What's wrong with choice? The real inescapable problem with the TouchPad is the anemic state of the market. There just aren't many apps built for the tablet; the ones that are aren't very good. I agree, webOS is fantastic--especially the multitasking--but beyond that, it's not capable of doing much more than browsing the web using an incredible rudimentary browser.
Best of all they don't take donations, like some questionable-at-best teams that quickly assembled to port Android in the wake of the fire-sale frenzy. They urge donating to the EFF instead. CyanogenMod are a classy team.
Also, it should be noted that this build would qualify as being in the earliest of alpha stages.
The constant barrage of updates for Firefox is frustrating to say the least. Having to go through the installer every month and have your extensions checked for compatibility and consistently get disabled... it's just not worth it.
I switched to Chrome and have progressed through 8 whole versions without ever noticing and without ever having my extensions break. It's divine, and how all software upgrades should be done (in a perfect world).
It's frustrating. I work with jQuery/JavaScript daily. I want to contribute to the Chosen project (Chosen), but it's written in CoffeScript. I can't be bothered to learn coffee script to contribute. So I'm complaining on Slashdot instead.
The "security questions" weakness is exactly how Sarah Palin's email account was broken into.
If they're not required for logging in I always fill the security question answers with a long string of random characters, effectively making them unusable for password recovery.
I think that would more appropriately be worded as "paranoid clients won't touch them". Everyone else will. C'mon, this is the real world, not a classroom or security conference.
They person reporting the incident is probably one of those people who believes that data is stored in memory. Because memory is where things are remembered, right?
Helping virus writers? Don't virus writers target the lowest-hanging fruit: the average Joe?
Joe sure as hell doesn't read the Microsoft Knowledge Base, let alone knows of its very existence! Let's be realistic, here.
This is coming from third-party AV companies, remember... they're fighting to stay relevant.
This penetration has thrust a large mess of members in to a new position, one which they probably aren't familiar with (unless they get off on this kind of thing). It's sad the industry has shrunk to the force of Too Much Media, and has effectively been boned. If it's lucky, the authorities will slap the cuffs on TMM, throw them in the slammer, and make them eat kumquats.
My institute of higher learning utilizes Deep Freeze on all computers and restores them all to their original state (except for a 'storage' partition) every weekend. It seems to do the job quite well.
I have a friend who works at a game studio who had their IT guy perform several tests to see if it did anything... chat log:
> killer NIC. bad. > file transfers = 1/4 of the speed of a normal NIC > the drivers are fucking TERRIBLE to install/uninstall/update, you have to reboot. then it'll let you do whate you need to do. then reboot AGAIN... > and when it does start working, there is literally no difference in either framerate or ping, even on the games they say it specifically improves
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First it's, "you're holding it wrong," now it's, "you're activating it wrong".
Can't blame this one on Steve.
What's wrong with choice? The real inescapable problem with the TouchPad is the anemic state of the market. There just aren't many apps built for the tablet; the ones that are aren't very good. I agree, webOS is fantastic--especially the multitasking--but beyond that, it's not capable of doing much more than browsing the web using an incredible rudimentary browser.
I don't believe Cyanogen himself was directly involved in this effort, so that would be inaccurate.
Best of all they don't take donations, like some questionable-at-best teams that quickly assembled to port Android in the wake of the fire-sale frenzy. They urge donating to the EFF instead. CyanogenMod are a classy team.
Also, it should be noted that this build would qualify as being in the earliest of alpha stages.
The constant barrage of updates for Firefox is frustrating to say the least. Having to go through the installer every month and have your extensions checked for compatibility and consistently get disabled... it's just not worth it. I switched to Chrome and have progressed through 8 whole versions without ever noticing and without ever having my extensions break. It's divine, and how all software upgrades should be done (in a perfect world).
At the same time forcing your team to learn a "new language".
It's frustrating. I work with jQuery/JavaScript daily. I want to contribute to the Chosen project (Chosen), but it's written in CoffeScript. I can't be bothered to learn coffee script to contribute. So I'm complaining on Slashdot instead.
Coca Cola's color of red is trademarked. How much more general do you want to get for "design"?
I've personally been noticing a lot of suspSuí zhe yídòng dào zhèl kàn dào shénme
Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid that parents work the problem out with their children.
Said parents are now organizing a class action lawsuit against all manufacturers of cookie and cookie-like products.
I've always wondered, why haven't electromagnets been utilized for escaping Earth's atmosphere? It's cheaper and more
The "security questions" weakness is exactly how Sarah Palin's email account was broken into.
If they're not required for logging in I always fill the security question answers with a long string of random characters, effectively making them unusable for password recovery.
I think that would more appropriately be worded as "paranoid clients won't touch them". Everyone else will. C'mon, this is the real world, not a classroom or security conference.
They person reporting the incident is probably one of those people who believes that data is stored in memory. Because memory is where things are remembered, right?
Oh, they knew. They had no choice, really. They needed a machine that could fully utilize the new 150Mbps FiOS connection they ordered.
... via PowerPoint?
You forgot to include the link to the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk
... and enter it with reckless abandon and no exit strategy; that last part is crucial.
Uh-oh!
Helping virus writers? Don't virus writers target the lowest-hanging fruit: the average Joe? Joe sure as hell doesn't read the Microsoft Knowledge Base, let alone knows of its very existence! Let's be realistic, here. This is coming from third-party AV companies, remember... they're fighting to stay relevant.
I really can't see why we can't have a government-commissioned open-source system developed and mandated for use for public voting functions.
I absolutely hate the thought of my vote being inputted in to a closed magical-mystery box.
This penetration has thrust a large mess of members in to a new position, one which they probably aren't familiar with (unless they get off on this kind of thing). It's sad the industry has shrunk to the force of Too Much Media, and has effectively been boned. If it's lucky, the authorities will slap the cuffs on TMM, throw them in the slammer, and make them eat kumquats.
Butt plugs.
My institute of higher learning utilizes Deep Freeze on all computers and restores them all to their original state (except for a 'storage' partition) every weekend. It seems to do the job quite well.
I have a friend who works at a game studio who had their IT guy perform several tests to see if it did anything... chat log:
> killer NIC. bad.
> file transfers = 1/4 of the speed of a normal NIC
> the drivers are fucking TERRIBLE to install/uninstall/update, you have to reboot. then it'll let you do whate you need to do. then reboot AGAIN...
> and when it does start working, there is literally no difference in either framerate or ping, even on the games they say it specifically improves