Doubtful. Not many people could tell what a private key is when looking at it, especially not a marketing type who doesn't deal with that shit. I'm betting it was just an ignorance mistake on the part of whoever was manning the Kevin Jack twitter account at that time. Just because you see an encryption key doesn't mean 99% of the rest of the world will know what it is.
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
It's a good thing you're the only user. How big of an authentication server would you have to have to just handle a 100 person organization? 1000? 100,000?
And it's entirely Intel's own damn fault for forcing other chipset makers out of the game. There are plenty of companies that would make Intel chipsets, but Intel doesn't want them to and refuses to grant licenses necessary to make them.
Displays are insanely cheap any more. I picked up a very nice looking 23" 1920x1080 monitor for $150. You can get them for around $100 if you're willing to hunt. That's crazy.
If you want a non-mainstream display, all you really have to do is be willing to pay for it. Newegg still has 8 different 1900x1200 monitors in stock, 2 2048x1536 and even a 2560x1600 display. The problem is that the least expensive 1900x1200 display starts at $200 because nobody really wants or needs those for the vast majority of things people use computers for. If you really need vertical space, get an IPS panel and turn it vertical.
Only if the controller is "unique", something like the Wiimote or Kinect. There's no reason you can't use a gamepad with a PC game. I do it quite often, Logitech makes a darn nice gamepad. And joystick games... you pretty much have to use a PC. The place for console games is when you have groups of people around a big screen, or have a novel control interface. There's no reason you can't do everything else better on a PC.
Not always. The companies that make the crapware pay the manufacturers to include it, so it can offset a lot of the licensing costs of the OS, and possibly even eat into the overall price of the hardware. You won't be able to build a system, even without an OS, for the same price a volume-builder can. You can build a better one for slightly more, but you can't get the same quality and specs at the same price.
You don't seem to understand how internal school politics work. There are ways of... encouraging educators to think the way of those in charge. Education, especially K-12, is very political and only tangentially related to actual education.
Cougar Point only works with Sandy Bridge chips, and Sandy Bridge is a much more publicized name, so that's what the news outlets are running with. It may not be totally correct, but it's not totally incorrect either. Many people with Sandy Bridge CPUs don't realize they also have a Cougar Point chipset.
Yes. Sandy Bridge i7-2600K CPUs are approaching the speeds of the i7-980X, while costing 1/3rd as much. You can build an insanely fast machine for under $1000 with Sandy Bridge, including graphics card.
While I'm running an H.264 transcode in the background (which uses 100% CPU) and still surfing Slashdot, and it is running fine. But then again, I'm using the FF4 64bit nightly build.
The problem is that facts have no impact one someone who's already made up their mind, especially when it's a religious or political issue. Seeing the science won't convince anyone that has already closed their mind to information, so the only thing left is to call them stupid.
The worst part about the ribbon is that it took me a week to figure out that the circle in the upper left of the window was actually a fucking menu that let me change the settings and such I wanted. There's no clue that it's a menu or that it'll expand.
The point is that they were the limiting factor for the computer to do so. You're limited by your motor control, the computer was limited by it's perception. It's evolved;)
I'm a nerd and I'll watch ads. On one condition: The ads don't treat me like I'm an idiot, and they don't try to capitalize on the "captive audience" concept. Ads are content. Good ads are worth watching. Bad ads I skip, just like I skip bad shows.
It's not being a nerd. It's just the combination of having self-respect and the tools to deal with it.
So why can I still get a shock when I get out of the car and touch something metal that is grounded?
Rubber is an insulator. Period. Tires were white because that's just the color of rubber, and they became black because of carbon added to increase traction and decrease wear, NOT to make them conductive. Hell, tires are known for building up static electricity when being filled with air because they don't discharge easily.
Pneumatic tires which contain carbon black generally have a resistance of approximately 10^6 ohms, measured from the crown to the bead. There is a provisional specification for this measurement, this being laid down in the WDK guideline 110. According to this a pneumatic tire belongs to "electrostatically active Class I" if it has a leakage resistance of less than 10^6 ohms.
Pneumatic tires which do not contain carbon black do not satisfy this test; their electrical leakage resistance is approximately 10^10 ohms. This may lead to significant problems, as indicated above. There is thus a need for a method for reducing the electrical resistance.
10^6 ohms is pretty damn high. It's 1 mega-ohm, nearly in the insulator class, and well, WELL above the "conductor" class of materials.
How in the hell did this urban myth get modded +5? Are all the moderators stupid, too?
So what you're saying is that with or without DRM, pirates are lazy and cheap, so they will never be your customers? So why even worry about them?
Your conclusion is correct... give people a reason to buy the product you're selling. Don't worry about punishing the "pirates", because at worst they're good advertising. That's capitalism.
Stupid and pointless? All of the changes are for the most efficient use of vertical space, which is even more critical given that all screens are moving to a 16:9 ratio.
You make the statement that "people are inherently assholes" without any evidence. I find that 99% of the people I know are not assholes, no matter what they believe. You also imply that religion solves this, but you haven't even proved your assertion, much less the solution.
As for your solution, I know many people who are assholes BECAUSE of their religion. Westboro baptists, any of the televangelists telling us that America is suffering because of the gay "plauge", Glenn Beck, and so on. Religion may theoretically stipulate that you be less of an asshole, but that is rarely how it's practiced.
Which kind of takes the whole wind out of your argument.
Most people are good because it feels good to be good. Even as young children we have an inherent sense of fairness, and will act on it. Well before we can even understand the concept of "god" or the supernatural. Your assertion, that we need religion to be good, is just plain false.
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Doubtful. Not many people could tell what a private key is when looking at it, especially not a marketing type who doesn't deal with that shit. I'm betting it was just an ignorance mistake on the part of whoever was manning the Kevin Jack twitter account at that time. Just because you see an encryption key doesn't mean 99% of the rest of the world will know what it is.
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.
It's a good thing you're the only user. How big of an authentication server would you have to have to just handle a 100 person organization? 1000? 100,000?
And it's entirely Intel's own damn fault for forcing other chipset makers out of the game. There are plenty of companies that would make Intel chipsets, but Intel doesn't want them to and refuses to grant licenses necessary to make them.
It only takes one competent one, though. Odds are usually on the side of the masses.
Displays are insanely cheap any more. I picked up a very nice looking 23" 1920x1080 monitor for $150. You can get them for around $100 if you're willing to hunt. That's crazy.
If you want a non-mainstream display, all you really have to do is be willing to pay for it. Newegg still has 8 different 1900x1200 monitors in stock, 2 2048x1536 and even a 2560x1600 display. The problem is that the least expensive 1900x1200 display starts at $200 because nobody really wants or needs those for the vast majority of things people use computers for. If you really need vertical space, get an IPS panel and turn it vertical.
Only if the controller is "unique", something like the Wiimote or Kinect. There's no reason you can't use a gamepad with a PC game. I do it quite often, Logitech makes a darn nice gamepad. And joystick games... you pretty much have to use a PC. The place for console games is when you have groups of people around a big screen, or have a novel control interface. There's no reason you can't do everything else better on a PC.
Not always. The companies that make the crapware pay the manufacturers to include it, so it can offset a lot of the licensing costs of the OS, and possibly even eat into the overall price of the hardware. You won't be able to build a system, even without an OS, for the same price a volume-builder can. You can build a better one for slightly more, but you can't get the same quality and specs at the same price.
You don't seem to understand how internal school politics work. There are ways of... encouraging educators to think the way of those in charge. Education, especially K-12, is very political and only tangentially related to actual education.
Cougar Point only works with Sandy Bridge chips, and Sandy Bridge is a much more publicized name, so that's what the news outlets are running with. It may not be totally correct, but it's not totally incorrect either. Many people with Sandy Bridge CPUs don't realize they also have a Cougar Point chipset.
More or less, yes
It can take a while to get a safety clue when the harm isn't immediately obvious.
Facebook takes up 25% of all US Internet traffic: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/facebook-25-pct-of-u-s-traffic-and-100-million-app-downloads/
That's not really a small part of the Internet.
Yes. Sandy Bridge i7-2600K CPUs are approaching the speeds of the i7-980X, while costing 1/3rd as much. You can build an insanely fast machine for under $1000 with Sandy Bridge, including graphics card.
While I'm running an H.264 transcode in the background (which uses 100% CPU) and still surfing Slashdot, and it is running fine. But then again, I'm using the FF4 64bit nightly build.
The problem is that facts have no impact one someone who's already made up their mind, especially when it's a religious or political issue. Seeing the science won't convince anyone that has already closed their mind to information, so the only thing left is to call them stupid.
The worst part about the ribbon is that it took me a week to figure out that the circle in the upper left of the window was actually a fucking menu that let me change the settings and such I wanted. There's no clue that it's a menu or that it'll expand.
The point is that they were the limiting factor for the computer to do so. You're limited by your motor control, the computer was limited by it's perception. It's evolved ;)
I'm a nerd and I'll watch ads. On one condition: The ads don't treat me like I'm an idiot, and they don't try to capitalize on the "captive audience" concept. Ads are content. Good ads are worth watching. Bad ads I skip, just like I skip bad shows.
It's not being a nerd. It's just the combination of having self-respect and the tools to deal with it.
Shit. I live in the middle of the city and the best I can do is about 12Mbps. Competitive broadband market my ass.
So why can I still get a shock when I get out of the car and touch something metal that is grounded?
Rubber is an insulator. Period. Tires were white because that's just the color of rubber, and they became black because of carbon added to increase traction and decrease wear, NOT to make them conductive. Hell, tires are known for building up static electricity when being filled with air because they don't discharge easily.
For the science: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5853461/description.html
Relevant quote:
Pneumatic tires which contain carbon black generally have a resistance of approximately 10^6 ohms, measured from the crown to the bead. There is a provisional specification for this measurement, this being laid down in the WDK guideline 110. According to this a pneumatic tire belongs to "electrostatically active Class I" if it has a leakage resistance of less than 10^6 ohms.
Pneumatic tires which do not contain carbon black do not satisfy this test; their electrical leakage resistance is approximately 10^10 ohms. This may lead to significant problems, as indicated above. There is thus a need for a method for reducing the electrical resistance.
10^6 ohms is pretty damn high. It's 1 mega-ohm, nearly in the insulator class, and well, WELL above the "conductor" class of materials.
How in the hell did this urban myth get modded +5? Are all the moderators stupid, too?
So what you're saying is that with or without DRM, pirates are lazy and cheap, so they will never be your customers? So why even worry about them?
Your conclusion is correct... give people a reason to buy the product you're selling. Don't worry about punishing the "pirates", because at worst they're good advertising. That's capitalism.
Given Blizzard, we can't really tell which it is though, and their past actions give equal probability to either.
I'm using the 64bit 4.0b10 and I've got the option to turn on the add-on bar, and menu bar, and so on.
So, it's pretty much NOT stupid and pointless (it's got a very good use) AND you can still turn them back on like you want.
What are you bitching about again?
Stupid and pointless? All of the changes are for the most efficient use of vertical space, which is even more critical given that all screens are moving to a 16:9 ratio.
You make the statement that "people are inherently assholes" without any evidence. I find that 99% of the people I know are not assholes, no matter what they believe. You also imply that religion solves this, but you haven't even proved your assertion, much less the solution.
As for your solution, I know many people who are assholes BECAUSE of their religion. Westboro baptists, any of the televangelists telling us that America is suffering because of the gay "plauge", Glenn Beck, and so on. Religion may theoretically stipulate that you be less of an asshole, but that is rarely how it's practiced.
Which kind of takes the whole wind out of your argument.
Most people are good because it feels good to be good. Even as young children we have an inherent sense of fairness, and will act on it. Well before we can even understand the concept of "god" or the supernatural. Your assertion, that we need religion to be good, is just plain false.