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Sheesh, what the heck is happening??It's 2012. THE END OF THE WORLD MAN!-superboyac (December 13, 2012, 04:26 PM)
Google AU - Safe Search can still be turned off:For now. Just like facebook, they roll out changes gradually.-4wd (December 13, 2012, 01:26 PM)
Windows? Really? Hm. Guess I need to check some newer phones then. Last time I checked, they sucked badly. I have an HP Windows PDA, and man... sucky just doesn't begin to describe it. It's a bit older though, and I suppose that I'm being a bit harsh there.Everything I've seen before the Metro interface (introduced in WP7? Dunno) s-u-c-k-e-d. Bigtime. But Metro was a bigtime game-changer - both in getting the GUI right for phones (and tablets), but also in being helluva smooth.-Renegade (December 13, 2012, 04:22 AM)
It's possible, I don't know. Just never happened before. I use ad muncher, ad block, MSE.AFAIK MSE only scans executables - so if you get exploited by something that does direct process injection and never drops anything, it probably won't help. EMET helps mitigating against exploits.-superboyac (December 13, 2012, 09:11 AM)
I don't know if I can get away with no java or flash...wouldn't you have a difficult time seeing multimedia on the websites?When I need flash, I fire up chrome for that particular site (I've also got ABP and Ghostery in Chrome, as well as "click to play" enabled-superboyac (December 13, 2012, 09:11 AM)
Actually, quite a lot. I used bittorrent through GetRight, my downloader for downloading free apps, text or pdf files, and public domain music.Want to take a wager as to the percentage of legit vs pirated content on sites like ThePirateBay, newzbin, et cetera? :-) (if you look at total torrent traffic, rather than those piracy-focused sites, the stats are better - linux distros, World Of Warcrack updates, et cetera.)-Tinman57 (December 12, 2012, 05:03 PM)
I have NEVER used bittorrent for illegal activities, so why should I be treated like a criminal?You shouldn't, but this is about the takedown of (to put it mildly) dubious sites.-Tinman57 (December 12, 2012, 05:03 PM)
And why should Hollywood dictate that we should all be "monitored" online? We are all supposed to be innocent UNTIL found guilty, at least in the U.S. anyhow.Indeed they shouldn't, and indeed presumption of innocence should be the norm - and corporations should have much less power than they do now.-Tinman57 (December 12, 2012, 05:03 PM)
Still, to give it credit, animation on iOS is far superior to Android or Windows.Android yes (their graphics stack is horrible - Google made a bad choice in not designing with hardware acceleration from day 0), but Winphone no - at least the Winphones I've seen have been noticeably smoother than iOS (lumia800 class HW+OS and forward).-Renegade (December 12, 2012, 09:47 PM)
Internet service providers having to store for a year all details of online communication in the UK - such as the time, duration, originator and recipient of a communication and the location of the device from which it was made.We've had this in .dk for several years now - every connection must log {src,dst}{ip,port} as well as timestamp, and a full packet dump of every... dunno, 1000th packet or something. It's something of a privacy violation, and utterly useless for police work - and costs the ISPs a truckload of money, both for paying database consultants (both storing and capturing that amount of data isn't trivial), expensive whOracle licenses, and a fair amount of hardware. It's insane.-Carol Haynes (December 11, 2012, 09:28 AM)
Aren't you about one year early?You're American, yes?-Tinman57 (December 12, 2012, 06:03 PM)
All depends on how you write the date. I like the ISO YMD (YYYY-MM-DD).The Date Format That Makes Sense™ <3-Renegade (December 12, 2012, 06:35 PM)
My point was about using the affiliate and ads in the search.I don't see that in the article you linked, though - it's a typical corporate press release that doesn't say much about anything.-mahesh2k (December 11, 2012, 04:56 AM)
Reputable enough - but the article doesn't really say anything? Unless it's hidden in that big blob of dense legaleseI don't know if it's reputable for you : http://online.wsj.co..._qtpressrel_pressrelThat's what we call to AVG and similar other AV which are now taking over affiliate links on pages.Hmm? That's something that's completely escaped my attention - got any (reputable) sources on this?-mahesh2k (December 10, 2012, 05:24 AM)-f0dder (December 10, 2012, 11:37 AM)-mahesh2k (December 11, 2012, 02:09 AM)
What DMCA really means is "Destroy My Company, A$$h0le$"....I'm no fan of DMCA or site takedowns in general - but let's be honest here, how much legitimate content does any of the usenet indexers or torrent sites have?-Tinman57 (December 10, 2012, 06:25 PM)
This was an image I made for the banner for my new project, that I kind of altered to insert Cody. It's the right size for a mug if mouser would like to use it for that.I'd love a mug with Cody and those ninjas!-app103 (September 08, 2012, 08:29 PM)
That's what we call to AVG and similar other AV which are now taking over affiliate links on pages.Hmm? That's something that's completely escaped my attention - got any (reputable) sources on this?-mahesh2k (December 10, 2012, 05:24 AM)
System software just scares me... If it conks out, god only knows what can happen. I prefer to rely on the basics and some very well trusted tools that have been vetted over and over again. e.g. SysInternals.I wouldn't label MagicRAR as "system software" - from their marketing fluff, I'd conclude that the developers aren't too skilled, and are simply using the built-in NTFS compression (calling DeviceIoControl with FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION). That's the same thing that happens if you enable compression on the file properties dialog box.-Renegade (December 10, 2012, 09:43 AM)
