I'm not really up on all this stuff, but I was under the impression that IBM is actually a pretty cool place to work. They're no Google, but I think they treat their employees fairly well.
What kind of emergency would involve access to regular gas and not premium? Every gas station I've ever seen has sold both. And Porsches don't run on regular gas; you might be able to do it once but it'll fuck the engine up.
Also, options are very often bad, as any halfway competent UI designer will tell you. This is why, for example, people hate newer BMWs with their computer systems that let you select 20 different suspension settings and 5 different levels of shifting aggressiveness. Sometimes you just want to get into the damn car and drive, and all you want is a "sport mode on" button.
Not that either of those analogies are really relevant. In this case, the Windows option is useful for people who need it, and people who don't want to worry about it (i.e. most Mac users) don't have to. Best of both worlds.
I'm not going to disagree with that, but I've never run into porn on the Internet when I'm not looking for it or for something similarly edgy (e.g. warez). It's just impossible to find porn by typing "dinosaurs" into Google. Even "dinosaur porn" gets you nowhere.
Only if for some fucked up reason you consider sexual thoughts to be "psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome", which apparently most of the USA does.
Last time I checked, the Windows installer prompts the user to create a passworded admin account and then to create a normal user. It's possible to create a blank admin password, but you have to consciously choose to, and if you do, Windows won't let you log on remotely with that account.
In comparison to other operating systems which provide default root ("administrator") access, without a password, on installation; this isn't as big of a deal.
WTF are you smoking? No modern OS sets up an unpassworded root account by default, especially on a multiuser system. And if they did, there would be no expectation of security. Here, there is the expectation of security, and it is violated.
In fact, this attack is even worse than the average privilege escalation vulnerability, because a) it's amazingly stupid on the part of the programmer and b) the attacker gains not just root priveleges but the root password, which is often reused by less-paranoid users for other purposes.
Um, actually it is "monthly iTunes TV subscriptions." The word "subscription" has several meanings. Think of this as like a magazine subscription - you pay in advance, the content is sent to you as it's produced, and you get to keep it.
Well, technically the gas companies are an oligopoly, not a monopoly. They do compete on price (otherwise prices would have never gone down after Katrina), but they can get away with moderate price hikes because gas is a relatively inelastic commodity - people are gonna need it no matter how much it costs. Monopolists dealing in products with more elastic demand (AT&T in its pre-split years, for example) still have to price their products to sell, or else they'll make no money.
Your reasoning was correct, but your statement that a seller will charge "as much as the market is willing to bear" is the pet peeve of every economist because, as the GP explained, it's so very widespread and so very wrong. Suppliers charge the price that maximizes their profit, which is almost never the highest price that people would actually pay.
The bible seems pretty clear that you have to follow Jesus to avoid being toasted:
I know quite a few Universalists who would disagree with that, using arguments also backed up by the Bible. You can argue forever about why you think they're wrong, but the fact remains - there is something in the Bible to support just about any point of view on any subject.
every Mac desktop shipped is a sale that could have gone to Dell.
No, it's not. A Mac buyer wouldn't buy a Dell because Dells can't run OSX. If Apple unshackled OSX from its hardware, then Dell could use it and Apple would be competing directly with Dell in the hardware market, which is a game they can't win.
Do you have a source for that? I was under the impression that it was significantly higher, and the only way we'd be getting $350 BluRay this year is if the manufacturers take a loss on it.
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You need a valid Windows license to use Captive. Aside from the fact that it's a pretty ugly hack, Apple is probably staying away for legal reasons.
Sure. No one said Jedis were omnipotent.
How fucking accurate do you need your volume? Can you tell the difference between 42% and 44%? I sure can't.
Doing anything is rebellious if you've been forbidden to do it.
I'm not really up on all this stuff, but I was under the impression that IBM is actually a pretty cool place to work. They're no Google, but I think they treat their employees fairly well.
Also, options are very often bad, as any halfway competent UI designer will tell you. This is why, for example, people hate newer BMWs with their computer systems that let you select 20 different suspension settings and 5 different levels of shifting aggressiveness. Sometimes you just want to get into the damn car and drive, and all you want is a "sport mode on" button.
Not that either of those analogies are really relevant. In this case, the Windows option is useful for people who need it, and people who don't want to worry about it (i.e. most Mac users) don't have to. Best of both worlds.
I'm not going to disagree with that, but I've never run into porn on the Internet when I'm not looking for it or for something similarly edgy (e.g. warez). It's just impossible to find porn by typing "dinosaurs" into Google. Even "dinosaur porn" gets you nowhere.
Only if for some fucked up reason you consider sexual thoughts to be "psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome", which apparently most of the USA does.
I can think of a lot of words to describe the average minor's interests in sex, but "morbid" isn't really one of them.
Last time I checked, the Windows installer prompts the user to create a passworded admin account and then to create a normal user. It's possible to create a blank admin password, but you have to consciously choose to, and if you do, Windows won't let you log on remotely with that account.
It's pretty easy to do that with Linux or OSX too. I was discussing default behavior.
WTF are you smoking? No modern OS sets up an unpassworded root account by default, especially on a multiuser system. And if they did, there would be no expectation of security. Here, there is the expectation of security, and it is violated.
In fact, this attack is even worse than the average privilege escalation vulnerability, because a) it's amazingly stupid on the part of the programmer and b) the attacker gains not just root priveleges but the root password, which is often reused by less-paranoid users for other purposes.
Um, actually it is "monthly iTunes TV subscriptions." The word "subscription" has several meanings. Think of this as like a magazine subscription - you pay in advance, the content is sent to you as it's produced, and you get to keep it.
Chess is probably at least as popular as poker worldwide; it's certainly been televised on ESPN.
And silent.
Well, technically the gas companies are an oligopoly, not a monopoly. They do compete on price (otherwise prices would have never gone down after Katrina), but they can get away with moderate price hikes because gas is a relatively inelastic commodity - people are gonna need it no matter how much it costs. Monopolists dealing in products with more elastic demand (AT&T in its pre-split years, for example) still have to price their products to sell, or else they'll make no money.
Your reasoning was correct, but your statement that a seller will charge "as much as the market is willing to bear" is the pet peeve of every economist because, as the GP explained, it's so very widespread and so very wrong. Suppliers charge the price that maximizes their profit, which is almost never the highest price that people would actually pay.
What if I create a forum account "ifuckedyourmom"?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
It doesn't matter if everybody thinks that way, just that enough people do to make free speech a cultural value.
I know quite a few Universalists who would disagree with that, using arguments also backed up by the Bible. You can argue forever about why you think they're wrong, but the fact remains - there is something in the Bible to support just about any point of view on any subject.
Speaking as a violinist: If the violin is 4 inches long, it ain't playable.
Then again, I guess that was your point.
No, it's not. A Mac buyer wouldn't buy a Dell because Dells can't run OSX. If Apple unshackled OSX from its hardware, then Dell could use it and Apple would be competing directly with Dell in the hardware market, which is a game they can't win.
You may remember Windows 3.0, but I very much doubt you bought it.
Do you have a source for that? I was under the impression that it was significantly higher, and the only way we'd be getting $350 BluRay this year is if the manufacturers take a loss on it.