Diebold made changes to their systems after being certified.
That goes beyond incompetence - I'm sure they understood and knew full well what they were doing. They have lawyers - they knew the details of their contract. They broke it knowingly and willingly.
Just b/c nothing 'bad' happened (depending on your feelings of the outcome of the election, of course) doesn't mean that it wasn't a possiblity. They knew what the problems were - they were well documented - and never fixed.
During my time at the business end of a large hospital, I frequently used VNC to do work of their 10Mbps network - the vast majority of the time there was no lag or the sluggishness you speak of. I would also frequently connect to my home pc that was on a 768Kbps up DSL line. This also more-oft that not provided a lag free computing experience. This was using UltraVNC as a client (and server on the hospital's network) and plain-jain vnc on my box at home.
Now, I should mention that my DSL co is less than 2000 feet from me, providing a very low-latency connection.
At the hospital, I messed around with some test linux machines - forwarding X over the LAN had no noticable difference from VNC. When forwarding X from my machine at home, VNC seemed to at most times have the upper hand.
Now I'm back on cable here - connection speed is about the same, but the latency is worse. This makes VNC appear a tad sluggish at the best quality settings, while X is much worse to use.
Bandwidth doesn't matter as near as much as latency does...
What, so they can be the next company with a failed business model or lack of flowing funds to try and take down everyone in the field just b/c they cant cut it anymore?
Face it, if someone takes what your doing, improves on it and then everyone starts using it - you're fucked.
if that was me up there, i'd be pissed that the fastest they can come up with anything is 2 weeks away...and another 2 week away wait if the first one fails.
Kinda funny, but the difference here is that those people were morons, as well may this crapware company most likely is. The sad part is what this lawsuit will do. If anything, it should shut both the fuckers down.
Anyone in support would probably love to see these guys burned.
if so, there's a handy linux-based bootdisk that will allow you to blank out the admin (and other local accounts) password. the world (or at least the computer) is then yours to manipulate at will
You do know that on that USB key you can carry an entire operating system, right? That operating system can also include a browser.
The benefits of this are still there...especially being able to take all your bookmarks with you, not have to reboot to load a different os (great for work!)/me looks at 1gb usb key
i dont know how i survied without this....oh yah...cd's.....before that....floppies....ugh
this is why one should support companies that don't outsource...
some companies that once used outsourcing have switched to state-side labor. comcast switched from outsourcing it's support calls and now has regional call centers - so local customers talk to local support techs.
it would be great to see more companies doing this.
i just built an asus pundit with 2.4ghz celeron d, 512mb mushkin ram, lite-on dvd-r+r/w, and a cheapie bt878 based tuner card that does fm too. got the WD hard drive @ best buy for 50 after rebates - bringing the whole system in at under 400 bucks. That's fairly cheap and powerfull if you ask me...
works great under mythtv and the best part is that it has composite and s-vid out - and the s-vid will output 1080i
isn't this the same thing as having a touchpad? except you still have a mouse, albeit without a tail.
just more complex....touchpad gives a designated area for mousing, you pick up from the pad, no pointer movement. Um, sorry, but I fail to see any benefits here.
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Diebold made changes to their systems after being certified.
That goes beyond incompetence - I'm sure they understood and knew full well what they were doing. They have lawyers - they knew the details of their contract. They broke it knowingly and willingly.
Just b/c nothing 'bad' happened (depending on your feelings of the outcome of the election, of course) doesn't mean that it wasn't a possiblity. They knew what the problems were - they were well documented - and never fixed.
Sorry, but I have to beg to differ.
During my time at the business end of a large hospital, I frequently used VNC to do work of their 10Mbps network - the vast majority of the time there was no lag or the sluggishness you speak of. I would also frequently connect to my home pc that was on a 768Kbps up DSL line. This also more-oft that not provided a lag free computing experience. This was using UltraVNC as a client (and server on the hospital's network) and plain-jain vnc on my box at home.
Now, I should mention that my DSL co is less than 2000 feet from me, providing a very low-latency connection.
At the hospital, I messed around with some test linux machines - forwarding X over the LAN had no noticable difference from VNC. When forwarding X from my machine at home, VNC seemed to at most times have the upper hand.
Now I'm back on cable here - connection speed is about the same, but the latency is worse. This makes VNC appear a tad sluggish at the best quality settings, while X is much worse to use.
Bandwidth doesn't matter as near as much as latency does...
What, so they can be the next company with a failed business model or lack of flowing funds to try and take down everyone in the field just b/c they cant cut it anymore?
Face it, if someone takes what your doing, improves on it and then everyone starts using it - you're fucked.
you always reminded the teacher when homework was due, didn't you?
if that was me up there, i'd be pissed that the fastest they can come up with anything is 2 weeks away...and another 2 week away wait if the first one fails.
What if something serious happened up there?
*ding*
going up!
as long as it is the software company itself who finds the virus...
Move along....
/.!
Looks like they hijacked my
shh...homeland scrutiny is watching...
Kinda funny, but the difference here is that those people were morons, as well may this crapware company most likely is. The sad part is what this lawsuit will do. If anything, it should shut both the fuckers down.
Anyone in support would probably love to see these guys burned.
You don'teven need that third control panel applet...
Load up spybot, go to mode and select 'advanced'
you get some more options...hit tools, then system startup
viola!
not to mention all the other features and settings in advanced mode in spybot
you also missed 'since' of focus
Has it negatively affected my life?
Well, if you're a victim of identity theft b/c some company or institution used their social security number as a form of identification.
I think having a SS# being required for so many things has negatively affected people.
do they let you boot from removable media?
if so, there's a handy linux-based bootdisk that will allow you to blank out the admin (and other local accounts) password. the world (or at least the computer) is then yours to manipulate at will
of course, this may not make management happy...
wow, thats brilliant - could you be more vague?
couldn't even get it to work? makes me want to try it. are you in the pr department for the company or something that makes it?
You do know that on that USB key you can carry an entire operating system, right? That operating system can also include a browser.
/me looks at 1gb usb key
;oP
The benefits of this are still there...especially being able to take all your bookmarks with you, not have to reboot to load a different os (great for work!)
i dont know how i survied without this....oh yah...cd's.....before that....floppies....ugh
see, smaller is better
nah, too much bullshit and reposts. he'd get bored and look elsewhere...
we lowly humans are too dumb and stick around anyway.
this is why one should support companies that don't outsource...
some companies that once used outsourcing have switched to state-side labor. comcast switched from outsourcing it's support calls and now has regional call centers - so local customers talk to local support techs.
it would be great to see more companies doing this.
i just built an asus pundit with 2.4ghz celeron d, 512mb mushkin ram, lite-on dvd-r+r/w, and a cheapie bt878 based tuner card that does fm too. got the WD hard drive @ best buy for 50 after rebates - bringing the whole system in at under 400 bucks. That's fairly cheap and powerfull if you ask me...
works great under mythtv and the best part is that it has composite and s-vid out - and the s-vid will output 1080i
yah, i guess lately they are more concerned about groping people than who they really are...
i should hope that someone leaving/entering the country would warrant more than a casual glance at an id....
bars vs airport security/border security are a lil different....
using flash drives....whats the lifespan on these given ther write limits on the drives...
yea, and then they pull up the photo on the card and whoa - it doesnt match who they're looking at.
thanks for playing, try again.
some of us run linux based systems at home, but are forced to work with windows @ work.
crawl back to your hole.
Tell that to saddam....
/. titles are getting to me...to much tryptophan.....
I mean, Jon's a hacker and all, so that must mean he's a terrorist, right? Of course he'd want WMD.
oh! WMV!
Man, I gotta get some sleep, the
isn't this the same thing as having a touchpad? except you still have a mouse, albeit without a tail.
just more complex....touchpad gives a designated area for mousing, you pick up from the pad, no pointer movement. Um, sorry, but I fail to see any benefits here.