I'd have to agree with TPB on this - DDoS has a tendency to affect a lot more than just the target. It's using a grenade to take out a single guy on a bus.
I don't find this lock-in too much of a hassle since it only affects the ARM version. I can easily opt to use the Intel version and nothing of value would be lost, in my opinion.
Until they "unify" their platform on the basis that "its been like that on the ARM for years"
Wouldn't this fall under most countries definition of cyber warfare?
My guess is that since the USA says it may jam or stop the civilian codes if necessary, jamming is not against international law if they can give some sort of excuse for it being defensive. The way these things go, even if it was a really pathetic excuse it would be enough to stop international courts bringing charges. Of course even if they did, the reaction is unlikely to be like that of the USA or other Western countries - hand wringing and either campaigning for the law to change or stopping the practice - they would probably just say "so what".
This is a guy who was going to go to the UK to teach people how to kill people IN SELF-DEFENSE. (Really, read the article.)
Unlike the USA the UK has a concept of minimum force. If you see a black guy in your neighbourhood and think he may be causing trouble you are not just allowed to kill him.
Don't believe me then in 50 years I dare you to tell me I'm wrong.
You were wrong comrade Grayhand, ultimately the people wouldn't take it and rose up. Fortunately our beloved chairman took control and benevolently saw that the country is run on behalf of the people - with none of these "elections" to allow the nasty capitalists back in.
They only just worked out it was the waves. It reminds me of the joke about the Irishman who studied medicine for five years. He cam to the conclusion that it was nasty tasting stuff that came in a glass bottle.
...if you lost contact with the hundreds of "friends"...
Who said there was a hundred? You did.
...you don't even know
Who said I didn't know them? You did.
So all in all you're saying that what you're imagining I said is stupid. Way to go.
You see, social networking (not in the internet sense) is like everything else in life: There are no absolutes. Some people I know intimately. Some a little less. Some barely. Some I've just seen. Some I don't know at all. There are various degrees. Not binary.
What you're saying is that below a certain level of "connection" there is no value at all. Which is utterly stupid of course.
I know, it's a hard concept. Not binary. I'll give you some time to think about it.
The real fun begins when Alan Turing's vengeful ghost returns to assert that his invention of the stack renders all implementors of push and pop infringing...
Alan Turing's downfall was his like of "push and pop".
In terms of underwear bombs, the United States is so huge that while a proliferation of bombs would of course radically change life in the country, they would not destroy it.
A war on underwear would result in the entire country going commando.
There is one thing I have on facebook and nowhere else: contacts.
Of course, for family and friends I have their email address / phone number someplace else (namely Google) but there are quite a few "acquaintances" that I connect with exclusively on facebook / LinkedIn / etc.
Gosh, what a disaster it would be if you lost contact with the hundreds of "friends" you don't even know.
Slashdot Mirror
But which time zone?
Mayan central time
Has nothing to do with the italian grinder you went to bed on
How does dating an Italian woman equate to getting fat? Not all of them cook well!
Besides, when she grinds your salami it helps you lose weight.
It happened to me with kids. I haven't slept-in in years because my kids get up right after the sun comes up.
Wait until they're teenagers - it will be you telling them its time to get up.
I am a virgin customer and there are loads of ways round it.
I'd have to agree with TPB on this - DDoS has a tendency to affect a lot more than just the target. It's using a grenade to take out a single guy on a bus.
Yes, Anonymous are the Muslims of the cyber-world
I don't find this lock-in too much of a hassle since it only affects the ARM version. I can easily opt to use the Intel version and nothing of value would be lost, in my opinion.
Until they "unify" their platform on the basis that "its been like that on the ARM for years"
And, as long as it's compatible with the WinRT APIs (same as Metro IE), there's absolutely no reason why it wouldn't run on Win 8 ARM devices.
According to TFA Microsoft is restricting the API available to third-party browsers and not allow them on the "classic" desktop.
Wouldn't this fall under most countries definition of cyber warfare?
My guess is that since the USA says it may jam or stop the civilian codes if necessary, jamming is not against international law if they can give some sort of excuse for it being defensive. The way these things go, even if it was a really pathetic excuse it would be enough to stop international courts bringing charges. Of course even if they did, the reaction is unlikely to be like that of the USA or other Western countries - hand wringing and either campaigning for the law to change or stopping the practice - they would probably just say "so what".
This is a guy who was going to go to the UK to teach people how to kill people IN SELF-DEFENSE. (Really, read the article.)
Unlike the USA the UK has a concept of minimum force. If you see a black guy in your neighbourhood and think he may be causing trouble you are not just allowed to kill him.
Don't believe me then in 50 years I dare you to tell me I'm wrong.
You were wrong comrade Grayhand, ultimately the people wouldn't take it and rose up. Fortunately our beloved chairman took control and benevolently saw that the country is run on behalf of the people - with none of these "elections" to allow the nasty capitalists back in.
*woooossssssshhhhhhhhh*
That was sarcasm by the GP. The 'M.R.' was supposed to be either "Mr. Republican" or "Mitt Romney". He was pretty much insinuating what you just said.
Ah - got it now!
Why don't these students just ask their parents for money?
--M.R.
Because their parents are still struggling to pay for their own tuition.
Lets keep artificially inflating the cost of university education by subsidizing more gender studies majors!
Personally I am quite happy to halve the expense and just study one gender,
Both parties are against the small guy
True, but sad considering that both parties rely mainly on small guys to vote them in to power.
So, someone can beat you for 8 minutes with a lead pipe, I step in and beat you for 3 then stop. You'd still vote for me?
tempting. Maybe if you told me that it was to prevent terrorism and protect the children.
Ah, well. What would Ireland be without pointless suffering at the hands of stupid, greedy blockheads?
But its a member of the European Union now .... oh wait
If only the english had stayed out of the place originally there likewise would never have been a conflict.
s/english/scots/.
Of course we drove the Scots out of the highlands so it is still our fault indirectly.
ugly, overpriced abomination that should die, die, die.
But enough about cowboy Neil
Thats northern ireland, a british adminstered territory, a completely different country.
If only all the Irish thought this way there would never have been a conflict.
crazy
Shills for the oil industry.
Strictly speaking shills for the oil industry are not crazy, just immoral and money-grabbing.
They only just worked out it was the waves. It reminds me of the joke about the Irishman who studied medicine for five years. He cam to the conclusion that it was nasty tasting stuff that came in a glass bottle.
Typical troll.
Gosh, what a disaster it would be...
Who said it would be a disaster? You did.
...if you lost contact with the hundreds of "friends"...
Who said there was a hundred? You did.
...you don't even know
Who said I didn't know them? You did.
So all in all you're saying that what you're imagining I said is stupid. Way to go.
You see, social networking (not in the internet sense) is like everything else in life: There are no absolutes. Some people I know intimately. Some a little less. Some barely. Some I've just seen. Some I don't know at all. There are various degrees. Not binary.
What you're saying is that below a certain level of "connection" there is no value at all. Which is utterly stupid of course.
I know, it's a hard concept. Not binary. I'll give you some time to think about it.
whoosh....
The real fun begins when Alan Turing's vengeful ghost returns to assert that his invention of the stack renders all implementors of push and pop infringing...
Alan Turing's downfall was his like of "push and pop".
In terms of underwear bombs, the United States is so huge that while a proliferation of bombs would of course radically change life in the country, they would not destroy it.
A war on underwear would result in the entire country going commando.
It was a great success in Scotland
There is one thing I have on facebook and nowhere else: contacts.
Of course, for family and friends I have their email address / phone number someplace else (namely Google) but there are quite a few "acquaintances" that I connect with exclusively on facebook / LinkedIn / etc.
Gosh, what a disaster it would be if you lost contact with the hundreds of "friends" you don't even know.