Are there really situations where every frame has to be received? I believe that for most use cases it is fine if you successfully just get one update every now and then.
That really should be mentioned in the Kickstarter page. I looked long and hard to find any information about them acquiring the rights to the Descent brand.
You will have to have over 10 years old computer before Windows 10 starts to show resource problems. The actual problem would probably be that Windows 10 will likely require some CPU instructions to be present that older CPUs do not feature.
But they don't seem to do what you say, I observed; they all have iPhones. 'I don't understand that either,' he said. 'If they don't realize that they need to defend their freedom, soon they won't have any.'
Some of the most powerful communication tools of current times are things like a smartphone and Facebook. RMS is correct about the privacy risks, and actually the situation is getting worse every day. But at the same time those are very practical tools and you lose a lot if you just throw them away. This is the dilemma.
That being said, at some point I expect there be a larger movement where some people will just find all the datamining and advertising too much to bear, and will stop using those services. IoT embedded devices will eventually bring more privacy-intruding trash into our lives. Operating systems and applications are also phoning home more and more often.
You long passwords and the biometrics all will sucumb to the $5 wrench attack, or the five year incarceration threat by government goon
A security feature does not have to be perfect to still provide value. If you think about it, almost all security features have some weaknesses or ways to bypass them.
Yes,.so are exact equivalents of.dll, but as all major distributions sign packages as whole, this attack can't be used.
The problem still remains that after the package has been installed, a file in it can just be replaced with a malicious version either on disk or in memory.
"I think that the fact that you took the time to install Firefox on your computer shows us something about you. It shows that you're someone who is an informed consumer," says Housman.
Or it says that you are an arrogant shithead who doesn't want to use the tools that the company provides.
Imagine if you were assigned a screwdriver to assemble an enclosure. You brought in your own screwdriver because "it has better handle". However it would have a Philips head instead of Pozidriv. Yeah, it would do the job, but the project actually uses Pozidriv screws. But hey, I'm so informed about what kind of handle gives a good grip.
So I'm inclined to ask, what's the Mac Minis secret to be so silent?
It's probably explained in some video with white background and soft piano music: "I saw my friend's PC. It was okay, but it wasn't exactly quiet. I asked myself, how could that be improved. I wanted it to be whisper quiet. I knew it was okay to ask more. And that's where the story of the new cooling system of Mac Mini begins. The iCool."
In practice: some buzzy 40 mm radial fan with the text "O.E.M." silkscreened onto it, accompanied with thick layer of the most crusty thermal compound found in the market.
But this does not justify having two kinds of apps, none of which run in both modes. Either it's a classic desktop app without multitouch/orientation switch support, or a metro app that can not open multiple windows (can it even be tiled with other apps these days?).
The Modern UI apps will run inside resizeable windows in the desktop mode. You are right though that Modern apps cannot open multiple windows.
While LEDs and CFLs are certainly more energy-efficient than incandescents, there are some side costs.
Crafting the integrated power supply takes a lot of materials: plastic or ceramic case, circuit board, electric components, solder, potting compound, heatsink, screws.
Some lamps have a crappy power factor, which introduces need for more reactive power compensation equipment in the electric grid.
A convenience store could house a selection of generic incandescents in 2-4 different wattages from 1-2 manufacturers in a relatively small space. There is much larger selection of LEDs and CFLs. The warehouse space needed to store all the various models has become significantly larger.
They'll jiggle their implementation enough until the machine boots windows, then they ship it.
It's more than that. You have to verify that all hardware is initialized correctly, you have to make sure that suspend and hibernation work 100%, that power management doesn't go haywire, and many more QA things.
However I suspect the BIOS ACPI implementation is not only tested under Windows but built for Windows and its quirks from the ground up. They don't only grab the Intel spec but they monitor how Windows behaves in different scenarios.
No offence, but NTP simple time protocol as it is is surely reliable enough that it doesn't need more maintenance (after IPv6). Don't fix what ain't broken.
Stable platforms do not survive well in the OSS world. The stack is constantly living, and the components need periodical adjustments to keep them in the wagon.
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What was your Windows 7 experience like?
I very much welcome any proprietary software on Linux that does the job better.
Then why not just run Windows as it does the job much better than the buggy and slow Linux desktop?
Heh! We can always go and see: Google Search: site:slashdot.org activex
Here's an ActiveX discussion in Slashdot from 10 years ago: Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience
Are there really situations where every frame has to be received? I believe that for most use cases it is fine if you successfully just get one update every now and then.
Isn't there a radio signal transmitted in most modern countries specifically FOR synchronising times without a hardline or remote purposes?
There is WWV in United States and DCF77 in Europe.
Nope.
That really should be mentioned in the Kickstarter page. I looked long and hard to find any information about them acquiring the rights to the Descent brand.
Interestingly kernel.org has blocked France, not for certificate reasons though, story here.
You will have to have over 10 years old computer before Windows 10 starts to show resource problems. The actual problem would probably be that Windows 10 will likely require some CPU instructions to be present that older CPUs do not feature.
In my testing C1D + GMA950 ran Windows 10 smoothly with all eye candy turned on.
Way nicer? Windows 7 has precisely the same search in the Start Menu!
What actually happens is that one is just forced to use the Start Screen's search because the Start Screen is otherwise an unusable mess.
But they don't seem to do what you say, I observed; they all have iPhones. 'I don't understand that either,' he said. 'If they don't realize that they need to defend their freedom, soon they won't have any.'
Some of the most powerful communication tools of current times are things like a smartphone and Facebook. RMS is correct about the privacy risks, and actually the situation is getting worse every day. But at the same time those are very practical tools and you lose a lot if you just throw them away. This is the dilemma.
That being said, at some point I expect there be a larger movement where some people will just find all the datamining and advertising too much to bear, and will stop using those services. IoT embedded devices will eventually bring more privacy-intruding trash into our lives. Operating systems and applications are also phoning home more and more often.
You long passwords and the biometrics all will sucumb to the $5 wrench attack, or the five year incarceration threat by government goon
A security feature does not have to be perfect to still provide value. If you think about it, almost all security features have some weaknesses or ways to bypass them.
Yes, .so are exact equivalents of .dll, but as all major distributions sign packages as whole, this attack can't be used.
The problem still remains that after the package has been installed, a file in it can just be replaced with a malicious version either on disk or in memory.
I assume something like Windows Resource Protection would also help? For core system libraries, at least.
"I think that the fact that you took the time to install Firefox on your computer shows us something about you. It shows that you're someone who is an informed consumer," says Housman.
Or it says that you are an arrogant shithead who doesn't want to use the tools that the company provides.
Imagine if you were assigned a screwdriver to assemble an enclosure. You brought in your own screwdriver because "it has better handle". However it would have a Philips head instead of Pozidriv. Yeah, it would do the job, but the project actually uses Pozidriv screws. But hey, I'm so informed about what kind of handle gives a good grip.
For some entertainment, there's some clips of Conan O'Brien dicking around in Cuba.
So I'm inclined to ask, what's the Mac Minis secret to be so silent?
It's probably explained in some video with white background and soft piano music: "I saw my friend's PC. It was okay, but it wasn't exactly quiet. I asked myself, how could that be improved. I wanted it to be whisper quiet. I knew it was okay to ask more. And that's where the story of the new cooling system of Mac Mini begins. The iCool."
In practice: some buzzy 40 mm radial fan with the text "O.E.M." silkscreened onto it, accompanied with thick layer of the most crusty thermal compound found in the market.
But this does not justify having two kinds of apps, none of which run in both modes. Either it's a classic desktop app without multitouch/orientation switch support, or a metro app that can not open multiple windows (can it even be tiled with other apps these days?).
The Modern UI apps will run inside resizeable windows in the desktop mode. You are right though that Modern apps cannot open multiple windows.
They each seem to somewhat resemble cmd.exe with various enhancements.
That's because they actually use cmd.exe as the console engine. :)
While LEDs and CFLs are certainly more energy-efficient than incandescents, there are some side costs.
Crafting the integrated power supply takes a lot of materials: plastic or ceramic case, circuit board, electric components, solder, potting compound, heatsink, screws.
Some lamps have a crappy power factor, which introduces need for more reactive power compensation equipment in the electric grid.
A convenience store could house a selection of generic incandescents in 2-4 different wattages from 1-2 manufacturers in a relatively small space. There is much larger selection of LEDs and CFLs. The warehouse space needed to store all the various models has become significantly larger.
Yep. There's a guy called electronupdate who does pretty good teardowns including flicker testing.
Why do the _OSI("Linux") and _REV 5 blocks even exist if they are just stubs which do not fully work?
They'll jiggle their implementation enough until the machine boots windows, then they ship it.
It's more than that. You have to verify that all hardware is initialized correctly, you have to make sure that suspend and hibernation work 100%, that power management doesn't go haywire, and many more QA things.
However I suspect the BIOS ACPI implementation is not only tested under Windows but built for Windows and its quirks from the ground up. They don't only grab the Intel spec but they monitor how Windows behaves in different scenarios.
No offence, but NTP simple time protocol as it is is surely reliable enough that it doesn't need more maintenance (after IPv6). Don't fix what ain't broken.
Stable platforms do not survive well in the OSS world. The stack is constantly living, and the components need periodical adjustments to keep them in the wagon.