Not that I liked it in the first place but recent events have forced me to reconsider their motives. I usually install Ubuntu for family members but now I will migrate them to a less unscrupulous distro.
That's a bit like an advertising agency paying for the privilege to advertise a company's service. You would have to be almost completely mentally retarded to suggest such legislation - but of course we are talking about politicians here; politicians and technology. Oh well. I guess there are plenty of other sites Google can choose to index for free. Good luck trying to get traffic.
Yes but the difference, in this case, is having access to the network providers systems to attain such information. It's not just a case of picking up loose RF signals - it has to be coordinated and triangulated. That alone should warrant official procedures. In a couple of years time, once people are comfortable with warrant-less tracking, it won't be to unreasonable to assume that other tracking methods won't require such procedures; maybe even some data can be legally permitted.
You can't do a full frontal assault in support for anything the public doesn't want - you have to dismantle it piece by piece. The boiling frog analogy once again applies here.
He got four years probably because he was convicted of both charges. He will most likely will get 2 years with good behaviour.
More to the point - there's a new sheriff in town.
"The plug-in can be classed as a rootkit because it is thought to allow continued privileged access to a machine without a user's consent." - that is the very definition of a backdoor; not a rootkit.
A rootkit intercepts and modifies API calls in order to conceal itself.
"how the US and West governments and/or corporations and/or political systems are what's wrong with the world, when in reality, people are suffering and dying under actual tyranny and oppression." - Yes very good. That's like saying people don't kill people - guns do; that's ridiculous. The US, and many other countries including my own, the UK, financially and economically pull the trigger. If you honestly think that economic policy is not built around foreign enterprise then you are completely mistaken. Countries that cannot even afford the interest placed on their shoulders by the IMF obligate to pay their dues through enterprise - think of all the US and European firms that operate in poor countries in exchange for cheap goods and services - oil is a commodity that springs to mind. Do remember who are the major player in foreign policy - we (especially the US) live in a system of governance that actually permits lobby-ism. The entire western economic model revolves around the exploitation of cheap labour and goods - this is why we can regularly afford to commercially give away gifts (that we take for granted) that are derived from one of the most precious commodities on the planet - oil; plastic. If your AOL CDs were wrapped on gold plated packaging you might ask questions but it's plastic and we take it for granted - people pay for that with their lives. Poverty may be a side effect of tyranny - but remember that countries who give the middle finger to the west are not playing ball in our eyes - Chavez springs to mind - like him or not that is exactly what he done. A tyrant who conforms is more economically viable than a democratically elected official who shrugs their shoulders at us. So stop talking pish.
Too many mentions of Apple products - it makes my eyes bleed.
Anyway; although I agree with you that, for the general user, laptops are ideal and most (if not all) general users I know have a laptop or some kind of portable device. Yes this will be a bigger slice of the market in the future, it's already huge when you factor in all mobile devices, yet it still does no detract that the rather large semi/hardcore gaming market will continue to drive desktop sales in the future - have you ever held a high end or even mid market graphics card in your hand? Yes some gamers use laptops, and some games can even be played on the iPad - if you include apps and casual games in that market - but most gamers still, and will continue to do so, prefer a system that can deliver much more power.
Desktops will not simply disappear just because portable devices are convenient. Most enthusiasts will own a desktop. I own a netbook myself but yet there are many things I prefer a desktop for. Not only that - connecting up external devices just to make a laptop function like a desktop is really down to preference. I personally just can't be bothered with the hassle. If i want to read something while lying in bed, or on the go, I will use my netbook - for everything else I prefer a stationary system; something that is more practical in the given context.
Have you ever tried playing cutting edge games on a netbook or an iPhone? Gaming laptops only appeal to some but you cannot compare the two in terms of performance. Not to mention that in a production environment there will always be a use for a desktop PC.
Not to mention that, on Linux, flash is completely borked with Chrome - it causes graphical artefacts across all workspaces. Some youtube videos don't play, sound doesn't work in some videos. On top of that some website, like facebook, fail to render javascript correctly on first load; it lacks on many features and we will soon see triple digit version numbers.
For all of Firefox's imperfections at least it works..
I'm actually losing respect for the English. I try to treat everybody the same and I don't judge - but now I am thinking that maybe the rest of the world are correct about you.
It's funny how you hold contempt for us but, a self respecting nation, yet we don't have a big throbbing, stars and stripes, jammed down our gullet.
Enjoy your fascist future. Independence for Scotland - vote yes Autumn 2014.
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For a country that prides itself on freedom of speech - they like to tell people to shut up.
Not that I liked it in the first place but recent events have forced me to reconsider their motives. I usually install Ubuntu for family members but now I will migrate them to a less unscrupulous distro.
Some people just need to be shot. ..And how exactly does it take two years to tack down a suspect that used absolutely no methods to hide his tracks?
If you're not prepared to learn Linux then your should be prepared to - give up pursuit of programming embedded/small devices.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Mussolini
Where does it start and where does it end? - You're sentence..
That's a bit like an advertising agency paying for the privilege to advertise a company's service. You would have to be almost completely mentally retarded to suggest such legislation - but of course we are talking about politicians here; politicians and technology. Oh well. I guess there are plenty of other sites Google can choose to index for free. Good luck trying to get traffic.
Yes but the difference, in this case, is having access to the network providers systems to attain such information. It's not just a case of picking up loose RF signals - it has to be coordinated and triangulated. That alone should warrant official procedures. In a couple of years time, once people are comfortable with warrant-less tracking, it won't be to unreasonable to assume that other tracking methods won't require such procedures; maybe even some data can be legally permitted. You can't do a full frontal assault in support for anything the public doesn't want - you have to dismantle it piece by piece. The boiling frog analogy once again applies here.
He got four years probably because he was convicted of both charges. He will most likely will get 2 years with good behaviour. More to the point - there's a new sheriff in town.
There's no privacy any more - I'm pretty sick of it.
..What a whore..
Actually on the contrary. They steal from the rich and give to the poor. They are more like Robin Hood's than pirates.
"The plug-in can be classed as a rootkit because it is thought to allow continued privileged access to a machine without a user's consent." - that is the very definition of a backdoor; not a rootkit. A rootkit intercepts and modifies API calls in order to conceal itself.
"how the US and West governments and/or corporations and/or political systems are what's wrong with the world, when in reality, people are suffering and dying under actual tyranny and oppression." - Yes very good. That's like saying people don't kill people - guns do; that's ridiculous. The US, and many other countries including my own, the UK, financially and economically pull the trigger. If you honestly think that economic policy is not built around foreign enterprise then you are completely mistaken. Countries that cannot even afford the interest placed on their shoulders by the IMF obligate to pay their dues through enterprise - think of all the US and European firms that operate in poor countries in exchange for cheap goods and services - oil is a commodity that springs to mind. Do remember who are the major player in foreign policy - we (especially the US) live in a system of governance that actually permits lobby-ism. The entire western economic model revolves around the exploitation of cheap labour and goods - this is why we can regularly afford to commercially give away gifts (that we take for granted) that are derived from one of the most precious commodities on the planet - oil; plastic. If your AOL CDs were wrapped on gold plated packaging you might ask questions but it's plastic and we take it for granted - people pay for that with their lives. Poverty may be a side effect of tyranny - but remember that countries who give the middle finger to the west are not playing ball in our eyes - Chavez springs to mind - like him or not that is exactly what he done. A tyrant who conforms is more economically viable than a democratically elected official who shrugs their shoulders at us. So stop talking pish.
You live in Soviet Russia.
Too many mentions of Apple products - it makes my eyes bleed. Anyway; although I agree with you that, for the general user, laptops are ideal and most (if not all) general users I know have a laptop or some kind of portable device. Yes this will be a bigger slice of the market in the future, it's already huge when you factor in all mobile devices, yet it still does no detract that the rather large semi/hardcore gaming market will continue to drive desktop sales in the future - have you ever held a high end or even mid market graphics card in your hand? Yes some gamers use laptops, and some games can even be played on the iPad - if you include apps and casual games in that market - but most gamers still, and will continue to do so, prefer a system that can deliver much more power. Desktops will not simply disappear just because portable devices are convenient. Most enthusiasts will own a desktop. I own a netbook myself but yet there are many things I prefer a desktop for. Not only that - connecting up external devices just to make a laptop function like a desktop is really down to preference. I personally just can't be bothered with the hassle. If i want to read something while lying in bed, or on the go, I will use my netbook - for everything else I prefer a stationary system; something that is more practical in the given context.
Yeah but don't mention it to your average person for fear of being labelled a conspiracy theorist.
*"won't of"; yes I saw it too. Although I'm British this still pissed me off - I want justice..
You could have fooled me.. So does that mean it's a declaration of war?
Have you ever tried playing cutting edge games on a netbook or an iPhone? Gaming laptops only appeal to some but you cannot compare the two in terms of performance. Not to mention that in a production environment there will always be a use for a desktop PC.
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Nobody likes being a babysitter for noisy babies.
Not to mention that, on Linux, flash is completely borked with Chrome - it causes graphical artefacts across all workspaces. Some youtube videos don't play, sound doesn't work in some videos. On top of that some website, like facebook, fail to render javascript correctly on first load; it lacks on many features and we will soon see triple digit version numbers. For all of Firefox's imperfections at least it works..
I'm actually losing respect for the English. I try to treat everybody the same and I don't judge - but now I am thinking that maybe the rest of the world are correct about you. It's funny how you hold contempt for us but, a self respecting nation, yet we don't have a big throbbing, stars and stripes, jammed down our gullet. Enjoy your fascist future. Independence for Scotland - vote yes Autumn 2014.
Stop distributing them on CD. CDs are so nineties.