Hmm, interesting point about online versus physical distribution channels. While I would agree with you about relative differences in utility I would respectfully disagree regarding why online stores "have" to keep their prices inline with brick and mortar stores. For instance, how would you interpret the digital transition in the music industry over the past few years(remember when CDs were $20?)? One of the competitive advantages of online distributors like iTunes is that buying an album online is typically less expensive then purchasing the physical CD, even from discount retail giants like Walmart. However, I would stand corrected if music and game distribution channels are dissimilar enough to negate comparison./sigh, basically, I just want the prices to go down and I was/am hoping that digital distribution could help with that.
Mod parent up. I'd love to buy online for the purchasing convenience, even through DRM machines like Steam, if only the games were discounted. The downside to downloading is that you have to wait for all the content, which can be up to 10 GB. By buying from a brick and mortar store I can save time by loading the data directly from the CD/DVD. So, in a sense, buying the physical medium can be more convenient time wise, travel time penalty permitting. So, for example, when the prices on Steam are equal to or (in many cases) greater than the store, it discourages consumers like me from doing business online.
I believe you're confused as to what "404 Not Found" means. It means the page you're looking for isn't there, not that the server is overloaded or can't handle the request. It's not slashdotted.
However, this is not Google's normal 404 page. They've definitely configured www.google.com/chrome differently than the rest of the site, so they're obviously planning to put something there.
True, and, FWIW, for an example of what a "normal" 404, google.com domain web page looks like compare the two following links:
As you can see, the Chrome page is quite minimalistic. As an aside, I did check the source code in hopes of finding some kind of hint but no such luck, yet.
While not a total solution, I put a power strip behind a bureau with about four charges hooked up to it. I used velcro straps to collect the cables together and then used a rubber band to hang them collectively on a hook I screwed into the wall a few inches above the top of the bureau. When I want to charge a device I just pick the appropriate charger lead and leave the device charging on top of the bureau. As a bonus, I have a calendar hanging low enough to cover the hook and the top of the wires for a slightly cleaner look.
For USB, VGA, RJ45, RGB, DVI, etc, I have them in a box in the closet and follow the procedure outline by the parent post.
Hmm, a Google search reveals that while the "awesome bar" is still the default, you can disable it by following the directions below (but, maybe you already knew this):
1. Type about:config into the location bar and change the value browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to true. After this, you need to restart Firefox. All this does is make it so that Firefox only searches the URLs you have typed and not the titles of pages.
2. Install the Old Location Bar extension. This changes the location bar so that it looks like how it looked in Firefox 2. As of me writing this post, it is an experimental addon so you will need to register to the Firefox addon service to install it.
Wow, I'm going to have to start selling it too. But, taking a page from Microsoft's playbook, I'll have different versions, like an "ultimate" knock off that comes with TrueCrypt 6 pre-installed. : )
As much as it seems to run counter-intuitively, certain sectors of the government, at different times, whether out of necessity or to follow a fading fad, are using "starfish" decentralization design. Consider Rod A. Beckstrom who wrote
The Starfish and the Spider who was appointed to the head of the National Cyber Security Center in March of this year. For whatever the root reason, I for one am glad to see such change taking a foothold, for it seems to be a stepping stone toward greater efficiency and cooperation.
Personally knowing that corporate Wiki's require tender care, I wish this little Wiki luck on it's journey.
Regarding the ease of learning a new desktop system, my wife has been using a linux desktop and a mac notebook since we got married almost a year ago. She had only used windows before and was hesitant to use the computers, especially linux. So, I looked her in the eye and said, "Sweetie, whatever you do to mess something up I fix it in two minutes." After a few weeks of getting used to the desktop and where things were located she hasn't had any problems - only questions which I am happy to answer. Only later did I tell her that I was hedging my bet by having her use a Live disk before I actually gave her a/home directory of her very own; though she still isn't 100% sure what all that means.
Her benefits of using linux?
-> Less worry about viruses
-> Less time spent waiting for the computer to become functional after a boot because of spy/malware (a big problem [even with adaware se] on her family's computer - I tried to help, but 3/4 of the issue is user education)
-> Less time of me working on the computer (rsync, automatic updates and done. you want to play card and desktop games? ok, let me introduce you to synaptic...)
-> Less time of me playing the latest FPS/RTS computer games since getting them to run is a chore I don't bother with anymore (her benefit - and probably mine too if I thought about it, reading, etc. but I must admit that I still play StarCraft every now and then which runs wonderfully with wine)
-> Pretty colors and effects with emerald and compiz. It took me awhile to realize how important this was to her (I mean, I kinda like the command line).
So, now she prefers linux over windows. I kid her by saying, hey maybe we should get vista. She looks at me funny and asks, "Why?" and I can't think of a reason and I'll bet that is what a lot of people would start to ask about windows after using linux for a while. Granted, she effectively has an on-site tech support in me. : )
Exactly. If I lived within a 15, heck 25 minute bike ride to work I would probably do it. I mean, I spend about $250 a month on gas with a car that gets 25+ mpg and 90% of that is work related. So, yeah, it would be worth approximately $250 * 90% = $225 a month to me to get to work a little early. That's enough money to really change my lazy habits.
Unfortunately, biking to my job won't work out since it would be a _26_ minute bike ride.
That's the primary reason people don't ride bikes anyway. We are lazy, fullstop.
Perhaps one should credit the success and scaling capacity with the inherent decentralization of the organized crime network discussed in the post. I recently read The Starfish and the Spider and the organized crime network seems to closely mirror a self healing, mostly decentralized network of peers as described in the book. If one person in the network described in the article is caught another takes his/her place with perhaps even more people. Kind of a fascinating dynamic.
Makes me glad the author of the book (above), Rob Beckstrom, was appointed to the newly created department of Cyber Security. He'll probably be able to help the President sync his iPod as well.
...since you are going to give me the ad revenues, right guys? I paid for the domain so it's my money right? What? You're not? And you practice front-running on my domain availability look ups? And you charge me 3x the national rate for registrations? Oh, wait, is your business model based on enantiodroma ? Because you're doing a very good job of making yourself extinct.
...now students don't need to hack, they just open Synaptic or apt and install whatever they want.
Whose to say that if you can't secure a Windows install you can secure a Linux system. Maybe this is just an example of security through obscurity rather than an actual enhancement.
Years ago, it was discovered that their "blood is also remarkable in its affinity for oxygen, carrying more in oxygen rich areas, and releasing it more quickly in oxygen deprived areas."
Source: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/cbd-faq-q5.htm
If people could get their blood infused (at least temporarily) with alligator blood it may be also used during surgery on humans to decrease the chance of infection and lessen the need for blood flow. Then, if the infusion could be permanent...
Great point. Unfortunately, I have had my credit card stolen before and I can only imagine what charges the thief might have been able to incur just given more time. It is a sickening feeling as it is knowing that someone is running around physically or virtually with your ID.
I work in the finance industry and I know that for many employers reputation is everything. If an employee messes up, even on his/her own time, it could be grounds for dismissal. I've said a friendly goodbye to a co-worker one day only to come in the next day and see their desk cleaned out. So, while I can understand why the person in the article was let go, at least initially, it is hard to see why things weren't straighted up faster. If I was an employer I might be concerned about a lawsuit of some type coming back at me for improper dismissal.
That's a great idea but it might have been obfuscated by spoofing and hiding a ".mil" extension within a long hyperlink. I know many organizations that send out requests for information via third party links. I would be that the service men and women who responded to the offer were trained to a certain degree _to do_ the very thing that the Army admonished them for. What I mean is, they are probably so used to replying/responding to such inquiries that they didn't even think twice (heck, they're the Army even trains their soldiers not to obey).
I'd give the people that responded a break, they seemed very well targeted. There is probably a significant number of people who, if they were on the receiving end of such a targeted offer, would probably succumb to a similar promise. But, as other people have noted, perhaps this will help people question what they see more and not accept things at face value. Who knows, if the Army finds human error too much of an operational risk maybe they will start whitelisting sites people can go to instead of expecting people to identify fine-tuned phishing scams.
Then again, the only safe network is one that is air gapped, degrading its usefulness but greatly increasing it's security; at least to outside threats - there's always room for user error!
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Hmm, interesting point about online versus physical distribution channels. While I would agree with you about relative differences in utility I would respectfully disagree regarding why online stores "have" to keep their prices inline with brick and mortar stores. For instance, how would you interpret the digital transition in the music industry over the past few years(remember when CDs were $20?)? One of the competitive advantages of online distributors like iTunes is that buying an album online is typically less expensive then purchasing the physical CD, even from discount retail giants like Walmart. However, I would stand corrected if music and game distribution channels are dissimilar enough to negate comparison. /sigh, basically, I just want the prices to go down and I was/am hoping that digital distribution could help with that.
Mod parent up. I'd love to buy online for the purchasing convenience, even through DRM machines like Steam, if only the games were discounted. The downside to downloading is that you have to wait for all the content, which can be up to 10 GB. By buying from a brick and mortar store I can save time by loading the data directly from the CD/DVD. So, in a sense, buying the physical medium can be more convenient time wise, travel time penalty permitting. So, for example, when the prices on Steam are equal to or (in many cases) greater than the store, it discourages consumers like me from doing business online.
Because real life is a single elimination scenario where you can't respawn.
Well, if I was a Zune that could only hold 10 (30mb storage/3mb per song) songs I'd probably commit suicide too.
I believe you're confused as to what "404 Not Found" means. It means the page you're looking for isn't there, not that the server is overloaded or can't handle the request. It's not slashdotted.
However, this is not Google's normal 404 page. They've definitely configured www.google.com/chrome differently than the rest of the site, so they're obviously planning to put something there.
True, and, FWIW, for an example of what a "normal" 404, google.com domain web page looks like compare the two following links:
Normal: http://www.google.com/chromed
and the Chome page: http://www.google.com/chrome
As you can see, the Chrome page is quite minimalistic. As an aside, I did check the source code in hopes of finding some kind of hint but no such luck, yet.
For USB, VGA, RJ45, RGB, DVI, etc, I have them in a box in the closet and follow the procedure outline by the parent post.
Hmm, a Google search reveals that while the "awesome bar" is still the default, you can disable it by following the directions below (but, maybe you already knew this):
1. Type about:config into the location bar and change the value browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to true. After this, you need to restart Firefox. All this does is make it so that Firefox only searches the URLs you have typed and not the titles of pages.
2. Install the Old Location Bar extension. This changes the location bar so that it looks like how it looked in Firefox 2. As of me writing this post, it is an experimental addon so you will need to register to the Firefox addon service to install it.
Wow, I'm going to have to start selling it too. But, taking a page from Microsoft's playbook, I'll have different versions, like an "ultimate" knock off that comes with TrueCrypt 6 pre-installed. : )
Nope, it was just an update from a beta version to release candidate 1 (RC1).
As much as it seems to run counter-intuitively, certain sectors of the government, at different times, whether out of necessity or to follow a fading fad, are using "starfish" decentralization design. Consider Rod A. Beckstrom who wrote The Starfish and the Spider who was appointed to the head of the National Cyber Security Center in March of this year. For whatever the root reason, I for one am glad to see such change taking a foothold, for it seems to be a stepping stone toward greater efficiency and cooperation.
Personally knowing that corporate Wiki's require tender care, I wish this little Wiki luck on it's journey.
Regarding the ease of learning a new desktop system, my wife has been using a linux desktop and a mac notebook since we got married almost a year ago. She had only used windows before and was hesitant to use the computers, especially linux. So, I looked her in the eye and said, "Sweetie, whatever you do to mess something up I fix it in two minutes." After a few weeks of getting used to the desktop and where things were located she hasn't had any problems - only questions which I am happy to answer. Only later did I tell her that I was hedging my bet by having her use a Live disk before I actually gave her a /home directory of her very own; though she still isn't 100% sure what all that means.
Her benefits of using linux?
-> Less worry about viruses
-> Less time spent waiting for the computer to become functional after a boot because of spy/malware (a big problem [even with adaware se] on her family's computer - I tried to help, but 3/4 of the issue is user education)
-> Less time of me working on the computer (rsync, automatic updates and done. you want to play card and desktop games? ok, let me introduce you to synaptic...)
-> Less time of me playing the latest FPS/RTS computer games since getting them to run is a chore I don't bother with anymore (her benefit - and probably mine too if I thought about it, reading, etc. but I must admit that I still play StarCraft every now and then which runs wonderfully with wine)
-> Pretty colors and effects with emerald and compiz. It took me awhile to realize how important this was to her (I mean, I kinda like the command line).
So, now she prefers linux over windows. I kid her by saying, hey maybe we should get vista. She looks at me funny and asks, "Why?" and I can't think of a reason and I'll bet that is what a lot of people would start to ask about windows after using linux for a while. Granted, she effectively has an on-site tech support in me. : )
Exactly. If I lived within a 15, heck 25 minute bike ride to work I would probably do it. I mean, I spend about $250 a month on gas with a car that gets 25+ mpg and 90% of that is work related. So, yeah, it would be worth approximately $250 * 90% = $225 a month to me to get to work a little early. That's enough money to really change my lazy habits.
Unfortunately, biking to my job won't work out since it would be a _26_ minute bike ride. That's the primary reason people don't ride bikes anyway. We are lazy, fullstop.
Makes me glad the author of the book (above), Rob Beckstrom, was appointed to the newly created department of Cyber Security. He'll probably be able to help the President sync his iPod as well.
...since you are going to give me the ad revenues, right guys? I paid for the domain so it's my money right? What? You're not? And you practice front-running on my domain availability look ups? And you charge me 3x the national rate for registrations? Oh, wait, is your business model based on enantiodroma ? Because you're doing a very good job of making yourself extinct.
...everyone knows the right number of nanoclusters is 42!
Whose to say that if you can't secure a Windows install you can secure a Linux system. Maybe this is just an example of security through obscurity rather than an actual enhancement.
If people could get their blood infused (at least temporarily) with alligator blood it may be also used during surgery on humans to decrease the chance of infection and lessen the need for blood flow. Then, if the infusion could be permanent...
...welcome our new Matix overlords.
I work in the finance industry and I know that for many employers reputation is everything. If an employee messes up, even on his/her own time, it could be grounds for dismissal. I've said a friendly goodbye to a co-worker one day only to come in the next day and see their desk cleaned out. So, while I can understand why the person in the article was let go, at least initially, it is hard to see why things weren't straighted up faster. If I was an employer I might be concerned about a lawsuit of some type coming back at me for improper dismissal.
I'd give the people that responded a break, they seemed very well targeted. There is probably a significant number of people who, if they were on the receiving end of such a targeted offer, would probably succumb to a similar promise. But, as other people have noted, perhaps this will help people question what they see more and not accept things at face value. Who knows, if the Army finds human error too much of an operational risk maybe they will start whitelisting sites people can go to instead of expecting people to identify fine-tuned phishing scams.
Then again, the only safe network is one that is air gapped, degrading its usefulness but greatly increasing it's security; at least to outside threats - there's always room for user error!