All they need is a decent web comic. Seriously the quality has dropped considerably in the last couple of years as it seems the comic is just an afterthought, they occaisionally put their heart into it and make a brilliant comic but for the mostpart I don't even chuckle anymore.
"Internet message boards were funnier 10 years ago. I've kinda stopped reading their new posts" - Simpsons writer Matt Warburton
Looking at the numbers, Kirllos has stolen the IDs of one out of every 300 Facebook users.
Translation: it might not be a bad time to change your password if you use Facebook.
If Facebook was concerned about the safety of their users, why not just go UPDATE users SET must_reset_password = 1; Throw a reCaptcha onto the reset page, too, so the "hacker" can't automate that process.
Of course there's a fatal flaw in my plan. "If Facebook was concerned about the safety of their users..."
So let me get this straight. A research institution came to the conclusion that popular things tended to earn a lot of money, while unpopular things tended to tank?
Holy Crap stop the presses! We just invented the Oracle of Delphi! It's all so clear now.
Nah, it's more of the Councilor Troi "sensing the obvious and predicting the present" sort of thing. =)
It isn't "The City Councilor". This is ONE city councilor. There are 44 of them. This has been pitched by one (Adam Vaughan). This is like one senator saying "We should do something about Washington's birthday", and being reported as "US Government Changes Washington's Birthday"
Mr. Vaughan sits on (amongst other boards) The Library Board. So is it any surprise he's pitching a radical plan for more money for libraries?
TFA: "Right now, this is a plan, not a reality," Pyper [chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library] said.
So: Proposed idea from one guy, that isn't going to happen.
If you really want a kid to learn how computers work, put a filter between them in the internet. They'll figure out a way to circumvent it if they're smart. And if they're too stupid to break out, think of it as a your-kid filter for the internet and not an internet filter for your kid.
hehe. Funny, but painfully true. The smart ones get around the filters without blinking. And they're also a boon for the teachers whose jobs are impeded by these systems. I know some teachers who have been through it. (yes, yes, shameless self promotion =) )
Honestly, I don't see why they can't get money from both the new and used market.
Keep the "one time use" DLC code in the box. Anyone who buys it new now has a "value add" (though, they are paying a premium for the new game)
If anyone buys that same copy used, instead of "hell no", they should get a screen that says "This code has already been claimed. But for just $2.99, you too can have this exclusive content"
I'm sure someone can find the right price for that-- and it'd effectively be pure profit. (No, you can't call it a lost sale. Instead, think of it as getting paid twice for the same product).
Ideally, the system should also have a "relinquish" command. If I buy a game, get the DLC, then decide to sell the game, I should be able to "deactivate" that code (assuming it's tied to my gamer id or something? Who knows.) Then the next person can download the dlc for free. GameStop might even require people to log in and deactivate their codes before trading in a game, so as not to screw over the next user.
No no no hell no. Just because I'm not looking at the text doesn't mean I'm not reading it. Humans have this thing, see, it's call periphery vision.
The PS3 does this (as of it's latest "upgrade"). It presents you with a list of items-- say menu options, or a list of songs you've loaded. Then, after a few seconds, it FADES OUT all options that aren't highlighted. So if you want to see all the options at once, you have to to constantly jog the cursor up and down. (And to make it even more annoying, if the title of the option is longer than the display width, it'll start to autoscroll after a delay-- and that delay is longer than the fade-out delay).
The cynic in me wonders if he is... trying to develop a DRM scheme for a hard drive. The optimist in me wonders if he is trying to defeat such a scheme.
The romantic in me wonders if he is trying to create a piece of art. Next week's front-page headlines are like "Hard-Drive Hacker Recreates 'Starry Night' Directly On Platter".
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah-- as a rule of thumb, I don't follow any link on Slashdot that matches /^.*goat.*$/i
Pressure mounting... so much pressure.. must release...
"Internet message boards were funnier 10 years ago. I've kinda stopped reading their new posts" - Simpsons writer Matt Warburton
That tells us nothing without a measurement of density. How many Libraries of Congress worth of energy can those three football fields produce?
But damn if this doesn't sound like the opening to the plot of a disaster movie.
It is. It's the plot of Spiderman 2.
Oh, wait, I thought you said disastrous movie.
"Thank you for flying US Space. We'll be making our landing incest in two and a half minutes..."
If Facebook was concerned about the safety of their users, why not just go UPDATE users SET must_reset_password = 1; Throw a reCaptcha onto the reset page, too, so the "hacker" can't automate that process.
Of course there's a fatal flaw in my plan. "If Facebook was concerned about the safety of their users..."
Wow, I think phones here work differently than those in Finland.
Nah, it's more of the Councilor Troi "sensing the obvious and predicting the present" sort of thing. =)
After I participate in 10 chats, do I get an achievement to show for it?
Works on version 2.2. Thanks.
Aw, hell, no.
*whoosh*
That's the sound of the joke going over your head.
*thump*
That's the sound of the joke hitting me in the lower abdomen
A link to a blog with no sources or names. Great.
Here's a link to the actual story with things like details
Some notes:
So: Proposed idea from one guy, that isn't going to happen.
Step 1: Have 2 years of experience...
hehe. Funny, but painfully true. The smart ones get around the filters without blinking. And they're also a boon for the teachers whose jobs are impeded by these systems. I know some teachers who have been through it. (yes, yes, shameless self promotion =) )
Which model of Phillips are you using? (I'm looking to replace my 642, since it doesn't have any usb ports)
It's interesting, but nothing new. For the Design Patters course of my CS degree, I expanded the Wikipedia article for Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software book. That was back in July 2007.
Honestly, I don't see why they can't get money from both the new and used market.
Keep the "one time use" DLC code in the box. Anyone who buys it new now has a "value add" (though, they are paying a premium for the new game)
If anyone buys that same copy used, instead of "hell no", they should get a screen that says "This code has already been claimed. But for just $2.99, you too can have this exclusive content"
I'm sure someone can find the right price for that-- and it'd effectively be pure profit. (No, you can't call it a lost sale. Instead, think of it as getting paid twice for the same product).
Ideally, the system should also have a "relinquish" command. If I buy a game, get the DLC, then decide to sell the game, I should be able to "deactivate" that code (assuming it's tied to my gamer id or something? Who knows.) Then the next person can download the dlc for free. GameStop might even require people to log in and deactivate their codes before trading in a game, so as not to screw over the next user.
No no no hell no. Just because I'm not looking at the text doesn't mean I'm not reading it. Humans have this thing, see, it's call periphery vision.
The PS3 does this (as of it's latest "upgrade"). It presents you with a list of items-- say menu options, or a list of songs you've loaded. Then, after a few seconds, it FADES OUT all options that aren't highlighted. So if you want to see all the options at once, you have to to constantly jog the cursor up and down. (And to make it even more annoying, if the title of the option is longer than the display width, it'll start to autoscroll after a delay-- and that delay is longer than the fade-out delay).
That wasn't a quote. That was an FBI agent.
I know. 144? That's just gross.
The romantic in me wonders if he is trying to create a piece of art. Next week's front-page headlines are like "Hard-Drive Hacker Recreates 'Starry Night' Directly On Platter".
That should tell you something is rotten
Hmmm, good point. Back to the drawing board on that one.