It is well known that DriveLock can be broken. It is also well-known that breaking it is beyond the capability of 99.9% of laptop thieves. This is a fair risk/reward trade-off for all but the most sensitive data.
Unless the thief is specifically targeting your data, the computer will have to make it through the black market, and the battery will die before someone who knows what they are doing gets their hand on your PC.
No. Encryption imparts serious performance penalties. Normally, things like DMA allow you to transfer data directly from your disk to your RAM, another disk, or another device. With encryption, every bit must pass through the CPU to do crypto on it. It some cases, that is a very noticeable delay. At our company, that delay was too long for some purposes, so I had them use DriveLock instead, which has no performance penalty.
Today, take a "black" American (my term) and an African who immigrated to the US in the past fifty years and yes, I can definitely tell them apart. They share an entirely different cultural heritage, and that matters a lot more than pigment.
I've been to Africa. To lump Africans in with Americans who trace their lines through the civil rights movement and slavery is just wrong. These groups have nothing in common except meaningless physical attributes. These groups have entirely different social challenges, values, and beliefs.
What word do you use to refer *specifically* to the culture of Americans with African ancestry and roots in US slavery? That culture doesn't exist in Africa, and it is not common among all people with dark skin.
Or do you naively assume that all people with dark skin are part of the same culture?
If you have had here exposure to politics, you would probably be using the same tactics. I'm not saying they are right, but anyone who follows politics knows that simple honesty never wins. Ambiguous feel-good sound-bytes win. Destroying the competition wins. But life sucks, and nobody wants to hear that truth from their leaders.
You think requiring people to buy insurance is a bad idea? Then I nominate you to pull the trigger on your fellow citizens who were to irresponsible to buy insurance or have sufficient savings to pay for their inevitable ER visits.
Are you willing to execute these people personally? If not, you have NO right to criticize Clinton's position.
Greenspan's job was to keep inflation low and promote the long-term health of the economy. This is great, except that the president has the power to fire him, and presidents care exclusively about the short term (next eight years, max) health of the economy--to hell with inflation and with the long term. Greenspan's job was to do one thing, and his boss wanted the opposite. It is no wonder he would want to get rid of the presidency.
You're a retard. Being from the US, I can tell you that I have never heard anyone say or write "OJT" before, and POTUS is definitely not a mainstream term. Use your words, son.
You're telling me that genetics matters more than culture when differentiating semi-coherent social groups? Nonsense. What is this, the nineteenth century?
The development of technology that is of great potential benefit to society as a whole, but has little potential for near-term profit for its developer, is the sort of role only government can fill. Politics matters because, for example, a libertarian president would have vetoed bills to fund technological developments like the Internet. Quasi-conservative Republican presidents would sign bills to fund research if it benefits the military-industrial-complex, which inefficiently benefiting society. These Republicans would veto public spending on medical research, because it competes with their contributors in the pharmaceutical industry (treatments are more profitable than cures). Democrats are somewhat more likely to fund all manners of research, though we don't have any truly pro-science candidates running, to my knowledge.
First of all, it is incorrect and offensive to claim that "all" black people would vote for someone based on skin color. I'm sure at least some black Americans judge people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Secondly, Obama is not black, in the American sense of the term. In the USA, "black" refers to the subset of Americans who descended from slaves and share cultural roots. American citizens who have African ancestry but do not come from this slavery-originated black culture are properly referred to as "African-American."
I stopped drinking fluoridated water 8 years ago (and stopped using fluoride-based toothpaste), and my lifetime problem with my teeth has turned around significantly... Sidenote: I also stopped consuming sugar
Sidenote? You have got to be fucking kidding me.
I've been drinking fluoride-water and using fluoride-toothpaste my entire life, and I have never had a single cavity. I'm not implying that my anecdote is any less meaningless than yours, but mine doesn't come with any sidenotes that are more significant than the "main" point!
I want to lead my own life, too. I would like to start a business. Unfortunately, I can't do that because America's health care system doesn't make it possible for someone with a pre-existing condition to independently purchase health insurance.
Clinton and Obama both support health care reform. None of the Republicans do. This vote is easy.
It could be that they are waiting to post it so they don't have these political discussions too close together, or it could be that CmdrTaco is part of the vast conspiracy to oppress the Paulistinians because Paul and his tireless worshipers have a monopoly on The Truth, and are the only group who can save the world from impending doom thanks to their exclusive comprehension of constitutional law.
Well, that and the fact that the (republican) election board in Ohio decided to allocate all the voting machines to areas of the state which supported Bush, forcing people who lived near (for example) the universities to wait in line for hours or not vote at all.
Luckily, Ohio did learn from its mistake, and kicked the republican governor out of office to years later.
Start reading Dilbert. The manager in that strip is an oracle of insight, and his methodology has been perfectly replicated in companies throughout the world.
If you decide you would prefer consulting to management, a certain Dogbert would be an excellent example to study.
How do you know if you are getting scar tissue? My doc said it is impossible to see inside the small intestine because the scope could only fit inside the large intestine.
I was told that what happens in the first year predicts what happens for the rest of your life, and my scope after one year showed that all the ulcers had completely healed, so I assumed I had a minor version of the disease. If you had a similar experience but needed surgery and wanted to kill yourself by age 30, maybe that was a false hope:-(
If I may ask you just a few more questions (you're the only person I know who has this, and my doc tries to shoo me from her office in under 10 minutes)... What is the average length of your remissions? Does remission mean "no symptoms at all" or does it just mean "symptoms mild enough not to shut down life" for you? What is the average length of your flare-ups? You said your flare-ups were worse each time. How many mild ones did you have before they starting coming with crippling pain?
I just looked up the requirements for medicaid... because it sounds like it would be hard to keep a job if these symptoms got bad... but it appears you must have close to zero net worth to qualify for medicaid... and I love my car and my 401k... should I be looking in to Canadian immigration if it starts to get bad? if only the Dems banned discrimination for preexisting conditions, I wouldn't have to live in mortal fear of losing my job...
Well, you scared me into doing more research. I've found that it really can go into remission for decades, and you seem to have an unusually bad case. I've been in remission for over a year, so the odds are I'll have an easier go with it. My first and only bout of active Chron's had zero pain--just some ulcers which have healed completely. Also, the research does not find a link to diet re-activiting it, so I'm not going to give up my love of spicy food and stiff martinis until it comes out of remission (then I'll take it easy).
If I can hold out long enough, those expensive drugs are going to go generic or a real cure will be found.
Also, if these ab spasms you describe really are that painful... couldn't a shot of botox put them to sleep for six months? That seems like a better treatment than opiates. The effect would be confined only to the affected muscles... OK, question for my doc next time she probes me:-)
But I will make sure I don't keep a gun in the house... just in case things get bad and my judgment lapses.
I was recently diagnosed with Chron's. I don't have any symptoms right now, but you are scaring the shit out of me (no pun intended). I had no idea it could get that bad. I thought my fate would be no worse than someone who eats at Taco Bell too often. Do you have a rare form of it? Or did it slowly get worse throughout your lifetime? What was the pain like?
There is a thin line between genius and insanity; I know I've spent the last forty-two years on both sides. The bottom line is that this world sucks in a really big way and if you don't have some sort of anchor you're screwed.
You are absolutely right. I, too, am depressed. But, like you, I have an anchor to help me hold on in the form of a delusion of superintelligence. It always brightens my mood to get on the tubes and tell everyone in the message board how much smarter I am compared to them.
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It is well known that DriveLock can be broken. It is also well-known that breaking it is beyond the capability of 99.9% of laptop thieves. This is a fair risk/reward trade-off for all but the most sensitive data.
Unless the thief is specifically targeting your data, the computer will have to make it through the black market, and the battery will die before someone who knows what they are doing gets their hand on your PC.
No. Encryption imparts serious performance penalties. Normally, things like DMA allow you to transfer data directly from your disk to your RAM, another disk, or another device. With encryption, every bit must pass through the CPU to do crypto on it. It some cases, that is a very noticeable delay. At our company, that delay was too long for some purposes, so I had them use DriveLock instead, which has no performance penalty.
Today, take a "black" American (my term) and an African who immigrated to the US in the past fifty years and yes, I can definitely tell them apart. They share an entirely different cultural heritage, and that matters a lot more than pigment.
I've been to Africa. To lump Africans in with Americans who trace their lines through the civil rights movement and slavery is just wrong. These groups have nothing in common except meaningless physical attributes. These groups have entirely different social challenges, values, and beliefs.
What word do you use to refer *specifically* to the culture of Americans with African ancestry and roots in US slavery? That culture doesn't exist in Africa, and it is not common among all people with dark skin.
Or do you naively assume that all people with dark skin are part of the same culture?
If you have had here exposure to politics, you would probably be using the same tactics. I'm not saying they are right, but anyone who follows politics knows that simple honesty never wins. Ambiguous feel-good sound-bytes win. Destroying the competition wins. But life sucks, and nobody wants to hear that truth from their leaders.
You think requiring people to buy insurance is a bad idea? Then I nominate you to pull the trigger on your fellow citizens who were to irresponsible to buy insurance or have sufficient savings to pay for their inevitable ER visits.
Are you willing to execute these people personally? If not, you have NO right to criticize Clinton's position.
Greenspan's job was to keep inflation low and promote the long-term health of the economy. This is great, except that the president has the power to fire him, and presidents care exclusively about the short term (next eight years, max) health of the economy--to hell with inflation and with the long term. Greenspan's job was to do one thing, and his boss wanted the opposite. It is no wonder he would want to get rid of the presidency.
You're a retard. Being from the US, I can tell you that I have never heard anyone say or write "OJT" before, and POTUS is definitely not a mainstream term. Use your words, son.
You're telling me that genetics matters more than culture when differentiating semi-coherent social groups? Nonsense. What is this, the nineteenth century?
First of all, it is incorrect and offensive to claim that "all" black people would vote for someone based on skin color. I'm sure at least some black Americans judge people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Secondly, Obama is not black, in the American sense of the term. In the USA, "black" refers to the subset of Americans who descended from slaves and share cultural roots. American citizens who have African ancestry but do not come from this slavery-originated black culture are properly referred to as "African-American."
Sidenote? You have got to be fucking kidding me.
I've been drinking fluoride-water and using fluoride-toothpaste my entire life, and I have never had a single cavity. I'm not implying that my anecdote is any less meaningless than yours, but mine doesn't come with any sidenotes that are more significant than the "main" point!
Hey... all we need to do is invent some super-cheap energy source and things are cool!
It could happen.
In the meantime, I'm not holding any fixed-coupon bonds. Stocks or commodities are the only sane investments.
I want to lead my own life, too. I would like to start a business. Unfortunately, I can't do that because America's health care system doesn't make it possible for someone with a pre-existing condition to independently purchase health insurance.
Clinton and Obama both support health care reform. None of the Republicans do. This vote is easy.
It could be that they are waiting to post it so they don't have these political discussions too close together, or it could be that CmdrTaco is part of the vast conspiracy to oppress the Paulistinians because Paul and his tireless worshipers have a monopoly on The Truth, and are the only group who can save the world from impending doom thanks to their exclusive comprehension of constitutional law.
This post is either profoundly deep or really dumb.
Learning from mistakes is sometimes a bad thing. The perfect example is people who sell their investments every time they drop in price.
Well, that and the fact that the (republican) election board in Ohio decided to allocate all the voting machines to areas of the state which supported Bush, forcing people who lived near (for example) the universities to wait in line for hours or not vote at all.
Luckily, Ohio did learn from its mistake, and kicked the republican governor out of office to years later.
Start reading Dilbert. The manager in that strip is an oracle of insight, and his methodology has been perfectly replicated in companies throughout the world.
If you decide you would prefer consulting to management, a certain Dogbert would be an excellent example to study.
How do you know if you are getting scar tissue? My doc said it is impossible to see inside the small intestine because the scope could only fit inside the large intestine.
:-(
I was told that what happens in the first year predicts what happens for the rest of your life, and my scope after one year showed that all the ulcers had completely healed, so I assumed I had a minor version of the disease. If you had a similar experience but needed surgery and wanted to kill yourself by age 30, maybe that was a false hope
If I may ask you just a few more questions (you're the only person I know who has this, and my doc tries to shoo me from her office in under 10 minutes)...
What is the average length of your remissions?
Does remission mean "no symptoms at all" or does it just mean "symptoms mild enough not to shut down life" for you?
What is the average length of your flare-ups?
You said your flare-ups were worse each time. How many mild ones did you have before they starting coming with crippling pain?
I just looked up the requirements for medicaid... because it sounds like it would be hard to keep a job if these symptoms got bad... but it appears you must have close to zero net worth to qualify for medicaid... and I love my car and my 401k... should I be looking in to Canadian immigration if it starts to get bad? if only the Dems banned discrimination for preexisting conditions, I wouldn't have to live in mortal fear of losing my job...
Well, you scared me into doing more research. I've found that it really can go into remission for decades, and you seem to have an unusually bad case. I've been in remission for over a year, so the odds are I'll have an easier go with it. My first and only bout of active Chron's had zero pain--just some ulcers which have healed completely. Also, the research does not find a link to diet re-activiting it, so I'm not going to give up my love of spicy food and stiff martinis until it comes out of remission (then I'll take it easy).
:-)
If I can hold out long enough, those expensive drugs are going to go generic or a real cure will be found.
Also, if these ab spasms you describe really are that painful... couldn't a shot of botox put them to sleep for six months? That seems like a better treatment than opiates. The effect would be confined only to the affected muscles... OK, question for my doc next time she probes me
But I will make sure I don't keep a gun in the house... just in case things get bad and my judgment lapses.
I was recently diagnosed with Chron's. I don't have any symptoms right now, but you are scaring the shit out of me (no pun intended). I had no idea it could get that bad. I thought my fate would be no worse than someone who eats at Taco Bell too often. Do you have a rare form of it? Or did it slowly get worse throughout your lifetime? What was the pain like?
It's the 21st century damnit, and people don't use the word "learnt" anymore.