Could you "show me" this? In writing? As I said, copy and paste it if you like from the text of the USAPATRIOT act. Here's a source for the text to help you on your way.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:4:./tem p/~c107lbHa6c::
So you'll confront a "hated" Linux user on the street, but you don't have the brass to post other than anonymous? Unless I'm mistaken, my post had nothing to do with Linux. I was pointing out what was, in my opinion, a poor business decision on MS part. Here's hoping to run into you on the street.
Whatever. I agree with you in part, that sites like/. contribute to the hoohahing. I do not however agree that Mr. Gates used a keynote speach to rebut the likes of/.
Great. Why is MS making a big toodoo about it. Wait, I'll answer my own question. It's because they had planned to charge for this previously. Still, making a big hoohah over giving away a tool to clean up spyware that infests one of your other products due to very poorly designed security is hardly wise. "Hey...look at me. My product sucks, but I'm giving away duct tape and bailing wire so you can fix'er right up." Brilliant.
It's MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!, not MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You missed that first A. MUHAHAHAH sounds very artificial. It's like you jump straight from the MU sound to the HAH sound without an AH sound to segue.
I second that. How many times will/. post about some fools taking ICBs out of one container and putting them into a different shaped container? What earthly frigging difference does it make that they stuffed Apple guts inside an old plastic video game housing.
Future? Steg. has been used for quite some time. I know that it was actively used during the US Civil War, and I'd imagine that it dates back much further than that.
First, someone has already pointed out that to a great degree art is subjective. Still, that leaves room for common sense and good taste to play a part.
I also found this interesting as it applies directly to a personal experience I had many years ago. My Freshman year in highschool (1986 I believe) I had to take art class. Being none to excited about it, I did the only thing a true nerd could do; I convinced my art teacher to let me create computer genereated art. She bought off on the idea and was delighted with the outcome. Unfortunately, being that she's an art teacher, she was also bi-polar (along with several other probable diagnoses) and come semester end, she changed my grade on the project from an A to an F. Anyway, my "computer art" gave me a chance to learn a great deal about graphics programming on my computer at the time (an Apple//e), something that I had wanted to do anyway so it worked out well in the end (well, except for the F).
Indeed, what a travesty. The Department of Defense should really disavow itself from all endeavors that involve weapons, the military, war, fighting and violence of every sort. Let's disarm so we can hold hands.
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And people wonder where the acceptance of mediocrity comes from. It's a way of life. In work. In dress. In attitude. Sorry, not my scene.
1. CP/M is an OS, not a system.
2. There may have been a "big user base" of CP/M, but as you pointed out, it was big "for the time". The point is that Apple was the first mainstream PC and it transcended its "time" by creating a new market.
I don't say this as an anti-MS zealot or anything. It's just that I've noticed over the past two years Microsoft has gone from a market leader to an almost purely reactive organization. It's amazing to see a company go down hill that quickly.
1. Virtually everyone has a college degree. I assure you that this is NOT due to greater emphasis being placed on quality education. Rather, our higher education system (in the US at least) has bastardized itself and become a paper mill. For Pete's sake, anyone can get a degree. While this may sound like a good thing at first, in fact it is terrible. Like it or not folks, a degree is SUPPOSED to set the holder apart from the masses. Next it will be post-graduate degrees, and so on. Somehow, businesses forgot to verify that their job candidates actually learned something in the process of obtaining their beautiful degree (suitable for framing). Certainly there are many great schools still out there, but there is little to set graduates from these programs apart from the "University of Phoenix" types when it comes to peddling their paper. We have HR types to thank for that, and the colleges and universities are happy to keep on pimping.
2. Facts are facts, and there are a LOT of people out there (especially in the tech arena) who speak English as a second language. What the heck do you expect from them? It's hard enough to carry on a verbal conversation with of them, much less one by e-mail.
No degree (though I am about to begin the completion of my Bachelor's that I abandoned 12 years ago). 13 years in ITSEC/INFOSEC/IA. Currently Senior Partner in an IT business in the very non-tech midwest. I was commenting just a couple of weeks ago that the market has been going crazy (in my field at least). In the past month I've had 3 very good job offers and 1 cool one but the pay stank (Fed job). I would say an average week nets about 5 calls/e-mails from headhunters and of that, two are what I would consider "interesting". I am also a Reservist (Navy) and work in Crypto/IA/ITSEC. Because of this I carry TS/SCI clearance. I also have a CISSP certification (among others). These final two facts are the largest contributors to my strength in the job market I believe. I have never not been able to get a job due to lack of a degree. I want to finish my degree now only becuase there are several schools offering Master's in InfoSec (a degree that I beleieve is worth having....for me). Anyway, that's my take. If you're in the right sub-speciality area of IT, the market is red-hot!
Disclaimer: I'm not trolling (if I were I'd of posted anonymous).
The EFF has become a high-tech version of the ACLU. To some that may be a complement. To others it may have a negative connotation. To me it's the latter. It would seem that the more sensational a case is, the more potential there is for an EFF/ACLU to get involved, no matter the merits. I'm not implying that neither does any good, as they do certainly have their share of just causes, they just seem to be getting fewer and further between. Just my observation peppered with my opinion.
...I would be quite comfortable hazzarding a guess that Yahoo will have real time coverage (including Yahoo! Mobile which should work fine on any PDA/Phone). Given the very impressive real time World Series coverage they had, surely they'll do at least as much during the election. Here's a link that should prove valuable:
I have long wanted to get to do a rotation in the Antarctic, but alas there isn't a big demand for ITSEC folks there (despite the recent incidents where their systems have been compromised). Anyway, enjoy your stay and know that you have at least one adoring fan!
No disrespect, but I am neither bored nor dissaffected./. is primarily a technical board. In so much as there is political news directly effecting tech, it's got a place here. I suppose that my point is that I go to political news sites for such news and tech new sites for tech. Make sense? It seems that too many sites are trying to be everything to everyone when their real value is in providing focused news for which they are subject matter experts. Just my two cents.
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Could you "show me" this? In writing? As I said, copy and paste it if you like from the text of the USAPATRIOT act. Here's a source for the text to help you on your way. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:4:./tem p/~c107lbHa6c::
Could you show me a couple of examples (feel free to cut and paste) where the USAPATRIOT act violates the constitution? {Waiting patiently}
So you'll confront a "hated" Linux user on the street, but you don't have the brass to post other than anonymous? Unless I'm mistaken, my post had nothing to do with Linux. I was pointing out what was, in my opinion, a poor business decision on MS part. Here's hoping to run into you on the street.
Whatever. I agree with you in part, that sites like /. contribute to the hoohahing. I do not however agree that Mr. Gates used a keynote speach to rebut the likes of /.
I think they were being facetious just as I was. Chill out a little bit man. Have a sense of humor.
Great. Why is MS making a big toodoo about it. Wait, I'll answer my own question. It's because they had planned to charge for this previously. Still, making a big hoohah over giving away a tool to clean up spyware that infests one of your other products due to very poorly designed security is hardly wise. "Hey...look at me. My product sucks, but I'm giving away duct tape and bailing wire so you can fix'er right up." Brilliant.
It's MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!, not MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You missed that first A. MUHAHAHAH sounds very artificial. It's like you jump straight from the MU sound to the HAH sound without an AH sound to segue.
No. Their job is "To Protect and Exploit". This would fall under "Protect"
"the minimac of incredible cheapness"...is that would be used by "the rodents of unusual size"?
I second that. How many times will /. post about some fools taking ICBs out of one container and putting them into a different shaped container? What earthly frigging difference does it make that they stuffed Apple guts inside an old plastic video game housing.
Future? Steg. has been used for quite some time. I know that it was actively used during the US Civil War, and I'd imagine that it dates back much further than that.
First, someone has already pointed out that to a great degree art is subjective. Still, that leaves room for common sense and good taste to play a part.
//e), something that I had wanted to do anyway so it worked out well in the end (well, except for the F).
I also found this interesting as it applies directly to a personal experience I had many years ago. My Freshman year in highschool (1986 I believe) I had to take art class. Being none to excited about it, I did the only thing a true nerd could do; I convinced my art teacher to let me create computer genereated art. She bought off on the idea and was delighted with the outcome. Unfortunately, being that she's an art teacher, she was also bi-polar (along with several other probable diagnoses) and come semester end, she changed my grade on the project from an A to an F. Anyway, my "computer art" gave me a chance to learn a great deal about graphics programming on my computer at the time (an Apple
Okay, so who says it's not? Sun sells many an Opteron based server right along side their Sparc brotheren.
Indeed, what a travesty. The Department of Defense should really disavow itself from all endeavors that involve weapons, the military, war, fighting and violence of every sort. Let's disarm so we can hold hands.
And people wonder where the acceptance of mediocrity comes from. It's a way of life. In work. In dress. In attitude. Sorry, not my scene.
1. CP/M is an OS, not a system. 2. There may have been a "big user base" of CP/M, but as you pointed out, it was big "for the time". The point is that Apple was the first mainstream PC and it transcended its "time" by creating a new market.
I don't say this as an anti-MS zealot or anything. It's just that I've noticed over the past two years Microsoft has gone from a market leader to an almost purely reactive organization. It's amazing to see a company go down hill that quickly.
1. Virtually everyone has a college degree. I assure you that this is NOT due to greater emphasis being placed on quality education. Rather, our higher education system (in the US at least) has bastardized itself and become a paper mill. For Pete's sake, anyone can get a degree. While this may sound like a good thing at first, in fact it is terrible. Like it or not folks, a degree is SUPPOSED to set the holder apart from the masses. Next it will be post-graduate degrees, and so on. Somehow, businesses forgot to verify that their job candidates actually learned something in the process of obtaining their beautiful degree (suitable for framing). Certainly there are many great schools still out there, but there is little to set graduates from these programs apart from the "University of Phoenix" types when it comes to peddling their paper. We have HR types to thank for that, and the colleges and universities are happy to keep on pimping.
2. Facts are facts, and there are a LOT of people out there (especially in the tech arena) who speak English as a second language. What the heck do you expect from them? It's hard enough to carry on a verbal conversation with of them, much less one by e-mail.
Thunderbird? Chunky? Thunderchunky(Props to late 80's prep-rappers "DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince).
Actually, you can pick up the LaCie that numerous others have mentioned for about $1850. Just Froogle it for an assortment of sources.
Background:
No degree (though I am about to begin the completion of my Bachelor's that I abandoned 12 years ago). 13 years in ITSEC/INFOSEC/IA. Currently Senior Partner in an IT business in the very non-tech midwest. I was commenting just a couple of weeks ago that the market has been going crazy (in my field at least). In the past month I've had 3 very good job offers and 1 cool one but the pay stank (Fed job). I would say an average week nets about 5 calls/e-mails from headhunters and of that, two are what I would consider "interesting". I am also a Reservist (Navy) and work in Crypto/IA/ITSEC. Because of this I carry TS/SCI clearance. I also have a CISSP certification (among others). These final two facts are the largest contributors to my strength in the job market I believe. I have never not been able to get a job due to lack of a degree. I want to finish my degree now only becuase there are several schools offering Master's in InfoSec (a degree that I beleieve is worth having....for me). Anyway, that's my take. If you're in the right sub-speciality area of IT, the market is red-hot!
ER
Disclaimer: I'm not trolling (if I were I'd of posted anonymous).
The EFF has become a high-tech version of the ACLU. To some that may be a complement. To others it may have a negative connotation. To me it's the latter. It would seem that the more sensational a case is, the more potential there is for an EFF/ACLU to get involved, no matter the merits. I'm not implying that neither does any good, as they do certainly have their share of just causes, they just seem to be getting fewer and further between. Just my observation peppered with my opinion.
...I would be quite comfortable hazzarding a guess that Yahoo will have real time coverage (including Yahoo! Mobile which should work fine on any PDA/Phone). Given the very impressive real time World Series coverage they had, surely they'll do at least as much during the election. Here's a link that should prove valuable:
o litics/elections/presidential_elections/2004_presi dential_election/
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/u_s__government/p
Hope this helps.
I have long wanted to get to do a rotation in the Antarctic, but alas there isn't a big demand for ITSEC folks there (despite the recent incidents where their systems have been compromised). Anyway, enjoy your stay and know that you have at least one adoring fan!
No disrespect, but I am neither bored nor dissaffected. /. is primarily a technical board. In so much as there is political news directly effecting tech, it's got a place here. I suppose that my point is that I go to political news sites for such news and tech new sites for tech. Make sense? It seems that too many sites are trying to be everything to everyone when their real value is in providing focused news for which they are subject matter experts. Just my two cents.