The Foxit PDF reader is pretty great, and I often recommend it to my clients. Not only will it be a good temporary fix for this exploit, but it opens PDF documents very quickly.
What we need is a small, secure, stable email client that doesn't store it's data in one giant file. Ideally with one-click backup, and simple import/export to make recovery and transfer of mail and contact data simple. Until we have one, I'm sticking with Gmail.
First, The "general compatibility issues" you mention by and large no longer exist. Files now transfer fairly easily from Mac to PC and back, and an MS document is an MS document (with a few rare exceptions).
Second, most people that buy a new machine these days choose a laptop. Many people no longer see the need for a bulky desktop, and feel the small trade-offs you make by running a laptop are worth it.
I'd be willing to bet it has more to do with the fan optimization then the 7200 drive. Granted, they produce more heat, but the cooling system in the laptop should be able to tolerate it.
This fellow has written some decent, small footprint software that lets a user directly manage the fans and Intel Speedstep settings on many Dell laptop models. Anyone using a Dell laptop that gets a bit warm should check it out.
"On a lighter note, your uninstall tool is amazing A+++"
The uninstall tool?
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but in my day we simply made the uninstaller actually work.
Symantec's home antivirus product is a nightmare. Once I remove Windows itself and intentionally hostile software from the list, my clients pay me more often to fix this antivirus product then any other single product. This has been true since the 2003 version.
Funny, I'm still only level one in the original Halo, and it still gets playtime from me regularly.
The idea of content being 'done' is part of the problem. Create a game with good gameplay and replayabiltiy, and you won't have to worry about wasting our time to keep us in your game.
When will you stop making games designed to waste huge gobs of time?
I don't put up with random 10 minute periods of doing nothing in other games, why should I with yours? Any game that makes me sit/travel/do nothing for 10 minutes running I immediately uninstall. I'd like a modern adventure game, but for some reason they refuse to jump to the next level on this issue.
Microsoft changed it's primary focus a few years back, and Vista is the first major release since then. Previously, they valued compatibility over security. Now it's security over compatibility.
If making the operating system be secure costs us a few more growing pains with legacy applications, I'm all for it.
The opposite concept, a.kid domain is a much better idea. You can make people sign an agreement to place only family friendly material on these sites, and then you can install special browsers that only accept.kid websites. This allows the existing net full freedom, but still gives a valuable tool to schools and parents to help monitor the content they allow children to access.
Modern graphics, updated multiplayer, classic game play would be fine. Ideally adding a Car Wars like pricing system to spice up muliplayer dueling would be perfect.
I76 was a fantastic game, with a good story, immersive game engine style cut scenes, original funk sound track, and deep game play.
The dual challenge of designing a good car, and learning to drive it well kept me playing it for years. The game play stands the test of time, but the graphics are dated, and it's extremely difficult to get it to run on modern computers, or network past modern firewalls.
Sadly, Activision destroyed the franchise with a pair of sequels that were rushed out the door with buggy gameplay, and many undelivered promises.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
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"Bribery and treason are among the least ambiguous reasons meriting impeachment, but the ocean of wrongdoing encompassed by the Constitution's stipulation of "high crimes and misdemeanors" is vast. Abuse of power and serious misconduct in office fit this category"
I started using this on games when I was a kid in the late 80's, and it might not be the most mature nick a few folks recognize me from past internet communities, so it's worth a little hassle from AC's like you.
As for games without obstacles, setting a timer and waiting is not an obstacle. Challenge me with your game.
I'm very interested in new massively multiplayer content, and I think the world of Firefly would be fantastic to play in. I have a lot of reservations however. Here is an open letter to all MMO developers:
Dear MMORPG developers,
I am a recovered Everquest player. I spend hours staring into the face of my spellbook. Dealing with 'downtime', struggling to find the game within the game. Please do not copy the dreadful time sinks that have plagued this once promising genre of games.
I now have a hard and fast rule for my games. If I am 'playing' your game, and I run/fly/do nothing for 10 minutes in a row, I uninstall your game. If it happens in the first few hours of gameplay, I return it.
This is an article written by Dr. Richard Garfield, game enthusiast, and designer of the card game Magic: the Gathering
Let's not forget that in addition to the usual virus issues, Microsoft's failures in secuirty and bundling of Internet Explorer empowered the spyware manufacturers. The spyware menace has probably caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the users of Microsoft's products.
Has anyone ever calculated how much cash people have spent on spyware removal over the last 8 years?
Challenging the GPL on those grounds was doomed to fail, because the GPL's intent, and the intent of copyright are the same.
From the good ol' Constitution, Section 8:
"Congress shall have the Power"... "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
The whole reason we have copyright is to promote the useful sciences and arts, which is exactly what the GPL is for as well, they simply use different methods.
The problem with recommendation systems is that they use too little information to catagorize their subject.
What they need to do is copy the methods of the Music Genome Project (www.pandora.com), and list a larger set of attributes for the films. This way it can recommend films by checking many more characteristics, such as director, tone, writer, or subject.
Finally we have a service that combines the advertisements we love with the digital rights management software that keeps our music safely encoded! Bonus feature: we get to enjoy the advertisements all over again when our favorite song expires!
The Woz was also my first thought after reading the/. headline.
Jobs has impressive vision, but his vision is built on the foundation of brilliant engineers like Woz. Gates is an impressive businessman, but falls short on ethics and innovation.
AOL is likely the reason why she doesn't understand how to use her computer. By using a huge advertising budget, and littering the landscape with CD's, AOL is often the first internet experience for a new user that doesn't know any better.
She spent the time to learn AOL's interface instead of learning how to use her computer in a more general fashion, and now she suffers for it... not only by being unable to use her machine for other simple tasks, but by being stuck with AOL.
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The Foxit PDF reader is pretty great, and I often recommend it to my clients. Not only will it be a good temporary fix for this exploit, but it opens PDF documents very quickly.
Windows:
http://www.download.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader/3000-2079_4-10634896.html?tag=lst-0-1
Linux:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/desklinux/
Nobody has the right idea.
What we need is a small, secure, stable email client that doesn't store it's data in one giant file. Ideally with one-click backup, and simple import/export to make recovery and transfer of mail and contact data simple. Until we have one, I'm sticking with Gmail.
-Z
First, The "general compatibility issues" you mention by and large no longer exist. Files now transfer fairly easily from Mac to PC and back, and an MS document is an MS document (with a few rare exceptions).
Second, most people that buy a new machine these days choose a laptop. Many people no longer see the need for a bulky desktop, and feel the small trade-offs you make by running a laptop are worth it.
I'd be willing to bet it has more to do with the fan optimization then the 7200 drive. Granted, they produce more heat, but the cooling system in the laptop should be able to tolerate it.
This fellow has written some decent, small footprint software that lets a user directly manage the fans and Intel Speedstep settings on many Dell laptop models. Anyone using a Dell laptop that gets a bit warm should check it out.
http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prfRH01iG1U
Call me old fashioned...
Go for the eyes Boo.. GO FOR THE EYES! RAAAAAAAAH!
Evil around every corner! (Careful not to step in any...)
Lesson learned... don't use barrels to build your ship. Barrels always explode.
-Z
"On a lighter note, your uninstall tool is amazing A+++"
The uninstall tool?
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but in my day we simply made the uninstaller actually work.
Symantec's home antivirus product is a nightmare. Once I remove Windows itself and intentionally hostile software from the list, my clients pay me more often to fix this antivirus product then any other single product. This has been true since the 2003 version.
-Z
Funny, I'm still only level one in the original Halo, and it still gets playtime from me regularly.
The idea of content being 'done' is part of the problem. Create a game with good gameplay and replayabiltiy, and you won't have to worry about wasting our time to keep us in your game.
Dear MMORPG industry,
When will you stop making games designed to waste huge gobs of time?
I don't put up with random 10 minute periods of doing nothing in other games, why should I with yours? Any game that makes me sit/travel/do nothing for 10 minutes running I immediately uninstall. I'd like a modern adventure game, but for some reason they refuse to jump to the next level on this issue.
-Z
Microsoft changed it's primary focus a few years back, and Vista is the first major release since then. Previously, they valued compatibility over security. Now it's security over compatibility.
If making the operating system be secure costs us a few more growing pains with legacy applications, I'm all for it.
The opposite concept, a .kid domain is a much better idea. You can make people sign an agreement to place only family friendly material on these sites, and then you can install special browsers that only accept .kid websites. This allows the existing net full freedom, but still gives a valuable tool to schools and parents to help monitor the content they allow children to access.
-Z
I'd like to see a modernization of Interstate 76.
Modern graphics, updated multiplayer, classic game play would be fine. Ideally adding a Car Wars like pricing system to spice up muliplayer dueling would be perfect.
I76 was a fantastic game, with a good story, immersive game engine style cut scenes, original funk sound track, and deep game play.
The dual challenge of designing a good car, and learning to drive it well kept me playing it for years. The game play stands the test of time, but the graphics are dated, and it's extremely difficult to get it to run on modern computers, or network past modern firewalls.
Sadly, Activision destroyed the franchise with a pair of sequels that were rushed out the door with buggy gameplay, and many undelivered promises.
Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
--------
"Bribery and treason are among the least ambiguous reasons meriting impeachment, but the ocean of wrongdoing encompassed by the Constitution's stipulation of "high crimes and misdemeanors" is vast. Abuse of power and serious misconduct in office fit this category"
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764613.html
So is this a Firefox, Gmail, or javascript vulnerability?
Ok, I'll feed the trolls.
I started using this on games when I was a kid in the late 80's, and it might not be the most mature nick a few folks recognize me from past internet communities, so it's worth a little hassle from AC's like you.
As for games without obstacles, setting a timer and waiting is not an obstacle. Challenge me with your game.
I'm very interested in new massively multiplayer content, and I think the world of Firefly would be fantastic to play in. I have a lot of reservations however. Here is an open letter to all MMO developers:
/ rg1
Dear MMORPG developers,
I am a recovered Everquest player. I spend hours staring into the face of my spellbook. Dealing with 'downtime', struggling to find the game within the game. Please do not copy the dreadful time sinks that have plagued this once promising genre of games.
I now have a hard and fast rule for my games. If I am 'playing' your game, and I run/fly/do nothing for 10 minutes in a row, I uninstall your game. If it happens in the first few hours of gameplay, I return it.
This is an article written by Dr. Richard Garfield, game enthusiast, and designer of the card game Magic: the Gathering
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily
Please think this issue over. I look forward to playing a game that works to entertain me, not throw up obstacles that prevent me from playing.
Thanks,
Greg
Let's not forget that in addition to the usual virus issues, Microsoft's failures in secuirty and bundling of Internet Explorer empowered the spyware manufacturers. The spyware menace has probably caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the users of Microsoft's products.
Has anyone ever calculated how much cash people have spent on spyware removal over the last 8 years?
How do I mod the article -1 Troll?
Challenging the GPL on those grounds was doomed to fail, because the GPL's intent, and the intent of copyright are the same.
From the good ol' Constitution, Section 8:
"Congress shall have the Power"... "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
The whole reason we have copyright is to promote the useful sciences and arts, which is exactly what the GPL is for as well, they simply use different methods.
The problem with recommendation systems is that they use too little information to catagorize their subject.
What they need to do is copy the methods of the Music Genome Project (www.pandora.com), and list a larger set of attributes for the films. This way it can recommend films by checking many more characteristics, such as director, tone, writer, or subject.
Finally we have a service that combines the advertisements we love with the digital rights management software that keeps our music safely encoded! Bonus feature: we get to enjoy the advertisements all over again when our favorite song expires!
-Z
The idea of an .xxx top domain is a good idea, but attempting to force people to use it is a problem.
Create it and then give tax breaks to any adult business that uses it.
The Woz was also my first thought after reading the /. headline.
Jobs has impressive vision, but his vision is built on the foundation of brilliant engineers like Woz.
Gates is an impressive businessman, but falls short on ethics and innovation.
AOL is likely the reason why she doesn't understand how to use her computer. By using a huge advertising budget, and littering the landscape with CD's, AOL is often the first internet experience for a new user that doesn't know any better.
She spent the time to learn AOL's interface instead of learning how to use her computer in a more general fashion, and now she suffers for it... not only by being unable to use her machine for other simple tasks, but by being stuck with AOL.