Hes coming from the "average user"'s point of view. Something that a *lot* of developers can't grasp. The average user could become confused with these terms, as they are not "english" and intuitive.
Suggestable alternatives could be "Sign in name:", "Restart computer".
Or at least some kind of popup or information to help the user and explain briefly what a username is.
I think what you're implying is that this release won't really make a huge effect on gamers per-se.
But then gamers don't use linux and that old argument.
I think the point is, there needs to be someone to slowly push graphics card manufacturers towards open source. And this (hopefully) is it. Eventually ATI and nVidia will (hopefully) follow suite.
Hehe, this reminds me of a PC I was fixing a few weeks back when it was "mysteriously" losing disk space at a rate of about 50kb/s. Taking the network lead out stopped the "problem". Turns out that the "problem" was a corrupt SP2 download being re-downloaded continuously, failing and downloading again.
Because my friends and family do not use AIM. They use MSN. It is going to be impossible to persuade a huge section of the Internet population to change to AIM, just so they can see the small percentage of the geek population.
Good, but it needs more work. Extend your benchmark to laptops and factor in energy saving/power consumption and you may have a relevant benchmark worth of considering.
I would personally say this kind of thing is exactly the purpose for SVG. I also believe that change and innovation has to come from drive either in the web browser or on popular web pages. I don't mind upgrading my web browser for enhanced features... thats intuitive really.
So hopefully, new versions of web browsers (IE) will have proper SVG support, and web designers will adopt SVG - as opposed to Flash, as I believe Flash should be more of a peripheral function (along with Java applets), rather than core functionality.
Indeed, define point to point. Is IRC not a form of P2P? MSN Messenger? The DNS system? Routing and networking in general?
Couldn't point-to-point be interpreted as "a way of sending arbitrary data through one or more peers to get from source or destination".
In the majority of cases, this arbitrary data is not a file. More, something along the lines of "who has xyz?" and "connect to abc". The actual filetransfer is frequently done direct.
But then if anyone patents that idea, we're all screwed;)
It will be interesting as to what case the prosecution tries to make, nevertheless
So it seems like we've won the first battle, but not the war!
I'm not so sure. Take this scenario:
<MS user>Here, take this Word DOC [of something important]
<Linux geek>Can't open it. Convert it to something I can read.
<MS user>Uh, it will open properly in Open Office [due to the article] now, try that.
<Linux geek>Uh, well [speak microsoft badness]. Can you convert it...
<MS User>No. My Word DOC file is multi-platform compatible now, there is no need for me to convert it or use anything else to write my documents.
Well, with a lot of work, you don't have a choice what you are coding. You code what you are given, and you get paid. This, on the other hand, is different. You choose what you want to code and get paid for it. Or you can leave it.
But you are kindof right - money is not a motivational factor in business terms.
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Are there plans to integrate this into the firefox update mechanism? Because that would be a logical approach (a lot of auto-updates occur at the same kind time - over a day or two), and lets face it, hellacool:-)
An idea: This could be a good thing. If there was a one-one relationship, then that would mean theoretically there could be an inverse function to "expand" the hash. Given that there are going to be collisions, this may give us (if only a little) more confidence that hashes are not reversible.
Well not really. Different schools of thought could argue that a a vulnerability does not exist until it is discovered.
For all intensive purposes, a vulnerability has no effect until it is discovered (and therefore exploitable). It could be viewed that the threat is not actually there until it is found.
Of course, it is all subject to spin, and proactive vulnerability seeking is a Good Thing(tm).
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And many (most?) of those comments apply to proprietary desktops as well.
True, but thats not a reason to stop us giving the polish to Ubuntu/Gnome now is it.
The question isn't how many nits one can pick with Ubuntu, the question is whether it is good enough for regular users, and I think it is.
Again, true. But the question now is "How can we improve it further?"
Hes coming from the "average user"'s point of view. Something that a *lot* of developers can't grasp. The average user could become confused with these terms, as they are not "english" and intuitive.
Suggestable alternatives could be "Sign in name:", "Restart computer".
Or at least some kind of popup or information to help the user and explain briefly what a username is.
I think what you're implying is that this release won't really make a huge effect on gamers per-se.
But then gamers don't use linux and that old argument.
I think the point is, there needs to be someone to slowly push graphics card manufacturers towards open source. And this (hopefully) is it. Eventually ATI and nVidia will (hopefully) follow suite.
Man, that must have taken you too long to write that. Don't you have anything better...oh, nevermind.
Hehe, this reminds me of a PC I was fixing a few weeks back when it was "mysteriously" losing disk space at a rate of about 50kb/s. Taking the network lead out stopped the "problem". Turns out that the "problem" was a corrupt SP2 download being re-downloaded continuously, failing and downloading again.
Because my friends and family do not use AIM. They use MSN. It is going to be impossible to persuade a huge section of the Internet population to change to AIM, just so they can see the small percentage of the geek population.
Well yeah, otherwise the headline would be
"Mozilla / Firefox / IE / Opera Memory Exposure Vulnerability"
wouldn't it?
Good, but it needs more work. Extend your benchmark to laptops and factor in energy saving/power consumption and you may have a relevant benchmark worth of considering.
Yeah, and my laptop boots in 1.5 minutes too. Once a day. With or without suspend-to-disk enabled.
Oh, and insert the usual discussion about energy-concious-people.
Just because you don't have a use for feature XYZ, doesn't mean there isn't any use for it.
I would personally say this kind of thing is exactly the purpose for SVG. I also believe that change and innovation has to come from drive either in the web browser or on popular web pages. I don't mind upgrading my web browser for enhanced features... thats intuitive really.
So hopefully, new versions of web browsers (IE) will have proper SVG support, and web designers will adopt SVG - as opposed to Flash, as I believe Flash should be more of a peripheral function (along with Java applets), rather than core functionality.
You were lucky! No, luxury! Eeeauuuuuuuugh...
Indeed, define point to point. Is IRC not a form of P2P? MSN Messenger? The DNS system? Routing and networking in general?
;)
Couldn't point-to-point be interpreted as "a way of sending arbitrary data through one or more peers to get from source or destination".
In the majority of cases, this arbitrary data is not a file. More, something along the lines of "who has xyz?" and "connect to abc". The actual filetransfer is frequently done direct.
But then if anyone patents that idea, we're all screwed
It will be interesting as to what case the prosecution tries to make, nevertheless
On the flip side, its also scary for the security scene. If you have access to a router in a building, plug yourself in and let it do its work!
And that, my friends, is how to kill an interesting thread with lots of interesting stories...
So it seems like we've won the first battle, but not the war!
I'm not so sure. Take this scenario:
<MS user>Here, take this Word DOC [of something important]
<Linux geek>Can't open it. Convert it to something I can read.
<MS user>Uh, it will open properly in Open Office [due to the article] now, try that.
<Linux geek>Uh, well [speak microsoft badness]. Can you convert it...
<MS User>No. My Word DOC file is multi-platform compatible now, there is no need for me to convert it or use anything else to write my documents.
MS to Trade Passwords for 2-Factor Authentication
They better not be trading my bloody passwords!
Well, with a lot of work, you don't have a choice what you are coding. You code what you are given, and you get paid. This, on the other hand, is different. You choose what you want to code and get paid for it. Or you can leave it.
But you are kindof right - money is not a motivational factor in business terms.
I think i'd rather Goatse, hehe...
Are there plans to integrate this into the firefox update mechanism? Because that would be a logical approach (a lot of auto-updates occur at the same kind time - over a day or two), and lets face it, hellacool :-)
An idea: This could be a good thing. If there was a one-one relationship, then that would mean theoretically there could be an inverse function to "expand" the hash. Given that there are going to be collisions, this may give us (if only a little) more confidence that hashes are not reversible.
Well not really. Different schools of thought could argue that a a vulnerability does not exist until it is discovered.
For all intensive purposes, a vulnerability has no effect until it is discovered (and therefore exploitable). It could be viewed that the threat is not actually there until it is found.
Of course, it is all subject to spin, and proactive vulnerability seeking is a Good Thing(tm).
For the majority, you can disable the trackpad in the BIOS.
Great! Its nice to see someone challenging the Linux Way(tm).
:)
Prove it
Yeah, and an operator will cut in every five minutes giving you advertising relevant to your conversation :p