Because that's the price of freedom, and I'm not willing to sacrifice my freedom for any of that temporary safety... Oh, and people don't have to shout fire in a crowded movie theater anymore -- that's why we have fire alarms.
What about when your "freedom" has a direct impact on my safety? If you yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre, there is panic and people fight to escape. People been trampled to death trying to escape. You also fail to address the point that it is completely legal to shout "Fire!" in a theatre if there is indeed a fire.
Back when I was in college 10 - 12 years ago the internet was this thing that would never be tamed. It was the wild west of free expression that could never be taken away.
So, care to tell me what happened to the wild west?
It is easy to turn off, and it is open source, so everyone who can code in C and assembly can audit it.
I can't audit it. I can't audit any OS. I can't audit my car, my electricity meters, my gas supply... The only time I will ever know something is up is when it goes catastrophically wrong. Therefore, I won't know if Shuttleworth is being good with my data until I see details only found on my CV being used to serve me adverts. Just like everyone else who isn't a C / Assembly dev.
Third, if you are asking me to install alpha or beta versions on a live system, it's usually a bad idea. I have no problem installing it on a test server or a VM, but I hate putting it on a production box.
The fact that you even entertain the thought is a bad sign; Either you're incompetent, which I don't think you are, or you lack the authority to say "GTFO", in which case you should get it.
Test software goes on test systems. Anyone who says otherwise should be reported to the CIO. If it's the CIO saying as much, run away as fast as you can, because you'll get the blame when shit breaks.
I'm using Norton's latest Security Suite provided by Comcast (at no charge).
I would suggest uninstalling Norton and putting MSE or similar on instead, but Norton products are as bad as most malware to remove. I recommend "nuke and pave"; Back up your data, wipe your OS install, and restore to factory / install your OS from OEM media. You will be amazed at the performance increase you see without Norton sucking up your system's resources.
That's great for you, but this guy called his computer the CPU. Asking to check the traffic at the router would result in him going to get his Tomtom from the car.
AVG and Avira are spam pushers now; Every other boot is an "Upgrade now!" or "Have you considered our internet security suite?" popup. Yes, you can probably turn these off, but they're called "Important Service Messages" or "Protection Notifications" so the lay person won't touch them, but still be infuriated when they interrupt iPlayer / $gameofchoice.
I submit downloads from untrusted sources to VirusTotal Discerning which results are false positives and which are from less recently updated signatures isn't something for the lay man, though.
I would argue that this is a failure on Mozilla's part for designing the email container on the file system to be one giant archive file. Why they did this is utterly beyond me, and caused me no end of hassle with backups and virus scanning.
FWIW, if the default behaviour upon discovery of an infection is to delete the file, and you have enabled scanning within archives, any anti-virus software would have done the same thing.
Black hole the domains on the EasyList filter from AdBlockPlus at the router. A script / regex will strip out everything which doesn't fit a domain.TLD format.
If requests to the advertising site don't resolve, how can they track you?
"Cellar temperature" is 57f. If the cellarman was particularly useless, or it was a trendy wine bar which serves mainly lagers and spirits, they might turn it down further to keep the lager drinkers happy. They should have secondary chillers for the lager lines, though; Running the chillers to cool the whole cellar to lager temperatures is really expensive.
I used DDG too and found a lot of results just weren't as good as Google. I've since started using StartPage They use Google results, and offer browsing through the IxQuick proxy to continue anonymous browsing (sister site, apparently).
They should have called it Pedestrian Mode. It was designed to be used to underclock the processor for some applications which couldn't handle the faster timings.
Prior to the 9/11/2001 hijacking, the expectation was that the hijackers has an agenda which ended in a hostage trade-off and everyone getting out alive. Cooperating with the hijackers ensured the survival of the hostages.
I maintain that had we had locked and reinforced cockpit doors prior to 9/11, the hijackings would not have been successful. Expecting passengers and crew to risk their lives for the chance of stopping a hijacker entering the cockpit prior to the WTC attacks was pointless; They expected to live by cooperating. Locking the cockpit puts the idea of taking control of the plane out of their hands, making hijack less of an issue.
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Because that's the price of freedom, and I'm not willing to sacrifice my freedom for any of that temporary safety... Oh, and people don't have to shout fire in a crowded movie theater anymore -- that's why we have fire alarms.
What about when your "freedom" has a direct impact on my safety? If you yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre, there is panic and people fight to escape. People been trampled to death trying to escape. You also fail to address the point that it is completely legal to shout "Fire!" in a theatre if there is indeed a fire.
Back when I was in college 10 - 12 years ago the internet was this thing that would never be tamed. It was the wild west of free expression that could never be taken away.
So, care to tell me what happened to the wild west?
It is easy to turn off, and it is open source, so everyone who can code in C and assembly can audit it.
I can't audit it. I can't audit any OS. I can't audit my car, my electricity meters, my gas supply... The only time I will ever know something is up is when it goes catastrophically wrong. Therefore, I won't know if Shuttleworth is being good with my data until I see details only found on my CV being used to serve me adverts. Just like everyone else who isn't a C / Assembly dev.
Third, if you are asking me to install alpha or beta versions on a live system, it's usually a bad idea. I have no problem installing it on a test server or a VM, but I hate putting it on a production box.
The fact that you even entertain the thought is a bad sign; Either you're incompetent, which I don't think you are, or you lack the authority to say "GTFO", in which case you should get it.
Test software goes on test systems. Anyone who says otherwise should be reported to the CIO. If it's the CIO saying as much, run away as fast as you can, because you'll get the blame when shit breaks.
I'm using Norton's latest Security Suite provided by Comcast (at no charge).
I would suggest uninstalling Norton and putting MSE or similar on instead, but Norton products are as bad as most malware to remove. I recommend "nuke and pave"; Back up your data, wipe your OS install, and restore to factory / install your OS from OEM media. You will be amazed at the performance increase you see without Norton sucking up your system's resources.
That's great for you, but this guy called his computer the CPU. Asking to check the traffic at the router would result in him going to get his Tomtom from the car.
Remember that /. has been taken over by that recruitment company now, so it will only get worse.
"You liked this story about online privacy? How about a data comms job with the US Government?"
AVG and Avira are spam pushers now; Every other boot is an "Upgrade now!" or "Have you considered our internet security suite?" popup. Yes, you can probably turn these off, but they're called "Important Service Messages" or "Protection Notifications" so the lay person won't touch them, but still be infuriated when they interrupt iPlayer / $gameofchoice.
I submit downloads from untrusted sources to VirusTotal Discerning which results are false positives and which are from less recently updated signatures isn't something for the lay man, though.
I would argue that this is a failure on Mozilla's part for designing the email container on the file system to be one giant archive file. Why they did this is utterly beyond me, and caused me no end of hassle with backups and virus scanning.
FWIW, if the default behaviour upon discovery of an infection is to delete the file, and you have enabled scanning within archives, any anti-virus software would have done the same thing.
This is /.
His love life was stillborn.
My local town doesn't exist on their map.
It is, however, in the Domesday Book.
You're quite clear from any accusation of moral contradiction if you bought it second hand.
You did buy it second hand, right?
What are the chances of retoractive immunity for illegal wiretapping, as granted by Bush Jr?
After all, if it happens in America, it sets precedent elsewhere, right?
No, you're thinking of Popplers.
Black hole the domains on the EasyList filter from AdBlockPlus at the router. A script / regex will strip out everything which doesn't fit a domain.TLD format.
If requests to the advertising site don't resolve, how can they track you?
"Cellar temperature" is 57f. If the cellarman was particularly useless, or it was a trendy wine bar which serves mainly lagers and spirits, they might turn it down further to keep the lager drinkers happy. They should have secondary chillers for the lager lines, though; Running the chillers to cool the whole cellar to lager temperatures is really expensive.
Ale barman and cellarman for 10 years.
I used DDG too and found a lot of results just weren't as good as Google. I've since started using StartPage They use Google results, and offer browsing through the IxQuick proxy to continue anonymous browsing (sister site, apparently).
Don't forget your technology triangle:
Small - Cheap - Good. Pick two.
They should have called it Pedestrian Mode. It was designed to be used to underclock the processor for some applications which couldn't handle the faster timings.
No, but my g/f's name is Becki. That was a nice coincidence :)
Snap a CD in half, then try and explain why we're allowed to take them on aircraft but nailclippers and scissors are banned.
You might want to wear eye protection, and don't run your finger over the exposed edge.
Prior to the 9/11/2001 hijacking, the expectation was that the hijackers has an agenda which ended in a hostage trade-off and everyone getting out alive. Cooperating with the hijackers ensured the survival of the hostages.
I maintain that had we had locked and reinforced cockpit doors prior to 9/11, the hijackings would not have been successful. Expecting passengers and crew to risk their lives for the chance of stopping a hijacker entering the cockpit prior to the WTC attacks was pointless; They expected to live by cooperating. Locking the cockpit puts the idea of taking control of the plane out of their hands, making hijack less of an issue.
or pour shit in my drinks.
Ahem... What now? They pour substances into your drinks? Are you expected to continue drinking them?