Villagers used to come to him, give a small offering, ask a question, and get some advice.
Now the villagers go to the box that the government provided. This is a direct attack on his power.
Want to bet that these boxes will be blamed for next year's poor harvest?
No matter how primitive, people fight like hell to have a monopoly on information and power. More developed nations play the same game at a different level.
The operating system used in the affected system, Windows CE, poses hurdles to a quick fix. Microsoft recommends that Windows CE is used for "low-end cash-dispensing ATMs," while Windows XP Embedded and Windows XP Professional are used on more full-featured ATMs, according to a white paper on kiosk and ATM operating-system platforms issued by the software maker. Windows XP Embedded, the latest version of which is Windows Embedded Standard 2009, and Windows XP Professional are more secure because they are easier to update, the software giant says.
So why didn't the police notify the general public that reporters were using this trick, and advise all cell phone users to set their PINs properly? I mean, aren't the police there to "protect and serve?"
Or, are the police using this trick, as well, and didn't want to go public with a method that they are using to snoop on people, without any tap warrant?
. . . it fit's your GNU/Linux/Hackable requirements . . . I dunno about the "live, up-to-date traffic information and route planning " stuff. But worth taking a look at.
Yeah, we tried that already . . . but brains in buckets tend to attract too many zombies . . . you end up spending way to much money on ammunition for gun shots to the zombie heads . . . though, the sysops seem to love the action.
I Water is taxed about 6 times if you count 'em all (at least the rate is 6% after drinking water, what a fucking great silver lining that is).
Well, fuck me over flying fucking backwards. The fucking Netherlands has fucking taxes on fucking water? I fucking thought that if the fucking country didn't have all those fucking brilliant fucking dikes, then the whole fucking country would be under fucking water, and they would be fucking totally fucking fucked over, with no fucking clue what to do with all the fucking water.
Except fucking tax it.
But what the fuck do I know?
And fuck, that fucking story about that fucking Dutch boy, who saved the fucking country, by sticking his fucking finger in the fucking dike to stop the fucking leak?
Well, the little fucking bastard was just fucking trying to finger fuck the fucking dike.
Please mention me in your prayers, before you go to sleep tonight . . . I don't want to go to work tomorrow, and start talking like my rant, above.
. . . these stories will be definitely much more amusing. C'mon ... let's hear 'em, from our overseas folks:
Lack of titty-bars in Riyadh? Being offered a rat for dinner in Beijing, and being told that it is a "big mouse"? Water cooling your CPUs with raw sewage, which comes from the same source as the drinking water?
There MUST be some really god-awful places on this planet for IT work, that makes Detroit and their Ohio pals pale in comparison.
. . . why the hell not? They seem to be really interested in robot drones these days. And they already fund an "Robot SUV through the desert" challenge. The next phase should be robots, that can take out other robots. Maybe flip bots will prevail? Or maybe a Dalek-Thingie with a chainsaw will slice it in half first? Ok, The Doctor's K-9, armed with a Hellfire missle?
Only empirical evidence will tell us. Wake up DARPA! Get that checkbook out, real soon!
Now *that* would be entertainment.
Actually, now that I think about it, they probably already stage these exhibitions at Aberdeen Proving Ground . . . but the public is not invited to watch.
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They are over the American Revolution. This is their response for us creating the "Three's Company".
"Absolutely Fablulous."
Dom & Bom, anyone?
Wow, that's good news for the folks at "Viz" : http://www.viz.co.uk/books.html or http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/095485778X/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books
Maybe Dr House should just swear more, and then he wouldn't need so much Vicodin?
Now you just need to convince those around you that there is a medical reason (other than Tourette's Syndrome) for your chronic swearing . . .
Villagers used to come to him, give a small offering, ask a question, and get some advice.
Now the villagers go to the box that the government provided. This is a direct attack on his power.
Want to bet that these boxes will be blamed for next year's poor harvest?
No matter how primitive, people fight like hell to have a monopoly on information and power. More developed nations play the same game at a different level.
. . . don't convicted criminals have their passports confiscated, while awaiting sentencing?
I just find it bizarre, that they can just hop on a plane to LA.
This would be a great Monty Python sketch with Eric Idle, as the bloke checking the passports on exiting the country:
"Ah, going to Los Angles, super, super! Business? No, holiday? Ah, spit, which one is it?"
"We are convicted criminals leaving the country, to apply for asylum in the United States."
"Ok, off you go then!"
Might I add one point, since this about programming on mainframes. Ken Thompson once said:
"Using TSO is like kicking a dead whale along the beach!"
Actually, TFA was about sysadmins, and not programmers.
When you register your flight, does the FAA (or whoever) give warnings about dangerous areas?
During your flight does the ATC tell you, "Be careful, you are about to enter a dangerous area?"
I guess what I want to know, is if he had a chance to know what the local pilots knew.
. . . from TFA:
The operating system used in the affected system, Windows CE, poses hurdles to a quick fix. Microsoft recommends that Windows CE is used for "low-end cash-dispensing ATMs," while Windows XP Embedded and Windows XP Professional are used on more full-featured ATMs, according to a white paper on kiosk and ATM operating-system platforms issued by the software maker. Windows XP Embedded, the latest version of which is Windows Embedded Standard 2009, and Windows XP Professional are more secure because they are easier to update, the software giant says.
. . . he is destined to encounter, and do battle with piracy.
This time the real thing.
. . . are not going to be able to post about it happening, are they?
So why didn't the police notify the general public that reporters were using this trick, and advise all cell phone users to set their PINs properly? I mean, aren't the police there to "protect and serve?"
Or, are the police using this trick, as well, and didn't want to go public with a method that they are using to snoop on people, without any tap warrant?
. . . http://www.mndl.hu/works/fractalcow
. . . bleeding billboards? Yawn.
. . . now if those billboards could project holograms of sharks with lasers and zombies screaming, "Braaaaiins" . . . it might work.
What happened to grog, wenches and plunder?
It's been replaced with "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash."
"Arrrgg, matie, thirty days at sea, and not a wench to be seen."
"Grease up the monkey."
. . . it fit's your GNU/Linux/Hackable requirements . . . I dunno about the "live, up-to-date traffic information and route planning " stuff. But worth taking a look at.
Just stick a human brain in a bucket.
Yeah, we tried that already . . . but brains in buckets tend to attract too many zombies . . . you end up spending way to much money on ammunition for gun shots to the zombie heads . . . though, the sysops seem to love the action.
. . . maybe this is breakthrough that we have been waiting for on the "Flying Car" front?
Too late . . . the surgeon ate it with some fava beans . . . and a nice chianti . . .
I Water is taxed about 6 times if you count 'em all (at least the rate is 6% after drinking water, what a fucking great silver lining that is).
Well, fuck me over flying fucking backwards. The fucking Netherlands has fucking taxes on fucking water? I fucking thought that if the fucking country didn't have all those fucking brilliant fucking dikes, then the whole fucking country would be under fucking water, and they would be fucking totally fucking fucked over, with no fucking clue what to do with all the fucking water.
Except fucking tax it.
But what the fuck do I know?
And fuck, that fucking story about that fucking Dutch boy, who saved the fucking country, by sticking his fucking finger in the fucking dike to stop the fucking leak?
Well, the little fucking bastard was just fucking trying to finger fuck the fucking dike.
Please mention me in your prayers, before you go to sleep tonight . . . I don't want to go to work tomorrow, and start talking like my rant, above.
Damn, I wish I were Norwegian!
Well, if it's any consolation, you can at least blame your mother for that.
Critical oil industry application skills would be a help. Or saturation diving experience.
. . . and if your idea of Christmas Dinner is a blow-torched sheep's head, you're in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove
"I got dibs on the tongue!"
. . . into the Council of Guardians?
. . . these stories will be definitely much more amusing. C'mon . .. let's hear 'em, from our overseas folks:
Lack of titty-bars in Riyadh? Being offered a rat for dinner in Beijing, and being told that it is a "big mouse"? Water cooling your CPUs with raw sewage, which comes from the same source as the drinking water?
There MUST be some really god-awful places on this planet for IT work, that makes Detroit and their Ohio pals pale in comparison.
"There's nothing wrong with instilling fear," he said.'"
"Fear . . . and surprise!"
About 5 seconds before the vote
What vote?
This treaty is so important, and so secret, that it will be enacted by "Executive Branch Decision."
There are probably plenty of "secret treaties" already. We just don't know about them because, they are . . . well, secret.
"Negotiating secret treaties with foreign countries." That sounds just grand.
"Hey what law have I violated?"
"Sorry, can't tell you. It's secret."
The conspiracy folks will have some fun with this.
. . . why the hell not? They seem to be really interested in robot drones these days. And they already fund an "Robot SUV through the desert" challenge. The next phase should be robots, that can take out other robots. Maybe flip bots will prevail? Or maybe a Dalek-Thingie with a chainsaw will slice it in half first? Ok, The Doctor's K-9, armed with a Hellfire missle?
Only empirical evidence will tell us. Wake up DARPA! Get that checkbook out, real soon!
Now *that* would be entertainment.
Actually, now that I think about it, they probably already stage these exhibitions at Aberdeen Proving Ground . . . but the public is not invited to watch.