I'm not a wine snob, but I know there are certain things that sometimes you *can't* replicate.
After decades of analysis, we still can't build a violin as good as a Stradivarius. We still can't fully replicate Damascus Steel (OK, maybe the lack of a living slave in which to quench the blade is part of that:-P). I'd argue that fine liquors -- wines, whiskeys, etc... fall into that category. I'd say it's almost an art form.
I'll admit it, I have no evidence for that last assertion/argument. But I'm a romantic at heart,
When I got my clearance (merely Secret, and thank the FSM I don't have to worry about that shit anymore), I signed a boatload of paperwork agreeing to all-expenses-paid vacations in Ft. Leavenworth, etc.. should I reveal classified material.
He nailed it. At the rc4/rc5 level, the ONLY things that should be going in are bug fixes against this release. Not "cleanup" or new features. Those belong to the next release.
Linus is dead right on this, and everyone who has EVER done serious development should know it.
Agreed, they aren't a panacea. They're part of a layered mechanism. However, an airgap would COMPLETELY solve this guy's issue -- the vendor pushing an unwanted software/firmware change over the 'Net.
Airgap is the only sure way. I know your system isn't classified, but TREAT IT AS IF IT IS.
Inform your boss -- IN WRITING -- that there is to be no internet connectivity for your PCS. If he won't (or higher power's won't let him) agree, then you have to be prepared to either walk, or face the consequences when someone fucks up your system from outside.
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I guess we're back to waiting for Daikatana II?
They'll pay you in the same amount of time it took you to release DNF.
That's pretty much it.
Thank goodness I haven't had to have a clearance in years.
In response to that, I have exactly 7 characters for you:
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+1 Poseidon Adventure...
Great cast....
* Ernest Borgnine
* Gene Hackman
* Roddy McDowall
* Red Buttons
and a cast of Thousands!!!!
I'm not sure I trust Sony not to be an asshole regarding DRM. It doesn't have that good a track record,
I *AM* trusting sony *TO BE* an asshole. See PS3 Other OS.
Since I never used it (or even heard about it until it was cancelled).
Sorry. Not necessarily Leavenworth. We used to joke among ourselves about that.
But essentially, you're promising you WON'T release classified data on pain of imprisonment. Since he pretty much admitted it, he'd be convicted.
He may have done the RIGHT thing, but it was illegal.
And the Senate has violated its oath to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic
And the President too, he swears to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Period.
I cracked your encryption, and built it. Then I tried it out.
To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Where was the KABOOM? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering KABOOM!!!
Yes sir, Mr. Burns. That would be Homer Simpson, sir.
That wasn't a contract. That was my application for a security clearance.
DOD contractor.
I'm not a wine snob, but I know there are certain things that sometimes you *can't* replicate.
After decades of analysis, we still can't build a violin as good as a Stradivarius. We still can't fully replicate Damascus Steel (OK, maybe the lack of a living slave in which to quench the blade is part of that :-P). I'd argue that fine liquors -- wines, whiskeys, etc... fall into that category. I'd say it's almost an art form.
I'll admit it, I have no evidence for that last assertion/argument. But I'm a romantic at heart,
Is Cardinal Fang on any watch lists?
When I got my clearance (merely Secret, and thank the FSM I don't have to worry about that shit anymore), I signed a boatload of paperwork agreeing to all-expenses-paid vacations in Ft. Leavenworth, etc.. should I reveal classified material.
No, they just stuck the wafers in the refrigerator for a while.
Your mother *and* your dead hamster?
But, I thought your mother *was* a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries?
He nailed it. At the rc4/rc5 level, the ONLY things that should be going in are bug fixes against this release. Not "cleanup" or new features. Those belong to the next release.
Linus is dead right on this, and everyone who has EVER done serious development should know it.
I can give you an equal counter data point. My wife had ALS. She certainly did NOT turn to God.
And as someone else mentioned in this thread, "older people" is not a statistically random sample. There's a HUGE cultural bias in that group.
"Terminally ill", on the other hand includes a cross section of society -- young, old, etc...
Agreed, they aren't a panacea. They're part of a layered mechanism. However, an airgap would COMPLETELY solve this guy's issue -- the vendor pushing an unwanted software/firmware change over the 'Net.
Follow-up. Again, treating your system as if it was classified...
If you need to apply updates, then get them from the internet, and burn to CD-R and finalize (*not* CD-RW).
What Tastecicles says.
Airgap is the only sure way. I know your system isn't classified, but TREAT IT AS IF IT IS.
Inform your boss -- IN WRITING -- that there is to be no internet connectivity for your PCS. If he won't (or higher power's won't let him) agree, then you have to be prepared to either walk, or face the consequences when someone fucks up your system from outside.
I suspect parent is not in the US, so it's not the CFAA. In the UK, it *is* what he called it.