In our company, we have resorted to implementing a fascist GPO to solve the problem. Actually, in the untrusted zone, IE can't:
- run javascript - directly launch an associated application (like a PDF) - run Flash - run ActiveX - change of the default home page - install toolbars - use any other search provider except Google
amongst others. It has become a sport to lock down IE as much as possible without removing it completely - this encourages using other browsers.
Annoying people so much that they switch browsers has actually been the best strategy so far to prevent IE security problems in a predominantly windows company.
These in our company that listen to music while coding or other work must do it through their PC, and there's a soft phone for our Cisco CallManager installed. This way, they hear it whenthe phone ringing.
And the fire alarm problem has been solved by installing an incredibly obnoxious alarm klaxon that you WILL hear when it's going off.
As harsh as it sounds, introduce such services only for US citizens and legal aliens, and refuse all other at the door.
When the illegals find out that they get better care in Mexico, they'll go there. And over there, you pay up-front or you're insured. Like in other places that don't have to close hospitals.
Can't Apple produce 15" or 13" laptops without that damn glossy display? These mirrors mounted on laptops get really annoying, and I'm not the only one who thinks that non-glossy displays are superior to their allegedly cheaper glossy displays.
One more guy who's looking for a used MBP on ebay.
Then they should simply not issue them a DL in the first instance. Are people already so badly impaired in the US? When I learnt driving, there wasn't an option to have an 'automatic-only' driving license for cars, so I learned how to drive a stick-shift vehicle.
...to "I want to have my arse caned in Changi prison like there's no tomorrow".
Using the phone behind the wheel is one thing. However, texting, however, distracts much more and takes your eyes off the road.
Those Asians, while having some problems with human rights, have found some working measures with completely braindead idiots - and caning for repeat traffic offenders is one of them, especially when causing an accident (with other persons involved, we're talking about "causing grievous injunry", and that's, to my knowledge, caning and jail).
Oh, yeah, one more hint - just using the phone while behind the wheel for the first time will set you back 1500 SGD, which is about 1200 US-$.
The problem the Swiss law seems to cause in Germany is not a Swiss problem per se, but a German problem. There are not only trucksloads of German money in Switzerland, but also truck loads of Germans. Drive through Zurich during the weekend, and see how many Germans come in with a professional mover to take residence.
They don't do it for fun. They do it because they're sick and tired of their own government, that robs them 60-70% of their income through various taxes, fees and so on, and they're looking for jobs.
Their completely inept government (Bush, against the Merkel crew is highly capable, although/.ers won't believe it) robs them of more than half of their income, and then it's just fair to run, or, alternatively, exert the only means of direct democracy in Germany - vote with their feet.
Furthermore, that money in Switzerland secures jobs in Switzerland, something the parent tries to neglect. Maybe his job, as he might be working in banking IT.
No, the Swiss government just has to tell the Germans to shove it where the sun never shines, stop spending money like there was no tomorrow, and consolidate.
And make sure that this time, there won't be a Berlin wall to keep out the qualified people from emigrating to Switzerland, the US, Singapore or other places that do not have as a prime requisite the obligation to relinquish 70% or more of your income for the 'greater good'.
The sooner the German government goes completely bankrupt, the better. A quick and painful end is better than a long and protracted one, unless Germany decides never to repay it's debts.
If we wanted to torture him, we'd subject him to this and this.
Even the CIA refuses to use this torture method, they consider waterboarding more humane.
...use rattan. A good old rattan cane, backed up by a solid baton. I've once seen somebody who's been caned for multiple extremely stupid traffic offenses, and believe me - after strike 1 - you ARE out of commission. And the pain is disabling, IMHO everything you need.
Tasers should be the replacement for using a handgun on the suspect's legs.
If that doesn't work - get a well-trained dog that will grab the suspect by his family jewels without biting them off - instant compliance, across every cultural circle.
What's really broken with Windows - trust. Not even Windows Update, but Windows in itself. Windows Update is just another add-on that tries to install crap onto your machine, like that "Malicious Software Removal Tool".
And of course the whole crappy spyware and trojan ecosystem, but that's not directly caused by MS.
I finally gave in and bought a Mac - I want Photoshop, and I can't have that on Linux (and no, forget The Gimp for what I'm doing).
The Internet Immolation Server has actually become more secure, with few, if any, bad security holes found in the last two years. However, this does not hinder the coder to develop secure software, and anything that plugs into IIS needs to be as secure as IIS.
The Internet Exploder however - well, it's reputation is well ahead of any statistics, as my de-wormed Windows boxen demonstrate.
a technical solution to social and legal problem. Since the system can be fooled, and WILL be fooled, we need some other implements to stop drunk driving.
The main problem here is that, obviously, revoking your driving license won't deter you from driving, and neither will these funny gadgets, fines, AA sessions or whatever.
But there's a much simpler, and many times less intrusive way to make sure people don't drive drunk: Introduce corporal punishment. The moment motorists have a good chance to get caned for heavy traffic offenses like DUI, or repeatedly running red lights, using the cell phone without hands-free, this crap will stop. Make it mandatory, with at least 30 strikes, of somebody is badly injured because of disregard for traffic laws.
And don't come with 'that's cruel' or 'that's inhumane'. Especially if you have people which have been sent to a wheelchair because a motorist was drunk as a skunk or thought that other traffic regulations didn't apply to him or her.
However, I work in an industry where camera phones are regared as spy tool, yet I want to have all the doo-dads, but no freaking camera.
Exactly. If I have a camera, I have a Nikon D-100, and for small-time stuff I have a Nikon Coolpix L6, which easily beats the living daylights out of any cell phone camera, and it got a real flash to boot. I want to have UMTS, I want to have some MP3 playback capability so I can use it as MP3 player replacement. OS X compatibility for syncing is a definite plus. I don't want to have a huge piece of junk - miniaturization should be well advanced to create such a thing.
And, oh, I want it to use the Bluetooth in order to serve as UMTS modem for the few occasions I need it as well. No Blackberrys, please. Palm and Symbin are OK with me.
Is this so difficult to create, or I'm just a rare one-off customer which has so specific needs the marked wouldn't bear creating a simplified phone with all the above features?
There are non-lefty bloggers (mostly with libertarian leanings) who will not venture near Windows since they do not trust Gates enough not cooperate with the state and create Windows backdoors.
After all, the whole SNAFU with governments asking antivirus software publishers not to block off espionage trojans coming from the state is just a sign of the times. I'm asking myself how long it will take to have a free and viable Windows open source antivirus software for that matter, which can also keep tabs on Outlook and Firebird/Mozilla.
Slashdot Mirror
Simpler.
Gun conrol is not about guns, but about control.
The device looks like a prime candidate for sidetalking, at least to me.
In our company, we have resorted to implementing a fascist GPO to solve the problem. Actually, in the untrusted zone, IE can't:
- run javascript
- directly launch an associated application (like a PDF)
- run Flash
- run ActiveX
- change of the default home page
- install toolbars
- use any other search provider except Google
amongst others. It has become a sport to lock down IE as much as possible without removing it completely - this encourages using other browsers.
Annoying people so much that they switch browsers has actually been the best strategy so far to prevent IE security problems in a predominantly windows company.
Which makes these two recipients even more worthy of a Darwin.
These in our company that listen to music while coding or other work must do it through their PC, and there's a soft phone for our Cisco CallManager installed. This way, they hear it whenthe phone ringing.
And the fire alarm problem has been solved by installing an incredibly obnoxious alarm klaxon that you WILL hear when it's going off.
As harsh as it sounds, introduce such services only for US citizens and legal aliens, and refuse all other at the door.
When the illegals find out that they get better care in Mexico, they'll go there. And over there, you pay up-front or you're insured. Like in other places that don't have to close hospitals.
Can't Apple produce 15" or 13" laptops without that damn glossy display? These mirrors mounted on laptops get really annoying, and I'm not the only one who thinks that non-glossy displays are superior to their allegedly cheaper glossy displays.
One more guy who's looking for a used MBP on ebay.
If one needs a Blackberry without a camera, the 7130 will do the trick and get you into camera-less environments.
Else, a Sony Ericsson W950i also fills the ticket, allows thethering and does UMTS.
And very high taxation. Always take a hint why people are leaving their countries.
Germany is also bad in this hindsight, as is France.
Then they should simply not issue them a DL in the first instance. Are people already so badly impaired in the US? When I learnt driving, there wasn't an option to have an 'automatic-only' driving license for cars, so I learned how to drive a stick-shift vehicle.
...to "I want to have my arse caned in Changi prison like there's no tomorrow".
Using the phone behind the wheel is one thing. However, texting, however, distracts much more and takes your eyes off the road.
Those Asians, while having some problems with human rights, have found some working measures with completely braindead idiots - and caning for repeat traffic offenders is one of them, especially when causing an accident (with other persons involved, we're talking about "causing grievous injunry", and that's, to my knowledge, caning and jail).
Oh, yeah, one more hint - just using the phone while behind the wheel for the first time will set you back 1500 SGD, which is about 1200 US-$.
The problem the Swiss law seems to cause in Germany is not a Swiss problem per se, but a German problem. There are not only trucksloads of German money in Switzerland, but also truck loads of Germans. Drive through Zurich during the weekend, and see how many Germans come in with a professional mover to take residence.
/.ers won't believe it) robs them of more than half of their income, and then it's just fair to run, or, alternatively, exert the only means of direct democracy in Germany - vote with their feet.
They don't do it for fun. They do it because they're sick and tired of their own government, that robs them 60-70% of their income through various taxes, fees and so on, and they're looking for jobs.
Their completely inept government (Bush, against the Merkel crew is highly capable, although
Furthermore, that money in Switzerland secures jobs in Switzerland, something the parent tries to neglect. Maybe his job, as he might be working in banking IT.
No, the Swiss government just has to tell the Germans to shove it where the sun never shines, stop spending money like there was no tomorrow, and consolidate.
And make sure that this time, there won't be a Berlin wall to keep out the qualified people from emigrating to Switzerland, the US, Singapore or other places that do not have as a prime requisite the obligation to relinquish 70% or more of your income for the 'greater good'.
The sooner the German government goes completely bankrupt, the better. A quick and painful end is better than a long and protracted one, unless Germany decides never to repay it's debts.
If we wanted to torture him, we'd subject him to this and this. Even the CIA refuses to use this torture method, they consider waterboarding more humane.
And Four will be The Lumber Cartel.
At least I have less spam, which is, in itself, not a bad thing.
...use rattan. A good old rattan cane, backed up by a solid baton. I've once seen somebody who's been caned for multiple extremely stupid traffic offenses, and believe me - after strike 1 - you ARE out of commission. And the pain is disabling, IMHO everything you need.
Tasers should be the replacement for using a handgun on the suspect's legs.
If that doesn't work - get a well-trained dog that will grab the suspect by his family jewels without biting them off - instant compliance, across every cultural circle.
"Caca". Or "Crapia". Or "Cholesterol" for bold.
What's really broken with Windows - trust. Not even Windows Update, but Windows in itself. Windows Update is just another add-on that tries to install crap onto your machine, like that "Malicious Software Removal Tool".
And of course the whole crappy spyware and trojan ecosystem, but that's not directly caused by MS.
I finally gave in and bought a Mac - I want Photoshop, and I can't have that on Linux (and no, forget The Gimp for what I'm doing).
The Internet Immolation Server has actually become more secure, with few, if any, bad security holes found in the last two years. However, this does not hinder the coder to develop secure software, and anything that plugs into IIS needs to be as secure as IIS.
The Internet Exploder however - well, it's reputation is well ahead of any statistics, as my de-wormed Windows boxen demonstrate.
a technical solution to social and legal problem. Since the system can be fooled, and WILL be fooled, we need some other implements to stop drunk driving.
The main problem here is that, obviously, revoking your driving license won't deter you from driving, and neither will these funny gadgets, fines, AA sessions or whatever.
But there's a much simpler, and many times less intrusive way to make sure people don't drive drunk: Introduce corporal punishment. The moment motorists have a good chance to get caned for heavy traffic offenses like DUI, or repeatedly running red lights, using the cell phone without hands-free, this crap will stop. Make it mandatory, with at least 30 strikes, of somebody is badly injured because of disregard for traffic laws.
And don't come with 'that's cruel' or 'that's inhumane'. Especially if you have people which have been sent to a wheelchair because a motorist was drunk as a skunk or thought that other traffic regulations didn't apply to him or her.
Could this happen to toilet paper as well? Some newspapers aren't even worth wiping your darkest place with...
Maybe I'm an old geezer.
However, I work in an industry where camera phones are regared as spy tool, yet I want to have all the doo-dads, but no freaking camera.
Exactly. If I have a camera, I have a Nikon D-100, and for small-time stuff I have a Nikon Coolpix L6, which easily beats the living daylights out of any cell phone camera, and it got a real flash to boot. I want to have UMTS, I want to have some MP3 playback capability so I can use it as MP3 player replacement. OS X compatibility for syncing is a definite plus. I don't want to have a huge piece of junk - miniaturization should be well advanced to create such a thing.
And, oh, I want it to use the Bluetooth in order to serve as UMTS modem for the few occasions I need it as well. No Blackberrys, please. Palm and Symbin are OK with me.
Is this so difficult to create, or I'm just a rare one-off customer which has so specific needs the marked wouldn't bear creating a simplified phone with all the above features?
That's called a 'security patch', I'm told.
There are non-lefty bloggers (mostly with libertarian leanings) who will not venture near Windows since they do not trust Gates enough not cooperate with the state and create Windows backdoors.
After all, the whole SNAFU with governments asking antivirus software publishers not to block off espionage trojans coming from the state is just a sign of the times. I'm asking myself how long it will take to have a free and viable Windows open source antivirus software for that matter, which can also keep tabs on Outlook and Firebird/Mozilla.
And if we hang them, what do we lose?
But there's a little difference with Philip Morris.
You buy cigarettes by your own will, not by just visiting some unsuspecting website.