For FSM's sake, who thinks that heart monitors are both networked to the outside world and running Windows XP? Any manufacturer that did so would be open to all sorts of legal trouble, assuming they could get any hospital to risk using such a thing.
Tibet is, and always has been, forever a part of China. Thus the people that China "Free Tibe"t would be rather like people calling for the US to "Free Indiana."
No weapons magnifying shouts in the book. The SciFi miniseries was much closer to the book.
but, yes, it's a fantasy. So is almost all SF. Any "SF" that has faster than light travel is (probably, pending further discoveries in physics) a fantasy.
When a PC crashes, even the system administrator might not hear about it, much less the vendors who made the system, the OS, and the application software. The user shrugs, reboots, and keeps right on working. When a mainframe crashes, however, it's a major catastrophe. It's General Motors calling up IBM to demand answers.
the bottom line to me is that a process that worked perfectly well when folks all trusted each other falls into chaos when there are allegations of dirty tricks or undue pressure
Like we haven't learned that from the spammers abusing e-mail, the various hacks to slashcode to prevent carpflooding, etc. etc. etc.?
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The Web, topless.
Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying "Never blame on malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence."
Place goes up 'n' down faster than an intern in the Clinton White House... Ddos attack? Server misconfigured?
That's the (potentially)biggest benefit of using SSDs over HDDs. No moving parts==less power used==longer battery life.
For FSM's sake, who thinks that heart monitors are both networked to the outside world and running Windows XP? Any manufacturer that did so would be open to all sorts of legal trouble, assuming they could get any hospital to risk using such a thing.
If you have to replace hardware, it's bricked.
No software update means no fixes for any security vulnerabilities that turn up. Lovely.
He started out as primarily a director of slasher/horror films.
in order to save it.
There was an F-117 Nighthawk, and an SR-71 Blackbird. Two very different aircraft.
Roll or role?
The wild horses in the Western US are rough on the environment.
Actually, yes. Feral pigs are all over the SE US. People hunt them. They do fairly well. Feral cattle do well too.
Tibet is, and always has been, forever a part of China. Thus the people that China "Free Tibe"t would be rather like people calling for the US to "Free Indiana."
Since the LoC and Congress are Legislative branch, and the President's Cyber Policy is from the Executive branch, I'd say "very little".
but, yes, it's a fantasy. So is almost all SF. Any "SF" that has faster than light travel is (probably, pending further discoveries in physics) a fantasy.
Stephenson's books just sort of stop.
Coming soon from EA...
Ten years gone, and still relevant.
Damn I miss Byte.
How high do the R/C craft fly? How high are the drones flying? How hard is it to fly an r/c aircraft into a drone, given parallax?
River full of carp + snow melt = carp flood.
Like we haven't learned that from the spammers abusing e-mail, the various hacks to slashcode to prevent carpflooding, etc. etc. etc.?
Cop: Whatcha got in the trunk?
Parnell: Oh... You don't wanna look in there.
Since the one in the write-up is borken. Here it is.
That explains so much...