[quote]The correct answer may mean moving trees, etc...[/quote] Sorry, but that John Deere 757 of the submitter is powerful, but won't start mowing trees anytime soon.
I still remember how the IRA in the old days woudl "dispose" of a bomb in a litter bin in a station, which woudl then blow up
You obviously don't remember that the IRA would call the police before the bomb went off. This is all pre-9/11 when even the terrorists had an inkling of humanity.
they should have not removed the old content but quarantined it, so users who request their photos back can have it.
That requires a whole new project in and of itself, including creating/testing software to download the photos, setting up a helpdesk to deal with problems/complaints, et cetera. And the software broke the site its TOS, I don't see any reason to put extra money into users who break the TOS.
Ever since the fiasco of the slow-as-hell iOS 4 on the two-year-old iPhone 3G, I tell people to think twice about upgrading your iOS version. You will not have the same, snappy phone as when you bought it. And now they have made downgrading impossible -- I think it's a bad move.
To be honest, this goes for a lot of things. For instance if I buy five really nice $150 dollar shirts, it's costwise better to go on holiday in china. Five shirts made there by a tailor, plus the plane ticket, will be about the same cost as five Armani shirts,
This makes me think of Richard Egan, one of the founders of EMC. Beautiful quote from The Register:
Richard Egan, the colourful and vigorous co-founder of EMC, went into a linen cupboard of his home at the Four Seasons condominiums on Boylston Street, Boston, and shot himself in the head with a shotgun on Friday, ending his fight against terminal lung cancer.
Egan had an amazing life, encompassing involvement in the Apollo space programme, the US Marines, starting and building the most successful storage company on the planet, and becoming the US ambassador to Ireland. Finally, aged 73 and facing a lingering death, he ended the battle decisively and on his terms. He was never a shrinking violet.
I brought my Kindle 3 to China. It's a long flight, so I read a lot in the airplane. A couple of days I read only 30 minutes, and for three days, I stayed in the hostel because I got sick of something I ate. So in those three days, I read up to 6 hours per day. All in all, the holiday lasted 12 days and I had about 25% charge left at the end of the holiday.
I really applaud this move. So far, Apple hasn't been able to convince well-known houses that the OS X App Store is good for them. Microsoft, Adobe, Parallels, Mozilla, Oracle (for OpenOffice), Google, Skype -- non of them have any stuff in the App Store. They probably expected that the success of the iOS App Store would automatically make the OS X App Store a success, and might not have bothered starting negotiations.
because if you don't pay for it, normally you tend to abuse it. But if you pay for it, why would they need to mess with your traffic?
Usually when I'm on public wifi (even if paid for), I tend to put downloads on a slow trickle, overnight if possible. Ye olde wget is awesome for that: wget --limit-rate=20k http://www.example.com/bigfile will limit the download speed to 20KB/s. All platforms have wget available.
(By the way, why does Slashdot make text URLs into hyperlinks even in code sections?)
The reason Mac users are now targetted is because they are less computer savvy, have deep pockets and have been educated to open their wallet on command.
That's a very nice list. I have to admit I found a few nice ones there as well; Time Out (anti-RSI), Blink and Telephone (VoIP), Twitter and Kindle (Amazon's eReader).
Slashdot Mirror
Try installing an egress detecting firewall and watch how often Chrome phones home.
Engaging in FUD, aren't we?
In Chrome, click on the wrench icon (or on OS X, menu Chrome, Preferences). Then select the tab "Under the hood", and deselect the following options:
Then check your network traffic again.
Opera is also available on iPhone and iPad. For the iDevices, there are multiple browsers which embed the Safari component, too.
[quote]The correct answer may mean moving trees, etc...[/quote]
Sorry, but that John Deere 757 of the submitter is powerful, but won't start mowing trees anytime soon.
I just came back from Malaysia, and yes -- there were fingerprint scanners on every passport checkpoint.
I still remember how the IRA in the old days woudl "dispose" of a bomb in a litter bin in a station, which woudl then blow up
You obviously don't remember that the IRA would call the police before the bomb went off. This is all pre-9/11 when even the terrorists had an inkling of humanity.
With me logged in as an admin, just imagine what else it could have typed into that box.
Why were you logged in as admin?
I mean, with you logged in as an admin, just imagine who else could have been typed into that box when you went for coffee.
they should have not removed the old content but quarantined it, so users who request their photos back can have it.
That requires a whole new project in and of itself, including creating/testing software to download the photos, setting up a helpdesk to deal with problems/complaints, et cetera. And the software broke the site its TOS, I don't see any reason to put extra money into users who break the TOS.
Ever since the fiasco of the slow-as-hell iOS 4 on the two-year-old iPhone 3G, I tell people to think twice about upgrading your iOS version. You will not have the same, snappy phone as when you bought it. And now they have made downgrading impossible -- I think it's a bad move.
Well SAP isn't the only one. Give me one ERP supplier who doesn't require you change your internal procedures.
in the years between 18 and getting married[...]Life is short, don't squander it
Heh you said "married" and "squandering your life" :D
To be honest, this goes for a lot of things. For instance if I buy five really nice $150 dollar shirts, it's costwise better to go on holiday in china. Five shirts made there by a tailor, plus the plane ticket, will be about the same cost as five Armani shirts,
Amusingly, that's one of the most common problems with slashdot posters; they're frequently wrong, often stupid, and always convinced of their truth.
Thank god you and me are completely different!
but the idol worship in that article irritated me this early in the morning
Thank you for your wisdom, oh wise one!
This makes me think of Richard Egan, one of the founders of EMC. Beautiful quote from The Register:
Richard Egan, the colourful and vigorous co-founder of EMC, went into a linen cupboard of his home at the Four Seasons condominiums on Boylston Street, Boston, and shot himself in the head with a shotgun on Friday, ending his fight against terminal lung cancer.
Egan had an amazing life, encompassing involvement in the Apollo space programme, the US Marines, starting and building the most successful storage company on the planet, and becoming the US ambassador to Ireland. Finally, aged 73 and facing a lingering death, he ended the battle decisively and on his terms. He was never a shrinking violet.
What's killing your Wi-Fi? Or rather, who? *maniacal laughter*
Mini Portable Signal Jammer (Wi-Fi/GPS)
Both InSIDDer and Heatmapper are Windows-only, AFAIK. For Linux, there's the awesome Kismet and its cousin for OS X, KisMAC.
I brought my Kindle 3 to China. It's a long flight, so I read a lot in the airplane. A couple of days I read only 30 minutes, and for three days, I stayed in the hostel because I got sick of something I ate. So in those three days, I read up to 6 hours per day. All in all, the holiday lasted 12 days and I had about 25% charge left at the end of the holiday.
I really applaud this move. So far, Apple hasn't been able to convince well-known houses that the OS X App Store is good for them. Microsoft, Adobe, Parallels, Mozilla, Oracle (for OpenOffice), Google, Skype -- non of them have any stuff in the App Store. They probably expected that the success of the iOS App Store would automatically make the OS X App Store a success, and might not have bothered starting negotiations.
Here's hoping that Amazon will succeed.
What defence is there against the end users downloading and running MacDefender and giving up the Admin password?
Only one: a shot in the neck.
because if you don't pay for it, normally you tend to abuse it. But if you pay for it, why would they need to mess with your traffic?
Usually when I'm on public wifi (even if paid for), I tend to put downloads on a slow trickle, overnight if possible. Ye olde wget is awesome for that:
wget --limit-rate=20k http://www.example.com/bigfile
will limit the download speed to 20KB/s. All platforms have wget available.
(By the way, why does Slashdot make text URLs into hyperlinks even in code sections?)
The reason Mac users are now targetted is because they are less computer savvy, have deep pockets and have been educated to open their wallet on command.
That's a great post! Can I pay you for this post?
That's a very useful list, half of it is Apple stuff, but I have to admit the rest is really professional software.
That's a very nice list. I have to admit I found a few nice ones there as well; Time Out (anti-RSI), Blink and Telephone (VoIP), Twitter and Kindle (Amazon's eReader).
I have to admit I don't give Firefox much daily use. But then again, it's still installed and getting used every now and then.
No, they'd rather give in to brick-and-mortar retailer extortion.