Internet advertising is an excellent example of tragedy of the commons. Everyone who runs ads has something to gain by making theirs bigger / more obnoxious than the other guys to get more attention and presumably more clicks. The tragedy is that it destroys internet advertising for everyone -- nobody has built an "obnoxious ad blocker" -- so we're all running an "all ads blocker". Advertisers: you've shot yourselves in the feet.
Considering that the DNT for web browsers worked out so well, I can't see why anyone wouldn't want the false sense of security that such an idea would provide.
The web based classroom management stuff is largely a solution looking for a problem. Having used two such systems, it's largely an exercise in frustration to figure out how to figure out how it works. They're loaded with hard to use features. For those of you who have access to such a system: create a survey. Then go to surveymonkey.com and create a survey. Which one was easy?
The only actually useful features are posting files (assignments, lecture slides, solutions, etc) and posting grades. The requirements are simple, yet the solution is horribly complex. No wonder the profs don't want to deal with the huge learning curve.
You're missing the point. When you search for a LOCAL FILE, that search term gets transmitted. Probably harmless if it's simply "cat picture" but maybe problematic if it's "divorce filing". The software shouldn't be leaking your LOCAL search terms to the interbutts.
Steam would run as a user (not as root), and users don't have permission to change system binaries. So unless you're pondering installing Steam in your $HOME, no, Steam will not be updating itself.
"Its inefficient" means that the fraction of consumed power that makes it to the device is small.
If a wired charger is 99% efficient, you can deliver 1W to the batteries with 1/0.99=1.01W off the grid If your wireless charger is 75% efficient, you need to draw 1/0.75=1.33W
TLDR: You can have the same charging time as wired, but you need to consume more power from the grid
Individuals may not drive more, but many of the people who currently can't afford to drive will be able to afford it with a massive efficiency gain. Hence, gas consumption rises.
Well on one hand, it mustn't be important data if they just resold the drives. I'd just wipe them and move on.
On the other hand, you essentially have a pirated copy of Win XP now, plus a bunch potentially sensitive data. So in the interests of limiting liability on your part and on NewEgg's part (or whoever provided the drives to NewEgg) it makes sense to inform them.
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Yet, litigating is expensive, and ignoring/throwing it away is cheap
Sounds like you need to increase your maximum recursion depth. With a limit that low, why even support recursion?
Well we've got linux on server and on mobile, if we get consoles this year, I'll settle for desktop in 2014.
Internet advertising is an excellent example of tragedy of the commons. Everyone who runs ads has something to gain by making theirs bigger / more obnoxious than the other guys to get more attention and presumably more clicks. The tragedy is that it destroys internet advertising for everyone -- nobody has built an "obnoxious ad blocker" -- so we're all running an "all ads blocker". Advertisers: you've shot yourselves in the feet.
Considering that the DNT for web browsers worked out so well, I can't see why anyone wouldn't want the false sense of security that such an idea would provide.
On the contrary, this is good news. If the DHS is pissing off rich people, maybe there will actually be some change.
You're opening yourself up to a denial of service then. Anyone can lock your account out with a few password guesses.
That'd be quite effective against a single host, but much less effective against a botnet of thousands, each of which gets their quota of 5 tries...
.. is rarely the way to go, however port knocking would go a long way in terms of thwarting brute force guessing.
Most of the intrusion attempts on my machine are from APNIC. Is there a good way to block any attempt originating in Asia?
The web based classroom management stuff is largely a solution looking for a problem. Having used two such systems, it's largely an exercise in frustration to figure out how to figure out how it works. They're loaded with hard to use features. For those of you who have access to such a system: create a survey. Then go to surveymonkey.com and create a survey. Which one was easy?
The only actually useful features are posting files (assignments, lecture slides, solutions, etc) and posting grades. The requirements are simple, yet the solution is horribly complex. No wonder the profs don't want to deal with the huge learning curve.
And therein lies the problem. "Oh, but the law permits them to".
Stallman saw this shit coming decades ago, sadly he's right :x
will you be installing your spyware on my computer.
I think you'll find that we're all moving to MariaDB these days. Thanks Oracle, everything you touch turns to shit.
The lesson here is: Don't let Oracle touch anything open source, or you're going to be forking in a year or two
It's operator overloading, except for words!
You're missing the point. When you search for a LOCAL FILE, that search term gets transmitted. Probably harmless if it's simply "cat picture" but maybe problematic if it's "divorce filing". The software shouldn't be leaking your LOCAL search terms to the interbutts.
Steam would run as a user (not as root), and users don't have permission to change system binaries. So unless you're pondering installing Steam in your $HOME, no, Steam will not be updating itself.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-shopping/+bug/1054282 (NSFW links included in the bug report comments)
"Its inefficient" means that the fraction of consumed power that makes it to the device is small.
If a wired charger is 99% efficient, you can deliver 1W to the batteries with 1/0.99=1.01W off the grid
If your wireless charger is 75% efficient, you need to draw 1/0.75=1.33W
TLDR: You can have the same charging time as wired, but you need to consume more power from the grid
This is not news for nerds. It's not even news for normal people. This shit belongs in the tabloids.
Individuals may not drive more, but many of the people who currently can't afford to drive will be able to afford it with a massive efficiency gain. Hence, gas consumption rises.
except the bugs
Excellent idea: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/03/22/1247219/when-social-media-meets-tv-are-the-results-worth-watching
Well on one hand, it mustn't be important data if they just resold the drives. I'd just wipe them and move on.
On the other hand, you essentially have a pirated copy of Win XP now, plus a bunch potentially sensitive data. So in the interests of limiting liability on your part and on NewEgg's part (or whoever provided the drives to NewEgg) it makes sense to inform them.
What about re-using the numbers for different customers... the name *and* number are verified right?