Get the information in the hands of the users, so that they have a chance to protect their systems, instead of giving the vendor 5 days to look good.
Get the information in the hands of the users? What on earth are my parents going to do with information about a buffer overflow exploit?
Maybe you mean "Get the information in the hands of people who can fix the problem." That (with regards to the grand parent post) would be Microsoft (or whatever vendor we're talking about.) My parents are never going to find some 3rd party site to download a patch from in less than 5 days.
I think, and I could be wrong about this, that the idea is quantity over quality. They might not get huge accuracy or great sample rates from an individual hard drive, but pooled together, significant trends can be seen.
Thought of another way, (and professional's can yell at me for my ignorance here,) if I go and jump up and down next to a seismograph, it's going to read something and that erroneous data must be filtered out. If I go and jump up and down next to my computer, it also might register false earthquake like vibrations, but will automatically be filtered out when compared against the masses.
I will concede that it may be that, if she says you're not going out anymore, it takes it off and announces it. I have no idea. This is the consequence assumed responsibility of the user, however, when they put that information in a public space online. If you didn't want people to find out, you shouldn't have put it in a place where they could have.
Perhaps, assuming that this is a problem, face book can institute some level of privacy filtering, i.e. not announcing changes/losses in friendship.
"There's a difference between 'publicly available' and 'publicly announced.'"
No, there isn't actually and it's beliefs like this that scare me. Anyone who believes they led a more private social-networking life before was living under a false pretense. I can't say it enough times: all of this information could quickly and easily be found in one location before - facebook.com. That has not changed.
Furthermore, if you don't want this information announced to the facebook.com world, don't put it on facebook.com. The responsibility falls directly on the users to use discretion.
Security through obscurity will be the death of us...
However, you don't get all your friends on a Telephone conference call and say "My girlfriend and I broke up, thanks!", or take out an ad in the local paper saying "Attn to all my friends: I broke up!"
You see, you're getting confused again. You are exactly right - you don't hold a telecon. So why should you put it up on a public website? There is no difference. None. End of story. If you don't want to announce to the world that you broke up - don't.
But publicly advertising it all on the main profile DOES make it a lot easier to find.
Publicly advertising on a PUBLIC WEBSITE makes it easier to find. Seriously people - if you don't want people to find out, remove yourself from this public space.
Yes, and in many counties, so is the amount of property tax you paid, how much you contributed to Sheriff candidate X, and so on...
There is no law that makes you type information into face book. The responsibility falls squarely on the users.
For example, when a couple splits up, everyone in your network now gets a message saying "John Smith has changed his status from 'In a relationship' to 'Single'."
This one's a real toughy but let me point out how to fix this: if you don't want people knowing about your relationship status DON'T PLASTER IT UP ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE. Seriously, this is not that hard of a concept. If you don't enter that you broke up into face book, the world will never know...
And furthermore, if you really have to tell people but don't want to tell people, you can delete "events" from showing up in the feed by clicking the little x. (Yes, that interjection I added there confuses me too.)
If you don't want to be stalked, don't put your personal information online. All of the data these "feeds" display can be found through browsing anyways. This just centralizes it. I rather like this feature myself.
I was just about to say the same thing. Inkscape (or any vector editing software) is perfect for this sort of thing. You won't draw perfect radio buttons per se, but draw circles with as much or as little similarity to radio buttons as you want. This is what I do for all of my sites after I've created an initial idea.
My Method:
1) Paper and Pen
2) Inkscape / Vector editor
3) HTML
And by your logic, I should have called my old Windows machine "Nullsoft/Apple/HP/GNU/EA Games/Windows". It's not about the periphery software running on top of the system. Using term Linux is blanket enough to describe the architecture for interested parties.
That's a pretty trivial thing for them to fix I would think and if they thought it was worthwhile, they would do it.
Mathematical equations editing that doesn't crash or slow to a crawl? Sane bibliography/reference management without a stupid payware addon?
Worthy additions but peripheral to the main function of Word for an average user. It's certainly not going to be enough to cause a major wave of competition compared with other features.
Page layout that doesn't randomly change according to your printer drivers (okay, that's mostly only microcrap office).
I've never had this problem with Word. I am not denying that you have, but it certainly is no reason for me to switch to something else.
I might also add better image manipulation and layout capabilities to that list. I am not asking for photoshop or anything here, but, at least in Word, the image manipulation capabilities are horrendous. For instance, if you resize an large image to a thumbnail, there is no obvious way to shrink the image data itself - file sizes grow huge with just a few small 1" square images. Powerpoint is an even bigger offender here.
I own the first edition of the book and, first off, let me say I am very impressed by it. Note that it is entirely, from cover to cover, a reference book.
90% of SQL syntax, between db's, is the same. Why get whole volumes when 90% of it would be redundant? When you finish one project using SQL Server, why by a whole new book that covers PostgreSQL?
Also, it is not uncommon to work in non-homogenous database environmnets. Different projects and programs call for different database needs.
I don't give a damn who's copying who. If the features are useful and functional, then kudos to any developer of any system, (not even limiting myself to software here,) who adds those features to their system.
note: I am not a Mac user nor even a Windows user anymore.
Smarter business people do pay with credit cards because it defers payment until a later date. They are also sure to pay off their bill in full on the due date.
What if I made a bunch of copies for myself and carelessly put them where they could easily be taken by stangers?
It's called intent. If they can prove you had a motive (i.e. you were leaving them somewhere intentionally) then that would be a crime and rightly so. If you can prove that you did so by mistake, then you would of course be in the clear.
A P2P network for file sharing can hardly be called carelessly putting them somewhere - you have install the software, run it, and tell it what directories/files to share.
I'm not complaining:) (and I don't own one.) I'm just pointing out that the great-great-great-etc-post claiming "Just plugin a thin USB or bluetooth keyboard..." is not what I would call an adequate response to the reviewer's complaints.
The review states clearly that the keyboard is inadequate for its intended purpose: "Its biggest flaw is the keyboard that Nokia left out. [...] That alone should sink anything built for constant Web and e-mail use." I am not trying to shoehorn it into anything.
Right, but what the review is saying is that the on-screen keyboard is worthless and what the g-parent poster is saying is that you should just buy a separate keyboard. All I am trying to say is that I shouldn't have to buy a keyboard to make if functional.
Well, you either buy is seperately, or you pay for it as part of the cost for the product. Either way, you'd pay for it.
Correct! I paid for it when I bought the product. In this case, the product's keyboard has been deemed inadequate, however. So why exactly did I pay for it? I should not have to buy it a second time.
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Maybe you mean "Get the information in the hands of people who can fix the problem." That (with regards to the grand parent post) would be Microsoft (or whatever vendor we're talking about.) My parents are never going to find some 3rd party site to download a patch from in less than 5 days.
And what 3rd party are you going to trust?
I think, and I could be wrong about this, that the idea is quantity over quality. They might not get huge accuracy or great sample rates from an individual hard drive, but pooled together, significant trends can be seen.
Thought of another way, (and professional's can yell at me for my ignorance here,) if I go and jump up and down next to a seismograph, it's going to read something and that erroneous data must be filtered out. If I go and jump up and down next to my computer, it also might register false earthquake like vibrations, but will automatically be filtered out when compared against the masses.
Then don't mark off that you were dumped.
I will concede that it may be that, if she says you're not going out anymore, it takes it off and announces it. I have no idea. This is the consequence assumed responsibility of the user, however, when they put that information in a public space online. If you didn't want people to find out, you shouldn't have put it in a place where they could have.
Perhaps, assuming that this is a problem, face book can institute some level of privacy filtering, i.e. not announcing changes/losses in friendship.
Furthermore, if you don't want this information announced to the facebook.com world, don't put it on facebook.com. The responsibility falls directly on the users to use discretion.
Security through obscurity will be the death of us...
And furthermore, if you really have to tell people but don't want to tell people, you can delete "events" from showing up in the feed by clicking the little x. (Yes, that interjection I added there confuses me too.)
If you don't want to be stalked, don't put your personal information online. All of the data these "feeds" display can be found through browsing anyways. This just centralizes it. I rather like this feature myself.
I was just about to say the same thing. Inkscape (or any vector editing software) is perfect for this sort of thing. You won't draw perfect radio buttons per se, but draw circles with as much or as little similarity to radio buttons as you want. This is what I do for all of my sites after I've created an initial idea.
My Method:
1) Paper and Pen
2) Inkscape / Vector editor
3) HTML
Worthy additions but peripheral to the main function of Word for an average user. It's certainly not going to be enough to cause a major wave of competition compared with other features.
I've never had this problem with Word. I am not denying that you have, but it certainly is no reason for me to switch to something else.
I might also add better image manipulation and layout capabilities to that list. I am not asking for photoshop or anything here, but, at least in Word, the image manipulation capabilities are horrendous. For instance, if you resize an large image to a thumbnail, there is no obvious way to shrink the image data itself - file sizes grow huge with just a few small 1" square images. Powerpoint is an even bigger offender here.
I own the first edition of the book and, first off, let me say I am very impressed by it. Note that it is entirely, from cover to cover, a reference book.
90% of SQL syntax, between db's, is the same. Why get whole volumes when 90% of it would be redundant? When you finish one project using SQL Server, why by a whole new book that covers PostgreSQL?
Also, it is not uncommon to work in non-homogenous database environmnets. Different projects and programs call for different database needs.
I don't give a damn who's copying who. If the features are useful and functional, then kudos to any developer of any system, (not even limiting myself to software here,) who adds those features to their system.
note: I am not a Mac user nor even a Windows user anymore.
Smarter business people do pay with credit cards because it defers payment until a later date. They are also sure to pay off their bill in full on the due date.
1) yes 2) no 3) what?
A P2P network for file sharing can hardly be called carelessly putting them somewhere - you have install the software, run it, and tell it what directories/files to share.
Hot Hardware is right - anyone know how hot these thing run? How fast will the burn a hole in your lap?
I'm not complaining :) (and I don't own one.) I'm just pointing out that the great-great-great-etc-post claiming "Just plugin a thin USB or bluetooth keyboard..." is not what I would call an adequate response to the reviewer's complaints.
The review states clearly that the keyboard is inadequate for its intended purpose: "Its biggest flaw is the keyboard that Nokia left out. [...] That alone should sink anything built for constant Web and e-mail use." I am not trying to shoehorn it into anything.
Right, but what the review is saying is that the on-screen keyboard is worthless and what the g-parent poster is saying is that you should just buy a separate keyboard. All I am trying to say is that I shouldn't have to buy a keyboard to make if functional.