I normally get annoyed with the grammar trolls, I often post a message without reading it first and therefor make the odd mistake here and there.
(or maybe more than a few:)
So, normally I decline to comment on grammar issues and just let things slide. This time however I have to agree, it was an egregious mistake and conceptually distracting.
If I thought for 1 minute Microsoft could actually accomplish a secure OS I would agree with you.
They haven't yet done it in a consumer grade OS and they never will.
Regardless of the fact I will not install Nortons on another system (too many issues in the past) the ability to do so if warranted is absolutely a requirement.
And really, at the end of the day, let me guess what they do... they sell a pre-approved private key to Symantec, or any other reputable company and provide them with the dll/api calls to use it. Done. And not actually a change to the current security model.
So they create a term which in any other context would be equivalent to 'steal' and give it a positive spin. cool.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with them using articles from Wikipedia. but coming up with your own phrases to describe it? Talk about spin!
I've had a couple of run-ins with mail-blocking based services; including having an interesting discussion face to face with an other-wise reasonable person.
The one conclusion I came away from the table with?
blacklist type anti-spam mail services are run by people with exactly the same lack of ethics as the spammers.
Trademark law requires you protect you're trademark, if the images are part of the trademark then you cannot use them modified without negatively effecting your trademark.
Code needs to be used; if it isn't then what good does it do anybody?
If a company like Tivo makes changes so the kernel can support a particular situation better they have to release the code back to the community. That's the purpose of the GPL.
While there are downsides to a company like Tivo preventing any 'foreign' software from running on the system the fact is it prevents them from having to deal with thousands of variations and means they choose how and what to support. The alternative is they use something like BSD where they never have to return anything to the community.
GPLv3 will force companies to choose either GPLv2, or BSD style licensing unless they can develop the whole product in house. Obviously if they develop the whole thing in house the community at large is very unlikely to benefit at all.
There seems to be a belief that the first draft of anything should be perfect.
You have an essay to write on a test? no problem, it should look like the finely crafted masterpiece someone else wrote over a period of days, months, or even years. And you have 10 minutes to do it.
People should be introduced to the first draft manuscript of any literature, I think they would be surprised at how awful much of it is.
Shaw Cable does this in Canada. They drop in another cable modem and wire your phonelines up to the cable modem (which has VoIP capabilities); the one significant advantage is they also install a rechargeable battery pack and off some service level guarantees.
I saw a quote somewhere that was basically Eccleston saying that he told BBC upfront he would do a single season, it was pretty obvious that they were trying to ignore that fact when they were marketing the new series though. BBC caused the confusion about it intentionally to attract an audience.
Ethics, inspite of 'black hat' it is still possible for someone to be otherwise ethical. On the other hand, it isn't very likely.
The guy that spends his time concentrating on the 'how' of the hack, without much regard for the effect of the hack is more ethical than the guy performing the hack to steal credit card numbers.
One could potentially be a maturity issue, the other is intentionally criminal.
I could never trust someone who spent a few years stealing & using credit card numbers.
Someone I know was caught stealing cars, he was forced to pay restitution and has spent years being responsible. I like the guy, and he has a trusted position at a company; but it is only because you can see he has changed, he didn't stop doing it because it wasn't profitable any more.
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G5's are IBM, not Motorola.
Motorola switched gears and was targeting the embedded market and no need to move towards something like the G5.
We don't discuss how our PM bends over in public. No, I don't mean we don't discuss it in public. We just don't talk about what he does in public.
Debian is being stupid if they use the Iceweasel name knowing the it will be confused with a current, ongoing project.
And you wonder why Mozilla doesn't want them abusing their trademark...
Are you really having a filesystem issue? Does the filesystem become corrupt, or does the database / logfile?
journaling filesystems will help protect the filesystem structure, but they are not going to protect you're database from becoming internally corrupt.
Whatever you're using for a database should be performing a filesystem sync, if it isn't you will likely get inconsistent transactions.
I normally get annoyed with the grammar trolls, I often post a message without reading it first and therefor make the odd mistake here and there.
(or maybe more than a few:)
So, normally I decline to comment on grammar issues and just let things slide. This time however I have to agree, it was an egregious mistake and conceptually distracting.
My family bought a computer through a purchasing deal at his work, w had an IBM XT Clone with a Microsoft mouse (And Windows 2.0) in 1988.
Still have the mouse somewhere I expect.
Last time I did that the individuals involved were put on more lists. No thanks.
The rabid anti-spam people can go play with themselves.
You are of course aware that several companies and individuals have been placed on those lists for extremely arbitrary reasons, right?
Nothing but thugs.
There is no way that 911 call information should be available at anything approaching real-time data.
They want to make the information available for customer service purposes then good, put it on a 24hr delay.
If I thought for 1 minute Microsoft could actually accomplish a secure OS I would agree with you.
They haven't yet done it in a consumer grade OS and they never will.
Regardless of the fact I will not install Nortons on another system (too many issues in the past) the ability to do so if warranted is absolutely a requirement.
And really, at the end of the day, let me guess what they do... they sell a pre-approved private key to Symantec, or any other reputable company and provide them with the dll/api calls to use it. Done. And not actually a change to the current security model.
So they create a term which in any other context would be equivalent to 'steal' and give it a positive spin. cool.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with them using articles from Wikipedia. but coming up with your own phrases to describe it? Talk about spin!
Wikipedia with a New Bigger Fuller Ego!
Self-appointed editors; someone controlled / elected by the contributors at large?
It's the new business plan; use your employees to build up your IP portfolio, toss them and then make money from the IP.
What stereotyping? He had a wife; obviously he doesn't fit the profile of the people around here.
I've had a couple of run-ins with mail-blocking based services; including having an interesting discussion face to face with an other-wise reasonable person.
The one conclusion I came away from the table with?
blacklist type anti-spam mail services are run by people with exactly the same lack of ethics as the spammers.
Trademark law requires you protect you're trademark, if the images are part of the trademark then you cannot use them modified without negatively effecting your trademark.
Actually the intent with the shrinkwrapped books is to INCREASE sales.
While it isn't universal, it isn't uncommon for a shrinkwrapped book to be damn near content free compared to other books on the same subject.
And that's why they don't want google showing off parts of these books.
Code needs to be used; if it isn't then what good does it do anybody?
If a company like Tivo makes changes so the kernel can support a particular situation better they have to release the code back to the community. That's the purpose of the GPL.
While there are downsides to a company like Tivo preventing any 'foreign' software from running on the system the fact is it prevents them from having to deal with thousands of variations and means they choose how and what to support. The alternative is they use something like BSD where they never have to return anything to the community.
GPLv3 will force companies to choose either GPLv2, or BSD style licensing unless they can develop the whole product in house. Obviously if they develop the whole thing in house the community at large is very unlikely to benefit at all.
There seems to be a belief that the first draft of anything should be perfect.
You have an essay to write on a test? no problem, it should look like the finely crafted masterpiece someone else wrote over a period of days, months, or even years. And you have 10 minutes to do it.
People should be introduced to the first draft manuscript of any literature, I think they would be surprised at how awful much of it is.
Shaw Cable does this in Canada. They drop in another cable modem and wire your phonelines up to the cable modem (which has VoIP capabilities); the one significant advantage is they also install a rechargeable battery pack and off some service level guarantees.
The AOL Search database which was releases didn't identify the users by name either, didn't mean they were identifiable.
I saw a quote somewhere that was basically Eccleston saying that he told BBC upfront he would do a single season, it was pretty obvious that they were trying to ignore that fact when they were marketing the new series though.
BBC caused the confusion about it intentionally to attract an audience.
Ethics, inspite of 'black hat' it is still possible for someone to be otherwise ethical. On the other hand, it isn't very likely.
The guy that spends his time concentrating on the 'how' of the hack, without much regard for the effect of the hack is more ethical than the guy performing the hack to steal credit card numbers.
One could potentially be a maturity issue, the other is intentionally criminal.
I could never trust someone who spent a few years stealing & using credit card numbers.
Someone I know was caught stealing cars, he was forced to pay restitution and has spent years being responsible. I like the guy, and he has a trusted position at a company; but it is only because you can see he has changed, he didn't stop doing it because it wasn't profitable any more.
Actually I was locked out by Microsoft's Activation. No, not WGA.
If somebody posting misunderstands the difference I think I'll blame Microsoft, I mean, they are the ones making it god-damn-bloody-confusing.
Especially since the machine I had the issue on was a perfectly valid system.
Which part of: corrupt disc/files did you miss?