Seriously. Is there a cabal of fanatically anti-GW mods in action, or something?
No, it's just that the fanboy phenomenon isn't limited to Mac vs. PC. It's maddening, but you can't really blame them for not having access to a trustworthy news source. The S/BS ratio in our country sucks ass right now.
The problem is time. Radioactive material is radioactive--it decays into stable elements over time. The most radioactive elements will have decayed in less than a thousand years. Nothing is perfectly safe--crossing the street is a greater hazard to you than Yucca mountain will be to anyone. More on topic, spewing radioactive material into the air is probably a tad less safe than depositing it underground, too. And where do you think we get more stable forms of uranium in the first place? It's been in the ground all over the world for a lot longer than 100,000 years.
Pan to the high school science teacher shedding a single tear.
For example, if you live in a coastal town anywhere on the globe... possibly harmful. If you live inland, on a mountaintop, in Alaska... possibly beneficial. You glass half-empty people need to cheer the fuck up.
Do you know a better way to handle out-of-memory problems? Obviously not, as you haven't implemented it and submitted a patch to the LKML yet. Put up or shut up.
Are we still doing this? I thought it was accepted a while ago that honest, open criticism was a healthy component of the OSS movement.
Or, in the immortal words of Jim Sting: "Remember you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitively? Remember that? You're doing it right now."
It seems like you believe that you somehow deserve to use massive bandwidth for a flat fee, using a raft of paperthin justifications and imaginary promises of "unlimited" bandwidth. I agree that it would be nice if it were true.
Huh? He's saying that ISPs shouldn't advertise unlimited services if they won't provide them. You're saying that he has no right to expect unlimited services even if his ISP advertises that. See the disconnect? As far as your "maybe in the 90s, but not today" argument goes, why not just type "unlimited bandwidth" into google and see what comes up on the first few pages?
Your bizzare "the corporation can do no wrong" mindset might have been acceptable in an alternate reality where Bush won the election, but it doesn't fly in this robust democracy, pal!
oh come on, the solution is simple. Just pick up that issue of Forbes where they list the 500 people who's death would improve the world most. Start at the bottom.
Of course, when we discarded a computer, we removed the harddrives, open them up, used a belt-sander on the platters, then put the platters in an incinerator that was hot enough to melt them.
I was going to ask why you'd bother using a belt sander on something you were just going to melt anyway, but then I realized how much fun that would be.
Wow, talk about tortured logic. I'm wondering what the ultimate goal of this ruling was... to increase federal power or to keep law enforcement rolling in dough. It certainly wasn't an honest decision.
If you're coding a web app for a financial institution, and security is not the number one issue on your mind, you should be fired, and the financial institution should be put out of business for hiring your dumb ass in the first place.
Nevermind that the framework you're working with is inherently insecure. Or that the financial institutions themselves routinely make gigantic errors. It's a house of cards, man. A HOUSE of CARDS!
You know, there's a real difference between incompetence and just not giving a rat's ass. I think we're dealing with the latter at the DHS.
Incompetence would install the most insecure OS available, but surround it with other measures. Apathy just plops down desktops and moves on to the next meeting. What could possibly go wrong?**
I know I'm not being phished, because I see my "SiteKey" challenge image - but if I had been phished, I'd have already given up the keys to the kingdom.
So... You're saying that SiteKey works in that scenario?
Luser enters ID, which is picked up by keylogger. Luser is shown their "SiteKey" challenge image - but the author of the keylogger doesn't give a rat's ass if it's correct or not. He logs the password. Luser is pwn3d.
How the hell is a website supposed to prevent keylogging?
The weakest link in this case isn't the end user, so much as it's the dumbfuck management at BofA who got sold a gallon of snake oil
The article you linked to barely mentions SiteKey, with no criticism. Was that the right article?
Maybe we need an anti-phishing motto along the lines of publishing's "money flows towards the writer" (aka Yog's Law). Something like "you travel to the bank, the bank doesn't travel to you" to discourage unsuspecting email link clickers.
Lucky guy. My mom donated all my manuals to the Goodwill after reading a particularly inflammatory article. I like to tease her about it now by showing her how much they're currently worth.
((and yes, I still totally hold a grudge for Tom Hanks. Tom, you DO have enough spell points to fly. Go for it man!))
Being a geek used to be about finding what worked for you (hence the endless debate of vi versus emacs). The thought that a "geek" would want a Mac because a Mac is what cool "geeks" have is entirely contrary to the nature of being a geek.
Never been in line at Fry's for a friday night release, eh? I suppose you could make the case for a stand-alone complex rather than herd mentality.
They are lucky I am not their boss...Immediate Pink Slip! Make a few examples out of people and the personal e-mail will stop.
Sure, you might encourage a few of the best and brightest to search for greener pastures, but the upside is the tremendous sense of control and personal empowerment you'd feel. Far, far better to rule the marketing department than to serve in heaven, eh?
I think the points I've made disprove your assumption and show you have a biased opinion of the USA. I'm sorry to hear that.
I've decided to read all comments as pithy tongue-in-cheek slices of wry insight./. is so much more entertaining when you assume the mistakes and foolishness of other posts are there for your benefit. Feel free to take that either way.
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I'm trying to get the government patent browsing page (http://www1.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week08/OG /patent.htm)to work, but so far Safari and Firefox seem to be barfing. Anyone have any luck looking up these patents with IE?
4,963,995; 5,995,705; 5,057,932 and 5,164,839 (you probably don't want the commas)
Seriously. Is there a cabal of fanatically anti-GW mods in action, or something?
No, it's just that the fanboy phenomenon isn't limited to Mac vs. PC. It's maddening, but you can't really blame them for not having access to a trustworthy news source. The S/BS ratio in our country sucks ass right now.
The problem is time. Radioactive material is radioactive--it decays into stable elements over time. The most radioactive elements will have decayed in less than a thousand years. Nothing is perfectly safe--crossing the street is a greater hazard to you than Yucca mountain will be to anyone. More on topic, spewing radioactive material into the air is probably a tad less safe than depositing it underground, too. And where do you think we get more stable forms of uranium in the first place? It's been in the ground all over the world for a lot longer than 100,000 years.
Pan to the high school science teacher shedding a single tear.
For example, if you live in a coastal town anywhere on the globe... possibly harmful. If you live inland, on a mountaintop, in Alaska... possibly beneficial. You glass half-empty people need to cheer the fuck up.
attack the messenger.
The flip-side to that koan is "what the fuck do you know, buddy?"
Do you know a better way to handle out-of-memory problems? Obviously not, as you haven't implemented it and submitted a patch to the LKML yet. Put up or shut up.
Are we still doing this? I thought it was accepted a while ago that honest, open criticism was a healthy component of the OSS movement.
Or, in the immortal words of Jim Sting: "Remember you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitively? Remember that? You're doing it right now."
It seems like you believe that you somehow deserve to use massive bandwidth for a flat fee, using a raft of paperthin justifications and imaginary promises of "unlimited" bandwidth. I agree that it would be nice if it were true.
Huh? He's saying that ISPs shouldn't advertise unlimited services if they won't provide them. You're saying that he has no right to expect unlimited services even if his ISP advertises that. See the disconnect? As far as your "maybe in the 90s, but not today" argument goes, why not just type "unlimited bandwidth" into google and see what comes up on the first few pages?
Your bizzare "the corporation can do no wrong" mindset might have been acceptable in an alternate reality where Bush won the election, but it doesn't fly in this robust democracy, pal!
oh come on, the solution is simple. Just pick up that issue of Forbes where they list the 500 people who's death would improve the world most. Start at the bottom.
Of course, when we discarded a computer, we removed the harddrives, open them up, used a belt-sander on the platters, then put the platters in an incinerator that was hot enough to melt them.
I was going to ask why you'd bother using a belt sander on something you were just going to melt anyway, but then I realized how much fun that would be.
Wow, talk about tortured logic. I'm wondering what the ultimate goal of this ruling was... to increase federal power or to keep law enforcement rolling in dough. It certainly wasn't an honest decision.
No offense intended toward the followers of the Church of the FSM.
Wise man. The fundamentalist FSMs will whip you with a limp noodle.
If you're coding a web app for a financial institution, and security is not the number one issue on your mind, you should be fired, and the financial institution should be put out of business for hiring your dumb ass in the first place.
Nevermind that the framework you're working with is inherently insecure. Or that the financial institutions themselves routinely make gigantic errors. It's a house of cards, man. A HOUSE of CARDS!
You've got the administration's goal and method reversed.
You know, there's a real difference between incompetence and just not giving a rat's ass. I think we're dealing with the latter at the DHS.
Incompetence would install the most insecure OS available, but surround it with other measures. Apathy just plops down desktops and moves on to the next meeting. What could possibly go wrong?**
**Unofficial motto of the Bush Administration.
Put it in the fridge.
I know I'm not being phished, because I see my "SiteKey" challenge image - but if I had been phished, I'd have already given up the keys to the kingdom.
So... You're saying that SiteKey works in that scenario?
Luser enters ID, which is picked up by keylogger. Luser is shown their "SiteKey" challenge image - but the author of the keylogger doesn't give a rat's ass if it's correct or not. He logs the password. Luser is pwn3d.
How the hell is a website supposed to prevent keylogging?
The weakest link in this case isn't the end user, so much as it's the dumbfuck management at BofA who got sold a gallon of snake oil
The article you linked to barely mentions SiteKey, with no criticism. Was that the right article?
Maybe we need an anti-phishing motto along the lines of publishing's "money flows towards the writer" (aka Yog's Law). Something like "you travel to the bank, the bank doesn't travel to you" to discourage unsuspecting email link clickers.
Lucky guy. My mom donated all my manuals to the Goodwill after reading a particularly inflammatory article. I like to tease her about it now by showing her how much they're currently worth.
((and yes, I still totally hold a grudge for Tom Hanks. Tom, you DO have enough spell points to fly. Go for it man!))
Would you still feel the same if your mother or father had been killed by the 9/11 terrorist attack? Personally, I'd want revenge.
Since I'd be an American in pain, I'd want money.
Being a geek used to be about finding what worked for you (hence the endless debate of vi versus emacs). The thought that a "geek" would want a Mac because a Mac is what cool "geeks" have is entirely contrary to the nature of being a geek.
Never been in line at Fry's for a friday night release, eh? I suppose you could make the case for a stand-alone complex rather than herd mentality.
Just make sure you use the --smartass flag and you should be good.
Dead on. You just neglected to add the logical conclusion: Barring misuse of political power, open formats and standards must replace closed ones.
I call it "fanboys in a slapfight" he said, while adjusting the frame slightly to the left.
They are lucky I am not their boss...Immediate Pink Slip! Make a few examples out of people and the personal e-mail will stop.
Sure, you might encourage a few of the best and brightest to search for greener pastures, but the upside is the tremendous sense of control and personal empowerment you'd feel. Far, far better to rule the marketing department than to serve in heaven, eh?
I think the points I've made disprove your assumption and show you have a biased opinion of the USA. I'm sorry to hear that.
/. is so much more entertaining when you assume the mistakes and foolishness of other posts are there for your benefit. Feel free to take that either way.
I've decided to read all comments as pithy tongue-in-cheek slices of wry insight.