Whenever I bring up the subject of going on a long drive (a few hundred miles in a single shot) in an electric vehicle, which is typically beyond the range of a pure electric car. I always hear the argument about stations in which you'll be able to trade in your battery for one that is charged. Similar to how many supermarkets/gas stations allow you to trade in your bbq's propane tank for one that is full. No need to wait for it to be filled up (which can typically only be done at gas stations and not at supermarkets etc..) and you walk away in 2minutes with a full tank.
The problem with this is often you can walk in with a shiny, clean, rust free, dirt free, etc propane tank and walk away with one that is dirty, old, a bit rusty (but according to the supermarket/gas station is fully functional). While it would be trivializing the difference in technology between a propane tank and a car battery, I can see quite a few people (me included) believing that there's a good chance that you would trade in your brand new battery for one that is 2-3yrs old but according to the battery charging station, is "perfectly good".
I wonder what they consider "IT"? As I know in the top 25, some of those firms outsource significant portions of their IT infrastructure out to 3rd parties such as IBM Global Services or EDS/HP....
For those that believe that everyone should know about wireless encryption, and that everyone should know the benefits of WPA vs WEP, I hope you don't shred your trash but burn it before putting it into your recycle bin/garbage can. Because your credit card receipts and bills, even if shredded could contain "fragments" of personal data.
What you don't burn it or dissolve it in acid? You only shred it? You should know better. Everyone should know proper sensitive documentation handling and disposal procedures.
Care to name a few other areas that Grandma should know about which are blatantly obvious to you because computers and networking is part of your job. I bet Grandma doesn't throw you under the proverbial bus because you cannot sew a button on your shirt.
Ok so I can see why someone would inform MSFT and for that matter the world that there is a serious problem with some component in an OS. However, what I don't understand is why he would find it necessary to disclose code to exploit the bug? At that point it becomes a race condition between sysadmins checking/protecting and black hat hackers building malware to take advantage of it.
I've been a long time plex user on my laptop connected via DVI/optical audio out to my home stereo. I figured the next mini would be the right time to offload all my movies/videos/music from the laptop to a permanently attached mac. The big disappointment to me is the lack of a bluray player and that the SD slot is on the back. They should have put on the front a SD slot and a USB port. I realize putting all the ports on the back makes the front cleaner, but having the two most commonly used connectors for copying files from your camera would have been great.
Anybody know why apple is so against having bluray players in their systems? Somehow I doubt that an iTunes downloaded movie has the same quality as that of a native bluray disk. I guess this is just the next step in the "heavily sampled mp3s are just as good as CDs" downspiral of quality.
It's hard enough trying to find a place to sit down, now with people getting free "unlimited" (exact details to be clarified at some point) without having someone use their local starbucks as a library and occupying the seating while they research their doctoral thesis or pontificate how they'll write the next great blog.
I just want a place to sit for 10minutes while I drink my beverage. I don't care if they give away free wifi, but they should install "parking meters" on the seats.
If you've ever driven through the south eastern US, say along HWY 85 from Georgia to Alabama you can see fields of kudzu that are engulfing whole areas. This stuff grows inches per day and covers trees, cars, telephone poles etc..
I can't wait for IBM to sue for all the time and money spent just to gather the source code:
Complying with the Court's Order involved more than 4,700 hours of work from more than 400 IBM employees. This does not include the time spent by IBM's counsel and consultants on this project, which was likewise considerable. IBM produced a total of more than 80 GB of source code and other electronic data to SCO, and more than 900,000 pages of paper (which were scanned and produced in electronic form on CDs).
This guy is no different than Steve Bartman who made a mistake as a fan that could have been anybody. He was chastised, ridiculed and pretty much couldn't return to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs ever again. One ESPN writer did hunt him down a few years later.
We should be attacking Obama about Katrina because, while the touristy French Quarter is back to normal, the ninth ward still looks like the day after Katrina hit.
American's have such a short memory that we..
-sent relief to Katrina victims until Haiti happened, -sent relief to Haiti victims until the BP Oil spill happened,
Cisco has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple for use as the name of Apple's operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The license is for use of the trademark only and not for any technology.
Sure the researcher had to write a kernel module etc etc... but how does most malware get on peoples computer? They inadvertently install it because they want IM icons, funny sounds, animated pointers etc etc. So what's to say someone doesn't write some Android application that appears to be harmless yet everyone wants it, then mom/dad/grandma install it?
I would be more impressed if the researcher found a way to get rootkit software through Apple's auditing process.
While I'm no apple fanboy, I would think the average Joe would take solace in the fact that a company is auditing every application that is sold through their store.
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Whenever I bring up the subject of going on a long drive (a few hundred miles in a single shot) in an electric vehicle, which is typically beyond the range of a pure electric car. I always hear the argument about stations in which you'll be able to trade in your battery for one that is charged. Similar to how many supermarkets/gas stations allow you to trade in your bbq's propane tank for one that is full. No need to wait for it to be filled up (which can typically only be done at gas stations and not at supermarkets etc..) and you walk away in 2minutes with a full tank.
The problem with this is often you can walk in with a shiny, clean, rust free, dirt free, etc propane tank and walk away with one that is dirty, old, a bit rusty (but according to the supermarket/gas station is fully functional). While it would be trivializing the difference in technology between a propane tank and a car battery, I can see quite a few people (me included) believing that there's a good chance that you would trade in your brand new battery for one that is 2-3yrs old but according to the battery charging station, is "perfectly good".
For social order, we need tighter reins.
Incarceration hasn't worked as a deterrent.
I say we expand execution to include lesser crimes!
Who would have thought a movie based upon a comic book that takes place in a city similar to NewYork would foresee something like this?
What's the difference between virtual currency in the WoW sense and the pieces of paper you get with the game monopoly?
Hypocrite: a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.
Apple wants to share your location with the world, yet Steve Jobs doesn't even put license plates on his car for undisclosed (privacy?) reasons.
I wonder what they consider "IT"? As I know in the top 25, some of those firms outsource significant portions of their IT infrastructure out to 3rd parties such as IBM Global Services or EDS/HP....
For those that believe that everyone should know about wireless encryption, and that everyone should know the benefits of WPA vs WEP, I hope you don't shred your trash but burn it before putting it into your recycle bin/garbage can. Because your credit card receipts and bills, even if shredded could contain "fragments" of personal data.
What you don't burn it or dissolve it in acid? You only shred it? You should know better. Everyone should know proper sensitive documentation handling and disposal procedures.
Care to name a few other areas that Grandma should know about which are blatantly obvious to you because computers and networking is part of your job. I bet Grandma doesn't throw you under the proverbial bus because you cannot sew a button on your shirt.
Do they sue the weatherman?
Ok so I can see why someone would inform MSFT and for that matter the world that there is a serious problem with some component in an OS. However, what I don't understand is why he would find it necessary to disclose code to exploit the bug? At that point it becomes a race condition between sysadmins checking/protecting and black hat hackers building malware to take advantage of it.
You'll have 15,000 fans all blowing Didgeridoos.
I've been a long time plex user on my laptop connected via DVI/optical audio out to my home stereo. I figured the next mini would be the right time to offload all my movies/videos/music from the laptop to a permanently attached mac. The big disappointment to me is the lack of a bluray player and that the SD slot is on the back. They should have put on the front a SD slot and a USB port. I realize putting all the ports on the back makes the front cleaner, but having the two most commonly used connectors for copying files from your camera would have been great.
Anybody know why apple is so against having bluray players in their systems? Somehow I doubt that an iTunes downloaded movie has the same quality as that of a native bluray disk. I guess this is just the next step in the "heavily sampled mp3s are just as good as CDs" downspiral of quality.
It's hard enough trying to find a place to sit down, now with people getting free "unlimited" (exact details to be clarified at some point) without having someone use their local starbucks as a library and occupying the seating while they research their doctoral thesis or pontificate how they'll write the next great blog.
I just want a place to sit for 10minutes while I drink my beverage. I don't care if they give away free wifi, but they should install "parking meters" on the seats.
"It's sad that our top minds are working on the ability to text message our friends that we are meeting at Hooters for beer and wings at 6pm."
If you've ever driven through the south eastern US, say along HWY 85 from Georgia to Alabama you can see fields of kudzu that are engulfing whole areas. This stuff grows inches per day and covers trees, cars, telephone poles etc..
I can't wait for IBM to sue for all the time and money spent just to gather the source code:
Complying with the Court's Order involved more than 4,700 hours of work from more than 400 IBM employees. This does not include the time spent by IBM's counsel and consultants on this project, which was likewise considerable. IBM produced a total of more than 80 GB of source code and other electronic data to SCO, and more than 900,000 pages of paper (which were scanned and produced in electronic form on CDs).
We're talking out in the field today. Hi, what's your name?
"My name's Bob Fliber!"
Bob, what do you do?
"I'm in the artillery!"
Thank you, Bob. Listen, can we play anything for you?
"Anything! Just play it loud! Okay?"
...but we just rebranded them as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
-Brought to you by VMWare and Wyse.
This guy is no different than Steve Bartman who made a mistake as a fan that could have been anybody. He was chastised, ridiculed and pretty much couldn't return to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs ever again. One ESPN writer did hunt him down a few years later.
During and after Katrina everyone attacked Bush
We should be attacking Obama about Katrina because, while the touristy French Quarter is back to normal, the ninth ward still looks like the day after Katrina hit.
American's have such a short memory that we..
-sent relief to Katrina victims until Haiti happened,
-sent relief to Haiti victims until the BP Oil spill happened,
Cisco has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple for use as the name of Apple's operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The license is for use of the trademark only and not for any technology.
Sure the researcher had to write a kernel module etc etc... but how does most malware get on peoples computer? They inadvertently install it because they want IM icons, funny sounds, animated pointers etc etc. So what's to say someone doesn't write some Android application that appears to be harmless yet everyone wants it, then mom/dad/grandma install it?
I would be more impressed if the researcher found a way to get rootkit software through Apple's auditing process.
While I'm no apple fanboy, I would think the average Joe would take solace in the fact that a company is auditing every application that is sold through their store.
I love playing basketball, but I have no interest in working for Spalding, Nike, Reebok or Adidas.
demonstrations showing two 720p HD videos running simultaneously on a netbook, thanks to IE9's GPU-accelerated graphics
How about demonstrating flawless backwards compatibility with ancient activeX plugins on Oracle financials running under winXP...
Here's a fix:
Don't use it.
Add tags to your bookmarks, tags come up before cache hits.
Apple's PE ratio is also 2x of MSFT, Walmart, IBM, GE, XOM etc...