But, with all of the terrorist threats lately, bringing passport documents into the digital world is sure to increase security
First of all, and as 300 other comments would be pointing out by now, all those bastards on 9/11 planes had valid passports too. Whether passport is valid or not doesn't prove nothing.
Plus, IMHO, its harder to forge a non-digital passport. Thats a real skill. You can't walk into Radioshack, buy $70 worth of equipment, come back home and start playing with the RFIDs on the passport if its digital and all.
If its a non-digital passport, sure as hell if you indeed plan on forging/tampering it, you will have to find someone highly skilled that can accomplish that. And, if its a bad forgery job, its very easy for a human being to spot that.
we go through the Sunday Newspaper looking for the ad circular from our favorite store so we can see what's on sale without having to go there.
That 'looking for' is the key. If I don't want to, I don't have to read the ad section.
Plus, everybody knows how fradulent these spam schemes are. Atleast, with the newspaper, if the frauds start creeping up, the newspaper company has to step up and tighten the noose.
How about opening up the.rm format first so that I can use any player I want. Then we can talk on the same terms. Until then, Real, you can kiss my a$$.
And before you come in with Real Alternative, don't bother. I know about it and it's not the same thing.
When everyone is raised to a higher set of genetic standards, the winners will rely on some other 'attribute' to fall back on.
Even the best athletes of all times had something going on for them naturally. In other words, they were 'lucky' enough to be a part of natural mutation in their favor (as against gene-doping which is artificial). And of course, after being naturally gifted, they had to work their ass off to get to where they reached.
Lance Armstrong for example has a heart size almost three times large, aerobic capacity twice average and lactic acid produce that borders around negligible.
Future of sports is safe and sound.
Or atleast, as a die hard sports fan, I can certainly hope so;)
You are absolutely right about the risk part. eBay is a risk to begin with. That's the risk you are taking for the low price that appealed you at the first place. However, I disagree with "anyone" part. eBay has millions of users and probably a miniscule percentage are the crooks. But even miniscule percentage of a million adds up fairly quickly and we see stories like the current one.
I have a personal upper limit on buying stuff from eBay. If I want something, I place the maximum bid (which eBay automatically increments on your behalf) and be done with it. If I win it, I get it otherwise forget about it.
Personal anecdote: The most expensive thing I bought off of eBay was a Nikon FM3A camera. The price I was bidding was close to USD500. I was a little shaky to bid that and so I did some research (aka Googling). Found a similar post on a photography forum (under a similar name) that was a month older than the eBay listing. The words and sentences used in both the posts also were fairly similar. Also, a little more power Googling narrowed it down to someone in a specific university. So I wrote a question to the seller and phrased it in such a way that it would make him atleast hint at the university. He replied back with the kind of answer I was expecting and right away I placed my bid. I got the camera and am happy.
Moral of the story: Have a personal upper limit on bidding amount and do some Googling!
My largest complaint with Lysergically Yours is that it is too short. Weighing in at 120 pages, the book is an easy read but leaves you feeling that it could have easily been expanded to fill twice as many.
From the article, Still, speaking at a press conference here Monday, Gates told journalists that Microsoft's patching process compares well with competitors'. "You know, the time -- the average time -- to fix on an operating system other than Windows is typically ninety to a hundred days," said Gates. "Today we have that down to less than forty-eight hours."
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You came to the party way too early :D
Naw man. Sometimes the rubber just breaks.
Nothing is worse than a warm beer when hunting or driving
When hunting or driving is redundant.
IE just works
Yeah, well, its relatively easy to get a thing just working when every website is designed to cater to it.
Finch : God bless the Internet
I whole heartedly agree.
People against racial profiling usually claim it's just racism
Not really. Check this.
But, with all of the terrorist threats lately, bringing passport documents into the digital world is sure to increase security
First of all, and as 300 other comments would be pointing out by now, all those bastards on 9/11 planes had valid passports too. Whether passport is valid or not doesn't prove nothing.
Plus, IMHO, its harder to forge a non-digital passport. Thats a real skill. You can't walk into Radioshack, buy $70 worth of equipment, come back home and start playing with the RFIDs on the passport if its digital and all.
If its a non-digital passport, sure as hell if you indeed plan on forging/tampering it, you will have to find someone highly skilled that can accomplish that. And, if its a bad forgery job, its very easy for a human being to spot that.
My 0.02
we go through the Sunday Newspaper looking for the ad circular from our favorite store so we can see what's on sale without having to go there.
That 'looking for' is the key. If I don't want to, I don't have to read the ad section.
Plus, everybody knows how fradulent these spam schemes are. Atleast, with the newspaper, if the frauds start creeping up, the newspaper company has to step up and tighten the noose.
Kinda like realdoll for nurses, isn't it?
*grin*
We want Freedom of Music Choice
.rm format first so that I can use any player I want. Then we can talk on the same terms. Until then, Real, you can kiss my a$$.
How about opening up the
And before you come in with Real Alternative, don't bother. I know about it and it's not the same thing.
While we are talking about word fest and such, don't forget the National Spelling Bee
:D
ESPN telecasts and I always watch it
Its pretty entertaining actually in a nerdy kind of way. (Isn't that the reason we are all on slashdot!)
And Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy on ESPN) wrote an interesting diary too.
why Apple is so upset about Real being able to its music work in the iPod?
Because they have to *support* Real's format. When Real's shit breaks on iPod, the users will view it as Apple's fault.
a beowulf cluster of people slacking off
You just described my workplace
When everyone is raised to a higher set of genetic standards, the winners will rely on some other 'attribute' to fall back on.
;)
Even the best athletes of all times had something going on for them naturally. In other words, they were 'lucky' enough to be a part of natural mutation in their favor (as against gene-doping which is artificial). And of course, after being naturally gifted, they had to work their ass off to get to where they reached.
Lance Armstrong for example has a heart size almost three times large, aerobic capacity twice average and lactic acid produce that borders around negligible.
Future of sports is safe and sound.
Or atleast, as a die hard sports fan, I can certainly hope so
Apparently, monkeys, just like human beings, tend to slack off on tasks until the very last minute.
Shouldn't it read "Apparently, human beings, just like monkeys, tend to slack off on tasks until the very last minute.
What with the evolution and all!
I don't think people are quite that stupid or so easily manipulated.
Don't underestimate the power of stupidity, my friend. You'd be surprised.
IT industry?
without USING A DAMNED ACRONYM
See the irony in the post?
Bring on the 8 Inchers
late Friday afternoon we would all let loose by flying them around like frisbees
And then I saw your user id...
Search for any term on google and I get the following:
Google Error
Server Error
The service you requested is not available at this time.
Service error -27.
I just can't trust anyone on such sites
You are absolutely right about the risk part. eBay is a risk to begin with. That's the risk you are taking for the low price that appealed you at the first place. However, I disagree with "anyone" part. eBay has millions of users and probably a miniscule percentage are the crooks. But even miniscule percentage of a million adds up fairly quickly and we see stories like the current one.
I have a personal upper limit on buying stuff from eBay. If I want something, I place the maximum bid (which eBay automatically increments on your behalf) and be done with it. If I win it, I get it otherwise forget about it.
Personal anecdote: The most expensive thing I bought off of eBay was a Nikon FM3A camera. The price I was bidding was close to USD500. I was a little shaky to bid that and so I did some research (aka Googling). Found a similar post on a photography forum (under a similar name) that was a month older than the eBay listing. The words and sentences used in both the posts also were fairly similar. Also, a little more power Googling narrowed it down to someone in a specific university. So I wrote a question to the seller and phrased it in such a way that it would make him atleast hint at the university. He replied back with the kind of answer I was expecting and right away I placed my bid. I got the camera and am happy.
Moral of the story: Have a personal upper limit on bidding amount and do some Googling!
Orkut code was claimed to be stolen recently.
Its completely the employees fault. I am no big Microsoft supporter but nothing they can do about this if the guy chose to do it by himself.
Clothing Allowance? Are you serious? If I used my clothing allowance, I will be dressing up like a new born baby to work everyday.
Probably not a good idea.
There was a poll for Who wrote the Linux kernel?
My largest complaint with Lysergically Yours is that it is too short. Weighing in at 120 pages, the book is an easy read but leaves you feeling that it could have easily been expanded to fill twice as many.
Oh the irony!
Stupid Mods. If you don't know what the poster is talking about, don't mod it. Just leave it and go to the next post.
He is referring to this Security Focus article
From the article,
Still, speaking at a press conference here Monday, Gates told journalists that Microsoft's patching process compares well with competitors'. "You know, the time -- the average time -- to fix on an operating system other than Windows is typically ninety to a hundred days," said Gates. "Today we have that down to less than forty-eight hours."
I already posted link to this article here