I know, I was just mixing time periods to make the joke sound better. Gotta admit it is a funny sounding situation. Big ass T-Rex wandering around, smells a few proto-humans in a cave. Takes all night but the T-Rex patiently takes the cave entrance apart and has a nice snack to start his day. I mean they are more intelligent than we give them credit for right?
Call me a space nutter because I pretty much fit that description. In the last part of your post you mention that our energy runs out. As a self proclaimed space nutter, may I ask you what we are supposed to do when we are over populated and the energy runs out? If somehow we were able to make it into space we could maybe use some of that energy out there? The argument is old but eventually we do have to leave the planet. So why not now?
I am old to computers but new to social networking. Got an invite form a respected techie buddy to join Google+. So I did. Now I am free to share all the inane BS associated with my life just like any 13 year old school girl. It's kind of cool. We just swap cutsie pie crap from the net and a couple of techy articles.
One thing I will say, google+ does have pretty open privacy standards (for now) and a page called Data Liberation. You can pretty much down load anything you put out there on your + page. Then you are free to take your data where ever you want to go.
That can be debated. If you mean the electrons storing the zeroes and ones then they could be considered part of our physical world. Now if it's light then that's just a wave form and not truly physical. Any physicists left on/.? Good time to chime in.
No fun driving yet another Windows drops it's panties vulnerability into the ground. Instead let's make fun of Bluetooth and relate your worst Bluetooth experience.
Me first, I got the cell phone and the Garmin navigator talking via bluetooth. Love answering calls on the Garmin while driving. Hands free, sounds good, love it.
Ok, I do not love parking the truck, going into the convenience store, getting a call and the navigator picks it up when I open the flip phone. I cant hear them, they cant hear me cause their audio is routed to the fricking truck which is locked up out in the parking lot while I am picking out a 6 pack of beer.
What was that old comparison? You're more likely to get bitten by a squirrel in New York City's Central Park than to be bitten by a shark in the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, I would rather be bitten by a squirrel than a shark no matter the location.
I am guessing that the MS/Dell/HP folks turn all the features on out of the box. Mainly because if they don't the people buying the hardware will think they got ripped off. Like the customer buys the new laptop and bluetooth don't work. So they return it in a fit of rage because they are not used to having to turn things like this on? What No BlueTooth? Why this Dell/HP/Compaq is a POS.
Builds their street cred. Proves they can hack into your shit. That way, when they email the president of Bank of America and say they want 50 million by morning or they are gonna release the data they just hacked off your network,...
I have to agree with you there. I also have fired or replaced folks for this kind of crap. There is always the proverbial bus waiting out there. Did anyone else read the article? Slashvertisement, anyone? Who has a Dell rack mount server with a button on the face plate that adjusts the video resolution? I admit to running mostly HP servers cause they are better in my humble opinion but I have seen my fair share of Dell servers. Never ran across a button that changes the video resolution on the fly on the server? Me thinks this article is simply driving hits up at ComputerWorld and maybe Panera Bread?
Using the term groupthink implies that they are capable of conscious thought. Oh yeah and before I forget, you're obviously a shill or a shill that's currently trolling in it's spare time.;)
Good comments, I am with you on most of them. I do occasionally get an actual OS CD from the OEM. Just to freshen up my stock. I totally understand why they went the embedded partition for a system restore. It makes it awfully handy to put the laptop/PC back like it was when it left the factory. Users usually lose the OS CDs or DVDs anyway. I also cringe every time I do a system restore with that embedded or hidden partition because just like you said, it's the first place I would put a virus if I knew how to write one.:)
I just opt to pay Dell or whichever OEM a little more money and they include the installation media. I remember way back when they started calling it media. I figured they were just setting us up for another charge so they could maximize their profits.
I wonder if this botnet survives a good DBAN? I use that tool if I even think the hardware was rooted. 3 Cheers for Darik! Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah.
Ok, read the article and the comments. Me thinks this is simply a way to drive traffic over to IT World. The comments are way better than the article. Maybe I wont waste time RTA-ing anymore.
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I know, I was just mixing time periods to make the joke sound better. Gotta admit it is a funny sounding situation. Big ass T-Rex wandering around, smells a few proto-humans in a cave. Takes all night but the T-Rex patiently takes the cave entrance apart and has a nice snack to start his day. I mean they are more intelligent than we give them credit for right?
Call me a space nutter because I pretty much fit that description. In the last part of your post you mention that our energy runs out. As a self proclaimed space nutter, may I ask you what we are supposed to do when we are over populated and the energy runs out? If somehow we were able to make it into space we could maybe use some of that energy out there? The argument is old but eventually we do have to leave the planet. So why not now?
Ok, send one to me. Santa@NorthPole.com
That's OK, I will go start one for you. No, don't thank me. It's no problem. brb
I am old to computers but new to social networking. Got an invite form a respected techie buddy to join Google+. So I did. Now I am free to share all the inane BS associated with my life just like any 13 year old school girl. It's kind of cool. We just swap cutsie pie crap from the net and a couple of techy articles.
One thing I will say, google+ does have pretty open privacy standards (for now) and a page called Data Liberation. You can pretty much down load anything you put out there on your + page. Then you are free to take your data where ever you want to go.
If there are T-Rexs wandering around the woods everyone is a light sleeper.
Ok, the title of this one was enough to get me laughing this morning. Thanks.
The closer you live to a big city or highly populated place the more you want an HOA.
That can be debated. If you mean the electrons storing the zeroes and ones then they could be considered part of our physical world. Now if it's light then that's just a wave form and not truly physical. Any physicists left on /.? Good time to chime in.
Oh come on, that was funny.
No fun driving yet another Windows drops it's panties vulnerability into the ground. Instead let's make fun of Bluetooth and relate your worst Bluetooth experience.
Me first, I got the cell phone and the Garmin navigator talking via bluetooth. Love answering calls on the Garmin while driving. Hands free, sounds good, love it.
Ok, I do not love parking the truck, going into the convenience store, getting a call and the navigator picks it up when I open the flip phone. I cant hear them, they cant hear me cause their audio is routed to the fricking truck which is locked up out in the parking lot while I am picking out a 6 pack of beer.
20 bucks equals a night of drinking? I beg to differ. 20 bucks does not cover the tip on the tab at the first bar. ;)
What was that old comparison? You're more likely to get bitten by a squirrel in New York City's Central Park than to be bitten by a shark in the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, I would rather be bitten by a squirrel than a shark no matter the location.
I am guessing that the MS/Dell/HP folks turn all the features on out of the box. Mainly because if they don't the people buying the hardware will think they got ripped off. Like the customer buys the new laptop and bluetooth don't work. So they return it in a fit of rage because they are not used to having to turn things like this on? What No BlueTooth? Why this Dell/HP/Compaq is a POS.
Tell me more about this monkey and the rock?
Ctrl+Esc, Type R, Type CMD, Hit Enter. :)
Or for the mouse driven/Windows 7 crowd, Click on Start ==> Run ==> Type CMD ==> Click OK.
Builds their street cred. Proves they can hack into your shit. That way, when they email the president of Bank of America and say they want 50 million by morning or they are gonna release the data they just hacked off your network,...
I have to agree with you there. I also have fired or replaced folks for this kind of crap. There is always the proverbial bus waiting out there. Did anyone else read the article? Slashvertisement, anyone? Who has a Dell rack mount server with a button on the face plate that adjusts the video resolution? I admit to running mostly HP servers cause they are better in my humble opinion but I have seen my fair share of Dell servers. Never ran across a button that changes the video resolution on the fly on the server? Me thinks this article is simply driving hits up at ComputerWorld and maybe Panera Bread?
I am totally with you. We need Space Marines and a Moon base. You could sit on the moon and shoot rocks back at any country you want.
Uhh, how come this was not modded down? WTH? Slashdot fairies, where are you?
You're right. Sad to say but you are spot on.
Using the term groupthink implies that they are capable of conscious thought. Oh yeah and before I forget, you're obviously a shill or a shill that's currently trolling in it's spare time. ;)
Oh come on, we all know it has Her Little Secret, His hidden heir. Fresh off the Harlequin Press
Good comments, I am with you on most of them. I do occasionally get an actual OS CD from the OEM. Just to freshen up my stock. I totally understand why they went the embedded partition for a system restore. It makes it awfully handy to put the laptop/PC back like it was when it left the factory. Users usually lose the OS CDs or DVDs anyway. I also cringe every time I do a system restore with that embedded or hidden partition because just like you said, it's the first place I would put a virus if I knew how to write one. :)
I just opt to pay Dell or whichever OEM a little more money and they include the installation media. I remember way back when they started calling it media. I figured they were just setting us up for another charge so they could maximize their profits.
I wonder if this botnet survives a good DBAN? I use that tool if I even think the hardware was rooted. 3 Cheers for Darik! Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah.
Ok, read the article and the comments. Me thinks this is simply a way to drive traffic over to IT World. The comments are way better than the article. Maybe I wont waste time RTA-ing anymore.