Anyway, there wasn't any details on the removed functionality, or any side effects. I don't want to download a minor update to my device and suddenly lose something.
From TFS:
TomTom also has to remove functionality related to two file management system patents (the 'FAT LFN patents').
I don't think this will directly affect end-users. They will just find a way to do it without LFN.
By your logic, we should all carry grenades around... everybody would think twice before attacking, right? Or even, before speaking... "Hmm, that guy looks funny, maybe I should throw a preemptive one at him."
I bet you're really really sad that the cold war is over.
He also couldn't have killed fifteen people if he didn't have a gun in the first place.
Fixed that for you.
That is your solution? We should all carry guns around? So if for some reason I piss some dude off, he can just pull out the gun and shoot?
Deep down we are all just animals. Some control themselves better then others. But still, there are some people out there who can lose their temper over anything.
...and this discussion is only giving him ideas for what could be done with such an enormous network of compromised computers
I've seen this idea reiterated throughout this thread.
Do you really think that someone (some kind of organization more likely) capable of writing something like this, is short on ideas? That they did it all for lols and have no insight on its potential power? You must be kidding, right?
Very true. Tolstoy's War and Peace depicted a French-speaking Russian aristocracy even at the time of the Napoleon's invasion of Russia!
Which proves exactly what? French was all rave in the 18th and 19th century throughout the whole Europe... particularly in the middle-wannabe-aristocratic class.
Some deluded French even in this day behave like theirs is still the most common spoken language in Europe. Well, I have some news for you buddy, it isn't.
If you come to my country, it would be really absurd for me to demand you should learn Romanian. But at least cover half of the way, you know? Don't address to me in French like I'm supposed to know what you're saying... I mean, I've managed to learn another language. Could you please not be so stuck up, stop pretending it's 1850 and do the same?
Now seriously, don't mean to troll. I'm all for cultural identity, but communication would be so much easy if we would all learn a universal language. And so far, English seems to be the best candidate.
For the record, I know all of this not because I'm a gun buff, but because I'm a writer, and I like to write about assassins. I find it best if an author knows how something actually works before she goes and writes about it.
Just being curious (and a little intrigued)... where could I find one of your books?
Dithering you say... so does this mean that the Macbook Air has a 6-bit panel? I would really have expected more in terms of quality, and a 6-bit panel can't be called that.
What's the use of LED back-lighting, color reproduction will be poor anyway...
The main reason Nokia is so unpopular in the US is that they refused to cripple their phones as much as the carriers wanted. Unfortunately even nerds in America are apparently too dependent on force fed advertising.
Or maybe that sorry excuse for an OS (called Symbian) has something to do with it...
I have a Nokia N73... and the OS is painfully slow... I don't understand how going through some menus can take so damn long. I'm not even talking about browsing.
And why are there so many versions of the os? symbian 6, 6.1 v2 v3, uiq, 9... what the hell? It doesn't feel right, it just seems like bad hw/sw design.
Finally, nokia phones are pretty expensive, considering their capabilities...
I'm not sure your analogy makes any sense.
For starters, it doesn't have a car in it...
Also, i think it's important to note that without a metal detector it would be kinda easy to bring a gun on board of an airplane, don't you think? I know there are other ways to search for guns, but what's wrong with keeping it simple?
I don't see how this behavior detection program lowers the risk in the same way the "no guns in the airplane" policy does...
First of all, it disturbs me that you've already trialed and sentenced (albeit virtually) a man, without having all the facts together... Can you prove beyond any reasonable doubt that he's guilty?
Second: this isn't at all about the law or feeling guilt. A terrorist could be nervous and act suspicious because if he gets caught, he couldn't carry on with his initial plan... so that would be an epic fail for him. Most people don't like those...
Well, you were lucky. I had a virus on my usb drive... (something that changed autorun.inf, i didn't bother to write down the name). So i was sure that something was wrong, but AVG was saying everything's ok...
I tried to check the file with Kaspersky's online virus scanner. Like i suspected it was a trojan of some sorts.
I tried avast!, clam-av and avira (I'm cheap like that), and only avira recognized the file as being a virus.
Are you high or something? That's basically the same game... You would rather have another game identical to fallout1 and fallout2? What's the point? Even with the better graphics, it doesn't make any sense...
I don't know for certain, but my guess is that it's related to a certain standard used in order to facilitate the comparison between different battery manufacturers.
Another example of using the 10%-90% "standard" (quote from wikipedia)
In electronics [...] rise time (also risetime) refers to the time required for a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value. Typically, these values are 10% and 90% of the step height.
It is the most corrosion-resistant metal known â" it cannot be dissolved in aqua regia like gold or platinum.
I think that if your better half has an "encounter" with aqua regia, the fact that her wedding band corrodes or not would be the last thing on her mind.
How many more times am I going to hear the same thing over and over again?
Is it somehow funny? I just don't get it. Could someone please explain, before I completely lose my mind?
I'll point out that we have two 3G iPhones in our home, and neither have had 3G issues.
...
how have these people writing articles about it able to claim such a thing? The answer is, the same reason everyone thinks there's a widespread problem with 3G... hear-say.
As someone who is having 3G issues, I can say there is a problem - I just have no idea how widespread it is.
Well, that is YOUR problem. His two iPhones at home just fucking work... So screw you, right? Plus, Apple almighty didn't admit to any 3G problems, so it's just hear say.
You obviously are doing something wrong. Why do you buy Apple products and miss-use them? Do you have something against them? Do you... gasp... hate Apple? You commie apple-hating terrorist
I've never revealed a password to anyone in my life and never will, and my really important ones get changed regularly. Is that really so terribly unusual?
Well, you are also reading/.
I must be new here, because I can't figure out if that's a rhetorical question or not.
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Um lol?
Anyway, there wasn't any details on the removed functionality, or any side effects. I don't want to download a minor update to my device and suddenly lose something.
From TFS:
TomTom also has to remove functionality related to two file management system patents (the 'FAT LFN patents').
I don't think this will directly affect end-users. They will just find a way to do it without LFN.
The guys from Kotaku tested it. You can read about it here: http://kotaku.com/5181300/onlive-makes-pc-upgrades-extinct-lets-you-play-crysis-on-your-tv
Basically, they were impressed with how well it worked, but acknowledged the fact that there were only a few hundred internal beta testers using the system in a controlled environment at the same time.
By your logic, we should all carry grenades around ... everybody would think twice before attacking, right? Or even, before speaking ... "Hmm, that guy looks funny, maybe I should throw a preemptive one at him."
I bet you're really really sad that the cold war is over.
He also couldn't have killed fifteen people if he didn't have a gun in the first place.
Fixed that for you.
That is your solution? We should all carry guns around? So if for some reason I piss some dude off, he can just pull out the gun and shoot?
Deep down we are all just animals. Some control themselves better then others. But still, there are some people out there who can lose their temper over anything.
...and this discussion is only giving him ideas for what could be done with such an enormous network of compromised computers
I've seen this idea reiterated throughout this thread.
Do you really think that someone (some kind of organization more likely) capable of writing something like this, is short on ideas? That they did it all for lols and have no insight on its potential power?
You must be kidding, right?
If you can't tell which version you have you're a fucking moron or have a pirated CD it's that simple.
Why are you being misleading? I can assure you that (almost) everybody pirates the Ultimate version.
[...] or use a system of tubes [...]
How could you possibly use internet against floods?
I suggest a firewall.
Very true. Tolstoy's War and Peace depicted a French-speaking Russian aristocracy even at the time of the Napoleon's invasion of Russia!
Which proves exactly what? French was all rave in the 18th and 19th century throughout the whole Europe ... particularly in the middle-wannabe-aristocratic class.
Some deluded French even in this day behave like theirs is still the most common spoken language in Europe. Well, I have some news for you buddy, it isn't.
If you come to my country, it would be really absurd for me to demand you should learn Romanian. But at least cover half of the way, you know? Don't address to me in French like I'm supposed to know what you're saying ... I mean, I've managed to learn another language. Could you please not be so stuck up, stop pretending it's 1850 and do the same?
Now seriously, don't mean to troll. I'm all for cultural identity, but communication would be so much easy if we would all learn a universal language. And so far, English seems to be the best candidate.
For the record, I know all of this not because I'm a gun buff, but because I'm a writer, and I like to write about assassins. I find it best if an author knows how something actually works before she goes and writes about it.
Just being curious (and a little intrigued) ... where could I find one of your books?
he title? ...
Oh, that's why
Dithering you say ... so does this mean that the Macbook Air has a 6-bit panel? I would really have expected more in terms of quality, and a 6-bit panel can't be called that.
...
What's the use of LED back-lighting, color reproduction will be poor anyway
The main reason Nokia is so unpopular in the US is that they refused to cripple their phones as much as the carriers wanted. Unfortunately even nerds in America are apparently too dependent on force fed advertising.
Or maybe that sorry excuse for an OS (called Symbian) has something to do with it ...
... and the OS is painfully slow ... I don't understand how going through some menus can take so damn long. I'm not even talking about browsing.
... what the hell? It doesn't feel right, it just seems like bad hw/sw design.
...
I have a Nokia N73
And why are there so many versions of the os? symbian 6, 6.1 v2 v3, uiq, 9
Finally, nokia phones are pretty expensive, considering their capabilities
Why isn't the tools bag somehow linked to the suit? with a strap or something ...
I'm not sure your analogy makes any sense. ... ...
For starters, it doesn't have a car in it
Also, i think it's important to note that without a metal detector it would be kinda easy to bring a gun on board of an airplane, don't you think?
I know there are other ways to search for guns, but what's wrong with keeping it simple?
I don't see how this behavior detection program lowers the risk in the same way the "no guns in the airplane" policy does
First of all, it disturbs me that you've already trialed and sentenced (albeit virtually) a man, without having all the facts together ... Can you prove beyond any reasonable doubt that he's guilty?
... so that would be an epic fail for him. Most people don't like those ...
Second: this isn't at all about the law or feeling guilt. A terrorist could be nervous and act suspicious because if he gets caught, he couldn't carry on with his initial plan
Could it be possible he was only joking? Or is it a woosh for me, and you're mistakenly moded insightful instead of funny?
Well, you were lucky. I had a virus on my usb drive ... (something that changed autorun.inf, i didn't bother to write down the name). So i was sure that something was wrong, but AVG was saying everything's ok ...
I tried to check the file with Kaspersky's online virus scanner. Like i suspected it was a trojan of some sorts.
I tried avast!, clam-av and avira (I'm cheap like that), and only avira recognized the file as being a virus.
It doesn't install OO. It just adds an OO installer that you can later run via the start menu.
[...] had a version that had been rewritten for modern machines and even network play.
http://gamersquarter.com/tennisfortwo/
Are you high or something? That's basically the same game ... You would rather have another game identical to fallout1 and fallout2? What's the point? Even with the better graphics, it doesn't make any sense ...
Another example of using the 10%-90% "standard" (quote from wikipedia)
In electronics [...] rise time (also risetime) refers to the time required for a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value. Typically, these values are 10% and 90% of the step height.
It is the most corrosion-resistant metal known â" it cannot be dissolved in aqua regia like gold or platinum.
I think that if your better half has an "encounter" with aqua regia, the fact that her wedding band corrodes or not would be the last thing on her mind.
A fool and his money are soon parted...
How many more times am I going to hear the same thing over and over again?
Is it somehow funny? I just don't get it. Could someone please explain, before I completely lose my mind?
I'll point out that we have two 3G iPhones in our home, and neither have had 3G issues.
...
how have these people writing articles about it able to claim such a thing? The answer is, the same reason everyone thinks there's a widespread problem with 3G... hear-say.
As someone who is having 3G issues, I can say there is a problem - I just have no idea how widespread it is.
Well, that is YOUR problem. His two iPhones at home just fucking work ... So screw you, right? Plus, Apple almighty didn't admit to any 3G problems, so it's just hear say.
... gasp ... hate Apple? You commie apple-hating terrorist
You obviously are doing something wrong. Why do you buy Apple products and miss-use them? Do you have something against them? Do you
I've never revealed a password to anyone in my life and never will, and my really important ones get changed regularly. Is that really so terribly unusual?
Well, you are also reading /.
I must be new here, because I can't figure out if that's a rhetorical question or not.