Close, It'll be called iPv5, actually. It'll work only with HTML5, and its packets will only support one standard transfer protocol. Google, Mozilla, and Apple disagree on whether it should be HTTP, FTP, or FTTP respectively, even though FTTP is not even a transfer protocol.
Also it'll make canvas and video faster somehow, possibly through the patent-pending technology called "magic".
I think he meant "dropping", not "dropped". He'll pay USD200 (I think he'll pay USD, given his prior comments) to get 8 Raspberry Pis to connect together.
As the other replies to him note, there might be some problems with that.
The big problem with a true RNG is that you can't really "seed" a given sequence of random numbers—unless you or the server pre-record a block of them and choose that block, you'll almost certainly get a whole new one.
If you do want a whole new block, of course, this is a wish-come-true.
Close. The Japanese would posterize the beach, draw action lines around it, sculpt breasts on it for wrist comfort, and shout "Oppai bichii...meka toransufaa...GO!!!!!" as they launch it from a giant robot.
The UI of the few Metro apps I could bring myself to try in the Developer Preview in VirtualBox (I couldn't get Consumer Preview to even consistently boot there so I pretty much stopped trying Windows 8 at that point 'cause it was clear MS was slipping hard) is simply less functional and intuitive than that of the usual windowed ones.
It's harder to know how other apps ("Classic" or not) are running because the Metro ones are generally fullscreen (as are many pre-Metro games, but that's expected and usually adjustable anyway), and it's not obvious how to shrink them to those small side panes. With Classic programs, you (usually) know when you can close a window or not. I needed the Task Manager to actually close (not just hide) even simple Metro games, which means the Example Hypothetical Grandma and even some moderately good PC users will need more memory as things slow to crawl (more RAM collusion?). It is nowhere near obvious where the (many) hidden app or Start screen menus are without a manual, and sometimes less obvious what each option does.
It is a horrible UI mess, and a general unnecessary misadventure (I'll be calling it the "Massive Metro Misadventure" pretty often) that I hope they backtrack from and apologize for. Windows 7 had it right: keep the UI mouseable, make the Vista min-max-close buttons a bit larger, and add a few things to help tablet users (like draggable menus from taskbar icons and the IE9 address bar). 8 just tries to force the mouse into obsolescence and people into tablet stores by making it an awful experience to use a mouse--it's not worth the tablet-functionality improvements, and along with central app stores will only help drag us into a new, damn dark age of restricted and cumbersome computing. (Also the whole Shift+F8-or-add-a-new-boot-item thing for safe mode--that change was even less necessary.)
Windows remains my primary OS. My current foray into Arch Linux was due to Flash game crashes that seemed to happen more in Windows than Linux, but seem to have been bad RAM; but if MS doesn't turn around by Windows 7's end-of-life then I guess I've gotten a new primary.
It's clear Facebook says they'll keep insta pretty much independent.
It's also clear that Facebook is about as trustworthy as a shell in a casino when personal information is involved. If I had an insta account with sensitive info I would delete it and send my disgust to Instagram for their CEO's CC-al real quick now.
Simple. The new software doesn't actually run on the helicopters--those little buddies just send the raw data to cable boxes. To prevent suspicious hitches in TV video, the boxes only comb the images for pirates between channel changes, when the on-screen channel guide is open, or when watching MTV or Fox News.;)
As an added bonus it gives them an excuse to (try to) make the Great Firewall even tighter (and if you're wise enough to oppose their tighter controls they can just say "what are you...one of them anti-patriotic hackers!?" as they confiscate your machine and send you to labor).
A lot of this flies directly in the face of stuff that Slashdot has been saying for years... comment reporting for abuse? Does this mean that abusive comments can be removed?
That was when Slashdot was Slashdot. Now they're Slashdot, an entirely different husk of the old one.;)
That reminds me, I wanna write up a "fierce independence" pledge that devs can take, should they want to do some honest commerce and show that they're full-on indie, and not just calling themselves "indie" as some nebulous "Honchos" pull the strings. It'll probably exclude-by-design bunches of self-proclaimed "indie"s and "nonprofit"s (certain browser makers, game companies, and tech websites come to mind) but it seems more and more necessary. Something analogous (but not functionally equivalent) to a GPL for governance, I guess; but hopefully not as extreme as a "Declaration of Hipsterness" or whatever either. I mean, I still buy stuff after they become cool.
Governments aren't exactly renowned for their counting and accounting skills. It's like they try to look stupid to win the "I don't care 'bout that 'math[s]' shit" vote.
But...but...then the big box stores would have to hire more of those dirty smelly "employees" for more smaller locations, and there'd be no gas card promotions to bring the mupp--er, customers in!
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Now all they need is "International" at the end, and they'll be tasty.
Close, It'll be called iPv5, actually. It'll work only with HTML5, and its packets will only support one standard transfer protocol. Google, Mozilla, and Apple disagree on whether it should be HTTP, FTP, or FTTP respectively, even though FTTP is not even a transfer protocol.
Also it'll make canvas and video faster somehow, possibly through the patent-pending technology called "magic".
...which would've been one way of avoiding a stalker, if the 'book allowed it.
I think he meant "dropping", not "dropped". He'll pay USD200 (I think he'll pay USD, given his prior comments) to get 8 Raspberry Pis to connect together.
As the other replies to him note, there might be some problems with that.
The big problem with a true RNG is that you can't really "seed" a given sequence of random numbers—unless you or the server pre-record a block of them and choose that block, you'll almost certainly get a whole new one.
If you do want a whole new block, of course, this is a wish-come-true.
The site and its images randomly (appropriately enough) bobble between working and 503 at the moment. Not quite down, but taking heavy fire.
But you're still hungry.
Close. The Japanese would posterize the beach, draw action lines around it, sculpt breasts on it for wrist comfort, and shout "Oppai bichii...meka toransufaa...GO!!!!! " as they launch it from a giant robot.
The UI of the few Metro apps I could bring myself to try in the Developer Preview in VirtualBox (I couldn't get Consumer Preview to even consistently boot there so I pretty much stopped trying Windows 8 at that point 'cause it was clear MS was slipping hard) is simply less functional and intuitive than that of the usual windowed ones.
It's harder to know how other apps ("Classic" or not) are running because the Metro ones are generally fullscreen (as are many pre-Metro games, but that's expected and usually adjustable anyway), and it's not obvious how to shrink them to those small side panes. With Classic programs, you (usually) know when you can close a window or not. I needed the Task Manager to actually close (not just hide) even simple Metro games, which means the Example Hypothetical Grandma and even some moderately good PC users will need more memory as things slow to crawl (more RAM collusion?). It is nowhere near obvious where the (many) hidden app or Start screen menus are without a manual, and sometimes less obvious what each option does.
It is a horrible UI mess, and a general unnecessary misadventure (I'll be calling it the "Massive Metro Misadventure" pretty often) that I hope they backtrack from and apologize for. Windows 7 had it right: keep the UI mouseable, make the Vista min-max-close buttons a bit larger, and add a few things to help tablet users (like draggable menus from taskbar icons and the IE9 address bar). 8 just tries to force the mouse into obsolescence and people into tablet stores by making it an awful experience to use a mouse--it's not worth the tablet-functionality improvements, and along with central app stores will only help drag us into a new, damn dark age of restricted and cumbersome computing. (Also the whole Shift+F8-or-add-a-new-boot-item thing for safe mode--that change was even less necessary.)
Windows remains my primary OS. My current foray into Arch Linux was due to Flash game crashes that seemed to happen more in Windows than Linux, but seem to have been bad RAM; but if MS doesn't turn around by Windows 7's end-of-life then I guess I've gotten a new primary.
Indeed. They'll say "People actually want to copy Metro?"
Given Google's recent actions, and YouTube, we'd more likely see Google become a trusted RIAA member.
It's clear Facebook says they'll keep insta pretty much independent.
It's also clear that Facebook is about as trustworthy as a shell in a casino when personal information is involved. If I had an insta account with sensitive info I would delete it and send my disgust to Instagram for their CEO's CC-al real quick now.
But then there'd be no excuse to push tracker technology and sell newspapers! Think of the lost sales, friend, the lost sales!
Simple. The new software doesn't actually run on the helicopters--those little buddies just send the raw data to cable boxes. To prevent suspicious hitches in TV video, the boxes only comb the images for pirates between channel changes, when the on-screen channel guide is open, or when watching MTV or Fox News. ;)
As an added bonus it gives them an excuse to (try to) make the Great Firewall even tighter (and if you're wise enough to oppose their tighter controls they can just say "what are you...one of them anti-patriotic hackers!?" as they confiscate your machine and send you to labor).
That was when Slashdot was Slashdot. Now they're Slashdot, an entirely different husk of the old one. ;)
That reminds me, I wanna write up a "fierce independence" pledge that devs can take, should they want to do some honest commerce and show that they're full-on indie, and not just calling themselves "indie" as some nebulous "Honchos" pull the strings. It'll probably exclude-by-design bunches of self-proclaimed "indie"s and "nonprofit"s (certain browser makers, game companies, and tech websites come to mind) but it seems more and more necessary. Something analogous (but not functionally equivalent) to a GPL for governance, I guess; but hopefully not as extreme as a "Declaration of Hipsterness" or whatever either. I mean, I still buy stuff after they become cool.
...government renames Northern Ireland capital Belreallyfast, as Irish linguists protest.
White House e-petition n. see talk to the hand, /dev/null .
A great limited-time offer on a 4G Ice Cream Sandwich phone draws near!
Command?
Governments aren't exactly renowned for their counting and accounting skills. It's like they try to look stupid to win the "I don't care 'bout that 'math[s]' shit" vote.
You're right. Competition must not be hindered by regulators.
It must be encouraged by giving the regulators teeth to fight stagnation and collusion.
It's been developing for quite some time, apparently.
But...but...then the big box stores would have to hire more of those dirty smelly "employees" for more smaller locations, and there'd be no gas card promotions to bring the mupp--er, customers in!
In that case, the law is amended to answer "No but maybe I should to get obsessive nutters like you out of the damn government!"
It'll be a(nother) few years. *sigh*