The Sony rootkit didn't hold the victim's files hostage, it was to assist their weak-ass DRM. So, it's a bit different but yeah, wait til the heat has died down and try, try again...
This may very likely get them shot. Someone who's life they've ruined may very well become completely unbalanced and do what we all would secretly love to see happen...
It may not be the most effective, but it is the most common by far. Shaming performance "meetings", stern "talking-to" and threats of poor performance reviews are the standard motivational tools. Bonuses, free pizza and beer on fridays, and the occasional "attaboy" are far and few between, from my experience.
As my father once said to me: "The highest praise you'll get in life usually is the absence of complaints."
Also, sometimes someone can play the "asshole" role (strict or no-nonsense project management) without it being a completely negative reinforcement. Someone needs to stay focused on the overall objective and unfortunately has to "crack the whip" once in a while to remind others to stay focused as well.
I have U-Verse, and they do a real chickenshit maneuver with the DVR, in that somehow it phones home before it will play any of YOUR LOCAL RECORDED CONTENT. This sucks, I assume it's to make sure you're not a deadbeat before it will play or do anything else but if your internet is out, for whatever reason, you can't even watch your locally recorded shows to fill time until the service returns.
Did I say that sucks?
FWIW my service in IL is unaffected, for now, anyway...
Most of Chicago and surrounding suburbia is in a flood plane from the Des Plaines and Salt Creek rivers. I know, I live near there - but on relatively high ground so I don't get my basement flooded every time there is a two-day rainfall like my neighbors.
Strawman/car analogy FAIL There ARE laws against driving in a such a way to "infringe on the rights of others", so nobody is allowed to drive a car that way.
There SHOULD be laws against religion having any kind of sway over the science that is healthcare. If your religious views conflict with that, drive a bus.
They weren't fracturing the web, they in fact were helping to expand it and bring it to more people.
AOL and especially CompuServe were their own proprietary networks that brought good new communication tools like email, BBS's, etc. to the public, and as the internet emerged these services provided gateways to it. Since they already had local points-of-presence all over the world it was a natural thing they would act as a local ISP wherever they were already.
Once local ISP's became plentiful and easy to set up, the big ISP's eventually became a footnote in history. Most of them, if they still existed, shifted to an entirely internet-based operation and basically became an email and personal webpage hosting provider like AOL. That and for all the clueless people that for a while thought they still needed AOL to access the internets, they gleefully kept taking people's money and sending out CD's like mad.
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Yep, it's a rare multiple contraction. My favorite it fo'c's'le - the forecastle of a ship.
Farnsworth Fusors are fusion reactors that aren't net energy positive. They're just fascinating.
Good News, Everyone! My latest reactors are getting much better now, and yes - yes, they ARE fascinating!
No, It's People Eating Tasty Animals!
The Sony rootkit didn't hold the victim's files hostage, it was to assist their weak-ass DRM. So, it's a bit different but yeah, wait til the heat has died down and try, try again...
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, OY!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, OY!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, OY!
Happy Freedom Day...
Yep. The plant can feel the steamroller crush of nearby technology running amok, so, it simply gives up in disgust.
This may very likely get them shot. Someone who's life they've ruined may very well become completely unbalanced and do what we all would secretly love to see happen...
Hell yeah!
Kirk used it to kill the Gorn on Cestus III...
Umm you do realize that soldiers were casting their own lead bullets since BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, right?
I'd say they're pretty easy to "3d-print".
The word the OP is looking for is "oligopoly". That's a monopolistic hold on a market by a small number of companies, but more than 1.
Linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly
Hey, I didn't get a "Harumph" outta that guy...
"Harrumph!"
Gentlemen! We've got to protect our phoney baloney jobs here!!
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Bottom line, none of the lazy bastards actually want to do anything like work.
I know I'd pay $5.00 to punch Daryl in his junk!
If I'd wanted to hear from an asshole, I'd have farted!
It may not be the most effective, but it is the most common by far. Shaming performance "meetings", stern "talking-to" and threats of poor performance reviews are the standard motivational tools. Bonuses, free pizza and beer on fridays, and the occasional "attaboy" are far and few between, from my experience.
As my father once said to me: "The highest praise you'll get in life usually is the absence of complaints."
Also, sometimes someone can play the "asshole" role (strict or no-nonsense project management) without it being a completely negative reinforcement. Someone needs to stay focused on the overall objective and unfortunately has to "crack the whip" once in a while to remind others to stay focused as well.
More like eeew-phemism!
I'm guessing probably not.
I have U-Verse, and they do a real chickenshit maneuver with the DVR, in that somehow it phones home before it will play any of YOUR LOCAL RECORDED CONTENT. This sucks, I assume it's to make sure you're not a deadbeat before it will play or do anything else but if your internet is out, for whatever reason, you can't even watch your locally recorded shows to fill time until the service returns.
Did I say that sucks?
FWIW my service in IL is unaffected, for now, anyway...
Bzzzz. Incorrect.
Most of Chicago and surrounding suburbia is in a flood plane from the Des Plaines and Salt Creek rivers. I know, I live near there - but on relatively high ground so I don't get my basement flooded every time there is a two-day rainfall like my neighbors.
Not sure about the others, but you never know...
Strawman/car analogy FAIL There ARE laws against driving in a such a way to "infringe on the rights of others", so nobody is allowed to drive a car that way.
There SHOULD be laws against religion having any kind of sway over the science that is healthcare. If your religious views conflict with that, drive a bus.
Run more than once in a row :)
They weren't fracturing the web, they in fact were helping to expand it and bring it to more people.
AOL and especially CompuServe were their own proprietary networks that brought good new communication tools like email, BBS's, etc. to the public, and as the internet emerged these services provided gateways to it. Since they already had local points-of-presence all over the world it was a natural thing they would act as a local ISP wherever they were already.
Once local ISP's became plentiful and easy to set up, the big ISP's eventually became a footnote in history. Most of them, if they still existed, shifted to an entirely internet-based operation and basically became an email and personal webpage hosting provider like AOL. That and for all the clueless people that for a while thought they still needed AOL to access the internets, they gleefully kept taking people's money and sending out CD's like mad.
Hint:: There's a reason for it...
Orly?
Tentacle p0rn.
They were doomed to failure, anyway.
Their own lights kept scaring them under the refrigerator 24/7!
Everyone knows hippies hate baths!