Look, Bill isn't the most ethical business man, but to say "the millions [of lives] he may have destroyed elsewhere" is simply ridiculous. Bill's business practices do not kill people. Get a grip.
Personally I think accepting titles from anyone is contrary to the principles in the constitution
Why is that? I hope you also realize that the way you have phrased this, it means you would not call yourself Dr. Rotundo, Rev. Rotundo, etc., as the circumstances warranted.
Well I would posit that referencing Clancy is certainly better than no reference at all. Furthermore, if you have ever read any of Clancy's fiction or non-fiction, you would know that he does a vast amount of research. It doesn't help that I mis-remembered the book (and the Constitution..). After The Hunt for Red October was released, the CIA brought him in for a debriefing because of some of the information that was in the book.
None. You need to be a British subject to get "Sir". Non subjects can be inducted into the order, but do not get the title, based on what I recall from Tom Clancy's Patriot Games.
I would think that this was done for security. If a malicious person had a person's card and PIN, and wanted to lock someone out of the account, they couldn't do so immediately, and if they did not have access to the person's mail, they would be SOL. I don't think that them sending you a new card means that the PIN is definitely embedded in the stripe. That doesn't seem logical.
In the good old days, the bank didn't assign a PIN for you, store it in a database (which could be snooped by employees), printed it on paper (which could be discovered by anyone), and send it to you in the mail (which could be stolen).
My bank (Bank of New York) doesn't discuss PINs, ever. If you need a new one, get to a branch. When I set my PIN, it was similar to what you describe, except we did not use the ATM, just a standalone reader and keypad that I assume was hooked into their central system. I figured every bank did it this way, but based on your language, that is apparently not the case.
The problem with this solution is that not all ATMs are bilingual. Many are multi-lingual. Also, "enter" appears similar in many languages. I think the current solution is the best comprimise.
So, third world is effectively now an economic designation, and no longer has anything to do with the cold war.
Yes, but the original post said (paraphrased) "Costa Rica has only been a first world country for 10 years". I guess my problem isn't so much that Third world = poor to most people, but that people have taken the First/Second/Third trichotomy (is that a word?) and forced a rich/poor dichotomy on top of it. If first = rich and third = poor.. where did second go? It just doesn't make sense, and really, it's stupid PC crap. If we all have in our heads that third world = poor, just fucking say poor.
No, it's still very, very easy to turn them off, either through the GUI or CLI. Determining which ones you want to turn off is another story. In the past, the Internet has helped me greatly with this, but that was only with consumer versions of Windows. I have not worked with W2K-AS so I cannot comment on that aspect of your post.
so I can't be arsed to work out how to turn it off.
I understand your point, that the services shouldn't be on to begin with.
However, if you are competent enough to see what services are running, you can turn them off. Double-click, set "Startup Type" to disabled. Click Stop (if applicable).
Now that is very interesting and is the first time I have heard this. I do not believe I am 'wrong'... In my (admittedly limited) studies of international relations I have always used the First/Second/Third designations as described in my post and link, and as I said, this is the first time I've read about a connection between any previous terminology. My French isn't great either, but it appears that the synopsis in your link says something to the effect of "the author compares the Third World with the historical 'tiers etat'".
Although it appears that it can be said that there is a connection between the terms Third World and 'tiers etat', I again restate my assertion that First/Second/Third world designations are not economic indicators, but alliance indicators used during the Cold War.
Yes. Being behind NAT and/or a solid firewall will stop most MS exploits. The others are outlook or IE based, so if you're staying away from them (as you should), and not running unknown executables, you'll be fine.
it would take a degree in rocket science to figure out which you need or don't need within a sane amount of time. (Turn off the wrong service and your box stops working right)
Not really. To borrow from linux: RTFM. Of course M here really means Internet.
While there are obvious problems with this proposed law, it is no where near a ban on "all communication" and there is absolutely no insight in this chicken little post.
The country became a first world country only during the last 10 years
That's odd. The Cold War has been over for 10+ years.
First, Second and Third world designations are NOT economic designations! They were used during the Cold War to describe the various alliances and blocs. The "First World" was the US/Western Europe and anyone allied with them. The "Second World" was USSR/East Europe and sometimes China. The "Third World" was everyone else. Since most poorer nations had their own problems to worry about, they did not get involved in the Cold War and were designated Third World countries. This led to the incorrect assumption that Third World = poor, First World = rich, and somewhere along the way Second World just got dropped.
In keeping with tradition I did not RTFA. However, the article summary states "internet based phone calls," so I think your ludicrous situations where you looked at several literal, but unused, meanings of "voice over ip" are irrelevant. This is obviously a power grab by whatever telco companies/monopoly exists in Costa Rica. I'm not at all sure how you jumped to making "all packetized transfer of voice data illegal - BYE BYE GPRS."
Furthermore, there is no such thing as unbiased. I believe that the 'unbiased technical people' you would have liked to have been consulted would actually have been biased towards unregulated VoIP. Just because you agree with them doesn't mean that they're unbiased.
Think of the BIOS as the ignition to your car. You can dismantle it if you wish, why should the PC's BIOS be any different?
You can dismantle the physical ignition, just like you can dismantle the physical mobo. However, you cannot get into the code of the ignition security system, if present. These are either RFID or wired chips in the key that (usually) transmit a code to the ignition module. The code essentially unlocks the spark plugs.
Supposedly you cannot turn VM off. I've only heard anecdotally.. but some have reported that Windows will create and use a small swap file even if VM is turned off. The solution, as someone else noted, is to create a swap file on a ramdisk. A ramdisk driver is available from MS.
Electricity companies will simply buy excess electricity from individuals at a low rate (already possible in the UK. Not sure about elsewhere)
Not sure about other states, but in NJ the utilities are required to buy power from you if you are a generator. There is a cap on how much they are forced to buy back.. for some reason I think it's $2,000/year.
I believe NJ changed the law to 'must have at all times when driving' after 9/11. They also doubled the fines for not having DL/Reg/Ins. Unfortunately I can't find a link that confirms or denies this.
I am not familiar with Bush's forest policy, but my understanding is that the main opposition is not because the ideas behind the plan, but from the amount of leeway given to logging companies.
As with many issues, it's not the exact policy that is pissing people off.. it's the proto-fascist nature with which Bush carries it out.
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Look, Bill isn't the most ethical business man, but to say "the millions [of lives] he may have destroyed elsewhere" is simply ridiculous. Bill's business practices do not kill people. Get a grip.
Personally I think accepting titles from anyone is contrary to the principles in the constitution
Why is that? I hope you also realize that the way you have phrased this, it means you would not call yourself Dr. Rotundo, Rev. Rotundo, etc., as the circumstances warranted.
Well I would posit that referencing Clancy is certainly better than no reference at all. Furthermore, if you have ever read any of Clancy's fiction or non-fiction, you would know that he does a vast amount of research. It doesn't help that I mis-remembered the book (and the Constitution..). After The Hunt for Red October was released, the CIA brought him in for a debriefing because of some of the information that was in the book.
None. You need to be a British subject to get "Sir". Non subjects can be inducted into the order, but do not get the title, based on what I recall from Tom Clancy's Patriot Games.
I would think that this was done for security. If a malicious person had a person's card and PIN, and wanted to lock someone out of the account, they couldn't do so immediately, and if they did not have access to the person's mail, they would be SOL. I don't think that them sending you a new card means that the PIN is definitely embedded in the stripe. That doesn't seem logical.
In the good old days, the bank didn't assign a PIN for you, store it in a database (which could be snooped by employees), printed it on paper (which could be discovered by anyone), and send it to you in the mail (which could be stolen).
My bank (Bank of New York) doesn't discuss PINs, ever. If you need a new one, get to a branch. When I set my PIN, it was similar to what you describe, except we did not use the ATM, just a standalone reader and keypad that I assume was hooked into their central system. I figured every bank did it this way, but based on your language, that is apparently not the case.
The problem with this solution is that not all ATMs are bilingual. Many are multi-lingual. Also, "enter" appears similar in many languages. I think the current solution is the best comprimise.
So, third world is effectively now an economic designation, and no longer has anything to do with the cold war.
Yes, but the original post said (paraphrased) "Costa Rica has only been a first world country for 10 years". I guess my problem isn't so much that Third world = poor to most people, but that people have taken the First/Second/Third trichotomy (is that a word?) and forced a rich/poor dichotomy on top of it. If first = rich and third = poor.. where did second go? It just doesn't make sense, and really, it's stupid PC crap. If we all have in our heads that third world = poor, just fucking say poor.
No, it's still very, very easy to turn them off, either through the GUI or CLI. Determining which ones you want to turn off is another story. In the past, the Internet has helped me greatly with this, but that was only with consumer versions of Windows. I have not worked with W2K-AS so I cannot comment on that aspect of your post.
so I can't be arsed to work out how to turn it off.
I understand your point, that the services shouldn't be on to begin with.
However, if you are competent enough to see what services are running, you can turn them off. Double-click, set "Startup Type" to disabled. Click Stop (if applicable).
Now that is very interesting and is the first time I have heard this. I do not believe I am 'wrong'... In my (admittedly limited) studies of international relations I have always used the First/Second/Third designations as described in my post and link, and as I said, this is the first time I've read about a connection between any previous terminology. My French isn't great either, but it appears that the synopsis in your link says something to the effect of "the author compares the Third World with the historical 'tiers etat'".
Although it appears that it can be said that there is a connection between the terms Third World and 'tiers etat', I again restate my assertion that First/Second/Third world designations are not economic indicators, but alliance indicators used during the Cold War.
Why should those of us who are responsible, don't use windows, and don't want NAT or a firewall be forced to use one?
Same reason you're forced to do many other things: A lot of people are fucking idiots.
while logged into admin with the red background.
Now that's a good idea.
Yes. Being behind NAT and/or a solid firewall will stop most MS exploits. The others are outlook or IE based, so if you're staying away from them (as you should), and not running unknown executables, you'll be fine.
it would take a degree in rocket science to figure out which you need or don't need within a sane amount of time. (Turn off the wrong service and your box stops working right)
Not really. To borrow from linux: RTFM. Of course M here really means Internet.
While there are obvious problems with this proposed law, it is no where near a ban on "all communication" and there is absolutely no insight in this chicken little post.
The country became a first world country only during the last 10 years
That's odd. The Cold War has been over for 10+ years.
First, Second and Third world designations are NOT economic designations! They were used during the Cold War to describe the various alliances and blocs. The "First World" was the US/Western Europe and anyone allied with them. The "Second World" was USSR/East Europe and sometimes China. The "Third World" was everyone else. Since most poorer nations had their own problems to worry about, they did not get involved in the Cold War and were designated Third World countries. This led to the incorrect assumption that Third World = poor, First World = rich, and somewhere along the way Second World just got dropped.
In keeping with tradition I did not RTFA. However, the article summary states "internet based phone calls," so I think your ludicrous situations where you looked at several literal, but unused, meanings of "voice over ip" are irrelevant. This is obviously a power grab by whatever telco companies/monopoly exists in Costa Rica. I'm not at all sure how you jumped to making "all packetized transfer of voice data illegal - BYE BYE GPRS."
Furthermore, there is no such thing as unbiased. I believe that the 'unbiased technical people' you would have liked to have been consulted would actually have been biased towards unregulated VoIP. Just because you agree with them doesn't mean that they're unbiased.
Think of the BIOS as the ignition to your car. You can dismantle it if you wish, why should the PC's BIOS be any different?
You can dismantle the physical ignition, just like you can dismantle the physical mobo. However, you cannot get into the code of the ignition security system, if present. These are either RFID or wired chips in the key that (usually) transmit a code to the ignition module. The code essentially unlocks the spark plugs.
As usual, (car) analogies suck.
CompUSA is using the MSRP
IMO, MSRP is the only dollar figure that should be discussed when doing price comparisons.
Supposedly you cannot turn VM off. I've only heard anecdotally.. but some have reported that Windows will create and use a small swap file even if VM is turned off. The solution, as someone else noted, is to create a swap file on a ramdisk. A ramdisk driver is available from MS.
Electricity companies will simply buy excess electricity from individuals at a low rate (already possible in the UK. Not sure about elsewhere)
Not sure about other states, but in NJ the utilities are required to buy power from you if you are a generator. There is a cap on how much they are forced to buy back.. for some reason I think it's $2,000/year.
BS. I wouldn't be surprised if the officer went back to his car and ran the DL.
I believe NJ changed the law to 'must have at all times when driving' after 9/11. They also doubled the fines for not having DL/Reg/Ins. Unfortunately I can't find a link that confirms or denies this.
I am not familiar with Bush's forest policy, but my understanding is that the main opposition is not because the ideas behind the plan, but from the amount of leeway given to logging companies.
As with many issues, it's not the exact policy that is pissing people off.. it's the proto-fascist nature with which Bush carries it out.