I wouldn't call 32GB USB drives "cheap" just yet, but you're right that a limit of 2GB "because of USB flash drives" is an extremely low target. I'm not even sure I'd be able to find 4GB or even 8GB drives in stores anymore.
What about people who can't "buy the shit" because of stupid region-based copyrights so that the TV show/movie/game they want has not been made available to them legally?
Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead! [A large man appears with a (seemingly) dead Kuro5hin over his shoulder] Large Man: Here's one. Dead Collector: Nine pence. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not dead. Dead Collector: What? Large Man: Nothing. [hands the collector his money] There's your nine pence. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not dead! Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead. Large Man: Yes he is. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not. Dead Collector: He isn't. Large Man: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm getting better. Large Man: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment. Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I don't want to go on the cart. Large Man:' Oh, don't be such a baby. Dead Collector: I can't take him. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I feel fine. Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor. Dead Collector: I can't. Large Man: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long. Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today. Large Man: Well, when's your next round? Dead Collector: Thursday. "Dead" Kuro5hin: I think I'll go for a walk. Large Man: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do? "Dead" Kuro5hin: I feel happy! I feel happy! [The collecter paces for an idea, then whacks Kuro5hin with his club, solving the problem] Large Man: Ah, thank you very much. Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday. Large Man: Right.
It's not arrogance, it's knowledge. I do try to educate people around me about removing Flash, Adobe Reader, Silverlight and using another browser than Internet Explorer because they're insecure. But if they don't listen because "website XYZ requires it" then there's nothing more I can do about it.
Death is too quick and easy. I say we never let them use or even touch anything with a processor inside.
That means using a teller when going to the bank, having to use a bike or walk to go anywhere, not being able to use modern appliances, no cellphone, having to use a mechanical watch, not even be allowed to use a basic calculator, etc.
The attack code exploits vulnerabilities in older versions of applications such as Flash, Java, Internet Explorer, and Silverlight. At this point, it isn't clear exactly how many users are affected.
If it's not convenient then people are going to have stupid passwords, and they are going to write the passwords down in a text file and sync it over dropbox.
The best method is to write passwords on a post-it note attached to your monitor. Hackers will never be able to read those.
They even recycled old Samsung ideas like the large screen, much to the desperately-ignored hypocrisy of their rabid fans that spent years decrying "I don't need a big phone, I can use mine with one hand!".
Some people do seem to prefer larger phones, but those "rabid fans" are probably the reason why Apple was basically forced to make the 4" iPhone SE.
The DRM was asked by the music industry at the very beginning. It was a condition so that Apple could sell music files. But soon after, Steve Jobs fought against the DRM and this is why the music is now in unprotected 256kbps AAC instead of DRM'ed 128kbps AAC.
When you buy music on the iTunes store today, there's no DRM. Take the file and copy it to another device capable of playing AAC, it will work without any problem.
In the last keynote that talked very briefly about the "new Mac mini", they listed some bullet points: - 4th-gen Intel Core processors - Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000 - PCIe-based flash storage - 802.11ac Wi-Fi - Two Thunderbolt 2 ports
Imagine my surprise when the low-end model was only running at 1.4GHz, but my complete shock that not all models had PCIe-based flash storage. In fact, the low-end and mid-range models not only have a much slower hard disk drive but they're slow 5400-rpm drives.
For the prices that Apple are asking for the Mac minis, the low-end should have come with 128GB, the mid-range with 256GB and the high-end with 512GB.
There's also another Keynote when they introduced an update to one of their existing laptops and they started with buzzwords like "cutting edge" or "revolutionary" but then the main feature was that it was a bit thinner than the previous model. This is completely useless, we are at a point where there is no benefit at all to making things thinner. The size should stay the same and they should increase battery life, CPU and GPU power, put more RAM in the damn things, etc.
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I'm going to start a competitor named FillDD. The two D's are for a "double-dose of pumpin".
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I wouldn't call 32GB USB drives "cheap" just yet, but you're right that a limit of 2GB "because of USB flash drives" is an extremely low target. I'm not even sure I'd be able to find 4GB or even 8GB drives in stores anymore.
What about people who can't "buy the shit" because of stupid region-based copyrights so that the TV show/movie/game they want has not been made available to them legally?
Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead!
[A large man appears with a (seemingly) dead Kuro5hin over his shoulder]
Large Man: Here's one.
Dead Collector: Nine pence.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not dead.
Dead Collector: What?
Large Man: Nothing. [hands the collector his money] There's your nine pence.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not dead!
Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Large Man: Yes he is.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm not.
Dead Collector: He isn't.
Large Man: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I'm getting better.
Large Man: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I don't want to go on the cart.
Large Man:' Oh, don't be such a baby.
Dead Collector: I can't take him.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I feel fine.
Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.
Dead Collector: I can't.
Large Man: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Large Man: Well, when's your next round?
Dead Collector: Thursday.
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I think I'll go for a walk.
Large Man: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
"Dead" Kuro5hin: I feel happy! I feel happy!
[The collecter paces for an idea, then whacks Kuro5hin with his club, solving the problem]
Large Man: Ah, thank you very much.
Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Large Man: Right.
Because that's how you get Skynet. - Archer
I don't know that!
It's not arrogance, it's knowledge. I do try to educate people around me about removing Flash, Adobe Reader, Silverlight and using another browser than Internet Explorer because they're insecure. But if they don't listen because "website XYZ requires it" then there's nothing more I can do about it.
Death is too quick and easy. I say we never let them use or even touch anything with a processor inside.
That means using a teller when going to the bank, having to use a bike or walk to go anywhere, not being able to use modern appliances, no cellphone, having to use a mechanical watch, not even be allowed to use a basic calculator, etc.
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So, only the stupid users then.
The best method is to write passwords on a post-it note attached to your monitor. Hackers will never be able to read those.
iTunes in 1946? Did I wake up in an alternate universe this morning?
Oh yeah? Well I have a Raspberry Pi zero and it's even thinner than your Arduino.
Sony makes paper now?
And the battery will never leak or explode.
I see "live photos" more as a "short video with a poster image taken from the middle of the video".
I know, right? Things were completely fine with colour-neutral Simpsons-yellow emojis.
Some people do seem to prefer larger phones, but those "rabid fans" are probably the reason why Apple was basically forced to make the 4" iPhone SE.
The DRM was asked by the music industry at the very beginning. It was a condition so that Apple could sell music files. But soon after, Steve Jobs fought against the DRM and this is why the music is now in unprotected 256kbps AAC instead of DRM'ed 128kbps AAC.
When you buy music on the iTunes store today, there's no DRM. Take the file and copy it to another device capable of playing AAC, it will work without any problem.
In the last keynote that talked very briefly about the "new Mac mini", they listed some bullet points:
- 4th-gen Intel Core processors
- Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000
- PCIe-based flash storage
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi
- Two Thunderbolt 2 ports
Imagine my surprise when the low-end model was only running at 1.4GHz, but my complete shock that not all models had PCIe-based flash storage. In fact, the low-end and mid-range models not only have a much slower hard disk drive but they're slow 5400-rpm drives.
For the prices that Apple are asking for the Mac minis, the low-end should have come with 128GB, the mid-range with 256GB and the high-end with 512GB.
There's also another Keynote when they introduced an update to one of their existing laptops and they started with buzzwords like "cutting edge" or "revolutionary" but then the main feature was that it was a bit thinner than the previous model. This is completely useless, we are at a point where there is no benefit at all to making things thinner. The size should stay the same and they should increase battery life, CPU and GPU power, put more RAM in the damn things, etc.
You mean like those annoying auto-play video ads on the home page?
AAC is not "Apple's format" nor has it been locked for years.
Not everyone has worked in places big enough to run anything Microsoft. All the places I've been have used either Mac OS, Mac OS X or Linux/BSD.
There was one guy who ran some flavour of Windows that was needed for some CAD program but that's about it.
I guess you didn't read "iTunes" as I expected people would. People hate iTunes around here because of the all-in-one aspect.