I get the impression this is just a prank by someone with a little too much free cash and a bad sense of humor.
You may have meant "someone with a little too much stolen cash". This is too blunt for anyone with the resources to seriously mod the HW in a meaningful way for intelligence gathering or DoS. My gut reaction is the laptops have a trojan/worm on them, and were intended for the dumber staff to go "cool! free loot!" for the LULZ.
will need to convince a judge that this is so important that you need a 'john doe' warrant to search all records for evidence
I get the impression that you (and many others) believe that because itscommonsense to work this way, that it actually does work that way. The flaw is in the definition of "convince", whereby many assume its a difficult requirement.
Surely there are more pressing issues for them to worry about?
I would much rather our Federal Government waste their time and my money investigating MLB, as opposed to to wasting their time and my money improving healthcare, out failed/failing companies, saving every single last banker, and figuring out new ways to let illegals vote for them.
I have my conservative HOPES, and they can keep the socialist CHANGE.
They deliberately make them as vague as possible so they can use them as a large net. This helps to prevent some of that abuse.
Exactly. And to that end, the entire database will be subpoena'd in the future, and not be restricted to a few specific sql queries. It'll be the same as searching a file cabinet for the results page, and finding 10 names on the page.
Fine. Stop sending us those ugly Word documents please;)
OO.o happily opens and converts MS-Office documents. The problem only exists going sending it back, but not for the sender, unless you count the extra work involved in 'saving as' and resending.
Two years later while I was reinstalling his nonoperational Vista (for the third time)
I've given up supporting Windows in my family. I flatly refuse. I've found a more effective use of my time is to burn CDs and DVDs for family visits.
When my wife's vista laptop died, she thought she'd get a free ride and I would fix it for her. I threw a fedora disk at her and said when thats installed, I'll help, until then I don't care. 7 months now, and the most I've been involved is helping with wireless and initially configuring her e-mail aside from some initial "best practices". Since then, she has learned how to help herself has become quite independent, which makes my home life much more enjoyable with less "fixing".
The kids PC is an old Gateway, running CentOS, and I rarely have to help the 3 (he's a webkinz fan), 6, and 9 year olds with it. It just runs, and allows them to play and discover, as opposed to update and frustrate.
1. The network he was unable to attend to (because of being jailed inappropriately) ran FINE in his absence. He has skills, and previous descriptions indicate this is not a simple network.
2. He stuck to his beliefs. I think this is a good quality, especially considering it cost him his freedom for a period of time.
3. In spite of the negative connotations of imprisonment, I'm sure there is educational value from his situation.
4. In my personal opinion, from whats been published, management screwed the pooch on this one, he did the right thing, in several situations.
I prefer the Razer Lachesis or Diamondback for gaming and work. The Lachesis is is 3G 4000dpi and high precision, minimal movement type and the Diamondback is a 2000dpi which basically translates to a really fast mouse with more traditional travel ranges.
They both work with Linux, although the actual drivers/profiles needed to be setup on a windows system first. In the case of the Lach, it stores 5 profiles on the mouse itself.
In spite of the pissing match about Ernie's original intentions, free vs OSS, etc... I see upside to retelling this story. Namely, he claims he is running an efficient (apps you NEED, not what comes bundled), high uptime (no MS virus du jour or upgrade parade), and economical (no brand new hardware) business without MS-Windows, MS-Office, MS-Exchange.
There is not much. This excerpt, In general terms, in the U.S., whoever can be troubled to key in the data, is deemed to own the right to store and use it, even if the data were collected without permission, is particularly disturbing.
Data may only be used for the specific purposes for which it was collected.
While you may THINK the data was collected for either a sale, long term lease agreements (similar to cable service), or whatnot... the ACTUAL specific purpose was to track you and sell your information to "partners".
Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about
This is where the "partners" come in... See JCpenny and SBS for an example of 1 company using your information and giving it to a partner company.
Personal information may be kept for no longer than is necessary and must be kept up to date.
Too bad its not supposed to be deleted if it can't be confirmed in given period of time. Also, SSNs don't expire, so you get off thier list if you die. Yay.
I cruise at -1. Those that don't would never see the humor in some of this stuff if people didn't mod them up. Personally, I find some the humor absolutely hilarious but too many people will reach for the troll mod before the funny mod.
They're pretty much the only major financial institution to make it through this crisis without falling for the scams and without needing government money. In fact, they were forced to take it by the government so that people wouldn't single out companies receiving bailout money as being failures
Yes, but how much is your time worth? Would you be willing to pay for a streaming service that provides interesting selections from the entire body of music ever produced with complete customizable options delivered to any device you own 24/7/365 on demand?
This has its appeal, and its place, although target devices are limited for bandwidth and quality. I often listen to the cable-tv-provided theme channels and pipe it through the audio rack. There are several non customizable channels that occasionally get use, mostly the holiday themed ones. I've used Rhapsody frequently in the past. I've used amazon to just buy mp3s.
There is something to be said for music as a service, even though people can copy the stream, which makes it easier to hear anything at anytime for a reasonable flat periodic fee.
It's not a huge time investment to format shift a stream for my own use in my truck, on another pc, or another cd/dvd player. It wasn't even that much of an addition money investment. That's really the key benefit, which is seemingly outside the lines as far as the RIAA is concerned. They don't want to sell a service, they want to sell per spin, or at least per device.
but many people would rather pay a couple bucks per month to have someone else do that for them and deliver it to them as a nicely packaged service
I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I do have nice gear, and don't mind "turning the dials" on it. I don't think locally stored music is any different than managing albums, cassettes, or CDs before we could copy to different disks.
I would use a service if the cost was really a "few bucks a month", if that price included bandwidth, the quality wasn't dirt, was commercial free and I could customize the inbound playlist. That would replace the need for me to format shift in large part, and then it wouldn't be worth my time to bother.
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Do they run Linux?
I get the impression this is just a prank by someone with a little too much free cash and a bad sense of humor.
You may have meant "someone with a little too much stolen cash". This is too blunt for anyone with the resources to seriously mod the HW in a meaningful way for intelligence gathering or DoS. My gut reaction is the laptops have a trojan/worm on them, and were intended for the dumber staff to go "cool! free loot!" for the LULZ.
It would make sense that the "Law of lesser evil" would apply. Unfortunately, this is American Government where no laws apply.
will need to convince a judge that this is so important that you need a 'john doe' warrant to search all records for evidence
I get the impression that you (and many others) believe that because itscommonsense to work this way, that it actually does work that way. The flaw is in the definition of "convince", whereby many assume its a difficult requirement.
Surely there are more pressing issues for them to worry about?
I would much rather our Federal Government waste their time and my money investigating MLB, as opposed to to wasting their time and my money improving healthcare, out failed/failing companies, saving every single last banker, and figuring out new ways to let illegals vote for them.
I have my conservative HOPES, and they can keep the socialist CHANGE.
They deliberately make them as vague as possible so they can use them as a large net. This helps to prevent some of that abuse.
Exactly. And to that end, the entire database will be subpoena'd in the future, and not be restricted to a few specific sql queries. It'll be the same as searching a file cabinet for the results page, and finding 10 names on the page.
how long until an unpatched XP becomes a wide open door to my home network ?
In the time it took you to read this post, it already did.
Fine. Stop sending us those ugly Word documents please ;)
OO.o happily opens and converts MS-Office documents. The problem only exists going sending it back, but not for the sender, unless you count the extra work involved in 'saving as' and resending.
Two years later while I was reinstalling his nonoperational Vista (for the third time)
I've given up supporting Windows in my family. I flatly refuse. I've found a more effective use of my time is to burn CDs and DVDs for family visits.
When my wife's vista laptop died, she thought she'd get a free ride and I would fix it for her. I threw a fedora disk at her and said when thats installed, I'll help, until then I don't care. 7 months now, and the most I've been involved is helping with wireless and initially configuring her e-mail aside from some initial "best practices". Since then, she has learned how to help herself has become quite independent, which makes my home life much more enjoyable with less "fixing".
The kids PC is an old Gateway, running CentOS, and I rarely have to help the 3 (he's a webkinz fan), 6, and 9 year olds with it. It just runs, and allows them to play and discover, as opposed to update and frustrate.
Good catch. My brain said one thing, and my mischievous hands typed another. :D
Lets not forget...
I would hire him.
A skilled system administrator can get root / Administrator access so long as they have access to the machine
I challange your usage of the word, "skilled"." The hardest part is reading.
Owait ... this is /., I see your point now. :P
MS optical mouse
I prefer the Razer Lachesis or Diamondback for gaming and work. The Lachesis is is 3G 4000dpi and high precision, minimal movement type and the Diamondback is a 2000dpi which basically translates to a really fast mouse with more traditional travel ranges. They both work with Linux, although the actual drivers/profiles needed to be setup on a windows system first. In the case of the Lach, it stores 5 profiles on the mouse itself.
In spite of the pissing match about Ernie's original intentions, free vs OSS, etc... I see upside to retelling this story. Namely, he claims he is running an efficient (apps you NEED, not what comes bundled), high uptime (no MS virus du jour or upgrade parade), and economical (no brand new hardware) business without MS-Windows, MS-Office, MS-Exchange.
FFS. It runs linux successfully.
Microsoft said that Windows Vista would transform life as we knew it.
to a living hell!
Quit your complaining. Microsoft transformed many (including many of YOU /.ers) to OSX and Linux.
There is not much. This excerpt, In general terms, in the U.S., whoever can be troubled to key in the data, is deemed to own the right to store and use it, even if the data were collected without permission, is particularly disturbing.
Data may only be used for the specific purposes for which it was collected.
While you may THINK the data was collected for either a sale, long term lease agreements (similar to cable service), or whatnot... the ACTUAL specific purpose was to track you and sell your information to "partners".
Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about
This is where the "partners" come in ... See JCpenny and SBS for an example of 1 company using your information and giving it to a partner company.
Personal information may be kept for no longer than is necessary and must be kept up to date.
Too bad its not supposed to be deleted if it can't be confirmed in given period of time. Also, SSNs don't expire, so you get off thier list if you die. Yay.
How much education do you need to refuse a total stranger access to your bank account?
If the simple fact that many have provided funds or access is an indication, then I'd say LOTS.
A wish for mod points.
That would be me. I always mod trolls up.
I cruise at -1. Those that don't would never see the humor in some of this stuff if people didn't mod them up. Personally, I find some the humor absolutely hilarious but too many people will reach for the troll mod before the funny mod.
They're pretty much the only major financial institution to make it through this crisis without falling for the scams and without needing government money. In fact, they were forced to take it by the government so that people wouldn't single out companies receiving bailout money as being failures
There is an-oth-eerrrrrrr.
I only wish the reason was because our education was getting the job done.
re: your sig: Why should Obama apologize to Crowley? Crowley made a mistake, and Obama said so.
I hope thats an attempt at humor. It failed (miserably), just like the race card Gates played (stupidly) and has since capitulated from.
You do that every time you pick up the phone. Or send a letter. Or do anything other than talk to someone face to face outside of the cone of silence.
FTFY. ;)
Yes, but how much is your time worth? Would you be willing to pay for a streaming service that provides interesting selections from the entire body of music ever produced with complete customizable options delivered to any device you own 24/7/365 on demand?
This has its appeal, and its place, although target devices are limited for bandwidth and quality. I often listen to the cable-tv-provided theme channels and pipe it through the audio rack. There are several non customizable channels that occasionally get use, mostly the holiday themed ones. I've used Rhapsody frequently in the past. I've used amazon to just buy mp3s.
There is something to be said for music as a service, even though people can copy the stream, which makes it easier to hear anything at anytime for a reasonable flat periodic fee.
It's not a huge time investment to format shift a stream for my own use in my truck, on another pc, or another cd/dvd player. It wasn't even that much of an addition money investment. That's really the key benefit, which is seemingly outside the lines as far as the RIAA is concerned. They don't want to sell a service, they want to sell per spin, or at least per device.
but many people would rather pay a couple bucks per month to have someone else do that for them and deliver it to them as a nicely packaged service
I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I do have nice gear, and don't mind "turning the dials" on it. I don't think locally stored music is any different than managing albums, cassettes, or CDs before we could copy to different disks.
I would use a service if the cost was really a "few bucks a month", if that price included bandwidth, the quality wasn't dirt, was commercial free and I could customize the inbound playlist. That would replace the need for me to format shift in large part, and then it wouldn't be worth my time to bother.