We've already got the problem of all the -webkit extensions that Webkit created, and have become popular enough that the other browsers either have to implement these non-standard extensions, or risk being perceived as "broken" when they can't render webpages that Chrome/Opera/etc. can render.
As someone who was likely born right about the same time (shortly after Jedi came out), I can understand. I don't identify with the things people associate with Generation X, because I either wasn't born, or I was just too young at the time. I don't identify with the things people associate with the Millennials either, as it all seems like that stuff "those kids" are into. Some people propose names like "Generation Y" for people like me stuck between the two, meanwhile others will stick me into one or the other depending on completely arbitrary criteria. Personally, I think the whole concept of pigeonholing people into "generations" is just plain stupid.
I wouldn't count on version control to save you. If the transparent decryption layer sits between the actual data and the version control, everything will look fine... until it isn't. Though it might work if the version control was sending the unencrypted files to a server.
Probably your best bet is to have regular, multiple backups, and test the backups on another computer. If you find the backup is encrypted, the previous backup should still be okay.
The past few years, switching power supplies have become almost universal amongst wall warts. 20 years ago, they were all transformers. The easy way to tell them apart is to look at the input voltage. If it's 100-240V (or similar) it's a switching power supply, but if it only accepts one voltage (110V, or whatever) it's a transformer. Besides being more efficient, switching power supplies also weigh less and don't need the big winding of copper which I'm sure also made them cheaper. It's to the point where I was actually kind of surprised last year when I bought one of those active HDTV antennas and it came with a transformer and not a switching power supply.
Besides, many manufacturers don't care about certifying wall warts anyway. They just use a standard(ish) power supply made by someone else. Of course, some do make their own too.
Well, years ago they weren't persistent. They show the logo for a few seconds or a minute or so every few minutes, or after an ad break. I guess to remind you what channel you're watching or something like that. Then at some point they must have decided that wasn't good enough and just left the up all the time. Used to annoy me a lot too, back when I actually watched much television.
Many of of these devices have wireless, and some will connect to any open access point it can find. You may have your wireless locked down, but you can't really control what your neighbors do.
In March 2000, Intel released the 1GHz Pentium III. In March of 1992, Intel released the 66MHz 486DX2. That's a huge difference. You could probably swap my 3770K for either the 920 or the 6700K and I probably wouldn't even notice. Even the power usage wouldn't be all that different, unless I left it on 24/7 running Boinc or something like that.
It was designed to accomplish all of its primary goals on battery power alone, which is a big factor in why they didn't want to complicate the mission with something like an RTG, while solar cells are simpler to add on in the hopes of getting an extended mission. Of the 10 instruments on board, 9 worked and collected useful data, with the drill being the one exception. Several of the instruments were of limited repeated use or would be unable to be powered under solar power even in ideal conditions. The only long term instruments would have been basically plasma monitoring equipment.
That's what people don't get. The lander was basically designed as if it wouldn't have reliable solar power. If it did, then there was an extended mission where it could continue to collect additional data. Really, the biggest failure was the landing system which was supposed to anchor it down. If that had worked, it wouldn't have bounced all over the place and it likely would have had enough light for the solar panels to work. It's also likely that they would have been able to use the drill. But even with the way it ended up, it was still able to perform most of it's primary mission.
Actually Palemoon uses Goanna now, which is a fork of Gecko. It really doesn't matter what Mozilla does with Firefox and Gecko now, as Palemoon is its own entity.
I do agree that it does feel like Palemoon is struggling to keep up as it just doesn't have the resources and unlike most of the other 'clones' it's not just repackaging Firefox.
Though maybe Mozilla should get those 500 developers working on things that people actually want. It really amazes me given the resources that put into Firefox that it isn't a much better browser than it is.
Because at least in theory, people can examine the code, find and fix issues with the software, and make improvements. Mozilla does appear to accept submissions, though I have no idea how difficult it is to get something accepted. My guess is most anyone who has the time and energy to contribute to Firefox is probably involved with one of the forks like Palemoon.
Yeah, it's not like Hitler was driving a Renault or a Morris. Now what would have been really funny is if Kim was seen using a Samsung or a LG computer.
I'm pretty sure that China doesn't like the current situation either, but they view it as preferable to any of the alternatives. Hence their somewhat tepid support of North Korea. If I was North Korea I'd be careful though. If China decides they'd be better off without North Korea, it won't be good for Kim Jong-Un.
The question I have is, does the GPS erode navigation ability, or are the people that have trouble navigating the ones more likely to rely heavily on a GPS? I don't have a GPS because I've never really felt the need for it. Others are useless without it.
Google maps generally assumes you can drive at around the speed limit. That windy road may technically be a 55 MPH zone, but you're not driving 55 MPH on it for most of it. I've learned that you can't trust Google maps in mountainous regions because of that. If you want to take the quickest route you're best off just getting an old fashioned map and following the major roads.
Try having it map out a few local destinations you know well and see how it does. Oftentimes it does okay, but it's not uncommon to see it suggest something silly or even downright wrong.
Of course, I'm assuming you actually know the local area you live in. I've known people who move into an area, use their GPS for everything, and literally know nothing about how to get around even several years later. Take their GPS away and they couldn't even drive from their house to the closest gas station or their favorite grocery store.
I've been on the tail of the dragon and I don't see why a semi truck couldn't drive on it, if they were careful and took their time. The guys in those pictures are dumbasses. Likely they planned their route as if they could drive the speed limit, not realizing they'd be driving well below it, and then screwed up when they tried to make up the time.
With that said, if I was driving a semi I'd still try to find another route if at all possible.
It's more than that. The rules are no UAS anywhere within 5 miles of an airport. The rules aren't clear as to what qualifies as an "airport", but assuming that any general aviation airport qualifies, that means a lot of people fall under that rule. I live within 2 miles of an airport, so it's technically illegal to fly a quadcopter in my yard*. Luckily the FAA doesn't care about what you do indoors, so I can fly around my living room all I want.
*You can supposedly fly if you get permission from the tower. I'm almost tempted to call them to see what they say about my ~150g quadcopter. The general aviation airport I live close is one of the larger ones that does have a tower, but I don't know what you're supposed to do about the smaller uncontrolled ones, or if those even fall under the rule. As I say, it's not very clear.
Supposedly the aircraft must be powered by some kind of engine or motor. So paper airplanes, kites, model airplanes, helium-filled balloons, nerf guns, and rubber-band planes are not subject to this. Still, the rules seem ridiculous when applied to things like the toy quadcopters you can buy that pose no threat to actual aircraft or the Whitehouse.
The mobile Xeon's are a relatively new thing, only coming out with Skylake. Before that, any Xeon "laptop" had a regular workstation/server processor crammed into it which is why they were pretty rare (and heavy). Lenovo has their P series out, and my guess is in the next few months there will be some more options to choose from.
She's a repulsive person, an unrepentant liar, a dissembler, a demagogue, an arrogant authoritarian, a bully, a dreadful CEO, a horrible human being, and a living example of the "uncanny valley".
I was like, "Wait, what company was Hilary Clinton a CEO of?", then I remembered we're talking about Carly Fiorina here.
I'd be especially wary of Opera's Turbo feature (which I think is only on their mobile browser now?). The feature where an Opera server downloads the webpage, recompresses it, and then sends it to your device. Saves on bandwidth, but also a prime opportunity to inject something nasty into the webpage you're trying to view.
Bing Maps is better than Google Maps. I especially like the Bird Eye view feature it has. It's always kind of funny when someone asks how I made Google Maps do that, and then I have to tell them it's Bing...
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We've already got the problem of all the -webkit extensions that Webkit created, and have become popular enough that the other browsers either have to implement these non-standard extensions, or risk being perceived as "broken" when they can't render webpages that Chrome/Opera/etc. can render.
As someone who was likely born right about the same time (shortly after Jedi came out), I can understand. I don't identify with the things people associate with Generation X, because I either wasn't born, or I was just too young at the time. I don't identify with the things people associate with the Millennials either, as it all seems like that stuff "those kids" are into. Some people propose names like "Generation Y" for people like me stuck between the two, meanwhile others will stick me into one or the other depending on completely arbitrary criteria. Personally, I think the whole concept of pigeonholing people into "generations" is just plain stupid.
I wouldn't count on version control to save you. If the transparent decryption layer sits between the actual data and the version control, everything will look fine... until it isn't. Though it might work if the version control was sending the unencrypted files to a server.
Probably your best bet is to have regular, multiple backups, and test the backups on another computer. If you find the backup is encrypted, the previous backup should still be okay.
The past few years, switching power supplies have become almost universal amongst wall warts. 20 years ago, they were all transformers. The easy way to tell them apart is to look at the input voltage. If it's 100-240V (or similar) it's a switching power supply, but if it only accepts one voltage (110V, or whatever) it's a transformer. Besides being more efficient, switching power supplies also weigh less and don't need the big winding of copper which I'm sure also made them cheaper. It's to the point where I was actually kind of surprised last year when I bought one of those active HDTV antennas and it came with a transformer and not a switching power supply.
Besides, many manufacturers don't care about certifying wall warts anyway. They just use a standard(ish) power supply made by someone else. Of course, some do make their own too.
Well, years ago they weren't persistent. They show the logo for a few seconds or a minute or so every few minutes, or after an ad break. I guess to remind you what channel you're watching or something like that. Then at some point they must have decided that wasn't good enough and just left the up all the time. Used to annoy me a lot too, back when I actually watched much television.
Many of of these devices have wireless, and some will connect to any open access point it can find. You may have your wireless locked down, but you can't really control what your neighbors do.
In March 2000, Intel released the 1GHz Pentium III. In March of 1992, Intel released the 66MHz 486DX2. That's a huge difference. You could probably swap my 3770K for either the 920 or the 6700K and I probably wouldn't even notice. Even the power usage wouldn't be all that different, unless I left it on 24/7 running Boinc or something like that.
Which is fine. Most any warzone where they'd turn on SA wouldn't have those towers anyway. And if they did, they wouldn't have them very long.
It was designed to accomplish all of its primary goals on battery power alone, which is a big factor in why they didn't want to complicate the mission with something like an RTG, while solar cells are simpler to add on in the hopes of getting an extended mission. Of the 10 instruments on board, 9 worked and collected useful data, with the drill being the one exception. Several of the instruments were of limited repeated use or would be unable to be powered under solar power even in ideal conditions. The only long term instruments would have been basically plasma monitoring equipment.
That's what people don't get. The lander was basically designed as if it wouldn't have reliable solar power. If it did, then there was an extended mission where it could continue to collect additional data. Really, the biggest failure was the landing system which was supposed to anchor it down. If that had worked, it wouldn't have bounced all over the place and it likely would have had enough light for the solar panels to work. It's also likely that they would have been able to use the drill. But even with the way it ended up, it was still able to perform most of it's primary mission.
You could try Opera. There's also Comodo Dragon and SWIron, though not everyone trusts those versions either.
Actually Palemoon uses Goanna now, which is a fork of Gecko. It really doesn't matter what Mozilla does with Firefox and Gecko now, as Palemoon is its own entity.
I do agree that it does feel like Palemoon is struggling to keep up as it just doesn't have the resources and unlike most of the other 'clones' it's not just repackaging Firefox.
Though maybe Mozilla should get those 500 developers working on things that people actually want. It really amazes me given the resources that put into Firefox that it isn't a much better browser than it is.
Because at least in theory, people can examine the code, find and fix issues with the software, and make improvements. Mozilla does appear to accept submissions, though I have no idea how difficult it is to get something accepted. My guess is most anyone who has the time and energy to contribute to Firefox is probably involved with one of the forks like Palemoon.
Yeah, it's not like Hitler was driving a Renault or a Morris. Now what would have been really funny is if Kim was seen using a Samsung or a LG computer.
I'm pretty sure that China doesn't like the current situation either, but they view it as preferable to any of the alternatives. Hence their somewhat tepid support of North Korea. If I was North Korea I'd be careful though. If China decides they'd be better off without North Korea, it won't be good for Kim Jong-Un.
The question I have is, does the GPS erode navigation ability, or are the people that have trouble navigating the ones more likely to rely heavily on a GPS? I don't have a GPS because I've never really felt the need for it. Others are useless without it.
Google maps generally assumes you can drive at around the speed limit. That windy road may technically be a 55 MPH zone, but you're not driving 55 MPH on it for most of it. I've learned that you can't trust Google maps in mountainous regions because of that. If you want to take the quickest route you're best off just getting an old fashioned map and following the major roads.
Try having it map out a few local destinations you know well and see how it does. Oftentimes it does okay, but it's not uncommon to see it suggest something silly or even downright wrong.
Of course, I'm assuming you actually know the local area you live in. I've known people who move into an area, use their GPS for everything, and literally know nothing about how to get around even several years later. Take their GPS away and they couldn't even drive from their house to the closest gas station or their favorite grocery store.
I've been on the tail of the dragon and I don't see why a semi truck couldn't drive on it, if they were careful and took their time. The guys in those pictures are dumbasses. Likely they planned their route as if they could drive the speed limit, not realizing they'd be driving well below it, and then screwed up when they tried to make up the time.
With that said, if I was driving a semi I'd still try to find another route if at all possible.
And depending on where you lived, that might have taken 2 hours or 2 days...
It's more than that. The rules are no UAS anywhere within 5 miles of an airport. The rules aren't clear as to what qualifies as an "airport", but assuming that any general aviation airport qualifies, that means a lot of people fall under that rule. I live within 2 miles of an airport, so it's technically illegal to fly a quadcopter in my yard*. Luckily the FAA doesn't care about what you do indoors, so I can fly around my living room all I want.
*You can supposedly fly if you get permission from the tower. I'm almost tempted to call them to see what they say about my ~150g quadcopter. The general aviation airport I live close is one of the larger ones that does have a tower, but I don't know what you're supposed to do about the smaller uncontrolled ones, or if those even fall under the rule. As I say, it's not very clear.
Supposedly the aircraft must be powered by some kind of engine or motor. So paper airplanes, kites, model airplanes, helium-filled balloons, nerf guns, and rubber-band planes are not subject to this. Still, the rules seem ridiculous when applied to things like the toy quadcopters you can buy that pose no threat to actual aircraft or the Whitehouse.
The mobile Xeon's are a relatively new thing, only coming out with Skylake. Before that, any Xeon "laptop" had a regular workstation/server processor crammed into it which is why they were pretty rare (and heavy). Lenovo has their P series out, and my guess is in the next few months there will be some more options to choose from.
I was like, "Wait, what company was Hilary Clinton a CEO of?", then I remembered we're talking about Carly Fiorina here.
I'd be especially wary of Opera's Turbo feature (which I think is only on their mobile browser now?). The feature where an Opera server downloads the webpage, recompresses it, and then sends it to your device. Saves on bandwidth, but also a prime opportunity to inject something nasty into the webpage you're trying to view.
Bing Maps is better than Google Maps. I especially like the Bird Eye view feature it has. It's always kind of funny when someone asks how I made Google Maps do that, and then I have to tell them it's Bing...