This is why Apple have placed themselves as the gatekeeper to installing software in iOS and Microsoft is heading that way with Windows 8. Want to install software? We get a cut. We also get to tell you what you can and can't install.
There was a low priced Linux laptop for sale around Christmas for $279 if I remember correctly. It sold out very quickly, although you could still pick up the version with Windows on it ($329, I believe) for quite some time. There's value in knowing that you're buying a pre-built machine whose components all have Linux support.
Isn't that version of Safari also crippled so that only certain types of files can be uploaded (video and photo)? It doesn't matter in this case, but it blocks some others.
The price of Apple's walled garden is that they get to define what is malware. (So far, things like apps to teach children how to program, games that are too 'political', porn, Android magazines, etc). I'll take my chances, thanks.
And with the abomination that is Windows 8, they picked the worst possible time to do it. I loved Gnome 2... it was damn close to perfect. I gave Unity a shot. It was slow, buggy, and generally deficient. I gave Gnome-shell a shot. I liked it to a degree, but found I needed lots of extra fiddling to make it work the way I wanted. Things frequently crashed. The developers said that they didn't think people should be installing extensions or even themes. With an attitude like that, I was obviously headed for an eventual incompatibility with Gnome. I use KDE now (although I like Xfce on my older machines as well).
You're right, I should be. At the moment, Google's competitors have been caught passing online reputation management firms to spread distrust Google, and as theory interest in an open internet align with mine at the moment, I'll generally defend them. Companies like Microsoft and Apple that create proprietary protocols and extensions and want to remove a person's control over their own hardware will be criticized. Sorry if I've accused you of being something you're not.
All that information can be abused already. So far, they seem to be behaving, and are fairly constant with security. Yeah, the potential for anise is extremely high, but many consider the benefit worth the risk.
Thanks for the tip, I didn't realize that they had this. That was always the weak point of that service, I thought. Two factor is pretty much required for a central repository
If it helps, their previous interest in security have resulted in things like the Google Authenticator, which is open, open-source, multi purpose and multi-platform. You can use it to log into your Google account or your Linux SSH session. More people should use it... I think it's more secure than what's being proposed here, although slightly more difficult to use (the usual trade-off).
You should always use 2 factor authentication, with biometrics and with what is being suggested here. You know, both something you can lose, and something you can forget.
So , "a device-based authentication protocol that is 'independent of Google, requires no special software to work — aside from a web browser that supports the login standard — and which prevents web sites from using this technology to track users" is evil? Are you guys being paid for the anti-Google FUD, or did they kill your dog?
Apple blocked this originally under iOS because people might develop applications with it. Last I checked I didn't see it there. Major dick move on their part.
Considering that JSTOR dropped the charges and they were threatening 30 years in prison, I'll politely disagree with you. Also, wasn't homosexuality actually illegal at the time in England?
I'm not equating them, I'm saying they're both heroes. Swartz was trying to stand up against what seems to be a copyright controlled government (the JSTOR issue, SOPA, etc). We could use a lot more people like him. I'm also saying that when you push a person past their limit bad things happen. It's not easy standing up for what you believe in surrounded by either apathy or abuse.
Yeah, there's a victim complex in the west. I don't think it applies in this case. Like Alan Turing, who also killed himself, the man was a hero who hit his limit for how much he could take. There's so much apathy towards so many issues these days I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Some of the Samsung tablets already do, and I'm quite surprised that more Android phones don't have them. It's an extremely handy thing in a tablet at least, where space isn't at quite such a premium.
The only thing they're missing is the monopoly part. They specialize in platform lock-in and anti-competitive behaviour. Look at their patent abuse. Look at iMessage, Facetime, and iBooks - all open protocols with proprietary extensions to lock them to Apple. Microsoft is killing themselves with Windows 8 to even approach the level of greed Apple has. The Metro interface MS store lock-in is a misguided attempt to copy them. Seriously, Apple just hasn't had enough time and market share. If people keep throwing money and free advertising at them, you'll see how Microsoft's behaviour was amateur at best.
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Poor passwords, other infected (non-repo) packages, exploits in services (like apache, etc) installed with too many permissions, etc.
This is why Apple have placed themselves as the gatekeeper to installing software in iOS and Microsoft is heading that way with Windows 8. Want to install software? We get a cut. We also get to tell you what you can and can't install.
There was a low priced Linux laptop for sale around Christmas for $279 if I remember correctly. It sold out very quickly, although you could still pick up the version with Windows on it ($329, I believe) for quite some time. There's value in knowing that you're buying a pre-built machine whose components all have Linux support.
I agree. I hate those damn idealists, always trying to make things better.
Isn't that version of Safari also crippled so that only certain types of files can be uploaded (video and photo)? It doesn't matter in this case, but it blocks some others.
The price of Apple's walled garden is that they get to define what is malware. (So far, things like apps to teach children how to program, games that are too 'political', porn, Android magazines, etc). I'll take my chances, thanks.
And with the abomination that is Windows 8, they picked the worst possible time to do it. I loved Gnome 2 ... it was damn close to perfect. I gave Unity a shot. It was slow, buggy, and generally deficient. I gave Gnome-shell a shot. I liked it to a degree, but found I needed lots of extra fiddling to make it work the way I wanted. Things frequently crashed. The developers said that they didn't think people should be installing extensions or even themes. With an attitude like that, I was obviously headed for an eventual incompatibility with Gnome. I use KDE now (although I like Xfce on my older machines as well).
If you used Unity you would understand that he very well have some intimate knowledge of the design process.
You're right, I should be. At the moment, Google's competitors have been caught passing online reputation management firms to spread distrust Google, and as theory interest in an open internet align with mine at the moment, I'll generally defend them. Companies like Microsoft and Apple that create proprietary protocols and extensions and want to remove a person's control over their own hardware will be criticized. Sorry if I've accused you of being something you're not.
All that information can be abused already. So far, they seem to be behaving, and are fairly constant with security. Yeah, the potential for anise is extremely high, but many consider the benefit worth the risk.
Thanks for the tip, I didn't realize that they had this. That was always the weak point of that service, I thought. Two factor is pretty much required for a central repository
If it helps, their previous interest in security have resulted in things like the Google Authenticator, which is open, open-source, multi purpose and multi-platform. You can use it to log into your Google account or your Linux SSH session. More people should use it ... I think it's more secure than what's being proposed here, although slightly more difficult to use (the usual trade-off).
You should always use 2 factor authentication, with biometrics and with what is being suggested here. You know, both something you can lose, and something you can forget.
So , "a device-based authentication protocol that is 'independent of Google, requires no special software to work — aside from a web browser that supports the login standard — and which prevents web sites from using this technology to track users" is evil? Are you guys being paid for the anti-Google FUD, or did they kill your dog?
With a proper legal system those should be the same.
Apple blocked this originally under iOS because people might develop applications with it. Last I checked I didn't see it there. Major dick move on their part.
Considering that JSTOR dropped the charges and they were threatening 30 years in prison, I'll politely disagree with you. Also, wasn't homosexuality actually illegal at the time in England?
It should also be noted that depression is considered a mental illness, not a lack of character. It's likely that he was unable to pay, not unwilling.
I'm not equating them, I'm saying they're both heroes. Swartz was trying to stand up against what seems to be a copyright controlled government (the JSTOR issue, SOPA, etc). We could use a lot more people like him. I'm also saying that when you push a person past their limit bad things happen. It's not easy standing up for what you believe in surrounded by either apathy or abuse.
it was known even publicly that he suffered from depression
That makes what happened worse, not better. The prosecutors should be ashamed of themselves.
Yeah, there's a victim complex in the west. I don't think it applies in this case. Like Alan Turing, who also killed himself, the man was a hero who hit his limit for how much he could take. There's so much apathy towards so many issues these days I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Also, will it make the higher resolution screens that are *finally* starting to come out that much more expensive?
Some of the Samsung tablets already do, and I'm quite surprised that more Android phones don't have them. It's an extremely handy thing in a tablet at least, where space isn't at quite such a premium.
The only thing they're missing is the monopoly part. They specialize in platform lock-in and anti-competitive behaviour. Look at their patent abuse. Look at iMessage, Facetime, and iBooks - all open protocols with proprietary extensions to lock them to Apple. Microsoft is killing themselves with Windows 8 to even approach the level of greed Apple has. The Metro interface MS store lock-in is a misguided attempt to copy them. Seriously, Apple just hasn't had enough time and market share. If people keep throwing money and free advertising at them, you'll see how Microsoft's behaviour was amateur at best.
Push-ups, sit-ups, plank, and jogging. There are also lots of stretching exercises that you can do during the day.