Doesn't really address the number of concrete thinkers that are using Methylphenidate, Adderall or any of the other common stimulant-based treatments for ADHD or intellectual performance in general.
In this regard, he could simply be considered contemporary.
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The first time I received a 419 scam offer it was via US post. By the parents logic it's the US mail that makes scamming possible (or any other direct or indirect contact with people).
So next time my management refuse to buy a $200 tool and I lose a week of working time with an inferior FOSS equivalent that's me saved is it? Even if I have to make up the lost week in unpaid overtime?
In a free market you'd find another job rather then blame a tool.
PS: informed, rational decisions are an assumption in free-market economics. The fact that you don't like capitalism doesn't make this untrue, as you seem to imply.
Wait, how long have you lived in a capitalist economy? I enjoy living where I do, but I assure you, rational isn't the best way to describe it.
The may be found negligent and I don't follow the law enough to know if they could be sued for damages (I'd imagine) but I've heard enough to believe their attorneys will be able to argue against any kind of criminal intent (it was an accident after all, right?).
It sounds like the kind of mistake a group of coked-up middled aged MBA's (and their IT lackeys) might make in the midst of a cash-grab (which is all MediaDefender seems likely to be).
If anything, maybe this will cost them enough that they'll pull the plug and move on to whatever other slimy ventures might come their way. The same could be argued for the MPAA and RIAA but these organizations seem to have legitimatized themselves for long enough that some people believe they serve a purpose.
Vista has improved many small things that always ticked me off with XP. Better file browser, better wifi controls, but really, a countless list of small changes that make just make desktop life easier.
I guess it's subjective. I've been using Vista as my primary desktop at home (for gaming, browsing and writing mainly) for several months now and I have yet to find a single facet that I'd consider a improvement over XP.
And of course your comparison to Linux based distro releases is astute, but I think increasingly the improvements we are seeing between cycles are improvements above and beyond what you might call Windows 10 year functional life. More to the point, the Linux-based ecosystem seems to be focused more directly on competitive and tangible improvements that (maybe surprisingly) tend to reflect the desire of the user.
And we learn to expect that the trade-off of an upgrade (which usually costs either time or money or both) is a tangible improvement.
"I would assume your disclosure of your company's inner server workings on the internet means that they can't trust employees to protect their information?" ...
Benson's disclosures weren't specific enough to give attackers information needed to successfully breach TJX's networks.
If you want to openly reveal insider company information without first seeking appropriate approval you should expect to be fired.
On top of that I'm a bit suspicious to how privy the kid was to information above and beyond the immediate problem (ongoing work being done, the reasoning for the null passwords could have been a recently introduced bug, etc).
Fun quotes:
My store manager even posted the password and username on a post-it note. I told her not to do that.
I am not sure if this is just an isolated incident within this specific store, but it goes to show that you can't trust a company to protect your information, especially TJX
The article is never very specific regarding Nicks exact role at the store (network administrator? security auditor?) but leaves this tidbit:
while marking down items on the TJ Maxx retail floor, he was summoned to the store office.
So our insider informant was a...stock boy? A sales clerk? No offense but the whole process seems pretty screwy and all that I can get out of it was that he sacrificed his job (knowingly, and was fired appropriately) for either the better good or a small spot of geeky notoriety.
you have to step back and wonder what that agenda really is.
Even if there isn't an agenda the results of business interests and bureaucracy on contemporary democracy seem to be division, disillusionment and complacency which increasingly works in the favor of...business, bureaucracy and of course otherwise marginalized in a more healthy ecosystem, extremism.
This is capitalism at work (in China). If the potential for capital reward outweighs the associated risks (losing the claim) then it's a simple business decision.
Shame (morality) is a social value, and unless it somehow effects your net gain (not likely) then it's consideration should be minimal.
Maybe the point isn't to stop copyright infringement at all but to extend their rights to detain and harass citizens.
What's to truly discourage an individual politician from enacting these kinds of abuse if the worst that can happen is the laws later get repealed? In democracy where's the disincentive for corruption?
not just to keep tabs on the merchants, but to keep a better lock on consumers [terrorists]. A lot of consumer [terrorist] capital [funding] goes through small business owners, that might be the people you buy groceries, liquor, cigarettes, sandwiches, meals, etc from.
and you've probably got it. Orwell would be proud.
I got just about everyone I know hooked on AVG then after having a few issues with performance (can be a dog) and undetected viruses (!!) I got hooked on Avast.
I'd stop a little short of *praising* their interface (two taskbar icons by default?) but the price is right (free, for home use) and it works like you'd hope for something defending your desktop.
I've disassembled crashed drives (ceased) to temporarily free the platters. Aside from removing the platter (so they could get to more then 25% of the data, WTF?) it didn't really read like they actually did much. Maybe part of the reason that they are all smoke-and-mirrors about the work (some proprietary software, you mean like something they paid for?) is that when you get right down to it the work *most* of these shops do simply isn't rocket science.
Personally as someone who enjoys playing games online (and has a little extra income to throw at it) I've been disappointed by the majority of gaming keyboards which seem to use standard switches. I haven't used this board or seen it myself so I wonder how the keys feel. Standard boards are good for typing and have a bit of play in the keys you don't need for your average twitch and shoot.
Typically I use a board that uses scissor switches (like in laptops) because they have a much smoother operation (and a bit less clacky makes my wife more tolerant).
Ah, but remember, a lifetime of wrong can be undone in a few weeks of bloodshed. Governance, like society, is transient and beholden only to the whims of the people.
Xenophobia is probably the cheapest way to mobilize that kind of resistance en masse.
And usually mindless. Lets assume for a second that most of the people decrying systemic xenophobia are simply asking that people think for themselves, in which case xenophobia and the ignorant ideologies that tend to go hand-in-hand are both unnecessary and dangerous.
If we think we should be able to sustain our own drumbeat indefinably. But unfortunately, we aren't always encouraged to think.
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Doesn't really address the number of concrete thinkers that are using Methylphenidate, Adderall or any of the other common stimulant-based treatments for ADHD or intellectual performance in general.
In this regard, he could simply be considered contemporary.
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security@bankofamerika.com
The first time I received a 419 scam offer it was via US post. By the parents logic it's the US mail that makes scamming possible (or any other direct or indirect contact with people).
I agree that threading is important now, but it is (IMNSHO) a technological solution to a social problem. I find hat unfortunate.
e too.
The beauty of a free-market is that if the product you feel you need isn't available you can bring it to the marketplace.
And guess what? If it's good enough (i.e. you can show enough value) it might succeed.
However the free-market doesn't entitle anyone to success. So lets stop the FOSS bashing and move on.
Wait, how long have you lived in a capitalist economy? I enjoy living where I do, but I assure you, rational isn't the best way to describe it.
The may be found negligent and I don't follow the law enough to know if they could be sued for damages (I'd imagine) but I've heard enough to believe their attorneys will be able to argue against any kind of criminal intent (it was an accident after all, right?).
It sounds like the kind of mistake a group of coked-up middled aged MBA's (and their IT lackeys) might make in the midst of a cash-grab (which is all MediaDefender seems likely to be).
If anything, maybe this will cost them enough that they'll pull the plug and move on to whatever other slimy ventures might come their way. The same could be argued for the MPAA and RIAA but these organizations seem to have legitimatized themselves for long enough that some people believe they serve a purpose.
And of course your comparison to Linux based distro releases is astute, but I think increasingly the improvements we are seeing between cycles are improvements above and beyond what you might call Windows 10 year functional life. More to the point, the Linux-based ecosystem seems to be focused more directly on competitive and tangible improvements that (maybe surprisingly) tend to reflect the desire of the user.
And we learn to expect that the trade-off of an upgrade (which usually costs either time or money or both) is a tangible improvement.
On top of that I'm a bit suspicious to how privy the kid was to information above and beyond the immediate problem (ongoing work being done, the reasoning for the null passwords could have been a recently introduced bug, etc).
Fun quotes:
My store manager even posted the password and username on a post-it note. I told her not to do that.
I am not sure if this is just an isolated incident within this specific store, but it goes to show that you can't trust a company to protect your information, especially TJX
The article is never very specific regarding Nicks exact role at the store (network administrator? security auditor?) but leaves this tidbit:
while marking down items on the TJ Maxx retail floor, he was summoned to the store office.
So our insider informant was a...stock boy? A sales clerk? No offense but the whole process seems pretty screwy and all that I can get out of it was that he sacrificed his job (knowingly, and was fired appropriately) for either the better good or a small spot of geeky notoriety.
*smacks forehead*
This is capitalism at work (in China). If the potential for capital reward outweighs the associated risks (losing the claim) then it's a simple business decision.
Shame (morality) is a social value, and unless it somehow effects your net gain (not likely) then it's consideration should be minimal.
Maybe the point isn't to stop copyright infringement at all but to extend their rights to detain and harass citizens.
What's to truly discourage an individual politician from enacting these kinds of abuse if the worst that can happen is the laws later get repealed? In democracy where's the disincentive for corruption?
Both parties want to control bigger pieces of the pie same pie(even in the very name of our interests).
The easiest way to wrestle more control of the pie is to make bigger pieces. Just keep watching.
Even on engadget this was non-news.
I got just about everyone I know hooked on AVG then after having a few issues with performance (can be a dog) and undetected viruses (!!) I got hooked on Avast.
I'd stop a little short of *praising* their interface (two taskbar icons by default?) but the price is right (free, for home use) and it works like you'd hope for something defending your desktop.
I've disassembled crashed drives (ceased) to temporarily free the platters. Aside from removing the platter (so they could get to more then 25% of the data, WTF?) it didn't really read like they actually did much. Maybe part of the reason that they are all smoke-and-mirrors about the work (some proprietary software, you mean like something they paid for?) is that when you get right down to it the work *most* of these shops do simply isn't rocket science.
Don't use it.
Personally as someone who enjoys playing games online (and has a little extra income to throw at it) I've been disappointed by the majority of gaming keyboards which seem to use standard switches. I haven't used this board or seen it myself so I wonder how the keys feel. Standard boards are good for typing and have a bit of play in the keys you don't need for your average twitch and shoot.
Typically I use a board that uses scissor switches (like in laptops) because they have a much smoother operation (and a bit less clacky makes my wife more tolerant).
Ah, but remember, a lifetime of wrong can be undone in a few weeks of bloodshed. Governance, like society, is transient and beholden only to the whims of the people.
If we think we should be able to sustain our own drumbeat indefinably. But unfortunately, we aren't always encouraged to think.
That would be informative, otherwise you're essentially passing opinion (which I don't care about and leaves me less rather then more informed).