Can we nominate this for the least descriptive article description ever? All I can glean is that its about nano tech, and we all know the links are going to be dead in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. now.
"...is the default resolution of a Pocket PC (QVGA), not 200x320."
It is, but thats the point. With some third party tools you can get the e80x series of PDAs to run in 480x640 at all times rather then with just the few apps Toshiba supports at that res.
I use a Toshiba e805 (same as the e800 but with some image software thrown in). It has 128MB of built in memory and both a SDIO and CF expansion slot (along with built in 802.11b) so you can load it up on storage or (as I did) add bluetooth to access the web via a cell phone. Its got a very nice 480x640 screen that is perfect for reading text on (its larger then most PDAs) with a 2MB ATI graphics accelerator. Granted you need to install some third party software to get the default mode to be anything other then 200x320, but once setup right its very slick. If you poke around you can also find 480x640 skins for many apps such as PocketPlayer, MS Media Player, PocketDV and others.
I think what really matters is how secure an OS is when installed with the defaults. Windows is completely open... At least all the Linux installers I've used asks the user to create a root username and pass, then tells the user that they shouldn't usually log in as root and gets them to create another user."
True enough, Windows out of the box has more services running that can cause problems. However I've yet to see a "server" that was an out of the box install. As soon as you start selecting which packages to install you are undergoing the task of hardening the system, this can be done on most oporating systems to at least some degree. I dont find it too different to block ports at the firewall rather then at the service level. Just think of it as layer 3 vs layer 4 switching.
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable,
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy begger
Who could think you under the table,
David Hume could out-consume,
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates himself was permanently pissed.
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say could stick it away,
Half a crate of whiskey everyday.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And René DesCartes was a drunken fart
"I drink, therefore I am."
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's
pissed.
"Gee, and after all we've been told about Windows being the only insecure platform.... who'da thunk it?"
Windows is insecure. So is MacOS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris etc if run by an incompetent admin. One system I had to fix was a hardened install of Solaris that was running VNC server without a password because the local admin was too lazy to walk over to a terminal to type commands. However, by the same token. Windows, MacOS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris etc are all secure if run by an admin that knows what they are doing.
When has Microsoft EVER used patents as a tool for gaining market control? They get sued a lot by other people welding patents like a weapon, however they have never taken that route. There are many reasons for having patents other then sueing someone, is your blind hatred for Microsoft so great that you have to see the worst possible reason for everything they do?
"The idea isn't to ensure that Microsoft makes a fair profit from its patents; it's to make sure that no one else can write fully compatible software.' An older article mentions some other patents."
If its on Slashdot, it MUST be true. No other evidence is needed.
"maybe you are since none of apples upgrades have cost 200 dollars and just about ever upgrade had the support Apple promiced, they might have beta tested other things in the OS that people leaked, but apple never said it was going to do those things in the revision of the OS."
To me 199$ is as close to 200$ as you can get. As for the rest, last I checked they STILL didn't have full support for the iMac, much less older G3s. That was prommised at the MacOS X release.
What ever is in it, I'm sure that it will cost around 200$ to upgrade and still wont have everything that they said would be in version 10. But maybe I'm just an embittered ex Apple developer.
Seeing as I have no apps that need DirectX9 I owuld much rather have stable drivers then hardware features I wont use. That being said, I also dont want a video card with a vacuum cleaner where the heat sink should be.
As a *NIX and Windows admin I'm sitting at home without a care in the world. You see I use a "firewall" to "secure" our "network". Let me know if you need help with the big words.
"Martha Stewart went to jail for OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (lying about using inside information). Bill Gates is being fined for not reporting a purchase as he's required to. COMPLETELY different crimes, it's not a woman thing (not that I think she should be in jail but what he did is a lot less illegal)"
Of course if they could prove that she lied they could have proved that she broke FTC rules. She was told that if she didn't admit to breaking the law they would charge her with lying. No real way out of that one.
"I pay with old cash and dark glasses, park in the back of the lot away from the cameras. Normally refuse new bills when i am given change.
True nothing is 100% but it doesnt mean we have to roll over for continued encroachment..."
I guess I just fail to see how Walmart making their warehouse invintory system easer to use is an encroachment of anything. If they where insisting that they get to embedd a tag under your skin before you can go int othe store that would be one thing. Them knowing how many crates of tube socks they have left is another. Any buying history they could get with these things can be gotten another way.
"But what if you paid with a credit card? Then they can link you to the RFID tag.
Let's say its a piece of clothing that you buy. Every time you re-enter the store, they know who you are and can start tracking your purchasing habits even if you decide to pay cash for your purchases that day.
Then one day the government decides they don't like you and issue a warrant for your arrest. Walmart could be compelled by the PATRIOT act to turn over any information about you and possibly notify the authorities if you show up in any of their stores. They know who you are because six years ago you used a credit card to purchase your lucky hat with an RFID tag on it."
And what if they take DNA samples off the Walmart toilets after you've used them. Then they could replace you with a clone programmed to do their bidding!
What amazes me is that people this parinoid use the internet. I would think they would have died of starvation long ago after locking themselves in their basement.
Be sure to destroy your money, credit cards, ID and everything else that can be used t otrack you. Get off the internet and pull your phone out of the wall. Then burn off your fingerprints and run naked through the streets screaming about how the technology is out to get you.
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Can we nominate this for the least descriptive article description ever? All I can glean is that its about nano tech, and we all know the links are going to be dead in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. now.
If you see lens flares in "reality" you need to check your contacts.
It is, but thats the point. With some third party tools you can get the e80x series of PDAs to run in 480x640 at all times rather then with just the few apps Toshiba supports at that res.
I use a Toshiba e805 (same as the e800 but with some image software thrown in). It has 128MB of built in memory and both a SDIO and CF expansion slot (along with built in 802.11b) so you can load it up on storage or (as I did) add bluetooth to access the web via a cell phone. Its got a very nice 480x640 screen that is perfect for reading text on (its larger then most PDAs) with a 2MB ATI graphics accelerator. Granted you need to install some third party software to get the default mode to be anything other then 200x320, but once setup right its very slick. If you poke around you can also find 480x640 skins for many apps such as PocketPlayer, MS Media Player, PocketDV and others.
I think what really matters is how secure an OS is when installed with the defaults. Windows is completely open... At least all the Linux installers I've used asks the user to create a root username and pass, then tells the user that they shouldn't usually log in as root and gets them to create another user."
True enough, Windows out of the box has more services running that can cause problems. However I've yet to see a "server" that was an out of the box install. As soon as you start selecting which packages to install you are undergoing the task of hardening the system, this can be done on most oporating systems to at least some degree. I dont find it too different to block ports at the firewall rather then at the service level. Just think of it as layer 3 vs layer 4 switching.
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable,
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy begger
Who could think you under the table,
David Hume could out-consume,
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates himself was permanently pissed.
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say could stick it away,
Half a crate of whiskey everyday.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And René DesCartes was a drunken fart
"I drink, therefore I am."
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's
pissed.
It could delete all dem perdy pictures!
Windows is insecure. So is MacOS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris etc if run by an incompetent admin. One system I had to fix was a hardened install of Solaris that was running VNC server without a password because the local admin was too lazy to walk over to a terminal to type commands. However, by the same token. Windows, MacOS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris etc are all secure if run by an admin that knows what they are doing.
The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.
When has Microsoft EVER used patents as a tool for gaining market control? They get sued a lot by other people welding patents like a weapon, however they have never taken that route. There are many reasons for having patents other then sueing someone, is your blind hatred for Microsoft so great that you have to see the worst possible reason for everything they do?
If its on Slashdot, it MUST be true. No other evidence is needed.
To me 199$ is as close to 200$ as you can get. As for the rest, last I checked they STILL didn't have full support for the iMac, much less older G3s. That was prommised at the MacOS X release.
What ever is in it, I'm sure that it will cost around 200$ to upgrade and still wont have everything that they said would be in version 10. But maybe I'm just an embittered ex Apple developer.
Seeing as I have no apps that need DirectX9 I owuld much rather have stable drivers then hardware features I wont use. That being said, I also dont want a video card with a vacuum cleaner where the heat sink should be.
Off topic, but what the hell. Its from the Futurama episode "Bender should not be allowed on TV".
As a *NIX and Windows admin I'm sitting at home without a care in the world. You see I use a "firewall" to "secure" our "network". Let me know if you need help with the big words.
Of course if they could prove that she lied they could have proved that she broke FTC rules. She was told that if she didn't admit to breaking the law they would charge her with lying. No real way out of that one.
When there's a test you didn't study for?
Kevin was hacking, but he was also being a jerk. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Blocking unsolicited e-mail is also still totally legal.
Its British.
Fair enough. Hell, lets just say that they WILL clone you from whatever you leave in the toilets then.
True nothing is 100% but it doesnt mean we have to roll over for continued encroachment..."
I guess I just fail to see how Walmart making their warehouse invintory system easer to use is an encroachment of anything. If they where insisting that they get to embedd a tag under your skin before you can go int othe store that would be one thing. Them knowing how many crates of tube socks they have left is another. Any buying history they could get with these things can be gotten another way.
Let's say its a piece of clothing that you buy. Every time you re-enter the store, they know who you are and can start tracking your purchasing habits even if you decide to pay cash for your purchases that day.
Then one day the government decides they don't like you and issue a warrant for your arrest. Walmart could be compelled by the PATRIOT act to turn over any information about you and possibly notify the authorities if you show up in any of their stores. They know who you are because six years ago you used a credit card to purchase your lucky hat with an RFID tag on it."
And what if they take DNA samples off the Walmart toilets after you've used them. Then they could replace you with a clone programmed to do their bidding!
What amazes me is that people this parinoid use the internet. I would think they would have died of starvation long ago after locking themselves in their basement.
Please explain how you can go into Walmart and shop in private. Unless your shoplifting you can't do it.
Be sure to destroy your money, credit cards, ID and everything else that can be used t otrack you. Get off the internet and pull your phone out of the wall. Then burn off your fingerprints and run naked through the streets screaming about how the technology is out to get you.