With today's terrorist laws that can already be reason enough to get you thoroughly investigated and possibly detained if that "someone else" bore even a passing resemblance to any terrorist on any list.
I think it would take more than just "a passing resemblance to any terrorist".
A person's public habits and actions, when reviewed in full and codifiable such that they may be stored and compared, are a very powerful inferential tool for predicting private behaviors, opinions, and actions.
Yes, fascinating, it knows I went to a pub, visit friends goto work etc. I'm sure it will derive a giant profile of nothing quite that useful as you claim with just CCTV information and documentation on where I work, my education etc.
With surveillance that is no longer the case; and yet we execute those same old laws in a heavily surveilled world.
Just because there are cameras does not mean there is someone surveying each camera all the time. This especially isn't the case in Britain so this point is kind of wish washy... It's either being 'surveilled' or it's not and the majority of cases, it isn't. So this point isn't valid.
The fact that on narrow philosophical grounds it seems more justifiable, due to our clinging to notions of "public" and "private" that are today practically dead, is why fewer people seem to care.
I still disagree, just from observing where I go on CCTV cameras is not enough to determine all this information you seem to be claiming. It requires far more surveillance into people's personal lives by quite a large depth.
I sure as hell don't. If you have CCTV cameras everywhere in public places, you simply cannot meet anybody in private anymore without the government knowing about it and recording it.
The government may have a recording of it, but they probably don't actively know they have it. Additionally, so what?
"I have a movie of you meeting with someone else, mwahaaha!"
And you can't meet in public places without people being able to reframe and reinterpret those meetings to your disadvantage.
I like todo this to people in public, mimmick things they're saying to each other "Oh John I love you" "Love? I can't find love, where are my car keys?"...
Is such non-sense admitable as evidence in a court of law? No.
Am I totally off base, or is the UK that place in the world where CCTV cameras are more common than traffic lights? Isn't constant visual surveillance a hallmark of controlling, manipulative, and draconian regimes?
How the hell can you not see the difference between doing something IN PUBLIC verses doing something PRIVATE?
The way you phrase it, you make it sound like everyone in the UK has CCTVs in their home and wouldn't object to it. Guess what, they don't. I'm also pretty sure plenty would object to it too.
So in short, yes, you are totally off base in more ways than one.
Microsoft Office XP installs out of the box when you doubleclick setup.exe in Ubuntu (Wine comes with Ubuntu). Microsoft Office 2003 requires you install a few things first because Microsoft didn't include it with the installer like they did for Office XP. Such as MSXML and a few other components.
The completely entirety of Adobe Creative Suite (that includes Photoshop).
I know the older versions work fine (alternatives to Photoshop though do exist, like Krita, which is closer to the Windows version of Photoshop and The Gimp, which is closer to the OS X version of Photoshop).
3DSMax
Apparently it doesn't run too well under wine, however there are alternatives like Maya (non-opensource alternative, just like you wanted) or Blender (once was closed-source software).
FL Studio
FL studio has gold ranking in the Wine application database, so no problems there.
Fine Reader
Not only have I never heard of that application, but nor has Wine's application database... A quick look on Google results show me a RSS reader... There are plenty good alternatives to those.
Disclaimer: I run Windows XP and have Ubuntu setup for Apache/PHP testing (production server on CentOS).
The fact you run only servers with Linux shows, it's quite apparent you have no knowledge on running those applications under Linux.
Too late for that. The word is out that "the new version of Windows" (many people still seem not to know its name) is not as good as XP, and understanding is growing that OSX and Ubuntu are better alternatives, apart from a lack of some popular software (though notably not Office, iTunes, Firefox or Photoshop).
I remember when the ''The word is out that "the new version of Windows" is not as good as'' 98.
This is one of the stories when I decide not to read Slashdot ever again. Everybody hates MS regardless what they do - and everybody praises Linux and co, regardless what they do. There are a few original ideas in the comments, but very few...
Well, I for one love Microsoft for making deals like making people pay a Windows license for every computer, be it Mac, Linux or even BSD machine -- despite the fact they won't be running Windows.
I'm not a great television watcher, infact I don't even own a television myself.
However recently I got the chance to watch some television, while the ads during breaks were annoying, what I encountered was more annoying. During the program I was watching, suddenly some magical gradients took over the lower part of the screen and advertisements started appearing for different programs to watch and so on.
It's quite annoying and I'm glad I haven't wasted money on obtaining a TV recently.
So, my question is, how does DVR solve that?
If it doesn't, I'm pretty sure people will be seeing more of it.
People will no longer dis the Mac as a game machine
How can they? It runs Windows.
Now, whether or not you can get a 'reasonable' graphic card for gaming on the lower models verses a normal x86 system with similar specs is another question.
Mac video cards have EFI friendly firmware loaded on them and "PC" video cards have BIOS friendly code loaded on them. The hardware is the same, you'd just need to hack the video card's "BIOS" or firmware whatever you want to call it to work with EFI.
It just works with a Mac.. Uh wait a sec.
Also I think the switch to intel from powerpc will be a boon for game porting in the future, so I could see the mac becoming a viable gaming platform.
All I've heard so far is just recommendations for people use bootcamp and a version of Windows which has it's life cycle ending soon.
So, what is the incentive for companies to develop games for OS X anyway?
Money? Well... Not really much money in a niche market compared to the current Windows market. What else is there?
You'd be surprised how many of the exploits are not insecure PHP scripts, but simple root kit attacks.
Uhuh...
I just thought I would provide real evidence that might allow them to make informed statements.
I would like to see properly documented information on this 'real evidence' from reliable sources to backup your "simple root kit attacks" information. Thanks.
I work for a company that identifies hacked sites that house phishing attacks. We have analyzed tens of thousands of sites. It was a surprise to me, but over 90% of hacked sites out there are running Linux/Apache -- not Windows/IIS as most people would suspect.
Yes, but the exploit was likely not the Linux/Apache combo, but something else like say... Insecure PHP scripts.
If Microsoft were serious about interoperability, the solution is simple, just release (patent free) documentation for file formats and protocols.
I don't really get how releasing information like "The.doc format is a basically a memory dump of certain parts of Microsoft Word" would be useful...
The problem is, we understand the file formats, they're just small pieces of memory dumps of what Microsoft Word uses internally. In order to implement them correctly you would need to emulate the DESIGN of what Microsoft Word does in memory. In other words, you'd be implementing a sort of word clone to support the.doc format properly.
This is also why Microsoft word is not very compatible when it comes to documents created in a different version.
I even doubt Microsoft has proper documentation on the formats internally.
No, despite the fact root isn't even visible by default on many graphical login prompts... Because many distributions like Ubuntu are turning towards a better security model where root is disabled entirely and root access can only be obtained for the user through programs like sudo, kdesu, gksudo.
Ubuntu does not bother with backwards compatability.
I have no problem using Ubuntu on hardware that's over a decade old.
Out of commercial necessity Windows goes to great pains (often ours) to stretch in to the past.
Feel free to give examples.
But for that you need 'available source' and 'available personel' (as distinct from open source) which carries with it significant cost, for everyone - not just Microsoft.
Yes, because apparently I can't run old binaries on a modern Ubuntu... Oh wait, I'm running text adventure binaries that were compiled back in 1998... I'm running the Linux version of Unreal Tournament that hasn't been updated in years...
And in the meantime comparing Ubuntu and Windows is like comparing pink ladies and egremont russets. I still find the latter slicker and smoother for all its warts.
I would like to see a decent comparison actually. But a lot of the comparisons are just superficial things that can vary largely depending on the situation.
I want to see a comparison beyond the boring driver debates, how easy it was for the article writer to discover the interface, beryl etc.
Perhaps something more interesting, like World of Warcraft performing better on Linux+Wine+x.org vs Windows XP.. Despite the fact that the graphical system on Windows is on ring-0 and the fact that win32 is certainly more native under Windows with the reasons why this is the case. Or even a comparison on the usability of both systems with actual STUDIES, rather than the just the article writer's own experiences.
However, gray area codecs do not come by default on the system, nor does Flash, Java, Microsoft fonts etc. But you can install all that easily in one go, just by installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras package (which is available in the online repositories that is preconfigured in the distribution).
How are the video drivers looking? How well can it pick up a, say, workstation-level ATI Mobility card? (last time I tried, this was the massive point of failure, and wasted time)
I'd rate it the same as Windows, which includes the issues you may stumble upon under Windows.
How's the support for the Intel Centrino Wireless chipset (the new ones, too)?
No idea.
Any new news on usability? Features (any)? I don't care about 3D graphics on my desktop that much...
Proprietary codecs can be installed through "restricted-manager", which is just ticking device names off a detected list of hardware that has proprietary driver alternates.
No native wireless
Atheros was always supported out of the box. Broadcom just required you install the firmware package etc.
no native codec support
Eh? xvid, ogg, ogm etc. were all supported just fine natively out of the box, and installing just a few packages would of given you gray-area native support.
bad video support
I don't believe there was a video support issue as much as there was a usability issue to fix it without experience -- Which now exists
but Windows (XP, so far) is good for almost ALL PC configurations (post 1998, at least).
The laptop I am typing on is "Designed for Windows XP" according to the sticker. But none of the latest drivers available for it work on XP sp2, that includes: Ethernet, Wireless, Graphic card and even the sound card. This has been since the last service pack. I might add that I had no hardware to configure when I installed Ubuntu, it all worked out of the box.
I think it's horrible to buy a laptop "designed for Windows XP" and later find it's absolutely useless for it.
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Wine has been ported to Windows long ago. I remember running XP-only applications under Windows 2k with it.
You will need to use the Project OSX86 patches to get it running on the majority of virtualization software out there currently.
Keep in mind that this invalidates your license to use the software in more ways than one.
"I have a movie of you meeting with someone else, mwahaaha!"I like todo this to people in public, mimmick things they're saying to each other "Oh John I love you" "Love? I can't find love, where are my car keys?"...
Is such non-sense admitable as evidence in a court of law? No.
The way you phrase it, you make it sound like everyone in the UK has CCTVs in their home and wouldn't object to it. Guess what, they don't. I'm also pretty sure plenty would object to it too.
So in short, yes, you are totally off base in more ways than one.
So no, I don't think it's too late.
I'm not a great television watcher, infact I don't even own a television myself.
However recently I got the chance to watch some television, while the ads during breaks were annoying, what I encountered was more annoying. During the program I was watching, suddenly some magical gradients took over the lower part of the screen and advertisements started appearing for different programs to watch and so on.
It's quite annoying and I'm glad I haven't wasted money on obtaining a TV recently.
So, my question is, how does DVR solve that?
If it doesn't, I'm pretty sure people will be seeing more of it.
I guess they'll just have to employ more people.
Speaking of which, isn't that a good thing?
Now, whether or not you can get a 'reasonable' graphic card for gaming on the lower models verses a normal x86 system with similar specs is another question.
So, what is the incentive for companies to develop games for OS X anyway?
Money? Well... Not really much money in a niche market compared to the current Windows market. What else is there?
Google Browser Sync is my drug.
The problem is, we understand the file formats, they're just small pieces of memory dumps of what Microsoft Word uses internally. In order to implement them correctly you would need to emulate the DESIGN of what Microsoft Word does in memory. In other words, you'd be implementing a sort of word clone to support the
This is also why Microsoft word is not very compatible when it comes to documents created in a different version.
I even doubt Microsoft has proper documentation on the formats internally.
No, despite the fact root isn't even visible by default on many graphical login prompts... Because many distributions like Ubuntu are turning towards a better security model where root is disabled entirely and root access can only be obtained for the user through programs like sudo, kdesu, gksudo.
It's rather, unlikely.
I want to see a comparison beyond the boring driver debates, how easy it was for the article writer to discover the interface, beryl etc.
Perhaps something more interesting, like World of Warcraft performing better on Linux+Wine+x.org vs Windows XP.. Despite the fact that the graphical system on Windows is on ring-0 and the fact that win32 is certainly more native under Windows with the reasons why this is the case. Or even a comparison on the usability of both systems with actual STUDIES, rather than the just the article writer's own experiences.
However, gray area codecs do not come by default on the system, nor does Flash, Java, Microsoft fonts etc. But you can install all that easily in one go, just by installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras package (which is available in the online repositories that is preconfigured in the distribution).I'd rate it the same as Windows, which includes the issues you may stumble upon under Windows.No idea.Proprietary codecs can be installed through "restricted-manager", which is just ticking device names off a detected list of hardware that has proprietary driver alternates.Atheros was always supported out of the box. Broadcom just required you install the firmware package etc.Eh? xvid, ogg, ogm etc. were all supported just fine natively out of the box, and installing just a few packages would of given you gray-area native support.I don't believe there was a video support issue as much as there was a usability issue to fix it without experience -- Which now existsThe laptop I am typing on is "Designed for Windows XP" according to the sticker. But none of the latest drivers available for it work on XP sp2, that includes: Ethernet, Wireless, Graphic card and even the sound card. This has been since the last service pack. I might add that I had no hardware to configure when I installed Ubuntu, it all worked out of the box.
I think it's horrible to buy a laptop "designed for Windows XP" and later find it's absolutely useless for it.