Exactly. And it's kind of telling that Linux takes two hours just to start on 8-bit processor. Old Windows 3.1 still work good on those and doesn't take nearly the same amount of time. In fact it's quite fast.
Now, I am completely saddened by this requirement because I am traveling and on a bad internet connection most of the time. I would really really like to play the new SimCity, but since my internet already breaks so often, I don't I am capable to. However, I don't think it's the publishers fault. I blame people who just pirate games for the hell of it for it. They made mine, and many other PC gamers shitty with that. Back home I have a good internet connection, and I can completely see the reasoning from publishers to require constant internet connection. I also understand that I am in minority, playing games while traveling the world. But the piracy rate is 90% on PC, even on indie games. The only way we can change that is to stop pirating. Publishers need to protect their investment too - so please, stop pirating PC games so we can have them in the future!
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IOS jailbreaks are based on LOCAL root exploits. You have to have it in hand to jailbreak it. There is no drive-by jailbreak available.
For years all that was needed to jailbreak iOS was just visiting a website. Those websites remotely exploited Safari and iOS to gain root access and jailbreak the phone. The same exploits work for malware too.
It's the dancing pigs problem. Most Linux users know what they are doing and don't run random executables off the internet. If Linux had the same market share, it would have the same problems as Windows. Just look at what has recently happened with Mac OS X - as the market share increased, it started getting trojans too. True exploits against OS are rare now a days. The most exploited factor is between the screen and chair.
And no, repositories on Linux wouldn't solve this problem. If Linux had the market share, there would need to be a way to install programs and games from other than the distro repos. Such system works fine for servers and small amount of geeks who use Linux on desktop, but on large scale it doesn't work. Even most FOSS people are actually against this model - just look at the "walled garden" comments against iOS and WP7 on Slashdot.
This is true for the same reasons that a decade ago Mac OSX was considered more secure than Windows. Its a function of install base. As soon as Windows Phone has 100's of million of users exploits will be published.
You mean Linux itself isn't better security wise either, it's just that the (desktop) market share is so low?
Both Android and iOS have been plagued with exploits. Android has tons of trojans, while iOS has remote exploits (most of those iPhone jail breaking methods are based on remote root exploits). The only current smartphone OS that is safe against exploits and vulnerabilities is Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has really improved their security within the last 5 years - even on the desktop Windows most exploits are against third party apps like Flash or Java, not Windows itself.
So, if you want to get a smartphone that is safe against exploits and malware, Windows Phone 7 is your only answer. I would suggest some of the Nokia phones - people have been really happy with them.
Yeah it's all fun and games until you see that she has a dick, and yours goes soft instantly, and then feels like it's retracting into your body. Well, that's how it works for me and most guys who call themselves straight anyways. There's a reason guys prank each other with galleries of "hot women" who are revealed to have a dick in the final pic.
And do you have a real life experience of this, or are you basing it on someone surprising you with such image on the internet? Because in real life it is quite different. I used to think just like that, and still somewhat do, but it only applies to internet. In real world, not so much, if the "girl" is nice looking.
The only thing making ladyboys "way more cuter" than actual females is your fetish for them.
No amount of surgery makes them look like actual females without extensive makeup and photo angles taken to compliment a feature or to exaggerate one.
I say this as someone who is not against gays or transgender people. In fact, I have many LGBT friends and even some in the family... so it's not a bias, just stating what I see. I guess much the same way you are, but your fetish is clouding your eyesight.
I can personally say that this is not true. Not based on some images on the internet, but real life experience. Granted, I do live in Thailand and the ladyboys here are generally more feminine and look more like women than in western countries, but the point stands. Of course, there are also many that don't really pass that, but then there are those true gems too. Just last week I met one ladyboy who I sure as hell wouldn't had recognized as such if it weren't for the established I was at.
It has nothing to do with general fetish towards ladyboys. For the most part they don't interest me that much. Which of course is true for many "real" women too. However, she had spent the time and effort to make herself look beautiful and she really was. Sat down, had a few drinks, kissed some, went back to apartment and had some fun. Her "special" parts didn't matter, and why would they. I know geeks like to put everything into binary code and either 0 or 1, but in real life it's not that simple. And no, I'm not gay - I just don't discriminate ladyboys just for the fact that they have at one time been men. It's stupid to limit yourself like that if you otherwise like someone or think she looks nice.
I know, but that is the general feel I've got when mentioning someone is a shemale. Now, I am not personally one, but I've both spend time casually (drinking beers out etc) and dated a few ladyboys, some of whom are way more cuter and beautiful than actual females. On top of that they are much more pleasant to be with and don't have crazy moments like women. They are also much less lazy than woman. And of course, best sex I've ever had with women has been with ladyboys.
Why does everyone always just talk about heterosexuals and gays? What about ladyboys and shemales? They get no mention in western world, and everyone looks weirdly at them, while they are perfectly fine in many south east asian countries. People aren't against gays anymore, they are against shemales.
What would happen if an individual tried to send Disney a revised TOS for one of their services?
Eh, what is your point? Feel free to send Disney your revised TOS. They can either accept or reject it. Just like MegaUpload could do.
They weren't forcing MegaUpload to change anything, they were just pointing out the parts that would need to be changed in TOS if they were to use the service. Seems like standard business negotiations.
You may think that it is some grand anti-piracy conspiracy, but Microsoft is right. TPB is infested with torrents that contain malware. There are people who use it to spread viruses and malware. It makes sense too - it's quite easy method to infect peoples computers.
Do not forget how much they have done for HTML5. They fought for us to keep patent-encumbered H.264 away and even went as far as buying another compare so they can provide better codec - at free - to use. Chrome has consistently lowered IE's market share. Google fights for our privacy and rights. Google introduced us NACI and several cool technologies. Android is open sourced and HTML5. When it comes to HTML5, Google is our savior.
Yes, there are new people coming into computer stuff and learning new things every day, young and old. The problem is that this article, overall, is crap. 14/16 of the tips are something that no single novice actually needs to know. The rest two tips are something that are really basic SSH features and widely anknowledged in every book or tutorial about SSH. Lastly, how is this "news"?
InfoWorld has a long history of doing this. It is not some huge conspiracy, it's simple. I actually feel bad for bashing the article because the author does know her stuff. But Slashdot is not place for it. However, I am quite certain that InfoWorld has an internal policy of submitting all their articles to Slashdot by their authors or relevant persons because it's such a constant pattern, with link dropping for very specific and good keywords. This means they first get traffic from Slashdot, but also increase the article in Google and other search engines, dropping off more useful tutorials. And isn't pretty much anyone on Slashdot tired of the shitty SEO spam techniques that pollute search results?
Google has rejected the order, saying that its U.S. headquarters will not be regulated by Japanese law, and that the case, according its in-house privacy policy, does not warrant deleting autocomplete-suggested terms related to the petition, lawyer Hiroyuki Tomita said Sunday.
So why was Hong Kong based company MegaUpload regulated by U.S. laws? Exactly.
But they won't win it. Nokia is still the largest mobile phone manufacturer on planet. There are billions of Nokia phones in Asia. Apple is trying to mess up with everyone, however, in this case they won't succeed because of their low overall market share.
The red ring of death issue was majorly overestimated, and you know why? Because Xbox360 actually does show error messages on failure while PS3 and Wii do not. It became it's image, just like the blue screen of death. Image wise it would had been better for MS to just show nothing in both cases. I do, however, appreciate Microsoft's honesty and not trying to hide the issues from users.
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Then how did it work back in '93?
Exactly. And it's kind of telling that Linux takes two hours just to start on 8-bit processor. Old Windows 3.1 still work good on those and doesn't take nearly the same amount of time. In fact it's quite fast.
Now, I am completely saddened by this requirement because I am traveling and on a bad internet connection most of the time. I would really really like to play the new SimCity, but since my internet already breaks so often, I don't I am capable to. However, I don't think it's the publishers fault. I blame people who just pirate games for the hell of it for it. They made mine, and many other PC gamers shitty with that. Back home I have a good internet connection, and I can completely see the reasoning from publishers to require constant internet connection. I also understand that I am in minority, playing games while traveling the world. But the piracy rate is 90% on PC, even on indie games. The only way we can change that is to stop pirating. Publishers need to protect their investment too - so please, stop pirating PC games so we can have them in the future!
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IOS jailbreaks are based on LOCAL root exploits. You have to have it in hand to jailbreak it. There is no drive-by jailbreak available.
For years all that was needed to jailbreak iOS was just visiting a website. Those websites remotely exploited Safari and iOS to gain root access and jailbreak the phone. The same exploits work for malware too.
It's the dancing pigs problem. Most Linux users know what they are doing and don't run random executables off the internet. If Linux had the same market share, it would have the same problems as Windows. Just look at what has recently happened with Mac OS X - as the market share increased, it started getting trojans too. True exploits against OS are rare now a days. The most exploited factor is between the screen and chair.
And no, repositories on Linux wouldn't solve this problem. If Linux had the market share, there would need to be a way to install programs and games from other than the distro repos. Such system works fine for servers and small amount of geeks who use Linux on desktop, but on large scale it doesn't work. Even most FOSS people are actually against this model - just look at the "walled garden" comments against iOS and WP7 on Slashdot.
This is true for the same reasons that a decade ago Mac OSX was considered more secure than Windows. Its a function of install base. As soon as Windows Phone has 100's of million of users exploits will be published.
You mean Linux itself isn't better security wise either, it's just that the (desktop) market share is so low?
Both Android and iOS have been plagued with exploits. Android has tons of trojans, while iOS has remote exploits (most of those iPhone jail breaking methods are based on remote root exploits). The only current smartphone OS that is safe against exploits and vulnerabilities is Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has really improved their security within the last 5 years - even on the desktop Windows most exploits are against third party apps like Flash or Java, not Windows itself.
So, if you want to get a smartphone that is safe against exploits and malware, Windows Phone 7 is your only answer. I would suggest some of the Nokia phones - people have been really happy with them.
but drag and ladyboys are performance. Transsexualism isn't performance, it's real,
Uh, no. Ladyboy is just the term used in South East Asia. It isn't "performance".
Yeah it's all fun and games until you see that she has a dick, and yours goes soft instantly, and then feels like it's retracting into your body. Well, that's how it works for me and most guys who call themselves straight anyways. There's a reason guys prank each other with galleries of "hot women" who are revealed to have a dick in the final pic.
And do you have a real life experience of this, or are you basing it on someone surprising you with such image on the internet? Because in real life it is quite different. I used to think just like that, and still somewhat do, but it only applies to internet. In real world, not so much, if the "girl" is nice looking.
The only thing making ladyboys "way more cuter" than actual females is your fetish for them.
No amount of surgery makes them look like actual females without extensive makeup and photo angles taken to compliment a feature or to exaggerate one.
I say this as someone who is not against gays or transgender people. In fact, I have many LGBT friends and even some in the family... so it's not a bias, just stating what I see. I guess much the same way you are, but your fetish is clouding your eyesight.
I can personally say that this is not true. Not based on some images on the internet, but real life experience. Granted, I do live in Thailand and the ladyboys here are generally more feminine and look more like women than in western countries, but the point stands. Of course, there are also many that don't really pass that, but then there are those true gems too. Just last week I met one ladyboy who I sure as hell wouldn't had recognized as such if it weren't for the established I was at.
It has nothing to do with general fetish towards ladyboys. For the most part they don't interest me that much. Which of course is true for many "real" women too. However, she had spent the time and effort to make herself look beautiful and she really was. Sat down, had a few drinks, kissed some, went back to apartment and had some fun. Her "special" parts didn't matter, and why would they. I know geeks like to put everything into binary code and either 0 or 1, but in real life it's not that simple. And no, I'm not gay - I just don't discriminate ladyboys just for the fact that they have at one time been men. It's stupid to limit yourself like that if you otherwise like someone or think she looks nice.
Why? If she looks nice, is nice and you have good time and sex with her, what's the problem?
I actually wonder why this whole thread is modded at -1 or 0. Proves my point, I guess.
The gay is tent. He typoed.
I know, but that is the general feel I've got when mentioning someone is a shemale. Now, I am not personally one, but I've both spend time casually (drinking beers out etc) and dated a few ladyboys, some of whom are way more cuter and beautiful than actual females. On top of that they are much more pleasant to be with and don't have crazy moments like women. They are also much less lazy than woman. And of course, best sex I've ever had with women has been with ladyboys.
Why does everyone always just talk about heterosexuals and gays? What about ladyboys and shemales? They get no mention in western world, and everyone looks weirdly at them, while they are perfectly fine in many south east asian countries. People aren't against gays anymore, they are against shemales.
What would happen if an individual tried to send Disney a revised TOS for one of their services?
Eh, what is your point? Feel free to send Disney your revised TOS. They can either accept or reject it. Just like MegaUpload could do.
They weren't forcing MegaUpload to change anything, they were just pointing out the parts that would need to be changed in TOS if they were to use the service. Seems like standard business negotiations.
You may think that it is some grand anti-piracy conspiracy, but Microsoft is right. TPB is infested with torrents that contain malware. There are people who use it to spread viruses and malware. It makes sense too - it's quite easy method to infect peoples computers.
GOG didn't exist, even Steam had just started making third-party games available. There was no cheap and easy way to buy good games.
What the hell are you talking about? 2006? All of those sure existed. Hell, cheap games existed even in the 90's. Hint: Look at GOG's history!
Do not forget how much they have done for HTML5. They fought for us to keep patent-encumbered H.264 away and even went as far as buying another compare so they can provide better codec - at free - to use. Chrome has consistently lowered IE's market share. Google fights for our privacy and rights. Google introduced us NACI and several cool technologies. Android is open sourced and HTML5. When it comes to HTML5, Google is our savior.
Yes, there are new people coming into computer stuff and learning new things every day, young and old. The problem is that this article, overall, is crap. 14/16 of the tips are something that no single novice actually needs to know. The rest two tips are something that are really basic SSH features and widely anknowledged in every book or tutorial about SSH. Lastly, how is this "news"?
InfoWorld has a long history of doing this. It is not some huge conspiracy, it's simple. I actually feel bad for bashing the article because the author does know her stuff. But Slashdot is not place for it. However, I am quite certain that InfoWorld has an internal policy of submitting all their articles to Slashdot by their authors or relevant persons because it's such a constant pattern, with link dropping for very specific and good keywords. This means they first get traffic from Slashdot, but also increase the article in Google and other search engines, dropping off more useful tutorials. And isn't pretty much anyone on Slashdot tired of the shitty SEO spam techniques that pollute search results?
Not datacenter, but they have local offices, which is even more substantial. They have corporate presence in the country.
Google has rejected the order, saying that its U.S. headquarters will not be regulated by Japanese law, and that the case, according its in-house privacy policy, does not warrant deleting autocomplete-suggested terms related to the petition, lawyer Hiroyuki Tomita said Sunday.
So why was Hong Kong based company MegaUpload regulated by U.S. laws? Exactly.
It's time to shut down Google.
But they won't win it. Nokia is still the largest mobile phone manufacturer on planet. There are billions of Nokia phones in Asia. Apple is trying to mess up with everyone, however, in this case they won't succeed because of their low overall market share.
The red ring of death issue was majorly overestimated, and you know why? Because Xbox360 actually does show error messages on failure while PS3 and Wii do not. It became it's image, just like the blue screen of death. Image wise it would had been better for MS to just show nothing in both cases. I do, however, appreciate Microsoft's honesty and not trying to hide the issues from users.