I don't understand why this isn't possible with normal PC hardware - what is special about the PS3 - or is it just because it is better value for money?
I guess this is a possibility for the future - I can see the advantage for the console manufacturers, but it worries me that there is a trend towards licensing hardware.
The console manufacturers make money because it is difficult to copy their games - as opposed to on the hardware, as stated in the article. So they can mark up the price of the games, and make it necessary for game developers to have their games licensed. But the beauty of my PC is that I can run whatever I want on it. I won't be impressed if my PC manufacturer suddenly want to charge me to use the full capability of the machine that he has sold me!
I could have a collaboratively edited spreadsheet or document on my work PC, then download it to my eee pc using Google Gears to work on the train on the way home where there isn't an internet connection. Then at home, I could re-synchronise the changes I'd made and edit the same document on my home pc.
Is that the free BSDM community or the open BSDM community? I ask because I think the open one is much more secure, and into things like handcuffs etc...
I would say that he's more of a hobbyist. A bit like owning a sports club.
Venture Capitalists tend to want to make money very quickly on their investments - but Shuttleworth must know that this isn't going to happen for a while - if ever - with Canonical.
well, for starters it is probably against the T&C of your ISP account anyway - regardless of what people are downloading...
But you are right - it is only if you are unaware of the insecurity, since it is perfectly easy to get a wireless router and connect it to your ISP and not know that it is insecure.
It is just as easy to accidentally connect to such a router from your pc without realising!
See all the other comments for different analogies of this...
Someone has kindly written a stock-checking script that looks at several stores.
http://eeestock.cpjackson.co.uk/
I wouldn't trust laptopsdirect - when I ordered my eee it didn't come for a month, and when I cancelled the order it took about another month of nagging to get the money back!
On Solaris you can listen to the traffic over a network interface by doing "snoop -a" if I remember correctly - but have never used this to debug a networked application though...
That it is possible to get caught for hacking ballot systems? Although he used a candidate that wasn't valid, they may have spotted a case of a genuine candidate getting a lot of votes. The article didn't go into any depth - e.g. did he use the same username / password etc?
I actually think that the punishment was just - it hasn't ruined his life and he's learned a valuable lesson.
By the way - I don't think it is that easy to break into ballot boxes is it? Certainly in the UK they are sealed. The main flaw in our system seems to be postal votes.
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yeah - so the obvious answer would be to stay, wouldn't it?
I'd be more impressed if it was also a piece of perl code. It might be slashdotted one minute - then back up the next by the way...
I don't understand why this isn't possible with normal PC hardware - what is special about the PS3 - or is it just because it is better value for money?
I guess this is a possibility for the future - I can see the advantage for the console manufacturers, but it worries me that there is a trend towards licensing hardware.
The console manufacturers make money because it is difficult to copy their games - as opposed to on the hardware, as stated in the article. So they can mark up the price of the games, and make it necessary for game developers to have their games licensed. But the beauty of my PC is that I can run whatever I want on it. I won't be impressed if my PC manufacturer suddenly want to charge me to use the full capability of the machine that he has sold me!
Some more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Layout_engines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_layout_engines
I don't think performance is the issue...
I could have a collaboratively edited spreadsheet or document on my work PC, then download it to my eee pc using Google Gears to work on the train on the way home where there isn't an internet connection. Then at home, I could re-synchronise the changes I'd made and edit the same document on my home pc.
Makes sense to me really...
The point is that he has bad Karma - and was modded -1 to begin with - so it is the system that is at fault (if anything) - not the mods.
I prefer mods to rockers anyway.
This is actually detailed in the user's journal: http://slashdot.org/~The_Fire_Horse/journal/
Is that the free BSDM community or the open BSDM community? I ask because I think the open one is much more secure, and into things like handcuffs etc...
I's like to do that myself - but how can I guarantee against illegal activities on my internet connection?
I would say that he's more of a hobbyist. A bit like owning a sports club. Venture Capitalists tend to want to make money very quickly on their investments - but Shuttleworth must know that this isn't going to happen for a while - if ever - with Canonical.
In Chrome you can just drag a tab into it's own new window, or drag a window back into a new tab.
They don't exist anymore - they got bought out by Hawking's Bathrooms in 2004.
It must be bad - even cuil has hits relating to this: http://www.cuil.com/search?q=leopard+syslogd
My Bank (Barclays in the UK) has a smart card.
:-)
I insert my debit card and enter the pin on the smart card, which gives me a number to type into the webpage.
Too bad that my wife threw it away because she thought it was an old calculator - they charged me 7 GBP to get a new one
I didn't believe it either, but did a search and found this:
http://www.modaco.com/content/asus-eee-pc-http-www-eeeasy-com/261965/installing-vista-on-the-eee-ive-done-it-and-it-works/
So it looks like it is possible...
Not rushing to do it on my Eee though!
Have you considered a career with NASA?
well, for starters it is probably against the T&C of your ISP account anyway - regardless of what people are downloading...
But you are right - it is only if you are unaware of the insecurity, since it is perfectly easy to get a wireless router and connect it to your ISP and not know that it is insecure.
It is just as easy to accidentally connect to such a router from your pc without realising!
See all the other comments for different analogies of this...
Someone has kindly written a stock-checking script that looks at several stores. http://eeestock.cpjackson.co.uk/ I wouldn't trust laptopsdirect - when I ordered my eee it didn't come for a month, and when I cancelled the order it took about another month of nagging to get the money back!
On Solaris you can listen to the traffic over a network interface by doing "snoop -a" if I remember correctly - but have never used this to debug a networked application though...
Maybe storm submitted the link itself?
Well, in continental europe, the decimal point is used as a comma and vice-versa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_point#Comma_countries
looks sold out to me...
But what did he prove?
That it is possible to get caught for hacking ballot systems? Although he used a candidate that wasn't valid, they may have spotted a case of a genuine candidate getting a lot of votes. The article didn't go into any depth - e.g. did he use the same username / password etc?
I actually think that the punishment was just - it hasn't ruined his life and he's learned a valuable lesson.
By the way - I don't think it is that easy to break into ballot boxes is it? Certainly in the UK they are sealed. The main flaw in our system seems to be postal votes.
I saw this last week (on the popbitch newsletter) and can't decide if it is for real or not... http://www.pornfortheblind.org/