Many people store much of their email, contact lists, images / video, etc on such services - when one loses access to their account, they lose access to much, if not all, of their user content. That can be devestating for many people.
...at which point they FINALLY listen to their friendly neighborhood geek and start a sane backup regimen...
You can lead a horse to water, but it's hell getting the showercap over its ears...
It is very true that PEOPLE ONLY CARE ABOUT THE PRICE.
Bullhockey. Niche builders like {pre-Dell} Alienware do well. You work in the computer department of a retail store. You're getting the bargain basement shoppers. They're the ones buying up eMachines at a frantic pace and wonder why it doesn't last/work for a darn. To use the vaunted/. car analogy, sure you had a lot of people buying Yugos SOLELY because of the price, because they didn't know any better. Once the maintenance/safety/reliability record became known, however, people were willing to spend a few more bucks to get a more robust vehicle...
It did take getting burned once for a number of people first, didn't it?
What you don't see is the flip side; the folks that know what they want. Last week, anecdotally speaking, we had a client that wanted a machine for hard-core number-crunching. I spec'd it out, and when she came in we discussed what she was getting and why. When it came time to give her the price, she cut me short and said simply, "When can you have it ready?"
Just because you work at a Yugo dealership, and all you see are people buying Yugos, it does NOT follow that everyone wants a Yugo.
You see, by being evil you effectively bring life to the Internet. Without evilness no one would have anything to bitch about and everyone would be too busy watching porn and looking up peach cobbler recipes.
Looks like someone's been listening to Mr. Zorg more than he should have...
Okay then, see if you can "explain away" the time they caught an IRA (Irish Republican Army) guy selling disks loaded with illegal copies of Windows at a flea market in Belfast in '86?
headphones however are a leading cause of hearing loss.
...and to play devil's advocate: the deaf guy!
I have to use headphones *because* of my hearing loss. Looking at page two here should give you a good idea of how long those earcans should sit on your noggin....
If you want to drown out outside noise, use a good set of noise-cancelling headphones. You keep your hearing, AND drown out the noise around you...
They do not want change - that would result in losing control of distribution and lose control of the market.
They've already lost control of distribution, and are losing the market due to asinine lawsuits. I, for one, refuse to buy anything Sony-branded, from CDs to computers... and my clients hear all about the reasoning as to why. Quite a few have switched from the VAIO brand because of this. Remember, folks, the quicker we get Joe Six-Pack in on this, the faster it'll happen...
Amen to that. "Assemble TCP Stream" alone is a glorious thing, and there's so much more.
Ditto. It was the first thing I noticed, and seemed to work well with the {admittedly few} tests that I threw at it... Anyone else notice any discrepancies?
Technically, you only need a PI license if you're going to be testifying in a court room.
Technically, no. Check the bolded text here:
"The Private Security Act construes an investigator as one who obtains information related to the "identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency, loyalty, movement, location, affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, or character of a person; the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property; the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage, or injury to a person or to property; or for the purpose of securing evidence for use in court.
It also covers insurance claims, t'would appear...
..getting certified in your local area? Texas, for example, requires you have a P.I. license for computer forensic work, but online resources on how to actually GET one are mighty scarce...
Tits are fine here in the UK, you can see them on page 3 of the Sun(a mainstream tabloid newspaper for those who don't know. It's circulation figures are greater than that of any other in the UK despite the lack of actual news) any day of the week. It's gus and violence that get the "thinkofthechildren" brigade out in this country.
Believe me, I know. Dad was in the Air Force, and we spent time travelling all over Europe. Unfortunately, over here, showing a nipple for a half-second results in fines out the wazoo, while cable channels keep ratings high with ultra-violent crap a demented gibbon wouldn't watch.
I don't see anywhere it says we should throw children into dangerous situations they can't cope with.
...and I'm sick of self-righteous soccer moms telling me what is "too dangerous" for MY kids. They don't want their crotch-fruit to catch sight of a tit until they're 18, fine. They've no right to make that determination for the rest of us under the guise of "it'll warp their poor lil' minds!".
The problem, IMHO, is that ANY simple childhood pleasure can be dangerous. I'll bet our older users can remember merry-go-rounds, and quite possibly being flung from one. A good real-world physics lesson, lost to time and litigation... all because a kid or three lost a baby-tooth after tumbling from one. Are they dangerous? Not especially... but shrill, overprotective parents will invariably make them out to be kid-killers. Ditto for see-saws.
We need a better definition of "dangerous", not more protection from that which isn't....
As a hacker though, if I have the choice of writing code that can break into three computers versus 300 Million and it will take the same amount of effort... I go for the 300 million.
I'm not too sure 'bout that... If the folks with the 3 computers basically tell you they're unhackable, where the 300-million-user system is KNOWN to be insecure, wouldn't you find the three-system-hack more challenging?
How do you propose to deal with the "inexperienced" card that will come up?
In a news mag I read on a flight recently {can't remember which one, THINK it was dated 'round Mar. 8th... hope another/.er can help here...} They had a graph showing the amount of experience every president since Washington had before taking the office of President. Check Lincoln, for example. As a freshman in Congress, popped off at the mouth and really pissed off his constituents. Felt he had to quit. Went back to law practice, ran for President as an underdog in 1860. Won. Bet you know the rest...
I'm hopin' you forgot the [/sarcasm] tag... If not:
I think what it comes down to is that Wright went on the record saying that 9/11 was the result of America's actions around the world.
If extremists felt their lifestyle was threatened by the proliferation of western/American values, then yes, it might have been a contributing factor.
You can't talk about what really caused 9/11.
So, conspiracy theories are OK, while another viewpoint/opinion isn't?
You can't talk about the root causes of terrorism.
In the US, at least, you have the right to, and I'm glad we have that right. Personally, I think the debate was hidden for far too long behind the "we have the right to call aggression 'defense' instead..." mentality.
You have to toe the party line on that one and Obama can't associate himself with anyone who is saying that 9/11 is the result of bad American foreign policy.
Heaven forbid a candidate show independent thought. Personally, I think it's part of his appeal; not playing the game like the other politicos...
If we can ever find a strong candidate outside the two main parties, t'will the the start of the end for the rather idiotic two-party system.
M'personal spiritual beliefs compel me to try to ease some of that for those around me, while acknowledging that I can't save the world from suffering. No control freaks needed.
"Religion" does NOT have to be a power-mongering scam....
I bet this could be designed in such a way that NAT still exists behind the router; the routed traffic can't actually get into the internal network of the users' PCs and devices unless they've specifically port-forwarded something in the router.
The idea of multiple propagation routes for malware of all types {and in which category I also lump viruses...} has already been done...
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...and now, an obligatory quote from the Revenge of the Nerds:
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Here's what I feel is the difference 'tween "advertising" and "marketing":
"Advertising" is getting the word out about your new product.
"Marketing" is selling a poop sandwich as a "prime rib sandwich experience"...
...at which point they FINALLY listen to their friendly neighborhood geek and start a sane backup regimen...
You can lead a horse to water, but it's hell getting the showercap over its ears...
Bullhockey. Niche builders like {pre-Dell} Alienware do well. You work in the computer department of a retail store. You're getting the bargain basement shoppers. They're the ones buying up eMachines at a frantic pace and wonder why it doesn't last/work for a darn. To use the vaunted /. car analogy, sure you had a lot of people buying Yugos SOLELY because of the price, because they didn't know any better. Once the maintenance/safety/reliability record became known, however, people were willing to spend a few more bucks to get a more robust vehicle...
It did take getting burned once for a number of people first, didn't it?
What you don't see is the flip side; the folks that know what they want. Last week, anecdotally speaking, we had a client that wanted a machine for hard-core number-crunching. I spec'd it out, and when she came in we discussed what she was getting and why. When it came time to give her the price, she cut me short and said simply, "When can you have it ready?"
Just because you work at a Yugo dealership, and all you see are people buying Yugos, it does NOT follow that everyone wants a Yugo.
Looks like someone's been listening to Mr. Zorg more than he should have...
Citation and/or names, please...
Tell that to all those BBS sysops... Just because they've convinced you that you have to pay in one form or another, doesn't mean that it is so.
...and to play devil's advocate: the deaf guy!
I have to use headphones *because* of my hearing loss. Looking at page two here should give you a good idea of how long those earcans should sit on your noggin....
If you want to drown out outside noise, use a good set of noise-cancelling headphones. You keep your hearing, AND drown out the noise around you...
They've already lost control of distribution, and are losing the market due to asinine lawsuits. I, for one, refuse to buy anything Sony-branded, from CDs to computers... and my clients hear all about the reasoning as to why. Quite a few have switched from the VAIO brand because of this. Remember, folks, the quicker we get Joe Six-Pack in on this, the faster it'll happen...
Ditto. It was the first thing I noticed, and seemed to work well with the {admittedly few} tests that I threw at it... Anyone else notice any discrepancies?
Does a study entitled "Empirical Survey of Beauty Standards" count?
Technically, no. Check the bolded text here:
"The Private Security Act construes an investigator as one who obtains information related to the "identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency, loyalty, movement, location, affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, or character of a person; the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property; the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage, or injury to a person or to property; or for the purpose of securing evidence for use in court.It also covers insurance claims, t'would appear...
..getting certified in your local area? Texas, for example, requires you have a P.I. license for computer forensic work, but online resources on how to actually GET one are mighty scarce...
Believe me, I know. Dad was in the Air Force, and we spent time travelling all over Europe. Unfortunately, over here, showing a nipple for a half-second results in fines out the wazoo, while cable channels keep ratings high with ultra-violent crap a demented gibbon wouldn't watch.
-sigh-
...and I'm sick of self-righteous soccer moms telling me what is "too dangerous" for MY kids. They don't want their crotch-fruit to catch sight of a tit until they're 18, fine. They've no right to make that determination for the rest of us under the guise of "it'll warp their poor lil' minds!".
The problem, IMHO, is that ANY simple childhood pleasure can be dangerous. I'll bet our older users can remember merry-go-rounds, and quite possibly being flung from one. A good real-world physics lesson, lost to time and litigation... all because a kid or three lost a baby-tooth after tumbling from one. Are they dangerous? Not especially... but shrill, overprotective parents will invariably make them out to be kid-killers. Ditto for see-saws.
We need a better definition of "dangerous", not more protection from that which isn't....
I'm not too sure 'bout that... If the folks with the 3 computers basically tell you they're unhackable, where the 300-million-user system is KNOWN to be insecure, wouldn't you find the three-system-hack more challenging?
You ever stop to think that back then, newspapers WERE the mass media folks drew conclusions from? No video bites. No sound bites.
In a news mag I read on a flight recently {can't remember which one, THINK it was dated 'round Mar. 8th... hope another /.er can help here...} They had a graph showing the amount of experience every president since Washington had before taking the office of President. Check Lincoln, for example. As a freshman in Congress, popped off at the mouth and really pissed off his constituents. Felt he had to quit. Went back to law practice, ran for President as an underdog in 1860. Won. Bet you know the rest...
I'm hopin' you forgot the [/sarcasm] tag... If not:
I think what it comes down to is that Wright went on the record saying that 9/11 was the result of America's actions around the world.If extremists felt their lifestyle was threatened by the proliferation of western/American values, then yes, it might have been a contributing factor.
You can't talk about what really caused 9/11.So, conspiracy theories are OK, while another viewpoint/opinion isn't?
You can't talk about the root causes of terrorism.In the US, at least, you have the right to, and I'm glad we have that right. Personally, I think the debate was hidden for far too long behind the "we have the right to call aggression 'defense' instead..." mentality.
You have to toe the party line on that one and Obama can't associate himself with anyone who is saying that 9/11 is the result of bad American foreign policy.Heaven forbid a candidate show independent thought. Personally, I think it's part of his appeal; not playing the game like the other politicos...
If we can ever find a strong candidate outside the two main parties, t'will the the start of the end for the rather idiotic two-party system.
Suffering will exist with or without religion.
M'personal spiritual beliefs compel me to try to ease some of that for those around me, while acknowledging that I can't save the world from suffering. No control freaks needed.
"Religion" does NOT have to be a power-mongering scam....
Were you, too, at the House of the Blue Lights?
The idea of multiple propagation routes for malware of all types {and in which category I also lump viruses...} has already been done...
...and now, an obligatory quote from the Revenge of the Nerds:
Hair Pi!
or Burned....just ask Chrome! ;)
Not to mention the exclusion of (+ "grits")...
...that malware writers will LOVE this. Free propagation, just add mesh!