Saying that Safari on MacOS "was not hacked" is slightly misleading. Nobody attempted to hack it, so contrary to some reports (and posts) it didn't survive anything.
It survived due to disinterest = security through obscurity
As an aside, security issues can be instantly fixed on ChromeOS by putting a nail through the NIC or, if you prefer the analogy and theatricality, by using a silver bullet.
Whilst your argument hold water to a certain extent the fact exists that once you enter into a contract you are bound to pay the monies due under the contract regardless of what you do to the phone.
If the phone is uninsured and you lose or break it, you still have to pay the contracted fees. So, what loss is there to the supplier if you unlock your phone?
As for the fuss of unlocking - well, if you own a device you should be able to use it unfettered. It would be like purchasing a chest of drawers only to find that half of the drawers were locks and you were not supplied with a key.
There are ramifications of unlocking everything. The original Xbox was hacked at an early stage and used as a very able media centre. I did this to mine and did not purchase one game for it for the 8 years or so that I used it, much to Microsoft's chagrin I would imagine.
When hardware is subsidised in order that investment can be recovered over time, I see no harm in protecting the business model by allowing a period where you are not allowed to unlock it which would tie in with the warranty period. It would be even better if the hardware unlocked itself once the warranty expired.
I agree that the original post was in relation to official support but it is a valid point that there is an upgrade option. Projects like Cyanogenmod and XBMC are so slick that official products look amateur in comparison.
I am thankful that hardware that I purchase can reach a couple of years old and still have additional features added, and the firmware refined, due to the open source community. What's not to like?
Just get the Motorola Razr i or one of its iterations. Well built, small screen, good battery life. 'Smart Actions' is a nice inbuilt feature which I envy my girlfriend for as I have the Nexus 4 which is great (primarily due to the larger screen!)
2Gb is still fairly rare for a smartphone isn't it? I thought the S3 was the first and the Nexus 4 the second. I guess everyone else will catch up but 2Gb is a fair amount - we're not running Windows here...
In relation to (5), it does make sense to push the most expensive version first then launch a cut down version for those that cannot afford its big brother. Did Samsung say there wouldn't be a 'mini'? If they did, i agree with wholeheartedly.
.... I didn't know a thing about networking back then either so I would have been screwed too.
My apologies for misleading you - I knew nothing about networks back then either. The only Bash I knew was the one that ruined my keyboard and mouse. Little has changed...
By your rationale, you can ignore every country or continent as long as you split it up into small enough parts and/or ignore the economy or number of occupants.
I'm fairly sure MS would be displeased if it had to replace the European market with...Alaska.
I bow to your superior economic wisdom my US cousin, hailing from the solvent US of A.
Just to clarify, I realise TFA is referring to how not to make a single-player game but there are elements of co-op games mentioned and here on/., TFA should never get in the way of attacks on commercial entities. Let the spraying commence!
I miss the era simple gaming. Where myself and my buddies would have a LAN party. COD4 was a godsend when I was deployed.
I was about to argue with you but see that you are from a different age. I was thinking of 10 Base T networks with Doom that were anything but simple to configure due to hardware that wouldn't communicate or, more often, hardware that wouldn't communicate *at the same time* ("Is everyone in this time?", "arses, it just dropped me again - can you restart the server? In fact, forget it, I'll just watch and drink beer").
There is an argument to say that waiting 20 mins for a login is still quicker than carting your rig around to your buddies house. It would be a valid argument too if other companies produced similarly sucky multiplayer experiences but EA has the monopoly on Omnishambles and general shit-wizardly.
Personally, I like to have a large target upon which to spray my virtual piss.
No need to go Pro for this IMO. Logmein rocks and is usable from an iPad for remote admin. Likewise putting them on a non-admin account is a good idea and I'd consider DeepFreeze too. However one area we differ is OS - get them the hell off of XP and move them from IE to Chrome too. I'd consider an AV as well but damned if I know of one that I'd trust. The best ones are made overseas and Essentials just isn't cutting it
DeepFreeze makes even more sense once XP support ends. Having an unfrozen partition for personal storage and wallpaper would ensure that personalisation persists and run a 'lite' AV for the unfrozen section - NOD32 is unintrusive.
There are lots of people who have no intention of trading in games therefore the £40+ outlay is of no real concern as the money, once paid out, will never be recouped.
There is obviously a thriving market for trade-ins and it remains to be seen how much the market will be effected with one-key lock-ins.
I do wonder if Sony and Microsoft are in cahoots over the issue. If MS introduces a single use system, Sony can follow suit and each can cite the others use as a reasonable business model. Sony is understandably reluctant to introduce single-use model if MS chooses not to on the 720/Durango.
I think this is the last chance saloon for Sony - if it change direction at a later date they will really balls it up and will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Only an age-hardened IT nerd would say such a thing.
An old school friend of mine got into IT early on and thought that Windows 3.1 brought nothing to the game. He has become more embittered with every passing iteration. He believes that people should learn how to use a computer from the command line and if they want a GUI they should write it themselves. He is a fossil and I told him as much. Technology is for everybody regardless of whether they understand it or not.
The mouse has its place as do keyboard shortcuts. The touchscreen also has its uses but less so on a vertical screen (phones and tablets are fine though).
As for mission critical - it depends what the mission is. Preparing a report with embedded graphs and pictures for a world leader or the CEO of a large company? Do that from the command line...
Most consumers that stubbornly held onto XP were because they didn't want to do a hardware upgrade, even though 7 is a much better OS.
Don't mix up 'didn't want' with 'couldn't afford'.
I used to rely on my brother's upgrade cycle to upgrade my system with his cast-off hardware. If I had had to purchase the hardware AND the OS I'd not have got very far.
As for stubbornly holding onto XP, it still works! I only recently (18 months) upgraded to 7 at home as my AMD Barton XP2500 was getting long in the tooth plus the advantage of an Intel i3 with reasonable built in graphics lowered my energy footprint. I still use XP at work albeit we are on the cusp of rolling out 7.
The majority of domestic users want facebook, online shopping and the ability to play browser-based games - the type of behaviour which XP promoted and made viable.
A smaller percentage want some kind of word processor (Word starter ticks most boxes) and a much smaller percentage want properly productive software although Open Office will do for a large number of those.
The cost of software is not of concern to your regular user as the limited functionality required is usually well-served by free software or inside a browser with a heavy dose of java. Moreover, the purchase of an OS is anathema to most people as they upgrade "the box" every few of years and pass the bloated, malware-infested "slow" machine to a younger or member of the family or a parent/friend. The new box has a new OS which is much faster although this is a combination of new hardware, a faster OS and fewer broken processes or malware. Obviously the new system is stymied by the shovelware but the average user has no idea of this.
There is no harm in trying to look the same but the desktop overlooks the fact that hardly anybody has a touch screen monitor and not many people are likely to get one whilst they sit vertically on the desk.
It makes sense in a tablet or phone format but if you have a separate keyboard you may as well have a separate mouse and this makes the whole touch interface redundant.
Win 7 was, and is, great. It does what it's supposed to with some flaws but flaws that are easy to live with.
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Other than as a proof of concept is there any fundamental use for this facility?
Does anybody want to play Doom like it was 1993?
How on earth do you reach adulthood without knowing what a dry wine is?
They don't serve it in prison...
Saying that Safari on MacOS "was not hacked" is slightly misleading. Nobody attempted to hack it, so contrary to some reports (and posts) it didn't survive anything.
It survived due to disinterest = security through obscurity
As an aside, security issues can be instantly fixed on ChromeOS by putting a nail through the NIC or, if you prefer the analogy and theatricality, by using a silver bullet.
Whilst your argument hold water to a certain extent the fact exists that once you enter into a contract you are bound to pay the monies due under the contract regardless of what you do to the phone.
If the phone is uninsured and you lose or break it, you still have to pay the contracted fees. So, what loss is there to the supplier if you unlock your phone?
As for the fuss of unlocking - well, if you own a device you should be able to use it unfettered. It would be like purchasing a chest of drawers only to find that half of the drawers were locks and you were not supplied with a key.
There are ramifications of unlocking everything. The original Xbox was hacked at an early stage and used as a very able media centre. I did this to mine and did not purchase one game for it for the 8 years or so that I used it, much to Microsoft's chagrin I would imagine.
When hardware is subsidised in order that investment can be recovered over time, I see no harm in protecting the business model by allowing a period where you are not allowed to unlock it which would tie in with the warranty period. It would be even better if the hardware unlocked itself once the warranty expired.
I agree that the original post was in relation to official support but it is a valid point that there is an upgrade option. Projects like Cyanogenmod and XBMC are so slick that official products look amateur in comparison.
I am thankful that hardware that I purchase can reach a couple of years old and still have additional features added, and the firmware refined, due to the open source community. What's not to like?
Think outside the box - just delete episodes 1-3 inclusive.
Or nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...
Just get the Motorola Razr i or one of its iterations. Well built, small screen, good battery life. 'Smart Actions' is a nice inbuilt feature which I envy my girlfriend for as I have the Nexus 4 which is great (primarily due to the larger screen!)
2Gb is still fairly rare for a smartphone isn't it? I thought the S3 was the first and the Nexus 4 the second. I guess everyone else will catch up but 2Gb is a fair amount - we're not running Windows here...
In relation to (5), it does make sense to push the most expensive version first then launch a cut down version for those that cannot afford its big brother. Did Samsung say there wouldn't be a 'mini'? If they did, i agree with wholeheartedly.
The whole Google fiasco was a non-story IMHO. Sure, data was collected and it arguably shouldn't have been.
Google had its hands slapped and has to pay a fine and suffer the negative publicity. Can we move on now?
You should choose another Korea..
I agree. Let's also get rid of the 1 and use the L key instead. Get rid of the 0 in favour of the O too whilst you're at it.
Seriously there are still secretaries who do that AND they use spreadsheets. Scary..
I hate to break it to you but Chewy died shortly after Return of the Jedi - there are 3 wookie years to one human year you see..
Sorry for your loss...
.... I didn't know a thing about networking back then either so I would have been screwed too.
My apologies for misleading you - I knew nothing about networks back then either. The only Bash I knew was the one that ruined my keyboard and mouse. Little has changed...
By your rationale, you can ignore every country or continent as long as you split it up into small enough parts and/or ignore the economy or number of occupants.
I'm fairly sure MS would be displeased if it had to replace the European market with...Alaska.
I bow to your superior economic wisdom my US cousin, hailing from the solvent US of A.
You do realise how large Europe is do you not? It's also getting larger.
It would be a folly for a global entity to ignore Europe.
Just to clarify, I realise TFA is referring to how not to make a single-player game but there are elements of co-op games mentioned and here on /., TFA should never get in the way of attacks on commercial entities. Let the spraying commence!
I miss the era simple gaming. Where myself and my buddies would have a LAN party. COD4 was a godsend when I was deployed.
I was about to argue with you but see that you are from a different age. I was thinking of 10 Base T networks with Doom that were anything but simple to configure due to hardware that wouldn't communicate or, more often, hardware that wouldn't communicate *at the same time* ("Is everyone in this time?", "arses, it just dropped me again - can you restart the server? In fact, forget it, I'll just watch and drink beer").
There is an argument to say that waiting 20 mins for a login is still quicker than carting your rig around to your buddies house. It would be a valid argument too if other companies produced similarly sucky multiplayer experiences but EA has the monopoly on Omnishambles and general shit-wizardly.
Personally, I like to have a large target upon which to spray my virtual piss.
No need to go Pro for this IMO. Logmein rocks and is usable from an iPad for remote admin. Likewise putting them on a non-admin account is a good idea and I'd consider DeepFreeze too. However one area we differ is OS - get them the hell off of XP and move them from IE to Chrome too. I'd consider an AV as well but damned if I know of one that I'd trust. The best ones are made overseas and Essentials just isn't cutting it
DeepFreeze makes even more sense once XP support ends. Having an unfrozen partition for personal storage and wallpaper would ensure that personalisation persists and run a 'lite' AV for the unfrozen section - NOD32 is unintrusive.
There are only two answers to this:
1. Install Linux
2. Buy a Mac
There are lots of people who have no intention of trading in games therefore the £40+ outlay is of no real concern as the money, once paid out, will never be recouped.
There is obviously a thriving market for trade-ins and it remains to be seen how much the market will be effected with one-key lock-ins.
I do wonder if Sony and Microsoft are in cahoots over the issue. If MS introduces a single use system, Sony can follow suit and each can cite the others use as a reasonable business model. Sony is understandably reluctant to introduce single-use model if MS chooses not to on the 720/Durango.
I think this is the last chance saloon for Sony - if it change direction at a later date they will really balls it up and will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Only an age-hardened IT nerd would say such a thing.
An old school friend of mine got into IT early on and thought that Windows 3.1 brought nothing to the game. He has become more embittered with every passing iteration. He believes that people should learn how to use a computer from the command line and if they want a GUI they should write it themselves. He is a fossil and I told him as much. Technology is for everybody regardless of whether they understand it or not.
The mouse has its place as do keyboard shortcuts. The touchscreen also has its uses but less so on a vertical screen (phones and tablets are fine though).
As for mission critical - it depends what the mission is. Preparing a report with embedded graphs and pictures for a world leader or the CEO of a large company? Do that from the command line...
Most consumers that stubbornly held onto XP were because they didn't want to do a hardware upgrade, even though 7 is a much better OS.
Don't mix up 'didn't want' with 'couldn't afford'.
I used to rely on my brother's upgrade cycle to upgrade my system with his cast-off hardware. If I had had to purchase the hardware AND the OS I'd not have got very far.
As for stubbornly holding onto XP, it still works! I only recently (18 months) upgraded to 7 at home as my AMD Barton XP2500 was getting long in the tooth plus the advantage of an Intel i3 with reasonable built in graphics lowered my energy footprint. I still use XP at work albeit we are on the cusp of rolling out 7.
The majority of domestic users want facebook, online shopping and the ability to play browser-based games - the type of behaviour which XP promoted and made viable.
A smaller percentage want some kind of word processor (Word starter ticks most boxes) and a much smaller percentage want properly productive software although Open Office will do for a large number of those.
The cost of software is not of concern to your regular user as the limited functionality required is usually well-served by free software or inside a browser with a heavy dose of java. Moreover, the purchase of an OS is anathema to most people as they upgrade "the box" every few of years and pass the bloated, malware-infested "slow" machine to a younger or member of the family or a parent/friend. The new box has a new OS which is much faster although this is a combination of new hardware, a faster OS and fewer broken processes or malware. Obviously the new system is stymied by the shovelware but the average user has no idea of this.
There is no harm in trying to look the same but the desktop overlooks the fact that hardly anybody has a touch screen monitor and not many people are likely to get one whilst they sit vertically on the desk.
It makes sense in a tablet or phone format but if you have a separate keyboard you may as well have a separate mouse and this makes the whole touch interface redundant.
Win 7 was, and is, great. It does what it's supposed to with some flaws but flaws that are easy to live with.
Evacuating bowels requires muscles that in upright animals is used in locomotion as well as four legged animals on the move as in stalking prey.
This doesn't explain why you can fart whilst running for a bus... Cracks me up every time.