All you need to do is email photos of violent pornography to people in parliament. (Best to do this from an account overseas) Then send anonymous tips to the police that they have those images on their computers.
If I got a pop-up like that, I would likely think that it was going to either install another virus or that it was a pop-up from a website, trying to sell me something.
I'm serious. It's one thing for us to say that Vista doesn't sell, another thing for Dell to say that they are offering WinXP on many systems.
It's another thing entirely for Microsoft to say that OS sales (presumably XP+Vista+CE) are down.
My guess is recession + mature market where users don't have the push to upgrade systems, but I was wondering if there are other insights into what's going on.
Encrypting correspondence only works if the end points are secure. If your fears of the government spying on you are based in fact, your computer is effectively compromised already.
Between hardware keyloggers, low-level virtualization, and good old fashion espionage, it would be difficult to impossible to keep data hidden from the feds if they had the timeframe needed to run a case through the courts.
I agree. I expected this article to be a little silly, but it was well thought out.
The new user was given a bunch of common tasks (play some music, draw a picture, play a video on youtube, use an instant messenger on MSN network, install a commonly used application (skype), edit a photo) and asked to perform them on a default installation of Ubuntu.
Well done. The Ubuntu team (and other linux distributions) can learn a lot from this article alone. Hopefully it will give a target for other usability testing in the future.
(And, no, I have nothing to do with the article author or website.)
And if it's worth 20+ million (at $14 per identity * 2 million individuals), I'm sure they can rent the help of some black hats to help them decode a tape from a proprietary system.
ATMs are very secure because if just one breaks, it can mean the loss of thousands of dollars. If an exploit is made public, it can easily mean significantly more money lost prior to it being fixed (imagine a group of blackhats using an exploit to empty out a group of ATMs all at the same time one night).
That being said, there's no reason that over time a voting system cannot have a similar level of security and accuracy. Open code review and structure review of the devices will allow security experts to fix problems before production, if done right (with cooperation with independent security experts).
The difference is, when you ask Google that you'd like to remain private, they listen and and stop prying. Seriously? Never heard of that, could you tell me where the form is? I'm not sure if this is what the grandparent post meant:
If you log into google, it is possible to suspend your web history. I just checked myself and my web history was on pause since the third week of February. I just unpaused it.
Now, google likely is still getting information about you while the history is paused but just isn't showing it to you.
Iron Man has always been a bastard. He was an alcoholic that used his suit while drunk and used women on a regular basis.
The whole Armor Wars saga, where he eventually killed the Titanium Man (as well as fighting some innocent people and disabling the armor of U.S. Government agents) should have branded him a murderer. While others stole his technology, did he really have to go it alone to fight it out with them?
He got away with it at the time by faking the death of Iron Man. Now that it's known that Tony Stark is Iron Man, he should have been arrested and thrown in prison.
Thanks, but I'd rather set my desktop up for my own convenience, not to work around the UI deficiencies of a single idiosyncratic application. Exactly. Imagine every application was set up like this. People would have to extend their virtual desktop space every time they opened a new application.
Gimp gets away with this because no other popular application does this except for instant messaging apps (and you expect them to pop up unexpectedly, anyway).
I'm using whatever the default window manager comes with Ubuntu when using desktop effects (compiz).
I shouldn't have to use a different virtual window just for one application. There has been a shift (at least a decade old) of applications using a single window rather than multiple windows. The Gimp designers should get with the times.
But yes - a simple google search did turn up a number of solutions. My guess is that the submitter wants to short circuit the process of working his/her way through them, and tap into the collective knowledge of/.ers. And that's exactly the point./. is a community. Why not take advantage of the community to make a purchasing decision?
I believe an end user without privileges can run a fork bomb on Ubuntu (requiring a hard-reboot to clean up the mess), unless things have changed in the last couple months.
You say those without a prescription are doing it illegally. Well, how many are legally taking these medications as prescribed by a physician?
Inderal is a cheap beta blocker ($4 for a month's supply) commonly used for the treatment of hypertension and various heart diseases. It can also be used on an as-needed basis for stage fright.
Adult ADHD may be treated with Ritalin. If people are prescribed these medicines, then no foul.
Well, of course to don't leave it all in checking. The point is that you can get the cash in a minimal amount of time.
I fall into category 4 right now, but usually in category 3. I'm planning on either quitting or being fired in a couple months and filling up a war chest. And, yes, it's in a high-interest internet savings account (HSBC direct).
How much money do you have in your (checking+savings) bank accounts? 1. Less than 1 paychecks 2. 1-2 paychecks 3. 3-5 paychecks 4. 6-12 paychecks 5. more than 12 paychecks 6. I'm an edge case, you insensitive clod.
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All you need to do is email photos of violent pornography to people in parliament. (Best to do this from an account overseas) Then send anonymous tips to the police that they have those images on their computers.
Care to give the name of the manufacturer and model number?
Some of us could use a decent printer from a manufacturer that isn't out to bleed us dry.
The Apple Mac is a known hardware platform.
This adds stability since Apple doesn't have to worry about every $10 video card in existence working on it.
Make it work on generic PC hardware will likely decrease the stability of the OS.
Apple certified systems is interesting, in that they would probably only certify closed systems that are not readily extensible.
If I got a pop-up like that, I would likely think that it was going to either install another virus or that it was a pop-up from a website, trying to sell me something.
There is no way I would think it was legit.
I'm serious. It's one thing for us to say that Vista doesn't sell, another thing for Dell to say that they are offering WinXP on many systems.
It's another thing entirely for Microsoft to say that OS sales (presumably XP+Vista+CE) are down.
My guess is recession + mature market where users don't have the push to upgrade systems, but I was wondering if there are other insights into what's going on.
Why isn't this a news article by itself?
Why is Windows revenue down? What was the official reason, and official response?
Is this a normal dip that happens this time of year? Are they blaming the recession? Are they expecting an upswing in the next quarter?
Encrypting correspondence only works if the end points are secure. If your fears of the government spying on you are based in fact, your computer is effectively compromised already.
Between hardware keyloggers, low-level virtualization, and good old fashion espionage, it would be difficult to impossible to keep data hidden from the feds if they had the timeframe needed to run a case through the courts.
I agree. I expected this article to be a little silly, but it was well thought out.
The new user was given a bunch of common tasks (play some music, draw a picture, play a video on youtube, use an instant messenger on MSN network, install a commonly used application (skype), edit a photo) and asked to perform them on a default installation of Ubuntu.
Well done. The Ubuntu team (and other linux distributions) can learn a lot from this article alone. Hopefully it will give a target for other usability testing in the future.
(And, no, I have nothing to do with the article author or website.)
And if it's worth 20+ million (at $14 per identity * 2 million individuals), I'm sure they can rent the help of some black hats to help them decode a tape from a proprietary system.
ATMs are very secure because if just one breaks, it can mean the loss of thousands of dollars. If an exploit is made public, it can easily mean significantly more money lost prior to it being fixed (imagine a group of blackhats using an exploit to empty out a group of ATMs all at the same time one night).
That being said, there's no reason that over time a voting system cannot have a similar level of security and accuracy. Open code review and structure review of the devices will allow security experts to fix problems before production, if done right (with cooperation with independent security experts).
Except that current openoffice Writer on Ubuntu Hardy will open .docx files.
Admittedly the fidelity sucks, but that's what you get when the standard isn't well defined.
Actually this would make a cute T-shirt or cup.
If you log into google, it is possible to suspend your web history. I just checked myself and my web history was on pause since the third week of February. I just unpaused it.
Now, google likely is still getting information about you while the history is paused but just isn't showing it to you.
The thing is, Iron Man may have been cool, but he hasn't been "good" for over a decade now.
Womanizing alcoholic murderers are rarely considered good guys (and that's from the late 80s & early 90s).
Iron Man has always been a bastard. He was an alcoholic that used his suit while drunk and used women on a regular basis.
The whole Armor Wars saga, where he eventually killed the Titanium Man (as well as fighting some innocent people and disabling the armor of U.S. Government agents) should have branded him a murderer. While others stole his technology, did he really have to go it alone to fight it out with them?
He got away with it at the time by faking the death of Iron Man. Now that it's known that Tony Stark is Iron Man, he should have been arrested and thrown in prison.
Gimp gets away with this because no other popular application does this except for instant messaging apps (and you expect them to pop up unexpectedly, anyway).
An even better question: Why should the end user even have to know which Window Manager he is using?
I'm using whatever the default window manager comes with Ubuntu when using desktop effects (compiz).
I shouldn't have to use a different virtual window just for one application. There has been a shift (at least a decade old) of applications using a single window rather than multiple windows. The Gimp designers should get with the times.
Forget changing the name. In the list of requests for 2.8, the number one request is a single window model.
This is likely the number one request for s number of years, yet we have to wait until 2.8 to even see if it will happen?
The Gimp is a nice tool, but it really should listen to it's users.
I you happen to find one, you may want to go to a Chinese restaurant owned by someone of Indian decent.
It's Chinese food kicked up a notch.
I believe an end user without privileges can run a fork bomb on Ubuntu (requiring a hard-reboot to clean up the mess), unless things have changed in the last couple months.
You say those without a prescription are doing it illegally. Well, how many are legally taking these medications as prescribed by a physician?
Inderal is a cheap beta blocker ($4 for a month's supply) commonly used for the treatment of hypertension and various heart diseases. It can also be used on an as-needed basis for stage fright.
Adult ADHD may be treated with Ritalin. If people are prescribed these medicines, then no foul.
Well, of course to don't leave it all in checking. The point is that you can get the cash in a minimal amount of time.
I fall into category 4 right now, but usually in category 3. I'm planning on either quitting or being fired in a couple months and filling up a war chest. And, yes, it's in a high-interest internet savings account (HSBC direct).
I meant to have the poll as:
How much money do you have in your (checking+savings) bank accounts?
1. Less than 1 paychecks
2. 1-2 paychecks
3. 3-5 paychecks
4. 6-12 paychecks
5. more than 12 paychecks
6. I'm an edge case, you insensitive clod.