Once you lose your fingerprint to theives you are screwed for the rest of your live.
You can't change your fingerprint or your biometrics, which is why they are a stupid idea. Once they come up with a way to even imitate retnas the whole security system that was based around biometrics will be SCREWED.
Pundits and observers dispute the relationship of the terms "nerd" and "geek" to one another. Some view the geek as a less technically skilled nerd. Some factions maintain that "nerds" have both technical skills and social competence, whereas "geeks" display technical skills while socially incompetent; others hold an exactly reversed view, with "geek" serving as the socially competent counterpart of the socially incompetent "nerd", and call themselves "geeks" with pride (compare Geekcorps, an organization that sends people with technical skills to Third World countries to assist in computer infrastructure development).
Some regional differences may exist in the use of the words "nerd" and "geek". Some claim that on the North American west coast the population prefers the term "geek" to "nerd", while the North American east coast prefers the word "nerd" to "geek" (see Ellen Spertus's page on The Sexiest Geek Alive (http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Geek/)). Others on the east coast dispute this, claiming that they have always found "nerd" used disparagingly and "geek" used in a positive light. In Britain, this latter view tends to apply -- "nerd" has more offensive connotations than "geek", which speakers of British English often use affectionately. Compare anorak.
Nerd appeared earlier and at a time when being good at school was not seen as "cool". Therefore nerd is a derogatory word (although some people now consider it a compliment), while geek appeared later and has thus avoided many of the negative conotations. Geek is a milder version and is also applied to to people who are socially insignificant, while nerd is used more with people who are socially inept.
This must be the highest concentration of nerd on earth. 11 grade A StarWars nerds...20 feet...My god, they are going to bend the space-time continum or something!
Steve: "Oh, hey bob, no one cares about voyager anymore, so lets just scrap it!" Bob: But it will be the first man made object ever to be in interstellar space! It will be the first transmission from out of our solar system! Steve: Will there be any pictures? Bob: Thats not the point Steve: But what are we supposed to show on TV? Bob:........ Steve: For motherland Russia! Bob: WTF? I thought this was NASA? Steve: err..um..I mean, bring me that beer and hamburger! Time for Monday Night Football!
The problem is when they take off their suits. We had the same problem with the guy in the ISS. THe rocket spewed toxic material which didn't bother the suit, but when they brought it in it wouldn't be so trivial.
"What's keeping me from ever using XP is Product Activation."
Oh shutup. You are just pissed you can't figure out how to get the version you got off bittorrent to work. I bought XP. I have changed the hardware more than 10 times, but I just asked them (back when they used live people) to reset my activation count and they did.
Windows XP is pretty secure if you know what you are doing. Disable the services, get antivirus and a firewall and you are set. Don't forget the router firewall, probably the most important part of securing your machine. I have never gotten a virus doing this.
Then again, this only works with people who know what they hell they are doing. No matter what I would never recommend Windows as a internet-facing server. I run a Windows 2003 server here in my home but it is just to learn it and host a small site with little traffic.
Scientist Bill: We have weighed nanoparticles Scientist Steve: YEAH! F**K YEAH! CEO: So? Scientist Bill: Because it's awesome! CEO: We spent 240 million dollars to weigh things we can't even see? Scientist Bill: *drunk* Yeah, I know, thats so...trippy... CEO:Does this bring us any closer to nanobots? Scientist Steve: Nope CEO: You're fired Scientist Bill: I guess this is the time to tell you I did your wife...
Maybe it's because no one cares? I'm not trying to be a troll, but when people don't turn out to vote it's because they have better things to do.
If it is online voting then maybe they just didn't know and this post (I assume they all read Slashdot) will remind them. It's to bad because Debian is one of/the most important distributions out there because of all the forks that depend on it, like Ubuntu.
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You can't change your fingerprint or your biometrics, which is why they are a stupid idea. Once they come up with a way to even imitate retnas the whole security system that was based around biometrics will be SCREWED.
We kill them. Duh.
A chipset that was designed and put into production in a month. Who would have guessed it had problems?
This is worse than hiring a sex predator to be the janitor in a preschool.
Slashdot: Nothing to see here, move along
Almost makes Verizon seem like the good one ;)
Then why is it so different with technology? Why do we not expect them to know these things?
Pundits and observers dispute the relationship of the terms "nerd" and "geek" to one another. Some view the geek as a less technically skilled nerd. Some factions maintain that "nerds" have both technical skills and social competence, whereas "geeks" display technical skills while socially incompetent; others hold an exactly reversed view, with "geek" serving as the socially competent counterpart of the socially incompetent "nerd", and call themselves "geeks" with pride (compare Geekcorps, an organization that sends people with technical skills to Third World countries to assist in computer infrastructure development).
Some regional differences may exist in the use of the words "nerd" and "geek". Some claim that on the North American west coast the population prefers the term "geek" to "nerd", while the North American east coast prefers the word "nerd" to "geek" (see Ellen Spertus's page on The Sexiest Geek Alive (http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Geek/) ). Others on the east coast dispute this, claiming that they have always found "nerd" used disparagingly and "geek" used in a positive light. In Britain, this latter view tends to apply -- "nerd" has more offensive connotations than "geek", which speakers of British English often use affectionately. Compare anorak.
Nerd appeared earlier and at a time when being good at school was not seen as "cool". Therefore nerd is a derogatory word (although some people now consider it a compliment), while geek appeared later and has thus avoided many of the negative conotations. Geek is a milder version and is also applied to to people who are socially insignificant, while nerd is used more with people who are socially inept.
This must be the highest concentration of nerd on earth. 11 grade A StarWars nerds...20 feet...My god, they are going to bend the space-time continum or something!
Geeks are social. Nerds are not. That's the main difference.
Pathetic.
Steve: "Oh, hey bob, no one cares about voyager anymore, so lets just scrap it!" ........
Bob: But it will be the first man made object ever to be in interstellar space! It will be the first transmission from out of our solar system!
Steve: Will there be any pictures?
Bob: Thats not the point
Steve: But what are we supposed to show on TV?
Bob:
Steve: For motherland Russia!
Bob: WTF? I thought this was NASA?
Steve: err..um..I mean, bring me that beer and hamburger! Time for Monday Night Football!
The problem is when they take off their suits. We had the same problem with the guy in the ISS. THe rocket spewed toxic material which didn't bother the suit, but when they brought it in it wouldn't be so trivial.
Bribing them whit promises and cheaper products.
Don't even get your hopes up. They will bribe the officials just like they do in all the other stories we have heard.
Oh shutup. You are just pissed you can't figure out how to get the version you got off bittorrent to work. I bought XP. I have changed the hardware more than 10 times, but I just asked them (back when they used live people) to reset my activation count and they did.
Then again, this only works with people who know what they hell they are doing. No matter what I would never recommend Windows as a internet-facing server. I run a Windows 2003 server here in my home but it is just to learn it and host a small site with little traffic.
They also have to licence tons of technology.
can you email me at mboverload_at_gmail.com? I'd really like to ask a few questions about your job. A friend is considering it and wants to know more.
Scientist Bill: We have weighed nanoparticles
Scientist Steve: YEAH! F**K YEAH!
CEO: So?
Scientist Bill: Because it's awesome!
CEO: We spent 240 million dollars to weigh things we can't even see?
Scientist Bill: *drunk* Yeah, I know, thats so...trippy...
CEO:Does this bring us any closer to nanobots?
Scientist Steve: Nope
CEO: You're fired
Scientist Bill: I guess this is the time to tell you I did your wife...
What is this, 4 days old? Slashdot is seriously slower than the Pony Express.
For the 3rd time, Nothing to see here, move along.
Car dealerships are appealing the decision.
None of the taxies actually move on the map. It looks like they are randomly moved.
They will probably fuck it over with crappy quality and shitty DRM though.
Of course you just leave out 90%+ of the computer population using Windows...
If it is online voting then maybe they just didn't know and this post (I assume they all read Slashdot) will remind them. It's to bad because Debian is one of/the most important distributions out there because of all the forks that depend on it, like Ubuntu.