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Comment PCs have real software; tablets and phones don't. (Score 0) 523

On PCs, you have real software available for use. On the iPad (and other tablets and smartphones), all you have are crApps (crappy apps), 99% of which are simply bloated frontends to websites. (Some of them even charge subscription fees for what would otherwise be a free site.)

Sadly, the crApp trend has started to spread to desktop systems. Most recently, this happened with Final Cut Pro X, which is now only available as a crApp - and consequently, has gotten lots of negative press. Unity on Ubuntu also calls installed software "apps" instead of applications, and it's been received pretty poorly as well.

Comment Shitty programs are shitty. (Score 1) 263

From the program's website:

This software allow you to make hundreds of functions stealthly and remotely without any kind of autorisation in the remote process.

Real administrators have had this functionality for years, it's called "ssh" with public key authentication. (There's absolutely no legitimate use for remote access with zero authentication.)

DarkComet is design with the latest IDE of Delphi

No one uses Delphi for writing serious software.

Works in chinese systems : The client is coded in a full natif Unicode environement then it can easily use and traduce in China, also since version 2.1 it works in all kind of Chinese operating system and display the correct Unicode characters.

Congratulations, welcome to the 21st century! Unicode has been supported by pretty much all mainstream operating systems for years. The fact that they have to mention it is indicative of poor software quality. Oh yeah, and the UI looks like it was designed by a 10-year-old in Visual Basic 6.

tl;dr, this program isn't worth bothering with for *any* operating system for any use. It's just so poorly written that it'll probably break while being used.

Comment Re:1440p? (Score 2, Informative) 109

1440 is a version of 1080p. It still has 1080 lines of horizontal resolution, but only 1440 vertical lines instead of the standard1920. This format uses non-square pixels to fill a 16x9 aspect.

This right here is why "HD" is a joke. You've got 1366x768 "720p" displays that are only capable of showing 1280x720 signals, and now there's "1440p" displays that are non-square 1440x1080 instead of the expected 2560x1440. Either that or you're mistaken, since the slides in TFA mention 2560x1600.

Comment Apps are crap. (Score 1) 353

My definition of "app" is a program that merely functions as a frontend to a website, and provides no additional functionality whatsoever outside of perhaps a few fancy images. Look at the iPhone App Store and you'll find thousands of these "apps" for different websites, all of which are nothing more than Safari wrappers hard-coded for a specific website.

Comment Drexel University has had this for years! (Score 2, Informative) 107

I'm currently a student at Drexel University, and they've had gigabit Internet links for several years. It was initially implemented in the main buildings, but then extended to dorms around two years ago. I regularly download files from public Internet servers at over 20 MB/s, and the connection's mostly limited by my laptop's hard drive.
Education

College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior 1079

FutureDomain writes "The Boston College Campus Police have seized the electronics of a computer science student for allegedly sending an email outing another student. The probable cause? The search warrant application states that he is 'a computer science major' and he uses 'two different operating systems for hiding his illegal activity. One is the regular B.C. operating system and the other is a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on.' The EFF is currently representing him."
Data Storage

On the State of Linux File Systems 319

kev009 writes to recommend his editorial overview of the past, present and future of Linux file systems: ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Reiser4, ext4, Btrfs, and Tux3. "In hindsight it seems somewhat tragic that JFS or even XFS didn't gain the traction that ext3 did to pull us through the 'classic' era, but ext3 has proven very reliable and has received consistent care and feeding to keep it performing decently. ... With ext4 coming out in kernel 2.6.28, we should have a nice holdover until Btrfs or Tux3 begin to stabilize. The Btrfs developers have been working on a development sprint and it is likely that the code will be merged into Linus's kernel within the next cycle or two."

Comment Re:Of course they don't have plans. (Score 1) 123

"It's possible you'll be able to purchase a USB accessory to connect Gamecube devices to."

Nintendo can't even emulate N64 memory cards. What makes you think they'll be able to emulate GameCube memory cards and controllers over USB? (Also the fact that the Wii doesn't support use of e.g. the Classic Controller in GC mode.)
Classic Games (Games)

Submission + - Enthusiast Releases Hundreds of Sega Prototypes

GerbilSoft writes: drx, the guy who became famous for dumping several high-profile prototypes, has beat his own record. Today, he has released a set of over 1,000 Sega prototypes, making it the biggest prototype release in history.

Usually, few prototypes see the light of the day, due to scarcity, unwillingness of owners to release them, and prices, which can sometimes reach 5-figures. This deprives the majority of gamers of the ability to see games' features that had to be cut from the games due to the lack of time or resources. To see just how generous the release is, multiply 1,000 by $100, which is the average price of prototypes on eBay. Crazy.
Security

Submission + - Samsung Linux Drivers Have Major Security Hole

GerbilSoft writes: It seems as though Samsung's proprietary Linux printer drivers have a major security hole. From the Ubuntu Forums:

Just to inform you about a recent post on the french Ubuntu forum about Samsung drivers (sorry, in french). It appears that Samsung unified drivers change rights on some parts of the system: After installing the drivers, applications may launch using root rights, without asking any password.

What is more, you may be able to kill your system, by deleting system components, generally modifiable only by using sudo.
Among the programs that it sets as setuid-root are OpenOffice, xsane, and xscanimage.

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