UNIX systems have used "magic" for decades, and try to identify based on the actual file contents instead of its name.
That sounds terrible.
And then Microsoft came along, decided the extension was magic and reliable
Better to use the file extension than it is to load and execute dancingbunny.png.
No, UNIX systems don't arbitrarily execute just any file. dancingbunny.exe would not run unless it's executable bit is set, except on Windows where the.exe makes it executable, and if that's hidden - well, you have the nightmare that exists due to it. Of course, if you're just clicking icons on your desktop you're in deep shit with either OS.
Dude, you need to call the police. Whoever forced you to watch MST3K against your will needs to be in jail so you won't have to worry about them doing it again if it gets funded.
The fact it's no longer being updated means it will be depreciated within a couple of years. Linux isn't static, and although most legacy cli applications can and do run fine, graphical applications show their age and/or completely start to falter as the desktop evolves. I really don't blame him for looking for alternatives. If any application I used on a daily basis was no longer being updated, I'd start looking for replacements as well.
So no matter what we are going to attach cars and the "street" to the Internet? That's a good idea?
This is the crux of what I'm thinking. Then again, why is it such a good idea to hard-wire a car with network connectivity in the first place?
What I mean is, why not build something that you can plug a phone into and use the phone's connection (assuming you need 4G that damned badly in your car)? Rig the bluetooth in said car so that you have to specifically authorize a given phone, and you're done... Hell, my wife's 3-year-old Kia Soul does this.
This way you don't have the stupid planned obsolescence... in a friggin' *car*.
But...but...but.. You mean I have to DO SOMETHING before it will work?!?
You forget that people are so entitled these days they think they have to do nothing at all and the world will hand them whatever they want.
I can't get a $200K job with my basket weaving degree?!? But...but...but.. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE! You need to pay off my student loans AND guarantee me that job.
It"s also good to note that terrorists are not standing alone out a field waiting for a drone strike on them. They're usually surrounded by an entourage of their cronies. I'm not saying that 100% of that 90% were not civilian/innocents, but I'm sure a good portion of them were connected to the terrorist network in some way that they could be considered enemy combatants.
TLDR: Not all of those 90% were innocent bystanders. These numbers are meaningless without knowing the full statistics.
The batteries are not software defined, their usage is. Get it straight. I understand that its very 21st century to make things "Software Defined", but they just aren't.
What!?! You mean I can't just sit at my desktop and code out a new battery for my laptop? WTF? This is the 21st century!
Is cheaper rice really a good thing though? What good is $1/lb rice over $3/lb rice when we have to spend an extra $8/lb to cover the social welfare costs so the farmers who formally grew the rice can afford to purchase that rice to feed their family?
If you're prototyping, why in hell not use "hole-mounted stuff"? In the time it takes you to solder on two or three surface mount components, you can have the whole circuit breadboarded up and smoke flying. You can then replace the component that the smoke escaped from and move a wire or two to keep that smoke in. No need to design a complete new board and wait for it to be etched or, worse, ordered and delivered, for each prototype. That's what breadboards are for, for Christ’s sake.
Why all the hype these past few days about the science in The Martian? It's a friggin' SciFi movie, for gods sake. You don't see this crap about the science in the new Star Wars movie, so why this one?
I'll admit I haven't seen the move or read the book, but where in hell does he get the seeds and fertilizer to grow plants in Martian soil? From what I gather from the trailers, this wasn't a colonization mission, so why, if they sent seeds and fertilizer, did they send seeds and fertilizer?
I am so disgusted by my own arousal at the thought of a lifelike sex toy that I must have them band for all, lest I give into the unholy temptation and have sex with one.
Not necessarily. NYC != Manhattan; there's several other boroughs which are not nearly as dense, especially Staten Island, which is positively suburban. You're not going to get a cab there standing on the corner for 30 seconds.
You may still get a ride by standing on the corner. You'll not only get to where you're going, but may make a few bucks in the process.
There is criminal energy involved in sabotaging mechanisms such as the hosts-file in order to deceive users. Even thinking of it requires significant criminal energy, and the strong intent to harm users.
You're forgetting we're talking corporate to consumer here, nothings illegal from that standpoint. If you take every third word from every other sentence in every fifth paragraph starting from the third paragraph from the bottom, and wrap around, you gave your permission for them to do this when you clicked Agree.
Sorry, security and privacy are only for the wealthy. For the rest of us, it's our duty to continue to allow them to use our security and privacy to make more money.
I drive on heavily congested roads for about 12 miles. My car says I average 22 mph....
If there was a bicycle highway that was uninterrupted for this distance, I could save stress by riding a bike rather than a car, with little cost in time.
Until you get one to two hundred other cyclists on that same "highway" all going in the same direction. It'll be so congested you can't even stay on your bike without falling over. Twelve miles is one hell of a walk.
People have been dissolving bodies in acid for a long time. Unless they specifically quoted breaking bad as inspiration, drawing this connection is quite ridiculous, and pretty much just click bait.
Actually, yes, in the 2nd link. RTFA for chrissake
The prosecutor explained that the suspects had been inspired by a US TV show Breaking Bad, where the lead characters use Hydrofluoric acid - a highly corrosive acid - to dissolve the bodies of their victims
Isn't the emergency/parking brake required to be mechanical? How can you hack a mechanical cable-pulley system?
And this is why it's called an emergency brake here. Unlike the hydraulic braking system, it's supposed to be able to work no matter what. It's also only connected to the rear wheels, so there's less of a chance the idiot who slams it on will lose control.
- They raised the annual price of Prime 3x since I signed up
Huh?
Amazon Prime was launched in 2005 for $79. The price has gone up once, in 2014, to $99. So I'm not sure how you could have seen three price increases. Even if you were a student and are counting the loss of the student discount once you left school, that's only two increases.
Didn't you read his post? He was using the Super Secret Prime back in the 90's. That was less than $79, so the public prime rate of $79 was an increase for those people.
All of your 7 and 8.x licenses can be ungraded, you'll just have to install the appropriate OS and make sure you have all the service packs and upgrades installed (have fun with 7 and all the service packs and crap it needs).
Or you could do like ol' Billy-boy did and donate them to schools or charity and claim the entire retail value for each on your taxes this year. Stick it to both Microsoft and Unk. Sam.
Unless MS can mine data from the Steam client they'll get nothing from me. My Windows box is a headless Steam server I use to stream windows only games to my Linux desktop and laptop. The only thing installed on it is Firefox and Steam (and the games, of course). I've been using the MS Insider preview with Steam for a couple of months now, and it's been working great.
I've got to hand it to MS on the distribution/upgrade of Windows 10. I fully patched my Win7 Pro, reserved my upgrade and removed the Windows 7 disk from the computer. I installed the preview edition , installed Steam and transferred my games and data over, and kept it up to date patching or reinstalling as needed the whole time. Low and behold, without me having to reinstall the Win 7 drive and upgrading, MS went ahead and upgraded the Win 10 drive for me. Rather surprisingly smooth, it was.
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UNIX systems have used "magic" for decades, and try to identify based on the actual file contents instead of its name.
That sounds terrible.
And then Microsoft came along, decided the extension was magic and reliable
Better to use the file extension than it is to load and execute dancingbunny.png.
No, UNIX systems don't arbitrarily execute just any file. dancingbunny.exe would not run unless it's executable bit is set, except on Windows where the .exe makes it executable, and if that's hidden - well, you have the nightmare that exists due to it. Of course, if you're just clicking icons on your desktop you're in deep shit with either OS.
Dude, you need to call the police. Whoever forced you to watch MST3K against your will needs to be in jail so you won't have to worry about them doing it again if it gets funded.
The fact it's no longer being updated means it will be depreciated within a couple of years. Linux isn't static, and although most legacy cli applications can and do run fine, graphical applications show their age and/or completely start to falter as the desktop evolves. I really don't blame him for looking for alternatives. If any application I used on a daily basis was no longer being updated, I'd start looking for replacements as well.
So no matter what we are going to attach cars and the "street" to the Internet? That's a good idea?
This is the crux of what I'm thinking. Then again, why is it such a good idea to hard-wire a car with network connectivity in the first place?
What I mean is, why not build something that you can plug a phone into and use the phone's connection (assuming you need 4G that damned badly in your car)? Rig the bluetooth in said car so that you have to specifically authorize a given phone, and you're done... Hell, my wife's 3-year-old Kia Soul does this.
This way you don't have the stupid planned obsolescence... in a friggin' *car*.
But...but...but.. You mean I have to DO SOMETHING before it will work?!?
You forget that people are so entitled these days they think they have to do nothing at all and the world will hand them whatever they want.
I can't get a $200K job with my basket weaving degree?!? But...but...but.. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE! You need to pay off my student loans AND guarantee me that job.
I just copied your post with a few more words. I hate reading someone else saying what I just said, hours before me and just under what I posted... :/
It"s also good to note that terrorists are not standing alone out a field waiting for a drone strike on them. They're usually surrounded by an entourage of their cronies. I'm not saying that 100% of that 90% were not civilian/innocents, but I'm sure a good portion of them were connected to the terrorist network in some way that they could be considered enemy combatants.
TLDR: Not all of those 90% were innocent bystanders. These numbers are meaningless without knowing the full statistics.
The batteries are not software defined, their usage is. Get it straight. I understand that its very 21st century to make things "Software Defined", but they just aren't.
What!?! You mean I can't just sit at my desktop and code out a new battery for my laptop? WTF? This is the 21st century!
Is cheaper rice really a good thing though? What good is $1/lb rice over $3/lb rice when we have to spend an extra $8/lb to cover the social welfare costs so the farmers who formally grew the rice can afford to purchase that rice to feed their family?
It's only a thin line if you want to be a facetious ass and make it one. Genetically modified crops are just that, They're crops that have had their DNA altered with DNA from other species. Cross pollinating a grapefruit with a tangerine to make a tangelo is not GM. Adding the DNA from a jellyfish to a potato pant, just to make it glow when thirsty, is.
Not to worry, future generations, possibly even some living now, will be mining our landfills for resources.
If you're prototyping, why in hell not use "hole-mounted stuff"? In the time it takes you to solder on two or three surface mount components, you can have the whole circuit breadboarded up and smoke flying. You can then replace the component that the smoke escaped from and move a wire or two to keep that smoke in. No need to design a complete new board and wait for it to be etched or, worse, ordered and delivered, for each prototype. That's what breadboards are for, for Christ’s sake.
Why all the hype these past few days about the science in The Martian? It's a friggin' SciFi movie, for gods sake. You don't see this crap about the science in the new Star Wars movie, so why this one?
I'll admit I haven't seen the move or read the book, but where in hell does he get the seeds and fertilizer to grow plants in Martian soil? From what I gather from the trailers, this wasn't a colonization mission, so why, if they sent seeds and fertilizer, did they send seeds and fertilizer?
I am so disgusted by my own arousal at the thought of a lifelike sex toy that I must have them band for all, lest I give into the unholy temptation and have sex with one.
Not necessarily. NYC != Manhattan; there's several other boroughs which are not nearly as dense, especially Staten Island, which is positively suburban. You're not going to get a cab there standing on the corner for 30 seconds.
You may still get a ride by standing on the corner. You'll not only get to where you're going, but may make a few bucks in the process.
There is criminal energy involved in sabotaging mechanisms such as the hosts-file in order to deceive users. Even thinking of it requires significant criminal energy, and the strong intent to harm users.
You're forgetting we're talking corporate to consumer here, nothings illegal from that standpoint. If you take every third word from every other sentence in every fifth paragraph starting from the third paragraph from the bottom, and wrap around, you gave your permission for them to do this when you clicked Agree.
Sorry, security and privacy are only for the wealthy. For the rest of us, it's our duty to continue to allow them to use our security and privacy to make more money.
You make communications too cheap and easy, and there won't be any profit in it...
Why does everything need to produce profit? Why is breaking even not an acceptable goal?
I drive on heavily congested roads for about 12 miles. My car says I average 22 mph.... If there was a bicycle highway that was uninterrupted for this distance, I could save stress by riding a bike rather than a car, with little cost in time.
Until you get one to two hundred other cyclists on that same "highway" all going in the same direction. It'll be so congested you can't even stay on your bike without falling over. Twelve miles is one hell of a walk.
People have been dissolving bodies in acid for a long time. Unless they specifically quoted breaking bad as inspiration, drawing this connection is quite ridiculous, and pretty much just click bait.
Actually, yes, in the 2nd link. RTFA for chrissake
The prosecutor explained that the suspects had been inspired by a US TV show Breaking Bad, where the lead characters use Hydrofluoric acid - a highly corrosive acid - to dissolve the bodies of their victims
The prosecutor said it, so it must be legit.
Isn't the emergency/parking brake required to be mechanical? How can you hack a mechanical cable-pulley system?
And this is why it's called an emergency brake here. Unlike the hydraulic braking system, it's supposed to be able to work no matter what. It's also only connected to the rear wheels, so there's less of a chance the idiot who slams it on will lose control.
Yeah... "Look for the blue starry things" made me want to sign up right away.
Huh?
Amazon Prime was launched in 2005 for $79. The price has gone up once, in 2014, to $99. So I'm not sure how you could have seen three price increases. Even if you were a student and are counting the loss of the student discount once you left school, that's only two increases.
Didn't you read his post? He was using the Super Secret Prime back in the 90's. That was less than $79, so the public prime rate of $79 was an increase for those people.
No is both correct and truthful. To answer anymore than that one word, you will have to decide if you want to lie or go back to your ex Rosy.
All of your 7 and 8.x licenses can be ungraded, you'll just have to install the appropriate OS and make sure you have all the service packs and upgrades installed (have fun with 7 and all the service packs and crap it needs).
Or you could do like ol' Billy-boy did and donate them to schools or charity and claim the entire retail value for each on your taxes this year. Stick it to both Microsoft and Unk. Sam.
Unless MS can mine data from the Steam client they'll get nothing from me. My Windows box is a headless Steam server I use to stream windows only games to my Linux desktop and laptop. The only thing installed on it is Firefox and Steam (and the games, of course). I've been using the MS Insider preview with Steam for a couple of months now, and it's been working great.
I've got to hand it to MS on the distribution/upgrade of Windows 10. I fully patched my Win7 Pro, reserved my upgrade and removed the Windows 7 disk from the computer. I installed the preview edition , installed Steam and transferred my games and data over, and kept it up to date patching or reinstalling as needed the whole time. Low and behold, without me having to reinstall the Win 7 drive and upgrading, MS went ahead and upgraded the Win 10 drive for me. Rather surprisingly smooth, it was.