Of course web sites don't show the encrypted password and the rule in TFS doesn't apply, as it takes millions times more to try a password from a remote web site. Not mentioning the rules the site may implement that prevent more than 3 trials.
To be fair, since March 2011 there has been a lot of catastrophic articles about "what if a meltdown?" (there was a meltdown) "what if another earthquakes?" (there has been a lot of 7+ aftershocks not far from Fukushima). As of today, while the situation is bad, it stays far from the cataclysmic future that was predicted in March/April 2011.
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Yes, "It is something the FS should handle", but if the OS itself does not sync all the time, there is a reason. This is the applications responsibility to use and not abuse the sync feature. So the question is relevant, why would Firefox need to sync all the time?? What kind of critical data has to be written to the disk and not kept only in buffers in case of a crash? No, sounds like more a sync abuse imo.
Whatever touches Facebook is dispatched worldwide instantly./. collects what's so seemingly interesting and offers us to comment on it. Including, as you did, to wonder "should this really make the top lines?"...
That reminds me of a double WD hard drives failure within a week, the main HD and its backup (this happened in a cloudless life). Amazing, they're even synchronized...
After a few month of usage, SSD suffer from multiple writes (to same locations) and die. (See this.) Depending on algorithms, the lifespan of a SSD varies.
So it's already here, the difference is that a regular SSD fails randomly... (and you may be able to recover some data)
Seriously, are all the threats realistic, or does the UK government suffer from a paranoid syndrome? At least once a week/. exposes a new plan in the UK to a) add cameras somewhere b) spy/censor Internet c) control this or that and now d) defense against EMPs.
The coming Olympics are maybe an excuse^w reason? Or maybe we should prohibit the 8 seasons of Jack Bauer / 24 to be sold in the UK?
ten features they'd like to see added to Windows 8, including the return of the Start button on the desktop
It's called the Stockholm syndrome, an "apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them"
Any layer may be implemented. The physical layer being a man and his xylophone, layer 2 could be a check that the notes are the correct ones.
Layer 3, IP, needs a minimum of 160 bits for the header... and the guys need to be good in arithmetic calculation to provide an accurate checksum!
And why not a router at that layer, two men, one listens to the last xylophone and the other one translates to a piano in the next room... while there could be some networks interferences:-)
In the mid 90's many companies still believed Microsoft success was unfair, overestimated and likely to decline (Sun, IBM, Apple, I'm looking at you).
And in 1995 not so many people had a strong focus on browsers you know... while it was only 17 years ago.
So if AC can post from post -say- 3, a new trend will flourish on/. "3rd post", i.e. be the first AC to post something. Not sure it'll change much. Moreover, doing so, and even talking about it like we currently do, legitimizes the (poor) AC quest, i.e. get some (weak) recognition from the only posting operation those AC are able to produce (and of course the insulting AC post that will follow this very post).
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Of course web sites don't show the encrypted password and the rule in TFS doesn't apply, as it takes millions times more to try a password from a remote web site. Not mentioning the rules the site may implement that prevent more than 3 trials.
why-new-programming-languages-succeed-or-fail
The Raspberry Pi received an extraordinary amount of pre-launch coverage
No kidding? (24 articles on /. ...)
absolutely guarantee he'd win 50% of the games at least
"he wouldn't lose at least 50% of the games" would be more accurate (draws)
...in Nigeria
Actually the robot gets a baby eventually... didn't you see the movie?
To be fair, since March 2011 there has been a lot of catastrophic articles about "what if a meltdown?" (there was a meltdown) "what if another earthquakes?" (there has been a lot of 7+ aftershocks not far from Fukushima). As of today, while the situation is bad, it stays far from the cataclysmic future that was predicted in March/April 2011.
Maybe the iphone was simply... OFF
Yes, "It is something the FS should handle", but if the OS itself does not sync all the time, there is a reason. This is the applications responsibility to use and not abuse the sync feature. So the question is relevant, why would Firefox need to sync all the time?? What kind of critical data has to be written to the disk and not kept only in buffers in case of a crash? No, sounds like more a sync abuse imo.
Is this "stuff that matters?"
Whatever touches Facebook is dispatched worldwide instantly. /. collects what's so seemingly interesting and offers us to comment on it. Including, as you did, to wonder "should this really make the top lines?"...
That reminds me of a double WD hard drives failure within a week, the main HD and its backup (this happened in a cloudless life). Amazing, they're even synchronized...
After a few month of usage, SSD suffer from multiple writes (to same locations) and die. (See this.) Depending on algorithms, the lifespan of a SSD varies.
So it's already here, the difference is that a regular SSD fails randomly... (and you may be able to recover some data)
Seriously, are all the threats realistic, or does the UK government suffer from a paranoid syndrome? At least once a week /. exposes a new plan in the UK to a) add cameras somewhere b) spy/censor Internet c) control this or that and now d) defense against EMPs.
The coming Olympics are maybe an excuse^w reason? Or maybe we should prohibit the 8 seasons of Jack Bauer / 24 to be sold in the UK?
Mathematically, that could be just 2 or 3
Meaning you are not a geek? What are you doing here on /. ??
ten features they'd like to see added to Windows 8, including the return of the Start button on the desktop
It's called the Stockholm syndrome, an "apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them"
Any layer may be implemented. The physical layer being a man and his xylophone, layer 2 could be a check that the notes are the correct ones. :-)
Layer 3, IP, needs a minimum of 160 bits for the header... and the guys need to be good in arithmetic calculation to provide an accurate checksum!
And why not a router at that layer, two men, one listens to the last xylophone and the other one translates to a piano in the next room... while there could be some networks interferences
In the mid 90's many companies still believed Microsoft success was unfair, overestimated and likely to decline (Sun, IBM, Apple, I'm looking at you).
And in 1995 not so many people had a strong focus on browsers you know... while it was only 17 years ago.
Amazing how mankind is able to create from A to Z the very rules that eventually lead to its failure.
So if AC can post from post -say- 3, a new trend will flourish on /. "3rd post", i.e. be the first AC to post something. Not sure it'll change much. Moreover, doing so, and even talking about it like we currently do, legitimizes the (poor) AC quest, i.e. get some (weak) recognition from the only posting operation those AC are able to produce (and of course the insulting AC post that will follow this very post).
Google launchs so many products, they prefer to clean the list early on, before it gets too messy.
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Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
No. But "Overrated" seems to be
Oops looks like there is a bug, /., this post belongs to another story :-)
Mod 3 Funny?? If you can not silence someone, say he is a fool...
It's NP-hard actually.
Why does the Oblig always misses the <a> tag? Even in Chrome, select + goto takes more time than a simple click.