The other side of the coin is that a patriotic scientist would work for the government to ensure that their country was the one with the advanced weapons...
The linking of patriotism with "having the most advanced weapons" says a lot.
You think they're talking about the user's security?
Don't be naive. The only security they are referring to is the security of their market share.
This is +5 interesting? A cheap shot at Microsoft on/. is interesting? I though we wanted them to be more conscious of security.
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If we continue using antibacterial products EVERYWHERE, we will have a whole lot of diseases far worse than SARS on our hands. Don't people understand that by using mild antibacterial agents, we are helping disease evolve into strains that we may never be able to deal with?
Co-workers are often surprised when they come to my desk, and ask to use a pen, only to find out that I don't have one... anywhere. Pen and ink certainly have their place (diagrams, drawings, charts, maps, brainstorming) but I can do everything I ned to do at work without resorting to handwriting. I took a note pad to a coffee shop to jot down some notes a while back, and my hand got sore after a few pages. I'm just not used to it anymore.
I never planned on having large companies having access to my tv viewing habits
You didn't even read the summary, let alone the article. As long as they do not use any of your personal information, they are not invading your privacy. This is no more invasive than reading web server logfiles.
Hell, there's even a simpler problem: If I have more than one credit card which one will it "charge?" Or will it charge both?
I have two proximity cards on me at all times, for two different security systems. Whenever I swipe one card, and the other is too close, it will not work. There seems to be some interferance between the two cards. I assume that the reader machines would be able to tell if more than one card is detected, and the transaction would fail.
Its to protect the workers from the companies. It was passed into law in the UK a few years ago. It means that companies can't keep cutting your salary
If I owned a company under this law, my employees would also be protected from those nasty pay increases.
Sounds like a whole lot of trouble on your part to resist a technology that would allow you some more freedom. Why would you prefer to have to "hang around" a phone?
I totally agree. I'm not sure about the U.S. or the rest of the world, but in Canada, even an inactivated cell phone can call 911. The cell company has to let the call through, whichever network picks up the signal. Whenever someone I know gets a new cell phone, I tell them to take their old one, and put it in their glovebox with a car charger. That way if anything happens, there is always a phone to use.
I don't mean to take my frustrations out on the poster, as this is a more general complaint. Is it "cool" to use words like "winsucks" and "winblows"? I have problems with MSFT too, but ff you're trying to get a point across, say something useful instead of resorting to childish cheap shots.
Is that even an issue? I thought that the only people who ever went to the msn website did so because it's the default start page for IE. I bet that people who don't know how, or haven't bothered to change their homepage account for 95% of the traffic to MSN.
Credit reports contain a heck of a lot of information, and if you know how to read them, you can learn a lot about a person - things that an employer should have no right to ask.
Credit reports do not only show to whom you owe money. They list everyone else who has asked for your credit history (landlords, other prying employers, car dealers, banks, etc.), as well as anyone from whom you have borrowed money. It will also list present or former spouses/partners/co-borrowers, your past or present addresses, as well as any court judgements made against you, and the balance, and payment history of any mortgage, loan, line of credit, or credit card.
Is it even legal to ask for such a disclosure as a condition of employment?
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I'm more amazed that no one asked her why she did it...
I know a couple of people that will hide things in the oven. They think a thief will not look in there. My guess is that someone hid the notebook in the oven one day, and someone else turned on the stove to preheat. 20 minutes later, when the oven was hot, the discovery was made.
Besides... Most of the can be "repaired" by just giving them an old fashioned pimp-slap. I'd say that I've "fixed" at least 4 old, stuck drives that way.
There are at least 15 people who think I'm a genius because I took their hard drives home and recovered all of their "lost" data. I used recovery software on 2 of them, replaced the IDE cable on 1, and I gave the other 12 a good whack.
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That's just to get around the filters that look for key words and phrases.
The linking of patriotism with "having the most advanced weapons" says a lot.
Actually, that exactly when they throw you into chemo or surgery.
This is +5 interesting? A cheap shot at Microsoft on /. is interesting? I though we wanted them to be more conscious of security.
If we continue using antibacterial products EVERYWHERE, we will have a whole lot of diseases far worse than SARS on our hands. Don't people understand that by using mild antibacterial agents, we are helping disease evolve into strains that we may never be able to deal with?
Co-workers are often surprised when they come to my desk, and ask to use a pen, only to find out that I don't have one ... anywhere. Pen and ink certainly have their place (diagrams, drawings, charts, maps, brainstorming) but I can do everything I ned to do at work without resorting to handwriting. I took a note pad to a coffee shop to jot down some notes a while back, and my hand got sore after a few pages. I'm just not used to it anymore.
You didn't even read the summary, let alone the article. As long as they do not use any of your personal information, they are not invading your privacy. This is no more invasive than reading web server logfiles.
I have two proximity cards on me at all times, for two different security systems. Whenever I swipe one card, and the other is too close, it will not work. There seems to be some interferance between the two cards. I assume that the reader machines would be able to tell if more than one card is detected, and the transaction would fail.
If I owned a company under this law, my employees would also be protected from those nasty pay increases.
So the U.S. bombs the hell out of a country, then turns around and says, "We'll fix it for you, but you'll have it the way we like it."
Real nice.
here you go
Are there any baseball players that old?
Yeah, I'll sign up.
If you haven't pitched a proposal to a VP on a conference call while sittin' on the thrown - you haven't tasted freedom.
I totally agree. I'm not sure about the U.S. or the rest of the world, but in Canada, even an inactivated cell phone can call 911. The cell company has to let the call through, whichever network picks up the signal. Whenever someone I know gets a new cell phone, I tell them to take their old one, and put it in their glovebox with a car charger. That way if anything happens, there is always a phone to use.
If people now are talking about Dr. Pepper more than we were yesterday, then the marketing approach has already worked.
I don't mean to take my frustrations out on the poster, as this is a more general complaint. Is it "cool" to use words like "winsucks" and "winblows"? I have problems with MSFT too, but ff you're trying to get a point across, say something useful instead of resorting to childish cheap shots.
It was on a PII450, but still, even high end PIII systems take double that amount of time to boot 2K and XP.
Xp boots in about 15 seconds on my Athlon 1600. Boot time is one of the things that impressed me most about XP.
Is that even an issue? I thought that the only people who ever went to the msn website did so because it's the default start page for IE. I bet that people who don't know how, or haven't bothered to change their homepage account for 95% of the traffic to MSN.
Credit reports do not only show to whom you owe money. They list everyone else who has asked for your credit history (landlords, other prying employers, car dealers, banks, etc.), as well as anyone from whom you have borrowed money. It will also list present or former spouses/partners/co-borrowers, your past or present addresses, as well as any court judgements made against you, and the balance, and payment history of any mortgage, loan, line of credit, or credit card.
Is it even legal to ask for such a disclosure as a condition of employment?
I know a couple of people that will hide things in the oven. They think a thief will not look in there. My guess is that someone hid the notebook in the oven one day, and someone else turned on the stove to preheat. 20 minutes later, when the oven was hot, the discovery was made.
just a theory...
There are at least 15 people who think I'm a genius because I took their hard drives home and recovered all of their "lost" data. I used recovery software on 2 of them, replaced the IDE cable on 1, and I gave the other 12 a good whack.
The egg parts.
Unless you are talking about chicken wing cake.