There are of course probably better solutions if you need to do a workgroup project, like lets say, Exchange Server just for one? The difference is that you maintain total control over your data and documents.
I wasn't really talking about using the bandwidth, just the way how BitTorrent establish it and what effects it has on the network. They both "spam" the network with as many connections as possible to maximize speed, but that comes with cost of the others. On local level, if your torrent client is using 1000 connections at a time, your browser that is using 1-5 connections is going to suffer.
This thing is doing basically just the same, only that the ones "spamming" the phone tower with connections are those using this tether network. The ones not using it are going to suffer.
This is exactly why I never want to move everything "in the cloud", or in to Internet services for that matter. Locally ran applications are there for a reason and things like this wouldn't happen for example with MS Office or Open Office. You're the one controlling your work, not some algorithms that suddenly decide to mark your work "inappropriate". And you don't have to wait for days for someone to answer to your support ticket with a copy-pasted "things to try" list.
Even if you're going for "cloud" services, get a reliable one that states exactly their backup plans and other things. And for gods sake, put out a few dollars for it if you're excepting any level of support or reliability.
Too bad, you're actually missing a lot of fun. The single player is quite cool, but the fun just begins when you're co-opping the extra missions with a friend or playing multiplayer. The leveling and perks system make it really fun (perks actually adjust your character and playing style a lot) and IWNet works really well. Dedicated server support would of course be nice for those who need it and to keep cheaters off the server, but it's also nice to just jump in the game. And if you're playing with friends, your party will always go to same side and you see each other in game as different color.
Now I ruin the joke for everyone, but Steam shows all of the playing users in start of the list and non-playing/away/offline members in the end. So the actual amount of users playing is a lot smaller percentage.
There's not really lots of times now a days when the exploits on websites target Windows per se. They target vulnerabilities in 3rd party programs like Flash, Adobe PDF and so on.
It would affect Linux just as well (SELinux actually does protect some of that, but it's just nuisance for "casual" desktop users)
a novel way of beating the deplorably slow speeds of mobile broadband, by combining several phones together to make one high-speed hotspot.
Mobile operators will just love this! Considering the cell towers can be a bit slow already and especially so when many people are using them for internet, this will not magically provide better speed off it. But it lets users abuse the network same way that BitTorrent does - hammer the network so much that you get more while others suffer.
While operators already have unlimited 3G for cheap (not in USA, so they actually are unlimited), the only way slow speeds of mobile broadband is going to improve is to push for new technologies and make the operators improve their network. But not that 3G's 5Mbps would be that slow anyway.
This is on the other hand a good thing. Granted, the time should be max 1-2 days, or even 6 hours, but this gives nuisance to the cheater because he doesn't know what exactly got him banned from VAC. And it gives nuisance to the hack maker because he also doesn't know directly what got him and his hack banned. If the ban was instant with a clear message, they would directly know what caused in and either warn others or improve their hacks.
As pager traffic is totally unencrypted, it's not a surprise that someone might be intercepting them. Especially on Wall Street, like the article states, because it's high valued information. Of course, pagers are pretty much used only in USA... phone/sms traffic elsewhere is better encrypted.
So will government understand that all communications over the Internet too (browsing, email, im) have to be changed over SSL? Or will they do the normal thing; ignore the problem and just arrest and sue the guy who was intercepting that traffic and/or wikileaks because they're supposedly risk to security, along with demanding more government regulation on the Internet?
Not only that, but PunkBuster actually listens to people. Valve explicitly tells everyone not to to submit info about cheaters, but just says that "VAC will ban them". Of course, that only applies to the public hacks that they can make signatures for.
That still doesn't make the security problem go away. The usual rant from Linux users is that Windows is so insecure while Linux is so secure and has malware problems. Thats clearly just stupid thinking, because the main reason Linux doesn't have same level of malware is that it's desktop marketshare is ridiculously low. There's just no incentive to target it when you can target OS that 95% of the people are using.
If things we're other way around, this surely would be problem with Linux. Even the fact that most apps in Linux are installed from repo's doesn't save, because if Linux had that kind of desktop marketshare there would be a lot more 3rd party applications downloaded from the internet. And if not, Year of Linux on Desktop will never come.
Why do everyone suddenly think he means it's going to be targeted randomly on the internet and he will break into peoples computers?
It's only an example of code that could be created by malicious persons. Purpose is to show people that there is stupid "Linux is 100% secure" thinking among UNIX users and that security needs to be improved there too (or admins should run something like SELinux).
Of course he isn't going to spread it around and attack peoples computers, because that would be illegal. He's just asking if it's a good thing to release such an example.
The summary says it doesn't actually do anything malicious and it isn't a worm. There is no legal reason why he couldn't release the code and/or a paper about it.
The thing is, it's stupid for people to keep thinking their systems are insanely secure. Linux users fall for this all the time, because they've heard so from lots of other Linux users. It's better to show people that it is actually possible, and maybe it leads to better secured systems too.
It's even more stupid, because vegetables and plants have their own minds too. There was news about this recently, and its known some plants (especially in rain forests) defend themself when an enemy goes closer. Or the various meat-eating plants.
I wish they would had done it the same way Courier is. After thinking about it, flat pad is kind of clumsy. Book like device seems a lot nicer for surfing and reading in couch/bed. You can go into a much more comfortable position too.
Someone should create such with Chrome OS, actually (with an option to install another linux distro)
It wouldn't be a surprise if the whole thing was just a hoax. Like the other article says:
Arrington, who is not a journalist (and has never professed to be one), regularly talks to financial guys, with close ties to virtually every major technology company. He's also plugged into these same companies at even higher levels. Oh, and he also invests in companies he writes about. At times, this can make his information incredibly prescient and also highly self-serving. The problem is, no one can tell the difference.
And a few days before launch and dies for such a stupid reason? Please.
... where you have some video content that you want to see, but FIRST they want to display an ad to you.
If you have AdBlock Plus installed, you can NEVER see the video! It is specifically set up so that you cannot get to the video without first viewing the ad...
It's a disgusting abuse of viewers and needs to stop.
Are you really saying that it's abuse of viewers when your ad blocking software doesn't manage to block the ads correctly and breaks the video player?
And if you're blocking their ads, they most likely don't care if you can see the video or not. Bandwidth isn't free, and it isn't cheap to run these kinds of sites either.
swf isn't exactly heavy, and can provide results that are not suited for HTML+CSS+Javascript. And I rather not have ads controlling Javascript, that would be even more annoying. Now you can at least block the.swf file/url pattern if you want to.
And no, ads aren't going away, websites need income to operate. AdSense like text ads are ok, but they aren't suitable everywhere.
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We are talking about school and work environment here. It's not really that much in those (and schools probably get nice discounts too).
Last night I actually saw a dream where the "party" menu showed "join dedicated server" button too. It must be coming!
There are of course probably better solutions if you need to do a workgroup project, like lets say, Exchange Server just for one? The difference is that you maintain total control over your data and documents.
I wasn't really talking about using the bandwidth, just the way how BitTorrent establish it and what effects it has on the network. They both "spam" the network with as many connections as possible to maximize speed, but that comes with cost of the others. On local level, if your torrent client is using 1000 connections at a time, your browser that is using 1-5 connections is going to suffer.
This thing is doing basically just the same, only that the ones "spamming" the phone tower with connections are those using this tether network. The ones not using it are going to suffer.
This is exactly why I never want to move everything "in the cloud", or in to Internet services for that matter. Locally ran applications are there for a reason and things like this wouldn't happen for example with MS Office or Open Office. You're the one controlling your work, not some algorithms that suddenly decide to mark your work "inappropriate". And you don't have to wait for days for someone to answer to your support ticket with a copy-pasted "things to try" list.
Even if you're going for "cloud" services, get a reliable one that states exactly their backup plans and other things. And for gods sake, put out a few dollars for it if you're excepting any level of support or reliability.
Too bad, you're actually missing a lot of fun. The single player is quite cool, but the fun just begins when you're co-opping the extra missions with a friend or playing multiplayer. The leveling and perks system make it really fun (perks actually adjust your character and playing style a lot) and IWNet works really well. Dedicated server support would of course be nice for those who need it and to keep cheaters off the server, but it's also nice to just jump in the game. And if you're playing with friends, your party will always go to same side and you see each other in game as different color.
Now I ruin the joke for everyone, but Steam shows all of the playing users in start of the list and non-playing/away/offline members in the end. So the actual amount of users playing is a lot smaller percentage.
There's not really lots of times now a days when the exploits on websites target Windows per se. They target vulnerabilities in 3rd party programs like Flash, Adobe PDF and so on.
It would affect Linux just as well (SELinux actually does protect some of that, but it's just nuisance for "casual" desktop users)
a novel way of beating the deplorably slow speeds of mobile broadband, by combining several phones together to make one high-speed hotspot.
Mobile operators will just love this! Considering the cell towers can be a bit slow already and especially so when many people are using them for internet, this will not magically provide better speed off it. But it lets users abuse the network same way that BitTorrent does - hammer the network so much that you get more while others suffer.
While operators already have unlimited 3G for cheap (not in USA, so they actually are unlimited), the only way slow speeds of mobile broadband is going to improve is to push for new technologies and make the operators improve their network. But not that 3G's 5Mbps would be that slow anyway.
Yeah that worked so good for TPB.
And they can pull the domain, which is registered via US company Dynadot, LLC (and don't even get me started on ICANN)
Even if there isn't dedicated servers, there still are listen servers.
This is on the other hand a good thing. Granted, the time should be max 1-2 days, or even 6 hours, but this gives nuisance to the cheater because he doesn't know what exactly got him banned from VAC. And it gives nuisance to the hack maker because he also doesn't know directly what got him and his hack banned. If the ban was instant with a clear message, they would directly know what caused in and either warn others or improve their hacks.
As pager traffic is totally unencrypted, it's not a surprise that someone might be intercepting them. Especially on Wall Street, like the article states, because it's high valued information. Of course, pagers are pretty much used only in USA... phone/sms traffic elsewhere is better encrypted.
So will government understand that all communications over the Internet too (browsing, email, im) have to be changed over SSL? Or will they do the normal thing; ignore the problem and just arrest and sue the guy who was intercepting that traffic and/or wikileaks because they're supposedly risk to security, along with demanding more government regulation on the Internet?
Not only that, but PunkBuster actually listens to people. Valve explicitly tells everyone not to to submit info about cheaters, but just says that "VAC will ban them". Of course, that only applies to the public hacks that they can make signatures for.
Who modded this funny? It's insightful, if anything.
That still doesn't make the security problem go away. The usual rant from Linux users is that Windows is so insecure while Linux is so secure and has malware problems. Thats clearly just stupid thinking, because the main reason Linux doesn't have same level of malware is that it's desktop marketshare is ridiculously low. There's just no incentive to target it when you can target OS that 95% of the people are using.
If things we're other way around, this surely would be problem with Linux. Even the fact that most apps in Linux are installed from repo's doesn't save, because if Linux had that kind of desktop marketshare there would be a lot more 3rd party applications downloaded from the internet. And if not, Year of Linux on Desktop will never come.
Why do everyone suddenly think he means it's going to be targeted randomly on the internet and he will break into peoples computers?
It's only an example of code that could be created by malicious persons. Purpose is to show people that there is stupid "Linux is 100% secure" thinking among UNIX users and that security needs to be improved there too (or admins should run something like SELinux).
Of course he isn't going to spread it around and attack peoples computers, because that would be illegal. He's just asking if it's a good thing to release such an example.
The summary says it doesn't actually do anything malicious and it isn't a worm. There is no legal reason why he couldn't release the code and/or a paper about it.
The thing is, it's stupid for people to keep thinking their systems are insanely secure. Linux users fall for this all the time, because they've heard so from lots of other Linux users. It's better to show people that it is actually possible, and maybe it leads to better secured systems too.
All these food analogies and food talking recently on slashdot is making me damn hungry all the time.
Damn you guys. Damn you all!
It's even more stupid, because vegetables and plants have their own minds too. There was news about this recently, and its known some plants (especially in rain forests) defend themself when an enemy goes closer. Or the various meat-eating plants.
So what does Peta want people to eat? Snow?
I, for one, welcome our new real-meat sex toy overlords.
I wish they would had done it the same way Courier is. After thinking about it, flat pad is kind of clumsy. Book like device seems a lot nicer for surfing and reading in couch/bed. You can go into a much more comfortable position too.
Someone should create such with Chrome OS, actually (with an option to install another linux distro)
It wouldn't be a surprise if the whole thing was just a hoax. Like the other article says:
Arrington, who is not a journalist (and has never professed to be one), regularly talks to financial guys, with close ties to virtually every major technology company. He's also plugged into these same companies at even higher levels. Oh, and he also invests in companies he writes about. At times, this can make his information incredibly prescient and also highly self-serving. The problem is, no one can tell the difference.
And a few days before launch and dies for such a stupid reason? Please.
... where you have some video content that you want to see, but FIRST they want to display an ad to you.
If you have AdBlock Plus installed, you can NEVER see the video! It is specifically set up so that you cannot get to the video without first viewing the ad...
It's a disgusting abuse of viewers and needs to stop.
Are you really saying that it's abuse of viewers when your ad blocking software doesn't manage to block the ads correctly and breaks the video player?
And if you're blocking their ads, they most likely don't care if you can see the video or not. Bandwidth isn't free, and it isn't cheap to run these kinds of sites either.
swf isn't exactly heavy, and can provide results that are not suited for HTML+CSS+Javascript. And I rather not have ads controlling Javascript, that would be even more annoying. Now you can at least block the .swf file/url pattern if you want to.
And no, ads aren't going away, websites need income to operate. AdSense like text ads are ok, but they aren't suitable everywhere.