If your neighbor went to maps.google.com and, through the result of your flipped images, drove their car into the ditch.... they could sue you for intentionally providing false data that brought them harm.
They might not win, but there's lawyer out there would would try.
TFA makes no menton of breaking commerce sites, and fails to mention that this "pushed" update prompts the user if they want to upgrade first -- much like Service Pack 2 did.
The implication from the summary is that IE7 breaks online shopping, but gives absolutely NO evidence towards this.
And even if there were an issue with certain sites, they've got MONTHS to fix it before the big shopping season. Is that not enough notice? Maybe Microsoft should just hold the update until January, or would that affect Valentine's Day websites? They could it 'till March but what about all the April Fool's websites that might break?
This is a great example of the OSS world using FUD to slam Microsoft, while they complain about the FUD that Microsoft spreads.
If nothing else, the laptop can be used to replace traditional books and eliminate (or reduce) the need for traditional paperwork (by using web-based tests, grading, etc).
Granted, we don't want our next generation to grow up attached to their computers, but if the curriculum is designed properly, I can't see this happening. Why can't we just look at it as a new way to exchange information?
Let's take payroll for example. Can you really tell me that having 50 different state payroll departments, plus federal, is efficient?
What about tax collection? Transportation? Licensing?
And what about the inefficiences caused to the general public because of all of these entities? If you want to sell real estate, you have to have a license for the state you're in because of hundreds of conflicting laws and requirements. If you have two jobs, and they are based in different states, you have to file some crazy shit tax returns.
Mod me to hell and back for this, but really, 230 years after this whole colonies thing, do we still need "states"?
I can see the value that not every region can agree upon certain laws, but the majority of thoses laws are being superceded by Federal laws at an increasing rate. And the ones that are still left up to the States are more semantic than anything else (employment law, pollution, etc).
California is moving towards a system less controlled by County government, which is increasing the state's efficiency by eliminating redundancy. This is a slow process, but one that I think will yield great returns over time. What would be so wrong with the States doing the same thing?
Apparently the victim launches the PowerPoint slide show (probably spread via email like every other virus) and it uses PowerPoint to drop the virus and infect the machine. Although the link doesn't say, my guess is that it does this without prompting the user if it's okay to run a macro.
The virus also displays a slide full of Chinese (?) characters. Anyone know what that translates to? "All your slide are belong to us"?
Then the mom could have hired the daughter to defend her case, RIAA drops the case, is forced to pay legal fees, which then go to the daughter......... to pay back RIAA in a settlement.
I guess we have some different farmers here in California, then. And I agree not all are like that. But many of the dairy famers here in California are well-off.
And, I know the equipment needed to set up this kind of thing is insanely expensive. So what bank is going to lend hundreds of thousands to a "dairy farmer... in [a] run-down old farm house"? Thus the ones that are poor will stay poor, but the ones who have tons of money will get even more. No news there, though.
I think you're missing the point. This article makes it sound like we can "donate" money to the poor starving farmers. The farmers that can afford to provide this service are anything but starving.
Granted, they're not billionaire oil or nuclear tycoons either. But I would much rather see my energy dollars go towards efficient renewable energy like solar or nuclear than the dairy farmer and his mansion down the lane.
I'm all for alternative energy sources but this is a little nuts. Even if it really is only a few bucks more every month, I really don't want to "donate" money to my neighbors who are already pretty well off.
Granted not every farmer is sitting pretty, but most of the farmers I know that have the money to invest in methane-harvesting technology are alreaddy pretty wealthy. And this is just another way to get them higher up on the list.
I'm far more likely to support my farmers by going to the local Farmer's Market. At least then I'm helping a lot of different farmers, and not just the rich ones.
A company owning a jet doesn't necessarily mean it's on the way down. In fact, having a jet for private travel can be a significant cost savings to the company if it's used properly.
Having a California King bed and hammocks doesn't qualify, in my mind, as being used properly.
I help my friends and family with their Dells whenever they need it, and every time I've had to contact Dell for support or drivers they have been very prompt and knowledgeable. Even for systems that are out of warranty or hella old.
Their chat system and website for drivers have been especially useful and very efficient.
I've never had to send anything in for warranty repair, so I can't comment on that.
The thing is, if it comes down to that (catching them after they've posted drunken pics) then it's too late.
The whole purpose here is to NOT ruin the college's image by having drunken photos all over the 'net. Here's what happens:
1) Student in athletic scholarship posts drunken photo 2) Student plays ___ball and kicks ass of opposing team 3) Opposing team's coach gets proof of student being drunk 4) Student is kicked out, game is forefitted, Kent loses major money
They don't want to waste money on a scholarship that ends up getting kicked out of school, and costing them games.
> When someone uses their free wifi without buying anything it's perfectly ethical and it's perfectly legal.
While I agree that it's a shame that this guy is being arrested for what (on the surface) appears to be just free browsing, I have to disagree with your statement.
It's clear from the tone of the article that the business intended its WiFi for use only by its customers. Just because the network is open does not mean it's legal to hop on it.
Since this is slashdot, I offer an analogy: Suppose I run a restaurant and offer free ketchup packets and napkins (to my clients). Is it legal for for a non-customer to walk in, grab a handful, and walk out? Most would say no. Most would also never press charges on this sort of thing, but that's not the point. It is theft.
Heck, if the business owner didn't like the color of your shirt today, he could tell you to get off his network which after that point any surfing you've done would be considered theft.
I couldn't agree more. Microsoft has frequently been a user of its competitors' products. Its webpages are full of Flash and PDF files, despite having competing technologies. And I highly doubt that their marketing department is forced to use Paint (or Photo Draw) and Publisher.
While I can see the need to require employees to use Outlook, Word, and Excel for collaboration, I highly doubt they would go much further than that.
You're only thinking of content-based advertising, which admittedly has a much lower rate of return.
Consider though that many people go to Google (etc) when they want to buy something... a product or a service. My company, entirely service-based, has been very successful by advertising on Yahoo and Google.
Well okay, they have the 2L bottles for $0.99... however, that is through a 3rd party seller which means you're going to pay shipping, even if you exceed the $25 Free Shipping deal through Amazon. You might also have to pay tax, too.
But like another guy said, I would very much like it if I could order MD through here.. in cans or 24 oz bottles... even if I had to order a case at a time it would probably be cheaper than the local grocery store.
I still hold that of all the games, 7 has managed to tug my emotions the best which is probably why I rank 7 at the top of the FF list. Not for its graphics, or even play control, but the plot and character development and music. When I hear Aerith's theme playing, I can vividly remember the scene in which she dies. No other track from any game does that for me.
In looking back at older FF games (which I recently did one weekend) I basically concluded that graphics *do* make-up a lot of the replayability of the game. It was almost painful to play FF7 again because of the early 3D polygons, despite how much I loved the game when it came out. Even 8 and 9 look bad compared to 10, as we would expect.
If 7 were released again but with modern graphics (as seen in Advent Children), I feel it would easily show just how great 7 really was, smacking down 9 or 10 or KH or Oblivion or whatever else is currently on the market.
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If your neighbor went to maps.google.com and, through the result of your flipped images, drove their car into the ditch.... they could sue you for intentionally providing false data that brought them harm.
They might not win, but there's lawyer out there would would try.
TFA makes no menton of breaking commerce sites, and fails to mention that this "pushed" update prompts the user if they want to upgrade first -- much like Service Pack 2 did.
The implication from the summary is that IE7 breaks online shopping, but gives absolutely NO evidence towards this.
And even if there were an issue with certain sites, they've got MONTHS to fix it before the big shopping season. Is that not enough notice? Maybe Microsoft should just hold the update until January, or would that affect Valentine's Day websites? They could it 'till March but what about all the April Fool's websites that might break?
This is a great example of the OSS world using FUD to slam Microsoft, while they complain about the FUD that Microsoft spreads.
How can a school not see the benefit here?
If nothing else, the laptop can be used to replace traditional books and eliminate (or reduce) the need for traditional paperwork (by using web-based tests, grading, etc).
Granted, we don't want our next generation to grow up attached to their computers, but if the curriculum is designed properly, I can't see this happening. Why can't we just look at it as a new way to exchange information?
Let's take payroll for example. Can you really tell me that having 50 different state payroll departments, plus federal, is efficient?
What about tax collection? Transportation? Licensing?
And what about the inefficiences caused to the general public because of all of these entities? If you want to sell real estate, you have to have a license for the state you're in because of hundreds of conflicting laws and requirements. If you have two jobs, and they are based in different states, you have to file some crazy shit tax returns.
Mod me to hell and back for this, but really, 230 years after this whole colonies thing, do we still need "states"?
I can see the value that not every region can agree upon certain laws, but the majority of thoses laws are being superceded by Federal laws at an increasing rate. And the ones that are still left up to the States are more semantic than anything else (employment law, pollution, etc).
California is moving towards a system less controlled by County government, which is increasing the state's efficiency by eliminating redundancy. This is a slow process, but one that I think will yield great returns over time. What would be so wrong with the States doing the same thing?
This is what happens when you get a contract that says you're paid by the word.
The summary really should have linked to this page which describes the virus in a bit more technical nature. Not "reporter speak".
n se/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-071212-4413-99&tabid=2
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_respo
Apparently the victim launches the PowerPoint slide show (probably spread via email like every other virus) and it uses PowerPoint to drop the virus and infect the machine. Although the link doesn't say, my guess is that it does this without prompting the user if it's okay to run a macro.
The virus also displays a slide full of Chinese (?) characters. Anyone know what that translates to? "All your slide are belong to us"?
If only the daughter was a lawyer.
Then the mom could have hired the daughter to defend her case, RIAA drops the case, is forced to pay legal fees, which then go to the daughter......... to pay back RIAA in a settlement.
Follow that?
I guess we have some different farmers here in California, then. And I agree not all are like that. But many of the dairy famers here in California are well-off.
And, I know the equipment needed to set up this kind of thing is insanely expensive. So what bank is going to lend hundreds of thousands to a "dairy farmer... in [a] run-down old farm house"? Thus the ones that are poor will stay poor, but the ones who have tons of money will get even more. No news there, though.
I think you're missing the point. This article makes it sound like we can "donate" money to the poor starving farmers. The farmers that can afford to provide this service are anything but starving.
Granted, they're not billionaire oil or nuclear tycoons either. But I would much rather see my energy dollars go towards efficient renewable energy like solar or nuclear than the dairy farmer and his mansion down the lane.
I'm all for alternative energy sources but this is a little nuts. Even if it really is only a few bucks more every month, I really don't want to "donate" money to my neighbors who are already pretty well off.
Granted not every farmer is sitting pretty, but most of the farmers I know that have the money to invest in methane-harvesting technology are alreaddy pretty wealthy. And this is just another way to get them higher up on the list.
I'm far more likely to support my farmers by going to the local Farmer's Market. At least then I'm helping a lot of different farmers, and not just the rich ones.
Or worse... the gold medal is going to the country with the *money* that can afford the technology to design a better swimsuit.
A company owning a jet doesn't necessarily mean it's on the way down. In fact, having a jet for private travel can be a significant cost savings to the company if it's used properly.
Having a California King bed and hammocks doesn't qualify, in my mind, as being used properly.
I help my friends and family with their Dells whenever they need it, and every time I've had to contact Dell for support or drivers they have been very prompt and knowledgeable. Even for systems that are out of warranty or hella old.
Their chat system and website for drivers have been especially useful and very efficient.
I've never had to send anything in for warranty repair, so I can't comment on that.
Maybe not an old game forfitted, then, but definitely will get a star player kicked off the team.
The thing is, if it comes down to that (catching them after they've posted drunken pics) then it's too late.
The whole purpose here is to NOT ruin the college's image by having drunken photos all over the 'net. Here's what happens:
1) Student in athletic scholarship posts drunken photo
2) Student plays ___ball and kicks ass of opposing team
3) Opposing team's coach gets proof of student being drunk
4) Student is kicked out, game is forefitted, Kent loses major money
They don't want to waste money on a scholarship that ends up getting kicked out of school, and costing them games.
> When someone uses their free wifi without buying anything it's perfectly ethical and it's perfectly legal.
While I agree that it's a shame that this guy is being arrested for what (on the surface) appears to be just free browsing, I have to disagree with your statement.
It's clear from the tone of the article that the business intended its WiFi for use only by its customers. Just because the network is open does not mean it's legal to hop on it.
Since this is slashdot, I offer an analogy: Suppose I run a restaurant and offer free ketchup packets and napkins (to my clients). Is it legal for for a non-customer to walk in, grab a handful, and walk out? Most would say no. Most would also never press charges on this sort of thing, but that's not the point. It is theft.
Heck, if the business owner didn't like the color of your shirt today, he could tell you to get off his network which after that point any surfing you've done would be considered theft.
I couldn't agree more. Microsoft has frequently been a user of its competitors' products. Its webpages are full of Flash and PDF files, despite having competing technologies. And I highly doubt that their marketing department is forced to use Paint (or Photo Draw) and Publisher.
While I can see the need to require employees to use Outlook, Word, and Excel for collaboration, I highly doubt they would go much further than that.
You're only thinking of content-based advertising, which admittedly has a much lower rate of return.
Consider though that many people go to Google (etc) when they want to buy something... a product or a service. My company, entirely service-based, has been very successful by advertising on Yahoo and Google.
Well okay, they have the 2L bottles for $0.99... however, that is through a 3rd party seller which means you're going to pay shipping, even if you exceed the $25 Free Shipping deal through Amazon. You might also have to pay tax, too.
But like another guy said, I would very much like it if I could order MD through here.. in cans or 24 oz bottles... even if I had to order a case at a time it would probably be cheaper than the local grocery store.
We should all boycott this new venture. They do not sell Mountain Dew!
What I wanna know.. is how many Libraries of Congress can fit into the new crater?
I, for one, welcome our allergy-friendly, super cat overlords. ah-choo!!
I still hold that of all the games, 7 has managed to tug my emotions the best which is probably why I rank 7 at the top of the FF list. Not for its graphics, or even play control, but the plot and character development and music. When I hear Aerith's theme playing, I can vividly remember the scene in which she dies. No other track from any game does that for me.
In looking back at older FF games (which I recently did one weekend) I basically concluded that graphics *do* make-up a lot of the replayability of the game. It was almost painful to play FF7 again because of the early 3D polygons, despite how much I loved the game when it came out. Even 8 and 9 look bad compared to 10, as we would expect.
If 7 were released again but with modern graphics (as seen in Advent Children), I feel it would easily show just how great 7 really was, smacking down 9 or 10 or KH or Oblivion or whatever else is currently on the market.
Yeah, but how many Libraries of Congress is that?