Okay I'll bite; aside from the fact that the password references the actual site that the password is used for what makes it a "bad"?
I see nothing wrong with using an algorithm to generate a good password that is simple to remember.
For instance I commonly recommend that people pick something, say their employee manual, and use the first character of the first six words on the page plus the page number as a password. Then on their password post it, if they need one, they just write down the page number. Now all they have to remember is their algorithm and that doesn't have to change every time their password does, they can just change page numbers.
Some of my users are doing this with various texts they have lying around the office. So their password post it looks like "page 23 Employee Manual, page 19 "Who moved my cheese", page 1 "Laughter is the best medicine", page 125 "Hyperdimensional Physics" and all they have to remember is to use the 3rd character of the last 8 words of the last paragraph plus the page number.
They're doing a hatchet job on Mr. Assange to be sure but it's not going to be very effective in the end. His case is too public and too many people are paying attention now.
Sort of how Michael Moore perpetrated character assassination of Charleston Heston with his "creative" film edits in the movie "Bowling for Columbine"?
Yes, I'm sure that Mr. Moore knows character assassination when he sees it.
Unless Windows 7 64 Bit is using X Windows the problem is not contained to *nix. It's happening on all three Win 7 stations that I have too, so it's not exactly a rare glitch. Oddly it only started happening after the upgrade to 8.
I really like Chrome for its speed but this copy/paste bug is killing me.
I take exception to your crack on Americans. I'm public school educated and I knew what Danegeld was without being told.
If historical trivia is your measure of proper education would you like to take a gamble that I could find some reasonably important but semi-obscure history that you're not aware of?
In fact it's so obvious that as I read the summary aloud to my wife, who was across the room, my 10 year old blurted it out. "Dad, the answer is Solar Power."
If my 10 year old can figure it out that means these energy executives have as well. The *real* problem is that it doesn't make them any money to recommend, or push for, decentralized power generation. Especially when it's decentralized right down to home generation.
Cry me a river energy corporations and start buying into companies that make solar panels or other alternative power generation gear.
I'm running CyanogenMOD 6.0 Stable on my Droid but that's only because the last round of updates from Verizon borked my battery life something terrible.
I've reviewed the list and here are my thoughts:
1) There is an icon for direct access to the calendar. Aside from a hardware button this is as easy as it gets. There is a button on the top right of my device for "instant power". Author is confusing Android the OS with Nexus one the device, which they do a LOT in this article.
3) I'm not familiar with datebk5 but obviously this person really misses it. There are bunch of calendar apps available in the app store, find one that works for you. This is the whole POINT of apps, you're not stuck with the stock functionality.
4) Again, pick one of the many alarm clock apps available and use it. This is the point of a smartphone!
5) I can sort my contacts by last name. I don't understand the author's complaint.
6) User a different email client. I believe that touchdown supports copy and paste.
7) This is at least partially the responsibility of the hardware. How good are the pictures taken with a PalmTX?
8) This is a HARDWARE complaint and doesn't at all belong in an article about "Immature Android".
9) Hardware again.
10) I do not understand this complaint. Backup is trivial. Did the author not possess a USB cable? If they can't manage it there are plenty of available apps to do it for them.
11) Hardware again.
So in the end a fair number of the author's complaints fall to hardware and have nothing to do with the OS. Of the remaining complaints most of the rest are solved with apps to extend the stock experience.
The author clearly has no problem with purchasing applications because they are using Datebk5 from Pimlico, which didn't come with the PalmTX that I know of. That means they BOUGHT IT. An app.
So while this article seems like a good read on the surface it's actually a mess. The author confuses hardware with operating system and refuses to make any attempt to enhance the experience even though they admit to previously doing so with another handset.
What "apps" is Android missing? I work in the I.T. Industry and I've been carrying a Moto Droid since last December. I have yet to find anything that I need for work _or_ play that isn't available. So please give some examples of all these apps that Android is missing.
It's likely that you're right. It's also possible that the 360 didn't have enough ponies under the hood to handle an encrypted stream and they were forced to leave it out.
Prepaid Visa / Mastercards or a card that will give you "one time use" numbers would be two simple ways to sidestep the "follow the money" investigation.
Start billing by the hour. If the client wants you to sit on hold half a day for technical support make them pay for it. If they don't want to pay you then have THEM do it. Stop taking away the pain of their decision.
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Okay I'll bite; aside from the fact that the password references the actual site that the password is used for what makes it a "bad"?
I see nothing wrong with using an algorithm to generate a good password that is simple to remember.
For instance I commonly recommend that people pick something, say their employee manual, and use the first character of the first six words on the page plus the page number as a password. Then on their password post it, if they need one, they just write down the page number. Now all they have to remember is their algorithm and that doesn't have to change every time their password does, they can just change page numbers.
Some of my users are doing this with various texts they have lying around the office. So their password post it looks like "page 23 Employee Manual, page 19 "Who moved my cheese", page 1 "Laughter is the best medicine", page 125 "Hyperdimensional Physics" and all they have to remember is to use the 3rd character of the last 8 words of the last paragraph plus the page number.
So, please educate me on why this is wrong.
They're doing a hatchet job on Mr. Assange to be sure but it's not going to be very effective in the end. His case is too public and too many people are paying attention now.
Sort of how Michael Moore perpetrated character assassination of Charleston Heston with his "creative" film edits in the movie "Bowling for Columbine"?
Yes, I'm sure that Mr. Moore knows character assassination when he sees it.
You sound like a Democrat News Analyst.
This is just one more example of retarded "Blame the eeeeevil BusHitlerCo for everything regardless of facts!" crowd popping off and looking stupid.
This stuff is used around the world and I hardly think that the EPA is responsible for that.
Good grief, stop with the BushBashing(tm) already.
This sounds like a real problem for you. I'd recommend that you not get a Chrome Netbook for database programming.
So your primary concern about running CAD on a Chrome Netbook is the lack of a capslock key?
If you can't name at least one application that uses F1-F22 then please turn in your geek card.
Avatar? Inception? Big Fat Greek Wedding?
Any of these ringing a bell for you?
Listen, I think Holleywood is mostly pushing recycled dreck but there are some original things coming out.
Unless Windows 7 64 Bit is using X Windows the problem is not contained to *nix. It's happening on all three Win 7 stations that I have too, so it's not exactly a rare glitch. Oddly it only started happening after the upgrade to 8.
I really like Chrome for its speed but this copy/paste bug is killing me.
Government BY the people, OF the people, and FOR the people or so said Abraham Lincoln.
I'd say we have a right to know. We the people are the Government after all.
I love that game, still play it. Wish they'd make a sequel.
I take exception to your crack on Americans. I'm public school educated and I knew what Danegeld was without being told.
If historical trivia is your measure of proper education would you like to take a gamble that I could find some reasonably important but semi-obscure history that you're not aware of?
Did you know that you can BUY a Nook from Amazon.com?
http://www.amazon.com/Barnes-Noble-NOOK-reader-3G/dp/1400599997
In fact it's so obvious that as I read the summary aloud to my wife, who was across the room, my 10 year old blurted it out. "Dad, the answer is Solar Power."
If my 10 year old can figure it out that means these energy executives have as well. The *real* problem is that it doesn't make them any money to recommend, or push for, decentralized power generation. Especially when it's decentralized right down to home generation.
Cry me a river energy corporations and start buying into companies that make solar panels or other alternative power generation gear.
Mmmm hmmmm, as soon as you make a sensible suggestion on where to put them after they leave the U.S. I'll be willing to entertain the notion.
EVERY first world nation is playing hokey-pokey with control of the Internet right now. There is almost nowhere that's safe.
I'm running CyanogenMOD 6.0 Stable on my Droid but that's only because the last round of updates from Verizon borked my battery life something terrible.
I've reviewed the list and here are my thoughts:
1) There is an icon for direct access to the calendar. Aside from a hardware button this is as easy as it gets. There is a button on the top right of my device for "instant power". Author is confusing Android the OS with Nexus one the device, which they do a LOT in this article.
2) This is available: http://pocketpccentral.net/help/android/general/bluetooth_keyboard.htm and has been since at least March 1st.
3) I'm not familiar with datebk5 but obviously this person really misses it. There are bunch of calendar apps available in the app store, find one that works for you. This is the whole POINT of apps, you're not stuck with the stock functionality.
4) Again, pick one of the many alarm clock apps available and use it. This is the point of a smartphone!
5) I can sort my contacts by last name. I don't understand the author's complaint.
6) User a different email client. I believe that touchdown supports copy and paste.
7) This is at least partially the responsibility of the hardware. How good are the pictures taken with a PalmTX?
8) This is a HARDWARE complaint and doesn't at all belong in an article about "Immature Android".
9) Hardware again.
10) I do not understand this complaint. Backup is trivial. Did the author not possess a USB cable? If they can't manage it there are plenty of available apps to do it for them.
11) Hardware again.
So in the end a fair number of the author's complaints fall to hardware and have nothing to do with the OS. Of the remaining complaints most of the rest are solved with apps to extend the stock experience.
The author clearly has no problem with purchasing applications because they are using Datebk5 from Pimlico, which didn't come with the PalmTX that I know of. That means they BOUGHT IT. An app.
So while this article seems like a good read on the surface it's actually a mess. The author confuses hardware with operating system and refuses to make any attempt to enhance the experience even though they admit to previously doing so with another handset.
Seriously,
What "apps" is Android missing? I work in the I.T. Industry and I've been carrying a Moto Droid since last December. I have yet to find anything that I need for work _or_ play that isn't available. So please give some examples of all these apps that Android is missing.
I will second Hexen and would like to add the Wheel of Time FPS.
I bemoan the general lack of Magic based FPS games.
It's likely that you're right. It's also possible that the 360 didn't have enough ponies under the hood to handle an encrypted stream and they were forced to leave it out.
Prepaid Visa / Mastercards or a card that will give you "one time use" numbers would be two simple ways to sidestep the "follow the money" investigation.
Start billing by the hour. If the client wants you to sit on hold half a day for technical support make them pay for it. If they don't want to pay you then have THEM do it. Stop taking away the pain of their decision.
Cynthia Stewart of Ohio would beg to disagree. There is even a BOOK about it called "Framing Innocence" which is available on Amazon.
Google for Cynthia Stewart Child Porn.
TL;DR it was modded informative because it IS informative. Poster was right and you are wrong.
Nah, it's more like installing bullet proof windows but leaving the door propped open.
Just exactly how large is his system that it can recharge his car overnight, let alone run his entire house?
He either has an enormous solar system, has almost no electric consumption at home, or something is being misrepresented.