What will happen? We store our digital photos in raw format, not JPEG. We store our songs in raw format, not artificially crippled. We will store high-definition video, possibly even in raw format, not MPEG4 or the likes.
Come on, admit it... what you really mean is you'll store your pr0n in raw format... and you'll STILL be complaining that you don't have enough disk space.
Two 19" monitors will give you the same flexibility, at a much lower cost point - AND you can angle each viewing area separately. You can't do that with a single screen.
BTW, twin 19" screens are my setup at both home and the office (the home box is set with xinerama off, the work box with it on).
Walk away (if they even felt it, they'd assume it was an insect bite) and they die hours or days (or even years if you use a slow virus like HIV) later
... or...
Shoot and alert everyone to your presence
Hope you don't get caught, your bullets traced, etc.
Besides, you're much less likely to "get your kill" at extreme range with a rifle, and guaranteed to get it at close range with a hypo.
Simple, it can be used without the victim even being aware of it.
I could probably stick you in a crowd and if you even felt it you'd assume it was a minor insect bite or something (30 gauge needles are pretty much painless for a subcutaneous injection, and I get to practice my technique 3 times a day).
You know what's going to happen next - stick it in hypodermic darts and shoot them at the enemies - all they'll hear is "phttt"... and then die of massive blood clots.
Or stick it in an insulin pen (empty out the penfill cartridge and replace the contents with this gel) and stick someone with it - great for hits on foreign dictators and other "inconveniences".
Guaranteed this will be weaponized - and then only the government and terrorists will have it.
Yes, and every day there are users out there who use the password "password". Was that tested as well?
I'm happy to report it was, and only 20% of Windows users used "password" as their password, making it only the third-most-popular password. The two most popular ones were "qwerty" and "12345", in that order. The least popular password, with just one example, was "i heart bill gates" - on Steve "the Chair-man" Balmer's box.
All these analysts saying this and that and the other about Vista. Why don't they do something useful instead of shooting off a bunch of useless positions.
That's the job of analysts - to "retire to the toilet and lay some cable".
Those who can, do...
Those who can't... become analyssts...
Those who can't analyse... trust analysts.
It even explains the plethora of bagholders for SCO.
Actually, it will be pretty handy for something closely related - a lot of older cities don't have accurate blueprints of their sewer systems... oops, it depends on GPS - no satellite signal in "the tubes"... guess that's one more idea in the toilet...
It almost seems she is trying to link this to the death of her son, in that "this kind of thing" is directly responsible, as though the original murder all stemmed from people on the internet "being racist".
Hate crimes ARE linked to incitements, whether on the internet or "in real life." How would you feel if someone was posting threat to you personally - because that was what this was - saying that "the family should be burned" is a threat directed to specific individuals.
The reason people do this on the internet is because
they can more easily get away with it, and
they're more likely to get a reinforcing response
I should explain the second point a bit better... If you're standing in a room of 10 people, and you were to come out with a statement like "the family should be burned", you're not very likely to get anyone to agree with you. Try that on the internet, and if only 1 in a million agree, that 1 is still able to "add their voice to the fire."
The guy did this because, he claims he "wanted to stir up discussion" and he's "not racist." The judge didn't buy it, and neither would most reasonable people. The guy's a racist, and like all racists, a jerk. While prison won't "rehabilitate" him, it might give others pause to reflect on the fact that their postings do real harm, and that we as a society really don't want his company.
This isn't a free speech issue, just as you can't walk into a bank and say "This is a hold-up" and, if you don't get any money, claim that you didn't commit a crime and were just exercising your right to free speech. I'm sure you can think of other examples of "free speech" we don't allow - "How much for that bag of cocaine?" "Hey little girl, do you want some candy? Get in the car and I'll give you some." "If you don't give me a bj I'll cut you!"
The REAL joke is you're not going to go blind from a few seconds of exposure to a laser pointer, but everyone is too freaked out by the word "laser" to use some common sense, or do a bit of research.
The laser pointers you buy in stores (especially the cheapie ones you can use to tease the dogs with) don't produce a beam that's focused enough or intense enough to cause damage in a few seconds... " even a minute didn't cause any decrease in eye function. You're most likely going to have a red laser, which is even less likely to cause any harm... as the Dr. points out:
rarely is it going to be a practical hazard because the aversion reflex we have naturally will cause a person to blink or turn away from a laser light."
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Previously, he determined red laser pointers to be quite safe. "I tested different powers up to five milliwatts and could not create recognizable damage in the human eye with the red laser pointers," he explains. "So, at least a transient exposure to red laser pointers' light is only of trivial concern."
So while the study says to err on the side of caution, you're more likely to get eye damage from looking at an eclipse - which I've done often enough without any "protection", again with no damage.
No, I didn't "miss your point" - I dismissed it out of hand, as it wasn't worth considering, being only speculation on your part tht "it might mean something in another language".
Like I said, its an argument that would only impress the bottom 10%. Back it up with an actual fact (like a language where "Window" means something other than what we commonly take it to mean); otherwise you sound like someone with TPCS (Terminal Political Correctness Syndrome).
Really, lighten up. Its only a name... to even imply some sort of cultural slur on my part because *you* can only make ill-fitting analogies or far-fetched scenarios is low...
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maybe one or both of her parents are from another country where "window" in the local language means something totally different.
Well, if its her maiden name, then I don't think a Snyder would name their kid Window because it means something different in Hebrew... and if its not her maiden name, again, you're just making a supposition, without proof, same as if you were to claim that its possible that if I write "George Bush Is A Lying Scumbag" that this could be a compliment in some other language... (actually, it is a compliment, because my real opinion of him is much lower, and involves terms such as brain-dead, coked-out, over-boozed, morally corrupt, narcissitic, pathological, canker, etc. - and those are his GOOD points!)
Funny, everone else I know who has read my original comment understands the point I was trying to make, I guess I'll have to be more carefull and aim my comment at the 50-60 percential range next time I reply.
It would certainly be an improvement over the "bottom 10%" - your "apostles name" argument was so logically impaired that even Bad Analogy Guy would choke over it:-)
I mentioned US name law in part because Window Snyder lives in the US.
maybe one or both of her parents are from another country where "window" in the local language means something totally different.
Well, if its her maiden name, then I don't think a Snyder would name their kid Window because it means something different in Hebrew... and if its not her maiden name, again, you're just making a supposition, without proof, same as if you were to claim that its possible that if I write "George Bush Is A Lying Scumbag" that this could be a compliment in some other language... (actually, it is a compliment, because my real opinion of him is much lower, and involves terms such as brain-dead, coked-out, over-boozed, morally corrupt, narcissitic, pathological, canker, etc. - and those are his GOOD points!)
As a programmer, my first reaction is "show me the code".
My comment was pretty exact in its phrasing (I said they had no code, just a video), and I even linked to the original, not the article, to further disambiguate. The article I linked to certainly made it clear that the so-called "security expert"* was watching a video of a presentation (which to my mind means some "Powerpoint Shite") - like SCO with their "presentation" of side-by-side code that was supposed to be the same.
If someone wants to get sucked in by watching a slide presentation or video when there are so many other, far better, ways to verify something, they're getting what they deserve. If someone were to come to me and say "The sky is green. I have video of a presentation that was made where its been proven" we'd all laugh at them.
*Note: Yes, I use the term "so-called security expert" because:
anyone who can be so easily socially engineered really doesn't have the skepticism necessary to do a good job
this persons background as a "security expert" with Microsoft isn't a recommendation, given Microsofts continued failure to understand that security starts with good code and a good attitude, not throwing crap against the wall and hoping some of it sticks
Maybe I'm being unfair, but we've seen too many self-promoting "security experts" come up short, just like we've seen with "terrorist experts", etc.
The JavaScript issue appears to be a real vulnerability, Window Snyder, Mozilla's security chief, said after watching a video of the presentation Saturday night. "What they are describing might be a variation on an old attack," she said. "We're going to do some investigating."
So, how am I "spewing shit" if I say all they have is a video, and the article says they only saw a video, and even YOU say "He watched the video of the talk,"
You're the one going for the cheap karma by spewing shit, not me... especially when I went out of my way to say that there was NO code to display (which would mean not even on the video).
You forgot - shareholders have no power if there are no consumers... shareholders are completely at the mercy of consumers.
Consumers ultimately determine how a business is run, or if it even continues to exist. This has always been true in the corporate world as well, where companies bend over backwards to accomodate their largest customers (competitive bidding is cut-throat, and a lot of times the difference between being successful and going bankrupt is "who gets the contracts").
The education problem won't be solved by throwing money at it, but by getting people to realize that they have to invest time in their kid's education. Most parents don't even bother looking at their kids homework on a nightly basis - or worse, they don't understand it, so the kid can BS about it.
The first step in rectifying this is to get parents away from the TV.
Sheesh... speaking of drugs, someone needs to take chill pill. Your political correctness has completely atrophied your funny bone, as well as your ability to put together a logical argument...
Also, what sort of drugs do you have to be on to name your kid "Window"?
Kind of like asking "what kind of relegious zealots do you have to be to name your kid after an apostle?", don't slander someones parents just because you think they have a silly name, ever consider that her parents may have named her using a language where "Window" means something other than a way of letting the sun in?
And your argument doesn't make sense... the apostle's weren't named after pieces of buildings, those names were in common use as people's names before any of them were born. Now if they had named the apostles "Door, Window, Chair, Table, Roof, Basement, SumpPump, etc., you'd have a point... but you don't.
Or are you going to name your progeny after, say, car parts? Or better yet, why not after dogs? Call your kids "Rover" and "Spot". I'm sure they'll grow up to thank you for helping make their lives such misery.
We have laws up here (and in a lot of other ocuntries as well) that prevent people from giving their kids a name that will make them a target for ridicule. And before you get on your high horse about freedom of expression - one couple in the US tried to name their kid "ERA", after the Equal Rights Amendment. It was refused, for the same reason...
Actually, your response is the non-sequitor, since I was obviously referring to the PARENTS, not Window herself. Usually, its the parents who tag their kids with weird names. Names like "Moon Unit" or "Chastity". Or "River", or "Chorde" or "Pilot" or "Prince Michael Jackson I", "Prince Michael Jackson II", or "Apple".
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Come on, admit it ... what you really mean is you'll store your pr0n in raw format ... and you'll STILL be complaining that you don't have enough disk space.
Two 19" monitors will give you the same flexibility, at a much lower cost point - AND you can angle each viewing area separately. You can't do that with a single screen.
BTW, twin 19" screens are my setup at both home and the office (the home box is set with xinerama off, the work box with it on).
Which is more likely to succeed in a large crowd:
Besides, you're much less likely to "get your kill" at extreme range with a rifle, and guaranteed to get it at close range with a hypo.
Simple, it can be used without the victim even being aware of it.
I could probably stick you in a crowd and if you even felt it you'd assume it was a minor insect bite or something (30 gauge needles are pretty much painless for a subcutaneous injection, and I get to practice my technique 3 times a day).
You know what's going to happen next - stick it in hypodermic darts and shoot them at the enemies - all they'll hear is "phttt" ... and then die of massive blood clots.
Or stick it in an insulin pen (empty out the penfill cartridge and replace the contents with this gel) and stick someone with it - great for hits on foreign dictators and other "inconveniences".
Guaranteed this will be weaponized - and then only the government and terrorists will have it.
I'm happy to report it was, and only 20% of Windows users used "password" as their password, making it only the third-most-popular password. The two most popular ones were "qwerty" and "12345", in that order. The least popular password, with just one example, was "i heart bill gates" - on Steve "the Chair-man" Balmer's box.
That's the job of analysts - to "retire to the toilet and lay some cable".
It even explains the plethora of bagholders for SCO.
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Unfortunately, even though you're drunk, your analysis of analysts is more accurate than most analysts analysis.
Actually, it will be pretty handy for something closely related - a lot of older cities don't have accurate blueprints of their sewer systems ... oops, it depends on GPS - no satellite signal in "the tubes" ... guess that's one more idea in the toilet ...
That's right ... after all, we know that any resemblance between Bush and a chimpanzee is purely coincidental.
Hate crimes ARE linked to incitements, whether on the internet or "in real life." How would you feel if someone was posting threat to you personally - because that was what this was - saying that "the family should be burned" is a threat directed to specific individuals.
The reason people do this on the internet is because
I should explain the second point a bit better ... If you're standing in a room of 10 people, and you were to come out with a statement like "the family should be burned", you're not very likely to get anyone to agree with you. Try that on the internet, and if only 1 in a million agree, that 1 is still able to "add their voice to the fire."
The guy did this because, he claims he "wanted to stir up discussion" and he's "not racist." The judge didn't buy it, and neither would most reasonable people. The guy's a racist, and like all racists, a jerk. While prison won't "rehabilitate" him, it might give others pause to reflect on the fact that their postings do real harm, and that we as a society really don't want his company.
This isn't a free speech issue, just as you can't walk into a bank and say "This is a hold-up" and, if you don't get any money, claim that you didn't commit a crime and were just exercising your right to free speech. I'm sure you can think of other examples of "free speech" we don't allow - "How much for that bag of cocaine?" "Hey little girl, do you want some candy? Get in the car and I'll give you some." "If you don't give me a bj I'll cut you!"
Nope. Its "the most powerful". While they might cover the same surface area, Olympus Mons stands much higher.
The REAL joke is you're not going to go blind from a few seconds of exposure to a laser pointer, but everyone is too freaked out by the word "laser" to use some common sense, or do a bit of research.
The laser pointers you buy in stores (especially the cheapie ones you can use to tease the dogs with) don't produce a beam that's focused enough or intense enough to cause damage in a few seconds ... " even a minute didn't cause any decrease in eye function. You're most likely going to have a red laser, which is even less likely to cause any harm ... as the Dr. points out:
So while the study says to err on the side of caution, you're more likely to get eye damage from looking at an eclipse - which I've done often enough without any "protection", again with no damage.
They must have been staring into the laser beams ...
Maybe SCO can use it to find the millions of lines of misappropriated code that "got lost" in Blepp's suitcase?
No, I didn't "miss your point" - I dismissed it out of hand, as it wasn't worth considering, being only speculation on your part tht "it might mean something in another language".
Like I said, its an argument that would only impress the bottom 10%. Back it up with an actual fact (like a language where "Window" means something other than what we commonly take it to mean); otherwise you sound like someone with TPCS (Terminal Political Correctness Syndrome).
Really, lighten up. Its only a name ... to even imply some sort of cultural slur on my part because *you* can only make ill-fitting analogies or far-fetched scenarios is low ...
Happy [TT]uesday :-)
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Well, if its her maiden name, then I don't think a Snyder would name their kid Window because it means something different in HebrewIt would certainly be an improvement over the "bottom 10%" - your "apostles name" argument was so logically impaired that even Bad Analogy Guy would choke over it :-)
I mentioned US name law in part because Window Snyder lives in the US.
As a programmer, my first reaction is "show me the code".
My comment was pretty exact in its phrasing (I said they had no code, just a video), and I even linked to the original, not the article, to further disambiguate. The article I linked to certainly made it clear that the so-called "security expert"* was watching a video of a presentation (which to my mind means some "Powerpoint Shite") - like SCO with their "presentation" of side-by-side code that was supposed to be the same.
If someone wants to get sucked in by watching a slide presentation or video when there are so many other, far better, ways to verify something, they're getting what they deserve. If someone were to come to me and say "The sky is green. I have video of a presentation that was made where its been proven" we'd all laugh at them.
*Note: Yes, I use the term "so-called security expert" because:
- anyone who can be so easily socially engineered really doesn't have the skepticism necessary to do a good job
- this persons background as a "security expert" with Microsoft isn't a recommendation, given Microsofts continued failure to understand that security starts with good code and a good attitude, not throwing crap against the wall and hoping some of it sticks
Maybe I'm being unfair, but we've seen too many self-promoting "security experts" come up short, just like we've seen with "terrorist experts", etc.You're spewing shit too, there was no 'video' of the exploit,
What I wrote:
From the article I link to:
So, how am I "spewing shit" if I say all they have is a video, and the article says they only saw a video, and even YOU say "He watched the video of the talk,"
You're the one going for the cheap karma by spewing shit, not me ... especially when I went out of my way to say that there was NO code to display (which would mean not even on the video).
You forgot - shareholders have no power if there are no consumers ... shareholders are completely at the mercy of consumers.
Consumers ultimately determine how a business is run, or if it even continues to exist. This has always been true in the corporate world as well, where companies bend over backwards to accomodate their largest customers (competitive bidding is cut-throat, and a lot of times the difference between being successful and going bankrupt is "who gets the contracts").
The education problem won't be solved by throwing money at it, but by getting people to realize that they have to invest time in their kid's education. Most parents don't even bother looking at their kids homework on a nightly basis - or worse, they don't understand it, so the kid can BS about it.
The first step in rectifying this is to get parents away from the TV.
Sheesh ... speaking of drugs, someone needs to take chill pill. Your political correctness has completely atrophied your funny bone, as well as your ability to put together a logical argument ...
And your argument doesn't make sense ... the apostle's weren't named after pieces of buildings, those names were in common use as people's names before any of them were born. Now if they had named the apostles "Door, Window, Chair, Table, Roof, Basement, SumpPump, etc., you'd have a point ... but you don't.
Or are you going to name your progeny after, say, car parts? Or better yet, why not after dogs? Call your kids "Rover" and "Spot". I'm sure they'll grow up to thank you for helping make their lives such misery.
We have laws up here (and in a lot of other ocuntries as well) that prevent people from giving their kids a name that will make them a target for ridicule. And before you get on your high horse about freedom of expression - one couple in the US tried to name their kid "ERA", after the Equal Rights Amendment. It was refused, for the same reason ...
Actually, your response is the non-sequitor, since I was obviously referring to the PARENTS, not Window herself. Usually, its the parents who tag their kids with weird names. Names like "Moon Unit" or "Chastity". Or "River", or "Chorde" or "Pilot" or "Prince Michael Jackson I", "Prince Michael Jackson II", or "Apple".
Neither have I ... but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good joke at my expense, even if it involves innuendo vis. recreational pharmacology.