A buddy of mine used a WAD maker/editor to make a very good rendition of our high school in the 90's. Of course, DOOM was made of monsters and folks enjoyed it and took it for what it was. (this was in the 90's). I shudder to think of what would happen to us now if we were in high school and did this. Probably end up in federal....prison.
And some of us had an account early on, lost their password (and the email account associated with it, RIP the Cleveland Freenet), and found it (the password) years later in a notebook. It still worked.
I was definitely shocked and had to do a double take when I saw this news. While everyone will eventually pass, it doesn't make it any less "sad".
You're right. $10K each is illegal. $4555.25 here, $1540.10 there, $2758.27 there, and finally $1146.38.
Who would be the wiser? Keep it random. Keep it spaced out.
These regulations that say you cannot deal with more than $10K in cash at a time (and I'm talking about the USA now) is BS in my opinion, to say nothing of SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports) that banks use.
Did you know that there are no "rules" behind SARs? That the penalties are severe enough it entices tellers and financial institution employees to be "fast and loose" and file a SAR if you look cross eyed at them? I'm all for stopping money laundering (although the rich probably get away with it...) but make sure there are rules to be followed. Not arbitrary where folks are pushed to file them to cover their butts..... (because they don't want to get fined/lose their job, they err on the side of caution)
I've said this for awhile - I'd really like to use these services. However, once that DNA data is out of my custody, I have no idea what they do with it. It's a privacy nightmare. Regardless of putting a criminal away, I'm not sure I'm comfortable that all procedures were followed to get that data from the genealogy company.
This pretty much seals the deal that I'll never use one of these services. A bit disappointing really, as I wouldn't mind learning about my family.
.... but if you can download the ISO for free (if you have a valid license or sticker, like a Dell for instance) how is that depriving Microsoft of any modicum of revenue?
Seconded. I don't have mod points at the moment so I'm replying.
I grew up in the late 80's early 90's. Some of the computer related things I did would put me in Gitmo or federal-pound-me-in-the...... (you know the rest).
Things like finding open routers on X.25 networks (so I could check the mail when I couldn't afford Internet access, and there were no BBS's/public access Unix spots within local dialing distance in my small town..... but the local AOL number was Sprintnet/Telenet... so....
Figuring out ways to break out of the local library's online catalog dialup so we could access systems local to that system (out of town). OMG you hacker! No, that's just software limitations/timing issues where we could break out of a dialing sequence and dial any local number we wanted..... and I won't go into the home made potato guns we built.;) Very fun times. Where's my time machine ? I'd love to go back and relive those moments.
I'd take up/have time for more hobbies, one of which includes finding places to explore in the warmer months. If the Internet and tech in general weren't as "free" (in quote on purpose) as they are now, I'd just do other things unless there was a crack/hack available.
Too late to stuff that genie back in the (DRM) bottle anyway.....
I knew about their "Hoovering" (vacuum for those that didn't get the reference) way before all this Cambridge stuff came out, just didn't have any proof of course. I do not have time to constantly be chasing their security settings/what they share/what they gather/etc.
It's still bullshit. It's a situation that's being handled not for legal reasons (well, perhaps partially for legal reasons) but for PR reasons.
Whatever happened to someone's word being their bond? The meaning of a handshake deal? Having to muddy the waters with lawyers, legalese, doublespeak and the myriad of bullshit in today's society just to get something done just wears me out.
I really hope this marks the beginning of the end for Zuck and Facebook. Nothing of value would be lost and society would be a much better place without it, IMHO.
Had a relative that needed to get to the hospital an hour away (where the specialists were).
Local hospital wanted to put him on an ambulance to take him there, probably would have been a $5-$10K ambulance ride. Situation was urgent, but not emergent. Next day, we hired an Uber for $60 to get him there, and a week later (after surgery) $40 to get him home. Pretty sad when that's the state of affairs, but (I hate this saying but I'll use it anyway) "it is what it is.".
The nurse at the local hospital was not amused when I asked her if we'd been magically transported to Canada when I asked about the cost of the ambulance ride.
Slashdot Mirror
Keyboard? How quaint ....
By any other name it just sounds like badge engineering.
See? We're no longer Monsanto.... (goes on to do the same evil stuff Monsanto did, just under another name ...)
A buddy of mine used a WAD maker/editor to make a very good rendition of our high school in the 90's. Of course, DOOM was made of monsters and folks enjoyed it and took it for what it was. (this was in the 90's). I shudder to think of what would happen to us now if we were in high school and did this. Probably end up in federal....prison.
And some of us had an account early on, lost their password (and the email account associated with it, RIP the Cleveland Freenet), and found it (the password) years later in a notebook. It still worked.
I was definitely shocked and had to do a double take when I saw this news. While everyone will eventually pass, it doesn't make it any less "sad".
Roblimo's passing hit a little close for me.
RIP
Because the game of whack-a-mole continues!
Didn't have to scroll far to find this.
The Miser is pleased. :)
Everything in California's mind causes cancer, so I can't say I'm shocked by this.
You're right. $10K each is illegal. $4555.25 here, $1540.10 there, $2758.27 there, and finally $1146.38.
Who would be the wiser? Keep it random. Keep it spaced out.
These regulations that say you cannot deal with more than $10K in cash at a time (and I'm talking about the USA now) is BS in my opinion, to say nothing of SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports) that banks use.
Did you know that there are no "rules" behind SARs? That the penalties are severe enough it entices tellers and financial institution employees to be "fast and loose" and file a SAR if you look cross eyed at them? I'm all for stopping money laundering (although the rich probably get away with it ...) but make sure there are rules to be followed. Not arbitrary where folks are pushed to file them to cover their butts..... (because they don't want to get fined/lose their job, they err on the side of caution)
100% correct.
I've said this for awhile - I'd really like to use these services. However, once that DNA data is out of my custody, I have no idea what they do with it. It's a privacy nightmare. Regardless of putting a criminal away, I'm not sure I'm comfortable that all procedures were followed to get that data from the genealogy company.
This pretty much seals the deal that I'll never use one of these services. A bit disappointing really, as I wouldn't mind learning about my family.
Wrong.
I encounter this on text based mailing lists as well.
Get off my lawn. :)
.... but if you can download the ISO for free (if you have a valid license or sticker, like a Dell for instance) how is that depriving Microsoft of any modicum of revenue?
That's what I can't wrap my head around.
100% correct.
Hacker is a tinkerer. Someone who likes to play with tech and learn.
Cracker is the criminal element, doing things systems weren't designed to do for "bad" or whatever your definition may be.
Or perhaps just call them what they also may be: white collar criminal.
Maybe I'm tech-splaining now? ;)
My anti-virus console logs tend to disagree with you.
Seconded. I don't have mod points at the moment so I'm replying.
I grew up in the late 80's early 90's. Some of the computer related things I did would put me in Gitmo or federal-pound-me-in-the...... (you know the rest).
Things like finding open routers on X.25 networks (so I could check the mail when I couldn't afford Internet access, and there were no BBS's/public access Unix spots within local dialing distance in my small town. .... but the local AOL number was Sprintnet/Telenet ... so ....
Figuring out ways to break out of the local library's online catalog dialup so we could access systems local to that system (out of town). OMG you hacker! No, that's just software limitations/timing issues where we could break out of a dialing sequence and dial any local number we wanted. .... and I won't go into the home made potato guns we built. ;) Very fun times. Where's my time machine ? I'd love to go back and relive those moments.
I'd take up/have time for more hobbies, one of which includes finding places to explore in the warmer months. If the Internet and tech in general weren't as "free" (in quote on purpose) as they are now, I'd just do other things unless there was a crack/hack available.
Too late to stuff that genie back in the (DRM) bottle anyway.....
Right with you there AC.
Never had Facebook. What does that say about me?
I knew about their "Hoovering" (vacuum for those that didn't get the reference) way before all this Cambridge stuff came out, just didn't have any proof of course. I do not have time to constantly be chasing their security settings/what they share/what they gather/etc.
The only winning move is not to play.
... and be done with it.
Obviously you can't do that via Skype, but if you're storing your data on Microsoft's servers (cloud! synergy! apps!) why aren't you encrypting it?
Then, they can't see inside that data to look for "offensive" content.
Fire up those terminal emulators, folks!
(or the real thing (vt320, vt220, vt525, wy60, etc) if you've got them)
Alright folks, break out your terminal emulators - time to go back to NNTP/Usenet.
No mod points available, so I'll reply to you.
Kudos to you sir, couldn't have said it better myself. I've never had Facebook and never will.
I would however like to know what kind of "ghost" profile they have on me though ...
It's still bullshit. It's a situation that's being handled not for legal reasons (well, perhaps partially for legal reasons) but for PR reasons.
Whatever happened to someone's word being their bond? The meaning of a handshake deal? Having to muddy the waters with lawyers, legalese, doublespeak and the myriad of bullshit in today's society just to get something done just wears me out.
I really hope this marks the beginning of the end for Zuck and Facebook. Nothing of value would be lost and society would be a much better place without it, IMHO.
In before "get off my lawn". :)
I am in the USA.
Had a relative that needed to get to the hospital an hour away (where the specialists were).
Local hospital wanted to put him on an ambulance to take him there, probably would have been a $5-$10K ambulance ride. Situation was urgent, but not emergent. Next day, we hired an Uber for $60 to get him there, and a week later (after surgery) $40 to get him home. Pretty sad when that's the state of affairs, but (I hate this saying but I'll use it anyway) "it is what it is.".
The nurse at the local hospital was not amused when I asked her if we'd been magically transported to Canada when I asked about the cost of the ambulance ride.
Two words: chip tuners
If there's anything on my car(s) I don't want, my guess is my local to me chip tuner will have a way around it.
I usually drive my cars till the wheels fall off anyway, so that removes the "what if you sell it" argument.
What would the hash rate be of a supercomputer mining Bitcoin?
You have 10 seconds to comply!