They also haven't had to take the laptop back to the shop in weeks to get the malware cleaned out again and they haven't lost about an hour of every week waiting for windows to reboot after installing updates.
Of the dozens of friends computers I've fixed over the years, 99% of them have only really cared about a web browser, Skype, a basic office suit "where they haven't moved all the stuff I always use", a media player, a torrent client and maybe an email client.
All of them, save Skype, come pre-installed on any mainstream Linux distro. Skype takes about 5 minutes to install through the Mint software manager so I usually show the end user as I install it. The usual response is "...so I don't have to download it then? That's much easier...".
I had to re-install Windows 8 for my brother the other day, it took nearly 2 days by the time I'd installed drivers and Windows had finished installing updates and patches. Directly after install I had to find drivers for WiFi, the onboard video card and bluetooth, none of them worked (video was stuck at 1024x768 or similar). The manufacturer website couldn't tell me exactly what hardware was in the box so I had to Google the Windows equivalent of lspci, I didn't fancy installing some third party tool from a random website I'd never heard of so instead I booted off a Linux live disk to find out.
The same process on Linux (if I install a 3 year old LTS release from scratch and then install all available updates) takes about 2-3hrs depending on the speed of the computer and/or internet connection. Most of the time hardware works out of the box (it certainly did on the above mentioned box), if drivers or tweaking is required to get stuff working, the time spent is certainly less than the AGE that Windows takes to update.
I used to live in France so I used an ssh tunnel through my UK web hosting to get iPlayer. Now I'm back home I'm using the same tunnel for torrent sites, streaming sites and now popcorntime it seems...
Fair enough Windows has been dominant in the PC market for decades but you can hardly say it's been dominant on server platforms for decades (ever?). Maybe for intranet use but as far as internet facing, mission critical servers UNIX, BSD and since the late 90s Linux has been dominant.
The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying): mapping Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars, reflected in the inclusion of the War Department's broad arrow in the agency's logo.
The whole point is that he's NOT being called a citizen of the UK. Mind you, the fact that a US organisation called the Educational Testing Services knows nothing about geography explains a lot, I mean you guys aren't exactly known for your knowledge of anything outside the lower 48.
"The OS are not creating a new Google Maps-style service of their own" was taken from the BBC article.
I figured I'd already broken the first rule of Slashdot by RTFA so I might as well break rule 1 of journalism by not verifying the source.
I suspect what they meant was that the OS is not trying to replace Google Maps. Also, if you were going to provide a (large) dataset for people to use don't you think it would be a good idea to give them a convenient way to browse it before downloading?
Agreed that there is no reason users should need to know HOW their passwords are stored but they should care that their passwords are stored safely. Just as an airline passenger should care that the aeroplane they are flying in was manufactured to the highest standards, without needing to know the details of the manufacturing process.
IMO nobody who signs up for a Tesco bank account has any grounds for complaint.
I once asked a friend of mine, who is a professional ski boot fitter, what brands of hiking boots he recommends (he generally knows his stuff when it comes to performance footwear). His response was "buy a brand that makes shoes", meaning ONLY shoes/boots, not brands like North Face or Salomon.
If I asked my local butcher who I should get my bank account with I wouldn't be surprised if he said Tesco.
"Your password is stored in a hash of type XXX that is ### bits long, hashed for ### rounds, and salted with ### bits during each round." would tell the user all they need to know about how well their password is going to be protected, and they can make a more informed decision.
Why isn't that part of the meter? Because 99% of users have absolutely no idea what any of that means. It would be a good idea to have that information available to anyone who cares* but it would confuse most users, maybe even put them off signing up.
* Of course users SHOULD care but most don't or at least don't have the time/inclination to learn.
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Where are the mod points when you need them, +1 Insightful
I'm assuming the guns will only get used once, when the figures come in at the end of the tax year...
They also haven't had to take the laptop back to the shop in weeks to get the malware cleaned out again and they haven't lost about an hour of every week waiting for windows to reboot after installing updates.
Of the dozens of friends computers I've fixed over the years, 99% of them have only really cared about a web browser, Skype, a basic office suit "where they haven't moved all the stuff I always use", a media player, a torrent client and maybe an email client.
All of them, save Skype, come pre-installed on any mainstream Linux distro. Skype takes about 5 minutes to install through the Mint software manager so I usually show the end user as I install it. The usual response is "...so I don't have to download it then? That's much easier...".
I had to re-install Windows 8 for my brother the other day, it took nearly 2 days by the time I'd installed drivers and Windows had finished installing updates and patches. Directly after install I had to find drivers for WiFi, the onboard video card and bluetooth, none of them worked (video was stuck at 1024x768 or similar). The manufacturer website couldn't tell me exactly what hardware was in the box so I had to Google the Windows equivalent of lspci, I didn't fancy installing some third party tool from a random website I'd never heard of so instead I booted off a Linux live disk to find out.
The same process on Linux (if I install a 3 year old LTS release from scratch and then install all available updates) takes about 2-3hrs depending on the speed of the computer and/or internet connection. Most of the time hardware works out of the box (it certainly did on the above mentioned box), if drivers or tweaking is required to get stuff working, the time spent is certainly less than the AGE that Windows takes to update.
Wow, that's a night in!
3310 obviously
Nah, it's more like Mozilla won't let you drive without a seatbelt, even if you're on a mobility scooter in a sealed off car park.
Live HTTP Headers captures http packets before they are encrypted/sent and after they are decrypted/received.
I used to live in France so I used an ssh tunnel through my UK web hosting to get iPlayer. Now I'm back home I'm using the same tunnel for torrent sites, streaming sites and now popcorntime it seems...
...I think I'll fire up the SOCKS tunnel and check it out.
What are you talking about? Elvis Lives! He faked his own death on the toilet.
So the Android fanbois were right? iPhones DO suck... /ducks
So 3D print a mould and pour in a conductive material. That stuff MythBusters use all the time would be conductive wouldn't it?
Take your meds APK
Hi APK, I knew you were a hosts file fanboi, I didn't know you were a Microsoft astroturfer as well!
// Note to self, don't feed the trolls
FYI, I didn't intend to put words in your mouth, hence why I put "ever?" in brackets (context APK, context...).
Also, if you want people to take you seriously then you need to learn how to summarise your thoughts and present them in a non-td;dr way.
Fair enough Windows has been dominant in the PC market for decades but you can hardly say it's been dominant on server platforms for decades (ever?). Maybe for intranet use but as far as internet facing, mission critical servers UNIX, BSD and since the late 90s Linux has been dominant.
The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying): mapping Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars, reflected in the inclusion of the War Department's broad arrow in the agency's logo.
No
The whole point is that he's NOT being called a citizen of the UK. Mind you, the fact that a US organisation called the Educational Testing Services knows nothing about geography explains a lot, I mean you guys aren't exactly known for your knowledge of anything outside the lower 48.
In the UK that would be the National Audit Office, unless you are asking who watches the watchers.
So who are BDO anyway? I'm assuming they're not a US organisation otherwise your comment makes no sense.
"The OS are not creating a new Google Maps-style service of their own" was taken from the BBC article.
I figured I'd already broken the first rule of Slashdot by RTFA so I might as well break rule 1 of journalism by not verifying the source.
I suspect what they meant was that the OS is not trying to replace Google Maps. Also, if you were going to provide a (large) dataset for people to use don't you think it would be a good idea to give them a convenient way to browse it before downloading?
Citation Needed
Agreed that there is no reason users should need to know HOW their passwords are stored but they should care that their passwords are stored safely. Just as an airline passenger should care that the aeroplane they are flying in was manufactured to the highest standards, without needing to know the details of the manufacturing process.
Better rules:
- It is not made up of real words in the dictionary
So something like correcthorsebatterystaple is a bad password now?
I said "like", actually using correcthorsebatterystaple is obviously a bad idea.
IMO nobody who signs up for a Tesco bank account has any grounds for complaint.
I once asked a friend of mine, who is a professional ski boot fitter, what brands of hiking boots he recommends (he generally knows his stuff when it comes to performance footwear). His response was "buy a brand that makes shoes", meaning ONLY shoes/boots, not brands like North Face or Salomon.
If I asked my local butcher who I should get my bank account with I wouldn't be surprised if he said Tesco.
"Your password is stored in a hash of type XXX that is ### bits long, hashed for ### rounds, and salted with ### bits during each round." would tell the user all they need to know about how well their password is going to be protected, and they can make a more informed decision.
Why isn't that part of the meter? Because 99% of users have absolutely no idea what any of that means. It would be a good idea to have that information available to anyone who cares* but it would confuse most users, maybe even put them off signing up.
* Of course users SHOULD care but most don't or at least don't have the time/inclination to learn.