So, I know that's flamebait, but I'll bite. It's good that you're posting AC, or I'd come over there and punch you all up in your shit.
>:)
Actually, I paid for my classes with hard work. I was too young to be admitted to the school, and so I audited them with special permission from the Dean of Sciences, and took on an unpaid position as an ad-hoc Cobol programmer, when they needed help with reporting tools in Administration. In all, I only worked about 10 hours a week, after school and on weekends, but I think that more than paid for the additional fees of teaching me in my three classes
But he's no more a criminal than the PC maintenance guy that looks at data on a machine he or she is repairing
Gotta call bullshit on that one.
In actual fact, he's no more a criminal than the PC maintenance guy who
a) checks for cameras or coworkers,
b) pulls out a lock-pick set,
c) picks the locks on the file drawer,
d) checks for more surveillance,
e) pulls out the portable scanner,
f) copies all the data that interests him,
g) sends the data to his home for later perusal and use as he sees fit,
h) covers all his tracks,
i) re-locks the drawers,
j) checks one more time for security, and
k) finishes repairing the machine.
I mean, really. Looking at papers on someone's desk doesn't even come into the same REALM as some of the things he did, hype or not. He admits it. I'm not bashing Mitnick, I feel for him. But don't belittle his (repeated) crimes as simply looking at data that was right in front of him.
You can steal things without intentional vandalism, and it's still wrong.
We also backup all buildings, over the WAN...But if a building goes down, I know I have a secondary (besides the tape in that building) to fall back on.
Ahhh. You must have figured out the quantum problems people were having in the other story. Maybe you could hop on over and let them know?
I tried that exact tactic with a bill collector I was arguing with. She INSISTED that my 2-days-overdue-mortgage-payment was some sort of national crisis and DEMANDED to know when the money would be in hand.
So, I politely backed off, knowing that I really WAS late paying, and said, "Man. I don't envy you. Your job really sucks. I wouldn't take it for any amount of money." She replied with, "Sir, I love my job and I make good money. How about you?"
So, while I make good money, I hate my insecure job and lack of personal faith in this tech industry. It made me think.
but in a conversational informal environment, I fail to see the importance, or in particular how it lessens a persons arguement.
That's because you fail to see the humor in the rather Freudian slip. Taken at face value, "heald" is great just as a mis-spelled, very in-context humanities-vs-grades slip. That's why it's beautiful.
For the second reason, "Heald" (taken out of context) is one of the worst technical colleges in the country (IMHO), where they horribly inflate grades and give a fake 2-year CS degree to people who learn basic VB programming. Yes, I know some graduates. They're poor and hungry for any work.
Third, I don't understand what your Japanese has to do with it. I also was a double major in CS & Russian language with a double minor in Math and AI. I never mis-spell as a reslut of that.
What I'd like to see is someone reverse this technology a little bit - how about a Digital 8 Backup solution? Something that lets you use your camera as a backup drive?
Those tapes are awfully cheap, and though it may be slow, I'd try it.
[If this comment gets modded up, there will be tons of responses from people who don't understand the concept of something being wrong and not illegal, but have no trouble at all with things that are illegal but not wrong]
I don't understand...How can it be wrong and not illegal?!?! I mean, that's like saying that saying it's wrong to do things that are illegal but not wrong!!
Has anybody proposed an open standard for such gadgets so that new wristwatch-data-service providers can enter the market when the old provider leaves?"
From the article: "If you masturbate in the bathtub, that's part of the idea -- even though it doesn't say it in the promotional material," Mohanraj said. "If you get distracted, it's not so bad to drop the book in the bathtub."
So...are they talking the "Oh-face" dropping of the book or the "OHMYGODWHATAREYOUDOINGINHERE?!?!" dropping of the book?
From the Article : The 1.8-inch iVDR will be slightly thinner than a 2.5-inch iVDR disk, which measures 5.2 inches wide by 3 inches deep by a half inch high.
So who measured this thing? Hilary Rosen?
"Yes, well we saw that it had the capacity to appear to be a 2.5 inch disk if used at full capacity and fitted to your pc with a Sawzall and a ballpeen hammer."
5 gallon buckets do indeed kill more kids than guns
I have to call bullshit on this, because you're wrong.
According to the CDC, "Thirty-six children drown in five gallon buckets every year." In 1998, according to the CDC, (and thanks, I was actually believing your tripe!) "529 children 5 to 14 years old were killed with guns" And that's just 5-14 year-olds. Which is less than 59% of the child ages in question. Do the math, and I'd say about 20 times as many children are killed with guns (either suicide, murder or accident) as are with 5-gallon-buckets.
So, obviously the ONLY thing that can protect me from ALL of the "6'2", 350# drug-crazed lunatics" is for me to get a gun. What happens when he TAKES THAT GUN WHILE I'M ASLEEP AND KILLS US ALL?! Or what if he takes is, beats me, kills my son, rapes my wife, and then moves on down the street with his NEW GUN THAT HE STOLE FROM ME and kills and rapes and pillages as he goes?
Wow. What a sad, sad world you must live in. I will take the risk that that doesn't happen. That's what we do in life. We judge the risks and take them. I'm going to bet against the crazed-lunatic theory. Yes, I'm betting my life, my son's life, and my wife's life. Yes, I'm an adult and can make that choice.
You neglect to mention if you have any kitchen knives in your home....
In fact, no. There are no knives in my home. My "responsibility" comes from the fact that my son is living in a padded, hermetically-sealed plastic bubble that is certified 100% safe by NASA and JPL engineers 3 times an hour. There is nothing in the bubble but soft food, pure water (padded and certified, of course) and a pipe (padded and certified, of course) for the filtered, environmentally accurate air (and Fur Elise that plays 24-7). There is a fully equipped, full-time medical staff (hired from Mayo in Rochester and rotated weekly) monitoring his every health statistic every second. Also, I project images of bunnies and Robert Frost poetry onto the outside of the bubble so he is assailed by images and sounds in the hopes that he may grow up to be a pansy liberal like me.
5 gallong[sic] buckets kill far more kids than guns.
According to the CDC, "Thirty-six children drown in five gallon buckets every year." In 1998, according to the CDC, which you suggested it would be easy to look up (and thanks, I was actually believing your tripe!) "529 children 5 to 14 years old were killed with guns" And that's just 5-14 year-olds. Which is less than 59% of the child ages in question. Do the math, and I'd say about 20 times as many children are killed with guns (either suicide, murder or accident) as are with 5-gallon-buckets.
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So, I know that's flamebait, but I'll bite. It's good that you're posting AC, or I'd come over there and punch you all up in your shit.
>:)
Actually, I paid for my classes with hard work. I was too young to be admitted to the school, and so I audited them with special permission from the Dean of Sciences, and took on an unpaid position as an ad-hoc Cobol programmer, when they needed help with reporting tools in Administration. In all, I only worked about 10 hours a week, after school and on weekends, but I think that more than paid for the additional fees of teaching me in my three classes
What you meant to ask was : How does a 15 year old Kevin Mitnick in 1986 learn about Unix? He goes to the nearest University and cracks the system.
I was a 15 year old in 1986. I wanted to learn about Unix.
I went to the local University and TOOK CLASSES, you jerk-off.
Learned plenty. Thanks.
Gotta call bullshit on that one.
In actual fact, he's no more a criminal than the PC maintenance guy who
a) checks for cameras or coworkers,
b) pulls out a lock-pick set,
c) picks the locks on the file drawer,
d) checks for more surveillance,
e) pulls out the portable scanner,
f) copies all the data that interests him,
g) sends the data to his home for later perusal and use as he sees fit,
h) covers all his tracks,
i) re-locks the drawers,
j) checks one more time for security, and
k) finishes repairing the machine.
I mean, really. Looking at papers on someone's desk doesn't even come into the same REALM as some of the things he did, hype or not. He admits it. I'm not bashing Mitnick, I feel for him. But don't belittle his (repeated) crimes as simply looking at data that was right in front of him.
You can steal things without intentional vandalism, and it's still wrong.
Ahhh. A Slashdot newbie. I remember those days.
Yeah, I had the same vision, but without the action button.
In essence, a true Jobs-ified gaming platform for the morally elite.
Ahhh. You must have figured out the quantum problems people were having in the other story. Maybe you could hop on over and let them know?
I tried that exact tactic with a bill collector I was arguing with. She INSISTED that my 2-days-overdue-mortgage-payment was some sort of national crisis and DEMANDED to know when the money would be in hand.
So, I politely backed off, knowing that I really WAS late paying, and said, "Man. I don't envy you. Your job really sucks. I wouldn't take it for any amount of money." She replied with, "Sir, I love my job and I make good money. How about you?"
So, while I make good money, I hate my insecure job and lack of personal faith in this tech industry. It made me think.
Fucking depressing.
You bet. I'll be here all week, folks.
That's because you fail to see the humor in the rather Freudian slip. Taken at face value, "heald" is great just as a mis-spelled, very in-context humanities-vs-grades slip. That's why it's beautiful.
For the second reason, "Heald" (taken out of context) is one of the worst technical colleges in the country (IMHO), where they horribly inflate grades and give a fake 2-year CS degree to people who learn basic VB programming. Yes, I know some graduates. They're poor and hungry for any work.
Third, I don't understand what your Japanese has to do with it. I also was a double major in CS & Russian language with a double minor in Math and AI. I never mis-spell as a reslut of that.
Those tapes are awfully cheap, and though it may be slow, I'd try it.
Uhhh. Is that a typo? There's like...1..2..3..FOUR keys between 'T' and 'P'.
Ohhhhhh. TP.
I get it.
Just a joke gone awry.
I don't understand...How can it be wrong and not illegal?!?! I mean, that's like saying that saying it's wrong to do things that are illegal but not wrong!!
Sheesh.
I think you just did...
Real had a great idea? Why didn't they do a press release or something?
Damn! Why do I always miss on on these things that everyone else seems to know?
Yeah, but most of the time when I unwrap a candy bar, I expect (and usually get) some _real_ content. In this case, it's just more Real(tm) crap.
Anyone else get a sorta shifty feeling when they look at that word and picture the consequences of such an invention?
Hell with solvent.
I wanna be rich.
So...are they talking the "Oh-face" dropping of the book or the "OHMYGODWHATAREYOUDOINGINHERE?!?!" dropping of the book?
So who measured this thing? Hilary Rosen?
"Yes, well we saw that it had the capacity to appear to be a 2.5 inch disk if used at full capacity and fitted to your pc with a Sawzall and a ballpeen hammer."
Criminy. They'll give patents for ANYthing these days...
I have to call bullshit on this, because you're wrong.
According to the CDC, "Thirty-six children drown in five gallon buckets every year." In 1998, according to the CDC, (and thanks, I was actually believing your tripe!) "529 children 5 to 14 years old were killed with guns" And that's just 5-14 year-olds. Which is less than 59% of the child ages in question. Do the math, and I'd say about 20 times as many children are killed with guns (either suicide, murder or accident) as are with 5-gallon-buckets.
Wow. What a sad, sad world you must live in. I will take the risk that that doesn't happen. That's what we do in life. We judge the risks and take them. I'm going to bet against the crazed-lunatic theory. Yes, I'm betting my life, my son's life, and my wife's life. Yes, I'm an adult and can make that choice.
In fact, no. There are no knives in my home. My "responsibility" comes from the fact that my son is living in a padded, hermetically-sealed plastic bubble that is certified 100% safe by NASA and JPL engineers 3 times an hour. There is nothing in the bubble but soft food, pure water (padded and certified, of course) and a pipe (padded and certified, of course) for the filtered, environmentally accurate air (and Fur Elise that plays 24-7). There is a fully equipped, full-time medical staff (hired from Mayo in Rochester and rotated weekly) monitoring his every health statistic every second. Also, I project images of bunnies and Robert Frost poetry onto the outside of the bubble so he is assailed by images and sounds in the hopes that he may grow up to be a pansy liberal like me.
According to the CDC, "Thirty-six children drown in five gallon buckets every year." In 1998, according to the CDC, which you suggested it would be easy to look up (and thanks, I was actually believing your tripe!) "529 children 5 to 14 years old were killed with guns" And that's just 5-14 year-olds. Which is less than 59% of the child ages in question. Do the math, and I'd say about 20 times as many children are killed with guns (either suicide, murder or accident) as are with 5-gallon-buckets.