I invented a protocol that can make the sun shine out of your ass, but you need to use an instant messenger that supports it.
Well, that sheds some light on this crap. At least I'll be able to see while I finish my paperwork... You know, Captain Kirk could use this - it's hard for Klingons to hide when the sun is shining on your moon.
You know, you're right. I mean, people knew the risks when they purchased Fords with bad tires right? They knew the risks when they purchased a TV wall mount that it was poorly designed and could drop the TV on you. They knew that certain vaporizers have defective heaters that can emit sparks and flames, right? Why are we coddling these people? Just let their homes burn down because they were stupid enough to trust a company to build something safe.
Heck, why should these companies even safeguard this information at all? Information wants to be free, right? Just slap it out there on the web for all to see. It's not like your name might be on their list...
How is it that Diebold can make ATM machines that will account for every last penny in a banking system, but they can't make secure electronic voting machines?
The reason is that Diebold is not required by any law or regulation to do so. The banking industry and financial networks demand and regulate the security and journalling of transactions. If you don't follow the rules, they don't let you run transactions.
The "voting industry," on the other hand, has yet to regulate or stringently demand minumum standards from e-voting machines. Until the constituency informs their lawmakers that they want the security of a) knowing that their vote went through the way they wanted it to, and b) knowing that no one can rig the election so that Snoopy wins, Diebold has no economic incentive to add these features.
BTW - for what it's worth, Diebold can't build an ATM machine worth a crap. They were one of the original ATM manufacturers, and thus have great brand-name recognition in the industry. What they build is over-engineered, over-priced, and over-proprietary. Think of the old IBM PCs that cost much more that their clone counterparts, used nothing that was off-the-shelf, and did no more than a cheaper computer. That's Diebold.
Sony announced it has partnered with MafiaDRM, an anti-piracy organization from Italy. Now, every CD purchased will be accompanied by a Mafia goon who will enforce Sony's IP rights. Published side-effects of MafiaDRM include (but are not limited to) kneecap pain, new Columbian necktie in the closet, horse heads in bed, and concrete shoes. Sony is reportedly pleased with the success of MafiaDRM technology.
It's because a Brazillion Dollar isn't worth a whole bunch, and that's what IBM's entire bank account it in. So they need to get some real dough, preferably American Dollars (they'll take Euros as well). That's where you come in.
Please head over to Sco's web page and click on their pay-pal link...
Just like CBS did when they published fake memos about GW Bush? Or like Time did when one of their journalists blatantly faked his sources? Can't think of one for CNN right now, but you know they've got one somewhere.
I think it's pretty good that they did this a) before they were caught and b) on the front page.
"Someone either made a major typo or pulled numbers from their netherregion...
It's all in the exchange rate... see a New Zealand P4 2.8ghz = US P4 1.9ghz. Factor in the Xeons and then compare that to PCs running in Mexico, where an NZ P4 2.8ghz = MX 486 20mhz and you easily get your 15,000 PCs.
That's like critiquing next year's pop bands today.
That one's easy - they'll suck just like this year's pop bands do...
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
I used to be famous, my name was in lights
I'd play up on stage for sold out crowds
But I can't even get my mom to show up now
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
You can hear me here every Wednesday night
When the good folk are in church, and the sinners are in bed
'Cause it's hard for them to work with a poundin' head
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
I lost my trailer, my dog, and even my wife
I know if play country backwards I can get 'em all back
But you know two out of three wouldn't be that bad
(I sure do miss that dog and my trailer...)"
The weird coincidence is that both of these fields have 2 major players...
Coincidence? I think *not*! This is all part of the Master Plan (tm). Soon everything will be made by only two companies, each company producing the same product as the other without even knowing it. And I - the man who will own those two companies - I will be the ruler of the world!
Did I just think that out loud? Great. Now I must kill all of you.
A little nit-picking here - an egg is not an embryo. An embryo is created when sperm fertilizes the egg, thus merging the DNA from the father with the that of the mother. So, to use your anology - an egg is the cake mix, the sperm is the milk, and they form a cake.
The question is not if it is ok to throw out the cake mix or the milk, but is it ok to throw out the cake while it is baking. Would you not say that the cake is no longer just cake mix and milk, but something more, something unlike its parent components?
I sometimes wonder if I'm one of the last generations (I'm 34) who will have any solid grounding in grammar, spelling, and basic English constructs for the future.
Nope, we're not the last generation. I know that my kids hate me for being a grammar Nazi with them, but I think it's important for them to do it right. When I read something that has been published, I expect it to be professional. If the company/publisher doesn't want to take the time to spell-check and grammar-check their document, then they obviously haven't taken the time to make sure their product works or their news story is correct either.
In a forum such as/., (now that's a nerve-wracking combo of punctuation) grammar is less important, since this is an informal discussion. Using correct grammar here, though, will make you sound more intelligent and knowledgeable, thus giving more credence to your post. On the other hand, posts with numerous misspellings and grammatical errors make the poster sound like an ignoramus, whether they are or not.
Personally, though, I love it when a
Nazi jumps on someone and makes mistakes in their own post. If you're going to get all self-righteous on someone, you better make sure your own nose is clean. Nothing like correcting the Nazi on his own mistakes...
It's spelled "drivel", the apostrophe goes between the "r" and the "s", and you missed a comma.
Literacy is a basic skill. Get it. Use it.
And my tinfoil hat has multiple uses - it keeps my brains in, keeps the aliens/government/Microsoft out, and, most importantly, it protects me from brain-eating zombie dogs!
1) Diebold ATMs are not very reliable or secure. They just have brand name recognition in the banking industry.
2) The only reason they have any form of paper trail is because the industry regulators (major networks like Pulse, Star, Cirrus) require them to.
3) Actually, it would cost more for them to put it in. Diebold does not use anything that is standard, off-the-shelf. They build new stuff in completely strange ways. That way they are the only ones who can service it...
4) Diebold is stuck in the 1970's when it comes to ATMs. Those big honking bank ATMs running Windows XP? They're just dumb terminals. The switch has to download all of the screens and states to the terminal before it will do more than display "OFF LINE". It wouldn't suprise me if their voting system was designed similarly.
Stick 'em in the hole that I dump my waste oil into after I maintain the Godzilla-mobile(TM).
If you don't like that, ship 'em to (pick 3rd world country). There's plenty of starving kids over there who could use a good computer.
Not very elegant when you had to iterate through "c:\progra~1", "c:\progra~2", "c:\progra~3" or whatever because the actual OS didn't support those long filenames...
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I can't wait to put one of these bad-boys in my Civic!
And given the 134 horsepower someone else figured out for that engine, you'll like, quadruple your horsepower!
I invented a protocol that can make the sun shine out of your ass, but you need to use an instant messenger that supports it.
Well, that sheds some light on this crap. At least I'll be able to see while I finish my paperwork... You know, Captain Kirk could use this - it's hard for Klingons to hide when the sun is shining on your moon.
*shoots self for really punny puns*
You know, you're right. I mean, people knew the risks when they purchased Fords with bad tires right? They knew the risks when they purchased a TV wall mount that it was poorly designed and could drop the TV on you. They knew that certain vaporizers have defective heaters that can emit sparks and flames, right? Why are we coddling these people? Just let their homes burn down because they were stupid enough to trust a company to build something safe.
Heck, why should these companies even safeguard this information at all? Information wants to be free, right? Just slap it out there on the web for all to see. It's not like your name might be on their list...
How is it that Diebold can make ATM machines that will account for every last penny in a banking system, but they can't make secure electronic voting machines?
The reason is that Diebold is not required by any law or regulation to do so. The banking industry and financial networks demand and regulate the security and journalling of transactions. If you don't follow the rules, they don't let you run transactions.
The "voting industry," on the other hand, has yet to regulate or stringently demand minumum standards from e-voting machines. Until the constituency informs their lawmakers that they want the security of a) knowing that their vote went through the way they wanted it to, and b) knowing that no one can rig the election so that Snoopy wins, Diebold has no economic incentive to add these features.
BTW - for what it's worth, Diebold can't build an ATM machine worth a crap. They were one of the original ATM manufacturers, and thus have great brand-name recognition in the industry. What they build is over-engineered, over-priced, and over-proprietary. Think of the old IBM PCs that cost much more that their clone counterparts, used nothing that was off-the-shelf, and did no more than a cheaper computer. That's Diebold.
"This stuff has been a year or two away as long as I can remember. Someone wake me up when product actually ships..."
You realize they'll deliver it along with your new flying car, of course.
Guys like him give the rest of us spammers a bad name...
Sony announced it has partnered with MafiaDRM, an anti-piracy organization from Italy. Now, every CD purchased will be accompanied by a Mafia goon who will enforce Sony's IP rights. Published side-effects of MafiaDRM include (but are not limited to) kneecap pain, new Columbian necktie in the closet, horse heads in bed, and concrete shoes. Sony is reportedly pleased with the success of MafiaDRM technology.
You pray to God? Since when did liberals start believing in Him anyway?
It's because a Brazillion Dollar isn't worth a whole bunch, and that's what IBM's entire bank account it in. So they need to get some real dough, preferably American Dollars (they'll take Euros as well). That's where you come in.
Please head over to Sco's web page and click on their pay-pal link...
Just like CBS did when they published fake memos about GW Bush? Or like Time did when one of their journalists blatantly faked his sources? Can't think of one for CNN right now, but you know they've got one somewhere.
I think it's pretty good that they did this a) before they were caught and b) on the front page.
"Someone either made a major typo or pulled numbers from their netherregion...
It's all in the exchange rate... see a New Zealand P4 2.8ghz = US P4 1.9ghz. Factor in the Xeons and then compare that to PCs running in Mexico, where an NZ P4 2.8ghz = MX 486 20mhz and you easily get your 15,000 PCs.
So, what they need to do is create the worlds largest enchilada rocket!
Just go with /. Or would that be \.?
Curse you Bill and your silly backslashes!
That's like critiquing next year's pop bands today.
That one's easy - they'll suck just like this year's pop bands do...
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
I used to be famous, my name was in lights
I'd play up on stage for sold out crowds
But I can't even get my mom to show up now
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
You can hear me here every Wednesday night
When the good folk are in church, and the sinners are in bed
'Cause it's hard for them to work with a poundin' head
"Oh, I'm a broke pop singer that nobody likes
I lost my trailer, my dog, and even my wife
I know if play country backwards I can get 'em all back
But you know two out of three wouldn't be that bad
(I sure do miss that dog and my trailer...)"
The weird coincidence is that both of these fields have 2 major players...
Coincidence? I think *not*! This is all part of the Master Plan (tm). Soon everything will be made by only two companies, each company producing the same product as the other without even knowing it. And I - the man who will own those two companies - I will be the ruler of the world!
Did I just think that out loud? Great. Now I must kill all of you.
Did I just think *that* out loud too?...
Wasn't there also an island that formed "overnight" in either the Atlantic or Pacific (Pacific, probably) around the 1960's?
A little nit-picking here - an egg is not an embryo. An embryo is created when sperm fertilizes the egg, thus merging the DNA from the father with the that of the mother. So, to use your anology - an egg is the cake mix, the sperm is the milk, and they form a cake.
The question is not if it is ok to throw out the cake mix or the milk, but is it ok to throw out the cake while it is baking. Would you not say that the cake is no longer just cake mix and milk, but something more, something unlike its parent components?
How on earth could they do this without knowing what page you're viewing?
Wormholes? ESPML? Ooooh, I know - with Google Earth they can zoom in on your office and look at your porn with you!
I sometimes wonder if I'm one of the last generations (I'm 34) who will have any solid grounding in grammar, spelling, and basic English constructs for the future.
Nope, we're not the last generation. I know that my kids hate me for being a grammar Nazi with them, but I think it's important for them to do it right. When I read something that has been published, I expect it to be professional. If the company/publisher doesn't want to take the time to spell-check and grammar-check their document, then they obviously haven't taken the time to make sure their product works or their news story is correct either.
In a forum such as /., (now that's a nerve-wracking combo of punctuation) grammar is less important, since this is an informal discussion. Using correct grammar here, though, will make you sound more intelligent and knowledgeable, thus giving more credence to your post. On the other hand, posts with numerous misspellings and grammatical errors make the poster sound like an ignoramus, whether they are or not.
Personally, though, I love it when a Nazi jumps on someone and makes mistakes in their own post. If you're going to get all self-righteous on someone, you better make sure your own nose is clean. Nothing like correcting the Nazi on his own mistakes...
Literacy is a basic skill. Get it. Use it.
And my tinfoil hat has multiple uses - it keeps my brains in, keeps the aliens/government/Microsoft out, and, most importantly, it protects me from brain-eating zombie dogs!
1) Diebold ATMs are not very reliable or secure. They just have brand name recognition in the banking industry.
2) The only reason they have any form of paper trail is because the industry regulators (major networks like Pulse, Star, Cirrus) require them to.
3) Actually, it would cost more for them to put it in. Diebold does not use anything that is standard, off-the-shelf. They build new stuff in completely strange ways. That way they are the only ones who can service it...
4) Diebold is stuck in the 1970's when it comes to ATMs. Those big honking bank ATMs running Windows XP? They're just dumb terminals. The switch has to download all of the screens and states to the terminal before it will do more than display "OFF LINE". It wouldn't suprise me if their voting system was designed similarly.
Stick 'em in the hole that I dump my waste oil into after I maintain the Godzilla-mobile(TM).
If you don't like that, ship 'em to (pick 3rd world country). There's plenty of starving kids over there who could use a good computer.
Not very elegant when you had to iterate through "c:\progra~1", "c:\progra~2", "c:\progra~3" or whatever because the actual OS didn't support those long filenames...
You guys hiring? :D
Accountancy really isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'd rather take... lion taming! I've got a chair, and a whip and a hat!