All your harddrive, bandwidth, privacy are belong to us...
Seriously though, I remember seeing (static)ads pop up in games and thought to myself "hmmm, funny, I didn't pay less for this game, why the ads?"
Where does it end? I have to endure "ad noise" everywhere, buses, urinal stalls, while on hold, in movies, what's next? Reminds me of that "ads in your dreams" episode of Futurama.
A lot of hackers will have to put their money where mouth is. A hear a lot of even "black hats" say they do it for sport, for money, etc., but not maliciously. This provides them an outlet to safely do so, let's see if they bite.
Are they going after guys selling DVDs in swap meets and street corners? How many can they catch? If they do start, it is only going to make bootlegs more expensive, and this leads to more competition, and since illicit money is at stake, illicit means are going to be used to protect market share. I wonder where we've seen this happen before, hmmm?
They can't shut down the servers in China, and they can't stop the Chinese from infringing (hell, they can't even stop Americans really).
So, other than posturing, what is this going to accomplish?
I guess they slap each other on the ass for coming up with a "solution."
Do they have this hack in the book?
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And not only on other websites, but also on other devices.
I think this too will be eventually be spoiled by "RSS Spam," with only a couple of news/information sites left after the dust clears.
Of course this may be a viable communication tool for intra-corporate communication, being able to broadcast company "news" or other communications to employee/client computers, cellphones, blackberries, what-have-you.
A lot of people were taking CS majors in 2000 because the perception (somewhat true) was that being a CS major alone was enough to get recruited, then you could quit school and make a load of cash.
Now of course you have actually finish your course work, and even then there's no overpaying job waiting for you, even though I'm sure you'll find a job.
A lot of guys at my school picked CS because they figured they'd get rich quick, they didn't love it. I've always thought that if you love what you do and you're good at it, you'll do alright in life.
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I use flashblock (along with adblock) and it takes care of those annoying float-over flash ads without intervention on my part.
I'm the "guru" to my friends and family, and when I'm asked to "fix" the internet, that is, get rid of pop-ups and such, I install or recommend Firefox. I show what it can do, how those annoying pop-ups, active-x download prompts, noisy flash ads, etc., can disappear and they are amazed.
My sister installed it on her computer at work after bieng so frustrated with IE problems. Now her boss has it on his computer, at work, at home, and on his laptop. Her co-workers are using it.
I don't know about some parents, but if I was a dad and my kid asked me to pony up $50 bucks for a video game, I'm sure as hell going to find out what its about.
Plus most stores have the "M" games on lock down, anybody under 17 can't even buy them. This means a lot of these kids are getting adults that should know better to buy it for them.
But as they say, money talks, bull**** walks, and these games are racking in the dough like crazy, more than what some blockbusters make.
When I was sorting through my junk in the garage, I found a volume of a 1986 world book encyclopedia, which had the computer article in it.
Old school all the way, describing "expensive color graphics" and "costly, permanent, hard disk drives."
It was amazing to see see how much progess was made in the span of 2 decades. The encyclopedia was describing memory in terms of kb, although I forgot how much memory it listed as being ideal or "fast."
The tips it had on purchasing a computer still mostly apply today though.
From the TFA:
How to use the computer on a daily basis
Don't install a lot of application
Only have 1 application open at a time if
possible
Don't work with big (1MB+) files (documents, images etc)
Don't apply O/S patches for security stability or other things.
Don't envy people who has newer software than yours or desktop wallpapers for that matter;) it's not going to happen on your computer!
Gee, I wonder why people buy new PCs?
You could of course run Linux on your old machine and have some choices, applications-wise, and not run vulrunable to security breaches, but who want that when you can have a bare-bones Win 2K system?
Just Like Apple, to create a revolutionary product that people buy up, make a load money on it, and then come out with an over-enginnered, feature-rich, (that is, features people aren't willing to pay a preminum for yet)follow-up that fails miserably.
Maybe now it'll be easier to stop all this rampant cyber-terrorism.
Or maybe it'll just make it easier for government to snoop on us.
Or maybe it'll just make it easier to get rid of those pesky pirates, yarr.
But under Windows XP, I had spyware, malware, virii, BSODs, etc.
Under Linux, none of the above.
For me, Linux is more secure.
Is Windows teh SUXXOR, I don't know, but Linux works better for ME.
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Because there's no way a terrorist is going to try and circumvent this and other safeguards to accomplish his mission, right?
I thought these free hosting sites only existed to annoy me with endless pop-up ads.
I'm going Office Space on its ass!
I just have to get my plan to hold the world hostage with a giant "laser" off the ground.
Seriously though, I remember seeing (static)ads pop up in games and thought to myself "hmmm, funny, I didn't pay less for this game, why the ads?"
Where does it end? I have to endure "ad noise" everywhere, buses, urinal stalls, while on hold, in movies, what's next? Reminds me of that "ads in your dreams" episode of Futurama.
A lot of hackers will have to put their money where mouth is. A hear a lot of even "black hats" say they do it for sport, for money, etc., but not maliciously. This provides them an outlet to safely do so, let's see if they bite.
Are they going after guys selling DVDs in swap meets and street corners? How many can they catch? If they do start, it is only going to make bootlegs more expensive, and this leads to more competition, and since illicit money is at stake, illicit means are going to be used to protect market share. I wonder where we've seen this happen before, hmmm?
They can't shut down the servers in China, and they can't stop the Chinese from infringing (hell, they can't even stop Americans really).
So, other than posturing, what is this going to accomplish?
I guess they slap each other on the ass for coming up with a "solution."
How to plug a PC keyboard into Uranus?
It seems people are having more fun hacking the poor thing than actually playing games on it.
Only a matter of time before I can Linux on it.
And not only on other websites, but also on other devices.
I think this too will be eventually be spoiled by "RSS Spam," with only a couple of news/information sites left after the dust clears.
Of course this may be a viable communication tool for intra-corporate communication, being able to broadcast company "news" or other communications to employee/client computers, cellphones, blackberries, what-have-you.
A lot of people were taking CS majors in 2000 because the perception (somewhat true) was that being a CS major alone was enough to get recruited, then you could quit school and make a load of cash.
Now of course you have actually finish your course work, and even then there's no overpaying job waiting for you, even though I'm sure you'll find a job.
A lot of guys at my school picked CS because they figured they'd get rich quick, they didn't love it. I've always thought that if you love what you do and you're good at it, you'll do alright in life.
I use flashblock (along with adblock) and it takes care of those annoying float-over flash ads without intervention on my part.
I'm the "guru" to my friends and family, and when I'm asked to "fix" the internet, that is, get rid of pop-ups and such, I install or recommend Firefox. I show what it can do, how those annoying pop-ups, active-x download prompts, noisy flash ads, etc., can disappear and they are amazed.
My sister installed it on her computer at work after bieng so frustrated with IE problems. Now her boss has it on his computer, at work, at home, and on his laptop. Her co-workers are using it.
I'm sure other "gurus" are spreading the word.
I don't know about some parents, but if I was a dad and my kid asked me to pony up $50 bucks for a video game, I'm sure as hell going to find out what its about. Plus most stores have the "M" games on lock down, anybody under 17 can't even buy them. This means a lot of these kids are getting adults that should know better to buy it for them. But as they say, money talks, bull**** walks, and these games are racking in the dough like crazy, more than what some blockbusters make.
When I was sorting through my junk in the garage, I found a volume of a 1986 world book encyclopedia, which had the computer article in it. Old school all the way, describing "expensive color graphics" and "costly, permanent, hard disk drives." It was amazing to see see how much progess was made in the span of 2 decades. The encyclopedia was describing memory in terms of kb, although I forgot how much memory it listed as being ideal or "fast." The tips it had on purchasing a computer still mostly apply today though.
From the TFA: How to use the computer on a daily basis ;) it's not going to happen on your computer!
Gee, I wonder why people buy new PCs?
You could of course run Linux on your old machine and have some choices, applications-wise, and not run vulrunable to security breaches, but who want that when you can have a bare-bones Win 2K system?
Don't install a lot of application
Only have 1 application open at a time if possible
Don't work with big (1MB+) files (documents, images etc)
Don't apply O/S patches for security stability or other things.
Don't envy people who has newer software than yours or desktop wallpapers for that matter
Just Like Apple, to create a revolutionary product that people buy up, make a load money on it, and then come out with an over-enginnered, feature-rich, (that is, features people aren't willing to pay a preminum for yet)follow-up that fails miserably.
because it sounds like someone is blowing another bubble.
Serentity Now! Serenity Now!
I just finished writing void on the $699 check
Maybe now it'll be easier to stop all this rampant cyber-terrorism. Or maybe it'll just make it easier for government to snoop on us. Or maybe it'll just make it easier to get rid of those pesky pirates, yarr.
I'm afraid to inform you that Jeff Bezos already has a patent on the bullshit detector. Sorry.
A penguin is heard laughing its ass off.
But under Windows XP, I had spyware, malware, virii, BSODs, etc. Under Linux, none of the above. For me, Linux is more secure. Is Windows teh SUXXOR, I don't know, but Linux works better for ME.
Will someone please think of those poor, suffering lawyers, dreading all this "open" commnication?[/sarcasm]