The Humans Rights Group should lay off. Let China do whatever they want to do. If the Chinese don't like it, they'll leave. Therefore, let China damn themselves.
And yet I've never seen any Dem wish for any of those things.
To clarify, I wasn't making any assumptions that the Dems want any of these things. I was just saying that it's kinda funny the situation the Dems seem to be in right now. If several bad things occur for the US, the dems will be able to win back the Senate, House, and presidency.
Cmdrtaco had a posting on his journal describing was the purpose of Backslash was. He says that it's here to say. He says, if you don't like it, go to preferences and hide it. So, pass this news along to your friends, so they stop filling the/. comments section with annoying complaints. Thank you.
Why do you ask? I hate it when f@!#ing losers ask, am I first post? Dont' ask, say it like you mean it. I am first post. I am awesome. I want people to notice me. I am important. First post is my friend. Just stop asking, "ooohh, did I get first post?" Instead, just say it, "I'm better than everybody else cause I'm going to get first post!"
This just in...
Another HSBC Security Flaw has been found. If you are logging into your account, and somebody is looking over your shoulder while you're doing it, odds are they can determine your username & password after only 1 successful login attempt.
HSBC had a virtual keyboard feature. A keylogger would not work with that. You use the mouse to enter letters on it. Maybe the virtual keyboard only has 9 positions, and maybe they are recording mouse movements?
Gotcha. Well that makes it a heck of a lot more interesting. Does it say that in the article? Huh. Is it an optional feature, or are you required to use it?
This isn't a security flaw. If you have a key logger, you have everything for any bank site, or any other site for that matter. I wonder who disclosed this? Perhaps a competitor? Cause it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
From the FAQ
But won't Freespire hurt the momentum of open source by offering the option of proprietary codecs, drivers and applications?
No, quite the opposite. To influence the future of computing to become more open, Linux must first expand its circle of influence by gaining a much larger user base. A big portion of the world is turned off by Linux, because it doesn't legally support things like MP3, DVD, Java, Flash, Windows Media, QuickTime, etc., out of the box. Asking millions of people to throw away their iPods (or other favorite MP3 player) or to not legally watch DVDs on their computer, is just too much to ask for most users. The Freespire project believes in providing a free marketplace where the user can decide what software to install and use.
I like the approach. To me, Linux is stuck in a rut where techies are addicted, but users are afraid. This could help bridget the gap.
On an offtopic note: How frickin' long is that Mario Bros poll gonna be up on/. ???? It's so old, you can't even reply to it anymore.
Sadly, with all the money they spend on this drug prohibition technology, they probably could have fed the children of multiple undeveloped nations for an entire year. It's incredible how stupid people are when it comes to spending money.
A fundamental flaw today in most businesses / groups. It happens all the time at my work place. Management wants 20 things done, so instead of working on 2 at a time, spit them out, then do 2 more, spit them out, then do 2 more, etc.... my management decides to have 8 projects running at a time, with limited resources on each. Sure they get more tasks done up front, but they end up with poor quality, and many times they end up scrapping some of the projects because they just dwindled. Same thing with the UN now, they're trying to please everybody's mom and some of the grandma's too, instead of concentrating on a smaller subset of more important tasks.
Anyways, I don't care about the UN anymore, they're a useless organization full of talkers, that never take action.
Free Software and open formats -- a possibility that seems less far-fetched every day
It only seems less far-fetched to/. readers and those addicted to it. (an argument could be made that they're the only people that matter) But, the general public, I guarantee still doesn't know, understand, or care about the movement towards free software and open formats. We need to do a better job of awareness. We need tv commercials or something (and I'm being serious).
Exactly what I was thinking. I know the United Nations mean well with this, and it's probably a great idea to implement. But don't they have higher priority items to be working on???
Could it be that these patches will occasionally phone Microsoft who then relays our data and actions to the FBI and/or NSA?
You got to think that sooner or later the government is going to have an overload of data that they won't be able to manipulate. I mean, they got our phone records, they got AOL search records, and now they got all your Windows desktop activity.
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The Humans Rights Group should lay off. Let China do whatever they want to do. If the Chinese don't like it, they'll leave. Therefore, let China damn themselves.
Win a million dollars if you can spot the difference! The link doesn't work cause of the funky character after 3A00_ and before Sam.
And yet I've never seen any Dem wish for any of those things.
To clarify, I wasn't making any assumptions that the Dems want any of these things. I was just saying that it's kinda funny the situation the Dems seem to be in right now. If several bad things occur for the US, the dems will be able to win back the Senate, House, and presidency.
Examples:
The list goes on and on. Kinda funny actually.
Is it just me or is Timothy trying to test how many pictures a /. post can hold? 7, that's got to be some sort of record, right?
Cmdrtaco had a posting on his journal describing was the purpose of Backslash was. He says that it's here to say. He says, if you don't like it, go to preferences and hide it. So, pass this news along to your friends, so they stop filling the /. comments section with annoying complaints. Thank you.
So, from the title, I gather ...
NASA was involved in a terror plot but the Department of Homeland security patched it up to look like Al Qaeda did it.
Why do you ask? I hate it when f@!#ing losers ask, am I first post? Dont' ask, say it like you mean it. I am first post. I am awesome. I want people to notice me. I am important. First post is my friend. Just stop asking, "ooohh, did I get first post?" Instead, just say it, "I'm better than everybody else cause I'm going to get first post!"
Sounds like fun. I remember writing in RISC assembly code. I fealt like a real man back then. C# just doesn't cut it.
fyi - The Open Office format Slide links don't work, so sadly I had to open the PPT file in Open Office instead.
declare holy^H^H^H^H science war against the IAU!
May I suggest starting by dropping the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch on them?
How ironic that your username is "nine-times", and this hack takes nine login attempts? Perhaps you are the guilty party here?
Straight from the Urban dictionary, read the definition of Rim Shot.
This just in...
Another HSBC Security Flaw has been found. If you are logging into your account, and somebody is looking over your shoulder while you're doing it, odds are they can determine your username & password after only 1 successful login attempt.
HSBC had a virtual keyboard feature. A keylogger would not work with that. You use the mouse to enter letters on it. Maybe the virtual keyboard only has 9 positions, and maybe they are recording mouse movements?
Gotcha. Well that makes it a heck of a lot more interesting. Does it say that in the article? Huh. Is it an optional feature, or are you required to use it?
Well, I'd heard it wasn't safe to do that stuff on myspace, so I moved over to /. cause there are absolutely no sexual predators here. right?
This isn't a security flaw. If you have a key logger, you have everything for any bank site, or any other site for that matter. I wonder who disclosed this? Perhaps a competitor? Cause it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
From the FAQ
/. ???? It's so old, you can't even reply to it anymore.
But won't Freespire hurt the momentum of open source by offering the option of proprietary codecs, drivers and applications?
No, quite the opposite. To influence the future of computing to become more open, Linux must first expand its circle of influence by gaining a much larger user base. A big portion of the world is turned off by Linux, because it doesn't legally support things like MP3, DVD, Java, Flash, Windows Media, QuickTime, etc., out of the box. Asking millions of people to throw away their iPods (or other favorite MP3 player) or to not legally watch DVDs on their computer, is just too much to ask for most users. The Freespire project believes in providing a free marketplace where the user can decide what software to install and use.
I like the approach. To me, Linux is stuck in a rut where techies are addicted, but users are afraid. This could help bridget the gap.
On an offtopic note: How frickin' long is that Mario Bros poll gonna be up on
Sadly, with all the money they spend on this drug prohibition technology, they probably could have fed the children of multiple undeveloped nations for an entire year. It's incredible how stupid people are when it comes to spending money.
A fundamental flaw today in most businesses / groups. It happens all the time at my work place. Management wants 20 things done, so instead of working on 2 at a time, spit them out, then do 2 more, spit them out, then do 2 more, etc. ... my management decides to have 8 projects running at a time, with limited resources on each. Sure they get more tasks done up front, but they end up with poor quality, and many times they end up scrapping some of the projects because they just dwindled. Same thing with the UN now, they're trying to please everybody's mom and some of the grandma's too, instead of concentrating on a smaller subset of more important tasks.
Anyways, I don't care about the UN anymore, they're a useless organization full of talkers, that never take action.
Free Software and open formats -- a possibility that seems less far-fetched every day
/. readers and those addicted to it. (an argument could be made that they're the only people that matter) But, the general public, I guarantee still doesn't know, understand, or care about the movement towards free software and open formats. We need to do a better job of awareness. We need tv commercials or something (and I'm being serious).
It only seems less far-fetched to
I love what the /. tagging beta did to this story. fud, notfud, yes, no, apple
/. today :-)
Look's like there is some disagreement and quarreling on
Exactly what I was thinking. I know the United Nations mean well with this, and it's probably a great idea to implement. But don't they have higher priority items to be working on???
Could it be that these patches will occasionally phone Microsoft who then relays our data and actions to the FBI and/or NSA?
You got to think that sooner or later the government is going to have an overload of data that they won't be able to manipulate. I mean, they got our phone records, they got AOL search records, and now they got all your Windows desktop activity.
Save yourself some money, you can rent it for only twenty bucks, same as in town.
It gets even cheaper than that. Stop by the bar on main street saturday nights and you need only buy her 2 drinks.