No joke. It's a surefire way to grind your IT department to a halt and the rest of the company along with it.
Number one on that list should be "Make people remember ridiculously long passwords, force them to change them every other day and make sure that they have to invent new passwords every time, with no semblance to any of the past 1000". Not only will you ensure that your help desk is drowning in "I forgot my password" calls, especially after days like Thanksgiving when there's a 4 day weekend, it will keep people busy coming up with new passwords.
Number two is of course "and don't write it down". So you can make sure that people not only get creative in how they note down those 12+ character word salad you dished out to them, you can also make sure that they don't dare to talk to you anymore lest you learn where they wrote it down.
I think you can easily take it from here. Make sure you don't forget to keep the storage team busy with ridiculous "Best Practice" backup requirements that are impossible to fulfill and you should be the best CISO ever. Well, at least on paper. And we all know you only make big leaps in your payment when you switch jobs, something you'll do often if you heed the IT Security Best Practice recommendations.
Kimmie deserves justice. And sorry to say it, but this pretty much is it.
They got Capone for tax evasion instead of his real crimes because they couldn't tack them to him. It's not that different here. Yes, under normal circumstances I'd be outraged that the US abuse their international muscle to get their way, but with Kimmie, it's at best indirect justice.
He managed to swindle and bribe his way out of so many prisons and sold former partners and investors left and right to investigators to save his own hide, I cannot in good faith say that he doesn't deserve this.
Kimmie? No. He has many character flaws and he certainly deserves to roast for quite a few things, but one thing is certain: Not for him knowing too much.
The topic isn't whether watching TV is challenging, the question is whether it's possible to continue escaping the encroaching IoT craze. My opinion, that I stated above (and in the preceding messages), is that if TV makers want to make you go online with your TV, there will be very little you could possibly do to avoid it, and that the various entities interested in content protection will actually push towards having to have your TV connected to the internet so it becomes possible to determine what you may and may not watch with it.
So is eating shellfish and wearing two different fabrics. You don't see anyone demand the death penalty for people wearing cheap suits that are 50% polyester, though.
Even though it is the far worse crime against decency and taste.
There is a German proverb, going along the lines of "The Knave thinks (other are) as he is". And people are generally greedy, selfish, egoistical bastards, so they expect others to be greedy, selfish, egoistical bastards.
And if you're not, be prepared for some surprises along your ways, because everyone will usually assume you're playing some kind of shady game with them, especially if you're honest.
The difference probably being that there is nothing holy about a law made by your government. The next government, or even the same, may well simply nullify that law if they find out that it's bullshit.
Now try that with some of the bull you find in some ancient tomes considered holy scriptures.
We are talking about a nation that had the choice between a buffoon and a slimy eel that made Nixon look like a honest person, decided for the buffoon who is now pretty much telling the whole world and everyone who wants to listen anything and everything he does outside of what time he sits on the can, the country is fighting wars it cannot win (and probably there also isn't anyone left who really wants to), you're on the brink of a civil war (and if you keep pushing more and more people into poverty, it's only a matter of time and numbers 'til you reach critical mass), the air in some parts of the country is close to poisonous (but we go back to coal as a power source), there are numerous economy bubbles about to pop any minute......and you want us to take THIS bullshit seriously? Of all the things that we could and should take seriously and tackle, this is somewhere around number 2245.
And people keep berating me when I tell them that it doesn't matter which branch of The Party wins.
Seriously, the whole shit in the US smells more and more like the democracy theater they had in the Soviet states. Some countries there allowed you to actually vote for different candidates. Yes, really. They even had some parties to offer a puppet show of democracy (quite literally so). But in the end, they all stood for exactly the same. Maybe you could hear some sort of nuance on this or that topic, but in the end, the socialism had to win at the end, the fight towards communism continues and The Party is always right.
Let's be honest here, any religion, if founded today as a club, would be under surveillance by NSA, FBI and various other TLAs for their charter alone, if they can be founded altogether considering how they treat minorities in general and women in particular.
And you wouldn't invite their leaders to some discussion about ethics or morals. You'd tell those fuckers to go away, far away preferably, because their insane ideologies have no place in a civilized society.
Matthew 10:34-36 Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 19:27: But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me. How this connects to the story of the minas right before where Jesus essentially says that capitalism is a great idea is beyond me, though.
But anyway, it doesn't really matter. For all the nitty-gritty OT stuff stays valid. Said the boss himself:
Matt 5:17-20 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
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The question that is required here is why you still run XP.
No joke. It's a surefire way to grind your IT department to a halt and the rest of the company along with it.
Number one on that list should be "Make people remember ridiculously long passwords, force them to change them every other day and make sure that they have to invent new passwords every time, with no semblance to any of the past 1000". Not only will you ensure that your help desk is drowning in "I forgot my password" calls, especially after days like Thanksgiving when there's a 4 day weekend, it will keep people busy coming up with new passwords.
Number two is of course "and don't write it down". So you can make sure that people not only get creative in how they note down those 12+ character word salad you dished out to them, you can also make sure that they don't dare to talk to you anymore lest you learn where they wrote it down.
I think you can easily take it from here. Make sure you don't forget to keep the storage team busy with ridiculous "Best Practice" backup requirements that are impossible to fulfill and you should be the best CISO ever. Well, at least on paper. And we all know you only make big leaps in your payment when you switch jobs, something you'll do often if you heed the IT Security Best Practice recommendations.
Because you'll leave sunken companies behind you.
A terrorist is a terrorist unless he wins. Then he is a freedom fighter.
Robin Hood was essentially a libertarian. He didn't rob the rich and gave it the poor, he robbed the government and gave it to the tax payers.
It's all a matter of perspective.
Kimmie deserves justice. And sorry to say it, but this pretty much is it.
They got Capone for tax evasion instead of his real crimes because they couldn't tack them to him. It's not that different here. Yes, under normal circumstances I'd be outraged that the US abuse their international muscle to get their way, but with Kimmie, it's at best indirect justice.
He managed to swindle and bribe his way out of so many prisons and sold former partners and investors left and right to investigators to save his own hide, I cannot in good faith say that he doesn't deserve this.
Kimmie? No. He has many character flaws and he certainly deserves to roast for quite a few things, but one thing is certain: Not for him knowing too much.
The topic isn't whether watching TV is challenging, the question is whether it's possible to continue escaping the encroaching IoT craze. My opinion, that I stated above (and in the preceding messages), is that if TV makers want to make you go online with your TV, there will be very little you could possibly do to avoid it, and that the various entities interested in content protection will actually push towards having to have your TV connected to the internet so it becomes possible to determine what you may and may not watch with it.
Found the politician!
I do frequently. Afterwards I feel like I need a long shower.
Then you are certainly qualified to explain how Matt 5:17-20 fits into this.
So is eating shellfish and wearing two different fabrics. You don't see anyone demand the death penalty for people wearing cheap suits that are 50% polyester, though.
Even though it is the far worse crime against decency and taste.
There is a German proverb, going along the lines of "The Knave thinks (other are) as he is". And people are generally greedy, selfish, egoistical bastards, so they expect others to be greedy, selfish, egoistical bastards.
And if you're not, be prepared for some surprises along your ways, because everyone will usually assume you're playing some kind of shady game with them, especially if you're honest.
The difference probably being that there is nothing holy about a law made by your government. The next government, or even the same, may well simply nullify that law if they find out that it's bullshit.
Now try that with some of the bull you find in some ancient tomes considered holy scriptures.
We are talking about a nation that had the choice between a buffoon and a slimy eel that made Nixon look like a honest person, decided for the buffoon who is now pretty much telling the whole world and everyone who wants to listen anything and everything he does outside of what time he sits on the can, the country is fighting wars it cannot win (and probably there also isn't anyone left who really wants to), you're on the brink of a civil war (and if you keep pushing more and more people into poverty, it's only a matter of time and numbers 'til you reach critical mass), the air in some parts of the country is close to poisonous (but we go back to coal as a power source), there are numerous economy bubbles about to pop any minute... ...and you want us to take THIS bullshit seriously? Of all the things that we could and should take seriously and tackle, this is somewhere around number 2245.
Does it really matter whether the wig or the plastic doll did it? Turd sandwich or giant douche (and you may even choose who is who), does it matter?
Be honest.
And people keep berating me when I tell them that it doesn't matter which branch of The Party wins.
Seriously, the whole shit in the US smells more and more like the democracy theater they had in the Soviet states. Some countries there allowed you to actually vote for different candidates. Yes, really. They even had some parties to offer a puppet show of democracy (quite literally so). But in the end, they all stood for exactly the same. Maybe you could hear some sort of nuance on this or that topic, but in the end, the socialism had to win at the end, the fight towards communism continues and The Party is always right.
I can avoid using Facebook.
I cannot avoid using my ISP.
That joke feels like it's recycled from a decade ago. Are we going to get refurbished Bush-jokes now?
Since when is a product a customer?
What? You don't tell me gcc still can't cross-compile for Windows!
Let's be honest here, any religion, if founded today as a club, would be under surveillance by NSA, FBI and various other TLAs for their charter alone, if they can be founded altogether considering how they treat minorities in general and women in particular.
And you wouldn't invite their leaders to some discussion about ethics or morals. You'd tell those fuckers to go away, far away preferably, because their insane ideologies have no place in a civilized society.
Mine? I do without a delusion, thank you very much.
Sorry, it has to be "weak-minded". When you quote someone you don't have the liberty to change words. ;)
And I'm sorely disappointed in the /. community to NOT notice it!
Governments are religions? Care to tell me where you're living? And why you can't go to a country that managed to separate church and state?
Matthew 10:34-36
Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.
Luke 14:26
If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 19:27:
But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.
How this connects to the story of the minas right before where Jesus essentially says that capitalism is a great idea is beyond me, though.
But anyway, it doesn't really matter. For all the nitty-gritty OT stuff stays valid. Said the boss himself:
Matt 5:17-20
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Your turn.
Assuming no oil in the Middle East we'd probably have bombed it back to the stone age by now.