If you read the article, the New Statesmen themselves refer to it as "pirated" (in quotes). While one could pay money for the Magazine, those who can read Mandarin can get it for free using pirating methods where the print version will most likely not see the light of day due to state censorship. They are using this technique as its well known "the internet routes around censorship"
If you took time to read TFA you may have come across this little tidbit.
"One of the oldest techniques in the attacker's virtual arsenal, buffer overflows remain a problem. In December, Microsoft identified 2.6 million possible attacks that could be waged using a stack-based buffer overflow in the JRE (Java Runtime Engine)".
Well a gentleman's agreement between corporations are lubricated with money. Between a government and a company? I assure you Uncle Sam would appeal to patriotism and expect one to lay back and take it while thinking of their country with nothing more to ease the experience. Probably even given threats as to what would happen if one did not cooperate.
Now albeit through anonymous sources that government powers are developing malware, how will it be either through legislation, treaty or "gentleman's agreement" that anti-virus software manufacturers will have to look the other way for certain payloads? Is this already happening? Certainly the Third Amendment tells us we don't have to use our homes to quarter soldiers, but will the government use its citizenry's hard drives and bandwidth to host a weapon?
Does the line: "car security systems will begin have a real impact to every day use if a thief can simply walk up to your car and drive it away." seem to imply car thievery is a new thing? Thieves have been stealing cars since you had to hand crank the engine. Sure the techniques in 1911 were different from the techniques in 2011 but this is a a bit hysterical isn't it? Criminals are always getting better than security which leads to better security which leads to more cunning thieves, like any living system, it will continue to evolve.
If we are reading scrolling text, would we then be paying attention to the ad's content? This seems less like a way for users to see advertising content and more an exercise in dickery.
I am finding more and more content behind 30 second video ads. My current behavior is just go read something in another tab and come back to it after the ad is done. My prediction? Captcha ads will tank site readership. Seriously there is nothing I can think of on a chewing gum site that would require me to answer a pop quiz to view.
Why did Google initially agree to censor search results in the first place if this was their philosophy? I am certain they have made money in China, they would not have gone there for altruistic purposes of giving China good search results and web based email if there was not profit in it. Sure they have the philosophy "Don't Be Evil" but they got in bed with China to do business there. Only after the Aurora Exploit did they finally say enough is enough. Taking an anti-censorship stance only AFTER the Aurora attacks makes it seem retaliatory to me. They got a bruised eye from the neighborhood bully and then after playing along fine for quite some time decided they wanted to pick up their ball and go home. I would have been more impressed if Google uncensored their search results from the beginning instead of reacting to overt actions from China to their bottom line.
It seems the goggles and glove VR dreams of 15 years ago are being replaced with AR devices that are smaller and smaller. Makes me wonder however if it would be self-contained (unlikely) or have to communicate with some hardware either broadcasting near your location or probably worn on your person somewhere.
The only added feature that I would want for something like this is for it to work also as a corrective lens. Or else those of us without perfect sight are well... left in the dark.
Nine out of Ten lost or stolen in the UK? I have to wonder if seeing abandoned laptops laying around is commonplace there. I don't think I have ever seen a "lost" computer just waiting for me to pick it up.
There must be something about the culture that only 10% of the population can keep track of their gadgets. I am reminded of people you see on the beach with metal detectors trying to find lost and dropped jewelery and coins. I may have to make a trip to the UK and ride trains looking for discarded hardware.
Evil? Well with these fees maybe just a little bit evil. But seriously this is google, how much more money do they need?
Personally, I am waiting for the phone that is subsidized by non-obtrusive, relevant advertising.
Apparently, owning a copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook is a jailable offense. I therefore should report amazon.co.uk who sells it.
And since its not limited to british sites, I am pretty sure I read on wikipedia the mechanics on how thermonuclear weapons work. At least 1940s/1950s era weapons.
In a world where information is criminal, only criminals will have information.
I use a console when I want to step away from the computer. Console games have some advantages over computers, one you never have to check for system requirements.
As to the demise, I mean lots of people (me included) are still playing vintage game consoles. Heck I got an Atari Paddle Set that works of AA batteries that I still play. But perhaps that says more about the timelessness of Breakout and Pong than consoles...
I have played on the TC, and one of the things that stands out is the new UI needing two hands to operate (keyboard and mouse).
There have been complaints from those with disabilities that the new keymap is unusable for them.
The playstyle for my wife who is visually impaired has also been impacted by the new changes. Before, she would be able to target a groupmember (tank) and her character would fire at whatever the tank was targeted. Now she has to try to find the small crosshairs and aim at a moving target in real-time.
Both of these examples have Star Wars Galaxies having less accessability to the disabled that they currently provide.
Developers on the forums have not acknowledged these complaints on the forums, and the customer service rep my wife called on the telephone would not help, or transfer her call to someone who could address her concerns.
The game as it is accessable to the disabled -- they are playing it. The NGE is not accessable. Removing accessability from a service could be seen as in violation of the American with Disabilities act. What actions will you be taking to keep this game accessable?
Over the many years (begining in the late 80s) most of my sources of pirated software has been from academic sources -- mostly teachers.
Knowing that as a high school / college student I could not afford the software, it's use was generously "loaned" to me. (I also had to borrow computers -- could not afford one of my own until a college loan specific for building one came along).
But with educational institutions very worried these days about piracy, having truley free software of good quality is the way to lessen piracy in the schools.
OpenOffice.org is a great suite, and has many things going for it that just makes sense, such as it being open source, free to distribute, and cross-platform, just about any student should be able to use it.
The seven crewmembers of STS-114 ain't dead, and hopefully the extra time taken before launching them will keep them that way for the duration of the mission.
Yet you have to admit that NASA's recent record is not encouraging in their ability to keep spacecraft intact.
This is an obvious cover story. The real reason for the delay is that they want to close NASA on May 19.
I hear the astronauts were refusing to fly until they find out how Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.
This would not be a problem except members of the crew have already taked the "spoiler free" pledge.
Despite Initial protests from Mission Control, they decided that they rather watch fake spaceships blow each other up instead of blowing up another real one.
If I were an Astronaut my first thought would be, "Finally we are getting back into space!" Quickly followed by, "Oh crap I am gonna miss the midnight showing of STAR WARS!"
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The PDF is at http://www.newstatesman.com/sites/default/files/files/AWW%20New%20Statesman.pdf Also its in Mandarin so not sure how much more you will be able to read into it.
If you read the article, the New Statesmen themselves refer to it as "pirated" (in quotes). While one could pay money for the Magazine, those who can read Mandarin can get it for free using pirating methods where the print version will most likely not see the light of day due to state censorship. They are using this technique as its well known "the internet routes around censorship"
"One of the oldest techniques in the attacker's virtual arsenal, buffer overflows remain a problem. In December, Microsoft identified 2.6 million possible attacks that could be waged using a stack-based buffer overflow in the JRE (Java Runtime Engine)".
Well a gentleman's agreement between corporations are lubricated with money. Between a government and a company? I assure you Uncle Sam would appeal to patriotism and expect one to lay back and take it while thinking of their country with nothing more to ease the experience. Probably even given threats as to what would happen if one did not cooperate.
Now albeit through anonymous sources that government powers are developing malware, how will it be either through legislation, treaty or "gentleman's agreement" that anti-virus software manufacturers will have to look the other way for certain payloads? Is this already happening? Certainly the Third Amendment tells us we don't have to use our homes to quarter soldiers, but will the government use its citizenry's hard drives and bandwidth to host a weapon?
Does the line: "car security systems will begin have a real impact to every day use if a thief can simply walk up to your car and drive it away." seem to imply car thievery is a new thing? Thieves have been stealing cars since you had to hand crank the engine. Sure the techniques in 1911 were different from the techniques in 2011 but this is a a bit hysterical isn't it? Criminals are always getting better than security which leads to better security which leads to more cunning thieves, like any living system, it will continue to evolve.
If we are reading scrolling text, would we then be paying attention to the ad's content? This seems less like a way for users to see advertising content and more an exercise in dickery. I am finding more and more content behind 30 second video ads. My current behavior is just go read something in another tab and come back to it after the ad is done. My prediction? Captcha ads will tank site readership. Seriously there is nothing I can think of on a chewing gum site that would require me to answer a pop quiz to view.
Yes but you still need to type it when making a hyperlink in your mark up language of choice.
But they will still need Latin characters to type "http://"
My dreams of a robot girlfriend are one step closer to being actualized
Why did Google initially agree to censor search results in the first place if this was their philosophy? I am certain they have made money in China, they would not have gone there for altruistic purposes of giving China good search results and web based email if there was not profit in it. Sure they have the philosophy "Don't Be Evil" but they got in bed with China to do business there. Only after the Aurora Exploit did they finally say enough is enough. Taking an anti-censorship stance only AFTER the Aurora attacks makes it seem retaliatory to me. They got a bruised eye from the neighborhood bully and then after playing along fine for quite some time decided they wanted to pick up their ball and go home. I would have been more impressed if Google uncensored their search results from the beginning instead of reacting to overt actions from China to their bottom line.
That 77.28% of all statistics are made up.
It seems the goggles and glove VR dreams of 15 years ago are being replaced with AR devices that are smaller and smaller. Makes me wonder however if it would be self-contained (unlikely) or have to communicate with some hardware either broadcasting near your location or probably worn on your person somewhere.
The only added feature that I would want for something like this is for it to work also as a corrective lens. Or else those of us without perfect sight are well... left in the dark.
Well so are placebos to a certain extent, which this seems to be nothing more than.
Nine out of Ten lost or stolen in the UK? I have to wonder if seeing abandoned laptops laying around is commonplace there. I don't think I have ever seen a "lost" computer just waiting for me to pick it up. There must be something about the culture that only 10% of the population can keep track of their gadgets. I am reminded of people you see on the beach with metal detectors trying to find lost and dropped jewelery and coins. I may have to make a trip to the UK and ride trains looking for discarded hardware.
Evil? Well with these fees maybe just a little bit evil. But seriously this is google, how much more money do they need?
Personally, I am waiting for the phone that is subsidized by non-obtrusive, relevant advertising.
Apparently, owning a copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook is a jailable offense. I therefore should report amazon.co.uk who sells it. And since its not limited to british sites, I am pretty sure I read on wikipedia the mechanics on how thermonuclear weapons work. At least 1940s/1950s era weapons. In a world where information is criminal, only criminals will have information.
Lady Ada,
Look down upon this humble coder,
Guide me with your unerring logic.
Lady Ada,
Inspire me with your genius,
may I code a thing of beauty.
Lady Ada,
You set the path before me,
may I follow it for the rest of my days.
I use a console when I want to step away from the computer. Console games have some advantages over computers, one you never have to check for system requirements.
As to the demise, I mean lots of people (me included) are still playing vintage game consoles. Heck I got an Atari Paddle Set that works of AA batteries that I still play. But perhaps that says more about the timelessness of Breakout and Pong than consoles...
I have played on the TC, and one of the things that stands out is the new UI needing two hands to operate (keyboard and mouse).
There have been complaints from those with disabilities that the new keymap is unusable for them.
The playstyle for my wife who is visually impaired has also been impacted by the new changes. Before, she would be able to target a groupmember (tank) and her character would fire at whatever the tank was targeted. Now she has to try to find the small crosshairs and aim at a moving target in real-time.
Both of these examples have Star Wars Galaxies having less accessability to the disabled that they currently provide.
Developers on the forums have not acknowledged these complaints on the forums, and the customer service rep my wife called on the telephone would not help, or transfer her call to someone who could address her concerns.
The game as it is accessable to the disabled -- they are playing it. The NGE is not accessable. Removing accessability from a service could be seen as in violation of the American with Disabilities act. What actions will you be taking to keep this game accessable?
Over the many years (begining in the late 80s) most of my sources of pirated software has been from academic sources -- mostly teachers.
Knowing that as a high school / college student I could not afford the software, it's use was generously "loaned" to me. (I also had to borrow computers -- could not afford one of my own until a college loan specific for building one came along).
But with educational institutions very worried these days about piracy, having truley free software of good quality is the way to lessen piracy in the schools.
OpenOffice.org is a great suite, and has many things going for it that just makes sense, such as it being open source, free to distribute, and cross-platform, just about any student should be able to use it.
Yet you have to admit that NASA's recent record is not encouraging in their ability to keep spacecraft intact.
The Genesis probe quickly comes to mind, and Landing on other planets is hard too.
Now if you are referring to Astronauts who have lost their lives in NASA craft, the number would be 17.
I hear the astronauts were refusing to fly until they find out how Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.
This would not be a problem except members of the crew have already taked the "spoiler free" pledge.
Despite Initial protests from Mission Control, they decided that they rather watch fake spaceships blow each other up instead of blowing up another real one.
Have you already planned a response to the Death Threats, or were you going to leave the planning to the last minute?
Any addition to a beloved fandom will always be hated by the "true fans" and H2G2 will be the same.
If I were an Astronaut my first thought would be, "Finally we are getting back into space!" Quickly followed by, "Oh crap I am gonna miss the midnight showing of STAR WARS!"