> I also wish you could turn off specific permissions (so app developers would have to check that they have the permission before they used it, erroring - and asking for the permission - if that permission was required).
Yes. Or maybe an option to "Install with No Permissions" or something. It would be interesting to see which parts of the app required which permissions, then you could make an informed choice whether you wanted X feature enough to expose yourself in that specific way.
I know this was a joke at the expense of Java, but surely if it's possible to write a security-hole-ridden port of anything in HTML5 then HTML5 must have such holes all by itself?
If this could ever actually work - which it can't - I wouldn't want my digital photos to expire anyway. BUT if anybody actually does want this, why doesn't facebook just delete them after the expiry date?
There are already laws against most kinds of nuisance-making; a separate one for happening to be drunk while nuisancing is overkill and unnecessary. Being drunk in and of itself doesn't harm anyone else.
Define "file". If you use a RAID system you're already storing more than just a string of bits. What about if this "file" is on local network storage - are you allowed to copy chunks of it to your local hard drive while it's playing? And then into memory - that's another copy.. ker-ching!
A file is an abstract concept - it makes no practical difference - and should make no legal difference - whether it's in the cloud, on your local computer or somewhere in between, or all of those places at once. All that matters is whether or not you can access the data.
The company that failed to upgrade most spectacularly, and basically caused all this mess, was Microsoft itself. IE6 wasn't a bad browser back in 2000. If they'd released an upgraded version every year since, it, its incompatibility and its bugs would be long-forgotten.
Thanks for the recommendation. I am currently using Avant Window Navigator, which is almost great, but has a few irritating glitches. I'm going to give Docky a go.
It helps that the UK chlid porn (to capitalize or not?) laws are absurdly draconian, to the point where a guy who tries to report someone else's possession of it can be done for having seen it himself.
This may seem dumb behaviour, but it's actually indicative of bad usability. Many people don't understand why there are two text inputs at the top of their browser. Presumably this is why Chrome merged them.
Indeed. Which is why Apple now have the ridiculous clause in their TOS saying you can only develop your app in certain languages. Can't remember the exact wording but I think it's something like "... anything but Actionscript"
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Did you know that really.__anything__() can be written as anything(really) ?
> I also wish you could turn off specific permissions (so app developers would have to check that they have the permission before they used it, erroring - and asking for the permission - if that permission was required).
Yes. Or maybe an option to "Install with No Permissions" or something. It would be interesting to see which parts of the app required which permissions, then you could make an informed choice whether you wanted X feature enough to expose yourself in that specific way.
I'm a leet misanthrope, you insensitive clod!
Also: first time on /. for a good while - what's with all the spam?
If I found a locked phone I would keep it nearby and wait for it to ring.
(Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread first time. Now I have to make a pointless change in order to re-submit...)
If I found a locked phone I would keep it nearby and wait for it to ring.
I assumed the GP was referring to a leaky browser sandbox rather than your common-or-garden XSS issues.
I know this was a joke at the expense of Java, but surely if it's possible to write a security-hole-ridden port of anything in HTML5 then HTML5 must have such holes all by itself?
He is promptly raped by all the men in the tribe.
At least it wasn't a lingering rape.
If this could ever actually work - which it can't - I wouldn't want my digital photos to expire anyway. BUT if anybody actually does want this, why doesn't facebook just delete them after the expiry date?
Stop being sensible.
:-)
D&D is an English law, though. AFAIK there is no law in England against just being plain drunk.
being a nuisance
There are already laws against most kinds of nuisance-making; a separate one for happening to be drunk while nuisancing is overkill and unnecessary. Being drunk in and of itself doesn't harm anyone else.
yelling abuse at passers-by
Ditto.
You got something against gay recursive lawyers?
You know, that MySpace bunch over there has tons of server power and bandwidth they're not using for anything anymore.
Give this person an internet!
Define "file". If you use a RAID system you're already storing more than just a string of bits. What about if this "file" is on local network storage - are you allowed to copy chunks of it to your local hard drive while it's playing? And then into memory - that's another copy.. ker-ching!
A file is an abstract concept - it makes no practical difference - and should make no legal difference - whether it's in the cloud, on your local computer or somewhere in between, or all of those places at once. All that matters is whether or not you can access the data.
The company that failed to upgrade most spectacularly, and basically caused all this mess, was Microsoft itself. IE6 wasn't a bad browser back in 2000. If they'd released an upgraded version every year since, it, its incompatibility and its bugs would be long-forgotten.
That's ironic indeed, because everyone loves puppies...
Thanks for the recommendation. I am currently using Avant Window Navigator, which is almost great, but has a few irritating glitches. I'm going to give Docky a go.
It helps that the UK chlid porn (to capitalize or not?) laws are absurdly draconian, to the point where a guy who tries to report someone else's possession of it can be done for having seen it himself.
This may seem dumb behaviour, but it's actually indicative of bad usability. Many people don't understand why there are two text inputs at the top of their browser. Presumably this is why Chrome merged them.
So somebody could, in theory, discover Ice Nine?
What about people who just leech continuously?
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Thanks you! I now have my band name
Indeed. Which is why Apple now have the ridiculous clause in their TOS saying you can only develop your app in certain languages. Can't remember the exact wording but I think it's something like "... anything but Actionscript"
Well, exactly. You might as well prosecute Microsoft for the Network Drive feature in Windows.