Unless you do what I do and buy books at library sales. At $0.50 a title, you can afford to take a risk on an unfamiliar author/novel and don't feel bad if you don't like it and stop reading after a chapter or two.
(Mind you, the only way you can guarantee it won't happen again is to throw the computer down a mineshaft and fill in the mineshaft with reinforced concrete so it's all rather academic).
Or you could just work offline and not introduce any external media or software that you didn't create yourself from scratch.
Who's saying anything about a "perfect" AV? The post I was responding to said the virus/rootkit was aborting the installation process of antispyware/antivirus utilities. So I merely asked about utilities which don't require installation.
As far as I'm concerned, if it has any sort of thought process/feeling/etc, it should be protected. If it has ever had those and there's a chance of regaining them, it should be protected. If it has been in a coma for its entire existence it doesn't need any rights even if it's 20 years old.
6.5 billion people don't matter cosmically. Our entire galaxy could collapse into a black hole and the Universe would go on ticking like nothing ever happened.
Lets be fair. Slashdot is an international Icon of intellectual individuals. I dont live in the USA but there is a big difference between an act of God(s) and murder.
If there really is a God, and this really is His/Her/Its act, then it most definitely is (mass) murder.
You know, I can never get the shift key to work right. Just how long am I supposed to hold it down? Until the stupid "key assist" dialog opens? Anything short of that and autoplay still gets triggered in my experience. Why the hell did they remove the "disable autoplay" option from CD/DVD device manager properties in XP? Then again, apparently I'm too lazy to google for a work around (but not to type this post).
I think my grandparent's computer is set for the first option.... Wonder if I should stop by and disable it before more damage is done. Then again, it should be relatively clean (refurbished computer from a retail store, only driver changes have been latest Intel graphics and a web camer.)
About gag orders from the article: Nearly all NSLs come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, except to a lawyer.
This is obviously an oversight. Expect future NSLs to come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, especially to a lawyer.
Is using Steam worth all the trouble and headaches you mentioned in your post just because you want to avoid the relatively minor inconvenience of popping a game disc into your computer?
Actually yes, for me it is. As long as I have broadband and Steam doesn't go down and render my game unusable of course. But the same argument goes against MMORPGS as well. I really don't have an ethical problem with it authenticating my userid/game before I can start playing.
I'd rather have Steam ask for permission than be forced to root around for the game disc. That's my favorite thing about Steam - not having to have the CD/DVD in the drive.
The thing that annoys me the most is that recently it started ignoring the "Pause Updating" option. I wanna play CS:S, so I pause the TF2 update. As soon as I launch CS:S Steam stealthily unpauses the update, causing ping times of 1000+ for me (crappy little DSL connection). And I say "stealthily" because when I alt-tab out, it still says the updating is "paused" but when I unpause it it somehow jumped ahead by a few percentage points to completion. I have to unpause and then pause again and THEN I can go back to the game and actually play....
Plus the ads are annoying (pop-ups? seriously?), and the games are priced at RETAIL prices. Hmm, I could spend the same amount of money and get the boxed version with manual at a store, or waste quite a few hours downloading a multi-gig title....
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Unless you do what I do and buy books at library sales. At $0.50 a title, you can afford to take a risk on an unfamiliar author/novel and don't feel bad if you don't like it and stop reading after a chapter or two.
This is what their money can buy.
Don't you mean taxpayer's money? But I doubt they'd even pay for it. Just threaten to throw everyone in Guantanamo.
(Mind you, the only way you can guarantee it won't happen again is to throw the computer down a mineshaft and fill in the mineshaft with reinforced concrete so it's all rather academic).
Or you could just work offline and not introduce any external media or software that you didn't create yourself from scratch.
You know that we have no clue what makes gravity tick, right? Anyone ever see any evidence of a graviton?
My philosophy:
1. The universe couldn't care less about what's going on inside it because it's not self-aware.
2. Any one who thinks self-awareness makes them all powerful is bonkers.
One describes a man doing something exotically impossible
Not impossible, just takes a little chakra control.
Who's saying anything about a "perfect" AV? The post I was responding to said the virus/rootkit was aborting the installation process of antispyware/antivirus utilities. So I merely asked about utilities which don't require installation.
whatever crap was on there would kill the anti-spyware install routines within seconds
Don't they have virus scanners you can run from CDs?
We are seeing a 140 year old supernova. Just like someone looking at my baby pictures will be seeing a 3 month old kalirion.
"AlterNet"? You mean one that alters the packet contents midway? Comcast already does that.
It's not 5D unless the time is part of the puzzle. As in "it only took me 5 seconds to get all the sides and colors correct in 15 seconds!".
My beliefs are not your beliefs. Yours are not mine. Science should always recognize this accordingly and avoid being influenced by either.
;)
That's your belief
As far as I'm concerned, if it has any sort of thought process/feeling/etc, it should be protected. If it has ever had those and there's a chance of regaining them, it should be protected. If it has been in a coma for its entire existence it doesn't need any rights even if it's 20 years old.
As a long term Slashdotter, I don't recall too many "Quake" logos or humorous comments being thrown about after 9/11
Not sure about comments, but it definitely was not a Quake? Is there a game called "Ramming planes into buildings of people you don't like"?
6.5 billion people don't matter cosmically. Our entire galaxy could collapse into a black hole and the Universe would go on ticking like nothing ever happened.
Lets be fair. Slashdot is an international Icon of intellectual individuals. I dont live in the USA but there is a big difference between an act of God(s) and murder.
If there really is a God, and this really is His/Her/Its act, then it most definitely is (mass) murder.
It gives you time to identify with the characters.
You know, I can never get the shift key to work right. Just how long am I supposed to hold it down? Until the stupid "key assist" dialog opens? Anything short of that and autoplay still gets triggered in my experience. Why the hell did they remove the "disable autoplay" option from CD/DVD device manager properties in XP? Then again, apparently I'm too lazy to google for a work around (but not to type this post).
I think my grandparent's computer is set for the first option.... Wonder if I should stop by and disable it before more damage is done. Then again, it should be relatively clean (refurbished computer from a retail store, only driver changes have been latest Intel graphics and a web camer.)
Automatic update can be configured to automatically install any new critical updates, right? Or does it only do it for some of them?
The rest of the people can't send in a complaint because their only computer won't boot.
If they released this as a critical update, wouldn't it be picked up by auto-update if you have that turned on?
About gag orders from the article: Nearly all NSLs come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, except to a lawyer.
This is obviously an oversight. Expect future NSLs to come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, especially to a lawyer.
Is using Steam worth all the trouble and headaches you mentioned in your post just because you want to avoid the relatively minor inconvenience of popping a game disc into your computer?
Actually yes, for me it is. As long as I have broadband and Steam doesn't go down and render my game unusable of course. But the same argument goes against MMORPGS as well. I really don't have an ethical problem with it authenticating my userid/game before I can start playing.
I'd rather have Steam ask for permission than be forced to root around for the game disc. That's my favorite thing about Steam - not having to have the CD/DVD in the drive.
The thing that annoys me the most is that recently it started ignoring the "Pause Updating" option. I wanna play CS:S, so I pause the TF2 update. As soon as I launch CS:S Steam stealthily unpauses the update, causing ping times of 1000+ for me (crappy little DSL connection). And I say "stealthily" because when I alt-tab out, it still says the updating is "paused" but when I unpause it it somehow jumped ahead by a few percentage points to completion. I have to unpause and then pause again and THEN I can go back to the game and actually play....
Plus the ads are annoying (pop-ups? seriously?), and the games are priced at RETAIL prices. Hmm, I could spend the same amount of money and get the boxed version with manual at a store, or waste quite a few hours downloading a multi-gig title....