Seriously, how hard is that? These criminals use credit cards and bank accounts...and the card companies KNOW that they're processing fraudulent transactions but they make money from each transaction so in the end they turn a blind eye.
Same goes for the banks- most of them KNOW they have criminals passing money through their institutions. But hey, who's gonna turn down a "customer" with 10 million dollars to deposit? No one, that's who.
Yes, I know it's not that simple, but my point stands: choke off their ability to use the financial system and this stuff will get much much harder for them. I mean, fuck, when ransomware demands a credit card for payment, there's your first lead. Yes, some of them want a Western Union transfer, but even so...follow the money. FOLLOW THE FUCKING MONEY.
"The resignation will end a nearly five-year reign as speaker"
Translation: "The resignation will end a nearly five-year reign as a lame, inept, orange-colored buffoon who couldn't get his own fucking party to back his loopy ideas."
His "leading by resigning" strategy follows that of Sarah Palin and Scott Walker.
Can't wait until it's hacked and they start arresting the police chief...
Well, that would be nice if the cops pointed this program at themselves and root out those who are most likely to commit crimes against us. It would probably empty out the department though.
I cannot see anything that could possibly go wrong with this idea, except for everything.
Can't wait until it's hacked and they start arresting the police chief, the city council, and everyone with a zip code that begins with a letter or a number.
You must be new. It didn't always have that craptastic downloader.
No, not new, but Cnet was never very good. I remember John Dvorak and his paragraphs of pompous pontificating, riddled with random blobs of bold text that never seemed to make much sense.
why would apple lawyers come to your door in this scenario?
They obviously smelled that stack of $100 bills that I keep by the door.
Plus if you say something bad about IOS, the ghost of Steve Jobs rises from his grave and walks the Earth looking for retribution. Everybody knows that.
We are relatively lean and mean compared to other browsers, but that doesn't mean "no memory issues", of course. So enough with the straw men.
FF used to be lean and mean, but honestly, there is no way I can say that with a straight face now. I still like FF, but with all the crap packed into it by default, "lean and mean" just doesn't apply.
Is it still the best browser out there? Maybe, but I feel it's gone downhill in the last 10 ~20 releases. There's no denying it, and this bullshit memory issue has been plaguing for a long, long time.
Oh, wait, no I don't. Cnet was never good. It was always the go-to place for viruses and malware, conveniently bundled with their craptastic "downloader" program.
I don't remember ever seeing "You are the customer AND you are the product."
Hey man, get with the new paradigm. (The new paradigm is $49.95 a month, plus taxes and other applicable fees, shipping, handling, etc. Thank you for your continued patronage.)
Well, way to go Firefox! Right on top of things! But I thought Firefox has been saying for years it has no memory issues? So is this a 14 year old issue that really isn't an issue that now has been fixed? Got it.
Shhhhh, don't mess with Firefox's "we're lean and mean" narrative.
After a few hours of use with, say, ~10 tabs open, Firefox 40.0.3 leaks memory until it's using 2.6G of RAM, at which point it randomly stops loading images, gets very, very laggy, and freezes for ~30 seconds at a time.
I hope this fixes that (I fail to see how it could make it any worse, frankly).
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Not even clear photo(graph)s?
No, I can't show an image- it's got my original Social Security Number from the 1500's. Back then they were only 3 digits long.
Show us so we can see the proof. ;)
I would, but the Long Form version weighs 300lbs and is currently on loan to the Smithsonian. ;)
Follow the money.
Seriously, how hard is that? These criminals use credit cards and bank accounts...and the card companies KNOW that they're processing fraudulent transactions but they make money from each transaction so in the end they turn a blind eye.
Same goes for the banks- most of them KNOW they have criminals passing money through their institutions. But hey, who's gonna turn down a "customer" with 10 million dollars to deposit? No one, that's who.
Yes, I know it's not that simple, but my point stands: choke off their ability to use the financial system and this stuff will get much much harder for them. I mean, fuck, when ransomware demands a credit card for payment, there's your first lead. Yes, some of them want a Western Union transfer, but even so...follow the money. FOLLOW THE FUCKING MONEY.
How close? :P
Close enough so as not to make much difference. :)
Yeah, I'm old. My birth certificate came on a clay tablet. :(
....I'm so glad I don't have a Facebook account.
Friend me, unfriend me, ignore me, whatever......I'm just happy to not have this drama-magnet in my life.
Ah. 1959.
Close. :)
"The resignation will end a nearly five-year reign as speaker"
Translation: "The resignation will end a nearly five-year reign as a lame, inept, orange-colored buffoon who couldn't get his own fucking party to back his loopy ideas."
His "leading by resigning" strategy follows that of Sarah Palin and Scott Walker.
Can't wait until it's hacked and they start arresting the police chief...
Well, that would be nice if the cops pointed this program at themselves and root out those who are most likely to commit crimes against us. It would probably empty out the department though.
Easily fixed:
if(subject_is_a_cop){
return 0;
}
But what will really bake your noodle is, if the system works, and it pinpoints hackers planning to hack it as criminals, does it still get hacked?
I rate that possibility as somewhere around 0.00000000000000000002%.
I cannot see anything that could possibly go wrong with this idea, except for everything.
Can't wait until it's hacked and they start arresting the police chief, the city council, and everyone with a zip code that begins with a letter or a number.
Are you sure that wasn't a nom de plume for Alexander Peter Kowalski (APK)?
That's an interesting theory, and I can't disprove it.
How old are you? :P
When I was born Alaska hadn't yet been admitted as the 49th US state.
You must be new. It didn't always have that craptastic downloader.
No, not new, but Cnet was never very good. I remember John Dvorak and his paragraphs of pompous pontificating, riddled with random blobs of bold text that never seemed to make much sense.
why would apple lawyers come to your door in this scenario?
They obviously smelled that stack of $100 bills that I keep by the door.
Plus if you say something bad about IOS, the ghost of Steve Jobs rises from his grave and walks the Earth looking for retribution. Everybody knows that.
We are relatively lean and mean compared to other browsers, but that doesn't mean "no memory issues", of course. So enough with the straw men.
FF used to be lean and mean, but honestly, there is no way I can say that with a straight face now. I still like FF, but with all the crap packed into it by default, "lean and mean" just doesn't apply.
Is it still the best browser out there? Maybe, but I feel it's gone downhill in the last 10 ~20 releases. There's no denying it, and this bullshit memory issue has been plaguing for a long, long time.
Cool. Say, do you know how to get blood out of a carpet?
Not exactly stellar reporting there by Cnet.
I remember when Cnet was good.
Oh, wait, no I don't. Cnet was never good. It was always the go-to place for viruses and malware, conveniently bundled with their craptastic "downloader" program.
I don't remember ever seeing "You are the customer AND you are the product."
Hey man, get with the new paradigm. (The new paradigm is $49.95 a month, plus taxes and other applicable fees, shipping, handling, etc. Thank you for your continued patronage.)
Instructions unclear, please elaborate.
I hear you...I'm thinking it's time to find a new browser. FF used to be great, now...not so much.
I have 6G installed and everything was fine up until Firefox 30 or so.....then it all started to become sucktastically bad.
Lol, that would be funny as hell.
BRB, there's some lawyers at the door who say they're from Apple. Should I use a shotgun or a chainsaw?
Well, way to go Firefox! Right on top of things! But I thought Firefox has been saying for years it has no memory issues? So is this a 14 year old issue that really isn't an issue that now has been fixed? Got it.
Shhhhh, don't mess with Firefox's "we're lean and mean" narrative.
After a few hours of use with, say, ~10 tabs open, Firefox 40.0.3 leaks memory until it's using 2.6G of RAM, at which point it randomly stops loading images, gets very, very laggy, and freezes for ~30 seconds at a time.
I hope this fixes that (I fail to see how it could make it any worse, frankly).
isn't that like sucking from both ends of a pipe at the same time?
It's like sucking from both ends of something at the same time.
Something like a giant, pus-ridden cock connected directly to an anus.