BTW, I also think that making something objectively faster while annoying everyone by making them feel like their work is slowed down is not a smart design decision
First of all, which is more important to the bottom line, atual performance or perceived performance? If something needs to be done fast, its should be done fast, not seem like it was done fast.
Second, users will only know one way seems faster than another if they have done things both ways as a basis of comparison. If you immediately teach a user to do things the fast way, they have no basis of comparison to say that another way SEEMS faster.
In most of the stores near me, most consoles are placed on display in the same style box/display case that is used for any system regardless if its Nintendo, Sony, or Sega. I havent actually seen an XBox on display, so I cant say about those but I expect the store would do the same as before.
And if it is a heat problem, dont most stores keep playables systems locked up in some kind of plixglass case or something? I would be inclined to ask whether or not they have any/adequate ventilation in these display cases.
"Sure, the guy trying to get rid of him claimed he had knowlege, but why assume he had skills?(Esp. for the people posting without reading the article.)"
Question: did YOU read the artice? I did, and here is what I read:
"Fred went on to relate how this candidate mastered every question, knew as much about the products we made as some of our own engineers, and easily fielded even the most arcane embedded questions."
To me, that statement would give credibility to classifying him as a "guru"
local exploit is still VERY dangerous
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I have heard people over and over again saying "this is ONLY a local exploit". This sound like they are trying to justify why they can b#@*h and moan about how insecure Windows/IIS is without admiting that Linux has its far share of dangerous vulnerabilities.
The fact that it is "only" a local exploit does not make it much safer. The fact is, it has been shown time and again that a large percentage of computer misuse/abuse comes from within a corporation (its own employees). Furthermore, the most damaging abuse is almost always an inside job. Clearly, these people would already have local access. And even so, what if one employee with remote access capabilities (dial-in, telnet, etc) happens to have a weak password? Can they not potentially get into the system and then take advantage of this exploit?
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BTW, I also think that making something objectively faster while annoying everyone by making them feel like their work is slowed down is not a smart design decision
First of all, which is more important to the bottom line, atual performance or perceived performance? If something needs to be done fast, its should be done fast, not seem like it was done fast.
Second, users will only know one way seems faster than another if they have done things both ways as a basis of comparison. If you immediately teach a user to do things the fast way, they have no basis of comparison to say that another way SEEMS faster.
In most of the stores near me, most consoles are placed on display in the same style box/display case that is used for any system regardless if its Nintendo, Sony, or Sega. I havent actually seen an XBox on display, so I cant say about those but I expect the store would do the same as before.
And if it is a heat problem, dont most stores keep playables systems locked up in some kind of plixglass case or something? I would be inclined to ask whether or not they have any/adequate ventilation in these display cases.
"Sure, the guy trying to get rid of him claimed he had knowlege, but why assume he had skills?(Esp. for the people posting without reading the article.)"
Question: did YOU read the artice? I did, and here is what I read:
"Fred went on to relate how this candidate mastered every question, knew as much about the products we made as some of our own engineers, and easily fielded even the most arcane embedded questions."
To me, that statement would give credibility to classifying him as a "guru"
I have heard people over and over again saying "this is ONLY a local exploit". This sound like they are trying to justify why they can b#@*h and moan about how insecure Windows/IIS is without admiting that Linux has its far share of dangerous vulnerabilities.
The fact that it is "only" a local exploit does not make it much safer. The fact is, it has been shown time and again that a large percentage of computer misuse/abuse comes from within a corporation (its own employees). Furthermore, the most damaging abuse is almost always an inside job. Clearly, these people would already have local access. And even so, what if one employee with remote access capabilities (dial-in, telnet, etc) happens to have a weak password? Can they not potentially get into the system and then take advantage of this exploit?