I have heard this many times but I am able to regularly edit the hosts file just fine on Windows 8. (I edit it for easy ssh and because I use cntlm in office sometimes)
Its just that I need to copy it somewhere, edit, save and then copy it back and give permission to overwrite.
To control corporations you DO NOT need to purchase every single share.
None of key owners hold 100% stock. Most people with 10-20% are effectively in full control.
Somehow I get the idea that general US population now has a very low IQ.
Maybe its due to sustained pollution or something and not their fault, but there should be a minimum threshold IQ before employing people for security / TSA duties.
They should just do the checking and ignore what anyone SAYS. I seriously can not imagine anyone thinking that people who DECLARE they have bombs/guns WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THEM.
That didn't work because we were developing a thin client type of consumer device on VIA micro boards which had to do network boot with the kernel delivered by the ISP over the network and it was not possible to have a mounted rootfs - so almost everything required was in the kernel. On top of that VIA had notoriously difficult code for its drivers which would get modified by us with almost no knowledge & just trial and error. Good times.
Reminds of the old days when a linux kernel compile would take 6 hours and we were trying some modifications for VIA hardware which required hundreds of tries with minor changes in the driver codes - so we would start the compile with a script to play two different types of music on Error or Success, and then go to sleep.
If in the middle of the night it was dire straits then we would get up and debug/fix the errors and start a compile again; if it was some soothing instrumental we would continue sleeping knowing that its compiled.
Replace 'Bullying' with 'Blackmail' and you can get a better perspective.
Offering 6 months if you accept guilt and waive your right to a Trial V/s We will get you for 50 years.
That's as bad as the mafia asking for protection money - Pay $100 a day OR we'll demolish everything in your shop or break your knees.
Breakdown of order definitely requires one to keep such protection and I am all for automatic weapons to be allowed. Banning things only stops the good guys anyway
My point was that "having an assault weapon" and "having the guts to protest with a fair chance of dying" - are two different things. And the protests need a HUGE number of citizens before you can overthrow a tyrannical government.
And with such numbers its NOT the guns which are the critical factor in the overthrowing at all. It is only the sheer number of citizens which creates a fear of "revolt of the guards" situation for the Government because almost every soldier or policeman will have a loved one who has faced the brunt of the oppressive forces.
If it was only a smaller portion of the population protesting, even with automatic assault weapons, you would only have an Afghanistan like situation within the country. Armed forces derive more of their power from their organized operations, logistics & motivation than from the level of weaponry. And facing automatic weapons from random groups of citizens is going to keep their motivation pretty high as one thinks one is upholding the law. But facing huge number of unarmed pretesting citizens will always result in the rank & file starting to question their actions. Though it will have its cost in terms of number of citizens hurt or killed, but that will still be smaller than if you would be protesting with automatic assault weapons.
Anyway, that's the theory. I have no personal experience of protesting against the Government at such scale.
Though, automatic assault rifles would not really change either of these situations much - not unless half the country had them. But I agree they would at least help to some degree.
Governments being overthrown by the citizens is never ever about the level of firepower.
It is always about so many of the citizens being pissed enough to be willing to die in protests or go to jail in such large numbers that the Government is no longer sure of the support of large sections of its police, army, administration etc.
Doing that with assault rifles or unarmed like Gandhi is no different. An individual in both cases has to be willing to die, even if the overall fatalities as a group may be less or more.
How many US Citizens with assault rifles have ever protested against the TSA ? Can you even imagine them doing so ?
Its probably better to protest unarmed against Governments. As a rule, the Government can't back down from an armed conflict till it has expended all its resources. Its quicker and cleaner, relatively, for hordes of people to protest, go to jail, get hurt, few even killed to make a sufficient impact.
So what? Is it a bad thing to be paying attention to what you're doing?
That's your argument ? Going by that logic, resistive screens should be even better for you - you have to press each key Twice. So double the attention !
Not REQUIRING more attention simply means its EASIER & SIMPLER to use. When you want you can pay attention to whatever you feel like.
I have been trying to ditch BB since a year but neither my Nexus S nor iPhone4 are able to read mails with restricted forwarding (i get at least 3-4 every day) and even the encrypted/signed mails took me some time to get going (upload lotus notes private key).This issue may not be there on Exchange, but then its probably not possible to restrict forwarding etc at all on exchange/outlook like on Lotus
And its not possible to type on ANY touchscreen without looking at it all the time, with a BB you can steal a few glances every 4-5 seconds and keep typing !
But even bigger reason for me is that with a BB there's no temptation of wasting time with trying out a thousand apps & updating the OS ROMs etc. So its BB for work and Android/iOS for play for me. I use the Nexus for browsing sometimes while on the move for complex sites which won't open on BB (like some banks/trading sites etc)
The relevance I was implying is to the police & justice system treating her like a man without realizing that it is actually a really GREY area.
For them it was unimaginable that there could be any significant doubt between the sex/gender as determined/perceived by them. So she was handled by male officers and then put along with male inmates in the jail.
Very correct. Real Problem as i mentioned in my comment above.
In fact the GUI on a windows/linux PC at home/office, through Teamviewer or VNC client, to control your tools/scripts is much more practical.
If you are on a slow connection then just have some web front end to run all your possible scripts (try webmin to see how that works) and use the browser on any smartphone to run your scripts etc.
^ LinuxOnAndroid is pretty good if you want a chrooted linux running on your phone simultaneously with your Android. You run a vnc server to connect to the chrooted linux if you want the full gui desktop. Otherwise, you can just use the shell.
I have been using it on a Nexus S 4G since last 6 months. Nothing much to install. Just download the image (3-4GB) and use the app to run a script which sets up devices and does chroot. Or you can do that yourself on the android shell. And the developer Zac is quite responsive on XDA if you need help ( I have NO Relation to the Dev - just a happy user)
You can do almost anything you do on a linux box. Only problem i face is the soft keyboard on the nexus. NOT at all conducive to scripting though many key combos and Tab etc are there through vol up/down + a key. See a ScreenShotof the Soft Keyboard and how it takes up Almost ALL the screen !
Something with a hardware keyboard like the Motorola androids might be best for scripting etc.
Offcourse, if you want to play around with local devices or devices attached on USB host/otg etc of the phone, then you may prefer to run linux without chroot.
Well, if your suspicions are so flimsy then please don't use this to justify that your operation was successful just because they flew out of the US.
You can't have it both ways.
Anyway, one could suspect anyone of anything - unproven suspicion can't be used to justify anything. And proven suspicion should lead to arrest & investigation.
Yeah, and iPhone feels so goddamn flimsy compared to my decade old, 1 pound Motorola. I like the weight and robust feel to my moto, it's one of the most satisfying aspects to it. Every time i hold an iPhone i feel like i have to be careful with it. I've dropped my Moto from a decent height on numerous occasions and it's practically spotless and faultless.
You are probably getting those hits from the few models whose manufacturer's were not preloading Google Play / Market due to initial issues.
Currently, almost all good Allwinner A10 tablets have Google Play working and actually perform much better than Samsung Galaxy Tab etc.
I have got 5-6 of these A10 tabs from different manufacturers (for a retail project) and all except one are really good and cost below USD 100.
Where they score above the branded ones are that all have a fully functional host USB unlike Samsung Nexus etc which advertise USB OTD but its really iffy. So you can connect a variety of peripherals and also run native ubuntu 12.04 nowdays. (earlier it was only the chrooted linux - see xda for details)
Offcourse, they don't have brand recognition and in fact some have such funny names embossed on them that you would feel embarrassed taking them out in front of anyone !
Allwinner A10 has done an excellent job in getting usable tablets for the low end of the market. The earlier ones like rockchip/via etc were completely unusable.
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I have heard this many times but I am able to regularly edit the hosts file just fine on Windows 8. (I edit it for easy ssh and because I use cntlm in office sometimes) Its just that I need to copy it somewhere, edit, save and then copy it back and give permission to overwrite.
That is actually quite a sensible suggestion !
To control corporations you DO NOT need to purchase every single share. None of key owners hold 100% stock. Most people with 10-20% are effectively in full control.
Somehow I get the idea that general US population now has a very low IQ. Maybe its due to sustained pollution or something and not their fault, but there should be a minimum threshold IQ before employing people for security / TSA duties. They should just do the checking and ignore what anyone SAYS. I seriously can not imagine anyone thinking that people who DECLARE they have bombs/guns WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THEM.
The comparison on their site shows that it doesn't support Office 2007-2010 formats (only 2003 and earlier formats). Is that correct ?
Vibrating Pen .... Hmm.....
That didn't work because we were developing a thin client type of consumer device on VIA micro boards which had to do network boot with the kernel delivered by the ISP over the network and it was not possible to have a mounted rootfs - so almost everything required was in the kernel. On top of that VIA had notoriously difficult code for its drivers which would get modified by us with almost no knowledge & just trial and error. Good times.
Reminds of the old days when a linux kernel compile would take 6 hours and we were trying some modifications for VIA hardware which required hundreds of tries with minor changes in the driver codes - so we would start the compile with a script to play two different types of music on Error or Success, and then go to sleep.
If in the middle of the night it was dire straits then we would get up and debug/fix the errors and start a compile again; if it was some soothing instrumental we would continue sleeping knowing that its compiled.
Offering 6 months if you accept guilt and waive your right to a Trial V/s We will get you for 50 years. That's as bad as the mafia asking for protection money - Pay $100 a day OR we'll demolish everything in your shop or break your knees.
Breakdown of order definitely requires one to keep such protection and I am all for automatic weapons to be allowed. Banning things only stops the good guys anyway
My point was that "having an assault weapon" and "having the guts to protest with a fair chance of dying" - are two different things. And the protests need a HUGE number of citizens before you can overthrow a tyrannical government.
And with such numbers its NOT the guns which are the critical factor in the overthrowing at all. It is only the sheer number of citizens which creates a fear of "revolt of the guards" situation for the Government because almost every soldier or policeman will have a loved one who has faced the brunt of the oppressive forces.
If it was only a smaller portion of the population protesting, even with automatic assault weapons, you would only have an Afghanistan like situation within the country. Armed forces derive more of their power from their organized operations, logistics & motivation than from the level of weaponry. And facing automatic weapons from random groups of citizens is going to keep their motivation pretty high as one thinks one is upholding the law. But facing huge number of unarmed pretesting citizens will always result in the rank & file starting to question their actions. Though it will have its cost in terms of number of citizens hurt or killed, but that will still be smaller than if you would be protesting with automatic assault weapons. Anyway, that's the theory. I have no personal experience of protesting against the Government at such scale.
Though, automatic assault rifles would not really change either of these situations much - not unless half the country had them. But I agree they would at least help to some degree.
Just that when it comes to overthrowing a whole government, there are different dynamics at play.
As for the various crazy guys shooting people occasionally, US probably needs more 'crazy control' than 'gun control' i think.
It is always about so many of the citizens being pissed enough to be willing to die in protests or go to jail in such large numbers that the Government is no longer sure of the support of large sections of its police, army, administration etc.
Doing that with assault rifles or unarmed like Gandhi is no different. An individual in both cases has to be willing to die, even if the overall fatalities as a group may be less or more.
How many US Citizens with assault rifles have ever protested against the TSA ? Can you even imagine them doing so ? Its probably better to protest unarmed against Governments. As a rule, the Government can't back down from an armed conflict till it has expended all its resources. Its quicker and cleaner, relatively, for hordes of people to protest, go to jail, get hurt, few even killed to make a sufficient impact.
In the end it is only about Numbers. Off course,
So true.. No high end phone even comes close to N7 with JB. Just some desktop apps & 3G and it would be perfect.
So what? Is it a bad thing to be paying attention to what you're doing?
That's your argument ? Going by that logic, resistive screens should be even better for you - you have to press each key Twice. So double the attention !
Not REQUIRING more attention simply means its EASIER & SIMPLER to use. When you want you can pay attention to whatever you feel like.
I have been trying to ditch BB since a year but neither my Nexus S nor iPhone4 are able to read mails with restricted forwarding (i get at least 3-4 every day) and even the encrypted/signed mails took me some time to get going (upload lotus notes private key).This issue may not be there on Exchange, but then its probably not possible to restrict forwarding etc at all on exchange/outlook like on Lotus
And its not possible to type on ANY touchscreen without looking at it all the time, with a BB you can steal a few glances every 4-5 seconds and keep typing !
But even bigger reason for me is that with a BB there's no temptation of wasting time with trying out a thousand apps & updating the OS ROMs etc. So its BB for work and Android/iOS for play for me. I use the Nexus for browsing sometimes while on the move for complex sites which won't open on BB (like some banks/trading sites etc)
A 3 digit UID ?
The relevance I was implying is to the police & justice system treating her like a man without realizing that it is actually a really GREY area.
For them it was unimaginable that there could be any significant doubt between the sex/gender as determined/perceived by them. So she was handled by male officers and then put along with male inmates in the jail.
These grey areas have a potential for a lot of bigger problems than just sports competitions.
See the sad case of Indian female athlete being accused & arrested for rape and actually being manhandled and mistreated by male police officers for 25 days till court granted her bail.
In fact the GUI on a windows/linux PC at home/office, through Teamviewer or VNC client, to control your tools/scripts is much more practical. If you are on a slow connection then just have some web front end to run all your possible scripts (try webmin to see how that works) and use the browser on any smartphone to run your scripts etc.
Processor is really slow though except for really basic things.
^ LinuxOnAndroid is pretty good if you want a chrooted linux running on your phone simultaneously with your Android. You run a vnc server to connect to the chrooted linux if you want the full gui desktop. Otherwise, you can just use the shell.
I have been using it on a Nexus S 4G since last 6 months. Nothing much to install. Just download the image (3-4GB) and use the app to run a script which sets up devices and does chroot. Or you can do that yourself on the android shell. And the developer Zac is quite responsive on XDA if you need help ( I have NO Relation to the Dev - just a happy user)
You can do almost anything you do on a linux box. Only problem i face is the soft keyboard on the nexus. NOT at all conducive to scripting though many key combos and Tab etc are there through vol up/down + a key. See a ScreenShotof the Soft Keyboard and how it takes up Almost ALL the screen ! Something with a hardware keyboard like the Motorola androids might be best for scripting etc.
Offcourse, if you want to play around with local devices or devices attached on USB host/otg etc of the phone, then you may prefer to run linux without chroot.
You can't have it both ways.
Anyway, one could suspect anyone of anything - unproven suspicion can't be used to justify anything. And proven suspicion should lead to arrest & investigation.
Yeah, and iPhone feels so goddamn flimsy compared to my decade old, 1 pound Motorola. I like the weight and robust feel to my moto, it's one of the most satisfying aspects to it. Every time i hold an iPhone i feel like i have to be careful with it. I've dropped my Moto from a decent height on numerous occasions and it's practically spotless and faultless.
You are probably getting those hits from the few models whose manufacturer's were not preloading Google Play / Market due to initial issues. Currently, almost all good Allwinner A10 tablets have Google Play working and actually perform much better than Samsung Galaxy Tab etc.
I have got 5-6 of these A10 tabs from different manufacturers (for a retail project) and all except one are really good and cost below USD 100. Where they score above the branded ones are that all have a fully functional host USB unlike Samsung Nexus etc which advertise USB OTD but its really iffy. So you can connect a variety of peripherals and also run native ubuntu 12.04 nowdays. (earlier it was only the chrooted linux - see xda for details)
Offcourse, they don't have brand recognition and in fact some have such funny names embossed on them that you would feel embarrassed taking them out in front of anyone ! Allwinner A10 has done an excellent job in getting usable tablets for the low end of the market. The earlier ones like rockchip/via etc were completely unusable.