I like to think of it as what you remove from the lint catcher after you run a bag of marshmallows through your drier.
Since we're on the subject, do you have a young child? I do. At least she hasn't put a grilled cheese in the vcr, but she did contemplate putting a pancake in the dvd.
It's an electromagnetic device called a bulk eraser. Essentially it's magnetic field overpowers the magnetic media and scrambles or resets the field, result, no usable data left. My advice, don't bother with it. It's faster, cheaper, and easier to use something like secure erase. Read the article at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/how-to-really-erase-a-hard-drive/129 and don't worry, it has a link to Secure Erase.
Now you don't need to use Secure Erase itself, there are other programs out there that can do the same thing.
What if you can't hook the drive up to a computer to erase it? Sure you can, unless it's broken, in which case, your best bet to make sure it's as big a pain for a data recovery place to get anything back (are we paranoid?) is to physically destroy the platters. I'd suggest melting them to a puddle if you have access to a forge or some other metal melting equipment. Less secure, but still a deal breaker for most snoops, cut it to bits with some sort of metal saw. (That is a saw designed to cut metal, not one made of metal, though it probably is. Doesn't matter if it's a big table chop saw, or a hand held hacksaw.)
All jokes aside, if you send it to someone else, and they are responsible for wiping the drive, you really don't know if it was done, so don't be too surprised if you get a strange phone call one day from somebody that has your data. (Or worse, your bank account gets looted.)
Lying by omission is NOT lying, so long as all the statements are factually correct. It's usually impossible, or at least improbable, to provide all relevant or pertinent data and points. If someone intentionally leaves out parts that may alter your impressions and choices regarding it with intent to do so, that's part of persuasion, but it's still not lying.
Everyone is biased, even on things they don't understand. Some people are better at recognizing their own bias and compensating for it. Something journalism used to do. FOX is an example of a reporting/editorial comment media that revels in it's own bias. Unfortunately, they've also taking to lying or otherwise falsifying their statements. This is not opinion, they've been caught many times. Ironically, if you watch The Daily Show, you would have seen John Steward making fun of them for that very thing many times. Too bad most of the 'news' media out there didn't call them out for their faux paus.
It's ironic that RIAA is complaining about misinformation, since they have been engaging in mass quantities of both that, and complete flat out lies for years. By the way, many of the points stated in that article are easily refuted by actually looking up the facts, reports, and studies. So again, what's the pot full of bubbling black tar complaining to the kettle about?
It won't be long before some career criminal or reporter gets a hold of a receiver capable of handling their crypto, then getting the key. I figure it's only going to be 5 months before non-cops are listening in, and the cops will have no idea unless someone broadcasts something to clue them in. I'd suggest a sound clip from Sinistar:) http://youtu.be/S-XEINagmaU
Using sigmas in science has been around for a long long time. It's something from probability mathematics. You see, the scientists don't consider anything, and I mean ANYTHING, including your own existence to be 100%. However, they will allow for probabilities approaching the point where there really isn't much reason to try and argue about it. (If you hear a scientist say something is 100% probable, then he's just dumbing the explanation down so he doesn't have to do an entire publicity tour for years just to sooth the ignorant baboons worried about something so unlikely it's got less than a 1 in a million chance to happen once in the entire lifetime of a billion universes.)
They call it sigma, because the probability formulas use the greek letter sigma. If you don't know what a sigma looks like,in my opinion it looks like a capital M laying down on it's left side. On the Lucida Console font, I show it as character 03A3, but I've been having trouble getting it to show properly in this post, it keeps coming up as Σ
What's the probability that you will NOT have a singing winged monkey flying out you backside while doing The Man From LaMancha this year? Honestly I have no idea, but I'd bet it's got AT LEAST 6 sigmas.:)
There are lawyers that are good kind honest people, and cops like that also, but those aren't the ones you hear about. As to the black comparison, nobody ever chooses what 'race' they will be born as, but every lawyer did in fact choose their profession and worked hard to become one.
"Allami says he sent the text message in French and used the word ''exploser,'' a term he claims is commonly used in finance to mean grow or succeed."
Bet it was picked up by english keyword software or 'examined' by an english speaker that obviously doesn't understand french idioms/slang, so he googled it, and found the wrong definition. Basic moron level knee-jerking.
Exactly. Many Librarians have stood up and spoken out against censorship in all it's forms. It's just they work in libraries and must not be used to yelling to be heard.
You don't like what they are watching, then don't stare at their screen. Same way with what book or magazine they are reading, stop looking over their shoulder and reading it. If you really want to see it, get your own copy or wait until that one is available.
Do you dislike porn? If so, then don't view it. There, that's simple enough.
As to bonch whining about librarians shushing someone who's being loud, that's not censorship, they didn't prevent him from communicating, just from being a rude impolite noisy pest that's disturbing the other patrons. Kind of like not allowing someone to knock other people down by ride skateboard inside a crowded mall isn't a violation of the skateboarders right. You have to have respect for other people.
Not so much. The in game theft or con is just a matter of the game. You can kill the online character a million times, and only piss off the player. So long as he doesn't go ballistic and pop a vein or something, no real harm done.
This case has the kid, the actual real world human, being threatened with a knife, aka - actual potential death of the person or at least some really nasty boo-boos. Not so much different than sticking a knife to someone and forcing them to withdraw money from an ATM. After all, it was just digital data that got shifted around, it's just that the ATM also exchanges that data into physical currency, but since most of the worlds currencies are not backed by any physical value, it's not a lot different than online goods.
I know it's not the traditional way of looking at it, but it deserves some thought. (And before anyone suggests it, no I don't think virtual goods should be taxed, only tax the profits you make in the real world by selling them. Otherwise it's like taxing your cousins promise to give you $100 on your birthday before you get it.)
Knife d3, Dagger d4, Short Sword d6, Great Sword 2d6 or Knife d3, Dagger d4+1, Short Sword d6, Great Sword 2d8 or Knife or Dagger +1, Short Sword +2, Great Sword +5
It all depends on which game system you're using, in some of them you can kill anyone with a single good hit. (Of course there are plenty of others where it'll take about an hour to whittle away someone with a knife before they start feeling wounded...)
My brother buys a ton of games every year, lots of both used and new. However, if he can't trade it, he usually won't buy it. If all games prevented you from selling/trading them so you had to buy new games only, his purchases of new games would probably drop to about 20% of the current level.
Anytime a game restricts his ability to sell it or trade it, he rants about ripoffs and evil corporations interspersed with a generous helping of profanity. I simply point out it's a violation of the doctrine of first sale., and it's wrong. Like most people, if I buy something, I can do anything with it I want. Whether that be selling it to someone else, burying it in a hole, using it for an impromptu pyrotechnic display, or using it till it melts from excessive wear. It's my item, I'll do whatever I please with it, and no damn creator/publisher has a right to tell me otherwise. (If they want those kinds of rights, they'd better drop the prices to a tiny fraction of what they would otherwise be.)
You'd think an astronaut upon seeing a crashed spaceship would probably say something like, "HOLY F###### ##IT! THERES AN ALIEN SPACESHIP HERE! CALL THE PRESIDENT, THE REPORTS, MY MOM!". Since nothing like that every came through, I kind of doubt it happened. And the astronauts say nothing like that happened. But they did bring back lots of pictures.
On the other hand, we have psychics claiming the astronauts did find that, and their proof is that they imagined it.
A few years back, my email stopped working and I couldn't fix it. So I called our IT, and was firmly rebuffed with a "Send us an email and we'll fix your problem.". Their stupidity astounded me. When I recovered from the shock I went over to their floor and pounded on their locked door until the someone answered it. At that point I said loudly enough so that the entire floor could hear, "I can't send you an email, because as I told you on the phone my email is broken! Are you stupid or something?!". It was fixed in 10 minutes.
No, I didn't get in trouble for the insult, but the ITs new policy of only dealing with issues submitted via email was history by the next day.
I was about to post that you'd completely missed the target since it's about Silkworms, and not spiders, but you're probably getting enough flak as is, and besides, our jokes aren't any better than your tired old meme.
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If the internet wasn't skewed, it just wouldn't be the same.
It would be CSPAN, but with less politicians.
I like to think of it as what you remove from the lint catcher after you run a bag of marshmallows through your drier.
Since we're on the subject, do you have a young child? I do. At least she hasn't put a grilled cheese in the vcr, but she did contemplate putting a pancake in the dvd.
You sure? He might be one sexy bitch with his shirt over his face and photographed at a 45 degree angle.
(If you don't know the reference, look up "Gabriel Iglesias Fluffy".)
Of us making fun of this, yes. Of people doing it for real, not so much, but at least it gave him material to work with.
Instead of "good" use "un-negative".
That sounds more pc to me.
By "pc" I mean "Linguistically Obfuscated" as opposed to "Personal Computer".
The magnets from Hard Drives make THE BEST FRIDGE MAGNETS EVER!
Seriously, a regular fridge magnet can barely hold itself up there, but a hard drive magnet can hold an entire manila folder, I've tested several.
They are also good for pulling the lids out of cans when they fall in.
It's an electromagnetic device called a bulk eraser. Essentially it's magnetic field overpowers the magnetic media and scrambles or resets the field, result, no usable data left.
My advice, don't bother with it. It's faster, cheaper, and easier to use something like secure erase.
Read the article at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/how-to-really-erase-a-hard-drive/129 and don't worry, it has a link to Secure Erase.
Now you don't need to use Secure Erase itself, there are other programs out there that can do the same thing.
What if you can't hook the drive up to a computer to erase it? Sure you can, unless it's broken, in which case, your best bet to make sure it's as big a pain for a data recovery place to get anything back (are we paranoid?) is to physically destroy the platters. I'd suggest melting them to a puddle if you have access to a forge or some other metal melting equipment. Less secure, but still a deal breaker for most snoops, cut it to bits with some sort of metal saw. (That is a saw designed to cut metal, not one made of metal, though it probably is. Doesn't matter if it's a big table chop saw, or a hand held hacksaw.)
All jokes aside, if you send it to someone else, and they are responsible for wiping the drive, you really don't know if it was done, so don't be too surprised if you get a strange phone call one day from somebody that has your data. (Or worse, your bank account gets looted.)
Lying by omission is NOT lying, so long as all the statements are factually correct. It's usually impossible, or at least improbable, to provide all relevant or pertinent data and points. If someone intentionally leaves out parts that may alter your impressions and choices regarding it with intent to do so, that's part of persuasion, but it's still not lying.
Everyone is biased, even on things they don't understand. Some people are better at recognizing their own bias and compensating for it. Something journalism used to do. FOX is an example of a reporting/editorial comment media that revels in it's own bias. Unfortunately, they've also taking to lying or otherwise falsifying their statements. This is not opinion, they've been caught many times. Ironically, if you watch The Daily Show, you would have seen John Steward making fun of them for that very thing many times. Too bad most of the 'news' media out there didn't call them out for their faux paus.
It's ironic that RIAA is complaining about misinformation, since they have been engaging in mass quantities of both that, and complete flat out lies for years. By the way, many of the points stated in that article are easily refuted by actually looking up the facts, reports, and studies.
So again, what's the pot full of bubbling black tar complaining to the kettle about?
maybe it's as in he wants to sit on your back and ride you around like a pony
It won't be long before some career criminal or reporter gets a hold of a receiver capable of handling their crypto, then getting the key. :) http://youtu.be/S-XEINagmaU
I figure it's only going to be 5 months before non-cops are listening in, and the cops will have no idea unless someone broadcasts something to clue them in. I'd suggest a sound clip from Sinistar
Using sigmas in science has been around for a long long time. It's something from probability mathematics. You see, the scientists don't consider anything, and I mean ANYTHING, including your own existence to be 100%. However, they will allow for probabilities approaching the point where there really isn't much reason to try and argue about it. (If you hear a scientist say something is 100% probable, then he's just dumbing the explanation down so he doesn't have to do an entire publicity tour for years just to sooth the ignorant baboons worried about something so unlikely it's got less than a 1 in a million chance to happen once in the entire lifetime of a billion universes.)
:)
They call it sigma, because the probability formulas use the greek letter sigma. If you don't know what a sigma looks like,in my opinion it looks like a capital M laying down on it's left side.
On the Lucida Console font, I show it as character 03A3, but I've been having trouble getting it to show properly in this post, it keeps coming up as Σ
What's the probability that you will NOT have a singing winged monkey flying out you backside while doing The Man From LaMancha this year? Honestly I have no idea, but I'd bet it's got AT LEAST 6 sigmas.
How about Dewey Cheatem and Howe - Attorneys at Law
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey,_Cheatem_%26_Howe)
There are lawyers that are good kind honest people, and cops like that also, but those aren't the ones you hear about.
As to the black comparison, nobody ever chooses what 'race' they will be born as, but every lawyer did in fact choose their profession and worked hard to become one.
more likely? Considering they went ballistic on one misinterpreted word in a text message, I'd say they it's 100% positive they were spying on him.
"Allami says he sent the text message in French and used the word ''exploser,'' a term he claims is commonly used in finance to mean grow or succeed."
Bet it was picked up by english keyword software or 'examined' by an english speaker that obviously doesn't understand french idioms/slang, so he googled it, and found the wrong definition.
Basic moron level knee-jerking.
Exactly. Many Librarians have stood up and spoken out against censorship in all it's forms. It's just they work in libraries and must not be used to yelling to be heard.
You don't like what they are watching, then don't stare at their screen. Same way with what book or magazine they are reading, stop looking over their shoulder and reading it. If you really want to see it, get your own copy or wait until that one is available.
Do you dislike porn? If so, then don't view it. There, that's simple enough.
As to bonch whining about librarians shushing someone who's being loud, that's not censorship, they didn't prevent him from communicating, just from being a rude impolite noisy pest that's disturbing the other patrons. Kind of like not allowing someone to knock other people down by ride skateboard inside a crowded mall isn't a violation of the skateboarders right. You have to have respect for other people.
Not so much. The in game theft or con is just a matter of the game. You can kill the online character a million times, and only piss off the player. So long as he doesn't go ballistic and pop a vein or something, no real harm done.
This case has the kid, the actual real world human, being threatened with a knife, aka - actual potential death of the person or at least some really nasty boo-boos. Not so much different than sticking a knife to someone and forcing them to withdraw money from an ATM. After all, it was just digital data that got shifted around, it's just that the ATM also exchanges that data into physical currency, but since most of the worlds currencies are not backed by any physical value, it's not a lot different than online goods.
I know it's not the traditional way of looking at it, but it deserves some thought.
(And before anyone suggests it, no I don't think virtual goods should be taxed, only tax the profits you make in the real world by selling them. Otherwise it's like taxing your cousins promise to give you $100 on your birthday before you get it.)
No such thing. The only wizards that know how to make one of those would rather destroy the world before crafting that abomination. :D
Knife d3, Dagger d4, Short Sword d6, Great Sword 2d6
:D
or
Knife d3, Dagger d4+1, Short Sword d6, Great Sword 2d8
or
Knife or Dagger +1, Short Sword +2, Great Sword +5
It all depends on which game system you're using, in some of them you can kill anyone with a single good hit. (Of course there are plenty of others where it'll take about an hour to whittle away someone with a knife before they start feeling wounded...)
Yes, I couldn't resist the geek-points
There have been a couple of cases in Korea where someone was killed over an argument in an online game, or theft of equipment in an online game.
It's Japanese, if you knew the alphabet you'd understand a bit more.
My brother buys a ton of games every year, lots of both used and new. However, if he can't trade it, he usually won't buy it. If all games prevented you from selling/trading them so you had to buy new games only, his purchases of new games would probably drop to about 20% of the current level.
Anytime a game restricts his ability to sell it or trade it, he rants about ripoffs and evil corporations interspersed with a generous helping of profanity.
I simply point out it's a violation of the doctrine of first sale., and it's wrong. Like most people, if I buy something, I can do anything with it I want. Whether that be selling it to someone else, burying it in a hole, using it for an impromptu pyrotechnic display, or using it till it melts from excessive wear. It's my item, I'll do whatever I please with it, and no damn creator/publisher has a right to tell me otherwise. (If they want those kinds of rights, they'd better drop the prices to a tiny fraction of what they would otherwise be.)
You'd think an astronaut upon seeing a crashed spaceship would probably say something like, "HOLY F###### ##IT! THERES AN ALIEN SPACESHIP HERE! CALL THE PRESIDENT, THE REPORTS, MY MOM!". Since nothing like that every came through, I kind of doubt it happened. And the astronauts say nothing like that happened. But they did bring back lots of pictures.
On the other hand, we have psychics claiming the astronauts did find that, and their proof is that they imagined it.
Yeah, I'm going with the astronauts on this one.
A few years back, my email stopped working and I couldn't fix it. So I called our IT, and was firmly rebuffed with a "Send us an email and we'll fix your problem.". Their stupidity astounded me. When I recovered from the shock I went over to their floor and pounded on their locked door until the someone answered it. At that point I said loudly enough so that the entire floor could hear, "I can't send you an email, because as I told you on the phone my email is broken! Are you stupid or something?!". It was fixed in 10 minutes.
No, I didn't get in trouble for the insult, but the ITs new policy of only dealing with issues submitted via email was history by the next day.
I was about to post that you'd completely missed the target since it's about Silkworms, and not spiders, but you're probably getting enough flak as is, and besides, our jokes aren't any better than your tired old meme.