After all, if you were competent then you'd be able to block the attacks or at the very least mitigate/ameliorate any possible damage from them.
Which highlights the very valid point that competence is irrelevant when the incompetence of many contributes to the attack. The hospital was also incompetent, so what is their liability if they're already operating a compromised system on behalf of their patients? Is this only a problem once that system is used to compromise another?
I briefly considered the same Dell, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth about them. The Thinkpad t430 had everything I wanted, 16Gb max RAM, a 1600x900 14" screen, 9 cell battery, backlit keyboard, and a durable frame. For the price I paid, I can get an aftermarket SSD and max out my RAM and still have paid about the same (or less) than comparable hardware in a Macbook Air or XPS. It's a bit bulkier than others, but that's fine with me... this is a machine I intend to do real work on while traveling, and I don't mind the extra couple pounds.
It's funny, I almost posted an Ask/. last week. Except my question seemed far more practical. I was looking to upgrade my several year old Asus netbook to something modern, yet still maintains the ability to not require constantly plugging in and charging up.
I settled on a new Thinkpad and am excited to have a machine that will actually travel.
The generation may be, but the rock' and rollers themselves certainly aren't. If they were, He wouldn't still be trying to get people to listen to what he's saying.
A bit late, but I wanted to reply simply with some reality.
While I don't live in the biggest city, I live in a city large enough to qualify as a 'big city' (all four major sports represented, if you can handle that metric).
I met my girlfriend last fall and was lucky enough to help reap the harvest of her garden. There was easily enough food to provide us with vegetables well into winter. How much land did this take? About 1/5 an acre.
Was this enough to feed us for a year? Certainly not, and that's not what I'm suggesting; however, it was certainly enough to offset the costs of cultivation.
Does it take one all day to maintain a garden? No. Even with hand watering, it only takes 20 minutes each morning and/or evening to water the plants. Maybe a few hours on the weekends. I'd estimate about six hours each week (obviously more in the spring/fall, less in the summer).
I work full-time, as does my girlfriend and her roommates as well as most of the others that share garden space. Yet somehow, we still managed to grow food.
So, yes, I do consider it laziness when people choose to not to garden. The laziness doesn't necessarily come from the lack of desire to do the physical labor, but also from the lack of desire to read a book on how to have a garden. It's not difficult, but it is more of a challenge than driving to the store every time you need groceries rather than walking to your backyard for fresh produce.
Things, however, get interesting when you start to consider all the external costs of buying all your produce from the store. More fuel used to drive to the store. More fuel used to truck that produce from the farm to the store. More fuel used during production at the farm. Higher health risks by sitting on the couch rather than tending a garden.
Collectively, these external costs are meaningful.
And aside from all that, the food is exponentially more delicious.
Tomatillos. Not so much a food plant, but tasty nonetheless.
Strawberries may seem like a good candidate, except that they are so easy to spoil. Those organic yields may nearly be on par with non-organic, but I'm guessing the non-organic have a significantly longer shelf life.
Aside from all that, people actually used to grow their own plants. I know not everybody can do this, but a majority of first-world citizens could easily have their own gardens during the growing season. They're just too lazy.
While.boat=isfloating.for.each.members(as member).while.member=dead.for.each.limbs(as limb).check(necrosis).if(necrosis is not apparent).ask(member.name()).if(member.name is just a bunch of GRAWLWLW and stuff).determined=ghosts.
Of course you can get arrested for offending someone. If you incite someone to do something criminal, you're guilty as well.
At the day treatment school I used to work at, kids that ran their lip and incited someone into a fight got the same charges as the kid who threw the first punch.
A major contributing factor to me taking the job I've now been at for several months, was that in the job offer, they said they'd send me to NYC for a week of training. Word.
I've been using Clear since December. I absolutely love it. Fast internet and google voice. $50/mo. Of course, VOIP suffers a bit (the other end generally complains of 'noise') but I don't like talking on the phone anyway, so it's win-win for me.
Yea, and thanks to all this insta-sharing that goes on in the world today, the power (in one way or another) has been shifting toward the consumer.
Did we have a right to say no 20 years ago when much fewer people had tangible knowledge of the tacky that was happening? I'd argue that no, we didn't. Ignorance is a form of innocence.
Now, however, we are certainly more aware of the things that happen *behind closed doors*. This kind of story gets around and is a more tangible way for your average facebooker to justify the refusal of tacky.
I suppose tldr, the IQ of this story is precisely 100.
Just saw this comment. But I'll indulge... I live in Denver, and thus Clear coverage is pretty solid around here. Honestly, I can't really say anything bad about the service. It's fast and reliable (I play some COD on it on occasion and don't have problems with lag). Of course, reception is spotty once I leave the city, but that's to be expected. The device itself is pretty sweet. Battery lasts a reasonable amount of time, and it has power saving modes which I use to keep it from draining when not in use. In the end, it's $50/mo and totally worth it considering it replaces any kind of home internet service (for my uses anyway) and I can put it in my pocket and take it with me.
While not quite that, at least the name is right...
Voltaic Fuse
Personally, I have given up on smart phones and have opted to carry a Clear Spot 4G wifi hotspot with me. I'm currently using my out-of-plan Evo with Google Voice and GrooveIP. While the audio could be better, it works, and it's $50/mo for all I can eat 4G that I can plug into my desktop, laptop, wifi for the Android, and it's even allowed me to keep working at work when everyone else's Internet is down because there was an accident that took out power to the entire downtown block.
This is the future... where you just pay for Internet that you can bring anywhere* and instead of getting a cell phone from some provider, you just use an Android device with wifi or an iPod touch along with Google Voice.
There's definitely at least a few telcos that Google will put out of business if they ever developed Voice into what it should be.
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After all, if you were competent then you'd be able to block the attacks or at the very least mitigate/ameliorate any possible damage from them.
Which highlights the very valid point that competence is irrelevant when the incompetence of many contributes to the attack. The hospital was also incompetent, so what is their liability if they're already operating a compromised system on behalf of their patients? Is this only a problem once that system is used to compromise another?
There's a good need for a 10,000' view of this.
I briefly considered the same Dell, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth about them. The Thinkpad t430 had everything I wanted, 16Gb max RAM, a 1600x900 14" screen, 9 cell battery, backlit keyboard, and a durable frame. For the price I paid, I can get an aftermarket SSD and max out my RAM and still have paid about the same (or less) than comparable hardware in a Macbook Air or XPS. It's a bit bulkier than others, but that's fine with me... this is a machine I intend to do real work on while traveling, and I don't mind the extra couple pounds.
It's funny, I almost posted an Ask /. last week. Except my question seemed far more practical. I was looking to upgrade my several year old Asus netbook to something modern, yet still maintains the ability to not require constantly plugging in and charging up.
I settled on a new Thinkpad and am excited to have a machine that will actually travel.
The generation may be, but the rock' and rollers themselves certainly aren't. If they were, He wouldn't still be trying to get people to listen to what he's saying.
And for the rest of us, it's C Tic-Tac-Toe thingy.
A bit late, but I wanted to reply simply with some reality.
While I don't live in the biggest city, I live in a city large enough to qualify as a 'big city' (all four major sports represented, if you can handle that metric).
I met my girlfriend last fall and was lucky enough to help reap the harvest of her garden. There was easily enough food to provide us with vegetables well into winter. How much land did this take? About 1/5 an acre.
Was this enough to feed us for a year? Certainly not, and that's not what I'm suggesting; however, it was certainly enough to offset the costs of cultivation.
Does it take one all day to maintain a garden? No. Even with hand watering, it only takes 20 minutes each morning and/or evening to water the plants. Maybe a few hours on the weekends. I'd estimate about six hours each week (obviously more in the spring/fall, less in the summer).
I work full-time, as does my girlfriend and her roommates as well as most of the others that share garden space. Yet somehow, we still managed to grow food.
So, yes, I do consider it laziness when people choose to not to garden. The laziness doesn't necessarily come from the lack of desire to do the physical labor, but also from the lack of desire to read a book on how to have a garden. It's not difficult, but it is more of a challenge than driving to the store every time you need groceries rather than walking to your backyard for fresh produce.
Things, however, get interesting when you start to consider all the external costs of buying all your produce from the store. More fuel used to drive to the store. More fuel used to truck that produce from the farm to the store. More fuel used during production at the farm. Higher health risks by sitting on the couch rather than tending a garden.
Collectively, these external costs are meaningful.
And aside from all that, the food is exponentially more delicious.
Ok, you win.
Your prize is $1000 in the form of a one-year subscription to cable television.
Your favorite team's game isn't ever on anyway (unless you're a fan of an AL East team north of Baltimore).
You have to pay for that service in addition to your TV sub charges, so what's the difference?
Personally, if I want to watch an NFL game, I walk down the street where they have good food and every single game on TV.
If I want to watch baseball, well, I generally don't because I prefer radio. MLB's Android app provides that for a modest fee.
Tomatillos. Not so much a food plant, but tasty nonetheless.
Strawberries may seem like a good candidate, except that they are so easy to spoil. Those organic yields may nearly be on par with non-organic, but I'm guessing the non-organic have a significantly longer shelf life.
Aside from all that, people actually used to grow their own plants. I know not everybody can do this, but a majority of first-world citizens could easily have their own gardens during the growing season. They're just too lazy.
Bah, speak for yourself!
While.boat=isfloating.for.each.members(as member).while.member=dead.for.each.limbs(as limb).check(necrosis).if(necrosis is not apparent).ask(member.name()).if(member.name is just a bunch of GRAWLWLW and stuff).determined=ghosts.
Now THAT'S a statement!
And you know how when a V of geese flies overhead, there is often a side that is longer than the other?
It's because there's more geese on that side.
Sometimes things don't need explanation.
Of course you can get arrested for offending someone. If you incite someone to do something criminal, you're guilty as well.
At the day treatment school I used to work at, kids that ran their lip and incited someone into a fight got the same charges as the kid who threw the first punch.
Plants ahead of schedule... more time for them to suck CO2 out of the air. Nature is trying...
It's almost like you RTFS. Shortage of STEM workers? They all decided to go to management because it was easier.
Thank $diety there are still a few people around who enjoy building things and creating new innovations.
I thought it was funny the other day when a co-worker commented during a birthday cake 'meeting'.
It blows me away that I've been here for, what, three months now? And the only time we have meetings is when we eat cake.
Of course, the trade-off is that people just show up at your desk needing stuff. But it keeps things interesting.
A major contributing factor to me taking the job I've now been at for several months, was that in the job offer, they said they'd send me to NYC for a week of training. Word.
Open sourcing things like education, arts, and soft/hardware is one thing. Messing with the pharmaceutical companies is entirely another.
I wish them luck.
I've been using Clear since December. I absolutely love it. Fast internet and google voice. $50/mo. Of course, VOIP suffers a bit (the other end generally complains of 'noise') but I don't like talking on the phone anyway, so it's win-win for me.
Yea, and thanks to all this insta-sharing that goes on in the world today, the power (in one way or another) has been shifting toward the consumer.
Did we have a right to say no 20 years ago when much fewer people had tangible knowledge of the tacky that was happening? I'd argue that no, we didn't. Ignorance is a form of innocence.
Now, however, we are certainly more aware of the things that happen *behind closed doors*. This kind of story gets around and is a more tangible way for your average facebooker to justify the refusal of tacky.
I suppose tldr, the IQ of this story is precisely 100.
Just saw this comment. But I'll indulge... I live in Denver, and thus Clear coverage is pretty solid around here. Honestly, I can't really say anything bad about the service. It's fast and reliable (I play some COD on it on occasion and don't have problems with lag). Of course, reception is spotty once I leave the city, but that's to be expected. The device itself is pretty sweet. Battery lasts a reasonable amount of time, and it has power saving modes which I use to keep it from draining when not in use. In the end, it's $50/mo and totally worth it considering it replaces any kind of home internet service (for my uses anyway) and I can put it in my pocket and take it with me.
I, too, thank you. Please share this elsewhere.
oops.. ctrl+v wrong link. Here's the Voltaic
What about having a fusion reactor with you
While not quite that, at least the name is right... Voltaic Fuse
Personally, I have given up on smart phones and have opted to carry a Clear Spot 4G wifi hotspot with me. I'm currently using my out-of-plan Evo with Google Voice and GrooveIP. While the audio could be better, it works, and it's $50/mo for all I can eat 4G that I can plug into my desktop, laptop, wifi for the Android, and it's even allowed me to keep working at work when everyone else's Internet is down because there was an accident that took out power to the entire downtown block.
This is the future... where you just pay for Internet that you can bring anywhere* and instead of getting a cell phone from some provider, you just use an Android device with wifi or an iPod touch along with Google Voice.
There's definitely at least a few telcos that Google will put out of business if they ever developed Voice into what it should be.
I think the Methuselah tree is actually just inside the border in Nevada in the White Mountains.
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And now, Pussier as well!