While I was studying Info. Sec. at my univ, my professor at the time told the class about this research they had about passwords. They were going around gathering statistics by asking random people questions about their passwords- length, number of special characters, if they used the same passwords, the number of times they changed them and so on. He said what amazed him was that one in every 5-6 people would just tell them their password and ask is that good enough?
A GPS device in my experience is much more durable than a smartphone. Smartphones are delicate devices. My GPS has been dropped tons of times, been left in the car in hot weather and cold winter, even sprayed with water on a couple of occasions. It still works. I doubt a smartphone would do that.
On the other hand you could use the android for more than just navigation. You could have apps installed that don't need an internet connection, music, videos and what not. Although most new GPS devices do play mp3s.
Yeah it gives a new meaning to ADHD. You start reading something on slashdo.... Hey ars technica is reviewing tha.... oooo gotta retweet thi....
dammit! I missed my vanpool.
It almost happened.
They want your data for an indefinite period of time. What makes you think, something as trivial as death will stop them from trying to sell you ads with your friend's pictures in them?
Although you sound like someone pissed in your lunch, you have a point. Along with documentation I believe it's also the User Interface that matters. And I don't mean a pretty interface with transparency and stuff. I mean usability wise. Error messages have got to make more sense. User has to be notified in some way that the application is performing some operating in the background. For instance what the fuck is a layman supposed to understand by "Wrong architecture i386"?
And seriously can't we have a LoL (Linux on Linux) to enable 32 bit packages to run on a 64bit OS like windows does (WoW)? Now hardware vendors make drivers for linux (well, a lot of them do), now the issue is that they're 32 bit and you have to hack around to get them to work on your 64bit OS.:|
So they showed a bunch of horny people 2 pictures to choose from. One holding an iphone and one holding some other phone. And that's supposed to mean iphone owners get laid with more partners?
WTF? Am I the only one who finds the "research" absurd?
Yes it does. I can't spill out the beans but yeah, there is a system to keep track of update, services pack and hotfix installs. If you've read the EULA
you'll find that mentioned there, among other funny things (something about MS paying nothing more than $5 in damages or something).
You have made a very sensible post. Are you sure you meant it? Or are you new around here?
Anyway, @topic: I can't understand why one of the most intelligent people on our "poor little planet" assumes that all life in this universe is as stupidly violent and narrow minded as us.
Actually no they're not. I'm going through the same thing as this guy is and you're wrong. I've mentioned I'm ready to work unpaid, even that hasn't been enough.
People who have graduated before me (and have jobs) would disagree with your "computer janitor" part. That's just BS. OK so we won't be working on critical parts as your experienced ass might, but our work will account to something.
To find a job after school requires 2 things - 1. strong network. 2. good school which has good career fairs.
IMO grades, as long as not really bad, don't matter. I have almost all As and it hasn't helped. I wished I didn't go to school in Oklahoma...
The more different things are cramped into one single point of failure, the scarier it gets. What happens when you lose this phone? Sure, even if you have real high security standards (in Apple's case I'll have to say phaha!), what happens to your access? You are locked out of everything- your home, car, mailbox, wallet and what not.
Today when you lose a key you probably ring up your friend or neighbor and ask for your spare key. I'm pretty sure most people will not pay Apple for two iPhones. Things like these always remind me of this quote-
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein.
most of them get 250,000 rupees roughly $6000 a yr. I don't see how that will match the US salary even in 20 years! US programmers make that in a month!
Have you heard of trademarks or names that eventually become words? That does not signify how bad people's english is, it signifies how good a product it is. 'To Google' is now a verb isn't it?
before u say google is "innocent" comment on this:
from:
https://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?loc=US&hl=en
google terms of service - gmail
they can use stuff from ur emails and share it with other companies, can publish it else where and a lot of other things....
11. Content licence from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Google to take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
I've noticed that too. The transfer speeds are highly unpredictable. Sometimes it slows down to a few petty bytes per second. It sucks really. It takes guys at MS this long to make an OS with all the eye candy, but oh the simple fs functions won't work as expected. And oh yeah, beryl has more eye candy than Vista has or MS cud provide in the next 10 years....
ther r others ways to check piracy than this. reduce the prices of stuff and u'll find more ppl buy it.300$ for an OS is too much a price to pay! if software videos movies and what not all cost something that all of us can EASILY afford, who'd want to pirate it neway?
but isn't that like what was said when the ipod first came out? The ipod is by no means cheap too, but they sell like hot cakes. i guess sometimes people buy stuff of a particular make or type just because they see people around them walking around with it.
Quote: (how ironic that if I want to try free Linux, I usually have to buy Windows - which comes with my PC - and I can't get a discount if I don't want Windows).
actually thats not entirely true. For the rest of the world it possibly is, but in India Dell and HP (also other brands) do sell PCs and laptops without an OS. Saves around 5K - 8K INR. Some even come with FC preinstalled.
I guess these are double standards, but thats what happens. I guess its because India is a very price concious market so these comapnies have to do something about it.
Whatever the case I feel the user has the right to get to choose his own operating system! Like if I'd want leopard on x86 I'd be paying for both Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
Slashdot Mirror
When it comes to passwords, this dilbert comic comes to mind- http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2007-01-17/
While I was studying Info. Sec. at my univ, my professor at the time told the class about this research they had about passwords. They were going around gathering statistics by asking random people questions about their passwords- length, number of special characters, if they used the same passwords, the number of times they changed them and so on. He said what amazed him was that one in every 5-6 people would just tell them their password and ask is that good enough?
Will he get a Droid for under $200 without a contract?
A GPS device in my experience is much more durable than a smartphone. Smartphones are delicate devices. My GPS has been dropped tons of times, been left in the car in hot weather and cold winter, even sprayed with water on a couple of occasions. It still works. I doubt a smartphone would do that. On the other hand you could use the android for more than just navigation. You could have apps installed that don't need an internet connection, music, videos and what not. Although most new GPS devices do play mp3s.
Ok, that's too much information. What was I doing again? :P
Yeah it gives a new meaning to ADHD. You start reading something on slashdo.... Hey ars technica is reviewing tha.... oooo gotta retweet thi.... dammit! I missed my vanpool. It almost happened.
They want your data for an indefinite period of time. What makes you think, something as trivial as death will stop them from trying to sell you ads with your friend's pictures in them?
Although you sound like someone pissed in your lunch, you have a point. Along with documentation I believe it's also the User Interface that matters. And I don't mean a pretty interface with transparency and stuff. I mean usability wise. Error messages have got to make more sense. User has to be notified in some way that the application is performing some operating in the background. For instance what the fuck is a layman supposed to understand by "Wrong architecture i386"? And seriously can't we have a LoL (Linux on Linux) to enable 32 bit packages to run on a 64bit OS like windows does (WoW)? Now hardware vendors make drivers for linux (well, a lot of them do), now the issue is that they're 32 bit and you have to hack around to get them to work on your 64bit OS. :|
So they showed a bunch of horny people 2 pictures to choose from. One holding an iphone and one holding some other phone. And that's supposed to mean iphone owners get laid with more partners? WTF? Am I the only one who finds the "research" absurd?
Include pr0n. That ought to make it interesting.
Yes it does. I can't spill out the beans but yeah, there is a system to keep track of update, services pack and hotfix installs. If you've read the EULA you'll find that mentioned there, among other funny things (something about MS paying nothing more than $5 in damages or something).
Sounds like you'll be happy driving around like Fred Flintstone. Yabba dabba doo?
You have made a very sensible post. Are you sure you meant it? Or are you new around here? Anyway, @topic: I can't understand why one of the most intelligent people on our "poor little planet" assumes that all life in this universe is as stupidly violent and narrow minded as us.
Actually no they're not. I'm going through the same thing as this guy is and you're wrong. I've mentioned I'm ready to work unpaid, even that hasn't been enough. People who have graduated before me (and have jobs) would disagree with your "computer janitor" part. That's just BS. OK so we won't be working on critical parts as your experienced ass might, but our work will account to something. To find a job after school requires 2 things - 1. strong network. 2. good school which has good career fairs. IMO grades, as long as not really bad, don't matter. I have almost all As and it hasn't helped. I wished I didn't go to school in Oklahoma...
http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html - this is your friend. Trust nothing but this.
The more different things are cramped into one single point of failure, the scarier it gets. What happens when you lose this phone? Sure, even if you have real high security standards (in Apple's case I'll have to say phaha!), what happens to your access? You are locked out of everything- your home, car, mailbox, wallet and what not. Today when you lose a key you probably ring up your friend or neighbor and ask for your spare key. I'm pretty sure most people will not pay Apple for two iPhones. Things like these always remind me of this quote- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein.
its funny given adsense. They don't advertise, but I guess they know a hell lot about advertising.
How does 4GB a month sound? In India thats what you get. an unlimited option is available for the B/W is 256 kbps!
most of them get 250,000 rupees roughly $6000 a yr. I don't see how that will match the US salary even in 20 years! US programmers make that in a month!
Have you heard of trademarks or names that eventually become words? That does not signify how bad people's english is, it signifies how good a product it is. 'To Google' is now a verb isn't it?
before u say google is "innocent" comment on this: from: https://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?loc=US&hl=en google terms of service - gmail they can use stuff from ur emails and share it with other companies, can publish it else where and a lot of other things.... 11. Content licence from you 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services. 11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services. 11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Google to take these actions. 11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
I've noticed that too. The transfer speeds are highly unpredictable. Sometimes it slows down to a few petty bytes per second.
It sucks really. It takes guys at MS this long to make an OS with all the eye candy, but oh the simple fs functions won't work as expected. And oh yeah, beryl has more eye candy than Vista has or MS cud provide in the next 10 years....
ther r others ways to check piracy than this. reduce the prices of stuff and u'll find more ppl buy it.300$ for an OS is too much a price to pay! if software videos movies and what not all cost something that all of us can EASILY afford, who'd want to pirate it neway?
but isn't that like what was said when the ipod first came out? The ipod is by no means cheap too, but they sell like hot cakes. i guess sometimes people buy stuff of a particular make or type just because they see people around them walking around with it.
Quote: (how ironic that if I want to try free Linux, I usually have to buy Windows - which comes with my PC - and I can't get a discount if I don't want Windows).
actually thats not entirely true. For the rest of the world it possibly is, but in India Dell and HP (also other brands) do sell PCs and laptops without an OS. Saves around 5K - 8K INR. Some even come with FC preinstalled.
I guess these are double standards, but thats what happens. I guess its because India is a very price concious market so these comapnies have to do something about it.
Whatever the case I feel the user has the right to get to choose his own operating system! Like if I'd want leopard on x86 I'd be paying for both Windows Vista and Mac OS X.