It looks as though you may be under the impression that FreeBSD is a Linux distro, but it is definitely not.
My sig has an attempt at humor and irony about it, note that the link is to the FreeBSD handbook. It's kind of like, "FreeBSD Just Works for me -- now that I've RTFA!" Yes, I know -- very obscure humor, not likely to be appreciated by most people, etc. It's ok, I'm used to that sort of thing.:)
Thanks for being good-natured about my ribbing, BTW.
Once it's installed on the Android phone, the rootkit can be activated via a phone call or SMS (short message service) message, giving attackers a stealthy and hard-to-detect tool for siphoning data from the phone or misdirecting the user. "You call the phone, the phone doesn't ring, and when the phone realizes that it's being called by an attacker's phone number, it sends him back a shell [program]," said Christian Papathanasiou, a security consultant with Chicago's Trustwave, the company that did the research.
Not only that, but they put the phones in the hives. I can see how that would be quite disruptive to the little critters; generally we don't go to a beehive to call people on our cell phones. Surely the likelihood of a proximity effect renders this study kind of useless?
I don't think any (print) newspaper can survive off internet advertising income alone.
Print news has always been funded primarily by advertising. You don't think the Murdoch empire was built on the price of the paper, do you?
This is just about RM's greed and envy getting the best of him, because google can sell ads while aggregating content.
He's a fool, no-one will even notice his tripe missing.
Go to archive.org, find a video you'd like to see, copy the link address for the file, then open that in mplayer. Works with absolutely no drama for me, whether I choose avi, mpg, ogv, etc. IOW, Hulu's explanation is mostly bullshit. They have exactly one reason, and that is "securing the content" -- which is pretty much nonsense. It isn't like your average "consumer" bothers with unauthorized copying/downloading. The hysteria on the "piracy" issue is completely absurd.
From the iPhone to the new Ubuntu, the wet dream of Hollywood and RIAA - a closed user-inaccessible file system seems to be making the rounds everywhere, including (evidently) in open source. It seem to be a part of an overall push not just to wring the last bits of control from the hands of the users, but to ensure that the users will be content consumers, not content creators.
Being geeks we sometimes fail to notice, but it's also the wet dream of the average consumer. Just the other day I had a conversation with a group of non-geeks in which I mentioned the **AA-driven move away from real computers and towards net-enabled appliances. Every single one of them agreed they would happily ditch their PCs for such a device if they could also do their office work on it.
Oh, you dingy little people who hang out in this chatroom can be so narrow-minded sometimes! C'mon, let's tawk about cawfee... -- average slashdotter by the year 2011 if the current dumbing down trend keeps up.
Exactly. I've always wondered about people who lose important things like their keys, wallet, etc.
That never happens to me, nor to any of the people I consider my friends. I have seen it happen a lot to people I consider incompetent though, and there is no tech to fix that one.
Most people have a learned association, i.e. the logos make them think of eating particular favorite food -- and many people are impatient and eager to get around obstacles when their appetite is stimulated. I doubt the logos themselves have any intrinsic power.:)
I can see your point, but OTOH there's the reality that most people are going to put their banking details and personal secrets in a machine they have no clue how to secure.
They seem to be in denial that this is like burying all your money in a public park and expecting it to be there safe and waiting for them when they need it.
So yeah, most users are stupid, arrogant, lazy, and unrealistic. It's not like there's a lack of information on the subject or anything. And let's face it, scripting a firewall or even just properly configuring a router isn't exactly brain surgery.
They are. Last time I checked they were capping service at 5GB, so you're better off paying less and using a faster cellular connection (also capped at 5GB though). Hughes and BlueSky are strictly last resort options for those who have no cell, cable, or dsl service.
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For one thing OS X is a *nix, with full shell/root access. Tricky to lock that down, not to mention all the people who use it because of that would quickly switch to Linux.
People are laughing at me when I suggest that future iMacs will have app store lockdowns and now will be "ad-supported" to boot.
Yes, they're laughing because you're woefully misinformed (or maybe just a troll). Apple has a very good thing going with developers and OS X -- and it's a completely different from their consumer electronic business because it's a completely different market. Many devs love OS X but wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone or iPad. Many iPad or iPhone users are looking forward to the day they can replace their computer with an iPpliance -- totally different markets.
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It looks as though you may be under the impression that FreeBSD is a Linux distro, but it is definitely not.
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My sig has an attempt at humor and irony about it, note that the link is to the FreeBSD handbook. It's kind of like, "FreeBSD Just Works for me -- now that I've RTFA!" Yes, I know -- very obscure humor, not likely to be appreciated by most people, etc. It's ok, I'm used to that sort of thing.
Thanks for being good-natured about my ribbing, BTW.
Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
From FTFA:
Not only that, but they put the phones in the hives. I can see how that would be quite disruptive to the little critters; generally we don't go to a beehive to call people on our cell phones. Surely the likelihood of a proximity effect renders this study kind of useless?
Australia is an island.
Print news has always been funded primarily by advertising. You don't think the Murdoch empire was built on the price of the paper, do you? This is just about RM's greed and envy getting the best of him, because google can sell ads while aggregating content. He's a fool, no-one will even notice his tripe missing.
Wrong.
If you want work done or actually use your device for something more than a toy, you buy a Blackberry. But Android is catching up.
Go to archive.org, find a video you'd like to see, copy the link address for the file, then open that in mplayer. Works with absolutely no drama for me, whether I choose avi, mpg, ogv, etc. IOW, Hulu's explanation is mostly bullshit. They have exactly one reason, and that is "securing the content" -- which is pretty much nonsense. It isn't like your average "consumer" bothers with unauthorized copying/downloading. The hysteria on the "piracy" issue is completely absurd.
I swear, we really need a -1 Retarded mod for comments like the parent.
Being geeks we sometimes fail to notice, but it's also the wet dream of the average consumer. Just the other day I had a conversation with a group of non-geeks in which I mentioned the **AA-driven move away from real computers and towards net-enabled appliances. Every single one of them agreed they would happily ditch their PCs for such a device if they could also do their office work on it.
winfs!
Yeah, microsoft's "previews of future tech" are entertaining. As many dog-and-pony shows are.
Oh, you dingy little people who hang out in this chatroom can be so narrow-minded sometimes! C'mon, let's tawk about cawfee...
-- average slashdotter by the year 2011 if the current dumbing down trend keeps up.
Exactly. I've always wondered about people who lose important things like their keys, wallet, etc. That never happens to me, nor to any of the people I consider my friends. I have seen it happen a lot to people I consider incompetent though, and there is no tech to fix that one.
Oh yeah, smart guy? Then answer this:
WTF do the Martians drink?
Google analytics is everywhere. The good news is it's trivial to block it using privoxy. Then you can use any browser you want.
Most people have a learned association, i.e. the logos make them think of eating particular favorite food -- and many people are impatient and eager to get around obstacles when their appetite is stimulated. I doubt the logos themselves have any intrinsic power. :)
I can see your point, but OTOH there's the reality that most people are going to put their banking details and personal secrets in a machine they have no clue how to secure. They seem to be in denial that this is like burying all your money in a public park and expecting it to be there safe and waiting for them when they need it.
So yeah, most users are stupid, arrogant, lazy, and unrealistic. It's not like there's a lack of information on the subject or anything. And let's face it, scripting a firewall or even just properly configuring a router isn't exactly brain surgery.
Fixed.
They are. Last time I checked they were capping service at 5GB, so you're better off paying less and using a faster cellular connection (also capped at 5GB though). Hughes and BlueSky are strictly last resort options for those who have no cell, cable, or dsl service.
I know, classic, right? I call it for sig duty. :D
Straw man.
For one thing OS X is a *nix, with full shell/root access. Tricky to lock that down, not to mention all the people who use it because of that would quickly switch to Linux.
Yes, they're laughing because you're woefully misinformed (or maybe just a troll). Apple has a very good thing going with developers and OS X -- and it's a completely different from their consumer electronic business because it's a completely different market. Many devs love OS X but wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone or iPad. Many iPad or iPhone users are looking forward to the day they can replace their computer with an iPpliance -- totally different markets.
Should be, "TH is claiming that them there commercial offerings are just for Disaster Recovery. Lurn to write you some Inglesh!
Yeah, free market all the way, baby -- I mean, look what getting rid of regulation did for our banking choices!
Oh, wait...