Of the people in the technical field who hack their computers, an overwhelming majority of them are Men... let's see if I can re-write that statement.
Of the people in the technical field, an overwhelming majority of them are Men...
Seems like "hacking the company computer" is irrelevant... I'd even bet that the percentage is about the same.
Ok, so let's continue. Of the people who hack the computers (assuming they have been arrested and convicted of the crime, establishing guilt), a minority of them have been arrested before.
How much you wanna bet that of all criminals, about 30% of them are repeat offenders?
Gee, more meaningless statistics from a university.. who woulda thunk it...
While a point, I think that a HARDWARE security flaw (that can't simply be patched) that allows something like, I dunno, stealing an RSA KEY, carries a bit more "blunder value" than a javascript security flaw that evades a popup blocker...
Well, *real* journalists would publicly document the error and that it was fixed. Slashdot editors simply fix the error and never acknowledge that it was made... because we all know they are not *real* journalists.. just wannabes:)
I don't measure mileage because I use my bike to get just about everywhere. I usually run about 2.5 miles per 100 (nutritional - for you pedants) calories (@20 MPH). I do have a big gas-guzzling SUV, but I don't whine about spending $50 to fill it up because I only buy gas about once every two months.
Bicycling in the US is seeing a huge explosion in the number of riders, which is a great thing because as more people turn to cycling as an alternative to burning gas, we are solving not only the gas "crisis" but also helping with our obesity problem and consequently part of the public healthcare problem.
I hate those goddamn things - flying bags of poop! Every morning, the parking lot at my office (in fort washington) is a damn minefield, except you can't see the field for the mines. Every morning, I have the opportunity to run over legions of the goddamn things, but I have to steer my car in a seemingly random path around the parking lot to find a space because it's illegal to even harass them, let alone kill the goddamn things. I can't understand how the hell those things could possibly be considered endangered or threatened.
I know what you mean about deer... no vegetation near ground, skinny starving deer.. they're not even good to eat because what meat they do have has no fat... it's like eating a shoe - even when cooked rare. They're destroying all of the national and state parks around here - valley forge, peace valley, evansburg... all stripped of low-lying vegetation (habitat for god knows how many species), everything covered in deer scat..
Something needs to be done, of course, as long as we don't harm the poor defenseless deer...
"it's technically illegal here to convert songs from CD to MP3, or to record a TV show unless it's a live broadcast"
followed by:
"or adopt an open-ended 'fair use' policy similar to that used in the US" (seems like they're saying this is better than what they have now)
followed by:
"if something isn't done to broaden copyright exceptions we'll end up with even more draconian copyright restrictions than the US." (except that it isn't better)
An RF engineer knows that lower power from the tower doesn't have anything to do with lower power from the phone. Towers are kept CLOSE TOGETHER to lower the required power output from the phone. It just so happens that having towers close together lowers the amount of power they need to emit in order to reach the phones. In fact, it would be a more accurate statement to say that towers emit lower power because the phones emit lower power, not the other way around. There's no point in having high power at the towers because the phones aren't powerful enough to reach back from that great a distance.
What does the length of a mouse have to do with the effects of non-ionizing radiation on it? Are you supposing that the mouse forms some kind of resonant dielectric cavity or something? This is quite preposterous given that a mouse is far from homogeneous, and even farther from resonant. The Q of a mouse is so incredibly low that it is unlikely in the extreme that there would be any resonance to speak of.
This is something that the medical community doesn't even understand. RF is non-ionizing, so it does not cause damage at the molecular or cellular level. The only effect of non-ionizing incident radiation is heat. That's it. Heat does not cause cancer.
Pine needles? You've got to be kidding me. Reception is poor in forests because of absorption and scattering, not because pine needles are somehow resonant.
Why would you advise someone not to hug a cell phone tower? The tower itself is not the radiating element, at least it had better not be.
Won't be long before all music is government-sponsored, and as such must conform to government standards for decency, content, and message. Where have we heard this before?
If that happens, it'll be a world right out of Demolition Man where the only songs on the radio are old commercials for Leave it to Beaver...
Personally, if a registrar took my money with the understanding that they would be providing me a service in return, and then did not provide that service with obvious willful abandon and intent to remove my intellectual property from my possession (my domain is my IP), I would consider that an egregious act of fraud...
But that's just me.. Your DA may or may not believe otherwise...
"Ary's attorney Lee Thompson said his client "intends to defend his innocence against any charge that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program."
Umm.. the charge isn't that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program. The charge is that he took shit that wasn't his and sold it and kept the money... also known as THEFT.
The issue is not whether he "harmed" one organization or the other.. the issue is that he broke the law.
Ugh... there are still only 1000 of them at the bottom of the ocean, unfortunately..
Yeah, it's definitely the coolest thing ever to have a seriously overweight car with a seriously underpowered engine and a pathetically inept 4wd system...
There is just something inherently wrong in the universe when someone can invoke Ali G during a discussion of quantum physics and general relativity...
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Of the people in the technical field who hack their computers, an overwhelming majority of them are Men... let's see if I can re-write that statement.
Of the people in the technical field, an overwhelming majority of them are Men...
Seems like "hacking the company computer" is irrelevant... I'd even bet that the percentage is about the same.
Ok, so let's continue. Of the people who hack the computers (assuming they have been arrested and convicted of the crime, establishing guilt), a minority of them have been arrested before.
How much you wanna bet that of all criminals, about 30% of them are repeat offenders?
Gee, more meaningless statistics from a university.. who woulda thunk it...
While a point, I think that a HARDWARE security flaw (that can't simply be patched) that allows something like, I dunno, stealing an RSA KEY, carries a bit more "blunder value" than a javascript security flaw that evades a popup blocker...
Shit, did anyone see that blur???
Yeah, I think that was Intel's server market going right out the window at Mach 10...
Well, *real* journalists would publicly document the error and that it was fixed. Slashdot editors simply fix the error and never acknowledge that it was made... because we all know they are not *real* journalists.. just wannabes :)
I see they fixed it... and then had to use the word again in another story just to say "Hey, I can spell!"
:)
hehe
Nuff said..
No, it's not. In the US, a bill must pass BOTH houses of Congress AND not get vetoed by the President...
Of course, since this is an Iraq spending bill, W *has* to sign it, thereby making REAL-ID a law...
No politician wants to be the one who voted against supporting our troops, of course..
Yeah, here's a comprehensive list of all of the open source projects that haven't been ripped off:
I don't measure mileage because I use my bike to get just about everywhere. I usually run about 2.5 miles per 100 (nutritional - for you pedants) calories (@20 MPH). I do have a big gas-guzzling SUV, but I don't whine about spending $50 to fill it up because I only buy gas about once every two months.
Bicycling in the US is seeing a huge explosion in the number of riders, which is a great thing because as more people turn to cycling as an alternative to burning gas, we are solving not only the gas "crisis" but also helping with our obesity problem and consequently part of the public healthcare problem.
I hate those goddamn things - flying bags of poop! Every morning, the parking lot at my office (in fort washington) is a damn minefield, except you can't see the field for the mines. Every morning, I have the opportunity to run over legions of the goddamn things, but I have to steer my car in a seemingly random path around the parking lot to find a space because it's illegal to even harass them, let alone kill the goddamn things. I can't understand how the hell those things could possibly be considered endangered or threatened.
... it's like eating a shoe - even when cooked rare. They're destroying all of the national and state parks around here - valley forge, peace valley, evansburg... all stripped of low-lying vegetation (habitat for god knows how many species), everything covered in deer scat..
I know what you mean about deer... no vegetation near ground, skinny starving deer.. they're not even good to eat because what meat they do have has no fat
Something needs to be done, of course, as long as we don't harm the poor defenseless deer...
*sigh*
Quotes from the article:
"it's technically illegal here to convert songs from CD to MP3, or to record a TV show unless it's a live broadcast"
followed by:
"or adopt an open-ended 'fair use' policy similar to that used in the US" (seems like they're saying this is better than what they have now)
followed by:
"if something isn't done to broaden copyright exceptions we'll end up with even more draconian copyright restrictions than the US." (except that it isn't better)
Wierd...
Dammit I wonder how that happened... I could swear I was in the right thread...
RE: Adding ID card Bill to Supporting Troops Bill
-1: Offtopic, killed....
No kidding... I heard today on the radio that all the steps we've been taking to combat global warming have actually been causing global warming...
oh shit
A pig just flew by my window...
An RF engineer knows that lower power from the tower doesn't have anything to do with lower power from the phone. Towers are kept CLOSE TOGETHER to lower the required power output from the phone. It just so happens that having towers close together lowers the amount of power they need to emit in order to reach the phones. In fact, it would be a more accurate statement to say that towers emit lower power because the phones emit lower power, not the other way around. There's no point in having high power at the towers because the phones aren't powerful enough to reach back from that great a distance.
What does the length of a mouse have to do with the effects of non-ionizing radiation on it? Are you supposing that the mouse forms some kind of resonant dielectric cavity or something? This is quite preposterous given that a mouse is far from homogeneous, and even farther from resonant. The Q of a mouse is so incredibly low that it is unlikely in the extreme that there would be any resonance to speak of.
This is something that the medical community doesn't even understand. RF is non-ionizing, so it does not cause damage at the molecular or cellular level. The only effect of non-ionizing incident radiation is heat. That's it. Heat does not cause cancer.
Pine needles? You've got to be kidding me. Reception is poor in forests because of absorption and scattering, not because pine needles are somehow resonant.
Why would you advise someone not to hug a cell phone tower? The tower itself is not the radiating element, at least it had better not be.
Are you REALLY an RF engineer?
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Won't be long before all music is government-sponsored, and as such must conform to government standards for decency, content, and message. Where have we heard this before?
If that happens, it'll be a world right out of Demolition Man where the only songs on the radio are old commercials for Leave it to Beaver...
So now when I open a PDF, I'm going to get a whole bunch of obnoxious animated cartoons... wonderful...
A domain registration can indeed be IP... especially (but not only) if it is a trade or service mark.
Why has this not yet been modded +5: Funny?
Personally, if a registrar took my money with the understanding that they would be providing me a service in return, and then did not provide that service with obvious willful abandon and intent to remove my intellectual property from my possession (my domain is my IP), I would consider that an egregious act of fraud...
But that's just me.. Your DA may or may not believe otherwise...
"Ary's attorney Lee Thompson said his client "intends to defend his innocence against any charge that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program."
Umm.. the charge isn't that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program. The charge is that he took shit that wasn't his and sold it and kept the money... also known as THEFT.
The issue is not whether he "harmed" one organization or the other.. the issue is that he broke the law.
Ugh... there are still only 1000 of them at the bottom of the ocean, unfortunately..
Yeah, it's definitely the coolest thing ever to have a seriously overweight car with a seriously underpowered engine and a pathetically inept 4wd system...
There is just something inherently wrong in the universe when someone can invoke Ali G during a discussion of quantum physics and general relativity...
It's not just to the laypeople...