How exactly would per-user encryption help? You can encrypt your emails if you want, but if Google does it per user, they still have the key.
The fact that currently, encryption would have to happen at Google smells to me like a gigantic flaw in the whole "web apps for everything" mantra. I can not only encrypt when I run my own mail client with standard protocols, but I even get to choose whether I want to go S/MIME or PGP. Neither is an option in the webmail space unless I want to delegate crypto to the service provider.
(Depending on your conspiracy bent, you could also say this constitutes a non-flaw from Google's perspective.)
I'm not terribly pleased with the inner workings of the credit-granting industry either, but it seems to me it'd make the most business sense to grant credit to people who care about protecting their own report. Therefore, someone who carefully freezes and thaws their own report would seem to me to be less of a credit risk.
I've personally seen the IRQL error several times on machines that run Linux flawlessly (and more often!) If it's something that rears its head only when there's bad hardware, then Linux must be a magical operating system that can turn bad hardware into good.
I actually played both games. "Shake the Remote" is simply mapped to the old B-button presses. That's all that's going on. The parry moves in the GameCube version of Twilight Princess are equally as complex as they are in the Wii version, only you're pressing B instead of shaking the Remote.
The improvements in combat are part of the game, not part of the system.
He may be considering the inevitable time investment that would come from helping people actually understand the released source. Or (though less likely), there may be IP rights involved.
As a daily player of Wii Sports, it surprises me when people call it "shallow". I feel that award should go to Rayman. My theory is that Wii Sports does so much that gamers used to pushing buttons at the right time just can't see. But hey... if it's not for you, don't bother giving it the time of day. In the meantime, it's a metric assload of fun.
What a phenomenally stupid idea. I have personally used a half-dozen machines where enabling "power-saving" is a recipe for operational disaster. Machines that power off completely. Machines that lock up. Machines that do something and never come back.
I think the lack of foresight on TFA's part with this inane suggestion reflects pretty accurately on how seriously we should take the article as a whole.
You don't think there are any safety issues inherent here? I for one was surprised to see no discussion of it at all in the BBC article.
It well could be safe (or at least as safe as any other tech currently in use) but, man, I'd be looking at it very closely myself if I were responsible for bringing it to market.
Actually, enabling people to easily share their own torrents could help promote legitimate use of BT.
I've been personally involved in several situations where large, legal files needed to be distributed among a small group of people--unfortunately several didn't have the know-how to set up a tracker, and others simply didn't have the time to figure it out. A tool like this could enable every one of us to start it up on our own.
The one thing that I think it needs to also have is at least minimal security against discoverability--a password on the torrent listing page, for example. Would also be cool if you could control who was using the server, but I gather BT isn't too well-adapted to that requirement? Not sure.
Excellent analysis, and it speaks volumes of truth.
Can we apply it to cigarettes now?
(Hint: don't say "well, kids buy cigarettes from stores who don't check age", because both stores selling the smokes to kids and kids using credit cards are illegal.)
You can stop trying to spread your FUD now. Try something like, oh I don't know, WHOIS?
NSATC.NET (which you still didn't get right) belongs to Digital Island. An Akamai competitor. Perfectly reasonable for Microsoft to be running a very high-traffic site there, no?
Ahh, sorry, I misread the original post. I guess I've had to deal with one too many comments on how the Virtual Console is "original" lately. Original post is right, combining VC with Wii's control options will be very interesting indeed.
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How exactly would per-user encryption help? You can encrypt your emails if you want, but if Google does it per user, they still have the key.
The fact that currently, encryption would have to happen at Google smells to me like a gigantic flaw in the whole "web apps for everything" mantra. I can not only encrypt when I run my own mail client with standard protocols, but I even get to choose whether I want to go S/MIME or PGP. Neither is an option in the webmail space unless I want to delegate crypto to the service provider.
(Depending on your conspiracy bent, you could also say this constitutes a non-flaw from Google's perspective.)
When you consider that they recently patented finding people likely to be evildoers based on their social connections, well... http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/11/09/1452243/google-patents-guilt-by-association
I'm not terribly pleased with the inner workings of the credit-granting industry either, but it seems to me it'd make the most business sense to grant credit to people who care about protecting their own report. Therefore, someone who carefully freezes and thaws their own report would seem to me to be less of a credit risk.
I've personally seen the IRQL error several times on machines that run Linux flawlessly (and more often!) If it's something that rears its head only when there's bad hardware, then Linux must be a magical operating system that can turn bad hardware into good.
I actually played both games. "Shake the Remote" is simply mapped to the old B-button presses. That's all that's going on. The parry moves in the GameCube version of Twilight Princess are equally as complex as they are in the Wii version, only you're pressing B instead of shaking the Remote.
The improvements in combat are part of the game, not part of the system.
Er, no. You can pretty safely bet it will--but the GPL does not require this.
He may be considering the inevitable time investment that would come from helping people actually understand the released source. Or (though less likely), there may be IP rights involved.
As a daily player of Wii Sports, it surprises me when people call it "shallow". I feel that award should go to Rayman. My theory is that Wii Sports does so much that gamers used to pushing buttons at the right time just can't see. But hey... if it's not for you, don't bother giving it the time of day. In the meantime, it's a metric assload of fun.
I've found it to be rather imperfect, actually... just to be safe I always umount before disconnect.
What a phenomenally stupid idea. I have personally used a half-dozen machines where enabling "power-saving" is a recipe for operational disaster. Machines that power off completely. Machines that lock up. Machines that do something and never come back.
I think the lack of foresight on TFA's part with this inane suggestion reflects pretty accurately on how seriously we should take the article as a whole.
You don't think there are any safety issues inherent here? I for one was surprised to see no discussion of it at all in the BBC article.
It well could be safe (or at least as safe as any other tech currently in use) but, man, I'd be looking at it very closely myself if I were responsible for bringing it to market.
That's what the Empire wants you to think!
Yeah, holy crap, what's TFA got against Wii? You can point at your TV to play games. Instead, we're going to whine about the incrementalist PS3?
"Probably"? ;)
"...to Opera."
Whether it had been necessary to step in or not, they would have. They're government, after all.
Blame still lies with Sacramento!
Actually, enabling people to easily share their own torrents could help promote legitimate use of BT.
I've been personally involved in several situations where large, legal files needed to be distributed among a small group of people--unfortunately several didn't have the know-how to set up a tracker, and others simply didn't have the time to figure it out. A tool like this could enable every one of us to start it up on our own.
The one thing that I think it needs to also have is at least minimal security against discoverability--a password on the torrent listing page, for example. Would also be cool if you could control who was using the server, but I gather BT isn't too well-adapted to that requirement? Not sure.
I'm looking, but I don't see those options.
Excellent analysis, and it speaks volumes of truth.
Can we apply it to cigarettes now?
(Hint: don't say "well, kids buy cigarettes from stores who don't check age", because both stores selling the smokes to kids and kids using credit cards are illegal.)
You can stop trying to spread your FUD now. Try something like, oh I don't know, WHOIS?
NSATC.NET (which you still didn't get right) belongs to Digital Island. An Akamai competitor. Perfectly reasonable for Microsoft to be running a very high-traffic site there, no?
And the... uh... estate... gets taxed when, exactly...?
They're a very convenient way to make part of this complete breakfast.
Do you have a problem with that? Do you?!
Unless they're playing Wario Ware Twisted!...
Ahh, sorry, I misread the original post. I guess I've had to deal with one too many comments on how the Virtual Console is "original" lately. Original post is right, combining VC with Wii's control options will be very interesting indeed.