I was about to agree with you. However, upon reading their page:
The Android security architecture is very well constructed and the impact of this attack is somewhat limited by it. A successful attacker will have access to any information the browser may use, such as cookies used for accessing sites, information put into web application form fields, saved passwords, etc. They may also change the way the browser works, tricking the user into entering sensitive information. However, they can not control other, unrelated aspects of the phone, such as dialing the phone directly. This is in contrast, for example, with Apple's iPhone which does not have this application sandboxing feature and allows access to all features available to the user when compromised. For more information on the security of the iPhone, visit ISE's site describing the first exploit of an iPhone security vulnerability here.
I really got lucky after graduating - I was offered a job at my Uni to work in the School of Computing, developing the little bespoke applications they needed - if you've got contacts at your Uni still, send out some feelers, see if this is do-able. They normally pay under the odds, so you get your training on the job as it were, and voila.
Been there nearly 2 years - looking at other jobs now.
As a side note, fully agree with parent - if you're.NET learn both C# and VB... the jobs that seem to believe them to be completely separate entities is huge.
Someone please mod parent up - Robocode was designed specifically to get younger people into coding.
I work at a University, and we often get classes of 14-16 yo's in to "sample the University experience". We sit them down to do a little coding, using Robocode. A quick tutorial on the basics of coding in Java (Robocode's set up to provide the basic commands of Logo, but with the ability to do much more complex coding as well - some of the Robot AI out there is very impressive.
It's graphical, it's robots killing each other, and it's teaching the fundamentals of programming and OO.
The Robocode class always gets high marks from the youngsters for the fun value.
I'm 26 - recently moved out for the first time. I haven't bothered with a TV, as the one thing I actually adore on TV - House - I'd rather buy the DVD's.
If every show was of that quality... as it isn't, it's a waste of money. I'd rather pay for my ISP and have all the fun of the net.
I appreciate that now, the petition was conducted before this news broke.
Having said that, it is a norm for the UK to have less focus on rewarding people like Prof. Hawking, instead focussing on a popular celebrity - a New Labour way of showing that they are 'in touch' with the populace.
I'm sure there are perks that come with it, but I believe the main thing is the honour of being recognised nationally for your achievements.
I find it particularly interesting, as I'd backed a Downing Street petition to get Prof. Hawking Knighted - and the Government response was:
Thank you for taking the trouble to sign this e-petition.
The Prime Minister recognises the achievements of Professor Stephen Hawking and the widespread regard in which he is held. But it is of course the case that only about 60 Knighthoods are granted each year and there are many deserving candidates for each honour.
However, the government can assure you that your support for this suggestion will be taken fully into account.
To be fair, as one of the best scientific minds of his generation, it's typically British to ignore him during his lifetime - give it 200 years or so after his death before it'll be realized how important he was.
And as a bonus, Egg Money Manager will store all your other bank usernames and passwords, log into the sites for you, and I'm assuming it scrapes the balance information from the HTML, displaying it on the Egg page. Does that sound at all... risky?
We have read the strong feedback about Creative's forum post regarding driver development by Daniel_k and other outside parties. Creative's message posted on our behalf by our Company spokesperson tried to address our concern about the improper distribution of certain software which is the property of other companies. However, we did not make it as clear as we would have liked that we do support driver development by independent third parties. The huge task of developing driver updates to accommodate the many changes in the Vista operating system and the extensive testing required, including the lengthy Vista certification requirements for audio, makes it very difficult for Creative to develop updates for all past products. Outside developers have been very helpful to Creative and our customers by developing updates for many of our Sound Blaster products, and we do support and appreciate these efforts. This however does not extend to the unauthorized distribution of other companies' property. We hope to work out a mutually agreeable method for working with Daniel_k in supporting his efforts in driver development. Going forward, we are committed to doing a better job of working more closely with third parties to support their development for our products and our customers.
A friend and I were discussing this at work the other day. On Amazon I can get 1 GB USB mem stick for 1 penny. So we thought "OK, now what - we'll need to daisy-chain USB hubs". So we went looking, and lo, a number of 1 penny USB hubs. 127's the maximum number of USB devices per port if I remember rightly, so all in for under £2. Sure, there'd be a bit of cable - so we decided if each USB Flash Drive had an LED, we could use the wiring as year-round Christmas tree lighting.
I'll second that. My M1330 is a couple of months old, and it's a beauty. 2 gig RAM, 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo, the 9 cell option (it runs and runs, even Bluetoothing to my phone for net access), Geforce 8400, LED back-lit, and 320 gig HD. I look at the specs on the Ferrari and cringe, to be honest. The only thing I could complain about with my laptop is that the black top attracts fingerprints and smudges like a finger-print magnet.
When that's the biggest complaint, you know it's a good system.
I wonder...
So, sending a picture showing a torrent program listing your IP with an offending torrent would be enough to count as a strike? Simple solution - flood the ISP's with pictures...?
Fake hundreds and hundreds of pics, get a group going, and voila, un-enforceable?
I went half-way with UAC - I turned off the secure desktop prompt. I still have UAC, I just don't get the damn annoying pause and video flicker. I've got two Vista machines - desktop's Ultimate, laptop's Home Premium. Desktop runs with 1 gig (it grinds a little at times, but having multiple Firefox tabs, Visual Studio 2008 and Photoshop open, it's not surprising) - laptop runs superbly on 2 gig. They're yet to let me down.
Some things annoy me - the Vista audio pipeline is a step backwards from what I can tell... when processing gets heavy, it stutters like any other process; I don't remember that with XP (but it could be rosey memory syndrome). The implementation of UAC isn't great, to put it mildly - but if it means less time spent with a copy of Spybot on friends and family PC's, then ok, I will swallow that.
Essentially, non-tech heard techies screaming about Vista - and now it's difficult to reassure them. Non-techs I know that have tried Vista went in expecting the worst, and are now being surprised that "it's not as bad as I'd heard". Heck, a couple even go as far as liking it.
I remember as a kid (25 now) getting the pirate ship for Christmas. It was fantastic - spending time sat with my Dad as we made it to the instructions. I believe it had about 4-5 custom 'hull' pieces. The number of "space pirate" ships that were made from that, after I'd taken it apart and put it back together again... those were indeed, the days.
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I couldn't agree more RE: improved. Almost all my Uni papers were written via 2003, and Christ, that was painful. Thankfully, my dissertation was done in 2007. The improvements were startling, and oh so much appreciated - things like the referencing tool, the consistant application and tracking of styles, inserting diagrams, numbering of sections - everything had improved, and dramatically. Whether it was simply a case of improving the location of these items, or actual improvements in these facilities, I'm unsure - but either way, they were the right tools in the right locations.
...SP1 modifies the text in the Ultimate Extras Control Panel to describe the Ultimate Extras program in more general terms.
LMAO, superb. I'm assuming "Thanks for the money, chump, we'll get back to you on actual extras" is deemed "more general terms".
Just a thought - no idea if it works... but I believe Orb can work with the Wii - could you not set up an Orb channel and play your music through that on the Wii?
I hate - hate, hate hate hate, the 1-5 second pause, as the UAC messagebox appears. (The screen goes black, then cuts back in to show the UAC box, with everything else greyed out)
I also hate the "You'll need to provide Administrator" message box, followed by the above mentioned UAC lock-out and "Are you really sure?" message box. It's akin to saying we've added security features because a file copy requires 16 confirmations before it will proceed. "Are you really, really, really, really...."
Method 1: Run the blocked program or the blocked service Fixes the issue once - will need to be clicked on each boot. Method 2: Disable the blocked program or the blocked service But I want to run it... so useless. Method 3: Remove the blocked program or the blocked service from the startup process See above. I want to run it.
How one allows blocked startup programs that ask for admin privileges when
the system starts is done the same way, but those programs might not have a
checkbox like the System Configuration Utility. It can't be disabled on an
individual program basis. It's triggered because the program is asking to
run with admin privileges.
(Emphasis mine)
So even adding it to the Windows Defender list wouldn't appear to help, as it would be a UAC issue. However, assuming your solution did help, let's reflect.
Many people (myself included) want an "Remember this choice" tickbox to appear in the contect menu of the tray icon. That's two clicks.
To add a program to the ignore list, you must: Start Menu > Control Panel > Change startup programs > Tools > Options (Ignoring Allowed Items, as it only lists allowed, and doesn't allow adding new ones) > Add to "Do not scan these files or locations" via file dialog.
Not really the ease of use people are looking for.
I have to say one of the most broken features (from a design POV) is the blocking of start-up programs. Great, so users are secured against programs that might start up without their permission or knowledge. Great, so I can right-click on the tray, scroll to the blocked program, and left-click to start it up.
However - where the Hell is the checkbox to remember my choice?.
Having to do this on every boot is crazy. It was funny that this issue was on the "Windows 7 Wishlist" - it should've been one of the first updates out the door after RTM, and at the latest, SP1.
Well - seeing as I've watched TV shows on the train with it, listen daily to my music via a Bluetooth stereo headset, and have a data-plan to ensure I can enjoy Opera wherever I like... The comparison I was making is that a phone with better features was available for cheaper - I'm hoping spelling it out helps.
Windows Mobile has its flaws, no doubt - but to be fair, at least I can create and/or install new applications for it without having to hack my firmware.
My phone isn't trendy though, if that's a big issue?
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I really got lucky after graduating - I was offered a job at my Uni to work in the School of Computing, developing the little bespoke applications they needed - if you've got contacts at your Uni still, send out some feelers, see if this is do-able. They normally pay under the odds, so you get your training on the job as it were, and voila.
.NET learn both C# and VB... the jobs that seem to believe them to be completely separate entities is huge.
Been there nearly 2 years - looking at other jobs now.
As a side note, fully agree with parent - if you're
Someone please mod parent up - Robocode was designed specifically to get younger people into coding.
I work at a University, and we often get classes of 14-16 yo's in to "sample the University experience". We sit them down to do a little coding, using Robocode. A quick tutorial on the basics of coding in Java (Robocode's set up to provide the basic commands of Logo, but with the ability to do much more complex coding as well - some of the Robot AI out there is very impressive.
It's graphical, it's robots killing each other, and it's teaching the fundamentals of programming and OO.
The Robocode class always gets high marks from the youngsters for the fun value.
I'm 26 - recently moved out for the first time. I haven't bothered with a TV, as the one thing I actually adore on TV - House - I'd rather buy the DVD's.
If every show was of that quality... as it isn't, it's a waste of money. I'd rather pay for my ISP and have all the fun of the net.
I can see your point there, certainly.
No idea why it's marked troll; valid question put across in a humorous way.
Only he wasn't ignored: he refused the honour.
I appreciate that now, the petition was conducted before this news broke.Having said that, it is a norm for the UK to have less focus on rewarding people like Prof. Hawking, instead focussing on a popular celebrity - a New Labour way of showing that they are 'in touch' with the populace.
I find it particularly interesting, as I'd backed a Downing Street petition to get Prof. Hawking Knighted - and the Government response was:
To be fair, as one of the best scientific minds of his generation, it's typically British to ignore him during his lifetime - give it 200 years or so after his death before it'll be realized how important he was.
And as a bonus, Egg Money Manager will store all your other bank usernames and passwords, log into the sites for you, and I'm assuming it scrapes the balance information from the HTML, displaying it on the Egg page. Does that sound at all... risky?
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Vista Ultimate, 1 gig DDR, Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz.
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VS 2005 SP1 (plus Vista patch) with debugging working fine.
- VS 2008 works fine.
- CS 3 Studio. (Not the fastest, but perfectly do-able)
4 gig? Did you also spec a Core 2 Quad and DirectX 10.1 card with a gig of on-board RAM?A friend and I were discussing this at work the other day. On Amazon I can get 1 GB USB mem stick for 1 penny. So we thought "OK, now what - we'll need to daisy-chain USB hubs". So we went looking, and lo, a number of 1 penny USB hubs. 127's the maximum number of USB devices per port if I remember rightly, so all in for under £2. Sure, there'd be a bit of cable - so we decided if each USB Flash Drive had an LED, we could use the wiring as year-round Christmas tree lighting.
It's on the to-do list.
I'll second that. My M1330 is a couple of months old, and it's a beauty. 2 gig RAM, 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo, the 9 cell option (it runs and runs, even Bluetoothing to my phone for net access), Geforce 8400, LED back-lit, and 320 gig HD. I look at the specs on the Ferrari and cringe, to be honest. The only thing I could complain about with my laptop is that the black top attracts fingerprints and smudges like a finger-print magnet.
When that's the biggest complaint, you know it's a good system.
I wonder...
So, sending a picture showing a torrent program listing your IP with an offending torrent would be enough to count as a strike? Simple solution - flood the ISP's with pictures...?
Fake hundreds and hundreds of pics, get a group going, and voila, un-enforceable?
I went half-way with UAC - I turned off the secure desktop prompt. I still have UAC, I just don't get the damn annoying pause and video flicker. I've got two Vista machines - desktop's Ultimate, laptop's Home Premium. Desktop runs with 1 gig (it grinds a little at times, but having multiple Firefox tabs, Visual Studio 2008 and Photoshop open, it's not surprising) - laptop runs superbly on 2 gig. They're yet to let me down. Some things annoy me - the Vista audio pipeline is a step backwards from what I can tell... when processing gets heavy, it stutters like any other process; I don't remember that with XP (but it could be rosey memory syndrome). The implementation of UAC isn't great, to put it mildly - but if it means less time spent with a copy of Spybot on friends and family PC's, then ok, I will swallow that. Essentially, non-tech heard techies screaming about Vista - and now it's difficult to reassure them. Non-techs I know that have tried Vista went in expecting the worst, and are now being surprised that "it's not as bad as I'd heard". Heck, a couple even go as far as liking it.
I remember as a kid (25 now) getting the pirate ship for Christmas. It was fantastic - spending time sat with my Dad as we made it to the instructions. I believe it had about 4-5 custom 'hull' pieces. The number of "space pirate" ships that were made from that, after I'd taken it apart and put it back together again... those were indeed, the days.
I couldn't agree more RE: improved. Almost all my Uni papers were written via 2003, and Christ, that was painful. Thankfully, my dissertation was done in 2007. The improvements were startling, and oh so much appreciated - things like the referencing tool, the consistant application and tracking of styles, inserting diagrams, numbering of sections - everything had improved, and dramatically. Whether it was simply a case of improving the location of these items, or actual improvements in these facilities, I'm unsure - but either way, they were the right tools in the right locations.
...SP1 modifies the text in the Ultimate Extras Control Panel to describe the Ultimate Extras program in more general terms. LMAO, superb. I'm assuming "Thanks for the money, chump, we'll get back to you on actual extras" is deemed "more general terms".
Just a thought - no idea if it works... but I believe Orb can work with the Wii - could you not set up an Orb channel and play your music through that on the Wii?
Very late in the day, but I just wanted to post to say thank you for the above; it was very useful.
I hate - hate, hate hate hate, the 1-5 second pause, as the UAC messagebox appears. (The screen goes black, then cuts back in to show the UAC box, with everything else greyed out)
I also hate the "You'll need to provide Administrator" message box, followed by the above mentioned UAC lock-out and "Are you really sure?" message box. It's akin to saying we've added security features because a file copy requires 16 confirmations before it will proceed. "Are you really, really, really, really...."
Otherwise, Vista ain't that bad.
Add to that CardSpace. Facebook allowing the use of CardSpace for sign-in would give Microsoft a hell of a leg-up in the Social Login game.
Hiya Mr AC. If you read Microsofts KB Article on the issue, you'll see they have three solutions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930367
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Method 1: Run the blocked program or the blocked service
Fixes the issue once - will need to be clicked on each boot.
Method 2: Disable the blocked program or the blocked service
But I want to run it... so useless.
Method 3: Remove the blocked program or the blocked service from the startup process
See above. I want to run it.
To quote an MVP from http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=719268&page=2
How one allows blocked startup programs that ask for admin privileges when the system starts is done the same way, but those programs might not have a checkbox like the System Configuration Utility. It can't be disabled on an individual program basis. It's triggered because the program is asking to run with admin privileges.
(Emphasis mine)
So even adding it to the Windows Defender list wouldn't appear to help, as it would be a UAC issue. However, assuming your solution did help, let's reflect. Many people (myself included) want an "Remember this choice" tickbox to appear in the contect menu of the tray icon. That's two clicks.
To add a program to the ignore list, you must: Start Menu > Control Panel > Change startup programs > Tools > Options (Ignoring Allowed Items, as it only lists allowed, and doesn't allow adding new ones) > Add to "Do not scan these files or locations" via file dialog.
Not really the ease of use people are looking for.
I have to say one of the most broken features (from a design POV) is the blocking of start-up programs. Great, so users are secured against programs that might start up without their permission or knowledge. Great, so I can right-click on the tray, scroll to the blocked program, and left-click to start it up.
However - where the Hell is the checkbox to remember my choice?.
Having to do this on every boot is crazy. It was funny that this issue was on the "Windows 7 Wishlist" - it should've been one of the first updates out the door after RTM, and at the latest, SP1.
In case anyone still has nightmares about this, there is a work-around apparently - http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&p=6509411
Well - seeing as I've watched TV shows on the train with it, listen daily to my music via a Bluetooth stereo headset, and have a data-plan to ensure I can enjoy Opera wherever I like... The comparison I was making is that a phone with better features was available for cheaper - I'm hoping spelling it out helps.
Windows Mobile has its flaws, no doubt - but to be fair, at least I can create and/or install new applications for it without having to hack my firmware.
My phone isn't trendy though, if that's a big issue?