A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality
I read a recent review about some California Syrah's in Wine Spectator magazine. And, what was really odd, is that the wine reviewer talked about how the vintage seemed to have lost some "freedom and individuality" from prior vintages.
Ok, without having read the FA, I'll make a prediction about this article:
1) The article reads like a press release from H-P.
2) The submitter is just pushing traffic to his own site in the hopes he can cash in on some advertising revenue.
EARLY PRE-PRODUCTION: "Since only geeks know what 'V for Vendetta' is about, we are raising the money necessary to find a huge star. Without one, we are cooked."
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I was not trashing the WSJ. It's a fine newspaper.
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on Slashdot in 2 years where some bitter chucklehead hasn't interjected GWB somehow.
Agreed, but this guy is now just inviting even more of that tripe.
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This thread provides and excellent opportunity to bash Bush, America, Corporations and Fox News!
Yeah, those folks at the Wall Street Journal are nothing but a bunch of crazy liberals.
See my resonse here. In short, I forgot how teenagers think. When I get on the internet, I surf. When he (and many other teens) get on the internet, they chat. And, I should have logged into Sametime for him, before he started to install AIM.
I know, I shouldn't have. For work, I use Lotus Sametime as my chat tool (it interfaces with the AIM server, but it doesn't load weatherbug). The problem was, by the time I figured out that he had loaded AIM, it was too late to log into Sametime. I just waited until the week ended and I did the uninstall/repair.
Yes, they do. A few months ago, I was on vacation with my wife's family. And like a real loser, I took my laptop (What can I say, I'm a consultant, I feel naked without my laptop). My wife's stepbrother borrowed it one evening and loaded AIM on it so he could chat with his friends. After the vacation, I removed AIM, but each time I turned the laptop on, I received registry errors due to a failure in the Weatherbug startup process.
It took me quite a while to figure out how to fix the registry. I had to search the web for the correct settings.
Very few people (military snipers aside) can scope on a moving target 5,000 feet away from them.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: [Referring to Lee Harvey Oswald and mass murderer Charles Whitman] Do any of you people know where these individuals learned how to shoot?... Private Joker.
Private Joker: Sir. In the Marines, Sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: In the Marines. Outstanding. Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do. And before you ladies leave my Island, you will all be able to do the same thing.
i ask because a friend of mine experienced a plane accelerating to take off after trying to land. after reaching a higher altitude, he heard over the PA that "they had to abort the first landing attempt because there was another plane on the runway." (no joke.)
First of all, that is not an unusual circumstance. It has happened to me a couple of times. Due to congestion at airports, it is not unusual for pilots to have a short window of time in which to use a runway for takeoff or landing. If they delay for even a second or two, it throws off the whole system and your friend experienced the result. Most passengers sense that something has gone wrong and the pilot will come on and explain the problem.
do the pilots have to let the passengers know if they get lasered but (obviously) not turn into a big accident.
I doubt that they do. In your example, it is something that happens with a fair amount of frequency and there is very little danger associated with suddenly increasing a plane's altititude.
With lasers, there is a significant amount of danger. An announcement indicating that lasers were being pointed at the pilot would probably put some serious fear into the passengers. That fear could result in some serious consequences inside the plane itself.
Shine it in the pilot's eye AND the copilots eye AND disable the autopiloting system AND they probably have a way for the tower to land the plane in case of emergency.
From this, not only do I presume that you don't have a pilots license, but it appears that you have never actually seen the inside of a commercial airliner.
Anyone who disagrees with me is a scared little wussie and probably voted for Bush
In my case, you are wrong. I voted for the other wealthy patrician.
Yeah. That would be a real problem Verizon provides great customer service today and I would have to invest heavily in trying to equal their support level.
would you really want to put down cold hard cash for this?
Personally, I wouldn't. But, based on the number of Leapfrog toys we own already, I am sure my son's Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts and various other hangers-on would be more than happy to purchase one for him.
According to court records the massive T-Mobile breach first came to the government's attention in March 2004, when a hacker using the online moniker "Ethics" posted a provocative offer on muzzfuzz.com, one of the crime-facilitating online marketplaces being monitored by the Secret Service as part of Operation Firewall.
"[A]m offering reverse lookup of information for a t-mobile cell phone, by phone number at the very least, you get name, ssn, and DOB at the upper end of the information returned, you get web username/password, voicemail password, secret question/answer, sim#, IMEA#, and more," Ethics wrote.
Q: If I were a customer and I found out that my identity has been stolen, could I sue T-Mobile for any damages since they knew of the problem, or perhaps for just having breakable security?
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T-Mobile, which apparently knew of the intrusions by July of last year, has not issued any public warning. Under California's anti-identity theft law "SB1386," the company is obliged to notify any California customers of a security breach in which their personally identifiable information is "reasonably believed to have been" compromised. That notification must be made in "the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay," but may be postponed if a law enforcement agency determines that the disclosure would compromise an investigation.
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I read a recent review about some California Syrah's in Wine Spectator magazine. And, what was really odd, is that the wine reviewer talked about how the vintage seemed to have lost some "freedom and individuality" from prior vintages.
Ok, without having read the FA, I'll make a prediction about this article:
1) The article reads like a press release from H-P.
2) The submitter is just pushing traffic to his own site in the hopes he can cash in on some advertising revenue.
Am I correct or am I correct?
EARLY PRE-PRODUCTION: "Since only geeks know what 'V for Vendetta' is about, we are raising the money necessary to find a huge star. Without one, we are cooked."
I was not trashing the WSJ. It's a fine newspaper.
Agreed, but this guy is now just inviting even more of that tripe.
Yeah, those folks at the Wall Street Journal are nothing but a bunch of crazy liberals.
See my resonse here. In short, I forgot how teenagers think. When I get on the internet, I surf. When he (and many other teens) get on the internet, they chat. And, I should have logged into Sametime for him, before he started to install AIM.
I know, I shouldn't have. For work, I use Lotus Sametime as my chat tool (it interfaces with the AIM server, but it doesn't load weatherbug). The problem was, by the time I figured out that he had loaded AIM, it was too late to log into Sametime. I just waited until the week ended and I did the uninstall/repair.
Yes, they do. A few months ago, I was on vacation with my wife's family. And like a real loser, I took my laptop (What can I say, I'm a consultant, I feel naked without my laptop). My wife's stepbrother borrowed it one evening and loaded AIM on it so he could chat with his friends. After the vacation, I removed AIM, but each time I turned the laptop on, I received registry errors due to a failure in the Weatherbug startup process.
It took me quite a while to figure out how to fix the registry. I had to search the web for the correct settings.
Personally, I wouldn't trust Bill Gates, but your parents might. He thinks it's spyware.
Ben, Thanks for providing the information. Kudos to you.
Very few people (military snipers aside) can scope on a moving target 5,000 feet away from them.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: [Referring to Lee Harvey Oswald and mass murderer Charles Whitman] Do any of you people know where these individuals learned how to shoot?... Private Joker.
Private Joker: Sir. In the Marines, Sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: In the Marines. Outstanding. Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do. And before you ladies leave my Island, you will all be able to do the same thing.
First of all, that is not an unusual circumstance. It has happened to me a couple of times. Due to congestion at airports, it is not unusual for pilots to have a short window of time in which to use a runway for takeoff or landing. If they delay for even a second or two, it throws off the whole system and your friend experienced the result. Most passengers sense that something has gone wrong and the pilot will come on and explain the problem.
do the pilots have to let the passengers know if they get lasered but (obviously) not turn into a big accident.I doubt that they do. In your example, it is something that happens with a fair amount of frequency and there is very little danger associated with suddenly increasing a plane's altititude.
With lasers, there is a significant amount of danger. An announcement indicating that lasers were being pointed at the pilot would probably put some serious fear into the passengers. That fear could result in some serious consequences inside the plane itself.
From this, not only do I presume that you don't have a pilots license, but it appears that you have never actually seen the inside of a commercial airliner.
Anyone who disagrees with me is a scared little wussie and probably voted for BushIn my case, you are wrong. I voted for the other wealthy patrician.
Are they ill-tempered?
Dr. Evil: That makes me angry, and when Dr. Evil gets angry Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people DIE!
I cheated: My sig is from Luca when he was practicing outside of the Don's office. The quote you use is a bit too long for a /. sig.
Yeah. That would be a real problem Verizon provides great customer service today and I would have to invest heavily in trying to equal their support level.
Gotta go now, I've been on hold for 45 minutes...
Personally, I wouldn't. But, based on the number of Leapfrog toys we own already, I am sure my son's Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts and various other hangers-on would be more than happy to purchase one for him.
And, in response, she will sing a song for you!
Oh, wait, that would be a bad thing. Never mind.
Too bad you don't have the Testicular Fortitude to post as a logged in user.
Well, it might have been stupid on his part, but he was smarter than the SS agent that used a public mobile network to transmit files.
In other news, The President had to be reminded (again) that the White House Lobby Pay Phone should not be used to call Ariel Sharon.
As I read even more of the FA:
It appears the feds knew about this months ago.
RTFA:
It appears that if you sue, you won't win.