Meanwhile in Amsterdam,
Bike thieves use _your_bike_ as a cantilever if you forget to use two locks in such a way that the bike can't be rotated.
Off course, many bikes are destroyed (especially the lightweight ones) when they try stealing them like this....
I guess Amsterdam is at least as bad as New York when it comes to stealing bikes (but I've never been there), there's a whole black market economy here based on '2nd hand' bikes (btw: if people stop buying stolen bikes, thieves might stop stealing them....don't blame it all just on the thieves...)
My tactics :
Use at least two completely different locks (thieves specialise in certain lock types) (I use three normally)
Try to get the locks as tight as possible, making sure the bike itself can't be used to exert brute force on them.
Park your bike in a spot where everybody can see it.
Use a bike that looks like sh*t and is f*cking old but despite its looks still rides well.
I've had about three bikes stolen in ten years, usually when I used only one lock or made some other mistake.
Bottom line is: if they really want your bike, they are going to take it....no matter what you do.
Yeah, mainstream top 40 has always sucked and will always suck.
It sucked in the 70's when I was a kid, it sucked in the 80's when i was in high school (or what you'd call high school in the netherlands), it sucked in the 90's when i studied and it sucks in the 00's while i work.
In the 70's my dad would bring back home all sorts of fantastic music you never heard on the radio. That's when I learnt that if you want to hear good stuff, you have to go looking for it.
Or maybe even it means that somebody in the market for a portable music player & online music service combination will be able in the near future to also choose MS instead of only Apple:)
Actually, the article itself (only 10 lines or so)
has Yusuf saying this
"...Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., will release a number of music players when it launches its online music service later this year, giving customers more choices than Apple, Mehdi said..."
So I would interpret that MS's online music services will give customers more choice, not the player.
But aren't all the marathon world records still run on shoes? Do these guys perhaps practice the technique you describe but with shoes on?
The guys & girls to beat seem to be the ethiopians, kenians & moroccans, I can imagine maybe they learnt to run barefoot as kids....
Well, While I agree with your final conclusion, (the fun bit) I think perhaps its a good idea to take a look at some facts about where the US ranks worldwide in giving econonomic aid.
Its on position 20, with a very skinny $23.76 per person per year.
Number one is Luxemburg, with a whopping $352.30 per person.
It would have to be smaller, have more storage space, have better battery life, be cheaper AND more sexy.
I cannot imagine anything bearing the Microsoft logo as being sexy, hip, innovative or cool. But that's just me ofcourse (ahum...)
It's not only size that matters, but field of work
From my experience, the day to day office-automation is not that hard to lock down. When you say your users need admin rights 90% of the time, what are we talking about?
- They are engineers or scientists needing to 'try things'
- They are using poorly written applications. (there's a thread about autocad here somewhere). In my opinion, any app requiring admin access is a poorly written application. Don't blame the OS for that.
I've seen the process of moving to a closed desktop from close in two companies now. One oilcompany, one engineeringcompany. The toughest task is proving that those users claiming they _absolutely_ need application X to do their work are full of sh*t, and with a little effort they can do it just as well with application Y that the rest of the company is allready using. I've seen the inventories of 5000+ apps being reduced to 500 apps. Now offcourse the task of doing all the scripting etc. is not affordable for smaller companies....
But if you are interested: I happen to work at a bank (and waddayaknow, I work at its IT department) I'm not involved with desktop systems, but the people who are are not draconian, and I think in this bank even the business understood why the desktops should be locked down.
It's not as difficult as you think and I think all big companies do this because not only is it more secure, in the end it saves you tons of money, once the business hears about that you'd be surprised how fast they are willing to make changes...
"...Gribble says. "We do expect that companies can and should use tools to scan their networks...."
Would't it be much simpler if companies just dissallowed their employees to install applications on their machines?
Allowing users to download & install 'anything' poses problems way beyond spyware.
Never heard about this so I thought you were making some sort of joke. So looked it up on google and even found some pictures of the effect.
Now where would I buy these lifesavers in Europe?
Ever see that experiment where they stand a plate of solid aluminium on its edge in the center of an MRI scanner?
Whe they let go, It falls down really slowly due to magnetic flux. (antiflux? its been a while since my last physics class:) )
That is not the same as 'starting to move on its own', granted. But magnetic fields do have an influence on non magnetic metals....
But what about the chance of finding food along the way? Maybe the pigeons have also learned that there's lots of thrown-away sandwiches & packets of crisps along motorways.....those flying rats...
Hmmm. I think these really-really small bacteria suspended in a liqiud medium don't care too much about the gravity.
You know, they are so small the impact of individual molecules makes them shake. (see Brownian movement
Yet we see these effects, apparantly....(I'd really like to see these effects being reproduced by another group)
I don't think its that simple somehow....
Peanutbutter is terribly insecure!
It washes right off with some detergent!
Personally, I prefer superglue (also used to glue the S _and_ the command button)
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Meanwhile in Amsterdam, Bike thieves use _your_bike_ as a cantilever if you forget to use two locks in such a way that the bike can't be rotated. Off course, many bikes are destroyed (especially the lightweight ones) when they try stealing them like this.... I guess Amsterdam is at least as bad as New York when it comes to stealing bikes (but I've never been there), there's a whole black market economy here based on '2nd hand' bikes (btw: if people stop buying stolen bikes, thieves might stop stealing them....don't blame it all just on the thieves...) My tactics : Use at least two completely different locks (thieves specialise in certain lock types) (I use three normally) Try to get the locks as tight as possible, making sure the bike itself can't be used to exert brute force on them. Park your bike in a spot where everybody can see it. Use a bike that looks like sh*t and is f*cking old but despite its looks still rides well. I've had about three bikes stolen in ten years, usually when I used only one lock or made some other mistake. Bottom line is: if they really want your bike, they are going to take it....no matter what you do.
It must be an ultra-sophisticated system to be able to predict a traffic Jam on the Amsterdam A10 direction Coentunnel at 17:00 every weekday :P
Please don't use the words
:)
"Trickle Down"
In a post about liquid cooling...
Yeah, mainstream top 40 has always sucked and will always suck. It sucked in the 70's when I was a kid, it sucked in the 80's when i was in high school (or what you'd call high school in the netherlands), it sucked in the 90's when i studied and it sucks in the 00's while i work. In the 70's my dad would bring back home all sorts of fantastic music you never heard on the radio. That's when I learnt that if you want to hear good stuff, you have to go looking for it.
Or maybe even it means that somebody in the market for a portable music player & online music service combination will be able in the near future to also choose MS instead of only Apple :)
"...Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., will release a number of music players when it launches its online music service later this year, giving customers more choices than Apple, Mehdi said..."
So I would interpret that MS's online music services will give customers more choice, not the player.From The Article: "What Should I Do with Spam Once It's Flagged? " :)
Why, send it on to all your friends ofcourse!
But aren't all the marathon world records still run on shoes? Do these guys perhaps practice the technique you describe but with shoes on? The guys & girls to beat seem to be the ethiopians, kenians & moroccans, I can imagine maybe they learnt to run barefoot as kids....
Before Larry Niven, there was silliputty...
Yeah yeah yeah. Sure. Ted Turner and Bill Gates will save you
Well, While I agree with your final conclusion, (the fun bit) I think perhaps its a good idea to take a look at some facts about where the US ranks worldwide in giving econonomic aid.
Its on position 20, with a very skinny $23.76 per person per year.
Number one is Luxemburg, with a whopping $352.30 per person.
All terribly off topic, but I had to...:)
It would have to be smaller, have more storage space, have better battery life, be cheaper AND more sexy.
I cannot imagine anything bearing the Microsoft logo as being sexy, hip, innovative or cool. But that's just me ofcourse (ahum...)
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It's not only size that matters, but field of work
From my experience, the day to day office-automation is not that hard to lock down. When you say your users need admin rights 90% of the time, what are we talking about?
- They are engineers or scientists needing to 'try things'
- They are using poorly written applications. (there's a thread about autocad here somewhere). In my opinion, any app requiring admin access is a poorly written application. Don't blame the OS for that.
I've seen the process of moving to a closed desktop from close in two companies now. One oilcompany, one engineeringcompany. The toughest task is proving that those users claiming they _absolutely_ need application X to do their work are full of sh*t, and with a little effort they can do it just as well with application Y that the rest of the company is allready using.
I've seen the inventories of 5000+ apps being reduced to 500 apps. Now offcourse the task of doing all the scripting etc. is not affordable for smaller companies....
Somehow my irony detector failed to go off. :)
But if you are interested: I happen to work at a bank (and waddayaknow, I work at its IT department) I'm not involved with desktop systems, but the people who are are not draconian, and I think in this bank even the business understood why the desktops should be locked down.
It's not as difficult as you think and I think all big companies do this because not only is it more secure, in the end it saves you tons of money, once the business hears about that you'd be surprised how fast they are willing to make changes...
"...Gribble says. "We do expect that companies can and should use tools to scan their networks...."
Would't it be much simpler if companies just dissallowed their employees to install applications on their machines?Allowing users to download & install 'anything' poses problems way beyond spyware.
Ha, that's cool.
Never heard about this so I thought you were making some sort of joke. So looked it up on google and even found some pictures of the effect.
Now where would I buy these lifesavers in Europe?
Ha, thanks, I was about to ask if anyone knew how to solder the firewire....
Ever see that experiment where they stand a plate of solid aluminium on its edge in the center of an MRI scanner? Whe they let go, It falls down really slowly due to magnetic flux. (antiflux? its been a while since my last physics class :) )
That is not the same as 'starting to move on its own', granted. But magnetic fields do have an influence on non magnetic metals....
But what about the chance of finding food along the way? Maybe the pigeons have also learned that there's lots of thrown-away sandwiches & packets of crisps along motorways.....those flying rats...
Just another Weapon of Mass Destruction :)
They should have used Red Mercury !
Frank isnt dead, he just smells funny (sorry, could not resist....)
Hmmm. I think these really-really small bacteria suspended in a liqiud medium don't care too much about the gravity. You know, they are so small the impact of individual molecules makes them shake. (see Brownian movement Yet we see these effects, apparantly....(I'd really like to see these effects being reproduced by another group) I don't think its that simple somehow....
Peanutbutter is terribly insecure! It washes right off with some detergent! Personally, I prefer superglue (also used to glue the S _and_ the command button)