Care to explain how replication is a backup for that? IIRC, it will faithfully replicate the delete on the slaves. Repeat after me: replication...is...not...backup.
What happens when a bad update or a hardware failure renders the service (for which you have the account) inaccessible? What happens when electricity stops existing? What happens when the Martian lizard baby eaters who were behind the JFK assasination fake their moon landing in 2012? What happens when the sky falls on your head? In other words, problems can be solved by parts; trying to solve them in a all-or-nothing way as a single large interconnected hairy mother-of-all-problems blob only leads to hair loss.
Ok, I see "encryption" in the summary now - given that it was broken, stored passwords == plaintext passwords + 10 minutes of CPU time. Why does every dumb site need to store the damn passwords? It's not like they have to re-invent hashing, is it?
Exposing the password list implies that the passwords were actually stored, in plaintext. Wtf, what year do people think it is, 1241? Plaintext passwords == passwords stolen from you sooner or later. One would have thought that after all this time - and it's been a long time - they would have learned by now.
[citation needed] - outside of Hollywood, the idea of actual physical feedback is doing quite well. I for one like to *feel* where one button ends and another starts, thankyouverymuch - something that touchless interface can't give you, per definition (oh, but then we can build touch feedback to the touchless interface! And something to rest your hands on! And we'll be back full circle where we started, but much more *high-tech*, yaaay.).
Which it, incidentally, also fails to do: from TFA, testers tend to use the surface as two separate screens, which sort of makes the hassle with curved surface quite pointless; and don't get me started on the horrible UX of large, upright touchscreens.
...and they want their gorilla hand syndrome back. As the makers themselves admit, completely lacking any ergonomy ("users tended to separate the vertical and horizontal planes and avoid using the curve as much as possible."). Working with your hand(s) above heart level is tiresome, for reasons entirely physiological - there's plenty of research for that, but we geeks just tend to dismiss it as NIH and assume "we know better", don't we?
It's a very cool toy project, yes - but utterly impractical.
If by "getting a discount" you mean "sue the pants off them after the fact", the answer may be "yes". This is now a (first-)world-wide phenomenon best described as "I'm only responsible for my actions when I feel like it, otherwise I'll use {the devil|my genes|the society|the Internet|the weather} as a defense." Unfortunately, it works, thus affirming the meme.
From what I've seen so far, this is just the old "half a ton of crap" trick:
-Microsoft: We'll force-feed you a ton of crap!
-Windows users: WTF, you *&*(&*s!
-Microsoft: In our infinite goodness, we decided to only force-feed you half a ton of crap!
-Windows users: Not a full ton of crap! Yaaay, go Microsoft!
Personally I have a major problem with a legal system that can deprive me of my liberty without the consent of the community. One more reason to be happy I was born in the United States I suppose
Just until the day some bureaucrat decides you kinda look funny and off to Gitmo^H^H^H^H^HBagram you go. Do not pass court, do not collect lawyer.
Sorry to break this to you, but the Bill of Rights ain't what it used to be.
I think "feasible" is the word you're looking for. After all, you could get 200 CDs pressed, then throw 199 of them away, no? It will surely be the most *expensive* CD you can get (both in terms of money and waste), but it can be done.
Let's see what the page lists: a bajillion bells, whistles, and gongs; some updated drivers and a few performance tweaks; also, a new boatload of DRM. That's no moon, that's a service pack!
In other news: in Windows 7, "the Windows Security Center has been renamed the Windows Action Center". Innovation at its finest! (To be fair, "a new font, 'Gabriola', is included." Now THAT's something.)
Indeed, Microsoft is improving...its image.
"Oh, sure, we sold you this alpha version of Windows 7 (codename Vista) a few years ago, but trust us, the real thing is much better. You need to buy that one, too."
To quote you: "There have been THREE major air crashes last year." (worldwide) There were certainly more than three major car crashes last year, last 24 HOURS even. Less fatalities per accident, perhaps, but there are MANY more fatalities per year in car accidents than in aircraft accidents.
At that time it was stated that any link that performs an action, such as delete, should be a post(...) [clears his throat]
And the RFC 2616 opened its mouth and said:
In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and
HEAD methods SHOULD NOT have the significance of taking an action
other than retrieval. These methods ought to be considered "safe".
This allows user agents to represent other methods, such as POST, PUT
and DELETE, in a special way, so that the user is made aware of the
fact that a possibly unsafe action is being requested.
Such is, indeed, the present-day political correctness. "I'm not a jerk! I simply have a medical condition that makes me act like a jerk, you insensitive clod!"
See also: "The Devil made me do it!"
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Ah, I see what you were saying; that makes sense now. Thank you for the clarification.
DELETE FROM yourtable;
Care to explain how replication is a backup for that? IIRC, it will faithfully replicate the delete on the slaves. Repeat after me: replication...is...not...backup.
What happens when a bad update or a hardware failure renders the service (for which you have the account) inaccessible? What happens when electricity stops existing? What happens when the Martian lizard baby eaters who were behind the JFK assasination fake their moon landing in 2012? What happens when the sky falls on your head? In other words, problems can be solved by parts; trying to solve them in a all-or-nothing way as a single large interconnected hairy mother-of-all-problems blob only leads to hair loss.
Ok, I see "encryption" in the summary now - given that it was broken, stored passwords == plaintext passwords + 10 minutes of CPU time. Why does every dumb site need to store the damn passwords? It's not like they have to re-invent hashing, is it?
Exposing the password list implies that the passwords were actually stored, in plaintext. Wtf, what year do people think it is, 1241? Plaintext passwords == passwords stolen from you sooner or later. One would have thought that after all this time - and it's been a long time - they would have learned by now.
[citation needed] - outside of Hollywood, the idea of actual physical feedback is doing quite well. I for one like to *feel* where one button ends and another starts, thankyouverymuch - something that touchless interface can't give you, per definition (oh, but then we can build touch feedback to the touchless interface! And something to rest your hands on! And we'll be back full circle where we started, but much more *high-tech*, yaaay.).
3. Profit!!!
Which it, incidentally, also fails to do: from TFA, testers tend to use the surface as two separate screens, which sort of makes the hassle with curved surface quite pointless; and don't get me started on the horrible UX of large, upright touchscreens.
...and they want their gorilla hand syndrome back. As the makers themselves admit, completely lacking any ergonomy ("users tended to separate the vertical and horizontal planes and avoid using the curve as much as possible."). Working with your hand(s) above heart level is tiresome, for reasons entirely physiological - there's plenty of research for that, but we geeks just tend to dismiss it as NIH and assume "we know better", don't we? It's a very cool toy project, yes - but utterly impractical.
Coming soon, to a website near you!
Here. I'll offer the simplest advice you can get: Stop clicking on stupid shit.
Eh. From what I see, most people are on FB precisely because of it - people seem to like clicking on stupid shit.
If by "getting a discount" you mean "sue the pants off them after the fact", the answer may be "yes". This is now a (first-)world-wide phenomenon best described as "I'm only responsible for my actions when I feel like it, otherwise I'll use {the devil|my genes|the society|the Internet|the weather} as a defense." Unfortunately, it works, thus affirming the meme.
Eh, it's Europe, they tend to give light sentences over there.
Eh, it depends on the country, and eh, not really. This looks more like a variation on the "me-not-responsible-devil-made-me-do-it" theme.
Much like "flammable" and "inflammable", "pressed" and "depressed" are synonymous in this context.
-Microsoft: We'll force-feed you a ton of crap!
-Windows users: WTF, you *&*(&*s!
-Microsoft: In our infinite goodness, we decided to only force-feed you half a ton of crap!
-Windows users: Not a full ton of crap! Yaaay, go Microsoft!
Windows 7: Sucks Less Than Vista (TM)
Just until the day some bureaucrat decides you kinda look funny and off to Gitmo^H^H^H^H^HBagram you go. Do not pass court, do not collect lawyer.
Sorry to break this to you, but the Bill of Rights ain't what it used to be.
This is indeed the road to Tycho.
I think "feasible" is the word you're looking for. After all, you could get 200 CDs pressed, then throw 199 of them away, no? It will surely be the most *expensive* CD you can get (both in terms of money and waste), but it can be done.
Let's see what the page lists: a bajillion bells, whistles, and gongs; some updated drivers and a few performance tweaks; also, a new boatload of DRM. That's no moon, that's a service pack!
In other news: in Windows 7, "the Windows Security Center has been renamed the Windows Action Center". Innovation at its finest! (To be fair, "a new font, 'Gabriola', is included." Now THAT's something.)
Genuinely impressed as in "this is good software on its own merits", or in "wow, this sucks less than Vista, wonderful"?
Indeed, Microsoft is improving...its image. "Oh, sure, we sold you this alpha version of Windows 7 (codename Vista) a few years ago, but trust us, the real thing is much better. You need to buy that one, too."
Alot of this will be moot point when majority of the cars can drive themselves according to best possible route.
The technology is getting there so maybe we'll see this happen in 10 years from now.
Meanwhile, we just have to put up with the morons on the road.
The 1980s called. They want their comment back.
To quote you: "There have been THREE major air crashes last year." (worldwide) There were certainly more than three major car crashes last year, last 24 HOURS even. Less fatalities per accident, perhaps, but there are MANY more fatalities per year in car accidents than in aircraft accidents.
And the RFC 2616 opened its mouth and said: It must be true, the fRFC confirms it!
Such is, indeed, the present-day political correctness. "I'm not a jerk! I simply have a medical condition that makes me act like a jerk, you insensitive clod!" See also: "The Devil made me do it!"