A VM is only any use for running OSes that are designed for the same instruction set as your processor has, so unless you have an x86 tablet you're out of luck with Windows and Photoshop in a VM (though they have run test builds of Windows to ARM, and Photoshop will presumably follow if that gets released).
Plus touch screens would be an awful way to use desktop apps even if you had a keyboard attached. They're not designed for touch in the same way that the old Windows mobile interface sucked (worked okay with a stylus, but was a PITA otherwise).
Also, you don't need all Windows/OSX/Linux programs ported anyway. You just need one that does your desired task well, and a purposely written or thoughtfully ported app is going to be best for that.
I'm not sure. He is usually very enthusiastic about some thing or other, but doesn't always seem to be trying to sell stuff. If he is a shill, he's a good one.
Possibly, but according to one of the press releases I saw, people were complaining about a lack of encryption, and they explained that the passwords were not encrypted, but they were hashed.
Would encryption of the credit card data even be any use if they compromised the whole system, and therefore probably had access to the keys too?
You have a strange idea of "full powered".. running an x86 emulator inside a browser on an ARM based tablet? Yeesh.. you'd be far, far, far better getting something like a port of GIMP.
I'm not sure I'd call that "fun" exactly, probably more like "excruciating" - but I would find it funny viewing this page in Chrome running on Windows running in Chrome running on Linux running in Firefox running on Windows running in Chrome running on Linux..
This discussion is full of guys who don't know the joys of multiple workspaces/desktops.. you shouldn't need that many windows per desktop, and you could have a whole desktop or 2 devoted to documentation if you want. I bound desktop switching to windows plus the arrow keys for moving around desktops (until Unity fucked it up, and I haven't bothered to remove Unity yet).
A second monitor is a nice convenience, but it's definitely not needed, and IMO is asking for trouble when it comes to a healthy posture at your desk if you do it wrong (hypocritical since I have poor posture anyway, but meh..).
If they value certain programs enough to torrent them and spend time watching them, there's a non-zero chance that they value them enough to have had paid for them. Even if just one person torrented a series instead of buying the DVD release, that is "hurting their bottom line". I barely even know who Comcast are btw, I live in the UK.
Have you been dipping into ideals that make you feel less dirty about being a leach (I don't care if you "seed" too)?
The old American attitude was just as annoying as the new millenium's foreign policy. At least now you can't bullshit about being free and brave with a straight face.
Regarding your subject, I couldn't help but notice a rather scummy looking woman shouting "PEDOPHILE, PEDOPHILE!" at a security guard in the supermarket the other day as she quickly strolled out the door. I'm guessing one of the staff noticed her putting stuff into her pram and the guard was trying to search it on her way out.. I felt kinda sorry for the guy, not sure what the correct response should be in a situation like that.
Perhaps not all fiction should be taken as scripture?
It sounds more like the situation that you find offensive, and that you'd be annoyed no matter the semantics. I like the word consumer much better than "citizen", which just makes me think of movies and computer games where people are being oppressed. They're all being referred to as citizens, but they're being treated very differently to consumers/customers, who are generally pampered by anything but monopoly groups. The words make no difference, it's how people are being treated, and how they respond to that treatment, that is important.
When discussing "citizens" and their relation to a content producer, it is legitimate and sensible to say consumer, or potential consumer. Would "customer" perhaps be better?
You might as well say "we are not citizens, we are human beings". Then "we are not human beings, we are mammals", blah blah. It's useful to have specific words for specific situations.
No kidding. I tried out Qt for the first time just before the MS deal was mentioned, and subsequently haven't bothered with it. If they're switching to a more open development model that will help to ensure it continues even if Nokia are savaged by MS, and if it's ported to more platforms, then that's enough reason to continue using it.
The most annoying thing for me is that the guy who tends to get owned the most is one of the Directors. Any time I've done something like have him run without admin privileges, he'll bitch at me until I give them back. It's his own fault if he ends up having his CC details stolen, etc. I suspect he already is being skimmed regularly.
Any time I mention this kind of stuff to him he just laughs at me as if it could never happen to him. He's the worst person I've ever seen for installing anything he comes across (some of it legit, sometimes it's not. "but I want to use it, because, quite frankly, I paid for it you know" FOR FUCK'S SAKE MAN >.< ), seems to have a ratio of 1 good email to 99 spam mails in his inbox, etc.. thankfully he's semi-retired now, but I still have to clean out his machine every few months.
Security through obscurity is nothing more than an illusion.
I always find this funny. Passwords, PINs, encryption/decryption keys, hardware tokens etc are all just forms of security through obscurity, too.. they just are a bit more obscure than running an an obscure OS when you use combinations of them, or pick a really good random password, etc.
Yeah, though Linux has been focusing on being a good OS for a long time. If you want to get games, you have to play their game of marketing. Linux is a great choice for your OS, just most people don't know or even care about the differences between OSes.
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A VM is only any use for running OSes that are designed for the same instruction set as your processor has, so unless you have an x86 tablet you're out of luck with Windows and Photoshop in a VM (though they have run test builds of Windows to ARM, and Photoshop will presumably follow if that gets released).
Plus touch screens would be an awful way to use desktop apps even if you had a keyboard attached. They're not designed for touch in the same way that the old Windows mobile interface sucked (worked okay with a stylus, but was a PITA otherwise).
Also, you don't need all Windows/OSX/Linux programs ported anyway. You just need one that does your desired task well, and a purposely written or thoughtfully ported app is going to be best for that.
I'm not sure. He is usually very enthusiastic about some thing or other, but doesn't always seem to be trying to sell stuff. If he is a shill, he's a good one.
Possibly, but according to one of the press releases I saw, people were complaining about a lack of encryption, and they explained that the passwords were not encrypted, but they were hashed.
Would encryption of the credit card data even be any use if they compromised the whole system, and therefore probably had access to the keys too?
You have a strange idea of "full powered".. running an x86 emulator inside a browser on an ARM based tablet? Yeesh.. you'd be far, far, far better getting something like a port of GIMP.
I'm not sure I'd call that "fun" exactly, probably more like "excruciating" - but I would find it funny viewing this page in Chrome running on Windows running in Chrome running on Linux running in Firefox running on Windows running in Chrome running on Linux..
This discussion is full of guys who don't know the joys of multiple workspaces/desktops.. you shouldn't need that many windows per desktop, and you could have a whole desktop or 2 devoted to documentation if you want. I bound desktop switching to windows plus the arrow keys for moving around desktops (until Unity fucked it up, and I haven't bothered to remove Unity yet).
A second monitor is a nice convenience, but it's definitely not needed, and IMO is asking for trouble when it comes to a healthy posture at your desk if you do it wrong (hypocritical since I have poor posture anyway, but meh..).
Hmm.. nope, that reads as exactly what I think it means. What do you think it means?
Wow, way to FUD.
They didn't "encrypt", but they did hash.
You should be a bit more careful what you're doing with your cards.
They don't.. do you you even have a PS3?
That's no excuse to be lazy about keeping up to date with patches, and apparently having no disaster recovery plan.
You mean it actually had a meaning before?
Like anyone's gonna mess with Animal.
If they value certain programs enough to torrent them and spend time watching them, there's a non-zero chance that they value them enough to have had paid for them. Even if just one person torrented a series instead of buying the DVD release, that is "hurting their bottom line". I barely even know who Comcast are btw, I live in the UK.
Have you been dipping into ideals that make you feel less dirty about being a leach (I don't care if you "seed" too)?
But just how forceful are you allowed to be in detaining someone when you're only a civilian yourself?
The old American attitude was just as annoying as the new millenium's foreign policy. At least now you can't bullshit about being free and brave with a straight face.
Regarding your subject, I couldn't help but notice a rather scummy looking woman shouting "PEDOPHILE, PEDOPHILE!" at a security guard in the supermarket the other day as she quickly strolled out the door. I'm guessing one of the staff noticed her putting stuff into her pram and the guard was trying to search it on her way out.. I felt kinda sorry for the guy, not sure what the correct response should be in a situation like that.
Perhaps not all fiction should be taken as scripture?
It sounds more like the situation that you find offensive, and that you'd be annoyed no matter the semantics. I like the word consumer much better than "citizen", which just makes me think of movies and computer games where people are being oppressed. They're all being referred to as citizens, but they're being treated very differently to consumers/customers, who are generally pampered by anything but monopoly groups. The words make no difference, it's how people are being treated, and how they respond to that treatment, that is important.
When discussing "citizens" and their relation to a content producer, it is legitimate and sensible to say consumer, or potential consumer. Would "customer" perhaps be better?
You might as well say "we are not citizens, we are human beings". Then "we are not human beings, we are mammals", blah blah. It's useful to have specific words for specific situations.
No kidding. I tried out Qt for the first time just before the MS deal was mentioned, and subsequently haven't bothered with it. If they're switching to a more open development model that will help to ensure it continues even if Nokia are savaged by MS, and if it's ported to more platforms, then that's enough reason to continue using it.
Not that much money? I got the impression that illegal drugs was one of the most lucrative businesses in the world..
Try reading his next sentence ffs.
No, you'd owe them an apology if you blame them for something they didn't actually do.
Did you check up on TPB yesterday (if you're not a Comcast customer), or did you want to just go on a rant..?
thepiratebay.org doesn't respond to pings btw. The website is up, but for a lot of posters the site will likely be blocked anyway if they're at work.
In case you're wondering, I wasn't one of the guys complaining, as I live in the UK.
The most annoying thing for me is that the guy who tends to get owned the most is one of the Directors. Any time I've done something like have him run without admin privileges, he'll bitch at me until I give them back. It's his own fault if he ends up having his CC details stolen, etc. I suspect he already is being skimmed regularly.
Any time I mention this kind of stuff to him he just laughs at me as if it could never happen to him. He's the worst person I've ever seen for installing anything he comes across (some of it legit, sometimes it's not. "but I want to use it, because, quite frankly, I paid for it you know" FOR FUCK'S SAKE MAN >.< ), seems to have a ratio of 1 good email to 99 spam mails in his inbox, etc.. thankfully he's semi-retired now, but I still have to clean out his machine every few months.
Security through obscurity is nothing more than an illusion.
I always find this funny. Passwords, PINs, encryption/decryption keys, hardware tokens etc are all just forms of security through obscurity, too.. they just are a bit more obscure than running an an obscure OS when you use combinations of them, or pick a really good random password, etc.
Yeah, though Linux has been focusing on being a good OS for a long time. If you want to get games, you have to play their game of marketing. Linux is a great choice for your OS, just most people don't know or even care about the differences between OSes.