It does... (may take several download - reboot cycles, but it sort of works), but most people dont go there - probably because there are 20 other icons in the system tray also clammering for attention, that causes the 'your updates are ready to install' message to be completely ignored.
This is why a White Knight worm is a good idea - the average joe will *not* do a fucking thing to keep their PC patched until something actually breaks.
What if it plugs a hole, but breaks something else?
If a 'good' virus manages to get onto your system without you installing it, then you are already fucked and it really doesnt matter.
Of course no one here is going to like this idea, but as you say - its for granny and gramps and others who aren't running firewall and antivirus software and blindly open every damn attachement they get.
I think its a great idea - it can only 'cure' people who are at risk, and even if it does break their system, they probably would have had it turn into a zombie soon anyway.
Absolutely. The Uni's should try and foster an open environment, and not be so bloody harsh on students - who, do occasionally 'bend the rules'.
This is probably the only time in peoples lives that they can experiment like this, and they shouldn't be heavily fined/expelled/sued. Maybe a formal 'slap on the wrist', but that's it.
Most normal users won't get anywhere near filling a gMail account for a good long time.
Agreed - and even if everyone in the world filled it up, how much would be genuinely unique content. Not much, I'd guess the size ratio would be something like:
70% - Funny videos of dancing monkeys or Powerpoint jokes
25% - MP3 files, zipped software (legal or not)
5% - genuine emails
Of the 95% size, Google would keep one copy of the file and link the others (hell - they probably already have a copy in \pub\jokes anyway)
Step 1 - on April 1st, give away 1G mail boxes to all - start with a small Beta group
Step 2 - invest in Hard drives, and wait until MS and others implement size increases
Step 3 - declare it was a joke all along
Step 4 - ???
Step 5 - IPO !!!
Exactly - and the real problems will occur when it comes to net/email access.
There are what, 3-4 different ways this can happen through a PDA/Phone at the moment - and using a PDA, you can be sure you are using a non $/sec method, but with a phone it gets blurry.
"Sorry, sir but when you checked your email at 4:14pm this was at our 'peak rate' and you now owe us lots of dollars."
"But I thought I was using the Wifi access through the coffee shop"
"No sir, that only occurs on every second Wednesday - please pay the $14.50 fee or we will disconnect you."
I know - its just little fees and I should just pay it - but I don't like getting tricked into these fucking schemes which are more and more prevalent these days from the big companies.
The problem is that Mobiles cost money for just about everything you do on them - it can be hard to keep track which options are free and which ones cost 0.17c per click.
They deliberately make it confusing so that the average Joe gets screwed into spending more money than s/he should.
Unless the mobile companies make it completely clear (and permanent) that you can access all your info free - forever, with no hidden catches (including running out of credit / switching providers, etc) - then there will always be a market for PDA's for people who just want access to their data without worrying about paying for the privelage to get it.
I dont think so.
If I were a soldier I wouldn't trust a route from a laptop. Not unless I knew exactly when it was told where enemy 'C' was located so I could allow for movements.
And of course, there is the whole beta testing problem - imagine a squad of troops walking through an 'empty forest' which just happens to contain a platoon of troops (Enemy 'D') doing an exercise not picked up by the spy satellites.
I'm not saying this is bad- I think its great, but no soldier will ever blindly follow the route it plots.
Yes, you could make a fortune renting out your house to visiting dignitaries as a 'highly secure meteor resistant location' (based on the lightning never strikes twice principle).
Of course, they'd need to fix the holes in the roof and get the carpet shampooed first.
They were only ever really useful on the original XT's before the old games used a timer instead of clock cycles, but due to marketing types liking the word 'TURBO' they kept sticking it on for years afterwards. It never served any point - the old games still wouldnt run on the slow setting.
Now, my old TEC-1B single board computer was different - had a 100k pot to vary the clock speed from 0Hz to 100kHz. Thats a feature I would have liked to have on the PC's.
Ok - so how many jobs were insourced?
And from what sectors?
I am curious - because it really seems to me that too many knowledge based jobs are getting outsourced. (not just US - here in Australia too).
If they are being replaced by insourced jobs of a low level then you should be pretty worried.
3% of the total job market outsourced is pretty bad, but certain sectors (like IT of course) are having a huge impact.
They dont really give a shit now, because everyone is earning big bucks, but perhaps the government will rethink this when the National unemployment rate jumps by 3%.
.. because in a few years time (3-6 ?) there will be video quality recorders which can hide in the centre of a persons glasses.
I'm not promoting piracy here, just saying that they are completely wasting their time - if they really want to "maximize profits with their combined synergies" then they would simply reduce the price.
so what about all the non SSL sites you visit which "need" passwords.
Most of these are not encrypted, and ask for the password in plaintext - are you happy to have this information public?
It may not sound important (due to the stupidly high number of websites which need membership to see some lame front page), but if you ever reuse a password [like I do - and most others do, come on... admit it], you could be cracked quite easily.
I got my wife interested in computers by showing her the basics of mapediting.
It's great, but for a complete beginner it can be tough learning curve (luckily she can RTFM:)
We play Stronghold a fair bit see who can make the get the highest score on each others maps.
NEC then sent a bill to the E-Rate administrators, a quasi-governmental agency for tens of millions of dollars more than the actual cost of the equipment.
If someone robs a bank overnight (no people harmed) and takes 10 million dollars the shit would hit the fan.
But a corporation?.... and to pay $20.7 million in fines and restitution.
Oh, I suppose theres no harm trying is there - if they get caught, they only pay double what they could have scammed.
1. I agree - but what if its really cheap to produce the 'autohammer'
2. Yes it would be higher - but a lot of people bought 'pet rocks' in the '80s [Marketing!]
3. Probably not
4. Given the past history of computing devices - the first 15 years will be pretty shitty, but it would get better after that.
5. Well, if the auto hammer could give you any sentimental value, then lets hope that it never comes true, because there would probably be lots of horrible legal clauses built in (based on the historic Patent/Copyright/DRM Laws) which force everyone to upgrade automatically, or lose their access.
Perhaps a good test of this (completely fabricated) technology would be an endurance competition - your Equaliser, vs the new shiney AutoHammer01 -:)
and the prospect of computerising the rock hammer is utterly laughable.
How about in 45 years time when you can set your new computerised Rock Hammer to 'auto mode' and it magically applies the right force depending on the chemical properties of the target.
It could quickly smash through the normal rock with a large force then switch to delicate strokes as it detects something interesting - fossil, whatever.
I was kind of joking when I started writing this, but we never know - I certainly wouldn't have trusted computerised AntiLock brakes 30 years ago.
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It does... (may take several download - reboot cycles, but it sort of works), but most people dont go there - probably because there are 20 other icons in the system tray also clammering for attention, that causes the 'your updates are ready to install' message to be completely ignored.
This is why a White Knight worm is a good idea - the average joe will *not* do a fucking thing to keep their PC patched until something actually breaks.
What if it plugs a hole, but breaks something else?
If a 'good' virus manages to get onto your system without you installing it, then you are already fucked and it really doesnt matter.
Of course no one here is going to like this idea, but as you say - its for granny and gramps and others who aren't running firewall and antivirus software and blindly open every damn attachement they get.
I think its a great idea - it can only 'cure' people who are at risk, and even if it does break their system, they probably would have had it turn into a zombie soon anyway.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I'd give her a good home. ;)
:)
At first, I was thinking the same thing - she looked like a fox (lovely hair too), but then I saw she was just like all the others out there
what a dog!
Just a new flash demo
Damn - I wanted to see monster guides, mapedit tutes, system specs, etc...
Oh, well - I'm happy to wait for this game, should be really good.
Absolutely. The Uni's should try and foster an open environment, and not be so bloody harsh on students - who, do occasionally 'bend the rules'.
This is probably the only time in peoples lives that they can experiment like this, and they shouldn't be heavily fined/expelled/sued. Maybe a formal 'slap on the wrist', but that's it.
Its Uni - not a top secret government agency.
hell - they cant even get up the porch step, what is there to worry about :)
Even as a kid I couldnt quite fathom this.. (just go upstairs, dumbass! - you'll be safe).
Most normal users won't get anywhere near filling a gMail account for a good long time.
Agreed - and even if everyone in the world filled it up, how much would be genuinely unique content. Not much, I'd guess the size ratio would be something like:
70% - Funny videos of dancing monkeys or Powerpoint jokes
25% - MP3 files, zipped software (legal or not)
5% - genuine emails
Of the 95% size, Google would keep one copy of the file and link the others (hell - they probably already have a copy in \pub\jokes anyway)
Step 1 - on April 1st, give away 1G mail boxes to all - start with a small Beta group
Step 2 - invest in Hard drives, and wait until MS and others implement size increases
Step 3 - declare it was a joke all along
Step 4 - ???
Step 5 - IPO !!!
Exactly - and the real problems will occur when it comes to net/email access.
There are what, 3-4 different ways this can happen through a PDA/Phone at the moment - and using a PDA, you can be sure you are using a non $/sec method, but with a phone it gets blurry.
"Sorry, sir but when you checked your email at 4:14pm this was at our 'peak rate' and you now owe us lots of dollars."
"But I thought I was using the Wifi access through the coffee shop"
"No sir, that only occurs on every second Wednesday - please pay the $14.50 fee or we will disconnect you."
I know - its just little fees and I should just pay it - but I don't like getting tricked into these fucking schemes which are more and more prevalent these days from the big companies.
The problem is that Mobiles cost money for just about everything you do on them - it can be hard to keep track which options are free and which ones cost 0.17c per click.
They deliberately make it confusing so that the average Joe gets screwed into spending more money than s/he should.
Unless the mobile companies make it completely clear (and permanent) that you can access all your info free - forever, with no hidden catches (including running out of credit / switching providers, etc) - then there will always be a market for PDA's for people who just want access to their data without worrying about paying for the privelage to get it.
I dont think so.
If I were a soldier I wouldn't trust a route from a laptop. Not unless I knew exactly when it was told where enemy 'C' was located so I could allow for movements.
And of course, there is the whole beta testing problem - imagine a squad of troops walking through an 'empty forest' which just happens to contain a platoon of troops (Enemy 'D') doing an exercise not picked up by the spy satellites.
I'm not saying this is bad- I think its great, but no soldier will ever blindly follow the route it plots.
Yes, you could make a fortune renting out your house to visiting dignitaries as a 'highly secure meteor resistant location' (based on the lightning never strikes twice principle).
Of course, they'd need to fix the holes in the roof and get the carpet shampooed first.
Those turbo buttons were a pet hate of mine.
They were only ever really useful on the original XT's before the old games used a timer instead of clock cycles, but due to marketing types liking the word 'TURBO' they kept sticking it on for years afterwards. It never served any point - the old games still wouldnt run on the slow setting.
Now, my old TEC-1B single board computer was different - had a 100k pot to vary the clock speed from 0Hz to 100kHz. Thats a feature I would have liked to have on the PC's.
Thanks for the that - I looked at the treo and liked it. I'll just have to wait until we get a decent plan in AU.
Ok - so how many jobs were insourced?
And from what sectors?
I am curious - because it really seems to me that too many knowledge based jobs are getting outsourced. (not just US - here in Australia too).
If they are being replaced by insourced jobs of a low level then you should be pretty worried.
3% of the total job market outsourced is pretty bad, but certain sectors (like IT of course) are having a huge impact.
They dont really give a shit now, because everyone is earning big bucks, but perhaps the government will rethink this when the National unemployment rate jumps by 3%.
Isn't there an election coming up in the US soon?
This is so true - even when the details simply mean clicking a link to install something and saying 'Yes' to a EULA.
With all the media coverage of the viruses and spam the average user doesn't want to even think about installing something
.. because in a few years time (3-6 ?) there will be video quality recorders which can hide in the centre of a persons glasses.
I'm not promoting piracy here, just saying that they are completely wasting their time - if they really want to "maximize profits with their combined synergies" then they would simply reduce the price.
so what about all the non SSL sites you visit which "need" passwords.
Most of these are not encrypted, and ask for the password in plaintext - are you happy to have this information public?
It may not sound important (due to the stupidly high number of websites which need membership to see some lame front page), but if you ever reuse a password [like I do - and most others do, come on... admit it], you could be cracked quite easily.
I got my wife interested in computers by showing her the basics of mapediting.
:)
It's great, but for a complete beginner it can be tough learning curve (luckily she can RTFM
We play Stronghold a fair bit see who can make the get the highest score on each others maps.
Some say it's a bit nerdy, but hey, so are we.
NEC then sent a bill to the E-Rate administrators, a quasi-governmental agency for tens of millions of dollars more than the actual cost of the equipment.
....
If someone robs a bank overnight (no people harmed) and takes 10 million dollars the shit would hit the fan.
But a corporation?
and to pay $20.7 million in fines and restitution.
Oh, I suppose theres no harm trying is there - if they get caught, they only pay double what they could have scammed.
1. I agree - but what if its really cheap to produce the 'autohammer'
:)
2. Yes it would be higher - but a lot of people bought 'pet rocks' in the '80s [Marketing!]
3. Probably not
4. Given the past history of computing devices - the first 15 years will be pretty shitty, but it would get better after that.
5. Well, if the auto hammer could give you any sentimental value, then lets hope that it never comes true, because there would probably be lots of horrible legal clauses built in (based on the historic Patent/Copyright/DRM Laws) which force everyone to upgrade automatically, or lose their access.
Perhaps a good test of this (completely fabricated) technology would be an endurance competition - your Equaliser, vs the new shiney AutoHammer01 -
and the prospect of computerising the rock hammer is utterly laughable.
How about in 45 years time when you can set your new computerised Rock Hammer to 'auto mode' and it magically applies the right force depending on the chemical properties of the target.
It could quickly smash through the normal rock with a large force then switch to delicate strokes as it detects something interesting - fossil, whatever.
I was kind of joking when I started writing this, but we never know - I certainly wouldn't have trusted computerised AntiLock brakes 30 years ago.
Damnit, the government should stop this sort of thing - it could reduce the Telco's profits.
I say we, as a group, should not support this in any way, shape or form.