Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this constitute a blatant violation via reverse-engineering of the Fairplay DRM? I'm not saying I disagree with his actions, I'm just asking the question...
How important is it to Microsoft to ensure that IE passes acknowledged tests of compliane (i.e. Acid2) at the cost of sacrificing newer and possibly more exciting/efficient proprietary technologies?
Wow, that's a sure sign I've had a rough weekend; my last post on Friday afternoon was a +5 Funny, and here I am Monday morning with a 0, Troll. I guess I need a hug...:-(
There's nothing in the story that is anything hugely new - but it does lead to an interesting question. What's the worst "on the road" security setups you've seen?
Here's an interesting question for ya...why is that question interesting? I'll leave the subject/verb agreement alone for now; my Monday shift as grammar nazi doesn't start for another hour.
The 'skin' of the Zune was a 'rubberized' material that had a smooth seductive feel to it. I found myself unable to stop stroking the device, so much that the demo assistant asked me to put it down."
I haven't RTFA, but I'll be damned if I'm going to after that little choice excerpt--this stuff reads like B-rate pr0n narrative!
Hey guys, c'mon--be nice. As soon as I put up the original post, I realized that I had made this (quite obvious) mistake, and I was the first person to call myself on it.
Can't you read the replies to make sure that your point hasn't already been made before pointing fingers?
Ah, sorry, classic Slashdot syndrome...I should've RTFA to find out that there ARE activities required for completion. Still, I'm not gonna apologize for being a crotchety condescending curmudgeon.
Merit badges are typically awarded for the completion of a task (hiking, camping, good works, &c), not for passively NOT doing something. Is there a merit badge for not smoking? How about for not cheating on exams? These qualities are important, sure, but to dangle a badge as a carrot for not doing something wrong seems a like it's missing the point. Boy Scouts have a code and moral values (including those that would keep you from pirating software, smoking, and cheating) are implicit therein; further bribery, especially in the form of badges, seems unwarranted.
Yeah, I know. I actually use Opera too, and I didn't mean any harm by...wait a minute. I DON'T use Opera. I've had it installed for quite a while, but I'd only use it if Safari, Firefox, and Camino all bit the bullet. I'd definitely hit it up before IE, though!
'We had a glitch where we sent out a messed up link.... We're very sorry about that, it certainly was not intentional and we definitely see that was not a good thing for people to experience on such an important topic.'"
Maybe some sort of "Mobile Device Compatible" certifications body would help. It doesn't even have to be a binary condition; they can be "compliant with level one mobile usage," "compliant with level two mobile usage," and so on.
While I agree completely that some sort of standards board would be really helpful in establishing even a basic consistency across different mobile web experiences, I think that it really *would* have to be a binary condition. There's enough confusion as is without having to worry about which "content level" your mobile is capable of handling, and I think anything beyond simple yes/no certification might do more harm than good at this point.
Of course, this might just be a kneejerk reaction to my not-so-recent (2 years ago) and generally positive switch to using a mac, where you have very few (and often only have one) choice for a given service (iTunes, etc) but there's a pretty damn good chance that it'll work and be a consistent experience from user to user:-) If there's one thing I've been sold on, it's that simplicity that you can rely on generally makes consumers happier than complex functions that aren't guaranteed.
It seems to me that the reason that a lot of these apps haven't made their way on to portable platforms (aside from the technical restraints) is simply because many of these services (myspace, facebook, etc) provide a way of mirroring one's real-world friends, acquaintances, &c on the internet and having even more ways of interacting with them. If I'm in the sort of situation where I'm likely to have access to a mobile platform (and not to a computer) odds are that I'm actually hanging out with those friends and acquaintances, and therefore don't need the added layers of communication and community that these sites provide...more than likely, a cellphone with text messaging will be more than sufficient for any "virtual" interactions while I'm in real-world space.
Of course, we're also now reaching a point where these technologies are creating social networks that didn't exist before the technology. I was in college (Zuckerberg's year, actually) when facebook made its debut, and I used it very occasionally as a way to check on my real-world friends' birthdays, cell #s, and so forth. My sister is a freshman now and facebook is an enormous part of "the college experience"; she's "friends" with tons of people she's never even met. This sort of surrogate "virtual" social life can be a lot of fun as a procrastination activity when you're stuck in a computer lab, at the office, or in any sort of setting where you have a computer and should be doing something else, but chances are that if you're running around with a cellphone and nothing else, you've got better things to do with your time anyway.
I know that a fair amount of progress is being made in growing organs and other parts of the body in a completely separate environment from, in current usage, the transplant destination. Do you think that eventually we'll to the point where we can just grow, say, a cut of filet, or maybe a whole roast?
At such a level, vegetarians (at least those coming from an ideological as opposed to a health-oriented perspective) might be in a bit of a bind in answering questions about the ethics of eating meat. Surely, an organism without a brain (i.e. a genetically developed flank steak) can't be construed as any more conscious or "feeling" than an ear of corn or a head of broccoli, right?
Why do you go around picking on people? Play nice.
As long as you asked, however:
Here's a link to a story about antibiotics in burgers from Mickey D's.
Wikipedia confirms that the plural of virus is viruses, but acknowledges that virii can be used as wordplay, such as on BBSs, or by computer hackers. Besides, this is slashdot--we're above teh r00lz 0f gr4mm4r!!!!11oneonee!
And as for the last point--being an anonymous coward doesn't get you girls, either. Turdhead.
...the burgers aren't the only things at McDonalds that should be served with some serious antibiotics!
NOTE: yeah, before you call me on this, I *know* that antibiotics are only good against bacteria, and don't work against virii. Then again, anyone that calls me out probably isn't susceptible to antibiotics either, as you probably need a life to be susceptible to them...
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this constitute a blatant violation via reverse-engineering of the Fairplay DRM? I'm not saying I disagree with his actions, I'm just asking the question...
How important is it to Microsoft to ensure that IE passes acknowledged tests of compliane (i.e. Acid2) at the cost of sacrificing newer and possibly more exciting/efficient proprietary technologies?
Wow, that's a sure sign I've had a rough weekend; my last post on Friday afternoon was a +5 Funny, and here I am Monday morning with a 0, Troll. I guess I need a hug... :-(
Here's an interesting question for ya...why is that question interesting? I'll leave the subject/verb agreement alone for now; my Monday shift as grammar nazi doesn't start for another hour.
What the hell, man?!? I mean, I love my portable music as much as the next guy, but i sure as hell am never going to make it THAT physical...
I haven't RTFA, but I'll be damned if I'm going to after that little choice excerpt--this stuff reads like B-rate pr0n narrative!
Do you realize where you're POSTING?!?
Hey guys, c'mon--be nice. As soon as I put up the original post, I realized that I had made this (quite obvious) mistake, and I was the first person to call myself on it.
Can't you read the replies to make sure that your point hasn't already been made before pointing fingers?
Ah, sorry, classic Slashdot syndrome...I should've RTFA to find out that there ARE activities required for completion. Still, I'm not gonna apologize for being a crotchety condescending curmudgeon.
Merit badges are typically awarded for the completion of a task (hiking, camping, good works, &c), not for passively NOT doing something. Is there a merit badge for not smoking? How about for not cheating on exams?
These qualities are important, sure, but to dangle a badge as a carrot for not doing something wrong seems a like it's missing the point. Boy Scouts have a code and moral values (including those that would keep you from pirating software, smoking, and cheating) are implicit therein; further bribery, especially in the form of badges, seems unwarranted.
Yeah, I know. I actually use Opera too, and I didn't mean any harm by...wait a minute. I DON'T use Opera. I've had it installed for quite a while, but I'd only use it if Safari, Firefox, and Camino all bit the bullet.
I'd definitely hit it up before IE, though!
the Opera users among us will have some interesting things to say about this. Both of them!
Phew! It was just an accident!
I mean, at least Edward Gibbon waited until Rome had already FALLEN to write his "recap".
They're only as II--certainly not as IV!
...of this article from a few months ago, and seems to warrant little more credibility.
Of course, this might just be a kneejerk reaction to my not-so-recent (2 years ago) and generally positive switch to using a mac, where you have very few (and often only have one) choice for a given service (iTunes, etc) but there's a pretty damn good chance that it'll work and be a consistent experience from user to user
It seems to me that the reason that a lot of these apps haven't made their way on to portable platforms (aside from the technical restraints) is simply because many of these services (myspace, facebook, etc) provide a way of mirroring one's real-world friends, acquaintances, &c on the internet and having even more ways of interacting with them. If I'm in the sort of situation where I'm likely to have access to a mobile platform (and not to a computer) odds are that I'm actually hanging out with those friends and acquaintances, and therefore don't need the added layers of communication and community that these sites provide...more than likely, a cellphone with text messaging will be more than sufficient for any "virtual" interactions while I'm in real-world space.
Of course, we're also now reaching a point where these technologies are creating social networks that didn't exist before the technology. I was in college (Zuckerberg's year, actually) when facebook made its debut, and I used it very occasionally as a way to check on my real-world friends' birthdays, cell #s, and so forth. My sister is a freshman now and facebook is an enormous part of "the college experience"; she's "friends" with tons of people she's never even met. This sort of surrogate "virtual" social life can be a lot of fun as a procrastination activity when you're stuck in a computer lab, at the office, or in any sort of setting where you have a computer and should be doing something else, but chances are that if you're running around with a cellphone and nothing else, you've got better things to do with your time anyway.
So THAT'S how they built the pyramids!
I know that a fair amount of progress is being made in growing organs and other parts of the body in a completely separate environment from, in current usage, the transplant destination. Do you think that eventually we'll to the point where we can just grow, say, a cut of filet, or maybe a whole roast?
At such a level, vegetarians (at least those coming from an ideological as opposed to a health-oriented perspective) might be in a bit of a bind in answering questions about the ethics of eating meat. Surely, an organism without a brain (i.e. a genetically developed flank steak) can't be construed as any more conscious or "feeling" than an ear of corn or a head of broccoli, right?
Microsoft's security is gonna do a total 360!
Why do you go around picking on people? Play nice.
As long as you asked, however:
Here's a link to a story about antibiotics in burgers from Mickey D's.
Wikipedia confirms that the plural of virus is viruses, but acknowledges that virii can be used as wordplay, such as on BBSs, or by computer hackers. Besides, this is slashdot--we're above teh r00lz 0f gr4mm4r!!!!11oneonee!
And as for the last point--being an anonymous coward doesn't get you girls, either. Turdhead.
...the burgers aren't the only things at McDonalds that should be served with some serious antibiotics! NOTE: yeah, before you call me on this, I *know* that antibiotics are only good against bacteria, and don't work against virii. Then again, anyone that calls me out probably isn't susceptible to antibiotics either, as you probably need a life to be susceptible to them...
Now I'll be able to emulate the classics from the days of the NES on my $600 PS3 with a Cell Processor!
River City Ransom, here I come!
Gorilla Marketing, or the Chewbacca Defense?