First up, let's get this out of the way: all inkjet printers are cheap (and nasty) because they are loss-leaders for consumables.
I used to swear by HP but they've started this nasty habit of discontinuing ink cartridges after about three years, forcing you to buy a new printer because you can no longer get "original" cartridges for it.
On Windows I like Canon printers. But forget about trying to use the CD/DVD-printing Pixma series on Linux - while you can print on paper and labels just fine there is insufficient adjustment in the printer driver config files to allow proper alignment/registration when you wish to print directly on a CD/DVD, meaning you have to plug it into a Windows machine and use Canon's crappy CD Label Printer software that looks and behaves like a Windows 3.1 reject.
I'll be due for a new printer as soon as I can't get cartridges for my current HP OfficeJet. And this time I'm seriously considering a Samsung laser printer, or perhaps a Kyocera.
AT&T* (NYSE:T) announced today it has begun deployment of a 100 percent fiber Internet broadband network in Austin that will deliver speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second.
At least they do have a decent launch title library going for them, but it's obvious that Steam on Linux is just a stepping stone, one that may or may not exist in the future depending on Valve's success in the cnnsole world.
That much is certain, given that SteamOS is Linux-based and they fail to mention Steam for Linux at all in their In-Home Streaming section:
You can play all your Windows and Mac games on your SteamOS machine, too. Just turn on your existing computer and run Steam as you always have - then your SteamOS machine can stream those games over your home network straight to your TV!
Agreed. We use 10mW and 20mW green lasers for star pointing in astronomy. They're clearly visible to nearby users but get more than about 10-20ft away and that's no longer the case. Judging by the pictures in TFA the ones the protestors were using were probably in the 150mW+ range.
Fortunately RS232 is still well supported via PCI-e cards and USB, so you can just run the old system in a virtual machine on modern hardware to avoid many of the problems associated with maintaining old gear.
Apparently you've never actually used a USB Serial Adapter or you'd know what a pain in the ass it is to get one that works properly, even with simple things like the Console port on a Cisco ASA router. We gave up after trying about six different types from various suppliers and instead revived an ancient Dell notebook that had a physical RS-232C port on it. Lord help us if the Dell one day decided to go belly-up.
Folding@Home and SETI@Home have been popular with people wanting to advance science, I'm sure that mining for charities (i.e.: BitCoin@Home) would take off with the OxFam-style crowds. I'm dead against companies building mining into software that's supposed to be doing something else - that takes the decision away from users and is nothing better than a botnet for scammers/spammers.
These companies have a responsibility to the people whose information they hold.
Yes, they have a responsibility but that doesn't make them responsible.
This is exactly why I don't buy anything any more from sites that don't support escrow services. This happened about ten years ago, but... a couple of weeks after using my visa card to buy a book on Xbox hacking my card details were used to buy about US$500 worth of stuff from the Harvard University book store. It took me about 9 weeks to get my money back from the bank, I had to cancel my card, etc.. Being my only credit card at the time it was a huge inconvenience and I was still liable for interest on the funds despite it being a fraudulent purchase (wtf?). Nowadays if a site requires a credit card to purchase something I'll shop elsewhere. And forget about putting correct birth dates and tax file numbers online.
First Apple doesn't own the VNC technology, so they can't legally enforce that.
Second, although OSX's "remote desktop" software listens on VNC's tcp/5900 for incoming connections, for remote OSX clients it uses Apple's custom Type 35 Diffie-Hellman authentication/private key exchange and then switches to an AES128-encrypted link to run Apple's own RDP protocol. i.e.: it's not even VNC protocol.
Second this. I work from home two or three days a week, using a Linux or OSX client (depending on what I have with me at the time) to RDP over a VPN link over ADSL to my Windows-based development machines at the office. Quite usable as a desktop environment, although it cannot be used for anything remotely video-intensive like games or YouTube.
That said, even for just desktop use there are huge speed/latency differences between various RDP clients. I've tried several on Linux and haven't found one that works as well as the one built into OSX.
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I liked ColdFusion while it was still in Macromedia's hands.
First up, let's get this out of the way: all inkjet printers are cheap (and nasty) because they are loss-leaders for consumables.
I used to swear by HP but they've started this nasty habit of discontinuing ink cartridges after about three years, forcing you to buy a new printer because you can no longer get "original" cartridges for it.
On Windows I like Canon printers. But forget about trying to use the CD/DVD-printing Pixma series on Linux - while you can print on paper and labels just fine there is insufficient adjustment in the printer driver config files to allow proper alignment/registration when you wish to print directly on a CD/DVD, meaning you have to plug it into a Windows machine and use Canon's crappy CD Label Printer software that looks and behaves like a Windows 3.1 reject.
I'll be due for a new printer as soon as I can't get cartridges for my current HP OfficeJet. And this time I'm seriously considering a Samsung laser printer, or perhaps a Kyocera.
That much is certain, given that SteamOS is Linux-based and they fail to mention Steam for Linux at all in their In-Home Streaming section:
I was thinking the same thing. Yesterday Ubuntu, today Apple, tomorrow Microsoft?
The price increase is about 30%. Apple's commission on all sales through iTunes, perhaps?
Agreed. We use 10mW and 20mW green lasers for star pointing in astronomy. They're clearly visible to nearby users but get more than about 10-20ft away and that's no longer the case. Judging by the pictures in TFA the ones the protestors were using were probably in the 150mW+ range.
I would have loved for this to be a Sony problem, but it was a Chinese manufacturer going by the name of ATG.
The iPad costs the same, and you can't run your software on it. I don't see what the price has to do with that.
You can run your own software on the iPad - you just have to pay $99/year for the privilege.
I see the computer sitting on top of the Roomba in the photo is an Acer. What a shame IBM sold all of its consumer compute equipment off to Lenovo.
Fortunately RS232 is still well supported via PCI-e cards and USB, so you can just run the old system in a virtual machine on modern hardware to avoid many of the problems associated with maintaining old gear.
Apparently you've never actually used a USB Serial Adapter or you'd know what a pain in the ass it is to get one that works properly, even with simple things like the Console port on a Cisco ASA router. We gave up after trying about six different types from various suppliers and instead revived an ancient Dell notebook that had a physical RS-232C port on it. Lord help us if the Dell one day decided to go belly-up.
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Folding@Home and SETI@Home have been popular with people wanting to advance science, I'm sure that mining for charities (i.e.: BitCoin@Home) would take off with the OxFam-style crowds. I'm dead against companies building mining into software that's supposed to be doing something else - that takes the decision away from users and is nothing better than a botnet for scammers/spammers.
"The ABS is constantly looking at ways it can simplify the website and enhance the user experience," iTnews was told via email.
Stop hosting it on Lotus Domino servers and you won't have to worry about how many people download the damned data.
iThingies have had hardware encryption for years. That's why a device erase is so quick - it only needs to erase the master key and everything else is toast. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4175 and http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_May12.pdf (page 7 onwards)
This, plus if you're intending to limit the number of concurrent installs for your product *also* allow for a given install to be DE-registered:
No more Alt-Tab problems, OS X uses Command-Tab to switch between programs.
These companies have a responsibility to the people whose information they hold.
Yes, they have a responsibility but that doesn't make them responsible.
This is exactly why I don't buy anything any more from sites that don't support escrow services. This happened about ten years ago, but... a couple of weeks after using my visa card to buy a book on Xbox hacking my card details were used to buy about US$500 worth of stuff from the Harvard University book store. It took me about 9 weeks to get my money back from the bank, I had to cancel my card, etc.. Being my only credit card at the time it was a huge inconvenience and I was still liable for interest on the funds despite it being a fraudulent purchase (wtf?). Nowadays if a site requires a credit card to purchase something I'll shop elsewhere. And forget about putting correct birth dates and tax file numbers online.
My answer for Dyson: fucking overpriced.
Oops, I got suckered, it's not HDMI. It's MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link).
First Apple doesn't own the VNC technology, so they can't legally enforce that.
Second, although OSX's "remote desktop" software listens on VNC's tcp/5900 for incoming connections, for remote OSX clients it uses Apple's custom Type 35 Diffie-Hellman authentication/private key exchange and then switches to an AES128-encrypted link to run Apple's own RDP protocol. i.e.: it's not even VNC protocol.
The two biggest roadblocks to Ophelia - besides most LCD's not supporting this type of USB connection...
It's a USB-[thumbdrive-]sized device. If you looked at the picture it's got a HDMI connector on it.
Second this. I work from home two or three days a week, using a Linux or OSX client (depending on what I have with me at the time) to RDP over a VPN link over ADSL to my Windows-based development machines at the office. Quite usable as a desktop environment, although it cannot be used for anything remotely video-intensive like games or YouTube.
That said, even for just desktop use there are huge speed/latency differences between various RDP clients. I've tried several on Linux and haven't found one that works as well as the one built into OSX.
Exploit shown in this video has been tested on Cisco Linksys WRT54GL, but other Linksys versions/models are probably also affected.
Yes, worked perfectly on the Windows Vista and 7 machines at work. Was barely audible under linux, even at full volume.
Have you used Jockey with AMD drivers? It's fscking painful.