No need to uninstall Skype or touch the config.xml file. Just rename shared.xml to shared.xml.bak (or simply delete it as will be recreated next time Skype runs). Job done.
"Rather than denying permissions outright, which would surely result in mass force closes, the new feature fakes some of them (phone state, id for starters) in a completely transparent manner."
I'm not sure what services it can fake at the moment, but things like contacts could be done well. Just return an empty contacts list instead of the real one and the app should deal with that ok without a force close. I'm sure you could do similar with a lot of things.
It's a safe bet all the future consoles will make more use of the cloud but oth the PS4 and the XBox 720 (or whatever they will be called) will still use physical media. Sony will still be pushing Blu-ray so that's what will come with the PS4 and I presume the XBox 720 will provide some backwards compatibility with the 360, requiring at least a DVD drive, but quite likely something with a higher capacity that can store higher res textures, etc, for the new CPUs and GPUs to play with.
You're right. Oracle will never let go of this domain for as long as there are links to sun.com in old documentation, support pages, blogs, news, articles and in any of the other billions of existing web pages on the interwebs. And then there's all the old sun.com email addresses which surely now redirect to oracle.com email accounts.
It's standard practice for businesses of any size that change their domain to redirect old URLs and emails to the new ones.
I've got a SheevaPlug (the older New IT offering) and the integral power connector on the unit is an IEC C8 (figure of 8) socket, so any UK / US matching cable will work (and was included). A US moulded slide-on adapter is also supplied which can be clicked into place over the C8 socket, turning it into something like you see in the picture from the article.
Desktop Linux is very successful, alive and well
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I've used Linux on my laptop and desktop PCs almost exclusively for the last 5 years or so, and a mix of Linux and Windows for several years before then. Yes, I am lucky in that the vast majority of software I use runs on Linux and I fully understand why others may need (or prefer) Windows / OS X to suit their needs.
Linux does everything I need, and does it very well. My work flow is much more efficient, reliable and flexible than anything I've achieved previously with other operating systems. To me, Linux on the desktop is a winner.
However, if you're going to measure it's success by the overall percentage of desktop users using it then of course it doesn't look too good, but that's not a suitable metric IMHO. It may be relevant to some company like Adobe when they determine which platforms to bother developing for, but not to me.
I don't see a 'Year of Linux on the Desktop' happening any time soon... if ever. That doesn't bother me though, as long as the Linux community keeps improving this great product, to be enjoyed by all those who do use it.
If Linux on the Desktop is ever to gain significant market share, it will be in the years to come with OSs like Chrome OS, running mainly cloud based apps. And by that time, the OS you use will largely be irrelevant anyway.
Just because you and me, and I suspect most Slashdot readers, don't click on ads doesn't mean nobody does. The simple fact is that millions of people do click on ads and Google make an enormous amount of money from it.
On TV I see adverts for all sorts of thing which are never going to be of any interest to me, my friends, or family, but there are several million other people who will lap it up.
On another note, I'm actually finding some adverts I see on my Android phone to be much more relevant to me due to the location awareness that comes with a mobile device. Yes, I know Google gathers even more data about me when it also knows where I am, etc, but hey, I just saw my local pizza restaurant has 2 for 1 today. Now, that is useful.;)
I'm running Flash on my HTC Desire (basically the same as the Nexus One in spec) and whilst it's certainly not without it's problems, it's really not that bad when you consider the hardware it's running on. I prefer HTML5 video over Flash video any day of the week, but if Flash is all that is on offer (as is the case with lots of sites) then you take what you can get. Some sites already serve up mobile optimised versions of their flash vids which work just fine and I guess some others will do soon too. Give it some more time and hopefully the majority of sites will have adopted HTML5 video and we'll all be happy. Until then, you simply need to choose between no video, or sub-standard video.
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No need to uninstall Skype or touch the config.xml file. Just rename shared.xml to shared.xml.bak (or simply delete it as will be recreated next time Skype runs). Job done.
Hash the individual characters as well as the password in it's entirety? Stupid easy to bruteforce if your salt is known though...
"Rather than denying permissions outright, which would surely result in mass force closes, the new feature fakes some of them (phone state, id for starters) in a completely transparent manner."
I'm not sure what services it can fake at the moment, but things like contacts could be done well. Just return an empty contacts list instead of the real one and the app should deal with that ok without a force close. I'm sure you could do similar with a lot of things.
It's a safe bet all the future consoles will make more use of the cloud but oth the PS4 and the XBox 720 (or whatever they will be called) will still use physical media. Sony will still be pushing Blu-ray so that's what will come with the PS4 and I presume the XBox 720 will provide some backwards compatibility with the 360, requiring at least a DVD drive, but quite likely something with a higher capacity that can store higher res textures, etc, for the new CPUs and GPUs to play with.
Goatse.
You're right. Oracle will never let go of this domain for as long as there are links to sun.com in old documentation, support pages, blogs, news, articles and in any of the other billions of existing web pages on the interwebs. And then there's all the old sun.com email addresses which surely now redirect to oracle.com email accounts. It's standard practice for businesses of any size that change their domain to redirect old URLs and emails to the new ones.
I've got a SheevaPlug (the older New IT offering) and the integral power connector on the unit is an IEC C8 (figure of 8) socket, so any UK / US matching cable will work (and was included). A US moulded slide-on adapter is also supplied which can be clicked into place over the C8 socket, turning it into something like you see in the picture from the article.
Sheldon?
I've used Linux on my laptop and desktop PCs almost exclusively for the last 5 years or so, and a mix of Linux and Windows for several years before then. Yes, I am lucky in that the vast majority of software I use runs on Linux and I fully understand why others may need (or prefer) Windows / OS X to suit their needs.
Linux does everything I need, and does it very well. My work flow is much more efficient, reliable and flexible than anything I've achieved previously with other operating systems. To me, Linux on the desktop is a winner.
However, if you're going to measure it's success by the overall percentage of desktop users using it then of course it doesn't look too good, but that's not a suitable metric IMHO. It may be relevant to some company like Adobe when they determine which platforms to bother developing for, but not to me.
I don't see a 'Year of Linux on the Desktop' happening any time soon... if ever. That doesn't bother me though, as long as the Linux community keeps improving this great product, to be enjoyed by all those who do use it.
If Linux on the Desktop is ever to gain significant market share, it will be in the years to come with OSs like Chrome OS, running mainly cloud based apps. And by that time, the OS you use will largely be irrelevant anyway.
Just because you and me, and I suspect most Slashdot readers, don't click on ads doesn't mean nobody does. The simple fact is that millions of people do click on ads and Google make an enormous amount of money from it.
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On TV I see adverts for all sorts of thing which are never going to be of any interest to me, my friends, or family, but there are several million other people who will lap it up.
On another note, I'm actually finding some adverts I see on my Android phone to be much more relevant to me due to the location awareness that comes with a mobile device. Yes, I know Google gathers even more data about me when it also knows where I am, etc, but hey, I just saw my local pizza restaurant has 2 for 1 today. Now, that is useful.
I'm running Flash on my HTC Desire (basically the same as the Nexus One in spec) and whilst it's certainly not without it's problems, it's really not that bad when you consider the hardware it's running on. I prefer HTML5 video over Flash video any day of the week, but if Flash is all that is on offer (as is the case with lots of sites) then you take what you can get. Some sites already serve up mobile optimised versions of their flash vids which work just fine and I guess some others will do soon too. Give it some more time and hopefully the majority of sites will have adopted HTML5 video and we'll all be happy. Until then, you simply need to choose between no video, or sub-standard video.
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