That's far from being the biggest issue. The tough part is tuning the system so that it offers real protection, but at the same time does not get in the way of the authorized user of the computer.
If I understood the article correctly, you would need to generate mouse input that resembles the patterns of the real user, to keep the machine usable.
Then you would get a screen which requires some additional authentication to solve the situation, and after that disable the mouse protection for a while (so that your hands can warm up).
Whether you like it or not we are going to continue moving towards browsers being merely dynamic front ends for applications and that simply requires client side code. Period.
The only other option is a metric butt-ton of RDP connections so that users can enjoy an application remotely and that is ridiculously impractical.
I just wish there was a better way to deliver remote UIs than AJAX (or "metric butt-ton of RDP connections"). It's a crude and slow hack (although a practical one) to use HTML for dynamic content. Even server side scripts are bit of a bubble gum or an afterthought at least.
There should be a dedicated protocol to deliver UI elements. Maybe there some day will be when this all just gets too messy.
Maybe the power consumption problem could somehow be worked out by starting and stopping disks based on idle timeouts? I don't know how well that kind of setup would play with a RAID configuration, but perhaps there's some other method too.
I still kinda like the concept of keeping old hardware running for ecological reasons (making new stuff takes a lot of power and resources). And it would be interesting to find some kind of solution for this case even though it's gonna be somewhat hacky. My two cents is to consider putting all the IDE disks behind IDE->SATA converters to make the whole setup SATA-only, to streamline it a bit.
It is only offensive to those who feel a deep seated need to be offended.
Unfortunately there are a lot of people who just can not spend a whole day without being "Deeply Offended" by something.
While you are correct, it would just be a practical thing for OSS projects to have professional names to help promoting them a bit easier.
Opera makes a fine browser choice. They are not constantly trying to fix something that's not broken, and updates are released more infrequently. Plus it comes with things like tabs-on-left and plugin blocker out of the box.
Well, you could also say that excessive diversity is one of the major problems why desktop Linux is not as mighty as it could be.
Where's the diversity? Isn't it just RPM/redhat without Gnome available to install (in other words, KDE default?). Its not like FF 5.0.1 on Mandriva is going to be any different than FF 5.0.1 on my debian desktops, or libreoffice, or bash, or ssh...
That further proves my point. If there's no significant difference, why maintain another distro? That's what makes the diversity "excessive".
A price point around $100 would be reasonable, and would make the NUC an ideal HTPC or learning/educational PC.
Guess what? Pretty much any cheap computer picked from eBay makes for a great learning/educational PC! What Intel is creating here is a full high-performance general-use computer, not some simple board for embedded projects. A way better comparison could be found from the Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX form factors, which for some reason never really took off (not many products). If you can educate me, why is that, I'd be appreciated. Maybe Mini-ITX was "small enough"?
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Windows 7 Professional already burns iso images. Home / Home Premium, etc. do not.
All versions of Windows 7 can burn ISO images.
If you can sneak into someone's office and use their computer at all, then detecting people by mouse movements is the least of your worries
Your staff leaving their computer unlocked, their door unlocked, and their office unattended, and no-one noticing are much worse security issues ...
Sure, but this mouse thingy might still be an useful extra security feature after those basic things are taken care of.
Changing mice is the biggest issue, i think.
That's far from being the biggest issue. The tough part is tuning the system so that it offers real protection, but at the same time does not get in the way of the authorized user of the computer.
If I understood the article correctly, you would need to generate mouse input that resembles the patterns of the real user, to keep the machine usable.
It might be also possible to track individual persons in some first person multiplayer game.
Then you would get a screen which requires some additional authentication to solve the situation, and after that disable the mouse protection for a while (so that your hands can warm up).
If you sneak into someone's office, how are you going to start such automation that replicates the behavior of the owner of the machine?
You are right about that, but it's still more important to have a unified platform.
Whether you like it or not we are going to continue moving towards browsers being merely dynamic front ends for applications and that simply requires client side code. Period.
The only other option is a metric butt-ton of RDP connections so that users can enjoy an application remotely and that is ridiculously impractical.
I just wish there was a better way to deliver remote UIs than AJAX (or "metric butt-ton of RDP connections"). It's a crude and slow hack (although a practical one) to use HTML for dynamic content. Even server side scripts are bit of a bubble gum or an afterthought at least.
There should be a dedicated protocol to deliver UI elements. Maybe there some day will be when this all just gets too messy.
Maybe the power consumption problem could somehow be worked out by starting and stopping disks based on idle timeouts? I don't know how well that kind of setup would play with a RAID configuration, but perhaps there's some other method too.
I still kinda like the concept of keeping old hardware running for ecological reasons (making new stuff takes a lot of power and resources). And it would be interesting to find some kind of solution for this case even though it's gonna be somewhat hacky. My two cents is to consider putting all the IDE disks behind IDE->SATA converters to make the whole setup SATA-only, to streamline it a bit.
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It is only offensive to those who feel a deep seated need to be offended. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who just can not spend a whole day without being "Deeply Offended" by something.
While you are correct, it would just be a practical thing for OSS projects to have professional names to help promoting them a bit easier.
Your comment does not make sense.
Opera makes a fine browser choice. They are not constantly trying to fix something that's not broken, and updates are released more infrequently. Plus it comes with things like tabs-on-left and plugin blocker out of the box.
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Where can I read such reports?
Yes. I was going to make the same joke. ;)
That would be totally awesome. :) I myself have many times dreamed of the One Must Fall 2097 battles to be reality.
Well, you could also say that excessive diversity is one of the major problems why desktop Linux is not as mighty as it could be.
Where's the diversity? Isn't it just RPM/redhat without Gnome available to install (in other words, KDE default?). Its not like FF 5.0.1 on Mandriva is going to be any different than FF 5.0.1 on my debian desktops, or libreoffice, or bash, or ssh...
That further proves my point. If there's no significant difference, why maintain another distro? That's what makes the diversity "excessive".
Well, you could also say that excessive diversity is one of the major problems why desktop Linux is not as mighty as it could be.
The parent had three of letter 'o' there, so you're missing one.
First of all, from the summary:
A price point around $100 would be reasonable, and would make the NUC an ideal HTPC or learning/educational PC.
Guess what? Pretty much any cheap computer picked from eBay makes for a great learning/educational PC! What Intel is creating here is a full high-performance general-use computer, not some simple board for embedded projects. A way better comparison could be found from the Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX form factors, which for some reason never really took off (not many products). If you can educate me, why is that, I'd be appreciated. Maybe Mini-ITX was "small enough"?
The main article might also be useful.
But you ignore the fact that the userland of MacOSX is largely Debian-based.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if Ubuntu gets yet another new UI in a couple of years.
Ahh, so I'm not alone! Yes, the overall slowness is my main gripe regarding Unity.