Hmm , lets see. Just off the top of my head - not tightly integrating the HTML engine with the core OS, not having all system daemons running with administrator privs, having a proper setuid system, not being able to send abitrary messages to the windows of other apps. I'm sure google can provide you with a load more.
Depends which drugs. Cannabis? Not so bad. Crack cocaine or meth? Hell yes!
"Kids are locked in prisons all day without any freedoms or rights"
Oh get over yourself. Kids are made to go to school because if left to their own devices 90% of them would learn NOTHING. And kids DON'T have the same rights as adults so stop sulking about it just because you probably didn't like school much.
"totally unnecessary activities such as gym/exercise/art/music/computers/and other classes that are non-essential."
Yeah , I mean who wants a country full of fat bastards with heart disease to get fit. I'm mean thats just cruel isn't it? As for other stuff, peh! Learning, who needs it eh when you can be a troll on slashdot all your life instead?
"setting up the school day for non-learning and/or non-critical life activities and then requiring every student to participate in them is wrong."
No, it isn't. But perhaps when you become an adult you'll realise why.
Tell me , if all this is so obvious, how come you didn't design it?
Besides which , when https was designed it was a pretty hefty burden on the server CPUs of the day so it was logical that only the parts that needed security would actually use https. Unfortunately hindsight always does have 20/20 vision and people who pretend its their own insight are usually full of it.
To see how the bad the presidents love life is to make themselves feel better? Or if this was a few years ago perhaps they just wanted to hear Carli Bruni singing in the bath?
And everything still looks like an assortment of blobs surrounded by splotches and patches. An imaging system that requires training to be able to understand what you're seeing really isn't a very good one. Though I suppose its the best we have at the moment for the price.
"has permanently destroyed my acceptance of capitalism"
Since when did an economic model have any relevance on what security software a company is developing? You think the russians are just sitting around writing screensavers full of fluffy bunny rabbits?
"I bailed on it (with a proverbial "fuck you stasi bastards" "
Very mature.
Jeez, I've never read such a lot of lefty student tosh in all my life.
Given the number of server side linux installs on x86 machines the PC manufacturers are not going to shoot themselves in the foot and not supply machines that linux can be (pre)installed on. They'll probably have a Windows compatable line and a Linux compatible line. At least for servers. For desktops and laptops things could get a bit tricky I suppose, but then I was under the impression all this secure boot crap could be switched off in the BIOS anyway?
They're not something you can guess. Someone with access to those systems either was careless with them, let someone else use their account and they were stolen or its an inside job and they're simply trying to make it look like it was external hackers.
Does your comment have a worthwhile purpose? As for why not - this project makes the calculator less useful since it'll be crap as a general purpose computer and now it'll be crap as a calculator too. Which rather defeats the point of most "nerd" projects which is generally to improve things.
You can't "play hard" if you have no time left to do it in. Anyway , its a stupid meme. Play is supposed to be fun , not some competitive dick waving contest for tedious type A inadequates to out-brag each other.
As something with a worthwhile purpose? Umm , not sure about that one. Slow CPU, bugger all memory or storage , tiny screen and a lousy keyboard. Not really my idea of useful general purpose computer. And do you really want to risk screwing up a rather (for a calculator) expensive bit of kit?
Because when the users realise that its never going to be taken seriously and try and offload their now worthless trinkets the value will start to collapse. The original speculators however will have already made their killing and be long gone.
Use an ethernet cable if you're at home. Faster AND more secure. Ok , you can't if its a smartphone or an ipad but I'm talking about when using proper computers, not toys.
They brought the weapons on board with them. Its unlikely the hijackings would have succeeded if they'd been armed with some plastic knives from the food trays.
Liquids and gases are both fluids. If the weight of the molecules in a mixed gas made any different then earths and every other planets atmosphere would have seperated out into layers billions of years ago.
They have a global warming potential thousands of times higher than CO2 and are being released into the atmosphere in large quantities. HCFCs replaced CFCs because they don't react with ozone so don't destroy the ozone layer. The downside of that is they don't react with ANYTHING in the atmosphere so no one has an idea how they will ever be removed. This is a potentially major issue which isn't being taken seriously enough.
When 2 liquids can dissolve with each other the weight of the molecules is pretty irrelevant. How do you think alcohol and water mix when water is so much denser? You don't see the alcohol sink to the bottom in a wine bottle left for decades for example.
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Hmm , lets see. Just off the top of my head - not tightly integrating the HTML engine with the core OS, not having all system daemons running with administrator privs, having a proper setuid system, not being able to send abitrary messages to the windows of other apps. I'm sure google can provide you with a load more.
"Drugs are bad!"
Depends which drugs. Cannabis? Not so bad. Crack cocaine or meth? Hell yes!
"Kids are locked in prisons all day without any freedoms or rights"
Oh get over yourself. Kids are made to go to school because if left to their own devices 90% of them would learn NOTHING. And kids DON'T have the same rights as adults so stop sulking about it just because you probably didn't like school much.
"totally unnecessary activities such as gym/exercise/art/music/computers/and other classes that are non-essential."
Yeah , I mean who wants a country full of fat bastards with heart disease to get fit. I'm mean thats just cruel isn't it? As for other stuff, peh! Learning, who needs it eh when you can be a troll on slashdot all your life instead?
"setting up the school day for non-learning and/or non-critical life activities and then requiring every student to participate in them is wrong."
No, it isn't. But perhaps when you become an adult you'll realise why.
"I'm not sure how it would have cost them any less if they'd have gone with an Apple-branded OS. Or even Linux for that matter."
Just a wild stab in dark but perhaps they wouldn't have ended up with a trojan on all their systems because OS/X and Linux have better security.
Tell me , if all this is so obvious, how come you didn't design it?
Besides which , when https was designed it was a pretty hefty burden on the server CPUs of the day so it was logical that only the parts that needed security would actually use https. Unfortunately hindsight always does have 20/20 vision and people who pretend its their own insight are usually full of it.
To see how the bad the presidents love life is to make themselves feel better? Or if this was a few years ago perhaps they just wanted to hear Carli Bruni singing in the bath?
"In a capitalist society, a divide develops and society falls into those who control and those who are controlled. "
You seem to be confusing the economic model with the social model. Do try a bit harder.
"Regarding maturity, do you find it unacceptable that someone should be principled and express that verbally? "
I find it farcical that
A) you didn't find out what the firm were involved in before you went to the interview and
B) you expressed yourself like a silly little 12 year old.
"Sometimes "fuck you" is the best answer."
Sure, if you're a kid in a school playground. Not if you're a supposed adult in a job interview. Grow up.
And everything still looks like an assortment of blobs surrounded by splotches and patches. An imaging system that requires training to be able to understand what you're seeing really isn't a very good one. Though I suppose its the best we have at the moment for the price.
"has permanently destroyed my acceptance of capitalism"
Since when did an economic model have any relevance on what security software a company is developing? You think the russians are just sitting around writing screensavers full of fluffy bunny rabbits?
"I bailed on it (with a proverbial "fuck you stasi bastards" "
Very mature.
Jeez, I've never read such a lot of lefty student tosh in all my life.
Given the number of server side linux installs on x86 machines the PC manufacturers are not going to shoot themselves in the foot and not supply machines that linux can be (pre)installed on. They'll probably have a Windows compatable line and a Linux compatible line. At least for servers. For desktops and laptops things could get a bit tricky I suppose, but then I was under the impression all this secure boot crap could be switched off in the BIOS anyway?
They're not something you can guess. Someone with access to those systems either was careless with them, let someone else use their account and they were stolen or its an inside job and they're simply trying to make it look like it was external hackers.
Which bit of the subject line didn't you understand?
"Does chess have a worthwile purpose?"
Does your comment have a worthwhile purpose? As for why not - this project makes the calculator less useful since it'll be crap as a general purpose computer and now it'll be crap as a calculator too. Which rather defeats the point of most "nerd" projects which is generally to improve things.
"Work hard, play hard, as the mantra goes."
You can't "play hard" if you have no time left to do it in. Anyway , its a stupid meme. Play is supposed to be fun , not some competitive dick waving contest for tedious type A inadequates to out-brag each other.
"I realized what most other people realize by their 30s --- that companies don't give a fuck and you shouldn't either."
Having worked before I went to uni I realised it at 18. It amazes me it takes people 10 years in the workplace to catch this particular cluetrain.
As something with a worthwhile purpose? Umm , not sure about that one. Slow CPU, bugger all memory or storage , tiny screen and a lousy keyboard. Not really my idea of useful general purpose computer. And do you really want to risk screwing up a rather (for a calculator) expensive bit of kit?
"Why is it a Ponzi scheme?"
Because when the users realise that its never going to be taken seriously and try and offload their now worthless trinkets the value will start to collapse. The original speculators however will have already made their killing and be long gone.
"computers in multiple rooms (bedrooms, kitchens, offices, bathrooms???), surveillance systems on dedicated computers"
You obviously have a lot more money than I do.
"your mom's house happens to be in the basement"
I can't think of a single house I've ever been in that had a basement/cellar. Must be an american thing.
Why do they need to be wired up? Put the computer near the router FFS. Unless you live in a 20 bedroom mansion whats the problem?
Use an ethernet cable if you're at home. Faster AND more secure. Ok , you can't if its a smartphone or an ipad but I'm talking about when using proper computers, not toys.
They brought the weapons on board with them. Its unlikely the hijackings would have succeeded if they'd been armed with some plastic knives from the food trays.
No , utterly incompetent - bordering on non-existent - security checking in sept 2001 gave us that..
Liquids and gases are both fluids. If the weight of the molecules in a mixed gas made any different then earths and every other planets atmosphere would have seperated out into layers billions of years ago.
Um , no, you don't. Go get yourself a clue.
They have a global warming potential thousands of times higher than CO2 and are being released into the atmosphere in large quantities. HCFCs replaced CFCs because they don't react with ozone so don't destroy the ozone layer. The downside of that is they don't react with ANYTHING in the atmosphere so no one has an idea how they will ever be removed. This is a potentially major issue which isn't being taken seriously enough.
When 2 liquids can dissolve with each other the weight of the molecules is pretty irrelevant. How do you think alcohol and water mix when water is so much denser? You don't see the alcohol sink to the bottom in a wine bottle left for decades for example.