Of course admins in several organizations are incompetent, but it's not like you could play Wargames [wikipedia.org] (ie. launch nukes or similar), since those systems are not connected to Internet.
No, but you could start a nuclear crisis with our powerplants, forcing the president up into the air, then shoot down Air Force One, recover the "football", steal a nuclear missile, and then launch it.
It's pretty simple. All missiles have an IR port for commands. If there are infrared decoys, the enemy won't know which is the missile to hack! And an angle reflector will reflect the enemy's hacking signals right back at him (think shiny shield against Medusa.)
True. I suppose that the analogy could be changed to say: "if i leave my doors unlocked, and my house gets robbed, is it the contractor that installed the locks fault?"
better?
Quite often it's more like "If I have a standard lock on my front door and a burglar bumped it, is it the fault of the contractor for installing an insecure lock? What if the lock company issued a recall on the locks because of said insecurity?
Do things like spamassassin never get false positives? When you register with a website and don't see the "confirmation" email in your inbox, you know to check the most recent entries in your junk folder and mark it non-spam. But what happens to legitimate emails which you are not expecting this very minute but which are identified as spam by your filter?
If two guys drive the same distance to work every day, and one gets paid minimum wage for doing backbreaking labor while the other gets a huge salary for sitting behind a desk, seems perfectly fair to me that the latter contributes more to road upkeep -- the roads are worth a lot more to him.
I'd say the roads would be worth a lot more to the first guy who'd likely be homeless without them.
In my book, using violence or threat of violence to take control over a ship you do not own, is piracy. Selling counterfeit CDs? Not piracy. Piracy involves vessels moving on the surface of a large body of water, and weapons. Selling counterfeit CDs can be piracy if you stole them from a ship.
In my book, an old Scottish way of washing clothes is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting. Typing a few words into a textbox and hitting "submit"? Not posting. Posting involves trampling clothes with feet in a tub of water. Typing comments on slashdot can be posting if you do it with your feet and then wear the keyboard.
If 24 has taught us anything it's that just because the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, doesn't mean that there's no phantom arm pulling the strings.
Stories like this one always remind me of the computer warranty in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens:
"Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches. Crowley had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow memo form attached just saying: "Learn, guys.""
Seems Kraber was certainly violating the spirit of the contest, if not the letter. Relying on 1600 portfolios and the law of averages to "win"? Seems like he's pissed that somebody else found a better, easier way to cheat.
Considering that someone could easily have 1600 portfolios and make use of the law of averages in real life (if they've got the cash for it), I wouldn't think of it as cheating.
Why does everyone complain about the end of Evangelion? I thought it was perfect.
The complaint was about the last couple episodes of the TV Series, not the End of Evangelion movie. Though apparently there is a compelling theory out there that the two are not only compatible but in fact take place at the same time (some flashes in the episodes are of events from the movie.)
Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, you made her sick.
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How could any responsible and culturally literate individual not be somewhat of a relativist?
Well, for one thing, plenty of "responsible and culturally literate individuals" believe that Good = "What God says".
Well actually I was going for "Funny", but someone modded the post "Interesting," so maybe I stumbled onto something....
Of course admins in several organizations are incompetent, but it's not like you could play Wargames [wikipedia.org] (ie. launch nukes or similar), since those systems are not connected to Internet.
No, but you could start a nuclear crisis with our powerplants, forcing the president up into the air, then shoot down Air Force One, recover the "football", steal a nuclear missile, and then launch it.
It's pretty simple. All missiles have an IR port for commands. If there are infrared decoys, the enemy won't know which is the missile to hack! And an angle reflector will reflect the enemy's hacking signals right back at him (think shiny shield against Medusa.)
Kinda like the signature and security number on the backs of credit cards eliminated nearly all of credit card fraud, right?
An designer that thinks it's intelligent would call it spaghetti code, but evolution doesn't have any knowledge of such concepts.
That's right, evolution is quite aware of it's own stupidity. It's even written a few papers on the subject.
And you're spreading it, you murderer!
That's exactly what the general theory of relativity proved would _NOT_ happen.
No, that's exactly what the general theory of relativity theorized would _NOT_ happen.
True. I suppose that the analogy could be changed to say: "if i leave my doors unlocked, and my house gets robbed, is it the contractor that installed the locks fault?"
better?
Quite often it's more like "If I have a standard lock on my front door and a burglar bumped it, is it the fault of the contractor for installing an insecure lock? What if the lock company issued a recall on the locks because of said insecurity?
Do things like spamassassin never get false positives? When you register with a website and don't see the "confirmation" email in your inbox, you know to check the most recent entries in your junk folder and mark it non-spam. But what happens to legitimate emails which you are not expecting this very minute but which are identified as spam by your filter?
You mean like this?
If a burglar can effectively sue a home owner for bodily injury suffered why burglarizing said home
I'm pretty sure that's an urban legend, unless you're talking of cases where the burglar is shot by the owner while making his escape or something.
If two guys drive the same distance to work every day, and one gets paid minimum wage for doing backbreaking labor while the other gets a huge salary for sitting behind a desk, seems perfectly fair to me that the latter contributes more to road upkeep -- the roads are worth a lot more to him.
I'd say the roads would be worth a lot more to the first guy who'd likely be homeless without them.
In my book, using violence or threat of violence to take control over a ship you do not own, is piracy. Selling counterfeit CDs? Not piracy. Piracy involves vessels moving on the surface of a large body of water, and weapons. Selling counterfeit CDs can be piracy if you stole them from a ship.
In my book, an old Scottish way of washing clothes is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting. Typing a few words into a textbox and hitting "submit"? Not posting. Posting involves trampling clothes with feet in a tub of water. Typing comments on slashdot can be posting if you do it with your feet and then wear the keyboard.
If 24 has taught us anything it's that just because the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, doesn't mean that there's no phantom arm pulling the strings.
Ok, I get it now. My mistake.
I doubt it, Lord Xenu has prior art.
Stories like this one always remind me of the computer warranty in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens:
"Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if
the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive
advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4)
and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you
opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event
the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser
should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the
manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid
for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of
serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches. Crowley
had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the
computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the
department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow
memo form attached just saying: "Learn, guys.""
It gave some people the freedom and opportunity to rob others of theirs.
That's funny, I thought that Easter was a celebration of St. Peter Rabbit....
It's called "Bait and Switch", and is a proven and time (warner) honored marketing strategy.
Not only that, but we'd also have blackjack, and hookers!
Seems Kraber was certainly violating the spirit of the contest, if not the letter. Relying on 1600 portfolios and the law of averages to "win"? Seems like he's pissed that somebody else found a better, easier way to cheat.
Considering that someone could easily have 1600 portfolios and make use of the law of averages in real life (if they've got the cash for it), I wouldn't think of it as cheating.
The simple solution would be for everyone to follow my morals.
Why does everyone complain about the end of Evangelion? I thought it was perfect.
The complaint was about the last couple episodes of the TV Series, not the End of Evangelion movie. Though apparently there is a compelling theory out there that the two are not only compatible but in fact take place at the same time (some flashes in the episodes are of events from the movie.)
Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, you made her sick.