When you type a word into the address bar, it would normally propagate (at least for me) as a google query. Type amazon into the bar and off to amazon you go. But when I used OpenDNS, instead of carrying me away to a google "I'm feeling lucky" result it took me to an OpenDNS page saying "This word isn't a URL and isn't one of your keyword shortcuts." and show a Yahoo! search page. This, according to a blog entry at OpenDNS, is intentional, and they don't have any plans to change it. It's frustrating for me because I very often use the lucky search results to get to common places like amazon, google, or even to, for example, a band website that I don't know. Type feist into the address bar and you automatically have feist's website.
I just have to say, despite being a bit offtopic, that some people (including me) can't bring themselves to use OpenDNS when they shove Yahoo! search down your throat, instead of not showing a search at all, or letting you pick your search. They have even said "we use yahoo, get the fuck over it" (paraphrased;)
Beyond that, OpenDNS isn't an anti-phishing service. It's simply a DNS that blocks access to/known/ phishing sites. I can only assume they get a list of phishing sites from some other service every few days and sync their blacklist to the service's blacklist.
I'd be willing to bet, though I don't have any "science" to back it up, that most people fall for phishing scams LONG before the phishing site is added to even 1 blacklist. Therefore relying on those kinds of services instead of the, and I'm sorry if this is the wrong term, heuristics that some browsers (like Firefox) use to determine that a site is phishing for your "lewtz."
Sony responded, "The purchasing of PSP consoles by SCE employees would be for investigatory purposes. We would also like to express our surprise at a company releasing personal information about its consumers, as this is contrary to data protection principles around the world."
Just like suing an import company for importing is contrary to good business principles around the world? Far be it from me to criticize, but it seems quite ironic to hear someone from Sony speak of principles, as if they knew what principles were.
Even PC gaming, I think, has a more vibrant "indie" development scene than consoles.
And the reason is: game and game system developers have become so enveloped in their worry about IP and Copyrights and homebrew and piracy that they have locked down their consoles so tightly that noone bothers to even try to make homebrew. Remember the Dreamcast? Have you ever looked into the homebrew scene for it? The reason that there was so much creativity within that little box was because Sega did not lock down the system so tightly. copying DC games is difficult because of the odd-sized GD-ROMs, but burning your own bootable CD was, and is, far from difficult. Sega turned a blind eye to that, and because of that the Dreamcast homebrew scene is still active several years later. If other system developers took a more loose policy, and targeted piracy but left plenty of room for homebrew, then imagine how popular the PSP would be. You know that old SNES in your closet? And that copy of Legend Of Zelda you never bother playing? Now it's in the palm of your hand.:3
It is entirely money that has caused this bottleneck in gaming. Money and nearly nothing else.
And we have the legal issues to think of here too. My name is Jonathan Davis, which just happens to be the same name as the lead singer/frontman of the popular rock band Korn. If I register jonathandavis.tel, what kind of legal things can Korn's lawyers throw at me? I once had a friend whose name was Jennifer Lopez... What if she registered? And to top it all off, what means will be put into place to ensure that people can't register "stupid".tel domains the same way they've been abusing every other TLD for the past God-knows-how-many years? This obviously wasn't given much thought, and should probably be tossed back in the bin for now.
Some Atheists think it's "cool to hate God," and those are the ones I'm referring to. True, hating God breaks the very base of beliefs they stand on, but don't ask me for an explanation. I've dealt with a few of these exact people, and that's the only reason I refer to them.
Bitching? I'm saying it's pointless. Am I not entitled to my opinion? Isn't that what these comments are for? What are _you_ doing to cure cancer? Nothing? What reason to you have to flame me for saying scientists should work on productive science projects, not religious pseudo-science.
Those "scientific" studies to prove prayer _does_ help are just as stupid, and a waste of time. How many other things could they be working on that are 100 times more productive than "testing" wether or not prayer does anything. Look around and you'll see much more serious problems than proving or disproving the value of prayer. Cancer, the common cold, etc.
As is yours, apparently. He has a point. Why do scientists have to always go find some pointless theory to prove or disprove? What was the point of this study at all? People who believe in prayer (like me) will still always believe in it, that's faith. All that will happen now is make the bullshit atheists who think it's cool to hate God get all cocky saying "oh hey! look! scientists proved your prayer is bullshit!".
Gimme a break. Really. Studies on prayer... And where's my 100% scratch-proof PSP faceplate?
I don't know about you but I've read quite a few manga... Though I've never read this "Peach Fuzz" or "Von Von Whatever" I have to say that manga is hardly anything that is for kids. I would say that the normal comics you see in newspapers today actually appeal more to "kids" than manga ever would. In Asia mangas may be read by 10-14 year old kids alongside the older readers, but that is only because Asians are more... For lack of a better word... "Mature," and are exposed to more "mature" content (not as in pornography, but as in complex and hard-for-kids-to-understand) at a younger age. If anything, adding manga to the Sunday Funnies will likely draw more adults.
Slashdot Mirror
When you type a word into the address bar, it would normally propagate (at least for me) as a google query. Type amazon into the bar and off to amazon you go. But when I used OpenDNS, instead of carrying me away to a google "I'm feeling lucky" result it took me to an OpenDNS page saying "This word isn't a URL and isn't one of your keyword shortcuts." and show a Yahoo! search page. This, according to a blog entry at OpenDNS, is intentional, and they don't have any plans to change it. It's frustrating for me because I very often use the lucky search results to get to common places like amazon, google, or even to, for example, a band website that I don't know. Type feist into the address bar and you automatically have feist's website.
I just have to say, despite being a bit offtopic, that some people (including me) can't bring themselves to use OpenDNS when they shove Yahoo! search down your throat, instead of not showing a search at all, or letting you pick your search. They have even said "we use yahoo, get the fuck over it" (paraphrased ;)
Beyond that, OpenDNS isn't an anti-phishing service. It's simply a DNS that blocks access to /known/ phishing sites. I can only assume they get a list of phishing sites from some other service every few days and sync their blacklist to the service's blacklist.
I'd be willing to bet, though I don't have any "science" to back it up, that most people fall for phishing scams LONG before the phishing site is added to even 1 blacklist. Therefore relying on those kinds of services instead of the, and I'm sorry if this is the wrong term, heuristics that some browsers (like Firefox) use to determine that a site is phishing for your "lewtz."
And we have the legal issues to think of here too. My name is Jonathan Davis, which just happens to be the same name as the lead singer/frontman of the popular rock band Korn. If I register jonathandavis.tel, what kind of legal things can Korn's lawyers throw at me? I once had a friend whose name was Jennifer Lopez... What if she registered? And to top it all off, what means will be put into place to ensure that people can't register "stupid" .tel domains the same way they've been abusing every other TLD for the past God-knows-how-many years? This obviously wasn't given much thought, and should probably be tossed back in the bin for now.
Some Atheists think it's "cool to hate God," and those are the ones I'm referring to. True, hating God breaks the very base of beliefs they stand on, but don't ask me for an explanation. I've dealt with a few of these exact people, and that's the only reason I refer to them.
Bitching? I'm saying it's pointless. Am I not entitled to my opinion? Isn't that what these comments are for? What are _you_ doing to cure cancer? Nothing? What reason to you have to flame me for saying scientists should work on productive science projects, not religious pseudo-science.
Those "scientific" studies to prove prayer _does_ help are just as stupid, and a waste of time. How many other things could they be working on that are 100 times more productive than "testing" wether or not prayer does anything. Look around and you'll see much more serious problems than proving or disproving the value of prayer. Cancer, the common cold, etc.
As is yours, apparently. He has a point. Why do scientists have to always go find some pointless theory to prove or disprove? What was the point of this study at all? People who believe in prayer (like me) will still always believe in it, that's faith. All that will happen now is make the bullshit atheists who think it's cool to hate God get all cocky saying "oh hey! look! scientists proved your prayer is bullshit!".
Gimme a break. Really. Studies on prayer... And where's my 100% scratch-proof PSP faceplate?
I don't know about you but I've read quite a few manga... Though I've never read this "Peach Fuzz" or "Von Von Whatever" I have to say that manga is hardly anything that is for kids. I would say that the normal comics you see in newspapers today actually appeal more to "kids" than manga ever would. In Asia mangas may be read by 10-14 year old kids alongside the older readers, but that is only because Asians are more... For lack of a better word... "Mature," and are exposed to more "mature" content (not as in pornography, but as in complex and hard-for-kids-to-understand) at a younger age. If anything, adding manga to the Sunday Funnies will likely draw more adults.
This must be the best example of the decline of the QOR (quality of reporting) here at /.