But the problem is that we are no longer in the world of 8-bit NES... prior to Windows 95 (Windows 98 even), patches were very few. Why is that? Well, many patches have to do with security. Who cares about security if you have a single NES hooked up to a television? No big deal. With online consoles we now require patches because bugs in software aren't just glitches that game developers have to work around, they are potential security holes that can have serious impact. Once things become connected, we are in a whole different world.
Also, it's worth bearing in mind the decades of support (subsidies, tax breaks, right-of-way) that Bell received during the time when they were an official government monopoly. I wouldn't go so far as to say that we as taxpayers paid for the whole network, but we've certainly earned our share. Well... I don't know how valid an argument that is, since I'm not sure Bell was just given away to the private enterprise that now owns it. Presumably that has been paid for. Whether the government negotiated a good deal for it or not is a question that I don't know the answer to.
You would assume that the value of everything sold was worked into the sale price (and yes, I know what happens when you assume).
The article relates to Bell Canada... this is the company that used to advertise 'always fast, never shared'. Charging for bandwidth over a certain cap isn't a bad idea. My ISP (in Canada) caps at 100GB for premium service.
It seems misleading to always advertise that your product is better than the competition and then limit or shape traffic to accomplish that.
I wonder if it would be better of they didn't support ODF... not they can get into markets that stipulate standards compliant software, and can keep their office monopoly, and possibly 'botch' things just enough to lock people in.
well... right above the code I think you are looking at, is the line:
console.log("This browser does not support HTML5 client side storage. Will proceed with fixture data.") ;
It looks like the SQL is run on the client side, which is not the same security risk as if it was run server side, where it would most certainly be bad.
Calendar sync is possible via Google Calendar. I use it in Thunderbird and it doesn't work too badly... unfortunately you have to activate sync on the BB, but small price to pay...
Now I just need a job that is more meeting/schedule driven:)
Could be said both ways... I'm quite happy with my Intel products myself, but I know someone who won't buy an Intel chip because of poor support for a DOA top of the line Intel CPU he bought.
But to say that a human rights commission isn't needed at all because we can go shopping on days when Christians traditionally took the day off work is ludicrous. Don't disagree... Would be interested in seeing how the HRC handles issues of free speech. I really appreciate the freedom I have to agree or disagree with the government and current public opinion.
I'm not saying that it's right for people to be censored because they offend people, but there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of human rights here (and elsewhere). Absolutely. Though human rights are by nature a limited resource - if you give one human too many rights it impedes on the rights of another.
I would also contend that, based on the sorts of websites I can access and the sort of bigotry I can find that isn't censored, the human rights commission is extremely ineffective at silencing the sorts of people who would make negative statements about minority groups online. The grandparent post didn't provide what I would consider a particularly reliable website for information so I don't really know if the issue is just censorship or if there's something else to it (i.e. if the author is attempting to incite violence against a group, should they still be allowed to do so even if it's just talking?). This isn't about right-wing compartmentalized websites... if you are only allowed to speak freely if you are a small time website, isn't that marginalization?
I should also note, that the website listed contains a link to the Maclean's article and a link to the response from CIC. I didn't read it, I don't know if it is reasonable or not.
Don't know if you were joking or not (you were modded funny), but I wish I could easily block bittorrent traffic with my netgear router, or at least throttle it. I share my connection with tenants in our house, and it would be great to be able to limit their bandwidth rather than telling them not to use bittorrent.
I don't necessarily trust the ISP's JavaScript either... leave my pages alone thank you very much.
Glad I have a small ISP that likely won't do this, but I wonder if this means that random routers across the internet can use this to inject code into web pages.
Can we stop calling them kids? Age of majority is 18 in the states, isn't it? These two were 18 and 19 years old. Young, sure, but kids, no. These are adults.
That patent isn't for what the company seems to be claiming it is for... they are talking about search results, and only search results that contain images from the indexed website or the associated organization.
That is far from a patent breach by virtually all websites. IMO.
What is missing here is a link to a patent... I can only come to one of two conclusions:
1. This is a hoax and there is no truth to it or 2. They don't actually have said patent, but are committing fraud by sending out letters requesting payment
Not sure what to choose... I don't believe for a second there is an actual patent.
But TFA isn't talking about Africa as a continent. TFA is talking about SABS - the South African Body of Standards. As such, it has a concern for standards.
Take this analogy - quirky, but perhaps appropriate - say you have a high tech company and you find a serious flaw in your software. You throw all of your developers on this issue. It takes weeks. Yet, Thursday night, the janitorial staff come by and vacuum the floors and clean the washrooms. Surely there are more important things to be worried about than the floors and the washrooms, but fixing the flaw is NOT THE JOB OF THE JANITOR.
So, sure, they have big issues there, but standards bodies have to deal with standards.
Though... the end of the day... you can do all the math you want... you don't need to try every key... you have to try every key until you find the right one. It doesn't matter how encrypted it is, it is possibly to stumble across the key by blind luck.
I didn't read the patent, or the article, but in my understanding Microsoft could have a claim to this patent. The patent shouldn't be any form of proactive virus protection, but some novel way of doing proactive virus protection that hasn't been done before. It is possible that they have developed a new way of doing this and for this they could earn a patent. Whether they have or not, I do not know.
On every notebook I've owned it has been a matter of 4 obvious and easily accessible screws to replace a hard drive. No more than a 10 minute operation.
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But the problem is that we are no longer in the world of 8-bit NES... prior to Windows 95 (Windows 98 even), patches were very few. Why is that? Well, many patches have to do with security. Who cares about security if you have a single NES hooked up to a television? No big deal. With online consoles we now require patches because bugs in software aren't just glitches that game developers have to work around, they are potential security holes that can have serious impact. Once things become connected, we are in a whole different world.
Also, it's worth bearing in mind the decades of support (subsidies, tax breaks, right-of-way) that Bell received during the time when they were an official government monopoly. I wouldn't go so far as to say that we as taxpayers paid for the whole network, but we've certainly earned our share.
Well... I don't know how valid an argument that is, since I'm not sure Bell was just given away to the private enterprise that now owns it. Presumably that has been paid for. Whether the government negotiated a good deal for it or not is a question that I don't know the answer to.
You would assume that the value of everything sold was worked into the sale price (and yes, I know what happens when you assume).
The article relates to Bell Canada... this is the company that used to advertise 'always fast, never shared'. Charging for bandwidth over a certain cap isn't a bad idea. My ISP (in Canada) caps at 100GB for premium service.
It seems misleading to always advertise that your product is better than the competition and then limit or shape traffic to accomplish that.
I wonder if it would be better of they didn't support ODF... not they can get into markets that stipulate standards compliant software, and can keep their office monopoly, and possibly 'botch' things just enough to lock people in.
well... right above the code I think you are looking at, is the line:
console.log("This browser does not support HTML5 client side storage. Will proceed with fixture data.") ;
It looks like the SQL is run on the client side, which is not the same security risk as if it was run server side, where it would most certainly be bad.
Calendar sync is possible via Google Calendar. I use it in Thunderbird and it doesn't work too badly... unfortunately you have to activate sync on the BB, but small price to pay...
:)
Now I just need a job that is more meeting/schedule driven
Could be said both ways... I'm quite happy with my Intel products myself, but I know someone who won't buy an Intel chip because of poor support for a DOA top of the line Intel CPU he bought.
I should also note, that the website listed contains a link to the Maclean's article and a link to the response from CIC. I didn't read it, I don't know if it is reasonable or not.
I think the point was that there is no need for ISP filters if people are being fined by a human rights commission for speaking freely.
This saves the ISPs effort - they don't have to bother, because threats of legal action will scare people into silence.
I don't know the facts - just clarifying his argument.
According to AppDB it has a platinum rating, which I would assume means it runs fairly well. Haven't tried it myself though.
Don't know if you were joking or not (you were modded funny), but I wish I could easily block bittorrent traffic with my netgear router, or at least throttle it. I share my connection with tenants in our house, and it would be great to be able to limit their bandwidth rather than telling them not to use bittorrent.
I don't necessarily trust the ISP's JavaScript either... leave my pages alone thank you very much.
Glad I have a small ISP that likely won't do this, but I wonder if this means that random routers across the internet can use this to inject code into web pages.
What about my hockey scores? Too bad this information is controlled - would make great gadgets!
ha... that's funny... I once cleaned my keyboard and the W key is the one I lost!
And we certainly wouldn't hyphenate it if we did.
yeah 'cause adults never do stupid things.
Can we stop calling them kids? Age of majority is 18 in the states, isn't it? These two were 18 and 19 years old. Young, sure, but kids, no. These are adults.
That patent isn't for what the company seems to be claiming it is for... they are talking about search results, and only search results that contain images from the indexed website or the associated organization.
That is far from a patent breach by virtually all websites. IMO.
What is missing here is a link to a patent... I can only come to one of two conclusions:
1. This is a hoax and there is no truth to it
or
2. They don't actually have said patent, but are committing fraud by sending out letters requesting payment
Not sure what to choose... I don't believe for a second there is an actual patent.
But TFA isn't talking about Africa as a continent. TFA is talking about SABS - the South African Body of Standards. As such, it has a concern for standards.
Take this analogy - quirky, but perhaps appropriate - say you have a high tech company and you find a serious flaw in your software. You throw all of your developers on this issue. It takes weeks. Yet, Thursday night, the janitorial staff come by and vacuum the floors and clean the washrooms. Surely there are more important things to be worried about than the floors and the washrooms, but fixing the flaw is NOT THE JOB OF THE JANITOR.
So, sure, they have big issues there, but standards bodies have to deal with standards.
Well, if the neighbour was willing to share the cable he might not have much of an issue with the trench.
Though... the end of the day... you can do all the math you want... you don't need to try every key... you have to try every key until you find the right one. It doesn't matter how encrypted it is, it is possibly to stumble across the key by blind luck.
I didn't read the patent, or the article, but in my understanding Microsoft could have a claim to this patent. The patent shouldn't be any form of proactive virus protection, but some novel way of doing proactive virus protection that hasn't been done before. It is possible that they have developed a new way of doing this and for this they could earn a patent. Whether they have or not, I do not know.
Pffff...
On every notebook I've owned it has been a matter of 4 obvious and easily accessible screws to replace a hard drive. No more than a 10 minute operation.
Indeed... lots of good parts in there, if they work (mostly) - displays, hard drives, motherboards, etc etc.