I like how one little country that normally doesn't play a big role in the world, is flooded and suddenly its a big deal. How many of the disk makers have factories located there?
Stallman has done many things to help the free software movement, and I appreciate those efforts. HOWEVER, the more I learn about the man and the more he talks, the more I wish he'd just shut up. He's sounding more and more like those church kooks who try to bait people (I don't wish to give them more press so am omitting their name).
And how is that different than Church of Apple?
Oh wait, it's different because RMS actually wants you to have freedom, while Church of Apple wants pretty much the opposite.
Day after day, "media" spends time talking about someone who managed to run some businesses that basically produced some eye-candy that naive people can drool over. A hero.
But chance that you will hear about someone who actually saves peoples' eyes (like this, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_Ruit) are almost zero.
It seems like the only time I read about anything Russians do with computer tech, it involves botnets, stealing passwords, and ripping off peoples bank accounts. Are there any Russians that contribute something positive to the world of software?
No, of course not, you stupid retard. All Russians are criminals, right?
How are you not ashamed of publicly admitting that you don't read anything is beyond me, though.
This dude was involved in the planning and conduct of Al Qaeda operation on US soil. You are talking about war, and for some reason you want to take it to court. Let the lawyers fight the wars? You're fucking retarded.
And evidence to support your claims is available where, exactly? Oh right, I forgot. There was no trial, so there was no need for evidence.
Well, I certainly wish good luck to all those mafia bosses and drug dealers, when this becomes a standard in "war on drugs". I certainly hope to start seeing some progress in that war, now that it has been established that your "enemies" in any 'wars" can be killed freely.
No one seriously argues that Awlaki wasn't an enemy actor, therefore there is zero logical argument against killing him. His citizenship couldn't be less relevant because the rules of WAR apply in WAR.
He was an active member of a hostile force.
He demonstrated hostile intent.
Attacking him was a "necessity" because there was no other way to interdict his activities.
Force used was "proportional" because it was sufficient to decisively counter a hostile act or hostile intent, but reasonable in intensity, duration and magnitude.
Will you now start killing people who post "Death to Americans" type of message on random forum too?
The SAM file on Windows is impossible to retrieve while the Windows kernel is running. The kernel has an exclusive read/write lock on the file and any attempt to access it will be denied. It is possible to read an NTFS file-system outside of the OS even while the OS is running but we're talking about deep-file system inspection.
here was no smart phone that looked or acted like the iPhone when it came to market. None. There were indeed phones that provided similar functionalities to what the iPhone eventually offered and made mainstream--but there was no smart phone that was even CLOSE in operation and design to what the iPhone introduced. Now, EVERY smart phone on the market looks and operates like an iPhone. This is not innovation, this is duplication.
So, because you haven't ever seen another phone before you bought an iPhone, you concluded that no other phones provided similar functionalities to what iPhone eventually offered?
I understand that Samsung may have very loyal fans in Korea but this story is about Europe. Samsung may not be able to fight off Apple in the US but going and screwing Europeans hardly seems like an appropriate answer.
Actually, Samsung has very loyal fans all over the world. They're just not suffering from inferiority complex and don't see a brand as a religion, so you don't hear much from them.
They just like using good quality products which Samsung makes.
Damn true. Yeah, let's make another OS with no app. You know, the apps, the thing that nowadays make smartphones popular. I really can't understand HTC strategy, even their lineup strategy. They talk about differentiation while most of their phones look the same, have similar specs and similar prices. HTC Sensation? Just like the HTC Desire HD... I am no Apple fan, but Apple's lineup, using old models as a cheap alternative make much more sense than throwing money at new models while retailers can't sell the old ones fast enough.
Did it occur to you that 50 well made apps are worth more (to a paltform) than 20,000 shitty apps?
First because of all the claims "I've got a friend who..." has to be the least reliable form of evidence ever. Sorry, but the amount of made up shit out there is legendary, and gets worse in each retelling. It isn't just a story, it is hearsay of a story.
Then there's the fact that military radars don't work at 2.4GHz. If the S band was in heavy use for that, there would be problems with interference with other 2.4GHz devices. Military radar is mostly X band (8-12GHz). If you think that these things can't be designed to sniff for different ranges, you are kidding yourself.
Then there's signal strength. A microwave's magnetron is 1000 watts or so, and is not designed for directional transmission. Military radar is an order of magnitude above that or more. It is also steered directionally towards what you want (either mechanically or by phased arrays) to keep power dispersion down. A microwave would not show up at all the same as a military radar.
Finally there's the fact that, well, it clearly didn't do much even if it happened. Yugoslavia lost, rather badly, to nothing but an air war. They left Kosovo. It wasn't as though the NATO planes were befuddled and they had to send in ground troops. It was the first war where airpower alone did the trick.
Back on topic, that kind of thing would do jack and shit for the North Koreans with regards to GPS jamming. Not only does the signal need to be much more powerful, but it is the wrong band. GPS works in the L band. Building high power, L band decoys might work... But then those are probably effective jammers so no real difference.
Of course, you will also say that there is no chance that NATO planes kill hundreds and hundreds of real-life sized models of military equipment.
Anti-radar missiles also didn't end up in Bulgaria. Nope.
Dear God, why dumb people like you even bother writing such piles of crap?
You can talk for days about your theoretical wikipedia knowledge about military systems, but you have never seen any of those systems being deployed in wartime, nor do you have any idea how simple it is to counter some of the high-tech equipment, nor what is the failure rate on those high-tech weapons.
You probably don't realize how easy it is/was to kill UAVs, for example. But I bet you could talk about how hard it is, for 5 paragraphs.
Every time U.S. forces have come up against Soviet-doctrine troops and equipment in a regular battle (as opposed to a counterinsurgency campaign) after the Korean War ( a draw), the U.S. has soundly kicked their asses. The more technologically advanced the equipment, the less likely it has been to break down. "Smart" weapons of the 1970s were finicky and prone to failure; today's smart weapons are remarkably robust in comparison.
Did you actually think before you wrote that wall of nonsense?
Because, despite many misleading headlines and voluminous nerdrage, this has never been about tablets in general. Apple didn't sue Samsung for making a tablet. Apple sued Samsung for making a tablet with some very specific features and designs that they claimed were stolen from protected Apple designs.
That may very well work for you or your organization. Not so much for third parties or the internet, which is the case here. I mean... would you trust a bank's homepage if it's self-signed?
Yes, I would.
If bank can safely keep my money, you don't think they can safely/securely deliver me their self-signed root certificate which I can import into the browser?
For a start, webbrowsers should notify users if a certificate was replaced, even if the replacement is signed. And browsers shouldn't go into full panic mode over self-signed certs. They're still safer than using an unencrypted connection.
I wonder how many more years it will take until people start realizing that self-signed certs are MUCH safer.
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I like how one little country that normally doesn't play a big role in the world, is flooded and suddenly its a big deal. How many of the disk makers have factories located there?
"One little country"?
Wow, you are such a dumb fuck.
How many of those smartphones are high-end models that are comparable to the iPhone?
And why would that matter?
Now we just have to wait for Apple to patent the concept of using this on a rectangular surface with rounded edges.
And in courts, whoever owns this technological patent would probably lose, while whoever patented a design that uses this invention would win.
I am getting lost.
Never in any presentation did apple commit to any of those features.
It's a personal sync service, backup service.
That's it. It's storage somewhere, it's a sync service for your photographs between devices, and in a bit it'll be a music service for yourself.
So, iCloud is only a personal backup service.
That doesn't let me choose what to backup.
Good one.
Stallman has done many things to help the free software movement, and I appreciate those efforts. HOWEVER, the more I learn about the man and the more he talks, the more I wish he'd just shut up. He's sounding more and more like those church kooks who try to bait people (I don't wish to give them more press so am omitting their name).
And how is that different than Church of Apple?
Oh wait, it's different because RMS actually wants you to have freedom, while Church of Apple wants pretty much the opposite.
I know which one I would choose.
It's amazing how fucked up humanity is.
Day after day, "media" spends time talking about someone who managed to run some businesses that basically produced some eye-candy that naive people can drool over. A hero.
But chance that you will hear about someone who actually saves peoples' eyes (like this, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_Ruit) are almost zero.
Edward Bernays would be proud.
It seems like the only time I read about anything Russians do with computer tech, it involves botnets, stealing passwords, and ripping off peoples bank accounts. Are there any Russians that contribute something positive to the world of software?
No, of course not, you stupid retard. All Russians are criminals, right?
How are you not ashamed of publicly admitting that you don't read anything is beyond me, though.
This dude was involved in the planning and conduct of Al Qaeda operation on US soil. You are talking about war, and for some reason you want to take it to court. Let the lawyers fight the wars? You're fucking retarded.
And evidence to support your claims is available where, exactly? Oh right, I forgot. There was no trial, so there was no need for evidence.
Well, I certainly wish good luck to all those mafia bosses and drug dealers, when this becomes a standard in "war on drugs". I certainly hope to start seeing some progress in that war, now that it has been established that your "enemies" in any 'wars" can be killed freely.
Because Awlaki's stated world view, and his willingness to kill innocent people to achieve it, is objectively inferior.
US killed more innocent people than any other terrorist organization.
That makes US number 1, I guess.
Organized violence of both symmetric and asymmetric varieties by both sides for geopolitical purposes over time is war.
Ok, so start killing mafia bosses then?
A random drug dealing gang probably kills more US citizens in a year, than all terrorists combined.
The only difference seems to be that drug dealers have politicians and police officers on payroll, while this silly 'terrorist' does (did) not.
This was merely "precise warfare", not "murder".
The target was an enemy troop who repeatedly and thoroughly demonstrated hostile intent. The force use was proportional.
The citizenship of the enemy soldier was not relevant.
Then why don't you start killing mafia bosses in the US? Why are you trying to take them to court?
The president of Yemen is a US ally.
Is it the same president that slaughters his own people?
Nice allies you have. I guess it's ok if he does it, since he's your "ally", right?
No one seriously argues that Awlaki wasn't an enemy actor, therefore there is zero logical argument against killing him. His citizenship couldn't be less relevant because the rules of WAR apply in WAR.
He was an active member of a hostile force.
He demonstrated hostile intent.
Attacking him was a "necessity" because there was no other way to interdict his activities.
Force used was "proportional" because it was sufficient to decisively counter a hostile act or hostile intent, but reasonable in intensity, duration and magnitude.
Will you now start killing people who post "Death to Americans" type of message on random forum too?
Put simply, owning the patent on some nuance of GSM shouldn't give Samsung the right to make nearly identical copies of iPads.
And who gave the right to Apple to make nearly identical copies of LG Prada and Samsung digital photo frame?
The SAM file on Windows is impossible to retrieve while the Windows kernel is running. The kernel has an exclusive read/write lock on the file and any attempt to access it will be denied. It is possible to read an NTFS file-system outside of the OS even while the OS is running but we're talking about deep-file system inspection.
What the ... ?
What are you smoking?
here was no smart phone that looked or acted like the iPhone when it came to market. None. There were indeed phones that provided similar functionalities to what the iPhone eventually offered and made mainstream--but there was no smart phone that was even CLOSE in operation and design to what the iPhone introduced. Now, EVERY smart phone on the market looks and operates like an iPhone. This is not innovation, this is duplication.
So, because you haven't ever seen another phone before you bought an iPhone, you concluded that no other phones provided similar functionalities to what iPhone eventually offered?
Sigh.
I understand that Samsung may have very loyal fans in Korea but this story is about Europe. Samsung may not be able to fight off Apple in the US but going and screwing Europeans hardly seems like an appropriate answer.
Actually, Samsung has very loyal fans all over the world. They're just not suffering from inferiority complex and don't see a brand as a religion, so you don't hear much from them.
They just like using good quality products which Samsung makes.
They are not emotionally attached to them.
Damn true.
Yeah, let's make another OS with no app. You know, the apps, the thing that nowadays make smartphones popular.
I really can't understand HTC strategy, even their lineup strategy. They talk about differentiation while most of their phones look the same, have similar specs and similar prices. HTC Sensation? Just like the HTC Desire HD... I am no Apple fan, but Apple's lineup, using old models as a cheap alternative make much more sense than throwing money at new models while retailers can't sell the old ones fast enough.
Did it occur to you that 50 well made apps are worth more (to a paltform) than 20,000 shitty apps?
So they don't realize that they have their position in the cellphone-market BECAUSE they use Android insted of IN SPITE of it?
You, like so many others, don't understand the concept of long term planning.
Seems like 'next quarter' disease has spread way further than ever anticipated.
First because of all the claims "I've got a friend who..." has to be the least reliable form of evidence ever. Sorry, but the amount of made up shit out there is legendary, and gets worse in each retelling. It isn't just a story, it is hearsay of a story.
Then there's the fact that military radars don't work at 2.4GHz. If the S band was in heavy use for that, there would be problems with interference with other 2.4GHz devices. Military radar is mostly X band (8-12GHz). If you think that these things can't be designed to sniff for different ranges, you are kidding yourself.
Then there's signal strength. A microwave's magnetron is 1000 watts or so, and is not designed for directional transmission. Military radar is an order of magnitude above that or more. It is also steered directionally towards what you want (either mechanically or by phased arrays) to keep power dispersion down. A microwave would not show up at all the same as a military radar.
Finally there's the fact that, well, it clearly didn't do much even if it happened. Yugoslavia lost, rather badly, to nothing but an air war. They left Kosovo. It wasn't as though the NATO planes were befuddled and they had to send in ground troops. It was the first war where airpower alone did the trick.
Back on topic, that kind of thing would do jack and shit for the North Koreans with regards to GPS jamming. Not only does the signal need to be much more powerful, but it is the wrong band. GPS works in the L band. Building high power, L band decoys might work... But then those are probably effective jammers so no real difference.
Of course, you will also say that there is no chance that NATO planes kill hundreds and hundreds of real-life sized models of military equipment.
Anti-radar missiles also didn't end up in Bulgaria. Nope.
Dear God, why dumb people like you even bother writing such piles of crap?
You can talk for days about your theoretical wikipedia knowledge about military systems, but you have never seen any of those systems being deployed in wartime, nor do you have any idea how simple it is to counter some of the high-tech equipment, nor what is the failure rate on those high-tech weapons.
You probably don't realize how easy it is/was to kill UAVs, for example. But I bet you could talk about how hard it is, for 5 paragraphs.
Every time U.S. forces have come up against Soviet-doctrine troops and equipment in a regular battle (as opposed to a counterinsurgency campaign) after the Korean War ( a draw), the U.S. has soundly kicked their asses. The more technologically advanced the equipment, the less likely it has been to break down. "Smart" weapons of the 1970s were finicky and prone to failure; today's smart weapons are remarkably robust in comparison.
Did you actually think before you wrote that wall of nonsense?
http://i.imgur.com/NbDRW.jpg
Because, despite many misleading headlines and voluminous nerdrage, this has never been about tablets in general. Apple didn't sue Samsung for making a tablet. Apple sued Samsung for making a tablet with some very specific features and designs that they claimed were stolen from protected Apple designs.
Which innovative features would those be?
That may very well work for you or your organization. Not so much for third parties or the internet, which is the case here. I mean... would you trust a bank's homepage if it's self-signed?
Yes, I would.
If bank can safely keep my money, you don't think they can safely/securely deliver me their self-signed root certificate which I can import into the browser?
For a start, webbrowsers should notify users if a certificate was replaced, even if the replacement is signed. And browsers shouldn't go into full panic mode over self-signed certs. They're still safer than using an unencrypted connection.
I wonder how many more years it will take until people start realizing that self-signed certs are MUCH safer.
Sigh.