It isn't the number of viruses/trojans that defines how bad the situation is, but how potent each is, and how easy it is to disinfect. Getting caught up in numbers only serves to miss the actual issue entirely - safety. One virus that gives instant root access, which a manufacturer makes difficult to fix, is far more devastating than (say) 40,000 viruses that show pop-ups, especially if the manufacturer isn't getting in the way to fix.
Wouldn't it just be easier to block access to a single hostname than all of that malarkey? It would fit in with every single web-filtering piece of software out of there.
The white South Africans held power because they had the money. That's all. It's not about guns. They had the money, which let them buy enough support from necessary people (both in the country and outside) to prop them up. That is, obviously, a simplification, but saying it was guns that kept them there is ridiculous.
Hardly any end users give a rat's ass about any of that. It's not as if IE is the only browser you can use in Windows. It's just a tool. Use it or get a different one. This all sounds like a metric ass-tonne of sandy vaginas.
The software can be uninstalled. It only prevents kids from accessing porn on the internet. The list of blocked sites is maintained by a private company, not the government. Maybe it should be your patriotic duty to read the article?
I don't want to sound like a dick, but there's a pretty decent argument that online privacy isn't the most pressing issue affecting Europe at the moment.
Yeah! If only they had this policy back in the 70s - Carl Sagan wouldn't have been allowed to work there. Fuckin' good-for-nothin' dope-smoking hippie.
Not any more. You'll notice none of the new MP3 players can natively sync with iTunes while reporting to be themselves via USB. None. The Diamond Rio pre-dates the iPod, so it's not exactly a good comparison.
Right. Excellent. Brilliant point, Rambo. Fantastic. I hope you didn't forget that an armed civilisation is not impervious to being attacked or coerced. Germany managed to roll right over France in WWII, and I'm pretty sure they had a fucking army, navy, and air force. Some fat accountants with a few guns, no logistics support, no close air support, artillery, tanks, aircraft carriers, or even decent training will stop shit. But please keep living your fantasy. Your false sense of security is only hurting you, and no-one else.
No, it's about being 'on topic'. Your private thoughts about whether the card is right for you and you alone are not on topic, as we're discussing the merits of a card, not whether Overfiend1976 wants to buy the card or not. Criticise the card for some intrinsic flaw if you want, but not because it's not what you want.
DirectX 10 got away from that. For a card to be DirectX 10 compatible, it has to support the feature-set, to ensure different cards produce the same output.
Not on Vista, fortunately. They would, but Vista can intercept the failed driver and restart it. It can even do that mid-game, which is quite impressive (to me at least:)). It's true, however, that their drivers are awfully shitty, from my experience anyway.
Then thanks for posting a completely useless post. If it's not for you, don't post. It's that simple. Otherwise in every topic we'd have to endure every user who's not interested in the subject stating so. You can imagine that would not be good for slashdot or its users. I hate to break it to you, but no one here really cares that you don't want to use such a card.
Wouldn't it make more sense to disperse the radioactive material without a large explosion causing people to notice something's going on? The Goiânia accident is a good example of how people spread radiation without even knowing something dangerous was going on. That way you'd have people unwittingly spreading the radiation all over the place, and by the time someone figured out what was going on, it'd be too late - the amount of contamination would be off the chart.
The point of terrorism is to coerce people, pure and simple. Nothing more, nothing less. The method of terrorism, however, are as you stated - by using violence or the threat of violence.
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It isn't the number of viruses/trojans that defines how bad the situation is, but how potent each is, and how easy it is to disinfect. Getting caught up in numbers only serves to miss the actual issue entirely - safety. One virus that gives instant root access, which a manufacturer makes difficult to fix, is far more devastating than (say) 40,000 viruses that show pop-ups, especially if the manufacturer isn't getting in the way to fix.
Wouldn't it just be easier to block access to a single hostname than all of that malarkey? It would fit in with every single web-filtering piece of software out of there.
The white South Africans held power because they had the money. That's all. It's not about guns. They had the money, which let them buy enough support from necessary people (both in the country and outside) to prop them up. That is, obviously, a simplification, but saying it was guns that kept them there is ridiculous.
Which will be IE, so they don't have to update their support. Nothing will change.
Hardly any end users give a rat's ass about any of that. It's not as if IE is the only browser you can use in Windows. It's just a tool. Use it or get a different one. This all sounds like a metric ass-tonne of sandy vaginas.
Wouldn't it just make more sense to leave IE in, and let people use whatever browser they want?
Heh. Build quality? Cornering? Styling? Acceleration? Transmission?
Horsepower and price are but tiny parts of the equation. Corvette needs all the apologies it can muster :)
The software can be uninstalled. It only prevents kids from accessing porn on the internet. The list of blocked sites is maintained by a private company, not the government. Maybe it should be your patriotic duty to read the article?
A hack around it? How about clicking 'Uninstall' - it has that feature, you know.
Recently? He died 13 years ago.
Whoever it was from TFA who suggested "we've got guns and know how to use them" as a response was American
FTFY.
I don't want to sound like a dick, but there's a pretty decent argument that online privacy isn't the most pressing issue affecting Europe at the moment.
Yeah! If only they had this policy back in the 70s - Carl Sagan wouldn't have been allowed to work there. Fuckin' good-for-nothin' dope-smoking hippie.
Not any more. You'll notice none of the new MP3 players can natively sync with iTunes while reporting to be themselves via USB. None. The Diamond Rio pre-dates the iPod, so it's not exactly a good comparison.
Well, yes, as that's not what you said in the least.
Right. Excellent. Brilliant point, Rambo. Fantastic. I hope you didn't forget that an armed civilisation is not impervious to being attacked or coerced. Germany managed to roll right over France in WWII, and I'm pretty sure they had a fucking army, navy, and air force. Some fat accountants with a few guns, no logistics support, no close air support, artillery, tanks, aircraft carriers, or even decent training will stop shit. But please keep living your fantasy. Your false sense of security is only hurting you, and no-one else.
No, it's about being 'on topic'. Your private thoughts about whether the card is right for you and you alone are not on topic, as we're discussing the merits of a card, not whether Overfiend1976 wants to buy the card or not. Criticise the card for some intrinsic flaw if you want, but not because it's not what you want.
DirectX 10 got away from that. For a card to be DirectX 10 compatible, it has to support the feature-set, to ensure different cards produce the same output.
Not on Vista, fortunately. They would, but Vista can intercept the failed driver and restart it. It can even do that mid-game, which is quite impressive (to me at least :)). It's true, however, that their drivers are awfully shitty, from my experience anyway.
Then thanks for posting a completely useless post. If it's not for you, don't post. It's that simple. Otherwise in every topic we'd have to endure every user who's not interested in the subject stating so. You can imagine that would not be good for slashdot or its users. I hate to break it to you, but no one here really cares that you don't want to use such a card.
The phrase was fitting the occasion, so I used it. Also, if it's so bad form to reply to an old topic:
1. Why does slashdot allow it?
2. Why did you do it?
Don't worry - you've not offended me. You'd have to try a lot harder than that. You have a nice day too.
The desktop. Windows currently has about 90% of that market.
Yes, lots of people on this website care about Windows 7. Just because you don't doesn't mean no one else does. You're not that important :)
Wouldn't it make more sense to disperse the radioactive material without a large explosion causing people to notice something's going on? The Goiânia accident is a good example of how people spread radiation without even knowing something dangerous was going on. That way you'd have people unwittingly spreading the radiation all over the place, and by the time someone figured out what was going on, it'd be too late - the amount of contamination would be off the chart.
The point of terrorism is to coerce people, pure and simple. Nothing more, nothing less. The method of terrorism, however, are as you stated - by using violence or the threat of violence.