To be fair, Windows has proper scripting languages available too. It's just that nobody would ever be able to distribute a script because antivirus/firewall/malware kits for Windows automatically assume that such scripts are malware. Oops.
No, I meant Windows (to include 2K/XP etc) - most organisations with lots of 2K licences never made the leap of faith into XP as it was such a minor upgrade, and there is hardly a queue of people upgrading to Vista. While Vista sales are quite high, most businesses (that I've seen anyway) are choosing to downgrade their Business Premium licences into XP pro licences.
Yes - this is exactly the kind of thing that I was talking about. One of the financial companies I consult for run a number of Win16 applications - and these are paid for by subscription! I guess "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" was taken seriously! There are other issues too though, and in this world there are many third party Windows PKI services used that don't work under WINE properly (if at all) either. So while the application may be web-based or in Java, the authentication/authorisation system is broken.
I think you underestimate what most people do on their PCs, especially at work. Most business PCs run many proprietary pieces of software that will only work properly on Windows. Admittedly, this could be solved with Citrix / WTS but it involves lots of business change (plus served apps generally blow for general usability, especially when the network gets busy).
Those tools were designed to run on unused cycles on machines that people were running for other purposes. Running dedicated machines purely for them, while noble, is extremely wasteful - especially for SETI...
Because the airport staff are looking out for bombs, blades, bottles of water/makeup/eyecare solutions/shoe polish bigger than 100mm, etc and not for an EMP built into a disguised case.
Maybe I'll take the 2nd generation, two pound device onto a plane in my hand luggage - I imagine it would be somewhat less than 20,000 feet away from a processor then.
There are a whole bunch of screens on a phone where number or text input doesn't make sense, why not make menu choices in a grid corresponding with 1-9 in those cases? It should be relatively intuitive.
Nokia phones have done this for quite some time. Certainly my last 4+ phones have had direct menu function access using the number keys based on either a grid layout on the screen, or the number they appear in the menu. I think Ericsson and Samsung phones are similar?
Canon use CMOS sensors in all of their digital SLR range. Given how acclaimed these cameras are, especially in the areas of noise (almost universally best in their respective classes), I would say some of this problem has been tackled. Admittedly, there is always room for improvement though!
You don't have to plug your internal hard drive in though. You have to plug a USB device in, much like you have to put a conventional key into a lock.
I dislike the term too, but that was the explanation that several of my non-technical friends and family have given me when I asked.
It probably doesn't help that major retailers here sell them as USB keys either, nor that IBM, possibly the first supplier of such devices, call them Memory Keys (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-45844.html)
A key provides access to something. A USB flash device provides access to files / data, so it is fairly logical that most people would call it a key. Anyway, many people only have keys on their keyring and no fob...
Most people I know call them either "memory sticks" or "keys". I suspect the latter is because they have them on their key rings, not that they think of security.
Interestingly.. In the UK, where fixed download limits are common, how many people are going to sign up and not realise that it is a peer to peer system, so while they are downloading, others are downloading from them.
Downloading from me means that I'm uploading. It doesn't affect download limits, and I don't know of any ISP here in the UK that has an upload limit.
Maybe it depends on where you stay? I'm British, and while I have to generally agree that British food is crap, I've never stayed anywhere that only offers this kind of food.
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The grandparent asked what WASD was not WSAD. Sure, it was a typo (or a deliberate context-joke) but still ;-)
No, Jesus just had a royalty-free licence to use his father's patents.
To be fair, Windows has proper scripting languages available too. It's just that nobody would ever be able to distribute a script because antivirus/firewall/malware kits for Windows automatically assume that such scripts are malware. Oops.
Surely this depends on the language you are using. There are languages that use = as "is equal to".
Who needs DNS when you have WINS?!
Given half a chance the Scots and Welsh would make England an island though! And really, who can blame them? :o
No, I meant Windows (to include 2K/XP etc) - most organisations with lots of 2K licences never made the leap of faith into XP as it was such a minor upgrade, and there is hardly a queue of people upgrading to Vista. While Vista sales are quite high, most businesses (that I've seen anyway) are choosing to downgrade their Business Premium licences into XP pro licences.
Yes - this is exactly the kind of thing that I was talking about. One of the financial companies I consult for run a number of Win16 applications - and these are paid for by subscription! I guess "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" was taken seriously! There are other issues too though, and in this world there are many third party Windows PKI services used that don't work under WINE properly (if at all) either. So while the application may be web-based or in Java, the authentication/authorisation system is broken.
I think you underestimate what most people do on their PCs, especially at work. Most business PCs run many proprietary pieces of software that will only work properly on Windows. Admittedly, this could be solved with Citrix / WTS but it involves lots of business change (plus served apps generally blow for general usability, especially when the network gets busy).
Those tools were designed to run on unused cycles on machines that people were running for other purposes. Running dedicated machines purely for them, while noble, is extremely wasteful - especially for SETI...
Because the airport staff are looking out for bombs, blades, bottles of water/makeup/eyecare solutions/shoe polish bigger than 100mm, etc and not for an EMP built into a disguised case.
Maybe I'll take the 2nd generation, two pound device onto a plane in my hand luggage - I imagine it would be somewhat less than 20,000 feet away from a processor then.
Computers are worth money. Data is worth money - especially when it contains credit card numbers, personal details, etc.
Nokia phones have done this for quite some time. Certainly my last 4+ phones have had direct menu function access using the number keys based on either a grid layout on the screen, or the number they appear in the menu. I think Ericsson and Samsung phones are similar?
Canon use CMOS sensors in all of their digital SLR range. Given how acclaimed these cameras are, especially in the areas of noise (almost universally best in their respective classes), I would say some of this problem has been tackled. Admittedly, there is always room for improvement though!
That's a poor argument. As much as I dislike Windows, it is possible to lock it down so it is barely customisable / tweakable / usable too.
Yah. I suppose you can point me at an accurate IP geolocation database too?
You don't have to plug your internal hard drive in though. You have to plug a USB device in, much like you have to put a conventional key into a lock. I dislike the term too, but that was the explanation that several of my non-technical friends and family have given me when I asked. It probably doesn't help that major retailers here sell them as USB keys either, nor that IBM, possibly the first supplier of such devices, call them Memory Keys (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-45844.html)
A key provides access to something. A USB flash device provides access to files / data, so it is fairly logical that most people would call it a key. Anyway, many people only have keys on their keyring and no fob...
Most people I know call them either "memory sticks" or "keys". I suspect the latter is because they have them on their key rings, not that they think of security.
Most people, actually.
Ones' complement...?
Or how do I (reliably) block all users from California?
Maybe it depends on where you stay? I'm British, and while I have to generally agree that British food is crap, I've never stayed anywhere that only offers this kind of food.