I can remember not too long ago when Google Wallet wouldn't run on my Samsung Note, only ISIS. Flashing the phone didn't make a difference because Google Wallet wouldn't run on anything but manufacturer installed OS (security, which makes perfect sense. If the phone is rooted or the OS has been modified in any way it becomes harder to assert the system is secure).
I note that nowadays, ISIS refers to something else. I wonder what ever happened to Samsung's ISIS?
I bought (not rented, not paid for via installments, bought) a Comcast-branded cable router (to ensure physical layer compatibility with Comcast's cable network offering). I turned off the wifi and attached my own wifi router via 1G copper. No XFINITY free hotspot.
But you know, just when I thought it was safe to go back in the internet, Comcast flashed my router. Suddenly, even with wifi explicitly turned "off", there was the XFINITY free hotspot, just advertising that any wardrivers with a valid or hacked Comcast account should park near my place.
Anybody ever see what the built-in (internal) antenna on an Arris cable modem/router looks like? It's just a little green piece of circuit board, and the connector just comes right off without any excess tugging or pulling. I do think Comcast misses me, though - they seem to send hits downstream to my cable modem/router several times a day. It's vaguely frustrating to hit these forty to fifty second network outages from them because they just can't believe nobody is using my free wifi SSID.
At the very least, yet another utopian ideal doomed to be shredded on the jagged rocks of reality. The only way the UBI can work is if there's some magical way to get everyone to "give according to his abilities" while being satisfied with "getting according to his needs".
I guess I get a buy on being called a conspiratard because I never thought it'd come to this and so never said anything out loud until it was too late . . .
(Says one prairie dog to the other): "I think the lawnmower's gone. I'm gonna stick my head up and check."
The Ubuntu environment provided is not merely a POSIX-layer, it is a native environment capable of running Linux ELF binaries. This is not done by providing compatibility libraries but by actually providing quasi-kernel layer functionality in a (memory-resident?) environment. Each approach offers strengths and weaknesses.
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The Cygwin layer has a long track record of success in providing a POSIX layer with some notable exceptions. There no native software management layer (forcing reliance upon the downloaded installer for software management). Further, while it is possible to build and install software locally from source, the process to do so is at best far from bulletproof - I personally was never able to get ClusterSSH running correctly under Cywin under multiple versions of Windows. However, it does provide a fairly robust software selection "out of the box" and does receive regular patches and updates. Being implemented as a set of API calls and libraries it tends to live within and get along more-or-less well with the underlying MS-Windows system.
They Bash on Ubuntu on Windows stack provides a binary-ready environment pre-loaded with a somewhat modified version of Ubuntu (GNU, but not technically Linux IMHO). Software management is performed using APT, and with very few exceptions software runs identically to the Linux counterpart. The entire environment appears to be created as an abstraction layer in memory on demand, although once running the subsystem does not spawn separate processes as more shells are created. Note that the environment is destroyed when the last user shell is logged out. This is permissible because there is no (significant) boot time associated with the environment - it is created and destroyed instantly without user intervention of any kind. This arrangement neatly precludes the likelihood that system services will be run in an environment which the MS-Windows system cannot control, but does lead to some coexistence issues in regards to filesystem metadata - specifically security-related metadata. The two systems (MS-Windows and Linux) are fundamentally incompatible by design at that level and so implementation/execution of GNU Linux binaries will turn up some quirks caused by this basic incompatibility. Incidentally, I've only been using the Ubuntu subsystem for a month now, and while I've installed and tested Xming and I've been able to install ClusterSSH with one command, I can't get the thing to work correctly in this environment yet either.
I'm not looking to support "Steady State", but if the dimensions of the Universe are not what we thought is the "flat, infinite" model of the Universe back on the table for discussion? Without dark matter and dark energy (a pair of modern Cosmological Constants), does a larger Universe account for the apparent universal expansion we've recently observed?
Looking at some of these posts, my old frienemy APK would be welcome here. Hey Al, you listening? It's your frienemy Mike calling from the other coast!
Crazy - he's a psychotic ass, but somehow I'm kinda starting to like him.
Snowden has clearly demonstrated mastery of multiple computer-related skills. We should assume cracking and vulnerability-exploiting skills are among those he has brought to the former Soviet Union. We should also assume (based on his continued asylum and continued apparent good treatment) that he is continuing to cooperate fully with his new Russian masters.
No citations or evidence to support my viewpoint. Such a shame common sense isn't.
I would be surprised if he refused . . . and lived to tell the tale. Hell, the Russians don't even have to threaten to kill or hurt him - just offering him one-way air-fare to JFK International aboard the next Aeroflot bird smokin' west should do the trick.
Let me guess - you're naïve enough to believe that V. Putin and Russia truly giving Snowden asylum based on strictly humanitarian reasons.
Yes, I know that Snowden is a hero to many slashdotters (despite my assumption that most here have at least a 100 IQ) - so downmod away. Go ahead and keep telling yourself that E. Snowden has done and continues to do what he thinks is in the best interests of the US population. Only - if you intend to paint Snowden as some sort of Robin Hood sticking it to the man, you might want to have a little thing called evidence? The only concrete evidence is Snowden's betrayal of our country, ostensibly for ethical reasons. The evidence of betrayal is incontrovertible; Snowden's assertion of an overriding moral imperitive is not nearly so strongly supported by facts - indeed, the facts tend to bely him.
SUPPORTING CITATION: Federal warrants demanding the criminal extradition for trial naming Edward Snowden as defendant.
What about those of us who use Bluetooth tethering routinely? I only do it to take advantage of the vastly lower power requirements of Bluetooth (which my phone can serve all day) versus wifi (which'll slag my phone's batteries in under three hours, assuming they start out at 100%).
No, really - I'm not making this one up. MUMPS manages to find every possible bad coding idea and make it as easy as possible. Interpreted code, typeless data, naked array references, zero FS compatibility with anything . . .
. . . I don't suppose DT bothered to check and see just what demographic of America he's been attracting every time he tries to channel Archie Bunker, but just to say - he might consider doing a quick back-walk on this one . . .
Y'know, Microsoft has never made any bones about their OS being a proprietary system. Whether you agree with their choices or not, you're bound by them when you use their OS. Problem is, there is a lot of appeal to their OS - nearly universal familiarity among the user base (which is large), nearly ubiquitous applications (especially in the office/business space), pre-installation (something like $50.00 a shot, as opposed to ~$175, so I guess that hurts less) . ..
You want an OS that works your way? Tell ya what - get a bunch of your fellow technically-oriented geek friends together and make your own! (Actually, I'm sure this has been done. I think such systems are called "GNU Linux"?) Otherwise, as long as they don't outright break what they sold you, you can deal with MS's heavy-handed management of your systems. Frankly, with all the moaning about MS security and unpatched MS OS's in the wild, how did everyone expect them to respond? They're still the de facto business OS of choice and their primary customer is extremely security conscious. MS is listening to the bucks, not the users. Since their software is proprietary, that is as it should be. Unless you actively find a way to prevent it, Microsoft pretty much insists on their right to make every licensed MS OS instance reasonably uniform. That way, both security and reliability can theoretically be maximized for the entire user base.
In short - deal with it or run something else. Just don't expect Microsoft to waste any time or money trying to do things your way unless you're big business with big bucks.
let me get this straight - if someone offers to sell me something of value, if I somehow become aware of intended wrongdoing on their part - say, they've said they're raising money to hire a hit-man, or they're planning on buying a couple kilos of tar opium, whatever - I may not complete my transaction with them despite the legality of our specific transaction because I suspect they may use their gains in an illegal manner? In effect, I must deprive them of their lawful right to seek to do business with me without due process of law.
Does this mean contributors to political campaigns are lawfully culpable for the potentially illegal actions of the political candidates?
the police can put my fingerprint anywhere they want? Conceivably to be "found" later on and used as evidence against me?
Prosecutor: "Can you explain how your fingerprints came to be on the murder weapon?"
Defendant: "I don't know. I never touched it. Never seen it before. Maybe the police put it there? Since we know they can, experience has shown that they will."
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I note that nowadays, ISIS refers to something else. I wonder what ever happened to Samsung's ISIS?
But you know, just when I thought it was safe to go back in the internet, Comcast flashed my router. Suddenly, even with wifi explicitly turned "off", there was the XFINITY free hotspot, just advertising that any wardrivers with a valid or hacked Comcast account should park near my place.
Anybody ever see what the built-in (internal) antenna on an Arris cable modem/router looks like? It's just a little green piece of circuit board, and the connector just comes right off without any excess tugging or pulling. I do think Comcast misses me, though - they seem to send hits downstream to my cable modem/router several times a day. It's vaguely frustrating to hit these forty to fifty second network outages from them because they just can't believe nobody is using my free wifi SSID.
But I regulated Comcast.
They've merely found a good way to implement the "Halt and Catch Fire" command.
At the very least, yet another utopian ideal doomed to be shredded on the jagged rocks of reality. The only way the UBI can work is if there's some magical way to get everyone to "give according to his abilities" while being satisfied with "getting according to his needs".
(Says one prairie dog to the other): "I think the lawnmower's gone. I'm gonna stick my head up and check."
***WHACK!***
Sorry - just had to ask!
The Cygwin layer has a long track record of success in providing a POSIX layer with some notable exceptions. There no native software management layer (forcing reliance upon the downloaded installer for software management). Further, while it is possible to build and install software locally from source, the process to do so is at best far from bulletproof - I personally was never able to get ClusterSSH running correctly under Cywin under multiple versions of Windows. However, it does provide a fairly robust software selection "out of the box" and does receive regular patches and updates. Being implemented as a set of API calls and libraries it tends to live within and get along more-or-less well with the underlying MS-Windows system.
They Bash on Ubuntu on Windows stack provides a binary-ready environment pre-loaded with a somewhat modified version of Ubuntu (GNU, but not technically Linux IMHO). Software management is performed using APT, and with very few exceptions software runs identically to the Linux counterpart. The entire environment appears to be created as an abstraction layer in memory on demand, although once running the subsystem does not spawn separate processes as more shells are created. Note that the environment is destroyed when the last user shell is logged out. This is permissible because there is no (significant) boot time associated with the environment - it is created and destroyed instantly without user intervention of any kind. This arrangement neatly precludes the likelihood that system services will be run in an environment which the MS-Windows system cannot control, but does lead to some coexistence issues in regards to filesystem metadata - specifically security-related metadata. The two systems (MS-Windows and Linux) are fundamentally incompatible by design at that level and so implementation/execution of GNU Linux binaries will turn up some quirks caused by this basic incompatibility. Incidentally, I've only been using the Ubuntu subsystem for a month now, and while I've installed and tested Xming and I've been able to install ClusterSSH with one command, I can't get the thing to work correctly in this environment yet either.
I'm not looking to support "Steady State", but if the dimensions of the Universe are not what we thought is the "flat, infinite" model of the Universe back on the table for discussion? Without dark matter and dark energy (a pair of modern Cosmological Constants), does a larger Universe account for the apparent universal expansion we've recently observed?
Omigod, that's awesome! Yeah, I know you were tweaking my nose here, but SOMEBODY MOD THIS GUY UP!
Crazy - he's a psychotic ass, but somehow I'm kinda starting to like him.
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No citations or evidence to support my viewpoint. Such a shame common sense isn't.
Let me guess - you're naïve enough to believe that V. Putin and Russia truly giving Snowden asylum based on strictly humanitarian reasons.
Yes, I know that Snowden is a hero to many slashdotters (despite my assumption that most here have at least a 100 IQ) - so downmod away. Go ahead and keep telling yourself that E. Snowden has done and continues to do what he thinks is in the best interests of the US population. Only - if you intend to paint Snowden as some sort of Robin Hood sticking it to the man, you might want to have a little thing called evidence? The only concrete evidence is Snowden's betrayal of our country, ostensibly for ethical reasons. The evidence of betrayal is incontrovertible; Snowden's assertion of an overriding moral imperitive is not nearly so strongly supported by facts - indeed, the facts tend to bely him.
SUPPORTING CITATION: Federal warrants demanding the criminal extradition for trial naming Edward Snowden as defendant.
CONTRADICTORY CITATION: N/A
Sent from hacked yahoo.com accounts . . . and boy, I've been keeping Yahoo's abuse department busy these last six months!
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(I couldn't resist - or is anybody here naïve enough to believe that Mr. Snowden is not being, er, *asked* to help with their efforts in this regard?)
*sigh*
No, really - I'm not making this one up. MUMPS manages to find every possible bad coding idea and make it as easy as possible. Interpreted code, typeless data, naked array references, zero FS compatibility with anything . . .
. . . I don't suppose DT bothered to check and see just what demographic of America he's been attracting every time he tries to channel Archie Bunker, but just to say - he might consider doing a quick back-walk on this one . . .
You want an OS that works your way? Tell ya what - get a bunch of your fellow technically-oriented geek friends together and make your own! (Actually, I'm sure this has been done. I think such systems are called "GNU Linux"?) Otherwise, as long as they don't outright break what they sold you, you can deal with MS's heavy-handed management of your systems. Frankly, with all the moaning about MS security and unpatched MS OS's in the wild, how did everyone expect them to respond? They're still the de facto business OS of choice and their primary customer is extremely security conscious. MS is listening to the bucks, not the users. Since their software is proprietary, that is as it should be. Unless you actively find a way to prevent it, Microsoft pretty much insists on their right to make every licensed MS OS instance reasonably uniform. That way, both security and reliability can theoretically be maximized for the entire user base.
In short - deal with it or run something else. Just don't expect Microsoft to waste any time or money trying to do things your way unless you're big business with big bucks.
let me get this straight - if someone offers to sell me something of value, if I somehow become aware of intended wrongdoing on their part - say, they've said they're raising money to hire a hit-man, or they're planning on buying a couple kilos of tar opium, whatever - I may not complete my transaction with them despite the legality of our specific transaction because I suspect they may use their gains in an illegal manner? In effect, I must deprive them of their lawful right to seek to do business with me without due process of law.
Does this mean contributors to political campaigns are lawfully culpable for the potentially illegal actions of the political candidates?
. . . just follow my friend 'Harvey' - he'll take you straight to it, despite the funky geodesics.
30% interesting.
50% troll.
I'd say there's a MicroShill out there with a severe case of butt-hurt.
Nothing new under the sun.
Business as usual.
Next up: either mutually offsetting judgements or cross-licensing. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Prosecutor: "Can you explain how your fingerprints came to be on the murder weapon?"
Defendant: "I don't know. I never touched it. Never seen it before. Maybe the police put it there? Since we know they can, experience has shown that they will."