I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, it does seem that many people are overwhelmed by our modern society, which I think partially explains the prevalence of people who prefer fairy tales and hate being told the truth (i.e. dogmatic ideologists of whatever stripe).
When I first started college, I pieced together a system with a Pentium III, half a gig of RAM, and a GeForce 2.
I think the point is you wouldn't find that setup very usable today because modern software is more resource-hungry. Back in my day a 68k processor running at 8MHz with 4MB of RAM was the Hot Stuff, and a 250MB HDD was [trump]*huuuge*[/trump].
It's a common trick OEMs and manufacturers have used for years. The idea behind these announcements (such as "WebOS everywhere") is not to preview coming technology, rather it's about putting the squeeze on microsoft for a more lucrative volumes license deal.
As I said, it appears to be high enough. Anyone can put together malware for android and get it distributed with no investment other than the time and effort it takes. To put an app in Apple's store is not only not free, it's also not a sure thing your app will be approved. And finally, there is no money in Android, whereas quite a number of people do make a living developing iOS apps.
Of course, the fact that there is very little malware for iOS and tons of it for Android tends to confirm it as well. Personally, I love Linux and think it's a damned shame that Android becomes the first widely-distributed, mainstream version, because it's really a crappy OS security-wise.
If you're a registered iOS dev you have a CC on file with Apple. Doesn't make it impossible for malware authors, but it appears to raise the bar enough. No-one wants to pay Apple just to end up banned for shenanigans. I still feel my Blackberry is the best device for security, but then we're pretty much all forced to use relatively insecure networks so maybe it's not the biggest deal.
Howsabout this: Provide more bandwidth than a Dixie cup on a string
See, now that's just insul;ting and uncalled for. They reached the level of Pringle's-can-with-piano-wire, far surpassing the old Dixie-cup-on-a-string model nearly 18 months ago. Credit where credit is due, please...
That's pretty funny, but I imagine the idea would be to be able to restore to original in case of needing support or warranty work. Probably a pretty good idea, actually.
They're pretty bad. But I'm glad to have the officejets, they do work flawlessly with hplip in *nix. The printers themselves are quite good, but those windows drivers just ruin it -- if I were a windows user I'd avoid HP like the plague. Maybe HP should just start refining hplip instead of shipping that bloatware.
Same here. A logical, well-maintained hierarchical system is pretty hard to beat, assuming a knowledgeable and capable user, of course. I've known a lot of people though who can barely remember their own zip code, so I also understand the clamor for bloaty db-driven solutions. In OS X it didn't take me long to find how to kill Spotlight. Nice feature, Spotlight -- for people with nothing to do and all day to do it. I find it an awful lot easier to just pay attention to where I put things in the first place.:)
Ok I'm not done -- how stupid, petty, mean, and childish does a person have to be to criticize someone based on the idea that when that person created their post, they hoped to be modded up for it? OMG, what kind of a monster does it take to post, wishing to be modded up?!
People with attitudes like yours, theskipper (461997), are one huge fucking problem in society today. Take that moronic, childish, envious, nesty, stupid little attitude of yours and just fuck the fuck right off.
IOW you're so confident that no-one will RTFA you feel lying is just fine and will work out for you. Trouble is, there'll always be someone who knows you're a liar...
Pro-tip: Slashdot karma has no value IRL to anyone not promoting something. Use of the term "karma whore" to describe someone performing a public service is pure asshattery.
No, but I do observe and report pretty well. You, OTOH, are probably caught up in imagining yourself somehow "important" because you can click on some link provided by a group of script kiddies and "stick it to the man". Too bad the effort results in mere vandalism, achieving nothing but making a minor nuisance of yourself.
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Congrats on the new job! After you've been doing it for a few years you too will have windows update horror stories to tell.
I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, it does seem that many people are overwhelmed by our modern society, which I think partially explains the prevalence of people who prefer fairy tales and hate being told the truth (i.e. dogmatic ideologists of whatever stripe).
Pro-tip: The above post is true, not troll.
****shuffles away muttering about all the digg and fark dinguses infesting slashdot****
Today's universe?
I think the point is you wouldn't find that setup very usable today because modern software is more resource-hungry. Back in my day a 68k processor running at 8MHz with 4MB of RAM was the Hot Stuff, and a 250MB HDD was [trump]*huuuge*[/trump].
It's a common trick OEMs and manufacturers have used for years. The idea behind these announcements (such as "WebOS everywhere") is not to preview coming technology, rather it's about putting the squeeze on microsoft for a more lucrative volumes license deal.
I wouldn't be so sure. He sounds a lot like the last guy who hired me.
Mr Slowski, I presume?
No, I'm asking about the herd of malware you said kin git one hundred dollerrs per person. C'mon, you have a whole herd of 'em, sell me one!
Oh yeah? Where'd ya git that there herd? I might want to pick one up fer mahsayelf.
As I said, it appears to be high enough. Anyone can put together malware for android and get it distributed with no investment other than the time and effort it takes. To put an app in Apple's store is not only not free, it's also not a sure thing your app will be approved. And finally, there is no money in Android, whereas quite a number of people do make a living developing iOS apps.
Of course, the fact that there is very little malware for iOS and tons of it for Android tends to confirm it as well. Personally, I love Linux and think it's a damned shame that Android becomes the first widely-distributed, mainstream version, because it's really a crappy OS security-wise.
This terminator.
If you're a registered iOS dev you have a CC on file with Apple. Doesn't make it impossible for malware authors, but it appears to raise the bar enough. No-one wants to pay Apple just to end up banned for shenanigans.
I still feel my Blackberry is the best device for security, but then we're pretty much all forced to use relatively insecure networks so maybe it's not the biggest deal.
Terminal's good, but I like terminator, myself. Works on every OS and has a killer set of features!
See, now that's just insul;ting and uncalled for. They reached the level of Pringle's-can-with-piano-wire, far surpassing the old Dixie-cup-on-a-string model nearly 18 months ago. Credit where credit is due, please...
that checked out. Your brain may be broken or something; mine parses multiple lines of text just fine.
That's pretty funny, but I imagine the idea would be to be able to restore to original in case of needing support or warranty work. Probably a pretty good idea, actually.
So to paraphrase, "If you don't like the bloatware there's always the option to sacrifice functionality"? I'll just use hplip, thanks. :)
They're pretty bad. But I'm glad to have the officejets, they do work flawlessly with hplip in *nix. The printers themselves are quite good, but those windows drivers just ruin it -- if I were a windows user I'd avoid HP like the plague. Maybe HP should just start refining hplip instead of shipping that bloatware.
Yes -- with butter -- betcha can't eat just one!
The internet is one large glass house, Mr JordanL. :)
The Spotlight db gets corrupted. Read this.
Same here. A logical, well-maintained hierarchical system is pretty hard to beat, assuming a knowledgeable and capable user, of course. I've known a lot of people though who can barely remember their own zip code, so I also understand the clamor for bloaty db-driven solutions. In OS X it didn't take me long to find how to kill Spotlight. Nice feature, Spotlight -- for people with nothing to do and all day to do it. I find it an awful lot easier to just pay attention to where I put things in the first place. :)
Ok I'm not done -- how stupid, petty, mean, and childish does a person have to be to criticize someone based on the idea that when that person created their post, they hoped to be modded up for it? OMG, what kind of a monster does it take to post, wishing to be modded up?!
People with attitudes like yours, theskipper (461997), are one huge fucking problem in society today. Take that moronic, childish, envious, nesty, stupid little attitude of yours and just fuck the fuck right off.
IOW you're so confident that no-one will RTFA you feel lying is just fine and will work out for you. Trouble is, there'll always be someone who knows you're a liar...
Pro-tip: Slashdot karma has no value IRL to anyone not promoting something. Use of the term "karma whore" to describe someone performing a public service is pure asshattery.
No, but I do observe and report pretty well. You, OTOH, are probably caught up in imagining yourself somehow "important" because you can click on some link provided by a group of script kiddies and "stick it to the man". Too bad the effort results in mere vandalism, achieving nothing but making a minor nuisance of yourself.