Having just lost my job due to our small computer store closing this comment makes me happy, a guy I worked with there has put in a good word for me at a major corporation he works for.
I have seen at least two shows this week, that showed a fugitive and a few suspects in a murder investigation caught with the aid of facebook. These cops and bounty hunters simply logging on to their facebook pages, obtained information about them and their friends and both shows ended with the suspects and fugitives behind bars. If there was ever a deterrent to not use this "social networking" site, these are some strong reasons. It puts everything about you out there for anyone to find. These were cops... imagine what bad people could do to you or your life with this site.
Holy hell, why didn't I think of this. I know the Rastafarian tried this with pot and it didn't pan out (at least here in the US) so I'm not sure if this would be any more effective. I know that one guy got the right to wear the spaghetti strainer on his head in his license photo for being a "Pastafarian" though so it might work somewhere. Worth a shot.
I can't help but wonder if this is their end-game... I mean are they looking for this kind of thing to happen so they become martyrs? Seriously, I am wondering if this is what they want so they can rally the masses behind even more legislation to make this just like 1984. Think about it, the possibilities are limitless when you get the angry mob on your side. When people see red, they don't think they just react. It's not until the situation is DE-escalated when most people stop and think real hard about what the fight was really about. This scares the shit out of me. The recent poll may not have been too far off, we will succeed in extinction before any of that other shit for this very reason.
True, although most IT departments and/or computer shops don't have a spare board for every make and model of HDD. We tried a few swaps at a shop I used to work at and it was successful I think one time, and that was pure luck that we had that exact PCB for that drive.
It's a joke. I've seen drives work fine for years with it showing imminent drive failure and I've seen drives die instantly with no warning given whatsoever.
There is no perfect tool that I could say, each drive manufacturer makes their own, and there are numerous third party tools out there as well. My best advice is have them all and have them handy. One I use quite a bit is HDD Regenerator, pretty thorough utility but it takes some time to run.
I couldn't agree more, unfortunately they drove a lot of good businesses out of business with some of their marketing tactics and cheap product that small business couldn't compete with. Too bad this didn't happen ten years ago.
I never stated that I thought public information being public was shocking me. Man, I sense some hostility. I don't recall saying that science fiction was bad either.
I just raised a question, I even stated that I "Could just be me being paranoid". When did/. become so damn hostile. Holy shit.
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There's no possibility any senator was even remotely honest during their time in the senate. FTFY
Having just lost my job due to our small computer store closing this comment makes me happy, a guy I worked with there has put in a good word for me at a major corporation he works for.
Left out the word "were" at the beginning there, SHIT! haha
I have seen at least two shows this week, that showed a fugitive and a few suspects in a murder investigation caught with the aid of facebook. These cops and bounty hunters simply logging on to their facebook pages, obtained information about them and their friends and both shows ended with the suspects and fugitives behind bars. If there was ever a deterrent to not use this "social networking" site, these are some strong reasons. It puts everything about you out there for anyone to find. These were cops... imagine what bad people could do to you or your life with this site.
We also pay people a lot of money to ensure that mistakes happen to people we don't like and/or agree with.
I sure as hell hope we are, if not I am left asking where all the idiots come from.
Holy hell, why didn't I think of this. I know the Rastafarian tried this with pot and it didn't pan out (at least here in the US) so I'm not sure if this would be any more effective. I know that one guy got the right to wear the spaghetti strainer on his head in his license photo for being a "Pastafarian" though so it might work somewhere. Worth a shot.
I can't help but wonder if this is their end-game... I mean are they looking for this kind of thing to happen so they become martyrs? Seriously, I am wondering if this is what they want so they can rally the masses behind even more legislation to make this just like 1984. Think about it, the possibilities are limitless when you get the angry mob on your side. When people see red, they don't think they just react. It's not until the situation is DE-escalated when most people stop and think real hard about what the fight was really about. This scares the shit out of me. The recent poll may not have been too far off, we will succeed in extinction before any of that other shit for this very reason.
This played in my head right after reading that.
And now I see the same story below mine posted yesterday, my bad. Can't post it enough though.
This is extremely relevant:
Reddit campaign to unseat Lamar Smith
...and replace him with who, another puppet? They're all lawyers, so the old saying old boss, same as the new boss. Yeah.
Okay, that made me spit out my mouth full of water.
True, although most IT departments and/or computer shops don't have a spare board for every make and model of HDD. We tried a few swaps at a shop I used to work at and it was successful I think one time, and that was pure luck that we had that exact PCB for that drive.
Haha, I was thinking the same shit while I was typing that. That and an older rap song about backing that ass up.
Yeah, best advice for any data storage:
BACKUP, then back that up... then back that up... then back that up offsite.
SpinRite is a good one, have used.
Edit: HDD Regen is more aimed at repair just fyi.
It's a joke. I've seen drives work fine for years with it showing imminent drive failure and I've seen drives die instantly with no warning given whatsoever.
There is no perfect tool that I could say, each drive manufacturer makes their own, and there are numerous third party tools out there as well. My best advice is have them all and have them handy. One I use quite a bit is HDD Regenerator, pretty thorough utility but it takes some time to run.
Perfectly said. I wish the mod points went higher than 5 for your post alone.
Damn, apparently I am new here haha. Been told that twice already, I'll just shut up now.
No, but I almost always see it on the firehose or something before I read it somewhere else.
I couldn't agree more, unfortunately they drove a lot of good businesses out of business with some of their marketing tactics and cheap product that small business couldn't compete with. Too bad this didn't happen ten years ago.
This is one of the first times I have read something on a major news site before /. had it. Saw this yesterday.
I never stated that I thought public information being public was shocking me. Man, I sense some hostility. I don't recall saying that science fiction was bad either.
/. become so damn hostile. Holy shit.
I just raised a question, I even stated that I "Could just be me being paranoid". When did