Watch as the "mainstream media" twists itself into knots trying to avoid stating what everyone knows: The Tories broke the law, and arguably stole at a least a couple of seats. And given the penchant for micromanaging there's no way the Prime Minister didn't know about it.
"You can get the same categorical list of programs in Unity. Just click on "filter" or something like it on the dash screen or whatever the HUD is called. Choose your category. Done."
Sometimes stuff like this does just write itself...
On behalf of the majority of people up here, please just ignore these dolts. I somehow suspect that they're affiliated with the Catholic Teachers who want WIFI removed from schools...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years.
After hurtling through space for a day and a half, a massive cloud of charged particles is due to arrive early Thursday and could disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services, especially in northern areas.
1) Economy in the toilet
2) Election looming
3) No real credible enemies around (like who would be stupid enough to attack a country whose military budget dwarfs most of the rest of the planet)
4) INVENT ENEMY out of thin air using tried and true scaremongering.
5) PROFIT! (and/or re-election)
Neither the article or the Google thread says this. All that it says is that's a video of "basically just me walking and talking, outdoors, away from any possible source of music." Maybe you can also hear birdsong behind him, maybe you can't, or maybe he added it after the fact. We don't know.
What's not explicitly mentioned is whether the bird sounds were recorded at the same time as the video, or whether they were dubbed in after the fact.
If the latter, it's entirely possible that he's using a recording that was made, and consequently copyrighted by someone else.
Movie and TV producers have been dubbing in bird sounds for decades, including one infamous time when CBS backed a golf match with the sounds of birds that have never lived anywhere near the game's location.
Anyhow, the point is that while you can't (yet!) copyright a bird song, you can copyright a specific recording of a sound.
(none of this should be taken to mean that Google does not have it's head up its ass.)
Become brutal about tossing/shredding/recycling any bit of paper that's not ABSOLUTELY needed. Even my packrat girlfriend ends up with an entire year of tax and business related stuff in one 4" binder. Most of the paper that people hang on to (and e-docs as well) is entirely disposable.
Just as the very brightest criminals are the ones that are never caught, I tend to assume that there are many people poking around in just about any system of consequence. Anonymous, Wikileaks, and similar operations are just the tip of the iceberg.
I expect that we're heading for something that resembles John Brunner's Shockwave Rider, where one day a clever hacker will make all governmental data banks miraculously be wide open. The kind of thing that will make Wikileaks seem like a trifle.
As for hacking a transportation system? I kind of assume that various governments are already doing to each other.
Perhaps the problem is that our corporate profit driven economy and government have created a culture that only values - read: hires and pays well - careers that directly benefit the bottom line.
If, as many expect, we're diving into both global warming and a global financial crash, we may regret that choice.
We may need people who can think creatively and tangentially, not a thousand more MBAs.
This just HAS to become an infomercial! Who needs to buy distressed real estate for no money down when you can just become a coder in a few short weeks!
The government is holding a public consultation with the chance for Canadians to speak out to save the public domain."
Tee hee. It's so cute when people think that they can make a difference. The Tories have majority, which means that they will do exactly what they want, when they want, and only what they want.
This thing is a done deal, and no amount of punditry and internet petitioning is going to change it.
I'm still using XP on the family's computers because replacing XP would take effort, and there is no real reason to do so yet. My own personal computers all run Debian.
Same here - well Mint, but yeah. It's not just that XP is adequate, it's that MS Office 2003 (I think?) which works fine on XP, is adequate. The last big upgrades were from IE to Chrome, and Outlook Express to MS Live Mail. The former at my suggestion, and the latter because OE was developing serious issues with a gigantic inbox.
At the end of the day though, reinstalling Mint takes about 20 minutes, whereas reinstalling XP on a new drive took a couple of days what with upgrades, drivers etc.
Agreed that this is hardly earth shattering news. I have to ask though, does anyone actually use the google.com start page? I'm either using Gmail, or search from the URL Bar in Chrome, or from the dedicated Google box in whatever other browser I'm using. The only time I see Google's start page is when I do a fresh install.
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Watch as the "mainstream media" twists itself into knots trying to avoid stating what everyone knows: The Tories broke the law, and arguably stole at a least a couple of seats. And given the penchant for micromanaging there's no way the Prime Minister didn't know about it.
The essence of giving is that I have an item, and freely pass it on to another individual.
What Apple offers is a way to buy something and have it delivered to someone else, al the while keeping it within Apple's steely grip.
Somehow that doesn't feel like "giving".
"You can get the same categorical list of programs in Unity. Just click on "filter" or something like it on the dash screen or whatever the HUD is called. Choose your category. Done."
Sometimes stuff like this does just write itself...
Almost as useful as "Read the MAN pages."
"...one in 36 Macs has OS X specific infections..."
Ah yes, only in Mac-land would they spin that into a positive!
On behalf of the majority of people up here, please just ignore these dolts. I somehow suspect that they're affiliated with the Catholic Teachers who want WIFI removed from schools...
No, not THAT knob, the big fist sized knob on the wheel of my forklift
Sky, meet Chicken Little.
.fi? Under the circumstances I'd say register in Fortunata and get a .FU suffix.
1) Economy in the toilet
2) Election looming
3) No real credible enemies around (like who would be stupid enough to attack a country whose military budget dwarfs most of the rest of the planet)
4) INVENT ENEMY out of thin air using tried and true scaremongering.
5) PROFIT! (and/or re-election)
A significant number of those people aren't as smart as their phones...
His bosses are. Follow the money.
Whoops - my bad. He does say "There are birds singing in the background in the video".
Neither the article or the Google thread says this. All that it says is that's a video of "basically just me walking and talking, outdoors, away from any possible source of music." Maybe you can also hear birdsong behind him, maybe you can't, or maybe he added it after the fact. We don't know.
Best comment in this thread - including my own.
It's like voting; if you don't bother to vote you have abandoned your right to have an opinion.
Problem is, my opinion is that we don't need any more rich old white guys in power, but that's all we get to vote for.
What's not explicitly mentioned is whether the bird sounds were recorded at the same time as the video, or whether they were dubbed in after the fact.
If the latter, it's entirely possible that he's using a recording that was made, and consequently copyrighted by someone else.
Movie and TV producers have been dubbing in bird sounds for decades, including one infamous time when CBS backed a golf match with the sounds of birds that have never lived anywhere near the game's location.
Anyhow, the point is that while you can't (yet!) copyright a bird song, you can copyright a specific recording of a sound.
(none of this should be taken to mean that Google does not have it's head up its ass.)
Seems obvious that your employer can require that - why not?
Just make sure that you maintain a really clear separation between work data that put into this account and your private life and accounts.
I'd opt for no linkages whatsoever between the two.
I'd also ask specifically what happens to that account and the associated data if you leave the company. You'll want it to be nukeable when you go.
Become brutal about tossing/shredding/recycling any bit of paper that's not ABSOLUTELY needed. Even my packrat girlfriend ends up with an entire year of tax and business related stuff in one 4" binder. Most of the paper that people hang on to (and e-docs as well) is entirely disposable.
Just as the very brightest criminals are the ones that are never caught, I tend to assume that there are many people poking around in just about any system of consequence. Anonymous, Wikileaks, and similar operations are just the tip of the iceberg.
I expect that we're heading for something that resembles John Brunner's Shockwave Rider, where one day a clever hacker will make all governmental data banks miraculously be wide open. The kind of thing that will make Wikileaks seem like a trifle.
As for hacking a transportation system? I kind of assume that various governments are already doing to each other.
Perhaps the problem is that our corporate profit driven economy and government have created a culture that only values - read: hires and pays well - careers that directly benefit the bottom line. If, as many expect, we're diving into both global warming and a global financial crash, we may regret that choice. We may need people who can think creatively and tangentially, not a thousand more MBAs.
This just HAS to become an infomercial! Who needs to buy distressed real estate for no money down when you can just become a coder in a few short weeks!
The government is holding a public consultation with the chance for Canadians to speak out to save the public domain."
Tee hee. It's so cute when people think that they can make a difference. The Tories have majority, which means that they will do exactly what they want, when they want, and only what they want.
This thing is a done deal, and no amount of punditry and internet petitioning is going to change it.
I'm still using XP on the family's computers because replacing XP would take effort, and there is no real reason to do so yet. My own personal computers all run Debian.
Same here - well Mint, but yeah. It's not just that XP is adequate, it's that MS Office 2003 (I think?) which works fine on XP, is adequate. The last big upgrades were from IE to Chrome, and Outlook Express to MS Live Mail. The former at my suggestion, and the latter because OE was developing serious issues with a gigantic inbox.
At the end of the day though, reinstalling Mint takes about 20 minutes, whereas reinstalling XP on a new drive took a couple of days what with upgrades, drivers etc.
Agreed that this is hardly earth shattering news. I have to ask though, does anyone actually use the google.com start page? I'm either using Gmail, or search from the URL Bar in Chrome, or from the dedicated Google box in whatever other browser I'm using. The only time I see Google's start page is when I do a fresh install.
Beware the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!