You've got a computer in a hidden place. Any cop will call that suspicious as hell. If they come by to round up all your computers and it turns out that you've done this, they may arrest you.
if I were a high-profile FOSS developer, I'd invest in a wireless adapter and a decent SOHO SAN box. Put that baby inside a wall with a UPS.
Because that wouldn't look suspicious at all if they ever found it. Also, you'd be doing drywall and paint work every time the stupid thing ate a disk.
Chip's problem now is that 100% of his admissable evidence is in the hands of a known immoral and hostile agent. There is no practical way to back up his claims without more money. Any 'evidence' he gets back from those machines may be unreliably tampered after the police's uber-windows nerd gets done trashing his probablly non-windows boxen.
Which may not be an actual problem. Given the company's apparent bad faith, it could be argued that all evidence is tainted as a result of the state's mishandling of it, therefore it could be assumed that there was exculpatory evidence, even if it is no longer present.
When I need my computer to do a really demanding task when I'm not at the desk, I usually start the task, go do something else, and then come back and hope it's finished!
Me too. This is what remote computing is for - you can kick off a big, data intensive task from your cellphone, fer chrissakes.
One time I worked for a large enterprise, and they had these windows servers running transactions for all their customers. And (supprise) the servers would lock up under high load nearly every other day, which was extremely expensive because it could cause lines to back up in over 1000 stores and the company would be loosing something to the tune of a million dollars per hour.
Why not buy twice as many servers and reboot them at midnight?
so basically what im saying is , the whole thing just sucks.
Sounds like you need a place with some clue. The place I work, the developers are expected to maintain their own stuff. The pain of bad software creates better software.
Frankly, that sounds a lot like the case of Sept. 11, where Arab terrorists were blamed for attacks, but no evidence of their involvement was ever found.
What are you, stupid? The maojrity of the hijackers were saudi.
You let your kids run around the neighborhood unsupervised?
Yeah, the world is a safer place.
I don't - I watch my kids ALL. THE. TIME.
You sad freak. Bet your kids drink themselves silly when they go to college and suddenly have no supervision.
by the way, if you're about to say that you don't need to watch them because they're older and can, to some certain extent, take care of themselves, please consider that girl in Aruba
Shit happens - I'm not going to base parenting decisions on CNN's white girl of the week (WGOTW(tm)).
Ok, lets pick a site that practically everyone uses - Google. How exactly are they going to provide free services without the financial support of their advertising systems?
Who blocks google ads? We don't block ads because we hate the advertisers, we do it because the ads are obnoxious and intrusive. The advertisers responded by making their ads more obnoxious, intrusive and sneaky. They need to get a clue.
This doesn't stop spam, but it makes sure that no one can forge an address from your domain, unless it was really sent from your domain.
So, if I want to send mail from my personal domain, won't SPF screw me? I'm on speakeasy and, while they certainly are decent at CS, I doubt they'll add spf records for my domain.
Cutting off their nose to spite their face mayhaps?
Nope. The virus scanners have to be bought, so if MS has killed the linux choice, then you will be buying a windows server to scan viruses. This is leveraging a monopoly, pure and simple.
At what point does the consultant not become a parasite? He indicated they told the customer it was a dumb idea, multiple times.
When he stops telling the customer his idea won't work. It's the customer's call whether to take advice, and the consultant is doing the job he was hired for.
It is not the job of any society to make up for the fact that you chose to be educated in the wrong profession. It's your mistake.
No, we all suffer. You see, those people are still around, and if they can't find employment, some will turn to crime, which costs money and acts as a drain on our society. Better to help them retrain and retool. Cheaper, too.
The most common reasons for failure are under-capitalisation (i.e. never establishing a viable cash flow) and over-capitalisation (not wisely reinvesting the profit), so the fact that Amazon could pull this off is amazing.
It might have something to do with Bezos being an investment banker.
Where's the logic in extending the copyright 70 years past the author's life? This seems like the other extreme.
It was originally somewhat less, but the idea is that you don't want to make killing off an author a profitable thing. Otherwise, someone might off Crichton or Ludlum and start selling their books on the cheap.
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What's to be suspicious of?
You've got a computer in a hidden place. Any cop will call that suspicious as hell. If they come by to round up all your computers and it turns out that you've done this, they may arrest you.
if I were a high-profile FOSS developer, I'd invest in a wireless adapter and a decent SOHO SAN box. Put that baby inside a wall with a UPS.
Because that wouldn't look suspicious at all if they ever found it. Also, you'd be doing drywall and paint work every time the stupid thing ate a disk.
Chip's problem now is that 100% of his admissable evidence is in the hands of a known immoral and hostile agent. There is no practical way to back up his claims without more money. Any 'evidence' he gets back from those machines may be unreliably tampered after the police's uber-windows nerd gets done trashing his probablly non-windows boxen.
Which may not be an actual problem. Given the company's apparent bad faith, it could be argued that all evidence is tainted as a result of the state's mishandling of it, therefore it could be assumed that there was exculpatory evidence, even if it is no longer present.
When I need my computer to do a really demanding task when I'm not at the desk, I usually start the task, go do something else, and then come back and hope it's finished!
Me too. This is what remote computing is for - you can kick off a big, data intensive task from your cellphone, fer chrissakes.
Considering it still is technically Brittish property . . . .
How do you figure? It was abandoned and lies in international waters.
Have you heard about "Iraq"?
We'd never invade China - where do you think all our consumer goods come from?
Or an arcane mess that no one else knows anything about, let alone understand.
Actually, we have both! Do you work here already?
One time I worked for a large enterprise, and they had these windows servers running transactions for all their customers. And (supprise) the servers would lock up under high load nearly every other day, which was extremely expensive because it could cause lines to back up in over 1000 stores and the company would be loosing something to the tune of a million dollars per hour.
Why not buy twice as many servers and reboot them at midnight?
so basically what im saying is , the whole thing just sucks.
Sounds like you need a place with some clue. The place I work, the developers are expected to maintain their own stuff. The pain of bad software creates better software.
Undependable: applicant will ditch as soon as he/she gets a real job offer.
How much of a problem is this? I can't see training a new McDonald's employee to take too long.
I want physical evidence, my friend. Nothing less.
Sure, no problem. I have Mohammed Atta's teeth in my glove compartment.
Frankly, that sounds a lot like the case of Sept. 11, where Arab terrorists were blamed for attacks, but no evidence of their involvement was ever found.
What are you, stupid? The maojrity of the hijackers were saudi.
You let your kids run around the neighborhood unsupervised?
Yeah, the world is a safer place.
I don't - I watch my kids ALL. THE. TIME.
You sad freak. Bet your kids drink themselves silly when they go to college and suddenly have no supervision.
by the way, if you're about to say that you don't need to watch them because they're older and can, to some certain extent, take care of themselves, please consider that girl in Aruba
Shit happens - I'm not going to base parenting decisions on CNN's white girl of the week (WGOTW(tm)).
Ok, lets pick a site that practically everyone uses - Google. How exactly are they going to provide free services without the financial support of their advertising systems?
Who blocks google ads? We don't block ads because we hate the advertisers, we do it because the ads are obnoxious and intrusive. The advertisers responded by making their ads more obnoxious, intrusive and sneaky. They need to get a clue.
This doesn't stop spam, but it makes sure that no one can forge an address from your domain, unless it was really sent from your domain.
So, if I want to send mail from my personal domain, won't SPF screw me? I'm on speakeasy and, while they certainly are decent at CS, I doubt they'll add spf records for my domain.
Cutting off their nose to spite their face mayhaps?
Nope. The virus scanners have to be bought, so if MS has killed the linux choice, then you will be buying a windows server to scan viruses. This is leveraging a monopoly, pure and simple.
And, since they're not a bank, they're not reqiured to pay interest at all
Since when are banks required to pay interest?
Unfortunately, it weighs 75lbs.
That won't impede movement at all, now will it?
Not to mention, even if the vest stops the projectile, your body still has to absorb the energy created by the impact.
Maybe you could build a rigid shell - stop the bullet, get knocked around a bit.
f you use a rifle the protected guy wont be happy after a short time even if the vest can stop everything...
Hell, even Batman would feel a .30-06 to the chest. Porbably kill him too.
We shouldn't have done what we did. On the other hand, however, what we did isn't anything out of the norm for the internet in general.
As if we are a homogenous group - I fail to see the point of apologizing for behavior that is normal.
So them complaining about it is akin to a new car owner complaining that all this oil, grease and gas is making their engine not look shiny.
if your new car engine is covered in oil, you should take it to the dealer. That's just not normal. If it's covered in gas, you should tow it ;)
At what point does the consultant not become a parasite? He indicated they told the customer it was a dumb idea, multiple times.
When he stops telling the customer his idea won't work. It's the customer's call whether to take advice, and the consultant is doing the job he was hired for.
It is not the job of any society to make up for the fact that you chose to be educated in the wrong profession. It's your mistake.
No, we all suffer. You see, those people are still around, and if they can't find employment, some will turn to crime, which costs money and acts as a drain on our society. Better to help them retrain and retool. Cheaper, too.
The most common reasons for failure are under-capitalisation (i.e. never establishing a viable cash flow) and over-capitalisation (not wisely reinvesting the profit), so the fact that Amazon could pull this off is amazing.
It might have something to do with Bezos being an investment banker.
Where's the logic in extending the copyright 70 years past the author's life? This seems like the other extreme.
It was originally somewhat less, but the idea is that you don't want to make killing off an author a profitable thing. Otherwise, someone might off Crichton or Ludlum and start selling their books on the cheap.
Yikes Manifest Destiny? How 19th century.
Eh, there aren't any natives to kill, so it'll be far more civilized.