Indeed. Considering that the example of the longest recorded sniper shot has a "four second" travel time, one would assume that the majority of sniper shots will take only a second or two. That means that the detection, calculation, and stimulation would have to take place in maybe a hundredth of a second to be useful.
What I wonder is why no one seems too concerned with the fact that the media is self-censoring. If CNN had refused to report on Iraq or any other such nation, they would be harshly criticized. It seems that the fact that there isn't a negative public opinion of Thailand has led to this being an overlooked occurrence - but a potentially very dangerous one.
While I'm not surprised that it was someone heavily involved in the field, as a future security professional myself, I'm rather ashamed that this man's greed won out over his ethics.
Agreed. All that bundling the major browsers would do is increase bloat and software on systems that most users don't need. What's one of the first thing that you do upon getting a new (premade) computer? Remove the bloatware that comes with it. We need fewer programs preinstalled, not more. Leave the system with one browser and point the user to other options.
Even American public schools, which don't offer students the same protections against search and seizure as other citizens, still require reasonable doubt for a search - and that's for illegal materials. Even if you were in a high school, it would still be illegal for her to go into your backpack and take your property.
I'm assuming you're at a college or university, in which case it's extremely illegal.
http://xkcd.com/233/
The real question is: What can humans do that computers cannot?
The only problem with "which of these images is George W Bush?"-type tests is that spammers could easily use a database and just compare an image against a photo database. Granted, it wouldn't be as easy as regular CAPTCHAs, but it's still easy enough to crack.
It seems pretty simple to me. More documentation, especially rushed documentation, is going to lead to more bugs. Not really Microsoft's fault, as long as they're attempting to minimize them and fix them as necessary.
While I agree that there's a sizable group of those who want media for free, I don't believe you'd be getting their business no matter what you did. By ramping up DRM and other such "anti-piracy" methods, you're really only hurting the legitimate consumer. If someone wants your software badly enough, they're either going to pirate it or do without, and then you wind up in an arms race to see who can secure or crack the product faster.
I'm not suggesting that you put your products out there with no protection, because that is just setting yourself up for massive amounts of piracy. The trick is to find a balance that is not too restrictive for your customers yet still keeps your product (reasonably) secure.
I believe Valve has one of the best stances on the issue and has put themselves in a great position to release games with a minimum of loss.
For one, they're realistic: They know piracy exists, but they also don't fearmonger and exaggerate the amount of it to a ridiculous degree. Piracy will never stop. As long as people want more for less, media will be pirated. The focus of the industry should not be "stopping piracy" so much as striking a proper balance between the security of their product and its usability. I believe Valve has struck a good balance with their products.
Secondly, Valve has (as was mentioned earlier) Steam, which is quite possibly their greatest asset. Digital availability, auto-updates, and a fairly solid program to allow interconnectedness of players is a huge boon to those who buy legitimate versions of the games.
The fact that Valve is generally pretty sensible about not having overly-draconian DRM policies and makes what I consider to be quality games will ensure that they will continue to receive my business.
Maybe I'm just missing the point, but could anyone explain to me exactly why a moon-colony or whatever would have to be made out of "lunar rock-like" materials?
In an extensive series of studies, it has been conclusively demonstrated that all living organisms that breathe die! Scientists caution against breathing until a safer method is discovered.
"Space Katrina" sounds rather dramatic, but wouldn't the atmosphere lessen the damage? Granted, it's still a valid concern that should be considered, but TFA seems like it's a bit more "doomsday" and a little less "this could happen".
Sounds like nearly the exact same situation. The problem here is that the average user is just going to click the first "reply" button he sees, and if that happens to be Reply All, nothing's going to stop him. Perhaps the mail client should have a feature enabled by default that warns if an exceptionally large number of messages are being sent and allow the option to cancel.
Announce that you're turning off the network in response to public demand. Leave it on. Wait for hippies to declare that things are much better now and WiFi is a health risk. Announce that the network was never turned off to begin with.
What can printed magazines offer? Any kind of tangible, material bonus would likely be rather expensive, and there's just no way for magazines to compete with internet sites for content.
Granted, there are some (myself included) who prefer reading a magazine for the whole "experience", but there's really no denying that if you want more current information you'll check online.
I liked EGM because some of the information was interesting, some was funny (big fan of Hsu & Chan and Rest of the Crap), and even the stuff I didn't care too much about was enjoyable. It's really a shame that EGM is done for, but I can't think of much they could have done to offset loss in this case.
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As far as I know, the Harvard students are helping defend an individual accused of file-sharing and have nothing to do with TPB.
If I remember correctly, a semi-famous law professor is defending the individual and his students are helping him.
Indeed. Considering that the example of the longest recorded sniper shot has a "four second" travel time, one would assume that the majority of sniper shots will take only a second or two. That means that the detection, calculation, and stimulation would have to take place in maybe a hundredth of a second to be useful.
College students and hygiene? I think you might be a bit confused.
What I wonder is why no one seems too concerned with the fact that the media is self-censoring. If CNN had refused to report on Iraq or any other such nation, they would be harshly criticized. It seems that the fact that there isn't a negative public opinion of Thailand has led to this being an overlooked occurrence - but a potentially very dangerous one.
While I'm not surprised that it was someone heavily involved in the field, as a future security professional myself, I'm rather ashamed that this man's greed won out over his ethics.
Agreed. All that bundling the major browsers would do is increase bloat and software on systems that most users don't need. What's one of the first thing that you do upon getting a new (premade) computer? Remove the bloatware that comes with it. We need fewer programs preinstalled, not more. Leave the system with one browser and point the user to other options.
Even American public schools, which don't offer students the same protections against search and seizure as other citizens, still require reasonable doubt for a search - and that's for illegal materials. Even if you were in a high school, it would still be illegal for her to go into your backpack and take your property.
I'm assuming you're at a college or university, in which case it's extremely illegal.
http://xkcd.com/233/ The real question is: What can humans do that computers cannot? The only problem with "which of these images is George W Bush?"-type tests is that spammers could easily use a database and just compare an image against a photo database. Granted, it wouldn't be as easy as regular CAPTCHAs, but it's still easy enough to crack.
It seems pretty simple to me. More documentation, especially rushed documentation, is going to lead to more bugs. Not really Microsoft's fault, as long as they're attempting to minimize them and fix them as necessary.
While I agree that there's a sizable group of those who want media for free, I don't believe you'd be getting their business no matter what you did. By ramping up DRM and other such "anti-piracy" methods, you're really only hurting the legitimate consumer. If someone wants your software badly enough, they're either going to pirate it or do without, and then you wind up in an arms race to see who can secure or crack the product faster.
I'm not suggesting that you put your products out there with no protection, because that is just setting yourself up for massive amounts of piracy. The trick is to find a balance that is not too restrictive for your customers yet still keeps your product (reasonably) secure.
I believe Valve has one of the best stances on the issue and has put themselves in a great position to release games with a minimum of loss.
For one, they're realistic: They know piracy exists, but they also don't fearmonger and exaggerate the amount of it to a ridiculous degree. Piracy will never stop. As long as people want more for less, media will be pirated. The focus of the industry should not be "stopping piracy" so much as striking a proper balance between the security of their product and its usability. I believe Valve has struck a good balance with their products.
Secondly, Valve has (as was mentioned earlier) Steam, which is quite possibly their greatest asset. Digital availability, auto-updates, and a fairly solid program to allow interconnectedness of players is a huge boon to those who buy legitimate versions of the games.
The fact that Valve is generally pretty sensible about not having overly-draconian DRM policies and makes what I consider to be quality games will ensure that they will continue to receive my business.
I wasn't aware we were sending interior designers to live on the moon.
Maybe I'm just missing the point, but could anyone explain to me exactly why a moon-colony or whatever would have to be made out of "lunar rock-like" materials?
In an extensive series of studies, it has been conclusively demonstrated that all living organisms that breathe die! Scientists caution against breathing until a safer method is discovered.
Our first course of action is to build a gigantic Faraday cage around the sun.
I *am* that hot female blood elf, you insensitive clod!
Nothing says "you screwed up" like a nice plague!
"Space Katrina" sounds rather dramatic, but wouldn't the atmosphere lessen the damage? Granted, it's still a valid concern that should be considered, but TFA seems like it's a bit more "doomsday" and a little less "this could happen".
Well, how else are we supposed to crash the network?
Sounds like nearly the exact same situation. The problem here is that the average user is just going to click the first "reply" button he sees, and if that happens to be Reply All, nothing's going to stop him. Perhaps the mail client should have a feature enabled by default that warns if an exceptionally large number of messages are being sent and allow the option to cancel.
It didn't - he looked all over the dashboard but just couldn't find the control sticks!
Announce that you're turning off the network in response to public demand. Leave it on. Wait for hippies to declare that things are much better now and WiFi is a health risk. Announce that the network was never turned off to begin with.
What can printed magazines offer? Any kind of tangible, material bonus would likely be rather expensive, and there's just no way for magazines to compete with internet sites for content.
Granted, there are some (myself included) who prefer reading a magazine for the whole "experience", but there's really no denying that if you want more current information you'll check online.
I liked EGM because some of the information was interesting, some was funny (big fan of Hsu & Chan and Rest of the Crap), and even the stuff I didn't care too much about was enjoyable. It's really a shame that EGM is done for, but I can't think of much they could have done to offset loss in this case.
Will it blend?
It was New Zealand on the Internet with the Candlestick!