Not on-topic for the article, but definitely on-topic for parent:
You know, I'm wondering how long it will be before that is actually implemented, in Windows, at least. Microsoft already offers different "levels" to signed and unsigned code. How long until unsigned code can only send marked packets; then how long until ISPs begin dropping these?
That said, I'll put in my two cents about the ID cards... I don't remember where I read this, but here's a quote from a prominent government official regarding their inability to read the cards: "We're really taking the security of your personal data very seriously with this new program. Our inability to read that data from these new ID cards proves that. We're the government; if we don't have the technology available to read it, nobody does!"
A bit off toipc, but I have a Samsung SCD23 camcorder that I just found out was the subject of a class action lawsuit regarding a known-bad part that was used.
I used to be loyal to the brand. The brand has failed me and I, too, will never buy Samsung again.
That said, they settled the suit, agreeing to replace or repair each camera. I bought it 8 years ago, there's a fair chance I'll be getting something brand new now. Thank you, Samsung.
To bring this somewhat back on topic, I should note that the fucking thing is loud. Was from day one. It's too bad that I bought a different camera, used it, then exchanged it for this one, which I ended up not using until 3 months later, when I could no longer return it.
That annoying fucken' sound is the fist thing I fucken' disable when I get a new phone, simply because it pisses me off.
I've never taken "candid" photos, for which I'd need complete silence, I just don't like the extra noise. I disable my desktop sounds, as well. I'm just like that.
And at a concert or other public event? I've never heard someone's camera phone making noises (other than ringing) at one, but I know they're being used to take pictures.... actually, I have been in situations where silence was golden. I have no drawing skills and needed to copy down a diagram my instructor had drawn on the whiteboard. My (instructor approved, so ling as it didn't disrupt the class) answer? Camera phone.
aptitude acts as a front end to apt-get, which is a front end for dpkg.
sudo aptitude
will allow you to browse through and search packages
sudo aptitude install acpi-support
will act exactly like
sudo apt-get install acpi-support
except that is may scroll a few extra lines across the screen, will use more RAM and, because it has to load extra code that isn't needed to do its task, will take slightly longer to complete.
For one package, no big deal; for a dist-upgrade, it's at least an extra couple bites of dinner.
I'd mod you +10 Fucking Hilarious, but I already commented (duh, you replied to my comment).
It's interesting, though, isn't it? Someone who's used everything from an Atari 800, to an ST1040, C64, DOS-based PCs, Win 3.1, all the way through Vista, is having problems with Windows. Someone who has used Windows, in its various iterations, since the mid 1980s, who has been using Linux since mid 2006, is more comfortable and more productive using Linux on a system with 1/5 the processing power (measured in MHz*Cores -- in reality, with increases in efficiency, it's probably 1/7 or 1/8), 1/4 the RAM and 1/8 the bus bandwidth of her Vista desktop.
23 years of experience with a product and you're still not comfortable with it? Maybe it's you. Maybe not, if you're comfortable with a competing product after less than 3 years.
I've always had to provide near constant support for my mom's Windows PC, from 95, to 98, to XP, to Vista.
She's also had a Linux laptop for the last 3 years. The extent of support I gave her with it was helping her eBay a new battery and telling her where to get the Ubuntu ISO and how to burn it.
She installed it herself, configured it herself and manages the system quite fine on her own. That little 1Ghz P3 with 512MB of RAM runs circles around her brand new Vista system.
I have a set of SI wrenches and a set of "standard" wrenches.
That's twice as many wrenches as you'd need if everything came with one system of fixings.
So, you're saying, when we all agree to use SI measurements, every nut and bolt currently in existence, for which I purchased my SAE wrenches, will cease to exist and be automatically replaced with SI nuts and bolts?
No?
Oh, so I'll still need those SAE wrenches? For as long as the equipment I use then on is functional and/or repairable?
Oh, shit, I guess I'll need them for the rest of my life, then; I keep my equipment running.
Yes, that makes a difference, as well. the 1900MHz signal can go farther with unobstructed line of sight, but 850MHz signals can penetrate buildings more easily. It's important to have a phone that can handle both in the US. Don't forget 900MHz and 1800MHz, if you're going to be leaving the US for any reason!
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it just dawned on me...
Microsoft is giving Linux Mono!
I guarantee, if you grep the source, you'll find epstein-barr.
It does. If I can't read your RFID, I know your a terrorist and kill you on sight.
omgPWNies!
There, fixed that for ya.
Unfortunately, people will still commit crimes, so eventually the entire country will have to be turned into a giant prison. ...
Australia?
Not on-topic for the article, but definitely on-topic for parent:
You know, I'm wondering how long it will be before that is actually implemented, in Windows, at least. Microsoft already offers different "levels" to signed and unsigned code. How long until unsigned code can only send marked packets; then how long until ISPs begin dropping these?
That said, I'll put in my two cents about the ID cards... I don't remember where I read this, but here's a quote from a prominent government official regarding their inability to read the cards: "We're really taking the security of your personal data very seriously with this new program. Our inability to read that data from these new ID cards proves that. We're the government; if we don't have the technology available to read it, nobody does!"
If you buy a $30 Go-Phone off the shelf, with no intentions of using it as a phone, why do you need it to ring?
I had a Nokia 6820 that could do that, it could also play sound files into a call.
Two features I miss dearly.
JESUS CHRIST! DON'T GIVE THEM ANY FUCKING IDEAS!
Fuck! Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Funny you said Samsung.
A bit off toipc, but I have a Samsung SCD23 camcorder that I just found out was the subject of a class action lawsuit regarding a known-bad part that was used.
I used to be loyal to the brand. The brand has failed me and I, too, will never buy Samsung again.
That said, they settled the suit, agreeing to replace or repair each camera. I bought it 8 years ago, there's a fair chance I'll be getting something brand new now. Thank you, Samsung.
To bring this somewhat back on topic, I should note that the fucking thing is loud. Was from day one. It's too bad that I bought a different camera, used it, then exchanged it for this one, which I ended up not using until 3 months later, when I could no longer return it.
Seriously. What. The. Fuck?
That annoying fucken' sound is the fist thing I fucken' disable when I get a new phone, simply because it pisses me off.
I've never taken "candid" photos, for which I'd need complete silence, I just don't like the extra noise. I disable my desktop sounds, as well. I'm just like that.
And at a concert or other public event? I've never heard someone's camera phone making noises (other than ringing) at one, but I know they're being used to take pictures. ... actually, I have been in situations where silence was golden. I have no drawing skills and needed to copy down a diagram my instructor had drawn on the whiteboard. My (instructor approved, so ling as it didn't disrupt the class) answer? Camera phone.
Not anymore, if this law passes!
sudo su
works the same
I did not know. See? You really do learn something new every day!
aptitude acts as a front end to apt-get, which is a front end for dpkg.
sudo aptitude
will allow you to browse through and search packages
sudo aptitude install acpi-support
will act exactly like
sudo apt-get install acpi-support
except that is may scroll a few extra lines across the screen, will use more RAM and, because it has to load extra code that isn't needed to do its task, will take slightly longer to complete.
For one package, no big deal; for a dist-upgrade, it's at least an extra couple bites of dinner.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install acpi-support
That's better
will be televised?
I'd mod you +10 Fucking Hilarious, but I already commented (duh, you replied to my comment).
It's interesting, though, isn't it? Someone who's used everything from an Atari 800, to an ST1040, C64, DOS-based PCs, Win 3.1, all the way through Vista, is having problems with Windows. Someone who has used Windows, in its various iterations, since the mid 1980s, who has been using Linux since mid 2006, is more comfortable and more productive using Linux on a system with 1/5 the processing power (measured in MHz*Cores -- in reality, with increases in efficiency, it's probably 1/7 or 1/8), 1/4 the RAM and 1/8 the bus bandwidth of her Vista desktop.
23 years of experience with a product and you're still not comfortable with it? Maybe it's you. Maybe not, if you're comfortable with a competing product after less than 3 years.
I've always had to provide near constant support for my mom's Windows PC, from 95, to 98, to XP, to Vista.
She's also had a Linux laptop for the last 3 years. The extent of support I gave her with it was helping her eBay a new battery and telling her where to get the Ubuntu ISO and how to burn it.
She installed it herself, configured it herself and manages the system quite fine on her own. That little 1Ghz P3 with 512MB of RAM runs circles around her brand new Vista system.
And education is (or so we're told in school) about preparing us for the business world. So GGGP is correct.
To further your point, he could also mean a series of ASCII art, titled:
1.txt
2.txt
3.txt
etc...
Similar to multipart RAR archives.
Hell, one could put the multipart ASCII-stego into a multipart RAR for extra fun!
You might like to, yourself. My literacy and comprehension (ooh, big word, google it if you need help) are not what is being discussed.
If I mistook you, perhaps it isn't obvious what you were saying.
Posting legitimately because I still, somehow, have no foes and my karma can afford it.
I have a set of SI wrenches and a set of "standard" wrenches.
That's twice as many wrenches as you'd need if everything came with one system of fixings.
So, you're saying, when we all agree to use SI measurements, every nut and bolt currently in existence, for which I purchased my SAE wrenches, will cease to exist and be automatically replaced with SI nuts and bolts?
No?
Oh, so I'll still need those SAE wrenches? For as long as the equipment I use then on is functional and/or repairable?
Oh, shit, I guess I'll need them for the rest of my life, then; I keep my equipment running.
when and where I can get the EeePhone and the EeePod Touch.
It seems nobody got it (I'd be inclined to think nobody cared, but it's a Portal reference and this is Slashdot)...
The cake is a lie.
Offtopic: Your signature is cake.
Yes, that makes a difference, as well. the 1900MHz signal can go farther with unobstructed line of sight, but 850MHz signals can penetrate buildings more easily. It's important to have a phone that can handle both in the US. Don't forget 900MHz and 1800MHz, if you're going to be leaving the US for any reason!