It's perfectly possible to set privacy settings on Facebook for applications as well as friends. You can control the information other friend's applications can see. (Settings -> Privacy -> Applications). It's not heavily advertised, because if everyone hid all their info it would devalue their API somewhat, but it's definitely there.
When my wife installed our new scanner on her computer, she didn't plug in a scanner, put a CD in and click next, next... She just plugged it in, and *poof* it just worked. All necessary software and drivers were already installed by default. Let me know when Windows can do that, k?
Windows does do this. I lost the CD for my HP Scanner/Printer combo after I reinstalled Windows one time. So I just plugged the printer in; Windows recognised both printer and scanner components and even let me scan documents using its built in "scanning wizard" gizmo. Same story with virtually every other USB component I own, and I might add that Fedora Core 6 cannot write to my FAT32 formatted USB pen drive (although it pretends it can), so I suppose YMMV.
When it comes down to it - HIV and AIDS are very easily preventable diseases. Anyone who takes proper minimal precautions will not get HIV or AIDS
I think this is just plain wrong, pure and simple. It may be true to a certain degree in the West, but in Africa where 15 million have died from AIDS, and 24 million are infected, it's clearly not so 'easy' to prevent.
Besides, to suggest that a person's treatment should be based on their 'worthiness' just stinks of wrong to me. Should we stop researching skin cancer because people don't know how to use sunscreen? Or maybe stop curing venereal diseases because people should be using condoms?
Seriously, you tried two things and then completely gave up? What are you going to do with your lovely new system when DX10 games start rolling out? Will you spend a bit longer trying to fix it then? I don't get what's with that attitude. If at first you don't succeed...
It's a nice idea that everything would [b]e done server side Only, on Xbox Live, "server side" is actually just some other guy's Xbox. There are no centralised servers for any games (with the obvious exception of MMOs). It's all peer to peer, so that makes it even more vital to ensure that no-one can modify the software -- at least in the context of using Xbox Live.
You can't afford a Ferrari. That doesn't mean it's not available to you, just that you don't have the means to get it. The issue here is that Australians don't have the means of legally acquiring this material. They can't even log on to the US iTunes and pay for it. That's the problem.
I love how Slashdot has become the only place to come for incorrect car analogies.
Presumably because there's a lot of Top Gear DVDs out there, the sale of which may be impeded by the clips being available on YouTube (though not too much I'd imagine; Top Gear is one of those shows which really can't be enjoyed properly by watching a fuzzy Flash video of it).
And what's more, the BBC don't seem to mind too much. I know that BBC presenter Charlie Brooker is well aware that his show is available on YouTube, and even has it embedded in his MySpace page and featured it in a segment on the show. YouTube contains lots of BBC shows which are never likely to get on DVDs and therefore never make them a profit, so why not let people watch them? They don't even have to pay for the bandwidth.
I like the BBC. They seem to be one of the few big media organisations who actually 'get' the internet. Their whole online service is second to none, and their new iPlayer looks set to to revolutionise the way TV is watched. See what happens when you don't have advertisers and shareholders to answer to?
It's been said before, but good and evil are not the same as legal and illegal. This guy may have broken the "law" but in reality he didn't actually steal anything, and to argue that no damage was done could be completely fair.
"Don't be evil" does not translate as "comply with the law". If I remember correctly, Google has complied with Chinese laws on censorship and that's earned them a healthy amount of criticism.
at least to the Brits, Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish
Offtopic, but just so you know, "British" is a term encompassing those three latter nationalities you mentioned (although some Northern Irish may disagree that they are British at all). I assume you meant "English" rather than "British".
I live in the UK, and I think the US makes much better TV. It's not that we don't try, it just seems to be budgeting constraints and the channels' love for ad revenue (the Beeb notwithstanding) which get in the way. Whilst the popular stuff from US broadcast networks like 24 and House is fun, the real good stuff comes from HBO and to a lesser extent Showtime. For example, I've been watching The Wire and it's bloody great; some of the best TV I've ever seen. It's easy to deride popular TV but there's plenty of excellent shows out there if you know where to look.
Excellent post. I'm studying Computing and IT at the University of Surrey, where over 90% of graduates get a job a year after graduating. It's one of the best universities in the country for Computing graduate employment. The main reason for this is that they run a professional training year which is a massive boost to your employability. If you can't get a computing job in the UK, blame yourself or your uni, not the subject itself, because there's plenty of jobs out there.
You make a good point, but in my experience most cheaters on games I play (Counterstrike mainly) direct their attention towards causing annoyance. This is behaviour such as denying they are cheating when they clearly are, mocking others for their 'lack of skill', being abusive in chat/voice, etc.
At the end of the day, I ask myself, "do people who cheat to win and not annoy genuinely feel like they've won?". Personally I never could feel like I'd won if I cheated, and maybe that's why I find it hard to accept that others would believe the same. At the very least such faulty reasoning could underscore some degree of mental problem.
Let's face it, the reason people cheat at games is to get a rise out of people. They revel in the annoyance they cause. The responses this 'modder' gives are just further examples of this flamebaiting. I'm sure some armchair psychologist somehwere can postulate as to exactly why cheaters want to cause such aggravation, but this interview is not an amazing exposé into the mind of a cheater -- it's just another platform he can use to piss people off.
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It's perfectly possible to set privacy settings on Facebook for applications as well as friends. You can control the information other friend's applications can see. (Settings -> Privacy -> Applications). It's not heavily advertised, because if everyone hid all their info it would devalue their API somewhat, but it's definitely there.
Windows does do this. I lost the CD for my HP Scanner/Printer combo after I reinstalled Windows one time. So I just plugged the printer in; Windows recognised both printer and scanner components and even let me scan documents using its built in "scanning wizard" gizmo. Same story with virtually every other USB component I own, and I might add that Fedora Core 6 cannot write to my FAT32 formatted USB pen drive (although it pretends it can), so I suppose YMMV.
Well at least you persevered...
Seriously, you tried two things and then completely gave up? What are you going to do with your lovely new system when DX10 games start rolling out? Will you spend a bit longer trying to fix it then? I don't get what's with that attitude. If at first you don't succeed...
You can't afford a Ferrari. That doesn't mean it's not available to you, just that you don't have the means to get it. The issue here is that Australians don't have the means of legally acquiring this material. They can't even log on to the US iTunes and pay for it. That's the problem.
I love how Slashdot has become the only place to come for incorrect car analogies.
Not had it that long though. And don't play it a lot.
They have Weapons of Moss Destruction!
Presumably because there's a lot of Top Gear DVDs out there, the sale of which may be impeded by the clips being available on YouTube (though not too much I'd imagine; Top Gear is one of those shows which really can't be enjoyed properly by watching a fuzzy Flash video of it).
And what's more, the BBC don't seem to mind too much. I know that BBC presenter Charlie Brooker is well aware that his show is available on YouTube, and even has it embedded in his MySpace page and featured it in a segment on the show. YouTube contains lots of BBC shows which are never likely to get on DVDs and therefore never make them a profit, so why not let people watch them? They don't even have to pay for the bandwidth.
I like the BBC. They seem to be one of the few big media organisations who actually 'get' the internet. Their whole online service is second to none, and their new iPlayer looks set to to revolutionise the way TV is watched. See what happens when you don't have advertisers and shareholders to answer to?
It's been said before, but good and evil are not the same as legal and illegal. This guy may have broken the "law" but in reality he didn't actually steal anything, and to argue that no damage was done could be completely fair.
"Don't be evil" does not translate as "comply with the law". If I remember correctly, Google has complied with Chinese laws on censorship and that's earned them a healthy amount of criticism.
Offtopic, but just so you know, "British" is a term encompassing those three latter nationalities you mentioned (although some Northern Irish may disagree that they are British at all). I assume you meant "English" rather than "British".
The complete lack of PS3s in Europe over Christmas and for the foreseeable future?
Yep.
I live in the UK, and I think the US makes much better TV. It's not that we don't try, it just seems to be budgeting constraints and the channels' love for ad revenue (the Beeb notwithstanding) which get in the way. Whilst the popular stuff from US broadcast networks like 24 and House is fun, the real good stuff comes from HBO and to a lesser extent Showtime. For example, I've been watching The Wire and it's bloody great; some of the best TV I've ever seen. It's easy to deride popular TV but there's plenty of excellent shows out there if you know where to look.
Excellent post. I'm studying Computing and IT at the University of Surrey, where over 90% of graduates get a job a year after graduating. It's one of the best universities in the country for Computing graduate employment. The main reason for this is that they run a professional training year which is a massive boost to your employability. If you can't get a computing job in the UK, blame yourself or your uni, not the subject itself, because there's plenty of jobs out there.
You make a good point, but in my experience most cheaters on games I play (Counterstrike mainly) direct their attention towards causing annoyance. This is behaviour such as denying they are cheating when they clearly are, mocking others for their 'lack of skill', being abusive in chat/voice, etc.
At the end of the day, I ask myself, "do people who cheat to win and not annoy genuinely feel like they've won?". Personally I never could feel like I'd won if I cheated, and maybe that's why I find it hard to accept that others would believe the same. At the very least such faulty reasoning could underscore some degree of mental problem.
Let's face it, the reason people cheat at games is to get a rise out of people. They revel in the annoyance they cause. The responses this 'modder' gives are just further examples of this flamebaiting. I'm sure some armchair psychologist somehwere can postulate as to exactly why cheaters want to cause such aggravation, but this interview is not an amazing exposé into the mind of a cheater -- it's just another platform he can use to piss people off.