I don't get the point either... We just updated to FF 5, how come they're pushing version 6 already? Are they trying to get ahead of IE in version numbers?
I'm still running FF 3.5.X like a charm on most desktops, and having tested a Beta a couple of weeks ago, I don't see how they justify being at version 6 now.
Since the Intellimouse Explorer 3, this is probably the second Microsoft decision I agree with. I have a phone for calling, texting, listening to music, maybe take a pic one in a while and quick browsing, and a laptop for everything else. I don't need a tablet.
I'm skeptical about this, but I have to agree that the thought has crossed my mind before. What if it really is harmful for my genitals (don't care about bones) to always have it there in close proximity? But apart from at the hip or in a pocket, I don't see any other practical way to carry it around. I know that if I put it in my laptop bag, I'll just forget it half the time, and I don't always have it with me...
They are the worst administration in our country... I have experienced people around me saying the worst things about the SABAM and its dumb rules on countless occasions. They are the bureaucratic death of the true love for music. Worst thing is, more often than rarely, they don't even pay the artists, or they ask fees for non-existing/unregistered artists!
"Hacker Posts His Crime On YouTube, Lands In Jail"... Geez, seriously? Crime + Youtube = Jail? Even if your nick is H4XZ0R? Surely the feds can't find that out!...
It's not about it's technical specs... it's about how you use it. You don't use a netbook in the same way you use an ipad.
...and foremost, it's about how you market it. People will understand this in time, and netbooks will not be driven out or anything by tablets. In fact, I think that, as people will realize the real application domain of tablets, their sales will drop in favor of netbooks and laptops.
I think there's a restriction on the length of the key... in particular when crossing the border, maybe not when you stay inland. I could be wrong, I found this document which seems fairly interesting. I will read it.
I really don't care that they have hit a ceiling. Either way, I probably won't go over 1 or 2 TB with my HDDs, since a physical failure implies far more files to recover. A well planned RAID + Backup system seems more interesting than wanting some 10TB drives I think.
I would like to second that by pointing out the crypto-paranoia of the US. Living in Belgium myself, I was very surprised during a stay in New York, when an american friend pointed out to me that I was, in fact, at the risk of going to prison for the contents of my partially encrypted laptop (amongst other stuff).
I find it quite often rather shocking how american laws are almost obsessively restrictive regarding these subjects.
I remember a talk I attended at FOSDEM in Brussels, about reverse engineering of proprietary network protocols, and the speaker Rob Savoye, who is american, seemed to envy us quite a bit for our relatively permissive laws.
I completely agree. And to give an example of what is, in my opinion, the biggest miscalculation of console games; they should never have dropped the split-screens as much as they did! For my part, what made the entire fun with consoles was actually sitting next to one another, and not solely playing together over some stupid anonymous internet system.
In nearly a decade at The Wall Street Journal, Bonds columnist Elizabeth Bernstein has covered education, philanthropy, psychology and religion - all areas in which personal relationships loom large. [...]
Somehow, I really don't think this article should be on slashdot...
The reply-all function might be a problem for your daily office employee, but c'mon, have you ever read an article that said "Hey people, guess what, when you type rm -rf / it deletes everything! Imagine the consequences..." ? I mean, it clearly says "REPLY ALL" on the button, that's: 1. reply 2. to all...
In my opinion, the problem is more a lack of knowing how to use the tool, rather than the tool itself. You'd be surprised how many people who work with computers every day don't know how to handle very basic functionality, let alone what every button on their screen actually does.
I know Android is developed and driven by Google. This is a general comment I keep having lately...
When will vendors understand that carefully written and a hundred times re-read open source code is always the logical and better solution than any relatively rushed closed source corporation's code...
I am a computer science student, and sadly, being used to good code, the disillusion of corporate programming quality is immense, let me tell you. It's unbelievable how you get dropped into a world of incompetency and unreliable developing once in the "real world".:(
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Update too fast and you will leave users behind.
I don't get the point either... We just updated to FF 5, how come they're pushing version 6 already? Are they trying to get ahead of IE in version numbers?
I'm still running FF 3.5.X like a charm on most desktops, and having tested a Beta a couple of weeks ago, I don't see how they justify being at version 6 now.
Great news...
This story would have been "Bluetooth-Based Game blablabl" a couple of years ago.
Vulns sounds much cooler than Vulnerabilities anyway. Lulz.
Stupid woman indeed. She probably just wanted to talk to Steve Jobs.
All-Web-Company Google bring out their own browser, sure took them a while to drop the competition.
Quite right. Please /. people, give us quality... This sucks. :(
There was an article titled "Linux-Friendly Alternatives To Skype" less than a week ago! What's the point in repeating the discussion?
...just come to Belgium. We have no government since 300 days and counting, 3 unhappy language communities and a shitload of compromises.
Since the Intellimouse Explorer 3, this is probably the second Microsoft decision I agree with. I have a phone for calling, texting, listening to music, maybe take a pic one in a while and quick browsing, and a laptop for everything else. I don't need a tablet.
...how would you transport it?
I'm skeptical about this, but I have to agree that the thought has crossed my mind before. What if it really is harmful for my genitals (don't care about bones) to always have it there in close proximity? But apart from at the hip or in a pocket, I don't see any other practical way to carry it around. I know that if I put it in my laptop bag, I'll just forget it half the time, and I don't always have it with me...
They are the worst administration in our country... I have experienced people around me saying the worst things about the SABAM and its dumb rules on countless occasions. They are the bureaucratic death of the true love for music. Worst thing is, more often than rarely, they don't even pay the artists, or they ask fees for non-existing/unregistered artists!
This flemish [BE] TV crew exposed them some time ago... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAsa9QmQO8/p
"Hacker Posts His Crime On YouTube, Lands In Jail" ... Geez, seriously? Crime + Youtube = Jail? Even if your nick is H4XZ0R? Surely the feds can't find that out! ...
It's not about it's technical specs... it's about how you use it. You don't use a netbook in the same way you use an ipad.
...and foremost, it's about how you market it. People will understand this in time, and netbooks will not be driven out or anything by tablets. In fact, I think that, as people will realize the real application domain of tablets, their sales will drop in favor of netbooks and laptops.
I think there's a restriction on the length of the key... in particular when crossing the border, maybe not when you stay inland. I could be wrong, I found this document which seems fairly interesting. I will read it.
whatever... "far more bytes", there. :)
if you are one of the 9% of Slashdot readers who actually uses IE.
I think that says it all...
I really don't care that they have hit a ceiling. Either way, I probably won't go over 1 or 2 TB with my HDDs, since a physical failure implies far more files to recover. A well planned RAID + Backup system seems more interesting than wanting some 10TB drives I think.
I would like to second that by pointing out the crypto-paranoia of the US. Living in Belgium myself, I was very surprised during a stay in New York, when an american friend pointed out to me that I was, in fact, at the risk of going to prison for the contents of my partially encrypted laptop (amongst other stuff).
I find it quite often rather shocking how american laws are almost obsessively restrictive regarding these subjects.
I remember a talk I attended at FOSDEM in Brussels, about reverse engineering of proprietary network protocols, and the speaker Rob Savoye, who is american, seemed to envy us quite a bit for our relatively permissive laws.
I completely agree. And to give an example of what is, in my opinion, the biggest miscalculation of console games; they should never have dropped the split-screens as much as they did! For my part, what made the entire fun with consoles was actually sitting next to one another, and not solely playing together over some stupid anonymous internet system.
OOps, saw your comment too late... see my post if you're interested in the subject and want to learn how GSM is (not) protected.
It's old news really... I remember karsten nohl talking about this end of 2009. Check out this ccc talk, gave me lots of ideas for a USRP I had access to at the time: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3654.en.html
In nearly a decade at The Wall Street Journal, Bonds columnist Elizabeth Bernstein has covered education, philanthropy, psychology and religion - all areas in which personal relationships loom large. [...]
Somehow, I really don't think this article should be on slashdot...
The reply-all function might be a problem for your daily office employee, but c'mon, have you ever read an article that said "Hey people, guess what, when you type rm -rf / it deletes everything! Imagine the consequences..." ? ...
I mean, it clearly says "REPLY ALL" on the button, that's: 1. reply 2. to all
In my opinion, the problem is more a lack of knowing how to use the tool, rather than the tool itself. You'd be surprised how many people who work with computers every day don't know how to handle very basic functionality, let alone what every button on their screen actually does.
I agree. No news here, move along.
Been telling people that RISC will overlive CISC ever since my first line of asm...
I know Android is developed and driven by Google. This is a general comment I keep having lately... When will vendors understand that carefully written and a hundred times re-read open source code is always the logical and better solution than any relatively rushed closed source corporation's code... I am a computer science student, and sadly, being used to good code, the disillusion of corporate programming quality is immense, let me tell you. It's unbelievable how you get dropped into a world of incompetency and unreliable developing once in the "real world". :(