In my view, preinstalled linux should be in a maximum of 0 flavours.
That is, I'd just like them to add a "no OS" option: people who use Linux generally have strong views about their fave distro, how they'd like it configured, etc. By offering a "no OS" option with no support, they can offer it for less money than the Windows one.
Aiming at, yes, but there's no incentive to introduce it over here (in the UK). Our main channels are free-to-air, and government won't step in because they are working hard enough to get people to switch to normal digital (so they can sell space for more TV channels = more £££ for the gov't).
Sky might introduce it, but having an easy way to watch it in different ways will be seen as an increase in service, IMHO.
In the UK, TV is controlled by the Independent Television Commission, now part of Ofcom. IMHO, they do a good job. There's not much censorship, just obvious things like not showing The Evil Dead before about 10pm. As long as issues are portrayed fairly, almost anything can be shown. Such as autopsy (Death Detectives) and Viagra on daytime TV (Richard & Judy). Even abortion is allowed: when My Foetus was shown in 2004, the ITC had this to say
The pictures were not used in a sensationalist [...] manner. Importantly the programme put what were certainly strong images into an overall editorial context. [...] The programme did not breach the Programme Code.
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The ITC also enforces a limit of 12 minutes of adverts per hour, and sets strict limits on direct fundraising. This month - for the first time - they allowed a religious TV station to appeal for funds directly from viewers.
As for technological measures, most people get the main 5 TV channels free (apart from the BBC license fee) through their aerial (rather than Sky or Cable). These people are being "encouraged" (ie forced) to switch to Digital TV, but once you've got a digibox (£30ish) that's free too.
Yes, why did this make slashdot? There are billions (ok, 27,300 according to google) of these "Top 20 Firefox Extensions", and most of them have better extensions, and manage to list them all on one page.
Summary: UK Passports vulnerable to brute force attack CVE: None Date: Mar 07 2007 10:25PM Credit: Adam Laurie is credited with discovering this issue Vulnerable: UK Passport >= 2006 Not vulnerable: UK Passport < 2006
Lack of security checking or strong passwords allows an attacker to gain access to personal details stored on the passport by launching a brute force or dictionary attack. An attacker would need access to a region of a few centimeters around the passport, but would not need to the passport itself.
When asked by heise Security, Microsoft merely stated that it collected data to improve the quality of the WGA for users. Part of that process, the vendor said, was knowing where the user cancelled setup.
... I'll bet their results show that people canceled setup right where it said it would send their details to MS if they clicked Yes.
Well, yes. That's how charcoal is made. At that point you just plant another tree, and the whole process starts again. Plus, of course, you can use the wood itself for constructing lots of different things - like wooden computer cases, chairs, desks, chopsticks and so on.
You mean like the manna from heaven? If God is all powerful, anything is possible. Which is the big problem with the idea of gods. You can explain anything with "God did it." It's all so very convenient!
What causes flooding - God does it. How was the world made - God did it. Why do we need to go and kill those people - God says so.
See? Brilliant answers without the irritating need of rational thought. Which is sad, because if there is a god, it is obvious that he or she designed the world with our understanding in mind. After all, we have the power of rational thought and we can use scientific techniques to further our understanding of the world, apparently without the results being messed with by a god (either that or the god is very self-consistent).
America was not founded by organised religion, and many policies were created to ensure religious freedom and tolerance for American citizens.
Some examples: * Franklin was Deist * Thomas Jefferson was a Christian but not supportive of any church, and with strong views that religion and state be separated * George Washington was a strong Christian, but also believed in religious toleration. * Abraham Lincoln was certainly not part of the religious establishment.
Windows is like Arnold Rimmer - it gets the job done to an acceptable level, but is moronic and irritating while it does it.
OS X is like Dave Lister - cool and fun, but I wouldn't trust it with serious work.
Linux is like Kryten - Ugly, and a little crazy, but the only one that does any sort of good work. Plus, you can mess with it's insides, which is more than you can say for Kochanski.
While the GP is not talking bollocks, he just has too much RAM. Firefox adjusts it's memory usage depending on the amount of memory you have. So if you have a buttload of RAM, it will use a buttload of RAM.
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Could you expand on that point please? I'm not convinced.
In my view, preinstalled linux should be in a maximum of 0 flavours.
That is, I'd just like them to add a "no OS" option: people who use Linux generally have strong views about their fave distro, how they'd like it configured, etc. By offering a "no OS" option with no support, they can offer it for less money than the Windows one.
Aiming at, yes, but there's no incentive to introduce it over here (in the UK). Our main channels are free-to-air, and government won't step in because they are working hard enough to get people to switch to normal digital (so they can sell space for more TV channels = more £££ for the gov't).
Sky might introduce it, but having an easy way to watch it in different ways will be seen as an increase in service, IMHO.
So thats what Microsoft's Immortal computing patents were about.
In the UK, TV is controlled by the Independent Television Commission, now part of Ofcom. IMHO, they do a good job. There's not much censorship, just obvious things like not showing The Evil Dead before about 10pm. As long as issues are portrayed fairly, almost anything can be shown. Such as autopsy (Death Detectives) and Viagra on daytime TV (Richard & Judy). Even abortion is allowed: when My Foetus was shown in 2004, the ITC had this to say
The ITC also enforces a limit of 12 minutes of adverts per hour, and sets strict limits on direct fundraising. This month - for the first time - they allowed a religious TV station to appeal for funds directly from viewers.
As for technological measures, most people get the main 5 TV channels free (apart from the BBC license fee) through their aerial (rather than Sky or Cable). These people are being "encouraged" (ie forced) to switch to Digital TV, but once you've got a digibox (£30ish) that's free too.
That's how it works over here
Yes, why did this make slashdot? There are billions (ok, 27,300 according to google) of these "Top 20 Firefox Extensions", and most of them have better extensions, and manage to list them all on one page.
That damned moon keeps lying about her age - creationists have positively confirmed she's only 6,000 years old. For shame.
Yes, but this time it's covered by the so called experts which the government listens to. It was previously reported by dammed commies.
Good job, but what kind of loony privacy tool requires Windows?
Summary: UK Passports vulnerable to brute force attack
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CVE: None
Date: Mar 07 2007 10:25PM
Credit: Adam Laurie is credited with discovering this issue
Vulnerable: UK Passport >= 2006
Not vulnerable: UK Passport < 2006
Lack of security checking or strong passwords allows an attacker to gain access
to personal details stored on the passport by launching a brute force or
dictionary attack. An attacker would need access to a region of a few
centimeters around the passport, but would not need to the passport itself.
References
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,195022
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/ne
Better yet, it's an extraditable offence.
Although extradition with the USA seems to be a one-sided agreement at the moment.
Simpler:
http://youtube.com.nyud.net:8080/
If the explanation is mundane, it will help with the design of future spacecraft.
However, gravity is still not fully understood, and it could well be that the gravitational laws are wrong. This could provide an indication of that.
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Well, yes. That's how charcoal is made. At that point you just plant another tree, and the whole process starts again. Plus, of course, you can use the wood itself for constructing lots of different things - like wooden computer cases, chairs, desks, chopsticks and so on.
You mean like the manna from heaven? If God is all powerful, anything is possible. Which is the big problem with the idea of gods. You can explain anything with "God did it." It's all so very convenient!
What causes flooding - God does it.
How was the world made - God did it.
Why do we need to go and kill those people - God says so.
See? Brilliant answers without the irritating need of rational thought. Which is sad, because if there is a god, it is obvious that he or she designed the world with our understanding in mind. After all, we have the power of rational thought and we can use scientific techniques to further our understanding of the world, apparently without the results being messed with by a god (either that or the god is very self-consistent).
America was not founded by organised religion, and many policies were created to ensure religious freedom and tolerance for American citizens.
Some examples:
* Franklin was Deist
* Thomas Jefferson was a Christian but not supportive of any church, and with strong views that religion and state be separated
* George Washington was a strong Christian, but also believed in religious toleration.
* Abraham Lincoln was certainly not part of the religious establishment.
On a side note, America was not the only ones responsible for discovering electricity or how it works.
I'd like them to replace "In God we trust" from banknotes with "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle..."
I understand that this is a step forward, but I am still unsettled by the possibility of a launch_nukes.dll
No no no.
Windows is like Arnold Rimmer - it gets the job done to an acceptable level, but is moronic and irritating while it does it.
OS X is like Dave Lister - cool and fun, but I wouldn't trust it with serious work.
Linux is like Kryten - Ugly, and a little crazy, but the only one that does any sort of good work. Plus, you can mess with it's insides, which is more than you can say for Kochanski.
While the GP is not talking bollocks, he just has too much RAM. Firefox adjusts it's memory usage depending on the amount of memory you have. So if you have a buttload of RAM, it will use a buttload of RAM.