No, not even in the same ballpark as the kind of cheating that goes on in class.
I never truly realized how bad online coursework was until my kid sister was required to do some of them in her high school this year. She was almost downright encouraged to cheat on them just to keep the classes moving. They were allowed (and supposed to) do coursework at home, and the software they used is so stupid about detecting cheating that it's basically worthless. (The software would forbid new tabs from being opened in the current browser fine, but would not stop or detect new windows from being opened).
My sister then showed me the true power of Google, where she could copy the question in its entirety to the clipboard, paste it into Google, and the first 6-7 results would be the exact question on something like Yahoo answers or a variety of other sites, where the answer is easily given.
She's attending a normal high school in San Diego. I was dumbfounded by how this online coursework is conducted.
Looks like they're just trying to offload teaching from teachers to computers. It's sad, really.
FF XIV is a bad example. It was so bad in almost every single possible way aside from graphics that Square Enix had to stop sale, publicly apologize that they let such a train wreck go on sale, and put it back into deep development with a bunch of new developers. I don't even think it has relaunched yet, and that was like a year ago?
I once tried to take in a container of chocolate covered raisins and a small thing of popcorn into my local theater only for them to tell me that I couldn't because any food brought in might "bother" the other guests. Never mind that the theater sells the exact things at the concession stand.
I always giggle when people really think Microsoft would not get in hot water for forcing secure boot on. Take off your tinfoil hats. You think they had trouble over Internet Explorer's competition? You think they're going to try taking out entire operating systems in the same way? Yeah, right.
Yup, anything created for the sake of collecting has next to no practical appreciation value. The worst offenders are things like anniversary re-releases of various things. It does nothing but muddy the actual market for the real collectibles. No serious collector will buy a reproduction no matter how attractive or collectible they try to make it look. It almost makes you feel sorry for the people investing in these kinds of things expecting to make some sort of return later.
You can easily disable secure boot for all but the ARM tablets (tablets are rarely open to begin with).
The only way secure boot will ever be a serious problem is if Microsoft actually grows the balls to force OEMs to enable secure boot and force it locked on at all times. To be honest, I'm all for doom and gloom but I just don't see this ever happening. The legal jungle gym Microsoft would thrust themselves into would be so ridiculous that it would make the monopoly charges over Internet Explorer look like a walk in the park.
I often hear examples of how hard it will be for end users to add "disable secure boot in your bios" as being a huge barrier to entry, but if they're installing Linux or an operating system other than Windows, they're not completely brain dead in the first place. It might not be absolutely ideal, but such a trivial step should not turn off anyone from installing Linux with secure boot disabled.
The other argument I hear is that users unaware of its real purpose will refuse to install Linux because they need to "make their system insecure" in order to do it. Again, that argument always seemed weird to me because if they're willing to put an operating system on their machine, but wont trust the developers of said software that secure boot has nothing to do with making their machine insecure, then they have seriously bizarre trust issues for that to be the one nagging problem.
All in all, I find the whole deal with secure boot to be vastly overblown. I don't mind getting modded down for this post, but honestly I'm confused by everyone's absolute panic.
I signed the FSF's petition, by the way. I don't think secure boot is worth the hassle, but I also don't think it's the coming apocalypse.
Haha, wow, did you seriously create multiple accounts on slashdot just so you could push your point further without looking like the same raving lunatic?
Anonymous doesn't care if it's "politically viable" or what reputation they have or any of that nonsense. It's just a bunch of people doing shit for whatever reason they want. It might happen to coincide with the feelings of other people but that's by coincidence.
What McAfee and apparently everyone else seems to mistake is that they just don't care. There might be a few "known" figures out there that either want to represent or are somewhat known to be involved in the whole Anonymous thing but all their "operations" are just posts on a forum that people of arbitrary quantity either jump in or out of at random.
Basically, nothing is going to change. Anonymous isn't going to "reinvent" itself or disappear. They're going to do the same shit they did the days before.
Given that it's a feature prominently labeled on the box? I'd sure hope it's higher than 10%. Parents that seriously don't know what they're buying their children are among the worst.
Ding ding. This is exactly it. YouTube's knee-jerk reaction and everyone condemning the video openly just affirms that these radical groups are going to keep doing what they do because it works.
Huh? Content hosts have had their own policies over what they deem acceptable and have exercised that control since their inception. There is no risk here of opening themselves up to trouble. You have no right to say whatever you want to say on their private infrastructure. They could decide to censor any and all religious talk on the site and there's not a damn thing anyone could do about it from a legal standpoint.
It's not about robbing the home, it's about stealing a gun. As you may or may not be aware, convicted felons are not allowed to own a gun. And yet, many of them have guns. They can either get them from a shady dealer or steal them. This list sure makes the process a lot easier!
Connecting fine, but I am currently unable to purchase anything. Any card I attempt to put through sits there for a couple minutes "waiting" then informs me that my bank rejected my card. Two banks both rejecting my card at the same time when ample funds are present? Don't think so.
I recall at least two applications of this same sort of thing being done already. It's not even locked inside the realm of Microsoft's imagination; it's already in use by others!
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I pray that the US eventually makes this move, and adopts these same guidelines...
No, not even in the same ballpark as the kind of cheating that goes on in class.
I never truly realized how bad online coursework was until my kid sister was required to do some of them in her high school this year. She was almost downright encouraged to cheat on them just to keep the classes moving. They were allowed (and supposed to) do coursework at home, and the software they used is so stupid about detecting cheating that it's basically worthless. (The software would forbid new tabs from being opened in the current browser fine, but would not stop or detect new windows from being opened).
My sister then showed me the true power of Google, where she could copy the question in its entirety to the clipboard, paste it into Google, and the first 6-7 results would be the exact question on something like Yahoo answers or a variety of other sites, where the answer is easily given.
She's attending a normal high school in San Diego. I was dumbfounded by how this online coursework is conducted.
Looks like they're just trying to offload teaching from teachers to computers. It's sad, really.
FF XIV is a bad example. It was so bad in almost every single possible way aside from graphics that Square Enix had to stop sale, publicly apologize that they let such a train wreck go on sale, and put it back into deep development with a bunch of new developers. I don't even think it has relaunched yet, and that was like a year ago?
I once tried to take in a container of chocolate covered raisins and a small thing of popcorn into my local theater only for them to tell me that I couldn't because any food brought in might "bother" the other guests. Never mind that the theater sells the exact things at the concession stand.
Aren't they basically artistic skins of the same basic gameplay?
No, they're not, really.
Spending less than an hour a day on a particular task equates to having no life?
I always giggle when people really think Microsoft would not get in hot water for forcing secure boot on. Take off your tinfoil hats. You think they had trouble over Internet Explorer's competition? You think they're going to try taking out entire operating systems in the same way? Yeah, right.
What if I collect toenail clippings? Does the IRS want in on this?
Yup, anything created for the sake of collecting has next to no practical appreciation value. The worst offenders are things like anniversary re-releases of various things. It does nothing but muddy the actual market for the real collectibles. No serious collector will buy a reproduction no matter how attractive or collectible they try to make it look. It almost makes you feel sorry for the people investing in these kinds of things expecting to make some sort of return later.
You completely invalidate any point you might have when you use retarded phrases like "samscum."
Truly, it makes you look like an idiot.
You can easily disable secure boot for all but the ARM tablets (tablets are rarely open to begin with).
The only way secure boot will ever be a serious problem is if Microsoft actually grows the balls to force OEMs to enable secure boot and force it locked on at all times. To be honest, I'm all for doom and gloom but I just don't see this ever happening. The legal jungle gym Microsoft would thrust themselves into would be so ridiculous that it would make the monopoly charges over Internet Explorer look like a walk in the park.
I often hear examples of how hard it will be for end users to add "disable secure boot in your bios" as being a huge barrier to entry, but if they're installing Linux or an operating system other than Windows, they're not completely brain dead in the first place. It might not be absolutely ideal, but such a trivial step should not turn off anyone from installing Linux with secure boot disabled.
The other argument I hear is that users unaware of its real purpose will refuse to install Linux because they need to "make their system insecure" in order to do it. Again, that argument always seemed weird to me because if they're willing to put an operating system on their machine, but wont trust the developers of said software that secure boot has nothing to do with making their machine insecure, then they have seriously bizarre trust issues for that to be the one nagging problem.
All in all, I find the whole deal with secure boot to be vastly overblown. I don't mind getting modded down for this post, but honestly I'm confused by everyone's absolute panic.
I signed the FSF's petition, by the way. I don't think secure boot is worth the hassle, but I also don't think it's the coming apocalypse.
Haha, wow, did you seriously create multiple accounts on slashdot just so you could push your point further without looking like the same raving lunatic?
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What's your definition of private, exactly?
Anonymous doesn't care if it's "politically viable" or what reputation they have or any of that nonsense. It's just a bunch of people doing shit for whatever reason they want. It might happen to coincide with the feelings of other people but that's by coincidence.
What McAfee and apparently everyone else seems to mistake is that they just don't care. There might be a few "known" figures out there that either want to represent or are somewhat known to be involved in the whole Anonymous thing but all their "operations" are just posts on a forum that people of arbitrary quantity either jump in or out of at random.
Basically, nothing is going to change. Anonymous isn't going to "reinvent" itself or disappear. They're going to do the same shit they did the days before.
Given that it's a feature prominently labeled on the box? I'd sure hope it's higher than 10%. Parents that seriously don't know what they're buying their children are among the worst.
...wow, really? Their bodies are already going nuts on hormones and yet you still don't think it's time to teach your kids about sex?
You are the problem.
Ding ding. This is exactly it. YouTube's knee-jerk reaction and everyone condemning the video openly just affirms that these radical groups are going to keep doing what they do because it works.
Huh? Content hosts have had their own policies over what they deem acceptable and have exercised that control since their inception. There is no risk here of opening themselves up to trouble. You have no right to say whatever you want to say on their private infrastructure. They could decide to censor any and all religious talk on the site and there's not a damn thing anyone could do about it from a legal standpoint.
Wait, what? That's how insurance works? I always thought we were just giving them money out of the goodness of our hearts. Charity, if you will.
Curiously, I wonder how many cops are in that list. I've only met a few cops in my life who didn't own a gun at home as well.
It's not about robbing the home, it's about stealing a gun. As you may or may not be aware, convicted felons are not allowed to own a gun. And yet, many of them have guns. They can either get them from a shady dealer or steal them. This list sure makes the process a lot easier!
Apparently it is, as he has said in another post.
Connecting fine, but I am currently unable to purchase anything. Any card I attempt to put through sits there for a couple minutes "waiting" then informs me that my bank rejected my card. Two banks both rejecting my card at the same time when ample funds are present? Don't think so.
I recall at least two applications of this same sort of thing being done already. It's not even locked inside the realm of Microsoft's imagination; it's already in use by others!
http://mixedrealitylab.org/virtual-hugs-and-intelligent-pillows-invented-in-asia/
http://www.mytware.com/
http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/adrian-cheok-making-a-huggable-internet
I wish I could bring myself to stop reading patent stories. I don't have enough mental facepalms for them anymore.