I am quite understanding of console makers' desire to protect their consoles from running pirated games. I am less understanding when their anti-piracy measures go as far as to block backups of saved games, which means if you have to send your console in for repair all your saved games may very well get wiped. There are already horror stories about the Switch in this regard. I fully support homebrew on the Switch if only to fix this intentional flaw. If it enables piracy in the process, too bad for Nintendo. They should have learned their lessons like Valve did when they created Steam and totally owned the PC gaming market.
Microsoft tried going further. They called it Windows RT. Nobody bought it. They're trying it again with Windows 10 Cloud. I have a feeling nobody will buy that either.
For what? He didn't do anything. If you read his original website news post he stuck only to the facts of what had happened. The only place he mentions the possibility of it being stolen is where he talks about the package taking far longer than others, and thus the only conclusion he can draw is that it is "lost or stolen". Which was EXACTLY what happened (it was lost).
When USPS sends him the empty box, he does blow off some steam at how they enclose a letter blaming him for the missing items, which is entirely understandable. But he also posts the letter in its entirety so it's clear which parts of what he is saying is his own opinion.
IANAL but I don't think he even needed to apologize for suggesting his package might be stolen... he was clearly working off of the only evidence he had available at the time and reached a reasonable conclusion. But he did so anyway. He goes on to complain a bit about the USPS but again it's all based off of what happened to him and quite reasonable (they shouldn't have lost his package in the first place, they should have better customer services, etc).
What you suggest is nothing short of the suppression of byuu's freedom of speech (I assume he's American, at least).
Sounds like it includes cellular connectivity and a free VC game every month (possibly always an online-capable title but it's not clear). If it's a flat price regardless of how much bandwidth you use and it's a fair price I might go for it.
But seriously, I expect the answer to performance issues has something to do with pleasing the people who complain about browser memory usage. If you open 15 web pages with tons of graphics and videos and whatever they're going to use a lot of memory. If your computer can't handle it all, something is going to give, and a performance hit has to happen SOMEWHERE as a part of that.
When you open that photo, you're ONLY opening the photo. Easy. When you open a web page with the photo on it, you're downloading the file from the server, caching it on your local hard disk as well as in memory, loading the whole web page and all included files including scripts, not just a single image. The image viewer knows how to scale images fast because that is what it is designed to do. Your browser does as well but it wasn't designed to scale images for any specific purpose so it can't assume, for example, that the image won't be overlayed or it won't have an imagemap for interactivity or any number of things.
1. When all browsers do it, and it's not a standard, should you ignore it? I would say no. From a developer's perspective, you should reasonably try to support these things. This could also potentially be an accessibility issue... if the browser sees a page of content as different than how your web page sees it, I suppose there could be some sort of issue there.
2. OK, but the space bar scroll hasn't changed in that time.
3. You can scroll by page with the mouse by clicking on the scrollbar track. It's not just the keyboard that can do it.
4. I still find when scrolling through very large documents it's far easier on me to scroll by a page at a time to navigate faster.
Wrong. Pokemon Go doesn't do that anymore. It still displays the message, but it stops ALL in-game events from occurring when traveling at speeds over 30MPH. It does not matter if you are passenger or driver.
Google had already finalized the latest security update when Dirty COW was discovered. December's update will be their first chance to patch it.
Furthermore given Android is an open platform ANYONE can develop for it, and this isn't Google's code at fault here. This is just a case of getting what you pay for when you buy a low-end Android phone that was made without adequate code review or security testing.
The flaw was discovered AFTER the patch was finalized. Until they invent time travel, there isn't much Google can do at that point. The next patch, which is the first one which will be finalized after the discovery of this flaw, will have the fix. That's really the best anyone can expect I'd think.
Cygwin sometimes throws the strangest errors, and when searching for info I find lots of dev comments on how support for various things that don't exist natively in Windows often had to be hacked together and doesn't always quite work. Cygwin is a giant hack, and while it's a hack that for the most park works quite nicely, I am glad to see MS take a stab at it.
Not until all cars are self driving, at least. Then most traffic laws would be a bit redundant I would think; let the cars figure out the quickest safe route through coordination with servers and with other cars without any need for further restrictions.
Before I get into it, I must admit it's not clear if refilled cartridges work or not. I think we have just some anecdotes that they don't but it could be isolated cases. So HP's claims there might have merit.
Now that that's over with, I want to draw your attention to this gem that caught my eye from HP's statements:
We updated a cartridge authentication procedure in select models of HP office inkjet printers to ensure the best consumer experience and protect them from counterfeit and third-party ink cartridges that do not contain an original HP security chip and that infringe on our IP,
This is amazing when you break it down. First of all you have this reasonable part:
We updated a cartridge authentication procedure in select models of HP office inkjet printers to ensure the best consumer experience and protect them from counterfeit and third-party ink cartridges
So far so good. Without any context it seems a reasonable enough statement.
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The use of "that" here, though, indicates they are talking about a specific subset of counterfeit or third party ink cartridges (or that they believe all of them fit the following criteria). This is where they shoot themselves in the foot I think.
do not contain an original HP security chip
So, in other words, they are requiring you to only buy cartridges with their DRM in order to ensure you only buy cartridges with their DRM. Great circular logic there. But the best part is next:
and that infringe on our IP,
Why do they infringe? Because big companies have lobbied for laws to give themselves more power when it comes to their IP, and its these laws that give HP the authority to do what they do (as opposed to laws that might protect creators of competitive products). So HP's reasoning here is because it's legal, they're gonna do it. So if you strip away will the corporate speak, their OFFICIAL statement is not too far from that they're doing it because they thought they could get away with it.
Not to mention this problem has already been solved by radio. A DJ talks over the beginning or end of the song or they otherwise make the tracks unable to be cleanly ripped to stand alone. There's no reason officials YouTube videos can't do the same if it's that big a problem.
Yup. Sending the plain text password to the server is the way to go, since you can't and should not trust the client to do any cryptographic work for you with it. But what you SHOULD do for sure is use HTTPS... then it doesn't matter that it's plain text, using HTTPS will be your encryption for sending it over the network. Chrome has started flagging pages that have login forms submitting to HTTP to notify users the page is not secure. Good move.
Capcom made their game and malware to run on the OS their target audience uses. It happened to be Windows but there was nothing to stop it from bring Linux under other circumstances.
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All the Google stuff is great as usual. Lexus' one is pretty good too.
I am quite understanding of console makers' desire to protect their consoles from running pirated games. I am less understanding when their anti-piracy measures go as far as to block backups of saved games, which means if you have to send your console in for repair all your saved games may very well get wiped. There are already horror stories about the Switch in this regard. I fully support homebrew on the Switch if only to fix this intentional flaw. If it enables piracy in the process, too bad for Nintendo. They should have learned their lessons like Valve did when they created Steam and totally owned the PC gaming market.
Not surprising, some people today are just as ignorant about computers.
Though it scares me to think I may be ignorant about some FUTURE tech that comes out when I'm old.
Microsoft tried going further. They called it Windows RT. Nobody bought it. They're trying it again with Windows 10 Cloud. I have a feeling nobody will buy that either.
For what? He didn't do anything. If you read his original website news post he stuck only to the facts of what had happened. The only place he mentions the possibility of it being stolen is where he talks about the package taking far longer than others, and thus the only conclusion he can draw is that it is "lost or stolen". Which was EXACTLY what happened (it was lost).
When USPS sends him the empty box, he does blow off some steam at how they enclose a letter blaming him for the missing items, which is entirely understandable. But he also posts the letter in its entirety so it's clear which parts of what he is saying is his own opinion.
IANAL but I don't think he even needed to apologize for suggesting his package might be stolen... he was clearly working off of the only evidence he had available at the time and reached a reasonable conclusion. But he did so anyway. He goes on to complain a bit about the USPS but again it's all based off of what happened to him and quite reasonable (they shouldn't have lost his package in the first place, they should have better customer services, etc).
What you suggest is nothing short of the suppression of byuu's freedom of speech (I assume he's American, at least).
Chrome displays an icon in tabs that play audio, you can click it to mute the tab. Not a big problem.
Sounds like it includes cellular connectivity and a free VC game every month (possibly always an online-capable title but it's not clear). If it's a flat price regardless of how much bandwidth you use and it's a fair price I might go for it.
This extension allows users to save any web page they're on as a PDF file and share it or download it to disk.
Chrome has had these capabilities built-in for years. Go to the Print window and choose "Save as PDF".
Android users can easily recover.
You could always try searching for "Steam refunds" and selecting the first result.
Stop trying to surf the web with your toaster.
But seriously, I expect the answer to performance issues has something to do with pleasing the people who complain about browser memory usage. If you open 15 web pages with tons of graphics and videos and whatever they're going to use a lot of memory. If your computer can't handle it all, something is going to give, and a performance hit has to happen SOMEWHERE as a part of that.
When you open that photo, you're ONLY opening the photo. Easy. When you open a web page with the photo on it, you're downloading the file from the server, caching it on your local hard disk as well as in memory, loading the whole web page and all included files including scripts, not just a single image. The image viewer knows how to scale images fast because that is what it is designed to do. Your browser does as well but it wasn't designed to scale images for any specific purpose so it can't assume, for example, that the image won't be overlayed or it won't have an imagemap for interactivity or any number of things.
Sooo how exactly do you log into your Slashdot account again?
1. When all browsers do it, and it's not a standard, should you ignore it? I would say no. From a developer's perspective, you should reasonably try to support these things. This could also potentially be an accessibility issue... if the browser sees a page of content as different than how your web page sees it, I suppose there could be some sort of issue there.
2. OK, but the space bar scroll hasn't changed in that time.
3. You can scroll by page with the mouse by clicking on the scrollbar track. It's not just the keyboard that can do it.
4. I still find when scrolling through very large documents it's far easier on me to scroll by a page at a time to navigate faster.
Turbo Mode, by it's very nature, also functions as a proxy, since the data needs to go through Opera's servers first to get compressed.
Wrong. Pokemon Go doesn't do that anymore. It still displays the message, but it stops ALL in-game events from occurring when traveling at speeds over 30MPH. It does not matter if you are passenger or driver.
Google had already finalized the latest security update when Dirty COW was discovered. December's update will be their first chance to patch it.
Furthermore given Android is an open platform ANYONE can develop for it, and this isn't Google's code at fault here. This is just a case of getting what you pay for when you buy a low-end Android phone that was made without adequate code review or security testing.
The flaw was discovered AFTER the patch was finalized. Until they invent time travel, there isn't much Google can do at that point. The next patch, which is the first one which will be finalized after the discovery of this flaw, will have the fix. That's really the best anyone can expect I'd think.
This is not Windows 10's fault. The game dev and/or publisher is responsible for this.
Cygwin sometimes throws the strangest errors, and when searching for info I find lots of dev comments on how support for various things that don't exist natively in Windows often had to be hacked together and doesn't always quite work. Cygwin is a giant hack, and while it's a hack that for the most park works quite nicely, I am glad to see MS take a stab at it.
Not until all cars are self driving, at least. Then most traffic laws would be a bit redundant I would think; let the cars figure out the quickest safe route through coordination with servers and with other cars without any need for further restrictions.
Before I get into it, I must admit it's not clear if refilled cartridges work or not. I think we have just some anecdotes that they don't but it could be isolated cases. So HP's claims there might have merit.
Now that that's over with, I want to draw your attention to this gem that caught my eye from HP's statements:
This is amazing when you break it down. First of all you have this reasonable part:
So far so good. Without any context it seems a reasonable enough statement.
The use of "that" here, though, indicates they are talking about a specific subset of counterfeit or third party ink cartridges (or that they believe all of them fit the following criteria). This is where they shoot themselves in the foot I think.
So, in other words, they are requiring you to only buy cartridges with their DRM in order to ensure you only buy cartridges with their DRM. Great circular logic there. But the best part is next:
Why do they infringe? Because big companies have lobbied for laws to give themselves more power when it comes to their IP, and its these laws that give HP the authority to do what they do (as opposed to laws that might protect creators of competitive products). So HP's reasoning here is because it's legal, they're gonna do it. So if you strip away will the corporate speak, their OFFICIAL statement is not too far from that they're doing it because they thought they could get away with it.
Not to mention this problem has already been solved by radio. A DJ talks over the beginning or end of the song or they otherwise make the tracks unable to be cleanly ripped to stand alone. There's no reason officials YouTube videos can't do the same if it's that big a problem.
Yup. Sending the plain text password to the server is the way to go, since you can't and should not trust the client to do any cryptographic work for you with it. But what you SHOULD do for sure is use HTTPS... then it doesn't matter that it's plain text, using HTTPS will be your encryption for sending it over the network. Chrome has started flagging pages that have login forms submitting to HTTP to notify users the page is not secure. Good move.
Capcom made their game and malware to run on the OS their target audience uses. It happened to be Windows but there was nothing to stop it from bring Linux under other circumstances.
This is why Chrome extensions exist: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-autoplay/efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai?hl=en (Disclaimer: I haven't checked this out myself.)