In a strange coincidence of "one thing happening after two other things happen", the "please stop breaking my knees" button becomes available after the ransomware's author has had both of his knees broken.
I love it when liberal hippies are hypocritical (read: always). I thought it was only the gun-loving rednecks that believed paranoid conspiracy theories about the ill intent of government.
I'm not sure what the guy expected from a politician who doesn't even understand the legislation she tables. "Shoulder thing that goes up" is about all you need to know about the senator from Commiefornia.
Maybe private industry didn't go to the moon because there was no compelling business reason to do so. I guarantee you if the government had said "We will give a 200-year exclusive settlement and mining rights to the first corporation to land on the moon", it would have been done faster and cheaper than the government did it.
Maybe the government insists on maintaining its monopoly on road infrastructure and won't allow private roads to be built. Or maybe private industry has no interest in doing it, because the costs to generate revenue from it outweigh the revenue.
Government responds to different incentives than private corporations do, so of course in many cases they do jobs that private industry won't. Being a monopoly or taking on revenue-negative work doesn't mean that the people doing that work are at the top of their field.
Is anyone REALLY surprised that the FBI was wrong? Government doesn't attract top-tier talent. Never has, never will. When your hiring practices, policies, procedures, compensation and benefits are all at the bottom of the barrel, well... that's what you get. The bottom of the barrel.
If I told my boss that I wanted to revamp our end user infrastructure for the low cost of $40K per user, I would probably be told to go home until I sobered up.
Maybe we should be angry that this type of sensitive information is in diplomatic cables. Why are medical records, credit card info and other stuff being stored and transmitted by government agents in the first place?
In Canada, not filling out the census has not only monetary penalties, but potential jail time. So if you're one of the unlucky 25% of households that got the "long form" census this year, you had to -- under threat of fines and jail time -- provide information like whether you have any "emotional, psychological or mental health conditions" (question 11e), the address you normally work at, how you get to work, what time you leave for work and how long it takes you to get to work (questions 42, 43, 44a and 44b), how much you paid for child care, child support and spousal support (48, 49), if your house needs repairs (F6), how much you pay for electricity, heating and water (F8a-c), and how much your mortgage payments are (F10a).
A company called NuViz tried to do exactly that. It was a HUD device that attached outside your helmet, almost like a Sena does. And they failed just like Skully.
They crossed the line from "parody" to "misrepresentation and fraud" when they did this:
"The opening frame of the video says "Paid for in part by the National Rifle Association of America with additional support from Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation." "
Parodies are a comedic exaggeration of *style*, and limited (though broad) leeway is allowed in matters of copyright. However, the use of trademarks in a way that could mislead is generally not protected.
Well, that's rather interesting... when I went to the mpaa.org site, it immediately got stopped by NoScript; it was trying to redirect me to a URL in the form www.mpaa.org/my.ip.add.ress
I run Cyanogen on my Dream as well, but I got around the data blockage like so:
If you were quick enough to take advantage of the free HTC Magic upgrade they offered, you can just root the Magic and install CursorSense (at least 1.2.1). CursorSense is a mod of the official Rogers firmware, so as far as Rogers is concerned, you have a 'patched' phone, so they re-enable data access on your account. At that point you can switch back to your Dream with full 3G access.
I was without data for about a day (my Magic only arrived Monday, a day after they started blocking data), but since then I've been fine.
Rogers can take their mandatory upgrade and shove it.:p
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In a strange coincidence of "one thing happening after two other things happen", the "please stop breaking my knees" button becomes available after the ransomware's author has had both of his knees broken.
I love it when liberal hippies are hypocritical (read: always). I thought it was only the gun-loving rednecks that believed paranoid conspiracy theories about the ill intent of government.
So Yahoo, a company that made its name as a search engine, can't search through its own corporate records.
Now we know why Yahoo is no longer relevant to anyone.
I'm not sure what the guy expected from a politician who doesn't even understand the legislation she tables. "Shoulder thing that goes up" is about all you need to know about the senator from Commiefornia.
Your argument is hilarious due to its fallacies.
Maybe private industry didn't go to the moon because there was no compelling business reason to do so. I guarantee you if the government had said "We will give a 200-year exclusive settlement and mining rights to the first corporation to land on the moon", it would have been done faster and cheaper than the government did it.
Maybe the government insists on maintaining its monopoly on road infrastructure and won't allow private roads to be built. Or maybe private industry has no interest in doing it, because the costs to generate revenue from it outweigh the revenue.
Government responds to different incentives than private corporations do, so of course in many cases they do jobs that private industry won't. Being a monopoly or taking on revenue-negative work doesn't mean that the people doing that work are at the top of their field.
Is anyone REALLY surprised that the FBI was wrong? Government doesn't attract top-tier talent. Never has, never will. When your hiring practices, policies, procedures, compensation and benefits are all at the bottom of the barrel, well... that's what you get. The bottom of the barrel.
... but we're going to punish Apple.
Hey, it's just like anti-gun rhetoric. Bad guy does something bad with a gun, let's punish everyone except the bad guy.
If I told my boss that I wanted to revamp our end user infrastructure for the low cost of $40K per user, I would probably be told to go home until I sobered up.
Maybe we should be angry that this type of sensitive information is in diplomatic cables. Why are medical records, credit card info and other stuff being stored and transmitted by government agents in the first place?
So the terrorists win by simply not applying a software update?
In Canada, not filling out the census has not only monetary penalties, but potential jail time. So if you're one of the unlucky 25% of households that got the "long form" census this year, you had to -- under threat of fines and jail time -- provide information like whether you have any "emotional, psychological or mental health conditions" (question 11e), the address you normally work at, how you get to work, what time you leave for work and how long it takes you to get to work (questions 42, 43, 44a and 44b), how much you paid for child care, child support and spousal support (48, 49), if your house needs repairs (F6), how much you pay for electricity, heating and water (F8a-c), and how much your mortgage payments are (F10a).
A company called NuViz tried to do exactly that. It was a HUD device that attached outside your helmet, almost like a Sena does. And they failed just like Skully.
OPM gets hacked... 'bama doesn't care.
His party gets hacked... well, now we need new laws and regulations and procedures!
It's that mobile thingy where you sign up to be astroturfed by celebrities and big brands.
Historically, the "good" ones are silent when Islamist terrorists act.
A Muslim extremist wants to cut your head off.
A Muslim moderate wants someone else to cut your head off.
They crossed the line from "parody" to "misrepresentation and fraud" when they did this:
"The opening frame of the video says "Paid for in part by the National Rifle Association of America with additional support from Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation." "
Parodies are a comedic exaggeration of *style*, and limited (though broad) leeway is allowed in matters of copyright. However, the use of trademarks in a way that could mislead is generally not protected.
It worked perfectly in Greece and Venezuela.
Pot has nothing to do with it. Never used the stuff, unlikely to ever do so.
The reason I'm considering leaving is "Justin". His father completely screwed this country and Trudeau v2.0 is well on track to do the same.
Actually he's already backpedalling on the legalising pot thing.
I'm not worried though, because the budget will balance itself, and there's a level of admiration for China because of their basic dictatorship.
I don't want to live in this country any more, but the US isn't much better with 'bama. :(
... which is to tax everything, spend the money, and whatever problem we had will magically go away.
Thanks to "it's a problem? tax it!" mentality, we have eliminated the use of fossil fuels, tobacco, alcohol, and guns. Right?
One really big, huge thing we could do right now -- today -- if everyone got on board, is ingress filtering at the ISP level (see: BCP 38).
Basically puts an end to DDoS attacks that rely on spoofing source addresses, as is common in thinks like DNS amplification attacks.
Sounds like the terrorists are winning.
Because to work in government, the primary qualification you need is to be a complete psychopath.
Well, that's rather interesting... when I went to the mpaa.org site, it immediately got stopped by NoScript; it was trying to redirect me to a URL in the form www.mpaa.org/my.ip.add.ress
Put on your tinfoil hats, everyone.
I run Cyanogen on my Dream as well, but I got around the data blockage like so:
If you were quick enough to take advantage of the free HTC Magic upgrade they offered, you can just root the Magic and install CursorSense (at least 1.2.1). CursorSense is a mod of the official Rogers firmware, so as far as Rogers is concerned, you have a 'patched' phone, so they re-enable data access on your account. At that point you can switch back to your Dream with full 3G access.
I was without data for about a day (my Magic only arrived Monday, a day after they started blocking data), but since then I've been fine.
Rogers can take their mandatory upgrade and shove it. :p