I'm much more restrictive about spending money on a monthly basis compared to one-time purchases. So for me personally they lose sales. I would have no problem purchasing a license at irregular intervals for Adobe Lightroom and maybe also Photoshop, but I will not pay for a subscription
The thought of it costing money every month just bugs me. And it's easy to calculate exactly how much it will end up costing
Take 25 years of Lightroom and Photoshop as an example.
$10 * 12 months * 25 years = $3000
But Isuspect this works quite well for those who have to use their products.
I'm terrible sorry but I can't quite place you
Hoping it wasn't that one time where I modded a post "Overrated" by mistake? I think I posted afterwards to cancel that mod
Anyway... I really liked the quote from Portal:) Thank you very much for that one!
I remember laughing out loud when I was looking for a toslink cable a few years ago, and I noticed it had gold plated connectors.
Yes, a gold plated optical cable! What the f...
Of course, that was the only one they had, so I actually own a gold plated toslink cable, damnit.
Http used to be ok, today every scriptkiddie has access to tools that will pwn any browser with a mitm attack.
Also, any http security header you might add from your site is useless without https.
But I've noticed that quite a few didn't notice the warnings on not to fake it. You have to work on yourself to actually BE interested in people.
If you fake it, it will come across as weird.
IRC and NNTP has a slighty different purpose, IMHO.
IRC sort of requires online presence when stuff happens, and discussions usually are pretty sequential.
NNTP could fork of a discussion into different threads.
Slack is, as you know, basically an IRC overlay with better integration for mobiles and other platforms. We use it at work and it's pretty ok.
I would love NNTP at work, but not for replacing Slack. I would like it to replace Yammer. Yammer so incredibly inefficient at searching for information.
So doing the same for NNTP as Slack did for IRC could actually be a good idea. Slick interface for mobile and web and rebranded.
As long as passwords are encrypted and decrypted on the client it's not really that much of a risk.
I think the benefit of having different complex passwords for every web/system with easy access from all devices is worth it. At least I havent managed to set up a better system for myself... yet.
MFA and a strong master password is pretty good for protecting your passwords.
I didn't say marketing was anything "signed off by a manager". I said Microsoft employees can't release information about products in development without getting approval from a manager. Do you think this is odd? It's actually not specific to Microsoft. It's pretty much any product in development in any corporation.
Releasing information about new products and products in development is the responsibility of the marketing department. They usually have a plan, and everything that is released is usually planned and with a purpose. They don't wait until everything is ready and then just create a TV commercial. Marketing is much more than that.
I didn't say it was an advertisement. I said it was marketing.
Nobody at Microsoft talks to a blogger and reveals information unless it signed off by a manager.
I got the mid 2015 15" pro and I'm hoping it will last years. I've had Lenovo, HP and Dell through work and they are fine. The Macbook Pro on the other hand is really really nice to work with. Trackpad is just superb and Magsafe should be standard on all laptops (IMHO).
The only thing I would like different is more RAM (I use several VMs).
So when the new model arrived I was sure I would be a bit anoyed about the increased ram size and other new features that I would miss, but no.
I'm actually happy I got the previous model. It's so much better for my use. I wouldn't even consider the new model. Who the f..k buys a pro laptop without any USB A ports? How isolated are you? Dongles? I hate dongles. I'm not spending that much money to carry around a bunch of dongles.
If Apple wants their Pro line to be used by bloggers then ok. They lost their way.
I don't care if its news, history or any other kind of information. The point is that Facebook controls _who_ will see _what_.
Media houses should avoid feeding Facebook with this kind of power.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm much more restrictive about spending money on a monthly basis compared to one-time purchases. So for me personally they lose sales. I would have no problem purchasing a license at irregular intervals for Adobe Lightroom and maybe also Photoshop, but I will not pay for a subscription
The thought of it costing money every month just bugs me. And it's easy to calculate exactly how much it will end up costing
Take 25 years of Lightroom and Photoshop as an example.
$10 * 12 months * 25 years = $3000
But Isuspect this works quite well for those who have to use their products.
lol :) :)
It's been quite some time since I played Portal 2 so I didn't remember that one at all. Probably means it will be really fun to play it again
I'm terrible sorry but I can't quite place you
:) Thank you very much for that one!
Hoping it wasn't that one time where I modded a post "Overrated" by mistake? I think I posted afterwards to cancel that mod
Anyway... I really liked the quote from Portal
That one made me laugh :)
Wish I had modpoints. That is a clear +1 Funny in my book.
Maybe I should fire opp Portal again. Been a long time since I played it.
I heard that these gold plated ones actually are cheaper than the regular plastic ones. So yes. I'm a cheap bastard ;)
Just plastic would work fine too
;)
But "Just Plastic"-mark on the packaging might not sound as good as "Gold plated"
I remember laughing out loud when I was looking for a toslink cable a few years ago, and I noticed it had gold plated connectors.
Yes, a gold plated optical cable! What the f...
Of course, that was the only one they had, so I actually own a gold plated toslink cable, damnit.
Http means anyone can inject BeEF hooks in your browser sitting at the local Starbucks. No matter how unimportant yyour content might be.
http://beefproject.com/
It's so easy you can do it with a phone using an app like dSploit.
Http used to be ok, today every scriptkiddie has access to tools that will pwn any browser with a mitm attack.
Also, any http security header you might add from your site is useless without https.
I haven't experimented with that myself, but there seems to be several different options. From DIY to ready made.
DIY:
http://www.instructables.com/i...
Out of the box, but a bit pricey:
https://1sheeld.com/:
Source right here:
https://github.com/ms-iot/virt...
Example video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Off by default is kind of impressive these days.
Letting users opt in if they want a new feature should be the standard, not the exception.
Well done Snapchat!
+1
Totally agree.
But I've noticed that quite a few didn't notice the warnings on not to fake it. You have to work on yourself to actually BE interested in people.
If you fake it, it will come across as weird.
IRC and NNTP has a slighty different purpose, IMHO.
IRC sort of requires online presence when stuff happens, and discussions usually are pretty sequential.
NNTP could fork of a discussion into different threads.
Slack is, as you know, basically an IRC overlay with better integration for mobiles and other platforms. We use it at work and it's pretty ok.
I would love NNTP at work, but not for replacing Slack. I would like it to replace Yammer. Yammer so incredibly inefficient at searching for information.
So doing the same for NNTP as Slack did for IRC could actually be a good idea. Slick interface for mobile and web and rebranded.
As long as passwords are encrypted and decrypted on the client it's not really that much of a risk.
I think the benefit of having different complex passwords for every web/system with easy access from all devices is worth it. At least I havent managed to set up a better system for myself... yet.
MFA and a strong master password is pretty good for protecting your passwords.
I didn't say marketing was anything "signed off by a manager". I said Microsoft employees can't release information about products in development without getting approval from a manager. Do you think this is odd? It's actually not specific to Microsoft. It's pretty much any product in development in any corporation.
Releasing information about new products and products in development is the responsibility of the marketing department. They usually have a plan, and everything that is released is usually planned and with a purpose. They don't wait until everything is ready and then just create a TV commercial. Marketing is much more than that.
I didn't say it was an advertisement. I said it was marketing.
Nobody at Microsoft talks to a blogger and reveals information unless it signed off by a manager.
You don't consider this marketing?
The whole "we are going straight for version 3"
Could the intern who taped/stapled/glued the Ad on the top of slashdot (Classic view) please be given time to learn Javascript/css?
Looks likes something from early dot-com. It makes the page behave oddly and annoyingly (on all my devices, but more so on iphone).
I get that this is marketing, and it sounds better with 3.0 than a 2.0 version.
:)
But come on... it's not like they made a 2.0 already. They are experimenting, that is what 1.xx is for. Next release should be 2.0, IMHO.
Anyway. Not uncommon, and there are a few other issues with higher priorities on earth today
Purchased a TP-Link router that turned out to have a backdoor.
https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...
Asking support about it I got the answer back that "We will not fix it. Just make sure nobody get access to your local network".
Both TP-Link and Lenovo are on my do-not-buy list.
I got the mid 2015 15" pro and I'm hoping it will last years. I've had Lenovo, HP and Dell through work and they are fine. The Macbook Pro on the other hand is really really nice to work with. Trackpad is just superb and Magsafe should be standard on all laptops (IMHO).
The only thing I would like different is more RAM (I use several VMs).
So when the new model arrived I was sure I would be a bit anoyed about the increased ram size and other new features that I would miss, but no.
I'm actually happy I got the previous model. It's so much better for my use.
I wouldn't even consider the new model. Who the f..k buys a pro laptop without any USB A ports? How isolated are you? Dongles? I hate dongles. I'm not spending that much money to carry around a bunch of dongles.
If Apple wants their Pro line to be used by bloggers then ok. They lost their way.
5. A tech-aware burglar sets up a cloud service whereistheowner.com for the regular burglar to use :)
Switching from Galaxy Note 7 to an Amazon Fire Phone... *ba-dum-tshh*
... I'll see myself out ...
Samsung should talk to Amazon about buying the Fire brand :)
I don't care if its news, history or any other kind of information. The point is that Facebook controls _who_ will see _what_.
Media houses should avoid feeding Facebook with this kind of power.