Sure, you mentioned Netflix... but if I want to watch "live" movies from Netflix, I'm screwed 'cause of my hearing... It's the biggest reason I don't use 'em.
Got a better suggestion for legal online movie viewing for a deaf guy?
Which is also pretty groundless, since generally speaking UAC prompts appear for the same reasons, and with similar frequency, as sudo prompts on Linux or Windows.
I'd have to say the big difference 'tween a sudo prompt and UAC would be that any monkey or three-year-old can click an icon and then a button. Might take 'em a bit longer to get past my password.
That's gotta be my biggest gripe with UAC: without the use of a password, it can't even secure a PC from a click-happy granny from out of town.
No government should be able to patent something--that technology was funded by the taxpayer and should thus be owned by the taxpayer, meaning that it is public and thus not patentable.
Actually, I'd be happy to let 'em patent stuff on one condition: that all monies from said patent licensing goes directly to pay our taxes. Not a fund to be raided like Social Security, but one SOLELY for taxpayer relief.
What I found is that a machine that costs 10 megadollars can break 1024bit RSA in a year; I think it was key recovery, not just message recovery. Depending on who you think your adversary is, this might make you uneasy.
So we should be worried about someone breaking a key that's changed at least twice in the one-year interim?
I guess you are among those who do not believe that some of these so called 3rd world countries are *slightly* ahead of us especially in what a cellphone can be used for.
Call me crazy... I typically use it for telephone calls. If there's some hidden Goatse use that I'm unaware of, then ignorance is bliss!
What the Departments and consultants would be saying is...
So counter those arguments as thus:
1. The teachers that get sent off for Windows "training" come back nearly as clueless as to usage to make it a laugh at best. Just pick your apps, train a few staff, and have them take it from there. You tell the teachers what to click, and they do so. This is NO different than Windows or OSX. Once those boxes are set up and networked, there is VERY little a teacher needs to do that'd require anything above "user" level.
2. Key phrase here is "teachers pulled from the classroom". If they're already teaching, then they've already been trained on whichever system they're using that year. It isn't like they're going to be installing RAID arrays and other hardware. That's usually saved for the hardware vendor. Once again, this is showing someone how to show someone what to click. No worries.
Here it doesn't matter if Windows or Ubuntu get picked as they both serve the purpose well.
Sure, were it not for the MS plan to host this in "the cloud"... {Oooo, do I hate that 2-word phrase. It's a network, ya doofs. Fraggin' buzzword bingo. {/soapbox}}
Internet access isn't cheap in Australia. Unless they're considering local hosting, MS's apps will eat bandwidth for no reason other than to run a word processor. Multiply that by just a few hundred students, and it starts looking ugly for whomever's paying the ISP. Multiply this by the number of students in Australia, and it's downright nasty.
I could care less which OS they use, as long as they're using SOME sense about it.
ATM fees and non-secure checking are why I think direct deposit "paychecks" should be outlawed.
Then avoid the Church's corporation... They pay their employees using Skylight. To get your money, you have to pay an ATM fee. No way to transfer money, no customer service worth a darn. Direct deposit isn't bad if implemented properly, but these guys really missed the boat... and their security? Pitifully picture-based.
Unless you count a military brat as "military", Ratzo, I'll have to disagree here.
I've had to face down pissed-off neanderthals twice my size... without a weapon each time. In each of those instances, it was necessary to protect someone else.
Think about being out with a large group, trying to make it somewhere by a certain time, trying to hunt down the waitstaff because everyone's ready NOW vs. when they came by 20 min ago and one person was still eating, identify who got what, how much to put on what card, wait for them to ring it up, put slips in little balck books, bring em back, hand them out, etc.
Most major restaurant point-of-sale systems handle this by clicking a couple of buttons. It's a feature we set up for our clients all the time. Does this mean that all these POS companies are required to pay IBM for something they already do?
...'n' before you reiterate "no, we meant AT the table..." there're wireless versions of the POS system I have in mind. Transaction happens right there at the table. I'm not gonna shill, so you'll have to check yourself to see who took over NextPOS...
I can understand, and am not saying your situation wasn't serious. What I'm curious 'bout is why someone would use a social networking site MADE to find people rather than a private/generic email address... wouldn't that be safer?
I know someone, practically family, who went through a horrible ordeal because of someone she was supposed to be able to trust [....] When she signed up for MySpace to keep in touch with her friends, she did so under an assumed name so that same person (who was known to use MySpace) wouldn't be able to easily locate her.
Playing the part of Captain Obvious, lemme rephrase that for ya:
When she chose to use a service whose function can be duplicated in email for the purposes stated, she did so illegally under an assumed name so that she could hold the illusion that the same person (who was known to use MySpace,and was familiar enough to her to be considered family) wouldn't be able to easily locate her unless they used any of the people-locater services, or asked a mutual friend.
I've always wondered how they train those lady-types. I wonder, are there formal courses? I can jus' picture it:
"How to Confuse Your Significant Other 101"
"Bathroom Herd Instinct" {this one explains how and why women across any venue can detect ONE lady whispering "I have to go to the bathroom" in a voice quieter than a mouse fart, how they pack 20 women into a two-stall bathroom, and what to talk about.}
"Cattiness for Profit"
"Instant Headache Summoning 101"
The thing is, the prosecutors already KNOW that Lori wasn't the one who sent the messages!
So if you ask someone under your employ to do something illegal, you're not to be faulted at all? That line of reasoning won't go too far in court.
Were she to have done this to a mentally-handicapped adult, I'd bet the reaction would be similar. Kids Meier's age aren't adults because they're not ready/able to process real-world events yet. Almost *any* adult could take advantage of someone that age, as the teacher-humps-students news stories show... and it's no more right for them to have done it than for Drew to have done, even by proxy, what she did.
My 1750 horse carriage will kick your car's ass. I got rear-ended by a tank, and I walked away with $50 for a broken spoke. The tank had to be taken to a scrapyard.
Ye gads, man, where'd they get that tank? Happy Harry's Hoary Half-track Emporium and Bait Shop?
Remember, kids, let this be a lesson to you: NEVER trust the used tank salesman.
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Did I mention Netflix?
Sure, you mentioned Netflix... but if I want to watch "live" movies from Netflix, I'm screwed 'cause of my hearing... It's the biggest reason I don't use 'em.
Got a better suggestion for legal online movie viewing for a deaf guy?
Which is also pretty groundless, since generally speaking UAC prompts appear for the same reasons, and with similar frequency, as sudo prompts on Linux or Windows.
I'd have to say the big difference 'tween a sudo prompt and UAC would be that any monkey or three-year-old can click an icon and then a button. Might take 'em a bit longer to get past my password.
That's gotta be my biggest gripe with UAC: without the use of a password, it can't even secure a PC from a click-happy granny from out of town.
No government should be able to patent something--that technology was funded by the taxpayer and should thus be owned by the taxpayer, meaning that it is public and thus not patentable.
Actually, I'd be happy to let 'em patent stuff on one condition: that all monies from said patent licensing goes directly to pay our taxes. Not a fund to be raided like Social Security, but one SOLELY for taxpayer relief.
Originally, the Borg were a ruthless, conscience-free enemy that could not be reasoned with -- diabolical. In Voyager, not so much.
Are Hugh sure? ;)
I am beyond minimum requirements.
...but does your system meet the "Recommended" requirements?
What I found is that a machine that costs 10 megadollars can break 1024bit RSA in a year; I think it was key recovery, not just message recovery. Depending on who you think your adversary is, this might make you uneasy.
So we should be worried about someone breaking a key that's changed at least twice in the one-year interim?
Call me crazy for asking, but why?
You can't sell something for less then it costs to produce it.
Yeah, just like razors, printers, and..... oh dear.
I guess you are among those who do not believe that some of these so called 3rd world countries are *slightly* ahead of us especially in what a cellphone can be used for.
Call me crazy... I typically use it for telephone calls. If there's some hidden Goatse use that I'm unaware of, then ignorance is bliss!
What the Departments and consultants would be saying is...
So counter those arguments as thus:
1. The teachers that get sent off for Windows "training" come back nearly as clueless as to usage to make it a laugh at best. Just pick your apps, train a few staff, and have them take it from there. You tell the teachers what to click, and they do so. This is NO different than Windows or OSX. Once those boxes are set up and networked, there is VERY little a teacher needs to do that'd require anything above "user" level.
2. Key phrase here is "teachers pulled from the classroom". If they're already teaching, then they've already been trained on whichever system they're using that year. It isn't like they're going to be installing RAID arrays and other hardware. That's usually saved for the hardware vendor. Once again, this is showing someone how to show someone what to click. No worries.
Here it doesn't matter if Windows or Ubuntu get picked as they both serve the purpose well.
Sure, were it not for the MS plan to host this in "the cloud"... {Oooo, do I hate that 2-word phrase. It's a network, ya doofs. Fraggin' buzzword bingo. {/soapbox}}
Internet access isn't cheap in Australia. Unless they're considering local hosting, MS's apps will eat bandwidth for no reason other than to run a word processor. Multiply that by just a few hundred students, and it starts looking ugly for whomever's paying the ISP. Multiply this by the number of students in Australia, and it's downright nasty.
I could care less which OS they use, as long as they're using SOME sense about it.
...are meow making fun of me? C'mon, meow...
...was another evil trick added to Uncle Togie's Evil Bag O' Goodies...
Glad to see there're still some mighty sick f**ks out there making life entertaining for the rest of us.
ATM fees and non-secure checking are why I think direct deposit "paychecks" should be outlawed.
Then avoid the Church's corporation... They pay their employees using Skylight. To get your money, you have to pay an ATM fee. No way to transfer money, no customer service worth a darn. Direct deposit isn't bad if implemented properly, but these guys really missed the boat... and their security? Pitifully picture-based.
Most emphatically, yes.
Unless you count a military brat as "military", Ratzo, I'll have to disagree here.
I've had to face down pissed-off neanderthals twice my size... without a weapon each time. In each of those instances, it was necessary to protect someone else.
Not ALL of us use our firearms as our weenies.
...and what about the platypus? Leftovers?
Think about being out with a large group, trying to make it somewhere by a certain time, trying to hunt down the waitstaff because everyone's ready NOW vs. when they came by 20 min ago and one person was still eating, identify who got what, how much to put on what card, wait for them to ring it up, put slips in little balck books, bring em back, hand them out, etc.
Most major restaurant point-of-sale systems handle this by clicking a couple of buttons. It's a feature we set up for our clients all the time. Does this mean that all these POS companies are required to pay IBM for something they already do?
...'n' before you reiterate "no, we meant AT the table..." there're wireless versions of the POS system I have in mind. Transaction happens right there at the table. I'm not gonna shill, so you'll have to check yourself to see who took over NextPOS...
I can understand, and am not saying your situation wasn't serious. What I'm curious 'bout is why someone would use a social networking site MADE to find people rather than a private/generic email address... wouldn't that be safer?
I know someone, practically family, who went through a horrible ordeal because of someone she was supposed to be able to trust [....] When she signed up for MySpace to keep in touch with her friends, she did so under an assumed name so that same person (who was known to use MySpace) wouldn't be able to easily locate her.
Playing the part of Captain Obvious, lemme rephrase that for ya:
When she chose to use a service whose function can be duplicated in email for the purposes stated, she did so illegally under an assumed name so that she could hold the illusion that the same person (who was known to use MySpace,and was familiar enough to her to be considered family) wouldn't be able to easily locate her unless they used any of the people-locater services, or asked a mutual friend.
Has a different spin there, no?
...I'd have to ask an attorney whether any US states do.
They do in Texas....
I've always wondered how they train those lady-types. I wonder, are there formal courses? I can jus' picture it:
"How to Confuse Your Significant Other 101"
"Bathroom Herd Instinct" {this one explains how and why women across any venue can detect ONE lady whispering "I have to go to the bathroom" in a voice quieter than a mouse fart, how they pack 20 women into a two-stall bathroom, and what to talk about.}
"Cattiness for Profit"
"Instant Headache Summoning 101"
Did I miss any?
The thing is, the prosecutors already KNOW that Lori wasn't the one who sent the messages!
So if you ask someone under your employ to do something illegal, you're not to be faulted at all? That line of reasoning won't go too far in court.
Were she to have done this to a mentally-handicapped adult, I'd bet the reaction would be similar. Kids Meier's age aren't adults because they're not ready/able to process real-world events yet. Almost *any* adult could take advantage of someone that age, as the teacher-humps-students news stories show... and it's no more right for them to have done it than for Drew to have done, even by proxy, what she did.
Well.. the eye socket is already a hole in the brain
Silly me... All this time I thought it was an opening in the skull...
My 1750 horse carriage will kick your car's ass. I got rear-ended by a tank, and I walked away with $50 for a broken spoke. The tank had to be taken to a scrapyard.
Ye gads, man, where'd they get that tank? Happy Harry's Hoary Half-track Emporium and Bait Shop?
Remember, kids, let this be a lesson to you: NEVER trust the used tank salesman.
No, it's far worse than that. It'll be a crossover with Marvel...and you'll be the original-era Bucky.
A lot of us don't actually know what S3 and S4 are.
You will after reading this article...