"default credentials are the most likely cause" "Things cleared up when both Anubhav found users complaining on the MikroTik forums about defaced devices, admitting they were using default or no credentials." "Looks like somebody made a script that logs into unprotected devices and changes the identity name," said a MikroTik spokesperson. "[MikroTik] RouterOS devices do have a password and firewall by default, but many remove those for unknown reasons."
So I started with Dell, because I'm using a Lenovo 15.6" laptop at the moment with a numeric keypad, and I have a 15.6" HP at home with one too. The only range they sell in 15.6" without a keypad is Alienware gaming laptops. Instead of a numeric keypad they have large empty spaces on each side of the keyboard.
15" 4:3 laptops generally didn't have them. 15.6" widescreen laptops have nearly 2" more space, so they generally do. They're 4% smaller in area and 4cm wider.
To stop selling all but two cars. To continue selling even more crossovers, SUVs, utes, pickups, trucks.... Co-incidentally, "non-cars" have much less stringent fuel economy regulations. Small passenger cars need to meet a corporate average of 45mpg, light trucks of the same physical size can get away with 37mpg. Large passengers cars need to average 34mpg, while large trucks only need to get to 25mpg.
John Deere is doing this with their tractors. Don't fool yourself that newer washing machines won't have ID chips in the water valves, so they can ensure genuine parts are used to repair it from authorised repair agents.
Eric was downloading and distributing copyrighted material without a license. The license granted when you download Windows 10 media from Microsoft explicitly forbids commercial use and is granted only for end users.
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Why is the ratio even important? If no one told you the resolution, could you even tell the difference between a 16:10 and 16:9 screen? 1920x1200 or 1920x1080? 16:9 is only 10% smaller.
Chat isn't a replacement for any encrypted communications tool. It's a replacement for SMS, which is also not encrypted. It's required to be backward compatible with SMS, because not all networks or phones will support it. You can't do end-to-end encryption when one end doesn't support encryption. It's required to be operated by cellular carriers, so to be able to be operated in various countries, access to messages is a requirement, like SMS. It's required to not have a central set of servers that are operated by a single company, like iMessage, WhatsApp, etc.
They also did it to maintain the same phone aspect ratio and making the top and bottom bezel smaller. They want to keep the narrow and slim form factor that people are used to, while making the screen fill the entire phone. The last thing they'd want is their new model to look short and fat compared to the competition.
Availability of screens - widescreen format panels are mass produced for tv use, they're cheaper and more widely available.
Tell me, where do I find 43" laptops? That's about the smallest 4k TV you can buy these days. 32" 1080p TV's are around, but still no 32" laptops.
Also, where can I buy a 15" widescreen TV? They were popular about 15 years ago, during the transition from CRT to LCD/Plasma. They never really got above 1366x768 pixel though, as 720p was all a TV needed back then.
A 15" widescreen is cheaper for several reasons than a 15" 4:3 screen. There is less screen area. There are fewer pixels. The backlight doesn't need to spread as far.
Not only do websites like fixing the menus to the viewport, they also like limiting the width of the content. You end up with huge white space to the left and right of the content (after you block the ads that usually end up there)
I find 15.6" laptops are better than 17" laptops. I'm not fat and don't have fat fingers, so the bigger physical size isn't relevant. I don't have bad eyesight so the higher pixel density isn't an issue.
I have a W540 and it's got pretty much the exact same layout with the addition of a numeric keypad. Same stupid little arrow keys with page up/down. Same stupid placement of the print screen key where desktop keyboards at the context menu key. Same stupid ordering of Fn, Ctrl, Windows, Alt.
Could be worse I suppose. I have a HP laptop at home and the bottom right key order is Ctrl, Fn, Windows, Alt.
It's not to please the lazy bums who want to watch movies. 16:9 laptops means smaller, cheaper to produce laptops.
For the same screen width, there is less screen area and fewer pixels. Cheaper and cheaper. Screen width is determined by the laptop width, which also needs to accommodate a keyboard. A 15" widescreen is wider than a 15" 4:3, allowing a more comfortable keyboard layout while also being cheaper. The backlight doesn't need to spread as far either, so the diffuser doesn't need to be as complex. The base can also be smaller to match the screen, meaning the it's also cheaper and lighter.
"Watching movies" was the excuse. Cheaper is the reason.
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They've been telling us online piracy was the cause of it, not their price hikes.
"default credentials are the most likely cause"
"Things cleared up when both Anubhav found users complaining on the MikroTik forums about defaced devices, admitting they were using default or no credentials."
"Looks like somebody made a script that logs into unprotected devices and changes the identity name," said a MikroTik spokesperson. "[MikroTik] RouterOS devices do have a password and firewall by default, but many remove those for unknown reasons."
Totally the manufacturers fault.
They will probably leave them as-is an not invest any more development effort in them.
They've discontinued the financial incentive they had.
Synology, NetGear, Asus, QNAP, probably others too, all have curated app stores and easy to use web interfaces.
I never said it was cheaper for the consumer.
So I started with Dell, because I'm using a Lenovo 15.6" laptop at the moment with a numeric keypad, and I have a 15.6" HP at home with one too.
The only range they sell in 15.6" without a keypad is Alienware gaming laptops. Instead of a numeric keypad they have large empty spaces on each side of the keyboard.
15" 4:3 laptops generally didn't have them. 15.6" widescreen laptops have nearly 2" more space, so they generally do.
They're 4% smaller in area and 4cm wider.
To stop selling all but two cars.
To continue selling even more crossovers, SUVs, utes, pickups, trucks....
Co-incidentally, "non-cars" have much less stringent fuel economy regulations. Small passenger cars need to meet a corporate average of 45mpg, light trucks of the same physical size can get away with 37mpg.
Large passengers cars need to average 34mpg, while large trucks only need to get to 25mpg.
All in the name of convenience.
Although it's actually all in the name of cost savings. It costs more to re-deliver packages.
Amazon assume you won't mind letting in minimum wage delivery drivers in to your home and car in exchange for increasing their profit margins.
John Deere is doing this with their tractors.
Don't fool yourself that newer washing machines won't have ID chips in the water valves, so they can ensure genuine parts are used to repair it from authorised repair agents.
Eric was downloading and distributing copyrighted material without a license.
The license granted when you download Windows 10 media from Microsoft explicitly forbids commercial use and is granted only for end users.
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That's the terms of use for everything downloaded from the Microsoft website. Sounds like pretty cut and dry copyright infringement.
Why is the ratio even important?
If no one told you the resolution, could you even tell the difference between a 16:10 and 16:9 screen?
1920x1200 or 1920x1080? 16:9 is only 10% smaller.
If it can spot face swaps and flag them, it can be used to train the face swap algorithms to make them better.
Chat isn't a replacement for any encrypted communications tool.
It's a replacement for SMS, which is also not encrypted.
It's required to be backward compatible with SMS, because not all networks or phones will support it. You can't do end-to-end encryption when one end doesn't support encryption.
It's required to be operated by cellular carriers, so to be able to be operated in various countries, access to messages is a requirement, like SMS.
It's required to not have a central set of servers that are operated by a single company, like iMessage, WhatsApp, etc.
If you want to understand a monitor size, use the size measurements, eg: 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 and not the aspect ratio.
The aspect ratio describes the shape of a monitor.
They also did it to maintain the same phone aspect ratio and making the top and bottom bezel smaller.
They want to keep the narrow and slim form factor that people are used to, while making the screen fill the entire phone. The last thing they'd want is their new model to look short and fat compared to the competition.
Almost every widescreen laptop 15.6" or larger has a numeric keypad.
Availability of screens - widescreen format panels are mass produced for tv use, they're cheaper and more widely available.
Tell me, where do I find 43" laptops?
That's about the smallest 4k TV you can buy these days.
32" 1080p TV's are around, but still no 32" laptops.
Also, where can I buy a 15" widescreen TV? They were popular about 15 years ago, during the transition from CRT to LCD/Plasma. They never really got above 1366x768 pixel though, as 720p was all a TV needed back then.
Marketing numbers vs costs.
A 15" widescreen is cheaper for several reasons than a 15" 4:3 screen.
There is less screen area.
There are fewer pixels.
The backlight doesn't need to spread as far.
Not only do websites like fixing the menus to the viewport, they also like limiting the width of the content. You end up with huge white space to the left and right of the content (after you block the ads that usually end up there)
I find 15.6" laptops are better than 17" laptops.
I'm not fat and don't have fat fingers, so the bigger physical size isn't relevant.
I don't have bad eyesight so the higher pixel density isn't an issue.
The T420 is a wide-screen laptop.
I have a W540 and it's got pretty much the exact same layout with the addition of a numeric keypad.
Same stupid little arrow keys with page up/down. Same stupid placement of the print screen key where desktop keyboards at the context menu key. Same stupid ordering of Fn, Ctrl, Windows, Alt.
Could be worse I suppose. I have a HP laptop at home and the bottom right key order is Ctrl, Fn, Windows, Alt.
Exactly.
A 15" 4:3 laptop couldn't fit a keypad. You had to move up to 17" for that.
15.6" 16:9 laptops pretty much all have keypads.
It's not to please the lazy bums who want to watch movies.
16:9 laptops means smaller, cheaper to produce laptops.
For the same screen width, there is less screen area and fewer pixels. Cheaper and cheaper.
Screen width is determined by the laptop width, which also needs to accommodate a keyboard.
A 15" widescreen is wider than a 15" 4:3, allowing a more comfortable keyboard layout while also being cheaper. The backlight doesn't need to spread as far either, so the diffuser doesn't need to be as complex.
The base can also be smaller to match the screen, meaning the it's also cheaper and lighter.
"Watching movies" was the excuse. Cheaper is the reason.
Because 16:9 can't be represented as a decimal. Neither can 4:3
The ratios are exact values. A decimal would be an approximation. You even got your example wrong. 16:9 is much closer to 1.8 than 1.7