Nobody claimed it was perfect. If you are on a site that supports this feature you are safer. If you are on a site that does not support it you are as safe as you are now. That doesn't mean it's worthless. It makes browsing more secure for everyone. Instead of having a few computer-literate browsers (people not software) use noscript on the page, the page owner just has to write the list once and all visitors get protection, including those not tech-savvy.
Could it be time for an encrypted tracker (i2p,tor) for which everyone can provide proxies? Impossible to track - they'd have to go after the proxies or encryption itself. Nah, too soon I guess. Maybe after one more generation.
Ah, so can they request a retrial for the current trial that was about granting a retrial to the first trial based on that the judge who said the other judge was not biased was biased?
Please do write to these politicians but I have to say I'm not holding by breath. Do any of the politicians that request things like that really care what the voters think? The filter was arranged in Germany although there was a large opposition to the idea. The politicians didn't care one bit. I seriously doubt that the suits in Australia are any different. How many people are there left in the parliaments of the world that still try to do what their voters want. It's not like they have anything to lose by not caring because there is no one else to replace the guy with in the next election who would care any more.
In all honesty the Iranian government did probably not organize it. The guy probably bragged about his doings to his friends or even called out the public to react to the conflict. Locals who didn't agree heard him.
Actually most of our skin is pretty smooth. Only palms and soles including fingers and toes have that kind of texture. I'm pretty sure fingerprints had a purpose at one time or another. If they simply existed because there was no cost involved then not all people would have them.
Could someone explain why it depends on the browsers what codecs are supported? Wouldn't it be more effective, if browser was just for linking the video on the net with local playback capabilities and allowing all videos to be played that can be played using the codecs installed on the system? Wouldn't it be better for the standard to be completely codec-agnostic? I mean the browser isn't going to be the player anyway as far as I have understood and will be using a local backend for playback.
Chess can not only be brute-forced but completely solved. Given enough computational power and storage for the solutions one could simply find out all the possible states for the game and then only select ones which lead to victory each turn. That would make chess as interesting to play as tic-tac-toe but we're still a bit off regarding our computers : P. Game theory is an interesting thing.
To not be completely offtopic, the modeling they use (if I understood correctly without RTFA) reminds me of how newer text-to-speech engine voices are made. They don't just contain random values that distort the sound in random ways but basically describe the features of a human vocal tract according to which the sounds are created.
I dug around on Ubuntu launchpad blueprints and found this. If someone has time to deal with it then please, do step up. It's in my opinion the one thing that is missing from Ubuntu and that is standing in the way of it becoming a good alternative for Windows for the common folk.
Well I'm not saying this from my experience. This comes from the official site.
Under the topic "How usable is it"
As the hacker's dream toy: it is fully functional. As a GSM phone: some people have been using it to receive and place phone calls and SMS for months, but with currently shipping software the battery life is only one day. As a GPS device: critical bugs have been ironed out and there is nice software to know where you are using OpenStreetMap. As an alarm clock, media player, internet browser, game console, email reader and contacts manager: software is not stable yet.
Well, this paragraph was added to the wiki on the 30. July 2008. I assure you that Freerunner's power management has evolved a lot since then. At that time it was pretty much non-existant.
Either way I've had phones that lasted 48 hours, I've had phones that lasted less and I've had phones that lasted longer. For me 48 hours doesn't cut it. Sure it's perfectly usable, but it becomes a hassle. Perhaps it's just human nature to get spoiled but I know the technology exists so I'm not exactly asking for the impossible. I'll give them time, not to worry, I can always wait and purchase without compromising.:)
I agree with you, uptime could always be longer. Still, when taking into account that Freerunner is not really a phone (as it has been wrongly marketed) but a handheld linux computer with GSM capabilities I have to say that I'm very impressed with the power management so far. Kernel guys said that it can be improved even more.
I agree and mostly on the point that one thing that would make Linux a lot more user friendly would be a well thought-out tour on first time use. I'm very surprised Ubuntu hasn't gone there yet.
Daily recharge is a bit harshly put. I'm running on SHR unstable and using phone and SMS (maybe 3-5 calls a day) the Freerunner can handle 48 hours before needing a recharge. It changes of course if you want to use it as a GPS or audio player a lot (Then it's about a day) but it's really not that much of a problem. It's not that hard putting a tail behind it before going to sleep every second day. Never tried how long it would last when on standby the whole time, I can't afford to not have a phone for that long : ).
Raising salaries will attract more people for the job, which translates into being able to select the best qualified among them. It does not necessarily mean that there will be more jobs for teachers. If you need 10 teachers and can select 10 best from among 11 or from among 100, in which case do you think you'll get better ones?
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Nobody claimed it was perfect. If you are on a site that supports this feature you are safer. If you are on a site that does not support it you are as safe as you are now. That doesn't mean it's worthless. It makes browsing more secure for everyone. Instead of having a few computer-literate browsers (people not software) use noscript on the page, the page owner just has to write the list once and all visitors get protection, including those not tech-savvy.
Could it be time for an encrypted tracker (i2p,tor) for which everyone can provide proxies? Impossible to track - they'd have to go after the proxies or encryption itself. Nah, too soon I guess. Maybe after one more generation.
Why would they all need to do that. If any at all use the options, web surfing experience will be safer. It seems like a reasonable solution to me.
Ah, so can they request a retrial for the current trial that was about granting a retrial to the first trial based on that the judge who said the other judge was not biased was biased?
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How about this: Mr. Hangman is actually 14 years old and naked. Would I go to jail for that post now?
Please do write to these politicians but I have to say I'm not holding by breath. Do any of the politicians that request things like that really care what the voters think? The filter was arranged in Germany although there was a large opposition to the idea. The politicians didn't care one bit. I seriously doubt that the suits in Australia are any different. How many people are there left in the parliaments of the world that still try to do what their voters want. It's not like they have anything to lose by not caring because there is no one else to replace the guy with in the next election who would care any more.
20$ on China being the first country in the 21st century to make encryption illegal. Things are only going to be worse, not better.
Actually no, she wasn't protesting. She was quite far from where the active protests took place and she and his father did not participate.
In all honesty the Iranian government did probably not organize it. The guy probably bragged about his doings to his friends or even called out the public to react to the conflict. Locals who didn't agree heard him.
So RIAA gets the money twice and the artist still get nothing.
Actually most of our skin is pretty smooth. Only palms and soles including fingers and toes have that kind of texture. I'm pretty sure fingerprints had a purpose at one time or another. If they simply existed because there was no cost involved then not all people would have them.
Could someone explain why it depends on the browsers what codecs are supported? Wouldn't it be more effective, if browser was just for linking the video on the net with local playback capabilities and allowing all videos to be played that can be played using the codecs installed on the system? Wouldn't it be better for the standard to be completely codec-agnostic? I mean the browser isn't going to be the player anyway as far as I have understood and will be using a local backend for playback.
Chess can not only be brute-forced but completely solved. Given enough computational power and storage for the solutions one could simply find out all the possible states for the game and then only select ones which lead to victory each turn. That would make chess as interesting to play as tic-tac-toe but we're still a bit off regarding our computers : P. Game theory is an interesting thing.
To not be completely offtopic, the modeling they use (if I understood correctly without RTFA) reminds me of how newer text-to-speech engine voices are made. They don't just contain random values that distort the sound in random ways but basically describe the features of a human vocal tract according to which the sounds are created.
That's why I only use one secret question.
"What is my password for this site?"
Replying to this thread because this is a great idea. Someone do this, can't be that hard.
Isn't the point that there only needs to be one?
I dug around on Ubuntu launchpad blueprints and found this. If someone has time to deal with it then please, do step up. It's in my opinion the one thing that is missing from Ubuntu and that is standing in the way of it becoming a good alternative for Windows for the common folk.
Well I'm not saying this from my experience. This comes from the official site.
Under the topic "How usable is it"
As the hacker's dream toy: it is fully functional. As a GSM phone: some people have been using it to receive and place phone calls and SMS for months, but with currently shipping software the battery life is only one day. As a GPS device: critical bugs have been ironed out and there is nice software to know where you are using OpenStreetMap. As an alarm clock, media player, internet browser, game console, email reader and contacts manager: software is not stable yet.
Well, this paragraph was added to the wiki on the 30. July 2008. I assure you that Freerunner's power management has evolved a lot since then. At that time it was pretty much non-existant.
Either way I've had phones that lasted 48 hours, I've had phones that lasted less and I've had phones that lasted longer. For me 48 hours doesn't cut it. Sure it's perfectly usable, but it becomes a hassle. Perhaps it's just human nature to get spoiled but I know the technology exists so I'm not exactly asking for the impossible. I'll give them time, not to worry, I can always wait and purchase without compromising. :)
I agree with you, uptime could always be longer. Still, when taking into account that Freerunner is not really a phone (as it has been wrongly marketed) but a handheld linux computer with GSM capabilities I have to say that I'm very impressed with the power management so far. Kernel guys said that it can be improved even more.
I agree and mostly on the point that one thing that would make Linux a lot more user friendly would be a well thought-out tour on first time use. I'm very surprised Ubuntu hasn't gone there yet.
Daily recharge is a bit harshly put. I'm running on SHR unstable and using phone and SMS (maybe 3-5 calls a day) the Freerunner can handle 48 hours before needing a recharge. It changes of course if you want to use it as a GPS or audio player a lot (Then it's about a day) but it's really not that much of a problem. It's not that hard putting a tail behind it before going to sleep every second day. Never tried how long it would last when on standby the whole time, I can't afford to not have a phone for that long : ).
Raising salaries will attract more people for the job, which translates into being able to select the best qualified among them. It does not necessarily mean that there will be more jobs for teachers. If you need 10 teachers and can select 10 best from among 11 or from among 100, in which case do you think you'll get better ones?
... in case I intend to kill myself eating lithium.
- the viral genetics are a mix of 4: human flu, swine flu, avian flu, and human/swine flu (apparently a separate one)>
I might be mistaken but wasn't it human flu, avian flu, some kind of local swine flu and a type of swine flu that is usually found in Europe?
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What's next? Crimespace - a place for criminals?