Its easy to overlook the odd thumbdrive. It's not so easy to overlook an iPod Nano... or two. At my old company, AnandTech, anything that cost more than the price of shipping went back to the vendor, including the unsolicited stuff.
Sounds like somebody's pissed that they didn't get their share of the pie.
First, the article saya the CEO of United "wants to pursue everything, from a merger to charging passengers who want their luggage to come first off the plane" (emphasis mine). That's a far cry from the article title which infers it's a done deal.
Deregulation brought about intense competition in airline fares. The flying public wants to get from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible. As a result, the airlines have been under continued pressure to reduce costs to stay competitive. This has resulted in charging for meals and in some cases, even pillows.
ISP's are in a similar boat with respect to intense pressure on keeping prices low. It's only a matter of time before they figure out how to charge additional fees for "extras". You get what you pay for.
Oh, and you still get "priority" tags on your bags for being an elite frequent flyer. Whether or not your bags come out first though is strictly a matter of chance.
Don't kid yourself. This is all about money. Lots and lots of money to be made from registration fees as companies line up to protect their trademarks and domain parkers line up to bottom-feed.
Storm has, by some estimates, infected over 10 million machines. Vint Cerf, speaking at the World Economic Forum, estimated that as many as 25% of all computers on the internet are infected. How many of those do you think are running a/v? How many of the users of those infected machines that have a/v actually think they are infected?
I've sat at a conference of computer security researchers where it was discovered that one of the attendees was infected. So, it can happen to the best and brightest too.
$300k won't buy you a dumpster in Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley. Median home price for Aug 2007 was $770k and average selling price was $944k.
All we have right now is her arrest and initial statement. I'd say it's premature to say whether or not it was a hoax. That determination is what one hopes will result from an investigation.
On the surface, if it were just the circuit board, I'd be inclined to agree that this was a kid who made a stupid decision. The circuit board and the Play-Doh together raise my suspicions of her intent.
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Its easy to overlook the odd thumbdrive. It's not so easy to overlook an iPod Nano ... or two. At my old company, AnandTech, anything that cost more than the price of shipping went back to the vendor, including the unsolicited stuff.
Sounds like somebody's pissed that they didn't get their share of the pie.
And I'm sure that people who have only done laundry by beating their clothing against rocks in a river swear by their method too.
try using your other hand
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/04/25/business/20060425_SEATS_GRAPHIC.html
First, the article saya the CEO of United "wants to pursue everything, from a merger to charging passengers who want their luggage to come first off the plane" (emphasis mine). That's a far cry from the article title which infers it's a done deal.
Deregulation brought about intense competition in airline fares. The flying public wants to get from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible. As a result, the airlines have been under continued pressure to reduce costs to stay competitive. This has resulted in charging for meals and in some cases, even pillows.
ISP's are in a similar boat with respect to intense pressure on keeping prices low. It's only a matter of time before they figure out how to charge additional
fees for "extras". You get what you pay for.
Oh, and you still get "priority" tags on your bags for being an elite frequent flyer. Whether or not your bags come out first though is strictly a matter of chance.
This is a very common misconception.
No, I am drawing a link between the article and humor. Try and keep up.
And get Al Gore on the phone, now!
We must take immediate and drastic steps to fight Global Darkening!
Maybe we can get that Kim Stanley Robinson person to write a book? 70 Days of Night?
Because in the absence of locking and contracts, there's no financial incentive for the carriers to subsidize the selling price of the phone.
Don't kid yourself. This is all about money. Lots and lots of money to be made from registration fees as companies line up to protect their trademarks and domain parkers line up to bottom-feed.
If she's in the US, they can garnish wages, attach liens to property, etc... for a number of years (usually seven, IIRC).
However, they probably know the difference between "there" and "they're".
Storm has, by some estimates, infected over 10 million machines. Vint Cerf, speaking at the World Economic Forum, estimated that as many as 25% of all computers on the internet are infected. How many of those do you think are running a/v? How many of the users of those infected machines that have a/v actually think they are infected?
I've sat at a conference of computer security researchers where it was discovered that one of the attendees was infected. So, it can happen to the best and brightest too.
But the OP said he didn't use a firewall, just Avast.
...And in more than 3 years I have had zero malware of any sort on my computers running XP.
That you know of. A lot of zombie-related malware is intended to be very stealthy.
You think the moderators read the summaries before putting them on the front page? You must be new here.
Hmm... I see to get a warning email before they "hoover up the balance of my account". On quick Skype call call and the clock was reset.
Think five nines.
No film at 11.
Good grief! What a ridiculous article.
$300k won't buy you a dumpster in Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley. Median home price for Aug 2007 was $770k and average selling price was $944k.
and allowing spreadsheets to back-end websites
munge them?
hack them?
copulate with them?
That means.. it's going from beta to RC ? :-P
No, no, no. Beta 2.
Thank you for explaining this much more clearly that I could have.
Had you bothered to read the article, you would have seen that she was apprehended outside.
All we have right now is her arrest and initial statement. I'd say it's premature to say whether or not it was a hoax. That determination is what one hopes will result from an investigation.
On the surface, if it were just the circuit board, I'd be inclined to agree that this was a kid who made a stupid decision. The circuit board and the Play-Doh together raise my suspicions of her intent.