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Q. Are you concerned about the possibility of product liability suits?
A. Well, we're doing our best to improve Windows and make it so our customers don't run into these problems. I think this is a critical issue for our customers, and solving this will be fulfilling the commitment we made on trustworthy computing. We're doing our very best, and that's all we can do.
Read: They want to take on our lawyers? Be my guest. Just hope the EULA doesn't stand up in court, and that you haven't opted into the Florida Class Action settlement....
And now, for deep thoughts, with CNN.....
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Is Your Boss An Idiot?
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Fun anecdotes to be sure, but the article has nothing more intelligent to say than (pretty closely paraphrased quote from the article) "If your boss sucks, get over it or get out of there." Anyone have mod points to rate the article "over-rated"? *mutters* Slow freakin' news day.....
Cute, but is it secure?
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MIT Roofnet
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The only thing I'd worry about here is whether or not you'd be opening yourself up to man in the middle attacks. I mean, WEP isn't THAT secure, and if you could get yourself between the last antenna and the computer center, you could conceivably get your hands on a lot of data....
Throw in a RFID tag on the battery...
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Flaming Cellphones
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And you could potentially call someone on the phone and then detonate it when they answer. Orwell never had it this easy.....
Want to send the writer of that hot ad an email? On Yahoo, Match, others, you've gotta pay first. Since there's no way to track whether your mail was even READ, no one's the wiser if the ad you were replying to turns out to be fake - and Yahoo gets to keep your cash. Of COURSE they don't care if it's a fake or not, unless it's OBVIOUSLY so and harms their credibility.
And, to add an extra level of money-grubbing, on Yahoo at least you can't actually respond to people to reply to your ad unless you ALSO subscribe. Suddenly, one understands why they're willing to let anyone who wants to post a profile, but only after screening. NOT, I suspect, to prevent fakes as the article describes, but rather to make sure you're not giving out any contact info that could be used to contact you without paying Yahoo their subscription fee. Which leaves you two choices - risk said respondee being interested but not enough to pay to subscribe just to reply to you, or give out a real, off-system email address and risk the ad belonging to a porn spam collector (as many messages asking for an off-system email cause said supposed hot dumb blonde can't figure out how to work the site are). Workaround: Hello, pornspammagnet26401@yahoo/hotmail.com.:)
And yes, you're right, getting this one/.'ed is basically saying "just bring it!" to potential fake members....:)
When the game designers absolutely can't keep pace with your imagination, accept no substitutes. Though now that you mention it, Slime: The RPG sounds kinda fun. Born under a rock, eat defenseless peasents but nab too many in one area and adventurers start hunting you. Find a weak adventurer or two and start leveling. Until then, I suppose we must accept the Dungeon Keeper series....
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Q. Are you concerned about the possibility of product liability suits?
A. Well, we're doing our best to improve Windows and make it so our customers don't run into these problems. I think this is a critical issue for our customers, and solving this will be fulfilling the commitment we made on trustworthy computing. We're doing our very best, and that's all we can do.
Read: They want to take on our lawyers? Be my guest. Just hope the EULA doesn't stand up in court, and that you haven't opted into the Florida Class Action settlement....
Fun anecdotes to be sure, but the article has nothing more intelligent to say than (pretty closely paraphrased quote from the article) "If your boss sucks, get over it or get out of there." Anyone have mod points to rate the article "over-rated"? *mutters* Slow freakin' news day.....
The only thing I'd worry about here is whether or not you'd be opening yourself up to man in the middle attacks. I mean, WEP isn't THAT secure, and if you could get yourself between the last antenna and the computer center, you could conceivably get your hands on a lot of data....
And you could potentially call someone on the phone and then detonate it when they answer. Orwell never had it this easy.....
And, to add an extra level of money-grubbing, on Yahoo at least you can't actually respond to people to reply to your ad unless you ALSO subscribe. Suddenly, one understands why they're willing to let anyone who wants to post a profile, but only after screening. NOT, I suspect, to prevent fakes as the article describes, but rather to make sure you're not giving out any contact info that could be used to contact you without paying Yahoo their subscription fee. Which leaves you two choices - risk said respondee being interested but not enough to pay to subscribe just to reply to you, or give out a real, off-system email address and risk the ad belonging to a porn spam collector (as many messages asking for an off-system email cause said supposed hot dumb blonde can't figure out how to work the site are). Workaround: Hello, pornspammagnet26401@yahoo/hotmail.com. :)
And yes, you're right, getting this one /.'ed is basically saying "just bring it!" to potential fake members.... :)
When the game designers absolutely can't keep pace with your imagination, accept no substitutes. Though now that you mention it, Slime: The RPG sounds kinda fun. Born under a rock, eat defenseless peasents but nab too many in one area and adventurers start hunting you. Find a weak adventurer or two and start leveling. Until then, I suppose we must accept the Dungeon Keeper series....