"Rumors floating around IRC" strikes me as somewhere between Fox News and Homeless Guy on Street Corner in terms of credibility. This is exactly the sort of story that someone would make up as a joke, and people would repeat as though it's real.
If you're through feeling indignant, let me tell you that they are not deceiving you. The concern really is that the electrical interference could mess with the avionics. The IEEE has done studies in the past showing that it's possible. It is extremely unlikely, but it falls into the realm of better safe than sorry.
They are not "dehumanizing" you by asking you to turn off your iPod for 15 minutes. You're just looking for something to be outraged over. Stick to the TSA, where the distrust and anger is actually warranted.
There is no "Gen Z", or "Gen Y" for that matter. Gen X was a one time name, the only one to ever be named with a letter. The next generation is the millennials, sometimes split into early and late millennials, depending on whether you were born before or after 1990. The one after that will probably be named sometime in the next ten to twenty years. Trying to keep the lettering thing going is stupid, obviously short-sighted, and misses the entire reason why Gen X was named as it was.
Right.... cause gamers really consider angry birds to be on level with Elder Scrolls, Total War and Modern Warfare. And hey look, those are all hugely popular series with no support for Mac! Guess that kind of eviscerates your point.
I consider myself a gamer, and I don't even know what you mean. What is the difference between video gaming with and without scare quotes?
At any rate, their finding was that once you finish gaming, you eat more. As in, if Bob spends some hours gaming, and Dave spends those same hours reading, and then they both go get lunch, Bob will eat substantially more than Dave, all other things being equal. (And yes, they accounted for the marginally higher number of calories burned by gaming as compared to resting -- the difference is only 20 Calories/hour, before you go trying to plan an exercise regimen around it.)
My guess? Playing a game tricks your brain into thinking you're being more active than you are, and so afterwards your brain subconsciously instructs you to eat additional calories to make up for that activity. If I go jog a mile around town, I'll eat more afterwards. If I "jog" a mile around Azeroth, my brain will still tell me to eat more, even though I don't need to.
Of course, my theory is predicated on these results being from an action game (which may not be the case; the full text of the article is behind a paywall). If they were playing Civ5, then I have no idea why they'd be more hungry afterwards.
Welp, that proves it! They may have carefully collated data taken under controlled conditions with statistically significant results, but here we have the testimony of an anonymous coward on an internet forum. Please, AC, leave your address below so they can mail you the Nobel.
Is there extra space? Every teardown I see of the newest smartphone or tablet seems like it's 99% battery, with some electronics squeeze in around the edges.
Which is not to say that shrinking the SIM card will make a noticeable difference in battery life. I'm pretty sure this is the Apple-equivalent of OOXML.
Seriously, I know it's hip to hate MS, but why pretend that this is spyware? It's a very nice feature. Whenever I'm traveling and trying to connect to my company VPN from a hotel or airport or restaurant or whatever, it lets me know immediately if I need to open my browser to do so. Back in the XP days, I would just spend a few minutes wondering if I mistyped the WPA key before figuring it out.
It's not like there's any personal info being transmitted. All they know is that a computer running W7 has connected to the internet with a given IP address. Not exactly the most useful information. The logs are probably only kept to help them debug the service.
You laugh at people who get tricked by those "Your computer may be broadcasting an IP address!" malware banners. Why complain about this?
It could still work. Currently, when you stream a Netflix video, a temporary copy does end up on your harddrive, and you could make a permanent copy of it if you were so inclined. However, the copy has built-in DRM which requires it to connect to the Netflix servers and request a key every time you try to play it. I see no reason why the GP's suggestion couldn't work the same way.
How did wearing the halo become a "tool in the griefer arsenal"? A few servers banned people who didn't wear them, but a) that's because those people were likely cheaters and b) who cares about being banned from a couple servers when there are thousands?
Victim complex much? He wants to charge more to the trolls and hackers. The sort of people that join a server and blare Rick Astley through voice chat nonstop. That's not going after the loners, that's going after the assholes.
Did they ever say that though? If you RTF complaint, the closest they ever came to making that claim was this line:
"Dropbox employees aren't able to access user files, and when troubleshooting an account they only have access to file metadata (filenames, file sizes, etc, not the file contents)"
I suppose if you tilt your head and squint, that could mean they don't keep a copy of the keys. I read it as the guys on the floor can't log into your account and snoop around.
Do they keep the keys in a filing cabinet next to the breakroom? No? Then why is this a big deal?
If they keep enough data on their side to unlock my account if I forget my password, then that's a feature, not a bug. Anything that I want to be secure, I'll encrypt myself. As long as there isn't some horrible bug that allows any employee to go snooping about, I really don't see an issue here.
That's a lie. I've had issues with products ordered from Amazon, and their customer support is the best I've ever dealt with. Hell, once they overcharged me by 27 cents, and responded by giving me a $5 refund.
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I would love to see the amortized cost, on a per-penny basis, of R&D. If it's more than a millionth of a cent per penny-year, I'd be amazed.
"Rumors floating around IRC" strikes me as somewhere between Fox News and Homeless Guy on Street Corner in terms of credibility. This is exactly the sort of story that someone would make up as a joke, and people would repeat as though it's real.
Well aren't you nice. Welcome to human language. Meanings change over time. For example, the meaning of "nice".
If you're through feeling indignant, let me tell you that they are not deceiving you. The concern really is that the electrical interference could mess with the avionics. The IEEE has done studies in the past showing that it's possible. It is extremely unlikely, but it falls into the realm of better safe than sorry.
They are not "dehumanizing" you by asking you to turn off your iPod for 15 minutes. You're just looking for something to be outraged over. Stick to the TSA, where the distrust and anger is actually warranted.
There is no "Gen Z", or "Gen Y" for that matter. Gen X was a one time name, the only one to ever be named with a letter. The next generation is the millennials, sometimes split into early and late millennials, depending on whether you were born before or after 1990. The one after that will probably be named sometime in the next ten to twenty years. Trying to keep the lettering thing going is stupid, obviously short-sighted, and misses the entire reason why Gen X was named as it was.
Students are already given Windows and Office with zero markup, because when they enter the workforce, you want them to be used to using those tools.
On the gaming side, MS makes way more money off game sales and XBL subscriptions then they do by selling actual Xboxes.
Right.... cause gamers really consider angry birds to be on level with Elder Scrolls, Total War and Modern Warfare. And hey look, those are all hugely popular series with no support for Mac! Guess that kind of eviscerates your point.
Uhh... their primary stated purpose is copyright reform. They certainly aren't calling themselves "Pirate" parties in solidarity with the Somalis.
Three orders of magnitude more potent, in concentrations ten orders of magnitude lower.
It's like drinking a shot of everclear versus a hundred gallons of beer.
I consider myself a gamer, and I don't even know what you mean. What is the difference between video gaming with and without scare quotes?
At any rate, their finding was that once you finish gaming, you eat more. As in, if Bob spends some hours gaming, and Dave spends those same hours reading, and then they both go get lunch, Bob will eat substantially more than Dave, all other things being equal. (And yes, they accounted for the marginally higher number of calories burned by gaming as compared to resting -- the difference is only 20 Calories/hour, before you go trying to plan an exercise regimen around it.)
My guess? Playing a game tricks your brain into thinking you're being more active than you are, and so afterwards your brain subconsciously instructs you to eat additional calories to make up for that activity. If I go jog a mile around town, I'll eat more afterwards. If I "jog" a mile around Azeroth, my brain will still tell me to eat more, even though I don't need to.
Of course, my theory is predicated on these results being from an action game (which may not be the case; the full text of the article is behind a paywall). If they were playing Civ5, then I have no idea why they'd be more hungry afterwards.
Welp, that proves it! They may have carefully collated data taken under controlled conditions with statistically significant results, but here we have the testimony of an anonymous coward on an internet forum. Please, AC, leave your address below so they can mail you the Nobel.
Is there extra space? Every teardown I see of the newest smartphone or tablet seems like it's 99% battery, with some electronics squeeze in around the edges.
Which is not to say that shrinking the SIM card will make a noticeable difference in battery life. I'm pretty sure this is the Apple-equivalent of OOXML.
No, no, no. As seen in your dreams.
Seriously, I know it's hip to hate MS, but why pretend that this is spyware? It's a very nice feature. Whenever I'm traveling and trying to connect to my company VPN from a hotel or airport or restaurant or whatever, it lets me know immediately if I need to open my browser to do so. Back in the XP days, I would just spend a few minutes wondering if I mistyped the WPA key before figuring it out.
It's not like there's any personal info being transmitted. All they know is that a computer running W7 has connected to the internet with a given IP address. Not exactly the most useful information. The logs are probably only kept to help them debug the service.
You laugh at people who get tricked by those "Your computer may be broadcasting an IP address!" malware banners. Why complain about this?
A strong central government is un-American, states' rights are enshrined in the constitution.
So was slavery, until it wasn't. If we want to country to survive, we have to be willing to change with the times.
It could still work. Currently, when you stream a Netflix video, a temporary copy does end up on your harddrive, and you could make a permanent copy of it if you were so inclined. However, the copy has built-in DRM which requires it to connect to the Netflix servers and request a key every time you try to play it. I see no reason why the GP's suggestion couldn't work the same way.
How did wearing the halo become a "tool in the griefer arsenal"? A few servers banned people who didn't wear them, but a) that's because those people were likely cheaters and b) who cares about being banned from a couple servers when there are thousands?
Victim complex much? He wants to charge more to the trolls and hackers. The sort of people that join a server and blare Rick Astley through voice chat nonstop. That's not going after the loners, that's going after the assholes.
How the fuck is this insightful? It's a nonsensical strawman argument.
That doesn't mean the terrorists win. It just means that we lose. No one ever said war is zero-sum.
Really? All I remember from that summer was that we needed to stay away from beaches or else all the man-eating sharks would get us.
Did they ever say that though? If you RTF complaint, the closest they ever came to making that claim was this line:
"Dropbox employees aren't able to access user files, and when troubleshooting an account they only have access to file metadata (filenames, file sizes, etc, not the file contents)"
I suppose if you tilt your head and squint, that could mean they don't keep a copy of the keys. I read it as the guys on the floor can't log into your account and snoop around.
Do they keep the keys in a filing cabinet next to the breakroom? No? Then why is this a big deal?
If they keep enough data on their side to unlock my account if I forget my password, then that's a feature, not a bug. Anything that I want to be secure, I'll encrypt myself. As long as there isn't some horrible bug that allows any employee to go snooping about, I really don't see an issue here.
That's a lie. I've had issues with products ordered from Amazon, and their customer support is the best I've ever dealt with. Hell, once they overcharged me by 27 cents, and responded by giving me a $5 refund.
Oh, how I wish I had mod points.