That's not a USB issue, that's an OS write caching issue. It's higher up the chain of command.
It was my understanding that it was both an OS caching issue, and a power issue. If the device that's plugged in through USB was self powered, it wouldn't be a problem. But if the device was powered from the port (say like a USB stick) than there's a slight chance that pulling it out during a certain change in the power draw, might result in some of the memory on the stick getting messed up.
At the moment, my average attempt to plug in a USB cable takes three attempts: First, try it the way I think it should go, but doesn't work; Second, flip it over and try again; Third, double check that I had it flipped the correct direction the first time and press a little harder.
I hope they can avoid that issue with the new design.
just look at all the dedicated set-top boxes -- That will be generalized;
I wish that were so. I think that the cable companies have a pretty solid marketing scam going on by telling customers they get a free* DVR.
*free: You don't pay for it upfront, but you'll have a monthly charge to rent it.
Why can't my home computer manage passwords. Seems like it's smart enough to generate a password, pass it to the secure site, then at log off generate another password pass it to the site and then log off. Let the computers handle the task. Then have one master password or some other technique to log onto the computer that can only be used from the keyboard.
Because home computers get hosed. Plus many people use many different devices to connect to the internet. I might regularly check a website from home, but occasionally I might do it from my work computer. And then once in a while, maybe I feel like doing it from my Nook tablet because that's what's in my hands at that moment. I also might want to do it from my phone, or periodically my in-laws computer when I'm trying to show them something.
Only being able to log into a service from a single client is a quick way to kill off many people from using that service.
...is that inevitably, knowing how the government works, doctor assisted suicide would inevitably become doctor mandated suicide. "First you give them a choice, then you make it compulsory."
That's why the Republicans are fighting against gay marriage so hard. It gets introduced has an option, but before we know it, gay marriage is going to be mandated.
Most rich people don't make most of their money in income (that's for the merely-comfortable); they make it through things like dividends and capital gains.
What we really need is to bring back serious inheritance taxes, even if some people want to call them "death taxes". In the long run, huge wealth is not a societal problem so long as it doesn't become dynastic.
It's my understanding that inherited money rarely lasts for more then two generations in the US. I've heard multiple reports about companies that sell services to rich families about teaching each family member what to do with money because it's very common for wealth to never make it to the great-grandkids of the wealth creator. The kids will get the wealth, and they may or may not blow it. But if some money makes it to the grand kids they are for sure going to blow it. Fools and their money are easily parted and the US has a very healthy marketplace of letting people spend all of their money away.
Seems to me that a cap on CEO to average pay take company size into account, the ratio should be smaller for a company with 100 employees than it would be for a company with 100,000 employees.
Why? Would that discourage smaller companies from existing and only solidify large existing companies as the ones who can make a profit because they can pay their workers less?
Wouldn't making a min/max pay ratio result in companies sub contracting out the work of the lower paid employee's to sub contracting companies? It sounds like a regulation that will only result in more paperwork and chaos without solving any problems.
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Excuse me while I go play "Super Mario 3D World" on my console that actually has games.
You're excused.
The reason why many have declared the Wii U dead, but are giving the other two systems a chance is that the Wii U didn't improve upon what the Wii did well (Wii U's motion control is not better than Wii's). Plus we know that Nintendo is going to try it's best to justify the heavy, expensive Game Pad by making games make use it, and thus far most games aren't better for it. So we're not too excited about a future with the Wii U and constantly bending our necks down from our big screens to look at the small screen in our hands.
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Exactly. One of my coworkers was ecstatic that Amazon had delivered his system yesterday afternoon, and was planning to call in sick today for some one-on-one time with it. I asked him which launch exclusives he was so stoked about; he couldn't name one. He's at work today looking a little bummed.../csb
I felt the same way about the Wii U. I loved the Wii (still do), went to some Wii U pre-launch events, got all excited, but then when launch came and I looked at my budget to justify the purchase I just couldn't do it. Rayman Legends looked fun, but that was on other platforms, and it certainly didn't justify purchasing the system. Here I wait, waiting for a game to come out (or at least enough games) to see which next gen console I'll buy.
In Internet Explorer, just like any other ActiveX control. In the Manage Add-Ons Windows select the Add-On you want whitelisted and press "More information". In the information dialog press "Remove All Websites". Then when you are viewing a website that wants to run that add-on and small bar will appear at the bottom of the windows asking for permissions to run. I do this with Flash. It means I have a small bar at the bottom of every website I visit, and I think my whitelist for it at the moment is thedailyshow.com.
I've never heard of anyone having any security issues with Foxit. Plus, the top priority for Foxit is going to be a good PDF viewer, whereas that might not make top priority for a browser.
Until we do. That would be the next step right? Once all of the cars are tracked you can start to see which ones may passively cause bad driving in others.
Risk Pools have a purpose. A pool of one is not a pool.
It's not a pool, but in that instance it's a forced savings account. If you're really the worst driver in the state, the insurance company will slowly jack up your rates until the cost the insure you in the amount you're paying them. But instead of you having to cough up the money for each and every accident, you just pull from your state law mandated accident savings account (insurance).
Instead of the risk being spread around to others, the risk is being evened out among your past and future.
If XBox had binary compatibility with Windows, and the ability to play Windows games on your console (through streaming as Steam's doing, or directly), it'd make the platform much more saleable. They really dropped the ball, not integrating it more heavily into the Windows environment when they had the chance.
I believe that's what they're doing with the WinRT apps.
When the means is social engineering? Yes. Edward Snowden isn't even a hot chick, how many NSA employee's have handed out their credentials to even less 'trustworthy' people?
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That's not a USB issue, that's an OS write caching issue. It's higher up the chain of command.
It was my understanding that it was both an OS caching issue, and a power issue. If the device that's plugged in through USB was self powered, it wouldn't be a problem. But if the device was powered from the port (say like a USB stick) than there's a slight chance that pulling it out during a certain change in the power draw, might result in some of the memory on the stick getting messed up.
At the moment, my average attempt to plug in a USB cable takes three attempts: First, try it the way I think it should go, but doesn't work; Second, flip it over and try again; Third, double check that I had it flipped the correct direction the first time and press a little harder.
I hope they can avoid that issue with the new design.
What's with the 'scientists said' line? Everything in the summary is stuff that's repeated on the History channel about once a week.
just look at all the dedicated set-top boxes -- That will be generalized;
I wish that were so. I think that the cable companies have a pretty solid marketing scam going on by telling customers they get a free* DVR.
*free: You don't pay for it upfront, but you'll have a monthly charge to rent it.
Why would someone living on such slim margins buy a smartphone and its expensive data plan in the first place instead of buying a dumbphone?
Because people want a dumbphone with a touchscreen, and the only ones you can get now are smartphones.
Why can't my home computer manage passwords. Seems like it's smart enough to generate a password, pass it to the secure site, then at log off generate another password pass it to the site and then log off. Let the computers handle the task. Then have one master password or some other technique to log onto the computer that can only be used from the keyboard.
Because home computers get hosed. Plus many people use many different devices to connect to the internet. I might regularly check a website from home, but occasionally I might do it from my work computer. And then once in a while, maybe I feel like doing it from my Nook tablet because that's what's in my hands at that moment. I also might want to do it from my phone, or periodically my in-laws computer when I'm trying to show them something.
Only being able to log into a service from a single client is a quick way to kill off many people from using that service.
You'll never get hired for what you say on Twitter, but you may get fired for what you say on Twitter.
Because human life has a dignity and purpose far beyond that of a cat.
Evidence please.
That's why the Republicans are fighting against gay marriage so hard. It gets introduced has an option, but before we know it, gay marriage is going to be mandated.
why should his celebrity make me care about his opinion any more than I care about that of some random guy on the street?
Because celebrities tend to have an audience, and with that audience might be able to bring about change.
Most rich people don't make most of their money in income (that's for the merely-comfortable); they make it through things like dividends and capital gains.
I consider dividends and capital gains as income.
What we really need is to bring back serious inheritance taxes, even if some people want to call them "death taxes". In the long run, huge wealth is not a societal problem so long as it doesn't become dynastic.
It's my understanding that inherited money rarely lasts for more then two generations in the US. I've heard multiple reports about companies that sell services to rich families about teaching each family member what to do with money because it's very common for wealth to never make it to the great-grandkids of the wealth creator. The kids will get the wealth, and they may or may not blow it. But if some money makes it to the grand kids they are for sure going to blow it. Fools and their money are easily parted and the US has a very healthy marketplace of letting people spend all of their money away.
Seems to me that a cap on CEO to average pay take company size into account, the ratio should be smaller for a company with 100 employees than it would be for a company with 100,000 employees.
Why? Would that discourage smaller companies from existing and only solidify large existing companies as the ones who can make a profit because they can pay their workers less?
Wouldn't making a min/max pay ratio result in companies sub contracting out the work of the lower paid employee's to sub contracting companies? It sounds like a regulation that will only result in more paperwork and chaos without solving any problems.
Excuse me while I go play "Super Mario 3D World" on my console that actually has games.
You're excused.
The reason why many have declared the Wii U dead, but are giving the other two systems a chance is that the Wii U didn't improve upon what the Wii did well (Wii U's motion control is not better than Wii's). Plus we know that Nintendo is going to try it's best to justify the heavy, expensive Game Pad by making games make use it, and thus far most games aren't better for it. So we're not too excited about a future with the Wii U and constantly bending our necks down from our big screens to look at the small screen in our hands.
Exactly. One of my coworkers was ecstatic that Amazon had delivered his system yesterday afternoon, and was planning to call in sick today for some one-on-one time with it. I asked him which launch exclusives he was so stoked about; he couldn't name one. He's at work today looking a little bummed... /csb
I felt the same way about the Wii U. I loved the Wii (still do), went to some Wii U pre-launch events, got all excited, but then when launch came and I looked at my budget to justify the purchase I just couldn't do it. Rayman Legends looked fun, but that was on other platforms, and it certainly didn't justify purchasing the system. Here I wait, waiting for a game to come out (or at least enough games) to see which next gen console I'll buy.
How do you lock silverlight to a whitelist?
In Internet Explorer, just like any other ActiveX control. In the Manage Add-Ons Windows select the Add-On you want whitelisted and press "More information". In the information dialog press "Remove All Websites". Then when you are viewing a website that wants to run that add-on and small bar will appear at the bottom of the windows asking for permissions to run.
I do this with Flash. It means I have a small bar at the bottom of every website I visit, and I think my whitelist for it at the moment is thedailyshow.com.
I've never heard of anyone having any security issues with Foxit. Plus, the top priority for Foxit is going to be a good PDF viewer, whereas that might not make top priority for a browser.
You don't see that in their data stream.
Until we do. That would be the next step right? Once all of the cars are tracked you can start to see which ones may passively cause bad driving in others.
The road isn't a racetrack, and you don't score points for being the lead.
Well maybe you're not, but you may not have noticed because I'm getting all of the points.
Risk Pools have a purpose. A pool of one is not a pool.
It's not a pool, but in that instance it's a forced savings account. If you're really the worst driver in the state, the insurance company will slowly jack up your rates until the cost the insure you in the amount you're paying them. But instead of you having to cough up the money for each and every accident, you just pull from your state law mandated accident savings account (insurance).
Instead of the risk being spread around to others, the risk is being evened out among your past and future.
The ACA didn't cancel your plan, your carrier cancelled your plan because it was no longer profitable under the ACA's rules.
Having the ACA rules make the plan too expensive is the same as the ACA canceling the plan.
If XBox had binary compatibility with Windows, and the ability to play Windows games on your console (through streaming as Steam's doing, or directly), it'd make the platform much more saleable. They really dropped the ball, not integrating it more heavily into the Windows environment when they had the chance.
I believe that's what they're doing with the WinRT apps.
Do the ends justify the means?
When the means is social engineering? Yes. Edward Snowden isn't even a hot chick, how many NSA employee's have handed out their credentials to even less 'trustworthy' people?