In the final analysis, the Microsoft era was a massive failure of free market capitalism that left us all driving Trabants while thinking they were the best that we could have.
Ah, yes. The government grants copyright monopolies to software companies, and that's a 'failure of free market capitalism'.
Do you have any hard data on how many people are actually purchasing high speed internet specifically for Netflix?
The only reasons I need megabit Internet are downloading games from Steam and GOG, and watching videos. Games, I don't much care if I have to leave the PC running overnight while it downloads, but streaming videos are either high enough bandwidth to play, or they're not, and will stutter and buffer or drop to low quality.
So I suspect many people are buyig high-speed Internet just to watch videos, be that Netflix, Youtube, or pirate sites.
From what I understand, peering agreements are typically based on a similar amount of data going both ways, so both sides benefit from just connecting their networks together with no need for additional payments. But, if 90% more data is coming in than going out, then the network sending the data is going to have to pay the network that's receiving it. Which means Netflix will have to pay their ISP more so they can pay to deliver the data.
As someone who has lived & travelled across much of the world, the UK's public transport infrastructure, especially within cities, ranks very highly.
And, given how bad the UK's 'public transport' (i.e. mostly private companies subsidized by the taxpayer) is, that just shows how much it sucks everywhere else.
Print the default password on the router's bottom side, or make it the serial number of the device (which then has to be different than the WAN MAC address).
Which is exactly what our router manufacturer did. Don't remember who makes it, I think it's rebranded with the ISP's logo anyway.
Again, used to be that the most common way for a Ubuntu machine to get pwned was for the user to install VNC with UPnP enabled. They only wanted to connect over their LAN, but VNC went and opened a UPnP port, and... oops.
Every new port opened on the router is a potential new security hole.
Man, and I can't get my home router to do UPnP. It's bad that UPnP allows for the configuration of the router to come from a machine outside of the network, but that should get fixed and UPnP should be able to start behaving like it is designed to.
Considering UPnP is broken by design, that's not really an improvement. Replacing a security hole in the router by a hundred apps that want their own ports to expose their own security holes to the Internet doesn't help much.
So how do you propose that my game on a machine on NAT arranges to receive UDP through the firewall?
So go for convenience over security. But don't then complain when you install VNC on your PC and it automatically opens a port allowing everyone on the Internet to access it, and you didn't bother to set a password so your PC is now pwned by the first script kiddy who scans your router.
UPnP is simply insane from a security standpoint. Random applications should not be opening random ports without explicit permission.
I was just looking at the latest Civic, which has a touchscreen in the middle of the dash. It looked OK, until I thought... 'hang on, how am I supposed to use that while wearing gloves when it's forty below zero?'
They're an insanely retarded idea for automotive use.
There is a reason that during both installation and initial out-of-box setup, it explains those gesture to you on a loop for like 10 minutes while the setup happens in the background...
You do realize that everyone goes and watches TV for ten minutes while the PC is 'setting up', right?
This is the problem with all these new UIs designed by 'UX designers'. They're designed for people who've never used a computer before, and never seen someone use a computer before.
Which probably means a few dozen Amazon tribes who've never been contacted by the outside world. Not a big market, really.
I'm surprised they admit to being a 'UX designer'. They're so widely hated after the Gnome 3 and Metro debacles that, pretty soon, they'll have to claim they were playing piano in a brothel for those years to make their resume look more reputable.
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In the final analysis, the Microsoft era was a massive failure of free market capitalism that left us all driving Trabants while thinking they were the best that we could have.
Ah, yes. The government grants copyright monopolies to software companies, and that's a 'failure of free market capitalism'.
That totally makes total sense.
"I know he used to beat me, but this time he's really changed."
If the problems with security in iOS, and the fragmentation/security issues with Android continue, people will go back to the 'doze.
Yeah. 'Cause it's not like Windows has any fragmentation and security issues.
It IS what they did to kill the Linux netbooks.
I thought they gave Windows away free to kill Linux netbooks?
If Intel starts packaging cheap Windows with their CPUs then this would be a major boon to the home PC builder demographic.
This is Window 8 they're talking about. Most people would pay more to NOT get a copy with their CPU.
Do you have any hard data on how many people are actually purchasing high speed internet specifically for Netflix?
The only reasons I need megabit Internet are downloading games from Steam and GOG, and watching videos. Games, I don't much care if I have to leave the PC running overnight while it downloads, but streaming videos are either high enough bandwidth to play, or they're not, and will stutter and buffer or drop to low quality.
So I suspect many people are buyig high-speed Internet just to watch videos, be that Netflix, Youtube, or pirate sites.
From what I understand, peering agreements are typically based on a similar amount of data going both ways, so both sides benefit from just connecting their networks together with no need for additional payments. But, if 90% more data is coming in than going out, then the network sending the data is going to have to pay the network that's receiving it. Which means Netflix will have to pay their ISP more so they can pay to deliver the data.
that was completely intentional.. the goal was to build mood and suspense through the lack of visibility.
There's not a lot of suspense when something jumps out of the wall behind you every time you go around a corner.
Seriously, it was Doom 2 with better graphics. That's it.
No, it wasn't. Doom 2 had some colours on screen other than black.
As someone who has lived & travelled across much of the world, the UK's public transport infrastructure, especially within cities, ranks very highly.
And, given how bad the UK's 'public transport' (i.e. mostly private companies subsidized by the taxpayer) is, that just shows how much it sucks everywhere else.
Print the default password on the router's bottom side, or make it the serial number of the device (which then has to be different than the WAN MAC address).
Which is exactly what our router manufacturer did. Don't remember who makes it, I think it's rebranded with the ISP's logo anyway.
What am I missing?
Again, used to be that the most common way for a Ubuntu machine to get pwned was for the user to install VNC with UPnP enabled. They only wanted to connect over their LAN, but VNC went and opened a UPnP port, and... oops.
Every new port opened on the router is a potential new security hole.
Man, and I can't get my home router to do UPnP. It's bad that UPnP allows for the configuration of the router to come from a machine outside of the network, but that should get fixed and UPnP should be able to start behaving like it is designed to.
Considering UPnP is broken by design, that's not really an improvement. Replacing a security hole in the router by a hundred apps that want their own ports to expose their own security holes to the Internet doesn't help much.
So how do you propose that my game on a machine on NAT arranges to receive UDP through the firewall?
So go for convenience over security. But don't then complain when you install VNC on your PC and it automatically opens a port allowing everyone on the Internet to access it, and you didn't bother to set a password so your PC is now pwned by the first script kiddy who scans your router.
UPnP is simply insane from a security standpoint. Random applications should not be opening random ports without explicit permission.
People actually leave uPnP enabled on their routers?
Yes. And my old video camera had a menu option to turn off that little red LED.
I was just looking at the latest Civic, which has a touchscreen in the middle of the dash. It looked OK, until I thought... 'hang on, how am I supposed to use that while wearing gloves when it's forty below zero?'
They're an insanely retarded idea for automotive use.
When the planet starts to cool down, the Global Warmers would blame that on Global Warming, too.
"Almost no one?" There's also less demanding engineering workstations and even content creation scenarios where better DP support would come in handy.
Yeah, exactly. That's "almost no one" when compared to the size of the gaming market.
There is a reason that during both installation and initial out-of-box setup, it explains those gesture to you on a loop for like 10 minutes while the setup happens in the background...
You do realize that everyone goes and watches TV for ten minutes while the PC is 'setting up', right?
He eventually bought an Apple laptop. Seems he can more easily deal with that change than with the transition from XP to 8.
He's not the only one. I know a number of people who've moved from Windows to Mac, because the Mac is now more like Windows than Windows is.
Having two different interfaces might be a good thing if the user could actually CHOOSE between them.
No, Metro would be pointless if the user could actually CHOOSE it, because no-one would choose it on a desktop PC.
This is the problem with all these new UIs designed by 'UX designers'. They're designed for people who've never used a computer before, and never seen someone use a computer before.
Which probably means a few dozen Amazon tribes who've never been contacted by the outside world. Not a big market, really.
I'm surprised they admit to being a 'UX designer'. They're so widely hated after the Gnome 3 and Metro debacles that, pretty soon, they'll have to claim they were playing piano in a brothel for those years to make their resume look more reputable.
Ditto. Casual users are used to the XP interface, and they really don't want to be forced to use some crappy shiny thing designed for three year olds.