I don't know if this is really on topic (or even of interest) but the (German) Federal Constitutional Court judged that the usage of electronic voting machines in Hesse was illegal
the main point was the intransparency of the counting process - so at least in Germany the usage of electronic voting machines is very unlikely.
e.g. our copier needs flash(sic!) for the web management frontend.
you can't imagine my wtf-face after realising this - heck, I'm not able to add a new user for the build-in scanner without a fscking flash-plugin... sigh
I don't prevent anything. I just force them to use a non-privileged user for the daily work.
and if you claim that you need a root-user for your coding I don't want you as a developer in my network (yes, this is harsh - but sorry, I have seen too much broken machines in my life... and I have absolutely no problems with local root accounts for anyone of the staff, as soon as this account is not used normally but only for specific tasks like installing/upgrading software)
> All Windows XP workstations are set up with non-admin accounts, including developers.
as an admin I understand this policy
our users [not a bank but a service provider for clinical studies - only sensitive data, not sensitive money:)] have also only users without admin rights, the only exception are local admin users without network access.
since I get the approval for this procedure I have much less work with fixing messed up setups - and my developers don't play around with strange new tools/games/apps/whatever (just testing, *really*)...
they CAN get root access to there machines (the local admin account) but they are *not* allowed to use such a privileged account for the daily work. and to be honest: the worst in Windows is the attitude to use the computer with admin rights
every time I read such a story I begin to wonder why the NSA (or the [German] BKA or whatever agency) interested in eavesdropping of Skype conversation don't _buy_ the fscking company - afaik is ebay not really interested in this subsidiary...
hmm, I believed long tail means that the stuff can be sold and sold again over different channels (e.g. a film: 1. cinema, 2. dvd, 3. television, 4. some strange magazines with the dvd of the film, 5. drive-by-ads with youtube et al,...)
but I have to agree that I never thought about it - "long tail" is just used as buzzword in my experience...
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and a model designed at the University of Freiburg is commercially available since ~ 2002...
> be running atop the Windows NT kernel (and for a while there, nearly was)
really? never heart of this, do you have some links for this - I'm really curious
(don't get me wrong, this is a serious question, not just this oh so funny [citation needed] meme :))
a nice, easy, reliable way to detect a conficker infection.
great!
pvp would be a nice idea - the winner gets the lower uid :)
DAS HÄCKER DER
better?
just dropping some more names:
what about Manzetti* with his published idea in 1844 and his "speaking telegraph" in 1864?
or Reis** with a working prototype in 1860?
Sure, Bell was the only/first one who started a business out of a lab prototype but "first call" is at least a white lie
*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocenzo_Manzetti
**) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Reis
brainfuck is hard. Let's use Java
Ha! I closed the loop :)
> Sheesh...
nah, the sh-thingy is somewhere else
> suddenoutbreakofcommonsense ?
no, the Constitutional Court is the one only example in Germany for decisions with sense.
(but I'll claim a suddenoutbreakofcommonsense if our government or parliament would only act half as wise as the highest court....)
I don't know if this is really on topic (or even of interest) but the (German) Federal Constitutional Court judged that the usage of electronic voting machines in Hesse was illegal
the main point was the intransparency of the counting process - so at least in Germany the usage of electronic voting machines is very unlikely.
the decision (unfortunately only in German, no idea if a Google translation makes sense...): http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/entscheidungen/cs20090303_2bvc000307.html
sorry - next time I will be more precise in my wording :)
> most netmgt solutions are WAY over-engineered
oh yes, I agree totally.
e.g. our copier needs flash(sic!) for the web management frontend.
you can't imagine my wtf-face after realising this - heck, I'm not able to add a new user for the build-in scanner without a fscking flash-plugin... sigh
hmm, Crysis with 60 fps on a Beowulf cluster of OpenWRT routers?
[bye karma, I will miss you :)]
> Taking over French things is the Germans' job.
been there, done that
(ah shit, I couldn't resist)
seems to be working, Google now knows the term...
some more hits for this directing to Jones Day should do the trick :)
I don't prevent anything. I just force them to use a non-privileged user for the daily work.
and if you claim that you need a root-user for your coding I don't want you as a developer in my network (yes, this is harsh - but sorry, I have seen too much broken machines in my life... and I have absolutely no problems with local root accounts for anyone of the staff, as soon as this account is not used normally but only for specific tasks like installing/upgrading software)
can someone mod this up so I have a chance to read it?
thanks
so what?
the "hey, please upgrade"-banner is maybe wrong for your OS but there are many alternatives out there.
if this small info box annoys a win2k user it doesn't needs a rocket scientist to find other alternatives for ie6.
> All Windows XP workstations are set up with non-admin accounts, including developers.
as an admin I understand this policy
our users [not a bank but a service provider for clinical studies - only sensitive data, not sensitive money :)] have also only users without admin rights, the only exception are local admin users without network access.
since I get the approval for this procedure I have much less work with fixing messed up setups - and my developers don't play around with strange new tools/games/apps/whatever (just testing, *really*)...
they CAN get root access to there machines (the local admin account) but they are *not* allowed to use such a privileged account for the daily work. and to be honest: the worst in Windows is the attitude to use the computer with admin rights
every time I read such a story I begin to wonder why the NSA (or the [German] BKA or whatever agency) interested in eavesdropping of Skype conversation don't _buy_ the fscking company - afaik is ebay not really interested in this subsidiary...
but with this protocol any user should be aware of sniffing with machine guns...
http://www.faqs.org/qa/rfcc-361.html
I'm not sure about this - imo the Iranian Revolutionary Guards seems to be more familiar and friendly than those strange guys from the Swiss Guard...
(don't trust anyone wearing puffs)
nope.
(and I really curious about the backlight - Cerenkov radiation?)
what will not happen? Paying, investigating or punishing?
I don't even dare to give odds for any of the three possabilities...
hmm, I believed long tail means that the stuff can be sold and sold again over different channels (e.g. a film: 1. cinema, 2. dvd, 3. television, 4. some strange magazines with the dvd of the film, 5. drive-by-ads with youtube et al, ...)
but I have to agree that I never thought about it - "long tail" is just used as buzzword in my experience...