Think about it. Do you leave your front door unlocked? Seriously, just because WPA can be broken doesn't mean that it will, at least not by people who are honest. The difference between running an unencrypted WiFi AP and one protected by WPA is akin to the lock on your front door. Sure, the criminals can bust your door down if they want in bad enough, but the lock is sufficient to keep out all but those who are intent on committing a crime.
If someone breaks your door down, they can be charged with criminal breaking and entering. If someone hacks your WPA-encrypted WiFi, they can likewise they can be charged with unauthorized access of your network resources. Yes, in both cases if the lock didn't exist, the criminal could still be charged, but it's far less ambiguous with the lock in place.
Wave is kind of a mashup between wikis, e-mail, and IRC and IM. Think of it as digital whiteboarding with chat and messages. I see it as a great tool for brainstorming. I think it would work well for an online classroom environment as well.
Except that he's not a web developer. He's developing what is, in essence, a point-of-sale or kiosk type system using intranet technology. That's why he's asking what browser he should use.
In that case, it doesn't matter what he uses, so long as it does what he wants.
I don't have an answer, really. I don't have any problems with printing from Firefox, Opera, or Chrome, but I'm running Linux. Ironic, too, because historically that would be exactly the reason printing wouldn't work consistently. But these days, it pretty much does for everything but applications that aren't coded to use CUPS. Those are exceedingly few these days.
It isn't obvious? Well, existing iPhone users can keep their contracts, right? But many, in order to recoup part of the costs of a new iPhone 4 will need to sell those iPhone 3Gs, right? But the people who buy those used iPhone 3Gs won't get unlimited contracts with AT&T and with the nightly downloads, in order to afford to be able to keep an iPhone will have to upgrade to the iPhone 4.
Ditto for those who want to "trickle down" the iPhone 3Gs to other family members: for most people, a new phone means a new data plan; they won't be able to keep what that unlimited plan, hence, more iPhone 4's being sold.
You make sound as if Internet monitoring is the only sort of monitoring being done these days. Many big corporations now keep logs of files that have been executed, and some even install keyloggers and computer forensics software.
So it isn't even just a matter of porn or file downloads or webmail. They're tracking everything done on the computer. I wonder just how useful that tracking can be, considering the huge volume of data on any network of significant size.
Actually, no. A quick search on Pricewatch reveals that 32GB SD cards are going for about $85 on the street. That puts a 32GB Evo at just under the $299 Apple wants for a 32GB iPhone 4. However, since I get to keep the 8GB that comes with the Evo, that means I get an Evo with 40GB of storage for a little less than a iPhone 4 with 32GB.
Good quality CD-Rs and DVD-Rs can as long as 20-30 years if stored and handled properly; you get what you pay for. If you want real archive longevity, invest in one of these.
So, um, are you saying that maybe there is a better explanation for Uwe Boll movies not doing well at the box office than people pirating his ummm....."movies"?
Science and religion both attempt to answer a fundamental question -- "What is truth?". Religion purports to know the truth already, while science starts with "we don't know, but we can find out!" Science also refuses to accept any truth without a solid question, solid evidence of an answer, and continuing proof that the right question was asked and answered in the first place.
In the end, neither science nor religion can fully answer the fundamental question, but science comes off as a lot more reasonable for anyone who thinks critically.
The article is talking about companies that are exclusively open source. IBM, Intel and Xerox are all involved in open source products, but all of them make three of them make their money selling proprietary, closed source hardware.
Okay, well, in that case there aren't any companies that are exclusively open source. Even Red Hat itself sells closed-source products. Canonical has the closed-source Ubuntu single-sign on service. You can't have a billion-dollar open source-only company if there aren't any open source-only companies. QED. We can all stop posting now, right?
WHOA, Nelly! Check power consumption - unless you're talking about small LCDs (less than 28 inches), a CRT will use less electricity.
It all depends on the size. A lot of people went from like 27 inch or 32 inch CRTs to 60" monsters. The truth is somewhere in-between.
An equivalent-sized LCD will use less power than a CRT. Going from a 32 inch CRT to a 31.5 inch LCD flat panel will save you around 50% or so in electricity usage. Going from a 32 inch TV to a very efficient 46 inch LCD will save you a little bit of electricity; an average 46 inch LCD will cost about the same.
Going to a 60 inch monster will cost about double.
If you're talking about computer monitors, then in almost all cases, moving to an LCD from a CRT will save you money. A typical 17 inch CRT uses about 100W with a max around 105W, while, say, my 20 inch widescreen flat panel uses around 55W, with a maximum usage 75W.
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Think about it. Do you leave your front door unlocked? Seriously, just because WPA can be broken doesn't mean that it will, at least not by people who are honest. The difference between running an unencrypted WiFi AP and one protected by WPA is akin to the lock on your front door. Sure, the criminals can bust your door down if they want in bad enough, but the lock is sufficient to keep out all but those who are intent on committing a crime.
If someone breaks your door down, they can be charged with criminal breaking and entering. If someone hacks your WPA-encrypted WiFi, they can likewise they can be charged with unauthorized access of your network resources. Yes, in both cases if the lock didn't exist, the criminal could still be charged, but it's far less ambiguous with the lock in place.
Ermmm...kind of.
Wave is kind of a mashup between wikis, e-mail, and IRC and IM. Think of it as digital whiteboarding with chat and messages. I see it as a great tool for brainstorming. I think it would work well for an online classroom environment as well.
Except that he's not a web developer. He's developing what is, in essence, a point-of-sale or kiosk type system using intranet technology. That's why he's asking what browser he should use.
In that case, it doesn't matter what he uses, so long as it does what he wants.
I don't have an answer, really. I don't have any problems with printing from Firefox, Opera, or Chrome, but I'm running Linux. Ironic, too, because historically that would be exactly the reason printing wouldn't work consistently. But these days, it pretty much does for everything but applications that aren't coded to use CUPS. Those are exceedingly few these days.
Apple doesn't allow Python applications on the iPhone. You'll have to rewrite your code in Objective C.
It isn't obvious? Well, existing iPhone users can keep their contracts, right? But many, in order to recoup part of the costs of a new iPhone 4 will need to sell those iPhone 3Gs, right? But the people who buy those used iPhone 3Gs won't get unlimited contracts with AT&T and with the nightly downloads, in order to afford to be able to keep an iPhone will have to upgrade to the iPhone 4.
Ditto for those who want to "trickle down" the iPhone 3Gs to other family members: for most people, a new phone means a new data plan; they won't be able to keep what that unlimited plan, hence, more iPhone 4's being sold.
Combine this news with the timing of the AT&T 2GB cap announcement with the release of iPhone 4, and well, it smells like a forced upgrade.
You make sound as if Internet monitoring is the only sort of monitoring being done these days. Many big corporations now keep logs of files that have been executed, and some even install keyloggers and computer forensics software.
So it isn't even just a matter of porn or file downloads or webmail. They're tracking everything done on the computer. I wonder just how useful that tracking can be, considering the huge volume of data on any network of significant size.
Well, at the dollar's current valuation, that doesn't surprise me.
There's an app for that.
Actually, no. A quick search on Pricewatch reveals that 32GB SD cards are going for about $85 on the street. That puts a 32GB Evo at just under the $299 Apple wants for a 32GB iPhone 4. However, since I get to keep the 8GB that comes with the Evo, that means I get an Evo with 40GB of storage for a little less than a iPhone 4 with 32GB.
Good quality CD-Rs and DVD-Rs can as long as 20-30 years if stored and handled properly; you get what you pay for. If you want real archive longevity, invest in one of these.
So, um, are you saying that maybe there is a better explanation for Uwe Boll movies not doing well at the box office than people pirating his ummm....."movies"?
Because I am.
I'll pirate one for $100! (No, Mr. Boll, you give $100, then I'll pirate it!)
Being amongst the best VG->Movie films isn't saying that much.
Wake up! It is 1010 times faster!
You're almost there...
Science and religion both attempt to answer a fundamental question -- "What is truth?". Religion purports to know the truth already, while science starts with "we don't know, but we can find out!" Science also refuses to accept any truth without a solid question, solid evidence of an answer, and continuing proof that the right question was asked and answered in the first place.
In the end, neither science nor religion can fully answer the fundamental question, but science comes off as a lot more reasonable for anyone who thinks critically.
I'd dive in myself, but, alas, I do not have a router that supports mDNS.
Evidently, it's already in the works.
Ever heard of Windows Update? You are the on who doesn't seem to get it.
In fact, the entire Apple implementation is open source and part of mDNSResponder, the source is here.
Now if only someone would port it to avahi so we could get it on Ubuntu and Debian...
I would recommend setting up that RDP to tunnel through SSH or SSL, in order to avoid MITM attacks.
No, it doesn't. It's possible to implement XMode's trick at the API level.
Okay, well, in that case there aren't any companies that are exclusively open source. Even Red Hat itself sells closed-source products. Canonical has the closed-source Ubuntu single-sign on service. You can't have a billion-dollar open source-only company if there aren't any open source-only companies. QED. We can all stop posting now, right?
It all depends on the size. A lot of people went from like 27 inch or 32 inch CRTs to 60" monsters. The truth is somewhere in-between.
An equivalent-sized LCD will use less power than a CRT. Going from a 32 inch CRT to a 31.5 inch LCD flat panel will save you around 50% or so in electricity usage. Going from a 32 inch TV to a very efficient 46 inch LCD will save you a little bit of electricity; an average 46 inch LCD will cost about the same.
Going to a 60 inch monster will cost about double.
If you're talking about computer monitors, then in almost all cases, moving to an LCD from a CRT will save you money. A typical 17 inch CRT uses about 100W with a max around 105W, while, say, my 20 inch widescreen flat panel uses around 55W, with a maximum usage 75W.
Ummmm...apparently, actually true. It really is a division of the GNAA. Makes me wonder how accurate this story is.