If it were IE, people would be saying it's time for a new browser. If security is that big of a deal, why fight a working browser with a built-in security flaw when you can switch browsers?
Google did it before people were paying to have their search engine everywhere, when you actually had to type the address of a search engine to get to it. Nobody looks for a good search engine anymore. They have one put in front of them.
1) They're slow. Cue CSI fingerprint patching program. The program displays every single failed compare in quick flash forward display. Pulling the whole dataset from the database and rendering it takes time. This time is wasted. You would not want your program to do that.
I'm thinking if it were real, it wouldn't be showing every fingerprint, and might not even show real fingerprints. It would be a fingerprint-themed progress bar, and would be no less efficient than the ones Windows uses now.
2) Hard to reach buttons. Unfortunately, Knight Rider is the only example that comes to my mind right now, but it's true for far too many movies. Buttons located overhead, out of reach, sometimes requiring the user/pilot to stop doing whatever he is doing right now, move his hands and punch a minuscle button somewhere awkward. Yes, it looks cool, but it's about as sensible as putting the gear stick behind the driver's seat.
I'm thinking the Knight Rider setup is actually fairly similar to the way real cars are set up. In my aunt's Toyota and friend's Lexus, you have the radio and climate control on the steering wheel, garage door openers on the ceiling, and other controls in the center dashboard, while still more controls are down below. It could be good or bad, but this actually is a counterexample to movie interfaces being nothing like real interfaces.
3) 100" see through displays. Again CSI (but it's made its way into various other movies by now). Yes, we all want bigger displays. Bigger is better. But there's a limit to better. Especially if, as in CSI, the additional space is not used to present more information but just to display the information in larger font or to fill it with more pointless gimmicky pictures. The angle your eye can see sharp in and can easily catch is very tiny. The diameter of the screen has to be viewable by moving your eyes alone and without strain, or it can just as well be accessible by scrolling.
I totally agree, this would suck for the things I do, but you know if it were real and reasonably priced, every Slashdotter would buy one. And it wouldn't be used for solving crime. It would be used to watch movies. And if I had one, it would only be a matter of time before I put it in front of a football game on a standard television, set it to show a telephone coverage map, and asked, "is my map in your way?"
I find it interesting how the people who just said what it is are all at +1 right now but the ass, who did everything but just answer the question, got to +5. A +5 Informative, no less...
Maybe it just shows how fast you can release a patch when you're not allowed to say "it's still beta" or "you can't complain because you're getting it free".
I did the download and update from the Firefox menu. It crashed during the update and corrupted Firefox. Ironically, I had to use Opera to download Firefox and reinstall.
The way I'm reading it, they mean the company that found the problem has published its own bootleg patch. I don't think D-Link has done anything. And if I were you, I wouldn't broadcast the fact I had that router.
Wasn't there something about Google customizing its search to give different results to different people? Maybe you both really did get the results you claim.
Have you considered the possibility that Bing might actually be better for her (or at least just as good), and forcing the switch actually hindered her just so you could take a stand against Microsoft?
If you think buying non-US mugs and memory makes it okay to ignore US workers, you're kind of like a guy who says it's okay to punch somebody because another person kicked him. Concerning the cost of the project, if they paid US workers then that money would remain in the US and our economy would have the same amount of money in it. Otherwise, they pay less for the project but our country has less money to work with as a whole. I realize that would mean more if our country were functioning as a single entity, rather than a stratified mess.
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While you're at it, filter any comment whose only content is "whoosh".
If it were IE, people would be saying it's time for a new browser. If security is that big of a deal, why fight a working browser with a built-in security flaw when you can switch browsers?
Imagine doing it with a command line.
Every time I telnet to your brain, I keep getting something about Chuck E Cheese...
That only works if modern televisions will last 10 years.
Google did it before people were paying to have their search engine everywhere, when you actually had to type the address of a search engine to get to it. Nobody looks for a good search engine anymore. They have one put in front of them.
This isn't going to take off because it won't play on an iPod.
I totally agree with 4 and 5. But,
1) They're slow. Cue CSI fingerprint patching program. The program displays every single failed compare in quick flash forward display. Pulling the whole dataset from the database and rendering it takes time. This time is wasted. You would not want your program to do that.
I'm thinking if it were real, it wouldn't be showing every fingerprint, and might not even show real fingerprints. It would be a fingerprint-themed progress bar, and would be no less efficient than the ones Windows uses now.
2) Hard to reach buttons. Unfortunately, Knight Rider is the only example that comes to my mind right now, but it's true for far too many movies. Buttons located overhead, out of reach, sometimes requiring the user/pilot to stop doing whatever he is doing right now, move his hands and punch a minuscle button somewhere awkward. Yes, it looks cool, but it's about as sensible as putting the gear stick behind the driver's seat.
I'm thinking the Knight Rider setup is actually fairly similar to the way real cars are set up. In my aunt's Toyota and friend's Lexus, you have the radio and climate control on the steering wheel, garage door openers on the ceiling, and other controls in the center dashboard, while still more controls are down below. It could be good or bad, but this actually is a counterexample to movie interfaces being nothing like real interfaces.
3) 100" see through displays. Again CSI (but it's made its way into various other movies by now). Yes, we all want bigger displays. Bigger is better. But there's a limit to better. Especially if, as in CSI, the additional space is not used to present more information but just to display the information in larger font or to fill it with more pointless gimmicky pictures. The angle your eye can see sharp in and can easily catch is very tiny. The diameter of the screen has to be viewable by moving your eyes alone and without strain, or it can just as well be accessible by scrolling.
I totally agree, this would suck for the things I do, but you know if it were real and reasonably priced, every Slashdotter would buy one. And it wouldn't be used for solving crime. It would be used to watch movies. And if I had one, it would only be a matter of time before I put it in front of a football game on a standard television, set it to show a telephone coverage map, and asked, "is my map in your way?"
Would there have been an Android phone if there wasn't an iPhone?
I find it interesting how the people who just said what it is are all at +1 right now but the ass, who did everything but just answer the question, got to +5. A +5 Informative, no less...
Does somebody want to say what it is?
If you use Linux, you are very much at risk from the many holes. You will be cracked sooner or later and you may not even notice.
MP3 has bass?
Maybe it just shows how fast you can release a patch when you're not allowed to say "it's still beta" or "you can't complain because you're getting it free".
I did the download and update from the Firefox menu. It crashed during the update and corrupted Firefox. Ironically, I had to use Opera to download Firefox and reinstall.
Wasn't there a recent Linux vulnerability that required access but not root access? How is this worse?
Does this thing even have speakers? Is it really a sound generator, or does it generate a bunch of explosions?
Do you have any suggestions for a good wi-fi router, without replacing the firmware with your favorite open source firmware?
The way I'm reading it, they mean the company that found the problem has published its own bootleg patch. I don't think D-Link has done anything. And if I were you, I wouldn't broadcast the fact I had that router.
They're getting it right because they're doing what's easy. It doesn't mean they're good.
I think the Flash player does too...
Wasn't there something about Google customizing its search to give different results to different people? Maybe you both really did get the results you claim.
Have you considered the possibility that Bing might actually be better for her (or at least just as good), and forcing the switch actually hindered her just so you could take a stand against Microsoft?
I just clicked the dropdown menu on Firefox. I didn't see Bing at all.
If you think buying non-US mugs and memory makes it okay to ignore US workers, you're kind of like a guy who says it's okay to punch somebody because another person kicked him. Concerning the cost of the project, if they paid US workers then that money would remain in the US and our economy would have the same amount of money in it. Otherwise, they pay less for the project but our country has less money to work with as a whole. I realize that would mean more if our country were functioning as a single entity, rather than a stratified mess.