I tried www.donothijackme1234.com and I got a pop up asking if I wanted to turn the phishing filter on (you can tell how much I use IE on this computer).
I wonder if turning that on/off makes a difference?
Virtual machines are a security feature. A VM establishes a security barrier around the OS> If you're infected, you just roll back the VM to the last snapshot and you're clean.
Security is like sex, once you're penetrated you're ****ed. Blocking useful security tools because they make it very slightly easier to hide after a successful penetration is asinine. And complaining about the cleanup cost? I normally reformat and reinstall after a virus is detected... and I've had to do that ONCE on any computer I've owned since 1986.
If people took some responsibility for their computers instead of depending on hacks like AV software to detect and clean up after they screw up, there wouldn't BE a virus problem.
As for your last line, "There is no real use of VT anyway since cores are now dual."... I have no idea what you mean by that, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
People say they want liner notes and a CD cover and all that, but when push comes to shove they just want to put a nickel in the nickelodeon and get music music music...
The only difference between a netbook today and a laptop a few years ago is screen size. If netbook today isn't powerful enough to "render multiple processes" (whatever you mean by that) or "HD web content" (whatever that means, like, a really big browser window?), then why did you waste your money on that laptop you bought back in 2005?
And you certainly don't need a dual core room heater for "seamless multitasking", I was getting "seamless multitasking" on my Amiga 1000 in 1986.
Well, you know, I wouldn't try and read a book on my Nokia either. Even if it had an E-Ink display. And it's got nothing to do with the display technology.
You are convinced that you've discovered something better that nobody knows about?
No, I'm convinced that I've already bought something good enough that means I don't have to pay 2-3 times as much *again* for a dedicated e-Book reader. I'm convinced that having to carry an extra piece of electronic kit around that's four times the size of my Clie and doesn't fit into my pocket wouldn't improve my lifestyle. I'm convinced that a slight further improvement in the display quality in sunlight (and only in sunlight) isn't worth locking myself in to a proprietary platform run by a bunch of fascist technocrats who think disabling people's copies of 1984 is all in fun.
As for the rest of your frank exchange of views, neither of us is Neal Stephenson so I'm not going to bother trying for (and failing to achieve) that kind of dry wit, no matter how amusing I might think the results are.
I've seen transflective displays - Nokia uses them quite a bit (plus theirs are considered better than from other manufacturers), and I still wouldn't enjoy reading a book from one.
I've been reading books on a transflective display for six years, so... let's see. You've "seen" transflective displays, I've been using them for years. I think I'll stick to believing my own experience, OK with you?
"Cloud" computing is just another way of saying client/server, except that "cloud" computing usually means that the Internet is involved somehow.
Then I was doing "cloud computing" in the '80s. Oh, hmmm, maybe I was doing "cloud computing" in 1972. Oh, it wasn't "the internet", it was a TDM multiplexed line between Sydney and Minneapolis.
It's the equipment that's being taxed... or not... not the data on them. Moving servers around doesn't get cheaper or more expensive because they're serving Azure or Halo... you still have to move the physical boxes and the people maintaining them.
Unless by "the cloud" you mean "anything you can run in a colo". But that's kind of diluting the term to the point of meaninglessness, isn't it?
I've been reading eBooks on my PDA since 2000, on my current PDA since 2003. Yes, it's a 2" by 2" screen, not a 3.5" by 5" screen, but unless you're trying to read PDFs that's plenty of pixels... and more modern devices have larger screens than my Clie SJ22.
The trick is finding eBook publishers that don't lock their product up with DRM. I've been sticking primarily to Fictionwise and Webscriptions.
Anyway, man, I already said that if the small size of the screen is a critical problem for you, get a Kindle. I'm just correcting the record about the quality of the display... the Clie's display technology is at least as good as the Kindle's, despite being five years older and cheaper.
Though... holy mother of Turing... for $500 I can get a netbook or even a refurbished tablet.
Kindle, $399 in 2008: 4 bit greyscale (16 shades of grey), 167 dpi, 3.6" x 4.8".
Clie SJ22, $199 in 2003: 16 bit color (65536 colors, or 32 shades of true grey), 152 dpi, 2.1" x 2.1".
Both are easily readable in full sunlight down to full darkness. The Clie has better display quality... almost the same linear resolution, higher contrast, color, and even more shades of grey for antialiasing. The smaller display means it's pocketable, but if you don't like clicking the jog-dial after 20 lines you'll prefer the kindle.
I think my Kindle is somewhere around 200 DPI, which is a hell of a lot better than an LCD
My 6 year old Clie has a screen that's about 2" across, 320x320, so that's around 160 dpi. Your kindle is either 150 dpi or 167 dpi, depending on the model.
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I tried www.donothijackme1234.com and I got a pop up asking if I wanted to turn the phishing filter on (you can tell how much I use IE on this computer).
I wonder if turning that on/off makes a difference?
(I clicked "turn it off" of course)
No, he stores his files on bittorrent.
Virtual machines are a security feature. A VM establishes a security barrier around the OS> If you're infected, you just roll back the VM to the last snapshot and you're clean.
Security is like sex, once you're penetrated you're ****ed. Blocking useful security tools because they make it very slightly easier to hide after a successful penetration is asinine. And complaining about the cleanup cost? I normally reformat and reinstall after a virus is detected... and I've had to do that ONCE on any computer I've owned since 1986.
If people took some responsibility for their computers instead of depending on hacks like AV software to detect and clean up after they screw up, there wouldn't BE a virus problem.
As for your last line, "There is no real use of VT anyway since cores are now dual."... I have no idea what you mean by that, so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
People say they want liner notes and a CD cover and all that, but when push comes to shove they just want to put a nickel in the nickelodeon and get music music music...
This is another solution looking for a problem.
Note, for example, that there is no workable ad blocker for Chrome. (AdSweep was discontinued due to lack of interest.)
That doesn't sound like Google was doing anything to prevent it from working.
That sounds like not enough people are using Chrome to matter.
Hmm... "+1 rational"?
You can come up with more cromulent words than that. Let your verbogeny run free. Don't shy from infidelicacy, nor abjure blasphemation.
I'm an agnostician!
Intel wouldn't know a quality GPU if it bit them on the ass.
The only difference between a netbook today and a laptop a few years ago is screen size. If netbook today isn't powerful enough to "render multiple processes" (whatever you mean by that) or "HD web content" (whatever that means, like, a really big browser window?), then why did you waste your money on that laptop you bought back in 2005?
And you certainly don't need a dual core room heater for "seamless multitasking", I was getting "seamless multitasking" on my Amiga 1000 in 1986.
And that's not how you put things; sure, transflective might be good enough for you, but you've painted the picture that e-paper isn't really better.
It's not better *enough*. It's certainly not good enough to make it worth my putting up with a single-use device for.
Which is the only picture I'm painting. If you're seeing things in the inkblots I haven't put in there, that's your problem.
Well, you know, I wouldn't try and read a book on my Nokia either. Even if it had an E-Ink display. And it's got nothing to do with the display technology.
You are convinced that you've discovered something better that nobody knows about?
No, I'm convinced that I've already bought something good enough that means I don't have to pay 2-3 times as much *again* for a dedicated e-Book reader. I'm convinced that having to carry an extra piece of electronic kit around that's four times the size of my Clie and doesn't fit into my pocket wouldn't improve my lifestyle. I'm convinced that a slight further improvement in the display quality in sunlight (and only in sunlight) isn't worth locking myself in to a proprietary platform run by a bunch of fascist technocrats who think disabling people's copies of 1984 is all in fun.
As for the rest of your frank exchange of views, neither of us is Neal Stephenson so I'm not going to bother trying for (and failing to achieve) that kind of dry wit, no matter how amusing I might think the results are.
I've seen transflective displays - Nokia uses them quite a bit (plus theirs are considered better than from other manufacturers), and I still wouldn't enjoy reading a book from one.
I've been reading books on a transflective display for six years, so... let's see. You've "seen" transflective displays, I've been using them for years. I think I'll stick to believing my own experience, OK with you?
"Cloud" computing is just another way of saying client/server, except that "cloud" computing usually means that the Internet is involved somehow.
Then I was doing "cloud computing" in the '80s. Oh, hmmm, maybe I was doing "cloud computing" in 1972. Oh, it wasn't "the internet", it was a TDM multiplexed line between Sydney and Minneapolis.
It's the equipment that's being taxed... or not... not the data on them. Moving servers around doesn't get cheaper or more expensive because they're serving Azure or Halo... you still have to move the physical boxes and the people maintaining them.
Unless by "the cloud" you mean "anything you can run in a colo". But that's kind of diluting the term to the point of meaninglessness, isn't it?
Seriously, does anyone other than a first time Windows user actaully use IE for serious/prolonged web sessions?
Sure, when you're using intranet web pages that only support IE because they're hosted on Microsoft's pseudo-wiki.
I've been reading eBooks on my PDA since 2000, on my current PDA since 2003. Yes, it's a 2" by 2" screen, not a 3.5" by 5" screen, but unless you're trying to read PDFs that's plenty of pixels... and more modern devices have larger screens than my Clie SJ22.
The trick is finding eBook publishers that don't lock their product up with DRM. I've been sticking primarily to Fictionwise and Webscriptions.
Ah, well, the DX is only 150 dpi.
Anyway, man, I already said that if the small size of the screen is a critical problem for you, get a Kindle. I'm just correcting the record about the quality of the display... the Clie's display technology is at least as good as the Kindle's, despite being five years older and cheaper.
Though... holy mother of Turing... for $500 I can get a netbook or even a refurbished tablet.
C:\> posix.exe /u /c /bin/csh -l
Welcome to the Interix UNIX utilities.
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
% bash
bash: Command not found
% pkg_add bash-3.0.0.9.2-bin
[...]
% bash
bash-3.0$
Done!
OK, here's the actual specs:
Kindle, $399 in 2008: 4 bit greyscale (16 shades of grey), 167 dpi, 3.6" x 4.8".
Clie SJ22, $199 in 2003: 16 bit color (65536 colors, or 32 shades of true grey), 152 dpi, 2.1" x 2.1".
Both are easily readable in full sunlight down to full darkness. The Clie has better display quality... almost the same linear resolution, higher contrast, color, and even more shades of grey for antialiasing. The smaller display means it's pocketable, but if you don't like clicking the jog-dial after 20 lines you'll prefer the kindle.
I think my Kindle is somewhere around 200 DPI, which is a hell of a lot better than an LCD
My 6 year old Clie has a screen that's about 2" across, 320x320, so that's around 160 dpi. Your kindle is either 150 dpi or 167 dpi, depending on the model.
No, I'm not kidding, and I guess you've never seen a transflective display.
your old Sony's display beats the pants off their e-ink nonsense
I'm sorry, where did I say that? Why, look, I didn't say any such thing.
That code would allow a program that did not natively understand the tag to implement a simple version of it.
You mean like <img src="..." alt="Text"> or <noframes>?
Quoting one of your fellow Chrome fans, "You can't understand that some people might see things differently than you?"
The stuff in the tab, for me, is "what changes when you change to a new tab". If it's in all the tabs, I don't want it in any of them.
Make it an option, I'll try Chrome. Force me to take it or leave it, I'll leave it.