Don't worry though, this event should be a lesson to all. On the bright side, I'm sure someone will hack the installer "correctly" if it is at all possible. Give it about a month.
Trouble is, even if it's possible, the first person to publish the how-to will be breaking the DMCA. Users be DAMNED if they are left with another reason to not move away from Win2K. The potential loss in upgrade profit will ensure the wrath of MSFT legal dept.
The only viri I've ever gotten starting in 1999 were e-mail related. That was how the spread (and still do). But it boggles the mind how one could just run into this virus in the wild.
Yes, I am saying someone specifically looked for this virus, and installed in on a machine that could spread it through every drive immage. Someone did this on purpose for shits and grins!!! I can't imagine it happening any other way.
I don't see Americans willing to leave America just as I don't see Europeans leaving Europe. What I DO see is a giant Western Civilization uprising against our oppressive governments that have grown too bloated and unchecked over the years.
Being how much the Internet has opened our eyes to the world of politics and becoming ever more watchful of our governmental directions; I smell a major revolution. It's about time we as citizens slap ourselves in the face. It's about damn time we hold our elected officials accountable for their actions of bribery and other forms of corruption.
Who knows. Maybe the citizens of China will join in too...
Never underestimate the power of the Human Spirit!
And that's my main complain - not that Bush decided to use diplomacy, but that he is incapable of doing his job. Diplomacy actually works if you smart enough to negotiate properly. Bush isn't.
Diplomacy is a two-way road. Bush and Condi were being very diplomatic. It was the Euro-pussies that didn't want to face realities that UN resolutions needed to be backed up with force to mean a hill of beans. Bush and Co failed only because they didn't feel like caving into failed UN policies. I applaud him for this stance as it shows true character as to how humanity should act. And that's to say at the very least, with a nice set of BALLS!
I'm not sure if you are joking, or just throwing some flamebate chum in the waters. But on a serious note, no one really knows what Bush's IQ rating is. Some speculate it's between 115 and 119 based on the fact he ranked in the 16th percentile of his SATs.
The average IQ is about 105 for high school graduates, 115 for college graduates and 125 for people with advanced professional degrees. With his MBA from Harvard Business School, it's not unreasonable to assume that Bush's IQ surpasses the 115 of the average bachelor's-degree-only college graduate.
I was thinking the same thing the moment I read the headline. How long before such a device fits the size/profile of an inkjet printer? You just know potential employers and health insurance agencies will absolutely SWOON over such a product!
Do we have laws in place for genetic discrimination? If not, we should.
I don't know about the rest of Slashdot, but I don't recall the option of picking out my genetics prior to conception.
I wouldn't want to live in Shanghai. The heat and humidity is total hell. And I've lived in Houston, so that should tell you something...
As for having Wiki access now, THANK GOD! Maybe now the locals will learn to CHANGE THEIR FUCKING BRAKE PADS on their scooters!!! I sware, that hi-pitched squealing drives me batshit!
By changing the subject in the media, no October surpises can top the news of us going to war in N. Korea. And do you think people will want to vote for the democratic party in times of another war? Historically, I would say "no".
That's right ladies and germs. This technology is for SALE to the highest bidder...along with our drugs, weapons, and counterfit US money.
Wait wait...Iran just made a deal to purchase it from them. Sorry folks, sold out of our last remaining A-Bombs. What's that? you want us to deliver it to Israel for you? That will cost extra in shipping and handling you know!
I'm sure I will catch hell for not advocating my own home-brew solution (Linux server running Samba), but I'm too lazy to bother when such solutions are available from Netgear and Linksys. You just attach the storage unit direct to your router/switch via CAT5 cable. It's basically a network file server done very very easy and cheap.
All the user has to do is drag and drop files. If you can map your PST file from it, even better...
When you "teleport" matter, you copy everything exactly. As such, being that memories are hard-coded in the brain via neural connections, you will end up with the same neural connections once teleported. It might be possible for the soul to copy memories to the ethereal relm, but not vis-versa (...that I know of...)
I would imagine being teleported to be virtually instant at the conscious level. One moment you're in room A, next, in B. The sudden change may provide some psychological disorientation in the first few second, but nothing worth mentioning other then that. Worst case scenario of a flawless teleportation is that you get a nasty case of 12 hour "jet-lag".
Does the soul exist as something other than the collection of atoms and particles that comprise us? If so, does this get left behind, or somehow carried across?
Just a thought...
But perhaps the soul is not inside the flesh and blood. Perhaps the soul is bound to our body remotely. Think of the body as a remote terminal to the physical realm. Your soul accesses this terminal via some ethereal connection.
Now what happens when you move this terminal? Well, your soul is still bound to it via association without knowing the difference even though this ethereal connection makes the switch over in the background.
FYI. Perhaps OBE (Out of Body Experiences) are nothing more than our soul becoming detached from our terminal for a moment of time...
...no ways I am letting MS install software on **MY** computer that can prevent me from accessing **MY** data.
Which brings up an interesting point.
With the amount of data users keep on record (in specific, the Slashdot crowd), why would you ever keep all your files on one PC? If you're serious about accessibility to your data, I would suggest a remote network storage device or two. This way, you can still access your data on your own network with another machine should your primary one fail.
I'm not defending Microsoft here. I'm just stating that having access to personal data these days has become too important to leave in the clutches of one PC's hard drive. Lots of things go wrong be it virus, spyware, driver, or botched OS update. Adding a horked up product activation only adds one more variable to this issue. But by no means should it be a primary concern.
I remember US Robotics X2 modems could be upgraded to V.90 with a firmware update. Most if not all KFlex users also had the same option from their manufacture.
Question is...will the changes from Pre-N spec to ratified be just simple protocol changes or also hardware specs? If it's the former, future firmware revisions will been enough to solidify your investment. Until then, you purchase at your own risk.
You can lose many battles, but in the end you can still win the war.
I'm bloody amazed that we even won WW2. For fucks sake, your attitude is that of the French! What will it take before western civilization wakes up and realizes we have a pan-islamic threat. I guess we just have to face facts. It will take a few nukes going off in our country before something happens. Worse yet, nothing happens...no one wakes up...and the finger pointing continues...
If you have not defeated the enemy on schedule, then you have NOT defeated the enemy.
WRONG!... wrong wrong wrong! There is never a schedule of victory, because no one can predict the future. Victory is achieved when your enemy provides unconditional surrender...or they die. Which ever comes first.
The enemy is going to "hold out" as long as he can anyway
Correct, as should we. That, or we go after them and beat them into submission. Again, the goal is unconditional surrender. That's what's at stake in war...submission to the victors' terms and agreements.
What you're asking for by your proposal is another Vietnam War. Been there, done that, this nation still wears that tee-shirt.
It's called WAR! In war, you don't plan for jack shit other than to achieve VICTORY!
If you set a time-line, then all the enemy has to do is hold out for the expiration date. By NOT setting a time-line, you don't provide the enemy with an expectation that can be used against you.
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You play with fire, you'll get burned!
Don't worry though, this event should be a lesson to all. On the bright side, I'm sure someone will hack the installer "correctly" if it is at all possible. Give it about a month.
Trouble is, even if it's possible, the first person to publish the how-to will be breaking the DMCA. Users be DAMNED if they are left with another reason to not move away from Win2K. The potential loss in upgrade profit will ensure the wrath of MSFT legal dept.
Also, are there cultural differences in dealing with computers?
:P
I perform a tribal dance around the server rack every day to keep the evil spirits at bay.
BTW, I'm an IT "professional"
Fuck all of em. Just "Nuke and Pave" (format and reinstall). It's the only way to win a cyber civil war...and be sure of it.
The only viri I've ever gotten starting in 1999 were e-mail related. That was how the spread (and still do). But it boggles the mind how one could just run into this virus in the wild.
Yes, I am saying someone specifically looked for this virus, and installed in on a machine that could spread it through every drive immage. Someone did this on purpose for shits and grins!!! I can't imagine it happening any other way.
I don't see Americans willing to leave America just as I don't see Europeans leaving Europe. What I DO see is a giant Western Civilization uprising against our oppressive governments that have grown too bloated and unchecked over the years.
Being how much the Internet has opened our eyes to the world of politics and becoming ever more watchful of our governmental directions; I smell a major revolution. It's about time we as citizens slap ourselves in the face. It's about damn time we hold our elected officials accountable for their actions of bribery and other forms of corruption.
Who knows. Maybe the citizens of China will join in too...
Never underestimate the power of the Human Spirit!
Hell, people pay to remove spyware!!!
And that's my main complain - not that Bush decided to use diplomacy, but that he is incapable of doing his job. Diplomacy actually works if you smart enough to negotiate properly. Bush isn't.
Diplomacy is a two-way road. Bush and Condi were being very diplomatic. It was the Euro-pussies that didn't want to face realities that UN resolutions needed to be backed up with force to mean a hill of beans. Bush and Co failed only because they didn't feel like caving into failed UN policies. I applaud him for this stance as it shows true character as to how humanity should act. And that's to say at the very least, with a nice set of BALLS!
From the website http://www.csbsju.edu/uspp/Election/bush011401.ht
I was thinking the same thing the moment I read the headline. How long before such a device fits the size/profile of an inkjet printer? You just know potential employers and health insurance agencies will absolutely SWOON over such a product!
Do we have laws in place for genetic discrimination? If not, we should.
I don't know about the rest of Slashdot, but I don't recall the option of picking out my genetics prior to conception.
I wouldn't want to live in Shanghai. The heat and humidity is total hell. And I've lived in Houston, so that should tell you something...
As for having Wiki access now, THANK GOD! Maybe now the locals will learn to CHANGE THEIR FUCKING BRAKE PADS on their scooters!!! I sware, that hi-pitched squealing drives me batshit!
Politically, Bush is at the advantage.
By changing the subject in the media, no October surpises can top the news of us going to war in N. Korea. And do you think people will want to vote for the democratic party in times of another war? Historically, I would say "no".
Can a fellow geek do some napkin math on this? I'd sure like to know the kiloton yeild on that puppy!
I wonder if anyone got the memo that they are still in beta. But who cares when you can polish a turd and bank on it. ;)
That's right ladies and germs. This technology is for SALE to the highest bidder...along with our drugs, weapons, and counterfit US money.
Wait wait...Iran just made a deal to purchase it from them. Sorry folks, sold out of our last remaining A-Bombs. What's that? you want us to deliver it to Israel for you? That will cost extra in shipping and handling you know!
W00t! I'm going to be the first in line to purchase Vista just the new chime.
Trust me, it's going to be so popular that cell phone users will add it as a ring tone.
No wait! Someone will make DJ trance/tecno remixes of it.
OMG, I can't wait!!!
Well, I did say "remote network storage device ;)
I'm sure I will catch hell for not advocating my own home-brew solution (Linux server running Samba), but I'm too lazy to bother when such solutions are available from Netgear and Linksys. You just attach the storage unit direct to your router/switch via CAT5 cable. It's basically a network file server done very very easy and cheap.
All the user has to do is drag and drop files. If you can map your PST file from it, even better...
When you "teleport" matter, you copy everything exactly. As such, being that memories are hard-coded in the brain via neural connections, you will end up with the same neural connections once teleported. It might be possible for the soul to copy memories to the ethereal relm, but not vis-versa (...that I know of...)
I would imagine being teleported to be virtually instant at the conscious level. One moment you're in room A, next, in B. The sudden change may provide some psychological disorientation in the first few second, but nothing worth mentioning other then that. Worst case scenario of a flawless teleportation is that you get a nasty case of 12 hour "jet-lag".
Does the soul exist as something other than the collection of atoms and particles that comprise us? If so, does this get left behind, or somehow carried across?
Just a thought...
But perhaps the soul is not inside the flesh and blood. Perhaps the soul is bound to our body remotely. Think of the body as a remote terminal to the physical realm. Your soul accesses this terminal via some ethereal connection.
Now what happens when you move this terminal? Well, your soul is still bound to it via association without knowing the difference even though this ethereal connection makes the switch over in the background.
FYI. Perhaps OBE (Out of Body Experiences) are nothing more than our soul becoming detached from our terminal for a moment of time...
...no ways I am letting MS install software on **MY** computer that can prevent me from accessing **MY** data .
Which brings up an interesting point.
With the amount of data users keep on record (in specific, the Slashdot crowd), why would you ever keep all your files on one PC? If you're serious about accessibility to your data, I would suggest a remote network storage device or two. This way, you can still access your data on your own network with another machine should your primary one fail.
I'm not defending Microsoft here. I'm just stating that having access to personal data these days has become too important to leave in the clutches of one PC's hard drive. Lots of things go wrong be it virus, spyware, driver, or botched OS update. Adding a horked up product activation only adds one more variable to this issue. But by no means should it be a primary concern.
capturing the dearly departed
So, are you saying that we can now capture ghosts with a particle thrower (Proton Pack). Damn, SciFi really DOES pave the way toward the future...
Excuse me now while I hide from the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man!
I remember US Robotics X2 modems could be upgraded to V.90 with a firmware update. Most if not all KFlex users also had the same option from their manufacture.
Question is...will the changes from Pre-N spec to ratified be just simple protocol changes or also hardware specs? If it's the former, future firmware revisions will been enough to solidify your investment. Until then, you purchase at your own risk.
You can lose many battles, but in the end you can still win the war.
I'm bloody amazed that we even won WW2. For fucks sake, your attitude is that of the French! What will it take before western civilization wakes up and realizes we have a pan-islamic threat. I guess we just have to face facts. It will take a few nukes going off in our country before something happens. Worse yet, nothing happens...no one wakes up...and the finger pointing continues...
If you have not defeated the enemy on schedule, then you have NOT defeated the enemy.
WRONG!... wrong wrong wrong! There is never a schedule of victory, because no one can predict the future. Victory is achieved when your enemy provides unconditional surrender...or they die. Which ever comes first.
The enemy is going to "hold out" as long as he can anyway
Correct, as should we. That, or we go after them and beat them into submission. Again, the goal is unconditional surrender. That's what's at stake in war...submission to the victors' terms and agreements.
What you're asking for by your proposal is another Vietnam War. Been there, done that, this nation still wears that tee-shirt.
It's called WAR! In war, you don't plan for jack shit other than to achieve VICTORY!
If you set a time-line, then all the enemy has to do is hold out for the expiration date. By NOT setting a time-line, you don't provide the enemy with an expectation that can be used against you.
How many people are honestly going to do this?
Well, some arabs will need spur-of-the-moment remote triggering devices. It's the whole 72 virgins thing...