Uh-huh, and I'm sure the Office XML formats are easy to work with if you use the MS libraries. The whole point of an interchange format is to allow people to use it who DON'T have the libraries. If that's some standard property format then whoever designed it either didn't understand XML, or the people who decided to use it to store iTunes data picked the wrong thing - it's simply broken for that purpose from any impartial POV. Anyhow, at least it's XML (of a fashion) rather than a binary blob, we have that to be thankful for.
Whilst I completely agree that Palm should stop playing silly buggers and write their own software, calling that monstrosity of a data structure "plain straightforward XML" is a stretch! I've used it as an example of how NOT to format data - it's almost as if they wanted to appear to be helpful and open but in fact make life as hard as possible. Remind you of anyone else's XML formats?:)
You're missing the point. This isn't about the TYPE of games you play, it's about HOW you play them. The demos I've seen have been straightforward FPS and racing titles, not MMOs. These games can be single player or multiplayer - the idea is you can play PC games without having to buy a gaming PC. Yes it requires a network and yes it requires their service to be up, but that's not a big deal for most people.
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Please don't ever have a family. My wife had a father who smoked like a chimney, and now she's saddled with serious asthma and allergies which cause her real medical problems, simply because of his selfishness. If you dislike life so much you want to cut your own short, be my guest, but don't condemn anyone else to the same fate.
Clearly it's a personal thing, but I think that's astonishingly ugly (and it certainly wouldn't fit in any room in my house). Having said that, I don't really like the one in the OP either. Lesson: buy what you like:)
How is Windows different from anything else in that regard? If *nix users can install software they can also install trojans or anything else. It's (arguably) less likely that that software could cause damage to the local system, but that's not what botnets are about - they want to read local files and send out data. Apps running as a regular user can do that just fine.
And none of the controls on the Ribbon move around - so what's the problem? It's basically just a tabbed toolbar, you select the tab then hit the button. Conceptually the same as choosing a menu and then a menu entry, just better.
What's interesting (to me, anyway) is that on a recent trip to Seattle I noticed that their over-priced coffee is half the price of our over-priced coffee (NYC). I guess it pays to be in the home town!
There's a difference between investing in companies which publically take part in activities you personally don't agree with (such as weapons manufacture) and investing in outwardly innocent companies which are secretly breaking the law. Of course, once the illegal activity is revealed, what you do next as a shareholder is squarely on your head/conscience.
People buy Windows because they are either (1) too ignorant and scared to use anything else (be it Mac or Linux), or (2) they are gamers and have no need for people to sell them a Windows box, they'd buy it anyway.
Oh please, give the pretention a rest. Some people use Windows because they prefer it and it works better for them. I'm not ignorant or scared, I just want to use software which doesn't exist on Linux and happen to dislike the OSX desktop. At home I have machines running XP, OSX, Win 7 and Ubuntu - but my primary machines (desktop & netbook) are both Win 7. Personal preference, doesn't make me stupid.
20 years ago I was taking a lot of exams and kept getting really serious neck and head pains when I looked down at the desk. Doctor offered painkillers which worked a little but left me too drowsy to take the exams. He suggested a chiropractor, I went for a single 1 hour session and was cured. I don't have any clue what the guy did, and I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone, but it fixed me. YMMV etc.
All words are invented at some point. This particular one was invented in 1525 according to dictionary.com. I have to say this little thread confused the hell out of me for a while because I use "infeasible" pretty commonly, I guess some people just aren't familiar with it. Thought I was going mad...
Firstly, if the attacker is dumb or lazy enough, he doesn't acquire the whitelisted MAC addressses
Defending against idiots is easy.
Secondly, if he manages that, the users of the compromised MAC addresses receive a warning signal when the computer says "IP address is already in use" (or something similar, depending on system and configuration).
Except they don't - who said anything about IP addresses? Sure ARP could start getting confused, but it's not hard to monitor traffic for a few days to harvest MACs and then wait for one to go offline before "borrowing" it without anyone knowing. Try it - change the MAC on one of your machines to create a conflict but give it a unique static IP within your subnet (as DHCP certainly gets messed up with a MAC collision). It's surprising how much works...
Thirdly, if all previous points fail to produce a reaction, the administrator can see what's going on from the router's log files.
Now you're assuming an expert admin who actually proactively checks logs and knows how to interpret them. Such a person wouldn't use a MAC filter in the first place:)
MAC filters are worthless, always have been (it's trivial to change the MAC on a device to a whitelisted one). And I don't see any evidence that WPA2/AES is "fast becoming insecure", as this attack specifically doesn't work against that setup.
For the hundredth time - Goldman WAS NOT BAILED OUT. They did just fine, they had one loss making quarter - and it wasn't a big loss. The TARP money they got was actually not something they asked for or needed, and they already paid it back with interest. The taxpayer MADE A PROFIT.
Fact: Goldman were forced to take $10bn in TARP aid, against their wishes. Not a bailout, they didn't need or want the money. Fact: Goldman paid back said money at the earliest possible opportunity, plus interest. Fact: The taxpayer made a 23% profit on the money invested in Goldman. That's $2.3bn for those keeping count at home.
Rolling Stone didn't mention that, huh? Maybe you should stop getting your financial news from a washed up "culture" mag.
Oh I'm very curious, but also time limited. Right now I'm learning Lua, testing some rather sweet new (unannounced) gadgets and hacking together a script to process the (disgustingly formatted) iTunes XML file. Can't really afford to spend a day getting to the point where I can ping somewhat longer IP addresses:)
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Uh-huh, and I'm sure the Office XML formats are easy to work with if you use the MS libraries. The whole point of an interchange format is to allow people to use it who DON'T have the libraries. If that's some standard property format then whoever designed it either didn't understand XML, or the people who decided to use it to store iTunes data picked the wrong thing - it's simply broken for that purpose from any impartial POV. Anyhow, at least it's XML (of a fashion) rather than a binary blob, we have that to be thankful for.
Whilst I completely agree that Palm should stop playing silly buggers and write their own software, calling that monstrosity of a data structure "plain straightforward XML" is a stretch! I've used it as an example of how NOT to format data - it's almost as if they wanted to appear to be helpful and open but in fact make life as hard as possible. Remind you of anyone else's XML formats? :)
You're missing the point. This isn't about the TYPE of games you play, it's about HOW you play them. The demos I've seen have been straightforward FPS and racing titles, not MMOs. These games can be single player or multiplayer - the idea is you can play PC games without having to buy a gaming PC. Yes it requires a network and yes it requires their service to be up, but that's not a big deal for most people.
Please don't ever have a family. My wife had a father who smoked like a chimney, and now she's saddled with serious asthma and allergies which cause her real medical problems, simply because of his selfishness. If you dislike life so much you want to cut your own short, be my guest, but don't condemn anyone else to the same fate.
Clearly it's a personal thing, but I think that's astonishingly ugly (and it certainly wouldn't fit in any room in my house). Having said that, I don't really like the one in the OP either. Lesson: buy what you like :)
How is Windows different from anything else in that regard? If *nix users can install software they can also install trojans or anything else. It's (arguably) less likely that that software could cause damage to the local system, but that's not what botnets are about - they want to read local files and send out data. Apps running as a regular user can do that just fine.
And none of the controls on the Ribbon move around - so what's the problem? It's basically just a tabbed toolbar, you select the tab then hit the button. Conceptually the same as choosing a menu and then a menu entry, just better.
What's interesting (to me, anyway) is that on a recent trip to Seattle I noticed that their over-priced coffee is half the price of our over-priced coffee (NYC). I guess it pays to be in the home town!
There's a difference between investing in companies which publically take part in activities you personally don't agree with (such as weapons manufacture) and investing in outwardly innocent companies which are secretly breaking the law. Of course, once the illegal activity is revealed, what you do next as a shareholder is squarely on your head/conscience.
Oh please, give the pretention a rest. Some people use Windows because they prefer it and it works better for them. I'm not ignorant or scared, I just want to use software which doesn't exist on Linux and happen to dislike the OSX desktop. At home I have machines running XP, OSX, Win 7 and Ubuntu - but my primary machines (desktop & netbook) are both Win 7. Personal preference, doesn't make me stupid.
So what? There's nothing wrong with massage - it's actually very useful for a number of complaints.
20 years ago I was taking a lot of exams and kept getting really serious neck and head pains when I looked down at the desk. Doctor offered painkillers which worked a little but left me too drowsy to take the exams. He suggested a chiropractor, I went for a single 1 hour session and was cured. I don't have any clue what the guy did, and I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone, but it fixed me. YMMV etc.
"Whatever reason" here being "because the iPod doesn't have an HD radio". Simple enough for you to understand?
All words are invented at some point. This particular one was invented in 1525 according to dictionary.com. I have to say this little thread confused the hell out of me for a while because I use "infeasible" pretty commonly, I guess some people just aren't familiar with it. Thought I was going mad...
Is there an "Ignorant cliche, -1"? No...oh well.
Not sure how. Every time I take my iPhone overseas I get a friendly SMS from AT&T listing the data charges ($20/MB!!) and suggesting I turn off data.
It's already discontinued - available "while supplies last".
Defending against idiots is easy.
Except they don't - who said anything about IP addresses? Sure ARP could start getting confused, but it's not hard to monitor traffic for a few days to harvest MACs and then wait for one to go offline before "borrowing" it without anyone knowing. Try it - change the MAC on one of your machines to create a conflict but give it a unique static IP within your subnet (as DHCP certainly gets messed up with a MAC collision). It's surprising how much works...
Now you're assuming an expert admin who actually proactively checks logs and knows how to interpret them. Such a person wouldn't use a MAC filter in the first place :)
They're broadcast in the clear.
MAC filters are worthless, always have been (it's trivial to change the MAC on a device to a whitelisted one). And I don't see any evidence that WPA2/AES is "fast becoming insecure", as this attack specifically doesn't work against that setup.
Keep all the data on your portable devices backed up.
Keep all sensitive data on your portable devices encrypted.
Buy insurance.
For the hundredth time - Goldman WAS NOT BAILED OUT. They did just fine, they had one loss making quarter - and it wasn't a big loss. The TARP money they got was actually not something they asked for or needed, and they already paid it back with interest. The taxpayer MADE A PROFIT.
Fact: Goldman were forced to take $10bn in TARP aid, against their wishes. Not a bailout, they didn't need or want the money.
Fact: Goldman paid back said money at the earliest possible opportunity, plus interest.
Fact: The taxpayer made a 23% profit on the money invested in Goldman. That's $2.3bn for those keeping count at home.
Rolling Stone didn't mention that, huh? Maybe you should stop getting your financial news from a washed up "culture" mag.
Oh I'm very curious, but also time limited. Right now I'm learning Lua, testing some rather sweet new (unannounced) gadgets and hacking together a script to process the (disgustingly formatted) iTunes XML file. Can't really afford to spend a day getting to the point where I can ping somewhat longer IP addresses :)