I wouldn't know.. you tell me.. I quit paying attention to him a very long time ago.. In fact I never seriously considered him.. Maybe he cribbed from me.. either way, it is the most likely scenario, along with the addition of an aquifer with a very sexy name that seems worth fighting for. Luckily for Egypt things went much more smoothly.. so far.. Perrier is the new Exxon..
You're missing part of the discussion where a disk or USB stick with true physical write protection will mitigate the problem considerably.. I don't really care what the 'clueless' do. If they want to hose their systems, that's just more business for you and me. I just want something to protect myself. Word of mouth will catch on in due time... For now, I make images of fresh installs to save myself and clients a great deal of time.. What used to take two hours is fixed in less than 15 minutes. Booting into a live CD allows me to recoup their docs and stuff before I do the restore.
It's just that all those things are now so obvious, we don't need to waste any more disk space yakking about it anymore. How often do we have to keep repeating ourselves when nobody cares, or just gets shouted down? You can pull up ten year old submissions, and the comments are word for word identical to today's. What is needed is more discussion and implementation of workable countermeasures, technical and otherwise.. Maybe then we can leave the fascists crying in their soup.. and we can carry on our normal, everyday business without having to think about it too much.
On the other hand that could be achieved with any USB stick with a write protect switch.
That would be the proper procedure that I would find perfectly acceptable, but all the present day USB sticks with write protect do it with software. It's not like the floppies that made it physically impossible to write by literally turning off the ability to write. It's one of the giant steps backwards that the industry has made.. intentionally? I don't know, but my suspicions run high.
And it's electronic.. meaning a stray cosmic ray could 'break the bank' so to speak.. OTOH it could put a gazillion Zimbabwean dollars onto your card.. don't know which is worse..
There can be no doubt, you all are winning the propaganda war, but as the Goldman Sachs execs have shown, lying, even under oath to congress, comes pretty easy to some folks. What applies more to the war in Afghanistan is the opium trade. The taliban was wiping it out.. OBL was the designated distraction...
The 'unshorten' site saved me from your troll, but there is a phenomenon I just discovered has a name, which sounds very trollish, called 'cloud suck'. It can keep you aloft for a very long time and even kill you if it carries you too high. Hang gliders beware! And slashdotters beware of almost everybody with a UID over 2000000...
The red tape they had to wade through to authorize it was much more painful... Actually crossing the EU probably isn't so bad... wait till they try to fly around the world.. Getting the proper clearances will take much longer than the trip itself... Just ask Dick Rutan
They demanded evidence...The US refused.. The taliban said, 'fuck you.. no ticky, no washy'.. The US said, 'No, fuck you.. eat lead motherfuckers'.. And now the only 'graceful' way out is 'peace with honor' or nukes.. Take your pick.. The hundred year war will have limited effect, but infinite profits
The rest is bullshit.
It's about money, piracy, and pillage, just like every other war.. You can put all the moralistic dramatics aside..
That's just cold, man.. Ol' boy was pissing radioactive waste for months afterward.. And they did a wee bit more than just 'take an interest'.
Canadian reactors may be the safest in the world, but they aren't totally free of glitches.. Looks like you didn't read the link.. Bullshit politics is global, if not exactly evenly spread
Unlike China's Tienanmen Square deal, the Soviets could not contain the info coming out about the strikes and subsequent negotiations. You underestimate the power of propaganda.. Control of the media is paramount. You only have to note what's happening now as all opposition to American policy is being tagged as a bunch of kooks and 'conspiracy theorists'.. the best alternative to outright censorship, which turns out to actually be more effective, while providing the illusion of 'freedom of press'. A big win for authoritarians everywhere. Also note the the replacements in Tunisia and Egypt are hardly any better than the previous regimes. "Arab Spring" is a propaganda masterpiece.
Actually I agree that it's always been top down. A real 'peoples' movement would be crushed like an ant, or compromised by infiltration.. but public relations is very important
Bootleg satellite dishes destroyed the Soviets' control over information. Access to western media played a great part in its downfall.. Ted Turner's STV, starting with the Goodwill Games in '86 had a much bigger effect than Ronnie's SDI..
It became ok to bomb Libya when a replacement was found that would honor all the weapons contracts.. And the cost/benefit ratio doesn't yet justify invading Korea.. It's not about hypocrisy.. It's about the money.. I do see a strategic/economic interest in Syria though for keeping Iraq (and thus Iran) under control, and basically destabilizing the region for the benefit of our real 'friend'.. and opening up the land route to Europe for Afghanistan's heroin (See Iran/contra for a related scenario) The opium wars never ended..
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I wouldn't know.. you tell me.. I quit paying attention to him a very long time ago.. In fact I never seriously considered him.. Maybe he cribbed from me.. either way, it is the most likely scenario, along with the addition of an aquifer with a very sexy name that seems worth fighting for. Luckily for Egypt things went much more smoothly.. so far.. Perrier is the new Exxon..
No. It uses a normally open microswitch that would cut off all power to the write circuit. It was more failsafe than a nuclear powerplant..
But we are Slashdot! We are strong! We are invincible! We can protect ourselves at least... Let the others sink in the quicksand if that's what they want.
You're missing part of the discussion where a disk or USB stick with true physical write protection will mitigate the problem considerably.. I don't really care what the 'clueless' do. If they want to hose their systems, that's just more business for you and me. I just want something to protect myself. Word of mouth will catch on in due time... For now, I make images of fresh installs to save myself and clients a great deal of time.. What used to take two hours is fixed in less than 15 minutes. Booting into a live CD allows me to recoup their docs and stuff before I do the restore.
It's just that all those things are now so obvious, we don't need to waste any more disk space yakking about it anymore. How often do we have to keep repeating ourselves when nobody cares, or just gets shouted down? You can pull up ten year old submissions, and the comments are word for word identical to today's. What is needed is more discussion and implementation of workable countermeasures, technical and otherwise.. Maybe then we can leave the fascists crying in their soup.. and we can carry on our normal, everyday business without having to think about it too much.
On the other hand that could be achieved with any USB stick with a write protect switch.
That would be the proper procedure that I would find perfectly acceptable, but all the present day USB sticks with write protect do it with software. It's not like the floppies that made it physically impossible to write by literally turning off the ability to write. It's one of the giant steps backwards that the industry has made.. intentionally? I don't know, but my suspicions run high.
Why can't the system be installed on ROM? At the very least, it will boot clean every time...
That way we wouldn't have to see this story twice, and all the foolish speculation that's filling this submission.
They had caviar on Mir.. They also had a fire on board at the same time.. So... no more caviar in space
Build a spacecraft on an unprecedented scale, in-orbit...
We could build it from all the space junk that's out there.. The ultimate dumpster dive!
And it's electronic.. meaning a stray cosmic ray could 'break the bank' so to speak.. OTOH it could put a gazillion Zimbabwean dollars onto your card.. don't know which is worse..
Now it is NATO and the US that is working to get substitute crops in place and suppress the drug trade.
Your faith is most powerful.. stronger than the Walls of Jericho.. too bad it is so misplaced
...shouldn't the government step in and make sure you get what they feel you REALLY need to see.?
They're working on it
There can be no doubt, you all are winning the propaganda war, but as the Goldman Sachs execs have shown, lying, even under oath to congress, comes pretty easy to some folks. What applies more to the war in Afghanistan is the opium trade. The taliban was wiping it out.. OBL was the designated distraction...
Stay faithful.. and bottoms up
The 'unshorten' site saved me from your troll, but there is a phenomenon I just discovered has a name, which sounds very trollish, called 'cloud suck'. It can keep you aloft for a very long time and even kill you if it carries you too high. Hang gliders beware! And slashdotters beware of almost everybody with a UID over 2000000...
The red tape they had to wade through to authorize it was much more painful... Actually crossing the EU probably isn't so bad... wait till they try to fly around the world.. Getting the proper clearances will take much longer than the trip itself... Just ask Dick Rutan
The Taliban refused...
They demanded evidence...The US refused.. The taliban said, 'fuck you.. no ticky, no washy'.. The US said, 'No, fuck you.. eat lead motherfuckers'.. And now the only 'graceful' way out is 'peace with honor' or nukes.. Take your pick.. The hundred year war will have limited effect, but infinite profits
The rest is bullshit.
It's about money, piracy, and pillage, just like every other war.. You can put all the moralistic dramatics aside..
Wow! You're totally awesome, dude... yep.. you sure convinced me...
Sheesh! Where do these people come from?
That's just cold, man.. Ol' boy was pissing radioactive waste for months afterward.. And they did a wee bit more than just 'take an interest'.
Canadian reactors may be the safest in the world, but they aren't totally free of glitches.. Looks like you didn't read the link.. Bullshit politics is global, if not exactly evenly spread
and checksummed by a station wagon full of nuns..
"You forgot Poland"
Unlike China's Tienanmen Square deal, the Soviets could not contain the info coming out about the strikes and subsequent negotiations. You underestimate the power of propaganda.. Control of the media is paramount. You only have to note what's happening now as all opposition to American policy is being tagged as a bunch of kooks and 'conspiracy theorists'.. the best alternative to outright censorship, which turns out to actually be more effective, while providing the illusion of 'freedom of press'. A big win for authoritarians everywhere. Also note the the replacements in Tunisia and Egypt are hardly any better than the previous regimes. "Arab Spring" is a propaganda masterpiece.
Actually I agree that it's always been top down. A real 'peoples' movement would be crushed like an ant, or compromised by infiltration.. but public relations is very important
Bootleg satellite dishes destroyed the Soviets' control over information. Access to western media played a great part in its downfall.. Ted Turner's STV, starting with the Goodwill Games in '86 had a much bigger effect than Ronnie's SDI..
Heh, be very grateful that donkeys don't fly...
Poppies...poppieeees... sleep.. sleeeeep
It became ok to bomb Libya when a replacement was found that would honor all the weapons contracts.. And the cost/benefit ratio doesn't yet justify invading Korea.. It's not about hypocrisy.. It's about the money.. I do see a strategic/economic interest in Syria though for keeping Iraq (and thus Iran) under control, and basically destabilizing the region for the benefit of our real 'friend'.. and opening up the land route to Europe for Afghanistan's heroin (See Iran/contra for a related scenario) The opium wars never ended..