What's the point of using half the power of your CPU?
That's more like what a single-threaded app would do on a dual core system, and quite far from what a 32-bit app would do on a 64-bit capable CPU. It's not that simple.:-)
Ormandy said the security hole can easily be closed by turning off the MSDOS and WOWEXEC subsystems. The changes generally don't interfere with most tasks since they disable rarely-used 16-bit applications. He said he informed Microsoft security employees of the vulnerability in June.
So, to be clear, is this only about 32-bit Windows builds then?
64-bit Windows doesn't even support running 16-bit applications. And that's what WOWEXEC is all about. However, I'm less sure about this "MSDOS" subsystem in 64-bit builds? What's that for, anyway? The console emulation?
Setting up a torrent tracker would be a much better idea.
Heck, skip the centralized tracker there and use Magnet links instead.:)
Sites would only need to serve the latest news stories (to let people know if there's anything new and/or interesting), and then a zip with a Magnet link pointing to it.:)
I can picture myself placing the tablet against my knees as I lie down, yes, but my point is that I don't find it as flexible. What if I want to lie down with it next to me, for example? Since this isn't a small pocket PC, but a larger (supposedly, given the competition) tablet-sized device, that sounds much less flexible to me at least. I'm not sure how this device would offer similar flexibility in terms of actually working with it. Actually, I hardly get them at all, since a laptop with a folded screen isn't even larger than a tablet PC, and I've never worked in an environment where having it unfolded is an issue. Especially these days with netbooks. It's like sacrficing a keyboard for the value of, yeah, what.
And yes, I have worked with mobile devices before; I've developed software for Pocket PC's. Not that they can be directly compared to tablets due to their much smaller size.
Yes, I can do that, but my point is that you have to position yourself in a certain way to use it properly.
Oh well, I'm just finding a laptop more flexible as I can point the screen as I wish. I can have my kneels up like with a sketchbook, but just because I shift position doesn't make it harder to use.
Open two different browsers, say Chrome and Firefox. Use one to log in to your email, but nothing else. In the other, never log in to Google services. It certainly doesn't solve the whole problem, but it is trivially easy and has no serious drawbacks.
Or just use either Chrome or Firefox, and always use Google services in incognito mode.
At least there'll be no cookie tracking going on, although it doesn't solve the IP problem.
True that. Imagine knowing my personal friend network, something that is unattainable to discover without Facebook, and most importantly, that I enjoy Buffy and is looking forward to Guild Wars 2, and make subtle sex jokes in my log when I'm sexually frustrated from having a distance relationship. This is like a new golden age of useful information.
I think the fact that a poor game can be so popular is the fact that they are targeting addicted social network users.
I think a contributing reason to its size today is because many users stop using Farmville as they grow bored, but don't delete the Farmville application => still an active Farmville user in the eyes of Facebook and Zynga. Many even do this intentionally, since friends who still play Farmville gain additional bonuses if they have friended Farmville users to be "neighbors".
So I think the number of active Farmville users could be something quite different.
At least with your own ISP you can reasonably think that theres no datamining going on (excluding US ISP's, of course, who serve ads on non-existing domains for their users anyway)
Or they can, and sell this information to advertisers for more targetted ads and added revenue. I'm not sure why random ISP's would be more unscrupolous than Google?
Just out of interest, how frequent has this practice been by Google in the past?
I can't recall any horror stories about this even on Slashdot, which is exactly the kind of site that would be all over the opportunity.
Personally, I think this service may be put online simply to put Google in more positive light. Doing a service just for the heck of it, with no hidden agenda. It's not like they don't have the economy to run a public, well-configured, DNS, and still some to spare.:-p Now they can feel like they offer a public DNS service while Microsoft doesn't, and feel good about that.
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What's the point of using half the power of your CPU?
That's more like what a single-threaded app would do on a dual core system, and quite far from what a 32-bit app would do on a 64-bit capable CPU. It's not that simple. :-)
Ormandy said the security hole can easily be closed by turning off the MSDOS and WOWEXEC subsystems. The changes generally don't interfere with most tasks since they disable rarely-used 16-bit applications. He said he informed Microsoft security employees of the vulnerability in June.
So, to be clear, is this only about 32-bit Windows builds then?
64-bit Windows doesn't even support running 16-bit applications. And that's what WOWEXEC is all about. However, I'm less sure about this "MSDOS" subsystem in 64-bit builds? What's that for, anyway? The console emulation?
How do you align comments, etc.?
By tabbing to the configured ruler position in our IDE of course!
Heh, but seriously, is there a development IDE that support that thing?
Alphas aren't even feature complete... Wait at least for beta...? I mean, the roles could be reversed in the beta, or next alpha.
The day when patents were used to promote innovation.
Setting up a torrent tracker would be a much better idea.
Heck, skip the centralized tracker there and use Magnet links instead. :)
Sites would only need to serve the latest news stories (to let people know if there's anything new and/or interesting), and then a zip with a Magnet link pointing to it. :)
Put it on Freenet, and few people will read it because it's hard. The Powers That Be then win, and probably don't try to stop it.
How do they win if journalists are among the few that read it?
Sure, I may think too highly of journalists in general, but I think that's a problem with journalists, and not a Wikileaks on Freenet.
I can picture myself placing the tablet against my knees as I lie down, yes, but my point is that I don't find it as flexible. What if I want to lie down with it next to me, for example? Since this isn't a small pocket PC, but a larger (supposedly, given the competition) tablet-sized device, that sounds much less flexible to me at least. I'm not sure how this device would offer similar flexibility in terms of actually working with it. Actually, I hardly get them at all, since a laptop with a folded screen isn't even larger than a tablet PC, and I've never worked in an environment where having it unfolded is an issue. Especially these days with netbooks. It's like sacrficing a keyboard for the value of, yeah, what.
And yes, I have worked with mobile devices before; I've developed software for Pocket PC's. Not that they can be directly compared to tablets due to their much smaller size.
Yes, I can do that, but my point is that you have to position yourself in a certain way to use it properly.
Oh well, I'm just finding a laptop more flexible as I can point the screen as I wish.
I can have my kneels up like with a sketchbook, but just because I shift position doesn't make it harder to use.
So how is it better to interact with the device from an angle?
Just for visualization...
http://imgur.com/MeoQv.jpg
Sounds interesting tho and if they combine that with multi touch, it could be a perfect device to use while laying on sofa.
How are you going to hang it up in front of your face? :S
I can only imagine laying on my sofa and using my laptop, if the keyboard would be the display.
Ugh.
3. Reach merely a fraction of the iPhone market where people are geeky enough to bother...?
I think it stings more when someone does it for profit. :p
Open two different browsers, say Chrome and Firefox. Use one to log in to your email, but nothing else. In the other, never log in to Google services. It certainly doesn't solve the whole problem, but it is trivially easy and has no serious drawbacks.
Or just use either Chrome or Firefox, and always use Google services in incognito mode.
At least there'll be no cookie tracking going on, although it doesn't solve the IP problem.
True that. Imagine knowing my personal friend network, something that is unattainable to discover without Facebook, and most importantly, that I enjoy Buffy and is looking forward to Guild Wars 2, and make subtle sex jokes in my log when I'm sexually frustrated from having a distance relationship. This is like a new golden age of useful information.
"The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness." ~ Nikos Kazantzaki
Of course, this is not what the people responsible for it wish to happen.
WinFS? Really? :p
A lot because the winds were unfortunate, and we had a rainy day that moment.
Still bad, but needed nuance in your post.
The addons are distributed over SSL.
How does that make an addon more safe to use? :p
Haha, I had an idiocracy monent there
I think the fact that a poor game can be so popular is the fact that they are targeting addicted social network users.
I think a contributing reason to its size today is because many users stop using Farmville as they grow bored, but don't delete the Farmville application => still an active Farmville user in the eyes of Facebook and Zynga. Many even do this intentionally, since friends who still play Farmville gain additional bonuses if they have friended Farmville users to be "neighbors".
So I think the number of active Farmville users could be something quite different.
At least with your own ISP you can reasonably think that theres no datamining going on (excluding US ISP's, of course, who serve ads on non-existing domains for their users anyway)
Or they can, and sell this information to advertisers for more targetted ads and added revenue. I'm not sure why random ISP's would be more unscrupolous than Google?
Just out of interest, how frequent has this practice been by Google in the past?
I can't recall any horror stories about this even on Slashdot, which is exactly the kind of site that would be all over the opportunity.
Personally, I think this service may be put online simply to put Google in more positive light. Doing a service just for the heck of it, with no hidden agenda. It's not like they don't have the economy to run a public, well-configured, DNS, and still some to spare. :-p Now they can feel like they offer a public DNS service while Microsoft doesn't, and feel good about that.
Yes, definitely.