He's probably playing games that are simpler - and don't cause wine to crash. Try games from yesteryear - that don't need other files to run - and it's all just in the executable. Civilisation/ Age of Empires probably have all sorts of direct hardware hitting graphics algorithms that aren't probably supported under wine. GTA3 - well even if you did get that to run under emulation it would be so slow as to be unplayable.
I was thinking of bluetooth too. If it was incorporated (or RFID tags were used) in a supermarket you could do away with the need for checkout assistants. All you'd need do is put your shopping on a conveyor belt, pack it at the other end and insert your credit/debit card - or there could be a machine you insert cash in that gives you change.
I think you've underestimated the amount of Amiga users. The main reason (I'm sure) Mozilla hasn't been ported yet is that the Amiga already has three browsers of its own - Voyager, IBrowser & AWeb.
"Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private"
Here in the UK all ballot papers for a specific election (eg MP, MEP, local councillor) have a unique number - so the ballot isn't technically secret. Electronic voting would need the same - having a unique number for each vote - and no duplicate numbers - to rule out the same person voting twice.
Lol - I don't abuse substances. I didn't say to break into their network. Many companies wouldn't prosecute for breaking into a network as most wouldn't know. However I didn't write "break into the network" - what I did say was to point out its vulnerabilities - this can be done with a pen and piece of paper - and with no access to a computer at all.
Why would that lend you in jail eh? Detail the specific offences (that are actually arrestable)! Companies don't react kindly to people getting into their networks, it doesn't matter if it was for "the good of the company" - if it's an ex-employee I think it's slightly different....
OK, but it was meant tongue in cheek - I wasn't being serious! You don't need permission to assess your network. I run a website on a webserver. You think that every virus infected machine that tries to spread that virus asks for permission before trying to infect the virus? Is that virus acting illegally?:P Read what you're writing and see how ludicrous is sounds before posting.
"Also remember that, since you were fired, you are probably being seen as a bitter and hateful person that would like to hurt (blackmail, even) your former employee."
I think that is highly unlikely - the legal definition of blackmail is different anyway. Blackmail isn't (technically) a crime AFAIK - but some types of blackmail are criminal.
"That "assessment" could easily be turned against you as "cracking" or "threatening" or even "terrorism" (that seems to be in vogue right now.)"
Yep and if the company did that I would sue them for slander, defamation of character and libel. *grins* Nobody in their right mind really counts this sort of thing as terrorism. If it was pretty much every anti-virus vendor and computer security firm would be guilty of terrorism!
Well in that case the outsourced nework security company with their "vulnerability assesment" was guilty of terrorism in your book and they should be reported to the fbi. Step 3 isn't jail/court/appeal loop - maybe the computer laws here are different... it was all meant rather tongue in cheek anyway....
These days nobody has job security. My suggestion (if you want to get your job back is thus - and should be quite simple as you worked in network security).
1. Perform a "vulnerability assesment" of your own. Possibly even try something similar to Welchia - to demonstate a) that their computer systems are insecure and b) that outsourcing your job is leading to weaker security
2. Point out that in twelve months of you working in the job there was only one network intrusion Welchia and that you dealt with that within twenty minutes!
3. Point out all the flaws in their new outsourced network security
4. Suggest that if they want their network to stay secure that they outsource to you at double or triplr your salary.;)
The first was the best, but as with most sequels you start coming across the law of diminishing returns (except for box office takings). The third especially seemed like one over-long movie trailer relying too heavily on CGI to make up for a lacking script.
If anything I think economically it'd be on the freight side that it'd be beneficial. Once built it'd be cheaper (and quicker) shipping by rail than by ship.
Well different to anywhere else (apart from the US) in proactively encouraging IT workers to immigrate - even after the dot-com crash & when a lot of the skilled IT workforce was unemployed.
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What's that got to do with it? Is nip pin in Spanish or French?
The question "Who cares really?" springs to mind.
What's an alpha based machine?
He's probably playing games that are simpler - and don't cause wine to crash. Try games from yesteryear - that don't need other files to run - and it's all just in the executable. Civilisation/ Age of Empires probably have all sorts of direct hardware hitting graphics algorithms that aren't probably supported under wine. GTA3 - well even if you did get that to run under emulation it would be so slow as to be unplayable.
I was thinking of bluetooth too. If it was incorporated (or RFID tags were used) in a supermarket you could do away with the need for checkout assistants. All you'd need do is put your shopping on a conveyor belt, pack it at the other end and insert your credit/debit card - or there could be a machine you insert cash in that gives you change.
Why do you mention trolls? A reference to trolls on /. perhaps? Are you referring to the previous poster as a troll?
I think you've underestimated the amount of Amiga users. The main reason (I'm sure) Mozilla hasn't been ported yet is that the Amiga already has three browsers of its own - Voyager, IBrowser & AWeb.
"Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private"
Here in the UK all ballot papers for a specific election (eg MP, MEP, local councillor) have a unique number - so the ballot isn't technically secret. Electronic voting would need the same - having a unique number for each vote - and no duplicate numbers - to rule out the same person voting twice.
Lol - I don't abuse substances. I didn't say to break into their network. Many companies wouldn't prosecute for breaking into a network as most wouldn't know. However I didn't write "break into the network" - what I did say was to point out its vulnerabilities - this can be done with a pen and piece of paper - and with no access to a computer at all.
Why would that lend you in jail eh? Detail the specific offences (that are actually arrestable)! Companies don't react kindly to people getting into their networks, it doesn't matter if it was for "the good of the company" - if it's an ex-employee I think it's slightly different....
Even government employees can be fired.
OK, but it was meant tongue in cheek - I wasn't being serious! You don't need permission to assess your network. I run a website on a webserver. You think that every virus infected machine that tries to spread that virus asks for permission before trying to infect the virus? Is that virus acting illegally? :P Read what you're writing and see how ludicrous is sounds before posting.
"Also remember that, since you were fired, you are probably being seen as a bitter and hateful person that would like to hurt (blackmail, even) your former employee."
I think that is highly unlikely - the legal definition of blackmail is different anyway. Blackmail isn't (technically) a crime AFAIK - but some types of blackmail are criminal.
"That "assessment" could easily be turned against you as "cracking" or "threatening" or even "terrorism" (that seems to be in vogue right now.)"
Yep and if the company did that I would sue them for slander, defamation of character and libel. *grins* Nobody in their right mind really counts this sort of thing as terrorism. If it was pretty much every anti-virus vendor and computer security firm would be guilty of terrorism!
Well in that case the outsourced nework security company with their "vulnerability assesment" was guilty of terrorism in your book and they should be reported to the fbi. Step 3 isn't jail/court/appeal loop - maybe the computer laws here are different... it was all meant rather tongue in cheek anyway....
These days nobody has job security. My suggestion (if you want to get your job back is thus - and should be quite simple as you worked in network security).
;)
1. Perform a "vulnerability assesment" of your own. Possibly even try something similar to Welchia - to demonstate a) that their computer systems are insecure and b) that outsourcing your job is leading to weaker security
2. Point out that in twelve months of you working in the job there was only one network intrusion Welchia and that you dealt with that within twenty minutes!
3. Point out all the flaws in their new outsourced network security
4. Suggest that if they want their network to stay secure that they outsource to you at double or triplr your salary.
The first was the best, but as with most sequels you start coming across the law of diminishing returns (except for box office takings). The third especially seemed like one over-long movie trailer relying too heavily on CGI to make up for a lacking script.
If anything I think economically it'd be on the freight side that it'd be beneficial. Once built it'd be cheaper (and quicker) shipping by rail than by ship.
Well I suppose it would be an alternative to flying South for the Winter
The reference is to Monty Python and the Holy Grail in case anyone doesn't know already.
Makes me think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail even though that wasn't pigeons it was swallows.
Here's a link to the actual hearings page and the Computer Security Report Card 2003 (pdf file).
That's a bit different though as company cars belong to the company, the /. story referred to contractor's vehicles.
Yep - the wired.com article agrees with you:-
"The company won't speculate as to when Embrio will hit the market -- if ever."
than what they called one of their other products - Sea-Doo Speedster 200
There is none - people look for patterns where there aren't any. :)
Well different to anywhere else (apart from the US) in proactively encouraging IT workers to immigrate - even after the dot-com crash & when a lot of the skilled IT workforce was unemployed.