The problem is that this sort of evidence would be more than enough to get a search warrant and assuming they can get within range of your house without stepping on your property, it's use probably doesn't require one.
This should already be covered under the ruling that using infrared to look into a house requires a search warrent.
As I see it, it's a victory for Linux if a game is released with a native Linux version, but it's also a victory if the developer officially supports WineX. It's only a problem if they count on WineX for running on Linux, but don't officially support it.
It would certainly put spammers out of a job if that's the case.
Funny that, out of a job because they were too good at it...
It's a common hazard for insufficiently-evolved parasites. The ideal for a parasite is to extract the maximum amount of resources from the host without causing the host permanent harm; parasites that have just moved to a new type of host usually take too much, and end up killing the host.
Someone who owns this monitor is probably going to get much better service than someone who bought a 15" el cheapo. After all, if you've purchased a $6000 monitor, you're likely to make more large purchases, and Viewsonic doesn't want to risk driving you to a competitor.
Look at the response time in the specs: 50 ms. EEK. usually 'slow' LCD's have ~30 ms response times. Good gaming ones have 16 ms times. Expect to see a bit of ghosting on that monitor when playing FP Shooters.
Is that 50 ms full-cycle (off-on-off) time or rise time? Most consumer-oriented models list rise time, since it gives smaller numbers. Most professional models list full-cycle time or both rise and fall times.
Here's a suggestion! Instead of sitting there, thumping your chest and clucking your tounge saying "Look how smart I am! I use an alternative browser" why don't you put Firefox on a CD, and visit a few of your less computer-literate friends and help them out!
Who would you suggest I help out? My uncle uses IE4 on Win98, which is about as secure as you can get and still use IE. My parents use IE on MacOS 9, which is one of the safest, most obscure browsers out there. My brother uses Safari on MacOSX, as do my co-workers. I use Opera on Linux and Mozilla on MacOSX.
And finally - the story is not about Microsoft, it's about malware that someone else created. You could create and install malware for Firefox too, you know.
But can you create malware for FireFox that intercepts SSL communications before they're encrypted? Seems to me that this is a particularly silly security hole, and makes those "key" and "padlock" icons we've been training users to look for meaningless.
Gee, I'm glad I use Firefox on Linux. And why the hell shouldn't I be? In addition to actually supporting standards (CSS anyone?), my decision is constantly reaffirmed by exploints such as these. Do you have a problem with that?
No, except that I prefer Opera on Linux, and that's just a quibble. I was predicting the future.
(Probably should have predicted the "-1 Troll" mod, too)
Anytime I hear of BHO's its always malware/spyware/adware...so when is it used for good? Seriously....
Stuff like the google search bar? Does that count?
I think GoZilla and other download managers use it to intercept downloads for managing. If someone were to make a download manager that wasn't spyware, this would be a good use of a BHO.
Nothing. Probably 75% of computer users out there aren't even aware what a web browser is, much less what "SSL", a "security hole", and a "BHO" are. If they can understand neither what they are using, nor why they shouldn't be using it, they aren't about to switch.
"Hi, I'm admittedly worthless, so I thought I'd bump up my karma by submitting an Ask Slashdot question about something totally obscure, since the editors seem to be on an 'accept all' kick today."
I had to set up a CAVE by myself a few years back using parts donated by a local company that was upgrading its system. I would have killed for something as useful as this Ask Slashdot.
One little problem for a human to ride the space elevator--the slow speed of assent means that people would pass though the Van Allen belt for a rather long time--exposing them to possibly deadly radiation.
Relatively slow. Once you get out of the atmosphere, speeds of a thousand miles an hour are not unreasonable.
And you thought that the CN Tower was a long elevator ride. I wonder how long it would take to go that far into space in an elevator? Would there be in-elevator movies and food service?
There would need to be. At any reasonable speed, you're looking at a 24 to 48 hour trip.
Somewhat silly, but wouldn't you incur a bit of overhead mixing machines of different endian-ness? I suppose for non-communication intense algorithms this wouldn't be a big deal.
Not really. Everyone uses network byte order for communication, so you won't have more overhead in a mixed system than you would in a homogenous system.
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Show me a Starbucks where they play Mineral, Freakwater, or Belle and Sebastian, and I'll be impressed.
Show me a Starbucks where they play Mozart, Bach, or Vivaldi and I'll be impressed.
Looking at the page history, the most recent entry is "revert vandalism". Most likely, someone reading this thread decided to clean up.
The nice thing about the Wikis is that anyone who comes across that sort of vandalism can fix it -- even you.
or that water goes down the plug-hole in different directions in the north and south hemispheres:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
Try again. The article clearly states that the Coriolis effect doesn't apply on such scales.
No sign of the vandalism you're reporting.
At least it wasn't playing "Taps".
I think we've seen it: City of Heroes.
The problem is that this sort of evidence would be more than enough to get a search warrant and assuming they can get within range of your house without stepping on your property, it's use probably doesn't require one.
This should already be covered under the ruling that using infrared to look into a house requires a search warrent.
As I see it, it's a victory for Linux if a game is released with a native Linux version, but it's also a victory if the developer officially supports WineX. It's only a problem if they count on WineX for running on Linux, but don't officially support it.
Athlons have solved their overheating problems ages ago... Now, Prescotts, OTOH...
Athlons are as hot as ever. It's just that, compared to the Prescott, it doesn't seem so hot after all.
It would certainly put spammers out of a job if that's the case.
Funny that, out of a job because they were too good at it...
It's a common hazard for insufficiently-evolved parasites. The ideal for a parasite is to extract the maximum amount of resources from the host without causing the host permanent harm; parasites that have just moved to a new type of host usually take too much, and end up killing the host.
Someone who owns this monitor is probably going to get much better service than someone who bought a 15" el cheapo. After all, if you've purchased a $6000 monitor, you're likely to make more large purchases, and Viewsonic doesn't want to risk driving you to a competitor.
Look at the response time in the specs: 50 ms. EEK. usually 'slow' LCD's have ~30 ms response times. Good gaming ones have 16 ms times. Expect to see a bit of ghosting on that monitor when playing FP Shooters.
Is that 50 ms full-cycle (off-on-off) time or rise time? Most consumer-oriented models list rise time, since it gives smaller numbers. Most professional models list full-cycle time or both rise and fall times.
Here's a suggestion! Instead of sitting there, thumping your chest and clucking your tounge saying "Look how smart I am! I use an alternative browser" why don't you put Firefox on a CD, and visit a few of your less computer-literate friends and help them out!
Who would you suggest I help out? My uncle uses IE4 on Win98, which is about as secure as you can get and still use IE. My parents use IE on MacOS 9, which is one of the safest, most obscure browsers out there. My brother uses Safari on MacOSX, as do my co-workers. I use Opera on Linux and Mozilla on MacOSX.
And finally - the story is not about Microsoft, it's about malware that someone else created. You could create and install malware for Firefox too, you know.
But can you create malware for FireFox that intercepts SSL communications before they're encrypted? Seems to me that this is a particularly silly security hole, and makes those "key" and "padlock" icons we've been training users to look for meaningless.
Gee, I'm glad I use Firefox on Linux. And why the hell shouldn't I be? In addition to actually supporting standards (CSS anyone?), my decision is constantly reaffirmed by exploints such as these. Do you have a problem with that?
No, except that I prefer Opera on Linux, and that's just a quibble. I was predicting the future.
(Probably should have predicted the "-1 Troll" mod, too)
Anytime I hear of BHO's its always malware/spyware/adware...so when is it used for good? Seriously....
Stuff like the google search bar? Does that count?
I think GoZilla and other download managers use it to intercept downloads for managing. If someone were to make a download manager that wasn't spyware, this would be a good use of a BHO.
If this won't get people to switch, what will?
Nothing. Probably 75% of computer users out there aren't even aware what a web browser is, much less what "SSL", a "security hole", and a "BHO" are. If they can understand neither what they are using, nor why they shouldn't be using it, they aren't about to switch.
Cue the "Gee I'm glad I use FireFox on Linux" posts.
Personally, I like the part near the middle where the ordering of two paragraphs implies that pornographers are terrorists.
"Hi, I'm admittedly worthless, so I thought I'd bump up my karma by submitting an Ask Slashdot question about something totally obscure, since the editors seem to be on an 'accept all' kick today."
I had to set up a CAVE by myself a few years back using parts donated by a local company that was upgrading its system. I would have killed for something as useful as this Ask Slashdot.
One little problem for a human to ride the space elevator--the slow speed of assent means that people would pass though the Van Allen belt for a rather long time--exposing them to possibly deadly radiation.
Relatively slow. Once you get out of the atmosphere, speeds of a thousand miles an hour are not unreasonable.
And you thought that the CN Tower was a long elevator ride. I wonder how long it would take to go that far into space in an elevator? Would there be in-elevator movies and food service?
There would need to be. At any reasonable speed, you're looking at a 24 to 48 hour trip.
In one of the old Rogue-likes, if you won, the game would send you some emails advertising fake products.
Olympic-class weightlifters are at a very high risk for heart disease in their 30s. This might carry a similar risk.
Somewhat silly, but wouldn't you incur a bit of overhead mixing machines of different endian-ness? I suppose for non-communication intense algorithms this wouldn't be a big deal.
Not really. Everyone uses network byte order for communication, so you won't have more overhead in a mixed system than you would in a homogenous system.