I picked up on that too. This to me says their goal has nothing to do with ports but rather back end server development. Given the references to real time I assume this is for some MMORPG where they want to ensure timely player packet processing and perhaps predictive means of accounting for network lag.
I read the original thread this morning. The BSD guys need to be taken to the woodshed. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. Even after the problem was already fixed, he continued to raise a stink about it. Many have come forward to say the guy raising the stink is a serious a-hole in almost any situation. So maybe that will make it easier to both excuse and ignore him in the future.
What I've walk away from this is, BSD zealots are much more childlike and downright scary than Linux zealots. The guy raising the stink is an a-hole and everything is painful when dealing with him. The Linux wireless guys probably need to taken to the woodshed too, but it's hard to tell how much the Linux Wireless Group's reaction is due to Theo's "kill'm all and let God sort it out", over reaction to the whole situation.
Frankly, you have to be a real dope to not only be a developer but to not understand that a patch submitted to a project which is not doing mainline development, before it has even been accepted, does not mean Linus is actively working to subvert every BSD developer who has every contributed to the BSD project; which Theo and other BSD zealots seem to imply.
BSD and Linux are both awesome despite the over the top, bully situation created by Theo. Frankly, the BSD group needs to slap Theo around a bit because he is doing nothing but fracturing and creating ill-will in the BSD/Linux communities because of his own stupidity, biases, and ignorance.
Most phones cost $20-$40. I said $30, with an actual manufacturer cost of about $4 or $6.
This is completely untrue. Most phones in the US cost a hundred dollars on up to make, which ignores packaging, training, support, software development, certification, and distribution. Most phones are not disposable phones, especially when you look at phones used in other, non-US markets (Japan, Korea, Canada, most of Europe, etc). Disposable phones actually target a small percentage of the population but are especially profitable because the phones are super cheap and they can charge extortion rates for air time, while paying as they go. Most people don't do this and actually get their phone from their carrier while paying for a phone service on contract.
Phones on contract are on contract because it normally requires the carrier to retain the customer for at least a year to pay off THEIR cost on the phone. This is why phone costs vary with the phone contract details. So no, we are not in complete agreement. I'm using realistic numbers, you're using wishful thinking and imaginary numbers.
I think you have a lot to learn about business in general, let alone raw material, manufacturing, and product development costs before you come back to the table in this discussion.
You are confusing phone carriers with phone manufacturers. I am sure Motorola can make phones in very large volume at very low cost.
I'm actually not. Since most people buy their phones from their carrier, your making a distinction which doesn't matter. My point still stands so I'm really not sure why it was mentioned.
They rest of your message, I really have no idea where it's coming from because it has nothing to do with imaginary $4 and $6 dollar phones. Like it or not, phones are computers which require a lot of expertise to create. It is strictly fantasy to image your typical phone can be had for anything near $6 dollars. Note, I said your typical phone, not the specifically designed, no frills, disposable phones...but even those cost well over $6 to manufacture; most like $20-$40 last I heard...and they are made of very cheap, low quality materials.
Does anyone else remember a time in American history when people would here something like this and go "I want to try and become like them" instead of "I want what they have" or "they can't have that because I don't"?
Why have we as a society become so filled with entitlement and laziness? If you have the money, you can get it. If you don't have the money, work for it. These guys were nobody's once upon a time as well... it's not like the American dream is dead, it's the American dreamer that's dead.
If I had to guess it would be because the world is full of completely undeserving people with lots of wealth. You may or may not be amazed at the number of people that are wealthy only because of who they know rather than what they can do or even what they have done.
It used to be the super wealthy were wealthy because they were crafty and smart; masters of business within their field. These days we have super wealthy for no other weather than because they know a guy from college. The fact that they are very often dumber than dirt, just adds insult to injury.
In this case, I feel the founders of Google qualify for the crafty and smart lot. Many others do not. So to be clear, I'm not shaking a finger at the Google guys.
Have you actually spoken with many CEOs and CIOs in your time? Many of them don't understand the most basics of what their company does, how it makes money, or how they can improve things to benefit both their customers and their company. They are in the position because they have a large pool of "friends". These friends in turn buy crap from each other's company basically moving money from one company to the other, making them look good in the mix. This in turn is used to fuel additional raises for the higher up.
I'm not saying all CEOs or CIOs are like this, but there is certainly no shortage of absolute morons running (or at the top of) large corporations in America for no other reason than they have buddies which do favors for each other. And these morons, in exchange for giving each other on the board raises, reduce your benefits so they can pocket it, attempt to keep your salaries down, destroy your retirement, and generally waste large sums of corporate dollars on pet projects which even your average man knows is a complete waste, which only a absolute moron would dream of doing..
It's not that the general population has changed in this regard, it's that the average corporate head has changes from a highly regarded figure head to thieves, scumbags, and general confidence artists.
So perhaps a better question is, why are YOU saying, "I want to try and become like them"?
How much do you really think it costs for Motorola to make a phone in a plant in Mexico. $4? $6?
Next, just wave your hand and admit you have no clue. You really think they can make a phone for $4? $6? Sure they abuse their position with their customers...but that hardly means they can magically make products for a small percentage of what the raw materials cost while completely ignoring the cost of design, software creation, testing, certification, packaging, training, documentation, and distribution. Heck, I bet the packaging alone costs them a buck or more.
Ignoring all that, you really think businesses should be in business to give away hundreds of dollars worth of hardware, free of charge, to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that passes through their doors? It sure seems you believe that non-sense, which means we don't have much to talk about until you're willing to deal with reality.
Nobody, and I mean nobody has a right to make money in any sort of capitalistic market.
That is of course, completely incorrect. Everybody has the right to make money when both parties agree to the terms up front. If you don't want him to make money, don't give him the right by signing the contract.
Is this, "I have no common sense or business knowledge day" on Slashdot or what? Shesh.
how come I'm still locked in until the contract is up?
Because of the obvious answer, people are stupid. For years they moved away from contracts but the consumer pissed their pants waiting in lines to sign back up for stupid contracts. You're a victim of being surrounded by morons.
+5 Insightful. Most people have a poor that misconception hemp = pots. Wrong. Pot can be used as hemp but hemp is not pot. Furthermore, hemp can be used as a fuel source, general lubricant, cooking oil, and even food. It is naturally drought and insect resistant. It grows just about every where. Current federal laws makes it illegal in the US. Canada and several other countries have already started experimenting with a hemp economy model; which is a much more complex subject for growers. Most recent agro-economy conversion experience most countries have is with the goober, including the US.
Best of all, hemp is unlikely to deplete the largest fresh water supply available in the US like corn *is* doing. If you enjoy fancy things like eating and drinking, you are anti-corn-based ethanol, you just don't realize it yet. Frankly, only ignorant people (vast majority) and/or people wishing famine for the US and large portions of the world (US grows food for larger chunks of the world) want a corn-based-ethanol fuel source produced in the US.
So if you enjoy little things like eating and drinking, make sure you let people know growing corn for ethanol in the US is a long term plan for famine. Not to mention, it's one of the reasons fuel is so expensive in many, many states.
I should be able to drop them any time I feel like it, just like a landline phone. I can cancel a landline phone any time I want to, and the phone company has to cut the bill off based on the number of days of the month I actually had the phone line active. Why should a cellular provider be able to give me any less generous terms?
Because unlike a land line, these days you most likely get a phone in the deal. The expense has to be covered. If you own your phone free and clear, I agree. Otherwise, they have a right to make money like any other business, which includes recouping their investment in you as a customer.
Were they a better generation than the current generation and the one before us, because they died fighting the Japanese and Germans while the generation after them merely fought a bunch of Vietnamese in an unpopular war and the current generation is fighting an extremely unpopular war?
No, they are a better generation because without them YOU wouldn't be here to freely scorn what you and most everyone else openly scorns today; including Hollywood.
They are a better generation because they gave lives of friends and brothers on a scale you and I can not imagine, to fight an obvious wrong in the world, while going months to years without seeing their loved ones; doing so because they believed it was their obligation. This generation bitches and complains like little spoiled children when they have to do the right thing...regardless of if they do the right thing...and if there is a cost to be paid, that's unacceptable. This generation is too busy being morally corrupt and selfish while complaining about righteousness and their decaying position in the world.
They are a better generation because sometimes you have to do what is important and right rather than what is popular; and even the press knew that back then.
They are a better generation because they understood what it is to do without and to sacrifice for the greater good. This generation bitches about loss of life of people they don't know or care, because it's "PC". All the while refusing to stop driving SUVs and trucks because it is more important to show the world how small your penis is than it is to actually do something about it; all the while complaining about the problems to which they actively contribute. This generation has no concept of what sacrifice means.
They are a better generation because in almost every way that matters to be human in a society, they are better. If you want to argue they had faults, fine. There is certainly no shortage of faults to go around in this generation either. At least the Great Generation can claim ignorance of a more simple time. This generation knows better, so there is no excuse.
According to the DoD, botnets pose a danger to national security. Accordingly, I just don't understand why the DoD, under the guise of national security, doesn't create their own worm which infects the systems which simply uninstalls its NIC driver. They can then change the screen saver, all found browser's homepage, and desktop to indicate the system has been removed from the internet for national security reasons because their system was infected. It should then instruct them to reinstall their system with a firewall installed before they reconnect to the internet.
By doing this they immediately stop both DoS and spam vectors. They alert the user owning the computer their computer has been infected. By simply uninstalling the NIC driver, they have not caused any long term damage. If they manage to annoy both the end user and ISP enough, one or the other is likely to do something to prevent recurring issues.
Obviously the botnet owner can attempt to prevent this but at least it turns into a cat and mouse game between the owner and the DoD. As such, the botnet owner must now spend resources protecting their harvest rather than exploiting its capabilities. So it seems like a win-win to me.
And I don't see the need to gag at COBOL, it played a huge part in getting computers into daily life.
And war played a huge part in medical advancements, used daily in our lives. That doesn't mean war is good. Come on...there are reasons you don't see people scrambling to do new coding and project development in COBOL.
I agree with you. The contract does waive your legal rights but it may strengthen their position, limiting your options should you refuse to comply. Caution need not only apply to criminal matters.;)
Actually you are incorrect. MOST states DO allow merchants to detain shoplifters (Google it)... a sufficient degree of probably cause is supposed to be determined by the merchant - and that degree, as required by law, varies per state.
Actually, you missed the boat. I never said they can not detain. Clearly they can detain; but not for any damn thing they please. What is clear, they must have **reasonable cause** to detain, usually having witnessed a crime and followed out the door or past the registers (depending on state). Yet according to you, if you don't have some paper, or refuse to present a peice of paper, which I'm legally not required to have and not required to present, and likely never obtained, you can legally have me detained and arrested. That sounds pretty unconstitutional and any number of reasons. In fact, it sounds very much like the old USSR and pre-war Germany. I hope to never live in your socalist state.
You are completely correct. They stores very well understand they lose far more, usually by a factor of 10 to their employees and ESPECIALLY their own managers. Many managers actually double, tripple, or quadrouple their yearly income by Ebaying goods they stole from their own stores. When caught, often red handed, they are rarely arrested because the stores don't want it on public record.
Wal-Mart, most "wholesale clubs," many big-box stores, and an increasing number of electronics retailers do it.
In most places it is plainly illegal for them to detain you based on unwillingness to present a receipt. Meaning, they must have cause to demand a receipt in the first place. On the other hand, stores which are "clubs" can have their own sets of rules which you may unknowingly agree to; Sam's Club being one of them. Obviously the details will differ from state to state. Be warned, even in states where the manager may wind up being arrested and charged with illegal detainmnet and/or kidnapping, assuming a police officier actually knows the law, which is a real crap shoot, it can be a whole different ball of wax at member's clubs when you sign on the bottom line.
I actually know an attorney who makes their extra Mercedes and BMW money by ruthlessly chasing after the store chain, the manager, the employee working the door, and the the city and/or county paying the officer's salary. In some cases he's even able to get the officier fired with cause; depending on the officier's role.
In New York if I remember correctly, [at least in the county I was a store manager in (not a Circuit City)], we can detain you, and even request to see your receipts or request you let us inspect your bag(s), but cannot forcibly do so... if you refuse, which is your right, then we can detain you until the police arrive who then can search your bag if we sufficiently prove to them/convince them a crime (shoplifting) has occurred.
In most states which up hold the constitution, such behavior is considered unconstitutional. But hey, New York isn't the best of examples since they have far too many blantantly unconstitutional laws on the books. It's just the general population of New York is too stupid and/or narrow minded to read/comprehend the constitution so it goes unnoticed. Probably because the general population is far too busy being pompas and looking down their turned up noses, while shaking their finger at every other state, to notice they actively up hold the most unconstitutional laws in the country.
In most other states, the person detaining you under such conditions can be charged for illegal detainment and possibly kidnapping under the right conditions. Worse yet, if the person did so under order of his/her manager, they might be looking at conspiracy charges, again under the right conditions. Besides, unless the store can prove they give receipts to every customer and a law exists which makes it illegal to refuse or dispose of said receipt before you leave the store, they have absolutely no reasonable basis to demand presentation of said receipt as they can't reasonable establish every patron has said receipt to present. The slope quickly gets even slippery at this point. Not to mention, such laws could easily be argued as conflicting with the right to free movement; thereby making it unconstitutional. But hey, you cited New York, which loves to spit on the constitution on a daily basis...so common sense and expectation the constituion will be uphelp is certainly not a reasonable expectation at this point.
Shesh...there are so many ripe avenues, its no wonder every attorney which reads about this is having to get their keyboards and monitors cleaned. You'll find there exists lots of attorneys which pray for this type of thing to occur, especially if it's a big chain in a big county and/or city because it means big money for both the illegally detained and the attorney.
What shocks me is that the cop instantly took Circuit City's side
What's shocking is that you're shocked. Most cops are dumber than a bag of hammers these days. Worse yet, police departments don't like cops that can think for themselves. Courts most certainly do NOT want cops to give the benefit of the doubt to people. Cops are now pushed hard to NOT think. Period. They want cops to arrest and write tickets, making more business and revenue for the local courts. After all, thinking is NOT a cop's job...it's the judge's job...where the judge is often allowed to pocket up to 80% of the processing and court fees..
And it smells like a lawsuit. I don't think either the police or the store is going to go unscathed.
Lawyers have wet dreams about cases like this because it is such easy money. He will sue the police department and the store and possibly the county. They will likely settle out of court. The guy will make a mint. Plus he can now have the police officer and possibly the store manager charged for illegal detainment and constitutional rights violations. The stupid police officer and store manager had no idea what they were stepping in. Not to mention, given the police officier's insistance on charging the man for protecting his civil rights they can no go after the cop for malicious arrest. I wouldn't be surprised if the ACLU provides free consulting to the guy's attourney.
Here is a link to a new breed of jet (VLJ). The jet is very small. It has TWO JET ENGINES. It seems it has a climb rate of 3400fpm on a good day, lightly loaded (meaning light fuel and pilot). The jet can carry a maximum of five people. It's a tiny jet. It has a pretty good power to weight ratio.
It is impossible for him to see 6000fpm off of ducted fan picton engines. The power to weight ratio simply does not exist for him to get out of ground effect let alone climb at 6000fpm. I'm sorry, but the engine technology simply does not exist.
If he can make something that hits 250MPH with a climb rate of 2000fpm, I'd be very impressed. But the mileage he has always toughted would be impossible because he'd have to do it on a tiny turbine and economy would become complete crap; especially down low where his target altitudes are at. To fly where the jet enignes starts to reach peak effeciency, you have to be an instrument rated pilot. Again, that's counter to every claim he's made about his target audience.
So unless he is changing everything he has ever claimed and going off to build a jet, then what he is saying is 100% bullshit, even with the best of wishful thinking.
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I picked up on that too. This to me says their goal has nothing to do with ports but rather back end server development. Given the references to real time I assume this is for some MMORPG where they want to ensure timely player packet processing and perhaps predictive means of accounting for network lag.
I read the original thread this morning. The BSD guys need to be taken to the woodshed. Frankly, I'm embarrassed for them. Even after the problem was already fixed, he continued to raise a stink about it. Many have come forward to say the guy raising the stink is a serious a-hole in almost any situation. So maybe that will make it easier to both excuse and ignore him in the future.
What I've walk away from this is, BSD zealots are much more childlike and downright scary than Linux zealots. The guy raising the stink is an a-hole and everything is painful when dealing with him. The Linux wireless guys probably need to taken to the woodshed too, but it's hard to tell how much the Linux Wireless Group's reaction is due to Theo's "kill'm all and let God sort it out", over reaction to the whole situation.
Frankly, you have to be a real dope to not only be a developer but to not understand that a patch submitted to a project which is not doing mainline development, before it has even been accepted, does not mean Linus is actively working to subvert every BSD developer who has every contributed to the BSD project; which Theo and other BSD zealots seem to imply.
BSD and Linux are both awesome despite the over the top, bully situation created by Theo. Frankly, the BSD group needs to slap Theo around a bit because he is doing nothing but fracturing and creating ill-will in the BSD/Linux communities because of his own stupidity, biases, and ignorance.
Most phones cost $20-$40. I said $30, with an actual manufacturer cost of about $4 or $6.
This is completely untrue. Most phones in the US cost a hundred dollars on up to make, which ignores packaging, training, support, software development, certification, and distribution. Most phones are not disposable phones, especially when you look at phones used in other, non-US markets (Japan, Korea, Canada, most of Europe, etc). Disposable phones actually target a small percentage of the population but are especially profitable because the phones are super cheap and they can charge extortion rates for air time, while paying as they go. Most people don't do this and actually get their phone from their carrier while paying for a phone service on contract.
Phones on contract are on contract because it normally requires the carrier to retain the customer for at least a year to pay off THEIR cost on the phone. This is why phone costs vary with the phone contract details. So no, we are not in complete agreement. I'm using realistic numbers, you're using wishful thinking and imaginary numbers.
I think you have a lot to learn about business in general, let alone raw material, manufacturing, and product development costs before you come back to the table in this discussion.
You are confusing phone carriers with phone manufacturers. I am sure Motorola can make phones in very large volume at very low cost.
I'm actually not. Since most people buy their phones from their carrier, your making a distinction which doesn't matter. My point still stands so I'm really not sure why it was mentioned.
They rest of your message, I really have no idea where it's coming from because it has nothing to do with imaginary $4 and $6 dollar phones. Like it or not, phones are computers which require a lot of expertise to create. It is strictly fantasy to image your typical phone can be had for anything near $6 dollars. Note, I said your typical phone, not the specifically designed, no frills, disposable phones...but even those cost well over $6 to manufacture; most like $20-$40 last I heard...and they are made of very cheap, low quality materials.
Does anyone else remember a time in American history when people would here something like this and go "I want to try and become like them" instead of "I want what they have" or "they can't have that because I don't"?
Why have we as a society become so filled with entitlement and laziness? If you have the money, you can get it. If you don't have the money, work for it. These guys were nobody's once upon a time as well... it's not like the American dream is dead, it's the American dreamer that's dead.
If I had to guess it would be because the world is full of completely undeserving people with lots of wealth. You may or may not be amazed at the number of people that are wealthy only because of who they know rather than what they can do or even what they have done.
It used to be the super wealthy were wealthy because they were crafty and smart; masters of business within their field. These days we have super wealthy for no other weather than because they know a guy from college. The fact that they are very often dumber than dirt, just adds insult to injury.
In this case, I feel the founders of Google qualify for the crafty and smart lot. Many others do not. So to be clear, I'm not shaking a finger at the Google guys.
Have you actually spoken with many CEOs and CIOs in your time? Many of them don't understand the most basics of what their company does, how it makes money, or how they can improve things to benefit both their customers and their company. They are in the position because they have a large pool of "friends". These friends in turn buy crap from each other's company basically moving money from one company to the other, making them look good in the mix. This in turn is used to fuel additional raises for the higher up.
I'm not saying all CEOs or CIOs are like this, but there is certainly no shortage of absolute morons running (or at the top of) large corporations in America for no other reason than they have buddies which do favors for each other. And these morons, in exchange for giving each other on the board raises, reduce your benefits so they can pocket it, attempt to keep your salaries down, destroy your retirement, and generally waste large sums of corporate dollars on pet projects which even your average man knows is a complete waste, which only a absolute moron would dream of doing..
It's not that the general population has changed in this regard, it's that the average corporate head has changes from a highly regarded figure head to thieves, scumbags, and general confidence artists.
So perhaps a better question is, why are YOU saying, "I want to try and become like them"?
Is general business practices in a free market and customer retention really this much of a mystery to you?
How much do you really think it costs for Motorola to make a phone in a plant in Mexico. $4? $6?
Next, just wave your hand and admit you have no clue. You really think they can make a phone for $4? $6? Sure they abuse their position with their customers...but that hardly means they can magically make products for a small percentage of what the raw materials cost while completely ignoring the cost of design, software creation, testing, certification, packaging, training, documentation, and distribution. Heck, I bet the packaging alone costs them a buck or more.
Ignoring all that, you really think businesses should be in business to give away hundreds of dollars worth of hardware, free of charge, to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that passes through their doors? It sure seems you believe that non-sense, which means we don't have much to talk about until you're willing to deal with reality.
Shesh.
Nobody, and I mean nobody has a right to make money in any sort of capitalistic market.
That is of course, completely incorrect. Everybody has the right to make money when both parties agree to the terms up front. If you don't want him to make money, don't give him the right by signing the contract.
Is this, "I have no common sense or business knowledge day" on Slashdot or what? Shesh.
how come I'm still locked in until the contract is up?
Because of the obvious answer, people are stupid. For years they moved away from contracts but the consumer pissed their pants waiting in lines to sign back up for stupid contracts. You're a victim of being surrounded by morons.
+5 Insightful. Most people have a poor that misconception hemp = pots. Wrong. Pot can be used as hemp but hemp is not pot. Furthermore, hemp can be used as a fuel source, general lubricant, cooking oil, and even food. It is naturally drought and insect resistant. It grows just about every where. Current federal laws makes it illegal in the US. Canada and several other countries have already started experimenting with a hemp economy model; which is a much more complex subject for growers. Most recent agro-economy conversion experience most countries have is with the goober, including the US.
Best of all, hemp is unlikely to deplete the largest fresh water supply available in the US like corn *is* doing. If you enjoy fancy things like eating and drinking, you are anti-corn-based ethanol, you just don't realize it yet. Frankly, only ignorant people (vast majority) and/or people wishing famine for the US and large portions of the world (US grows food for larger chunks of the world) want a corn-based-ethanol fuel source produced in the US.
So if you enjoy little things like eating and drinking, make sure you let people know growing corn for ethanol in the US is a long term plan for famine. Not to mention, it's one of the reasons fuel is so expensive in many, many states.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer
I should be able to drop them any time I feel like it, just like a landline phone. I can cancel a landline phone any time I want to, and the phone company has to cut the bill off based on the number of days of the month I actually had the phone line active. Why should a cellular provider be able to give me any less generous terms?
Because unlike a land line, these days you most likely get a phone in the deal. The expense has to be covered. If you own your phone free and clear, I agree. Otherwise, they have a right to make money like any other business, which includes recouping their investment in you as a customer.
Were they a better generation than the current generation and the one before us, because they died fighting the Japanese and Germans while the generation after them merely fought a bunch of Vietnamese in an unpopular war and the current generation is fighting an extremely unpopular war?
No, they are a better generation because without them YOU wouldn't be here to freely scorn what you and most everyone else openly scorns today; including Hollywood.
They are a better generation because they gave lives of friends and brothers on a scale you and I can not imagine, to fight an obvious wrong in the world, while going months to years without seeing their loved ones; doing so because they believed it was their obligation. This generation bitches and complains like little spoiled children when they have to do the right thing...regardless of if they do the right thing...and if there is a cost to be paid, that's unacceptable. This generation is too busy being morally corrupt and selfish while complaining about righteousness and their decaying position in the world.
They are a better generation because sometimes you have to do what is important and right rather than what is popular; and even the press knew that back then.
They are a better generation because they understood what it is to do without and to sacrifice for the greater good. This generation bitches about loss of life of people they don't know or care, because it's "PC". All the while refusing to stop driving SUVs and trucks because it is more important to show the world how small your penis is than it is to actually do something about it; all the while complaining about the problems to which they actively contribute. This generation has no concept of what sacrifice means.
They are a better generation because in almost every way that matters to be human in a society, they are better. If you want to argue they had faults, fine. There is certainly no shortage of faults to go around in this generation either. At least the Great Generation can claim ignorance of a more simple time. This generation knows better, so there is no excuse.
According to the DoD, botnets pose a danger to national security. Accordingly, I just don't understand why the DoD, under the guise of national security, doesn't create their own worm which infects the systems which simply uninstalls its NIC driver. They can then change the screen saver, all found browser's homepage, and desktop to indicate the system has been removed from the internet for national security reasons because their system was infected. It should then instruct them to reinstall their system with a firewall installed before they reconnect to the internet.
By doing this they immediately stop both DoS and spam vectors. They alert the user owning the computer their computer has been infected. By simply uninstalling the NIC driver, they have not caused any long term damage. If they manage to annoy both the end user and ISP enough, one or the other is likely to do something to prevent recurring issues.
Obviously the botnet owner can attempt to prevent this but at least it turns into a cat and mouse game between the owner and the DoD. As such, the botnet owner must now spend resources protecting their harvest rather than exploiting its capabilities. So it seems like a win-win to me.
Lip-service isn't what you want to go for in a relation.
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I guess it depends how much it is costing you per hour.
And I don't see the need to gag at COBOL, it played a huge part in getting computers into daily life.
And war played a huge part in medical advancements, used daily in our lives. That doesn't mean war is good. Come on...there are reasons you don't see people scrambling to do new coding and project development in COBOL.
The rats calmed down though because it made them sick
Same thing happens to humans if the dose is too large.
I agree with you. The contract does waive your legal rights but it may strengthen their position, limiting your options should you refuse to comply. Caution need not only apply to criminal matters. ;)
Actually you are incorrect. MOST states DO allow merchants to detain shoplifters (Google it)... a sufficient degree of probably cause is supposed to be determined by the merchant - and that degree, as required by law, varies per state.
Actually, you missed the boat. I never said they can not detain. Clearly they can detain; but not for any damn thing they please. What is clear, they must have **reasonable cause** to detain, usually having witnessed a crime and followed out the door or past the registers (depending on state). Yet according to you, if you don't have some paper, or refuse to present a peice of paper, which I'm legally not required to have and not required to present, and likely never obtained, you can legally have me detained and arrested. That sounds pretty unconstitutional and any number of reasons. In fact, it sounds very much like the old USSR and pre-war Germany. I hope to never live in your socalist state.
You are completely correct. They stores very well understand they lose far more, usually by a factor of 10 to their employees and ESPECIALLY their own managers. Many managers actually double, tripple, or quadrouple their yearly income by Ebaying goods they stole from their own stores. When caught, often red handed, they are rarely arrested because the stores don't want it on public record.
Wal-Mart, most "wholesale clubs," many big-box stores, and an increasing number of electronics retailers do it.
In most places it is plainly illegal for them to detain you based on unwillingness to present a receipt. Meaning, they must have cause to demand a receipt in the first place. On the other hand, stores which are "clubs" can have their own sets of rules which you may unknowingly agree to; Sam's Club being one of them. Obviously the details will differ from state to state. Be warned, even in states where the manager may wind up being arrested and charged with illegal detainmnet and/or kidnapping, assuming a police officier actually knows the law, which is a real crap shoot, it can be a whole different ball of wax at member's clubs when you sign on the bottom line.
I actually know an attorney who makes their extra Mercedes and BMW money by ruthlessly chasing after the store chain, the manager, the employee working the door, and the the city and/or county paying the officer's salary. In some cases he's even able to get the officier fired with cause; depending on the officier's role.
In New York if I remember correctly, [at least in the county I was a store manager in (not a Circuit City)], we can detain you, and even request to see your receipts or request you let us inspect your bag(s), but cannot forcibly do so... if you refuse, which is your right, then we can detain you until the police arrive who then can search your bag if we sufficiently prove to them/convince them a crime (shoplifting) has occurred.
In most states which up hold the constitution, such behavior is considered unconstitutional. But hey, New York isn't the best of examples since they have far too many blantantly unconstitutional laws on the books. It's just the general population of New York is too stupid and/or narrow minded to read/comprehend the constitution so it goes unnoticed. Probably because the general population is far too busy being pompas and looking down their turned up noses, while shaking their finger at every other state, to notice they actively up hold the most unconstitutional laws in the country.
In most other states, the person detaining you under such conditions can be charged for illegal detainment and possibly kidnapping under the right conditions. Worse yet, if the person did so under order of his/her manager, they might be looking at conspiracy charges, again under the right conditions. Besides, unless the store can prove they give receipts to every customer and a law exists which makes it illegal to refuse or dispose of said receipt before you leave the store, they have absolutely no reasonable basis to demand presentation of said receipt as they can't reasonable establish every patron has said receipt to present. The slope quickly gets even slippery at this point. Not to mention, such laws could easily be argued as conflicting with the right to free movement; thereby making it unconstitutional. But hey, you cited New York, which loves to spit on the constitution on a daily basis...so common sense and expectation the constituion will be uphelp is certainly not a reasonable expectation at this point.
Shesh...there are so many ripe avenues, its no wonder every attorney which reads about this is having to get their keyboards and monitors cleaned. You'll find there exists lots of attorneys which pray for this type of thing to occur, especially if it's a big chain in a big county and/or city because it means big money for both the illegally detained and the attorney.
What shocks me is that the cop instantly took Circuit City's side
What's shocking is that you're shocked. Most cops are dumber than a bag of hammers these days. Worse yet, police departments don't like cops that can think for themselves. Courts most certainly do NOT want cops to give the benefit of the doubt to people. Cops are now pushed hard to NOT think. Period. They want cops to arrest and write tickets, making more business and revenue for the local courts. After all, thinking is NOT a cop's job...it's the judge's job...where the judge is often allowed to pocket up to 80% of the processing and court fees..
And it smells like a lawsuit. I don't think either the police or the store is going to go unscathed.
Lawyers have wet dreams about cases like this because it is such easy money. He will sue the police department and the store and possibly the county. They will likely settle out of court. The guy will make a mint. Plus he can now have the police officer and possibly the store manager charged for illegal detainment and constitutional rights violations. The stupid police officer and store manager had no idea what they were stepping in. Not to mention, given the police officier's insistance on charging the man for protecting his civil rights they can no go after the cop for malicious arrest. I wouldn't be surprised if the ACLU provides free consulting to the guy's attourney.
Maybe its a misprint, and it's supposed to be 600 ft/min?
That would be much more realistic. Given his track record for sprewing BS, I somehow doubt it is a misprint.
Here is a link to a new breed of jet (VLJ). The jet is very small. It has TWO JET ENGINES. It seems it has a climb rate of 3400fpm on a good day, lightly loaded (meaning light fuel and pilot). The jet can carry a maximum of five people. It's a tiny jet. It has a pretty good power to weight ratio.
It is impossible for him to see 6000fpm off of ducted fan picton engines. The power to weight ratio simply does not exist for him to get out of ground effect let alone climb at 6000fpm. I'm sorry, but the engine technology simply does not exist.
If he can make something that hits 250MPH with a climb rate of 2000fpm, I'd be very impressed. But the mileage he has always toughted would be impossible because he'd have to do it on a tiny turbine and economy would become complete crap; especially down low where his target altitudes are at. To fly where the jet enignes starts to reach peak effeciency, you have to be an instrument rated pilot. Again, that's counter to every claim he's made about his target audience.
So unless he is changing everything he has ever claimed and going off to build a jet, then what he is saying is 100% bullshit, even with the best of wishful thinking.