One of the cool things about Apple is that it really hasn't put any serious piracy protection on its software. It basically trusts its users, and so there's nothing like the Windows Activation deal...
Watch your words. Apple doesn't trust its users, it has done research indicating either that its demographic won't pirate, or that coding anti-piracy systems wouldn't be worth the investment. Apple is a company, not a person.
Look at Microsoft's history. There will be flaws, there will be exploits. Black-hat hackers are going to have a field day attacking something they despise so much.
Microsoft surely aren't that dumb? To not realise that their system is going to be cracked within weeks? And that the repercussions will bite them in the ass ten times harder than anything that has happened before?
You have got to be fucking kidding me. The main users of Macs are students (regardless of major), less computer-literate users, and people in the graphic design/movie/music industry. None of these people would be particularly interested in running SETI@home.
So do magnetic disks if you think about it. They're going to screw up sooner or later. The difference is we KNOW when a flash-based disk is going to screw up, and we can delay is somewhat with buffered writes and keeping as much in memory as possible.
Oh, blast. My apologies. After reading the comment about minimizing Firefox to clue Windows into deallocating memory, usage went down to 25 MB (from 229 MB). Still large, but a vast difference. Be wary of overinflated memory usages.
Heh, mine has 229 too. And I only had ONE tab open. Clearly Firefox neglects to get rid of the memory allocations it doesn't need, because 229 MB for one tab is simply ridiculous (tab was this Slashdot btw, and I'd only been browsing a few small websites, like SA, beforehand)
Fact is, although Google severely fucked up here, the service in itself is an awesome one and the behaviour it uses is that of many other common web proxies. Something Awful, according to the standards, is supposed to send a Private header to say that PM/mod forums etc. are private and shouldn't be cached. They don't.
The article is full of shit because it basically says everything you ever do will be accessible by anyone. Wrong. People didn't LOG IN as mods. It merely said 'You are logged in as NoneMoreNegative' or whatever on pages. They also didn't read other people's PMs as far as I know, only got to see the PM index page. If they did then I apologise and the situation is more fucked up than I realised.
Regardless, if Richard was correct, then you would be able to access other people's cookies which WOULD mean you were genuinely logged in as someone else and could do whatever you want - post, mess with PMs etc. You can't. The webpage that comes back is that of another user, but you are still sending your cookies over with your account details on them.
SA should probably be SSL but it has a rather large CPU overhead. However, it would prevent people caching private forums and - as is the case now - letting Web Accelerator users view any thread they like, even Archives threads, using someone else's account:) Which is probably what is pissing Richard off the most.
This seems to be common usage in the games industry, take a look at this article on Oblivion's stealth:
For me, the most fascinating thing about designing stealth gameplay in TES IV: Oblivion is trolling the Elder Scrolls forums and reading suggestions from the fans.
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Its ambitious new operating system, code-named Longhorn, is more than a year late, even after having been scaled back. Linux, the free operating system that Gates once scoffed at, is fighting Microsoft for share in both the server and desktop markets, forcing the company to do the unthinkable: offer customer discounts. Last year it had to spend $1 billion to rewrite thousands of lines of code to make its programs less susceptible to viruses. Its Xbox gaming console is winning raves from players but has yet to make serious money. Meanwhile, Apple has stolen the show in online music with its hugely popular iPod and iTunes Music Store. Plus, the recently released Firefox browser, which can be downloaded free, has forced Gates to reconstitute an Internet Explorer development team.
And as Microsoft is getting attacked on all fronts, am I the only one smiling from ear to ear?
Exactly. The current GC releases either just rip the whole disc or strip out the zeros (which are very easy to remove). Not sure about the garbage though.
Yep, my brother's iPod suddenly wiped itself, and after that kept being not recognised by iTunes, etc. So we file a report under 'not recognised by iTunes/finder' and I detail the obvious hard drive damage that has occured.
I send it over, they send it back saying it works fine under their testing and no replacement is needed.
Three days later it wipes itself again.
Apparently one quick test is all they need to disregard an intermittent drive failure.
2. is the method used for pretty much any boss battle in an action game.
3. can be seen in many games such as the Deus Ex series where you can hack robots or cameras and use them against the opposition.
I can't go into further details because your descriptions are too vague, but basically if you're the type who can't come up with 'Katamari Damarcy' your games are just going to be combinations of others in subtle ways. I'm tired of playing those games.
Google ranks results higher if the words are closer together. So it does its initial search for 'There God' but then looks for the phrase 'Is there a god?' when sorting them.
I'm pretty sure it was CmdrTaco attempting to be funny. The wording is almost identical, right down to the 'conspiracy theories' and misspelling of 'executive'.
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One of the cool things about Apple is that it really hasn't put any serious piracy protection on its software. It basically trusts its users, and so there's nothing like the Windows Activation deal...
Watch your words. Apple doesn't trust its users, it has done research indicating either that its demographic won't pirate, or that coding anti-piracy systems wouldn't be worth the investment. Apple is a company, not a person.
Look at Microsoft's history. There will be flaws, there will be exploits. Black-hat hackers are going to have a field day attacking something they despise so much.
Microsoft surely aren't that dumb? To not realise that their system is going to be cracked within weeks? And that the repercussions will bite them in the ass ten times harder than anything that has happened before?
Actually you're one of the last to call FUD. And the author has now offered to give out links on request.
I meant laptops; here at my university there seem to be more iBooks than regular PC laptops.
And you do realise the 16% statistic comes from checking if computers are vulnerable to viruses OVER the web, don't you?
You have got to be fucking kidding me. The main users of Macs are students (regardless of major), less computer-literate users, and people in the graphic design/movie/music industry. None of these people would be particularly interested in running SETI@home.
So do magnetic disks if you think about it. They're going to screw up sooner or later. The difference is we KNOW when a flash-based disk is going to screw up, and we can delay is somewhat with buffered writes and keeping as much in memory as possible.
Somebody Send Up Us The Parts!
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You need to study more Engrish, my friend
Ahahahaha this is getting modded as a Troll, some mods are fucking stupid.
Only on Slashdot would this ridiculously inappropriate metaphor be rated Insightful.
Oh, blast. My apologies. After reading the comment about minimizing Firefox to clue Windows into deallocating memory, usage went down to 25 MB (from 229 MB). Still large, but a vast difference. Be wary of overinflated memory usages.
Heh, mine has 229 too. And I only had ONE tab open. Clearly Firefox neglects to get rid of the memory allocations it doesn't need, because 229 MB for one tab is simply ridiculous (tab was this Slashdot btw, and I'd only been browsing a few small websites, like SA, beforehand)
I'm a goon, I read the thread.
:) Which is probably what is pissing Richard off the most.
Fact is, although Google severely fucked up here, the service in itself is an awesome one and the behaviour it uses is that of many other common web proxies. Something Awful, according to the standards, is supposed to send a Private header to say that PM/mod forums etc. are private and shouldn't be cached. They don't.
The article is full of shit because it basically says everything you ever do will be accessible by anyone. Wrong. People didn't LOG IN as mods. It merely said 'You are logged in as NoneMoreNegative' or whatever on pages. They also didn't read other people's PMs as far as I know, only got to see the PM index page. If they did then I apologise and the situation is more fucked up than I realised.
Regardless, if Richard was correct, then you would be able to access other people's cookies which WOULD mean you were genuinely logged in as someone else and could do whatever you want - post, mess with PMs etc. You can't. The webpage that comes back is that of another user, but you are still sending your cookies over with your account details on them.
SA should probably be SSL but it has a rather large CPU overhead. However, it would prevent people caching private forums and - as is the case now - letting Web Accelerator users view any thread they like, even Archives threads, using someone else's account
Really insightful.
A blatantly exaggerating troll.
This seems to be common usage in the games industry, take a look at this article on Oblivion's stealth:
For me, the most fascinating thing about designing stealth gameplay in TES IV: Oblivion is trolling the Elder Scrolls forums and reading suggestions from the fans.
Its ambitious new operating system, code-named Longhorn, is more than a year late, even after having been scaled back. Linux, the free operating system that Gates once scoffed at, is fighting Microsoft for share in both the server and desktop markets, forcing the company to do the unthinkable: offer customer discounts. Last year it had to spend $1 billion to rewrite thousands of lines of code to make its programs less susceptible to viruses. Its Xbox gaming console is winning raves from players but has yet to make serious money. Meanwhile, Apple has stolen the show in online music with its hugely popular iPod and iTunes Music Store. Plus, the recently released Firefox browser, which can be downloaded free, has forced Gates to reconstitute an Internet Explorer development team.
And as Microsoft is getting attacked on all fronts, am I the only one smiling from ear to ear?
Exactly. The current GC releases either just rip the whole disc or strip out the zeros (which are very easy to remove). Not sure about the garbage though.
Oh lol I see what you did there it was a cat not a vagina! Hahahaha!!
Yeah the breast metaphor made it way too obvious. You don't bring in those non-subtle trolls in the first paragraph, rookie.
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Hello, I'm mister quotes! When put around certain words, I imply that my use of the word is not 100% correct!
For example, you are a very "clever" person!
Bye!
Yep, my brother's iPod suddenly wiped itself, and after that kept being not recognised by iTunes, etc. So we file a report under 'not recognised by iTunes/finder' and I detail the obvious hard drive damage that has occured.
I send it over, they send it back saying it works fine under their testing and no replacement is needed.
Three days later it wipes itself again.
Apparently one quick test is all they need to disregard an intermittent drive failure.
Your ideas suck.
2. is the method used for pretty much any boss battle in an action game.
3. can be seen in many games such as the Deus Ex series where you can hack robots or cameras and use them against the opposition.
I can't go into further details because your descriptions are too vague, but basically if you're the type who can't come up with 'Katamari Damarcy' your games are just going to be combinations of others in subtle ways. I'm tired of playing those games.
Google ranks results higher if the words are closer together. So it does its initial search for 'There God' but then looks for the phrase 'Is there a god?' when sorting them.
I'm pretty sure it was CmdrTaco attempting to be funny. The wording is almost identical, right down to the 'conspiracy theories' and misspelling of 'executive'.
Congratulations, that takes longer to type and achieves the same thing.