One of the tricks these sites use to detect adblocking is to put advertisements inside containers and then check the size of the container after the page has loaded. If the container is empty or dramatically smaller than it should be, it is assumed you're using adblock software and the software removed the image.
Duck.com was not specifically purchased to be anticompetetive. It was owned previously by On2, who used to be known as The Duck Corporation. Google purchased On2 for its V8 video codec to create WebM.
Unless someone is seriously going to stipulate the creation and push towards WebM was a deep seeded plot to mess with DuckDuckGo, this theory has no leg to stand on.
Those theoretical friends have some serious trust issues, especially if they're not even willing to listen to the reason why it needs to be done or what it even "secures". I'm surprised he was even willing to boot a foreign OS in the first place.
Really? You think Microsoft is going to be able to get permanent Secure Boot as a mandatory feature on all x86 class hardware, and then be allowed to dictate what competing operating systems are allowed on that hardware?
Maybe you should wake up. You think everyone is just going to sit idly by and let Microsoft force every other OS out of the market on consumer PCs unless Microsoft says it's OK for them to exist there? You don't think any of the big names in computing are going to have a problem with this?
No one else sees the glaring legal issues here? No one thinks Microsoft could see the glaring legal issues there?
By all means, mod this down like my previous post. You people are crazy.
People who seriously think secure boot will somehow become mandatory are borderline retarded. I'm sorry, but it's just not going to happen like that. Microsoft would not be able to defend an action that so flagrantly screws with every other OS on the planet.
Or just disable secure boot, which is amazingly easy to do in the first place. If a novice user can properly install Linux, that same novice user can be directed to disable this stupid function.
Since when has Minesweeper ever been an "ad-supported" game? Apparently now it is but I certainly never had ads in Minesweeper before!
If they're willing to put ads in things that obviously don't need to be maintained, where are we going to see them next? The absolutely complacency to this behavior is disturbing to say the least.
Yep, and I wager their entire game is name and shame. Had the UAV actually survived, I'm sure the footage of people shooting birds would go all over the place, with the activists crying against these "monsters" for their inhuman game.
The watch was covered in wires, fuses, switches, etc, and his boots were quite large as if to convey there is something inside them. Come on now. Do you really believe he was just innocently passing through security, completely oblivious to the suspicion that was going to be levied against him when anyone in the airport looked at him? Really?
It's a publicity stunt. Whether or not I think that should be enough to arrest a man (I don't), it should have been obvious to him from the start that it was going to be extremely suspect the moment he was seen by security. He might as well have just walked into the airport with fake sticks of TNT strapped to his chest given the fear that currently rules over airports.
Now he can profit from his new-found fame once he gets out of custody.
That said, the serial numbers are most definitely known by the people who owned the lot. When one of those appears on the market they will be instantly able to tell it's one of that lot. So also no warranty or anything any more.
Which really sucks for the quite many unknowing individuals buying one of these.
Duh. Flatten the final picture. You will still have outliers who can make it look convincingly different enough but it won't be as easy as giving them access to each individual layer for them to fudge up.
Also consider embedding tiny watermarks in the image. Little sets of pixels at specific coordinates. Not specifically exact colors but something you would be able to identify on close inspection. Something like a small 6x6 checkerboard grid of alternating light colored pixels in a light area of the document that wouldn't be easily seen by your students but you could zero in on and verify.
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This always seems to happen when a new console comes out. In time people will actually learn how to use it properly.
Holy bad ideas, batman.
One of the tricks these sites use to detect adblocking is to put advertisements inside containers and then check the size of the container after the page has loaded. If the container is empty or dramatically smaller than it should be, it is assumed you're using adblock software and the software removed the image.
Duck.com was not specifically purchased to be anticompetetive. It was owned previously by On2, who used to be known as The Duck Corporation. Google purchased On2 for its V8 video codec to create WebM.
Unless someone is seriously going to stipulate the creation and push towards WebM was a deep seeded plot to mess with DuckDuckGo, this theory has no leg to stand on.
If you really believe that then it is quite possible you posses the mentality of an eight year old bronze age child.
What tangible reason would Microsoft actually have for tying Windows Update to Secure Boot or is this just theory fearmongering?
Those theoretical friends have some serious trust issues, especially if they're not even willing to listen to the reason why it needs to be done or what it even "secures". I'm surprised he was even willing to boot a foreign OS in the first place.
Really? You think Microsoft is going to be able to get permanent Secure Boot as a mandatory feature on all x86 class hardware, and then be allowed to dictate what competing operating systems are allowed on that hardware?
No one sees the flagrant antitrust issues here?
You guys take paranoia to scary levels.
Maybe you should wake up. You think everyone is just going to sit idly by and let Microsoft force every other OS out of the market on consumer PCs unless Microsoft says it's OK for them to exist there? You don't think any of the big names in computing are going to have a problem with this?
No one else sees the glaring legal issues here? No one thinks Microsoft could see the glaring legal issues there?
By all means, mod this down like my previous post. You people are crazy.
Please. On locked down arm devices, yes. Get back to me when x86 is mandatory.
Continue being paranoid.
People who seriously think secure boot will somehow become mandatory are borderline retarded. I'm sorry, but it's just not going to happen like that. Microsoft would not be able to defend an action that so flagrantly screws with every other OS on the planet.
Take off your tinfoil hats, people. Christ.
Or just disable secure boot, which is amazingly easy to do in the first place. If a novice user can properly install Linux, that same novice user can be directed to disable this stupid function.
Does China give a flying fuck about international copyright agreements? History has said no, thus far.
What possible "enforcement" can be levied against China for this?
Since when has Minesweeper ever been an "ad-supported" game? Apparently now it is but I certainly never had ads in Minesweeper before!
If they're willing to put ads in things that obviously don't need to be maintained, where are we going to see them next? The absolutely complacency to this behavior is disturbing to say the least.
Not only that but look at the abomination that is the new version of Visual Studio, "metroized".
Why? I'm sure we'll never know why Microsoft wanted to follow the metro UI guidelines for the VS interface.
Yep, and I wager their entire game is name and shame. Had the UAV actually survived, I'm sure the footage of people shooting birds would go all over the place, with the activists crying against these "monsters" for their inhuman game.
To be honest, I'm not really sure what to tell you if you can't see the difference between the two scenarios.
It was in TFA.
The watch was covered in wires, fuses, switches, etc, and his boots were quite large as if to convey there is something inside them. Come on now. Do you really believe he was just innocently passing through security, completely oblivious to the suspicion that was going to be levied against him when anyone in the airport looked at him? Really?
It's a publicity stunt. Whether or not I think that should be enough to arrest a man (I don't), it should have been obvious to him from the start that it was going to be extremely suspect the moment he was seen by security. He might as well have just walked into the airport with fake sticks of TNT strapped to his chest given the fear that currently rules over airports.
Now he can profit from his new-found fame once he gets out of custody.
I sincerely hope you aren't the previous AC in that discussion. Otherwise you're simply using a typo to change the discussion.
and now she no longer had to pay for her operating system either.
Doesn't sound like she paid for her OS in the first place, now does it, having received it as a donation and all?
A lot of things about this post seems very off. I wouldn't doubt if it was pure bullshit.
Yes, because they truly only sell these kinds of things at gas stations.
Yes, this eye-opening revelation of yours truly never gets old no matter how many times different people bring it up.
That said, the serial numbers are most definitely known by the people who owned the lot. When one of those appears on the market they will be instantly able to tell it's one of that lot. So also no warranty or anything any more.
Which really sucks for the quite many unknowing individuals buying one of these.
Duh. Flatten the final picture. You will still have outliers who can make it look convincingly different enough but it won't be as easy as giving them access to each individual layer for them to fudge up.
Also consider embedding tiny watermarks in the image. Little sets of pixels at specific coordinates. Not specifically exact colors but something you would be able to identify on close inspection. Something like a small 6x6 checkerboard grid of alternating light colored pixels in a light area of the document that wouldn't be easily seen by your students but you could zero in on and verify.