Did you just say "invest"? In an MMO? Do you actually expect a return on that investment?
He said invest his time, smart ass. With mmo's the time you spend accumulates with your investment. I know you aren't this dumb about the difference between MMO's and other on-line games so quit acting like it.
I always just assumed that they were terminals that tied into the main computer.
There's an episode where a time traveler claiming to be from the future stole a bunch of their stuff, a tricorder included. When the door opened the ship's computer disabled everything he had taken.
No episode of Star Trek ever demonstrated PADDs lacking that capability either and we have no good reason to assume that the Federation would impose such a limitation like Apple does with the iPad.
That depends on what their security policies are, duddn't it.
PADDs are proper computers- they can run arbitrary code.
No episode of Star Trek has ever demonstrated a rooted PADD. Funnily enough, no episode of Star Trek has ever demonstrated a PADD infected with malware.
Why don't these articles ever tell you WHICH markets and apps are affected? Oh, that's right, they're too busy trying to generate page hits through scare-mongering to care about information.
Slashdot generates lots of ad revenue when we argue about walled gardens and malicious apps. We keep falling for it.
Does this mean that the number of car accidents has increased by 25?
Maybe, but I have a feeling that what's happening is the number hasn't changed much, but before it was the radio and CD player. Something to consider: Cell phone bills will say very clearly whether or not it was involved, radios and CD players have no such tattling technology.
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You can still get a BSOD it's just that these days they are rarer...
Exactly my point, thank you.
I can recognize a good thing when I see it and making BSoD jokes when it comes to the foundation just belittles the work they do.
Besides that, the BSOD died in 2000. Few people under 25 will even get the reference.
I wonder what the toilet version of The Blue Screen of Death is.
I wonder what the Slashdot version of "Why did the Chicken cross the road?" is.
No, it just means you cannot make a strong case.
Troll much? Paid by Facebook/Apple? Your master Zukerberg or Jobs let you out of his dungeon early today?
That reminds me: Godwin's Law needs to be revised.
Look on the bright side, they're openeing the door for competition.
Yeah, close-minded people are waaaay non-cretin'er.
I rent 6 dvd's from Netflix, my plan went down 12 cents. W00t!
They don't have enough new movies available that I want to watch ever month to make it work $18 a month.
You know that Netflix has more than 'new movies', right? You know that HBO doesn't exclusively show 'new movies' , right?
So sure, Star Trek came on Instant. But what else went away instead?
Their content licenses only last for so long and have to be renewed. Sometimes the content company won't do it. It happens.
He likely slept through a lot of it.
But I don't need to explain that to you, you're obviously a genius.
Perhaps relatively speaking. You made my point for me and missed your opportunity to point out what a glorious hypocrite I am. ;)
Wow. If that's the case, it's a terrible investment, or his time truly is worth next to nothing.
...said the guy posting +2 on Slashdot.
Did you just say "invest"? In an MMO? Do you actually expect a return on that investment?
He said invest his time, smart ass. With mmo's the time you spend accumulates with your investment. I know you aren't this dumb about the difference between MMO's and other on-line games so quit acting like it.
I always just assumed that they were terminals that tied into the main computer.
There's an episode where a time traveler claiming to be from the future stole a bunch of their stuff, a tricorder included. When the door opened the ship's computer disabled everything he had taken.
Apparently they still have DRM in the future. ;)
No episode of Star Trek ever demonstrated PADDs lacking that capability either and we have no good reason to assume that the Federation would impose such a limitation like Apple does with the iPad.
That depends on what their security policies are, duddn't it.
What would captain Picard say about patent law?
He'd say: "It did something right, that's how we ended up with the warp drive".
PADDs are proper computers- they can run arbitrary code.
No episode of Star Trek has ever demonstrated a rooted PADD. Funnily enough, no episode of Star Trek has ever demonstrated a PADD infected with malware.
I think it's unrealistic to think that should would depart significantly from the behavior of other engineers...
You should read the cartoon this conversation is about.
Well, Google does feed us porn....
Why don't these articles ever tell you WHICH markets and apps are affected? Oh, that's right, they're too busy trying to generate page hits through scare-mongering to care about information.
Slashdot generates lots of ad revenue when we argue about walled gardens and malicious apps. We keep falling for it.
Heh.
"Malicious code on the Android platform is proof of how great it is!!"
My point is contained with the cartoon we're both referring to, currently cruising at an altitude of 30,000 feet over your head.
It would imply that they have increased by one third, not one quarter.
Yes, we all love Dilbert, too. Remember how he made himself unattractive to Alice with that comment?
Does this mean that the number of car accidents has increased by 25?
Maybe, but I have a feeling that what's happening is the number hasn't changed much, but before it was the radio and CD player. Something to consider: Cell phone bills will say very clearly whether or not it was involved, radios and CD players have no such tattling technology.