Not as stupid as you, I hope. If you re-read my message, you'll see that I said it's a *theory*, I did not say I had any proof, or that I even actually believed it. If you can think of a better theory, feel free to offer it up for speculation, otherwise, keep your asinine opinions to yourself.
Thanks for playing, though, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
Steve Lipner, head of Microsoft's security response centre, said the company was looking for new ways to distribute patches more efficiently.
Has anyone considered that maybe Microsoft released this worm in an effort to convince everyone to go to their.NET platform that would allow Microsoft to automatically download these kinds of patches to you?
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AND... he hasn't yet been prosecuted for this offense, only arrested.
Only after he goes to jail and is found innocent would he have to worry about double-jeapordy.
If they drop the charges now, they can always resume their prosecution at a later time, but hopefully by then he'll be back in Russia and be safe from prosecution.
And anyone who thinks that companies aren't pooling their data and cross-checking it needs to reconsider.
Whenever I have to fill out a web form and I don't want to use my real info, I use "Dr. Nick Riviera", "123 Main St", "Anytown, IA".
I have received at least 20 pieces of junk snail-mail addressed to Dr. Nick Riviera at my home address, which I should point out is not "123 Main St", and I don't live in "Anytown, IA".
My company ordered 6 of the Visor Edge PDAs the day they were announced, two in each color. I played with one of them when they arrived, and I personally don't like them.
As a point of reference, I've owned a Visor Deluxe since the first month they were available in stores, so I've got some experience with them. I previously owned an original USR Pilot 500, so this isn't my first Palm OS PDA.
The hinge for the flip cover is plastic and feels flimsy. The sides of the case are plastic (it's basically two *thin* sheets of aluminum bolted to a plastic frame, with a *very thin* aluminum cover attached by a plastic hinge. Other than being thinner, it's no improvement over the existing Visors.
If you plan to use a springboard module of any kind, I highly recommend investing in a standard or deluxe Visor instead of the Edge model. The Edge with the springboard attachment feels bulkier, and won't lay flat on a table. Also, you can't use the flip cover with the springboard module installed.
I thought the idea behind a metal case was to make the PDA sturdier, but based only on my hands-on time (I haven't dropped one or anything) they feel flimsy compared to a non-Edge Visor.
Actually, unless things have changed, the users/players of EQ have to click 'I Agree' every single time they start the game.
The EULA is displayed in living color for everyone to see EVERY time they start the game.
Sony actually changed the EULA after the game was released and most people never bothered to read the changes, they just clicked 'I Agree' and kept right on playing like they do EVERY TIME they start the game...
In this day and age of super computers, composite materials, and nano-technology, we can't even get our Shuttles to take off on their first scheduled date greater than 1/2 the time, and when they do, they inevitably have something go wrong (as this shuttle mission has).
To think that the guys that put Pioneer 10 into space were probably still using slide-rulers and those $500 pocket calculators that could only add, subtract, multiply and divide, and they built a space probe that crossed over 7 BILLION miles and ran for 28 YEARS is pretty amazing. Even if it never DID anything.
When was the last time you bought a vehicle that went 7,000,000,000 miles without a tune up? Or for that matter, what was the last piece of technology you bought that is still operating EVERY SINGLE DAY even after 28 years?
I have a Mitsubishi 52" TV built in 1982 and every day when I turn it on, I'm amazed to see it still function properly. It didn't cost quite as much as Pioneer 10, but it sure seemed like it did!
If you purchase a copy of sheet music for a song that is in the public domain, the sheet music itself is copyrighted. I agree with that. You can hand-transcribe the information note-for-note to blank staffs and that is legal. I agree with that.
But... what if you use a program like MidiScan to scan the sheet music and convert it to Midi, then use a midi program that can print sheet music based on the midi sequence...
I registered my CueCat at work and at home. At work, I got the e-mail this morning addressed to me and to someone else where I work.
If the whole idea behind the message was to apologize for accidentally releasing our e-mail addresses, does it make sense to mail it out to people and include OTHER PEOPLE'S e-mail addresses?
Did anyone else have multiple TO: names in their e-mail from CueCat?
Did anyone besides me notice the fact that in order to get your 'free' $10 RadShack gift certificate, you have to go to the DC site and provide them with your NAME, ADDRESS, ETC, far more personal information than they orginally asked for...
Think about it, the reason they are offering the free certificate is BECAUSE SOMEONE CRACKED THEIR SYSTEM AND STOLE OUR PERSONAL INFO... and now they want us to go back and GIVE THEM MORE?
Maybe the TV broadcasters should take a cue (no pun intended) from:Cue:Cat and GIVE AWAY the digital TVs and VCR's. Then they have a legal right to control how we use them.
Until then, as long as I'm the one paying for the equipment, I don't want anyone telling me how and when I can use it.
I used to work at the county newspaper where I live and in those days (13 years ago) everyone had a dumb terminal tied into our micro computer. I took it upon myself one day to start cleaning terminals for people, and it was the nastiest thing I ever got myself into (at least in a computer related way).
My findings included many of the same things from the orginal story, but more importantly, the editors' terminals were the cleanest and the sports writers were the filthiest. In one of the sports guy's keyboard, there must have been 125 or more little pieces of fingernail... yuck!
I would lay out a piece of cheese-cloth, remove the keys and lay them on the cheese-cloth in the pattern of the keyboard, spray the keys with a foaming office cleaner and let them sit for a few minutes while I cleaned out the insides. When I would pick the keys up to put them back, often times there would be a clean and dirty pattern on the cheese-cloth that matched the keyboard layout! It almost looked like someone had spray-painted the cloth with a nasty, grungy, grey-brown paint!
After finishing up that task, I vowed to never do it again. These days I just buy a new $12 keyboard every 6-12 months and don't worry about cleaning them.
Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so!"
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How stupid can you be?
Not as stupid as you, I hope. If you re-read my message, you'll see that I said it's a *theory*, I did not say I had any proof, or that I even actually believed it. If you can think of a better theory, feel free to offer it up for speculation, otherwise, keep your asinine opinions to yourself.
Thanks for playing, though, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
Steve Lipner, head of Microsoft's security response centre, said the company was looking for new ways to distribute patches more efficiently.
.NET platform that would allow Microsoft to automatically download these kinds of patches to you?
Has anyone considered that maybe Microsoft released this worm in an effort to convince everyone to go to their
AND... he hasn't yet been prosecuted for this offense, only arrested.
Only after he goes to jail and is found innocent would he have to worry about double-jeapordy.
If they drop the charges now, they can always resume their prosecution at a later time, but hopefully by then he'll be back in Russia and be safe from prosecution.
11,030,375,944 ...definately, definately 11,030,375,944...
Yeah, but WE get to vote for our legislators, and if we don't vote for them, they won't be in office to get anymore $, will they?
"he just wants to have champagne poured on him by Hooters girls."
You say that like it's a bad thing...
And anyone who thinks that companies aren't pooling their data and cross-checking it needs to reconsider.
Whenever I have to fill out a web form and I don't want to use my real info, I use "Dr. Nick Riviera", "123 Main St", "Anytown, IA".
I have received at least 20 pieces of junk snail-mail addressed to Dr. Nick Riviera at my home address, which I should point out is not "123 Main St", and I don't live in "Anytown, IA".
See my previous post here
My company ordered 6 of the Visor Edge PDAs the day they were announced, two in each color. I played with one of them when they arrived, and I personally don't like them.
As a point of reference, I've owned a Visor Deluxe since the first month they were available in stores, so I've got some experience with them. I previously owned an original USR Pilot 500, so this isn't my first Palm OS PDA.
The hinge for the flip cover is plastic and feels flimsy. The sides of the case are plastic (it's basically two *thin* sheets of aluminum bolted to a plastic frame, with a *very thin* aluminum cover attached by a plastic hinge. Other than being thinner, it's no improvement over the existing Visors.
If you plan to use a springboard module of any kind, I highly recommend investing in a standard or deluxe Visor instead of the Edge model. The Edge with the springboard attachment feels bulkier, and won't lay flat on a table. Also, you can't use the flip cover with the springboard module installed.
I thought the idea behind a metal case was to make the PDA sturdier, but based only on my hands-on time (I haven't dropped one or anything) they feel flimsy compared to a non-Edge Visor.
But what if grannie was calling from a pay-phone that doesn't accept incoming calls? Pager won't do you much good then, will it?
Actually, unless things have changed, the users/players of EQ have to click 'I Agree' every single time they start the game.
The EULA is displayed in living color for everyone to see EVERY time they start the game.
Sony actually changed the EULA after the game was released and most people never bothered to read the changes, they just clicked 'I Agree' and kept right on playing like they do EVERY TIME they start the game...
Check here for exactly how the cards were 'destroyed' and for a possible way that they could be repaired... but why would you want to do that?
check here for information about becoming an IEEE Certfified Software Engineering Professional...
In this day and age of super computers, composite materials, and nano-technology, we can't even get our Shuttles to take off on their first scheduled date greater than 1/2 the time, and when they do, they inevitably have something go wrong (as this shuttle mission has).
To think that the guys that put Pioneer 10 into space were probably still using slide-rulers and those $500 pocket calculators that could only add, subtract, multiply and divide, and they built a space probe that crossed over 7 BILLION miles and ran for 28 YEARS is pretty amazing. Even if it never DID anything.
When was the last time you bought a vehicle that went 7,000,000,000 miles without a tune up? Or for that matter, what was the last piece of technology you bought that is still operating EVERY SINGLE DAY even after 28 years?
I have a Mitsubishi 52" TV built in 1982 and every day when I turn it on, I'm amazed to see it still function properly. It didn't cost quite as much as Pioneer 10, but it sure seemed like it did!
Legal brain-teaser time:
If you purchase a copy of sheet music for a song that is in the public domain, the sheet music itself is copyrighted. I agree with that. You can hand-transcribe the information note-for-note to blank staffs and that is legal. I agree with that.
But... what if you use a program like MidiScan to scan the sheet music and convert it to Midi, then use a midi program that can print sheet music based on the midi sequence...
Is that a copyright violation, and if so, how?
Just curious.
I registered my CueCat at work and at home. At work, I got the e-mail this morning addressed to me and to someone else where I work.
If the whole idea behind the message was to apologize for accidentally releasing our e-mail addresses, does it make sense to mail it out to people and include OTHER PEOPLE'S e-mail addresses?
Did anyone else have multiple TO: names in their e-mail from CueCat?
Did anyone besides me notice the fact that in order to get your 'free' $10 RadShack gift certificate, you have to go to the DC site and provide them with your NAME, ADDRESS, ETC, far more personal information than they orginally asked for...
Think about it, the reason they are offering the free certificate is BECAUSE SOMEONE CRACKED THEIR SYSTEM AND STOLE OUR PERSONAL INFO... and now they want us to go back and GIVE THEM MORE?
Huh? I never made the connection....
Maybe the TV broadcasters should take a cue (no pun intended) from :Cue:Cat and GIVE AWAY the digital TVs and VCR's. Then they have a legal right to control how we use them.
Until then, as long as I'm the one paying for the equipment, I don't want anyone telling me how and when I can use it.
Try unscrewing the other end of the stylus... Mine has a reset pin under the writing tip end and a micro phillips screwdriver under the other end...
I used to work at the county newspaper where I live and in those days (13 years ago) everyone had a dumb terminal tied into our micro computer. I took it upon myself one day to start cleaning terminals for people, and it was the nastiest thing I ever got myself into (at least in a computer related way).
My findings included many of the same things from the orginal story, but more importantly, the editors' terminals were the cleanest and the sports writers were the filthiest. In one of the sports guy's keyboard, there must have been 125 or more little pieces of fingernail... yuck!
I would lay out a piece of cheese-cloth, remove the keys and lay them on the cheese-cloth in the pattern of the keyboard, spray the keys with a foaming office cleaner and let them sit for a few minutes while I cleaned out the insides. When I would pick the keys up to put them back, often times there would be a clean and dirty pattern on the cheese-cloth that matched the keyboard layout! It almost looked like someone had spray-painted the cloth with a nasty, grungy, grey-brown paint!
After finishing up that task, I vowed to never do it again. These days I just buy a new $12 keyboard every 6-12 months and don't worry about cleaning them.
Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so!"
Yeah, foder for communists sounds like the title of a travel guide, right between Foder's guide to the Carribean and Foder's guide to Denmark...