Exactly! And thanks for pointing it out. Credit card theft and identity theft are two VERY different things, a fact that seems to escape most people. Probably because the people who sell 'insurance' against identity theft want us to confuse them.
Actually, 98% of the population will only shy away from something like this is they're told what the process actually is. If they are told rather that it's their "Personal Online Banking Disc", and are then given instructions to walk them through the process, most people will happily buy into it. Most people wouldn't hesitate to install an app for this purpose, so the Live CD just needs to be marketed properly.
I started this thread and I'm tired of one assumption you all keep making: You all keep talking about my hatred of America. Well, let me spell this out for you - I LOVE AMERICA. I have done so my entire life. The fact that I disagree with you does not mean I don't love my country, neither does it mean I love my country less than you. Th truth is that I just hold my country to a higher standard than you do.
Actually, I'd say they both win. Google scores big PR points with all the countries that have the most money. The Chinese government has an easier job of censoring its people with Google gone. The Chinese people, on the other hand.........
Google's market capital: $153.4 billion as of October 5 2009. China's GDP: $4.33 Trillion US dollars as of 2008. China's got more, therefore it's got more to lose. Simple math.
This is really interesting stuff. I think the big payoff will come when they get to the point where bone can be 'printed'. Considering all the money there is in professional athletics, the ability to 'print' new kneecaps for athletes would be huge.
Success in our culture is often measured by money. Unfortunately, money and morals don't usually go together. So we generally have to make a choice - do I want to be rich, or would I rather be able to teach my kids the difference between right and wrong? Personally, I think you made the right choice.
'This code is not intended for general use, and is known to be inefficient, difficult to work with, and riddled with bugs.' Why does this statement make me so happy?
Every time the price of music comes up, I read dozens of comments that say, in a nutshell, that the music industry 'doesn't get it'. And yet, they're still up to their necks in money.
While the music industry (and the film industry) seem to be doing everything in their power to resist the onslaught of the internet, their continued profits would argue that their resistance is not exactly futile.
Another example would be if Windows 7 was an excellent product, but was considered otherwise because previous Microsoft products were less than excellent.
I chose my words carefully.
Windows 7 is the best product MS has released in years. While this may be considered a pyrrhic victory (ME, anyone?), the fact remains that Windows 7 is a solid product. And, I daresay, a reasonably priced one.
Do we have to continue this tired process of Microsoft bashing? It's gotten rather tiresome.
They can trace the IP, but it will lead them to your provider, not your house. I think the idea here is to learn about speed according to geographic location (i.e., neighborhood) rather than by provider.
The failure on the part of the manufacturer of these fakes is that they shipped them to precisely the wrong market. Thousands of these puppies could have ended up in desktop computers and nobody would ever have known. The average consumer has no idea what's inside the case.
Instead, though, the fakes end up at Newegg, where they get purchased by exactly the kind of people who can recognize them for what they are. It's almost like they were trying to get caught.
And yet, for most users, the Internet IS a wasteland of unfiltered data. I would argue that there are far more people online that "don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading" than those who do know.
It couldn't possibly have been that you were merely ignorant, right? I mean, any questioning of your superior intellect and knowledge has to come from rubes who don't have a clue.
Wow. What an original thought. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule of posting snarky comments so that I can bask in the glory of your superior sarcastic might.
Jane -
Here's your problem - you mistook Slashdot for a place where you can engage in intelligent conversation. This is not the case. I was similarly modded into trolldom a short while ago for having the audacity to point to the fact that there is no direct evidence of evolution (I do, however, believe in evolution, just the same).
Because Slashdot is the stomping grounds of adolescents (of any age), comments that APPEAR to be trollish are immediately assumed to be so. No one actually thinks about the actual words written before they mod them.
My point here is that you have chosen the wrong venue for this discussion. Nobody here wants to hear you making sense. They just want you to say something funny (and by funny, I mean something that refers to at least one body part and/or geek pop culture reference). If you actually want to have an intelligent conversation, though, you came to the wrong place.
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Exactly! And thanks for pointing it out. Credit card theft and identity theft are two VERY different things, a fact that seems to escape most people. Probably because the people who sell 'insurance' against identity theft want us to confuse them.
Actually, 98% of the population will only shy away from something like this is they're told what the process actually is. If they are told rather that it's their "Personal Online Banking Disc", and are then given instructions to walk them through the process, most people will happily buy into it. Most people wouldn't hesitate to install an app for this purpose, so the Live CD just needs to be marketed properly.
'Man Cave' didn't raise any alarms for me, probably because I remember 'Tool Time'. But Artoo? Really?
I started this thread and I'm tired of one assumption you all keep making: You all keep talking about my hatred of America. Well, let me spell this out for you - I LOVE AMERICA. I have done so my entire life. The fact that I disagree with you does not mean I don't love my country, neither does it mean I love my country less than you. Th truth is that I just hold my country to a higher standard than you do.
I think you're confused about who the criminals are and who has the money.
I'm intrigued. Let's see if you can actually put some intellectual weight behind your statements. Explain.
Wow. "Obey our laws or else!" Imperialist America strikes again!
So now I'm not Human by default, but have to make a conscious decision to be Human. Just like real life.
Actually, I'd say they both win. Google scores big PR points with all the countries that have the most money. The Chinese government has an easier job of censoring its people with Google gone. The Chinese people, on the other hand.........
Google's market capital: $153.4 billion as of October 5 2009. China's GDP: $4.33 Trillion US dollars as of 2008. China's got more, therefore it's got more to lose. Simple math.
This is really interesting stuff. I think the big payoff will come when they get to the point where bone can be 'printed'. Considering all the money there is in professional athletics, the ability to 'print' new kneecaps for athletes would be huge.
Success in our culture is often measured by money. Unfortunately, money and morals don't usually go together. So we generally have to make a choice - do I want to be rich, or would I rather be able to teach my kids the difference between right and wrong? Personally, I think you made the right choice.
'This code is not intended for general use, and is known to be inefficient, difficult to work with, and riddled with bugs.' Why does this statement make me so happy?
If this is really going to occur, it's huge. Getting the Kiss Of Death from Google is tantamount to getting kicked off the information superhighway.
Every time the price of music comes up, I read dozens of comments that say, in a nutshell, that the music industry 'doesn't get it'. And yet, they're still up to their necks in money. While the music industry (and the film industry) seem to be doing everything in their power to resist the onslaught of the internet, their continued profits would argue that their resistance is not exactly futile.
Another example would be if Windows 7 was an excellent product, but was considered otherwise because previous Microsoft products were less than excellent. I chose my words carefully.
Windows 7 is the best product MS has released in years. While this may be considered a pyrrhic victory (ME, anyone?), the fact remains that Windows 7 is a solid product. And, I daresay, a reasonably priced one. Do we have to continue this tired process of Microsoft bashing? It's gotten rather tiresome.
They can trace the IP, but it will lead them to your provider, not your house. I think the idea here is to learn about speed according to geographic location (i.e., neighborhood) rather than by provider.
The failure on the part of the manufacturer of these fakes is that they shipped them to precisely the wrong market. Thousands of these puppies could have ended up in desktop computers and nobody would ever have known. The average consumer has no idea what's inside the case. Instead, though, the fakes end up at Newegg, where they get purchased by exactly the kind of people who can recognize them for what they are. It's almost like they were trying to get caught.
And yet, for most users, the Internet IS a wasteland of unfiltered data. I would argue that there are far more people online that "don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading" than those who do know.
So your job sucks. Welcome to the club. Just about everyone's job sucks. Do you think your geekdom exempts you from this? Suck up and deal, Nancy.
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Companies running public-facing servers without good technical expertise are a menace.
Umm... just out of curiosity: a menace to whom, exactly?
It couldn't possibly have been that you were merely ignorant, right? I mean, any questioning of your superior intellect and knowledge has to come from rubes who don't have a clue.
Wow. What an original thought. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule of posting snarky comments so that I can bask in the glory of your superior sarcastic might.
Jane - Here's your problem - you mistook Slashdot for a place where you can engage in intelligent conversation. This is not the case. I was similarly modded into trolldom a short while ago for having the audacity to point to the fact that there is no direct evidence of evolution (I do, however, believe in evolution, just the same). Because Slashdot is the stomping grounds of adolescents (of any age), comments that APPEAR to be trollish are immediately assumed to be so. No one actually thinks about the actual words written before they mod them. My point here is that you have chosen the wrong venue for this discussion. Nobody here wants to hear you making sense. They just want you to say something funny (and by funny, I mean something that refers to at least one body part and/or geek pop culture reference). If you actually want to have an intelligent conversation, though, you came to the wrong place.