So if you're wondering whether this can also be used by malware to ensure automatic execution every time Chrome is launched, while hiding from anti-malware tools - it can.
Only if you can modify the CWD of Chrome at startup.
My Linux machine is well-protected and I don't need your meddling nor do I need Microsoft's.
That is indeed one of the reasons why this will not work: there are people using all kinds of different OSes, including all the mobile ones, desktop OSes and whatnot. If the UK government were to only allow devices with the trusted computing built-in both the hardware and software they'd be instantaneously removing access for everyone who is used to using mobile devices to access those services.
Another case of government not understanding technology, yet still pushing everyone to adopt it.
I don't support them, but I sure as well don't support people who take it to their own hands to commit crimes like viruses and DDOS just because other people did wrong. They all should be taken to jail.
That's your prerogative. I on the other hand have a hard time respecting authorities and laws when most authorities these days just think about lining their pockets and side with large, multinational corporations instead of thinking of the general populace. That said, I mostly abide by the "don't harm other people unless they themselves are harming other people for their own advancement and/or pleasure" and what Anonymous did this time fits that bill perfectly.
I gotta admit though that I was pretty surprised by this news. What Anonymous did here is something I heartily condone of, but it still doesn't make me like them, they've simply pulled way too many stupid things over the years.
To be honest, just being able to link to stuff doesn't prove your point either. Lag is a very subjective thing and many people interpret almost anything whatsoever as "lag", and never stop to think what could be causing it. For example, googling "iphone lag" produces plenty of stuff:
Does that mean that there's some inherent lag to it, or could it just be that... well, people are whining over misconceptions and issues they caused themselves?
OK, but if I write a text file, and save it on my tablet, there's no way Google can read that text file, right? If that's the case, gaygirlie's assertion that google has all my data is false. I think we're only having this discussion because gaygirlie said something stupid.
It was a sarcastic remark, I didn't think anyone would actually take it for real:S
Well, it seems I was indeed correct, the other poster did provide with a link that confirmed that there is indeed full device-wide encryption on ICS, too. And yes, I agree that it is an important thing to mention and the fail is pretty hefty.
Actually, it is yourself that would make a shitty triage. You would obviously try to cure a broken leg or a gunshot wound to the arm, while ignoring the fact that the patient is not breathing and has no circulation.
This is my first and only comment on this whole article, but... your analogy is bullsh*t.
You kinds of missed my point. My point was that they're just outright lying if they claim you can use whatever language you wish if that ain't true, and that it's simply nothing new then; everyone does that nowadays.
No, I don't deny that. I just see very little lag, so little that it doesn't bother me in the least, whereas the guy makes it sound like you see one frame every 5 seconds and that it takes 10 seconds for anything you type to appear. And that obviously ain't true.
I get that, I just think the lag would drive me nuts after a while. Especially after having used an iPad for a bit.
Indeed. That's called "differing tastes"; I have used an iPad and I just didn't find it any better than my tablet, a little smoother animations but lacking features.
That may be, but after having owned a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet for several months I just personally don't share his opinion on it. I don't find it "totally unacceptable" or anything like that and can perfectly fine live with it, I care a lot more about all the new features and improvements ICS brings to the table.
ICS should improve battery-life quite a bit. As it says in the TFA they're now requiring all devices with ICS to do hardware-accelerated graphics, and as you likely know a GPU is a lot better at handling such tasks and at shifting around large amounts of data in memory than a regular CPU is, so the more you actually use the device the larger the difference in battery-life should be. Obviously it won't affect idle standby-life, but from your comment I understood that that wasn't the problem anyways.
It says there on the website that "The new voice input engine lets users dictate the text they want, for as long as they want, using the language they want.", but... well, is it really true? Can I just start blabbing out in Finnish, or does that actually mean "using the language they want as long as it's one of the few select languages"? If it's the latter then it's obviously not all that useful or wonderful as they make it out to be.
This "omg astroturfer" thing on slashdot thing is getting really old..
Actually, if you don't want to pay upfront to test it, you can try it out with the just the regular old movie red/blue 3D glasses. I guess you could make those yourself, but a geek probably has those lying around. Most gfx (at least nvidia) cards supports them with all their cards, even if you don't own the 3D vision ones. It illustrates the effect somewhat, even though it's not as good (you get some color distraction and the quality isn't as good as with shutter glasses). But you don't need to buy the Vision ones and new monitor just to enjoy the technology.
Indeed, it's a terribly cheap way of trying it out and works on a regular old LCD screen just fine. I have a hotkey set up at alt+control+t to turn 3D on and off and so far it seems to work in all games I've tried.
And about the "omg astroturfer"... well, I agree with that too. The OP was just stating his opinion, and after having tried both active and passive glasses with various kinds of input I find it working pretty well, ESPECIALLY for games.
Indeed, the video is quite poor quality. Rather disappointing:/ I did choose the 720p and fullscreen to see if I could see the difference better, but it doesn't really help much.
In the end Stallman does the real work needed by the FOSS movement, he benefits the movement greatly
I actually feel he's doing the complete opposite of that.. Even people who are very much into FOSS detest him and more often than not when he opens his mouth he only manages to draw ill will towards the whole thing. He really is an a-hole and definitely not someone I'd like to be representing the FOSS movement.
I'm not going to comment on the story itself, what I'd say has been said here by others already.
The other OSes can be installed on cd dvd and usb and booted from there when your hd goes clicky clicky. A 512 mb sd card can hold a linux os on which you can do work, an xp freshly installed system needs drivers for printing scanning 3d even unencrypted dvd.
You totally missed the point there, it went past you so fast it left skidmarks on your forehead.
My point was that no matter what OS you use, you're STILL going to need one or another tool to get it back to work if it goes borked up. Linux isn't some magic tool that suddenly just repairs itself if it gets screwed up and is no longer bootable.
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So if you're wondering whether this can also be used by malware to ensure automatic execution every time Chrome is launched, while hiding from anti-malware tools - it can.
Only if you can modify the CWD of Chrome at startup.
Once we've also got the ability to render realistic 3D models of real people we're going to be in big trouble.
Just imagine all the porn!
My Linux machine is well-protected and I don't need your meddling nor do I need Microsoft's.
That is indeed one of the reasons why this will not work: there are people using all kinds of different OSes, including all the mobile ones, desktop OSes and whatnot. If the UK government were to only allow devices with the trusted computing built-in both the hardware and software they'd be instantaneously removing access for everyone who is used to using mobile devices to access those services.
Another case of government not understanding technology, yet still pushing everyone to adopt it.
I don't support them, but I sure as well don't support people who take it to their own hands to commit crimes like viruses and DDOS just because other people did wrong. They all should be taken to jail.
That's your prerogative. I on the other hand have a hard time respecting authorities and laws when most authorities these days just think about lining their pockets and side with large, multinational corporations instead of thinking of the general populace. That said, I mostly abide by the "don't harm other people unless they themselves are harming other people for their own advancement and/or pleasure" and what Anonymous did this time fits that bill perfectly.
I gotta admit though that I was pretty surprised by this news. What Anonymous did here is something I heartily condone of, but it still doesn't make me like them, they've simply pulled way too many stupid things over the years.
Fear mongering headlines followed by outright lies in the summaries, and people eat it up...
You're new to Slashdot, aren't you? This is the way it's been for years and years now.
Windows 8 tablets will have the advantage of being able to run standard Windows programs if they want to
Not even nearly true unless that tablet is running x86-compatible CPU.
To be honest, just being able to link to stuff doesn't prove your point either. Lag is a very subjective thing and many people interpret almost anything whatsoever as "lag", and never stop to think what could be causing it. For example, googling "iphone lag" produces plenty of stuff:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1608445?start=0&tstart=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9bPJfeRoM
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/59048-how-reduce-lag.html
http://techgeeks-online.com/2010/eliminating-lag-on-iphone-ipod-touch/
http://techgeeks-online.com/2010/eliminating-lag-on-iphone-ipod-touch/
http://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?7745-How-to-reduce-Iphone-live-Latency
http://www.ifans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37347
Does that mean that there's some inherent lag to it, or could it just be that... well, people are whining over misconceptions and issues they caused themselves?
OK, but if I write a text file, and save it on my tablet, there's no way Google can read that text file, right? If that's the case, gaygirlie's assertion that google has all my data is false. I think we're only having this discussion because gaygirlie said something stupid.
It was a sarcastic remark, I didn't think anyone would actually take it for real :S
no stunning new features that'd prompt Jobs to pick up chalk and go back to the drawing board
If Google actually managed to get Jobs to pick up chalk and start innovating again that would SURELY generate some ginormous press.
If Google provided full disk encryption, would you trust it?
Why not? They already have access to your data, the encryption is to keep outsiders from accessing it.
Well, it seems I was indeed correct, the other poster did provide with a link that confirmed that there is indeed full device-wide encryption on ICS, too. And yes, I agree that it is an important thing to mention and the fail is pretty hefty.
Actually, it is yourself that would make a shitty triage. You would obviously try to cure a broken leg or a gunshot wound to the arm, while ignoring the fact that the patient is not breathing and has no circulation.
This is my first and only comment on this whole article, but... your analogy is bullsh*t.
Honeycomb does provide that, so I would also imagine ICS providing that. Perhaps someone just forgot to mention it?
You kinds of missed my point. My point was that they're just outright lying if they claim you can use whatever language you wish if that ain't true, and that it's simply nothing new then; everyone does that nowadays.
So you don't deny his facts. There is a lag.
No, I don't deny that. I just see very little lag, so little that it doesn't bother me in the least, whereas the guy makes it sound like you see one frame every 5 seconds and that it takes 10 seconds for anything you type to appear. And that obviously ain't true.
I get that, I just think the lag would drive me nuts after a while. Especially after having used an iPad for a bit.
Indeed. That's called "differing tastes"; I have used an iPad and I just didn't find it any better than my tablet, a little smoother animations but lacking features.
When I got to the bit in the tutorials about apps being forcibly restarted when the orientation changes I cried with laughter
Err.....lolwut? Was it perhaps a how-to-spread-FUD - tutorial?
ICS still doesn't improve lagginess.
http://flyosity.com/iphone/androids-touch-responsiveness-is-terrible.php
That may be, but after having owned a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet for several months I just personally don't share his opinion on it. I don't find it "totally unacceptable" or anything like that and can perfectly fine live with it, I care a lot more about all the new features and improvements ICS brings to the table.
ICS should improve battery-life quite a bit. As it says in the TFA they're now requiring all devices with ICS to do hardware-accelerated graphics, and as you likely know a GPU is a lot better at handling such tasks and at shifting around large amounts of data in memory than a regular CPU is, so the more you actually use the device the larger the difference in battery-life should be. Obviously it won't affect idle standby-life, but from your comment I understood that that wasn't the problem anyways.
It says there on the website that "The new voice input engine lets users dictate the text they want, for as long as they want, using the language they want.", but... well, is it really true? Can I just start blabbing out in Finnish, or does that actually mean "using the language they want as long as it's one of the few select languages"? If it's the latter then it's obviously not all that useful or wonderful as they make it out to be.
This "omg astroturfer" thing on slashdot thing is getting really old..
Actually, if you don't want to pay upfront to test it, you can try it out with the just the regular old movie red/blue 3D glasses. I guess you could make those yourself, but a geek probably has those lying around. Most gfx (at least nvidia) cards supports them with all their cards, even if you don't own the 3D vision ones. It illustrates the effect somewhat, even though it's not as good (you get some color distraction and the quality isn't as good as with shutter glasses). But you don't need to buy the Vision ones and new monitor just to enjoy the technology.
Indeed, it's a terribly cheap way of trying it out and works on a regular old LCD screen just fine. I have a hotkey set up at alt+control+t to turn 3D on and off and so far it seems to work in all games I've tried.
And about the "omg astroturfer"... well, I agree with that too. The OP was just stating his opinion, and after having tried both active and passive glasses with various kinds of input I find it working pretty well, ESPECIALLY for games.
"Good news, everyone!"
"...I've fixed the poison slime pipes!"
That would allow you shutter speeds that would freeze even the fastest children.
You clearly don't have enough experience in trying to capture good shots of busy children ;)
I'd be able to see the demo!
Indeed, the video is quite poor quality. Rather disappointing :/ I did choose the 720p and fullscreen to see if I could see the difference better, but it doesn't really help much.
In the end Stallman does the real work needed by the FOSS movement, he benefits the movement greatly
I actually feel he's doing the complete opposite of that.. Even people who are very much into FOSS detest him and more often than not when he opens his mouth he only manages to draw ill will towards the whole thing. He really is an a-hole and definitely not someone I'd like to be representing the FOSS movement.
I'm not going to comment on the story itself, what I'd say has been said here by others already.
The other OSes can be installed on cd dvd and usb and booted from there when your hd goes clicky clicky. A 512 mb sd card can hold a linux os on which you can do work, an xp freshly installed system needs drivers for printing scanning 3d even unencrypted dvd.
You totally missed the point there, it went past you so fast it left skidmarks on your forehead.
My point was that no matter what OS you use, you're STILL going to need one or another tool to get it back to work if it goes borked up. Linux isn't some magic tool that suddenly just repairs itself if it gets screwed up and is no longer bootable.