I must say I'm not too impressed with the picture quality of the plasma- and LCD TV's we can buy here in the Netherlands. Especially if you take the price into account. I'm glad I've bought one of the last CRT widescreen TV's a few years back. My old CRT IIyama monitor is also better than most LCD flat monitors you can buy today. Hopefully this new technology will deliver the colours and the viewing angles we have become accustomed to from CRT's!
I've seen the documentary and the message boils down to: you can crack it if you have access to it. But isn't that the case with all computers? System administrators always have the opportunity for fraud because they know all the passwords and can access all data on the computer. So I really don't get what the big deal is here. In the documentary they showed how to change the software in our voting computers by changeing a chip inside the machine. I've seen voting computers on the Internet that were easier to crack. I say FUD!
I think with the prices of hard drives these days the amount of time you invest in wiping the data off the hard drive costs more than the drive itself. I wouldn't bother myself asking/. and wiping every drive, but use the sledge hammer.
Finally someone who took the trouble. Thanks! I think Dutch people also don't have the highly developed sense of humour of the French, because although I can see that it's a funny joke I'm still on my chair and far from being a whimpering heap.
I started with a Slackware distro with kernel 1.2.13 in March 1995. Back then Linux was waaaaay better as an OS than DOS, but there were hardly any programs for it that made it worth using for work. Nowadays Linux is a better OS than XP, but sadly as long as ODF has not established itself it will still be a niche OS on the desktop. However, I'm convinced that will change in the next one or two years, with all these governments switching to Linux or ODF. The future looks bright! And it's about time, too. For ten years, Linux has been 'ready for the desktop in five years'. Now finally the five years have been reduced.
I have known several people who killed themselves on the road within a year of getting their driving license and many more who (in my opinion) are lucky to be alive.
After riding with my friend a few times when he just had his license I refused to get into a car that would be driven by him for a long time. The guy is still alive and one of my best friends, but he had a few close calls. Driving after a few beers etc... grrr...
How can you conclude all this from what you've read? Besides, Joe User doesn't give a rat's ass about the OS the thing runs on. If it looks cool and has nice features, he'll buy it. so what's your problem?
The mobile phone market in Europe is completely different from that in the US. Here it will have a chance. The subscriptions here are very much independant of the type of phone you use.
But with the 'new' moderation system Digg has in place the dialogues also get more readable, and more interesting. I already have accounts on 10 forums but I'm now considering Digg as my 11th forum. It's getting there. Just give it another year or so and Digg'll be better than/..
I was wondering: this could be a great way for people who live under oppressive gouvernments like the Chinese to speak their minds. They are anonymous so more safe than on the 'regular' part of the 'Net. But this also presents us with a problem: say you want to make a blog, consisting of several files (one for each entry for instance). Every file is made by some anonymous individual. How can you make sure all these files are made by the same person whilst keeping sure you stay anonymous?
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I guess you don't have to pay your electricity bills yourself? Computers are powerhogs.
Pity there's nothing in the article about what this thing will cost eventually.
But aren't these vulnerabilities already popping up? They're fixed much faster though...
Cool, thanks! My English is better than I thought :-)
TVs and CRTs, not TV's and CRT's...
I must say I'm not too impressed with the picture quality of the plasma- and LCD TV's we can buy here in the Netherlands. Especially if you take the price into account. I'm glad I've bought one of the last CRT widescreen TV's a few years back. My old CRT IIyama monitor is also better than most LCD flat monitors you can buy today. Hopefully this new technology will deliver the colours and the viewing angles we have become accustomed to from CRT's!
I've seen the documentary and the message boils down to: you can crack it if you have access to it. But isn't that the case with all computers? System administrators always have the opportunity for fraud because they know all the passwords and can access all data on the computer. So I really don't get what the big deal is here. In the documentary they showed how to change the software in our voting computers by changeing a chip inside the machine. I've seen voting computers on the Internet that were easier to crack. I say FUD!
Maybe we can mod the moderator who modded this Insightful +1 Funny.
I think with the prices of hard drives these days the amount of time you invest in wiping the data off the hard drive costs more than the drive itself. I wouldn't bother myself asking /. and wiping every drive, but use the sledge hammer.
Why not a freakin' Commodore 64? It can do the job just fine.
Finally someone who took the trouble. Thanks! I think Dutch people also don't have the highly developed sense of humour of the French, because although I can see that it's a funny joke I'm still on my chair and far from being a whimpering heap.
Eehm.. My French is not so good. Could you help me please?
Great title above this post!
You mean herself. All gentlemen have been smashed to bots long before that.
I started with a Slackware distro with kernel 1.2.13 in March 1995. Back then Linux was waaaaay better as an OS than DOS, but there were hardly any programs for it that made it worth using for work. Nowadays Linux is a better OS than XP, but sadly as long as ODF has not established itself it will still be a niche OS on the desktop. However, I'm convinced that will change in the next one or two years, with all these governments switching to Linux or ODF. The future looks bright! And it's about time, too. For ten years, Linux has been 'ready for the desktop in five years'. Now finally the five years have been reduced.
I have known several people who killed themselves on the road within a year of getting their driving license and many more who (in my opinion) are lucky to be alive.
After riding with my friend a few times when he just had his license I refused to get into a car that would be driven by him for a long time. The guy is still alive and one of my best friends, but he had a few close calls. Driving after a few beers etc... grrr...
Don't complain on /., complain to your service provider!
How can you conclude all this from what you've read? Besides, Joe User doesn't give a rat's ass about the OS the thing runs on. If it looks cool and has nice features, he'll buy it. so what's your problem?
The mobile phone market in Europe is completely different from that in the US. Here it will have a chance. The subscriptions here are very much independant of the type of phone you use.
Cool! Can it run Skype?
Cool! This is very interesting. Thanks for the info.
But with the 'new' moderation system Digg has in place the dialogues also get more readable, and more interesting. I already have accounts on 10 forums but I'm now considering Digg as my 11th forum. It's getting there. Just give it another year or so and Digg'll be better than /..
Pity there isn't a +1: Troll option!
I was wondering: this could be a great way for people who live under oppressive gouvernments like the Chinese to speak their minds. They are anonymous so more safe than on the 'regular' part of the 'Net. But this also presents us with a problem: say you want to make a blog, consisting of several files (one for each entry for instance). Every file is made by some anonymous individual. How can you make sure all these files are made by the same person whilst keeping sure you stay anonymous?
It took my mother eight years to get over the loss of her father.