Android has plenty of google's code, and is extremely likely bugged. I'd say that considering recent relevations, folks at NSA have been doing a stellar job of bugging everything and everyone. And I'd struggle to find any reason why one of their "model citizens", google wouldn't bug their OS for them.
Linux in general is a big question mark. On one hand, you can audit code. On the other hand, there's so much of it, and folks working at NSA are best in their field, so injection of specific bugs and backdoors in linux is extremely likely.
Thing with windows though, the source code is in fact available to governments that are in the special MS program aimed to make windows be eligible for certain high security government contracts. So if there are nasty backdoors that aren't discovered yet, it's exceptionally likely that they are approved by more then just NSA.
Fucking this up even once would result in shitstorm similar to one that is brewing over EU spying, only receving eng would be a company that would be crushed like a bug under weight of multiple sovereign governments who's yearly budgets are orders of magnitude bigger then MS's entire worth.
If you do not understand the difference between owning a pipe and owning the container, you should start by educating yourself.
Owning the pipe means you need to replicate the container. Which is incredibly costly and difficult in case of google, likely borderline impossible with immense need of skilled labor much of which would be opposed to endeavor even with proper "encouragement" to the point of inserting intentional bugs and other sabotage.
It appears to be some sort of software managing logins to sites. Their site cites their clientele to be a lot of major companies, such as facebook, twitter, hulu and netflix.
I imagine if you have a backdoor into software that manages facebook's login systems, that's pretty damn major.
But you won't be able to install a newer card, because it won't have driver support. Current drivers do not have support for yet unreleased cards, which appears to be a big part of grandparent's decision.
Highly unlikely. The only significant advantage appears to be the ability to load textures into system RAM instead of only GPU's RAM.
Problem: most games do not need any more then your mid-end discreet GPU already has. Most require far less, as most games are optimized for older console generation and don't really have high res textures. Those that come with PC only "high res texture packs" still usually fit fine inside average discreet GPU's memory.
I honestly didn't mean GTA, but actual SIMULATORS. As in gran turismo and similar titles.
To me, the first time I had car's steering wheel in my hands, it felt weird because it wasn't a joystick. But actual process of handling the car was quite familiar. I also saw girls from my class (our driving lessons were actually a part of optional lyceum curriculum) taking lessons with me, and I saw them steer the car into ditches if not for instructor applying hard brakes. Several times. In just one driving session. It was actually pretty strange to the point of me remembering it over ten years after it happened, because I kept thinking "how can you not understand such basics of steering?"
I never had this problem because I had a fairly good idea on how car is supposed to handle even though I didn't really understanding how to operate the analogue wheel and pedals at first, which took a bit to adapt to. Clutch took a bit longer.
Again, this is just my personal experience. YMMV and I certainly don't argue this to be a universal truth. It is however a fact that surgeons operating surgery robots perform significantly better if they are in my generation or younger then those older ones who never played computer games.
That depends. Quite a few kids play driving and racing simulators of various kinds since little nowadays and have a decent understanding on what kind of decisions work and don't in a car. I know I've been playing them since a kid, I'm 32 now, my entire driving penalty history consists of one fine for speeding when police nailed me for going 74km/h when underhill in 60km/h zone which was actually a rural road and everyone drives 65-70. And I needed about 2 lessons behind the wheel before I could have passed a driving test. It was basically all about learning the difference between the games and feeling the actual speed and road with steering wheel and pedals. Which I still remember as being both terrifying and exciting. The actual decision making was fairly easy as logic was very similar to that in games. Notably I passed the driving test on the first try.
We allow driving from 18 and up in cars and 15 and up in mopeds and microcars here in Finland (less then 45km/h max speed, usually small and light diesel cars). While the bumpers on those cars tend to be damaged from having problems doing things like parking, actual driving accidents in those that don't involve alcohol are fairly rare.
Another thing to note, is that we now see this in many much more dangerous things, like the younger surgeons having clearly better aptitude to make surgeries with robotic tools that their older and more experienced counterparts due to being used to controllers from playing games.
That is just patently false. Essentially the entire "human rights" as well as "women's rights" got pushed by "old ladies knitting society". Attention whores got the attention of the media, but it's the quiet housewives that did the actual political lifting, pressuring their husbands in high places of the society to adapt the change.
The traits are distinctly harmful. She has: 1. Severe problems putting on muscle mass, to the point of having to wear ankle bracers for balance 2. Likely has problems swallowing, specifically food ending up in nasal cavity. 3. Unknown complications (and likely trouble in finding a mate) from widely set eyes, which may trigger a natural rejection response in human males, similar to facial shape of people with down's.
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Please get on with the times. It's called Ministry of Truth.
Because tapping phones is far more important than tapping personal computers?
And in what way does "tapping the source" which I assume you mean cables make you not want to tap the actual hardware that moves with people?
Heck, I'd rather have taps on hardware rather than cables. Far more efficient, far more relevant data.
Android has plenty of google's code, and is extremely likely bugged. I'd say that considering recent relevations, folks at NSA have been doing a stellar job of bugging everything and everyone. And I'd struggle to find any reason why one of their "model citizens", google wouldn't bug their OS for them.
Linux in general is a big question mark. On one hand, you can audit code. On the other hand, there's so much of it, and folks working at NSA are best in their field, so injection of specific bugs and backdoors in linux is extremely likely.
Thing with windows though, the source code is in fact available to governments that are in the special MS program aimed to make windows be eligible for certain high security government contracts. So if there are nasty backdoors that aren't discovered yet, it's exceptionally likely that they are approved by more then just NSA.
Fucking this up even once would result in shitstorm similar to one that is brewing over EU spying, only receving eng would be a company that would be crushed like a bug under weight of multiple sovereign governments who's yearly budgets are orders of magnitude bigger then MS's entire worth.
If you do not understand the difference between owning a pipe and owning the container, you should start by educating yourself.
Owning the pipe means you need to replicate the container. Which is incredibly costly and difficult in case of google, likely borderline impossible with immense need of skilled labor much of which would be opposed to endeavor even with proper "encouragement" to the point of inserting intentional bugs and other sabotage.
There's a shorter way to say that: NSA.
No. It's "everyone but NSA" product, because no one who's in the NSA will want one. Even though they are the ones who are referenced by the name.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/06/28
I think this one is better:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/06/14
A thought more scary then a usual soviet joke after the recent NSA revelations.
According to Snowden's slides, it even allowed NSA to tap it's servers for real time indexing for PRISM.
Seven stopped being windows and stopped being sold?
It appears to be some sort of software managing logins to sites. Their site cites their clientele to be a lot of major companies, such as facebook, twitter, hulu and netflix.
I imagine if you have a backdoor into software that manages facebook's login systems, that's pretty damn major.
With awesome performance that it brings.
You're new to the whole gaming thing, aren't you?
But you won't be able to install a newer card, because it won't have driver support. Current drivers do not have support for yet unreleased cards, which appears to be a big part of grandparent's decision.
Do share, when did GTA game become a simulator? Or do you also think of it as a gunnery simulator as well?
80% of computers are also rarely if ever used for gaming and have little if any need for directx beyond 9.
Highly unlikely. The only significant advantage appears to be the ability to load textures into system RAM instead of only GPU's RAM.
Problem: most games do not need any more then your mid-end discreet GPU already has. Most require far less, as most games are optimized for older console generation and don't really have high res textures. Those that come with PC only "high res texture packs" still usually fit fine inside average discreet GPU's memory.
OpenGL is a graphics API. It competes with Direct3D. Direct3D is a subset of DirectX. DirectX includes a whole lot more in addition to graphics.
Afaik unreal engine runs on openGL and PS3's version of graphics API just fine.
Studying history has an age requirement?
I'm in my thirties.
I honestly didn't mean GTA, but actual SIMULATORS. As in gran turismo and similar titles.
To me, the first time I had car's steering wheel in my hands, it felt weird because it wasn't a joystick. But actual process of handling the car was quite familiar. I also saw girls from my class (our driving lessons were actually a part of optional lyceum curriculum) taking lessons with me, and I saw them steer the car into ditches if not for instructor applying hard brakes. Several times. In just one driving session. It was actually pretty strange to the point of me remembering it over ten years after it happened, because I kept thinking "how can you not understand such basics of steering?"
I never had this problem because I had a fairly good idea on how car is supposed to handle even though I didn't really understanding how to operate the analogue wheel and pedals at first, which took a bit to adapt to. Clutch took a bit longer.
Again, this is just my personal experience. YMMV and I certainly don't argue this to be a universal truth. It is however a fact that surgeons operating surgery robots perform significantly better if they are in my generation or younger then those older ones who never played computer games.
That depends. Quite a few kids play driving and racing simulators of various kinds since little nowadays and have a decent understanding on what kind of decisions work and don't in a car. I know I've been playing them since a kid, I'm 32 now, my entire driving penalty history consists of one fine for speeding when police nailed me for going 74km/h when underhill in 60km/h zone which was actually a rural road and everyone drives 65-70. And I needed about 2 lessons behind the wheel before I could have passed a driving test. It was basically all about learning the difference between the games and feeling the actual speed and road with steering wheel and pedals. Which I still remember as being both terrifying and exciting. The actual decision making was fairly easy as logic was very similar to that in games.
Notably I passed the driving test on the first try.
We allow driving from 18 and up in cars and 15 and up in mopeds and microcars here in Finland (less then 45km/h max speed, usually small and light diesel cars). While the bumpers on those cars tend to be damaged from having problems doing things like parking, actual driving accidents in those that don't involve alcohol are fairly rare.
Another thing to note, is that we now see this in many much more dangerous things, like the younger surgeons having clearly better aptitude to make surgeries with robotic tools that their older and more experienced counterparts due to being used to controllers from playing games.
That is just patently false. Essentially the entire "human rights" as well as "women's rights" got pushed by "old ladies knitting society". Attention whores got the attention of the media, but it's the quiet housewives that did the actual political lifting, pressuring their husbands in high places of the society to adapt the change.
The traits are distinctly harmful. She has:
1. Severe problems putting on muscle mass, to the point of having to wear ankle bracers for balance
2. Likely has problems swallowing, specifically food ending up in nasal cavity.
3. Unknown complications (and likely trouble in finding a mate) from widely set eyes, which may trigger a natural rejection response in human males, similar to facial shape of people with down's.