Ya you are. You can walk down to the nearest corner street and purchase from a whole loaded rickshaw filled with pirated media. Oh, and grab a bite to eat while you're at it. Oh, and that rootkit you got infected with?? A friendly bonus. No extra charge.
Back in 2004 when I worked at Time Warner Cable of Austin, TX, we would often get customers calling in that their browser was being redirected to www.rrsecurity-abuse.com. As a TSR agent, my job was to ask a few questions and report to them our in-house ticket notes as to the 'why' of their account being blocked. In any case, I would fill out an unblock request which then gets approved by management and thus sent on to our "security dept". I like to call this the Wizard of OZ office. Because no one ever talks to the wizard. I sure as hell don't. And the consumer can't call them either.
If I had to guess, the security department was conducting a behavior analysis based an the amount of traffic used and over which ports. Even modern firewalls that scan all traffic for virus is still CPU intensive and limited to whatever your budget is at. It get's quite expensive as you scale up in operations and the technology because obsolete rather quickly. I doubt many ISPs are investing in that kind of hardware.
Ever notice how early adopters and bleeding edge user get soaked paying a premium price? If you know anything about the computer hardware market, you know this to be true. It's called a law of deminishing returns. Just because you near spent twice the price will you rarely get twice the performance at the high end for a single purchase item. Effectively it's these of consumers that have subsidized the R&D costs for the medium to low end range of products.
From a marketing perpective, it's much easier to just an old product wither on the vine than cut you off completely when a product is scheduled for EOL.
MIRVs decelerate quite rapidly as the re-enter the atmosphere as I understand it. To the point of glowing brightly like a small meteor. Not that I've ever seen a MIRV in action, nor want too FYI.
It's called a swarm. And swarm logic could be used to dynamically coordinate tasks and targets among the drones as needed. One moment a drone is targeting a civilian only for milliseconds later to pass for a new given task to intercept an incoming missile as the sacrificial lamb. I'm willing to bet that level of technology is much further along than we realize.
Depends on if you believe in the concept of a 'contract' or not. The problem isn't that Apple refuses to let you use the hardware as you see fit. The problem is that Apple hasn't clarified the expected and blatant terms of use. It's pretty obfuscated if you ask me.
Let me give you an example of future GPU (Video cards) and CPU technology. Suppose the yields are so good, and yet the R&D costs are naturally expensive. What if there was just one hardware production run whereas "cores" are unlocked based on the serial code you enter into the BIOS. Want an upgrade? Upgrade your serial code. It saves you money, it saves the manufacture money. Impulse purchasing and upgrading all from the seat of your desk. Everyone wins right? Economic theory would say yes. But the idea you own the hardware - yet can't touch it (because you're not licensed for it) is a big taboo among crowd here.
Agreed. Now, will they actually use it for religious reasons? If the answer is yes, the world is forever changed in its assumption of MAD keeping the world safe.
Ok, so we are drowning. And what do all land walking mammals do in their final moments before they drown? They go flailing about expending lots of energy for that last little gasp of oxygen. But, they do drown.
Once we reach hyperinflation, America effectively drowns shortly thereafter.
You have a cube because you're not worth half as much as you think you are. Unless you're management, an CxO, or actually producing a profit, you can forget about having a room with a Window. Sorry chum, them the facts!
The SNR level will go up, but now being able to afford a smartphone in a BRIC nation makes that an entirely moot point. Not everyone can afford an iDevice or fancy Droid. On that note; did you know that just half the global population lives on average $2.50 a day. The market for selling stuff is vast. The problem is finding people that can afford said stuff.
You don't report it to a COP, you take it to a local sheriff as those get elected! They love getting results of capturing the thief as it brings good vibes to the community and makes him look like a hero.
Again. Stolen iPhone, call a sheriff. Not the "police".
"Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" (ST reference) is the basic theme of China. It's government was forged out of Marxism, so no surprise there. But it cuts both ways. This tenet can dispense misery upon billions of people or lift billions out of poverty in unison. It's also one of the more volatile tenets to rely on vs. one of individuality and self determination. Although the US as of strange reason is locked into a culture struggle of what I like to call "coddle-fication through victimization". Simple put, our problems are manufactured as though to pay penance for some misbegotten deeds. Perhaps it's born out of judeo christian values based on a Western cultural mindset. The theories are endless really, but it's a big nasty problem for us nonetheless.
The SNES CPU could be clocked in one of three modes; 3.58 MHz, 2.68 MHz, and 1.79 MHz respectively. Though if I'm not mistaken, it's based on RISC architecture (or was that just with the add-on FX chip co-processor?). Though modern CPUs are some blend of RISC and CISC anyways, it's sort of a moot point unlike back in the days of the original Pentium and earlier.
I understand 3D games are more complex and calculate physics engines and what not, but from a pure logic non-GPU standpoint, current consoles have way more CPU power than is necessary as it is IMHO.
Great! So we have jobs going overseas to hard-working people making cents on the dollar. CxOs, lawyers, and politicians ranking as the top 1%ers in the US. And you want to defend the lazy and near worthless bums working in Unions? Just where does that leave the hard-working middle class group of people?! Oh, I forgot. They're are a threat to US national security *cough* *cough*, we must wipe out that group from existence.
There's a reason nations fall into a dichotomy of haves and have nots. Those in power fear a middle class majority of citizens. And it's not some grand conspiracy either. It's far worse than that. It's human nature organizing the acquisition of power!
Not anymore. Now we have degree inflation where it takes a BA just to get a 10/hour job. It's a "requirement" AKA HR Dept resume filter. College is now the HS diploma. Essentially, you must now purchase a student loan billed at historic all-time highs just to get a job that will hardly be enough to pay it off. And you can't default on student loans.
Doesn't work like that. Frequency, instruction set efficiency, and parallel execution are different aspects of a modern processor. You can't just lump them all togeather and brand it an i5ish CPU. Which BTW is a false comparison anyways as an i5 has four real cores.
Would be a shame if that poor SOB were to accidentally stumble upon my internal malware infested honeypot. Used strictly for my own research purposes of course. This one is filled with bees, and they sting!
Not a backup, but shadow copies are an admin's friend. I've had to refer to those 99% of the time when a file gets deleted or corrupted by an end user. Otherwise, It's back to restoring from a grandfather-father-son backup.
Not sure about in Linux, but in the Windows world, backup software just plain sucks balls! The built-in backup utility for Server 2008 is already functionally obsolete (wont support larger sector sizes on external or GPT volumes as a destination). Symantec Backup Exec is always a hair-on-fire experience. Microsoft DPM will backup, good luck restoring data. Acronis is a half-baked solution with a pretty interface...etc.
If only it was much easier to run and operate my own business without all the red tape and a fucked up tax code. I *really* want to be my own boss, and possible grow the company. But the laws here in the US practically make it not worth my time. It's bullshit we have to live this way!
I personally know two truck drivers. Both have gotten out of it because of several factors working against them. 1, fuel costs have risen. 2: Demands to meet the schedule as the market is moving to JIT delivery so that warehouse costs can be kept down. Lack of sleep, unsafe driving conditions, not being with their family a good part of the time. Putting other lives at risk on the roadways. It's over all stressful and only suited for the middle aged. Just young enough to have the energy and old enough to have experience. Other then that, it's a real shitty dead-end career.
I have, but only when the humidity level dropped to where there was static electricity in the air. The kind that hurts when you touch a door knob. But if you live off the southern coast (Houston TX for example), you can get away without needing anti-static grounding. Just a simple act of touching the chassis once is enough. Though honestly, that still violates best practice procedure. And when handling RAM, it's exceedingly important to be cautious as you could kill a single transistor and start flipping bits and thus corrupting data. ECC will correct those errors, but don't damage the hardware to begin with is my point.
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Ya you are. You can walk down to the nearest corner street and purchase from a whole loaded rickshaw filled with pirated media. Oh, and grab a bite to eat while you're at it. Oh, and that rootkit you got infected with?? A friendly bonus. No extra charge.
Back in 2004 when I worked at Time Warner Cable of Austin, TX, we would often get customers calling in that their browser was being redirected to www.rrsecurity-abuse.com. As a TSR agent, my job was to ask a few questions and report to them our in-house ticket notes as to the 'why' of their account being blocked. In any case, I would fill out an unblock request which then gets approved by management and thus sent on to our "security dept". I like to call this the Wizard of OZ office. Because no one ever talks to the wizard. I sure as hell don't. And the consumer can't call them either.
If I had to guess, the security department was conducting a behavior analysis based an the amount of traffic used and over which ports. Even modern firewalls that scan all traffic for virus is still CPU intensive and limited to whatever your budget is at. It get's quite expensive as you scale up in operations and the technology because obsolete rather quickly. I doubt many ISPs are investing in that kind of hardware.
Ever wonder why the boss gets so much junk email? It's proportional to how many firings he/she has performed thoughout their career. Just sayin.
Ever notice how early adopters and bleeding edge user get soaked paying a premium price? If you know anything about the computer hardware market, you know this to be true. It's called a law of deminishing returns. Just because you near spent twice the price will you rarely get twice the performance at the high end for a single purchase item. Effectively it's these of consumers that have subsidized the R&D costs for the medium to low end range of products.
From a marketing perpective, it's much easier to just an old product wither on the vine than cut you off completely when a product is scheduled for EOL.
MIRVs decelerate quite rapidly as the re-enter the atmosphere as I understand it. To the point of glowing brightly like a small meteor. Not that I've ever seen a MIRV in action, nor want too FYI.
It's called a swarm. And swarm logic could be used to dynamically coordinate tasks and targets among the drones as needed. One moment a drone is targeting a civilian only for milliseconds later to pass for a new given task to intercept an incoming missile as the sacrificial lamb. I'm willing to bet that level of technology is much further along than we realize.
Depends on if you believe in the concept of a 'contract' or not. The problem isn't that Apple refuses to let you use the hardware as you see fit. The problem is that Apple hasn't clarified the expected and blatant terms of use. It's pretty obfuscated if you ask me.
Let me give you an example of future GPU (Video cards) and CPU technology. Suppose the yields are so good, and yet the R&D costs are naturally expensive. What if there was just one hardware production run whereas "cores" are unlocked based on the serial code you enter into the BIOS. Want an upgrade? Upgrade your serial code. It saves you money, it saves the manufacture money. Impulse purchasing and upgrading all from the seat of your desk. Everyone wins right? Economic theory would say yes. But the idea you own the hardware - yet can't touch it (because you're not licensed for it) is a big taboo among crowd here.
Agreed. Now, will they actually use it for religious reasons? If the answer is yes, the world is forever changed in its assumption of MAD keeping the world safe.
Ok, so we are drowning. And what do all land walking mammals do in their final moments before they drown? They go flailing about expending lots of energy for that last little gasp of oxygen. But, they do drown.
Once we reach hyperinflation, America effectively drowns shortly thereafter.
You have a cube because you're not worth half as much as you think you are. Unless you're management, an CxO, or actually producing a profit, you can forget about having a room with a Window. Sorry chum, them the facts!
The SNR level will go up, but now being able to afford a smartphone in a BRIC nation makes that an entirely moot point. Not everyone can afford an iDevice or fancy Droid. On that note; did you know that just half the global population lives on average $2.50 a day. The market for selling stuff is vast. The problem is finding people that can afford said stuff.
It's a Millennial Generation (Gen-Y) thing. Here are some aspects of this generation.
Self-absorbed - Check
Narcissist - Check
Trophy Kid - Check
Precious snowflake - Check
Caring less of government affairs compared to prior generations - Check
Or in other words. The exact 100% polar opposite of Nationalistic attitude.
Don't worry. The Chinese will kick all of you western asses into shape. If your man about it that is. *chuckle* *weep*. Ahh...we are so fucked...
You don't report it to a COP, you take it to a local sheriff as those get elected! They love getting results of capturing the thief as it brings good vibes to the community and makes him look like a hero.
Again. Stolen iPhone, call a sheriff. Not the "police".
"Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" (ST reference) is the basic theme of China. It's government was forged out of Marxism, so no surprise there. But it cuts both ways. This tenet can dispense misery upon billions of people or lift billions out of poverty in unison. It's also one of the more volatile tenets to rely on vs. one of individuality and self determination. Although the US as of strange reason is locked into a culture struggle of what I like to call "coddle-fication through victimization". Simple put, our problems are manufactured as though to pay penance for some misbegotten deeds. Perhaps it's born out of judeo christian values based on a Western cultural mindset. The theories are endless really, but it's a big nasty problem for us nonetheless.
The SNES CPU could be clocked in one of three modes; 3.58 MHz, 2.68 MHz, and 1.79 MHz respectively. Though if I'm not mistaken, it's based on RISC architecture (or was that just with the add-on FX chip co-processor?). Though modern CPUs are some blend of RISC and CISC anyways, it's sort of a moot point unlike back in the days of the original Pentium and earlier.
I understand 3D games are more complex and calculate physics engines and what not, but from a pure logic non-GPU standpoint, current consoles have way more CPU power than is necessary as it is IMHO.
Great! So we have jobs going overseas to hard-working people making cents on the dollar. CxOs, lawyers, and politicians ranking as the top 1%ers in the US. And you want to defend the lazy and near worthless bums working in Unions? Just where does that leave the hard-working middle class group of people?! Oh, I forgot. They're are a threat to US national security *cough* *cough*, we must wipe out that group from existence.
There's a reason nations fall into a dichotomy of haves and have nots. Those in power fear a middle class majority of citizens. And it's not some grand conspiracy either. It's far worse than that. It's human nature organizing the acquisition of power!
Not anymore. Now we have degree inflation where it takes a BA just to get a 10/hour job. It's a "requirement" AKA HR Dept resume filter. College is now the HS diploma. Essentially, you must now purchase a student loan billed at historic all-time highs just to get a job that will hardly be enough to pay it off. And you can't default on student loans.
Two words. Indentured servitude!
Doesn't work like that. Frequency, instruction set efficiency, and parallel execution are different aspects of a modern processor. You can't just lump them all togeather and brand it an i5ish CPU. Which BTW is a false comparison anyways as an i5 has four real cores.
Would be a shame if that poor SOB were to accidentally stumble upon my internal malware infested honeypot. Used strictly for my own research purposes of course. This one is filled with bees, and they sting!
Not a backup, but shadow copies are an admin's friend. I've had to refer to those 99% of the time when a file gets deleted or corrupted by an end user. Otherwise, It's back to restoring from a grandfather-father-son backup.
Not sure about in Linux, but in the Windows world, backup software just plain sucks balls! The built-in backup utility for Server 2008 is already functionally obsolete (wont support larger sector sizes on external or GPT volumes as a destination). Symantec Backup Exec is always a hair-on-fire experience. Microsoft DPM will backup, good luck restoring data. Acronis is a half-baked solution with a pretty interface...etc.
If only it was much easier to run and operate my own business without all the red tape and a fucked up tax code. I *really* want to be my own boss, and possible grow the company. But the laws here in the US practically make it not worth my time. It's bullshit we have to live this way!
I personally know two truck drivers. Both have gotten out of it because of several factors working against them. 1, fuel costs have risen. 2: Demands to meet the schedule as the market is moving to JIT delivery so that warehouse costs can be kept down. Lack of sleep, unsafe driving conditions, not being with their family a good part of the time. Putting other lives at risk on the roadways. It's over all stressful and only suited for the middle aged. Just young enough to have the energy and old enough to have experience. Other then that, it's a real shitty dead-end career.
I have, but only when the humidity level dropped to where there was static electricity in the air. The kind that hurts when you touch a door knob. But if you live off the southern coast (Houston TX for example), you can get away without needing anti-static grounding. Just a simple act of touching the chassis once is enough. Though honestly, that still violates best practice procedure. And when handling RAM, it's exceedingly important to be cautious as you could kill a single transistor and start flipping bits and thus corrupting data. ECC will correct those errors, but don't damage the hardware to begin with is my point.
And where is this company now? Still in business? Mind sharing a link to said business?