The issue remains that an automated process that is prone to failure is not a very good process to consider for important (sensitive, secure) applications, like Presidential elections.
machines wishing to inform me of my vehicle's possible "out-of-warranty status" need to end.
Sadly, they continue refusing to provide warranty for my 1972 Dodge Dart. In spite of the 3 minutes of my wasted time, It's still entertaining to me to hear the excitement of the TM turn to pwnd.
Us folks who live and work in and around Boston have long been aware that MBTA really stands for "Most Broken Trains Anywhere"... News that there is yet another problem with with the subway, and a dipshit official response is hardly noteworthy.
For reference; The Big Dig is an ongoing disaster. (any of the top 50 hits there is relevant)
It's the money many press/media outlets have already invested in getting over there and positioning their people to get the best coverage. NBC Sports would continue Olympic coverage even if Chinese soldiers were making a public show of bludgeoning dissidents to death in the street.
It's one thing to broadcast it... it's another thing entirely if no one watches.
I won't be watching, but then NBC (and the other useless US networks) already know I don't watch their programming from reviewing the channel history right off my cable converter box.
Supporting events in China is a no-brainer to fail miserably, especially given the Nielson ratings from Italy in 2006, and declining numbers since 1984.
This years Olympic trial numbers from NYT 2006 numbers from Italy. Here's an article which details exactly how much money was spent by NBC in Athens (2004), for less than 20% ROI. An article from 2000 (Summer) shows the olympics averaged 13.3 and Sunday Night Football (in the SUMMER!) got a 10.3.
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The stench first appeared at 6.23am Houston time. The source is still unknown.
I realize TFA only talks about bundling a few conveniences together in cars, and not running the car itself or other silly Jetson-like automation; but my fear is that if you let closed source "in the door", at some point MS will "extend" (heh!) and screw up perfectly good cars.
Secondly, considering MS's propensity toward DRM (see Vista, broadcast flags) and the simple fact that GPS can talk on the internet, this is not an entertainment "packaging" that I would welcome openly without much scrutiny.
When I saw "brick" and "'stang" in the same sentence, I thought you were going to talk about its handling characteristics...
I had considered it. I decided to stick with the iFord / wiistang version of useless and to not include the obvious correlation between brick and 'stang. Although my personal experience is that the Mustang drives more like a nerf football, than a brick.
The Western world has made China one giant production facility
It's called poor leadership.
US: Hey, lend us money and we'll encourage our citizens to buy your wares with ridiculous tax breaks for corporations. China: Buy 5x junk, and it's a deal!
In the end, they lent us the money, and now because we are stuck with their shit products, and inability through gross negligence on the part of US leadership are reduced to selling prime real estate and property to the bastards.
Post not meant as a troll, maybe a rant, but surely not a troll.
I wonder how altering the rather slow adaptation to environment (read: evolution) will affect the life in the ocean by dramatically changing the target ocean's ph.
Second Subject: 6 headed biped killer humans from hell
Aside from relatively cleaner air to breathe, I wonder what will happen to the upper food chain when they eat said (potential, but nevertheless altered) mutant life from said target ocean.
I would be very leery of booting the system to net or cdrom. What ELSE did he setup?
It's trivial to add a crontab or other mechanism that would F the whole system from many sources (S99xxxx, K99xxxx, altered shutdown, altered scripts, etc...). Even if he does provide the right password, how can you trust the system? Because he's being a dick, and holding out on passwords, this should be treated like a confirmed intrusion. They are going to be rebuilding the entire fleet of servers, if they have any sense.
Echoing other comments, yes, I'm sure we've all thought about ways to do this, or something like, and being a very creative bunch, I'd bet nothing short of a full system and source code audit would ever find some of things we could do.
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The American electoral process has become a disgrace thanks to our indifference.
The 2-party majority and lobbyists made sure of that long before votes needed to altered.
Point well taken.
The issue remains that an automated process that is prone to failure is not a very good process to consider for important (sensitive, secure) applications, like Presidential elections.
I also wish there was a way to temporarily block a phone for all calls except emergencies from numbers registered as such.
An ACL based on CallerID?
ifallow=ring
ifdeny=fuckoff
I'm sure this already exists in one form or another but am too lazy to find a reference.
machines wishing to inform me of my vehicle's possible "out-of-warranty status" need to end.
Sadly, they continue refusing to provide warranty for my 1972 Dodge Dart. In spite of the 3 minutes of my wasted time, It's still entertaining to me to hear the excitement of the TM turn to pwnd.
So seriously, can anyone tell me what is so hard about automating a paper process that has ticks in boxes?
Ever taken a #2 pencil test, and failed to 'completely fill in' each box?
But there are inherent problems with paper too - ballot theft, miscounting etc.
Thank you so much for reminding me of the 'pregnant chad' debacle. I hate you. I hate Florida too.
They are not a collection agency for the MAFIAA.
This idea will die.
You might be onto something here...
Us folks who live and work in and around Boston have long been aware that MBTA really stands for "Most Broken Trains Anywhere"... News that there is yet another problem with with the subway, and a dipshit official response is hardly noteworthy.
For reference; The Big Dig is an ongoing disaster. (any of the top 50 hits there is relevant)
What do you expect with this illiterate idiot^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Honorable Mayor in charge of the City?
Let's not forget, that Massachusetts lemmings voted for Free 'em All Deval and continue to vote for this upstanding citizen.
It must be something in the the water.
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Is it sarcasm if it's true?
you seriously can't see why anybody would enjoy watching a human being pull off amazing shit like that?
I search youtube for "pwnt", and "crashes".
Doesn't a Republic always lead to an Empire?
Maybe we'll get cool white plastic uniforms!
Why aren't the 'good cops' turning in their corrupt, violent and evil coworkers?
C'mon....the thin blue line is widely known as a monikor for the biggest gang in the US.
As an example, I did a search for my home town
Note the difference capitalization makes:
All lower case: No results were found for: groton massachusetts
And;
Properly capitalized: 7,947 results for Groton, Massachusetts
There are apparently some bugs in the strawberries.
It's the money many press/media outlets have already invested in getting over there and positioning their people to get the best coverage. NBC Sports would continue Olympic coverage even if Chinese soldiers were making a public show of bludgeoning dissidents to death in the street.
It's one thing to broadcast it... it's another thing entirely if no one watches.
I won't be watching, but then NBC (and the other useless US networks) already know I don't watch their programming from reviewing the channel history right off my cable converter box.
Supporting events in China is a no-brainer to fail miserably, especially given the Nielson ratings from Italy in 2006, and declining numbers since 1984.
This years Olympic trial numbers from NYT
2006 numbers from Italy.
Here's an article which details exactly how much money was spent by NBC in Athens (2004), for less than 20% ROI.
An article from 2000 (Summer) shows the olympics averaged 13.3 and Sunday Night Football (in the SUMMER!) got a 10.3.
The stench first appeared at 6.23am Houston time. The source is still unknown.
Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
I'd rather have a more ethically responsible corporation in charge of software and hardware that can endanger human life.
This is old, but coincidental, IMHO, nonetheless.
I realize TFA only talks about bundling a few conveniences together in cars, and not running the car itself or other silly Jetson-like automation; but my fear is that if you let closed source "in the door", at some point MS will "extend" (heh!) and screw up perfectly good cars.
Secondly, considering MS's propensity toward DRM (see Vista, broadcast flags) and the simple fact that GPS can talk on the internet, this is not an entertainment "packaging" that I would welcome openly without much scrutiny.
When I saw "brick" and "'stang" in the same sentence, I thought you were going to talk about its handling characteristics...
I had considered it. I decided to stick with the iFord / wiistang version of useless and to not include the obvious correlation between brick and 'stang. Although my personal experience is that the Mustang drives more like a nerf football, than a brick.
Poll:
How long before someone 'bricks' their 'stang?
PPL still get wet over these self-aggrandizing shiny trophy affairs?
Like who really cares anyways?
The government can't stand to have any "unregulated" exchange of goods, services, or capital.
Read: Tax-free.
Watch out amazon.com (and the like) here they come!
/tin-foil-hat
The Western world has made China one giant production facility
It's called poor leadership.
US: Hey, lend us money and we'll encourage our citizens to buy your wares with ridiculous tax breaks for corporations.
China: Buy 5x junk, and it's a deal!
In the end, they lent us the money, and now because we are stuck with their shit products, and inability through gross negligence on the part of US leadership are reduced to selling prime real estate and property to the bastards.
Post not meant as a troll, maybe a rant, but surely not a troll.
I wonder how altering the rather slow adaptation to environment (read: evolution) will affect the life in the ocean by dramatically changing the target ocean's ph.
Second Subject: 6 headed biped killer humans from hell
Aside from relatively cleaner air to breathe, I wonder what will happen to the upper food chain when they eat said (potential, but nevertheless altered) mutant life from said target ocean.
42?
I just read a big fat WHOOOOOOSH.
I followed /. protocol and didn't RTFA, so I don't know for sure that 'Engineer' and 'sysadmin' are not being interchanged here.
But seriously, engineers do not need root on production systems.
I would be very leery of booting the system to net or cdrom. What ELSE did he setup?
It's trivial to add a crontab or other mechanism that would F the whole system from many sources (S99xxxx, K99xxxx, altered shutdown, altered scripts, etc...). Even if he does provide the right password, how can you trust the system? Because he's being a dick, and holding out on passwords, this should be treated like a confirmed intrusion. They are going to be rebuilding the entire fleet of servers, if they have any sense.
Echoing other comments, yes, I'm sure we've all thought about ways to do this, or something like, and being a very creative bunch, I'd bet nothing short of a full system and source code audit would ever find some of things we could do.
They are going to be rebuilding the entire fleet of servers, if they have any sense.
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For rent: 1 slightly used evil overlord/bofh/sysadmin
Adding to AC.
See this. 'Nuff said.