My understanding was similar but different. I had heard that the original ancient language of the bible did not have a rich engouh vocabulary to distingiuish between kill (e.g. an enemy) and murder (e.g. one in your own society), but the next most recent translation of the bible used the word "murder", not "kill".
Not so. The cause is language drift in English. Note that David did not kill Goliath, he slew him. What was called "killing" in Jacobean times is now called "murder." That's why there are modern translations of The Bible, to adjust for changes in the language and make it easier for people to understand.
And just to show how the Law of Unintended Consequences works, if Saul had obeyed, Hamen would never have been born, the Book of Esther would never have been written and Purim wouldn't be celebrated. Not only that, we wouldn't have delicious humentashen to eat, and that would be a real shame!
So why should we be stuck with a CLI-based mail client just because people are capable of using it?
Er...uh...well...maybe, because we're not, and the OP never said we should be. The OP was only listing his own preferred newsclient, and not insisting that anybody else in the world use it. Just because you think GUI mail clients that parse html, automatically open attachments and run executables are the greatest thing since punched cards doesn't mean everybody else has to use them.
IANANP, but the first thing I thought of is that they're "simply" knocking the neutron out of the nucleus, leaving behind hydrogen and generating a high-energy neutron. Not fusion, but as you say, neat in and of itself. I'd think the energy spectrum would be pretty specific to the reaction involved, but don't know how this would differ from what they're claiming. Anybody out there have some info?
I use a printer driver, as I don't have the money to spend on Accrobat. For that matter, if I did have that money, I'd have more important thngs to spend it on. However, thanks for your advice.
I never send a resume in anyting but PDF unless I'm sure I'm sending it to the company itself, not a head-hunter. That way I'm almost sure it's not going to be "massaged" by some lying scum to add skills I neither have nor want, and that my words will go out as written. I also take a copy with my to any interview, so if it turns out my interviewer got an edited copy, I can show them what I actually wrote. So far, I've never had an interview end at that point, but it's been close a few times.
They could improve on the techniques, though. Throwing out rubble??? Most of that "rubble" was described as having been put there only 100 years after the tombs were dug. That means there may well have been valuable archaeological data in that "trash".
Granted, there was a time when exactly that would have been done. By 1900 or so, almost any proper archeologist would have had every basket of fill labeled to keep track of where the fill came from, then sifted, looking for minor artifacts. I find it hard to believe that this wasn't exactly how the shaft was emptied in this case. We've com a long way since early egyptologists blasted their way into pyramids with black powder.
Until then, can we have a punitve fine law that makes it a whole lot less appealing to do these underhanded, often illegal tricks just because the legendary Joe SixPack doesn't know how to protect his machine?
I'm sure we can, but I don't think that's enough. What I'd like to see is a law making it a federal crime (Interstate Commerce, here, so it's federal.) to provide (properly defined) spyware, or knowingly host a site that tries to download it onto viewer's machines. The penalty would be prison, with no suspended sentance or probation allowed, and all time to be served in a maximum security facility. No slap on the wrist, no deuce in a "country club." Hard time, every time, no exceptions.
Your quote from TFA shows something very important: by pointing out the limits of their experiment, they demonstrated that they weren't just interested in spreading FUD about IE. Not that I'm a fan of IE or anything; I've been using Firefox for several years now. I just like to see objective studies, properly reported.
71% of those with antivirus software thought that it updated weekly or daily. However, a scan revealed that only 33% of all the users had actually updated their antivirus within the last week.
This isn't always the user's fault, however. Just last week I tried running the update on my anti-virus manually and found out that it was borken and needed to be reinstalled. It'd been failing for several months and never notified me. Naturally, I took care of it right away, ran it again and re-scanned. No problems, but there sure could have been through no fault of my own.
Of course they are counted seperately. They all do that, because they have to remove 20 different things to clean you up. However, an honest program (Like Spybot) will show you one item in the list naming the program itself that can be expanded to show you all the different things that need removal, or left closed to show you they're all related. A scare-mongering one will simply list them and make them look unrelated.
Yeah, tech support and repair techs would have nothing to do.
Are you kidding? First, you don't think that this class/training would teach everybody how to repair their computers, do you? It would teach them the basics, and how to tell when they need more experienced help. Not only that, most people would have a professional go over their machine before it gets tested for recertification, just like they take it into the shop before having it smog tested. Depending on how often they need to do this, I could easily see a cottage industry springing up of part-time techs cleaning up PCs so their owners can get their Internet License renewed.
Why don't you let her play with the repositories and see how quick the Linux box will get broken?
Yes, it probably will get borken because sooner or later she'll install something that doesn't work and/or causes a dependancy conflict. However, that can happen no matter how good you are with Linux because things like that aren't completely under your control and never will be. Right now, she's not going to get her box pwned because crackers and spript-kiddies aren't targetting Linux that way. Eventually, they'll decide it's worth their time to learn something about Linux and try to break in to it, but not yet. For now, at least, the main thing the average home Linux user has to concern themselves with is tracking cookies, and playing around with the repositories isn't going to affect that one way or the other.
Lying about what you're doing or planning is part of politics and diplomacy. There are times it's needed, like it or not. There is, however, no time that lying about your personal affairs is proper, in my opinion, when there's a question of moral turpitude. Clearly, you disagree. I think this disagreement says a lot about both of us.
Even that doesn't mean a business is completely out of the woods regarding Linux security. Customers could be using an unpatched Linux-based network-connected multifunction printer or have on their network an obscure tool that a programmer found on a Web site and is using unbeknownst to anyone, leaving the door open to problems. "All it takes is one mistake to open the entire enterprise up," warns Alan Paller, research director at the SANS Institute.
There's a lot here about how something "could be" going on that's a security hole on a Linux box, but no mention that the same thing could just as easily be a security hole on a Windows box. There's also not one, single word about all the other things that could be security holes on Windows that don't affect Linux, such as opening attachments from strangers, browsing to the wrong website and so on. FUD, and nothing else.
Of course, if it doesn't decay as they predict, then their test fails and they've proven nothing about string theory.
Wrong. It will prove that there are not more than 11 dimensions. It may provide evidence that there are less, or that there are exactly 11 dimensions as well.
Instead of using sticky-tape, have each one engraved with an approprate ID. If nothing else, you won't have to worry about the tape coming off. Your clients can't even really complain, because how's engraving less secure than what you're already doing?
Imagine a crater, well away from the equator. If the walls are high enough, there will be places on the side nearest the equator that the Sun never reaches, and are in permanent shadow. You also get the same effect on the "back side" of mountains.
You seem to have the weird idea that it's possible to buy Avonex for $50/dose. It isn't. Not anywhere. If my sister didn't have help, she'd either have to come up with $1200/month, or allow her MS to get progressively worse.
No, that won't happen. AIDS is a high-profile desease and there will be enough publicity to force the drug companies to lower the price. Outrageous prices are reserved for "orphan deseases," like MS. My sister takes Avonex once a week, at a price of about $400/shot. If it weren't for Medicaid and her union benefits, she'd be out of luck; no way she could possibly afford that on her own.
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Not so. The cause is language drift in English. Note that David did not kill Goliath, he slew him. What was called "killing" in Jacobean times is now called "murder." That's why there are modern translations of The Bible, to adjust for changes in the language and make it easier for people to understand.
And just to show how the Law of Unintended Consequences works, if Saul had obeyed, Hamen would never have been born, the Book of Esther would never have been written and Purim wouldn't be celebrated. Not only that, we wouldn't have delicious humentashen to eat, and that would be a real shame!
Er...uh...well...maybe, because we're not, and the OP never said we should be. The OP was only listing his own preferred newsclient, and not insisting that anybody else in the world use it. Just because you think GUI mail clients that parse html, automatically open attachments and run executables are the greatest thing since punched cards doesn't mean everybody else has to use them.
IANANP, but the first thing I thought of is that they're "simply" knocking the neutron out of the nucleus, leaving behind hydrogen and generating a high-energy neutron. Not fusion, but as you say, neat in and of itself. I'd think the energy spectrum would be pretty specific to the reaction involved, but don't know how this would differ from what they're claiming. Anybody out there have some info?
I use a printer driver, as I don't have the money to spend on Accrobat. For that matter, if I did have that money, I'd have more important thngs to spend it on. However, thanks for your advice.
I never send a resume in anyting but PDF unless I'm sure I'm sending it to the company itself, not a head-hunter. That way I'm almost sure it's not going to be "massaged" by some lying scum to add skills I neither have nor want, and that my words will go out as written. I also take a copy with my to any interview, so if it turns out my interviewer got an edited copy, I can show them what I actually wrote. So far, I've never had an interview end at that point, but it's been close a few times.
Granted, there was a time when exactly that would have been done. By 1900 or so, almost any proper archeologist would have had every basket of fill labeled to keep track of where the fill came from, then sifted, looking for minor artifacts. I find it hard to believe that this wasn't exactly how the shaft was emptied in this case. We've com a long way since early egyptologists blasted their way into pyramids with black powder.
I'm sure we can, but I don't think that's enough. What I'd like to see is a law making it a federal crime (Interstate Commerce, here, so it's federal.) to provide (properly defined) spyware, or knowingly host a site that tries to download it onto viewer's machines. The penalty would be prison, with no suspended sentance or probation allowed, and all time to be served in a maximum security facility. No slap on the wrist, no deuce in a "country club." Hard time, every time, no exceptions.
Your quote from TFA shows something very important: by pointing out the limits of their experiment, they demonstrated that they weren't just interested in spreading FUD about IE. Not that I'm a fan of IE or anything; I've been using Firefox for several years now. I just like to see objective studies, properly reported.
This isn't always the user's fault, however. Just last week I tried running the update on my anti-virus manually and found out that it was borken and needed to be reinstalled. It'd been failing for several months and never notified me. Naturally, I took care of it right away, ran it again and re-scanned. No problems, but there sure could have been through no fault of my own.
Of course they are counted seperately. They all do that, because they have to remove 20 different things to clean you up. However, an honest program (Like Spybot) will show you one item in the list naming the program itself that can be expanded to show you all the different things that need removal, or left closed to show you they're all related. A scare-mongering one will simply list them and make them look unrelated.
Are you kidding? First, you don't think that this class/training would teach everybody how to repair their computers, do you? It would teach them the basics, and how to tell when they need more experienced help. Not only that, most people would have a professional go over their machine before it gets tested for recertification, just like they take it into the shop before having it smog tested. Depending on how often they need to do this, I could easily see a cottage industry springing up of part-time techs cleaning up PCs so their owners can get their Internet License renewed.
Yes, it probably will get borken because sooner or later she'll install something that doesn't work and/or causes a dependancy conflict. However, that can happen no matter how good you are with Linux because things like that aren't completely under your control and never will be. Right now, she's not going to get her box pwned because crackers and spript-kiddies aren't targetting Linux that way. Eventually, they'll decide it's worth their time to learn something about Linux and try to break in to it, but not yet. For now, at least, the main thing the average home Linux user has to concern themselves with is tracking cookies, and playing around with the repositories isn't going to affect that one way or the other.
Of course. I thought that was obvious, but then, I'm very familiar (in a layman's way) with the issue. Thanks for pointing it out for The Rest Of Us.
Lying about what you're doing or planning is part of politics and diplomacy. There are times it's needed, like it or not. There is, however, no time that lying about your personal affairs is proper, in my opinion, when there's a question of moral turpitude. Clearly, you disagree. I think this disagreement says a lot about both of us.
Even that doesn't mean a business is completely out of the woods regarding Linux security. Customers could be using an unpatched Linux-based network-connected multifunction printer or have on their network an obscure tool that a programmer found on a Web site and is using unbeknownst to anyone, leaving the door open to problems. "All it takes is one mistake to open the entire enterprise up," warns Alan Paller, research director at the SANS Institute.
There's a lot here about how something "could be" going on that's a security hole on a Linux box, but no mention that the same thing could just as easily be a security hole on a Windows box. There's also not one, single word about all the other things that could be security holes on Windows that don't affect Linux, such as opening attachments from strangers, browsing to the wrong website and so on. FUD, and nothing else.
What it the world has your reply to do with my post?
Wrong. It will prove that there are not more than 11 dimensions. It may provide evidence that there are less, or that there are exactly 11 dimensions as well.
Instead of using sticky-tape, have each one engraved with an approprate ID. If nothing else, you won't have to worry about the tape coming off. Your clients can't even really complain, because how's engraving less secure than what you're already doing?
Imagine a crater, well away from the equator. If the walls are high enough, there will be places on the side nearest the equator that the Sun never reaches, and are in permanent shadow. You also get the same effect on the "back side" of mountains.
Oh, I got it the first time. I just wanted to point out why prices in NYC weren't really representative of the rest of the country.
Really? And all these years I thought it was what you rode around in on your vacation. Silly me!
You seem to have the weird idea that it's possible to buy Avonex for $50/dose. It isn't. Not anywhere. If my sister didn't have help, she'd either have to come up with $1200/month, or allow her MS to get progressively worse.
Nano-nano!
No, that won't happen. AIDS is a high-profile desease and there will be enough publicity to force the drug companies to lower the price. Outrageous prices are reserved for "orphan deseases," like MS. My sister takes Avonex once a week, at a price of about $400/shot. If it weren't for Medicaid and her union benefits, she'd be out of luck; no way she could possibly afford that on her own.