I'm not sure if you're talking about Gnome 3, Unity or KDE 4 here, or something else perhaps. Linux itself is a kernel, it doesn't have any categorization system for programs.
The biggest barrier to an organized start menu on Windows is that every program you install wants to put an uninstall icon, the user manual in several formats and/or languages, a link to the developer's website and bunch of other stuff in the start menu that doesn't belong there.
Not quite true. They do issue the equivalent of security updates. My car had a whole new part added that did not exist when I bought it, to catch and redirect the condensation that drips down from the air-conditioning pipes onto the steering rack.
Use underlying operating systems keychain where available
This is exactly what Chrome (and Safari and IE) are doing already (Firefox does its own thing, which is why it needs a master password to be at all secure). The complaint is not that the passwords are available in plaintext on the disk, it is that when the user walks away and leaves their computer unlocked, someone else can come and view their passwords.
Basically the complaint amounts to the fact that this feature opens up an avenue of information gathering that was previously thought only available to pale, overweight guys who live in their mothers' basements to jealous wives and girlfriends. I predict that the guys next post will be about the even more dangerous security hole that is chrome://history
Safari passwords are stored exactly the same way that Chrome ones are - encrypted by the system against the user's logon credentials. But apparently Safari, like IE, does not have an option for users to look up those passwords that they created long ago and saved in their browser so never had the need to actually remember them before. This makes it safe against fellow incensed bloggers, but for anyone who is likely to be a genuine threat, retrieving the passwords from any of the major browsers is trivial - except Firefox with a master password set (which almost no-one does, as it defeats the purpose of saving passwords if you have to type a password every time you want the browser to autofill your password).
I'm having trouble figuring out what purpose this is supposed to serve. What is the point of locally storing SHA512 hashes of your passwords for remote systems?
Actually, Firefox is not the same, it is both better, and worse. Better because there is an option to use a master password. Worse, because in firefox there is one button that shows all your passwords. In Chrome, there is a separate button for each password. If someone has taken the precaution of setting a password on their login account and locks their screen whenever they walk away from the PC, the remaining risk is shoulder surfers hanging around when the legitimate user wants to check what their password is for a site.
Also, if you don't lock the screen when you walk away, but you are one of the 0.01% of users who use a master password, your Mozilla passwords are sitting unencrypted in memory (or at least the key to get at them is), even if Mozilla prompts for a password when you try to view the stored passwords through the browser UI. This is what the Chrome developer is talking about when he says that the master password gives you a false sense of security. Yes it stops your little sister getting your facebook password while you're taking a crap and embarrassing you online. It isn't going to protect against anyone who is going after your bank account.
a crappy office experience on iOS and Android that only serves to make the company look bad.
Perhaps you haven't tried the latest version of Office on a PC, but it has become exceptionally crappy there too. The time is ripe for a competitor to finally put an end to almost two decades of Microsoft's complete dominance of the Word Processor and Spreadsheet market.
The USB sockets on Apple chargers are propriatary. The chargers are capable of supplying 2.1A, but will only supply 500mA to devices compliant with the USB battery charging specification (which allows for up to 1.5A for charging).
I think you misunderstand the article you are quoting.
Because women have demonstrably been paid less for the same work historically, they are being granted a higher rate of superannuation after they retire to make up for the shortfall in retirement savings this has caused.
There is such a thing as reverse discrimination, but this is not it. Reverse discrimination is when quotas are imposed to counteract discrimination that is known to be occurring.
The original CUA keys for Cut/Copy/Paste are Ctrl-Delete, Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert. Emacs has supported those out of the box for about a decade. cua-mode only conflicts with important Emacs keys if you are already in the habit of using those Emacs keys in a particular not-very-Emacsy way.
This seems to be the equivalent of a source distribution of a program whose sole purpose, once you've compiled it yourself and installed it, is to add universe and multiverse to your/etc/apt/sources.list file. As a long term and loyal Emacs user, even I'm failing to see the justification for a front page slashdot story.
Tokyo was my first experience of subways. After that, I had no problem deciphering other cities' subway maps. Thankfully, Tokyo seems to be the only city with a subway map design inspired by a bowl of ramen.
When you've a map where all the lines are geographically correct it makes it hard to understand how to get from station A to station B, make out the station names and there is a lot of wasted space! Have a look at the London underground geographical map [wordpress.com] vs the actual tube map [bbc.co.uk] for example.
Here's a London Tube Map. What is the quickest way to get to Bayswater from Queensway?
It also mentions the Battery Charging Specification (which does not have its own page, only PDFs on the usb.org site), which has been around for over 6 years. This is the standard that most (if not all) Android phones are following.
By contrast, spanking is still common in large parts of America, especially in the Evangelical milieus of Southern states. This is also where crime remains relatively high, gun ownership common, and incarceration excessive.
It doesn't take much research to see that gun ownership is common in Scandanavia too, compared with the rest of the world. So in this case, it is not even a case of correlation != causation, but of a journalist making up "facts" to sell a magazine.
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I'm not sure if you're talking about Gnome 3, Unity or KDE 4 here, or something else perhaps. Linux itself is a kernel, it doesn't have any categorization system for programs.
The biggest barrier to an organized start menu on Windows is that every program you install wants to put an uninstall icon, the user manual in several formats and/or languages, a link to the developer's website and bunch of other stuff in the start menu that doesn't belong there.
Not quite true. They do issue the equivalent of security updates. My car had a whole new part added that did not exist when I bought it, to catch and redirect the condensation that drips down from the air-conditioning pipes onto the steering rack.
This is exactly what Chrome (and Safari and IE) are doing already (Firefox does its own thing, which is why it needs a master password to be at all secure). The complaint is not that the passwords are available in plaintext on the disk, it is that when the user walks away and leaves their computer unlocked, someone else can come and view their passwords.
It's a couple of mouse clicks, for each password, after doing this.
Basically the complaint amounts to the fact that this feature opens up an avenue of information gathering that was previously thought only available to pale, overweight guys who live in their mothers' basements to jealous wives and girlfriends. I predict that the guys next post will be about the even more dangerous security hole that is chrome://history
Safari passwords are stored exactly the same way that Chrome ones are - encrypted by the system against the user's logon credentials. But apparently Safari, like IE, does not have an option for users to look up those passwords that they created long ago and saved in their browser so never had the need to actually remember them before. This makes it safe against fellow incensed bloggers, but for anyone who is likely to be a genuine threat, retrieving the passwords from any of the major browsers is trivial - except Firefox with a master password set (which almost no-one does, as it defeats the purpose of saving passwords if you have to type a password every time you want the browser to autofill your password).
I'm having trouble figuring out what purpose this is supposed to serve. What is the point of locally storing SHA512 hashes of your passwords for remote systems?
Actually, Firefox is not the same, it is both better, and worse. Better because there is an option to use a master password. Worse, because in firefox there is one button that shows all your passwords. In Chrome, there is a separate button for each password. If someone has taken the precaution of setting a password on their login account and locks their screen whenever they walk away from the PC, the remaining risk is shoulder surfers hanging around when the legitimate user wants to check what their password is for a site.
Also, if you don't lock the screen when you walk away, but you are one of the 0.01% of users who use a master password, your Mozilla passwords are sitting unencrypted in memory (or at least the key to get at them is), even if Mozilla prompts for a password when you try to view the stored passwords through the browser UI. This is what the Chrome developer is talking about when he says that the master password gives you a false sense of security. Yes it stops your little sister getting your facebook password while you're taking a crap and embarrassing you online. It isn't going to protect against anyone who is going after your bank account.
To be fair, there wasn't really a lot to kill there though.
They could do it again with Windows Phone 9 (complete change in direction: forth time lucky?) and hardly anyone would notice.
Perhaps you haven't tried the latest version of Office on a PC, but it has become exceptionally crappy there too. The time is ripe for a competitor to finally put an end to almost two decades of Microsoft's complete dominance of the Word Processor and Spreadsheet market.
The USB sockets on Apple chargers are propriatary. The chargers are capable of supplying 2.1A, but will only supply 500mA to devices compliant with the USB battery charging specification (which allows for up to 1.5A for charging).
I think you misunderstand the article you are quoting.
Because women have demonstrably been paid less for the same work historically, they are being granted a higher rate of superannuation after they retire to make up for the shortfall in retirement savings this has caused.
There is such a thing as reverse discrimination, but this is not it. Reverse discrimination is when quotas are imposed to counteract discrimination that is known to be occurring.
I think AC was saying that the company had failed to consider that risk.
If he was not thrown in prison, then how was he released?
The original CUA keys for Cut/Copy/Paste are Ctrl-Delete, Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert. Emacs has supported those out of the box for about a decade. cua-mode only conflicts with important Emacs keys if you are already in the habit of using those Emacs keys in a particular not-very-Emacsy way.
You can do Esc with C-[ in Emacs too. And Esc is equivalent to Meta (for keyboards without a modifier key that can be assigned to meta).
This seems to be the equivalent of a source distribution of a program whose sole purpose, once you've compiled it yourself and installed it, is to add universe and multiverse to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. As a long term and loyal Emacs user, even I'm failing to see the justification for a front page slashdot story.
Tokyo was my first experience of subways. After that, I had no problem deciphering other cities' subway maps. Thankfully, Tokyo seems to be the only city with a subway map design inspired by a bowl of ramen.
Here's a London Tube Map. What is the quickest way to get to Bayswater from Queensway?
It also mentions the Battery Charging Specification (which does not have its own page, only PDFs on the usb.org site), which has been around for over 6 years.
This is the standard that most (if not all) Android phones are following.
It doesn't take much research to see that gun ownership is common in Scandanavia too, compared with the rest of the world. So in this case, it is not even a case of correlation != causation, but of a journalist making up "facts" to sell a magazine.
Apart from this standard, that is.