Sometimes policy is stupid and ought to be ignored, just as unjust laws ought to be broken. Like, for example, the unjust law that prevent Leroy from ass-raping you. He really thinks its a stupid law and will therefore be stopping by your room later for a little sodo-action. Enjoy.
The longest range sniper rifles I ever heard of, like a WWII Mauser or a modern Dragunov SVD, have an effective range of about 1300 meters, somewhat short of a mile. The WWII Mauser is the longest range sniper rifle you've heard of? What rock have you been living under?
Let me introduce you to the Barrett Light 50 - currently in use by fine snipers around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M82_Barrett_rifle
This has an effective range of 1500+ metres. And I should note that the longest combat sniper shot was recorded in Afghanistan in 2003 by a Canadian sniper - a shot of 2450 metres with a MacMillan TAC-50. Mauser my ass.
Kind of off topic, but I think too much was made of the "plays" that the Virginia shooter wrote. They were stupid, juvenile, and oh-so-very-terrible from a writing point of view, but nothing about them screamed "School shooter here! Pay attention! Yoo Hoo! Stop me before I kill!" I suspect (without any evidence, but then - hey, this is/.) that high school and college teachers see tons of crappy, violent writing from people. I'm not sure how they're supposed to tell the deranged from the stupid.
The problem is they don't have to actually prove anything to a court before demanding this information from an ISP. "We think someone using ATT is downloading. Give us all the names, addresses, and connection data for all your subscribers please, so we can find out if they actually are doing anything wrong" is sort of the exact opposite of the way privacy is supposed to be protected. The mere suspicion of generalized wrong-doing does not justify releasing this kind of information to a party that has already proven itself less than meticulous in its respect for legal practice and privacy protection.
If you aren't with the RIAA, then you're against them, and that means the pirates have already won. We need to surrender our freedom in order to preserve it. Don't misunderestimate the pirates. They hate us for our freedom. Fortunately they are in their last throes. Down with Oceania.
Once the free broadband is in place, it can be used by impoverished people to go online and experience virtual food, virtual education, and virtual opportunity. It will be called, "Do-over Life".
Revenue is only 30% higher after releasing a new product, and this is higher than expected? I'm no expert, but for a new "revolutionary" product that the whole Windows world is expected to adopt... not so good. Dude, 30% of 4.1 BILLION dollars is more than a BILLION dollars. Vista has only been out for what, 4 months? Exactly what amount of money would constitute "good" in your world?
Because computers should be able to interact with each other, no matter their OS. Because, otherwise, how will we upload the virus and destroy the alien spaceship?
Seriously though, who says that all computers must be able to interact? You don't get to just make shit up like that dude.
My new Inspiron 1501 Laptop came with a standard Vista Home Premium CD so when I wiped the HD and reinstalled, all I got was Vista (which may or may not be a good thing, but at least there was none of the other crap there).
If you are near a major airport, watch the patterns of the planes when they arrive for landing Does your head get hot under all that tinfoil? Can you propose any even remotely plausible reason for the government conspiring with private airlines to secretly film the area of cities leading to runways at airports? I can't figure out if this post is most appalling for its lack of understanding of surveillance, geography, aviation, politics, or law. Maybe all at once.
Where exactly are these invisible camera hiding given the close proximity with which anyone can observe aircraft at any given airport?
Dr. Acula noted that the blood must be freshly drawn, preferably from attractive, college-aged girls, while they are naked and possibly thinking about having sex. Indeed, the unclothed nature of the victim/donor is essential to the researcher's primary method of drawing the blood - through biting and sucking. Donors reported not really remembering much about the experiment, but did think that Dr. Acula was "magnetic" and that their time with him had been "special".
- Apple apologist posts explaining that Apple is proactively improving security
- MS defender posts wondering why/. doesn't savage Apple the same way it does MS for security holes
- Linux fanbois taunting both
Wow, what a completely unbiased article. Just maybe, it could have been titled, "MS practically gives away software to poor people in poor countries" rather than "MS SUX, LINUX PWNS", or whatever the hell the actual title really meant.
I feel there is a basic problem when we consider computer security for the average user (not people who have professional or legal obligations to protect their data). There are now two types of average users, those who are so dumb they don't have any security at all (no firewall, no anti-virus, open Wi-Fi etc). These people need to be educated. On the other hand, there is an increasing population of average users who have been turned into paranoid security freaks.
Most people have no need of a USB key that self-destructs. They don't need to encrypt their hard drives, on which they probably store nothing more sensitive than their really bad first novel draft. They don't need a 26 character Hex password on their operating system. I suspect that a much higher percentage of these normal people lose their data because they can't remember the password to access the data than lose it due to not having tight enough encryption protection. They are out there having to reformat their drive because they can't remember their login password, or having their laptop explode because they installed the new "Explodo-Crypt" device and then accidently had the caps lock key on when they tried to access it.
People need to get effective security solutions for their REALISTIC needs.
You don't miss something you don't use. Exercise your rights now. I'll join the list of people asking which rights, precisely, we're supposed to have lost since 9/11? No one I know seems to have been grossly violated since 2001 - indeed, almost everyone's life carries on exactly as it was. My circle of friends consists of everything from stuffy lawyers to dope-head musicians, and frankly, I can't think of a single incident that has occurred to any of them that involves a right that they possessed prior to 2001 but now no longer have. Please explain.
I know they use the word vaccine in TFA, but my understanding of a vaccine (plus a cursory glance at a dictionary) suggests that a vaccine should be something you administer in order to prevent someone from getting a disease, rather than something you use to treat a person who already has the disease.
Any of you bright science boys or girls know what the difference is between a "vaccine" and any other drug you might use to treat a diease? Just wondering.
The latest beta of Ubuntu (7.04) is about a close as you can get to a one click install. If I recall correctly from the other day it's about 3 clicks, which consist of telling it to wipe the HD (as opposed to attempting to preserve the previous OS), select your keyboard layout and language, and then select your timezone. Not sure what kind of wierd HD you had that was giving it fits, but I have never had a problem with Linux working with a HD before. I was trying to install Edgy, but I'm told Feisty may be easier. As for not recognizing the HD, it can't be that rare a problem as I was able to easily find a fix for it on line, which involved adding "pci=nomsi" to the boot up command.
And I agree with most of your post about wireless etc. Believe me, I'd like to be using Linux instead of Vista, but after 2 days I gave up getting my wireless to work (yes, I tried ndiswrapper). My point was just that the OP was claiming that Linux install was a breeze compared to Vista, and I was just expressing my opposing experience.
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This reminds me of an old saying... Ask her if she'll go home with you BEFORE you spend $50 on drinks....
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
/.) that high school and college teachers see tons of crappy, violent writing from people. I'm not sure how they're supposed to tell the deranged from the stupid.
Kind of off topic, but I think too much was made of the "plays" that the Virginia shooter wrote. They were stupid, juvenile, and oh-so-very-terrible from a writing point of view, but nothing about them screamed "School shooter here! Pay attention! Yoo Hoo! Stop me before I kill!" I suspect (without any evidence, but then - hey, this is
The problem is they don't have to actually prove anything to a court before demanding this information from an ISP. "We think someone using ATT is downloading. Give us all the names, addresses, and connection data for all your subscribers please, so we can find out if they actually are doing anything wrong" is sort of the exact opposite of the way privacy is supposed to be protected. The mere suspicion of generalized wrong-doing does not justify releasing this kind of information to a party that has already proven itself less than meticulous in its respect for legal practice and privacy protection.
If you aren't with the RIAA, then you're against them, and that means the pirates have already won. We need to surrender our freedom in order to preserve it. Don't misunderestimate the pirates. They hate us for our freedom. Fortunately they are in their last throes. Down with Oceania.
Once the free broadband is in place, it can be used by impoverished people to go online and experience virtual food, virtual education, and virtual opportunity. It will be called, "Do-over Life".
Similarly, I am deeply committed to both virginity and fucking my brains out. Woot!
My new Inspiron 1501 Laptop came with a standard Vista Home Premium CD so when I wiped the HD and reinstalled, all I got was Vista (which may or may not be a good thing, but at least there was none of the other crap there).
Hey, he kicked the living shit out of those kids at the temple and no one can deny that!
Come quietly or there will be trouble.
Dr. Acula noted that the blood must be freshly drawn, preferably from attractive, college-aged girls, while they are naked and possibly thinking about having sex. Indeed, the unclothed nature of the victim/donor is essential to the researcher's primary method of drawing the blood - through biting and sucking. Donors reported not really remembering much about the experiment, but did think that Dr. Acula was "magnetic" and that their time with him had been "special".
So that is where the missing 5 million White House emails went! Sneaky Canadians!
I predict:
/. doesn't savage Apple the same way it does MS for security holes
- Apple apologist posts explaining that Apple is proactively improving security
- MS defender posts wondering why
- Linux fanbois taunting both
In other words, nothing to see here.
Hey, its easy to block the interweb-thingy. Just plug the tubes that have the bad stuff on them! Who could object to that? /sarcasm
Wow, what a completely unbiased article. Just maybe, it could have been titled, "MS practically gives away software to poor people in poor countries" rather than "MS SUX, LINUX PWNS", or whatever the hell the actual title really meant.
I feel there is a basic problem when we consider computer security for the average user (not people who have professional or legal obligations to protect their data). There are now two types of average users, those who are so dumb they don't have any security at all (no firewall, no anti-virus, open Wi-Fi etc). These people need to be educated. On the other hand, there is an increasing population of average users who have been turned into paranoid security freaks.
Most people have no need of a USB key that self-destructs. They don't need to encrypt their hard drives, on which they probably store nothing more sensitive than their really bad first novel draft. They don't need a 26 character Hex password on their operating system. I suspect that a much higher percentage of these normal people lose their data because they can't remember the password to access the data than lose it due to not having tight enough encryption protection. They are out there having to reformat their drive because they can't remember their login password, or having their laptop explode because they installed the new "Explodo-Crypt" device and then accidently had the caps lock key on when they tried to access it.
People need to get effective security solutions for their REALISTIC needs.
Thanks, thats very clear. If I could mod you up I would!
I know they use the word vaccine in TFA, but my understanding of a vaccine (plus a cursory glance at a dictionary) suggests that a vaccine should be something you administer in order to prevent someone from getting a disease, rather than something you use to treat a person who already has the disease.
Any of you bright science boys or girls know what the difference is between a "vaccine" and any other drug you might use to treat a diease? Just wondering.