It's really easier than that, happens in my corporation all the time - departmental capital budgets (especially IT) do not allow you to hire more permanent headcounts, but you can expense consulting and professional services until you're blue in the face. Obviously those are going to cost more than hiring a full time cubicle monkey, but capital budgets are capital budgets and IT departments are doing what they are forced to do, to get the job done.
Oh please, like other companies (Google, Microsoft, AT&T) don't let other governments (UK, Canada, US) read your "encrypted" email whenever they feel like it.
I know, they have the company co-founder personally participate in its viral marketing campaign, complimenting the artificial deficit of product created to generate hype... now that's dedication!
And that's a bad thing how exactly? Regardless of the means, the end result benefits the consumer and differentiates it from competition... But yeah, they need to fix the damn network, I want my messaging services back.
Maybe. Except this wasn't really a hacking attempt... not even a brute-force password cracking attempt... more like an automated login script more or less. Wake me up when they catch an actual intrusion, through SQL injection or some perimeter vulnerability they may have. This here is a positive publicity stunt.
I know that this will probably not be accepted as an informative comment by the Slashdot crowd, but the only thing fitting that comes to mind after reading this is: ROFLMAO!
I don't have an Android phone, I prefer my mobile devices relatively malware free, but you are correct my BlackBerry is running Java. However, if Java in the browser may be dying for the consumer market, it certainly is thriving for the enterprise sector - every vendor out there has taken their management interfaces "to the web", by basically converting their Java-based desktop apps into huge, slow, painful to use, applets. Not sure what point I'm trying to make with that last statement, but I'd say that Firefox dropping Java would be a big deal regardless.
i'm a plumber and it's all true, those toilets are death traps. If i had a penny for every exploded toilet i've fixed i would have atleast a $100.
I applaud your courage in sharing that you have been fixing at least one toilet a day for the past 25 years! It's impressive.
On a related note, why has this made it's way to Slashdot (especially considering that it happens all the time to all sorts of people)? I suspect this was an attempt to get people trolling about government employee's explosive back-end qualities...
This does not make me feel safer... this makes me feel like the airline thinks that there will inevitably be a crash and therefore I, who as a frequent flier has a higher chance of being in it, should be prepared. This makes me want to fly with another airline, the one that doesn't think it's planes are going to be crashing anytime soon.
Very well said. Though, I really hope this gets addressed, because I don't feel comfortable with having to make a choice between potentially exposing my device password or contents of my SD card..
Who cares, as long as they don't increase the price of the streaming-only package, I get some awesome Dreamworks cartoons for free. I call that added value for the customer (me).
I think as a method of capital punishment it would be cruel and unusual - it's all fine and dandy to spend 3 minutes riding the rollercoaster before you commit suicide... but when you don't actually want to die, that's 3 minutes of you... well, dying. Also, if you're afraid of heights, this is also cruel.
Yeah, that seems to be a recurring pattern for me too - outside of the US = not eligible to access some Amazon Kindle titles period (like the full set of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), buy some products from Amazon store (Tachyon HD Micro for example), be eligible for their free shipping, watch Hulu (or a billion other video streaming services), access good half of Netflix titles... you name it. If you ask me - that's US companies missing out on business, while consumers have to suffer... for whatever reason.
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It's true. BugMeNot has been going downhill for a while now. I've been struggling to find a good alternative.
I know, what the hell. I haven't used Facebook in 2 years, I guess I'll just use BugMeNot if I need to login to that site.
Here you go:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Repeatedly-Helped-FBI-Break-Communications-Law-106553
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/03/fbi_confirms_co
http://www.itworld.com/security/216565/google-admits-it-would-give-your-data-feds-93-times-out-100
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190438/microsoft_stool_pigeon_for_the_cops_and_fbi.html
It's really easier than that, happens in my corporation all the time - departmental capital budgets (especially IT) do not allow you to hire more permanent headcounts, but you can expense consulting and professional services until you're blue in the face. Obviously those are going to cost more than hiring a full time cubicle monkey, but capital budgets are capital budgets and IT departments are doing what they are forced to do, to get the job done.
Oh please, like other companies (Google, Microsoft, AT&T) don't let other governments (UK, Canada, US) read your "encrypted" email whenever they feel like it.
No wonder those phones are sold out.
I know, they have the company co-founder personally participate in its viral marketing campaign, complimenting the artificial deficit of product created to generate hype... now that's dedication!
Sounds like a great company to work for.
I bet you he gets reprimanded as opposed to rewarded for his "not rant"... though, with Google, you never know.
And that's a bad thing how exactly? Regardless of the means, the end result benefits the consumer and differentiates it from competition... But yeah, they need to fix the damn network, I want my messaging services back.
Maybe. Except this wasn't really a hacking attempt... not even a brute-force password cracking attempt... more like an automated login script more or less. Wake me up when they catch an actual intrusion, through SQL injection or some perimeter vulnerability they may have. This here is a positive publicity stunt.
And why exactly would that be accepted as informative?
Exactly.
I know that this will probably not be accepted as an informative...
See, now this will be "Redundant" :)
Maybe he just decided to take the free resource online and publish it as an income-generating book?
I know that this will probably not be accepted as an informative comment by the Slashdot crowd, but the only thing fitting that comes to mind after reading this is: ROFLMAO!
I don't have an Android phone, I prefer my mobile devices relatively malware free, but you are correct my BlackBerry is running Java. However, if Java in the browser may be dying for the consumer market, it certainly is thriving for the enterprise sector - every vendor out there has taken their management interfaces "to the web", by basically converting their Java-based desktop apps into huge, slow, painful to use, applets. Not sure what point I'm trying to make with that last statement, but I'd say that Firefox dropping Java would be a big deal regardless.
In other news, Mozilla is considering dropping support for Java in Firefox, to fix SSL/TLS vulnerabilities... so yeah, I'd say it's close.
i'm a plumber and it's all true, those toilets are death traps. If i had a penny for every exploded toilet i've fixed i would have atleast a $100.
I applaud your courage in sharing that you have been fixing at least one toilet a day for the past 25 years! It's impressive.
On a related note, why has this made it's way to Slashdot (especially considering that it happens all the time to all sorts of people)? I suspect this was an attempt to get people trolling about government employee's explosive back-end qualities...
This does not make me feel safer... this makes me feel like the airline thinks that there will inevitably be a crash and therefore I, who as a frequent flier has a higher chance of being in it, should be prepared. This makes me want to fly with another airline, the one that doesn't think it's planes are going to be crashing anytime soon.
Remember, folks: divide and conquer.
That sounds threatening.
Very well said. Though, I really hope this gets addressed, because I don't feel comfortable with having to make a choice between potentially exposing my device password or contents of my SD card..
Does anybody know if this affects the Bell Mobility devices in Canada? I know someone who owns one... wondering if I should bug them about it. Thanks.
Who cares, as long as they don't increase the price of the streaming-only package, I get some awesome Dreamworks cartoons for free. I call that added value for the customer (me).
Has nobody seen Blade here? The man was obviously a vampire.
I think as a method of capital punishment it would be cruel and unusual - it's all fine and dandy to spend 3 minutes riding the rollercoaster before you commit suicide... but when you don't actually want to die, that's 3 minutes of you... well, dying. Also, if you're afraid of heights, this is also cruel.
She's not supposed to take it into the shower, no matter what the pop-up says when the little green light above the screen comes on.
I see what you did there. Trevor Harwell reference. Clever.
Yeah, that seems to be a recurring pattern for me too - outside of the US = not eligible to access some Amazon Kindle titles period (like the full set of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), buy some products from Amazon store (Tachyon HD Micro for example), be eligible for their free shipping, watch Hulu (or a billion other video streaming services), access good half of Netflix titles... you name it. If you ask me - that's US companies missing out on business, while consumers have to suffer... for whatever reason.