But still, my Action Item Number One for Star Trek is "Fire Rick Berman and Brannon Braga immediately, and make sure they never have anything to do with Star Trek again."
I do wonder why Berman and Braga are still around. The fans hate them... but then, the fans have hated Enterprise for the last three years, and Paramount didn't listen then either. It's too bad, because with Coto running the show it has gotten much more interesting. I'm not saying it's great, but I've actually looked forward to new episodes this season.
Why haven't B&B been fired? It's certainly not because of the stellar (har har) ratings they've brought in.
I'm reading these posts and it seems that half the people here wrote a fake Novell login prompt to get passwords back in school. So was this some well known and common "hack", or what's going on?
Pretty much. That's why newer versions of Windows use SAK to get access to the login prompt.
Several months later, the archaeologist got his results back from the lab proving that the skeleton was Iron Age.
While this is an amusing story, I have my doubts. It took several months to get the results back? I'm no archaeologist, but this reeks of urban legend. Really, what kind of test takes several months? Wouldn't the police have done their own analysis? Did they look at dental records or anything? Wow, the more I think of this, the more ridiculous it seems.
My company actually does this as a marketing ploy. We add disabled items to our menus for options that don't even exist yet. When customers call to ask how to enable these options, we tell them that they need to buy a future upgrade.
That's just obnoxious. What company do you work for, again?
I think you're wrong about the Microsoft decision process - "If...this concept will make them more money...". Sender-ID would not make them any money; I very much doubt that anyone is going to migrate from Linux to Windows just to get the supposed benefits of Sender-ID! That's not what its for. Breaking interoperability is a corporate goal for Microsoft, because interoperability allows competitors to survive.
And if its competitors fail to survive, Microsoft gets more market share, thus getting more money. Ergo, Sender-ID is indeed intended to make them money.
This is why I've always been skeptical of people who think they're golden when they say: "I'm already patched! My machine automatically ran apt-get last night, and my system was updated before I even heard of the bug!".
It seems like that's putting a lot of eggs in one basket.
Could someone explain to me what the purpose of those random numbers/letters at the end of so many spams is? I have been wondering about that for some time.
And who has gotten "tons of spam" from the Dean campaign, or any other political organization?
I think someone in one of those links in the story got two different unsolicited emails from the Dean campaign. I get three different ads for penis pills every frickin' day. We're far from a crisis point here. If the campaign is responding on the issue (and they are, according to more recent posts on spamvertized) we probably won't have a problem in the near future.
Sure, but if you get two unsolicited mails from each candidate, those mails will start to add up. Therefore, we should not tolerate it at all, or it will just get worse.
Everything you have said is correct, but does not contradict the original statment. Yes, if B is false, A is false. HOWEVER, just because B is true does not necessarily mean that A is true! The original statment '"A implies B" does not mean "B only if A"' is still correct. You said yourself that A is not a necessary condition of B, so I don't understand why you are still arguing. ~B->~A is not the same as B->A.
Most likely then all those files are OK then.. Given someone somewhere should've noticed a tampered file by now?
I'd say that's a dangerous assumption to make. It's probably true, but I don't think the FSF can really afford to take that chance.
Of course there are mirrors, but the server was compromised in March, and they just now realized it. It's unlikely that a mirror decided to stop updating for five months.
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But still, my Action Item Number One for Star Trek is "Fire Rick Berman and Brannon Braga immediately, and make sure they never have anything to do with Star Trek again."
I do wonder why Berman and Braga are still around. The fans hate them... but then, the fans have hated Enterprise for the last three years, and Paramount didn't listen then either. It's too bad, because with Coto running the show it has gotten much more interesting. I'm not saying it's great, but I've actually looked forward to new episodes this season.
Why haven't B&B been fired? It's certainly not because of the stellar (har har) ratings they've brought in.
Canadian Government Weary of Patriot act
I think the word you're looking for is wary.
I'm reading these posts and it seems that half the people here wrote a fake Novell login prompt to get passwords back in school. So was this some well known and common "hack", or what's going on?
Pretty much. That's why newer versions of Windows use SAK to get access to the login prompt.
Well, they did ask him, but he didn't want to. They decided to make it anyway.
Of course, I never go there, but a friend of my uncle's third cousin's brother told me warez download sites work just fine
Wouldn't your uncle's third cousin's brother also be your uncle's third cousin?
Your "l337" suggestion doesn't work. Modern dictionary crackers know to search for this.
That barbie "princess & the pauper" game will really run smoothly now.
"I'm just like you"
"You're just like me"
"Yes I am a girl like you"
God, make that commercial STOP! :-(
Several months later, the archaeologist got his results back from the lab proving that the skeleton was Iron Age.
While this is an amusing story, I have my doubts. It took several months to get the results back? I'm no archaeologist, but this reeks of urban legend. Really, what kind of test takes several months? Wouldn't the police have done their own analysis? Did they look at dental records or anything? Wow, the more I think of this, the more ridiculous it seems.
My company actually does this as a marketing ploy. We add disabled items to our menus for options that don't even exist yet. When customers call to ask how to enable these options, we tell them that they need to buy a future upgrade.
That's just obnoxious. What company do you work for, again?
Let's be honest here, Not everyone can drive a primus around.
In fact, no one can, because it doesn't exist. Maybe you were thinking of the Prius?
Yeah, but she's not very attractive.
I am guessing that we will see a similar version of CD burning in the near future from some distros.
Nautilus already has this.
Stern wasn't fired. He quit.
I think you're wrong about the Microsoft decision process - "If...this concept will make them more money...". Sender-ID would not make them any money; I very much doubt that anyone is going to migrate from Linux to Windows just to get the supposed benefits of Sender-ID! That's not what its for. Breaking interoperability is a corporate goal for Microsoft, because interoperability allows competitors to survive.
And if its competitors fail to survive, Microsoft gets more market share, thus getting more money. Ergo, Sender-ID is indeed intended to make them money.
I thought they were called Kenny.
So that's why his hoodie is red!
So what does that make me?
Absolutely nothing.
Sorry, wrong movie. Thanks for playing!
Did I say it isn't?
No, you simply attacked apt-get without providing a feasible alternative.
This is why I've always been skeptical of people who think they're golden when they say: "I'm already patched! My machine automatically ran apt-get last night, and my system was updated before I even heard of the bug!".
It seems like that's putting a lot of eggs in one basket.
And relying on Windows Update isn't?
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Could someone explain to me what the purpose of those random numbers/letters at the end of so many spams is? I have been wondering about that for some time.
And who has gotten "tons of spam" from the Dean campaign, or any other political organization?
I think someone in one of those links in the story got two different unsolicited emails from the Dean campaign. I get three different ads for penis pills every frickin' day. We're far from a crisis point here. If the campaign is responding on the issue (and they are, according to more recent posts on spamvertized) we probably won't have a problem in the near future.
Sure, but if you get two unsolicited mails from each candidate, those mails will start to add up. Therefore, we should not tolerate it at all, or it will just get worse.
~B->~A means 'if B is false then so is A'
Everything you have said is correct, but does not contradict the original statment. Yes, if B is false, A is false. HOWEVER, just because B is true does not necessarily mean that A is true! The original statment '"A implies B" does not mean "B only if A"' is still correct. You said yourself that A is not a necessary condition of B, so I don't understand why you are still arguing. ~B->~A is not the same as B->A.
If A is a sufficient condition for B then B is a necessary condition for A. IOW: 1st year math logic, get to know it.
But A is not a necessary condition for B. Hence the original statement, "A implies B" does not mean "B only if A" was correct.
Most likely then all those files are OK then.. Given someone somewhere should've noticed a tampered file by now? I'd say that's a dangerous assumption to make. It's probably true, but I don't think the FSF can really afford to take that chance.
umm... PSX is the forthcoming upgrade of the PS2. You must mean PSOne (to use the Sony blessed name).
PSX was also the codename for the original PlayStation, making Sony's choice to call the new upgrade the PSX a rather poor one.
Of course there are mirrors, but the server was compromised in March, and they just now realized it. It's unlikely that a mirror decided to stop updating for five months.