You are missing the point DRM will always be in the form of a binary blob, this means that open source browsers will never be able to integrate this crap without it being a plugin with a binary blob, just like it is today. It is impossible to have this be a "standard", because only closed source browsers could possibly implement it.
Even if humanity was "seeded" by aliens, it doesn't make any difference for the theory of evolution, because evolution would be exactly the same. Even so for the question of how did life start, it only puts in another indirection for the creation of life, because how did the aliens begin as a life form?
There will always be criminals, sociopaths and crazy people in any society therefore there is a need to restrict gun ownership just like we restrict other items and materials like poison, bombs and nuclear weapons. But if the society isn't working because of corruption and/or prevalent social injustice then having rules which are not enforced do not work.
Are you addicted to guns? No it's not the same thing.
If the criminals in Brazil have guns even though there is a gun ban it must mean that the police and the government are massively corrupt and are aiding the criminals. That is a problem with your country not a gun ban problem.
In a civilized country having very strict gun laws actually work.
I have never understood how some areas can be so high crime that a white person walking late at night is 100% sure to get in trouble and the police can't do anything about it. The police can just have a white undercover agent walk at night and have a team stand by to arrest those that make trouble, rinse repeat until problem goes away. Perhaps I just don't understand the problem because I have never lived in a country with high crime.
"A Google spokeswoman said via email the company does not provide encryption keys to any government and provides user data only in accordance with the law.".
First of all NSA lied to congress so how do we know that the Google spokeswomen is not lying also? Secondly if the laws are secret then how does the public know what is in accordance?
I always thought games relying on Games for Windows Live was stupid, because it is unavoidable that Microsoft will abandon that like all products and services that they create, and then what will happen with all the games that use that? They will no longer work.
So much for the don't be evil motto. I remember when I heard Google say this and I started laughing uncontrollably. You see the thing is, all corporations turn evil at some point, it doesn't matter how lofty your ideas are, once the company has reached a certain size evil sets in.
Whenever dealing with incomplete data in software it is always best to try to fix/add the missing data at the earliest time possible. In this case that time is when the photo is taken or uploaded, so the proper solution is to have the social networking software tag the photo by requiring the original photographer/uploader to add the missing data.
The problem is that most phone vendors (basically all except Google) never update the Android system after the phone is released. This means that there are millions of phones stuck on some ancient versions of Android but many apps for Android are targeted at specific version which are constantly getting higher and higher because Google keeps pumping out new versions of Android.
It isn't like software engineering is a new thing, there are known methods and ways to test for memory leaks and software crashes, there are also known methods for QA and regression tests for software. I understand there will always be some bugs in any software but as soon as a single crash occurs you should have enough information to identify the bug and fix it with an update.
A browser should never crash, period. If it crashes then it is because the Mozilla devs wasted their time on some pet projects instead of using that time for QA and testing of the core browser.
You obviously don't run Firefox constantly open for months at a time. But that is my point if the browser can't handle addons without crashing and consuming all memory then that is something that should be addressed by at least having some tools in the browser to detect and/or fix the situation. One of the addons that I know that has some problems is the Flash Player plugin, but this plugin is basically required for browsing the web, so the Mozilla devs should work with Adobe to fix this situation or write their own integrated flash player. Just fix the damn browser please.
You can't just upgrade the JVM on live production server just to update the timezone database. You have to go through rigorous testing to make sure the new JVM behaves correctly for older code. Updating the timezone database is a much simpler concept.
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So instead of the Flash plugin you have the DRM plugin. How is it that any better?
You are missing the point DRM will always be in the form of a binary blob, this means that open source browsers will never be able to integrate this crap without it being a plugin with a binary blob, just like it is today. It is impossible to have this be a "standard", because only closed source browsers could possibly implement it.
They just ask for the private keys from the secret court and Google has no other option than to comply.
But it doesn't matter because the NSA has all the certificates that Google has.
Even if humanity was "seeded" by aliens, it doesn't make any difference for the theory of evolution, because evolution would be exactly the same.
Even so for the question of how did life start, it only puts in another indirection for the creation of life, because how did the aliens begin as a life form?
There will always be criminals, sociopaths and crazy people in any society therefore there is a need to restrict gun ownership just like we restrict other items and materials like poison, bombs and nuclear weapons. But if the society isn't working because of corruption and/or prevalent social injustice then having rules which are not enforced do not work.
Are you addicted to guns? No it's not the same thing.
If the criminals in Brazil have guns even though there is a gun ban it must mean that the police and the government are massively corrupt and are aiding the criminals. That is a problem with your country not a gun ban problem.
In a civilized country having very strict gun laws actually work.
I have never understood how some areas can be so high crime that a white person walking late at night is 100% sure to get in trouble and the police can't do anything about it. The police can just have a white undercover agent walk at night and have a team stand by to arrest those that make trouble, rinse repeat until problem goes away. Perhaps I just don't understand the problem because I have never lived in a country with high crime.
Well what do you expect from a company that has changed it's motto from "Don't be evil" to "Be evil"
"A Google spokeswoman said via email the company does not provide encryption keys to any government and provides user data only in accordance with the law.".
First of all NSA lied to congress so how do we know that the Google spokeswomen is not lying also? Secondly if the laws are secret then how does the public know what is in accordance?
I always thought games relying on Games for Windows Live was stupid, because it is unavoidable that Microsoft will abandon that like all products and services that they create, and then what will happen with all the games that use that? They will no longer work.
So much for the don't be evil motto. I remember when I heard Google say this and I started laughing uncontrollably. You see the thing is, all corporations turn evil at some point, it doesn't matter how lofty your ideas are, once the company has reached a certain size evil sets in.
Whenever dealing with incomplete data in software it is always best to try to fix/add the missing data at the earliest time possible. In this case that time is when the photo is taken or uploaded, so the proper solution is to have the social networking software tag the photo by requiring the original photographer/uploader to add the missing data.
Just use Llama if you have an Android phone:
Llama - Location Profiles
It's totally amazing. I use it to turn off WiFi when I leave the house and turn it back on when arrive at work.
The problem is that most phone vendors (basically all except Google) never update the Android system after the phone is released. This means that there are millions of phones stuck on some ancient versions of Android but many apps for Android are targeted at specific version which are constantly getting higher and higher because Google keeps pumping out new versions of Android.
No but you prioritize the tasks based on how serious they are. Bugs are number one, new features are second, eye candy is third.
Doesn't matter as long as there are bugs in the browser you fix that as first priority before you focus on something else.
It isn't like software engineering is a new thing, there are known methods and ways to test for memory leaks and software crashes, there are also known methods for QA and regression tests for software. I understand there will always be some bugs in any software but as soon as a single crash occurs you should have enough information to identify the bug and fix it with an update.
A browser should never crash, period. If it crashes then it is because the Mozilla devs wasted their time on some pet projects instead of using that time for QA and testing of the core browser.
You obviously don't run Firefox constantly open for months at a time. But that is my point if the browser can't handle addons without crashing and consuming all memory then that is something that should be addressed by at least having some tools in the browser to detect and/or fix the situation. One of the addons that I know that has some problems is the Flash Player plugin, but this plugin is basically required for browsing the web, so the Mozilla devs should work with Adobe to fix this situation or write their own integrated flash player. Just fix the damn browser please.
Why is Mozilla wasting their time with this crap when they should focus on getting their browser not to leak memory and crash all the time?
It is problematic to try to stuff cash through the tubes on the Interweb
But to compile and compare the binaries you have to use at some point a compiled binary from some source, which you can't trust.
You can't just upgrade the JVM on live production server just to update the timezone database. You have to go through rigorous testing to make sure the new JVM behaves correctly for older code. Updating the timezone database is a much simpler concept.
If your websites are in the hundreds, then yes I am incapable of loading hundreds of websites manually by hand every single day.