Sure, if your attackers will never try to crack any of your users' passwords...
A username could be anything, but root is always root. Disabling the root password means a cracker needs to take the additional step of identifying a valid user account to target. Not a particularly large step, perhaps, but a step nonetheless.
What view? Is there anything in my post that suggested I was trying to promote a particular conclusion, or that I'd even come to one? No.
By meaningful statistics, I mean those based on useful data including, but perhaps not limited to, the variables I mentioned. Stop being a presumptuous twat and address the content of what people say rather than your cynical interpretation of their motives.
Even going by the number of drivers/vehicles wouldn't give accurate results. At the very least you would need to factor in average mileage or time on the road, and there are probably other variables that would need to be accounted for to give meaningful statistics.
The shovelware problem is clearly far, far worse on Nintendo platforms. Why is the question...
Nintendo have the best-selling platforms, simple as that. The PlayStation and PS2, as the best-selling consoles of their generations, also spawned heaps of 3rd party shite. Some publishers, such as Midas for example, seem to base their entire business on such titles.
Even better, ServerSpy reveals that the IIPA website is hosted by ConcentricHosts, who at least at one stage ran Linux servers. Maybe they still do, but unfortunately the only reference I could find is ancient and a lot could have changed in 11 years.
This is good... Except for the fact that this could be the perfect time to steal one of the school's computers.
Until this story came to light no-one knew of the anti-theft measures the school had taken. Now that the measures have been removed the window of opportunity is no bigger than it was a week ago.
What I'm concerned about is OS look-and-feel and interface — system bar on the bottom with clock, trash, info on the right, menu on the left...
Any distro running GNOME, KDE or XFCE (that is, almost any distro by default) can be easily configured in this manner.
... menu items similar to those of Windows.
For the love of God, no. This is one of the areas where Linux by and large kills Windows in terms of usability. It won't take long for them to appreciate the (mostly) logical grouping of programs in, for instance, Ubuntu's applications menu. The Windows Start menu is a nightmare by comparison.
Are there themes/skins for mainstream distributions instead?
Sure, but I wouldn't recommend them. Whilst I'm all for easing the transition, there's nothing wrong with at least acknowledging that a transition is taking place, so just give them a "normal" GNOME of KDE desktop.
I'm always curious about the high praise for 360 controllers. First of all, I'm not that keen on the shoulder button arrangement, but that is a minor gripe. For me the issue was always the analogue sticks. I find that they feel rather loose, providing little to no resistance and I therefore find fine control tricky (of course, a balance is required here – analogue sticks that are too stiff are even worse).
But, since I seem to be the only one I know who has this issue, maybe my experience has been tainted by the store demo models, which to date is the only means by which I have played a 360. It's reasonable to suspect that these controllers have been somewhat overused and abused, and the quality of the sticks may have diminished because of this. If so, it seems somewhat ironic to me that I may have been (unfairly) dissuaded from purchasing a 360 due to the substandard experience offered by the units installed to promote it.
I owned a couple of Mad Catz controllers, both for PlayStation2. One was just average 3rd party fare, whereas the other was actually a very nice remodelled controller in a smaller form factor that I initially much preferred to Sony's official controller.
Unfortunately, they barely saw two month's use before the analogue sticks went out of alignment, with no way to recalibrate them, rendering them useless for most games. Whether their products have improved much in the past 5-6 years, I couldn't say.
Doesn't it depend on how they present the product ? Let's say the product is the software, the physical media, the packaging, and maybe online access.
But is that the way they present it? Surely they would claim that the product is the physical media, packaging and a license to use the software?
It wouldn't surprise me if their defence would be that they don't inhibit first sale doctrine, as anyone is free to resell the physical product. The licence (which may cover access to an online service), however, is a contract rather than a physical product and not covered by first sale. (In case I've not already made it obvious by way of ignorant rambling, IANAL)
If the above is the case, I would wonder if EULAs would be non-transferable by nature, or if it would have to be explicitly defined in the agreement. It's been a long time since I actually read an EULA properly, so for all I know some already explicitly state this.
Not that I would be happy with the above situation. I definitely think that EULAs ought to be transferable, and I really hope my assessment is incorrect. But even if I'm wrong I would guess it is only a matter of time before industry lobbyists make me right.
My thoughts exactly. And to have the audacity to use it as grounds for accusations of "improper activity"? Outrageous. I would chuckle at the irony were it not so reprehensible.
I hope they have the book thrown at them.
Actually - I once went to slashdit.org by accident and there were ads there. Don't know who is making money from that.
Well, I just had to check and what do you know? "Ads by Google".
At least they were good enough to provide a link to the intended site. That's something, I guess.
Slashdot Mirror
The government hasn't suppressed anything here, so it doesn't rise to the level of "Constitutional Rights."
Who mentioned the Constitution? The right to free speech exists independently of the Constitution.
"Oh ffff—
...shit."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnsizkVjGm8
Why go for the cute girl over there when there's Love Plus for DS?
Because until a DS can be interfaced with a Fleshlight there are specific advantages with the real girl.
Now excuse me... I have a project to work on.
Sure, if your attackers will never try to crack any of your users' passwords...
A username could be anything, but root is always root. Disabling the root password means a cracker needs to take the additional step of identifying a valid user account to target. Not a particularly large step, perhaps, but a step nonetheless.
What view? Is there anything in my post that suggested I was trying to promote a particular conclusion, or that I'd even come to one? No.
By meaningful statistics, I mean those based on useful data including, but perhaps not limited to, the variables I mentioned. Stop being a presumptuous twat and address the content of what people say rather than your cynical interpretation of their motives.
Even going by the number of drivers/vehicles wouldn't give accurate results. At the very least you would need to factor in average mileage or time on the road, and there are probably other variables that would need to be accounted for to give meaningful statistics.
They could save even more by changing the font colour to white.
But then some bright spark will suggest they need to order black paper so the white ink will show up, and they'll be out of pocket again.
Text has been around for over 7000 years, and we're only now approaching version 2.0? And people thought Debian had a long release cycle...
The shovelware problem is clearly far, far worse on Nintendo platforms. Why is the question...
Nintendo have the best-selling platforms, simple as that. The PlayStation and PS2, as the best-selling consoles of their generations, also spawned heaps of 3rd party shite. Some publishers, such as Midas for example, seem to base their entire business on such titles.
I'm still searching for that elusive hacking app with fancy graphics and controls that's portrayed in all hacking movies.
We should get that woman from CSI to write one in VB.
Even better, ServerSpy reveals that the IIPA website is hosted by ConcentricHosts, who at least at one stage ran Linux servers. Maybe they still do, but unfortunately the only reference I could find is ancient and a lot could have changed in 11 years.
Flash is a dying technology. The only ones who can't see that are Flash developers who make their paycheck off of it.
And the people who pay them, one would assume.
This is good... Except for the fact that this could be the perfect time to steal one of the school's computers.
Until this story came to light no-one knew of the anti-theft measures the school had taken. Now that the measures have been removed the window of opportunity is no bigger than it was a week ago.
"Simon Singh, author, television presenter and known critic of pseudoscience, is in court today...
Well, given that it is now approaching 9PM in the UK, it is more correct to say Simon Singh was in court today. And so far things look promising – Lord Judge is less than impressed by BCA's case. See http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/02/simon-singh-chiropractic-bca-libel-appeal
What I'm concerned about is OS look-and-feel and interface — system bar on the bottom with clock, trash, info on the right, menu on the left ...
Any distro running GNOME, KDE or XFCE (that is, almost any distro by default) can be easily configured in this manner.
... menu items similar to those of Windows.
For the love of God, no. This is one of the areas where Linux by and large kills Windows in terms of usability. It won't take long for them to appreciate the (mostly) logical grouping of programs in, for instance, Ubuntu's applications menu. The Windows Start menu is a nightmare by comparison.
Are there themes/skins for mainstream distributions instead?
Sure, but I wouldn't recommend them. Whilst I'm all for easing the transition, there's nothing wrong with at least acknowledging that a transition is taking place, so just give them a "normal" GNOME of KDE desktop.
...I don't know who said it: "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
Seems it was Benjamin Franklin, in the guise of Poor Richard.
I'm always curious about the high praise for 360 controllers. First of all, I'm not that keen on the shoulder button arrangement, but that is a minor gripe. For me the issue was always the analogue sticks. I find that they feel rather loose, providing little to no resistance and I therefore find fine control tricky (of course, a balance is required here – analogue sticks that are too stiff are even worse).
But, since I seem to be the only one I know who has this issue, maybe my experience has been tainted by the store demo models, which to date is the only means by which I have played a 360. It's reasonable to suspect that these controllers have been somewhat overused and abused, and the quality of the sticks may have diminished because of this. If so, it seems somewhat ironic to me that I may have been (unfairly) dissuaded from purchasing a 360 due to the substandard experience offered by the units installed to promote it.
I owned a couple of Mad Catz controllers, both for PlayStation2. One was just average 3rd party fare, whereas the other was actually a very nice remodelled controller in a smaller form factor that I initially much preferred to Sony's official controller.
Unfortunately, they barely saw two month's use before the analogue sticks went out of alignment, with no way to recalibrate them, rendering them useless for most games. Whether their products have improved much in the past 5-6 years, I couldn't say.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q="a href"
xkcd.com/189
If you truly want anything decent, I'd rely the education of others.
And you can always rely on Muphry's law.
Doesn't it depend on how they present the product ? Let's say the product is the software, the physical media, the packaging, and maybe online access.
But is that the way they present it? Surely they would claim that the product is the physical media, packaging and a license to use the software?
It wouldn't surprise me if their defence would be that they don't inhibit first sale doctrine, as anyone is free to resell the physical product. The licence (which may cover access to an online service), however, is a contract rather than a physical product and not covered by first sale. (In case I've not already made it obvious by way of ignorant rambling, IANAL)
If the above is the case, I would wonder if EULAs would be non-transferable by nature, or if it would have to be explicitly defined in the agreement. It's been a long time since I actually read an EULA properly, so for all I know some already explicitly state this.
Not that I would be happy with the above situation. I definitely think that EULAs ought to be transferable, and I really hope my assessment is incorrect. But even if I'm wrong I would guess it is only a matter of time before industry lobbyists make me right.
How did they think would get away with that?
My thoughts exactly. And to have the audacity to use it as grounds for accusations of "improper activity"? Outrageous. I would chuckle at the irony were it not so reprehensible.
I hope they have the book thrown at them.
These "domain harvesters" should be illegal and removed.
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. 1125(d)
Actually - I once went to slashdit.org by accident and there were ads there. Don't know who is making money from that.
Well, I just had to check and what do you know? "Ads by Google".
At least they were good enough to provide a link to the intended site. That's something, I guess.