And now I see that I can download porno movies without even turning on my computer.
unfortunately, not. You have to turn on your computer in order to tell the router to download your porno. Then you can turn it off while you wait for the porn. Then your sister uses it to download the second season of Buffy and notices all the stuff you've downloaded.
Meanwhile I've always just used TorrentFlux installed on my linux server, works fine for me. (still doesn't hide my downloads from other users, however)
it seems this technology is only for bipolar transistors, whish I thought were not used in microchips at all in favour of MOSFET transistors which tend to have less power usage when switching. Definitely your PC uses CMOS and I would have thought that the microchip in your phone would as well.
Since the pattern of DS vs PSP seems almost identical to the Wii vs PS3, we figure that we can make a pretty good prediction.
there are a couple of things that make this inaccurate.
The portable market and the handheld market are very different beasts, which is what Sony have now learnt to their detriment. They thought they could get the PS2, shrink it down, and sell it for an extra $100. The hype was huge but the PSP didn't succeed as Sony expected. The reason was that PSP was just a portable playstation, whereas the DS was designed from the start to be a portable console. Why buy a PSP when you already had a Playstation 2? The loading times and battery life were another major concern, something Nintendo knows all about. When I'm on the move, I want a game that can fill me in for 20 minutes. Nintendo's DS does this perfectly which is why I own one of them and not a PSP. (Also, the games are just much more fun)
However, Sony owns the home console market. The PS3 is designed to be a home console and Sony knows how to make home consoles. The market is different, loading times and battery life are not a concern, and the types of games that are played on a console are longer and more serious, Sony's market. Considering how the DS is clearly the better system than the PSP on so many levels, it's pretty incredible that the PSP has so much of the market. The PS3 is more aimed at its target so it will probably do better than the PSP did against the DS.
of course, I'm not buying a PS3, I don't have $1000 lying around (not to mention >$100 each on games). I think the Wii will complement my DS nicely, however.
they just want to plug in their iPod and put music on it.
don't you need to install iTunes in order to put music on your iPod in windows? (I don't have an iPod, so I don't know for sure). Windows is just as poor for "it just works", the only difference is that companies will give you a CD with windows drivers on it
well if the DS is any indication, then it's likely that nintendo will keep it's local multiplayer aspect intact. Especially since Nintendo is marketing this as a device that everyone in the family can enjoy, with pictures of groups of people standing around playing. I think the idea is that Nintendo wants to show off the Wii as a social device, rather than the Xbox 360 which gives off more vibes of a single teenager in the basement playing online games all day.
So I assume that the Wii will have plenty of local multiplayer support.
The only thing I'm worried about is everyone standing in front of a small tv screen and ending up hitting each other all the time...
well if you DID, you would notice that the support is for thin client servers. I very much doubt the people calling for support will have these kinds of issues
I very much doubt it would be a full SDK or otherwise it would be difficult to convince bigger companies to part with their hard earned money for the full SDK
If so, you are either an incredible exception or an outight liar. In fact, I'll bet you open documents (PDFs, images, movies) from untrusted sources regularly today.
of course I have. I do this at my own risk. Yes the risk is low, but there (rememer the WMF exploit doing the rounds). Let's not mention all the picture.jpeg.exe files. Obviously if you know something about computers most of these problems can be easily avoided, but for many it's difficult. As for word documents, I have never opened one from an untrusted source, and if a trusted source sends me one I always ensure that it's actually them sending it. It's basic common sense and I am definitely NOT an incredible exception.
I'm not saying this kind of caution is necessary for every type of document, I commonly view images, movies and sometimes pdfs from sources that I cannot validate the trust of (otherwise I would never get anything done). But for Office documents I never have and barring some incredible security innovation that makes it unnecessary, I never will. Hell it's bad enough just visiting an untrustworthy site in IE let alone actually downloading a file from it nowadays.
To be honest, I've never really had a situation where I absolutely NEEDED to view a word doc at a site I was visiting (except at uni to look at assignment specifications. In many cases I believe google has a "view as html" feature which is quite handy...
I suppose you can guard against it, in the sense of "never open a document from anybody you don't trust". Of course, if that advice were offered as a solution to similar problems with a MSFT product, the person offering it would rightly be laughed out of the room.
Funny, I've heard that advice many times and never any laughing. This is the kind of advice you follow for everything when working in windows. Don't open a document from someone you don't trust, don't go to a website you don't trust, don't open an attachment from someone you don't trust (you even have to be careful opening attachments from people you DO trust)
In fact if anyone's being laughed out of the room for this advice it's because everyone with any common sense has been following this advice since the first computer ever connected itself to the Internet.
actually since I found the OpenOffice.org quickstarter (hidden in the preferences under memory) I never went back. Loading times have decreased a lot (sometimes it even loads instantaneously). Sure it takes more memory while my system is idle but I've never run out before...
the developers should be working to fix these and not issuing PR speak to cover them.
actually, I think the best option is to do both, and that is probably what the OO.o team are doing (at least, that's what I hope the OO.o team are doing.) Just because they're downplaying the importance of a security issue doesn't mean they're not fixing it.
how the hell do you generate the list of states that are part of a program that contains a bug? Turing's halting problem proves that it is impossible to determine from a program and its input whether the machine will halt (ie, finish properly)
I'm pretty sure it's theorhetically impossible for any machine to examine its own programming perfectly (ie. have a look at the halting problem) Not just "going to take ages" but actually impossible to come up with an algorithm to do it.
So any software solution is not going to be able to find flaws perfectly, but of course they can find common errors (the compiler even does this in a very basic way)
I find rhythmbox to be perfectly adequate for all my mp3 playing requirements. It has every feature I need and no features I don't want. Perfect example of a nice minimalist media player.
Of course, after version 1, the feature bloat will begin, and I shall have to find a new player...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a separate entity from Microsoft. Its activities, while they are financed, in large part, by Microsoft's success, have no bearing on the merit of Windows as an operating system or Microsoft as a company. To use its activities as a counter-argument to anything related to Microsoft is truly ridiculous.
Actually he was using it as a counter-argument over what the OP said about Gates not Microsoft
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unfortunately, not. You have to turn on your computer in order to tell the router to download your porno. Then you can turn it off while you wait for the porn. Then your sister uses it to download the second season of Buffy and notices all the stuff you've downloaded.
Meanwhile I've always just used TorrentFlux installed on my linux server, works fine for me. (still doesn't hide my downloads from other users, however)
it seems this technology is only for bipolar transistors, whish I thought were not used in microchips at all in favour of MOSFET transistors which tend to have less power usage when switching. Definitely your PC uses CMOS and I would have thought that the microchip in your phone would as well.
so yeah, I am a little confused on this point...
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Pick two
there are a couple of things that make this inaccurate.
The portable market and the handheld market are very different beasts, which is what Sony have now learnt to their detriment. They thought they could get the PS2, shrink it down, and sell it for an extra $100. The hype was huge but the PSP didn't succeed as Sony expected. The reason was that PSP was just a portable playstation, whereas the DS was designed from the start to be a portable console. Why buy a PSP when you already had a Playstation 2? The loading times and battery life were another major concern, something Nintendo knows all about. When I'm on the move, I want a game that can fill me in for 20 minutes. Nintendo's DS does this perfectly which is why I own one of them and not a PSP. (Also, the games are just much more fun)
However, Sony owns the home console market. The PS3 is designed to be a home console and Sony knows how to make home consoles. The market is different, loading times and battery life are not a concern, and the types of games that are played on a console are longer and more serious, Sony's market. Considering how the DS is clearly the better system than the PSP on so many levels, it's pretty incredible that the PSP has so much of the market. The PS3 is more aimed at its target so it will probably do better than the PSP did against the DS.
of course, I'm not buying a PS3, I don't have $1000 lying around (not to mention >$100 each on games). I think the Wii will complement my DS nicely, however.
don't you need to install iTunes in order to put music on your iPod in windows? (I don't have an iPod, so I don't know for sure). Windows is just as poor for "it just works", the only difference is that companies will give you a CD with windows drivers on it
well if the DS is any indication, then it's likely that nintendo will keep it's local multiplayer aspect intact. Especially since Nintendo is marketing this as a device that everyone in the family can enjoy, with pictures of groups of people standing around playing. I think the idea is that Nintendo wants to show off the Wii as a social device, rather than the Xbox 360 which gives off more vibes of a single teenager in the basement playing online games all day.
So I assume that the Wii will have plenty of local multiplayer support.
The only thing I'm worried about is everyone standing in front of a small tv screen and ending up hitting each other all the time...
he was talking about starting the manufacturing process, not retail availability. There is a large gap between those two as well.
Although I still think it takes more than three months to begin manufacturing...
How come Slashdot is only listed once?
It was ABOUT Slashdot, not ON Slashdot. otherwise there would have been the obligatory dupe, listing them twice.
(Hey, it's usually good for at least three levels deep around here)
... of course not. what was I thinking
well if you DID, you would notice that the support is for thin client servers. I very much doubt the people calling for support will have these kinds of issues
I very much doubt it would be a full SDK or otherwise it would be difficult to convince bigger companies to part with their hard earned money for the full SDK
Considering Sony always tries its hardest to kill the homebrew segment, I more and more cannot see why anyone would buy a PlayStation 3.
to be honest, I never really understood why the PSP homebrew scene is so much bigger than the DS
of course I have. I do this at my own risk. Yes the risk is low, but there (rememer the WMF exploit doing the rounds). Let's not mention all the picture.jpeg.exe files. Obviously if you know something about computers most of these problems can be easily avoided, but for many it's difficult. As for word documents, I have never opened one from an untrusted source, and if a trusted source sends me one I always ensure that it's actually them sending it. It's basic common sense and I am definitely NOT an incredible exception.
I'm not saying this kind of caution is necessary for every type of document, I commonly view images, movies and sometimes pdfs from sources that I cannot validate the trust of (otherwise I would never get anything done). But for Office documents I never have and barring some incredible security innovation that makes it unnecessary, I never will. Hell it's bad enough just visiting an untrustworthy site in IE let alone actually downloading a file from it nowadays.
To be honest, I've never really had a situation where I absolutely NEEDED to view a word doc at a site I was visiting (except at uni to look at assignment specifications. In many cases I believe google has a "view as html" feature which is quite handy...
to include Direct X 10 in XP? This has to be one of the worst examples of extortion that MS have done in a long time.
Let's hope that most games stick with DirectX 9 (or OpenGL... one can only wish)
that would be a console app with 600 different gui/php configuration programs.
wait until you can change what song you are playing over the internet
Funny, I've heard that advice many times and never any laughing. This is the kind of advice you follow for everything when working in windows. Don't open a document from someone you don't trust, don't go to a website you don't trust, don't open an attachment from someone you don't trust (you even have to be careful opening attachments from people you DO trust)
In fact if anyone's being laughed out of the room for this advice it's because everyone with any common sense has been following this advice since the first computer ever connected itself to the Internet.
actually since I found the OpenOffice.org quickstarter (hidden in the preferences under memory) I never went back. Loading times have decreased a lot (sometimes it even loads instantaneously). Sure it takes more memory while my system is idle but I've never run out before...
actually, I think the best option is to do both, and that is probably what the OO.o team are doing (at least, that's what I hope the OO.o team are doing.) Just because they're downplaying the importance of a security issue doesn't mean they're not fixing it.
Of course, it doesn't mean they are either
how the hell do you generate the list of states that are part of a program that contains a bug? Turing's halting problem proves that it is impossible to determine from a program and its input whether the machine will halt (ie, finish properly)
so you still have a problem here.
I'm pretty sure it's theorhetically impossible for any machine to examine its own programming perfectly (ie. have a look at the halting problem) Not just "going to take ages" but actually impossible to come up with an algorithm to do it.
So any software solution is not going to be able to find flaws perfectly, but of course they can find common errors (the compiler even does this in a very basic way)
I find rhythmbox to be perfectly adequate for all my mp3 playing requirements. It has every feature I need and no features I don't want. Perfect example of a nice minimalist media player.
Of course, after version 1, the feature bloat will begin, and I shall have to find a new player...
erm, if the malloc succeeds then it DOES mean that there is enough room for the copy. if there isn't enough room then malloc will fail.
yes but can you get them to go UP the stairs?
they didn't just copy it... they Xeroxed it!
The age old question has been finally answered: When does a joke get old?
The answer: after 2 replies.
Actually he was using it as a counter-argument over what the OP said about Gates not Microsoft