If you want your own "cloud" storage I'd point you towards Nextcloud, which seems to be quite solid and privacy-focused.
Syncthing is a nice P2P file sync protocol though (not too complex to set-up once you understand the general concept), I use it to keep my phone user partition continuously backed up with my main computer just in case.
I understand that all softwares have their purpose and the owner want to control how users are interfacing with it to limit the potential for abuse, but having a multi-pages terms and condition agreement document is something that realistically no one will read.
Maybe there could be some way of summarizing the terms and condition in a format that is easier to understand at a glance? I'm pretty some parts are common, so maybe establish a kind of symbology to quickly inform the user what they are allowed to do, or what they're getting into? Kind of like how the Creative Commons license uses some symbols to quickly identify the license type used.
https://creativecommons.org/li...
"...such as disallowing charging for the program, obfuscation, or soliciting donations."
Why the hell disallowing the solicitation of donations? It's not like the author forces the user to pay for it, just get a little something in return if the user feels to do it.
That is just asking for people to stop doing these enhancements.
I admit that I find it a bit sad that everybody think that flashcart owners use it solely for game piracy.
I agree that piracy is attractive when you get one, but the fact that you don't have to swap and carry all your legitimate games cartridges (I have about 12 games) when travelling is very convenient.
At least Nintendo is going through Digital Distribution with the DSi with the help of an SD card, so this is a good step in the right direction. Let's just see if they will do it right once it comes to America.
What the hell don't they understand that oppresive DRM is not the solution to piracy? Seriously, I would pirate it if I wanted to play, but that would give them more ammo to increase the invasion of DRM, so I will just pass and play something else.
Steam is a nice trade-off for DRM. At least, the user benefits from automatic/user-friendly updates, and an evolving community around it.
I'm actually buying games, so don't think I'm supporting piracy.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/m-p-3/games
Doing a survey AFTER you lost the ones that are concerned about DRMs would give similar results to this one.
EA should have done this survey BEFORE implementing DRMs.
But Steam allows you to download a game without any limitation other than having the game in your account. D2D limit you to a specified number of download (3 last time I checked) and after that you're out.
I wouldn't really apply a Service Pack on a live system. Integrate the Service Pack 3 to your installation CD, and install a clean OS.
There are so much different configurations that a Service Pack, which deeply modify the operating system, it's almost impossible it might not cause issues on a running operating system.
I've installed a slipstreamed Windows XP Service Pack 3 without any problems.
For local data privacy, I would use TrueCrypt, not Windows EFS.
Use Full Disk Encryption on TrueCrypt, and their COFEE thumbdrive won't be of any help.
OpenID was mainly done to protect user's credential and to implement a global Single Sign-On process.
VeriSign is an OpenID provider (https://pip.verisignlabs.com/), and they provide increased security by adding a two-factor sign-on (https://idprotect.verisign.com/learnmore.v). This way if someone get your long-term password on the VeriSign website, your account is still secured by the single-use key generated by the device.
That's called a token, and there are several companies providing them. However, you need the software / server you are connecting to support it. Gmail doesn't.
If Google would support OpenID accounts, I would gladly use a token with my VeriSign account to access it from public terminal.
The On Screen Keyboard emulate the keyboard input, and is detected as physical keystrokes on the keyboard.
It only gives you a false sense of security, as keyloggers has no issue catching these inputs.
Common sense would say
Why should we not block Safari ? It's up to the Safari developers to make it more secure, not PayPal to make exceptions because it's for "Mac" users.
Wasn't there already an official lightweight version of Windows XP Professional called Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs ?
If this "new version" can be even more lightweight, I won't say no for it.
antiaddiction.pyc_dis
def OnLogin():
"""
Check playing time limits for underage players in the Chinese server, to
comply with anti-addiction laws.
Called after successful login, but before char selection is entered.
If a player is eligible for anti-addiction control, game exit and related
warnings are executed immediately or scheduled, depending on how longer
the law allows her to play.
"""
global _savePeriod
global _displaySeconds
global _watchSpan
global _allowedTime
global _schedule
if ((boot.region != "optic") or (not AmIUnderage())):
return
if prefs.GetValue("aaTestTimes", 0):
_watchSpan = _testWatchSpan
_allowedTime = _testAllowedTime
_schedule = _testSchedule
_savePeriod = _testSavePeriod
_displaySeconds = True
else:
_watchSpan = _liveWatchSpan
_allowedTime = _liveAllowedTime
_schedule = _liveSchedule
_savePeriod = _liveSavePeriod
_displaySeconds = False
sessionID = StartSession()
uthread.worker("antiaddiction::EndSession", lambda:EndSessionWorker(sessionID))
def ActionWrap(action, time):
return lambda:action(time)
t = TimeLeft()
for (time, action,) in _schedule:
if (t = time):
action(t)
break
else:
Schedule((t - time), ActionWrap(action, time))
Raytracing could be a step in the right direction for photorealism, but personally I don't really care that the water is not reflecting exactly as it should in real-life. As long as it reflect in a realistic manner without being 100% accurate, I don't really care about raytracing.
I have a Verisign Personal Identity Provider (PIP) which is free as an OpenID identifier, but unfortunalely OpenID isn't much available today. However, I would be willing to get a Security Token from VeriSign if I rely on my OpenID to access most of my Internet account.
Where I work, it is not a risk. It has been confirmed that our IT team will skip Vista completely, as it does not meet our needs as well as Windows XP does.
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If you want your own "cloud" storage I'd point you towards Nextcloud, which seems to be quite solid and privacy-focused. Syncthing is a nice P2P file sync protocol though (not too complex to set-up once you understand the general concept), I use it to keep my phone user partition continuously backed up with my main computer just in case.
I understand that all softwares have their purpose and the owner want to control how users are interfacing with it to limit the potential for abuse, but having a multi-pages terms and condition agreement document is something that realistically no one will read. Maybe there could be some way of summarizing the terms and condition in a format that is easier to understand at a glance? I'm pretty some parts are common, so maybe establish a kind of symbology to quickly inform the user what they are allowed to do, or what they're getting into? Kind of like how the Creative Commons license uses some symbols to quickly identify the license type used. https://creativecommons.org/li...
"...such as disallowing charging for the program, obfuscation, or soliciting donations." Why the hell disallowing the solicitation of donations? It's not like the author forces the user to pay for it, just get a little something in return if the user feels to do it. That is just asking for people to stop doing these enhancements.
I admit that I find it a bit sad that everybody think that flashcart owners use it solely for game piracy. I agree that piracy is attractive when you get one, but the fact that you don't have to swap and carry all your legitimate games cartridges (I have about 12 games) when travelling is very convenient. At least Nintendo is going through Digital Distribution with the DSi with the help of an SD card, so this is a good step in the right direction. Let's just see if they will do it right once it comes to America.
Hello bluephone, maybe I have an invite please?
What the hell don't they understand that oppresive DRM is not the solution to piracy? Seriously, I would pirate it if I wanted to play, but that would give them more ammo to increase the invasion of DRM, so I will just pass and play something else. Steam is a nice trade-off for DRM. At least, the user benefits from automatic/user-friendly updates, and an evolving community around it. I'm actually buying games, so don't think I'm supporting piracy. http://steamcommunity.com/id/m-p-3/games
Doing a survey AFTER you lost the ones that are concerned about DRMs would give similar results to this one. EA should have done this survey BEFORE implementing DRMs.
But Steam allows you to download a game without any limitation other than having the game in your account. D2D limit you to a specified number of download (3 last time I checked) and after that you're out.
No == Yes Yes == Maybe
I wouldn't really apply a Service Pack on a live system. Integrate the Service Pack 3 to your installation CD, and install a clean OS. There are so much different configurations that a Service Pack, which deeply modify the operating system, it's almost impossible it might not cause issues on a running operating system. I've installed a slipstreamed Windows XP Service Pack 3 without any problems.
this is why I will never purchase and play any of Blizzard's game, as they are acting like asshats.
For local data privacy, I would use TrueCrypt, not Windows EFS. Use Full Disk Encryption on TrueCrypt, and their COFEE thumbdrive won't be of any help.
OpenID was mainly done to protect user's credential and to implement a global Single Sign-On process. VeriSign is an OpenID provider (https://pip.verisignlabs.com/), and they provide increased security by adding a two-factor sign-on (https://idprotect.verisign.com/learnmore.v). This way if someone get your long-term password on the VeriSign website, your account is still secured by the single-use key generated by the device.
That's called a token, and there are several companies providing them. However, you need the software / server you are connecting to support it. Gmail doesn't. If Google would support OpenID accounts, I would gladly use a token with my VeriSign account to access it from public terminal.
The On Screen Keyboard emulate the keyboard input, and is detected as physical keystrokes on the keyboard. It only gives you a false sense of security, as keyloggers has no issue catching these inputs.
Common sense would say Why should we not block Safari ? It's up to the Safari developers to make it more secure, not PayPal to make exceptions because it's for "Mac" users.
that 12% of access points worldwide are free :D
Wasn't there already an official lightweight version of Windows XP Professional called Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs ? If this "new version" can be even more lightweight, I won't say no for it.
antiaddiction.pyc_dis def OnLogin(): """ Check playing time limits for underage players in the Chinese server, to comply with anti-addiction laws. Called after successful login, but before char selection is entered. If a player is eligible for anti-addiction control, game exit and related warnings are executed immediately or scheduled, depending on how longer the law allows her to play. """ global _savePeriod global _displaySeconds global _watchSpan global _allowedTime global _schedule if ((boot.region != "optic") or (not AmIUnderage())): return if prefs.GetValue("aaTestTimes", 0): _watchSpan = _testWatchSpan _allowedTime = _testAllowedTime _schedule = _testSchedule _savePeriod = _testSavePeriod _displaySeconds = True else: _watchSpan = _liveWatchSpan _allowedTime = _liveAllowedTime _schedule = _liveSchedule _savePeriod = _liveSavePeriod _displaySeconds = False sessionID = StartSession() uthread.worker("antiaddiction::EndSession", lambda :EndSessionWorker(sessionID))
def ActionWrap(action, time):
return lambda :action(time)
t = TimeLeft()
for (time, action,) in _schedule:
if (t = time):
action(t)
break
else:
Schedule((t - time), ActionWrap(action, time))
Raytracing could be a step in the right direction for photorealism, but personally I don't really care that the water is not reflecting exactly as it should in real-life. As long as it reflect in a realistic manner without being 100% accurate, I don't really care about raytracing.
it was to enhance the overall user's experience. -_-
I have a Verisign Personal Identity Provider (PIP) which is free as an OpenID identifier, but unfortunalely OpenID isn't much available today. However, I would be willing to get a Security Token from VeriSign if I rely on my OpenID to access most of my Internet account.
I do, and now on multiple systems. DOSBox, Windows/Linux ports, Nintendo DS. This is a CLASSIC you are talking about.
doesn't hurt, right ?
Where I work, it is not a risk. It has been confirmed that our IT team will skip Vista completely, as it does not meet our needs as well as Windows XP does.