I think they just consider it like a bridge. You keep it while it's useful and you bomb it before the enemy use it to his advantage. As soon as the oil exchange plan is doomed they'll be back on line before you say "OMG ponies".
Supposing that you could actually isolate Russia off the net...What will you do next when infected bots running in computers located in every other country, including US, attack? Isolate them as well? If you isolate everybody, you isolate yourself.
Besides, I don't think banning the entire population of a country because a tiny portion of them do something illegal is going to help anybody. Where do you get those ideas from anyway? Mein Kampf?
Listen to you people! Invasion? Yeah, now tell me Chavez and Castro are the masterminds behind Bonzi Buddy so you have to invade!! What a pathetic excuse. You sure sound like Nazis saying that.
It's not a game. Rules in the battlefield get very bent and twisted, when not broken. Like if Chinese robots won't disguise as civilians if US robots can't shoot them.
Somebody please explain me why engaging in war with your own employees, specially on such delicate matters as payment, is going to affect the stocks of the company in a positive way.
Wouldn't they ensure employee happiness so they perform better so the company earns more and be more productive etc etc?
The system would allow managers to monitor employees' performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure.
I propose the Ballmer scale. All these measurements combined add up much as SpamAssasin rating system.
0.0. Normal state, even slightly happy.
0.1. Slightly upset, nothing to worry about.
0.2. Upset. Something's going on with this guy but he won't make it evident.
0.4. Angry. He's having a bad day, he'll be fine tomorrow.
0.6. Furious. Avoid when possible. Do not step in his way.
0.8. Very furious. Considered dangerous. Contact law enforcement immediately.
1.0. Berserker. Expect exploding forehead veins and mayor damage to company's furniture.
Not just that. Much of the traffic goes through backbones in US so you'll never know whether you are being watched or not for sure.
I encourage everyone here to watch Rick Falvinge's talk entitled "Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties" at Google. Basically it says that anti-copyright measures should stop where your privacy starts.
After Rick's talk at Google entitled "Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties", you can read "Copyright 2007 Google, Inc. All rights reserved. Other uses, either in whole or part, are strictly prohibited without express permisson of the copyright owner."
"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet." - William Gibson.
Consider yourself lucky to live in a country where iPhones are available in every retail store. So you are far more near to the future than the 80% of the world.
Make everyone get high (as in smoked) before they enter the plane. By the time the plane is in the air, everyone is happy laughing to death, dizzy or sleeping. And any doped terrorist would be too lazy to leave his/her comfy chair to hijack the airplane. No matter how many knives or bombs they have. Airlines will require to carry a huge load of chocolate, though.
Of course you could also use sleeping pills or any other drug for similar effects.
I just saw in Top Gear (Season 10 ep 8, sorry no link. Google for it) a prototype from BMW that drives itself through the circuit they always use at optimum speeds. It has apparently learned the circuit from the first lap that they drove manually.
Imagine how open source algorithms might revolutionize car tuning.
They just want to prevent anyone from copying the pyramids and the sphinx to use them for commercial purposes, but who in it's right mind would do that?
I'm not in US, not a US Citizen... I just can't see all you people, grown adults, whine on an online website, while doing NOTHING to solve the problem. Get out to the streets or something. Stop being afraid of what others will think about you if you stand up for your rights. It's up to you to leave a better country for your kids.
It has always occurred to me that our "messages" are seen as noise in the universal network. Like attaching a can with a string to a network switch, talking to it and pretending to get an answer.
If we could only send a DHCP request... That would be the first step.
Economics has transformed the: "Make it work, make it fast, make it nice" to: "Make it work, distribute it, then make it fast and then nice through service packs/updates"
And sometimes you don't even have the chance to make it work properly. So you ship a non working product and then make it work using service packs.
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I think they just consider it like a bridge. You keep it while it's useful and you bomb it before the enemy use it to his advantage. As soon as the oil exchange plan is doomed they'll be back on line before you say "OMG ponies".
Great!! Now I don't need to watch it! You saved me what? 2 complete seasons? Thanks for saving my time man!!
I can tell you about Lost to compensate you. The 3 full seasons.
And no, I'm not being ironic, I truly and sincerely mean it.
Don't welcome these overlords. We can cut that joke already don't we? I mean, it was fun at the beginning but not anymore.
Thanks
Yeah, specially if he plays the "organ".
Supposing that you could actually isolate Russia off the net...What will you do next when infected bots running in computers located in every other country, including US, attack? Isolate them as well? If you isolate everybody, you isolate yourself.
Besides, I don't think banning the entire population of a country because a tiny portion of them do something illegal is going to help anybody. Where do you get those ideas from anyway? Mein Kampf?
Listen to you people! Invasion? Yeah, now tell me Chavez and Castro are the masterminds behind Bonzi Buddy so you have to invade!! What a pathetic excuse. You sure sound like Nazis saying that.
Can it blind a limo driver with a princess on the backseat?
Go tell that to John Connor...
It's not a game. Rules in the battlefield get very bent and twisted, when not broken. Like if Chinese robots won't disguise as civilians if US robots can't shoot them.
It's because nobody is using Vista!
This reminds me of some co-workers in Dominican Republic joking they didn't had car accidents because there isn't a single statistic on that matter.
Somebody please explain me why engaging in war with your own employees, specially on such delicate matters as payment, is going to affect the stocks of the company in a positive way.
Wouldn't they ensure employee happiness so they perform better so the company earns more and be more productive etc etc?
I've just had a "functional" Macintosh Classic as a present for my birthday. Now THAT's art.
I'd like a trench coat made with this material, it will make Marilin Manson look like Shirley Temple
The system would allow managers to monitor employees' performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure.
I propose the Ballmer scale. All these measurements combined add up much as SpamAssasin rating system.
0.0. Normal state, even slightly happy.
0.1. Slightly upset, nothing to worry about.
0.2. Upset. Something's going on with this guy but he won't make it evident.
0.4. Angry. He's having a bad day, he'll be fine tomorrow.
0.6. Furious. Avoid when possible. Do not step in his way.
0.8. Very furious. Considered dangerous. Contact law enforcement immediately.
1.0. Berserker. Expect exploding forehead veins and mayor damage to company's furniture.
This is like giving away free tickets for the Titanic...Unless you have a better use for the laser.
Not just that. Much of the traffic goes through backbones in US so you'll never know whether you are being watched or not for sure.
I encourage everyone here to watch Rick Falvinge's talk entitled "Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties" at Google. Basically it says that anti-copyright measures should stop where your privacy starts.
After Rick's talk at Google entitled "Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties", you can read "Copyright 2007 Google, Inc. All rights reserved. Other uses, either in whole or part, are strictly prohibited without express permisson of the copyright owner."
Great talk by the way. Worth looking at.
"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet." - William Gibson.
Consider yourself lucky to live in a country where iPhones are available in every retail store. So you are far more near to the future than the 80% of the world.
Make everyone get high (as in smoked) before they enter the plane. By the time the plane is in the air, everyone is happy laughing to death, dizzy or sleeping. And any doped terrorist would be too lazy to leave his/her comfy chair to hijack the airplane. No matter how many knives or bombs they have.
Airlines will require to carry a huge load of chocolate, though.
Of course you could also use sleeping pills or any other drug for similar effects.
I just saw in Top Gear (Season 10 ep 8, sorry no link. Google for it) a prototype from BMW that drives itself through the circuit they always use at optimum speeds. It has apparently learned the circuit from the first lap that they drove manually.
Imagine how open source algorithms might revolutionize car tuning.
Oh Yes! I'd love to play Duke while my flying GM does all the hard work flying me home.
Time for a new contest ladies and gentelmen:
The first one to hack those and put Bush face on there wins.
The prize? Fame, respect from peers, pride, a lot of media attention and, maybe, a prosecution.
They just want to prevent anyone from copying the pyramids and the sphinx to use them for commercial purposes, but who in it's right mind would do that?
Stop whinnying and DO something (legal)!!
I'm not in US, not a US Citizen... I just can't see all you people, grown adults, whine on an online website, while doing NOTHING to solve the problem. Get out to the streets or something. Stop being afraid of what others will think about you if you stand up for your rights. It's up to you to leave a better country for your kids.
Just an idea.
With those hairy armpits? Are you French or something?
It has always occurred to me that our "messages" are seen as noise in the universal network. Like attaching a can with a string to a network switch, talking to it and pretending to get an answer.
If we could only send a DHCP request... That would be the first step.
Economics has transformed the:
"Make it work, make it fast, make it nice"
to:
"Make it work, distribute it, then make it fast and then nice through service packs/updates"
And sometimes you don't even have the chance to make it work properly. So you ship a non working product and then make it work using service packs.