In no particular order: How do you know the "hat status" of a potential employee? What does the law say in the jurisdiction you're in? Are there other "hat free" candidates with the same skills? Are you willing to take the risk? Are there any benefits to the available position that the former "black hat" status offers? (Think, for example, of a truly reformed virus writer who still has contacts in the underground, but, who is now applying for a position in an antivirus company.)
I am not so sure. I have quite a number of friends/acquaintances who bought Slingboxes - http://www.slingmedia.com/indexa.php - for the express purpose of watching sports on their mobile devices. Why would this be? Could it be a price/performance thing? I certainly think so.
Sounds good. But, we don't really know how old he is, nor what his future plans are. Even if he is older, what if he is in the middle of a distance education degree? Would it make sense to drop that, or move it to the back burner, just so that he can "grow up"?
Again, it's not that I disagree with your position, but, we just don't know about _his_ situation.
I believe that what you are looking for is a Dreambox - even a 500S would do - with one of the third party firmwares; Gemini project would be a good one.
"and 1Mbit internet connections to be widely available and affordable"
Err... 0(zero) key not working? You certainly mean 100, or, at the very least, 10 Mbps. No? Outside the "lite" users - Shaw Lite, Telus Lite, here in Vancouver - I don't know anyone with under 1M connections. And, this is in what I consider the backwoods of tech, as I used to have 100Mbps fibre in Tokyo quite a few years back.
(Yes, yes, I know there still are a lot of people on dial up; but, the majority of these people don't have the need, or, can't afford better connections. Either way, it's rarely the technology that is lacking.)
Actually, that's the point I was making. GP was worried about depressurisation, and I was trying to suggest it's not a thing to worry about. Guess I should have been clearer.
As for "everyone" being armed, I remember travelling through some places in Arizona where "open carry" was legal - this was about 17 years ago. They had had their last bank hold up so long before that no one could actually remember when it was. I guess it makes one think twice about holding up a bank, when one sees that half the customers are packing. I would venture to guess that the same would apply to air planes.
Actually jacking prices up does increase profit, even if your customer base is not "locked in". The "secret" is to find the point where any further increase in price would jeopardize profit. So, jack up all you want, as long as you don't go past the point of diminishing returns.
If you have a computer that can't run the OS of your choice in vmware you can stop reading now.
For others...
1. Get a "mini" install of your OS of choice in vmware - DSL is damn small. Now that vmware server is free, there if no reason not to snag it. 2. Tar/zip/whatever the contents of the installed directory to a file somewhere. My "mini XP" is less than 400M compressed. 3. Use this install for all activities you feel threaten your privacy/sanity/etc. 4. Once done with said activity, delete the directory and un-whatever_you_used the original. 5. Rinse. Repeat.
I, have learned, through trial and error, that some windows programs just don't behave well if installed on the same computer, or, worse, introduce instability in th OS itself. So, I have several "specialised" vmware images. This way I can be ready to go in a few minutes regardless of the host environment I have to use.(Sometimes you really can't replace a windows install with a Linux one, or the other way around. With my approach all I have to do is plug in my external USB/firewire drive install whatever version of VMWARE is appropriate, and I am using the same environment as I am aways using.) Yes, there most likely are other ways of doing this, but, it's the way _I_ do it, and works for _me_ every time. Also, I know all about snapshots, I just prefer things this way.
Do you often get asked if you're gay? (Not a troll, an honest question. ) I am, basically, the same as you, plus I tend to be a bit of a clean freak; mind you, not necessarily a neat, but, definitely a clean freak. I am often asked if I am gay; even by women who should know better... cough... if you know what I mean. I don't even think I am a good cook - I think of my cooking as as below average - but, I _universally_ get praised on the meals I make for my friends. What never ceases to amuse me, is the look everyone gives me when I tell them how much I spend on food every month. Almost everyone says they wouldn't even manage one week, never mind one month.
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Asian. (But, they'd have to be unladen.)
Well, it would depend, wouldn't it.
In no particular order:
How do you know the "hat status" of a potential employee?
What does the law say in the jurisdiction you're in?
Are there other "hat free" candidates with the same skills?
Are you willing to take the risk?
Are there any benefits to the available position that the former "black hat" status offers? (Think, for example, of a truly reformed virus writer who still has contacts in the underground, but, who is now applying for a position in an antivirus company.)
I am not so sure. I have quite a number of friends/acquaintances who bought Slingboxes - http://www.slingmedia.com/indexa.php - for the express purpose of watching sports on their mobile devices. Why would this be? Could it be a price/performance thing? I certainly think so.
Err ... completely different colour high horse to look down on other from?
Of course not. This http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1425 570.stm is way cheaper
Sounds good. But, we don't really know how old he is, nor what his future plans are. Even if he is older, what if he is in the middle of a distance education degree? Would it make sense to drop that, or move it to the back burner, just so that he can "grow up"?
Again, it's not that I disagree with your position, but, we just don't know about _his_ situation.
I believe that what you are looking for is a Dreambox - even a 500S would do - with one of the third party firmwares; Gemini project would be a good one.
Of course it will go to the starving artists. The starving RIAA scam artists, that is.
"and 1Mbit internet connections to be widely available and affordable"
... 0(zero) key not working? You certainly mean 100, or, at the very least, 10 Mbps. No?
Err
Outside the "lite" users - Shaw Lite, Telus Lite, here in Vancouver - I don't know anyone with under 1M connections. And, this is in what I consider the backwoods of tech, as I used to have 100Mbps fibre in Tokyo quite a few years back.
(Yes, yes, I know there still are a lot of people on dial up; but, the majority of these people don't have the need, or, can't afford better connections. Either way, it's rarely the technology that is lacking.)
Because this time it goes to 11???
Indeed.
Here you go, http://toronto.craigslist.org/ele/203441664.html. Don't even need to go near a store, and, possibly, have a security camera pointed at you.
Actually, that's the point I was making. GP was worried about depressurisation, and I was trying to suggest it's not a thing to worry about. Guess I should have been clearer.
As for "everyone" being armed, I remember travelling through some places in Arizona where "open carry" was legal - this was about 17 years ago. They had had their last bank hold up so long before that no one could actually remember when it was. I guess it makes one think twice about holding up a bank, when one sees that half the customers are packing. I would venture to guess that the same would apply to air planes.
1. .45 ... Use proper ammo for the job. ... you are watching to many movies.
2. Depressurisation
I bet it's cheaper to pull ten miles of fibre in the country side as is 100 yards in Manhattan.
dihydrogen monoxide ... "they" are on to that. All liquids, including dihydrogen monoxide are now banned.
Welcome to Japan ... twenty years ago. (Most likely more, but, I can only talk from my experience.)
Actually jacking prices up does increase profit, even if your customer base is not "locked in". The "secret" is to find the point where any further increase in price would jeopardize profit. So, jack up all you want, as long as you don't go past the point of diminishing returns.
If you have a computer that can't run the OS of your choice in vmware you can stop reading now.
...
For others
1. Get a "mini" install of your OS of choice in vmware - DSL is damn small. Now that vmware server is free, there if no reason not to snag it.
2. Tar/zip/whatever the contents of the installed directory to a file somewhere. My "mini XP" is less than 400M compressed.
3. Use this install for all activities you feel threaten your privacy/sanity/etc.
4. Once done with said activity, delete the directory and un-whatever_you_used the original.
5. Rinse. Repeat.
I, have learned, through trial and error, that some windows programs just don't behave well if installed on the same computer, or, worse, introduce instability in th OS itself. So, I have several "specialised" vmware images. This way I can be ready to go in a few minutes regardless of the host environment I have to use.(Sometimes you really can't replace a windows install with a Linux one, or the other way around. With my approach all I have to do is plug in my external USB/firewire drive install whatever version of VMWARE is appropriate, and I am using the same environment as I am aways using.)
Yes, there most likely are other ways of doing this, but, it's the way _I_ do it, and works for _me_ every time. Also, I know all about snapshots, I just prefer things this way.
Well, most slashdotters have nothing to fear, being a geek almost never goes with being a "dog". In fact, I would say they are opposites.
http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/ - Most things are cheap, and easy to make.
Do you often get asked if you're gay? (Not a troll, an honest question. ) ... cough ... if you know what I mean.
I am, basically, the same as you, plus I tend to be a bit of a clean freak; mind you, not necessarily a neat, but, definitely a clean freak. I am often asked if I am gay; even by women who should know better
I don't even think I am a good cook - I think of my cooking as as below average - but, I _universally_ get praised on the meals I make for my friends. What never ceases to amuse me, is the look everyone gives me when I tell them how much I spend on food every month. Almost everyone says they wouldn't even manage one week, never mind one month.
nope. (Vista's not out yet, in case you didn't know.) :-)
... I hadn't realized time had gone by so fast. Damn, April 1st already. Missed a whole season of skying. :-|
Indeed you can. But, sometimes, "just because I can" is not a good enough reason. Think about the power used, the space, the noise, etc.
Nice cars are way overrated. Move to India and you can afford a really nice palanquin. ;)