CharlotteTheHarlot Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) @Charlotte Source of those two last "movie" photos? (Which movie is it?) TV Series ... Seasons 5 and 6 I think. P.S. Thanks for reminding me, I'll add the URLs to the unedited images to the above posts. I added the text and stuff. Edited August 4, 2013 by CharlotteTheHarlot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) Seems like Season 4 Episode 79 :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Stileshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(season_4)http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Edgar_Stiles(I knew I has seen the first scene, but simply couldn't "place" it)The second one should be Season 5:http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Day_5:_5:00am-6:00amjaclaz Edited August 4, 2013 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteTheHarlot Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 There could be 88.5 million Windows 8 users, but is that big enough? ( NeoWin 2013-08-03 ) Forgot to mention the source thread ... Short Takes: August 2, 2013 ( Thurrott 2013-08-02 ) Windows 8 usage: Lets do a little math According to a recent report by NetApplications, Windows 8 now accounts for just 5.9 percent of all PCs in the world, a measure of usage share (usage), not market share (unit sold). Many seem surprised that this number is so low. But I think it makes sense. First, remember that there are now 1.5 billion PCs running Windows in the world, according to Microsoft. (About 10 percent of all PCs run Mac OS X or Linux, according to NetApplications, but were just eye-balling here.) So, there are roughly 88.5 million Windows 8 users worldwide, since 5.9 percent of 1.5 billion is 88.5 million. Now, we know that Microsoft sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses through January and has been selling roughly 13.5 million licenses a month since then. If you add that up, you get 141 million, a number that is quite a bit higher than 88.5 million. So the delta of those two numbersover 50 millionis roughly representative of the number of Windows 8 licenses that were downgraded to Windows 7. So over 1-in-3 Windows 8 licenses sales were downgraded (or not otherwise used). Paul believes that 1/3 of all Windows 8 licenses were downgraded. Wow! Sound like a lot. They must have sold very few OEM copies on OEM systems which I believe are not downgradeable. It also would explain why Windows 7 numbers are flat or sometimes increasing in the monthly browser stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) A few not-so-random (and I believe also not-so-known) articles more or less connected to the NSA, Big Brother, power grids, world domination and stuff:http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/university-maryland-edward-snowden-nsahttp://gawker.com/5686847/the-national-security-agency-trains-its-superspies-at-shady-diploma-millshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/asia/21grid.html(if there is no escape from technology, maybe there is still hope because of the inadequacy of those that have access to that technology) Now, really OT, some insecurity news:http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/26/scientist-banned-revealing-codes-carshttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2285482/luxury-car-hacking-findings-blocked-by-high-courtBesides the (nice) work by Mr. Flavio Garcia and paper's co-authors Roel Verdult and Josep Balasch, the interesting part is the effectiveness of the (London) high court injunction in preventing the information to be available.I would say a great success of the Volkswagen Group legal team:The imposed interim injunction means that Garcia, along with the paper's co-authors Roel Verdult and Josep Balasch, cannot publish their paper at the Usenix Security Symposium held in Washington DC in August, as they had anticipated.However, the presentation, entitled Dismantling Megamos Crypto: Wirelessly Lock-picking a Vehicle Immobiliser, is still listed online for all to see.jaclaz Edited August 4, 2013 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Here's an interesting critique of website design for tablets from a UX expert:Gestural user interfaces have several inherent problems that tablet apps need to minimize:•Accidental activation: users often touch things by mistake and need a way to undo the result.•Swipe ambiguity: when the screen is divided into subregions (such as the frames we caution against), the same gesture can have different effects, depending on where it’s activated. This problem is exacerbated by the trend toward flat design, which doesn’t clearly demarcate the regions.•Invisibility: users can’t see the gesture they just made, and they sometimes can’t even see what they’re supposed to touch. Again, flat design makes this worse.•Low learnability: all of the previous problems combine to make gestures hard to learn. Advanced gestures might as well not exist, as very few users employ anything beyond the basic tap, press, swipe, drag, and pinch gestures. [emphasis added]The flat design threat is a fashionable trend that will hopefully subside before it hurts users (and companies) too much.--JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 the flat crap is only forced by M$I will never favor such sites and always avoid themdon't care how "modern" they call it, its crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G8YMW Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 ViniferaDont sit on the fence, say what you really mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 the flat crap is only forced by M$I will never favor such sites and always avoid themdon't care how "modern" they call it, its crapI totally agree! See this website that has adopted that flat, phone/tablet-oriented page design. Ugh! What a ridiculous amount of wasted space.Now compare it to the "alternative" view on the same website, making full use of a regular PC monitor's capabilities. The flat look is still there, but the use of space is so much more efficient. Less than half as much scrolling is needed to see all the article headlines on the page.--JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 More on the official hacking front:FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance softwareThe U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts....Attempts by the FBI to install what it internally refers to as "port reader" software, which have not been previously disclosed, were described to CNET in interviews over the last few weeks. One former government official said the software used to be known internally as the "harvesting program."Carriers are "extra-cautious" and are resisting installation of the FBI's port reader software, an industry participant in the discussions said, in part because of the privacy and security risks of unknown surveillance technology operating on an sensitive internal network....An industry source said the FBI wants providers to use their existing CALEA compliance hardware to route the targeted customer's communications through the port reader software.Good to hear at least that some private companies are dragging their feet on helping to build the totalitarian state.--JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Oh, and speaking of the "Internet of Everything":Luxury toilet users warned of hardware flawThe toilet, manufactured by Japanese firm Lixil, is controlled via an Android app called My Satis.But a hardware flaw means any phone with the app could activate any of the toilets, researchers say.[...]"An attacker could simply download the My Satis application and use it to cause the toilet to repeatedly flush, raising the water usage and therefore utility cost to its owner," it says in its report."Attackers could [also] cause the unit to unexpectedly open/close the lid, activate bidet or air-dry functions, causing discomfort or distress to [the] user."This one operates via Bluetooth, so the attacker would have to be fairly close, but it illustrates the kind of dangers inherent in connecting everything to the Internet. Not to mention the possibilities that such ubiquitous connectivity opens up for official snoops.Now, let the jokes begin! --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Now, let the jokes begin! --JorgeAOK:http://internetsiao.com/mini-remote-controlled-moving-toilet-bowl/http://www.fastcompany.com/3007149/fast-feed/japanese-company-unveils-remote-controlled-toiletLet's say that I wouldn't consider "good taste" among the qualities of some Japanese toy/gadget designers. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 ViniferaDont sit on the fence, say what you really mean I will be banned if I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 There are always more appropriate places to speak your true feelings. such as going outside and yelling at the sky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 http://www.fastcompany.com/3007149/fast-feed/japanese-company-unveils-remote-controlled-toiletThe remote control toilet lacks a drain.I don't know how the legal environment in Italy compares, but in the U.S. this sad fact would be grounds for a lawsuit leading (at least) to a brochure or sticker on the device warning the buyer not to use it to eliminate bodily waste. In fact, they probably wouldn't even be allowed to say the word "toilet" in association with the device. "This is NOT a toilet." The danger of course is that, because of its shape and color, at least one person in a country of 310 million people will manage to think that it IS a toilet and try to actually use it for that purpose, leading to enormous psychological harm to the victim and million$ in punitive damages to teach the novelty company a lesson in idi0cy. :angrym:--JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) I don't know how the legal environment in Italy compares, but in the U.S. this sad fact would be grounds for a lawsuit leading (at least) to a brochure or sticker on the device warning the buyer not to use it to eliminate bodily waste. In fact, they probably wouldn't even be allowed to say the word "toilet" in association with the device. "This is NOT a toilet." The danger of course is that, because of its shape and color, at least one person in a country of 310 million people will manage to think that it IS a toilet and try to actually use it for that purpose, leading to enormous psychological harm to the victim and million$ in punitive damages to teach the novelty company a lesson in idi0cy. :angrym:--JorgeANo. The US sticker would be either of:"It is an offence under Federal law to use this toilet model as a toilet."or:"The Surgeon General has determined that the use of this novelty item as a toilet may not be compliant with section §118.24 of the Safety and Health Code"http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158485-international-translations-of-common-signs/jaclazP.S.: As a side note (and to keep the post not too much Off Topic) see the actual "Release note" of the newish "IE test VM's" here:http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloadsThe Microsoft Software License Terms for the IE VMs are included in the release notes and supersede any conflicting Windows license terms included in the VMs.By downloading and using this software, you agree to these license terms.https://modernievirt.blob.core.windows.net/vhd/virtualmachine_instructions_2013-07-22.pdfAt least TWO Bachelor of Laws (of which at least one at Harvard) are needed to have even a faint idea of what actual License clause apply to what and which terms are conflicting (and are thus superseded). Edited August 6, 2013 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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