I routinely give Zonk a lot of shit about his dupes or poor editing*, but I actually found this to be a well written and informative review. Maybe I'm just going soft (in the head).
*I consider Zonk bashing to be a hobby, but I'd turn pro if I could get a lucrative sponsorship deal.
Yeah, interesting point. Another possibility is that Apple put it there for developers to leverage/make use of, and no one has yet. Or if they have, it hasn't really made a splash.
Wrong. Traffic tickets, parking tickets, and depending where you are, pot smoking, are all infractions, not misdemeanors. There are exceptions, of course. If you drive 90 mph in a 25 mph school zone, it will be more than a infraction.
Secondly, according to the article, the woman already confessed. True, she hasn't pleaded in court, but I don't think we're making too great an assumption that she's guilty.
And exactly what is so "modest" about improperly accessing an individual's information from your company's database? And then using that information to commit a "modest" crime?
Perhaps the fact that it is so easy and so tempting is exactly why we need stiff penalties. If a stiff penalty is what it takes to keep you from mucking about with my information for whatever purpose you might have, then I'm all for stiff penalties, up to and including your new husband/cellmate.
Well, the headline isn't so much misleading as it is just plain wrong. Do the editors actually do any editing here? (I'm not new here, that was a rhetorical question.)
I worked for a company that made tutorial CDs for popular video/multimedia software. We also created marketing CDs for some video equipment makers. Very small company, but we had the same problem. The owner would constantly interrupt whatever we were doing so he could tell us his latest great idea. If we weren't able to shoot him down, we'd have to implement it. If you shot down too many ideas, you weren't a team player, problem solver, etc., and you were out of there. It was like the boss had idea diarrhea
Once at lunch, a coworker said, "It's like J___ craps into his hand, then holds it in your face and says, 'smell this and tell me what you think.'" Not to long after that, I finally told him (politely) that his shit did indeed stink*.
Oh, and because we were constantly behind and missing deadlines, every few days we'd have these time wasting meeting to brainstorm how we could "work smarter, not harder". That was the boss's favorite slogan. The meetings were excruciating, especially early on when I gave a shit about what I was doing there.
Anyway, I actually feel sorry for the guy. He was the victim of reading to many management books and he subscribed to Business 2.0.
*What I actually said was somthing like this: "You've got an incredibly creative mind and you're constantly coming up with amazing ideas, but it would be good if you wrote them down first, so you could prioritize and choose which ideas are the best and most applicable." Call me a coward, but it's a small world.
I see you didn't RTFA. She changed her B to an A. It was her roommate who was failing. The UC PD is investigating if other students were involved, the implication being that this was an entrepreneurial endeavor.
I remember the first time I heard someone ask, "Is this deadline hard or soft?" I was just the video guy, so I kept my mouth shut and didn't laugh. The lead didn't even blink, and said, "Well, it's mostly firm, but a launch date hasn't been announced publicly, so we'll see at the end of the month." Good thing I didn't laugh.
We're a little ways from the penalty phase of this case, aren't we? The woman has been arrested and charged with a crime, by a real police department (i.e., not just campus security). It's just been or is about to be handed over to a DA or city/county prosecutor.
The penalty phase won't come until and if she is found guilty by a jury, and generally they'll decide on the severity of the punishment. Of course, the penalty could come earlier, if she accepts a plea agreement.
FYI, it's not the school that's charging her with the crimes, but the police department. Under the UC system, it's a real police department, not just campus security. Law enforcement, with full law enforcement powers within their jurisdiction. The various UCPDs work closely with each university, but they're answerable to the UC system and the state as a whole (via the regents, who are political appointees).
This woman stole the identities of two people, then used those identities to illegal access the system twice. That's serious. Your arguments that what she did is not severe aren't germane (yet). When the case gets handed to the DA or City Prosecutor, it will be considered I'm sure. It will be something her defense attorney will put forth to judge and jury, if she pleads not guilty.
I'd argue that the fact that she "only" changed grades, and didn't go on a CC buying spree is not that relevant. She engaged in criminal activity that reaches the level of felony in this state. Not an infraction, not a misdemeanor, but a felony. I think that saying what she did is less severe is almost like saying that someone who steals a Kia is less of a criminal than someone who steals a Rolls Royce. Or better, saying that stealing a car to use as a getaway car in a liquor store robbery is less severe that if it was used in a bank robbery.
If you want to argue that the illegal access itself is less severe than if she broke into a military or other similar installation, I'll grant you that. But if she did that, the charges themselves would potentially be much more serious.
At any rate, this is all a bit premature. At the moment it's a police matter, at least as far as charging her for crimes is concerned. The police in general will charge a person with the maximum. If they think someone committed a murder, they charge them with murder. After that, it's up to the DA to prosecute for murder, for manslaughter, or both. Then it's up for a jury to decide her fate (unless a plea agreement can be reached).
This doesn't answer your question about Tiger performance on older G4 hardware, but you might be interested in taking a look at this or this from here.
It's really not that much more to get a Mac mini, when you think about all you get with a mini. But if you need those slots, and you've got money invested in the hardware . . .
Last time I checked, you got both system restore and system install disks with an Apple computer. I know that's not always the case on the windows side.
I'm not even sure what's on the system restore disks, since I've never bothered to use them.
The sad fact is that in some areas, Catholic schools are better than the public schools, and there are no secular private school alternatives. I've known a few Jews who went to Catholic schools, because their parents believed in getting the best education possible. (IIRC, they were excused from religious training).
From what I know about the Catholic schools in my area, they have an excellent reputation, if you can overlook the religious indoctrination.
It's not so much that I'm into hentai as it is that I'm into squid (once the beaks are removed and they've been defrosted, of course). I'm been trying to pitch a version of American Pie to the Japanese studios, but so far, no takers.
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It was good enough for home movies and cable access
or artsy fartsy stuff.
This guy that did the lumakey stuff, Frank something (I'm amazed that I can remember, given how damaged I was at the time), had a little studio on Laguna Street in SF. Theatre Rhinoceros or Rhinoceros Studio or something. He had a really beautiful girlfriend; that was an early indication that geeks could have beautiful girlfriends if they claimed to be "artists". =)
I don't thing Dave needs to do any karma whoring. I think he's more concerned about the degradation of the signal/noise ratio. By getting the good info out there first, one doesn't have to wade through nearly as much utter crap to be informed.
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Are you honestly trying to tell us that this doesn't have magical powers? Wait until it stalks you in stealth mode.
I wonder how they will pick the five dentists that will participate in the survey. Are they going to get the same guys from the trident survey?
I routinely give Zonk a lot of shit about his dupes or poor editing*, but I actually found this to be a well written and informative review. Maybe I'm just going soft (in the head).
*I consider Zonk bashing to be a hobby, but I'd turn pro if I could get a lucrative sponsorship deal.
Or even worse, "Don't Mess with Texas".
Yeah, interesting point. Another possibility is that Apple put it there for developers to leverage/make use of, and no one has yet. Or if they have, it hasn't really made a splash.
Wrong. Traffic tickets, parking tickets, and depending where you are, pot smoking, are all infractions, not misdemeanors. There are exceptions, of course. If you drive 90 mph in a 25 mph school zone, it will be more than a infraction.
Secondly, according to the article, the woman already confessed. True, she hasn't pleaded in court, but I don't think we're making too great an assumption that she's guilty.
And exactly what is so "modest" about improperly accessing an individual's information from your company's database? And then using that information to commit a "modest" crime?
Perhaps the fact that it is so easy and so tempting is exactly why we need stiff penalties. If a stiff penalty is what it takes to keep you from mucking about with my information for whatever purpose you might have, then I'm all for stiff penalties, up to and including your new husband/cellmate.
Well, the headline isn't so much misleading as it is just plain wrong. Do the editors actually do any editing here? (I'm not new here, that was a rhetorical question.)
I worked for a company that made tutorial CDs for popular video/multimedia software. We also created marketing CDs for some video equipment makers. Very small company, but we had the same problem. The owner would constantly interrupt whatever we were doing so he could tell us his latest great idea. If we weren't able to shoot him down, we'd have to implement it. If you shot down too many ideas, you weren't a team player, problem solver, etc., and you were out of there. It was like the boss had idea diarrhea
Once at lunch, a coworker said, "It's like J___ craps into his hand, then holds it in your face and says, 'smell this and tell me what you think.'" Not to long after that, I finally told him (politely) that his shit did indeed stink*.
Oh, and because we were constantly behind and missing deadlines, every few days we'd have these time wasting meeting to brainstorm how we could "work smarter, not harder". That was the boss's favorite slogan. The meetings were excruciating, especially early on when I gave a shit about what I was doing there.
Anyway, I actually feel sorry for the guy. He was the victim of reading to many management books and he subscribed to Business 2.0.
*What I actually said was somthing like this: "You've got an incredibly creative mind and you're constantly coming up with amazing ideas, but it would be good if you wrote them down first, so you could prioritize and choose which ideas are the best and most applicable." Call me a coward, but it's a small world.
The terrorists have already won.
I think the straw hat, the clip on sun glasses, the bermuda shorts, and the black socks worn with sandals are enough of a give away.
I was taught right from wrong by my parents. I've still done some pretty sleazy shit back in the day. But it must be the mental illness! =)
I see you didn't RTFA. She changed her B to an A. It was her roommate who was failing. The UC PD is investigating if other students were involved, the implication being that this was an entrepreneurial endeavor.
I remember the first time I heard someone ask, "Is this deadline hard or soft?" I was just the video guy, so I kept my mouth shut and didn't laugh. The lead didn't even blink, and said, "Well, it's mostly firm, but a launch date hasn't been announced publicly, so we'll see at the end of the month." Good thing I didn't laugh.
We're a little ways from the penalty phase of this case, aren't we? The woman has been arrested and charged with a crime, by a real police department (i.e., not just campus security). It's just been or is about to be handed over to a DA or city/county prosecutor.
The penalty phase won't come until and if she is found guilty by a jury, and generally they'll decide on the severity of the punishment. Of course, the penalty could come earlier, if she accepts a plea agreement.
FYI, it's not the school that's charging her with the crimes, but the police department. Under the UC system, it's a real police department, not just campus security. Law enforcement, with full law enforcement powers within their jurisdiction. The various UCPDs work closely with each university, but they're answerable to the UC system and the state as a whole (via the regents, who are political appointees).
This woman stole the identities of two people, then used those identities to illegal access the system twice. That's serious. Your arguments that what she did is not severe aren't germane (yet). When the case gets handed to the DA or City Prosecutor, it will be considered I'm sure. It will be something her defense attorney will put forth to judge and jury, if she pleads not guilty.
I'd argue that the fact that she "only" changed grades, and didn't go on a CC buying spree is not that relevant. She engaged in criminal activity that reaches the level of felony in this state. Not an infraction, not a misdemeanor, but a felony. I think that saying what she did is less severe is almost like saying that someone who steals a Kia is less of a criminal than someone who steals a Rolls Royce. Or better, saying that stealing a car to use as a getaway car in a liquor store robbery is less severe that if it was used in a bank robbery.
If you want to argue that the illegal access itself is less severe than if she broke into a military or other similar installation, I'll grant you that. But if she did that, the charges themselves would potentially be much more serious.
At any rate, this is all a bit premature. At the moment it's a police matter, at least as far as charging her for crimes is concerned. The police in general will charge a person with the maximum. If they think someone committed a murder, they charge them with murder. After that, it's up to the DA to prosecute for murder, for manslaughter, or both. Then it's up for a jury to decide her fate (unless a plea agreement can be reached).
Let me see if I'm following you on this.
A student cheats by hacking into the school computer system, changes her grade, gets caught, and you're saying it's society's fault?
This doesn't answer your question about Tiger performance on older G4 hardware, but you might be interested in taking a look at this or this from here.
It's really not that much more to get a Mac mini, when you think about all you get with a mini. But if you need those slots, and you've got money invested in the hardware . . .
Last time I checked, you got both system restore and system install disks with an Apple computer. I know that's not always the case on the windows side.
I'm not even sure what's on the system restore disks, since I've never bothered to use them.
Don't be such a wimp. Just get a pirate copy. If you just explain it was either that or dying at the hand of your spouse, no one will fault you.
The sad fact is that in some areas, Catholic schools are better than the public schools, and there are no secular private school alternatives. I've known a few Jews who went to Catholic schools, because their parents believed in getting the best education possible. (IIRC, they were excused from religious training).
From what I know about the Catholic schools in my area, they have an excellent reputation, if you can overlook the religious indoctrination.
It's not so much that I'm into hentai as it is that I'm into squid (once the beaks are removed and they've been defrosted, of course). I'm been trying to pitch a version of American Pie to the Japanese studios, but so far, no takers.
It was good enough for home movies and cable access
or artsy fartsy stuff.
This guy that did the lumakey stuff, Frank something (I'm amazed that I can remember, given how damaged I was at the time), had a little studio on Laguna Street in SF. Theatre Rhinoceros or Rhinoceros Studio or something. He had a really beautiful girlfriend; that was an early indication that geeks could have beautiful girlfriends if they claimed to be "artists". =)
I read your Retardist Manifesto.
One thing. I think you should change "pseudo-intellectual" to "sado-intellectual".
Hmmmm, I see Dave has at least one other account from which he posts...
Good try, but wrong. I'm Dave's mother.
I don't thing Dave needs to do any karma whoring. I think he's more concerned about the degradation of the signal/noise ratio. By getting the good info out there first, one doesn't have to wade through nearly as much utter crap to be informed.