Non-cookie cutter programing relies on thinking "outside the box", and the knowledge to carry out the idea.
I have met several people who, as summer interns, had really interesting and innovative ideas. Many where impractical in real world applications but they had a spark that made them ask "what if...". When they returned to work full time after being "well-educated" at the Universities they were know it all, narrow minded, by the book, confrontational asses.
They would shoot down any new idea because it "wasn't how it was done at the University".
Education, understanding and imagination are more important than a piece of paper saying you could show up on time, retain information long enough to pass a test, and think inside the confines of what the course material said was "the right way" to do things.
On several occasions I have blown the sox off fresh faced University grads with obscure little tricks they didn't even know you could do that I had picked up over the years working in the real world.
Education has its place, but a person should also be evaluated on their talent and skill, not just on how many letters they have after their name.
Good point, but if they had been moved to the saved email folder it might take a bit more explaining. But as you point out a good lawyer should be able to handle it in that scenario.
Of course you still have to pay for the lawyer and deal with law enforcement before it all gets cleared up.
I think my point has been made, just because a person only gets boring messages the risk of getting your VM account compromised should not be casually ignored. There are other ways it an cause a person trouble beyond someone knowing their wife wants them to pick up some eggs on the way home.
A couple things I could think of off the top of my head that might make this an issue for you if somebody hacked your VM; Lock you out of your VM for laughs. Sure, no biggie to fix but a hassle. Plant some messages on your phone and then attract the attention of the police by calling someone I knew was being monitored by the DEA and spoofing your number to them. Have fun deneying that you don't know "Jose" or anything about a drug deal Change your message to something threatening against the Pres., VP or PM depending where you live (a properly worded greeting would be easy) and then maybe call the Feds to report it. Have fun explaining it.
If you don't care that's fine, just try to remember that things that are "non-issue" to you may be very big issues to someone else.
Good idea, only your over looking that for some people even a $5 dollar card can be out of their budget, even for the time needed to resell it. Likely not the case this time but not everyone has spare money to throw a problem.
I am in agreement with you about that. IP isn't worth a revolution.
My comment was directed more at the world in general. Seeing how everything is going overall, the slow erosion of basic Human rights in even the country's that are "Free", the corruption of governments and religions, the greed. History has shown that when the "Ruling Elite", as it were, reaches a point where they have become so disconnected from the "common people" that the elite can not even comprehend how some people struggle just to find food.
A revolution is on the horizon, it is my devote hope that it will be a spiritual and intellectual rather than an armed. There are some things that are worth risking your life for, but most things are not.
I think it really boils down to where the tipping point is, if enough people say "Enough" soon enough the worst can be avoided, but if the general apathy continues then it will reach a point where things are going to get ugly.
Or to use the car analogy that is so popular, the engine light just came on, act now and you just have to add some water to the radiator, wait too long enough and the engine is going to need replacement.
I think we are still at the point where we can replace the cracked water hose and thermostat, add some coolant and we're ready to roll. But are we going to do anything useful in time?
I would prefer that blood not be shed but as History has shown, sometimes its the only way left to bring about change. For good or ill, there will be blood.
This raises an old question. Who is more mature; the person who says empty words to anger another, or the person who lets nothing but empty words anger them?
Not defending the act of insulting another for fun, just defending the right to do so. And to point out that you took the bait as the OP intended.
This is just to get Oscar used to them, then they will add the servo-boosters and pulse thrusters so he'll be able to nail a bird in flight 22 meters off the ground and kick a harvester into the next county.
It is amusing that you took a question of "when" and answered by explaining "why", and failing.
Your right about using a 32 bit Flash on my systems using a 32 bit version of my browser or a ndis wrapper if I wanted to go that route.
But your wrong about Adobe not supporting 64 bit platforms, from their site "We remain committed to bringing native 64-bit Flash Player to Windows, Mac, and Linux in the future. There are plans to replace the now closed Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux prerelease with a new release built on Flash Player 10.1."
Hence my question of "does anyone know when?"
And regarding using 32bit apps when 64 bit version are available let me use a car analogy to explain my view, to wit; Why would I want to use a Yugo engine in a Porsche?
If he has any additional video or email/electronic records he needs to release them ASAP. By saying he has something but not releasing it he raises the probability that he will meet with an "accident" of a permanent nature that will prevent him from publishing anything else.
He should also worry about his family and friends, if he is unavailable they will be the next targets in attempts to "convince" him to not release anything.
While I would prefer to think that the US would not go so low as to threaten/hold third parties I know that they would not hesitate to act like the Russian Mafia if it suited their interests.
V'ger was looking for its creator, but it didn't think primitive carbon based life could have built it so it thought that the Humans where preventing the creator from responding.
The probe looking for the whales was from a species that was, to the best of my knowledge, never identified but it was not intentionally trying to kill all the humans, it just didn't care that its comm beam was ionizing the ocean and flooding the land.
But you do have a good point, how will these printers (mis)behave if they can't contact a designated server. Even if you don't opt-in to the adds HP will try and use the Internet to upgrade the printer's firmware, and how many of us have tried to print a plain text document but the printer won't work because it is out of cyan?
I can hear it now; Me:"Print the document" Printer:"I can't reach the server to update my firmware and confirm that I have not been stolen from my rightful owner" Me:"I am your rightful owner, you will do what I tell you to!" Printer:"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that." Me:"I'm not dave!"
They should teach the students how to learn things on their own, using search engines, libraries and other resources. That is more important than how to use OSX, Windows, Gnome or KDE. GUIs can change overnight, the thought of what will be in Windows 8 gives my the hebejebes, and I don't use Windows.
Rather than require the students to have a laptop (any OS) and use open formats for the papers/homework they submit they want the students to purchase a specific type and then likely require the papers/homework to be done in a software package that will be extra, like MS Office for Mac (do they even make that anymore?) or something from Apple.
I would want to look at the financials of school board members. I smell kickbacks.
On a side note what if a student does bring their own laptop to school and uses it at lunch or in the Library? Will it be confiscated?
Sounds like you turned off the "automatically mount new media" instead of "autorun".
I seem to remember that you could turn off the autorun but keep the automount. It has been awhile since I had to admin a Windows box though so I could be wrong.
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Umm...maybe.
...". When they returned to work full time after being "well-educated" at the Universities they were know it all, narrow minded, by the book, confrontational asses.
Non-cookie cutter programing relies on thinking "outside the box", and the knowledge to carry out the idea.
I have met several people who, as summer interns, had really interesting and innovative ideas. Many where impractical in real world applications but they had a spark that made them ask "what if
They would shoot down any new idea because it "wasn't how it was done at the University".
Education, understanding and imagination are more important than a piece of paper saying you could show up on time, retain information long enough to pass a test, and think inside the confines of what the course material said was "the right way" to do things.
On several occasions I have blown the sox off fresh faced University grads with obscure little tricks they didn't even know you could do that I had picked up over the years working in the real world.
Education has its place, but a person should also be evaluated on their talent and skill, not just on how many letters they have after their name.
What?!?!
...
Bourne would never have been this stupid!
Everyone trying to catch him on the other hand
Good point, but if they had been moved to the saved email folder it might take a bit more explaining. But as you point out a good lawyer should be able to handle it in that scenario.
Of course you still have to pay for the lawyer and deal with law enforcement before it all gets cleared up.
I think my point has been made, just because a person only gets boring messages the risk of getting your VM account compromised should not be casually ignored. There are other ways it an cause a person trouble beyond someone knowing their wife wants them to pick up some eggs on the way home.
A couple things I could think of off the top of my head that might make this an issue for you if somebody hacked your VM;
Lock you out of your VM for laughs. Sure, no biggie to fix but a hassle.
Plant some messages on your phone and then attract the attention of the police by calling someone I knew was being monitored by the DEA and spoofing your number to them. Have fun deneying that you don't know "Jose" or anything about a drug deal
Change your message to something threatening against the Pres., VP or PM depending where you live (a properly worded greeting would be easy) and then maybe call the Feds to report it. Have fun explaining it.
If you don't care that's fine, just try to remember that things that are "non-issue" to you may be very big issues to someone else.
Good idea, only your over looking that for some people even a $5 dollar card can be out of their budget, even for the time needed to resell it. Likely not the case this time but not everyone has spare money to throw a problem.
I am in agreement with you about that. IP isn't worth a revolution.
My comment was directed more at the world in general. Seeing how everything is going overall, the slow erosion of basic Human rights in even the country's that are "Free", the corruption of governments and religions, the greed. History has shown that when the "Ruling Elite", as it were, reaches a point where they have become so disconnected from the "common people" that the elite can not even comprehend how some people struggle just to find food.
A revolution is on the horizon, it is my devote hope that it will be a spiritual and intellectual rather than an armed. There are some things that are worth risking your life for, but most things are not.
I think it really boils down to where the tipping point is, if enough people say "Enough" soon enough the worst can be avoided, but if the general apathy continues then it will reach a point where things are going to get ugly.
Or to use the car analogy that is so popular, the engine light just came on, act now and you just have to add some water to the radiator, wait too long enough and the engine is going to need replacement.
I think we are still at the point where we can replace the cracked water hose and thermostat, add some coolant and we're ready to roll. But are we going to do anything useful in time?
The jury box, unlikely to succeed in all honesty.
The ammo box, where it all seems to be heading.
I would prefer that blood not be shed but as History has shown, sometimes its the only way left to bring about change. For good or ill, there will be blood.
This raises an old question.
Who is more mature;
the person who says empty words to anger another,
or the person who lets nothing but empty words anger them?
Not defending the act of insulting another for fun, just defending the right to do so. And to point out that you took the bait as the OP intended.
Cats hunt the mice and other rodents that eat the grain.
One lucky cat indeed.
The electronics will be in the upgraded version.
This is just to get Oscar used to them, then they will add the servo-boosters and pulse thrusters so he'll be able to nail a bird in flight 22 meters off the ground and kick a harvester into the next county.
Ditto.
Be thankful I wasn't drinking coffee or you would be getting a bill for my new monitor.
It is amusing that you took a question of "when" and answered by explaining "why", and failing.
Your right about using a 32 bit Flash on my systems using a 32 bit version of my browser or a ndis wrapper if I wanted to go that route.
But your wrong about Adobe not supporting 64 bit platforms, from their site
"We remain committed to bringing native 64-bit Flash Player to Windows, Mac, and Linux in the future. There are plans to replace the now closed Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux prerelease with a new release built on Flash Player 10.1."
Hence my question of "does anyone know when?"
And regarding using 32bit apps when 64 bit version are available let me use a car analogy to explain my view, to wit; Why would I want to use a Yugo engine in a Porsche?
So how long before Adobe releases a 64bit Linux version of 10,1?
They were doing pretty good supporting 64bit platforms for a bit but they seem to have stumbled a bit recently.
If he has any additional video or email/electronic records he needs to release them ASAP. By saying he has something but not releasing it he raises the probability that he will meet with an "accident" of a permanent nature that will prevent him from publishing anything else.
He should also worry about his family and friends, if he is unavailable they will be the next targets in attempts to "convince" him to not release anything.
While I would prefer to think that the US would not go so low as to threaten/hold third parties I know that they would not hesitate to act like the Russian Mafia if it suited their interests.
I've got a bad feeling about this ...
God D&%* it!!
/. but the ONE time I forget, you go and shoot one off.
You owe me for a new keyboard, monitor, desk and a Rug Doctor rental!
I should know better after all these years to never eat while reading
In a reasonable world your strategy would likely work. But only if there are reasonable people with the power to do something.
When I read your post i remembered a scene from Gurren Lagann
Adiane:"Careful, fire at that angle, and you'll kill us both. Are Humans that stupid?"
Yoko:"Hate to break it to you, but yeah, we are."
Actually it was Voyager 6.
Your Trek-Fu is weak. I would suggest a ST marathon, skipping 5 is OK, to renew your understanding of the ways of the Trek.
Your sig goes to an empty page.
V'ger was looking for its creator, but it didn't think primitive carbon based life could have built it so it thought that the Humans where preventing the creator from responding.
The probe looking for the whales was from a species that was, to the best of my knowledge, never identified but it was not intentionally trying to kill all the humans, it just didn't care that its comm beam was ionizing the ocean and flooding the land.
But you do have a good point, how will these printers (mis)behave if they can't contact a designated server. Even if you don't opt-in to the adds HP will try and use the Internet to upgrade the printer's firmware, and how many of us have tried to print a plain text document but the printer won't work because it is out of cyan?
I can hear it now;
Me:"Print the document"
Printer:"I can't reach the server to update my firmware and confirm that I have not been stolen from my rightful owner"
Me:"I am your rightful owner, you will do what I tell you to!"
Printer:"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."
Me:"I'm not dave!"
Maybe something like this?
Slashdot already disscused this awhile back.
I would rather see open standards pushed.
They should teach the students how to learn things on their own, using search engines, libraries and other resources. That is more important than how to use OSX, Windows, Gnome or KDE. GUIs can change overnight, the thought of what will be in Windows 8 gives my the hebejebes, and I don't use Windows.
Debian with KDE 3.5 on Desktop and Laptop.
Rather than require the students to have a laptop (any OS) and use open formats for the papers/homework they submit they want the students to purchase a specific type and then likely require the papers/homework to be done in a software package that will be extra, like MS Office for Mac (do they even make that anymore?) or something from Apple.
I would want to look at the financials of school board members. I smell kickbacks.
On a side note what if a student does bring their own laptop to school and uses it at lunch or in the Library? Will it be confiscated?
Sounds like you turned off the "automatically mount new media" instead of "autorun".
I seem to remember that you could turn off the autorun but keep the automount. It has been awhile since I had to admin a Windows box though so I could be wrong.