I'm pretty sure that people recognize the existence of the cities and people there, just not their autonomy. That would mean that the area is officially recognized as part of Moldova, and it would be up to the authorities in Moldova to put a stop to it. If they can't, then maybe they don't have control over the area, and if the local government can, then maybe they deserve official autonomy. Either way, the criminals aren't out of reach.
I think CSS makes sense as a concept, but the reality is really quite annoying for the most part. I see it as a triumph of the designers and artists over the developer.
You've got that right. Case in point: lack of constants. If I have 10 selectors that all use the same color for something, or the same font style, why do I need to define that 10 times instead of defining a constant once, and then referring to the constant 10 times? Right now, if I need to change the color that 10 selectors use, I need to hunt through the file to replace each one.
What does that tell when every version is touted as having "great improvements in security" over the previous one?
It tells me that marketing people like to hammer on security, regardless of the state of the previous version or the achievements of the next one. These days, every major version release from every browser vendor includes notes on security improvements.
Also, threats change, and vendors react. The threats that browsers are protecting against today didn't exist 10 years ago.
Why would you assume that any OS can be downloaded for free, with source? On this list, less than 35% of the listed operating systems are free. Free is not the norm.
Actually, those are the icons for the McDonald's and Google+ apps in the iOS app store.
Are you claiming that those icons are exclusively used in the iOS app store? Or is it possible that they are also used in the Android marketplace? Wouldn't it make sense for the companies to use the same logos for any store?
The app store and Safari icons are obviously from iOS, but it's a little ridiculous to claim that since Samsung is showing a McDonald's logo with rounded corners, that therefore they are copying from Apple. I'm pretty sure it was a McDonald's designer that made that icon, not someone from Apple. And I verified that, in fact, the same icon is used in the Android marketplace, rounded corners and all. Apple did not invent the concept of rounded corners for icons.
That's a little bit ridiculous. I have a Javascript file about the same size for my biggest application, and that file is the main admin file for the online learning system that lets admins set up users, user groups, content, content groups, learning tracks, classroom sessions, webinars, email campaigns, news articles, manual record entry, various reports, settings, and other admin tools. The content management alone is about a quarter of the total size. So yeah, a little more than images and analytics.
Of course, when that file gets delivered to the user it's only 140KB across the wire due to minifying and server-side compression.
I don't like the term "rightsholder" in general. Doesn't that imply that there are some people out there with no rights? I'm a goddamned rightsholder too, I've got all kinds of rights. And yeah, they didn't ask me either.
Test for Firefox 9.0 and you've determined what you need to know about the client. Leave your "everything in window.navigator" hack for other browsers.
It is commonly accepted that testing for specific features, instead of specific browser versions, is the better practice. I'm not trying to argue that everything you need to know about a browser is in the window.navigator object, but testing for specific browsers and versions went out of style several years ago.
For example, if you're using ajax, instead of trying to figure out if the client is a specific version of IE you should just test for the existence of the XMLHttpRequest object.
Could there really be a possibility to something nice and finished come out from the hypothetical Vita homebrew scene (apart pirated games)?
No, that possibility does not exist as long as things like buffer overflows are required to do this. If support for homebrew projects was specifically supported by Sony then that would be a possibility. No company is going to invest anything in a system that depends on Sony not fixing a bug. If they invest development cash, and then Sony fixes the bug that makes this possible, where is the developer then? How could they justify that initial investment if it requires bugs to work instead of being officially supported?
I guess that's the thing: the Sony homebrew scene is almost exclusively for pirated games because there is no official support for it. There is no official support for it because it is almost exclusively for pirated games. That's the Sony way, which should not surprise anyone who buys Sony products.
Something like this is nearly impossible to put a real price tag on, because frankly, it doesn't have one.
I'm pretty sure that Lockheed-Martin does in fact have a price tag on this thing when the DoD is in their showroom, they just don't show it to the public. I'm interested in the per-unit cost that we pay for these. I think the fact that the cost is apparently undisclosed is probably due to it being relatively high (because of the onboard tech), which would lead to questions about why exactly it's so high that the DoD wouldn't want to answer.
I just think it's interesting that not even the per-unit cost of these things is disclosed. It's a really impressive platform (largely because of the development tech that you described), I'd just like to know more about it. Hell, the Iranians know more about it then I do.
So, the Iranians admit to spoofing GPS positions and this *isn't* used as an excuse to say 'the Iranians tricked it into crossing the border'?
Considering that the price of the RQ-170 isn't even known, let alone the tech on it, I don't think we're going to admit that the Iranians are tricking it at all.
Incidentally, can anyone find any info on the cost of one of these? The Air Force's "fact sheet" on it is a couple paragraphs that vaguely describes its role.
If you're fighting a real enemy who can shoot back, a carrier fleet is just a target-rich environment for cheap missiles.
Yeah, well missiles are just targets for even cheaper CIWS rounds and lasers. The Chinese have a whole 2 CIWS on their carrier, but I can't see their fancy steam turbines powering any lasers in the near future.
Australia and Brazil both have IE6 usage rates below 2%, and they probably both have a relatively small percentage of global internet users. In other words, it's a small but diverse test case. The US has an IE6 usage rate of only 1%, but we have a larger share of global internet users.
Yeah, I guess so. After further though (and good replies), it looks like publishers know that they are going to the way of buggy whip makers, and they're trying to cling on as long as possible. I guess that's what happens when progress makes your job obsolete. I hope that other artists and people who actually produce the things of value are paying attention to Louis' success. From what I heard it took him 12 hours (from noon until midnight Saturday) to break even, and he claimed in the couple days after that he's already made more profit then he would have gotten if he had hired a production company to do everything for him. It's really good to see artists taking the control back for themselves, especially a self-proclaimed "fat idiot who doesn't understand torrents". I've got a lot of new respect for Louis, I hope he releases his series on his site also so I can pay him for that. He deserves it.
That's right, there are a lot of people out there who insist on consuming their content in the way they want to. A lot of people refuse to be forced into doing something that they don't want to do just to get the content they're looking for.
A specific example, from the last time I pirated anything: a few years ago I got Fallout 3 when it came out. I bought the collector pack retail (as opposed to Steam) so I could get the sweet lunchbox and bobblehead, and just because I'm a big Fallout fan and feel warm and fuzzy when I hold the original disc in my hand. Several months later various downloadable content got released. I wanted all of the DLC, but I realized that the only way for me to get this content was to purchase it through Microsoft Games For Windows Live. That meant that I needed to create an account with Microsoft, give them my payment information, log into the service when I wanted to play, get spam and other ads from them, be marketed to, etc. That's not what I wanted, I just wanted the content for Fallout 3. My only other option to get the content was to download it through BitTorrent, so I installed a client and did that. I would have preferred that my money went to the people who developed the content that I enjoy, but since I was not able to use the content like I wanted I found another way.
That's the point: people will not break down and be forced to use content some way that they don't want to. They're going to use the content like they want, whatever it takes to make that happen. The content publishers can cut the impact of piracy in half over night if they just let people use things the way they want to. Most people WILL pay for it, especially if it "just works", on anything they want to watch it on. Pay for it online, download it to my computer, burn it to a DVD and watch it on the big screen, why would I not do that if they would only let me?
Right now, if I get the urge to download a season of Boardwalk Empire or Sons Of Anarchy, burn it to a DVD, and watch it on my TV, what's my only option?
In Louis' case, no, there aren't, because he does virtually everything himself. In a lot of other cases there are actors, editors, producers, sound guys, promoters, etc who may also expect to get a cut from the profits. The publisher would get a cut by bringing all of those people together and producing the final package. So, yeah, their cut goes from 50% or whatever they're making now, down to about 10% or whatever finder's fees are going for these days. But I think there's a strong argument that, not only will volume make up for part of that, but this is actually a sustainable business model. The model they're trying to cling to is no longer sustainable. They either need to set their sights a little lower, or actually start producing valuable things themselves instead of trying to profit off the people who are. Tough shit.
I'm still trying to figure out why I supposedly need to be connected to Facebook 24 hours a day. Constant mobile internet connections were cool... in 1990. Today they're a sign of a lack of real life.
Really? I can sit in a meeting at work (or anywhere, for that matter, even without wifi) and use my phone to open a Windows remote desktop connection (or SSH session) to the server and actually write code on the server right through my phone. People are amazed when they give me a bug report at the beginning of a meeting which is fixed by the end. No laptop required, my laptop stays on my desk now.
You may only use the internet to connect to Facebook, but there are other people who get real work done even using their phones.
I can also check Slashdot on the shitter, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
I'm curious why you know that Sex For Dummies exists. I was not aware of this. I'm trying to picture the person who would walk up to a bookstore counter and pay for that. I'm picturing a mix between Stallman and Buscemi.
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I wouldn't know, I've never paid money just for a web browser.
I'm pretty sure that people recognize the existence of the cities and people there, just not their autonomy. That would mean that the area is officially recognized as part of Moldova, and it would be up to the authorities in Moldova to put a stop to it. If they can't, then maybe they don't have control over the area, and if the local government can, then maybe they deserve official autonomy. Either way, the criminals aren't out of reach.
I think CSS makes sense as a concept, but the reality is really quite annoying for the most part. I see it as a triumph of the designers and artists over the developer.
You've got that right. Case in point: lack of constants. If I have 10 selectors that all use the same color for something, or the same font style, why do I need to define that 10 times instead of defining a constant once, and then referring to the constant 10 times? Right now, if I need to change the color that 10 selectors use, I need to hunt through the file to replace each one.
What does that tell when every version is touted as having "great improvements in security" over the previous one?
It tells me that marketing people like to hammer on security, regardless of the state of the previous version or the achievements of the next one. These days, every major version release from every browser vendor includes notes on security improvements.
Also, threats change, and vendors react. The threats that browsers are protecting against today didn't exist 10 years ago.
Why would you assume that any OS can be downloaded for free, with source? On this list, less than 35% of the listed operating systems are free. Free is not the norm.
Actually, those are the icons for the McDonald's and Google+ apps in the iOS app store.
Are you claiming that those icons are exclusively used in the iOS app store? Or is it possible that they are also used in the Android marketplace? Wouldn't it make sense for the companies to use the same logos for any store?
The app store and Safari icons are obviously from iOS, but it's a little ridiculous to claim that since Samsung is showing a McDonald's logo with rounded corners, that therefore they are copying from Apple. I'm pretty sure it was a McDonald's designer that made that icon, not someone from Apple. And I verified that, in fact, the same icon is used in the Android marketplace, rounded corners and all. Apple did not invent the concept of rounded corners for icons.
That's a little bit ridiculous. I have a Javascript file about the same size for my biggest application, and that file is the main admin file for the online learning system that lets admins set up users, user groups, content, content groups, learning tracks, classroom sessions, webinars, email campaigns, news articles, manual record entry, various reports, settings, and other admin tools. The content management alone is about a quarter of the total size. So yeah, a little more than images and analytics.
Of course, when that file gets delivered to the user it's only 140KB across the wire due to minifying and server-side compression.
I don't like the term "rightsholder" in general. Doesn't that imply that there are some people out there with no rights? I'm a goddamned rightsholder too, I've got all kinds of rights. And yeah, they didn't ask me either.
You think you're being different by not driving an electric vehicle? Where do you live?
My favorites are line 82 ("!@", with 1006 accounts using it), and line 94 (empty string, with 863 accounts).
So in addition to storing passwords in clear text, they also have (had?) no password requirements at all.
And I bet some of the people there are the same people hacking into our critical infrastructure. What does that say about us?
Test for Firefox 9.0 and you've determined what you need to know about the client. Leave your "everything in window.navigator" hack for other browsers.
It is commonly accepted that testing for specific features, instead of specific browser versions, is the better practice. I'm not trying to argue that everything you need to know about a browser is in the window.navigator object, but testing for specific browsers and versions went out of style several years ago.
For example, if you're using ajax, instead of trying to figure out if the client is a specific version of IE you should just test for the existence of the XMLHttpRequest object.
Could there really be a possibility to something nice and finished come out from the hypothetical Vita homebrew scene (apart pirated games)?
No, that possibility does not exist as long as things like buffer overflows are required to do this. If support for homebrew projects was specifically supported by Sony then that would be a possibility. No company is going to invest anything in a system that depends on Sony not fixing a bug. If they invest development cash, and then Sony fixes the bug that makes this possible, where is the developer then? How could they justify that initial investment if it requires bugs to work instead of being officially supported?
I guess that's the thing: the Sony homebrew scene is almost exclusively for pirated games because there is no official support for it. There is no official support for it because it is almost exclusively for pirated games. That's the Sony way, which should not surprise anyone who buys Sony products.
Something like this is nearly impossible to put a real price tag on, because frankly, it doesn't have one.
I'm pretty sure that Lockheed-Martin does in fact have a price tag on this thing when the DoD is in their showroom, they just don't show it to the public. I'm interested in the per-unit cost that we pay for these. I think the fact that the cost is apparently undisclosed is probably due to it being relatively high (because of the onboard tech), which would lead to questions about why exactly it's so high that the DoD wouldn't want to answer.
I just think it's interesting that not even the per-unit cost of these things is disclosed. It's a really impressive platform (largely because of the development tech that you described), I'd just like to know more about it. Hell, the Iranians know more about it then I do.
So, the Iranians admit to spoofing GPS positions and this *isn't* used as an excuse to say 'the Iranians tricked it into crossing the border'?
Considering that the price of the RQ-170 isn't even known, let alone the tech on it, I don't think we're going to admit that the Iranians are tricking it at all.
Incidentally, can anyone find any info on the cost of one of these? The Air Force's "fact sheet" on it is a couple paragraphs that vaguely describes its role.
If you're fighting a real enemy who can shoot back, a carrier fleet is just a target-rich environment for cheap missiles.
Yeah, well missiles are just targets for even cheaper CIWS rounds and lasers. The Chinese have a whole 2 CIWS on their carrier, but I can't see their fancy steam turbines powering any lasers in the near future.
Not really: since IE 9 is not available for XP, there will still be millions of IE 8 installs around evem after a forced update to the latest version.
This is a major improvement over millions of IE6 and IE7 installs.
I don't think Microsoft is going to find any issues rolling this out in the US. Dinosaur IT departments, on the other hand, may see an issue or two.
Australia and Brazil both have IE6 usage rates below 2%, and they probably both have a relatively small percentage of global internet users. In other words, it's a small but diverse test case. The US has an IE6 usage rate of only 1%, but we have a larger share of global internet users.
Yeah, I guess so. After further though (and good replies), it looks like publishers know that they are going to the way of buggy whip makers, and they're trying to cling on as long as possible. I guess that's what happens when progress makes your job obsolete. I hope that other artists and people who actually produce the things of value are paying attention to Louis' success. From what I heard it took him 12 hours (from noon until midnight Saturday) to break even, and he claimed in the couple days after that he's already made more profit then he would have gotten if he had hired a production company to do everything for him. It's really good to see artists taking the control back for themselves, especially a self-proclaimed "fat idiot who doesn't understand torrents". I've got a lot of new respect for Louis, I hope he releases his series on his site also so I can pay him for that. He deserves it.
That's right, there are a lot of people out there who insist on consuming their content in the way they want to. A lot of people refuse to be forced into doing something that they don't want to do just to get the content they're looking for.
A specific example, from the last time I pirated anything: a few years ago I got Fallout 3 when it came out. I bought the collector pack retail (as opposed to Steam) so I could get the sweet lunchbox and bobblehead, and just because I'm a big Fallout fan and feel warm and fuzzy when I hold the original disc in my hand. Several months later various downloadable content got released. I wanted all of the DLC, but I realized that the only way for me to get this content was to purchase it through Microsoft Games For Windows Live. That meant that I needed to create an account with Microsoft, give them my payment information, log into the service when I wanted to play, get spam and other ads from them, be marketed to, etc. That's not what I wanted, I just wanted the content for Fallout 3. My only other option to get the content was to download it through BitTorrent, so I installed a client and did that. I would have preferred that my money went to the people who developed the content that I enjoy, but since I was not able to use the content like I wanted I found another way.
That's the point: people will not break down and be forced to use content some way that they don't want to. They're going to use the content like they want, whatever it takes to make that happen. The content publishers can cut the impact of piracy in half over night if they just let people use things the way they want to. Most people WILL pay for it, especially if it "just works", on anything they want to watch it on. Pay for it online, download it to my computer, burn it to a DVD and watch it on the big screen, why would I not do that if they would only let me?
Right now, if I get the urge to download a season of Boardwalk Empire or Sons Of Anarchy, burn it to a DVD, and watch it on my TV, what's my only option?
In Louis' case, no, there aren't, because he does virtually everything himself. In a lot of other cases there are actors, editors, producers, sound guys, promoters, etc who may also expect to get a cut from the profits. The publisher would get a cut by bringing all of those people together and producing the final package. So, yeah, their cut goes from 50% or whatever they're making now, down to about 10% or whatever finder's fees are going for these days. But I think there's a strong argument that, not only will volume make up for part of that, but this is actually a sustainable business model. The model they're trying to cling to is no longer sustainable. They either need to set their sights a little lower, or actually start producing valuable things themselves instead of trying to profit off the people who are. Tough shit.
It's a shame that professional publishers, with very few exceptions, don't realize that.
I'm still trying to figure out why I supposedly need to be connected to Facebook 24 hours a day. Constant mobile internet connections were cool... in 1990. Today they're a sign of a lack of real life.
Really? I can sit in a meeting at work (or anywhere, for that matter, even without wifi) and use my phone to open a Windows remote desktop connection (or SSH session) to the server and actually write code on the server right through my phone. People are amazed when they give me a bug report at the beginning of a meeting which is fixed by the end. No laptop required, my laptop stays on my desk now.
You may only use the internet to connect to Facebook, but there are other people who get real work done even using their phones.
I can also check Slashdot on the shitter, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
I'm curious why you know that Sex For Dummies exists. I was not aware of this. I'm trying to picture the person who would walk up to a bookstore counter and pay for that. I'm picturing a mix between Stallman and Buscemi.
Who else is going to fund private space travel, you?