It reminds me of a quote from Godzilla, when Dr. Serizawa is contemplating whether to use his WMD to destroy the monster (how's that for geeky references):
"You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality."
Something came into our air space and they could not identify it.
We don't even know if they were asked to identify it; you're making assumptions.
The press just asked if it was their missile. They said no (correct answer). That's all we know.
Unless you know something we don't, there's not nearly enough information here to jump to your hasty conclusion that the military is incompetent and we're all going to die.
After being featured in WarGames: The Dead Code, there's no way in hell I'd buy this game. Hint to developers: make sure if you sign a product placement deal, the movie won't suck shit.
I swear to God people are fighting and clawing at the chance to be the first one to call this feature crap. (Without trying it, natch.) Then you think back and remember that happened the last time an innovation was talked about... and the time before that... and... Slashdotters just fucking hate everything.
"Whine whine whine although I read Slashdot I'm actually a luddite who hates all new ideas ever in software whine whine whine the UI should remain the exact same as it was in 1975 damnit or it's crap whine whine whine."
Seriously, why do Slashdot readers hate change so much? Is there a class you all went to ("Get Off My Lawn 101") that I missed out on?
And it's even possible for a browser to alter the registry exactly why???
Here's a shocking revelation: browsers can also *write files to the filesystem!*
Oh sure, they try to justify this as some kind of "bookmarks" or "caching" feature, but we know they're just intentionally putting security holes in their software.
(On a more serious note, if the user is running Windows XP, IE 6 or 7, and doesn't have DEP turned-on... then they're probably also running as Administrator, which means the browser can do anything it damn well pleases. Note that this applies to Firefox, Chrome, and Safari also... I don't understand why you find this shocking.)
I stopped reading right there and concluded that you are a retard who should not be allowed to vote, as with no grounding in math, you cannot have a good grounding in logic.
Jesus. You might know math, but you sure as shit don't know history... here's a tip: one group deciding if another group is "worthy" of voting is a bad, bad thing. We've been fighting it in the US for, hm, well over two centuries now.
I'd rather have the ignorant, stupid, self-righteous fuck voting than an ignorant, stupid, elitist fuck like you.
Our taxes would be a lot lower if you goddamned Californians stopped moving up here. Seriously, you made your state into a shithole, there's no reason to believe you won't do the same up here.
So what are you proposing? Some kind of Federal Council of Does-He-Really-Deserve-That-Paycheck? Would it say "yes" to Tiger Woods and "no" to Ballmer? How about Oprah, does she deserve her payday?
Or maybe Ballmer is the *only* one the Government should get to make that decision about? Single out a single person? That's Democratic, right?
What, in practical terms, are you proposing exactly?
Well, you see, all of Washington State is obviously evil because Microsoft employs some people here. As a result, any decision made by Washington taxpayers is also obviously evil. (The fact that Boeing, Nintendo of America, Amazon, Costco, Starbucks etc. employees all voted the same way? Well, that's irrelevant.)
If Slashdot didn't post this, they'd need some other paper-thin excuse to bash Microsoft today! And those are hard to think up sometimes!
VNC/RDP can't forward just a remote application, they have to bring the whole desktop.
Untrue. Don't confuse the limitations of one implementation of one client of the protocol for the protocol itself. (Hell, Microsoft even uses this feature themselves in Windows 7's XP-mode. So not only is this feature in the protocol, you can download a working implementation right now.)
They can't integrate cut and paste as seamlessly as forwarded X.
What's RDP missing?
Question: can X transmit sound like RDP does? That's a critical feature when I want to check my voicemail (which ends up in my email box) remotely.
You are the most paranoid person on Earth. By a wide margin.
If you're that opposed to it, why would you even buy it in the first place? Or, you know, leave your Xbox running all the time? (It has a power button, FYI.) Or is part of your paranoid conspiracy theory that the power button doesn't actually turn it off?
My one complaint is that it steals focus while updating-- even if minimized, or a system tray icon. (Meaning to the user: your focus just disappears for no reason.)
No app in 2010 should have focus stealing bugs, seriously. But other than that it's a great product.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the whole system of government is set up to ensure that nothing happens fast, and is set up in such a way as to guarantee that no matter who is president, this remains the case.
That's actually kind of the (unstated) point of the US system, even back in the 18th Century. Not really a surprising reaction, considering the fight against a remote Government with a pattern of swooping in, screwed everything up, then ignoring you for the next decade.
Plus the very limited support options. Sure, if you live in downtown Seattle, Denver, or whatever your bigger city is, then you're fine. But if you're 30-40 miles away, suddenly same-day support goes away-- just because Apple doesn't have enough shops in the field. I can guarantee your Dell, HP, IBM rep will have the server up and running before the Apple guy even shows up at the door.
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Trying to influence a Presidential election through illegal means is "a small mistake?" Bullshit.
I remember when Microsoft tried to add some features to Java to make Java apps non-shit on Windows.
Then I remember when Sun and the open source community completely (and irrationally) re-framed that as "they're trying to destroy Java!"
So Microsoft *could* harm Mono.
On the other hand, Oracle *is* harming Java.
It reminds me of a quote from Godzilla, when Dr. Serizawa is contemplating whether to use his WMD to destroy the monster (how's that for geeky references):
"You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality."
Just the UK.
Something came into our air space and they could not identify it.
We don't even know if they were asked to identify it; you're making assumptions.
The press just asked if it was their missile. They said no (correct answer). That's all we know.
Unless you know something we don't, there's not nearly enough information here to jump to your hasty conclusion that the military is incompetent and we're all going to die.
Why would they have been able to? They don't do civilian airliners.
They did *correctly* say, "hey whatever it is, it ain't ours". Isn't that good enough?
I thought Microsoft was supposed to be a juggernaut of advertising,
When has Microsoft ever been any good at advertising anything? ... seriously, I can't even imagine what would make you believe this.
After being featured in WarGames: The Dead Code, there's no way in hell I'd buy this game. Hint to developers: make sure if you sign a product placement deal, the movie won't suck shit.
It's also effing loud. Some Apple-loving hipster brought one into the office, it sounded like a weed wacker.
I swear to God people are fighting and clawing at the chance to be the first one to call this feature crap. (Without trying it, natch.) Then you think back and remember that happened the last time an innovation was talked about... and the time before that... and... Slashdotters just fucking hate everything.
This site is terrible.
To summarize the first few posts to this thread:
"Whine whine whine although I read Slashdot I'm actually a luddite who hates all new ideas ever in software whine whine whine the UI should remain the exact same as it was in 1975 damnit or it's crap whine whine whine."
Seriously, why do Slashdot readers hate change so much? Is there a class you all went to ("Get Off My Lawn 101") that I missed out on?
Just spawn a new one, attach your data to it, then kill your old. Sure it takes ~15 minutes, but you act like it's impossible.
Jesus, you're right! I've seen this before... Star Trek VI!!
Quick, someone count the photon torpedoes!
And it's even possible for a browser to alter the registry exactly why???
Here's a shocking revelation: browsers can also *write files to the filesystem!*
Oh sure, they try to justify this as some kind of "bookmarks" or "caching" feature, but we know they're just intentionally putting security holes in their software.
(On a more serious note, if the user is running Windows XP, IE 6 or 7, and doesn't have DEP turned-on... then they're probably also running as Administrator, which means the browser can do anything it damn well pleases. Note that this applies to Firefox, Chrome, and Safari also... I don't understand why you find this shocking.)
I stopped reading right there and concluded that you are a retard who should not be allowed to vote, as with no grounding in math, you cannot have a good grounding in logic.
Jesus. You might know math, but you sure as shit don't know history... here's a tip: one group deciding if another group is "worthy" of voting is a bad, bad thing. We've been fighting it in the US for, hm, well over two centuries now.
I'd rather have the ignorant, stupid, self-righteous fuck voting than an ignorant, stupid, elitist fuck like you.
Our taxes would be a lot lower if you goddamned Californians stopped moving up here. Seriously, you made your state into a shithole, there's no reason to believe you won't do the same up here.
So what are you proposing? Some kind of Federal Council of Does-He-Really-Deserve-That-Paycheck? Would it say "yes" to Tiger Woods and "no" to Ballmer? How about Oprah, does she deserve her payday?
Or maybe Ballmer is the *only* one the Government should get to make that decision about? Single out a single person? That's Democratic, right?
What, in practical terms, are you proposing exactly?
Well, you see, all of Washington State is obviously evil because Microsoft employs some people here. As a result, any decision made by Washington taxpayers is also obviously evil. (The fact that Boeing, Nintendo of America, Amazon, Costco, Starbucks etc. employees all voted the same way? Well, that's irrelevant.)
If Slashdot didn't post this, they'd need some other paper-thin excuse to bash Microsoft today! And those are hard to think up sometimes!
Considering that the XBOX proudly proclaims "offline updates and downloads", which occur when the power is "Off
It does? Because it doesn't have that feature, so I don't know why it would "proudly proclaim" it did.
Oh wait, you're just making up bullshit.
VNC/RDP can't forward just a remote application, they have to bring the whole desktop.
Untrue. Don't confuse the limitations of one implementation of one client of the protocol for the protocol itself. (Hell, Microsoft even uses this feature themselves in Windows 7's XP-mode. So not only is this feature in the protocol, you can download a working implementation right now.)
They can't integrate cut and paste as seamlessly as forwarded X.
What's RDP missing?
Question: can X transmit sound like RDP does? That's a critical feature when I want to check my voicemail (which ends up in my email box) remotely.
You are the most paranoid person on Earth. By a wide margin.
If you're that opposed to it, why would you even buy it in the first place? Or, you know, leave your Xbox running all the time? (It has a power button, FYI.) Or is part of your paranoid conspiracy theory that the power button doesn't actually turn it off?
My one complaint is that it steals focus while updating-- even if minimized, or a system tray icon. (Meaning to the user: your focus just disappears for no reason.)
No app in 2010 should have focus stealing bugs, seriously. But other than that it's a great product.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the whole system of government is set up to ensure that nothing happens fast, and is set up in such a way as to guarantee that no matter who is president, this remains the case.
That's actually kind of the (unstated) point of the US system, even back in the 18th Century. Not really a surprising reaction, considering the fight against a remote Government with a pattern of swooping in, screwed everything up, then ignoring you for the next decade.
Plus the very limited support options. Sure, if you live in downtown Seattle, Denver, or whatever your bigger city is, then you're fine. But if you're 30-40 miles away, suddenly same-day support goes away-- just because Apple doesn't have enough shops in the field. I can guarantee your Dell, HP, IBM rep will have the server up and running before the Apple guy even shows up at the door.
I think this year's lisp game expo competition had a few good Lisp web games.
Where are they? The one you linked stinks.