I am paying CenturyLink $150/mo for synchronous 1Gbps (non-bundled) and I thought that was a pretty good deal.
I know that DSL gets a bad rap but I was using 60Mbps VDSL before I switched to the 1Gbps service which, I believe, uses G.fast DSL to get from the demark to my apt... so take that cable!
that audiophile either means "wealthy" or "sucker" or maybe both...
I get that you want the best possible sound... and in some cases the placebo effect may actually help you enjoy your music more... but are there really enough of these people to base a business on?
I suppose, if you don't have to do anything except throw some gold plating on a connector and you are already in the cable business.. why wouldn't you?
This reminds me of another product, I think I saw on/, a while back... it was just a little plastic riser that kept your cables elevated off the floor and separated from each other... the cost was something like $100 per "device"...
Yeah exactly... As long as the content exists and is accessible it can be found by determined people.
What is to stop a private "background check" service from running their own web crawler and never making those listings available to anyone but themselves?
This assumes some kind of software controlled physical locking mechanism wouldn't it?
Not really sure how useful a physical locking mechanism would be on such a small device... It makes me think of the little lock on children's diaries... utterly pointless against a determined attacker with physical access.
If Samsung wanted to enforce obsolescence in a dastardly way, it could do it a lot easier by simply bricking the phone through a software mechanism.
Yeah, I agree. I think this issue is a little overrated.
When I installed FF on Windows 10, it was slightly more difficult to make it my default browser, in that I had to click maybe 3 times instead of only 1 or 2 times as I would have on Windows 7.
The way it looks to me, MS is trying to make it harder for hijackers to silently take your defaults.
I was never prompted for a key. It could be that the ISO I installed from didn't require it or that I just haven't encountered it yet. As far as I can tell, the system appears to be activated...
In the last Windows Weekly podcast, Paul Thurrott indicated that this will probably work itself out over the next few days. As in, if you have a product key problem, just wait a bit and it will likely activate itself.
I have been running Windows 10 on my desktop for the last couple of months and it has been an interesting experience.
I am a WoW player and will sometimes jump into Dragon Age. I also played the SWBF Alpha which ran just fine. My system is an 8 core AMD CPU with a Radeon HD 7900 on an Asus ROG motherboard. There have been definite issues with system stability related to graphics drivers even though the performance has not been noticeably slower.
I was running Windows 7 before and attempted to do an in-place upgrade initially but it failed despite trying many different things. I ended up installing clean from an ISO and have been on the fast ring ever since.
I have enjoyed seeing the evolution of the desktop and the changes to the UI over the last couple of months and I am really happy with the smooth transition from insider to "RTM" bits.
I like Edge even though I will stick with Firefox until there are some key extensions available for it.
I kind of liked the "modern" version of Skype that they then took away.
I am not really sure that I like Cortana integration.... I just am not really sure how to utilize it fully.
I do REALLY like the MSA authentication and Azure cloud services integration though... It is really neat to have seamless integration between my Nokia windows phone and my desktop without having to install any 3rd party stuff.
I used to be like most/.ers and hate MS and Windows, but over the years I have changed my tune. I spent many years running a Gentoo desktop and working through all kinds of problems, but I have sort of come full circle now. My first OS was DOS 6 + Win 3.1... I bought Windows 95 on 20+ floppies then 98 then moved on to Slackware 3 and stayed in the Linux world for several years before returning to Windows 7 on my desktop.
This is the first time I have ever been a beta user of Windows and I have to say it was a fun experience.
I guess I don't have a problem with the "throaty growl of a well tuned engine" as long as you keep the heavy acceleration to the freeway or rural (no houses around) roads.
It just seems like there is a direct relationship between cars with a "throaty growl" and car owners with heavy right feet.
I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex off of an, otherwise quiet residential street, and I can't keep my windows open in the summer due to people (I can only assume) flooring their accelerators as they start off from a stop sign on the corner...
This phenomenon also happens when I am out walking or biking. The "throaty growl" cars seem to accelerate more heavily when there is an audience present.
Nothing will ever stop one idiot end user from double-clicking on an attachment
This is the scenario that keeps me up at night. Here are the steps I have taken in our network:
- Block Java and Flash for all users using kill bits - Block executables at the firewall - Block all VBA containing docs at the firewall - Use Geo-IP rules to block e-mail from countries we don't do business in - Use OpenDNS - Use SEP to block executables from removable media - Stay on top of web and e-mail content filtering rules - Stay on top of security updates - Monitor e-mail reports every day for trends - Perform regular phishing tests against our users
I am seriously considering implementing application whitelisting as well.
If people want street lights on in their neighborhood, I think they should have to pay for them directly (adopt a street light).
On a related note, many stop lights are completely unnecessary as well... we could turn quite a few lower traffic intersections into round abouts or simply turn off the lights from 1am to 4am or something.
Instead of making laws to allow deletion, how about instilling the idea that anything you post to the Internet, no matter what the privacy policies say, is publicly accessible.
The whole point of the Internet is to share information with others.
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It seems like trend is way ahead of the news story on this one.
The office buildings I have worked in for the past several years seem to set to broil year 'round.
Yeah, I am an overweight 40yo male and I wish the thermostat was a few degrees more sexist....
I had a good laugh at this. Thanks, you made my morning! ... Linux Orthodox.. I love it!
I am paying CenturyLink $150/mo for synchronous 1Gbps (non-bundled) and I thought that was a pretty good deal.
I know that DSL gets a bad rap but I was using 60Mbps VDSL before I switched to the 1Gbps service which, I believe, uses G.fast DSL to get from the demark to my apt... so take that cable!
Why would a website need to know how much battery I have left (maybe so it can send more and more-obnoxious ads to me if my battery will stand it.)
Or maybe the inverse... Maybe show a simpler page (no videos?) if the battery level is in a discharge / low state.
It seems like this really is not useful for tracking you long-term.
But it could be useful for tracking a user in the short term if the API can give you charge/discharge rates along with capacity.
Still... I would think you are giving more away with simple meta information (headers, etc).
I can just check a box, dust off my hands and feel safe in the knowledge that all the sites I visit are not tracking me... phew.
Not only that, but who would provide the FUD politicians need to distract the people?
I don't own a car and I rely on public transportation.
HERE maps have been the most useful bus scheduling app out of any I have tried.
I was really hoping that MS would buy them in order to strengthen their Bing maps business.
that audiophile either means "wealthy" or "sucker" or maybe both...
I get that you want the best possible sound... and in some cases the placebo effect may actually help you enjoy your music more... but are there really enough of these people to base a business on?
I suppose, if you don't have to do anything except throw some gold plating on a connector and you are already in the cable business.. why wouldn't you?
This reminds me of another product, I think I saw on /, a while back... it was just a little plastic riser that kept your cables elevated off the floor and separated from each other... the cost was something like $100 per "device"...
Well... whatever floats your boat...
I am coming to realize that with the smart TV I bought about a year ago.
Amazon and Netflix keep breaking causing me to update the TV and the apps pretty regularly.
Not exactly a harsh criticism of Samsung but I have never seemed to have this issue with my Roku on the other TV.
Yeah exactly... As long as the content exists and is accessible it can be found by determined people.
What is to stop a private "background check" service from running their own web crawler and never making those listings available to anyone but themselves?
I always thought he said "food trough water" ... Is a food trough wiper a thing?
If they don't want their citizens to go to google.com (or anything other than google.fr) then they should block them...
How can they really expect to legislate what happens in other countries?
This assumes some kind of software controlled physical locking mechanism wouldn't it?
Not really sure how useful a physical locking mechanism would be on such a small device... It makes me think of the little lock on children's diaries... utterly pointless against a determined attacker with physical access.
If Samsung wanted to enforce obsolescence in a dastardly way, it could do it a lot easier by simply bricking the phone through a software mechanism.
Yeah, I agree. I think this issue is a little overrated.
When I installed FF on Windows 10, it was slightly more difficult to make it my default browser, in that I had to click maybe 3 times instead of only 1 or 2 times as I would have on Windows 7.
The way it looks to me, MS is trying to make it harder for hijackers to silently take your defaults.
I was never prompted for a key. It could be that the ISO I installed from didn't require it or that I just haven't encountered it yet. As far as I can tell, the system appears to be activated...
In the last Windows Weekly podcast, Paul Thurrott indicated that this will probably work itself out over the next few days. As in, if you have a product key problem, just wait a bit and it will likely activate itself.
It's no secret. I am a fanboi.
It's funny, I am usually a fan of the underdog... and MS has slipped into that position in my view.
Ever since they introduced PowerShell (I am a Perl guy) my attitude toward MS has started to shift and has been on a gradual upward vector ever since.
I think MS is making some really good decisions lately even if they have been forced into them by market pressures.
I have been running Windows 10 on my desktop for the last couple of months and it has been an interesting experience.
I am a WoW player and will sometimes jump into Dragon Age. I also played the SWBF Alpha which ran just fine. My system is an 8 core AMD CPU with a Radeon HD 7900 on an Asus ROG motherboard. There have been definite issues with system stability related to graphics drivers even though the performance has not been noticeably slower.
I was running Windows 7 before and attempted to do an in-place upgrade initially but it failed despite trying many different things. I ended up installing clean from an ISO and have been on the fast ring ever since.
I have enjoyed seeing the evolution of the desktop and the changes to the UI over the last couple of months and I am really happy with the smooth transition from insider to "RTM" bits.
I like Edge even though I will stick with Firefox until there are some key extensions available for it.
I kind of liked the "modern" version of Skype that they then took away.
I am not really sure that I like Cortana integration.... I just am not really sure how to utilize it fully.
I do REALLY like the MSA authentication and Azure cloud services integration though... It is really neat to have seamless integration between my Nokia windows phone and my desktop without having to install any 3rd party stuff.
I used to be like most /.ers and hate MS and Windows, but over the years I have changed my tune. I spent many years running a Gentoo desktop and working through all kinds of problems, but I have sort of come full circle now. My first OS was DOS 6 + Win 3.1... I bought Windows 95 on 20+ floppies then 98 then moved on to Slackware 3 and stayed in the Linux world for several years before returning to Windows 7 on my desktop.
This is the first time I have ever been a beta user of Windows and I have to say it was a fun experience.
Good riddance too. Gas stations have been the toilets of America for too long.
I guess I don't have a problem with the "throaty growl of a well tuned engine" as long as you keep the heavy acceleration to the freeway or rural (no houses around) roads.
It just seems like there is a direct relationship between cars with a "throaty growl" and car owners with heavy right feet.
I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex off of an, otherwise quiet residential street, and I can't keep my windows open in the summer due to people (I can only assume) flooring their accelerators as they start off from a stop sign on the corner...
This phenomenon also happens when I am out walking or biking. The "throaty growl" cars seem to accelerate more heavily when there is an audience present.
Nothing will ever stop one idiot end user from double-clicking on an attachment
This is the scenario that keeps me up at night. Here are the steps I have taken in our network:
- Block Java and Flash for all users using kill bits
- Block executables at the firewall
- Block all VBA containing docs at the firewall
- Use Geo-IP rules to block e-mail from countries we don't do business in
- Use OpenDNS
- Use SEP to block executables from removable media
- Stay on top of web and e-mail content filtering rules
- Stay on top of security updates
- Monitor e-mail reports every day for trends
- Perform regular phishing tests against our users
I am seriously considering implementing application whitelisting as well.
I see street lights as a waste of money.
If people want street lights on in their neighborhood, I think they should have to pay for them directly (adopt a street light).
On a related note, many stop lights are completely unnecessary as well... we could turn quite a few lower traffic intersections into round abouts or simply turn off the lights from 1am to 4am or something.
Instead of making laws to allow deletion, how about instilling the idea that anything you post to the Internet, no matter what the privacy policies say, is publicly accessible.
The whole point of the Internet is to share information with others.
Actually, wouldn't it actually be version 6.4?
Windows 7 = version 6.1
Windows 8 = version 6.2
Windows 8.1 = version 6.3
You seem to not like Razor's products and yet you own the rest of their catalog?
I think you need to step out of the closet and admit your Razor product addiction.