To set a precedent. Radicals have and will continue to seek power in this and every other country. By attacking our rights they attack our first line of defense.
The SpaceX program is an oddity because it's the ideological offspring of a person with vision and the capital/clout to fund it. Most of the time what we see is less adorned self-interest.
And after I've installed cron, a real shell and a ssh daemon it's mainly usable.
I appreciate RDP but it's not the best solution for everything and I still find it surprising (frustrating) to have to cycle the OS after every update.
But I could care less what you use to get your job done. If it works for you, great.
Small, nimble is a bit idyllic anyway. A lot of what the private sector does with government contracts can be called a lot of things, but smarter and/or quicker might not be it.
Spacex is kind of an oddity and certainly inspiring but lets not get so inspired that we begin to believe all private sector ventures have the public good at heart.
Before I switched over to IT I did administration and business management for a larger organization (we managed management at smaller satellite offices). One of the most important things I learned there was when you add or implement policies peoples reaction to them will be directly proportional to the level of convenience or inconvenience.
It's really pretty simple if you stop and remember most people are already really quite busy, frustrated, over-worked, etc. And of course it's tricky, but if you stream-line your business processes with the goal of simplifying or improving things for your users you can turn the tables on them and in the process make it easier to get your own job done. I think we have a tenancy to consider the importance of what *we* need to get done without having the time or interest to see how it directly impacts others, which results in resistance and requires more work (monitoring, baby-sitting) for ourselves.
Those that don't mind burning and re-ripping music to move it to a non Apple(TM) product have probably become so used to restrictions they feel privileged to do it at all. And the rest can just happily get by by staying cozy in their own little brand bubble. If you buy all the right products you're right, you don't even have to worry about it.
Another talent gone. Another memory created. Another ubiquitous item in our lives that will have to be replaced.
People that think like that (and I don't presume you do) miss out on one really important underlying truth: change is the catalyst for creativity. She shared her gifts and after her so will many others, and so on.
If she had something to give then what she gave us has already filled what we could imagine would be a void.
If you can afford it along with the unnecessary extended support your boss would probably consider you crazy to suggest doing otherwise (and certainly hold you accountable if/when things went wrong). Of course when we're looking at survival we end up somewhere between desperation, fantasy and reality and make decisions accordingly.
And in some ways it's basic risk management: Would you rather roll out a new production system on shiny gear backed by expensive warranties and on-site support or purchase the best gear you can find at a fair price, second-hand with more basic support and traditional warranties?
And lets not forget, both have costs associated with them above and beyond the sticker price which will impact different businesses in different ways.
Nah. I look at it as suicide. Try it sometime and if you walk out the other end it will change your perspective, permanently. The day I walked out of the hospital was the first day of a new life.
The mentality that there is a government, naturally separate from [i]us[/i] is probably the single largest threat to the US democracy.
The US government is made up of people. The officials are elected by people and it's rights and responsibilities are our rights and responsibilities. By making some arbitrary distinction we open the door to exactly these kinds of abuse.
If we could shift this mentality we could have a democracy.
But it's over used. I've been posting under various pseudonyms for years now and I think it abstracts conversation. Creates a feeling of familiarity while simultaneously buffering and isolating the users.
I'm not against it at all. I use it for all my throw-away activity (sorry, that's./ too) because some things aren't worth the off-chance of petty reprisal. But if I really want to say something I believe in I think it only detracts when I push my bits as Joeuser123984 (or msimm). Anonymity has it's place, but most of the time it's just pushing *more* space between you and the people you talk to and not for any particularly good reason.
Why's everyone so excited about the iphone market anyway? Seems to me that just about any market is difficult, particularly right now. The whole mobile markets still fairly new ground and it's even more splintered then the desktop market.
If I had a great idea right now (and great ideas aren't something that happen most of time, to anyone) I'd have to consider the available platforms and the cost of realistically bringing it to market. Then I'd probably end up building anything I could as a web service, simply because of the penetration. Let the kids play with the iPhone. When the mobile market settles down enough to become the center of focus we won't need some pundits telling us it is, because we'll all be working on it.
Read.article. Most of your 'insightful' comment applies to Windows and piggy-backing on a Windows exploit. The other OS's you mention (ie: not Windows) would be exploited by ignoring the FF warning dialog about installing untrusted add-ons and installing it anyway (not so much an exploit).
That said, if you're done being cheeky: software is complicated. Bugs are a simple reality and inevitably lead to some kind of exploitability. But Linux and Mac (along with FF and numerous other open tools) get a bit of credit for implementing basic controls (accounts with privilege separation in the OS's) and responding quickly and proactively.
Windows is only now trying it, but their implementation is so cumbersome it's defeating it's own purpose.
Any Vista user out there that haven't already tried it there are several open source sudo for Windows implementations that make using non-privileged accounts more viable. I think I use Sudowin which seemed to work the best for me, but I'm not on my home computer.
Kill-task. But ya, that's a serious bug. And how about the master-password pop-up? I'm not any good with javascript (I hack what I have to) but wouldn't it be possible (trivial) to create an identical pop-up and exploit that?
Not that I'm trying to bang on FF, but as a chronic 'save session' user I notice that password pop-up a lot (especially because it comes up multiple times if you have multiple windows open in the restored session).
Agreed. Get all the paper you can. And then instead of going at some large flashy company look at smaller shops. You'll find the pay might be a little bit lower and you'll probably work harder and be given more responsibility then you would otherwise. With a little luck this can also be a get in early strategy, but in the current economic climate I wouldn't bank on it being anything more then experience; but that's real-life, job applicable experience probably with a title that (and responsibilities) a few years ahead of where you'd be any other way.
IT is a nice industry because experience and knowledge still counts. I don't care where you went to school if you don't have the aptitude and the interest you're just another student applying for a job.
Yep. Good AV programs are always going to be something of a moving target. AVG started getting screwy a few years ago and I jumped to Avast. I don't know or have time to care what might be going on internally at the company, but if your tech and still using what was once a good product, it's time to update your arsenal.
I think Avast is still a good option, but I use Avira AntiVir. They both score pretty highly. And both have their quirks (Avast has a terrible gui and Avira presents a friendly 'pop-up' after it updates to remind you they have a pay version).
If you haven't already, take a look at Zenoss. Aside from having a pretty well designed UI (which as I get older I'm beginning to feel deserves more credit in the usefulness dept), supports SNMP by default (I'm not a big fan of clients unless I REALLY need them) *plus* it supports Nagios plugins.
And I'm not trying to steal any thunder here, I think Nagios is a great option.
That's a bit of speculation. I mean, you're right...but you're overlooking a few things, Android contains a lot of code that truly is open (Apache, GPL) is maintained by a company that remains fairly open and it's chief selling point against an entrenched competitor is...that its open.
So really, unless this turns out to be some kind of massive business blunder I don't see how you can possibly compare Android, Apple and the iPhone.
I mean, what percentage of the iPhone platform is open?
Anyway, as a (US) T-Mobile customer using what is a considerably less open platform (Blackberry OS) the availability or even the 'openness' of applications has never been an issue. There are no restrictions on what goes onto my phone, and if this was the case with the iPhone, I'd already be using it.
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To set a precedent. Radicals have and will continue to seek power in this and every other country. By attacking our rights they attack our first line of defense.
While building a University by purchasing, evicting and razing city blocks might sound like fun to you I imagine it might be costly.
It's the women with fine asses and brightly colored textiles. God-damn cities.
What would you do? You'd be reprogramming your younger brothers computer to use the voice of Leslie Nielsen for his Talk Sex chatware.
The SpaceX program is an oddity because it's the ideological offspring of a person with vision and the capital/clout to fund it. Most of the time what we see is less adorned self-interest.
And after I've installed cron, a real shell and a ssh daemon it's mainly usable.
I appreciate RDP but it's not the best solution for everything and I still find it surprising (frustrating) to have to cycle the OS after every update.
But I could care less what you use to get your job done. If it works for you, great.
I'd like to see you use this argument if it was about a restaurant owner refusing to serve a black guy.
When that was socially acceptable, we did.
Small, nimble is a bit idyllic anyway. A lot of what the private sector does with government contracts can be called a lot of things, but smarter and/or quicker might not be it.
Spacex is kind of an oddity and certainly inspiring but lets not get so inspired that we begin to believe all private sector ventures have the public good at heart.
Before I switched over to IT I did administration and business management for a larger organization (we managed management at smaller satellite offices). One of the most important things I learned there was when you add or implement policies peoples reaction to them will be directly proportional to the level of convenience or inconvenience.
It's really pretty simple if you stop and remember most people are already really quite busy, frustrated, over-worked, etc. And of course it's tricky, but if you stream-line your business processes with the goal of simplifying or improving things for your users you can turn the tables on them and in the process make it easier to get your own job done. I think we have a tenancy to consider the importance of what *we* need to get done without having the time or interest to see how it directly impacts others, which results in resistance and requires more work (monitoring, baby-sitting) for ourselves.
poking caged monkeys at the zoo.
It might be funny, but essentially pointless.
Those that don't mind burning and re-ripping music to move it to a non Apple(TM) product have probably become so used to restrictions they feel privileged to do it at all. And the rest can just happily get by by staying cozy in their own little brand bubble. If you buy all the right products you're right, you don't even have to worry about it.
People that think like that (and I don't presume you do) miss out on one really important underlying truth: change is the catalyst for creativity. She shared her gifts and after her so will many others, and so on.
If she had something to give then what she gave us has already filled what we could imagine would be a void.
If you can afford it along with the unnecessary extended support your boss would probably consider you crazy to suggest doing otherwise (and certainly hold you accountable if/when things went wrong). Of course when we're looking at survival we end up somewhere between desperation, fantasy and reality and make decisions accordingly.
And in some ways it's basic risk management: Would you rather roll out a new production system on shiny gear backed by expensive warranties and on-site support or purchase the best gear you can find at a fair price, second-hand with more basic support and traditional warranties?
And lets not forget, both have costs associated with them above and beyond the sticker price which will impact different businesses in different ways.
Nah. I look at it as suicide. Try it sometime and if you walk out the other end it will change your perspective, permanently. The day I walked out of the hospital was the first day of a new life.
It's a long term solution to a short term problem. Idiotic, although it is, is an overly simplistic way to put it. But I'd settle for selfish.
And FTR no, I am not a zombie, I was just lucky enough not to be particularly good at it.
The mentality that there is a government, naturally separate from [i]us[/i] is probably the single largest threat to the US democracy.
The US government is made up of people. The officials are elected by people and it's rights and responsibilities are our rights and responsibilities. By making some arbitrary distinction we open the door to exactly these kinds of abuse.
If we could shift this mentality we could have a democracy.
It was called slashback. They posted (often interesting) updates and/or corrections to previous articles.
....now we have Idle
But it's over used. I've been posting under various pseudonyms for years now and I think it abstracts conversation. Creates a feeling of familiarity while simultaneously buffering and isolating the users.
./ too) because some things aren't worth the off-chance of petty reprisal. But if I really want to say something I believe in I think it only detracts when I push my bits as Joeuser123984 (or msimm). Anonymity has it's place, but most of the time it's just pushing *more* space between you and the people you talk to and not for any particularly good reason.
I'm not against it at all. I use it for all my throw-away activity (sorry, that's
Why's everyone so excited about the iphone market anyway? Seems to me that just about any market is difficult, particularly right now. The whole mobile markets still fairly new ground and it's even more splintered then the desktop market.
If I had a great idea right now (and great ideas aren't something that happen most of time, to anyone) I'd have to consider the available platforms and the cost of realistically bringing it to market. Then I'd probably end up building anything I could as a web service, simply because of the penetration. Let the kids play with the iPhone. When the mobile market settles down enough to become the center of focus we won't need some pundits telling us it is, because we'll all be working on it.
Read.article. Most of your 'insightful' comment applies to Windows and piggy-backing on a Windows exploit. The other OS's you mention (ie: not Windows) would be exploited by ignoring the FF warning dialog about installing untrusted add-ons and installing it anyway (not so much an exploit).
That said, if you're done being cheeky: software is complicated. Bugs are a simple reality and inevitably lead to some kind of exploitability. But Linux and Mac (along with FF and numerous other open tools) get a bit of credit for implementing basic controls (accounts with privilege separation in the OS's) and responding quickly and proactively.
Windows is only now trying it, but their implementation is so cumbersome it's defeating it's own purpose.
Any Vista user out there that haven't already tried it there are several open source sudo for Windows implementations that make using non-privileged accounts more viable. I think I use Sudowin which seemed to work the best for me, but I'm not on my home computer.
Kill-task. But ya, that's a serious bug. And how about the master-password pop-up? I'm not any good with javascript (I hack what I have to) but wouldn't it be possible (trivial) to create an identical pop-up and exploit that?
Not that I'm trying to bang on FF, but as a chronic 'save session' user I notice that password pop-up a lot (especially because it comes up multiple times if you have multiple windows open in the restored session).
Agreed. Get all the paper you can. And then instead of going at some large flashy company look at smaller shops. You'll find the pay might be a little bit lower and you'll probably work harder and be given more responsibility then you would otherwise. With a little luck this can also be a get in early strategy, but in the current economic climate I wouldn't bank on it being anything more then experience; but that's real-life, job applicable experience probably with a title that (and responsibilities) a few years ahead of where you'd be any other way.
IT is a nice industry because experience and knowledge still counts. I don't care where you went to school if you don't have the aptitude and the interest you're just another student applying for a job.
Yep. Good AV programs are always going to be something of a moving target. AVG started getting screwy a few years ago and I jumped to Avast. I don't know or have time to care what might be going on internally at the company, but if your tech and still using what was once a good product, it's time to update your arsenal.
I think Avast is still a good option, but I use Avira AntiVir. They both score pretty highly. And both have their quirks (Avast has a terrible gui and Avira presents a friendly 'pop-up' after it updates to remind you they have a pay version).
If you haven't already, take a look at Zenoss. Aside from having a pretty well designed UI (which as I get older I'm beginning to feel deserves more credit in the usefulness dept), supports SNMP by default (I'm not a big fan of clients unless I REALLY need them) *plus* it supports Nagios plugins.
And I'm not trying to steal any thunder here, I think Nagios is a great option.
Oracle's always been more a blood/turnip company.
That's a bit of speculation. I mean, you're right...but you're overlooking a few things, Android contains a lot of code that truly is open (Apache, GPL) is maintained by a company that remains fairly open and it's chief selling point against an entrenched competitor is...that its open.
So really, unless this turns out to be some kind of massive business blunder I don't see how you can possibly compare Android, Apple and the iPhone.
I mean, what percentage of the iPhone platform is open?
Anyway, as a (US) T-Mobile customer using what is a considerably less open platform (Blackberry OS) the availability or even the 'openness' of applications has never been an issue. There are no restrictions on what goes onto my phone, and if this was the case with the iPhone, I'd already be using it.