Still, am I the only one who finds that putting a game in Google Earth makes as much sense as putting a spreadsheet program (although that happened before)? I know people love google, but what the hell.
Tor *IS* a peer-to-peer proxying system, that makes it extremely difficult to trace traffic back to a source. The anonymizing is its primary purpose, although it achieves that by implementing a network of p2p nodes. Like the article said, its ability to circumvent censoring firewalls is a secondary feature, more of a side effect (see this FAQ entry).
Also, AFAIK, Skype does not actually route the voip traffic over proxies.
Isn't that what it is? Windows equivalent of using gksudo for all apps that require superuser privileges (like Ubuntu does)... On the other hand, yes: users prefer convenience over security measures.
Why not just make the phone screen a touchscreen and introduce a graffiti-like writing system? I, for one, would find that faster. The 9 (or 12) button keypad is flawed - it will never be as good as a separate button for every key, whatever way you choose to jam letters into it.
I assume it's for the situations when YOU can talk, but the receiving party can't (and they also can't check voicemail). But then, I never use text messages, so I woulnd't know.
It's only partially effective, though. There's a limited amount of obfuscation schemes that you can code into the system. A spammer can browse slashdot and note a bunch of methods used to hide email addresses, and then write something to convert those back into a usable form. Chances are, he'll get a whole bunch of usable addresses. Sure, it is better than nothing, and somewhat increases your chances.
I'd rather wait for a mod that allows the phone user to feed false coordinates to others... Including simulations of stuff like driving a car or walking. Now THAT would be nice.
On my laptop, I tend to use 3 or 2 workspaces at most. I spend most of the time in the primary workspace, with the secondary one having IRC, gaim and a mail client open (I can then flick to the workspace to use IRC or whatever else, and then go back to what I was doing). The third workspace gets used whenever there's an oversaturation of open apps in the primary desktop, or when I'm downloading torrents, or generally any other long-term process with progress bars and no interaction. I have two monitors on my desktop, and so sometimes I use the two workspaces like I'd use 2 monitors, because I'm so used to it.
The scariest level for me would have to be the Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. The neat thing about is is that you start it with no idea of what awaits you ahead. You don't know if there's any actual physical threat, and you don't know how to deal with it at first. Throughout the entire level, I just wanted to get the hell out, as soon as possible.
Now we have those banners advertising magical spraypaint-thing that makes your license plate harder to see through a traffic camera. I guess in the future, we'll be seeing banners advertising stuff that you spray on your face so that nobody recognizes you.
I prefer to believe that the topic list on editors' story submission page is sorted according to some bizzare alphabet where "Enli" comes before everything else. That way, you can consider kdawson incompetent, as he simply failed to change the default value, instead of being confused about the meaning.
I'd tend to agree. Wikipedia is great if you want basic information on a particular subject, and you know that google results are likely to contain a lot of noise (such as when searching for a name of a product, or a company).
On the other hand, Google is better for less precise search terms, such when you can't remember the origin of a movie quote, or some other reference, or when you're looking for something that can't fit under one title on wikipedia.
If someone showed me two species of ducks, that are significantly different from each other (like, a different color of feathers), and then told me their names, I'd probably get them mixed up if they asked me to identify a duck a week later. That's because I don't work with ducks. I am not into ducks. I don't care what species they are, and I have no need to know.
I guess it's similar with people who have no desire or need to know what's inside of their computer. On the other hand, you have to know the difference between a truck and a bus for your everyday life.
That's not really a bug in the compatibility layers. Stuff like Punkbuster, and, I assume, VAC demand full access to the operating system (that's why you gotta run games with PB with admin rights). If there is no actual operating system, they automatically consider that you're messing with something. They're paranoid that way.
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"No fair, we hit a bump!"
You don't need Internet access to have a lan party, though... You need it to play online.
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Google Maps != Google Earth
Still, am I the only one who finds that putting a game in Google Earth makes as much sense as putting a spreadsheet program (although that happened before)? I know people love google, but what the hell.
Tor *IS* a peer-to-peer proxying system, that makes it extremely difficult to trace traffic back to a source. The anonymizing is its primary purpose, although it achieves that by implementing a network of p2p nodes. Like the article said, its ability to circumvent censoring firewalls is a secondary feature, more of a side effect (see this FAQ entry).
Also, AFAIK, Skype does not actually route the voip traffic over proxies.
Isn't that what it is? Windows equivalent of using gksudo for all apps that require superuser privileges (like Ubuntu does)... On the other hand, yes: users prefer convenience over security measures.
Why would I want to do that?
Benefits of Myspace without being superficial and spammy? You mean about:blank?
Easy. They're gonna strap a hornet to it. They'll install a minature treadmill, and put some sugar in the front of the vehicle. Logical, isn't it?
I heard the benevolence of the Communist Party of China tripled in the last six months.
Why not just make the phone screen a touchscreen and introduce a graffiti-like writing system? I, for one, would find that faster. The 9 (or 12) button keypad is flawed - it will never be as good as a separate button for every key, whatever way you choose to jam letters into it.
I assume it's for the situations when YOU can talk, but the receiving party can't (and they also can't check voicemail). But then, I never use text messages, so I woulnd't know.
It's only partially effective, though. There's a limited amount of obfuscation schemes that you can code into the system. A spammer can browse slashdot and note a bunch of methods used to hide email addresses, and then write something to convert those back into a usable form. Chances are, he'll get a whole bunch of usable addresses. Sure, it is better than nothing, and somewhat increases your chances.
Well, there is the theme park... and a bunch of farms.
See, that's where RIAA and company get their statistics - they equate every posting of that to one bankrupt CD store.
In the future, all browsers will be a webapps! Then, the Internet will collapse because of the resulting paradox.
I'd rather wait for a mod that allows the phone user to feed false coordinates to others... Including simulations of stuff like driving a car or walking. Now THAT would be nice.
On my laptop, I tend to use 3 or 2 workspaces at most. I spend most of the time in the primary workspace, with the secondary one having IRC, gaim and a mail client open (I can then flick to the workspace to use IRC or whatever else, and then go back to what I was doing). The third workspace gets used whenever there's an oversaturation of open apps in the primary desktop, or when I'm downloading torrents, or generally any other long-term process with progress bars and no interaction. I have two monitors on my desktop, and so sometimes I use the two workspaces like I'd use 2 monitors, because I'm so used to it.
The scariest level for me would have to be the Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. The neat thing about is is that you start it with no idea of what awaits you ahead. You don't know if there's any actual physical threat, and you don't know how to deal with it at first. Throughout the entire level, I just wanted to get the hell out, as soon as possible.
I think Penny Arcade got it right...
Now we have those banners advertising magical spraypaint-thing that makes your license plate harder to see through a traffic camera. I guess in the future, we'll be seeing banners advertising stuff that you spray on your face so that nobody recognizes you.
I prefer to believe that the topic list on editors' story submission page is sorted according to some bizzare alphabet where "Enli" comes before everything else. That way, you can consider kdawson incompetent, as he simply failed to change the default value, instead of being confused about the meaning.
I'd tend to agree. Wikipedia is great if you want basic information on a particular subject, and you know that google results are likely to contain a lot of noise (such as when searching for a name of a product, or a company).
On the other hand, Google is better for less precise search terms, such when you can't remember the origin of a movie quote, or some other reference, or when you're looking for something that can't fit under one title on wikipedia.
While we're at it, we need to define the word "female," as it's used online.
If someone showed me two species of ducks, that are significantly different from each other (like, a different color of feathers), and then told me their names, I'd probably get them mixed up if they asked me to identify a duck a week later. That's because I don't work with ducks. I am not into ducks. I don't care what species they are, and I have no need to know.
I guess it's similar with people who have no desire or need to know what's inside of their computer. On the other hand, you have to know the difference between a truck and a bus for your everyday life.
That's not really a bug in the compatibility layers. Stuff like Punkbuster, and, I assume, VAC demand full access to the operating system (that's why you gotta run games with PB with admin rights). If there is no actual operating system, they automatically consider that you're messing with something. They're paranoid that way.