My usual process is to fire up the machine, hop into device manager and take some notes about the hardware, then re-format.
Too many manufacturers have multiple possible components for a single model number, Toshiba is horrible for this, my new laptop comes with one of two video cards, one of four ethernet adapters, etc.
On the other hand it's not that hard to do a fresh install, image, screw around with the drivers, restore the image and do the drivers right if you're not quite sure what you need -- I end up doing this anyway so that I can test the individual utilities offered by the manufacturer, Toshiba's "cards" program is actually very useful (it lets you use all of the special functions offered by the keyboard -- The big one for me is to change power modes in my OS, sleep or hibernate, plus I can reconfigure the extra physical buttons)
So the lesson is to reinstall your own OS (even if it's just Windows again, using the OEM key on the sticker) rather then hitting that "I agree" button, in which case you never did agree.
Knowing that a user is playing anti-forensics tricks is quite easy. Proving it in court is most likely a different matter altogether. Proving that anti-forensics tricks are to cover up something illegal is even tougher.
Even "strong persuasion" is trivial to solve at a technical level, you simply need multiple the ability to store multiple sets of data in the same file, with different versions being revealed depending on the key/passphrase/whatever in use.
I wonder if that income really makes up for the number of customers that do their research first, want something specific and walk out when they can't get it.
Or is Best Buy not interested in that type of customer in the first place?
I was at Fry's and purchased a laptop this last week, as soon as I mentioned I was from Canada the guy shut up about the extended warranty's completely.
I'm not normally impressed with Fry's service, but that was great. Bought the laptop too, whereas I'd gone in mostly just looking to see what was in-store then I could research when I got back to the hotel.
I don't know about Best Buy, but many companies incorporate seperately for their retail stores vs the online store, and run them as independant (although obviously related) companies.
As a result, "matching" the price may be the accurate term. Online stores are not always fliers for brick and mortar stores, although many serve that purpose as well.
The thing about Best Buy that makes them worse then the rest that play this game is that they are dishonest about it. Costco's instore and online prices don't always match, nor does their stock, and they're very upfront about that fact if you inquire, Costco doesn't try pass off their website as having higher prices when you happen to find a good deal online and it's more expensive in the store, they just tell you to order it online.
Contact your credit card company and reverse the charges on the "services not rendered" clause (which generally does exceed the normal dispute period limitations)
Or just file in small claims court, they'll probably just pay you off rather then deal with it.
I still think if you are fired based solely on a Google search, then you would have plenty of cause for complaint, but in this case it is completely irrelevant. Whether you should be fired or not all depends on the truthfulness of the information, and the content, not the method it was found.
If you're revealing information (on your blog, on the train, or drunk in a bar, or anywhere else that you don't have an expectation of privacy) that you're stealing from your employer and your employer overhears, you can bet your job you'll get fired (or at least an investigation opened)
This idiot was probably better off slinking away and looking for another job, then trying to fight this. I believe this example disproves "There's no such thing as bad publicity."
I've been known to research a person before I buy something from them. In one case I declined to purchase a laptop/tablet after finding a blog post about how many times they'd dropped their laptop and it kept ticking, but the screen was starting to flicker when it was rotated to a certain angle.
An employer/employee relationship is far more risky for both parties, I fail to why any potential employer wouldn't do the same.
If you were really in jail, I can't help you - some employers will care, others won't, and there's nothing you can do to change their mind (usually). Find a way to work "engineer" and "license plate" into the same sentence and you're laughing.
Ick, rollup patches are the worst of both worlds -- It means you hold patches until a specific day, *and* you hide the number of exploits which are being patched.
Worse, if a single patch does cause problems and needs to be withheld by an IT department, it prevents the IT department from releasing the other patches in the rollup.
Luckily Apple doesn't have a large enough market share for this to matter on a global scale.
To continue a stupid analogy, keep in mind that the dam needs to shut down to be patched. Rather then saying to the people relying on the water and electricity from that dam "We're shutting down each Tuesday for a few minutes", you're suggesting saying "We're shutting down randomly all the time. Enjoy"
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My usual process is to fire up the machine, hop into device manager and take some notes about the hardware, then re-format.
Too many manufacturers have multiple possible components for a single model number, Toshiba is horrible for this, my new laptop comes with one of two video cards, one of four ethernet adapters, etc.
On the other hand it's not that hard to do a fresh install, image, screw around with the drivers, restore the image and do the drivers right if you're not quite sure what you need -- I end up doing this anyway so that I can test the individual utilities offered by the manufacturer, Toshiba's "cards" program is actually very useful (it lets you use all of the special functions offered by the keyboard -- The big one for me is to change power modes in my OS, sleep or hibernate, plus I can reconfigure the extra physical buttons)
So the lesson is to reinstall your own OS (even if it's just Windows again, using the OEM key on the sticker) rather then hitting that "I agree" button, in which case you never did agree.
Well yes... Even though the majority runs Windows as a primary OS, we all like to pretend otherwise.
Touché (or is that too close to being a pun?)
10 minutes to figure out touch?
Even "strong persuasion" is trivial to solve at a technical level, you simply need multiple the ability to store multiple sets of data in the same file, with different versions being revealed depending on the key/passphrase/whatever in use.
Sure, Macs just aren't used enough in the real world to devote much in the way of resources to them.
A case intrusion switch, a few minutes of electrical work to run the power-supply's "power-good" signal through the switch would do the trick.
I wonder if that income really makes up for the number of customers that do their research first, want something specific and walk out when they can't get it.
Or is Best Buy not interested in that type of customer in the first place?
Why not just buy it at the cheaper store?
I was at Fry's and purchased a laptop this last week, as soon as I mentioned I was from Canada the guy shut up about the extended warranty's completely.
I'm not normally impressed with Fry's service, but that was great. Bought the laptop too, whereas I'd gone in mostly just looking to see what was in-store then I could research when I got back to the hotel.
I don't know about Best Buy, but many companies incorporate seperately for their retail stores vs the online store, and run them as independant (although obviously related) companies.
As a result, "matching" the price may be the accurate term. Online stores are not always fliers for brick and mortar stores, although many serve that purpose as well.
The thing about Best Buy that makes them worse then the rest that play this game is that they are dishonest about it. Costco's instore and online prices don't always match, nor does their stock, and they're very upfront about that fact if you inquire, Costco doesn't try pass off their website as having higher prices when you happen to find a good deal online and it's more expensive in the store, they just tell you to order it online.
Contact your credit card company and reverse the charges on the "services not rendered" clause (which generally does exceed the normal dispute period limitations)
Or just file in small claims court, they'll probably just pay you off rather then deal with it.
Most of the Best Buy locations in my area have free wifi in store...
If you're revealing information (on your blog, on the train, or drunk in a bar, or anywhere else that you don't have an expectation of privacy) that you're stealing from your employer and your employer overhears, you can bet your job you'll get fired (or at least an investigation opened) This idiot was probably better off slinking away and looking for another job, then trying to fight this. I believe this example disproves "There's no such thing as bad publicity."
I've been known to research a person before I buy something from them. In one case I declined to purchase a laptop/tablet after finding a blog post about how many times they'd dropped their laptop and it kept ticking, but the screen was starting to flicker when it was rotated to a certain angle.
An employer/employee relationship is far more risky for both parties, I fail to why any potential employer wouldn't do the same.
If I were named "Bush" I'd change it...
How is it a pain? They're all in the list, all set to patch by default, all you have to do is hit the "Install Updates" button.
The process is the same for one big patch or a dozen little ones.
You've never done QA for a large project, have you?
Generally it's because most apps are not properly coded, do not stick to defined APIs, and no, the Win32 API is not always clear.
Ick, rollup patches are the worst of both worlds -- It means you hold patches until a specific day, *and* you hide the number of exploits which are being patched.
Worse, if a single patch does cause problems and needs to be withheld by an IT department, it prevents the IT department from releasing the other patches in the rollup.
Luckily Apple doesn't have a large enough market share for this to matter on a global scale.
To continue a stupid analogy, keep in mind that the dam needs to shut down to be patched. Rather then saying to the people relying on the water and electricity from that dam "We're shutting down each Tuesday for a few minutes", you're suggesting saying "We're shutting down randomly all the time. Enjoy"
Not at all -- Until Patch Tuesday started, patches were released as they became available. It was a problem, and so scheduling started.