That's a nice anti-government rant you have there but unfortunately it has little basis in reality. All of the biggest hacks have been perpetrated by nation-states: Stuxnet and the Kaspersky infections come to mind. Regardless of that, given that many of the government programs that generate hacking tools are classified, how can you claim that you could even begin to know how competently they operate? Before you cite the Snowden leaks, keep in mind that they are almost five year old now and I'm sure the government has developed much more sophisticated tools since then.
I don't know but it sounds extremely insensitive to people who are currently grieving the loss of a loved one. Perhaps they should have stated "living impaired" name so that the language in the Code of Conduct wouldn't violate their Code of Conduct.
That sounds like a response generated by Oracle. Nothing is ever their fault, it's always your fault for not buying supplemental products and services to do what you expected the original products to do.
I see comments like this all of the time. Does Opera have a feature that automatically recognizes new stories about things it's been capable of doing for years and then smugly post about it?
Every time I worked for a privately held consulting or software company - it totally rocked. As soon as they went public? It was all downhill from there.
That was the reason that Dell reprivatized. Investors only care about things that can bring be profitable within the next quarter or two. I can't say I'm the least bit surprised that quality has gone down at Apple given the fact that Tim is at the helm since he has always been focused on profits rather than products.
Since this is Seagate we're talking about, I imagine the new AI will determine the worst possible time for the drive to fail (sometime after the warranty expires and right at the same time as all of the other drives in the raid array).
Since the law of conservation of mass and energy states that matter and energy can not be created then how did it ever come into existence in the first place?
I'm glad that they did a study, because clearly somebody needed a study
If the purveyors of flat interfaces gave even a modicum of a fuck about usability studies, there is no way we would have had flat interfaces in the first place. There are tons of studies about how color and shading help users easily distinguish different objects but that never stopped them from removing shading and color from icons. Some went as far as removing the text that accompanies icons as well. The next trend I'm noticing is icons that are simply wireframe outlines. We're approaching a point where only cavepeople will be able to decipher these modern hieroglyphics. None of these decisions have anything to do with usability, it's all about conforming to fashion trends
So both you and your aunt use Facebook and you mentioned that she exchanged emails with your father. I'm assuming you've also exchanged e-mails with your father. I've heard suspicions of Facebook attempting to log in to the e-mail account you used to register with Facebook. If your Facebook and e-mail passwords were the same at the time your registered, it would be possible for Facebook to scan all of your e-mail and create a comprehensive list of all your contacts. If both you and your aunt used the same passwords for Facebook and e-mail, then Facebook could know that you've both exchanged e-mails with your father and then recommended her as a "Person You May Know". It's just a theory based on a lot of conjecture but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
So Tesla could put battery packs on the trailer which can be connected to the cab. Those packs could be charged while the trailer is being loaded, could be used before the cab resorts to using its own battery, and you could charge the batteries in the cab and trailer simultaneously when you need to recharge on a long trip.
So we should just wait for enough people to be violated and then let the courts handle it? Based on the current laws, the courts will require you to prove that you personally were harmed which means that you can't sue unless you've personally suffered damage as a result of their negligence. Instead of being reactive, let's be proactive. There are many obvious flaws in the products that make up the Internet of Shit. These can be resolved by doing things such as specifying a minimum period of time that products must be supported as well as levying stiff penalties against companies who sell products with universal passwords enabled. Users should also have the ability to upgrade their devices without relying on third parties (I'm looking at you, manufacturers of broadband modems). I'm sure the first pass of legislation won't fix all of the problems, but life is all about iteratively learning from prior experiences and making the proper adjustments. At this point, something is far better than nothing.
Since I see a lot of people contemplating trying FreeBSD, I figured I'd share my experience. My goal is not to dissuade you from using it but to prepare you for some of the challenges you may face.
Like many people here, I wanted to avoid systemd, so I decided to try PC-BSD when I was setting up a server on a new Intel NUC. While PC-BSD is more oriented for desktops than servers, I wanted to see how the user experience was on the desktop so I went with that. However, getting X Windows to start proved to be very difficult. I realized that the Intel graphics chipset was not supported, so it was falling back to the VESA driver but I was willing to live with that. However, X seemed to crash about 70% of the time on boot. Worse yet, it kept trying to restart X even as I was debugging the problem in a console. If I remember correctly, it was spitting out error messages onto the console as well which was really irritating when trying to debug. I eventually gave up and installed FreeBSD but then I started to find another irritating issue - my network card was not supported. Apparently the manufacturer made a minor change to the model number and FreeBSD refused to load a driver for it. I attempted to find a way to force it to use the driver of the previous generation (they were extremely similar) but that effort was in vain. Finally, I downloaded the source to the driver of the previous generation, added the new model number, and compiled a new driver and that worked well.
When X did work in PC-BSD, the experience was a bit rough. Boot times were much longer than Linux and there was a lot more screen flicker and artifacts. Overall, it reminded me of where Linux was about 10 to 12 years ago. However, using FreeBSD as a server has proven to work pretty well. It supports jails and Docker and it is extremely stable. The documentation is extensive, well prepared, and easy to follow. Of course, it has excellent support for ZFS as well. Overall, I highly recommend it for servers but if you're looking for a desktop experience, be prepared to put in a bit of effort to get everything running and even then it will likely be a bit rough around the edges.
I agree with your stance but I feel it necessary to correct one important detail: a free market has no rules by definition, hence players in the market are free of any regulation or oversight. It is basically economic anarchy. A better description of the market you describe would be a fair market or regulated market. I'm not trying to be pedantic, I just see the term "free market" frequently used to describe a balanced market full of competition but a true free market leads to the exact opposite.
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Well played!
That's a nice anti-government rant you have there but unfortunately it has little basis in reality. All of the biggest hacks have been perpetrated by nation-states: Stuxnet and the Kaspersky infections come to mind. Regardless of that, given that many of the government programs that generate hacking tools are classified, how can you claim that you could even begin to know how competently they operate? Before you cite the Snowden leaks, keep in mind that they are almost five year old now and I'm sure the government has developed much more sophisticated tools since then.
Did the pirated copy contain an EULA?
I don't know but it sounds extremely insensitive to people who are currently grieving the loss of a loved one. Perhaps they should have stated "living impaired" name so that the language in the Code of Conduct wouldn't violate their Code of Conduct.
I caught the sarcasm - I was just noting that your sarcasm is Oracle's actual business strategy.
If there was a way to opt out of doing business with Equifax, I would have done it years ago.
That sounds like a response generated by Oracle. Nothing is ever their fault, it's always your fault for not buying supplemental products and services to do what you expected the original products to do.
Not reading the story has never stopped anyone from commenting on it.
I see comments like this all of the time. Does Opera have a feature that automatically recognizes new stories about things it's been capable of doing for years and then smugly post about it?
My urge to run Linspire just increase a thousandfold.
I think there's a lot of truth in both of our ideas.
Vendor lock-in + Stockhold Syndrome.
That was the reason that Dell reprivatized. Investors only care about things that can bring be profitable within the next quarter or two. I can't say I'm the least bit surprised that quality has gone down at Apple given the fact that Tim is at the helm since he has always been focused on profits rather than products.
Banks and insurance companies worried about a lack of regulation. That is fucking rich!
Since this is Seagate we're talking about, I imagine the new AI will determine the worst possible time for the drive to fail (sometime after the warranty expires and right at the same time as all of the other drives in the raid array).
Since the law of conservation of mass and energy states that matter and energy can not be created then how did it ever come into existence in the first place?
If the purveyors of flat interfaces gave even a modicum of a fuck about usability studies, there is no way we would have had flat interfaces in the first place. There are tons of studies about how color and shading help users easily distinguish different objects but that never stopped them from removing shading and color from icons. Some went as far as removing the text that accompanies icons as well. The next trend I'm noticing is icons that are simply wireframe outlines. We're approaching a point where only cavepeople will be able to decipher these modern hieroglyphics. None of these decisions have anything to do with usability, it's all about conforming to fashion trends
So both you and your aunt use Facebook and you mentioned that she exchanged emails with your father. I'm assuming you've also exchanged e-mails with your father. I've heard suspicions of Facebook attempting to log in to the e-mail account you used to register with Facebook. If your Facebook and e-mail passwords were the same at the time your registered, it would be possible for Facebook to scan all of your e-mail and create a comprehensive list of all your contacts. If both you and your aunt used the same passwords for Facebook and e-mail, then Facebook could know that you've both exchanged e-mails with your father and then recommended her as a "Person You May Know". It's just a theory based on a lot of conjecture but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
So Tesla could put battery packs on the trailer which can be connected to the cab. Those packs could be charged while the trailer is being loaded, could be used before the cab resorts to using its own battery, and you could charge the batteries in the cab and trailer simultaneously when you need to recharge on a long trip.
So we should just wait for enough people to be violated and then let the courts handle it? Based on the current laws, the courts will require you to prove that you personally were harmed which means that you can't sue unless you've personally suffered damage as a result of their negligence. Instead of being reactive, let's be proactive. There are many obvious flaws in the products that make up the Internet of Shit. These can be resolved by doing things such as specifying a minimum period of time that products must be supported as well as levying stiff penalties against companies who sell products with universal passwords enabled. Users should also have the ability to upgrade their devices without relying on third parties (I'm looking at you, manufacturers of broadband modems). I'm sure the first pass of legislation won't fix all of the problems, but life is all about iteratively learning from prior experiences and making the proper adjustments. At this point, something is far better than nothing.
Talk show hosts are finding the Trump presidency to be a comedy gold mine. And the only thing it's costing us is our credibility in the world.
Since I see a lot of people contemplating trying FreeBSD, I figured I'd share my experience. My goal is not to dissuade you from using it but to prepare you for some of the challenges you may face.
Like many people here, I wanted to avoid systemd, so I decided to try PC-BSD when I was setting up a server on a new Intel NUC. While PC-BSD is more oriented for desktops than servers, I wanted to see how the user experience was on the desktop so I went with that. However, getting X Windows to start proved to be very difficult. I realized that the Intel graphics chipset was not supported, so it was falling back to the VESA driver but I was willing to live with that. However, X seemed to crash about 70% of the time on boot. Worse yet, it kept trying to restart X even as I was debugging the problem in a console. If I remember correctly, it was spitting out error messages onto the console as well which was really irritating when trying to debug. I eventually gave up and installed FreeBSD but then I started to find another irritating issue - my network card was not supported. Apparently the manufacturer made a minor change to the model number and FreeBSD refused to load a driver for it. I attempted to find a way to force it to use the driver of the previous generation (they were extremely similar) but that effort was in vain. Finally, I downloaded the source to the driver of the previous generation, added the new model number, and compiled a new driver and that worked well.
When X did work in PC-BSD, the experience was a bit rough. Boot times were much longer than Linux and there was a lot more screen flicker and artifacts. Overall, it reminded me of where Linux was about 10 to 12 years ago. However, using FreeBSD as a server has proven to work pretty well. It supports jails and Docker and it is extremely stable. The documentation is extensive, well prepared, and easy to follow. Of course, it has excellent support for ZFS as well. Overall, I highly recommend it for servers but if you're looking for a desktop experience, be prepared to put in a bit of effort to get everything running and even then it will likely be a bit rough around the edges.
GhostCtrl is not a bug, it's a new daemon for systemd. It's meant to provide a centralized method for viruses and ransonware to control your system.
I agree with your stance but I feel it necessary to correct one important detail: a free market has no rules by definition, hence players in the market are free of any regulation or oversight. It is basically economic anarchy. A better description of the market you describe would be a fair market or regulated market. I'm not trying to be pedantic, I just see the term "free market" frequently used to describe a balanced market full of competition but a true free market leads to the exact opposite.