Which is funny, since if windows hides the extensions anyways, why don't people suddenly think "Ooh! This one has.jpg on the end, and none of my other jpgs do! I wonder why?"
Seems it would be better to give the exe file an name like 'coolpic.exe' and give it a jpg icon/thumbnail. If extensions are hidden it will show as just 'coolpic', and if extensions are shown, the cat is out of the bag anyways. Problem is, users are stupid. Period.
Avast! has the most god-awful user interface imaginable, and their alerts are terrible. I can't rate it on it's ability to catch viruses, since I haven't been able to use it for more than 10 minutes without un-installing it.
I'd rather stick with AVG Free. At least that app doesn't insult your intelligence with garbage UIs and terribly compressed generic female voice clips.
I might consider hiding hundreds of labelled playpen balls in the ceiling and dropping them on the lecture a clever use of engineering and ingenuity. It's not everyday that happens...
I have been a proponent of proper sound setups for a while now. It always bugs me when you go to someone's house, and find them with just the two front speakers (either console or PC). When playing a multiplayer game where tactics and positioning is involved, having 3D positional sound gives you an incredible advantage.
I don't think I can count the number of times I've been labelled as a hacker/cheater in online matches, simply because I heard movement around a corner and anticipated the attack before it came.
If the developers take the time to put such features into the game, why not make full use of them? Even a set of cheap, psuedo-3D headphones (where the translation is done via stereo separation in at the driver level) is better than your crappy beige speakers, or the ones built into your TV.
Man. If Lucas will make two feature-length Star Wars movies for 1.0 × 10^-59 cents, imagine the epic (though admittedly sucky) 10-film saga he'll make for a dollar!
Uh, the coins with the poppy were for Remembrance Day. There were quarters with pink ribbons that were for breast cancer. Makes a bit more sense, doncha think?
It's complete and utter BS.
My ISP, Telus, is a bit better than that, thankfully. After a few support calls, I was able to get to someone who knew something about their network config, and he listed the ports they were blocking. Their terms-of-use claims the ports are blocked to prevent viruses and botnets running off those ports, which is great for the average user, but I just wish they'd have some kind of opt-out option online for people who know what they're doing. Even having to call them and complain would be nice.
Their business plan for ADSL which offers static IP addresses and no blocked ports is $67/mo. For their home connection with the same speeds and bandwidth limits its $32/mo. The only difference is unblocked ports and static IP addresses.
My question is if two "obamas" started at my house, one walking east at 4.7km/h and the other walking north at 6.5km/h, and carrying a load of 12kg and 17kg respectively, would anybody care?
For the record, my house is near a river, and big rock.
THANK YOU. This is the kind of intelligence that I've been looking for. Someone who realizes it's up to the personal preference of the user. If you prefer Windows, that's fine. You're welcome to deal with all the problems that face a Windows user. You want to buy an expensive Mac? Good as well. You can face the problems of running OS X. You want to run Linux? Go ahead. Deal with those problems too, (and from experience, there are quite a few)
The fact that you have the choice to make is the best thing about computers.
While nobody is disputing politician intelligence levels, replacing people who make decisions for society with computers is just ASKING for a robot uprising.
Nah. Too lazy. We'd rather watch the Canucks beat Dallas again and again... I think they'll just tunnel under Canada, so people can drive from Washington to Alaska without crossing any borders.
If you want to use ANYTHING other than Microsoft Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6.0, avoid banking with TD Canada Trust.
During a recent password-change mishap, I telephoned their support line, and was told that unless I was running Internet Explorer 6, they would not provide support. I found it extremely shocking that they don't support Mac (even Internet Explorer for Mac), Linux or even VISTA. Their website works fine under every browser I've tried (From Camino to Opera to Conqueror to PocketIE) but they simply won't help you figure out why you can't access their EasyWeb banking service unless you're using IE6.
Thankfully I remembered the password eventually (it was kitty)
Actually, after HIV, we should focus all of our efforts on unmitigated greed. I think once we find the cure for that, the solutions to the rest of the problems will progress much more quickly. Provided we even need to find solutions at that point.
Sure, I downloaded the Catalyst Control Center, but I hated it since it's inception, and I just don't install it (you can do that as of ATI's Jan 29th driver release). Simple. Sure, I downloaded 29mb, but unless you're on dial-up (in which case, I feel for you), I don't really care, since the 100-some-odd megs that the Catalyst Control Center is doesn't actually end up on my hard drive.
One of my better drunk stories is when I barked that back at my friend's dad when he poked his head in to tell us to quiet down and to say good night.
Friend's Dad: "Uhh, goodnight boys, keep it down"
Me: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!"
I think he's still confused to this day.
People who want to play GAMES. Like me.
I will gladly wait 45 seconds to restart in order to run Half-Life 2: Episode 1 at 60fps, max settings, and have everything work flawlessly without graphical glitches or crashing.
Cedega is a step in the right direction, but I tried it. It doesn't work. It tries, and tries very hard to make things run, but as far as DirectX emulation is concerned, it can't make Windows games automagically work under Linux.
So I bought one of these new MacBooks so I can have my POSIX-y OS, and my Windows OS in one, tight, little, (SHINY) package that cost me way too much money. Problem solved!:P
Suprisingly enough, my guess would be the condom. The Trojan Horse was more of a secret way in, and would have offered little in the way of protection.
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Which is funny, since if windows hides the extensions anyways, why don't people suddenly think "Ooh! This one has .jpg on the end, and none of my other jpgs do! I wonder why?"
Seems it would be better to give the exe file an name like 'coolpic.exe' and give it a jpg icon/thumbnail. If extensions are hidden it will show as just 'coolpic', and if extensions are shown, the cat is out of the bag anyways. Problem is, users are stupid. Period.
Avast! has the most god-awful user interface imaginable, and their alerts are terrible. I can't rate it on it's ability to catch viruses, since I haven't been able to use it for more than 10 minutes without un-installing it. I'd rather stick with AVG Free. At least that app doesn't insult your intelligence with garbage UIs and terribly compressed generic female voice clips.
I might consider hiding hundreds of labelled playpen balls in the ceiling and dropping them on the lecture a clever use of engineering and ingenuity. It's not everyday that happens...
The term 'hack' has long been applied to various pranks on the MIT campus. Please read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_hack
I have been a proponent of proper sound setups for a while now. It always bugs me when you go to someone's house, and find them with just the two front speakers (either console or PC). When playing a multiplayer game where tactics and positioning is involved, having 3D positional sound gives you an incredible advantage.
I don't think I can count the number of times I've been labelled as a hacker/cheater in online matches, simply because I heard movement around a corner and anticipated the attack before it came.
If the developers take the time to put such features into the game, why not make full use of them? Even a set of cheap, psuedo-3D headphones (where the translation is done via stereo separation in at the driver level) is better than your crappy beige speakers, or the ones built into your TV.
Can someone say "Tormented, Science Fiction Youth"?
Man. If Lucas will make two feature-length Star Wars movies for 1.0 × 10^-59 cents, imagine the epic (though admittedly sucky) 10-film saga he'll make for a dollar!
Uh, the coins with the poppy were for Remembrance Day. There were quarters with pink ribbons that were for breast cancer. Makes a bit more sense, doncha think?
It's complete and utter BS. My ISP, Telus, is a bit better than that, thankfully. After a few support calls, I was able to get to someone who knew something about their network config, and he listed the ports they were blocking. Their terms-of-use claims the ports are blocked to prevent viruses and botnets running off those ports, which is great for the average user, but I just wish they'd have some kind of opt-out option online for people who know what they're doing. Even having to call them and complain would be nice. Their business plan for ADSL which offers static IP addresses and no blocked ports is $67/mo. For their home connection with the same speeds and bandwidth limits its $32/mo. The only difference is unblocked ports and static IP addresses.
My question is if two "obamas" started at my house, one walking east at 4.7km/h and the other walking north at 6.5km/h, and carrying a load of 12kg and 17kg respectively, would anybody care? For the record, my house is near a river, and big rock.
THANK YOU. This is the kind of intelligence that I've been looking for. Someone who realizes it's up to the personal preference of the user. If you prefer Windows, that's fine. You're welcome to deal with all the problems that face a Windows user. You want to buy an expensive Mac? Good as well. You can face the problems of running OS X. You want to run Linux? Go ahead. Deal with those problems too, (and from experience, there are quite a few) The fact that you have the choice to make is the best thing about computers.
But at least it's not computer simulated.
While nobody is disputing politician intelligence levels, replacing people who make decisions for society with computers is just ASKING for a robot uprising.
Nah. Too lazy. We'd rather watch the Canucks beat Dallas again and again... I think they'll just tunnel under Canada, so people can drive from Washington to Alaska without crossing any borders.
Entirely untrue... For me, at least...
If you want to use ANYTHING other than Microsoft Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6.0, avoid banking with TD Canada Trust.
During a recent password-change mishap, I telephoned their support line, and was told that unless I was running Internet Explorer 6, they would not provide support. I found it extremely shocking that they don't support Mac (even Internet Explorer for Mac), Linux or even VISTA. Their website works fine under every browser I've tried (From Camino to Opera to Conqueror to PocketIE) but they simply won't help you figure out why you can't access their EasyWeb banking service unless you're using IE6.
Thankfully I remembered the password eventually (it was kitty)
I laughed my ass off when I first heard that one.
Actually, after HIV, we should focus all of our efforts on unmitigated greed. I think once we find the cure for that, the solutions to the rest of the problems will progress much more quickly. Provided we even need to find solutions at that point.
Sure, I downloaded the Catalyst Control Center, but I hated it since it's inception, and I just don't install it (you can do that as of ATI's Jan 29th driver release). Simple. Sure, I downloaded 29mb, but unless you're on dial-up (in which case, I feel for you), I don't really care, since the 100-some-odd megs that the Catalyst Control Center is doesn't actually end up on my hard drive.
One of my better drunk stories is when I barked that back at my friend's dad when he poked his head in to tell us to quiet down and to say good night. Friend's Dad: "Uhh, goodnight boys, keep it down" Me: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!" I think he's still confused to this day.
People who want to play GAMES. Like me. I will gladly wait 45 seconds to restart in order to run Half-Life 2: Episode 1 at 60fps, max settings, and have everything work flawlessly without graphical glitches or crashing.
Cedega is a step in the right direction, but I tried it. It doesn't work. It tries, and tries very hard to make things run, but as far as DirectX emulation is concerned, it can't make Windows games automagically work under Linux. So I bought one of these new MacBooks so I can have my POSIX-y OS, and my Windows OS in one, tight, little, (SHINY) package that cost me way too much money. Problem solved! :P
You're a monster, and you're going straight to hell. :P
Suprisingly enough, my guess would be the condom. The Trojan Horse was more of a secret way in, and would have offered little in the way of protection.