Of course, if people take the payoff, then the FBI doesn't have to bother with hunting for the criminals. Pretty convenient to skip out on doing their jobs.
However, Bethesda also gets a pass because their games have a lot of replayability and great modding content. The game will be around for years to come, so I think I might wait a year to buy it.
It won't be entirely fixed, but it will be cheaper and better.
I would donate money to help fight it, but not if they are just going to give the money to the attackers. Which seems to be exactly what they did here.
And it was probably the government of a country obsessed with surveillance of their own people, so no amount of ransom is going to make that go away. The internet service providers are, of course, in on it.
I do find it adorable that people think by tightly regulating who can call themselves "engineers", that it will magically make all those that have the qualifications competent.
Another possibility is he asked for a card with a huge limit or one of those "gold cards" with extra rewards or something. Anyone with a halfway decent score can get a regular card.
Credit card companies also make money on transaction fees. So they can make money off people that pay off their balances every month. I don't know what the split is, but I expect it is much more on the credit side of the business.
I don't know why a company would turn down someone with an 800 credit score. Maybe they are shady assholes that want people to run up huge late fees?
Oh I am not debating that you can easily spy on someone from outside property range. I am sure this is what my neighbors think I am doing every time I bring out my telescope.
The real problem is privacy, not how how close a drone is allowed to get to a person. If it was close enough to shoot down, it was probably too close.
But I am more asking a question about the attack range. At what height above one's property do they "own"? I am sure that people installing their own anti aircraft systems will need to know this.
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Of course, if people take the payoff, then the FBI doesn't have to bother with hunting for the criminals. Pretty convenient to skip out on doing their jobs.
I believe it was a government that sponsored the DDOS. Thus it did not stop when they were paid off. I don't know who Radware is.
However, Bethesda also gets a pass because their games have a lot of replayability and great modding content. The game will be around for years to come, so I think I might wait a year to buy it.
It won't be entirely fixed, but it will be cheaper and better.
Gamers are dumb. We get hooked into the hype-train and completely forget about past transgressions.
If those people were smart, they would wait a year and get the entire game plus, the day-0 DLC, and all the expansions for half the price.
Preorders are for suckers.
I would donate money to help fight it, but not if they are just going to give the money to the attackers. Which seems to be exactly what they did here.
And it was probably the government of a country obsessed with surveillance of their own people, so no amount of ransom is going to make that go away. The internet service providers are, of course, in on it.
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At the Comcast all you can eat buffet.
Set down plate and tells the customer, "Here, that is all you can eat."
Um no. "But it's a dry heat." Humidity is always worse when it is hot. Look at the heat index numbers.
I do find it adorable that people think by tightly regulating who can call themselves "engineers", that it will magically make all those that have the qualifications competent.
You think professional organizations are concerned about making sure there are quality professionals?
Well, to be fair, "AC Engineer" sounds a lot like either an electrical engineer or an air conditioning engineer. :)
"Should programmers stop calling themselves engineers?"
Or allow one app. But then again, playing farmville should count against your credit score.
That is pretty standard. The loans and retail banking divisions would have separate computer systems and pretty much operate as separate companies.
There are also probably laws that govern what financial information a bank can share even with itself.
You are buying the wrong kind of car.
Another possibility is he asked for a card with a huge limit or one of those "gold cards" with extra rewards or something. Anyone with a halfway decent score can get a regular card.
Credit card companies also make money on transaction fees. So they can make money off people that pay off their balances every month. I don't know what the split is, but I expect it is much more on the credit side of the business.
I don't know why a company would turn down someone with an 800 credit score. Maybe they are shady assholes that want people to run up huge late fees?
Except when you did not actually buy anything and the calls are a harassment to hope you will pay just to make it go away.
Talk to anyone that has been a victim of identity theft.
Oh I am not debating that you can easily spy on someone from outside property range. I am sure this is what my neighbors think I am doing every time I bring out my telescope.
The real problem is privacy, not how how close a drone is allowed to get to a person. If it was close enough to shoot down, it was probably too close.
But I am more asking a question about the attack range. At what height above one's property do they "own"? I am sure that people installing their own anti aircraft systems will need to know this.
Probably a way to relabel standard birdshot and charge 3x for it.
Well these things should be following some pre-planned route on public land in regulated drone airspace.
However, as far as property rights go, when does a property owner's airspace end and it becomes the FAA's airspace?
Ballistic trajectory, how does it work?
Except if you run with scissors you can only really hurt yourself.
You randomly fire a gun into the air, and you can only really hurt others.