Completely agree. They should get their intel from somewhere else, not by breaking privacy. It's their job, we pay for it, find an alternate solution.
Also, I think that the best solution if they don't change their mind and impose an anti-cryptography law is for companies to stop letting people use their product in that country, I know this will never happen, but imagine for a moment if Whatsapp for example (and a myriad other apps), just happen to say "we cannot operate in this country because laws", that will fix the problem quite fast.
I have absolutely no doubts this will be a catastrophic failure, as it's done by the same people who made Bob, Windows ME, Windows Vista and Windows 8 just to name a few. So no concerns over losing my job at all, more like in the mood of grabbing some popcorn and watch it crash and burn.
No, last desktop compute I bought I didn't even bother to look for dvd/br drive. I think dvd/br consume too much space and are more expensive than some hard drives.
Actually if Apple decides to put some sort of back door on iPhones just because some stupid USA law I for one will never again buy an apple product, I would prefer my devices to be backdoor free and since I don't live in the USA I see no reason why I should buy something that can affect my privacy just because some paranoid government can only provide security by spying on their citizens
For what I can tell, the only difference when changing the speed limits, that is, reducing the the general speed of vehicles does not lead to fewer crashes, only less fatal ones. Of course that is a good thing, but I think the idea is to actually have less accidents, and removing guidance seems to do quite the opposite.
Yes, I think it is. So developers contribute to this "almost the same" Chakra engine, but Microsoft profits for it by using it in W10 and Edge, cause last time I checked those products weren't free.
I do agree with what you and others says, I use IMDB for trying to "measure" a movie, but as with most things this is about personal preferences, taste, if you like. Not every people will find a certain movie good or bad, no matter what critics says. The same goes for almost everything, I can safely assume that everyone likes cheese but that is not true, but if we put a rating to that it may come up with a 9 out of 10 or maybe more. But that does not mean everybody should buy it and eat it, it just means a lot of people like it, you have to try it for yourself to see if YOU like it.
I thinks the same happens with movie ratings, they're a guide, but no matter what people say about it, you still have to watch it to see if you like it or not. The rating can be a good indicator, but until you actually watch the movie, you just wouldn't know.
If Intel says "won't run" then most linux geeks will take it as a challenge and it WILL run (although maybe not all features will be enabled), if Intel "won't give support", then well, it just hurts the market, since we'll be seeing a lot more overpriced devices with (probably) crappy OSes
They may have made some kind of arrangement with the government. I live in Argentina and the gvmnt stopped the import for most of Apple products, this may include even the iPhone 5, because of the opening of a Samsung assembly plant, according to the rumors. I don't think the idea of an arrangement of that kind in Brazil to be too weird.
BS, I just go for the HIV shot, then use that other shot that can cure nearly any virus!
(http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/1917232/New-Drug-Could-Cure-Nearly-Any-Viral-Infection)!
Look at the bright side of it (?), in a few years you would be using Chrome 452, while people will be stuck in their only two digit version browsers like Firefox 10 (or less at this pace) and IE 18
I agree mostly on what you say about OS diversity, if, let's say hypotetically 30% of people use Windows, 30% some Linux flavor, 30% Mac, 10% other OS, it will be quite harder to determine which system to target. Today is faily simple, if I want a bot-net I will focus on Windows and IE, because I have about a 80%~90% of the systems at my disposal.
Also, Windows desperately needs to restrict User access and make BIG ANNOYING WARNINGS when you are connected as Admin.
Most people I know that uses windows are always logged on as admins, because it seems they install/remove drivers, applications and so on all the time
I think this is the biggest problem of Windows now a day (and that somehow it self-destructs given enough time)
I don't know how this works in the US (in terms of legal matters), but I live in Argentina, and we have a sort of protection against abusive service contracts (the pre-accorded contracts service providers use that you can't negotiate). So, if you sign a contract in which you can't modify a clause by negotiation you can sue if you think it is abusive, then it's up to a judge and lawyers to determine if you are right or wrong.
In this case, the EULA is a kind of pre-accorded contract that you can't negotiate, so I think there must be some kind of laws protecting the people from accepting something that is abusive, and as you point, after you paid $500 to find out you don't agree to their policies.
Talking of battery, I would prefer a new kind of battery that lasts a few days (at least 3) and a processor with 1 or 2 cores, to an ultra octa-core that depletes the battery in minutes when used full-power.
HDD caching and swap are two completely different things.
HDD caching is loading things from the disk to RAM to speed up things.
SWAP is using the HDD as extra RAM when the system doesn't have any more memory left to use.
So, what I think you wanted to do was to turn off swap, not hdd caching.
Yeap, I agree, the Magic SysRq key may be used little if at all (I don't remember the last time I used it), but maybe the solution is not removing the key because is not used, instead try to finding it a use.
Quite brilliant indeed, but I think approaching a girl and just talk to her will be less time consuming and with A LOT more of success rate than this, shall I call it "experiment"?
If this happens, then there are two options (that I can see at least)
1. Microsoft will go broke refunding a LOT of users
2. The next release of windows 8 will be delayed to 2025+
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Completely agree. They should get their intel from somewhere else, not by breaking privacy. It's their job, we pay for it, find an alternate solution. Also, I think that the best solution if they don't change their mind and impose an anti-cryptography law is for companies to stop letting people use their product in that country, I know this will never happen, but imagine for a moment if Whatsapp for example (and a myriad other apps), just happen to say "we cannot operate in this country because laws", that will fix the problem quite fast.
That's exactly whats relevant, not speed, comply to standards, javascript compatibility... you did it again M$
I have absolutely no doubts this will be a catastrophic failure, as it's done by the same people who made Bob, Windows ME, Windows Vista and Windows 8 just to name a few. So no concerns over losing my job at all, more like in the mood of grabbing some popcorn and watch it crash and burn.
No, last desktop compute I bought I didn't even bother to look for dvd/br drive. I think dvd/br consume too much space and are more expensive than some hard drives.
Element 115 should be named Elerium, of course http://www.ufopaedia.org/index...
Actually if Apple decides to put some sort of back door on iPhones just because some stupid USA law I for one will never again buy an apple product, I would prefer my devices to be backdoor free and since I don't live in the USA I see no reason why I should buy something that can affect my privacy just because some paranoid government can only provide security by spying on their citizens
For what I can tell, the only difference when changing the speed limits, that is, reducing the the general speed of vehicles does not lead to fewer crashes, only less fatal ones. Of course that is a good thing, but I think the idea is to actually have less accidents, and removing guidance seems to do quite the opposite.
Yes, I think it is. So developers contribute to this "almost the same" Chakra engine, but Microsoft profits for it by using it in W10 and Edge, cause last time I checked those products weren't free.
I do agree with what you and others says, I use IMDB for trying to "measure" a movie, but as with most things this is about personal preferences, taste, if you like. Not every people will find a certain movie good or bad, no matter what critics says. The same goes for almost everything, I can safely assume that everyone likes cheese but that is not true, but if we put a rating to that it may come up with a 9 out of 10 or maybe more. But that does not mean everybody should buy it and eat it, it just means a lot of people like it, you have to try it for yourself to see if YOU like it. I thinks the same happens with movie ratings, they're a guide, but no matter what people say about it, you still have to watch it to see if you like it or not. The rating can be a good indicator, but until you actually watch the movie, you just wouldn't know.
US is not the only place iPhones are sold... my data plan is unlimited, so this is a great feature!
Just do a backup of the blog and move to another service, Google isn't the only one free provider.
If Intel says "won't run" then most linux geeks will take it as a challenge and it WILL run (although maybe not all features will be enabled), if Intel "won't give support", then well, it just hurts the market, since we'll be seeing a lot more overpriced devices with (probably) crappy OSes
Set up a filter that forwards all the messages to the shareholders and administrators.
They may have made some kind of arrangement with the government. I live in Argentina and the gvmnt stopped the import for most of Apple products, this may include even the iPhone 5, because of the opening of a Samsung assembly plant, according to the rumors. I don't think the idea of an arrangement of that kind in Brazil to be too weird.
BS, I just go for the HIV shot, then use that other shot that can cure nearly any virus! (http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/1917232/New-Drug-Could-Cure-Nearly-Any-Viral-Infection)!
Look at the bright side of it (?), in a few years you would be using Chrome 452, while people will be stuck in their only two digit version browsers like Firefox 10 (or less at this pace) and IE 18
I agree mostly on what you say about OS diversity, if, let's say hypotetically 30% of people use Windows, 30% some Linux flavor, 30% Mac, 10% other OS, it will be quite harder to determine which system to target. Today is faily simple, if I want a bot-net I will focus on Windows and IE, because I have about a 80%~90% of the systems at my disposal. Also, Windows desperately needs to restrict User access and make BIG ANNOYING WARNINGS when you are connected as Admin. Most people I know that uses windows are always logged on as admins, because it seems they install/remove drivers, applications and so on all the time I think this is the biggest problem of Windows now a day (and that somehow it self-destructs given enough time)
I don't know how this works in the US (in terms of legal matters), but I live in Argentina, and we have a sort of protection against abusive service contracts (the pre-accorded contracts service providers use that you can't negotiate). So, if you sign a contract in which you can't modify a clause by negotiation you can sue if you think it is abusive, then it's up to a judge and lawyers to determine if you are right or wrong. In this case, the EULA is a kind of pre-accorded contract that you can't negotiate, so I think there must be some kind of laws protecting the people from accepting something that is abusive, and as you point, after you paid $500 to find out you don't agree to their policies.
Talking of battery, I would prefer a new kind of battery that lasts a few days (at least 3) and a processor with 1 or 2 cores, to an ultra octa-core that depletes the battery in minutes when used full-power.
Where can I download the source so I can compile it with x64 and QT support ?
HDD caching and swap are two completely different things. HDD caching is loading things from the disk to RAM to speed up things. SWAP is using the HDD as extra RAM when the system doesn't have any more memory left to use. So, what I think you wanted to do was to turn off swap, not hdd caching.
Yeap, I agree, the Magic SysRq key may be used little if at all (I don't remember the last time I used it), but maybe the solution is not removing the key because is not used, instead try to finding it a use.
Quite brilliant indeed, but I think approaching a girl and just talk to her will be less time consuming and with A LOT more of success rate than this, shall I call it "experiment"?
If this happens, then there are two options (that I can see at least) 1. Microsoft will go broke refunding a LOT of users 2. The next release of windows 8 will be delayed to 2025+