World of Warcraft is a good example of this. You can fly from one end of a continent to another and there's never a pause for a level switch
Are we playing the same game? When I fly somewhere in WOW, there is about a 1 min pause. Sure, it is an animated pause, and was interesting the first few times, but watching a gryphon fly for a minute is clearly a pause.
it only does a loading thing if you teleport
Yeah. Because an animation for that would have looked cheap. Teleporting is supposed to be fast.
If I offer you a virus and you happily run it because you think it will give you more security, I think that's a reasonable test to see whether or not you're likely already infected with a virus (because even if you weren't, you are now).
Neither I, nor the article, said anything about asking the user to run software (virus) on their computer. It only refers to asking the user a question, and then attempting to hack their computer based on the answer. I suppose they could have meant an ActiveX pop-up, but the article did not specify details like that. If a website were to ask me if I wanted a secure connection, I would assume they were referring to SSL. Also, "clicking yes" could mean installing ActiveX, but more often means clicking a link, or a button.
When the user connects, ask whether they would like to use your extra special secure connection. If they say "Yes," then you presume that they always say "Yes"
I thought this was a misquote. I checked TFA, and this is exactly what it says. This guy thinks someone who prefers secure connections is more likely to be pwned.
I can only hope it doesn't have as many grammatical errors as the summary.
It is a web browser. It displays arbitrary web pages that the user requests. So if the user requests a MySpace or Slashdot page, then it will have grammatical errors.
I've been saying this for years. Eating does not make you fat. When people disagree, I say, "Sure, what could the skinny guy know about staying thin?" In a single meal, I'll eat a large Domino's Pizza, or about 4 McDonald's hamburgers.
Does that mean I'm supporting or opposing network neutrality?
Neither. You support QOS. QOS is throttling based on protocol/bandwidth/latency needs. Neutrality is under attack when ISP's throttle or block based on content/source. Sometimes the line between QOS and Neutrality is blurry, but your example is clearly QOS.
It's not that kind of money shot. When I read that, it made me think of what I would have been doing if I got one of these when I was a kid. I would have looked at my butt on TV.
1) Was there a court order? Or Canadian equivalent? 2) Did hushmail lie? The obviously commited willful deception, but did they outright lie? 3) Did hushmail violate it's TOS? 4) Did hushmail do anything illegal?
Of course, what the article did mention is important, especially to hushmail, and potential hushmail users. However, it would have been nice if they had dug a little bit to answer these obvious questions.
Do the users of comcast have a limited amount of bandwidth usage per account and do these 'hidden' messages count towards this bandwidth usuage?
This has actually been posted on slashdot's front page before, regarding Comcast's other bad habit. They advertise unlimited usage. However, if you use more than an unspecified amount, they cut off your service.
What we need is less government regulation and more freedom.
Uh huh.
Businesses should duke it out
So in my area, Comcast will duke it out with... themselves?
and consumers should be mindful of what is happening
If by "consumers" you mean people, not going to happen... ever
vote with their dollars when making purchasing decisions for products and services.
Vote? Decisions? As in, choose Comcast, choose no lifeline, or move to another state?
I know that in many areas, Cable TV is monopolized
Yeah. Most areas I've seen. A lot of large cities don't have DSL either.
Remember: Whenever the government does something, it will be more expensive, less efficient, and less effective than if the same thing were done by private citizens or business.
Mostly true, except I think the government would be more effective at providing cable than a private citizen such as myself. However it is beside the point. Government regulation and government provided services are different. If we had multiple cable companies in an area, we could have competition in the business sector, and people could decide what services they want, how much they can afford, and who they don't mind supporting. Competition is essential for a free market.
We already knew that the MPAA would want something like this, and that they are willing to draft congressional bills. We also knew that plenty of politicians, including democrats, are owned by them.
... the software for other platforms is coming soon. Which frankly I think is perfectly fair,... they've fulfilled their needs for the largest target market and now they're moving on to the smaller operating systems.
Audio/video files are not supposed to be OS-dependent. At all. You don't even have to test an A/V file in Windows, to know that it will play in Winamp. The only way you can get a A/V file to be OS-dependent is if you intentionally botch the delivery.
It's pretty unlikely that NBC is every going to publish their content under the GPL, or any OSI-approved license. I guess you could say that NBC's content is even less free because of the DRM, but it wouldn't be free without it either.
I think this would be more of a second car. No good for driving to the grocery store, but nice for flying across states. Also, a person could possibly fly to the next town, and use the freeway as a landing strip. Dangerous, and probably illegal doing it that way, but if this thing catches on, the road infrastructure might be redesigned to accommodate.
a justice system only works if all judgments and laws are upheld.
The U.S. justice system would NOT work if all laws were upheld. Who would maintain the prisons if everybody in the country was incarcerated? Everybody is guilty of various felonies. Felonies (depending on state) include viewing pornography, butt sex, adultery, and having sex when you are under 18.
So you're saying that you feel mislead because you based your purchase of their product on an incorrect assumption, instead of actually getting to know the readily available details of product that you're buying?
No, I'm not saying that at all. I had no incorrect assumption. I knew what I was buying. I still didn't like it though. If the drive is only 150GB, they should label it so. The fact that their measurement could be considered correct does not negate the fact that they were being intentionally misleading. The fact that I knew this beforehand does not negate the fact that I dislike this practice.
It's like buying "one chicken" and complaining about it not being as big as "one cow", on the grounds that it's still "one", and you're used to buying cows.
It is more like I wanted a cow, and went to the cow store, and all they had were chickens labeled as "cows." I was already there, and the prices were reasonable, so I bought a chicken for dinner instead. Two years later, due to a court settlement, I am entitled to a refund, and I will take it to encourage chicken-sellers to not intentionally mislabel their stock for profit.
According to the settlement agreement, it looks like I can get $2 for a 160GB drive that I paid $40 (after rebates) about 2 years ago. It isn't really worth my time for that $2 - $0.41 for a stamp, as it will probably take me most of an hour to print the form, open my computer, write the proper numbers, and mail the form. But I plan to mail in the form to show Seagate that I do not appreciate their attempt at deception. I would like to do my part to encourage HDD manufacturers to label their drives properly.
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Re-read what you replied to. There is a huge difference between "has no text" and "will have grammatical errors."
Neither I, nor the article, said anything about asking the user to run software (virus) on their computer. It only refers to asking the user a question, and then attempting to hack their computer based on the answer. I suppose they could have meant an ActiveX pop-up, but the article did not specify details like that. If a website were to ask me if I wanted a secure connection, I would assume they were referring to SSL. Also, "clicking yes" could mean installing ActiveX, but more often means clicking a link, or a button.
I thought this was a misquote. I checked TFA, and this is exactly what it says. This guy thinks someone who prefers secure connections is more likely to be pwned.
It is a web browser. It displays arbitrary web pages that the user requests. So if the user requests a MySpace or Slashdot page, then it will have grammatical errors.
I've been saying this for years. Eating does not make you fat. When people disagree, I say, "Sure, what could the skinny guy know about staying thin?" In a single meal, I'll eat a large Domino's Pizza, or about 4 McDonald's hamburgers.
Neither. You support QOS. QOS is throttling based on protocol/bandwidth/latency needs. Neutrality is under attack when ISP's throttle or block based on content/source. Sometimes the line between QOS and Neutrality is blurry, but your example is clearly QOS.
It's not that kind of money shot. When I read that, it made me think of what I would have been doing if I got one of these when I was a kid. I would have looked at my butt on TV.
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There are several facts missing from the article:
1) Was there a court order? Or Canadian equivalent?
2) Did hushmail lie? The obviously commited willful deception, but did they outright lie?
3) Did hushmail violate it's TOS?
4) Did hushmail do anything illegal?
Of course, what the article did mention is important, especially to hushmail, and potential hushmail users. However, it would have been nice if they had dug a little bit to answer these obvious questions.
Somebody should tag this article insecthack.
This has actually been posted on slashdot's front page before, regarding Comcast's other bad habit. They advertise unlimited usage. However, if you use more than an unspecified amount, they cut off your service.
Classes are near empty at NYU after the majority of students were arrested for offering to sell their votes.
Uh huh.
So in my area, Comcast will duke it out with... themselves?
If by "consumers" you mean people, not going to happen... ever
Vote? Decisions? As in, choose Comcast, choose no lifeline, or move to another state?
Yeah. Most areas I've seen. A lot of large cities don't have DSL either.
Mostly true, except I think the government would be more effective at providing cable than a private citizen such as myself. However it is beside the point. Government regulation and government provided services are different. If we had multiple cable companies in an area, we could have competition in the business sector, and people could decide what services they want, how much they can afford, and who they don't mind supporting. Competition is essential for a free market.
The summary title is wrong. According to the article, this allows "pillots" to see through planes, not pilots.
We already knew that the MPAA would want something like this, and that they are willing to draft congressional bills. We also knew that plenty of politicians, including democrats, are owned by them.
This is only a proposal.
Audio/video files are not supposed to be OS-dependent. At all. You don't even have to test an A/V file in Windows, to know that it will play in Winamp. The only way you can get a A/V file to be OS-dependent is if you intentionally botch the delivery.
It's pretty unlikely that NBC is every going to publish their content under the GPL, or any OSI-approved license. I guess you could say that NBC's content is even less free because of the DRM, but it wouldn't be free without it either.
Wouldn't it have been easier to have just made that sound by audio recording a dying cat?
If it has a built-in engine, is it still a car?
I think this would be more of a second car. No good for driving to the grocery store, but nice for flying across states. Also, a person could possibly fly to the next town, and use the freeway as a landing strip. Dangerous, and probably illegal doing it that way, but if this thing catches on, the road infrastructure might be redesigned to accommodate.
How could they knock decades of research off when we are less than 10 years (TM) away from a cure?
The U.S. justice system would NOT work if all laws were upheld. Who would maintain the prisons if everybody in the country was incarcerated? Everybody is guilty of various felonies. Felonies (depending on state) include viewing pornography, butt sex, adultery, and having sex when you are under 18.
No, I'm not saying that at all. I had no incorrect assumption. I knew what I was buying. I still didn't like it though. If the drive is only 150GB, they should label it so. The fact that their measurement could be considered correct does not negate the fact that they were being intentionally misleading. The fact that I knew this beforehand does not negate the fact that I dislike this practice.
It is more like I wanted a cow, and went to the cow store, and all they had were chickens labeled as "cows." I was already there, and the prices were reasonable, so I bought a chicken for dinner instead. Two years later, due to a court settlement, I am entitled to a refund, and I will take it to encourage chicken-sellers to not intentionally mislabel their stock for profit.
According to the settlement agreement, it looks like I can get $2 for a 160GB drive that I paid $40 (after rebates) about 2 years ago. It isn't really worth my time for that $2 - $0.41 for a stamp, as it will probably take me most of an hour to print the form, open my computer, write the proper numbers, and mail the form. But I plan to mail in the form to show Seagate that I do not appreciate their attempt at deception. I would like to do my part to encourage HDD manufacturers to label their drives properly.