I think you're the only person who actually understands why banks are doing this. Congratulations, you've passed the slashbot test (99.2% likelyhood that you are not a bot.)
Banks can't afford to allow their sites to work with just any browser. Say, for instance, that someone writes and distributes a browser that, as part of its HTTP protocol, posts all HTTP headers sent by any user to httpspew.com as part of a modern art project. Someone uses this browser, his/her account gets hacked, and who gets blamed? Legally, the bank may not be liable, but from a corporate perspective that really doesn't matter. People lose money = you lose business.
It seems like it would be sufficient, though, to just list "officially supported" browsers, with a big warning message if you are using another browser that your money's not safe, your account may be at risk, "if you were standing at an ATM would you let 5 strangers look over your shoulder," etc.
Homes, the reason you can get 133dpi on a laptop screen could be because your screen is on 15". There are plenty of 1600x1200 desktop LCDs, but the manufacturers aren't forced to jam them into a 15" package (19" I believe is the norm.) I'm sure if laptops could have 19" screens the manufacturers would be doing it... they don't do it because the quality's better; they do it because the dimensions are so small.
Windows is neat that way. It must have some DNS caching built in. It lead me and my friend to major confusion when trying to configure named on another system... "why isn't it working?!" "oh it's working now!" "wait, why isn't it working again!" "oh, it's working now!" "hey!"
Apple Talk is turned off by default in 10.2. Show me a network have to use Apple Talk (with modern macs and modern printing hardware... without which running OSX would be idiotic anyway) and THEN you can bitch.
1. If you turn it off - as MS claims they're going to allow - will the system then appear to apps, content & the network as "a Palladium PC with Palladium turned off" or as a non-Palladium PC? (Hint: it's the former.)
What difference does this make? Assuming Palladium can be turned off, and all the way off, why does it matter whether the applications see the computer as a PC with Palladium turned off, or a non-Palladium PC? Should they not be able to act on the system in the same way?
2. Will I still be able to flash my BIOS? *All* of it? replace it completely? (Assuming TCPA hardware, they're lying if they say 'yes'.)
I have a feeling that 95% of computer users have never flashed the BIOS on a computer and would never have a need to. Why would they need to now? You can't convince people that it's terrible they can't do something if they don't place value in doing anyway.
3. Why would I want to buy this, if I'm not interested in Hollywood movies but do want complete control over my computer?
You wouldn't. But complete control is in the eye of the buyer and user. I can't rip DVDs right out of the box with Windows XP, but that doesn't keep people from buying Windows XP or systems with it pre-installed. They don't know they can or why they'd want to flash the BIOS, and they don't know they can or want to rip DVDs. *You* might want to. Once you've convinced the other 95% of the computer user population that they want to do this too, come back with these questions.
I'm an Apple customer as well, and I too want an iPod. Sadly the fact that high end P4's are faster than high end PowerMacs and cost half as much hasn't brought the price of PowerMacs down, as far as I can tell. My guess is this will affect the price of iPods by at most $50.
However, I agree the market for iPod is different. Here's hoping.
Rocket belts *AND* Jennifer Connelly. No story of nerdy guys with rocket belts kicking Nazi ass on a the back of a zepplin is complete without her. Oh wait, wrong rocket belt story?
The funny thing is, your post about stuff being modded offtopic got modded offtopic!
I'm joining the experiment. Hey! I just noticed your post where you mention that a post about stuff getting modded offtopic that got modded offtopic just got modded offtopic!
... only 100 comments. 95 or so of which have been posted previously on the many other RIAA threads.
I think this striking lack of commentary indicates two possiblities: 1) Rather than posting passionate diatribes on Slashdot, Slashdotters are out in the streets protesting against the RIAA. They're burning CDs on the streets, getting shot at with rubber bullets by the RIAA mafia, and so on. 2) Slashdot readers are bored by hourly updates on the RIAA "standoff," and have decided to put an end to the byte-littering and wasted hours by not posting yet again a message about how much they hate/love the RIAA here.
Cliff forgot to point out that some of those stories, while possibly interesting at one point in Slashdot's history, are now only semi-interesting.
Inventor prophecies don't come true... how odd
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Sikorsky wasn't really the inventor of the helicopter; the idea had been around for a long time before he got his hands on it, and some workable helicopter prototypes had even been built. But he is widely regarded as being the one who really got helicopters "off the ground" so to speak.
It's not like the guy was totally detached from profit or fame attached to the technology. He would have greatly benefited from what he "predicted." Therefore, this prediction is not much more than an ad for his life work.
It's kind of like if Linus said that in 80 years everyone would be running Linux. Nice wish for him, nice wish for us, ain't gonna happen.:)
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Gotta love it when people with good karma get modded "offtopic."
I mean really... CmdrTaco should tweak the slashcode a bit to include a "semi-offtopic" moderation for cases where the story is, well, you know.
Hell, most SUVs don't ever see anything but pavement (well, maybe a gravel parking lot once in a while, but that's it). Note that I'm generalizing.... You're roughly in the same position as I am in my Boxster...
Hell, most Boxsters never see roads where they can be driven 100mph (well, maybe a straightaway just before a blind corner once in a while, but that's it.) Note that I'm also generalizing.
Safety is what you make it. There are plenty of non-SUV cars that wouldn't fit under the dangerous area of a SUV's bumper. No one forced you to get the car you got; you chose it and assumed the risk and responsibility on your own.
In typical freedom-monger fashion, you'll probably continue to recite these little poems until you're raped, and a camera could have seen it, or you're burglarized, and a camera wasn't there. Of course, if you're murdered, you won't be around to care, but your family will probably mourn your loss, and not have any photos to remember you by, because none of them came out.
In all 3 cases, there will no doubt be a lawsuit involved.
It does. My one time experience with a PocketPC went like this: 1) Heard the thing has a "filesystem." Figures out how to browse the filesystem. 2) Finds Command 3) Runs it 4) Tries to delete the Windows directory
Unfortunately, the new clie is still nearly an inch thick, regardless of whether you want the keyboard or not. Carrying something that big in your pocket is probably enough to cut off circulation, ending any chance an admin might ever have at a wet anything.
I had a Subaru with a chronic check engine light problem. Two mechanics (one operating out of the Subaru dealer and one non-dealer) told me that (on Subarus anyway) that quite often the vague "service engine" light indicates a failure in emissions control or some other non-critical part, and unless the failure is causing a loss of performance or your car to just plain not work, that quite often it's not worth worrying about. (And even with my failed emissions control systems I still passed all emissions testing with flying colors... so I think quite often the non-critical part that's failed is the light itself...)
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I think you're the only person who actually understands why banks are doing this. Congratulations, you've passed the slashbot test (99.2% likelyhood that you are not a bot.)
Banks can't afford to allow their sites to work with just any browser. Say, for instance, that someone writes and distributes a browser that, as part of its HTTP protocol, posts all HTTP headers sent by any user to httpspew.com as part of a modern art project. Someone uses this browser, his/her account gets hacked, and who gets blamed? Legally, the bank may not be liable, but from a corporate perspective that really doesn't matter. People lose money = you lose business.
It seems like it would be sufficient, though, to just list "officially supported" browsers, with a big warning message if you are using another browser that your money's not safe, your account may be at risk, "if you were standing at an ATM would you let 5 strangers look over your shoulder," etc.
on some screens, at some resolutions
,I can get struck by lightning too.
You're talking about 320x200 CGA, right? One some days, in some fields
Homes, the reason you can get 133dpi on a laptop screen could be because your screen is on 15". There are plenty of 1600x1200 desktop LCDs, but the manufacturers aren't forced to jam them into a 15" package (19" I believe is the norm.) I'm sure if laptops could have 19" screens the manufacturers would be doing it... they don't do it because the quality's better; they do it because the dimensions are so small.
Windows is neat that way. It must have some DNS caching built in. It lead me and my friend to major confusion when trying to configure named on another system... "why isn't it working?!" "oh it's working now!" "wait, why isn't it working again!" "oh, it's working now!" "hey!"
Apple Talk is turned off by default in 10.2. Show me a network have to use Apple Talk (with modern macs and modern printing hardware... without which running OSX would be idiotic anyway) and THEN you can bitch.
1. If you turn it off - as MS claims they're going to allow - will the system then appear to apps, content & the network as "a Palladium PC with Palladium turned off" or as a non-Palladium PC? (Hint: it's the former.)
What difference does this make? Assuming Palladium can be turned off, and all the way off, why does it matter whether the applications see the computer as a PC with Palladium turned off, or a non-Palladium PC? Should they not be able to act on the system in the same way?
2. Will I still be able to flash my BIOS? *All* of it? replace it completely? (Assuming TCPA hardware, they're lying if they say 'yes'.)
I have a feeling that 95% of computer users have never flashed the BIOS on a computer and would never have a need to. Why would they need to now? You can't convince people that it's terrible they can't do something if they don't place value in doing anyway.
3. Why would I want to buy this, if I'm not interested in Hollywood movies but do want complete control over my computer?
You wouldn't. But complete control is in the eye of the buyer and user. I can't rip DVDs right out of the box with Windows XP, but that doesn't keep people from buying Windows XP or systems with it pre-installed. They don't know they can or why they'd want to flash the BIOS, and they don't know they can or want to rip DVDs. *You* might want to. Once you've convinced the other 95% of the computer user population that they want to do this too, come back with these questions.
I'm an Apple customer as well, and I too want an iPod. Sadly the fact that high end P4's are faster than high end PowerMacs and cost half as much hasn't brought the price of PowerMacs down, as far as I can tell. My guess is this will affect the price of iPods by at most $50.
However, I agree the market for iPod is different. Here's hoping.
Thank you, thank you. QED.
... although it's not much of a conversationalist. It keeps trying to explain something called a "parse error"?
What could be better than that?
Rocket belts *AND* Jennifer Connelly. No story of nerdy guys with rocket belts kicking Nazi ass on a the back of a zepplin is complete without her. Oh wait, wrong rocket belt story?
The funny thing is, your post about stuff being modded offtopic got modded offtopic!
I'm joining the experiment. Hey! I just noticed your post where you mention that a post about stuff getting modded offtopic that got modded offtopic just got modded offtopic!
... only 100 comments. 95 or so of which have been posted previously on the many other RIAA threads.
I think this striking lack of commentary indicates two possiblities:
1) Rather than posting passionate diatribes on Slashdot, Slashdotters are out in the streets protesting against the RIAA. They're burning CDs on the streets, getting shot at with rubber bullets by the RIAA mafia, and so on.
2) Slashdot readers are bored by hourly updates on the RIAA "standoff," and have decided to put an end to the byte-littering and wasted hours by not posting yet again a message about how much they hate/love the RIAA here.
Cliff forgot to point out that some of those stories, while possibly interesting at one point in Slashdot's history, are now only semi-interesting.
Sikorsky wasn't really the inventor of the helicopter; the idea had been around for a long time before he got his hands on it, and some workable helicopter prototypes had even been built. But he is widely regarded as being the one who really got helicopters "off the ground" so to speak.
:)
It's not like the guy was totally detached from profit or fame attached to the technology. He would have greatly benefited from what he "predicted." Therefore, this prediction is not much more than an ad for his life work.
It's kind of like if Linus said that in 80 years everyone would be running Linux. Nice wish for him, nice wish for us, ain't gonna happen.
Gotta love it when people with good karma get modded "offtopic."
I mean really... CmdrTaco should tweak the slashcode a bit to include a "semi-offtopic" moderation for cases where the story is, well, you know.
You're right. Besides, never in a million years will they every be able to get the "Kaneda! Tetsuo!" bit quite right. Often immitated, never equaled.
Please refrain from from posting semi-interesting comments lest this entire thread become only semi-interesting.
Ugh, can I please get Real Video format in a *real* video player (no pun there, I won't play Real Video only because of how foul the Real player is.)
Hell, most SUVs don't ever see anything but pavement (well, maybe a gravel parking lot once in a while, but that's it). Note that I'm generalizing. ...
You're roughly in the same position as I am in my Boxster...
Hell, most Boxsters never see roads where they can be driven 100mph (well, maybe a straightaway just before a blind corner once in a while, but that's it.) Note that I'm also generalizing.
Safety is what you make it. There are plenty of non-SUV cars that wouldn't fit under the dangerous area of a SUV's bumper. No one forced you to get the car you got; you chose it and assumed the risk and responsibility on your own.
Very well said.
Do you scream for everyone to turn their gaze the other way lest they capture some of the light beams that have reflected off you?
No, but now that you've pointed it out I'm sure someone will figure out a way they can sue for being mentally recorded.
In typical freedom-monger fashion, you'll probably continue to recite these little poems until you're raped, and a camera could have seen it, or you're burglarized, and a camera wasn't there. Of course, if you're murdered, you won't be around to care, but your family will probably mourn your loss, and not have any photos to remember you by, because none of them came out.
In all 3 cases, there will no doubt be a lawsuit involved.
It does. My one time experience with a PocketPC went like this:
1) Heard the thing has a "filesystem." Figures out how to browse the filesystem.
2) Finds Command
3) Runs it
4) Tries to delete the Windows directory
See subject. Oh, and I hate to rock your world, but PocketPC has a command line. It's a DOS command line, but it's still a command line. :)
Unfortunately, the new clie is still nearly an inch thick, regardless of whether you want the keyboard or not. Carrying something that big in your pocket is probably enough to cut off circulation, ending any chance an admin might ever have at a wet anything.
I had a Subaru with a chronic check engine light problem. Two mechanics (one operating out of the Subaru dealer and one non-dealer) told me that (on Subarus anyway) that quite often the vague "service engine" light indicates a failure in emissions control or some other non-critical part, and unless the failure is causing a loss of performance or your car to just plain not work, that quite often it's not worth worrying about. (And even with my failed emissions control systems I still passed all emissions testing with flying colors... so I think quite often the non-critical part that's failed is the light itself...)
"Naturally, I just bought two 2D LCD displays for my home office two weeks ago."
2 x 2D = 4D
4D > 3D
QED