The only slightly dubious thing is that they do seem to want to restrict distribution of clients that could connect to their servers, even if they could also be used in other ways.The only slightly dubious thing is that they do seem to want to restrict distribution of clients that could connect to their servers, even if they could also be used in other ways.
Well, that's the fun part. They released the code, so now they have absolutely no idea what builds connect to their servers. As long as it behaves like the original client from their POV, they have no way of telling, and should probably stop obsessing about it.
Vista's added "security features" were poorly implemented and ultimately useless
UAC actually worked better than the user-root distinction in Linux. The one time I didn't expect a UAC warning that popped up, it turned out to be a trojan.
I've always wondered whether some day it might be possible to have an implant that wirelessly receives new data definitions of proteins expressed by various pathogens and have it express the protein in a way that will trigger an immune response. Hence, you can automatically update everybody's immunity. Sort of like a computer virus scanner.
Microsoft Vaccine 2000 is configuring your immune system. This may take a few minutes. If your body stops responding for a long time and there is no brain activity please die. Setup will continue after you are reborn.
Anyone sued for violating its copyright can yawn in the direction of USC 17.1105 and walk out of the courtroom.
Except when copyright claims are invoked with DMCA takedown notices. There is no checking of actual legal status before it gets taken down. Especially if the sender is the US government.
What you need is to make sane fucking laws, not apply laws from before the wheel to the age of the internet. That's what got us in this mess in the first place.
What next? Stoning girls because they weren't virgins on their wedding?
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The only slightly dubious thing is that they do seem to want to restrict distribution of clients that could connect to their servers, even if they could also be used in other ways.The only slightly dubious thing is that they do seem to want to restrict distribution of clients that could connect to their servers, even if they could also be used in other ways.
Well, that's the fun part. They released the code, so now they have absolutely no idea what builds connect to their servers. As long as it behaves like the original client from their POV, they have no way of telling, and should probably stop obsessing about it.
China will only put up with buying our worthless dollars for so long before they just switch to the Euro and say fuck us.
Saddam tried that, but he didn't have a big enough army to pull it off. I hope China does.
Vista's added "security features" were poorly implemented and ultimately useless
UAC actually worked better than the user-root distinction in Linux. The one time I didn't expect a UAC warning that popped up, it turned out to be a trojan.
Yes, like people installing IE6.
2. It's been serving us faithfully for nearly nine years. No one gets fired for having engineered something like that.
Really now. And you never had one security breach because of it?
But they're on the same side
There is no such thing in politics and finances.
I've always wondered whether some day it might be possible to have an implant that wirelessly receives new data definitions of proteins expressed by various pathogens and have it express the protein in a way that will trigger an immune response. Hence, you can automatically update everybody's immunity. Sort of like a computer virus scanner.
Microsoft Vaccine 2000 is configuring your immune system. This may take a few minutes. If your body stops responding for a long time and there is no brain activity please die. Setup will continue after you are reborn.
Superbowl. I only watch it because there's an article on Slashdot about it.
As lame as this sounds, equality at home from birth produces equality everywhere.
Like teaching the same things to them at the same age produces equally smart people? People are not equal, never were, and never will be. Get over it.
I mean, seriously. OMFG WOMEN ARE NOT LIEK MEN!!!! Someone call the police!
Anyone sued for violating its copyright can yawn in the direction of USC 17.1105 and walk out of the courtroom.
Except when copyright claims are invoked with DMCA takedown notices. There is no checking of actual legal status before it gets taken down. Especially if the sender is the US government.
Everything in Europe has been traditionally unlocked and unsubsidized phones.
For a long time, I didn't even understand why /. is so hung up about phone plans. "Why don't you just buy a prepay one?"
By "cheating" I meant it's cheating if the game you are playing is called "try to freeze water by warming it up." They just didn't do that.
Except for the sensationalist headline that implied that they did, and won.
Also note the "guilty until proven innocent" mindset.
Egos are massive and competition is fierce, so asking researchers to admit a mistake or give the competition a short cut is a tall order.
The funny thing is, discoveries are not "I told you!". They're "That's interesting...".
I'm surprised the percentage isn't higher.
Excel.
The people they hire to staff customer service are so unqualified that they cannot recognize when the caller actually IS qualified.
In a helpdesk call, the product of the IQ's is constant.
Bullsh*t
Because putting a star in it makes it ok to swear.
why would ATI even release a driver in this pathetic of state
To gather developer attention. At this stage, it's not about the features, it's about the mindshare.
Nah, they're a search engine looking for data to index.
They'll just set the evil bit.
I read it as "Chrome Apes, IE8 Adds Clickjacking"...
the cost of litigation (the ultimate threat)
And there we have the main problem with the legal system today.
What you need is to make sane fucking laws, not apply laws from before the wheel to the age of the internet. That's what got us in this mess in the first place.
What next? Stoning girls because they weren't virgins on their wedding?
It takes longer and costs more.