Afterall, if you have a password on your machine, they aren't going to easily boot up the computer.
And that's exactly the problem with a software based solution. If you can't log in to the machine, you can't run apps. Plus, faced with this, the criminal will just wipe and reinstall anyway.
So, either remove the password protection from your laptop, or use and expensive hardware-based device. or just make sure all your stuff's backed up.
Cool, thought I was the only one. Although now that the wife has figured out how cool the Wii is, I suspect I might not be getting a 360 until next year...
But there's no justice in the universe. Just judges.
That will happen when the corporations have better access to the political system than you do. Shame you can't do anything about it, at least on a practical level.
Do you really think that Giuliani would be worse than Bush/Cheney?
Yeah, I think he wants to do shit even Rove couldn't dream of. He definitely gives off that "Wait until I get into office, then you'll some shit!" vibe.
Mind you, I get that from Hillary too. They're both practically drooling at the thought of becoming pres.
Sorry, It's not that I doubt what he did or didn't do, I just think he was being stupid. I don't care how many pilots pop up and tell me how many flight plans they don't file, if you want to fly over a patch of desert without doing something as simple and easy as filing a flight plan, you get what you deserve.
Depends on your sect, really. As a general rule, sex before marriage is totally OK, no matter what any preacher or good book says. Oh, and there won't be any rapture. It was a metaphor, you see?
LOL. This from the man who just said, and I quote, "We are completely and utterly fucked - I think the next 50 years is going to see an economic collapse of epic proportions..."
Thanks for confirming that you aren't even bothering to read my posts. Some other dude said that, asshat. Pay attention.
Exactly. I'm not a fan of any organized religion, but to compare Scientology to any of the major Christian/Muslim/Jewish/Buddhist sects is just ridiculous. Which is why I posted the above comment of 'about fucking time'. I'm all for Scientology getting the mainstream recognition they want, they just need to realize it comes at a price.
I happen to think that talking unsubstantiated nonsence and practising extortion and fraud is a hallmark of all religion...
Agreed, but in all fairness to the 'regular' religions, they at least welcome you in and then extort you, whereas Scientology extorts the money up front, over a long period of time, before you're allowed full access to the church's teachings.
For VFR [wikipedia.org] flights, flight plans [wikipedia.org] are optional and very often not filed for (what are expected to be) routine flights.
I've taken enough flying classes to call BS on that. There is no such thing as a "routine flight". Hell, he could have at least phoned a friend, or one of the guys in the tower and given them a rough idea idea of where he'd be headed.
Fuck me you're dense. I never said there weren't any alternatives. I'm saying that:
A) they are nowhere near as easy to implement and use as oil (that's the fricking point of cheap energy), which will lead to problems.
B) We will not magically just switch over to the alternatives. The in-between time is going to be full of, you guessed it, problems.
Pay attention: I'm not a doom-and-gloomer. I'm saying shit's going to get nasty before it balances out whereas you're the one taking the extreme position that everything will work out fine, because dammit, we have all this coal and uranium lying around.
Oh, and did you just compare y2k to the peak oil problem? Hilarious. You need a little more of what you purport to sell...
Really. All of the gloom and doom scenarios assume a static world
No they don't, and I'd love to know where you groped that argument from. And yes, magic IS required, when we've been wallowing in century-old tech because we let ourselves buy the fantasy that it was cheap and easy. Also, don't waste a paragraph on me when all you said was "I really hope things work out."
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Afterall, if you have a password on your machine, they aren't going to easily boot up the computer.
And that's exactly the problem with a software based solution. If you can't log in to the machine, you can't run apps. Plus, faced with this, the criminal will just wipe and reinstall anyway.
So, either remove the password protection from your laptop, or use and expensive hardware-based device. or just make sure all your stuff's backed up.
The PA cartoon you describe was about AICN talkbacks, not 4chan.
Yes, but then you have to trust the site owners.
Or you could switch to a more co-operative business model. I see this as a trend to watch.
Yeah, this is a non-story. As far as I can see, it just means the accounting burden shifts to the customer, right?
Cool, thought I was the only one. Although now that the wife has figured out how cool the Wii is, I suspect I might not be getting a 360 until next year...
But there's no justice in the universe. Just judges.
That will happen when the corporations have better access to the political system than you do. Shame you can't do anything about it, at least on a practical level.
They also seem to take longer to get their new episodes online than do the torrenting pirates
No kidding. I made it home too late one wednesday night to catch Lost, but I had it ready to watch less than two hours after the show ended.
Smart people have found high-quality sources for many years,
This is Slashdot. We tend to be those sources.
he's dressed in his "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" pyjamas
Niiiiice attention to detail there.
See kids, that's why you can't set your comment prefs to ignore the ACs. They leave all the best comments.
Somebody get this man some Venture capital STAT!
I have this conversation regularly:
I have it tattooed on the inside of my eyelids.
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Do you really think that Giuliani would be worse than Bush/Cheney?
Yeah, I think he wants to do shit even Rove couldn't dream of. He definitely gives off that "Wait until I get into office, then you'll some shit!" vibe.
Mind you, I get that from Hillary too. They're both practically drooling at the thought of becoming pres.
Sorry, It's not that I doubt what he did or didn't do, I just think he was being stupid. I don't care how many pilots pop up and tell me how many flight plans they don't file, if you want to fly over a patch of desert without doing something as simple and easy as filing a flight plan, you get what you deserve.
And where does the Catolic church not allowing its followers to read the Bible fit in?,
Man, that's just weird. Where'd you hear about it?
Depends on your sect, really. As a general rule, sex before marriage is totally OK, no matter what any preacher or good book says. Oh, and there won't be any rapture. It was a metaphor, you see?
LOL. This from the man who just said, and I quote, "We are completely and utterly fucked - I think the next 50 years is going to see an economic collapse of epic proportions..."
Thanks for confirming that you aren't even bothering to read my posts. Some other dude said that, asshat. Pay attention.
Exactly. I'm not a fan of any organized religion, but to compare Scientology to any of the major Christian/Muslim/Jewish/Buddhist sects is just ridiculous. Which is why I posted the above comment of 'about fucking time'. I'm all for Scientology getting the mainstream recognition they want, they just need to realize it comes at a price.
I happen to think that talking unsubstantiated nonsence and practising extortion and fraud is a hallmark of all religion...
Agreed, but in all fairness to the 'regular' religions, they at least welcome you in and then extort you, whereas Scientology extorts the money up front, over a long period of time, before you're allowed full access to the church's teachings.
If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium!
Back OT: About. Fucking. Time.
For VFR [wikipedia.org] flights, flight plans [wikipedia.org] are optional and very often not filed for (what are expected to be) routine flights.
I've taken enough flying classes to call BS on that. There is no such thing as a "routine flight". Hell, he could have at least phoned a friend, or one of the guys in the tower and given them a rough idea idea of where he'd be headed.
Fuck me you're dense. I never said there weren't any alternatives. I'm saying that:
A) they are nowhere near as easy to implement and use as oil (that's the fricking point of cheap energy), which will lead to problems.
B) We will not magically just switch over to the alternatives. The in-between time is going to be full of, you guessed it, problems.
Pay attention: I'm not a doom-and-gloomer. I'm saying shit's going to get nasty before it balances out whereas you're the one taking the extreme position that everything will work out fine, because dammit, we have all this coal and uranium lying around.
Oh, and did you just compare y2k to the peak oil problem? Hilarious. You need a little more of what you purport to sell...
You'd also think he'd file a flight plan...
(*the central point, since you missed it, is that other tech will naturally take over in a gradual way.)
And your central point, at best, is vaporware. Hope is not a strategy. What are ya, George Bush?
Really. All of the gloom and doom scenarios assume a static world
No they don't, and I'd love to know where you groped that argument from. And yes, magic IS required, when we've been wallowing in century-old tech because we let ourselves buy the fantasy that it was cheap and easy. Also, don't waste a paragraph on me when all you said was "I really hope things work out."