Handwriting vs. typing has nothing to do with grammar and spelling. Just read from quality sources and write or type with proper grammar and spelling. If you spend most of your time reading Twitter the quality of your grammar and spelling will drop whether you handwrite or type. When I was a kid we were told to read the NY Times to improve our vocabulary and grammar.
I use denyhosts because I have the same problem. denyhosts watches for repeat failed attempts from the same IP and then blocks them. It's fully configurable (e.g. block after 5 failed attempts within one day, unblock an IP after 30 days, send email reports, etc.).
Authentication would of course help for properly secured web sites. But many sites have content injected nefariously. One common method is to break into shared hosting servers via ftp or ssh and place javascript or html at the bottom of every html file.
That's funny. Most of this thread and your arguments are about the enterprise. Yet when you're asked for specifics you bring up toys and personal devices. It sounds like you just have a hatred for Macs, no matter the needs of the end user.
While Macs have a certain appeal to them that is aesthetic, their usability has not gone up in the enterprise, nor in the home market.
Where do you get that idea from? My whole company switched to Macs and productivity is up as we spend so much less time on desktop maintenance. In the last few years most of my friends have switched to Macs and they all say they're easier to use. I know one high level executive who's arguing with his IT department to let him use his Mac and iPhone on the corporate network because he prefers their usability and productivity.
Except you can't currently make off-domain AJAX calls. It's blocked for security reasons. There's a proposed standard for whitelisting domains, but it doesn't appear to be implemented in any browsers yet.
Apple uses open standards in their MobileMe /.Mac implementation. They also write standards-based server components, like CalDAV. Their platforms' preferred 3d library is OpenGL, another open standard.
Clearly they support many open standards, so it's not just about control over their customers.
Changing all current livestock to grazing would probably be impractical due to the land area required. If it were possible it would become extremely expensive. That's what I meant by forcing us to raise fewer cows.
I'm guessing you've never used a mainframe or commercial UNIX system. There are large systems out there that have software supported for 20+ years. Sure they pay a heavy price, but the support is there, often from multiple vendors.
There's no reason a desktop OS can't do the same, especially for commercial users who'd be willing to pay for perpetual support.
A software vendor can support whatever they choose. And usually they choose the route that will make them the most money. Microsoft has chosen the forced upgrade path because it'll make them more money than perpetual paid support.
They have to understand that 'eating the loss', while it may make sense from a short term financial perspective does nto make sense for a longer term perspective.
Actually, it does. There will always be fraud. And companies have a threshold which they consider acceptable (IIRC MasterCard's was generally 2% back when I worked for them). The cost of rolling out advanced security tech is huge, and compared to a small reduction in fraud it's simply not worth it to these companies.
Most fraud is not done through cloned plastic. So even completely eliminating this risk may not be cost effective.
(As a customer I want all fraud gone. I'm just explaining the corporate perspective.)
To be fair, people are probably searching for Microsoft products a lot more on Microsoft's sites (proportionately). So an autocomplete text box could reasonably and accurately be Microsoft biased.
Cloud market? They really mean VPS market. 'Cause that's all these "cloud computers" are today, quickly instantiated virtual private servers.
No service yet gives you the single endlessly expandable and distributed server instance. You still set up small servers and implement your own distributed application model, no different then buying multiple pieces of hardware. So far the "cloud" is all marketing.
I keep thinking that we need a forum to discuss slashdot, but I've never seen one.
When I created Seen on Slash a few years ago I thought the forum might become a place for slashdotters to discuss slashdot. We get some decent traffic to the rest of the site, but the forums never caught on.
By your logic everyone who looked in the general direction of the ATM while open should be arrested. They can't possibly be casual onlookers, right? And the repairman should be arrested for not performing his work in a secure room. He must want all that top secret stuff to be out in the public.
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Handwriting vs. typing has nothing to do with grammar and spelling. Just read from quality sources and write or type with proper grammar and spelling. If you spend most of your time reading Twitter the quality of your grammar and spelling will drop whether you handwrite or type. When I was a kid we were told to read the NY Times to improve our vocabulary and grammar.
the majority of them are exempt from Social Security
The last time I worked with people on an H1B visas, Social Security was paid.
"You betchya!"
Sarah Palin can see the sun from her house in Alaska, so she feels she's qualified to discuss space commercialization.
This story reminded me of this.
I use denyhosts because I have the same problem. denyhosts watches for repeat failed attempts from the same IP and then blocks them. It's fully configurable (e.g. block after 5 failed attempts within one day, unblock an IP after 30 days, send email reports, etc.).
Authentication would of course help for properly secured web sites. But many sites have content injected nefariously. One common method is to break into shared hosting servers via ftp or ssh and place javascript or html at the bottom of every html file.
I'm a registered 29yo Democrat and the only thing that impresses me about Obama is his ability to read from a script.
Then you should have read some of the speeches that he wrote himself. His speech on race, for example, is quite impressive.
That's funny. Most of this thread and your arguments are about the enterprise. Yet when you're asked for specifics you bring up toys and personal devices. It sounds like you just have a hatred for Macs, no matter the needs of the end user.
While Macs have a certain appeal to them that is aesthetic, their usability has not gone up in the enterprise, nor in the home market.
Where do you get that idea from? My whole company switched to Macs and productivity is up as we spend so much less time on desktop maintenance. In the last few years most of my friends have switched to Macs and they all say they're easier to use. I know one high level executive who's arguing with his IT department to let him use his Mac and iPhone on the corporate network because he prefers their usability and productivity.
Except you can't currently make off-domain AJAX calls. It's blocked for security reasons. There's a proposed standard for whitelisting domains, but it doesn't appear to be implemented in any browsers yet.
Standard quotation marks always seemed like a no-brainer to me.
Apple uses open standards in their MobileMe / .Mac implementation. They also write standards-based server components, like CalDAV. Their platforms' preferred 3d library is OpenGL, another open standard.
Clearly they support many open standards, so it's not just about control over their customers.
"the most successful version of windows ever sold"
sold (or really licensed) != used
The user base is never the same size as sales or downloads.
You didn't get a "function already exists" type of error when it was redeclared? Strange.
Changing all current livestock to grazing would probably be impractical due to the land area required. If it were possible it would become extremely expensive. That's what I meant by forcing us to raise fewer cows.
Or put them back on their natural grazing diet. They only output so much gas because they're not eating what they naturally would.
That would, in turn, force us to raise and eat fewer cows.
I'm guessing you've never used a mainframe or commercial UNIX system. There are large systems out there that have software supported for 20+ years. Sure they pay a heavy price, but the support is there, often from multiple vendors.
There's no reason a desktop OS can't do the same, especially for commercial users who'd be willing to pay for perpetual support.
A software vendor can support whatever they choose. And usually they choose the route that will make them the most money. Microsoft has chosen the forced upgrade path because it'll make them more money than perpetual paid support.
On the contrary, sounds like he ate too much.
Real New Yorker's never look up. That's just for tourists.
They have to understand that 'eating the loss', while it may make sense from a short term financial perspective does nto make sense for a longer term perspective.
Actually, it does. There will always be fraud. And companies have a threshold which they consider acceptable (IIRC MasterCard's was generally 2% back when I worked for them). The cost of rolling out advanced security tech is huge, and compared to a small reduction in fraud it's simply not worth it to these companies.
Most fraud is not done through cloned plastic. So even completely eliminating this risk may not be cost effective.
(As a customer I want all fraud gone. I'm just explaining the corporate perspective.)
"And I'm a PC."
To be fair, people are probably searching for Microsoft products a lot more on Microsoft's sites (proportionately). So an autocomplete text box could reasonably and accurately be Microsoft biased.
Cloud market? They really mean VPS market. 'Cause that's all these "cloud computers" are today, quickly instantiated virtual private servers.
No service yet gives you the single endlessly expandable and distributed server instance. You still set up small servers and implement your own distributed application model, no different then buying multiple pieces of hardware. So far the "cloud" is all marketing.
I keep thinking that we need a forum to discuss slashdot, but I've never seen one.
When I created Seen on Slash a few years ago I thought the forum might become a place for slashdotters to discuss slashdot. We get some decent traffic to the rest of the site, but the forums never caught on.
By your logic everyone who looked in the general direction of the ATM while open should be arrested. They can't possibly be casual onlookers, right? And the repairman should be arrested for not performing his work in a secure room. He must want all that top secret stuff to be out in the public.