Leaving aside the argument about the credit monitoring services themselves for a moment..
Freeze your credit record, if you haven't already. I did this years ago and it works really well. You give them a 6 digit PIN and without that PIN it's impossible to get so much as a cell phone much less open a line of credit. When you want to refi your home or some such, you just thaw it for a 10 day period and it re-freezes automatically.
"I shouldn't have to do that" is not going to much comfort if someone steals your identity.
If his computer was made by a manufacturer which is still around, he can get a recovery DVD from the company for a small fee.
If not, see the section of the page titled "What to do if you cannot get recovery media from your manufacturer". Basically, you take a retail copy of the OS in question and delete a.cfg file. That will allow you to install the OS using an OEM key. This is actually a lot easier if you use a thumb drive to install the OS rather than a DVD, since with a thumb drive your can just delete (or rename) the ei.cfg file.
Microsoft fixed the underlying vulnerability over a year ago.. Less than a month after it was first reported.
Do people really run computers with security patches turned off? Computers connected to the internet? Computers which are primarily used to open files emailed by random strangers?
Android has a back button, iOS and Windows do not.
Actually, Android and Windows Phone both have dedicated back buttons. iPhone is the outlier here.
What about notifications? I haven't seen Windows Phone's implementation, but Android notifications are light years ahead of the simple ones that iOS supports.
Notification functionality is pretty much identical on my Windows Phone and Nexus 5.
This stuff is all simple. The hard thing to emulate would be in-app advertisements and in-app purchases. Developers take that very seriously, for obvious reasons.
Osama bin Laden managed to hide in plain sight for 6 years by doing something similar.
The basic approach of senior Al Qaeda figures was to use laptops but never connect them to the internet. Everything was based on thumb drives, which were moved around by trusted couriers. You couldn't plant a mole in there, because they basically didn't trust anyone they hadn't known for several generations.
He was eventually tracked down because his most trusted courier was on the phone with a friend being pestered about what he was doing, and the CIA happened to be listening.
I like this new one, seems to have been done for the right reasons.
What exactly are "the right reasons"?
I'm being serious. Is there some sort of "right" or "noble" reason to spend all this money jumping from slightly higher than the last guy who spent a lot of money?
Am I missing something here? Off the top of my head, the only reasons which come to mind are "extreme wealth" and "boredom".
Shipping tonnage and water displacement are two very different things. Tonnage refers to cargo, and because it determines a lot of fees and taxes, the industry has been "tinkering" with it for centuries:
The answer's pretty simple: Lots of people go more than 24 billing cycles before they upgrade their phone.
Some people just forget. Some people are waiting for a particular phone. Some people don't even realize they CAN get a new phone.
I worked with a guy who was paying Verizon a standard, subsidized phone rate. He was using a 4 or 5 year old flip phone. No kidding. I literally had to bowbeat this man into getting a new phone.
This is free money for the carriers. Heck, the last time I had a subsidized phone I kept it for 27 months. I was waiting for the Nexus 4 to come out, and it just wasn't worth the hassle of switching carriers or SIM chips to avoid 3 months of "overpay".
An attitude like yours ensures that we get shit people in the military, not people who care to do a good job.
I'd say it's the military's "up or out" policies which keep lousy workers in the military.
Forcing 10 or 15 good, competent E4s to muster out because there were only 5 promotion slots available this year is insane. Most organizations will do almost anything to avoid high turnover in their employees.
The Chromebooks look nice for certain situations, and I've been tempted to pick one up.
But why haven't there been any good ChromeBoxes?? I have unused monitors and keyboards sitting around, and there's plenty of cases which need a larger screen and a real keyboard.
If you can sell a full notebook with LCD, keyboard, and battery for $199, where is the $49 Chromebox?
Samsung's efforts have been a complete joke. Over $300? Really? Dell sells "real" computers for less. With Windows, even.
Supposedly the new Chromebox from ASUS is based on Intel's "Next Unit of Computing". That thing starts at about $200 with no RAM.
If Roku can sell an ARM box capable of decompressing Full HD streams for $49, why can't Google get one to run ChromeOS?
Underground 'Wind Mines' Could Keep Electrical Grid Powered
Or is this electricity somehow only usable by data centers? In the same vein, couldn't you also store excess production from nuclear plants or coal generation this way?
TVs should be beautiful and dumb as dirt. They should be like a computer monitor: turn on when they sense a video signal. That's all the smarts they need.
Seriously, why would anyone ever want to build things like Netflix streaming and who-knows-what-else into a TV? What happens next year when you want to switch to Amazon's service, or Google's, or Apple's, or...? And your TV doesn't support it? What, buy a new TV??
You think a TV manufacturer is going to be Johnny On The Spot updating and patching last year's $3,000 "smart" TV which they don't even sell anymore? What's in it for them, exactly?
What if their search UI is worthless or they decide half of the guide screen should be targeted ads? What will you do about it? Buy à whole new TV?
Listen, friend. Buy a $99 blu-ray that streams from your provider of choice. Or better yet, a used Xbox 360. Buy a 3rd gen Roku box. Here's the good part: in 2014, if it doesn't meet your needs anymore, you're out a hundred bucks. No need to buy a new TV.
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Leaving aside the argument about the credit monitoring services themselves for a moment..
Freeze your credit record, if you haven't already. I did this years ago and it works really well. You give them a 6 digit PIN and without that PIN it's impossible to get so much as a cell phone much less open a line of credit. When you want to refi your home or some such, you just thaw it for a 10 day period and it re-freezes automatically.
"I shouldn't have to do that" is not going to much comfort if someone steals your identity.
Blah blah blah ..Good idea!,, blah blah ..Bad Idea!.. blah blah...
Could someone just post a link where I can sign up to get $1,000 a month?
I already make good money, but an extra grand would certainly help.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say they "Pulled a Hyunadia," i.e., overstated mileage.
Volkswagon's mileage data was correct; they were just spewing pollutants.
They certainly set a blistering development pace.
http://answers.microsoft.com/e...
If his computer was made by a manufacturer which is still around, he can get a recovery DVD from the company for a small fee.
If not, see the section of the page titled "What to do if you cannot get recovery media from your manufacturer". Basically, you take a retail copy of the OS in question and delete a .cfg file. That will allow you to install the OS using an OEM key. This is actually a lot easier if you use a thumb drive to install the OS rather than a DVD, since with a thumb drive your can just delete (or rename) the ei.cfg file.
You bastard. I had friends on Alderan.
Systemd will fix that soon enough.
Microsoft fixed the underlying vulnerability over a year ago.. Less than a month after it was first reported.
Do people really run computers with security patches turned off?
Computers connected to the internet?
Computers which are primarily used to open files emailed by random strangers?
Actually, Android and Windows Phone both have dedicated back buttons. iPhone is the outlier here.
Notification functionality is pretty much identical on my Windows Phone and Nexus 5.
This stuff is all simple. The hard thing to emulate would be in-app advertisements and in-app purchases. Developers take that very seriously, for obvious reasons.
Not surprising. A few days ago, this nine year old kid was suspended for making "Terroristic Threats".
Specifically, he told one of his classmates that he had a magic ring forged at Mount Doom and he could make him disappear.
http://fw.to/kSQ7iAQ
Osama bin Laden managed to hide in plain sight for 6 years by doing something similar.
The basic approach of senior Al Qaeda figures was to use laptops but never connect them to the internet. Everything was based on thumb drives, which were moved around by trusted couriers. You couldn't plant a mole in there, because they basically didn't trust anyone they hadn't known for several generations.
He was eventually tracked down because his most trusted courier was on the phone with a friend being pestered about what he was doing, and the CIA happened to be listening.
Did you even glance at the linked screenshot?
The certificate is signed by some random, internal IP address. No browser would think it's a valid in the first place.
At least my credit card doesn't run out of juice after 1-2 days in my pocket.
Give it to your wife. She can make that happen. [rimshot]
What exactly are "the right reasons"?
I'm being serious. Is there some sort of "right" or "noble" reason to spend all this money jumping from slightly higher than the last guy who spent a lot of money?
Am I missing something here? Off the top of my head, the only reasons which come to mind are "extreme wealth" and "boredom".
Shipping tonnage and water displacement are two very different things. Tonnage refers to cargo, and because it determines a lot of fees and taxes, the industry has been "tinkering" with it for centuries:
Tonnage (ships)
For a good explanation of the Panama's post-expansion capacity, see:
The New Panamax
China is still a little sensitive regarding military actions of Japan
All it takes is one charismatic mad-man.....
Japan is a little sensitive about China sitting on dozens of ICBM's and claiming a large part of the western Pacific Ocean as their own.
All it takes is one prudent leader.
Many of the things built out of steel are things we don't want degrading any time soon.
The answer's pretty simple: Lots of people go more than 24 billing cycles before they upgrade their phone.
Some people just forget. Some people are waiting for a particular phone. Some people don't even realize they CAN get a new phone.
I worked with a guy who was paying Verizon a standard, subsidized phone rate. He was using a 4 or 5 year old flip phone. No kidding. I literally had to bowbeat this man into getting a new phone.
This is free money for the carriers. Heck, the last time I had a subsidized phone I kept it for 27 months. I was waiting for the Nexus 4 to come out, and it just wasn't worth the hassle of switching carriers or SIM chips to avoid 3 months of "overpay".
I'd say it's the military's "up or out" policies which keep lousy workers in the military.
Forcing 10 or 15 good, competent E4s to muster out because there were only 5 promotion slots available this year is insane. Most organizations will do almost anything to avoid high turnover in their employees.
The Chromebooks look nice for certain situations, and I've been tempted to pick one up.
But why haven't there been any good ChromeBoxes?? I have unused monitors and keyboards sitting around, and there's plenty of cases which need a larger screen and a real keyboard.
If you can sell a full notebook with LCD, keyboard, and battery for $199, where is the $49 Chromebox?
Samsung's efforts have been a complete joke. Over $300? Really? Dell sells "real" computers for less. With Windows, even.
Supposedly the new Chromebox from ASUS is based on Intel's "Next Unit of Computing". That thing starts at about $200 with no RAM.
If Roku can sell an ARM box capable of decompressing Full HD streams for $49, why can't Google get one to run ChromeOS?
How about an alternate headline:
Underground 'Wind Mines' Could Keep Electrical Grid Powered
Or is this electricity somehow only usable by data centers? In the same vein, couldn't you also store excess production from nuclear plants or coal generation this way?
Is electricity no longer fungible?
The 777 has been certified for ETOPS 330 for several years. source
Never ever ever buy a smart TV.
TVs should be beautiful and dumb as dirt. They should be like a computer monitor: turn on when they sense a video signal. That's all the smarts they need.
Seriously, why would anyone ever want to build things like Netflix streaming and who-knows-what-else into a TV? What happens next year when you want to switch to Amazon's service, or Google's, or Apple's, or...? And your TV doesn't support it? What, buy a new TV??
You think a TV manufacturer is going to be Johnny On The Spot updating and patching last year's $3,000 "smart" TV which they don't even sell anymore? What's in it for them, exactly?
What if their search UI is worthless or they decide half of the guide screen should be targeted ads? What will you do about it? Buy à whole new TV?
Listen, friend. Buy a $99 blu-ray that streams from your provider of choice. Or better yet, a used Xbox 360. Buy a 3rd gen Roku box. Here's the good part: in 2014, if it doesn't meet your needs anymore, you're out a hundred bucks. No need to buy a new TV.
They should do that the other way round.
If they can't agree on the method for fast charging, it's good that they don't agree on the connector either.