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by ralfn 14y ago
Not really. More having a smaller attack vector. There are less people that could authorize a reset, they are better paid, and centralized. (rather than being an underpaid store clerk)
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by ralfn 14y ago
The security of an ID is protected by the state. Screwing around with that is a federal, put your ass in prison, kind of breach, irregardless of your intention or the context.
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by ralfn 14y ago
Facebook employees were able to login to any acount using the password "chucknorris". Including being able to read private messages of their friends, families, ex-girlfriends, etc This wasnt just true when facebook was a university startup,
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by ralfn 14y ago
The techrep shouldnt be allowed to reset your password. For all you know, that guy is your wife's ex. This reminds me of facebook and how all its employees were stalking people using the god password. They can and should follow bank protoco
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by ralfn 14y ago
No. They just need to implement one of the common protocols. For example, they could just require ID.
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by ralfn 14y ago
Google isnt susceptible to this kind of social engineering attack. It requires the existence of a customer service in the first place. Good luck trying to call Google. There is no "magic" solution, there are just solutions. But to suggests
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by ralfn 14y ago
Would it be fair to say that "costs of transactions" are in some part due to government bureacracy and taxing? And could it be, that certain structures are less optimal (profitable) for the single "firm", but more optimal for the economy as
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by ralfn 14y ago
One has to wonder why "large" companies even exist in the first place. Why a building full of freelancers could not do the exact same thing. And then it dawned on me: Valve is providing a "firewall" to unfair competition, financial insecuri
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by ralfn 14y ago
UrbanTerror doesnt have that big of a userbase either. But somehow UT feels very much like a community. More so, than the other ones. (i like world-of-padman though)
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by ralfn 14y ago
@latch Yes. I believe it helps with motivation, which for some people, like myself for example, is often the bottleneck of productivity. Off course, others may have more intrinsic motivation, or just more discipline. But if you are lazy li
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by ralfn 14y ago
Microsoft and Apple have the same plan to push their walled gardens: Make "open" into an expensive niche for professionals. The low-end and mid-range of the market will be running iOS or WinRT, on ARM hardware. The professionals and, in the
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by ralfn 14y ago
Why is that community (CAD/3d-modelling) even sitting at the table? These modern GPUs are very generalized hardware now. Their drivers are "simulating" all kinds of features. Its a bit like OSS vs ALSA. They should just make the GPU a stand
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by ralfn 14y ago
The illusion of productivity can actually increase productivity. The feeling of gettings things done motivates. Even when that feeling is an illusion. So what if it actually took 4 hours: if it feels like 30 minute, its easy to invest anoth
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by ralfn 14y ago
Audio support accross the board is actually better, than the graphics support. What is changing now, is that because of the consolification of commercial OSes, there is strong commercial pressure to support linux now, just to keep an open O
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by ralfn 14y ago
You can get the best of both worlds, with opensource drivers though. They imply well documented hardware and the potential to access it directly. But you can also use, and/or help improve the the higher levels of abstraction.
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by ralfn 14y ago
Thats not cold. As long as his company causes less deaths securing a future, as the army needs to protect the present, nobody should complain.
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by ralfn 14y ago
You cant copy pasta your own content. I totally agree though: this will never hold up in court. If they want to "own" user submitted content, they need a signature. Just putting some terms up will not suffice, unless the site "sell us your
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by ralfn 14y ago
Now, you are just joking. I dont have any experience with keynote, but libreoffice (as its called these days!) is a nightmare. Handcoding html/css is, for this audience, easier and less frustrating. Actual powerpoint is somewhat doable, exc
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by ralfn 14y ago
Likely. But highend android models actually have more horsepower than the apple alternatives. They do really need it though. Because on iOS with truly native code and a static hardware stack, they can just push more performance. The same is
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by ralfn 14y ago
Is it not abuse of your monopoly if you demand that their suppliers do not supply competitors? Because thats essentially what this "exclusive" liscence entails?
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by ralfn 14y ago
Only if those legal "default" rules, are specified as "default" A good example is rape. It does not make sex illegal, it just makes consent a requirement. There is no analogue for murder, so event consent would not allow murder. Thats the e
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by ralfn 14y ago
Alright. That sounds very anti competitive. And if they truly have a monopoly likely illegal as well. I really wish, we had proper laws to deal with all these vendor lockin tricks. Its as if the free market, without proper regulation just e
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by ralfn 14y ago
You are right. Although it comes down to the same thing. They are all just synonyms for contracts. ( a liscene is just a type of contract ) And this could very well be a good example of the 1% that would actually be uphold. If they had your
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by ralfn 14y ago
Apple should indeed be free to offer only the products they want to in their store. The problem is: the store is mandatory. Side loading is the OS equivalent of net neutrality. This is like car companies deciding which supermarkets you may
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by ralfn 14y ago
To be fair, consumer organisations here in Holland once took 25 EULA's to a judge. Less than 1% of what was stated would ever be held up in a dutch court. Things like the concept that a company can just define their liabilty themselves. Or
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by ralfn 14y ago
Thats a little dramatic. CL isnt popular here in Holland, but i was under the impression, it was ebay meets dating, using a 200 byte php forum file, that looked so old, you would just assume encodimg errors. Why are you getting your panties
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by ralfn 14y ago
Thats only a question fanboys from both sides keep bringing up.
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by ralfn 14y ago
Seriously? After all the Apple apologist, are we now going to see a Google apologist. The headline is accurate and not inflamatory. Your proposed summary reads like PR puke on the other hand.
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by ralfn 14y ago
Because Jobs has a fragile ego, like a little child, and wanted to get back at Google. And its all in motion now. The rest of them are just dragged into this war. But they will fight. They will do bussiness. They are profit chasers off cour
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by ralfn 14y ago
The distinction between ignorance and intent does not compute. Yes, we dont need a conspiracy to explain stupidity. The stupidity is the conspiracy. People arent ignorant, because they are handcapped or something. They are ignorant, because

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