They've both been running to center trying to grind out the votes necessary to win without any concern for what principles or political values they're even suppose to stand for anymore. Isn't politics suppose to be the art of comprise[...]?
[emphasis mine] Assuming you meant "the art of compromise", that can be construed as "running to center". If "center" is the endpoint of a compromise between two sides, then you are vilifying them for doing the very thing you complain that they aren't doing, in the very next sentence.
all the commentators are no better than random guessers
You don't watch enough Poker. A skilled commentator can have a very good idea what might be in a player's hand based on how they play. It's not guaranteed of course, but it's damn sure better than "random guessing".
Electric motors make a lot of sense with trains, but not for hauling cargo on the road. Maybe if there was a "semi lane" with some sort of power hook-up...
Yeah, and to make sure they don't accidentally disconnect from the power, we can give them special wheels that lock into the rails that have been placed on that lane of the road. Time efficiency can be improved by assigning certain locations where these railed semis stop on a regular schedule to unload their goods. Now we're talking progress!
Probably the same people who tried to make it very clear that you shouldn't install an RC on a live system. If you did, then you are only being hassled by your own idiocy.
Likewise, you buy an electronic appliance, you assume you can replace the battery even though this is not stated.
Perhaps that's where the misunderstanding arises. I don't assume that anything has replaceable batteries unless it says so on the package: "requires 2 AA batteries", "batteries included!", etc.
Admittedly, I like car analogies as much as the next Slashdotter, but in your case (as much as I hate to admit it) it is not applicable. Your analogy suggests that you can't "refuel" the Apple "gas tanks"... but you can. Sure, they may eventually fail... but so does your fuel filter.
I have used a flathead screwdriver to remove philips screws before, especially if the head's been stripped... Or sometimes it's not the right tool, but the only tool at hand.
Funny, my Logitech MX3200 requires special software for all the application keys to be configured... Perhaps you just aren't using all the features of your keyboard.
Those systems you mention should in no case be connected to the Internet. To do so would be just asking for it.
The PACS system needs to be accessible (sort of indirectly) from the Internet so that outside doctors can see the images and data stored on that server. And the second system needs to send data to the first, so they both must be on a network that is connected to the Internet.
there is no excuse for leaving production systems unpatched for four months.
We have a particular set of servers for an application, and the company that made the software in question (FujiFilm's Synapse PACS) does not want patches installed on those servers, or the workstations that run the client app until they confirm it doesn't conflict with their software. Thankfully, this particular patch was approved, but there are other MS patches that have not been approved in over a year (or there was when I last checked, anyway). Similarly, some other devices (like an Ultrasound machine made by Siemens) run software on top of a Windows OS, but the admins do not have administrator access to it, and installing updates could very well cause the device to stop working. It's not always quite as simple as you pretend it is.
Because if even one system in your heterogeneous environment is exploitable you have just given them an easy backdoor to the rest of your system
Sure, if your sysadmin is an idiot. If one box being compromised results in full access to all boxes on the network, your system is poorly designed. Unless, perhaps, that one box is an LDAP/AD server or something.
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They've both been running to center trying to grind out the votes necessary to win without any concern for what principles or political values they're even suppose to stand for anymore. Isn't politics suppose to be the art of comprise[...]?
[emphasis mine] Assuming you meant "the art of compromise", that can be construed as "running to center". If "center" is the endpoint of a compromise between two sides, then you are vilifying them for doing the very thing you complain that they aren't doing, in the very next sentence.
What would be the purpose of such a device? Like the headphones you can get at museums?
MacBookPro 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo system with 4 MB of RAM
I believe I may have discovered the problem...
all the commentators are no better than random guessers
You don't watch enough Poker. A skilled commentator can have a very good idea what might be in a player's hand based on how they play. It's not guaranteed of course, but it's damn sure better than "random guessing".
Electric motors make a lot of sense with trains, but not for hauling cargo on the road. Maybe if there was a "semi lane" with some sort of power hook-up...
Yeah, and to make sure they don't accidentally disconnect from the power, we can give them special wheels that lock into the rails that have been placed on that lane of the road. Time efficiency can be improved by assigning certain locations where these railed semis stop on a regular schedule to unload their goods. Now we're talking progress!
(Not making fun, just joking around.)
With my 8 year old AUDI A4 (96kW, 1.9l Diesel)
Diesel. I'm sure you know the difference, and why your MPG rating doesn't mean anything vs. a gasoline engine's MPG rating.
who at MS conceived this strategy?
Probably the same people who tried to make it very clear that you shouldn't install an RC on a live system. If you did, then you are only being hassled by your own idiocy.
It will only append your virtual files with virtual characters, and use virtual WiFi to virtual-DRM virtually everything... virtual.
Um, my dealer has never given me free weed...
Because he didn't need to -- you probably smoked pot before you met him (or bought from him anyway).
Likewise, you buy an electronic appliance, you assume you can replace the battery even though this is not stated.
Perhaps that's where the misunderstanding arises. I don't assume that anything has replaceable batteries unless it says so on the package: "requires 2 AA batteries", "batteries included!", etc.
Admittedly, I like car analogies as much as the next Slashdotter, but in your case (as much as I hate to admit it) it is not applicable. Your analogy suggests that you can't "refuel" the Apple "gas tanks"... but you can. Sure, they may eventually fail... but so does your fuel filter.
Have they claimed their products have user-replaceable batteries?
pompous blowhards having a tantrum
In other words, "artists".
Perhaps it was harvested by a virus from an address book they had you in...
Apply directly to the forehead!
Yeah, that's what vi is for.
Zing!
I have used a flathead screwdriver to remove philips screws before, especially if the head's been stripped... Or sometimes it's not the right tool, but the only tool at hand.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (ironically spelling SAD)
I'm pretty sure the acronym was intentional...
My Logitech MX3200 [...]
Funny, my Logitech MX3200 requires special software for all the application keys to be configured... Perhaps you just aren't using all the features of your keyboard.
idead
Apple's first foray into mortuaries.
Those systems you mention should in no case be connected to the Internet. To do so would be just asking for it.
The PACS system needs to be accessible (sort of indirectly) from the Internet so that outside doctors can see the images and data stored on that server. And the second system needs to send data to the first, so they both must be on a network that is connected to the Internet.
there is no excuse for leaving production systems unpatched for four months.
We have a particular set of servers for an application, and the company that made the software in question (FujiFilm's Synapse PACS) does not want patches installed on those servers, or the workstations that run the client app until they confirm it doesn't conflict with their software. Thankfully, this particular patch was approved, but there are other MS patches that have not been approved in over a year (or there was when I last checked, anyway). Similarly, some other devices (like an Ultrasound machine made by Siemens) run software on top of a Windows OS, but the admins do not have administrator access to it, and installing updates could very well cause the device to stop working. It's not always quite as simple as you pretend it is.
Because if even one system in your heterogeneous environment is exploitable you have just given them an easy backdoor to the rest of your system
Sure, if your sysadmin is an idiot. If one box being compromised results in full access to all boxes on the network, your system is poorly designed. Unless, perhaps, that one box is an LDAP/AD server or something.
That's $200 per day, not per month.
even then your victory is only temporary
And then the bill comes...