Seconded. This was how I learned VI, and I found it invaluable. From there you can use the VIM help files to pick up on the improvements over vanilla VI.
I am sorry, can you please explain to me how was the person who got your debit card capable of buying all these products without your PIN?
In the US, you can run a debit card transaction in two modes:
"Debit" mode, which works like an ATM card (swipe card, enter PIN). It's also billed like one, so if you bank charges an ATM fee you'll get one. Hence this mode isn't used very often.
"Credit" mode, which works like any other credit card (swipe card, sign; although sometimes you don't even have to sign now). Usually this avoids the fees in #1.
Very likely the person used Credit mode for all the transactions, then just forged morkeld's signature.
IT doesn't have time to track down every game loaded on your PC.
Hmmm... but can you really make that argument when it was IT that loaded the game on there in the first place? (It comes with Windows, so if IT loaded the computer, they technically loaded the game.)
This shouldn't apply to public property only.
Private places should also not be able to discriminate either.
Devil's advocate: Where do you draw the line? Does that mean if I don't want to let black Jews (to use your example) in my (private) house, too bad? There has to be a line somewhere; right now it falls on public vs. private property.
I've yet to see any commercially available Indoor PIR sensor for *retrofitting* light fitings
I've seen several places now that have retrofitted by replacing the light switch with one that has a sensor. It only works in offices/confrence rooms/etc. (i.e., not open cube farm areas), but at least it's a start.
Assuming that every user upgrades for every security vulnerability (not as big an assumption as you might think, bearing in mind that they get notified automatically)
You'd be surpised... I've used several friends computers off and on, and to almost every one of them I've said "Hey, you do know that red arrow means there's a security update, right? You realize that means your computer can get compromised, right?" Sigh...
His contract came up for renewal this month and the sales rep told him that there were new Homeland security rules in place and, since his phone didn't have GPS, they could not renew his contract.
I haven't heard that, but I can confirm that Verizon (and presumably other carriers) say there is an FCC requirement in place such that they cannot (re)activate phones that don't have the GPS functionality. This notice was on a few of my previous bills:
To meet FCC requirements, as of June 5, 2005 Verizon Wireless will no longer activate equipment that is not 911 compatible. Verizon Wireless has been selling 911 compatible equipment since December 31, 2003.
Now I'd assume that if you wanted to keep using your non-GPS phone, as long as it was still activated, they would let you; of course until I saw the notice on my bill the activation requirements were news to me...
I think I'm going to create a full backup of my/etc/ directory in/conf/backups or/conf/defaults from now on to avoid confusion.
Another trick you can use is to check all of your config files into RCS (or CVS, if you swing that way). When you want to change something, you check it out, and once it works you check it back in. If you need ANY older version, it's always there.
And it's up to 13 years for the children of most absentee parents, since they [the parents] are more than willing to take advantage of the "K" in "K-12".
The rest of your post aside, I find that statement interesting. As far as I know, my government school program required the K part; you couldn't skip it and go straight to 1st. Does this vary by location? (Of course mine didn't have the half-day option for kindergarten either, so that's entirely possible.)
(another possible example, let's say they go to RFID tagging cars, and priority tag police cruisers or other emergency vehicles for getting through traffic lights and whatnot, well, there's another easily imagined opportunity.)
Actually, they are getting there already... in Virginia we have the Dulles Toll Road, which has two sets of lanes, one on the outside for normal traffic (which has to pay the toll) and another set on the inside for airport traffic (which is free). Well, they have a few spots where busses can cross between the sets of lanes, since the inside lanes tend to not back up as badly. There's a gate blocking the lane, and a Smart Tag/EZ-Pass reader over it. All the busses have tags, and when they go through the lane it opens the gate. I'm sure if someone wanted to reprogram their tag to the same as one of the busses it'd open for them too.:)
If they don't indicate the state your rep is from (well, even if they do really, since most states have lots of them), you have to know their last name. There's a search form on the front page.
I'm also sort of surprised there is no way to restrict web access aside from mis-configuring proxy settings.
I would imagine most people (obviously including myself) would not consider this the domain of the browser. If you want to block sites, it's usually done via a filtering proxy or a firewall. Browsers are there to retrieve and deliver content, not decide whether you can view it or not.
I'm sure i've seen a java ssh client, that you use in your browser..
You are probably thinking of MindTerm. If you don't have a web server you can stick it on, Google has some hits of existing installations that will work.
Regarding #2 there, I have a question: why isn't firearm usage and safety taught in schools? You'd think it would help cut down on the accidental shootings that kids keep getting themselves into.
Actually, it is, in some school systems. Well, more accurately, the safety part. For a few weeks in seventh grade I took a "hunter's safety" course during the health class timeslot. In the area I grew up hunting was a very common sport, which is why I imagine they spun it that way, but a lot of it had to do with general firearm safety as well.
Actually, this only defeats #3 for the remaining part of that minute. With code sniffing the network, its trivial to reply that login information in under the time remaining.
Nope. Once you use a SecurID code it is burned. If you want to log in to another SecurID protected service, you have to wait for the code on your fob to change. (Trust me, I ran into it enough at the last job I had that used one.)
Sometimes very valuable employees take their ideas to other companies and compete directly with their old companies. That's hard-nosed business: more power to them. Why can't the company be hard-nosed too?
(Note from a strictly logical standpoint the following argument isn't very strong, however, it explains the emotions I think.) I would imagine the reason people don't take well to companies being hard-nosed is they are so much bigger than the people they employ. While losing a person isn't going to generally make a large impact on your typical company (really tiny companies notwithstanding), losing a job is often going to make a HUGE impact on your average person.
I've seen some towers that have the white strobe during the day and switch to a red LED at night (alternating on/off every few seconds). If the strobes are necessary during the day, I hope that more towers use the red lights at night. I find the strobes VERY distracting at night while driving, and in the areas I've seen them the tower is usually on the side of a mountain and hence can be seen for miles...
Maybe I need to get my tinfoil hat adjusted, but I don't see the problem with photo identification methods.
OK, that's cool, but I think the point the parent was making is a photo or a fingerprint are both forms of biometrics. Why is a photo OK when a fingerprint isn't (or the other way around, why is a fingerprint NOT when a photo IS)?
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Seconded. This was how I learned VI, and I found it invaluable. From there you can use the VIM help files to pick up on the improvements over vanilla VI.
Uh, because it's the internet, duh. ;)
According to the FreeBSD man page for ls, "An ls command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX." So I think it's been around pretty much from the beginning.
The good, the bad, the ugly, and the OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!?
(And yes, I too leave matching the categories to the OS as an exercise to the reader...)
Quoting bash is like masturbating, people know you do it. ;)
In the US, you can run a debit card transaction in two modes:
Very likely the person used Credit mode for all the transactions, then just forged morkeld's signature.
Hmmm... but can you really make that argument when it was IT that loaded the game on there in the first place? (It comes with Windows, so if IT loaded the computer, they technically loaded the game.)
Devil's advocate: Where do you draw the line? Does that mean if I don't want to let black Jews (to use your example) in my (private) house, too bad? There has to be a line somewhere; right now it falls on public vs. private property.
I've seen several places now that have retrofitted by replacing the light switch with one that has a sensor. It only works in offices/confrence rooms/etc. (i.e., not open cube farm areas), but at least it's a start.
Picard: THERE... ARE... FOUR... SERIES!
You'd be surpised... I've used several friends computers off and on, and to almost every one of them I've said "Hey, you do know that red arrow means there's a security update, right? You realize that means your computer can get compromised, right?" Sigh...
I hope I'm not feeding a troll...
PostgreSQL is released under the BSD license, which according to the definition by the FSF, is Free Software. (It is not, however, "copyleft.")
I haven't heard that, but I can confirm that Verizon (and presumably other carriers) say there is an FCC requirement in place such that they cannot (re)activate phones that don't have the GPS functionality. This notice was on a few of my previous bills:
Now I'd assume that if you wanted to keep using your non-GPS phone, as long as it was still activated, they would let you; of course until I saw the notice on my bill the activation requirements were news to me...
Another trick you can use is to check all of your config files into RCS (or CVS, if you swing that way). When you want to change something, you check it out, and once it works you check it back in. If you need ANY older version, it's always there.
The rest of your post aside, I find that statement interesting. As far as I know, my government school program required the K part; you couldn't skip it and go straight to 1st. Does this vary by location? (Of course mine didn't have the half-day option for kindergarten either, so that's entirely possible.)
Actually, they are getting there already... in Virginia we have the Dulles Toll Road, which has two sets of lanes, one on the outside for normal traffic (which has to pay the toll) and another set on the inside for airport traffic (which is free). Well, they have a few spots where busses can cross between the sets of lanes, since the inside lanes tend to not back up as badly. There's a gate blocking the lane, and a Smart Tag/EZ-Pass reader over it. All the busses have tags, and when they go through the lane it opens the gate. I'm sure if someone wanted to reprogram their tag to the same as one of the busses it'd open for them too. :)
If they don't indicate the state your rep is from (well, even if they do really, since most states have lots of them), you have to know their last name. There's a search form on the front page.
I would imagine most people (obviously including myself) would not consider this the domain of the browser. If you want to block sites, it's usually done via a filtering proxy or a firewall. Browsers are there to retrieve and deliver content, not decide whether you can view it or not.
You are probably thinking of MindTerm. If you don't have a web server you can stick it on, Google has some hits of existing installations that will work.
Actually, it is, in some school systems. Well, more accurately, the safety part. For a few weeks in seventh grade I took a "hunter's safety" course during the health class timeslot. In the area I grew up hunting was a very common sport, which is why I imagine they spun it that way, but a lot of it had to do with general firearm safety as well.
Nope. Once you use a SecurID code it is burned. If you want to log in to another SecurID protected service, you have to wait for the code on your fob to change. (Trust me, I ran into it enough at the last job I had that used one.)
(Note from a strictly logical standpoint the following argument isn't very strong, however, it explains the emotions I think.) I would imagine the reason people don't take well to companies being hard-nosed is they are so much bigger than the people they employ. While losing a person isn't going to generally make a large impact on your typical company (really tiny companies notwithstanding), losing a job is often going to make a HUGE impact on your average person.
I've seen some towers that have the white strobe during the day and switch to a red LED at night (alternating on/off every few seconds). If the strobes are necessary during the day, I hope that more towers use the red lights at night. I find the strobes VERY distracting at night while driving, and in the areas I've seen them the tower is usually on the side of a mountain and hence can be seen for miles...
OK, that's cool, but I think the point the parent was making is a photo or a fingerprint are both forms of biometrics. Why is a photo OK when a fingerprint isn't (or the other way around, why is a fingerprint NOT when a photo IS)?