How you people continue to knock a service that is completely free for you to use is beyond me.
Great, the ole "if you don't use it, you can't complain" argument. And modded +5 interesting. Yay Slashdot. Again.
I don't use Google anymore, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize their policies. Lots of organizations offering "free" services are capable of plenty of evil. You don't have to pay for it.
If I don't use Google's services, why am I still forced to be their product? (i.e. recipient of advertising and forced tracking.) You *are* aware of how prevalent Google's tracking is, right? It's not like I can just stop using Google services and no longer be tracked by them.
If fact, they were recently caught PURPOSEFULLY bypassing Apple's "do not track" preference.
There is no excuse for ignorance like yours, especially on Slashdot - although your type is certainly prevalent.
Regardless of the "Flamebait" modding, the reality is that Flash and Java alone are responsible for far more than their fair share of actively exploited vulnerabilities.
As someone who has owned both Samsung and LG retina Macbooks - I can confirm they both have the problem.
My current is a Samsung, and suffers from the problem. It's rarely noticeable at all, but I am not please with Apples response. (Though they did let me go through about 4 of these computers before I finally just decided to wait and see if the problem would be fixed - this is a $3700 laptop BTW.)
These days, tech companies send their employees to China with scrubbed laptops and burn phones for this reason. Then they scrub them again as soon as they get home.
The sad part is how long that took to become the norm.
I was recommending this long ago, and only in the last year or two has it become commonplace. Of course, I do the same thing when I travel to the US - except then I don't even bother copying my legally purchased mp3's as I know there is a good chance I'll get harassed about them.
I've used GPS receivers many times in China, and even has friendly discussions with airport security about some of them. Never had any problem.
That said, I've also been followed during many (most?) of my trips to China, and for some reason they are always doing air duct work just before I get into my hotel rooms...
1) You do realize that many many people and organizations PAY for Google services, right? 2) People have organized their lives, businesses and information based on Googles products - which they pay for. Dropping those services is a hassle. 3) Weren't you harping on here recently about how Google is great for supporting open standards? Why are they dropping this IETF standard then? (CalDAV) 4) Your final argument is absurd.
Do you get paid to be a member of the "Righteous Google Defense Club"? Or do you volunteer to be a blind idiot?
Once again, I am glad I dropped Google services awhile ago.
Weren't you just harping on last month about how great Google is great at supporting open standards? Or was that another member of the "Righteous Google Defense Club"?
I hope you've got a good lawyer and money to keep him or her happy. The first exploit you publish about a large (organization|government|important person) is going to give you a really, really, really big headache - at best.
Also... ethics - you have none. For this, as someone who has spent past lives working in IS, I hope you rot in a miserable existence.
Fame grasping by a very amateur security "expert".
No offense to the fanboi's on here, but I won't touch another Samsung phone in my life. Hence why HTC was the only company I was considering.
The Nexus tablets look nice, but I am really quite happy with my iPad (and regarding the Nexus 7, I have zero interest in any 7 inch tablet including the nearly 8 inch iPad mini).
As should be clear from my comment (I think), I said I was familiar with graphical faces representing the underlying emoticon, but had no idea they were called "emoji". Or that they (as I've since learned) apparently don't have much to do with emoticons at all (but unfortunately everything I've read this evening mentions them in relation to emoticons in the first sentence) and are really just lots of graphical glyphs of all kinds of things.
It'd be a bit like saying how dumb and annoying you think photos of people flat on their stomach on objects and in weird places is and then someone telling you "that's called planking" and then you responding "oh, then yeah -- playing is dumb and annoying".
I thought a thing was dumb and annoying, from my exposure to it over the last decade or more online. I found out it had a name. I then stated that the thing I've always thought was annoying is still annoying, but used the (I think) proper name for the thing which I found annoying.
And no, your emoticon doesn't annoy me, because it's an emoticon. If Slashdot had converted it into a giant animated winking smiling GIF, I would have been annoyed as fuck.
As should be clear from my comment (I think), I said I was familiar with graphical faces representing the underlying emoticon, but had no idea they were called "emoji".
Sorry, re-reading you comment I do agree. But most graphical emoticons are not Emoji, simply graphical emoticons. (IMO) The term Emoji explicitly refers to the standardized (somewhat) character set. As far as the whale & other non-emotional graphics go, who cares? It's a little fun. Text based communication is difficult, and anything that can improve that is great.
And no, your emoticon doesn't annoy me, because it's an emoticon. If Slashdot had converted it into a giant animated winking smiling GIF, I would have been annoyed as fuck.
Fair enough. If Slashdot supported Emoji I would have posted a flaming pile of shit.;)
HTC is the only company who sells Android phones that I'd consider buying. Too bad Android apparently has issues with security updates / etc. Sure, blame the vendor... But this seems to be a prevalent problem with Android based phones.
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Oh... And apparently everyone is buying Macbooks.
Up 14% YoY.
Innovation in the PC market is awful.
If it were up to companies like Samsung we'd all be running massive chunks of plastic garbage at a resolution of 800x600...
Apple iCloud, FireFox Sync, Chrome Sync to mention the main ones.
How you people continue to knock a service that is completely free for you to use is beyond me.
Great, the ole "if you don't use it, you can't complain" argument. And modded +5 interesting. Yay Slashdot. Again.
I don't use Google anymore, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize their policies. Lots of organizations offering "free" services are capable of plenty of evil. You don't have to pay for it.
If I don't use Google's services, why am I still forced to be their product? (i.e. recipient of advertising and forced tracking.) You *are* aware of how prevalent Google's tracking is, right? It's not like I can just stop using Google services and no longer be tracked by them.
If fact, they were recently caught PURPOSEFULLY bypassing Apple's "do not track" preference.
There is no excuse for ignorance like yours, especially on Slashdot - although your type is certainly prevalent.
C and C++ applications are typically not embedded in web pages, and no web browser would execute them if they were.
Flash and Java are both commonly embedded in web pages, and execute automatically if the user has the plugin installed.
In a web development project, I consider both Java and Flash unusable for that reason.
Windows could have been sandboxed too making it impossible to edit system files, access files outside the installation directory too.
You have a lot more faith in sandboxing than you should. Sandboxing is more like a fence than it is a wall.
Regardless of the "Flamebait" modding, the reality is that Flash and Java alone are responsible for far more than their fair share of actively exploited vulnerabilities.
Son, I'm a shill for myself and that's about it.
Does it shock you that I don't pledge allegiance to any large corporation?
Waaaah panty boy.
I'm not on any high horse - as I've said repeatedly, I stopped using Google services about a year ago now.
Are you sure you're not paid for this? You must have spent hours today defending their dickish move.
Incredibly, still the biggest shit on the internet.
Too bad, as a language I actually like Java. Flash is crap though, always was, always will be.
As someone who has owned both Samsung and LG retina Macbooks - I can confirm they both have the problem.
My current is a Samsung, and suffers from the problem. It's rarely noticeable at all, but I am not please with Apples response.
(Though they did let me go through about 4 of these computers before I finally just decided to wait and see if the problem would be fixed - this is a $3700 laptop
BTW.)
Ummm. So if I pay for Google Apps for a domain I am a beggar and a whiner?
Your a little bitch, basically - go fuck yourself with a 2x4.
These days, tech companies send their employees to China with scrubbed laptops and burn phones for this reason. Then they scrub them again as soon as they get home.
The sad part is how long that took to become the norm.
I was recommending this long ago, and only in the last year or two has it become commonplace. Of course, I do the same thing when I travel to the US - except then I don't even bother copying my legally purchased mp3's as I know there is a good chance I'll get harassed about them.
I've used GPS receivers many times in China, and even has friendly discussions with airport security about some of them. Never had any problem.
That said, I've also been followed during many (most?) of my trips to China, and for some reason they are always doing air duct work just before I get into my hotel rooms...
1) You do realize that many many people and organizations PAY for Google services, right?
2) People have organized their lives, businesses and information based on Googles products - which they pay for. Dropping those services is a hassle.
3) Weren't you harping on here recently about how Google is great for supporting open standards? Why are they dropping this IETF standard then? (CalDAV)
4) Your final argument is absurd.
Do you get paid to be a member of the "Righteous Google Defense Club"? Or do you volunteer to be a blind idiot?
Once again, I am glad I dropped Google services awhile ago.
LOL, thanks. Was waiting for that.
Weren't you just harping on last month about how great Google is great at supporting open standards? Or was that another member of the "Righteous Google Defense Club"?
Slashdot: Where a troll no longer means troll, just that you criticized Google.
I hope you've got a good lawyer and money to keep him or her happy. The first exploit you publish about a large (organization|government|important person) is going to give you a really, really, really big headache - at best.
Also... ethics - you have none. For this, as someone who has spent past lives working in IS, I hope you rot in a miserable existence.
Fame grasping by a very amateur security "expert".
Relying on ratings for security? It's a start I guess...
No offense to the fanboi's on here, but I won't touch another Samsung phone in my life. Hence why HTC was the only company I was considering.
The Nexus tablets look nice, but I am really quite happy with my iPad (and regarding the Nexus 7, I have zero interest in any 7 inch tablet including the nearly 8 inch iPad mini).
Who brought up iOS? Oh, you. And I agree completely about the iOS passcode bug - a massively severe issue.
Still, my comment and the article are about HTC.
As should be clear from my comment (I think), I said I was familiar with graphical faces representing the underlying emoticon, but had no idea they were called "emoji". Or that they (as I've since learned) apparently don't have much to do with emoticons at all (but unfortunately everything I've read this evening mentions them in relation to emoticons in the first sentence) and are really just lots of graphical glyphs of all kinds of things.
It'd be a bit like saying how dumb and annoying you think photos of people flat on their stomach on objects and in weird places is and then someone telling you "that's called planking" and then you responding "oh, then yeah -- playing is dumb and annoying".
I thought a thing was dumb and annoying, from my exposure to it over the last decade or more online. I found out it had a name. I then stated that the thing I've always thought was annoying is still annoying, but used the (I think) proper name for the thing which I found annoying.
And no, your emoticon doesn't annoy me, because it's an emoticon. If Slashdot had converted it into a giant animated winking smiling GIF, I would have been annoyed as fuck.
As should be clear from my comment (I think), I said I was familiar with graphical faces representing the underlying emoticon, but had no idea they were called "emoji".
Sorry, re-reading you comment I do agree. But most graphical emoticons are not Emoji, simply graphical emoticons. (IMO) The term Emoji explicitly refers to the standardized (somewhat) character set. As far as the whale & other non-emotional graphics go, who cares? It's a little fun. Text based communication is difficult, and anything that can improve that is great.
And no, your emoticon doesn't annoy me, because it's an emoticon. If Slashdot had converted it into a giant animated winking smiling GIF, I would have been annoyed as fuck.
Fair enough. If Slashdot supported Emoji I would have posted a flaming pile of shit. ;)
HTC is the only company who sells Android phones that I'd consider buying. Too bad Android apparently has issues with security updates / etc. Sure, blame the vendor... But this seems to be a prevalent problem with Android based phones.
Well, as a Kickstarter project it's optional and you don't need to support it. :) Nor will I be.