It would be brilliant if Nintendo were to include a compressed archive of (for example) all the textures from all their first-party games, located on some read-only memory in the Revolution. That would reduce the download size of games (particularly post-SNES) considerably, and allow first or third-party expansions/mods of those games to be more easily developed and run.
Poking around on other people's machines is all well and good, but in the most pervasive and damaging "hacks" (sic), there is usually a major social engineering component.
In other words, it's a trivial matter to get into somebody's system; it takes a whole 'nother skill set to convince that person to hand you the keys to their data.
I wonder if tech-savvy folks (the students referred to in TFA fior example) are as good at "locking themselves down" as they are at securing their computers. Have any studies been done on the credulosity of geeks?
The worst thing about Nano Patent Thickets is that they're fractally recursive.
You can hack your way through them, though...if you've got a small enough machete.
According to This article, using bogus URL's to trick people is still the most effective social engineering trick in the book.
Of course, that may not apply to those in the Slashdot community:p
Why's it taking so long? Because, unlike previous "new versions" of Windows, this is not just a cosmetic overhaul but a complete redesign of the OS from the kernel up!
Also, as somebody else mentioned, updating the mspaint.exe codebase is proving quite problematic:)
This is shaping up to be an actually fun expo, which we really need right about now, as TechXpo or whatever they are calling the PC expo these days is quite lifeless.
Oh, and btw -- there will be an ongoing DDR tournament at the DigitalLife expo.
That alone is worth the price of admission, IMHO:-)
What if going to an AA meeting is suddenly grounds for a background check, and then that information is suddenly available to your employer, who doesn't want any 'freakin' alcoholics' on the payroll?
They'd have to start by firing the entire Sales team!
Yeah, I guess you're right -- what if one day they outlaw going to work and going to the gym and going to the supermarket and going home! I will be in deep trouble indeed!
My employer has been using Cygwin in production for quite some time now - we use it to get our Windows servers to act a little more...serverish:-)
I would recommend you use ActiveState's Perl distribution in conjuction with the Cygwin enbvironment. It's reasonably prioed and well supported, without a lot of stuff you *don't* need thrown in.
"What really propelled Microsoft Windows success was an ecosystem that they created that allowed other people to benefit from your success."
I think that MSFT has in fact figured this out, and that's why they devote so much technology and marketing talent into Windows as a development platform.
Say what you will about Windows as an operating system, but the application development toolchain is really, really slick.
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It would be brilliant if Nintendo were to include a compressed archive of (for example) all the textures from all their first-party games, located on some read-only memory in the Revolution. That would reduce the download size of games (particularly post-SNES) considerably, and allow first or third-party expansions/mods of those games to be more easily developed and run.
...I won't be impressed until a two-robot team wins a three-legged race.
Hopefully this will put to rest the "static cling" model of planet formation once and for all!
...that the hybrid desktop will be gnown as Knome :)
In other words, it's a trivial matter to get into somebody's system; it takes a whole 'nother skill set to convince that person to hand you the keys to their data.
I wonder if tech-savvy folks (the students referred to in TFA fior example) are as good at "locking themselves down" as they are at securing their computers. Have any studies been done on the credulosity of geeks?
The worst thing about Nano Patent Thickets is that they're fractally recursive.
You can hack your way through them, though...if you've got a small enough machete.
According to This article, using bogus URL's to trick people is still the most effective social engineering trick in the book. Of course, that may not apply to those in the Slashdot community :p
Why's it taking so long? Because, unlike previous "new versions" of Windows, this is not just a cosmetic overhaul but a complete redesign of the OS from the kernel up! Also, as somebody else mentioned, updating the mspaint.exe codebase is proving quite problematic :)
( :-p )
I would like to declare a preemptive moratorium on jokes involving "French" and "surrender".
thx
Which distro is the best?
Rush Limbaugh says The ozone layer is a Liberal Myth.
Oh, and btw -- there will be an ongoing DDR tournament at the DigitalLife expo.
That alone is worth the price of admission, IMHO :-)
Now can I have my $50 back?
I just installed the newest preview release and was floored to discover that it's got an RSS aggregator built right in!
You can set up subscriptions to your favorite feeds just and get them refreshed with your mail and newsgroups.
Pretty danged nifty, IMHO
Yeah, I guess you're right -- what if one day they outlaw going to work and going to the gym and going to the supermarket and going home! I will be in deep trouble indeed!
So why should I care if I show up on some satellite images?
I would recommend you use ActiveState's Perl distribution in conjuction with the Cygwin enbvironment.
It's reasonably prioed and well supported, without a lot of stuff you *don't* need thrown in.
I dont thiunk typiong is a necasary skil ath all!
And get me one, too! :-)
Everybody knows there's no NUKE MARS such thing
as subliminal messages.
I think that MSFT has in fact figured this out, and that's why they devote so much technology and marketing talent into Windows as a development platform.
Say what you will about Windows as an operating system, but the application development toolchain is really, really slick.