It is superior to BIOS in almost all ways because it has more features and can boot much faster.
Perhaps it 'can', but the real world my quad-core 3GHz i5 UEFI system takes twice as long to start booting Linux as my dual-core 1.6GHz Atom system with an old-fangled BIOS.
And it's not disk spinup time because the i5 has an SSD whereas the Atom has a 'green' hard drive.
Yeah, UEFI boot time is insane. Even on my home server which doesn't have any fancy monitoring hardware the UEFI boot takes about twice as long as booting Linux once it's finished.
Adobe used to mean something to the computing world. Now it is just the proponent of the worst jerry-rigged encapsulation methods and application platforms for malicious exploitation.
Adobe was the company that trained me to press CTRL+S at least every two minutes so I wouldn't lose too much work the next time Premiere crashed, and to save to a new file every couple of hours so that I wouldn't lose too much when it corrupted the save.
HTML 5 offers better performance, better security, and better privacy controls (at least in theory) because it depends solely on the browser.
Flash runs in a separate process on Linux and I have that wrapped in Apparmor so it can't access anything other than the few files it needs to operate. If I hit Flash malware, it can't write to any file on my system that isn't specifically Flash-related, nor can it read files that contain private information.
An HTML5 exploit in Firefox means it can access pretty much anything and can certainly grab bank passwords or some other crap that I really, really do not want to happen.
If the user wants to run alternative code, they have to drop into the BIOS and add that key. If the user wants to run unsigned code, they have to drop to the BIOS and disable it completely.
If the user can add keys to the BIOS, then malware can add keys to the BIOS.
This idea only works if new keys _can't_ be added to the BIOS and only 'trusted developers' (i.e. Microsoft) have keys. Otherwise it's worthless.
Quick, someone tell the Kernel community that they need to stop doing frequent releases IMMEDIATELY.
Sigh.
Old kernel releases still get support to fix critical bugs, some through the kernel developers and others through distributors. Old Firefox releases get no support at all.
See the difference? With firefox you either use 3.6 or the latest version or some other web browser.
Indeed, so people are leaving a browser that is moving to rapid release and going to a browser that does... rapid release. Wait, what?
Mozilla seem to be putting most of their development effort into trying to ape Chrome. If they're just trying to be a second-rate copy of Chrome, then users might as well just switch.
MS took a lot of arrows when the XBOX came out and they lost a ton of money... I think they are profitable now.
Last I saw they were making a small operating profit but were still a long way from paying back the development costs. And they'll have to build a new Xbox soon unless they want games to continue looking like a PC from 2005.
If you don't use auto update, you're potentially using vulnerable browsers.
If you do use auto update...seriously, what could break?
At an absolute minimum, every new release seems to move UI entities around or delete them altogether and then you have 1,000 users asking you what happened to their web browser because the status bar went away and can you come and fix it for them.
Mozilla seem to be committing suicide right now for no reason anyone can adequately explain.
When you can have one station blow apart a complete planet in about three seconds, you have some serious firepower.
Yeah, right. The Federation can wipe out all life on a planet with a 'Genesis Missile' which could be carried on a small fighter, whereas the Empire needs a battlestation the size of a moon. Lamers.
I call bullshit. Wealth transferred to non earners is quickly spent, and usually ends up very quickly back in the hands of the wealthy and large corporations (and the government itself).
But it's usually spend on low-grade production, rather than creating new wealth.
You presumably believe that the country would be much better off if the government paid half the unemployed to dig holes and the other half to fill them in. All that money will end up back in the hands of corporations and governments, right?
Remember how awful the economy was when Clinton was president? Eight horrible years of peace and prosperity, thank God that's long gone.
You mean how awful the economy was when the Republicans ran Congress?
America always seems to do best when there's gridlock due to different parties controlling Congress and the White House, because the perpetual conflict ensures they can't screw things up too badly.
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning
Warren Buffett is free to make out a cheque to the US government and send it in at any time if he feels he isn't paying enough tax.
In reality the 'rich class' love income tax because most of their income is not classed as income, so income tax prevents others from accumulating enough capital to enter the 'rich class' and compete with them.
Dumbing down has been the real goal pretty much since the beginning of compulsory schooling in the West; the schools were intended to pump out compliant factory workers.
it didn't happen under exactly the same circumstances.
The Soyuz detected a guidance problem and shut down. The Progress detected an engine problem and shut down. Why do you think the abort would have been any different in those cases, other than having happened later in the second case?
So as I said to begin with - don't attribute to soviet engineering what is actually luck.
So your proof that Soyuz astronauts would have died appears to be that in the only actual real launch abort which ever happened so far they survived?
Slashdot Mirror
It is superior to BIOS in almost all ways because it has more features and can boot much faster.
Perhaps it 'can', but the real world my quad-core 3GHz i5 UEFI system takes twice as long to start booting Linux as my dual-core 1.6GHz Atom system with an old-fangled BIOS.
And it's not disk spinup time because the i5 has an SSD whereas the Atom has a 'green' hard drive.
Yeah, UEFI boot time is insane. Even on my home server which doesn't have any fancy monitoring hardware the UEFI boot takes about twice as long as booting Linux once it's finished.
So why do I need this UEFI again?
So Microsoft can lock down your computer so it only runs code signed by Microsoft.
Adobe used to mean something to the computing world. Now it is just the proponent of the worst jerry-rigged encapsulation methods and application platforms for malicious exploitation.
Adobe was the company that trained me to press CTRL+S at least every two minutes so I wouldn't lose too much work the next time Premiere crashed, and to save to a new file every couple of hours so that I wouldn't lose too much when it corrupted the save.
I hate to break it to you guys, but the movement was a huge failure.
That's obviously because no-one knew about it due to Yahoo blocking their emails :).
And if they hate Wall Street, shouldn't they be protesting outside the White House and Congress for bailing them out?
HTML 5 offers better performance, better security, and better privacy controls (at least in theory) because it depends solely on the browser.
Flash runs in a separate process on Linux and I have that wrapped in Apparmor so it can't access anything other than the few files it needs to operate. If I hit Flash malware, it can't write to any file on my system that isn't specifically Flash-related, nor can it read files that contain private information.
An HTML5 exploit in Firefox means it can access pretty much anything and can certainly grab bank passwords or some other crap that I really, really do not want to happen.
If the user wants to run alternative code, they have to drop into the BIOS and add that key. If the user wants to run unsigned code, they have to drop to the BIOS and disable it completely.
If the user can add keys to the BIOS, then malware can add keys to the BIOS.
This idea only works if new keys _can't_ be added to the BIOS and only 'trusted developers' (i.e. Microsoft) have keys. Otherwise it's worthless.
The eee's (believe it or not) are one of the WORST brands you can try installing linux on.
Weird. I've had zero problems with Linux on my eeePC netbook.
Quick, someone tell the Kernel community that they need to stop doing frequent releases IMMEDIATELY.
Sigh.
Old kernel releases still get support to fix critical bugs, some through the kernel developers and others through distributors. Old Firefox releases get no support at all.
See the difference? With firefox you either use 3.6 or the latest version or some other web browser.
With the exception of those who get down and dirty with their browser specs, has anyone even hardly noticed the change from 4 to now?
Yes. Every new major release either moves something around in the UI or removes it completely.
Good way to piss off your existing users who don't want to have to remember a new menu location for some random option every few weeks.
Indeed, so people are leaving a browser that is moving to rapid release and going to a browser that does... rapid release. Wait, what?
Mozilla seem to be putting most of their development effort into trying to ape Chrome. If they're just trying to be a second-rate copy of Chrome, then users might as well just switch.
MS took a lot of arrows when the XBOX came out and they lost a ton of money... I think they are profitable now.
Last I saw they were making a small operating profit but were still a long way from paying back the development costs. And they'll have to build a new Xbox soon unless they want games to continue looking like a PC from 2005.
Is it possible to miss the point any more then this? People don't care about this shit, they just want a good browser.
Don't worry: after they remove the version number from the UI, no-one will notice the rapid releases.
What's wrong with auto update?
If you don't use auto update, you're potentially using vulnerable browsers.
If you do use auto update...seriously, what could break?
At an absolute minimum, every new release seems to move UI entities around or delete them altogether and then you have 1,000 users asking you what happened to their web browser because the status bar went away and can you come and fix it for them.
Mozilla seem to be committing suicide right now for no reason anyone can adequately explain.
to run Crysis
Ray-traced :).
125W is a gaming CPU nowadays.
An i5-2500 at stock speeds takes about 60W at full load.
But yeah, if you buy AMD then all bets are off.
You mean something like "Global Intellectual* War"?
Well, Hollywood are remaking Wargames...
When you can have one station blow apart a complete planet in about three seconds, you have some serious firepower.
Yeah, right. The Federation can wipe out all life on a planet with a 'Genesis Missile' which could be carried on a small fighter, whereas the Empire needs a battlestation the size of a moon. Lamers.
I call bullshit. Wealth transferred to non earners is quickly spent, and usually ends up very quickly back in the hands of the wealthy and large corporations (and the government itself).
But it's usually spend on low-grade production, rather than creating new wealth.
You presumably believe that the country would be much better off if the government paid half the unemployed to dig holes and the other half to fill them in. All that money will end up back in the hands of corporations and governments, right?
Remember how awful the economy was when Clinton was president? Eight horrible years of peace and prosperity, thank God that's long gone.
You mean how awful the economy was when the Republicans ran Congress?
America always seems to do best when there's gridlock due to different parties controlling Congress and the White House, because the perpetual conflict ensures they can't screw things up too badly.
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning
Warren Buffett is free to make out a cheque to the US government and send it in at any time if he feels he isn't paying enough tax.
In reality the 'rich class' love income tax because most of their income is not classed as income, so income tax prevents others from accumulating enough capital to enter the 'rich class' and compete with them.
They looked very similar to the Laser Disc copies that went floating around about ten years ago.
If I remember correctly, they _are_ the laserdisk masters just converted to DVD.
Is dumbing down a hidden agenda?
Hidden?
Dumbing down has been the real goal pretty much since the beginning of compulsory schooling in the West; the schools were intended to pump out compliant factory workers.
it didn't happen under exactly the same circumstances.
The Soyuz detected a guidance problem and shut down. The Progress detected an engine problem and shut down. Why do you think the abort would have been any different in those cases, other than having happened later in the second case?
So as I said to begin with - don't attribute to soviet engineering what is actually luck.
So your proof that Soyuz astronauts would have died appears to be that in the only actual real launch abort which ever happened so far they survived?