Don't forget sugar. When abused, that's a real killer right up to chain-smoking. Have you not seen the obesity epidemic (and everything along with it) growing among developing nations? Forget developed, I'm talking DEVELOPING. Seriously, the Chinese are turning into little fatties in all the major cities with fast food (HFCS) and re-processed foods.
I hate to say it. But if it wasn't for the Chinese, I wouldn't have curtailed my sugar intake. Those poor SOBs are like a slow moving train wreck happing before my very eyes. Like a mirror to look into.
Adam Connor with Facebook previously stated the following; apparently in reference to gaining access to the Chinese market.
"Maybe we are going to censor our content in some countries” ” We have dealt with many unpleasant situations because we allow too much freedom of speech in the countries that have not experimented this until now"http://www.gev.com/2011/04/facebook-and-freedom-of-speech/
I know for a fact many users and businesses use Skype because it's encrypted end-to-end. Now, that may have already been compromised some time ago and thus no longer secure in China. But, I for one believe that Facebook would hand over the keys to the Chinese government in a heartbeat. I doubt Google would as there's already a bit of contention between those two.
Or, all the black holes tie back to one dimension. A dimension that's the start of another big bang. Once all the matter has been sucked in, and then the black holes themselves consolidate...the dimensional walls collapse and...BOOM! The cycle of cosmic rebirth begins anew.
That's half the problem. The other half is installing software and having it either break, or being too open ended of a solution. I'm speaking specifically of backup software and security (Backup Exec and McAfee come to mind). No, I'm not here to debug your shit. As an IT admin in a not-so-unreasonable world, my job is *supposed* to be about finding the right business solution and implementing it with technology to better serve said business. Yes, routine maintenance and checking backups is part of the role. But why should we be constantly subjected to shit products and solutions out there only to be blamed for when they don't work? Even after they're properly setup and configured. That other half is the vendors peddling their shit!
Supply and demand. That's the driving force behind progress. It's also the mechanism that reveals the truth about humanity. Hard labor is difficult to perform, but very easy to learn. Performing high level math and engineering requires the least amount of physical effort, but the most difficult to learn. As you can see, it's all about the % of populations ability in proportion to the barriers of entry. Hence forth, supply and demand comes into play.
After seeing what modern weaponry will do to the human body, I'd bet it was one person to many graves.
They say the Navy submitted his body to sea. My guess is that was a polite and politically correct way of them saying "damn, this pork soupy mess is starting to smell like fish. Dump this chum overboard. Yes sir, no problem sir... *splash*"
I can't speak for the rest of the Republican party, but within my (rather large) circle of Republican voting friends, we all think DT is a total self-serving populous douche bag! I wish he would shut his claptrap even though I know it would never happen.
Furthermore, any competent IT department will know that adding unsupported software is a bigger problem than adding unsupported hardware. If they don't care about him installing whatever browser he wants, why would they care about adding more memory.
Because often in a large organization, those PCs are leased machines which includes full warranty. So if you go out to purchase unsupported RAM (not through the proper vendor channels such as HP or Dell), you may have voided support. But that's just a minor setback as you can always go back to the original sticks for troubleshooting. The biggest issue with using %random% DIMMS can lead to bit-flips and constant BSODs. This is really bad because now you're having to sink time into troubleshooting a machine without knowing additional RAM was installed. Worse yet, it's corrupting data on the file server forcing employees to fetch for working data from shadow copies off the server (assuming they're even setup). So that's a loss of productivity there eating time and money too.
Where some see a problem, I see a business opportunity. Why not great a deal where by the content providers (Netflix, Hulu..etc) offer to put a cached server in the headend of ATT and Comcasts local networks. It would reduce bandwidth between pairing agreements and save everyone money. Not only that, with sharing of the profits, networks can use the funds to increase data capacity to match the exponential growth in data usage.
As SomePgmr said, they might just automatically bill you for it as walk out the door of the hotel. It would be interesting how many people will either contest the charge (knowingly they stole it in the first place), or just eat the cost because shipping it back would be just as costly for the refund. The idea being that the hotel can reduce the loss of revenue due to theft without causing a scene about it.
China, on the other hand, doesn't have have anybody they can hand a ticking timebomb of an economy over to. They are in it for the long haul, they know it, and they are willing to interrupt a bubble before it blows up in their faces
No, not really. What you say about western politics is true between parties. They play the game of hot-potato quite a bit. In China however, it's not about party politics for obvious reasons (though I'm sure there's a lot of in-fighting among CCP members) in so much as an US vs THEM mentality. US = CCP members while THEM = civilians. Essentially what you have is a lot of corruption at the individual level. As long as the members are fat n' happy with a unified goal of enriching themselves, they will have stability. But once the apple cart gets shaky, the whole system will fall apart. Everything from the raiding of banks to seizer of property at an unprecedented scale would happen.
If there's one thing the world values as much as their money, is a nation stable enough to protect their investments. China is *not* one of those nations.
I hope you're joking. The Cold War sucked ass. I direct your attention to the history of the Cuban missile crisis. For all intents and purposes, nuclear war should have happened, but (thankfully) didn't happen. I'm still gobsmacked that it didn't!
Most of the hacking and spam that come from China can be directly traced to compromised pirated version of Windows. Just walk down the street, pirated software is but a block away in many cases. Unfortunately for them, their compromised machines can be turned against them.
You know the ol saying. Live by the sword, die by the sword (or some such).
Geekoid, you are seriously ignorant and obstinate with regards to knowing what's brewing in China. Shanghai has such a nasty real estate bubble brewing, it makes ours in the US pale in comparison. It's large enough to throw the entire world into a great world-wide depression (yes, worse than it is now) via domino effect of defaulting debts. It was only a month ago that people are become more optimistic that it's manageable than back in August. But this situation is definitely worth watching closely.
Just google china real estate bubble and read for yourself.
Reprocessing uranium and creating plutonium is a monumental task. While I'm sure your right about the uranium, I'm not so sure about plutonium. But that aside, my limited understanding of how the bomb works requires explosives (gun type) and explosive lenses for the implosion. Get it wrong, and you've got a dirty bomb on your hand. So how is an explosion possible in nature with these two materials in such pure concentration possible? Thermal meltdown, sure. But an explosion?
And what about the hostile alien race? Do they have a prime directive too? Maybe they're all about the whole "devide and conquer" technique so as to further their efforts in strip-mining the planet of valuable resources. Just a thought.
Hypothetical event, but what if aliens visited Roswell NM in 1947 because of the first bomb set off in 1945? What if the energy released by that explosion transcended space/time and created a unique signature at the quantum level only detectable with advanced alien technology? An instantaneous notification of our existence across the universe. By chance, they detected us. And the rest they say is history.
At best, it makes for some good SciFi. But who really knows for sure...
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Don't forget sugar. When abused, that's a real killer right up to chain-smoking. Have you not seen the obesity epidemic (and everything along with it) growing among developing nations? Forget developed, I'm talking DEVELOPING. Seriously, the Chinese are turning into little fatties in all the major cities with fast food (HFCS) and re-processed foods.
I hate to say it. But if it wasn't for the Chinese, I wouldn't have curtailed my sugar intake. Those poor SOBs are like a slow moving train wreck happing before my very eyes. Like a mirror to look into.
Adam Connor with Facebook previously stated the following; apparently in reference to gaining access to the Chinese market.
"Maybe we are going to censor our content in some countries” ” We have dealt with many unpleasant situations because we allow too much freedom of speech in the countries that have not experimented this until now" http://www.gev.com/2011/04/facebook-and-freedom-of-speech/
I know for a fact many users and businesses use Skype because it's encrypted end-to-end. Now, that may have already been compromised some time ago and thus no longer secure in China. But, I for one believe that Facebook would hand over the keys to the Chinese government in a heartbeat. I doubt Google would as there's already a bit of contention between those two.
Or, all the black holes tie back to one dimension. A dimension that's the start of another big bang. Once all the matter has been sucked in, and then the black holes themselves consolidate...the dimensional walls collapse and...BOOM! The cycle of cosmic rebirth begins anew.
Because first you must get high to become one with the universe. Only then will it all start to make sense.
That's half the problem. The other half is installing software and having it either break, or being too open ended of a solution. I'm speaking specifically of backup software and security (Backup Exec and McAfee come to mind). No, I'm not here to debug your shit. As an IT admin in a not-so-unreasonable world, my job is *supposed* to be about finding the right business solution and implementing it with technology to better serve said business. Yes, routine maintenance and checking backups is part of the role. But why should we be constantly subjected to shit products and solutions out there only to be blamed for when they don't work? Even after they're properly setup and configured. That other half is the vendors peddling their shit!
Bullshit! Will never happen. Flash calculates Pi to infinity. Find that subroutine, and we will have solved the Flash performance problem.
You can blame our educational system for that and all their politically correct BS they teach.
Was it gang warfare??? WTF? Seriously, I've lived in Austin, TX from 2001 to 2006. In all that time, I've never heard gunshots outside a gun range.
This is Texas, not some dusty scene from the Wild Wild West with a ubiquitous saloon in every town. Sheesh!
Supply and demand. That's the driving force behind progress. It's also the mechanism that reveals the truth about humanity. Hard labor is difficult to perform, but very easy to learn. Performing high level math and engineering requires the least amount of physical effort, but the most difficult to learn. As you can see, it's all about the % of populations ability in proportion to the barriers of entry. Hence forth, supply and demand comes into play.
It was quick and painless. I'm sure any neurologist can back that up. If anything, his death was swift with no suffering.
"bury them in unmarked graves"
After seeing what modern weaponry will do to the human body, I'd bet it was one person to many graves.
They say the Navy submitted his body to sea. My guess is that was a polite and politically correct way of them saying "damn, this pork soupy mess is starting to smell like fish. Dump this chum overboard. Yes sir, no problem sir... *splash*"
I can't speak for the rest of the Republican party, but within my (rather large) circle of Republican voting friends, we all think DT is a total self-serving populous douche bag! I wish he would shut his claptrap even though I know it would never happen.
Furthermore, any competent IT department will know that adding unsupported software is a bigger problem than adding unsupported hardware. If they don't care about him installing whatever browser he wants, why would they care about adding more memory.
Because often in a large organization, those PCs are leased machines which includes full warranty. So if you go out to purchase unsupported RAM (not through the proper vendor channels such as HP or Dell), you may have voided support. But that's just a minor setback as you can always go back to the original sticks for troubleshooting. The biggest issue with using %random% DIMMS can lead to bit-flips and constant BSODs. This is really bad because now you're having to sink time into troubleshooting a machine without knowing additional RAM was installed. Worse yet, it's corrupting data on the file server forcing employees to fetch for working data from shadow copies off the server (assuming they're even setup). So that's a loss of productivity there eating time and money too.
Where some see a problem, I see a business opportunity. Why not great a deal where by the content providers (Netflix, Hulu..etc) offer to put a cached server in the headend of ATT and Comcasts local networks. It would reduce bandwidth between pairing agreements and save everyone money. Not only that, with sharing of the profits, networks can use the funds to increase data capacity to match the exponential growth in data usage.
As SomePgmr said, they might just automatically bill you for it as walk out the door of the hotel. It would be interesting how many people will either contest the charge (knowingly they stole it in the first place), or just eat the cost because shipping it back would be just as costly for the refund. The idea being that the hotel can reduce the loss of revenue due to theft without causing a scene about it.
He's a blackhat. It's his job to piss everyone off.
OUCH! I wonder how many VHD files got corrupted that way.
That's funny. Because here in the US, we feel the same way about our politicians wanting to emulate the EU with regards to their nanny-state laws.
China, on the other hand, doesn't have have anybody they can hand a ticking timebomb of an economy over to. They are in it for the long haul, they know it, and they are willing to interrupt a bubble before it blows up in their faces
No, not really. What you say about western politics is true between parties. They play the game of hot-potato quite a bit. In China however, it's not about party politics for obvious reasons (though I'm sure there's a lot of in-fighting among CCP members) in so much as an US vs THEM mentality. US = CCP members while THEM = civilians. Essentially what you have is a lot of corruption at the individual level. As long as the members are fat n' happy with a unified goal of enriching themselves, they will have stability. But once the apple cart gets shaky, the whole system will fall apart. Everything from the raiding of banks to seizer of property at an unprecedented scale would happen.
If there's one thing the world values as much as their money, is a nation stable enough to protect their investments. China is *not* one of those nations.
I hope you're joking. The Cold War sucked ass. I direct your attention to the history of the Cuban missile crisis. For all intents and purposes, nuclear war should have happened, but (thankfully) didn't happen. I'm still gobsmacked that it didn't!
Most of the hacking and spam that come from China can be directly traced to compromised pirated version of Windows. Just walk down the street, pirated software is but a block away in many cases. Unfortunately for them, their compromised machines can be turned against them.
You know the ol saying. Live by the sword, die by the sword (or some such).
Geekoid, you are seriously ignorant and obstinate with regards to knowing what's brewing in China. Shanghai has such a nasty real estate bubble brewing, it makes ours in the US pale in comparison. It's large enough to throw the entire world into a great world-wide depression (yes, worse than it is now) via domino effect of defaulting debts. It was only a month ago that people are become more optimistic that it's manageable than back in August. But this situation is definitely worth watching closely.
Just google china real estate bubble and read for yourself.
Reprocessing uranium and creating plutonium is a monumental task. While I'm sure your right about the uranium, I'm not so sure about plutonium. But that aside, my limited understanding of how the bomb works requires explosives (gun type) and explosive lenses for the implosion. Get it wrong, and you've got a dirty bomb on your hand. So how is an explosion possible in nature with these two materials in such pure concentration possible? Thermal meltdown, sure. But an explosion?
And what about the hostile alien race? Do they have a prime directive too? Maybe they're all about the whole "devide and conquer" technique so as to further their efforts in strip-mining the planet of valuable resources. Just a thought.
Hypothetical event, but what if aliens visited Roswell NM in 1947 because of the first bomb set off in 1945? What if the energy released by that explosion transcended space/time and created a unique signature at the quantum level only detectable with advanced alien technology? An instantaneous notification of our existence across the universe. By chance, they detected us. And the rest they say is history.
At best, it makes for some good SciFi. But who really knows for sure...