Christianson's appearance, I mean that because I think he's a poor actor, and certainly no replacement for the late and far more talented Sebastian Shaw. The superimposition struck me as being disrespectful to Shaw, even as limited as his role was.
Secondly, I don't buy into the "died at a young age" idea. Vader's change for the better at the end of RoJ (saving Luke, killing the Emperor) was supposed to be symbolic of the idea that Anakin resurfaced again, and was never truly dead. This was how he was redeemed before death. At least it struck me that way in the original release, especially after his line, "there's no hope for me now, son."
Lucas just wanted to add more cohesion between the two trilogies. It's as simple as that.
The terms "hacking" and "hacker" have been carelessly misused for a very long time. When something as blatantly simple as manipulating a file in a package is considered to be an act of hacking, it makes me twitch, too. Kind of like the way that all the script kiddies in the world are referred to and feared as "hackers."
Apple products also enjoy the luxury of always having the hardware and OS all share the same creator. Couple that with the iron clad quality control over applications that are distributed through their store, and you have a consistently pleasant experience for the consumer.
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The hate because beta is suppose to mean the software is still being tested, it's not ready for release to the general public, you're not suppose to run around and recommend everyone in the world download it and use it.
Isn't that exactly what this body browser is? A piece of software that's still in beta? Part of the "Google Labs" family of experimental software? Hence the 'Beta' at the top of the page?
You won't see Google touting this as a practical application (like Chrome or Earth) to the general public quite a while. Part of the reason it's publicly accessible now is to demonstrate WebGL, which in itself is not ready for production use. The only reason we're seeing this demonstration here is because new, up-and-coming technologies make for popular./ headlines. When WebGL matures, gets standardized and becomes commonplace, we'll start to see web developers pushing out things like these for production.
Aside from Gmail I haven't seen any other webapps toting the "beta" buzzword for ridiculously long periods of time. But on the other hand, it's refreshing to finally see developers who take web application development seriously enough that they're not just kludging together some PHP, releasing it as v1 and then playing bugfixes by ear.
Yeah, it's not exactly news. For a couple of years I've been seeing pop-ups which try to mimic the XP "My Computer" Explorer window, warning of hundreds of viruses on each of the user's drives. Of course the whole thing is bogus but soon I find myself removing "AntiVirus XP 2011" or some crap like that from the computers of people who fell for it.
But, it is always funny if not a little confusing to see those popups while using Win7 or a non-Windows OS.
In general I think it's a bad idea to rely on cellphones as alarm clocks. I don't know if this is true for all of them but at least for the phones I've had, the clock stays synced with the nearest tower and if there is no service within range, there is no clock. So if there's no service, there's no alarm, and that makes the phone completely useless during travel in unpopulated areas. I've also missed alarms because a technical difficulty of some sort disabled a nearby phone tower.
So now, I use a regular battery-backed alarm clock at home and I use a simple portable alarm clock for travel. Reliable and unbreakable.
Yeah, I hear ya. I've been at it with a chain of upgrades every six months since 6.04 but with all the radical changes Canonical keeps pushing in, I've decided to jump ship and switch back to Debian as well. Sigh...
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Butterflies.
A Media Access Control?
Yeah, the more details they try to mine from their user base, the easier it is for people like us to completely fuck with their results. ;)
From TFA:
He claims he has a higher purpose than the money in going after the social network.
"I'm not doing this for money. I'm doing this for justice. I believe there should be some, somewhere," he told The New York Post.
If he actually won this, I wonder what he'd do with the $500k. Unless he donates its entirety to a good cause (charity, good of the community), he's doing this for the money.
But the bigger question is, what exactly did he do that Facebook saw as a violation? For all we know he could have been posting inappropriate photos or harassing people...
Is it possible to do this with an iPod Touch? I know it's akin to an iPhone and may be similar enough for this hijacking device to function the same way, but TFA doesn't mention iPods at all...
Not to mention, I don't imagine Apple would etch "iPad 2" right on the back of the unit like that. With iPods they've always said, simply, "iPod" regardless of model or generation. (At least from what I've observed over the years.)
I don't mean to spark a fan argument (as I'm not that much of a Star Wars fan) but by being appalled by Hayden Christianson's appearance, I mean that because I think he's a poor actor, and certainly no replacement for the late and far more talented Sebastian Shaw. The superimposition struck me as being disrespectful to Shaw, even as limited as his role was.
Secondly, I don't buy into the "died at a young age" idea. Vader's change for the better at the end of RoJ (saving Luke, killing the Emperor) was supposed to be symbolic of the idea that Anakin resurfaced again, and was never truly dead. This was how he was redeemed before death. At least it struck me that way in the original release, especially after his line, "there's no hope for me now, son."
Lucas just wanted to add more cohesion between the two trilogies. It's as simple as that.
The terms "hacking" and "hacker" have been carelessly misused for a very long time. When something as blatantly simple as manipulating a file in a package is considered to be an act of hacking, it makes me twitch, too. Kind of like the way that all the script kiddies in the world are referred to and feared as "hackers."
I think only only actor replacement at the end of RoJ was Anakin's Ghost (appalling as that was), wasn't it?
Something a hell of a lot more durable than the Visor.
Apple products also enjoy the luxury of always having the hardware and OS all share the same creator. Couple that with the iron clad quality control over applications that are distributed through their store, and you have a consistently pleasant experience for the consumer.
I've found the same to be true of actual canned SPAM, as well.
Stop that.
The hate because beta is suppose to mean the software is still being tested, it's not ready for release to the general public, you're not suppose to run around and recommend everyone in the world download it and use it.
Isn't that exactly what this body browser is? A piece of software that's still in beta? Part of the "Google Labs" family of experimental software? Hence the 'Beta' at the top of the page?
You won't see Google touting this as a practical application (like Chrome or Earth) to the general public quite a while. Part of the reason it's publicly accessible now is to demonstrate WebGL, which in itself is not ready for production use. The only reason we're seeing this demonstration here is because new, up-and-coming technologies make for popular ./ headlines. When WebGL matures, gets standardized and becomes commonplace, we'll start to see web developers pushing out things like these for production.
Aside from Gmail I haven't seen any other webapps toting the "beta" buzzword for ridiculously long periods of time. But on the other hand, it's refreshing to finally see developers who take web application development seriously enough that they're not just kludging together some PHP, releasing it as v1 and then playing bugfixes by ear.
More importantly, does Linux run it?
cue /. superiority complex...
Wait, I know this one! *Ahem*...
Pffft. I never have to deal with these sorts of things on my Mac/Linux/BSD computer!
Did I do it right?
Yeah, it's not exactly news. For a couple of years I've been seeing pop-ups which try to mimic the XP "My Computer" Explorer window, warning of hundreds of viruses on each of the user's drives. Of course the whole thing is bogus but soon I find myself removing "AntiVirus XP 2011" or some crap like that from the computers of people who fell for it.
But, it is always funny if not a little confusing to see those popups while using Win7 or a non-Windows OS.
I know you're trying to be funny, but... yeah, Microsoft is an important technology company.
In general I think it's a bad idea to rely on cellphones as alarm clocks. I don't know if this is true for all of them but at least for the phones I've had, the clock stays synced with the nearest tower and if there is no service within range, there is no clock. So if there's no service, there's no alarm, and that makes the phone completely useless during travel in unpopulated areas. I've also missed alarms because a technical difficulty of some sort disabled a nearby phone tower.
So now, I use a regular battery-backed alarm clock at home and I use a simple portable alarm clock for travel. Reliable and unbreakable.
And still slow as hell, sadly.
Yeah, I hear ya. I've been at it with a chain of upgrades every six months since 6.04 but with all the radical changes Canonical keeps pushing in, I've decided to jump ship and switch back to Debian as well. Sigh...
I know that the following obligatory response is a cliché, but... Whooosh!
That's exactly 29% less of Twitter's posts that I ignore.
But alas, I'm running Linux :)
Ugh. Here we go again...
In other words... he collapsed under the pressure of a hundred thousand rabid fan boys.