vi doesn't need this, what could be more intuitive than 'k' to move up, 'j' to move down, 'h' to move left and 'l' to move right. All children and new computer users understand this without tuition and it is guaranteed RSI free! Easiest way of working in a document!
Ok, so vi isn't intuitive, but once you learn it you'll work far less hard to get real work done than you would doing the same tasks with gedit, kate, or notepad. If you spend more than half your waking life in a text editor, "intuitive" becomes a relatively unimportant quality.
I'm completely spoiled by custom keybindings via xbindkeys and this device. The format is nearly perfection for me, the wireless tracking is excellent, and the keyboard itself is pretty good, too. Can't imagine ever going back to using separate keyboard and pointer devices.
"The Stalker Patent" is exactly what I thought when I read
"A USPTO filing made public Thursday reveals that Microsoft is seeking a patent for something it calls 'One-Way Public Relationships' in social networks and other online properties
The post to which I replied was whining about 10.5 and 10.4 users being left behind -- presumably because one has to buy pricey new Apple hardware to run 10.6. With FreeBSD I generally get to upgrade my OS without worrying about my hardware, as it's unusual for hardware support to simply be withdrawn. It's the planned obsolescence and forced upgrades that comprise the treadmill to which I referred, and you will not see that in gentoo or FreeBSD.
When the decision is made to use proprietary software you have boarded the upgrade treadmill. "Stay current or become disenfranchised" is what you signed up for. Fortunately, FreeBSD and Linux run very well on many models of Macintosh.
That was the Danger/Sidekick fiasco.
"RROD" refers to the tendency of the xbox to fry itself to death.
And it costs a tad more than one hundred dollars...
So much talk about headers in this discussion, but spoofing email headers is really not that hard. The real answer is don't click on links in email for anything that in any way involves the use of financial services of any description. I shop amazon (on a computer) all the time, and I don't even click on links in emails they send me. Why would I need to? Only takes a moment to login manually via https. And just because your carrier provides a "mobile banking" app doesn't mean they provide a secure enough network to safely use it! For those few cases where I need to buy something via smartphone I have one paypal account (not tied to a card or bank) just for that. If it gets compromised, the most I could lose is two or three hundred dollars.Don't kid yourself -- the internet is dangerous, and cell networks are potentially much more so.
The article is wrong about the Blackberry. You can set it for text-only email, and if you highlight the "From:" field you'll see the sender's address in a tooltip. I'm quite pleased with email on the BB, and using the Bolt browser, BBSSH for ssh logins, RepliGo Reader, and just a few other carefully chosen apps the BB is pretty awesome. Of course it doesn't have the huge screen of a Droid or iPhone (they always seem to be cracked anyway within a few months, don't they?), but there's really no comparison if you're looking for security and worry-free utility.
BTW, anyone who clicks a link in email for *anything* money-related is going to be screwed sooner or later, whether they're using an x86 machine or a mobile device.
What on earth are you talking about? I've been using opera for years, it does a fine job for well over 99% of the sites I visit.
Opera 11 is really smooth-feeling and quick. Haven't tried the extensions yet, but the browser itself is excellent, at least on FreeBSD and OS X.
Yeah yeah, backups. I make 'em. But when I need my password I tend to need it NOW, not in 2 hours after restoring from backup. Having backups is great for emergencies, but needing your password should not be an emergency.
...use a password manager... I don't have any idea what most of my passwords are.
To me that's unacceptable. What happens when a bad update or a hardware failure renders your passwords inaccessible?
But I guess most people are so dull they have no choice -- it's software or 123456, otherwise their pitiful little brains will be overwhelmed.
No doubt this laziness and apathy is precisely why everyone will be chipped soon.
My guess is that theodp has grossly over simplified what the patent is really about and the summary is nothing but a troll.
We have a winner!
For those of you just joining always remember that the primary troll key words used on slashdot are "Patent", "Microsoft", "Apple", "iPhone", and "iOS" (in no particular order). Any story featuring any one of those words has an 88% likelihood of being a troll. If the story mentions two of them it's 94%, and if three or more of the keywords appear it is guaranteed 100% the submitter is a troll.
and the researchers behind it stress that it works best on de-obfuscated code.
...because all sites infecting visitor's machines with malware through javascript have js code in clear, reading-friendly syntax.
Exactly. IOW, once a human finds the malicious js and marks it this zoozle thingie can "find" it. Hoo boi, looks like Redmond's back in the innovatin' game!
Unfortunately, so many USians are so infatuated with the fantasy of "free markets" and "smaller government" (neither will ever exist, it's just a smokescreen for government via large corporations) that perhaps the best thing would be to go ahead and elect Palin and let her destroy life as we know it. Then, when the rightie-tighties see it doesn't work we can finally move on. Assuming they actually have enough brain power to learn such a lesson, of course -- hmmmm, that assumption may be the big flaw with this plan...
We recognize that firearms are no longer needed for 1. Hunting because you can just get a steak at the store, 2. Protection from animal attacks because we have simply killed off or made irrelevant most predator species, and 3. Protection from criminals because we have a standing police force. So why bother with it? Furthermore, owning firearms wouldn't amount to diddly squat against the modern military. Lets just repeal the second amendment. Its clearly no longer.
Spoken like someone who's spent his entire life in cities being a good little consumer for his corporate masters. Those of us who prefer old-fashioned homesteading still need guns for the very reasons you like to imagine no longer exist. Seems it might be a good time for someone to log off and see the real world beyond the office...
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Ok, so vi isn't intuitive, but once you learn it you'll work far less hard to get real work done than you would doing the same tasks with gedit, kate, or notepad. If you spend more than half your waking life in a text editor, "intuitive" becomes a relatively unimportant quality.
I'm completely spoiled by custom keybindings via xbindkeys and this device. The format is nearly perfection for me, the wireless tracking is excellent, and the keyboard itself is pretty good, too. Can't imagine ever going back to using separate keyboard and pointer devices.
Red herring alert -- it's because Harry Potter appeals to yuppie Anglophiles who want their kids to be "classy".
No, it really isn't the same deal.
The post to which I replied was whining about 10.5 and 10.4 users being left behind -- presumably because one has to buy pricey new Apple hardware to run 10.6. With FreeBSD I generally get to upgrade my OS without worrying about my hardware, as it's unusual for hardware support to simply be withdrawn. It's the planned obsolescence and forced upgrades that comprise the treadmill to which I referred, and you will not see that in gentoo or FreeBSD.
When the decision is made to use proprietary software you have boarded the upgrade treadmill. "Stay current or become disenfranchised" is what you signed up for. Fortunately, FreeBSD and Linux run very well on many models of Macintosh.
I believe MidpSSH is quite out of date, but Marc Paradise's BBSH is based on it, and it's a vast improvement.
That was the Danger/Sidekick fiasco. "RROD" refers to the tendency of the xbox to fry itself to death. And it costs a tad more than one hundred dollars...
So much talk about headers in this discussion, but spoofing email headers is really not that hard. The real answer is don't click on links in email for anything that in any way involves the use of financial services of any description. I shop amazon (on a computer) all the time, and I don't even click on links in emails they send me. Why would I need to? Only takes a moment to login manually via https. And just because your carrier provides a "mobile banking" app doesn't mean they provide a secure enough network to safely use it! For those few cases where I need to buy something via smartphone I have one paypal account (not tied to a card or bank) just for that. If it gets compromised, the most I could lose is two or three hundred dollars.Don't kid yourself -- the internet is dangerous, and cell networks are potentially much more so.
The article is wrong about the Blackberry. You can set it for text-only email, and if you highlight the "From:" field you'll see the sender's address in a tooltip. I'm quite pleased with email on the BB, and using the Bolt browser, BBSSH for ssh logins, RepliGo Reader, and just a few other carefully chosen apps the BB is pretty awesome. Of course it doesn't have the huge screen of a Droid or iPhone (they always seem to be cracked anyway within a few months, don't they?), but there's really no comparison if you're looking for security and worry-free utility.
BTW, anyone who clicks a link in email for *anything* money-related is going to be screwed sooner or later, whether they're using an x86 machine or a mobile device.
Fixed.
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I do have a fix for that -- use a real mail agent. You can get your gmail via imap, it's a *much* better experience.
What on earth are you talking about? I've been using opera for years, it does a fine job for well over 99% of the sites I visit. Opera 11 is really smooth-feeling and quick. Haven't tried the extensions yet, but the browser itself is excellent, at least on FreeBSD and OS X.
Yeah yeah, backups. I make 'em. But when I need my password I tend to need it NOW, not in 2 hours after restoring from backup. Having backups is great for emergencies, but needing your password should not be an emergency.
To me that's unacceptable. What happens when a bad update or a hardware failure renders your passwords inaccessible? But I guess most people are so dull they have no choice -- it's software or 123456, otherwise their pitiful little brains will be overwhelmed. No doubt this laziness and apathy is precisely why everyone will be chipped soon.
It's the thought that counts. :)
We have a winner!
For those of you just joining always remember that the primary troll key words used on slashdot are "Patent", "Microsoft", "Apple", "iPhone", and "iOS" (in no particular order). Any story featuring any one of those words has an 88% likelihood of being a troll. If the story mentions two of them it's 94%, and if three or more of the keywords appear it is guaranteed 100% the submitter is a troll.
It is to the four people who actually succeeded at getting exim to run.
Exactly. IOW, once a human finds the malicious js and marks it this zoozle thingie can "find" it. Hoo boi, looks like Redmond's back in the innovatin' game!
Unfortunately, so many USians are so infatuated with the fantasy of "free markets" and "smaller government" (neither will ever exist, it's just a smokescreen for government via large corporations) that perhaps the best thing would be to go ahead and elect Palin and let her destroy life as we know it. Then, when the rightie-tighties see it doesn't work we can finally move on. Assuming they actually have enough brain power to learn such a lesson, of course -- hmmmm, that assumption may be the big flaw with this plan...
Spoken like someone who's spent his entire life in cities being a good little consumer for his corporate masters. Those of us who prefer old-fashioned homesteading still need guns for the very reasons you like to imagine no longer exist. Seems it might be a good time for someone to log off and see the real world beyond the office...
Really? Desperation? Is that what it is? And is that why we don't see more BK ads in McD's? Or Macy's promos at Marshall's? **rolls eyes**
Quiet, you! OS X users have enough baggage to schlepp as it is, without your clueless rating.
That works in Linux, but not in FreeBSD -- system permissions won't allow it, even as root.
:)
What this might say about the security of permissions in Linux vs BSD is left as an exercise for the reader.