When I read the summary ("... forensic image of the hard disk"), I pictured an agent standing over a server taking a photo of the HDD (with a Polaroid camera).
If you remember in some of the pirate bay litigation they actually seized the computer RAM.:) The RAM contained case relevant material (at least when it had voltage going through it. Law and technical computer topics rarely mix well.
True, there is that varient. Perhaps I should have been more specific.. females stalking males who are currently capable (as in not already attached) of returning their interest. Females trying to break up another relationship which they feel entitled too... though even then, outside extreme cases, I encounter the attitude that he must have done something insensitive to her like ditching her (under the idea that women are fragile emotional beings not responsible for their own lives, thus if she is that upset he MUST have done something to injure her). So bullshit all around ^_^
We are just barely entering the erra when male abuse victims are taken seriously by police.... stalking? we are still a while off there both legally and socially.
A while back I had a female stalker, mostly I got laughed at or got outright nasty looks. A lot of guys picture stalking as this wonderful thing they would love to have happen and see other guys who are not enjoying the experience as not being grateful.
And the girls just had this 'but you are guy, it is different' dismissive attitude. Even worse some took her side with the idea that it was wrong of me to reject her, that it just was not acceptable for guys to not accept a girl's advances.
I went into a Best Buy just last week. My wireless mouse was acting up and tired of replacing batteries, I wanted a good old fashioned wired mouse. After searching for an employee to show me where they were (because I couldn't seem to locate them myself) I was shown to a small corner of the showroom behind the Ipad 2 displays.
23 mice. Thats it. Every last one of them was Wireless. When I asked about this I was shown some package deals they had of Keyboard and Mouse (which I didn't need) that had a wired mouse. Aside from being horribly cheap looking, I didn't need the keyboard.
When I got home, I went on Amazon.com, read a few reviews, and ordered excatly what I wanted. Its on its way as I type this, sure I didn't have it same day...but when you can no longer even FIND what you're looking for in a big box store, what the hell is the point?
OK, so it's not just my local BB that does this. There seems to be a corner of the store that's the designated elephant's graveyard. In my case it was some inexpensive ( $30) PC speakers, and they were literally in the farthest corner of the store along with some other basic PC supplies.
I'm really not impressed.
Why did the casinos give him such advantages? Why were they so desperate? What is it about him specifically that made the casinos give him the advantages and not everyone else?
Winning when you practically have a 50/50 chance is not that difficult in Blackjack. It really isn't.
They did this because whatever the casino "lost" is nothing compared to what they'll rake in from all the wannabes that now think they have a shot a making a big score.
I suspect he also learned that Microsoft really does care as much about testing as any major software company. It didn't stop them from producing Vista, but that disaster was due to forces beyond the control of the testing folks.
It seems as if his experience at Google (not being able to influence Larry Page's new strategic focus) was not particularly better than at Microsoft, and Microsoft wanted an innovative leader in it's quality area. Good for them. Hopefully, his experience at Google will make him better able to ensure quality at Microsoft.
Bottom line: Testing is important, but it's not where corporate strategy comes from for most software companies. Typically, (and unfortunately) companies put more energy into product development than testing and security.
You cannot test quality into a product. Testing can only expose the defects or lack of quality that were built into the product in the first place.
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FOREVER ALONE meme...
How many as-yet undetected meth labs pose more danger?
http://freakoutnation.com/2012/03/11/on-the-tsa-the-staggering-cost-the-invasion-of-privacy-and-the-groping-infographic/
I want a jar of irradiated Russian animal remains!
I misread "inquiry" as "injury." Dang.
... just waiting to be dumbed-down with an instagram filter.
When I read the summary ("... forensic image of the hard disk"), I pictured an agent standing over a server taking a photo of the HDD (with a Polaroid camera).
Nothing would surprise me after reading this.
If you remember in some of the pirate bay litigation they actually seized the computer RAM. :) The RAM contained case relevant material (at least when it had voltage going through it. Law and technical computer topics rarely mix well.
Holy crap.
Unless the server was keeping logs, and I presume that it wasn't, how could seizing it possibly help the investigation?
The files are in the computer.
I, for one, welcome our new laser cuter-wielding child overlords.
Foxconn employees are extremely jealous.
As if millions of hipsters cried out in pain, and then were suddenly silent.
Why did the hipster burn his mouth on the pizza?
Because he ate it before it was cool.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/yahoo
Who are you tryin' to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know I'm loco?
True, there is that varient. Perhaps I should have been more specific.. females stalking males who are currently capable (as in not already attached) of returning their interest. Females trying to break up another relationship which they feel entitled too... though even then, outside extreme cases, I encounter the attitude that he must have done something insensitive to her like ditching her (under the idea that women are fragile emotional beings not responsible for their own lives, thus if she is that upset he MUST have done something to injure her). So bullshit all around ^_^
That is some all-around scary shit.
Reminds me of what Sheldon Cooper said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrPpw8A_-xY
We are just barely entering the erra when male abuse victims are taken seriously by police.... stalking? we are still a while off there both legally and socially. A while back I had a female stalker, mostly I got laughed at or got outright nasty looks. A lot of guys picture stalking as this wonderful thing they would love to have happen and see other guys who are not enjoying the experience as not being grateful. And the girls just had this 'but you are guy, it is different' dismissive attitude. Even worse some took her side with the idea that it was wrong of me to reject her, that it just was not acceptable for guys to not accept a girl's advances.
Clearly those naysayers are not familiar with the "bunny boiler" concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_boiler
I went into a Best Buy just last week. My wireless mouse was acting up and tired of replacing batteries, I wanted a good old fashioned wired mouse. After searching for an employee to show me where they were (because I couldn't seem to locate them myself) I was shown to a small corner of the showroom behind the Ipad 2 displays. 23 mice. Thats it. Every last one of them was Wireless. When I asked about this I was shown some package deals they had of Keyboard and Mouse (which I didn't need) that had a wired mouse. Aside from being horribly cheap looking, I didn't need the keyboard. When I got home, I went on Amazon.com, read a few reviews, and ordered excatly what I wanted. Its on its way as I type this, sure I didn't have it same day...but when you can no longer even FIND what you're looking for in a big box store, what the hell is the point?
OK, so it's not just my local BB that does this. There seems to be a corner of the store that's the designated elephant's graveyard. In my case it was some inexpensive ( $30) PC speakers, and they were literally in the farthest corner of the store along with some other basic PC supplies.
...store it in the cloud.
How many pictures are chosen because some kid "sees a bunny"?
I'm really not impressed. Why did the casinos give him such advantages? Why were they so desperate? What is it about him specifically that made the casinos give him the advantages and not everyone else? Winning when you practically have a 50/50 chance is not that difficult in Blackjack. It really isn't.
They did this because whatever the casino "lost" is nothing compared to what they'll rake in from all the wannabes that now think they have a shot a making a big score.
I guess "party" sounds better than "sausage fest."
Also the new phones are manufactured from orphans' kidneys and puppy ears.
You left out the unicorn tears.
I suspect he also learned that Microsoft really does care as much about testing as any major software company. It didn't stop them from producing Vista, but that disaster was due to forces beyond the control of the testing folks.
It seems as if his experience at Google (not being able to influence Larry Page's new strategic focus) was not particularly better than at Microsoft, and Microsoft wanted an innovative leader in it's quality area. Good for them. Hopefully, his experience at Google will make him better able to ensure quality at Microsoft.
Bottom line: Testing is important, but it's not where corporate strategy comes from for most software companies. Typically, (and unfortunately) companies put more energy into product development than testing and security.
You cannot test quality into a product. Testing can only expose the defects or lack of quality that were built into the product in the first place.
Have the dogs teach the robots.
They should have held him underwater and saved us from Avatar...