"This requires a server somewhere, and software on the machine to do the bricking."
did you not read the whole paragraph where i talked about homebrewed bios software? the thief could wipe the HD and it'd make no difference.
"After all you can not "send a command" to Starbucks wireless router and expect it to magically find your laptop next to that shady character nervously gulping an americano.
You need a server somewhere that either enables the machine or bricks it when it software running on the machine makes a connection (from INSIDE the wireless firewall/router)."
phone home software, that's what i was talking about all along. duh.
"That sounds like an interesting project but the liability insurance would kill you."
why the hell would i need that? this is for me and no one else. if i bricked my own laptop do you think i'm going to sue myself or something?
bios hacks have always interested me but the lack of open source bios firmware has prevented me getting into it. I reckon a bios hack that does a "check in" when connected to the internet could work wonders. once you mark the system as stolen you could send a command to brick the laptop, sound an alarm or maybe randomly goatse the new owner. you'd quickly be able to trace back where the sale came from... 90% of the time i'm betting on ebay.
This is another example of linux and firefox performing poorly. don't hate me for pointing out the obvious flaws, as many smartass OSS people have said to me in the past "code your own fix"
if i was ebay i'd be careful selling off profitable parts of the company. now that your trying to force people into using paypal you might find your going to need the month
That will be the end of CC fraud. putting one time tokens on bank transfers. that will end bank fraud, or cut way way down on it.
why hasn't the banking industry down this with their billions of dollars i hear you ask? because they aren't the ones paying for this, we are. until you make your politicians change this, we will continue to have scammers and phishers.
this is one reason australia's taxation model of the goods and services tax is an improvement of the old sales tax model.
it's a 10% flat rate tax on all goods and services with a few exceptions like fresh fruit,veg,milk and bread (essentials) as well as preventative medical supplies like condoms. it's applied across all states the same and once every 3 months you fill out a single page form and bpay your payment. it used to take me about 1 hour including the time organizing the receipts.
i'm not familar with the USA's tax system but it sounds like it's different sales tax rates per state? so why isn't tax reform more of an election issue?
I've only ever run into the passive back stabbers, possibly because i'm well over 6 foot tall and built like an Abraham's tank, making direct confrontation hazardous to their health.
be warned though, the back stabbing ninjas are dangerous. one i had years ago was a manager who was completely clueless about IT, and would hold endless conference calls and make my brain bleed from his management speak. His classic assault to the senses was to try and use acronyms in an excessive manner, then when i failed to understand what the fuck he was on about, he would bitch about me to other pointing out how i didn't know what his made up acronyms meant.
water cooler snipers are another dangerous breed, these ones do no work yet somehow remain invaluable to the company in the eyes of management. they will crap on your performance to others around the water cooler, but won't hesitate to run to you for help with that project that's due next week. I had one of these parasites in my work place once, his MO was to replace exe's with "upgrades" on a friday afternoon, without testing them or warning me. he only ever did it on the weekends i was on call. when i arrived and everything was backed up in the queues, i'd have no idea what was wrong making me look totally incompetent. on the monday when the boss asked what the fuck happened, he'd make sure we both took the blame, but then at the water cooler he'd make it known it was really me that made the mistake, nothing to do with his untested changes.
"There's a significant number of politicians in Denmark whose main campaign issue is reducing the number of people allowed into the country."
why is this a bad thing? name me a country which has large immigration and DOESN'T have racial tensions? that would suggest to any sane person that multi-culture doesn't work.
CEO's don't know jack shit about the technical aspects of the business they work for, they also twist the truth a hell of a lot. if he is talking about peering arrangements then this isn't a bad thing.
"? You are leeching off the honest people who actually BUY the music, BUY the movies and BUY the software. without them, the stuff would not get made,"
so your saying if i download enough RIAA label music and hollywood movies i'll send the fuckers broke and they will have to stop making their dribble? excellent!
"Those in your management chain who are aware of your competency are often powerless"
thats not a problem with outsourcing, that's a problem with your management. people keep confusing the 2. outsourcing is just another tool for a poor manager to make the wrong decision to use.
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did you not read the whole paragraph where i talked about homebrewed bios software? the thief could wipe the HD and it'd make no difference.
"After all you can not "send a command" to Starbucks wireless router and expect it to magically find your laptop next to that shady character nervously gulping an americano. You need a server somewhere that either enables the machine or bricks it when it software running on the machine makes a connection (from INSIDE the wireless firewall/router)."
phone home software, that's what i was talking about all along. duh.
"That sounds like an interesting project but the liability insurance would kill you."
why the hell would i need that? this is for me and no one else. if i bricked my own laptop do you think i'm going to sue myself or something?
bios hacks have always interested me but the lack of open source bios firmware has prevented me getting into it. I reckon a bios hack that does a "check in" when connected to the internet could work wonders. once you mark the system as stolen you could send a command to brick the laptop, sound an alarm or maybe randomly goatse the new owner. you'd quickly be able to trace back where the sale came from... 90% of the time i'm betting on ebay.
This is another example of linux and firefox performing poorly. don't hate me for pointing out the obvious flaws, as many smartass OSS people have said to me in the past "code your own fix"
so what is your excuse for cities like NY then? it's just a dense but it doesn't have fibre to each apartment.
I'm going to post on there how pirating is actually stealing.
nothing defeats the keyboard for easy and speed of input.
if i was ebay i'd be careful selling off profitable parts of the company. now that your trying to force people into using paypal you might find your going to need the month
they ARE making viewers you nob head. honestly you people will just invent problems when you can't find any real ones.
So when i pirate this quality content, are they going to try sue me? after all marketing is the entire point of this.
that's how fast you'd be accelerating, so given enough time you'd be going a lot faster.
why hasn't the banking industry down this with their billions of dollars i hear you ask? because they aren't the ones paying for this, we are. until you make your politicians change this, we will continue to have scammers and phishers.
wait wasn't rudd supposed to be the fix for everything?
it's a 10% flat rate tax on all goods and services with a few exceptions like fresh fruit,veg,milk and bread (essentials) as well as preventative medical supplies like condoms. it's applied across all states the same and once every 3 months you fill out a single page form and bpay your payment. it used to take me about 1 hour including the time organizing the receipts.
i'm not familar with the USA's tax system but it sounds like it's different sales tax rates per state? so why isn't tax reform more of an election issue?
solar is nothing but a god damn TOY.
be warned though, the back stabbing ninjas are dangerous. one i had years ago was a manager who was completely clueless about IT, and would hold endless conference calls and make my brain bleed from his management speak. His classic assault to the senses was to try and use acronyms in an excessive manner, then when i failed to understand what the fuck he was on about, he would bitch about me to other pointing out how i didn't know what his made up acronyms meant.
water cooler snipers are another dangerous breed, these ones do no work yet somehow remain invaluable to the company in the eyes of management. they will crap on your performance to others around the water cooler, but won't hesitate to run to you for help with that project that's due next week. I had one of these parasites in my work place once, his MO was to replace exe's with "upgrades" on a friday afternoon, without testing them or warning me. he only ever did it on the weekends i was on call. when i arrived and everything was backed up in the queues, i'd have no idea what was wrong making me look totally incompetent. on the monday when the boss asked what the fuck happened, he'd make sure we both took the blame, but then at the water cooler he'd make it known it was really me that made the mistake, nothing to do with his untested changes.
it's not an addiction, that's just the soft libby way to divert blame away from someone being a fat slob.
ever used quickbooks? no? that's why you think it's a good idea.
Some how i know this is george bush's fault. i don't care what the evidence says!
the brain makes the choice, not any other factor. isn't that the very essence of free will?
why is this a bad thing? name me a country which has large immigration and DOESN'T have racial tensions? that would suggest to any sane person that multi-culture doesn't work.
CEO's don't know jack shit about the technical aspects of the business they work for, they also twist the truth a hell of a lot. if he is talking about peering arrangements then this isn't a bad thing.
atleast with windows you won't have some nerd saying it's your own fault for crashing, and you should have RTFM
so your saying if i download enough RIAA label music and hollywood movies i'll send the fuckers broke and they will have to stop making their dribble? excellent!
thats not a problem with outsourcing, that's a problem with your management. people keep confusing the 2. outsourcing is just another tool for a poor manager to make the wrong decision to use.
Smart people with better options leave. wow who would have thought that would happen. next on slashdot, all about how water is wet.