More and more as I use Facebook to communicate with my friends and associates.. I realize that email is becoming less important to me. Instead of someone coming out with a new system designed to "fix" the email system flaws, Facebook seems to be quietly supplanting it with a richer media based experience. Down the road I expect that I'll be able to have multiple layers on FB, for friends, associates, business.. so I can show what I want to those within a group..
Removing Heinlein's books would just be "bad" business. Why would Amazon do that? These books are vetted for High Schools and have been around in mainstream fiction for decades. There's a big difference between the titles removed recently and the content in Heinlein's books. E.g. Sleeping with his mother. He had lived centuries and went back to see his mother and then rescued her from death. So it's not incest in the typical way. Would you recognize your own mother when she appears to be in her 20's 30's and you have lived a thousand years? (Haven't read these in forever so someone correct me if I'm dis-remembering the plot). Amazon appears to be removing "bad taste" fetish books..
His reasons for wanting Linux based software is probably based on security.. Usually the code is available so it can be cleared as "safe". No black box's with foreign or criminal based backdoors for Putin..
While developers who type extremely slow make me roll my eyes.. what really annoys me is developers who are incapable of optimizing their daily work habits. The developer who repeatedly performs 10 steps to accomplish a task when a little work would reduce it to one step really flunk the IQ test as far as I'm concerned. When you ask them about it, they tell you they are too busy or simply shrug. That's just one task our of many.. A year later they are still doing 10 steps instead of one..
Watching the footage, it appeared he stayed out of downtown Manhattan and stuck to the surrounding water front and buildings. He might have received a different response if he was buzzing Time Square..
Well look at the parent's subject line.. "Maybe we should have some other method of authentication". He could of easily typed.. "Some of method of Authentication?" or "Other methods?" The meat is in the reply really..
Not entirely disagreeing with you as I get your point, but tools can be the weakest link too.. You work with what you are given unless you can make your own..
I'm just guessing.. but doesn't that kind of rainbow hash cracking require a knowledge of the encryption process? If different web sites use different hash algorithms, how does running through a table to achieve reverse lookups work? Unless it turns out that most sites use a limited range of encryption algorithms and you have a table for all of them?
My generic password is my sigma 9 mainframe account number from 1980.. but then on each site I use it, I add a suffix thats easy to remember. Having spent so many years typing the first part and the 2nd part is usually easy to guess even if I forgot it.. But the end result is that if someone gets a password to one of my accounts, it won't work on another account. Although having the first part the same for many passwords is weak, I find it acceptable security..
Why didn't the bank validate the checks before they wired the money? They later determined they were frauds.. couldn't they have determined that earlier or should they have had a process in place to delay the transfer until totally verified? Thats a large amount to send out of the country to Malaysia.. Just asking the questions.. I don't think I picked up on it when RTFA..
I don't think businesses actually think they are safer, they are simply locked into it. It's difficult to change internal infrastructures like that when you have been building around it for years.
I suppose it depends on what you do.. Question.. Do you modify your source code for your browser, recompile it to get those changes? Odds are (in general) you do not, whether because you got better things to do or you don't know how, or you are fine with the way it works. So, if the browser you pick does what you want and you are happy with it, does it matter if it's closed or open sourced? Perhaps it does on some level. If the license allows me to pick up the code and make a new project, then everyone benefits from the open source approach. But in general.. that argument doesn't really apply to 99% of the users..
I use opera 10 in my windows box with Windows 7. I never get UAC notices.. Maybe you should consider that the issue is not with the Opera software? Perhaps your setup violates some security rule somewhere on your system. Look at Manage/Events.. maybe you can figure out what is tripping that..
This doesn't seem to get mentioned much.. I like Opera because i can hit F4 have a side tab pop out that contains a built in EMAIL system (virtual searches), bookmarks, notes, contacts, widgets, unite (merging/sharing data between computers), downloads, and history.. The mail has always been my favorite. It's embedded so that I do not have to start yet another applicaiton. It's sophisticated and easy to use.. Opera 11 has a new look to it's mail that is starting to really grow on me.. 11 also seems more stable than 10. I0 seemed to have frequent crashes on my linux box. I also like opera because when they come out with new releases, you get upgraded flawlessly. Also, not sure about other browsers, being a keyboard shortcut guy, it's easy to do stuff with the keyboard. E.g. spacebar pages to the bottom of the screen, click it once more and it figures out what the next link is and takes you there. E.g. you are looking at photos and have to click NEXT. You can just keep clicking spacebar. Numerous other keys are also very convenient. Rendering is also very fast in 11. Also, for many years, any page can be blown up or reduced simply by pressing + or - keys. When I get eye fatigue, this really helps. Over many years, I've made Opera my browser choice because they are always trying something new and succeeding. When other browsers were stuck in the mud, they consistently create new features that people like... example? Oh stuff like TABS!
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I would think corporations would be a big user of this feature. They go insane trying to prevent any info from being leaked through a stolen laptop. With encryption in place, if they could just kill the laptop anytime it would add to the security.. However, what would really add to the security would be a kill switch connected to a dormant magnet. If the kill switch gets turned on the magnet gets turned on wiping the hard drive..
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More and more as I use Facebook to communicate with my friends and associates.. I realize that email is becoming less important to me. Instead of someone coming out with a new system designed to "fix" the email system flaws, Facebook seems to be quietly supplanting it with a richer media based experience. Down the road I expect that I'll be able to have multiple layers on FB, for friends, associates, business.. so I can show what I want to those within a group..
Removing Heinlein's books would just be "bad" business. Why would Amazon do that? These books are vetted for High Schools and have been around in mainstream fiction for decades. There's a big difference between the titles removed recently and the content in Heinlein's books. E.g. Sleeping with his mother. He had lived centuries and went back to see his mother and then rescued her from death. So it's not incest in the typical way. Would you recognize your own mother when she appears to be in her 20's 30's and you have lived a thousand years? (Haven't read these in forever so someone correct me if I'm dis-remembering the plot). Amazon appears to be removing "bad taste" fetish books..
Haha! Mod up!
Can a piece of shit be more shitty than the other piece of shit? Have you been spending too much time in the bathroom looking between your legs?
If you link tot his with facebook, it will act different.. prepare to be bombarded with angry emails!
His reasons for wanting Linux based software is probably based on security.. Usually the code is available so it can be cleared as "safe". No black box's with foreign or criminal based backdoors for Putin..
Umm.. RED HAT!
I don't see how my typing speed would be related to my making functions concise or not.. You simply type faster or slower but generate the same code..
While developers who type extremely slow make me roll my eyes.. what really annoys me is developers who are incapable of optimizing their daily work habits. The developer who repeatedly performs 10 steps to accomplish a task when a little work would reduce it to one step really flunk the IQ test as far as I'm concerned. When you ask them about it, they tell you they are too busy or simply shrug. That's just one task our of many.. A year later they are still doing 10 steps instead of one..
Watching the footage, it appeared he stayed out of downtown Manhattan and stuck to the surrounding water front and buildings. He might have received a different response if he was buzzing Time Square..
Jello..
Well look at the parent's subject line.. "Maybe we should have some other method of authentication". He could of easily typed.. "Some of method of Authentication?" or "Other methods?" The meat is in the reply really..
Not entirely disagreeing with you as I get your point, but tools can be the weakest link too.. You work with what you are given unless you can make your own..
I'm just guessing.. but doesn't that kind of rainbow hash cracking require a knowledge of the encryption process? If different web sites use different hash algorithms, how does running through a table to achieve reverse lookups work? Unless it turns out that most sites use a limited range of encryption algorithms and you have a table for all of them?
My generic password is my sigma 9 mainframe account number from 1980.. but then on each site I use it, I add a suffix thats easy to remember. Having spent so many years typing the first part and the 2nd part is usually easy to guess even if I forgot it.. But the end result is that if someone gets a password to one of my accounts, it won't work on another account. Although having the first part the same for many passwords is weak, I find it acceptable security..
While scanning 300 responses do I really want to have to work through 300 wordy "sentences"? Pithy is good..
Passwords are cheap and easy to understand.. Whats the alternative that doesn't require users to buy something to authenticate themselves?
So each solider is getting a TI calculator (complete with square root key) ?
Why didn't the bank validate the checks before they wired the money? They later determined they were frauds.. couldn't they have determined that earlier or should they have had a process in place to delay the transfer until totally verified? Thats a large amount to send out of the country to Malaysia.. Just asking the questions.. I don't think I picked up on it when RTFA..
I don't think businesses actually think they are safer, they are simply locked into it. It's difficult to change internal infrastructures like that when you have been building around it for years.
I suppose it depends on what you do.. Question.. Do you modify your source code for your browser, recompile it to get those changes? Odds are (in general) you do not, whether because you got better things to do or you don't know how, or you are fine with the way it works. So, if the browser you pick does what you want and you are happy with it, does it matter if it's closed or open sourced? Perhaps it does on some level. If the license allows me to pick up the code and make a new project, then everyone benefits from the open source approach. But in general.. that argument doesn't really apply to 99% of the users..
I use opera 10 in my windows box with Windows 7. I never get UAC notices.. Maybe you should consider that the issue is not with the Opera software? Perhaps your setup violates some security rule somewhere on your system. Look at Manage/Events.. maybe you can figure out what is tripping that..
This doesn't seem to get mentioned much.. I like Opera because i can hit F4 have a side tab pop out that contains a built in EMAIL system (virtual searches), bookmarks, notes, contacts, widgets, unite (merging/sharing data between computers), downloads, and history.. The mail has always been my favorite. It's embedded so that I do not have to start yet another applicaiton. It's sophisticated and easy to use..
Opera 11 has a new look to it's mail that is starting to really grow on me.. 11 also seems more stable than 10. I0 seemed to have frequent crashes on my linux box.
I also like opera because when they come out with new releases, you get upgraded flawlessly.
Also, not sure about other browsers, being a keyboard shortcut guy, it's easy to do stuff with the keyboard. E.g. spacebar pages to the bottom of the screen, click it once more and it figures out what the next link is and takes you there. E.g. you are looking at photos and have to click NEXT. You can just keep clicking spacebar. Numerous other keys are also very convenient.
Rendering is also very fast in 11. Also, for many years, any page can be blown up or reduced simply by pressing + or - keys. When I get eye fatigue, this really helps.
Over many years, I've made Opera my browser choice because they are always trying something new and succeeding. When other browsers were stuck in the mud, they consistently create new features that people like... example? Oh stuff like TABS! ?
I would think corporations would be a big user of this feature. They go insane trying to prevent any info from being leaked through a stolen laptop. With encryption in place, if they could just kill the laptop anytime it would add to the security.. However, what would really add to the security would be a kill switch connected to a dormant magnet. If the kill switch gets turned on the magnet gets turned on wiping the hard drive..
I think it's obvious... It's an "Orgy of Porn Producers".. *rolling eyes*