Agreed. This comment from an EA Exec once again shows that EA is somewhat out of touch with the gaming world.Someone should remind them that you can play split-screen on a console but very few games these days take advantage of that. The disadvantage to network-only play is I can't invite a friend over to play a game anymore - we have to play online. It's not the same thing!I find a lot of games have vastly different gameplay between single and multi player modes (particularly shooters). Some games I pr
Very useful ****, indeed.But anyhow, what seems wrong is that for slander or libel against a person, there has to be malice, while for slander or libel against a company or their brand, that doesn't seem to be required.The laws seem to favor coprorations over individuals. I wish we had justice instead.
Secrecy destroys the fundamental power of the people by hamstringing their AUTHORITY over the government.
The inability for government to secure some information leaves it unable to perform its duties. A government cannot protect its borders, deal with things like currency, ensure anonymous voting, or deal with criminals unless it can conduct some activities in a non-public or covert manner. A government can't hire police officers, counter-espionage people, or even a payroll clerk at a federal court buil
Never have mod points when I really need them. I've never seen people so terrified of the truth since.....well....hmmm.... I'd REALLY like to get a look at those Cheney Energy Task Force documents that they've been hiding from us for 10 years. I can hope that these will be leaked eventually.
Lower the barrier of entry even further, and just throw up a torrent or ten of static files which can be hosted anywhere, without fear of compromising your own server.
My brother screwed up & accidentally installed McAfee on his PC, which already had Avast on it. It was bundled with something else he was installing & I guess he didn't read the fine print on the installer. Brought his other wise snappy home PC to a screeching halt.
To paraphrase the words of Nicolas Cage in Con Air - it's THEIR barbecue.In other words - those are Amazon's rules FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. They don't apply for Amazon itself.Kinda like how the store owner can open a pack of crisps and start eating them right there, while a buyer doing the same thing might be accused of shoplifting.But you are free to get a lawyer and contest in court that you are offended by Christmas.
I think the problem is that you're refusing to say what you expect anyone to do about a rape accusation where there's no proof.I'm saying doing anything is bad for society.. what are you saying?
Yeah, this shouldn't be too hard. My understanding is that there's a directory that Firefox explicitly reads to load extensions. To "install" an extension, all you need to do is dump an extension in there, and it's "installed."But you can disable extensions that have been installed and prevent them from being loaded.So all you have to do is swap that blacklist for a whitelist. Problem solved.Why is this a problem?
These dumped extensions can be disabled and uninstalled only from a root account. If you are using a lower privilege account for day to day ops, the uninstall button is grayed out. These extensions are assumed to be installed for "all users" and one low privileged user would/should not be able to take them out. It is a pain to log out, and log in as superuser just to disable one extension that some corporate creep decides to shove on my machine.
Unisys has been slogging their large scale x86 machines running Windows Datacenter Edition as mainframes for almost a decade. Few people take that claim seriously, any more than they would believe a claim that a 32 CPU Sun or HP server was a "mainframe". Such machines are just mid range servers with a larger than usual number of CPUs.The basic difference is that mid-range servers (system software and hardware) are more "commodity-ish" (and much less expensive) than true mainframes where companies spend on t
Since a few years ships are already required to switch to low-sulfor fuel when they come near the coast or enter ports..Several types of marine fuel exist: MGO, MDO, HFO,..HFO (heavy fuel oil) is getting banned in some parts of the world.And yes this means vessels actually have 2 or 3 different types of fuel on board and switch over from one type to another.The economic crash of 2 years ago was beneficiary for the environment btw.The years before it, prices for renting a ship (baltic dry index) was so high that only the rent made up the largest part of the cost, fuel costs were low in comparison. So cargo vessels were instructed to go full speed (and consume/pollute more).Now the BDI dropped, the rent is lower and it's again a matter of optimising days at sea / consumption (slower speed = less consumption, so renting a vessel 1 or 2 days longer can be better because fuel savings are more than the extra rent you pay for these days).A lot of old (and more polluting) vessels also were laid in docks or are scrapped the past 2 years as there suddenly wasn't enough cargo to transport..disclaimer: I work at the it department of a group of companies that operates cargo vessels.. have worked on a program to register their trips and optimize fuel costs/speed/...
Ever hear of composite materials? How about sails designed using computer simulations? I'm sure a scaled up modern equivalent or better could be created.
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Agreed. This comment from an EA Exec once again shows that EA is somewhat out of touch with the gaming world.Someone should remind them that you can play split-screen on a console but very few games these days take advantage of that. The disadvantage to network-only play is I can't invite a friend over to play a game anymore - we have to play online. It's not the same thing!I find a lot of games have vastly different gameplay between single and multi player modes (particularly shooters). Some games I pr
Secrecy destroys the fundamental power of the people by hamstringing their AUTHORITY over the government. The inability for government to secure some information leaves it unable to perform its duties. A government cannot protect its borders, deal with things like currency, ensure anonymous voting, or deal with criminals unless it can conduct some activities in a non-public or covert manner. A government can't hire police officers, counter-espionage people, or even a payroll clerk at a federal court buil
Really? Which secrecy is that?
Never have mod points when I really need them. I've never seen people so terrified of the truth since.....well....hmmm.... I'd REALLY like to get a look at those Cheney Energy Task Force documents that they've been hiding from us for 10 years. I can hope that these will be leaked eventually.
Lower the barrier of entry even further, and just throw up a torrent or ten of static files which can be hosted anywhere, without fear of compromising your own server.
My brother screwed up & accidentally installed McAfee on his PC, which already had Avast on it. It was bundled with something else he was installing & I guess he didn't read the fine print on the installer. Brought his other wise snappy home PC to a screeching halt.
To paraphrase the words of Nicolas Cage in Con Air - it's THEIR barbecue.In other words - those are Amazon's rules FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. They don't apply for Amazon itself.Kinda like how the store owner can open a pack of crisps and start eating them right there, while a buyer doing the same thing might be accused of shoplifting.But you are free to get a lawyer and contest in court that you are offended by Christmas.
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Yeah, this shouldn't be too hard. My understanding is that there's a directory that Firefox explicitly reads to load extensions. To "install" an extension, all you need to do is dump an extension in there, and it's "installed."But you can disable extensions that have been installed and prevent them from being loaded.So all you have to do is swap that blacklist for a whitelist. Problem solved.Why is this a problem?
These dumped extensions can be disabled and uninstalled only from a root account. If you are using a lower privilege account for day to day ops, the uninstall button is grayed out. These extensions are assumed to be installed for "all users" and one low privileged user would/should not be able to take them out. It is a pain to log out, and log in as superuser just to disable one extension that some corporate creep decides to shove on my machine.
Unisys has been slogging their large scale x86 machines running Windows Datacenter Edition as mainframes for almost a decade. Few people take that claim seriously, any more than they would believe a claim that a 32 CPU Sun or HP server was a "mainframe". Such machines are just mid range servers with a larger than usual number of CPUs.The basic difference is that mid-range servers (system software and hardware) are more "commodity-ish" (and much less expensive) than true mainframes where companies spend on t
Mainframes run neither *nix nor Windows (usually - IBM mainframes can run Linux, but that's probably rare for bank stuff)...
That all of the people who were buying tickets previously, but not any more, have something to hide?
obviously/P
I personally would prefer we just stop using grammar. If the intention is clear then does it really matter?
It's not.
Since a few years ships are already required to switch to low-sulfor fuel when they come near the coast or enter ports..Several types of marine fuel exist: MGO, MDO, HFO,..HFO (heavy fuel oil) is getting banned in some parts of the world.And yes this means vessels actually have 2 or 3 different types of fuel on board and switch over from one type to another.The economic crash of 2 years ago was beneficiary for the environment btw.The years before it, prices for renting a ship (baltic dry index) was so high that only the rent made up the largest part of the cost, fuel costs were low in comparison. So cargo vessels were instructed to go full speed (and consume/pollute more).Now the BDI dropped, the rent is lower and it's again a matter of optimising days at sea / consumption (slower speed = less consumption, so renting a vessel 1 or 2 days longer can be better because fuel savings are more than the extra rent you pay for these days).A lot of old (and more polluting) vessels also were laid in docks or are scrapped the past 2 years as there suddenly wasn't enough cargo to transport..disclaimer: I work at the it department of a group of companies that operates cargo vessels.. have worked on a program to register their trips and optimize fuel costs/speed/...
Ever hear of composite materials? How about sails designed using computer simulations? I'm sure a scaled up modern equivalent or better could be created.
OS/2 rightfully isn't on that list... ...but then, of course, OS/2 was 1/2 of an operating system.
I am hungry, a pony might not be enough. I could eat a horse though.