Yea, I saw that post. Just because its modded insightful doesn't mean that I agree with what it was saying.
If removing a "slipped in" extension requires more than clicking on the Uninstall button in add-ons, it shouldn't be there to begin with. Not to mention there isn't an option to opt-out of the installation. That post claims "it's always been there, and only noticeable in Firefox 3" doesn't help the "we weren't trying to slip one by you" argument that you seem to be making, since FF2 has it completely invisible (if that post is true). And claiming that it was announced in the patch notes is a stretch claiming that it was announced. If something is coming through as an update to an application, I should have to hunt down its release notes online to ensure it isn't going to add some "bonus things" onto other applications.
Since we keep seeing these type of extensions appear, I wish FF would add something on startup that says "Hey, we noticed this new system-level extension that wasn't here when we quit last time installed itself. You want to install it or reject it?"
I'm not defending Microsoft, and I'm on the side that thinks both actions were NOT right (and very irritating because I'm tired of removing these extensions every time I get a critical Java update or.Net SP). It was more of a commentary about repeatedly bashing MS while turning a blind eye to other offenders who are just as bad.
Yea, but we've seen this MS story about this a few times. Where's the huge repeated outrage about the Sun extension that essentially pulled the same BS? There's even a portion of comments in that article defending Sun's decision to do it. Repeatedly visiting this one comes off as the usual MS bashing, like the GP pointed out.
By making a platform exclusive, you don't have to use time and resources to port it to another platform. You also can use that time to really tweak your stuff and optimize it for the strengths of the designated console. Going multi-platform forces you to build to the lowest common denominator. Plus it adds some identity to the consoles themselves, which would be good for the console brands. But from a publisher's standpoint, there's no good reason to do exclusive games since it cuts out a portion of the market share.
I'm a nerd, and have been since I was a teen. I also played sports during my high school years and beyond. I still enjoy watching sports (well.. up until yesterday when the season ended for my team), and I still enjoy watching anime and reading comics. It's possible to be involved in sports (as a fan or participant) as well as have an interest in nerdly delights. Perhaps some balance would be a good thing to have instead of a drastic pull to one extreme or the other.
It depends if there's a clause on unlawful activity in the tenant's contract. If there's a law in the books about this, it's pretty cut and dry.
Of course, we could all argue until we're blue in the face about the moral issues with it, and whether or not piracy should be considered against the law, but that wasn't what you were asking.
Older tattoos generally used a metallic ink. That's why they ask about tattoos if you every are going to receive an MRI. I think there was even a Mythbusters about this. How easy it is to come by the metallic ink today is anyone's guess (given the luminescent ink I've seen available, I don't imagine it'd be too difficult).
It looks like its results are case sensitive, but the redirects don't know that.
Did a search for 'hockey' and got some general information (as expected).
Tried a new search for 'ice hockey' which attempted to redirected to 'Hockey' which apparently isn't a doesn't exist (the capital 'H' throws it off).
Then it asked for my e-mail address for some reason...
If people don't want fuel-efficient cars, why do I see so many Minis and Smart FourTwos on the road?
Because you live in a different area than I do. In my somewhat densely populated suburb, I've never seen a Smart anything on the road, and I see maybe one mini a week. Just because you live around some more fuel conscious individuals, doesn't mean the entire country has the same mindset.
Everything is a hard drive unless your using the XBox 360. Microsoft confuses things for users even further by referring to the external hard drive as "Memory." I started correcting a friend when they said "Oh, my xbox is running low on memory, have to delete some stuff to download this movie." Then I watched them go through the interface and access "Memory" to do file management on the hard drive.
Some area are even farther ahead than your drive-by method, and use a phone service to simply dials into the meter and gets readings. No humans needed.
Ah, Prey. Almost as vaporware as DNF was until I actually saw it come out. FYI, Prey was "in development" for 11 years. So this really poor management thing seems to be a recurring problem with 3D Realms.
Given the amount of "leaked" footage we've been seeing the past week or so, I'd say that there's at least something there. 2 years ago, I'd be right with you that there was never actually any DNF game, but not so much recently.
Don't always assume the judge will, in fact, look at the evidence and arguments. In their eyes, it doesn't look good to overturn a DUI conviction. Period.
Had a buddy of mine leave a night club and he got pulled over for supposedly making an illegal left turn. Blew over the state's.07 and got arrested per the usual.
However, the judge didn't care that there was no reason to be pulled over (with photos of the left-turn sign) since the cop explicitly said it wasn't due to erratic driving, *only* the 'illegal' left turn. Examples must be made. DUI upheld.
Hell, even I got pulled over once for simply driving at 2am, but my breathalyzer revealed a stunning 0.00% BAC. After chatting with the cop for a bit, turns out they were just looking for easy DUI targets, and I happened to be driving on the same road as them.
Let me slightly remove my foot from my mouth: the bill does seem to explicitly imply "Fat" stuff. So in that regard, yea, you're right. However, I don't see it taking alot of imagination to change 'fat' to 'unhealthy.'
You sound malnourished and you blame it on gaming. You're actually supporting one of their "unhealthy" claims for this bill.
Gaming doesn't always result in obesity... I read a study once that attempted to state gaming addiction is similar to other unhealthy addictions. Some of the effects were not doing what would be considered living a "normal, healthy lifestyle," such as not sleeping, not having physical contact with peers, not eating, etc.
I disagreed with the study in general (being a healthy 185lb 6'1" gamer with an active social life, and I know plenty of gamers like me). However, I'm sure that there are a small set of people out there with obsessive personalities that are addicted to games like they claimed.
Art Bell rarely does C2C anymore. Perhaps you should give George Noory a call.
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Fallout 3 suffered some pretty bad DRM faults as well:
SecuROM found process explorer, refused to launch
SecuROM didn't like certain brands of DVD-R/RW drives, refused to launch
SecuROM found debugging applications, refused to launch
SecuROM found burning software, refused to launch
SecuROM installed shell extensions and hooks
All this from a supposed "disk check." Luckily, they packaged SecuROM in the launcher, not the executable itself, so you can bypass the DRM by simply running Fallout3.exe instead. On the bright side, at least it wasn't the version that requires internet connection and server authentication to play the game...
I'd be surprised if actually pointing a gun at someone without provocation wouldn't be grounds for termination...
Termination? It's assault with a deadly weapon, that's jail time. The first thing the GP should've done as soon as 'Dirty Harry' was pacified was immediately call 911.
And in situations where the network is not connected to the Internet, going wireless opens an entire new set of attacks. Now, instead of requiring physical access to the network, anyone "just passing by" can start poking at your network trying to gain access. I find it difficult to believe that people are more willing to break in to connect to your network that attempt to jump on from the coffee shop next door.
While encryption is a good layer of security, physical access restrictions shouldn't be thrown completely out the window. Wifi's fundamental insecurity comes from anyone within radio range being able to attack your network. It essentially puts your whole network into the DMZ.
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Yea, I saw that post. Just because its modded insightful doesn't mean that I agree with what it was saying.
If removing a "slipped in" extension requires more than clicking on the Uninstall button in add-ons, it shouldn't be there to begin with. Not to mention there isn't an option to opt-out of the installation. That post claims "it's always been there, and only noticeable in Firefox 3" doesn't help the "we weren't trying to slip one by you" argument that you seem to be making, since FF2 has it completely invisible (if that post is true). And claiming that it was announced in the patch notes is a stretch claiming that it was announced. If something is coming through as an update to an application, I should have to hunt down its release notes online to ensure it isn't going to add some "bonus things" onto other applications.
Since we keep seeing these type of extensions appear, I wish FF would add something on startup that says "Hey, we noticed this new system-level extension that wasn't here when we quit last time installed itself. You want to install it or reject it?"
I'm not defending Microsoft, and I'm on the side that thinks both actions were NOT right (and very irritating because I'm tired of removing these extensions every time I get a critical Java update or .Net SP). It was more of a commentary about repeatedly bashing MS while turning a blind eye to other offenders who are just as bad.
Yea, but we've seen this MS story about this a few times. Where's the huge repeated outrage about the Sun extension that essentially pulled the same BS? There's even a portion of comments in that article defending Sun's decision to do it. Repeatedly visiting this one comes off as the usual MS bashing, like the GP pointed out.
By making a platform exclusive, you don't have to use time and resources to port it to another platform. You also can use that time to really tweak your stuff and optimize it for the strengths of the designated console. Going multi-platform forces you to build to the lowest common denominator. Plus it adds some identity to the consoles themselves, which would be good for the console brands. But from a publisher's standpoint, there's no good reason to do exclusive games since it cuts out a portion of the market share.
You're just as bad as the people you're mocking.
I'm a nerd, and have been since I was a teen. I also played sports during my high school years and beyond. I still enjoy watching sports (well.. up until yesterday when the season ended for my team), and I still enjoy watching anime and reading comics. It's possible to be involved in sports (as a fan or participant) as well as have an interest in nerdly delights. Perhaps some balance would be a good thing to have instead of a drastic pull to one extreme or the other.
It depends if there's a clause on unlawful activity in the tenant's contract.
If there's a law in the books about this, it's pretty cut and dry.
Of course, we could all argue until we're blue in the face about the moral issues with it, and whether or not piracy should be considered against the law, but that wasn't what you were asking.
You know chink has other definitions, right? For example: "This flaw puts a chink in the armor of SSH."
Older tattoos generally used a metallic ink. That's why they ask about tattoos if you every are going to receive an MRI. I think there was even a Mythbusters about this. How easy it is to come by the metallic ink today is anyone's guess (given the luminescent ink I've seen available, I don't imagine it'd be too difficult).
A tin-foil jockstrap, on the other hand...
This all seems like an elaborate ploy to just have people tell you "Sir, please remove your pants" every time you go to the airport...
It looks like its results are case sensitive, but the redirects don't know that.
Did a search for 'hockey' and got some general information (as expected). Tried a new search for 'ice hockey' which attempted to redirected to 'Hockey' which apparently isn't a doesn't exist (the capital 'H' throws it off).
Then it asked for my e-mail address for some reason...
If people don't want fuel-efficient cars, why do I see so many Minis and Smart FourTwos on the road?
Because you live in a different area than I do. In my somewhat densely populated suburb, I've never seen a Smart anything on the road, and I see maybe one mini a week. Just because you live around some more fuel conscious individuals, doesn't mean the entire country has the same mindset.
Everything is a hard drive unless your using the XBox 360. Microsoft confuses things for users even further by referring to the external hard drive as "Memory." I started correcting a friend when they said "Oh, my xbox is running low on memory, have to delete some stuff to download this movie." Then I watched them go through the interface and access "Memory" to do file management on the hard drive.
Some area are even farther ahead than your drive-by method, and use a phone service to simply dials into the meter and gets readings. No humans needed.
Ah, Prey. Almost as vaporware as DNF was until I actually saw it come out. FYI, Prey was "in development" for 11 years. So this really poor management thing seems to be a recurring problem with 3D Realms.
Given the amount of "leaked" footage we've been seeing the past week or so, I'd say that there's at least something there. 2 years ago, I'd be right with you that there was never actually any DNF game, but not so much recently.
I know, seriously. It's missing the mandatory
if(driver.type == POLITICIAN){
printf("Look Other Way");
}
Don't always assume the judge will, in fact, look at the evidence and arguments. In their eyes, it doesn't look good to overturn a DUI conviction. Period.
.07 and got arrested per the usual.
Had a buddy of mine leave a night club and he got pulled over for supposedly making an illegal left turn. Blew over the state's
However, the judge didn't care that there was no reason to be pulled over (with photos of the left-turn sign) since the cop explicitly said it wasn't due to erratic driving, *only* the 'illegal' left turn. Examples must be made. DUI upheld.
Hell, even I got pulled over once for simply driving at 2am, but my breathalyzer revealed a stunning 0.00% BAC. After chatting with the cop for a bit, turns out they were just looking for easy DUI targets, and I happened to be driving on the same road as them.
Let me slightly remove my foot from my mouth: the bill does seem to explicitly imply "Fat" stuff. So in that regard, yea, you're right. However, I don't see it taking alot of imagination to change 'fat' to 'unhealthy.'
You sound malnourished and you blame it on gaming. You're actually supporting one of their "unhealthy" claims for this bill.
Gaming doesn't always result in obesity... I read a study once that attempted to state gaming addiction is similar to other unhealthy addictions. Some of the effects were not doing what would be considered living a "normal, healthy lifestyle," such as not sleeping, not having physical contact with peers, not eating, etc.
I disagreed with the study in general (being a healthy 185lb 6'1" gamer with an active social life, and I know plenty of gamers like me). However, I'm sure that there are a small set of people out there with obsessive personalities that are addicted to games like they claimed.
What? It's not like we've ever accidentally created killer bees by releasing insects into a foreign ecosystem or anything.
....Uh oh
Right? Right?!
Art Bell rarely does C2C anymore. Perhaps you should give George Noory a call.
Fallout 3 suffered some pretty bad DRM faults as well:
SecuROM found process explorer, refused to launch
SecuROM didn't like certain brands of DVD-R/RW drives, refused to launch
SecuROM found debugging applications, refused to launch
SecuROM found burning software, refused to launch
SecuROM installed shell extensions and hooks
All this from a supposed "disk check." Luckily, they packaged SecuROM in the launcher, not the executable itself, so you can bypass the DRM by simply running Fallout3.exe instead. On the bright side, at least it wasn't the version that requires internet connection and server authentication to play the game...
I'd be surprised if actually pointing a gun at someone without provocation wouldn't be grounds for termination...
Termination? It's assault with a deadly weapon, that's jail time. The first thing the GP should've done as soon as 'Dirty Harry' was pacified was immediately call 911.
He usually sticks around articles about things ending in 'AA' (RIAA, MPAA, etc).
Perhaps if we change the title to "NY Court Says Police Can't Track Suspect with GPSAA" he'll swing by.
And in situations where the network is not connected to the Internet, going wireless opens an entire new set of attacks. Now, instead of requiring physical access to the network, anyone "just passing by" can start poking at your network trying to gain access. I find it difficult to believe that people are more willing to break in to connect to your network that attempt to jump on from the coffee shop next door.
While encryption is a good layer of security, physical access restrictions shouldn't be thrown completely out the window. Wifi's fundamental insecurity comes from anyone within radio range being able to attack your network. It essentially puts your whole network into the DMZ.