I read that, but that's still a pretty stupid reason. They can just cable the scanners to give extra "distance."
Smudges, at least, are an actual improvement, though I've yet to have that problem with my scanner. I could see that being a problem with greater volume and dirtier fingers though.
Neat but I don't see the point. Why grab someone's fingerprints from a couple of meters when you can just have them swipe it on a pad? Could anyone point out the (legitimate, non-thiefy) benefits of such a device?
I'm sure the other distros will get some spillover. The more people there are who have been exposed to Linux, the more people will experiment with other distros.
Hole in one. Past a certain point, most people just won't care. This is why most people listen to music on cheap, crappy speakers; the gains in paying an extra $X aren't worth it to them. Plus, people are naturally conservative by nature and won't change anything unless they're forced to or see enough of a benefit in doing so.
I remember when this story was (actually) new. The argument was that the department would end up spending a great deal of time and money training him, but he'd end up getting bored quickly -- too quickly to make training him worth it.
That seems an awfully exact figure — I'm not sure any two people would ever agree even about the exact same car's "overall ride quality."
Dutch people have the rough analogue to "perfect pitch" for ride quality. I'm guessing they got to about three significant figures in the study but rounded it off to sound a bit more plausible to the rest of the world. No serious studies have to be done on why exactly Dutch people have this ability, but the current predominant theory among many is that it has something to do with putting mayonnaise on french fries.
In Firefox, Preferences > Advanced > Encryption > View certificates. Go to the "authority" tab, click on the Comodo servers, click "delete or distrust."
Monday... no peers, no seeds. I'm still stuck at 76.4%. The days drag on, and I can't help but wonder: where is my data and why is it taking so long to get here? Could there be some evil force keeping me from my mission? Am I in danger? I can only hope that one day, the bits will flow... like a torrent...
*dramatic music*
*man casually walks away from a giant explosion without looking back at it*
It's about an hour long for anyone who's interested.
TL;DW version: no country is going to waste time developing attacks and trying to coordinate with physical attacks when they can be disarmed by Microsoft releasing a patch. Besides, if you want something DoS'd, it's much easier to just blow it up; that way the admins can't just reboot or restore the damn thing and have it up again within minutes. Most importantly, even if you've managed to cripple a country's networks -- including their military networks -- you need to still be able to back it up with physical force to exploit your temporary advantage. So, he concludes that criminals, terrorists, and spies will be a problem, but "cyberwar" will never really happen.
When a user complains about a sound password policy, this story is a good explanation of why it's really not just the admin's special way of annoying everyone.
They also forgot to mention that 80-90% of these distros which are derivatives of Debian are just Ubuntu remixes with a different default wallpaper image when you install it. If HannaMontana Linux is a valuable diagnostic in determining which Linuxes are more "important" then...?
Except there's already VNC, ssh, and bootable USB drives. This tech seems excessively redundant and, as has been pointed out, dangerous if not handled with the utmost (idiot-proof) care.
Linux does have Red Hat though. If you want it, you can get much, much more support than you'd ever want. I think Ubuntu is starting to get into support as well which, based on its wide install base, should have pretty decent driver support. Or you could check a printer is supported before ordering a couple dozen of them...
Provided you have semi-literate employees who can figure how to work GNOME/KDE (which, to me at least, seem only slightly more complex than MacOS), the only real problem a company might have would be getting competent sys admins, for which they'll have to pay a bit more than Windows admins. However, I'm guessing, this being a government operation, costs and efficiency aren't their number one concern.
... he's liable for the loss of business. I wonder if the DHS will make restitution for its denial of service. Free T-shirts with the DHS logo for all affected!
Of course. There's always "sudo -s", but that requires more keystrokes.
If you're doing something like editing a bunch of configs in/etc typing sudo at the beginning of every single line gets a bit old. (Besides, if you're paying for all that backup media, you might as well use it every now and again).
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I read that, but that's still a pretty stupid reason. They can just cable the scanners to give extra "distance." Smudges, at least, are an actual improvement, though I've yet to have that problem with my scanner. I could see that being a problem with greater volume and dirtier fingers though.
Neat but I don't see the point. Why grab someone's fingerprints from a couple of meters when you can just have them swipe it on a pad? Could anyone point out the (legitimate, non-thiefy) benefits of such a device?
They still need to do a double blind study to verify this technique's efficacy versus sugar pill.
I'm sure the other distros will get some spillover. The more people there are who have been exposed to Linux, the more people will experiment with other distros.
Hole in one. Past a certain point, most people just won't care. This is why most people listen to music on cheap, crappy speakers; the gains in paying an extra $X aren't worth it to them. Plus, people are naturally conservative by nature and won't change anything unless they're forced to or see enough of a benefit in doing so.
I remember when this story was (actually) new. The argument was that the department would end up spending a great deal of time and money training him, but he'd end up getting bored quickly -- too quickly to make training him worth it.
... on what percentage of the edits were to pages on old Star Trek episodes and anime? The over/under is 75%.
That seems an awfully exact figure — I'm not sure any two people would ever agree even about the exact same car's "overall ride quality."
Dutch people have the rough analogue to "perfect pitch" for ride quality. I'm guessing they got to about three significant figures in the study but rounded it off to sound a bit more plausible to the rest of the world. No serious studies have to be done on why exactly Dutch people have this ability, but the current predominant theory among many is that it has something to do with putting mayonnaise on french fries.
Which proves that chicken aren't LAZY but rather incapable. NZ birds are BOTH lazy and incapable, thus keeping my sick burn intact.
Oh yeah? Well... at least our birds aren't so lazy that they don't fly! Chalk up another crushing comeback for me.
In Firefox, Preferences > Advanced > Encryption > View certificates. Go to the "authority" tab, click on the Comodo servers, click "delete or distrust."
Wrote it? I only knew that he sang it.
Monday... no peers, no seeds. I'm still stuck at 76.4%. The days drag on, and I can't help but wonder: where is my data and why is it taking so long to get here? Could there be some evil force keeping me from my mission? Am I in danger? I can only hope that one day, the bits will flow... like a torrent...
*dramatic music*
*man casually walks away from a giant explosion without looking back at it*
BitTorrent: The Movie
Coming Summer 2012
I don't even have an URL bar. :'(
... who led the charge to take down OMM from Wikipedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g6eUC2_-RA&feature=player_embedded. Yes, he talks about fire drills for a full fourteen minutes.
http://vimeo.com/3519680
It's about an hour long for anyone who's interested.
TL;DW version: no country is going to waste time developing attacks and trying to coordinate with physical attacks when they can be disarmed by Microsoft releasing a patch. Besides, if you want something DoS'd, it's much easier to just blow it up; that way the admins can't just reboot or restore the damn thing and have it up again within minutes. Most importantly, even if you've managed to cripple a country's networks -- including their military networks -- you need to still be able to back it up with physical force to exploit your temporary advantage. So, he concludes that criminals, terrorists, and spies will be a problem, but "cyberwar" will never really happen.
Regardless of who's faster than who by which benchmark, I don't really know why people care so much about loading a page 105 milliseconds faster.
Weight is an extrinsic quality that depends on quantity. (It's stupid and pedantic, but someone else would have if I didn't).
When a user complains about a sound password policy, this story is a good explanation of why it's really not just the admin's special way of annoying everyone.
They also forgot to mention that 80-90% of these distros which are derivatives of Debian are just Ubuntu remixes with a different default wallpaper image when you install it. If HannaMontana Linux is a valuable diagnostic in determining which Linuxes are more "important" then...?
The difference is no one cares about Safari or Konqueror.
Except there's already VNC, ssh, and bootable USB drives. This tech seems excessively redundant and, as has been pointed out, dangerous if not handled with the utmost (idiot-proof) care.
Linux does have Red Hat though. If you want it, you can get much, much more support than you'd ever want. I think Ubuntu is starting to get into support as well which, based on its wide install base, should have pretty decent driver support. Or you could check a printer is supported before ordering a couple dozen of them...
Provided you have semi-literate employees who can figure how to work GNOME/KDE (which, to me at least, seem only slightly more complex than MacOS), the only real problem a company might have would be getting competent sys admins, for which they'll have to pay a bit more than Windows admins. However, I'm guessing, this being a government operation, costs and efficiency aren't their number one concern.
... he's liable for the loss of business. I wonder if the DHS will make restitution for its denial of service. Free T-shirts with the DHS logo for all affected!
Of course. There's always "sudo -s", but that requires more keystrokes. If you're doing something like editing a bunch of configs in /etc typing sudo at the beginning of every single line gets a bit old. (Besides, if you're paying for all that backup media, you might as well use it every now and again).