It was already known and acknowledged by Microsoft that their ASLR implementation on 32-bit Windows was rather weak, but apparently the 64-bit version of it can be bypassed as well, as all of the hacks of pwn2own on Windows 7 made use of return-to-libc attacks, which should be impossible on systems with address space layout randomization.
How many people will buy this phone, and ditch dsl, cable, etc?
Even the best mobile connections are godawfully slow and have insanely high latencies compared with even modest wired broadband connections. You'll only switch if you absolutely don't care about the speed of your internet connection.
We aren't calling Dell's latest machines "super computers" either, so there's really no need to name new phones with up-to-date specs "super phones". It's technology. New devices with faster hardware and more features are going to come out. Every new phone will be a "super phone", because that's how the market works. This phone will be deprecated in a year or so, just like every other IT toy.
That, and mentioning your competitor is free advertising for them.
Yeah, it seems to me that this is actually the biggest reason why you don't see a lot of comparisons with competitors in European advertisements. It's just a bad idea to remind people of the fact there are alternatives to the stuff you're trying to sell.
I know you're being synical, but you're actually exactly right. Advertisers are bound to a lot more restrictions to what they can say and how they can say it than journalists, who can even purposely do illegal things to show it's effect to the audience.
The difference is however that in the case of Google AdWords, the other brand doesn't have to be included in the ad itself, it can only be the keyword which triggers the ad to show up. The EU judge ruled that it is valid if McDonald's buys advertisements with the "Burger King" keyword, so that if users are looking for Burger King, the McDonald's ad will show up. This doesn't mean that Burger King will be actually meantioned in the ad, it's just the mechanism for triggering it.
I think it was in King's Quest III when you gave the command to "look at the ground" while being indoor, the interpreter would only respond with "Indoor, the ground is called the floor" without actually telling you what was on the floor. I really loved that.
How is this possible that no Sierra titles have been included?
Because the question is "What's your favorite classic game that always gets overlooked in these kinds of lists?". Obviously, nobody in their right mind would ever forget the many quality Quest-games by Sierra in any list about PC gaming history.
You are right when you say that now, after IE9 has been designed and partly developed, it is "impossible" to make it compatible with XP.
The thing is however, that Microsoft designed it on purpose like this. When they created the design for IE9, they knew it would not run on XP. That's when they decided that this was acceptable. At that point in time (when no line of code for IE9 was written), is was still completely feasable and not impossible at all to change the design so that XP would have been supported. But they didn't do this. They created the "impossible" situation on purpose. That's why I think they should come clear and just state they don't want to support XP, instead of weaseling that it can't be done.
a heterogeneous market where people use one of a number of standards-compliant browsers
This would be of course the best outcome possible. Nobody wants another monopolist to replace Microsoft. Competition is what drives technology forward.
It's nice to know that IE is losing ground, because right now, IE's lack of features is holding back the functionality of the web as a whole. Websites could be a lot nicer if it weren't for IE.
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Opera was not one of the targeted browsers. Check out this page for info and updates on pwn2own.
It was already known and acknowledged by Microsoft that their ASLR implementation on 32-bit Windows was rather weak, but apparently the 64-bit version of it can be bypassed as well, as all of the hacks of pwn2own on Windows 7 made use of return-to-libc attacks, which should be impossible on systems with address space layout randomization.
Yeah, that's way better than what I expected.
To be honest, I've only experienced 3G myself, but I figured WiMax couldn't be that much of an upgrade.
How many people will buy this phone, and ditch dsl, cable, etc?
Even the best mobile connections are godawfully slow and have insanely high latencies compared with even modest wired broadband connections. You'll only switch if you absolutely don't care about the speed of your internet connection.
We aren't calling Dell's latest machines "super computers" either, so there's really no need to name new phones with up-to-date specs "super phones". It's technology. New devices with faster hardware and more features are going to come out. Every new phone will be a "super phone", because that's how the market works. This phone will be deprecated in a year or so, just like every other IT toy.
That, and mentioning your competitor is free advertising for them.
Yeah, it seems to me that this is actually the biggest reason why you don't see a lot of comparisons with competitors in European advertisements. It's just a bad idea to remind people of the fact there are alternatives to the stuff you're trying to sell.
I think you should read my post again.
That's probably why Apple isn't using model numbers from 30 years ago for current products.
So?
I know you're being synical, but you're actually exactly right. Advertisers are bound to a lot more restrictions to what they can say and how they can say it than journalists, who can even purposely do illegal things to show it's effect to the audience.
Believe me, cassette tapes discard a lot of sound well within the human hearing range as well.
Lying in advertisements is never allowed, whether you're speaking about your own products or those by other companies.
At least, that's the law here in the Netherlands. You can't just go on TV and yell whatever you want to people.
The difference is however that in the case of Google AdWords, the other brand doesn't have to be included in the ad itself, it can only be the keyword which triggers the ad to show up. The EU judge ruled that it is valid if McDonald's buys advertisements with the "Burger King" keyword, so that if users are looking for Burger King, the McDonald's ad will show up. This doesn't mean that Burger King will be actually meantioned in the ad, it's just the mechanism for triggering it.
So, in other words, it's a desktop that will be a colossal PITA upgrade and will probably use non-standard parts to get everything to fit.
Hmm... now that you put it that way, it kinda does resemble the original C64 after all.
I'll only care if it comes with a 2600 bit CPU.
TFA says it's an Intel x86 based machine running Windows.
That's interesting. I didn't know you could run Windows with 64K of RAM.
Exactly right. It doesn't even have a cassette drive.
The computer will be an all-in-one keyboard, with Intel's 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities.
So how is it a C64 then? I bet it doesn't even have 64K of RAM.
I think it was in King's Quest III when you gave the command to "look at the ground" while being indoor, the interpreter would only respond with "Indoor, the ground is called the floor" without actually telling you what was on the floor. I really loved that.
How is this possible that no Sierra titles have been included?
Because the question is "What's your favorite classic game that always gets overlooked in these kinds of lists?". Obviously, nobody in their right mind would ever forget the many quality Quest-games by Sierra in any list about PC gaming history.
I was thinking exactly the same thing while reading the summary. Who on earth would call himself a gamer and not know the awesomeness that was Elite.
You are right when you say that now, after IE9 has been designed and partly developed, it is "impossible" to make it compatible with XP.
The thing is however, that Microsoft designed it on purpose like this. When they created the design for IE9, they knew it would not run on XP. That's when they decided that this was acceptable. At that point in time (when no line of code for IE9 was written), is was still completely feasable and not impossible at all to change the design so that XP would have been supported. But they didn't do this. They created the "impossible" situation on purpose. That's why I think they should come clear and just state they don't want to support XP, instead of weaseling that it can't be done.
a heterogeneous market where people use one of a number of standards-compliant browsers
This would be of course the best outcome possible. Nobody wants another monopolist to replace Microsoft. Competition is what drives technology forward.
All the bullshit from here in the US and over in Europe, and god only knows how much tax money went to suing M$ for its evil ways
I think the two billion dollar in fines Microsoft has received so far covers those expenses nicely.
It's nice to know that IE is losing ground, because right now, IE's lack of features is holding back the functionality of the web as a whole. Websites could be a lot nicer if it weren't for IE.