Have you ever built a robot and tried to get it do anything? It's enough to make you want to go into software development! I have no fear of them taking over the world, I can't even get them to walk across the room.
I'm not using mplayerplug-in I don't like embedded movies much. Browser is firefox. Distro is FC3. Additionally, my network was having problems and the first sign of it, was that I couldn't connect to the direct link...I downloaded it just fine, and very quickly to a computer at school. Now I just have to go to school so I can watch it.:P
But I'm still annoyed that it takes so much work to track down a real URL to an embedded movie. And that was my main point. It shouldn't be so difficult. In a perfect world it would be easy to get my web browser to tell me what the direct link is. Obviously, this isn't always possible since you can have redirects directly in.mov files and so forth. However, it should me much easier than learning javascript by reverse engineering web pages.
Perhaps I should go put in a feature request at Firefox. Of course, all the die hards will tell me to implement it myself.:) That is after all what F/OSS is all about.
We're sorry, this feature is not yet available for Macintosh.
You'd think they could figure out it's a linux box not a mac. I guess they just assume since it's not windows it must be a mac.
I'm also sick and tired of browsing through javascript trying to figure out exactly what the link to the actual file is that doesn't plugin correctly. Mplayer deals with the file fine, but the page won't tell me what the URL of the stream is.
I have a laptop, and it took me a bit to realize that the integrated modem was getting detected as a sound card and my real sound card was turned off. Maybe it was just linux having a bad day; but, I know it wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have the modem. However, who wants a laptop without a modem, just in case? Desktops are a little different, but the general argument still holds.
They have advanced secret sharing algorithms for that sort of thing. Something like k out of n people have to agree to sign it. I kind of doubt it'll play nicely with PGP though. Something really should be done about making such schemes more available.
Does anyone else think PGP only supports outdated techniques?
can generate 100 quantum 'keys' every second, fast enough to protect every frame in a video exchange.
Hmmm...I was under the impression that I could encrypt however much data I wanted with a single key. There are even schemes which make this rather secure, like say the AES standard.
I'm guessing this is mainly marketed to the clueless that don't understand cryptology.
If you have access to my cell phone provider's database you can track where I am right now!
Sure, I can leave my cell phone at home, but chances are if you know where my cell phone is you know where I am. And the cell phone needs a tower to function, so I obviously want it to track me.
How's that for invasion of privacy? What if I was required to have the cell phone for some reason. Say, because of my job?
Of course attendence will have been RSVP only. Otherwise there would not have been enough pizza for everyone who is coming. Everyone knows that that convention was famous for the pizza it will serve.
I'll bet with this feature you can make even better popup ads which are part of the actual page (not a new window). I love javascript too. Why can't people just settle for plain text? I want to read things not have eye candy assail me.
ok...so my real question is, why in the world is this guy running microsoft products? Not to say, microsoft isn't secure, I would be asking the same question if the article implied he was using linux.
If I was that paranoid nothing but a locked down openBSD machine behind the nastiest firewall imaginable would be good enough for me.
It's going to hell in a handbasket but not because of the reasons you described. Sex on TV isn't near as bad as some of the other crap that gets put on there. I'd rather be forced to watch porn than assaulted with the groupthink propaganda this god forsaken country spawns.
For the record, kids have never had morals. I know that's what everyone told me when I was growing up, and It's what my great grandfather told my grandfather when he was a kid.
I don't understand how you can spread FUD for 250$ a pop. Perhaps just with the headline? I guess people don't usually read the article anyway, right?:)
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I'm laughing because they were so bad...
What were they supposed to mean anyway?!
Have you ever built a robot and tried to get it do anything? It's enough to make you want to go into software development! I have no fear of them taking over the world, I can't even get them to walk across the room.
I love features!
Anyone want a more minimalistic system? Say, one that doesn't do things behind your back?
I'm not using mplayerplug-in I don't like embedded movies much. Browser is firefox. Distro is FC3. Additionally, my network was having problems and the first sign of it, was that I couldn't connect to the direct link...I downloaded it just fine, and very quickly to a computer at school. Now I just have to go to school so I can watch it. :P
.mov files and so forth. However, it should me much easier than learning javascript by reverse engineering web pages.
:) That is after all what F/OSS is all about.
But I'm still annoyed that it takes so much work to track down a real URL to an embedded movie. And that was my main point. It shouldn't be so difficult. In a perfect world it would be easy to get my web browser to tell me what the direct link is. Obviously, this isn't always possible since you can have redirects directly in
Perhaps I should go put in a feature request at Firefox. Of course, all the die hards will tell me to implement it myself.
We're sorry, this feature is not yet available for Macintosh.
You'd think they could figure out it's a linux box not a mac. I guess they just assume since it's not windows it must be a mac.
I'm also sick and tired of browsing through javascript trying to figure out exactly what the link to the actual file is that doesn't plugin correctly. Mplayer deals with the file fine, but the page won't tell me what the URL of the stream is.
Anyone have a torrent up?
I can see both arguments.
I have a laptop, and it took me a bit to realize that the integrated modem was getting detected as a sound card and my real sound card was turned off. Maybe it was just linux having a bad day; but, I know it wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have the modem. However, who wants a laptop without a modem, just in case? Desktops are a little different, but the general argument still holds.
So? less is less, or more is less?
From Exibit A:
Log on as scoid
For some reason I find that funny.
The instructions are hilarious.
why do you use the word emulator?
Wine implements the windows API. Linux implements the POSIX API.
API's aren't emulated, they are implemented.
From Wine's web site: Myths
As Wine's name says: "Wine Is Not an Emulator":
They have advanced secret sharing algorithms for that sort of thing. Something like k out of n people have to agree to sign it. I kind of doubt it'll play nicely with PGP though. Something really should be done about making such schemes more available.
Does anyone else think PGP only supports outdated techniques?
jezzball?
can generate 100 quantum 'keys' every second, fast enough to protect every frame in a video exchange.
Hmmm...I was under the impression that I could encrypt however much data I wanted with a single key. There are even schemes which make this rather secure, like say the AES standard.
I'm guessing this is mainly marketed to the clueless that don't understand cryptology.
Quantum security devices are pretty cool though.
If you have access to my cell phone provider's database you can track where I am right now!
Sure, I can leave my cell phone at home, but chances are if you know where my cell phone is you know where I am.
And the cell phone needs a tower to function, so I obviously want it to track me.
How's that for invasion of privacy? What if I was required to have the cell phone for some reason. Say, because of my job?
Of course attendence will have been RSVP only. Otherwise there would not have been enough pizza for everyone who is coming. Everyone knows that that convention was famous for the pizza it will serve.
Bah, we don't bargain with terrorists. :P
Especially with ones that think they're superheros.
(if you can't figure out the last part you need to learn ascii)
I'll bet with this feature you can make even better popup ads which are part of the actual page (not a new window). I love javascript too. Why can't people just settle for plain text? I want to read things not have eye candy assail me.
Wow, that's dumb.
No wonder we couldn't plant a nuke in Iraq and then "discover" it. We can't even encrypt classified information!
I'm being anal but a googolplex is a lot bigger than that.
10^(10^100)
which is a 1 followed by a googol zeros
Googolplex
Now if only we could come up with a lame name for a very large number easily expressible in binary.
ok...so my real question is, why in the world is this guy running microsoft products? Not to say, microsoft isn't secure, I would be asking the same question if the article implied he was using linux.
If I was that paranoid nothing but a locked down openBSD machine behind the nastiest firewall imaginable would be good enough for me.
Haven't you heard of the ancient art of Trusted Computing?
:P
newbs....
It's going to hell in a handbasket but not because of the reasons you described.
Sex on TV isn't near as bad as some of the other crap that gets put on there.
I'd rather be forced to watch porn than assaulted with the groupthink propaganda this god forsaken country spawns.
Don't think, believe.
Don't think, buy.
Don't think, kill.
For the record, kids have never had morals.
I know that's what everyone told me when I was growing up, and It's what my great grandfather told my grandfather when he was a kid.
Who said Denial of Service attacks are caused by malicious or malfunctioning computers?
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just post it on
So after getting stuck in litigation for 3 more years they'll still be able to extort money from everyone!
Did the Volt turned into a unit of power while I was sleeping? And I thought I did well in physics.
I don't understand how you can spread FUD for 250$ a pop. Perhaps just with the headline? I guess people don't usually read the article anyway, right? :)