Since the original source media was abandoned, we will never see an HD remastering of Babylon 5. Sadly, memories of the Amiga will last longer than memories of Babylon 5.
Correction: PROPERLY DESIGNED electronics wear out slowly. Improperly designed electronics may not even last past the warranty period. Since there is a huge demand for SSDs in increasing capacity, I can't help but think that manufacturers are pushing the bounds of reliability in favor of capacity. The manufacturers may just be relying on the SSD's built-in correction capability to correct for the decrease in reliability, but that will only get you so far.
I seem to remember a news story from almost a decade ago about a surreptitious monitoring chip installed in a laptop, connected to the laptop's keyboard. This may have been a targeted attack, and not an infiltration of the supply line. Personally, I believe the unknown keyboard chip wasn't any kind of listening device, but rather some compatibility device to make the keyboard work.
I have some doubts about how a tiny "grain of rice sized chip" can both send and receive data on the wired ethernet port (differential signals) without actually BREAKING the lines and inserting itself into the path. Also, it wouldn't magically have FULL CONTROL of the PC, but would be able to only retransmit the data that was coming in/going out of the ethernet port to another ip address.
In the US healthcare Insurance industry, there is just no substitute for FAX. Your insured cardholders often have papers that need to be transferred to your company. These cardholders are from all over the globe, may not be computer savvy enough to figure out scanning and encryption, and only need to transfer the documents when they submit a claim - possibly only once or twice. The FAX is the fastest, simplest answer. You just cant spend hours on the phone trying to tell a novice how to scan a document and setup PGP in order to securely email it to you. If that was the only document that they sent, that would be a colossal waste of time.
It's just a dell keyboard that came with the computer. It doesn't have clicky switches, or RGB LEDs, or music navigation buttons, or a volume control, or even the power/sleep/suspend keys. It's just a keyboard.
My requirements for a keyboard? It needs to have an ENTER key that is NOT shaped like an "L", and the backslash should be placed just above the ENTER key.
Avoid using hand sanitizer just before you begin using your keyboard. The alcohol in it will dissolve the ink/decals used for the letters, and that may be why your keyboards don't last very long.
I remember when I was in grade school (in the 1970's), there was a government plan to switch to metric. It was taught in our schools, but companies were not behind it. The whole "snowflakes being offended" craze is something that has grown in popularity in the last 20 years, so that's not the reason.
The reason is MONEY.
How many speed limit signs would need to be changed to kilometers/hour? How many bridge height signs need to be changed to meters? How many truck weigh stations would need to be converted to metric tonnes? This will cost money, and requires more TAXES from people. People don't want to pay more in taxes, so they vote to stop this. It has nothing to do with snowflakes being offended.
Since google's services like gmail, maps, and docs all REQUIRE javascript anyway, you will need to allow javascript in order for those to even work. If you're logging into another service using your google account, then that's where things become sketchy. Of course you can just allow the google domains required for the login using something like noscript or uMatrix.
I just logged into gmail, and didn't allow gstatic.com and googleusercontent.com and it allowed me to log in. Of course, without gstatic, I couldn't log out.:)
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Since the original source media was abandoned, we will never see an HD remastering of Babylon 5. Sadly, memories of the Amiga will last longer than memories of Babylon 5.
It turns out that they were HUMAN AFTER ALL!
Is the GPS tracker made by Huawei?
The only admins that were enraged were those neckbeard UNIX guys who wear sandals and were always grumpy anyway.
Correction: PROPERLY DESIGNED electronics wear out slowly. Improperly designed electronics may not even last past the warranty period. Since there is a huge demand for SSDs in increasing capacity, I can't help but think that manufacturers are pushing the bounds of reliability in favor of capacity. The manufacturers may just be relying on the SSD's built-in correction capability to correct for the decrease in reliability, but that will only get you so far.
I seem to remember a news story from almost a decade ago about a surreptitious monitoring chip installed in a laptop, connected to the laptop's keyboard. This may have been a targeted attack, and not an infiltration of the supply line. Personally, I believe the unknown keyboard chip wasn't any kind of listening device, but rather some compatibility device to make the keyboard work.
I have some doubts about how a tiny "grain of rice sized chip" can both send and receive data on the wired ethernet port (differential signals) without actually BREAKING the lines and inserting itself into the path. Also, it wouldn't magically have FULL CONTROL of the PC, but would be able to only retransmit the data that was coming in/going out of the ethernet port to another ip address.
In the US healthcare Insurance industry, there is just no substitute for FAX. Your insured cardholders often have papers that need to be transferred to your company. These cardholders are from all over the globe, may not be computer savvy enough to figure out scanning and encryption, and only need to transfer the documents when they submit a claim - possibly only once or twice. The FAX is the fastest, simplest answer. You just cant spend hours on the phone trying to tell a novice how to scan a document and setup PGP in order to securely email it to you. If that was the only document that they sent, that would be a colossal waste of time.
Bears are famous for HATING nachos...
Robots don't need OSHA, thank you very much!
Perfect use-case for SQRL.
I prefer laptops that *DON'T* just randomly die...
Doesn't Solid-state mean "No Moving Parts"? Aren't ALL batteries solid-state by that definition?
What keyboard do I use?
Wired.
It's just a dell keyboard that came with the computer. It doesn't have clicky switches, or RGB LEDs, or music navigation buttons, or a volume control, or even the power/sleep/suspend keys. It's just a keyboard.
Why?
Security. Simplicity. Availability. Affordability.
My requirements for a keyboard? It needs to have an ENTER key that is NOT shaped like an "L", and the backslash should be placed just above the ENTER key.
Avoid using hand sanitizer just before you begin using your keyboard. The alcohol in it will dissolve the ink/decals used for the letters, and that may be why your keyboards don't last very long.
You still need a link? Turn in your geek card!
Sorry Google, but SMART already has a shoe with wheels.
I think Facebook execs can afford iPhones...
You should really switch to Linux.
That's not how the US works.
I remember when I was in grade school (in the 1970's), there was a government plan to switch to metric. It was taught in our schools, but companies were not behind it. The whole "snowflakes being offended" craze is something that has grown in popularity in the last 20 years, so that's not the reason.
The reason is MONEY.
How many speed limit signs would need to be changed to kilometers/hour? How many bridge height signs need to be changed to meters? How many truck weigh stations would need to be converted to metric tonnes? This will cost money, and requires more TAXES from people. People don't want to pay more in taxes, so they vote to stop this. It has nothing to do with snowflakes being offended.
Since google's services like gmail, maps, and docs all REQUIRE javascript anyway, you will need to allow javascript in order for those to even work. If you're logging into another service using your google account, then that's where things become sketchy. Of course you can just allow the google domains required for the login using something like noscript or uMatrix.
:)
I just logged into gmail, and didn't allow gstatic.com and googleusercontent.com and it allowed me to log in. Of course, without gstatic, I couldn't log out.
I wonder how screen reading tools deal with "punch the monkey" type ads.
"Slashdot recommends unnecessary surgery to avoid Parkinson's Disease"
You have never heard of a drive-by download?
What else is there to do in South Dakota?
Get rid of mosquitoes, and the frogs starve to death. Get rid of rattlesnakes, and you're overrun by mice.