Are especially vulnerable when bonehead admins let you remotely dump the registry. I've seen that one a couple of times. They don't let the users change the time or date on their machine, but the users can dump the registry on the servers. One company told me that "of course, we know that could be a problem, but the users are'nt going to know how to exploit it". One of the dumbest examples of security by obscurity that I've ever seen.
Instead of a technical one doesn't make him a nut. A zealot, maybe... but I don't think that's at all bad considering how many enemies open source has right now. Between Disney's politicians and the media companies, open source needs a few people who see the polical issues and not just the technical ones. RMS? More power to 'em.
I rarely comment on global warming or other environmental issues, as this is a religion to some people. You cannot use facts to argue with a religious zealot. Still... in college one of my professors was a former NASA scientist, who pointed out the following: something is killing the ozone layer, no doubt about it. The environmentalists said it was freon, and now the UK (the same UK that is part of the "more socially responsible than the US" EU) is making it damn near impossible to get rid of old fridges as a result. But, the ozone layer is in the stratosphere... AND FREON IS MUCH, MUCH HEAVIER THAN AIR! How did it get up there, greenpeace activists? Any ideas? Now, other chemicals can kill ozone... chemicals that are very common in volcanic eruptions. You know, the kind that eject those chemicals straight into the stratosphere... What did Mt. Pinatubo do to the ozone layer? Google it yourself... zealots, and their blind, annoying, holier-than-thou stupidity, are truly maddening. We only need to combine monotheism with the far left environmental movement, maybe throw in some of the "animal rights" activists/terrorists/general loonies, and we'll have a REALLY dangerous movement! I might start it myself! Give me some money, you've got smoggy thetans!
OK, people are talking about a PAC, no one seems to have actually started one... Let's start on now.... nothing gained, nothing lost, and a hell of a lot of organisation left to do. Still, the NRA did it, why can't you? You're not average, you don't pretend to be, and behind the scenes you can make a difference. You can reach me at dolander@bellsouth.net
How about the "freedom of thought" or "freedom of moral choice" PACS? Both of those should ring well with both parties. Or, "freedom to innovate"? A geek counter to the socialists would be helpful, you just wouldn't want to call it that in today's politcal environment.
if it's a grassroots effort. People do vote based on issues they believe in. And what's the percentage of registered voters that actually vote? Relatively small numbers of dedicated people can make a difference here. The NRA is actually a very good example... I believe that not only do I have a right to bear arms, but that it is my responsibilty to ensure my own safety and my family's as well. Do you think that you can sue the local police because they didn't respond fast enough and something bad happened to your kids? Good luck. It's on you, it always has been and (hopefully) always will be.
The Constitution provides for powers of the federal government, powers of the states, and rights that are associated with the citizens themselves. The nature of central government is to try to transfer the rights and powers assigned to other groups to itself. That may or may not be a bad thing, depending on the situation, but look at this particular set of circumstances. If you feel that you are morally incapable of deciding whether to make a backup of a CD, then vote for politicians that support that. If you feel that you are morally incapable, mentally incapable, phisically incapable, or otherwise inadequate when it comes to choosing whether or not to defend your family by use of force, then by all means vote for taking the choice away. Now it's not your problem, see?
This sort of thing isn't going to go away. Special interest groups have always had way too much influence. Still, the NRA is trying to protect the Constitutional rights of everyone, rights that already exist under our laws. Yes, they are a special interest group. But, they speak up for people that should speak up for themselves. The PEOPLE! The media companies are trying to take away rights that exist for everyone to protect their own inabilty to adapt.
Being a one-issue voter might not be the ideal, but on how many issues do you really have black-vs-white opinions on? Vote, first off... at least do that. Pick issues, you are allowed to do that and there isn't a whole lot of difference between the "centrist" Democrats and the "centrist" GOP anyway. Vote your conscience and let the individual be heard. At least vote before you bitch.
After all, if it was really cheating and not just talking about a problem, the other party must be equally guilty. When I was in college, if you did someone else's work for them you were equally guilty if they turned it in as their own. Also, most cheaters are VERY unmotivated and not at all creative. The semester before I graduated (mechanical engineering, not comp sci) I was called into my advisor's office about a case of "academic dishonesty". Needless to say, I was worried as all hell, especially since I didn't cheat. The previous year, he had assigned me a really dumb lab partner that he was afraid wouldn't finish the course. Half the grade was a thermal analysis of the professor's house... you had to do half by hand, half with a program. The professor told me to help the guy (unpaid tutor?) but not to give him the answers. I spent god knows how many hours trying to explain HVAC to him, and I gave him the printouts from the program, but included obvious errors... 2+2=1000000. I wanted him to at least wonder why a nuke had gone off in the professor's heater. Anyway, a year later the guy gave the lab (which he had turned in with the errors) to two students a year behind us. They used in their project too. They didn't even retype it, they PHOTOCOPIED it. Crooked. The pages stuck out like a sore thumb. Even worse, I had helpfully added fields for my name, address, and home phone number at the top of each page. They copied those along with the rest of the page; never even READ it. Anyway, the professor had a good laugh at my expense making me sweat it out... he knew I hadn't cheated and hadn't had anything to do with it. But, what if there were a zero tolerance policy and I hadn't rigged the data? If collaboration is cheating, then it takes two to cheat in that way. I wonder how GT would have handled my case.
BTW, no one got expelled over that one... don't ask me why.
that's not encrypted can be intercepted. Just like scanning for cordless phones, this is not really that hard. If you don't want someone to see/hear personal information you're transmitting, ENCRYPT it! Of course, most consumers either don't know enough about encryption to use it or just don't care. Then again, if you've ever gotten bored and scanned the wireless phone frequencies you know how inane and boring most conversations are. I'm betting the average "nanny-cam" would be just as boring:)
Ok, so you've got this board in a full tower case with plenty of drive bays. But, you can only put two drives on one IDE cable. Now, you want to add some RAM or generally get to the board. That's a lot of plastic and wire in the damn way, if you ask me. Routing all those wires will be a bitch. Bet you couldn't find your sharpie to label those drives when you bolted them in... can you even see the master/slave jumpers when it's time to plug the cables back in? And even with the long IDE cables, snaking them around each other burns those inches in a hurry. Just my opinion.
This one just uses a battery instead of a bike's 12V electrical system. I think a heater plug is an option on some BMW motorcycles now... I had to solder in a connector for my jacket on my Ninja, but it works fine. I wonder how long that lithium ion battery really lasts, though?
How many of you listen to bands that nobody outside your region have heard from? How many of you know that because you heard something at a live show that you wouldn't hear on top 40 radio? How many of you think that your taste in music sucks now, since it didn't have a commercial station supporting your point of view with Chevy dealership and Sprite commercials? Now, how many of you listen to Brittany Spears?
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS!
Just 'cause it's on the radio don't make it good, folks.
Would you download it?
I have to say that I like my job... then again, my boss/supervisor and the guy I really answer to aren't the same person. When I was interviewed my first boss at the company asked if I would rather work on my own or as part of a team... I crossed my fingers and gave an honest answer. (Ever have a mechanical engineering lab course? "Where does the thermocouple go? It would be so much easier if you just did it for me") Give me a problem, give me a challenge, then assume I'm able to realize that a solution is the goal and let me rip. Double check my math/coding, but don't ask me to redo it because you or another department head would rather do it another way for no reason other than to have it your way, especially if there's a deadline. Good managers bring in people that they can trust to get the job done, in my opinion... the rest bring in people to kiss their ass and sit in on meetings where even if something gets accomplished, it was a hamstrung decision by other managers. A manager really can't be expected to keep up to date on every new piece of technology, but they can be expected to trust the people they hire to do that for them. If they can't do that, you're in meeting hell and it's time to find a new job.
NO SIG
I have to agree. I ordinarily only use Windows for games. However, for the moment the only DSL modem I have is an internal 3M that's not supported by linux, and my gateway box just died, so... I'm using windows for the moment. I switched to Linux several years ago, and until I had got that damn DSL modem from the phone company never used MS for anything other than games. BTW, this is a new account... I just used outlook to check my email for the password. Am I the only linux user who closes their eyes and cringes when they click "send-receive" on a MS email ap? That alone is enough to convince me to order an external modem tonight instead of waiting for the next paycheck and ditch MS for the internet completely. It's not that I don't trust MS as a company, or think that Gates is evil, but after years on Linux using Outlook (and yes, it's patched) feels like playing russian roulette. I think windows users just think that's normal... give them some experience with alternatives, and they'll cringe too when the have to use outlook, hotmail, whatever... BTW, support for internal DSL modems, and for IDE burners (without a kernel recompile or a lot of surfing) would be cool.. I don't mind recompiling, but the average windows user doesn't know what a compiler is and freaks when they have to change their bios.
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Are especially vulnerable when bonehead admins let you remotely dump the registry. I've seen that one a couple of times. They don't let the users change the time or date on their machine, but the users can dump the registry on the servers. One company told me that "of course, we know that could be a problem, but the users are'nt going to know how to exploit it". One of the dumbest examples of security by obscurity that I've ever seen.
Instead of a technical one doesn't make him a nut. A zealot, maybe... but I don't think that's at all bad considering how many enemies open source has right now. Between Disney's politicians and the media companies, open source needs a few people who see the polical issues and not just the technical ones. RMS? More power to 'em.
I rarely comment on global warming or other environmental issues, as this is a religion to some people. You cannot use facts to argue with a religious zealot. Still... in college one of my professors was a former NASA scientist, who pointed out the following: something is killing the ozone layer, no doubt about it. The environmentalists said it was freon, and now the UK (the same UK that is part of the "more socially responsible than the US" EU) is making it damn near impossible to get rid of old fridges as a result. But, the ozone layer is in the stratosphere... AND FREON IS MUCH, MUCH HEAVIER THAN AIR! How did it get up there, greenpeace activists? Any ideas? Now, other chemicals can kill ozone... chemicals that are very common in volcanic eruptions. You know, the kind that eject those chemicals straight into the stratosphere... What did Mt. Pinatubo do to the ozone layer? Google it yourself... zealots, and their blind, annoying, holier-than-thou stupidity, are truly maddening. We only need to combine monotheism with the far left environmental movement, maybe throw in some of the "animal rights" activists/terrorists/general loonies, and we'll have a REALLY dangerous movement! I might start it myself! Give me some money, you've got smoggy thetans!
Maybe we're doing something right!
OK, people are talking about a PAC, no one seems to have actually started one... Let's start on now.... nothing gained, nothing lost, and a hell of a lot of organisation left to do. Still, the NRA did it, why can't you? You're not average, you don't pretend to be, and behind the scenes you can make a difference. You can reach me at dolander@bellsouth.net
How about the "freedom of thought" or "freedom of moral choice" PACS? Both of those should ring well with both parties. Or, "freedom to innovate"? A geek counter to the socialists would be helpful, you just wouldn't want to call it that in today's politcal environment.
if it's a grassroots effort. People do vote based on issues they believe in. And what's the percentage of registered voters that actually vote? Relatively small numbers of dedicated people can make a difference here. The NRA is actually a very good example... I believe that not only do I have a right to bear arms, but that it is my responsibilty to ensure my own safety and my family's as well. Do you think that you can sue the local police because they didn't respond fast enough and something bad happened to your kids? Good luck. It's on you, it always has been and (hopefully) always will be. The Constitution provides for powers of the federal government, powers of the states, and rights that are associated with the citizens themselves. The nature of central government is to try to transfer the rights and powers assigned to other groups to itself. That may or may not be a bad thing, depending on the situation, but look at this particular set of circumstances. If you feel that you are morally incapable of deciding whether to make a backup of a CD, then vote for politicians that support that. If you feel that you are morally incapable, mentally incapable, phisically incapable, or otherwise inadequate when it comes to choosing whether or not to defend your family by use of force, then by all means vote for taking the choice away. Now it's not your problem, see? This sort of thing isn't going to go away. Special interest groups have always had way too much influence. Still, the NRA is trying to protect the Constitutional rights of everyone, rights that already exist under our laws. Yes, they are a special interest group. But, they speak up for people that should speak up for themselves. The PEOPLE! The media companies are trying to take away rights that exist for everyone to protect their own inabilty to adapt. Being a one-issue voter might not be the ideal, but on how many issues do you really have black-vs-white opinions on? Vote, first off... at least do that. Pick issues, you are allowed to do that and there isn't a whole lot of difference between the "centrist" Democrats and the "centrist" GOP anyway. Vote your conscience and let the individual be heard. At least vote before you bitch.
After all, if it was really cheating and not just talking about a problem, the other party must be equally guilty. When I was in college, if you did someone else's work for them you were equally guilty if they turned it in as their own. Also, most cheaters are VERY unmotivated and not at all creative. The semester before I graduated (mechanical engineering, not comp sci) I was called into my advisor's office about a case of "academic dishonesty". Needless to say, I was worried as all hell, especially since I didn't cheat. The previous year, he had assigned me a really dumb lab partner that he was afraid wouldn't finish the course. Half the grade was a thermal analysis of the professor's house... you had to do half by hand, half with a program. The professor told me to help the guy (unpaid tutor?) but not to give him the answers. I spent god knows how many hours trying to explain HVAC to him, and I gave him the printouts from the program, but included obvious errors... 2+2=1000000. I wanted him to at least wonder why a nuke had gone off in the professor's heater. Anyway, a year later the guy gave the lab (which he had turned in with the errors) to two students a year behind us. They used in their project too. They didn't even retype it, they PHOTOCOPIED it. Crooked. The pages stuck out like a sore thumb. Even worse, I had helpfully added fields for my name, address, and home phone number at the top of each page. They copied those along with the rest of the page; never even READ it. Anyway, the professor had a good laugh at my expense making me sweat it out... he knew I hadn't cheated and hadn't had anything to do with it. But, what if there were a zero tolerance policy and I hadn't rigged the data? If collaboration is cheating, then it takes two to cheat in that way. I wonder how GT would have handled my case. BTW, no one got expelled over that one... don't ask me why.
that's not encrypted can be intercepted. Just like scanning for cordless phones, this is not really that hard. If you don't want someone to see/hear personal information you're transmitting, ENCRYPT it! Of course, most consumers either don't know enough about encryption to use it or just don't care. Then again, if you've ever gotten bored and scanned the wireless phone frequencies you know how inane and boring most conversations are. I'm betting the average "nanny-cam" would be just as boring :)
Ok, so you've got this board in a full tower case with plenty of drive bays. But, you can only put two drives on one IDE cable. Now, you want to add some RAM or generally get to the board. That's a lot of plastic and wire in the damn way, if you ask me. Routing all those wires will be a bitch. Bet you couldn't find your sharpie to label those drives when you bolted them in... can you even see the master/slave jumpers when it's time to plug the cables back in? And even with the long IDE cables, snaking them around each other burns those inches in a hurry. Just my opinion.
This one just uses a battery instead of a bike's 12V electrical system. I think a heater plug is an option on some BMW motorcycles now... I had to solder in a connector for my jacket on my Ninja, but it works fine. I wonder how long that lithium ion battery really lasts, though?
How many of you listen to bands that nobody outside your region have heard from? How many of you know that because you heard something at a live show that you wouldn't hear on top 40 radio? How many of you think that your taste in music sucks now, since it didn't have a commercial station supporting your point of view with Chevy dealership and Sprite commercials? Now, how many of you listen to Brittany Spears? SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS! Just 'cause it's on the radio don't make it good, folks. Would you download it?
I have to say that I like my job... then again, my boss/supervisor and the guy I really answer to aren't the same person. When I was interviewed my first boss at the company asked if I would rather work on my own or as part of a team... I crossed my fingers and gave an honest answer. (Ever have a mechanical engineering lab course? "Where does the thermocouple go? It would be so much easier if you just did it for me") Give me a problem, give me a challenge, then assume I'm able to realize that a solution is the goal and let me rip. Double check my math/coding, but don't ask me to redo it because you or another department head would rather do it another way for no reason other than to have it your way, especially if there's a deadline. Good managers bring in people that they can trust to get the job done, in my opinion... the rest bring in people to kiss their ass and sit in on meetings where even if something gets accomplished, it was a hamstrung decision by other managers. A manager really can't be expected to keep up to date on every new piece of technology, but they can be expected to trust the people they hire to do that for them. If they can't do that, you're in meeting hell and it's time to find a new job. NO SIG
I have to agree. I ordinarily only use Windows for games. However, for the moment the only DSL modem I have is an internal 3M that's not supported by linux, and my gateway box just died, so... I'm using windows for the moment. I switched to Linux several years ago, and until I had got that damn DSL modem from the phone company never used MS for anything other than games. BTW, this is a new account... I just used outlook to check my email for the password. Am I the only linux user who closes their eyes and cringes when they click "send-receive" on a MS email ap? That alone is enough to convince me to order an external modem tonight instead of waiting for the next paycheck and ditch MS for the internet completely. It's not that I don't trust MS as a company, or think that Gates is evil, but after years on Linux using Outlook (and yes, it's patched) feels like playing russian roulette. I think windows users just think that's normal... give them some experience with alternatives, and they'll cringe too when the have to use outlook, hotmail, whatever... BTW, support for internal DSL modems, and for IDE burners (without a kernel recompile or a lot of surfing) would be cool.. I don't mind recompiling, but the average windows user doesn't know what a compiler is and freaks when they have to change their bios.