Someone seriously needs to organize a giant, demonstrative protest.
We could all crap in tupperware and ship our excrement straight to the MPAA/RIAA, with a signed note saying "Thank you for shitting on the law making system in America".
Well, that seems to be a browser related thing; I'm wondering about the CD medium specifically.
On most PCs, CDs can be easily made to autorun a program - you pop the CD in, and whatever code is designated to run, runs. Personally, I think that's a stupid design (but the idea is that it'll help the computer illiterate install things without having to be able to browse to the CD drive and click the executable - waaay to difficult, right?).
You can turn this... "feature" off, but it's enabled by default (an opt-out scenario).
So, I know you can make the browser whisk away certain file types, etc. - I'm wondering if there's an equivalent autorun for CDs.
It's astonishing how willing people are to trust anything thats closed and opaque
It's just as foolish to assume trust something because it's transparent and community guided. Frankly, the research and verification process that a Wikipedia contributor goes through is just as transparent as that of an Encyclopedia reviewer - the only difference is that we can see the history of revision.
IMHO, you're better off avoiding traditional Encyclopedias and Wiki-based items alike. If you want a guarantee on what you're reading, you need to look into refereed/peer-reviewed publications that specialize in the given subject matter.
I'm not saying that everything in either media is positively false, or that there are never errors in refereed/peer-reviewed publications; but (unless you are an expert in the field) there's no way to check authenticity. Most people are unwilling to put up money to be given access to refereed/peer-reviewed information, so they're willing to settle with potentially flawed information.
This is an interesting claim. I've not understood Intelligent design to be inherently Creationistic, or otherwise.
Take, for example, the views of the Chemistry professor I work for. This man is a well known professor at the University of Washington. He holds a PhD. in Analytical, Environmental, and Nuclear Chemistry from MIT. He's an extremely scientific man, and yet he believes in total cooperation between the scientific method and the Bible. His views can be categorized as intelligent design, because he believes that the Universe has been "fine tuned" by God. In the last two sections of that website, he points out a large number of reasons why the Universe must be the way it is for life to exist, with the belief that things are that way because God designed it to be so.
It's actually really fun to talk with him about this stuff, because he knows so much about the chemistry of the universe.
Sure, there are tons of other things you can use Google for, but the basic search interface is not complex visually or functionally, and its features are very in line with most users' mental search models.
You don't have to look at Froogle, or Scholar, or Google news to use the plain ol' search engine.
Anyone can purchase, write or download a simple program that will change the MAC address broadcasted by the wirless card. You can do this and spoof another nearby address, or simply make up a fake one. Either way, there is no way to trace it to your MAC address when doing that.
Let's just hope her college professors instill some "crazy idealism" before she ships of to Microsoftland. Ya know... make her use Java, Linux... OSS stuff.
While poor ergonomics will ultimately detract from the item's use, it only focuses on the fatigue or discomfort.
The iPod may be very easy to use, but if some ergonomics expert (which I am certainly not!) says it lacks ergonomic design, it may be lacking in the comfort / endurance department. I'd certainly agree that ergonomics has become associated with "curveyness", but being ergonomic doesn't necessarily mean it's usable.
I'm glad everyone has done his or her part. I know I wrote a letter to Sys-Con; I sent it to half of the departments as well as Mr. Kircaali through their online contact pages. How many others did something similar?
All you really need is a firewall that will allow you to deny internet access by program. I start up Steam, and if I want to let it online I do. If I don't let it see the internet connection, I have no problems making it work offline.
Just fool the program a little bit and it'll all be OK.
Slashdot Mirror
Someone seriously needs to organize a giant, demonstrative protest.
We could all crap in tupperware and ship our excrement straight to the MPAA/RIAA, with a signed note saying "Thank you for shitting on the law making system in America".
So, they're asking for a system that's built on Wine, which is obviously GPLed ... yet they expect to own the new system?
What the hell?
Well, that seems to be a browser related thing; I'm wondering about the CD medium specifically.
On most PCs, CDs can be easily made to autorun a program - you pop the CD in, and whatever code is designated to run, runs. Personally, I think that's a stupid design (but the idea is that it'll help the computer illiterate install things without having to be able to browse to the CD drive and click the executable - waaay to difficult, right?).
You can turn this ... "feature" off, but it's enabled by default (an opt-out scenario).
So, I know you can make the browser whisk away certain file types, etc. - I'm wondering if there's an equivalent autorun for CDs.
It's just as foolish to assume trust something because it's transparent and community guided. Frankly, the research and verification process that a Wikipedia contributor goes through is just as transparent as that of an Encyclopedia reviewer - the only difference is that we can see the history of revision.
IMHO, you're better off avoiding traditional Encyclopedias and Wiki-based items alike. If you want a guarantee on what you're reading, you need to look into refereed/peer-reviewed publications that specialize in the given subject matter.
I'm not saying that everything in either media is positively false, or that there are never errors in refereed/peer-reviewed publications; but (unless you are an expert in the field) there's no way to check authenticity. Most people are unwilling to put up money to be given access to refereed/peer-reviewed information, so they're willing to settle with potentially flawed information.
Do macs have a similar autorun feature? Or is that platform a little more respectful, actually giving the user an opt-in styled choice in the matter?
According to this site, this is only a crime when you know that the property is stolen.
You need only to look at secunia.com's summaries to see through the idiocy of this article:
vs.
Firefox: 0% Extremely Critical
IE: 14% Extremley Critical
Need we say more?
Haven't all the readers of Slashdot become acquainted with the wonderful world of adblock already?
Why wouldn't you just change the port you're using?
You forgot:
Ctrl+Alt+Del - Reboot locked up Windows machine
This is an interesting claim. I've not understood Intelligent design to be inherently Creationistic, or otherwise.
Take, for example, the views of the Chemistry professor I work for. This man is a well known professor at the University of Washington. He holds a PhD. in Analytical, Environmental, and Nuclear Chemistry from MIT. He's an extremely scientific man, and yet he believes in total cooperation between the scientific method and the Bible. His views can be categorized as intelligent design, because he believes that the Universe has been "fine tuned" by God. In the last two sections of that website, he points out a large number of reasons why the Universe must be the way it is for life to exist, with the belief that things are that way because God designed it to be so.
It's actually really fun to talk with him about this stuff, because he knows so much about the chemistry of the universe.
Hardware Email: Commonly known as snail mail ;)
What's compex about the search interface?
Sure, there are tons of other things you can use Google for, but the basic search interface is not complex visually or functionally, and its features are very in line with most users' mental search models.
You don't have to look at Froogle, or Scholar, or Google news to use the plain ol' search engine.
so let's pull a slackware
next version: firefox 13.5
We'll blow them out of the water!
Isn't it fitting that MS attempts to move its impending showdown with Google from the technology field and into the court house?
When we can't beat em', litigate!
Anyone can purchase, write or download a simple program that will change the MAC address broadcasted by the wirless card. You can do this and spoof another nearby address, or simply make up a fake one. Either way, there is no way to trace it to your MAC address when doing that.
Let's just hope her college professors instill some "crazy idealism" before she ships of to Microsoftland. Ya know... make her use Java, Linux... OSS stuff.
Well, we all know that 63% of internet statistics are made up.
They only want the guy because he's a registered patent agent. Check his website.
Well, we're one step closer to the dream. Now, if only these were fembots...
We have to draw a line between usability and ergonomics. Note the definition of ergonomics: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ergonomic .
While poor ergonomics will ultimately detract from the item's use, it only focuses on the fatigue or discomfort.
The iPod may be very easy to use, but if some ergonomics expert (which I am certainly not!) says it lacks ergonomic design, it may be lacking in the comfort / endurance department. I'd certainly agree that ergonomics has become associated with "curveyness", but being ergonomic doesn't necessarily mean it's usable.
Wait... the article's
... against your
A "Sorry dude, but I don't think you were reading" is definitely in order.
Actually, their contact links were broken yesterday: I had to change the prefix from "www" to "www2" to get anything to work.
I'm glad everyone has done his or her part. I know I wrote a letter to Sys-Con; I sent it to half of the departments as well as Mr. Kircaali through their online contact pages. How many others did something similar?
All you really need is a firewall that will allow you to deny internet access by program. I start up Steam, and if I want to let it online I do. If I don't let it see the internet connection, I have no problems making it work offline. Just fool the program a little bit and it'll all be OK.