That's a common misconception shared by journalist who write about shale gas and oil, etc.
The real question is not "how many dollars does it cost to produce a barrel", since dollar cost is an arbitrary value set by humans, but rather "how much energy does it cost to produce a barrel"?
Once we cross certain threshold, all the remaining "flamable ice" will melt, and since methane is one of the most efficient greenhouse gas, we will turn Earth into second Venus.
People don't mind being spied on. Well, they say they do, but they really don't, otherwise they would do something to stop it.
After 10 years, the expression "personal privacy" will be reduced to simple oxymoron, because how can a person have privacy, when all his personal data are public or for sale?
Their own management probably bought majority of those units to boost sales stats. The bonuses that will be awarded for PS4 performance will cover the costs and there will be plenty left for personal yachts, jet planes and spacecrafts.
Capitalism is soft of a perpetuum mobile... for the select few.
Just let them do it. Once they add up the cost for maintenance, operation errors (because no software is perfect), replacement parts and robot life expectancy (because all machines break down eventually), they will find out that paying their workers properly might be much cheaper.
Don't confuse unions with onions. Onions are the round things that make you cry. Unions are actually good - because of them, people no longer work 16 hours a day, and there is no child labor.
Could it have something to do with the fact that the current consoles are 7 years old and potential buyers are saving up for the next generation consoles?
"Now listen you maggots! Shoot 'em, blow 'em, kill 'em anyway you like, but remember this. The blue ones are bulletproof, so use knives or grenades. But not on the green ones, those are resistant to all forms of explosives... and poison, I think. The black ones cannot be drowned and the purple ones can safely ignore radiation, so nukes are useless. War has become more complicated, I guess."
People have a lot of space they scarcely/ever use. But why just hackers? When we start doing good, let's extend it to other professions. In no time, you will have two attorneys in the attic, a group of gangsters in the garage, a Romanian refugee in the refrigerator, an established loan-shark in the lounge, few pick-pockets in the patio, a visionary in the vestibule, and maybe even a killer in the kitchen.
But what if those people start interacting with each other?
... I use the fantastic, free OpenDNS, and I have set resolv.conf to ns1.opendns.ch and ns2.opendns.ch years ago... crap! John, tear the wire from the wall, fast!
Why do we have it then? AFAIK root zone was signed in May, so just don't send those super secret root zone KSKs to red commies and every validating resolver is safe!
Hooray for advanced protocol beating the red threat back!
Handful of insects thrown to the Martian red sky mosquitos wasps bees flies all fall and promptly die without atmosphere noone can fly experiment failed but tax dollars flow my way...
That is exactly the middle-management mentality that causes so much trouble: "Look, it works, it killed the fly. Oh, and it also killed the whole village..."
Maybe you would be better off plugging the network cable off - voila, stops spam 100%. The problem is that blacklists like these create a lot of false positives - legitimate customers of other ISPs whose IPs and IP ranges got blacklisted can't mail to your clients. Not your problem? Wrong, it is your problem, because by applying the blacklist "solution" without proper consideration, you are punishing innocent people collectively (bad practice).
Imagine an ISP with outgoing mailserver for many ADSL users - many users today have compromised Windows instalations serving as zombies for spammers. ISPs cannot effectively prevent this, yet when the zombie awakens and spams, everyone else using the same server is punished by the blacklist.
You are just moving the hassle to the other guy, which is once again, bad. There is no "magic bullet" solution to spam, but it pays to be considerate and responsible. And if your customers leave because they can't receive legitimate mail, don't be surprised. And if your answer is "It ain't my problem", you don't deserve them anyway.
Finally, these self-righteous, blackmailing schmoosters go down in flames! I wonder how much money they extorted over the years, but I guess people eventually came to their senses and stopped paying.
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Display the exam questions on captcha banners that protect pr0n sites from bots, and sit back and watch how the whole world passes your exams.
That's a common misconception shared by journalist who write about shale gas and oil, etc.
The real question is not "how many dollars does it cost to produce a barrel", since dollar cost is an arbitrary value set by humans, but rather "how much energy does it cost to produce a barrel"?
Once we cross certain threshold, all the remaining "flamable ice" will melt, and since methane is one of the most efficient greenhouse gas, we will turn Earth into second Venus.
As will these employees soon find out. Everyone who defies or makes fun of Mr. Trump should be in prison. Because he is taking back control!
People don't mind being spied on. Well, they say they do, but they really don't, otherwise they would do something to stop it.
After 10 years, the expression "personal privacy" will be reduced to simple oxymoron, because how can a person have privacy, when all his personal data are public or for sale?
... provided Microsoft decides that all those who enjoy the "free upgrade" option will have to start paying regularly.
Their own management probably bought majority of those units to boost sales stats. The bonuses that will be awarded for PS4 performance will cover the costs and there will be plenty left for personal yachts, jet planes and spacecrafts.
Capitalism is soft of a perpetuum mobile... for the select few.
For hackers with balls, try that on Air Force One.
"Hey, Mr. President, this is my seat!"
They made everyone switch to UEFI and now the world is safe, right?
Just let them do it. Once they add up the cost for maintenance, operation errors (because no software is perfect), replacement parts and robot life expectancy (because all machines break down eventually), they will find out that paying their workers properly might be much cheaper.
I agree. The "free market religion" is like cancer - once the metastases grow through all economies, there is no cure.
Don't confuse unions with onions. Onions are the round things that make you cry. Unions are actually good - because of them, people no longer work 16 hours a day, and there is no child labor.
If not for the unions, 16 hours shifts and child labor would still be common. And it still is - in parts of the world where there are no unions.
Apparently, Czech wage slaves would be more manageable, or so they say. But the locals blocked it in a plebiscite.
http://www.praguepost.com/business/23186-amazon-sets-eyes-on-czech-republic
Could it have something to do with the fact that the current consoles are 7 years old and potential buyers are saving up for the next generation consoles?
Users are obsolete.
Users are obsolete.
Users are obsolete.
Obsolete
are
users.
What are users?
Obsolete.
Who is obsolete?
Users.
How would you best describe the relation between users and being obsolete?
The latter being the core characteristics of the former.
Users, obsolete are.
Obsoleteness. Why dost thou plague the users so?
... especially if it's not there.
"Now listen you maggots! Shoot 'em, blow 'em, kill 'em anyway you like, but remember this. The blue ones are bulletproof, so use knives or grenades. But not on the green ones, those are resistant to all forms of explosives... and poison, I think. The black ones cannot be drowned and the purple ones can safely ignore radiation, so nukes are useless. War has become more complicated, I guess."
People have a lot of space they scarcely/ever use. But why just hackers? When we start doing good, let's extend it to other professions. In no time, you will have two attorneys in the attic, a group of gangsters in the garage, a Romanian refugee in the refrigerator, an established loan-shark in the lounge, few pick-pockets in the patio, a visionary in the vestibule, and maybe even a killer in the kitchen.
But what if those people start interacting with each other?
Since Chinese control 3 of the root DNS servers, I bet they are given the root zone KSKs.. and with them, you can spoof any record.
... I use the fantastic, free OpenDNS, and I have set resolv.conf to ns1.opendns.ch and ns2.opendns.ch years ago... crap! John, tear the wire from the wall, fast!
Why do we have it then? AFAIK root zone was signed in May, so just don't send those super secret root zone KSKs to red commies and every validating resolver is safe!
Hooray for advanced protocol beating the red threat back!
Handful of insects
thrown to the Martian red sky
mosquitos
wasps
bees
flies
all fall and promptly die
without atmosphere
noone can fly
experiment failed
but tax dollars flow my way...
That is exactly the middle-management mentality that causes so much trouble: "Look, it works, it killed the fly. Oh, and it also killed the whole village..."
Maybe you would be better off plugging the network cable off - voila, stops spam 100%. The problem is that blacklists like these create a lot of false positives - legitimate customers of other ISPs whose IPs and IP ranges got blacklisted can't mail to your clients. Not your problem? Wrong, it is your problem, because by applying the blacklist "solution" without proper consideration, you are punishing innocent people collectively (bad practice).
Imagine an ISP with outgoing mailserver for many ADSL users - many users today have compromised Windows instalations serving as zombies for spammers. ISPs cannot effectively prevent this, yet when the zombie awakens and spams, everyone else using the same server is punished by the blacklist.
You are just moving the hassle to the other guy, which is once again, bad. There is no "magic bullet" solution to spam, but it pays to be considerate and responsible. And if your customers leave because they can't receive legitimate mail, don't be surprised. And if your answer is "It ain't my problem", you don't deserve them anyway.
Finally, these self-righteous, blackmailing schmoosters go down in flames! I wonder how much money they extorted over the years, but I guess people eventually came to their senses and stopped paying.