Right, because your boss is going to be thrilled that any teenager in the parking lot with a bluetooth adapter can listen in on their upcoming merger information...
I'm on Archlinux, so every feature I need is hand-picked. I was about to go and "hand pick" a "disable touchpad while typing" solution but procrastinated for a few days and found out that I actually didn't need it in the first place!
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Hindsight is always 20/20, especially when it comes to mental issues. People always look back and say "well, he was a very strange", even if they never would have suspected a thing before the incident.
He wrote a book about a fictional character threatening to decapitate a fictional character. The article is about a Marine (someone TRAINED to kill) threatening actual government employees with a specific weapon. Now "Sharpen up my axe; I'm here to sever heads" could be taken as a simple saying (akin to "heads will role"), but when it's coming a ex Marine who not only has the ability and training to do it, but has posted other comments showing a possible mental imbalance, people start to get a little more worried than when a playing card threatens a book character.
Go make something "real" (a table, a building, a computer network, a toy or a television) and then realize that you have to make a new one every time you want to get paid again. That's how the REST of us make a living, by working continuously and saving our money, not by making a recording at the age of 18 and then being paid repeatedly for copies other people make for the next 50 years. Just because what you make is "creative" and non-tangible, doesn't make it worth any more that what the rest of us make.
If your relatives leave the VNC server running, that's a VERY easy attack vector for anyone with a port scanner. If they leave an SSH server running (assuming you're smart and disable password authentication) and port-forward the VNC port over that (so the VNC port is never forwarded past the router), then there is VERY little chance anyone is going to use it against them.
Find me an employee that spends "20 minutes a day" on Facebook, and I'll show you an employee that is better at hiding the other 3 hours they spent on Facebook than you are at detecting it.
My x220 has spaced Fn keys, all the status lights work (well, they did before I turned my CapsLock into a backspace!) and it is very easy to tell when it is plugged in/charging. plugged in = no light, charging = 75% duty cycle flashing, running off battery = solid light, low battery = solid orange light. In fact, with the smapi kernel module, I can actually toggle/flash/control each light manually if I really want to. Best of all, the sleep light DOES NOT BLINK. You have NO idea how much of a godsend that is when your laptop is in the same room where you sleep!!!
It's amazing, on all of my previous laptops, I had to continously turn the trackpad on and off when I was typing because I would ALWAYS hit it with my thumb. When I got my x220 (and installed Linux on it), I was VERY worried when I found out the mouse-toggle hotkey didn't work. I'm not sure if it's the physical buttons at the top of it (for the trackpoint), the bezel, the shape or something else entirely, but I've actually NEVER hit the trackpad by accident on this laptop, even when gaming!
I have an x220 and I *LOVE* the reversed Fn and Ctrl Keys (bottom left is Fn -> Ctr -> Super -> Alt -> Space ->...). I actually got so used to it I had to set up my other machines to switch them as well. The Ctrl key is a VERY commonly used key, and having to stretch your hand to the left to use it (like most keyboards) wears your hand out VERY quickly. But if you REALLY need the Ctrl key on the far left, there's a BIOS option to change it.
I personally don't see why people are so upset about Gnome3. XFCE is pretty much the same as Gnome2 except for a different launcher bar (which SUCKED in Gnome2 by the way). Any old Gnome2 hold out should feel perfectly at home in XFCE, in fact I believe most if not all the applets from Gnome2 even work in it!
Well, I know for a fact it accepts HID input (there's 2 points right there) as well as charging over USB (as does pretty much EVERY Android phone as well).
Then put the magnet on the cable side. Not only does this make the phone safer, it moves the cost-burden of the magnets to the 3rd party accessory suppliers (thus not increasing Apple's cost).
Brita water filters (or any other water filters who's input is typically tap water) will NOT make water potable!!! You need to get the proper ones from an outdoors store. If you've ever used a REAL water filter (for camping), you'll understand why such a filter would not be feasible in a household. Now if you can find the big canister ones that mount under the sink, they MIGHT make water potable, but you better check the specs on it first.
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Just make your alarm system disable the internet, that will get their attention!
Right, because your boss is going to be thrilled that any teenager in the parking lot with a bluetooth adapter can listen in on their upcoming merger information...
It should also be noted that he doesn't own any guns, which doesn't seem to follow the pattern of a psychopath about to commit mass murder.
But does he own an axe?
I'm not disagreeing with you here. Just pointing out that GP can most likely dole out some more tasks to a few of his/her employees :P
I'm on Archlinux, so every feature I need is hand-picked. I was about to go and "hand pick" a "disable touchpad while typing" solution but procrastinated for a few days and found out that I actually didn't need it in the first place!
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Hindsight is always 20/20, especially when it comes to mental issues. People always look back and say "well, he was a very strange", even if they never would have suspected a thing before the incident.
He wrote a book about a fictional character threatening to decapitate a fictional character. The article is about a Marine (someone TRAINED to kill) threatening actual government employees with a specific weapon. Now "Sharpen up my axe; I'm here to sever heads" could be taken as a simple saying (akin to "heads will role"), but when it's coming a ex Marine who not only has the ability and training to do it, but has posted other comments showing a possible mental imbalance, people start to get a little more worried than when a playing card threatens a book character.
'Get your new tablet with the new version of Windows, where you can't even run an application in a window'.
Hey look two widgets windows side-by-side.
FTFY
Yes, using facebook as a login for a 3rd party website IS evil.
Go make something "real" (a table, a building, a computer network, a toy or a television) and then realize that you have to make a new one every time you want to get paid again. That's how the REST of us make a living, by working continuously and saving our money, not by making a recording at the age of 18 and then being paid repeatedly for copies other people make for the next 50 years. Just because what you make is "creative" and non-tangible, doesn't make it worth any more that what the rest of us make.
Wow, it's actually quite frightning that people THAT ignorant and uninformed are voting in federal elections.
If your relatives leave the VNC server running, that's a VERY easy attack vector for anyone with a port scanner. If they leave an SSH server running (assuming you're smart and disable password authentication) and port-forward the VNC port over that (so the VNC port is never forwarded past the router), then there is VERY little chance anyone is going to use it against them.
Find me an employee that spends "20 minutes a day" on Facebook, and I'll show you an employee that is better at hiding the other 3 hours they spent on Facebook than you are at detecting it.
Unfortunately usb charging doesn't work and I've never tried MHL so I can't say either way.
My x220 has spaced Fn keys, all the status lights work (well, they did before I turned my CapsLock into a backspace!) and it is very easy to tell when it is plugged in/charging. plugged in = no light, charging = 75% duty cycle flashing, running off battery = solid light, low battery = solid orange light. In fact, with the smapi kernel module, I can actually toggle/flash/control each light manually if I really want to. Best of all, the sleep light DOES NOT BLINK. You have NO idea how much of a godsend that is when your laptop is in the same room where you sleep!!!
It's amazing, on all of my previous laptops, I had to continously turn the trackpad on and off when I was typing because I would ALWAYS hit it with my thumb. When I got my x220 (and installed Linux on it), I was VERY worried when I found out the mouse-toggle hotkey didn't work. I'm not sure if it's the physical buttons at the top of it (for the trackpoint), the bezel, the shape or something else entirely, but I've actually NEVER hit the trackpad by accident on this laptop, even when gaming!
I have an x220 and I *LOVE* the reversed Fn and Ctrl Keys (bottom left is Fn -> Ctr -> Super -> Alt -> Space -> ...). I actually got so used to it I had to set up my other machines to switch them as well. The Ctrl key is a VERY commonly used key, and having to stretch your hand to the left to use it (like most keyboards) wears your hand out VERY quickly. But if you REALLY need the Ctrl key on the far left, there's a BIOS option to change it.
I personally don't see why people are so upset about Gnome3. XFCE is pretty much the same as Gnome2 except for a different launcher bar (which SUCKED in Gnome2 by the way). Any old Gnome2 hold out should feel perfectly at home in XFCE, in fact I believe most if not all the applets from Gnome2 even work in it!
Well, I know for a fact it accepts HID input (there's 2 points right there) as well as charging over USB (as does pretty much EVERY Android phone as well).
Then put the magnet on the cable side. Not only does this make the phone safer, it moves the cost-burden of the magnets to the 3rd party accessory suppliers (thus not increasing Apple's cost).
I'm 5 minutes from the boarder thank-you-very-much (on the Canadian side).
Why would hospitals make cheap prosthetics instead of just recommending a company that make cheap prosthetics?
What good is data if you are unable to read it?
Why would you need tight fighting glassware? Any pot (glass, metal, etc) can be used to boil water long enough to make it safe for drinking.
Brita water filters (or any other water filters who's input is typically tap water) will NOT make water potable!!! You need to get the proper ones from an outdoors store. If you've ever used a REAL water filter (for camping), you'll understand why such a filter would not be feasible in a household. Now if you can find the big canister ones that mount under the sink, they MIGHT make water potable, but you better check the specs on it first.