Salt could work if it was only known between the web site owner and Gravatar. After all the users only need the hash to download the avatar. But I guess that would be security through obscurity, and we don't want that.
1) There is better music and it is actually better. You're just not used to it because it's not getting hammered by the radio 24/7.
2) It's not weird, it's pop. The same pop music that is massively produced for at least the last 20 years. You might like it, I have no problem with that, but it still is just pop music. 3) It makes you popular with ladies that listen to that music only. There are many kinds of ladies with different tastes in music... I am not trying to troll, but that's the way it is
Seriously. Use it for two weeks and then bash it all you like. But bashing it without even getting to know it is just stupid.
I am pretty sure that you (as everybody) do more time wasting stuff in your life than this, and you are not even wasting "2 weeks" except if you use the ribbon 24/7.
I think it's impossible to find someone this way without breaking the law, it's more probable that he was forced to put that exclusion. Except of course if you own a big corporation that is allowed by law to collect private information via the terms and conditions...
In europe the maximum legal output is even lower, something like 200mW. A simple cellphone is about 2W and GSM uses lower frequency (more penetrating).
I am sure that after 550.000 lines of code, they have some way of proving that they own the code they were developing for all these years even if that is a log file
I did not say I mastered a turntable. I cannot beat match with turntables as fast as cds or software but I did it on the first try. My ears are trained enough to detect which track is faster, which track is ahead of the other so if you give me even the most weird piece of machine that can play music and can change pitch and pitch bend, I will eventually beat match with it (just give me 10 minutes). The hard part of beat matching is if the sound is crappy or the headphones aren't loud enough...
What you train when you learn to mix is your ears, not your fingers. I learned how to beat match with software / mp3. Professional cd players have a slower start than software so you have to get used to that (took me about 5 minutes the first time I touched cd players). The first time I tried to mix with turntables after DJing for 4 years with software/cds, I was able to do it as if I used vinyl all along
It's true that a lot of the newest hardware is out of reach for linux users but that is not the point of the article.
The article talks about old x86 hardware trying to counter the "myth" that linux runs on just about everything. Well the truth is that it runs on just about everything. Of course the newest Suse and fedora distributions won't run with all the bells and whistles, it's stupid to think that they will. If they could run, we wouldn't buy new hardware. That's why there are many distributions, each for its own purpose, saying that linux runs on old hardware means that I can easily use my old P133 as a mail server even if I cannot use it to run OpenOffice
To be exact Platon (yes that's with an "n") writes a dialog in which Critias learned the story of Atlantis from a relative who learned it from Solon who leared it in a trip to Egypt, from a very old Egyptian priest. (As described in Platon's book "Timaios")
downforce is controlled much easier. It does not have mass so it is easier to accelerate, break and most important, turning the car...also, you can control the amount of downforce so you can achieve top speed easier (I'm not sure about veyron but enzo ferarri decreases the downforce after a certain speed so it can accelerate more)
When I want a program for a given purpose, I usually do a web search, find at least 5-10 candidate programs (by checking website quality, list of program features). I download about 5 of them and test them. At least one of them suits my needs.
I once searched for a sound recording program and I was really dissapointed by what I found as well but usually I find what I search for.
It's obvious that windows are much more sucessful but that not the subject of the article. The article just compared the internals of the operating systems.
The power of windows is not it's internals but the easyness of use and the variety of programs that are made for it. If you consider and the money spent by microsoft on marketing, you can understand why people avoid linux in favor of windows.
In general the article looses the point while trying to compare the two systems because there are many more factors the author should consider in order to fully compare them and should not concetrate only on the internals.
My computer experience started with ms-dos. I learned most of the commands while trying to scratch an itch (mostly trying to play games). I learned how to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat and by that the computer internal basics. It was simple and I learned many stuff.
Now newbies start mostly with windows. In order to learn how to use a computer you have to know how a computer works in general, and how a computer will respond to an action you take. Microsoft tried hard so this stuff is invisible to the user. In order to play a game you just have to put the cd in and "next" your way through the installation process. If users don't gain experience from simple things as that how can someone expect from newbies to learn how to use a computer?
Self decrypting executable? You just send the password to the downloader. If the program tries to catch the password, you just send it backwards or something like that...
It would be interesting if you could find a way a data file (mp3) could execute arbitiary code on a machine. Even if it could exploit a bug on one mp3 player, it could not exploit them all...
1) At least there are search results for microsoft and not some kind of porn...
2) In slashdot, you will find posters opinions ( forums). The don't have to be objective or even true, it's just an opinion. A search engine especially from a big company must have some objectivity.
I believe that companies contribute to community anyway. But being paid to write open source code or/and contribute to open source project is just not the way to do it
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Salt could work if it was only known between the web site owner and Gravatar. After all the users only need the hash to download the avatar. But I guess that would be security through obscurity, and we don't want that.
1) There is better music and it is actually better. You're just not used to it because it's not getting hammered by the radio 24/7. 2) It's not weird, it's pop. The same pop music that is massively produced for at least the last 20 years. You might like it, I have no problem with that, but it still is just pop music. 3) It makes you popular with ladies that listen to that music only. There are many kinds of ladies with different tastes in music... I am not trying to troll, but that's the way it is
Actually it will fail because the text is executable code, not executable file
Seriously. Use it for two weeks and then bash it all you like. But bashing it without even getting to know it is just stupid. I am pretty sure that you (as everybody) do more time wasting stuff in your life than this, and you are not even wasting "2 weeks" except if you use the ribbon 24/7.
He obviously writes an article about the possibility of finding someone through technology and not by sticking a gun to a family member's head
I think it's impossible to find someone this way without breaking the law, it's more probable that he was forced to put that exclusion. Except of course if you own a big corporation that is allowed by law to collect private information via the terms and conditions...
In europe the maximum legal output is even lower, something like 200mW. A simple cellphone is about 2W and GSM uses lower frequency (more penetrating).
I am sure that after 550.000 lines of code, they have some way of proving that they own the code they were developing for all these years even if that is a log file
I went too just to look at the code. I looked at it for about 5 secs.
<p cass="bodyB">By using our website, you agree to the following:</p>
cass? Yes what about it?
My calculator has about double the power of ENIAC...
I did not say I mastered a turntable. I cannot beat match with turntables as fast as cds or software but I did it on the first try. My ears are trained enough to detect which track is faster, which track is ahead of the other so if you give me even the most weird piece of machine that can play music and can change pitch and pitch bend, I will eventually beat match with it (just give me 10 minutes). The hard part of beat matching is if the sound is crappy or the headphones aren't loud enough...
What you train when you learn to mix is your ears, not your fingers. I learned how to beat match with software / mp3. Professional cd players have a slower start than software so you have to get used to that (took me about 5 minutes the first time I touched cd players). The first time I tried to mix with turntables after DJing for 4 years with software/cds, I was able to do it as if I used vinyl all along
The article talks about old x86 hardware trying to counter the "myth" that linux runs on just about everything. Well the truth is that it runs on just about everything. Of course the newest Suse and fedora distributions won't run with all the bells and whistles, it's stupid to think that they will. If they could run, we wouldn't buy new hardware. That's why there are many distributions, each for its own purpose, saying that linux runs on old hardware means that I can easily use my old P133 as a mail server even if I cannot use it to run OpenOffice
To be exact Platon (yes that's with an "n") writes a dialog in which Critias learned the story of Atlantis from a relative who learned it from Solon who leared it in a trip to Egypt, from a very old Egyptian priest. (As described in Platon's book "Timaios")
Do you mean that you actually get out of the house? You can't fool me, you are no geek...
A formula 1 driver accepts 5 G's when breaking from top speed. Veyron is just for kids....
downforce is controlled much easier. It does not have mass so it is easier to accelerate, break and most important, turning the car...also, you can control the amount of downforce so you can achieve top speed easier (I'm not sure about veyron but enzo ferarri decreases the downforce after a certain speed so it can accelerate more)
Ok. Now convince everybody who doesn't have a clue or don't care about DRM, to stop buying intel products so it will never succeed...<BR>
When I want a program for a given purpose, I usually do a web search, find at least 5-10 candidate programs (by checking website quality, list of program features). I download about 5 of them and test them. At least one of them suits my needs.
I once searched for a sound recording program and I was really dissapointed by what I found as well but usually I find what I search for.
For music programs I find everything I need here
It's obvious that windows are much more sucessful but that not the subject of the article. The article just compared the internals of the operating systems.
The power of windows is not it's internals but the easyness of use and the variety of programs that are made for it. If you consider and the money spent by microsoft on marketing, you can understand why people avoid linux in favor of windows.
In general the article looses the point while trying to compare the two systems because there are many more factors the author should consider in order to fully compare them and should not concetrate only on the internals.
My computer experience started with ms-dos. I learned most of the commands while trying to scratch an itch (mostly trying to play games). I learned how to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat and by that the computer internal basics. It was simple and I learned many stuff.
Now newbies start mostly with windows. In order to learn how to use a computer you have to know how a computer works in general, and how a computer will respond to an action you take. Microsoft tried hard so this stuff is invisible to the user. In order to play a game you just have to put the cd in and "next" your way through the installation process. If users don't gain experience from simple things as that how can someone expect from newbies to learn how to use a computer?
Self decrypting executable? You just send the password to the downloader. If the program tries to catch the password, you just send it backwards or something like that...
It would be interesting if you could find a way a data file (mp3) could execute arbitiary code on a machine. Even if it could exploit a bug on one mp3 player, it could not exploit them all...
1) At least there are search results for microsoft and not some kind of porn... 2) In slashdot, you will find posters opinions ( forums). The don't have to be objective or even true, it's just an opinion. A search engine especially from a big company must have some objectivity.
I believe that companies contribute to community anyway. But being paid to write open source code or/and contribute to open source project is just not the way to do it