security by obscurity is still one of the best ways to keep yourself secure. whether it be macintoshes, or just leaving your house's spare key in a really good hiding spot, obscurity is one of the oldest security features around.
obviously, what you need is an obscure anti virus app that's also really protective (as in put your spare key in a safe and hide it).
of course problem with that is that if an antivirus product works well, it doesn't stay obscure for long.
man i'm really stating the obvious here. i'm done now.
I think AOL is probably relevant to about.05% of Slashdot users.
the.05% of Slashdot users who care are the ones that feel extremely sorry for the idiots still using AOL.
AOL has been obselete since the second half of the 90s and shouldn't be paid for in any circumstance, what AOL is finally doing is placing the proper price on its service.
AOL's main features are totally useless to anyone (but were revolutionary at the time of introduction) - AOL Keywords: Wow, if I don't type WWW then I'll get a smaller web page with AOL logos all over it, and less information! If I click on any of the links though, it'll probably just take me to the rest of the internet anyway... - Integrated web, email, and buddy list: It was a great feature when there was no taskbar. - Spam/Spyware/Virus blockers: Besides being slow memory hogs, you could avoid spam and spyware a lot better if you just didn't install AOL.
Wow I didn't realize that AOL only had three features until just now. I'm so glad I dumped it 10 years ago.
I honestly could care less if mainstream PC companies leave out linux. they usually don't really get it right anyway - offering a limited selection of pre-installed distros that are installed their way.
a lot of the point of linux is that you can install it with the exact distro you like, and with the exact packages you like. Since it is free, it makes a lot more sense to get it yourself.
I wonder how many people who are proficient in Linux don't know how to build their own PC? Probably about 3. So really, the only thing mainstream PC vendors need to offer are laptops with no OS.
is it just me, or does the fact that stonehenge has no obvious pictures or writing make it a bad example? in itself, it's a symbol i guess, but it's not obvious. if someone drew something on stonehenge, it probably wouldn't be a mystery.
surely warnings written in multiple languages will suffice, along with drawn or other kinds of symbols.
symbols that exist can survive forever, such as an arrow or knife through a human skull. that symbol would never fade, and if it did, then humanity itself would not exist.
New details on the disc format have also been revealed: 'Instead of a tray, a single, innovative, self-loading media bay will play both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. Owners will have the option of equipping a small, self-contained attachment to play movies and other DVD content.'
1. this information is not new. 2. it has been said many times by nintendo that the DVD attatchement was internal.
if there's one thing slashdot is bad at it's game coverage.
it's not awful, it juts needs to be a little powerful.
i don't even think the perverted thing is bad. I think what's bad is that it's associated with "wee" as in "small"
how are hardcore gamers going to come back to nintendo? obviously, nintendo isn't really looking too much at that, but come on, i got made fun of enough when i said i had a gamecube.
yeah, games like CS keep being successful because they were the innovative FPS games.
That's why people still play games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.
So are these bad games because they have N64/DX7 era graphics? Absolutely not.
Revolution will most likely look close to what the other next gen consoles do at 480p. Run an Xbox 360 at 480p and you'll probably see what I'm talking about (Although of course it may look even more terrible since Xbox 360 games are 720p native)
It's in my opinion that those graphics are perfectly enough, especially considering the lower price, smaller size, and quieter-ness
#1 who here that lives in a suburb EVER has to paralell park?
#2 more useful would be a car that could pick you up at the front of a store. take, for example, wal-mart. you can NEVER park in the front at that store. so have your car act like a valet! That would be more useful.
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They 'need' Blu-Ray' in order to get all the sound and content onto the disc.
uhh...so someone called Sony hasn't heard of compression?
now I know that huge compression can bog down a console, but if the PS3 is SOOO powerful it should be fine with 9GB of space!
Come on, sony's just making all these excuses about next-gen games as to why they need power overkill, DRMed blu-ray, and all the other junk that customers "demand."
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security by obscurity is still one of the best ways to keep yourself secure. whether it be macintoshes, or just leaving your house's spare key in a really good hiding spot, obscurity is one of the oldest security features around.
obviously, what you need is an obscure anti virus app that's also really protective (as in put your spare key in a safe and hide it).
of course problem with that is that if an antivirus product works well, it doesn't stay obscure for long.
man i'm really stating the obvious here. i'm done now.
I think AOL is probably relevant to about .05% of Slashdot users.
.05% of Slashdot users who care are the ones that feel extremely sorry for the idiots still using AOL.
the
AOL has been obselete since the second half of the 90s and shouldn't be paid for in any circumstance, what AOL is finally doing is placing the proper price on its service.
AOL's main features are totally useless to anyone (but were revolutionary at the time of introduction)
- AOL Keywords: Wow, if I don't type WWW then I'll get a smaller web page with AOL logos all over it, and less information! If I click on any of the links though, it'll probably just take me to the rest of the internet anyway...
- Integrated web, email, and buddy list: It was a great feature when there was no taskbar.
- Spam/Spyware/Virus blockers: Besides being slow memory hogs, you could avoid spam and spyware a lot better if you just didn't install AOL.
Wow I didn't realize that AOL only had three features until just now. I'm so glad I dumped it 10 years ago.
why not buy 1st gen mac products? they DO have a warranty!
I honestly could care less if mainstream PC companies leave out linux. they usually don't really get it right anyway - offering a limited selection of pre-installed distros that are installed their way.
a lot of the point of linux is that you can install it with the exact distro you like, and with the exact packages you like. Since it is free, it makes a lot more sense to get it yourself.
I wonder how many people who are proficient in Linux don't know how to build their own PC? Probably about 3. So really, the only thing mainstream PC vendors need to offer are laptops with no OS.
nintendo was able to survive the N64 era for two reasons.
#1 awesome 1st party games
#2 nintendo doesn't produce consoles that, on their own (without game sales), do not turn a profit.
Sony does neither of these things.
is it just me, or does the fact that stonehenge has no obvious pictures or writing make it a bad example? in itself, it's a symbol i guess, but it's not obvious. if someone drew something on stonehenge, it probably wouldn't be a mystery.
surely warnings written in multiple languages will suffice, along with drawn or other kinds of symbols.
symbols that exist can survive forever, such as an arrow or knife through a human skull. that symbol would never fade, and if it did, then humanity itself would not exist.
now we can all sound like trekkin' holideckkers...
***Computer! Run program "Picard1"***
New details on the disc format have also been revealed: 'Instead of a tray, a single, innovative, self-loading media bay will play both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. Owners will have the option of equipping a small, self-contained attachment to play movies and other DVD content.'
1. this information is not new.
2. it has been said many times by nintendo that the DVD attatchement was internal.
if there's one thing slashdot is bad at it's game coverage.
weeee!
it's not awful, it juts needs to be a little powerful.
i don't even think the perverted thing is bad. I think what's bad is that it's associated with "wee" as in "small"
how are hardcore gamers going to come back to nintendo? obviously, nintendo isn't really looking too much at that, but come on, i got made fun of enough when i said i had a gamecube.
this thread has some of the worst, most redundant comments i've ever seen.
I don't think an alarm will stop anyone from stealing a $2000 laptop. maybe a $400 laptop, but not a macbook pro.
the reactionary feeling comes from the fact that men have drawn for millenia.
suddenly changing that is startling. (i for one miss the realistic "grafix" of renaissance and classical works - i'll have none of this modern crap)
Republicans on ./ ./ editorial
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don't mean to flame but, so, what, it's called "dotslash" now?
a lot of his problems are with GMail's implementation of keyboard shortcuts (but mind you, not all of them, but about 1/3 of the bad/ugly)
so really some problems are simply with the client not meeting his niche of needing the keyboard for every little thing.
Pretty neat article, though, although I have never heard of Pine.
so DL DVDs aren't enough?
Not talking about CDs!
yeah, games like CS keep being successful because they were the innovative FPS games.
That's why people still play games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.
So are these bad games because they have N64/DX7 era graphics? Absolutely not.
Revolution will most likely look close to what the other next gen consoles do at 480p. Run an Xbox 360 at 480p and you'll probably see what I'm talking about (Although of course it may look even more terrible since Xbox 360 games are 720p native)
It's in my opinion that those graphics are perfectly enough, especially considering the lower price, smaller size, and quieter-ness
#1 who here that lives in a suburb EVER has to paralell park?
#2 more useful would be a car that could pick you up at the front of a store. take, for example, wal-mart. you can NEVER park in the front at that store. so have your car act like a valet! That would be more useful.
best line ever
well...more than one line...but anyway...
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yes. at about 1.5x as fast as an xbox 1 (roughly), it will easily run HL2.
should be a little better than the xbox version.
now that's if they decide to port the game. valve's only commercial failure is the xbox version of HL2, they may not decide to do consoles again
is that all FPS games are to you, shiny graphics?
the only reason FPS games are still around is because of the shiny graphics. there is NO innovation in the FPS genre, just shiny graphics.
imaging sitting on a chair, holding a remote and resting it on the armrest. same with revolution controller.
you don't need to flail your arms around.
well for the classic os 9 example, it was good because the classic environment wouldn't slow down your computer unless you actually ran classic apps.
in windows XP, you can't turn off all the code for windows 98/95
control + click
it's been like that on macs forever.
anyone with a laptop should probably get a small wireless mouse anyway, they are way better than using a track pad anyway.
not to mention sony's "in game advertisement is an important part of the PS3's future"
haha screw that!
holy crap, they gamecubed the DS and TurboGrafxed the revolution!
nintendo is pulling a whole lot of good shit out of their asses lately!
compared to the PS3 keynote...well there was just no contest!
Sony: "Uhh yeah the tech specs are awesome, 1080p, PSP is sweet, and there's another God of War game. Yeah. Buy Blu-Ray because it's the best LOL"
Nintendo: "Revolution is now SEVEN FUCKING CONSOLES IN ONE"
They 'need' Blu-Ray' in order to get all the sound and content onto the disc.
uhh...so someone called Sony hasn't heard of compression?
now I know that huge compression can bog down a console, but if the PS3 is SOOO powerful it should be fine with 9GB of space!
Come on, sony's just making all these excuses about next-gen games as to why they need power overkill, DRMed blu-ray, and all the other junk that customers "demand."