I work for SS Titanic Technologies, which is circling the drain and headed for oblivion with a bullet. I consider it my personal duty to loot^h^h^h^hliberate as much equipment and supplies as I can for donation to them what needs it.
In the past, after a downsizing, I've seen the contents of ex-employee offices just emptied into trash bins: laptop bags, unopened software, laptop diskette drives, mice, manuals, office supplies, everything, just flushed. Easily hundreds of $$$ per person, turned into landfill.
I consider waste like this to be sinful. Sure, I feel distinctly odd, sneaking around to rescue usable stuff, but what can I do? Elementary schools can use a dozen scissors, or rulers, or markers, or staplers, or boxes of pencils, or pads. Higher tech stuff can be sold on eBay, and the $$$ donated.
What do you think? Am I wrong? I am technically guilty of theft. But I don't feel morally guilty. There should be some way to transfer unneeded material to those who would be only too glad to get it.
... a squadron of tiny drone surveillance UAVs were sent in search of the helicopter. Mysteriously, these too disappeared.
So, a whole platoon of drone robots was dispatched to find the UAVs. Strangely, these have vanished as well.
Luckily, a legion of drone cockroaches was unleashed to locate the robots. Oddly, there's been no word from them since they were dispatched.
A swarm of aerial drone nanobots was assigned to track down the cockroaches. They too are missing.
Word now comes that they have all claimed possession of Antarctica (now renamed Dronania), have declared their sovereignty, and applied for admission to the UN.
There are always trade-offs in a transaction: I lose money, but gain something I value. This seems to be a new level of trade-off.
The old level was, "I lose money but I gain music, and there's no other way to get the music, so oh well."
The most recent trade-off was, "I don't lose any money, but I have this nagging feeling that I'm depriving the artist of the compensation they deserve, plus it's illegal, so oh well."
This new level seems to be, "It ain't free, but I'm getting something extra for my money than I could get by just downloading it (so far), so oh well."
What level of trade-off are you comfortable with? And what level of trade-off can manufacturers impose? At some point, the two sides have to meet.
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* what she thinks society's view of hackers is
* what she learned the hacker view of themselves is
* what she concluded the differences were
The article seemed to just describe some of the hackers she encountered, without giving their view of themselves.
In the past, after a downsizing, I've seen the contents of ex-employee offices just emptied into trash bins: laptop bags, unopened software, laptop diskette drives, mice, manuals, office supplies, everything, just flushed. Easily hundreds of $$$ per person, turned into landfill.
I consider waste like this to be sinful. Sure, I feel distinctly odd, sneaking around to rescue usable stuff, but what can I do? Elementary schools can use a dozen scissors, or rulers, or markers, or staplers, or boxes of pencils, or pads. Higher tech stuff can be sold on eBay, and the $$$ donated.
What do you think? Am I wrong? I am technically guilty of theft. But I don't feel morally guilty. There should be some way to transfer unneeded material to those who would be only too glad to get it.
Meanwhile, I'm saving up for bail.
Ouch! That hurts!
I'd like to see graphs of rising game sales vs. plummeting airline ticket sales.
Correlations, anyone?
Eeeek!
Spam: unwanted Annoying message
Spim: unwanted Instant messaging
Spem: unwanted Email message
Spom: Spam in Britain
Spum: unwanted telephone Unit message
Spym: unwanted Spyware interference
Spwm: Spam in Wales
So, a whole platoon of drone robots was dispatched to find the UAVs. Strangely, these have vanished as well.
Luckily, a legion of drone cockroaches was unleashed to locate the robots. Oddly, there's been no word from them since they were dispatched.
A swarm of aerial drone nanobots was assigned to track down the cockroaches. They too are missing.
Word now comes that they have all claimed possession of Antarctica (now renamed Dronania), have declared their sovereignty, and applied for admission to the UN.
Film at eleven.
The old level was, "I lose money but I gain music, and there's no other way to get the music, so oh well."
The most recent trade-off was, "I don't lose any money, but I have this nagging feeling that I'm depriving the artist of the compensation they deserve, plus it's illegal, so oh well."
This new level seems to be, "It ain't free, but I'm getting something extra for my money than I could get by just downloading it (so far), so oh well."
What level of trade-off are you comfortable with? And what level of trade-off can manufacturers impose? At some point, the two sides have to meet.
Still, can't wait to get me one of them home defibrillators! Hoo-ee! Fun times tonight!
Three cheers for Earth!
I think it was Eisenhower who first pronounced it "nucular", and it's kind of been a tradition ever since.
37: Mother's father's mother's father's mother's maiden name______________
193: Last digit in decimal expansion of pi___
7.92x10^14: Meaning of life_
* evolving night vision
* digging an extensive system of tunnels underneath all Wendy's locations
* building a large metal Sphinx-like thing that wails periodically
* keeping an eye out for Weena
Who's in?
But if a company can't sustain their lower prices, they'll go out of business, which is a BAD THING.
Although, if enough go out of business, the remainder will have more customers and make more money, which is a GOOD THING.
Of course, if there's too little competition, they'll raise prices, which is a BAD THING.
Still, they can't raise them more than ordinary phone rates, which is a GOOD THING.
I've lost count, but I think this is a GOOD THING.
Actually, I could use a better news feed. I did only get a notice of them this week. What would you suggest?
Life is short. Get the PDA, the PC, the PS2. Heck, get anything that starts with P.
Kids today.
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Buffer Overflow in PostgreSQL's repeat()
Buffer Overflow in PostgreSQL's lpad() and rpad()
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Wireless TV! What will they think of next? Perhaps wireless radio!
> Q: I work for a company with three letters. Name one without.