If someone refuses to pay, just don't DDoS them and move on. It's not like your reputation for following through on threats is on the line, you're a secretive criminal.
Fair enough, if they have the sense to make it so that the default is ON. Lost connection somehow, sensors not responding for any reason? It lights and stay lit.
Still too failure-prone. What if the sensors are responding but buggy and they actively tell the signs to be off? A major disaster requiring evacuation could cause all sorts of things to go wrong.
The most robust systems are usually the most simple.
If you google for his nick, he actually was a high-level Starcraft player before he went insane. "famous" is pushing it, but I suppose by the standards of videogame players he was.
Once in the days of Windows 95, I was working on a Word document while browsing the web, and 4k of HTML was somehow dumped in the middle of my.doc file. Word would no longer open it so I had to use a hex editor to extract the text and re-format it. A common FAT32 driver bug, apparently.
Anonymous Coward, I'll have you know that Mr. Ken M. Pitman is a Philosopher, Technologist and Writer. I hardly think anyone that erudite and sophisticated would every do anything completely stupid.
So what is wrong with my analogy again? Or are all analogies automatically "weak" to you? And where did I claim I believe by default an open access point is meant to be that way?
Using WEP encryption is like using a cheap-ass combination lock that can be broken with a single strong pull. Sure the lock is next to useless as a security measure, but it does clearly communicate that the owner didn't want anyone getting past it. "The lock was so shitty I thought it was public property" isn't going to go far in court.
You think people who care about an illegal war in Iraq, the abuse of our rights at the (blatant and unveiled!) hands of our president, or any apparent concern for the finer points of logic and reasoning would actually give a crap about what browser they use?
Slashdot Mirror
If someone refuses to pay, just don't DDoS them and move on. It's not like your reputation for following through on threats is on the line, you're a secretive criminal.
Where does the headline say "cause"? God, the reading comprehension of slashdotters...
So what's your criteria for determining what's a fact then? This "science" business isn't good enough for you?
Try the Myst sequels maybe? To my knowledge there don't really exist any other game quite like it.
Still too failure-prone. What if the sensors are responding but buggy and they actively tell the signs to be off? A major disaster requiring evacuation could cause all sorts of things to go wrong.
The most robust systems are usually the most simple.
If you google for his nick, he actually was a high-level Starcraft player before he went insane. "famous" is pushing it, but I suppose by the standards of videogame players he was.
So it's like an "information superhighway"!?
Once in the days of Windows 95, I was working on a Word document while browsing the web, and 4k of HTML was somehow dumped in the middle of my .doc file. Word would no longer open it so I had to use a hex editor to extract the text and re-format it. A common FAT32 driver bug, apparently.
Yes, this selection from the English Wikipedia will be much appreciated in China.
Actually no, it's in relative decline.
When I load a large slashdot page in Firefox, my CPU usage shoots to 100% for several seconds.
The word you're looking for is "totalitarian", not "communist".
What about the communists who plotted to assassinate Hitler?
and your PS3, and your Wii.
The truth is that the Core Duo's architecture has been in the pipeline for a long time at Intel, and their years of work are paying off now.
Anonymous Coward, I'll have you know that Mr. Ken M. Pitman is a Philosopher, Technologist and Writer. I hardly think anyone that erudite and sophisticated would every do anything completely stupid.
So what is wrong with my analogy again? Or are all analogies automatically "weak" to you? And where did I claim I believe by default an open access point is meant to be that way?
Using WEP encryption is like using a cheap-ass combination lock that can be broken with a single strong pull. Sure the lock is next to useless as a security measure, but it does clearly communicate that the owner didn't want anyone getting past it. "The lock was so shitty I thought it was public property" isn't going to go far in court.
You think people who care about an illegal war in Iraq, the abuse of our rights at the (blatant and unveiled!) hands of our president, or any apparent concern for the finer points of logic and reasoning would actually give a crap about what browser they use?
Maybe it's just that most people going to your site have clicked on your slashdot link?
Everyone has reasons to use their gun all the time in Iraq, too. Not so in the US.
I know it is. But that's the analogy that's not-so-implicitly made by the word "stealing" anyway, I'm just making it obvious.
Oookay... so you believe it is morally equivalent to theft and yet do it without guilt anyway?
So when a corner store refuses to sell you beer, do you steal that too?
Yeah, what kind of videogame fan lives in a cave to the point of not having heard of GameFAQs?
Adventure gamers, apparently.
Ooh it's my fault it's crap. I see!