Received an email from the client; I had recommended they call TW when on the phone with them, as it sounded like their account was breached, that it was not something actually on the system. TW said it was likely a password compromise, & changed the pw for the account.
I literally just had a call from a client of mine who's apparently become a victim of this. Their ISP is Time/Warner, email account password was fairly strong but guessable (initials bracketing clients DOB), and this person only uses the TW web-based interface to do their email - there is no email client or address book on the system itself at all. Yet a large block of the contacts in the account received spam originating apparently from this address. I am having one of the spams forwarded to me so I can take a look at headers and such...
You don't hang out at general aviation airports or with pilots much, then. See my comment below, and if you can at all arrange it, try going to EAA Airventure in Oshklosh, Wisconsin this August. You will learn. And have LOTS of fun.
FYI - a 'turboprop' engine is basically a jet engine (or "gas turbine") powering a propeller; the turbine powerplant is more efficient, more mechanically reliable, and has longer TBO's (time between overhaul; 3-5K hours vs 1-2K) than a reciprocating engine. These are just some of the reasons that turboprops are extremely commonly used as working, commercial aircraft, hauling passengers *and* freight, whether employed by large airlines, regionals, freight co's, and/or small independent operators (think bush pilot, air taxi, etc...). Planes like the Cessna Caravan are common, although I get a hoot out of the ex-DC-3 Basler Turbo-67 Turboprops are also quite commonly used on high-end civil and business aircraft, like Pilatus and Piaggio Avanti.
In all seriousness, and without much in the way of research just yet: why not preemptively install GRUB, or some other boot loader, even if the machine is only a single boot Win system? Does this thing attack/overwrite _anything_ attempting to write to the MBR, or only Windows? There is no mention of this in the linked FA's, only in their comments...
Reappearance, or rediscovery? The ocean is a big place, and algae, small. We find new things in our oceans every day. And 'careful readers' will note: 1: that the algae in question is not from the Southern Hemisphere, as this/. summary suggests - it is a Northern Pacific algae.
2: The Arctic ice pack did not extend from the surface to the sea bottom, like some kind of ice barrier which excluded whole oceans from contact. You do recall that nuclear subs have made the trip under the N Pole. Who's to say an algae can't do the same, that it *has* to have come through the NW passage?
This article - and it's suppositions - are sadly lacking in any detail of merit. It is climate-scare puffery with little to back it up, IMO. Let's get back to 'News for Nerds'....
What's relevant is the current global warming is caused by human activity, how it will impact our lives, and what options we have to change it.
NO. The fact that the change is caused by humans is interesting but not relevant to our course of action.
Are we even sure that this change has been human-induced? Proof for that posit is still hotly debated - and in fact could be called 'the debate' in and of itself, from what I see.
And the non-climate-scare angle of that Wikipedia entry (and this part of this story), which immediately follows the above quoted line (screengrab):
However, on May 8, 2010, a sighting of a gray whale was confirmed off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea,[7] leading some scientists to think they might be repopulating old breeding grounds that have not been used for centuries.[7]
So, is climate change responsible? Or is it simpler, Occam - like growth of the species allowing a return to former breeding grounds? Guess it depends on your/the 'viewpoint' you need to support...
Doesn't seem like 'luck' had much to do with it, unless you are referring to the definition of luck which says "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity..."
Would be it that *I* had been as knowledgeable and motivated at his age...:)
Anyone who thinks they are educated enough to speak on the subject (and then, does) - or, in fact, with an IQ that is in the triple digits - should know these self-evident facts about solar power. It is not rocket science to understand that solar power depends on the suns rays striking the solar panel, and there are less of these on the side of Earth which is seasonally pointed away from the sun, and especially so in an area where the microclimate is a cloud producer.
Yet according to *you*, I look like a troll, because of some others ignorance, when they chose to comment on the topic? Well, that certainly makes sense... As much sense as some Anonymous Ignoramous claiming that lack of sunlight has nothing to do with winter. Heh. What a maroon.
Most glaringly, either you did not know, or you neglected to point out, that population growth is China is as slow as ours is because it is *controlled* by the state; the "one child policy" that has been in effect there since 1979. Would be that the rest of the world followed their lead in this issue, we would not be gutting our precious natural resources so quickly.
There are so many people already that the world population is estimated to grow, despite what relatively low percentage points you might find which lull one into a sense of complacency about the issue, so that it is 50% again larger within the next 40 years. These estimates have us at 7.5-10 billion by 2050 (quick cite, here). Note that we are already at 6.92 billion as I write this - and it is still 39 years to 2050. We send food and health and other aid to people in countries where growth is relatively staggering, so they continue to make more and more people, and yet you expect that they will not want the same living conditions as 'western nations'? What are the resultant demands on our already staggering ecosystem likely to be? Yep, more 'consuming', by ever more 'consumers'.
Sorry, pal - but it is "lack of sunlight" which makes winter, well, Winter. Thus, longer winter = less potential energy to create/convert. Ipso facto, and all that...
Do you have any direct experience with solar? I do. I run my boat off of it. I live at a rather balmy 35N latitude, and even here my solar panels electric producing ability take a big hit when the daylight hours shorten by a large factor (in the winter), *and* the sun is at a more oblique angle in the sky, making it's rays weaker (also, in the winter).
I also wonder if you have ever really spent time any length of time in mountains. They affect airflow, and thus weather, and even create their own clouds. Not all the time, but by and large it is a whole lot cloudier in mountains than in flat areas, like the desert (whether low or high altitude). All in all, I think solar as the energy of choice for a high-latitude, mountainous country is far from the best choice for energy production.
Yeah, go figure... so instead of nuclear we are going down the path where we'll keep burning coal and oil, and lots of it - with all of its 'environmental fallout' - while the anti-nuke environmentalists and others keep making more babies, (re)producing even and ever more consumers of this nasty sort of electricity, and we'll stay dependent on foreign oil for their kids...
...instead of doing what we need to do for advancing technologies that are or can be much cleaner, more efficient, and safer, like micro reactors. Looking at the damage to the environment and society that coal and oil produce, when compared to nuclear - even the relatively "primitive" nuclear we mostly have now - it just doesn't make any sense to me why these technologies shouldn't be at the forefront of the (reproducing) environmentalists list of power sources to get online, and soonest.
Or perhaps we should just address the root problem, which is too many people, for a planet this size, at our current efficiencies. If the effort that went into typical 'green' causes (anti-nuke, wind, anti-whaling, etc) were to be directed instead towards slowing down the human population explosion, maybe then we could hit equilibrium and sustainability.
...idiots spamming an unrelated topic with their denialist bullshit.... half the posts are climate change trolls.
Seems to me that your post fits right in there as an exemplary illustration of what it is that you are whining about. People who don't think as you prefer to, they are automatically labeled "idiots", and their personal thoughts/perceptions on the topic are "bullshit", right? And because of this, they are automatically labeled in your mind as "trolls", so you call them out in an insulting and derogatory manner.
Be careful chucking those rocks, what with that glass house you are living in...
My post was not directed at you, instead it was meant to be informational for those who neither understand nor give importance to jury trials. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
The way the system is set up at the current time, people are knowingly misled by the System into thinking and doing things in a way which strips them of their power as Citizens. IMO, and I would think yours as well, this is wrong on many levels. Learning through FIJA about what is really going on at a jury trial, what is really involved and what a Citizen is really there for, would help make things better for everyone - except those who profit from the System as-it-is currently. That was my point.
DG - Please stop it with the sensible replies. Could you not tell by the editorializing in the summary:
Is it too cynical to mention that the US government has a vested interest in denigrating Bin Laden, and that he's no longer around to deny this claim?
...that this story/thread is here for a pile-on of illogical and unreasoned anti-US sentiment for the largish segment of the population of/.'ers who love this sort of thing, and so will produce ad views while contributing their own version of the same rhetoric to the thread?
In short, there is no room here for comments like yours. Please post elsewhere if you wish to be unbiased and thoughtful in what you share. Thank you.
They could *easily* do that in a manner which did not allow for the data to be 'net accessible, and therefore exploitable or fairly easily stolen if their network system became compromised. They could have kept it on non-networked (or non-running) machines, external/removable digital storage, dead-tree hardcopies in a file drawer or stack of boxes... There's no need to have that sort of data instantly - or even very easily - available.
That's a far different experience from what I have seen when using this combo. Without knowing more specifics, your issues could be the result of a number of different reasons: build version, incorrect installation process, overclocking, environment, etc... A search to determine what exactly is causing your issue(s) might help you figure out how to fix them - I don't think your experience is typical or common even. Good luck.
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For which we should *all* say a big "Thank You!" to Chuck Norris...
Received an email from the client; I had recommended they call TW when on the phone with them, as it sounded like their account was breached, that it was not something actually on the system.
TW said it was likely a password compromise, & changed the pw for the account.
I literally just had a call from a client of mine who's apparently become a victim of this. Their ISP is Time/Warner, email account password was fairly strong but guessable (initials bracketing clients DOB), and this person only uses the TW web-based interface to do their email - there is no email client or address book on the system itself at all. Yet a large block of the contacts in the account received spam originating apparently from this address. I am having one of the spams forwarded to me so I can take a look at headers and such...
You don't hang out at general aviation airports or with pilots much, then. See my comment below, and if you can at all arrange it, try going to EAA Airventure in Oshklosh, Wisconsin this August. You will learn. And have LOTS of fun.
FYI - a 'turboprop' engine is basically a jet engine (or "gas turbine") powering a propeller; the turbine powerplant is more efficient, more mechanically reliable, and has longer TBO's (time between overhaul; 3-5K hours vs 1-2K) than a reciprocating engine. These are just some of the reasons that turboprops are extremely commonly used as working, commercial aircraft, hauling passengers *and* freight, whether employed by large airlines, regionals, freight co's, and/or small independent operators (think bush pilot, air taxi, etc...). Planes like the Cessna Caravan are common, although I get a hoot out of the ex-DC-3 Basler Turbo-67 Turboprops are also quite commonly used on high-end civil and business aircraft, like Pilatus and Piaggio Avanti.
In all seriousness, and without much in the way of research just yet: why not preemptively install GRUB, or some other boot loader, even if the machine is only a single boot Win system? Does this thing attack/overwrite _anything_ attempting to write to the MBR, or only Windows? There is no mention of this in the linked FA's, only in their comments...
Reappearance, or rediscovery? The ocean is a big place, and algae, small. We find new things in our oceans every day. And 'careful readers' will note: /. summary suggests - it is a Northern Pacific algae.
1: that the algae in question is not from the Southern Hemisphere, as this
2: The Arctic ice pack did not extend from the surface to the sea bottom, like some kind of ice barrier which excluded whole oceans from contact. You do recall that nuclear subs have made the trip under the N Pole. Who's to say an algae can't do the same, that it *has* to have come through the NW passage?
This article - and it's suppositions - are sadly lacking in any detail of merit. It is climate-scare puffery with little to back it up, IMO. Let's get back to 'News for Nerds'....
What's relevant is the current global warming is caused by human activity, how it will impact our lives, and what options we have to change it.
NO. The fact that the change is caused by humans is interesting but not relevant to our course of action.
Are we even sure that this change has been human-induced? Proof for that posit is still hotly debated - and in fact could be called 'the debate' in and of itself, from what I see.
However, on May 8, 2010, a sighting of a gray whale was confirmed off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea,[7] leading some scientists to think they might be repopulating old breeding grounds that have not been used for centuries.[7]
So, is climate change responsible? Or is it simpler, Occam - like growth of the species allowing a return to former breeding grounds? Guess it depends on your/the 'viewpoint' you need to support...
Doesn't seem like 'luck' had much to do with it, unless you are referring to the definition of luck which says "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity..."
:)
Would be it that *I* had been as knowledgeable and motivated at his age...
Dear story submitter/writer and /. editors:
You don't 'edge' bets, you Hedge bets. FYI.
Anyone who thinks they are educated enough to speak on the subject (and then, does) - or, in fact, with an IQ that is in the triple digits - should know these self-evident facts about solar power. It is not rocket science to understand that solar power depends on the suns rays striking the solar panel, and there are less of these on the side of Earth which is seasonally pointed away from the sun, and especially so in an area where the microclimate is a cloud producer.
Yet according to *you*, I look like a troll, because of some others ignorance, when they chose to comment on the topic? Well, that certainly makes sense... As much sense as some Anonymous Ignoramous claiming that lack of sunlight has nothing to do with winter. Heh. What a maroon.
Most glaringly, either you did not know, or you neglected to point out, that population growth is China is as slow as ours is because it is *controlled* by the state; the "one child policy" that has been in effect there since 1979. Would be that the rest of the world followed their lead in this issue, we would not be gutting our precious natural resources so quickly.
There are so many people already that the world population is estimated to grow, despite what relatively low percentage points you might find which lull one into a sense of complacency about the issue, so that it is 50% again larger within the next 40 years. These estimates have us at 7.5-10 billion by 2050 (quick cite, here). Note that we are already at 6.92 billion as I write this - and it is still 39 years to 2050. We send food and health and other aid to people in countries where growth is relatively staggering, so they continue to make more and more people, and yet you expect that they will not want the same living conditions as 'western nations'? What are the resultant demands on our already staggering ecosystem likely to be? Yep, more 'consuming', by ever more 'consumers'.
Sorry, pal - but it is "lack of sunlight" which makes winter, well, Winter. Thus, longer winter = less potential energy to create/convert. Ipso facto, and all that...
Do you have any direct experience with solar? I do. I run my boat off of it. I live at a rather balmy 35N latitude, and even here my solar panels electric producing ability take a big hit when the daylight hours shorten by a large factor (in the winter), *and* the sun is at a more oblique angle in the sky, making it's rays weaker (also, in the winter).
I also wonder if you have ever really spent time any length of time in mountains. They affect airflow, and thus weather, and even create their own clouds. Not all the time, but by and large it is a whole lot cloudier in mountains than in flat areas, like the desert (whether low or high altitude). All in all, I think solar as the energy of choice for a high-latitude, mountainous country is far from the best choice for energy production.
Yeah, go figure... so instead of nuclear we are going down the path where we'll keep burning coal and oil, and lots of it - with all of its 'environmental fallout' - while the anti-nuke environmentalists and others keep making more babies, (re)producing even and ever more consumers of this nasty sort of electricity, and we'll stay dependent on foreign oil for their kids...
...instead of doing what we need to do for advancing technologies that are or can be much cleaner, more efficient, and safer, like micro reactors. Looking at the damage to the environment and society that coal and oil produce, when compared to nuclear - even the relatively "primitive" nuclear we mostly have now - it just doesn't make any sense to me why these technologies shouldn't be at the forefront of the (reproducing) environmentalists list of power sources to get online, and soonest.
Or perhaps we should just address the root problem, which is too many people, for a planet this size, at our current efficiencies. If the effort that went into typical 'green' causes (anti-nuke, wind, anti-whaling, etc) were to be directed instead towards slowing down the human population explosion, maybe then we could hit equilibrium and sustainability.
...or their rather longish winters, eh?
...idiots spamming an unrelated topic with their denialist bullshit. ... half the posts are climate change trolls.
Seems to me that your post fits right in there as an exemplary illustration of what it is that you are whining about. People who don't think as you prefer to, they are automatically labeled "idiots", and their personal thoughts/perceptions on the topic are "bullshit", right? And because of this, they are automatically labeled in your mind as "trolls", so you call them out in an insulting and derogatory manner.
Be careful chucking those rocks, what with that glass house you are living in...
My post was not directed at you, instead it was meant to be informational for those who neither understand nor give importance to jury trials. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
The way the system is set up at the current time, people are knowingly misled by the System into thinking and doing things in a way which strips them of their power as Citizens. IMO, and I would think yours as well, this is wrong on many levels. Learning through FIJA about what is really going on at a jury trial, what is really involved and what a Citizen is really there for, would help make things better for everyone - except those who profit from the System as-it-is currently. That was my point.
Is it too cynical to mention that the US government has a vested interest in denigrating Bin Laden, and that he's no longer around to deny this claim?
...that this story/thread is here for a pile-on of illogical and unreasoned anti-US sentiment for the largish segment of the population of /.'ers who love this sort of thing, and so will produce ad views while contributing their own version of the same rhetoric to the thread?
In short, there is no room here for comments like yours. Please post elsewhere if you wish to be unbiased and thoughtful in what you share. Thank you.
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And *anyone* asked/compelled to serve on a US jury should read up on what it is all about at the FIJA website.
Understand the System, before you blindly perpetuate it. Please.
That "PEE" you saw in your spaghetti-o's was apparently no abbreviation...
So, all your cloud base are belong to...?
Actually, to thermal interaction with the planetary surface below them.
No, it's not really meme material, but I was inspired by your broken Engrish.
They could *easily* do that in a manner which did not allow for the data to be 'net accessible, and therefore exploitable or fairly easily stolen if their network system became compromised. They could have kept it on non-networked (or non-running) machines, external/removable digital storage, dead-tree hardcopies in a file drawer or stack of boxes... There's no need to have that sort of data instantly - or even very easily - available.
That's a far different experience from what I have seen when using this combo. Without knowing more specifics, your issues could be the result of a number of different reasons: build version, incorrect installation process, overclocking, environment, etc... A search to determine what exactly is causing your issue(s) might help you figure out how to fix them - I don't think your experience is typical or common even. Good luck.
Either of those, and a Linksys WRT54GL router, dirt simple to set up. More info here.