1.) has people willilng to pirate christain music
2.) has an owner that will curse out an threaten patrons(whom he said would not have to worry about hearing that stuff)
Could it be, that you might be driving your customers away? But in your defense, I think it was a good move on your part to actually refuse to assist someone in piracy. Unfortunately, I have the feeling that it will end up costing you more sales in the long run.
I can't for the life of me imagine how they are going to enforce this except with Trusted Computing. The only way that they are going to prevent someone
* Imaging the drive
* Installing another OS of their choice
* Using the computer as much as they like
* When the agreement ends, replace the drive image.
Ok, if you sick a lawyer on the poor user, you can sting them for their minimum 800 hours fees. But the only way they could prevent the above is by locking the machine down at the BIOS level with TCPM support.
Precisely... now, if it already hasn't happend, I'll make a prediction:
You'll see a major contract between Infineon and Micrsoft within 6 months.
You're forgetting one major thing here. Since they do the selling and building, they will know exactly where the pc's are targeted to be... Therefore, greatly reducing said footprint.
I read about it a history book a few years back (right next to zip disks and 8 track players)....
What's next? Commodore 1024?
I know that you're trying to be funny, but you obviously have not been in a real-world IT department. Tape backup is THE long-term storage media. Magnetic tapes don't degrade nearly as fast as CDROMS or Floopies(not that anyone backs up to these anymore) or any other number of technologies. They are compact, easily portable, and damn easy to store. You could probably store 3-5 YEARS worth of backups in one of those fire-proof safes that the size of a filing cabinet.
Tapes probably won't go away for another 20 years at LEAST.
Heh, it takes alot of engineering to even get the vehicle that close to target in question. Not to mention actully causing a guided impact. So, while you can tell forwards and backwards. Can you sucessfully target an object moving in space(at the velocity needed to maintain orbit) and create a direct impact?? Also, it had to tell backwards and forwards at some point to manuever into a position to be able to impact the satellite...
While everyone will joke about the "I'm better than these engineers cause I can tell backwards from forwards!", few people will realize the difficulty in getting the satellite and ship to come together in a wonderfully sad impact... even with a main sensor malfunctioning.
And as a side note.... most engineers DON'T make 6-figure salaries unless they are very senior.
But I would wager that microsoft WILL impliment ODF, then they will tag on some extra data that they call DRM and then all of a sudden, you can still be locked out of your documents for not paying microsoft extortion.... eerrrrr... subscription fees!
Blowjobs & hiding it from your wife (and the public) or raping civil liberties, massive debt, illegal wars and profiteering - Which do you think is more of an impeachable offense?
While you're right on the second case... you are forgetting lying under oath to a grand jury that's definately impeachable in my book.
- Environment czar to relax the environment initiatives
- VP himself to supervise energy policy... working well at 3 dollars a gallon
Pick one. Tighter environmental regulations, cheaper gas (with current technology). These two have now become mutually exclusive. One of the direct causes of high gas prices are the multiple(read dozens) formulations and qualities of gasoline/deisel that can only be sold in certain markets. Tack on the the HUGE restrictions to expanding/creating refineries (some companies worked 10+ years only to give up becuase it wasn't going to happen with current regs), and no capacity to expand production.... you get higher demand and less availability.
Go look at that economics class curve of supply and demand. With all the increase in demand and no room to increase supply.... Costs are going to do one thing. Go Up.
You illuminate a good point. For the creationist folks, they'll continue to dispute this because their blind faith requires it. It's like the entropy argument. They'll say that spontaneous organization can't happen because of entropy and ignore the fact that entropy only applies to closed systems.
It's cool that they discovered this but it won't change the debate.
Look at me, I can make sweeping, unfounded, and moroning generalizations too:
For all you evolutionist folks, you'll continue to belive anything a "scientist" puts in front of you.....
Sure, I'll get modded TROLL, but the fucktard partent get's modded insightful becuase he's against the "CRAZY RIGHT WINGERS!!!!!!!!!!"
Our civil liberties are eroding like a California mud-slide.
E.g. an American creates an anti-us website, and happens to cross-link an image located on a Pakistani website. Now this is considered an "international communication channel" which justifies to the NSA full sniffing of packets, forfeiture of logs from the ISP, etc.
Hey! Look at me create the logical falacy called the "slippery slope." I even took time to allude to it with the mudslide comment!!!!
A little bit of paranoia keeps you safe. Too much paranoia makes you speak with "foresight" of which the Oracle at Delphi could only dream. Just remember... drum up emotional appeals, use logical falacies to attack conservatives and you too can be modded insightful!
Is it possible to get a model of said laptop without a TPM chip? It should be. If you go to Dell and buy a laptop, you're for the most part, able to customize nearly everything to suit your needs. Would the TPM chip be any different. I read about them and see no reason for most people to have any use of them. Nothing like shoving new or unwanted technology down everyone's throats.
Oh, the TPM is SOLDERED TO THE MOTHERBOARD!
So, no. Why in the world would a low-cost manufacuter like Dell have a completely SEPARATE motherboard for the TPM/NO-TPM options?
I have nothing further to add, because that word sums it all up. While there are valid threats against the USA and in the intelligence community there are measures to tap into restricted data, they are NOT going to mess with PCs for fuck's sake! If someone has high security requirements that entity is not going to buy from a consumer level shop ANYWAY.
Geez.
I have two words that are a more accurate description: "Due Dillegence"
I'd be willing to bet there isn't a single computer where every piece in it is made in the USA, or a US Friendly country (friendly by my definition = NATO)
About time we started puting some of that security-conciousness into effect. Honestly, I think any foreign manufacuterer of devices with data logging capability should be HIGHLY suspect from the get-go.
The Google Pages is a great way to make a website in the time that you have. It's easy and clean. Most of the annoying part of a page (the spacing and layout) is done for you and you just add your content.
Hrrrm, breach of contract litigation? The lawyers must be salivating hoping those contracts expire soon! Microsoft now seems to be like the fat guy someone "accidentially" cuts and then suggests that big boi gets into the shark infested waters.
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Ironic that a "family music store"
1.) has people willilng to pirate christain music
2.) has an owner that will curse out an threaten patrons(whom he said would not have to worry about hearing that stuff) Could it be, that you might be driving your customers away? But in your defense, I think it was a good move on your part to actually refuse to assist someone in piracy. Unfortunately, I have the feeling that it will end up costing you more sales in the long run.
You'll see a major contract between Infineon and Micrsoft within 6 months.
You're forgetting one major thing here. Since they do the selling and building, they will know exactly where the pc's are targeted to be... Therefore, greatly reducing said footprint.
There will be impeachment when he lies under oath... and shakes his finger at the US telling a bold faced lie.
Tapes probably won't go away for another 20 years at LEAST.
Heh, it takes alot of engineering to even get the vehicle that close to target in question. Not to mention actully causing a guided impact. So, while you can tell forwards and backwards. Can you sucessfully target an object moving in space(at the velocity needed to maintain orbit) and create a direct impact?? Also, it had to tell backwards and forwards at some point to manuever into a position to be able to impact the satellite...
While everyone will joke about the "I'm better than these engineers cause I can tell backwards from forwards!", few people will realize the difficulty in getting the satellite and ship to come together in a wonderfully sad impact... even with a main sensor malfunctioning.
And as a side note.... most engineers DON'T make 6-figure salaries unless they are very senior.
Maybe I'm wrong... but I thougth theraputic insulin was either synthetic or from pigs.....
But I would wager that microsoft WILL impliment ODF, then they will tag on some extra data that they call DRM and then all of a sudden, you can still be locked out of your documents for not paying microsoft extortion.... eerrrrr... subscription fees!
Go look at that economics class curve of supply and demand. With all the increase in demand and no room to increase supply.... Costs are going to do one thing. Go Up.
You can't have it both ways.
For all you evolutionist folks, you'll continue to belive anything a "scientist" puts in front of you.....
Sure, I'll get modded TROLL, but the fucktard partent get's modded insightful becuase he's against the "CRAZY RIGHT WINGERS!!!!!!!!!!"
Must you continuously be modded informative for a slashvertisement parent post?
A little bit of paranoia keeps you safe. Too much paranoia makes you speak with "foresight" of which the Oracle at Delphi could only dream. Just remember... drum up emotional appeals, use logical falacies to attack conservatives and you too can be modded insightful!
So, no. Why in the world would a low-cost manufacuter like Dell have a completely SEPARATE motherboard for the TPM/NO-TPM options?
Infiniband is great till you try to find drivers or use up the onboard memory
What's the best place to plant an intelligence gathering device?
Hold on to your hat's for this one....
The best place to plant an intelligence gathering device is precisely where the entity you are spying on assumes that you would never place it!
If you're looking for Blade Servers:
Diversified Technology, Inc. Everything is designed and manufactured in-house. They even do custom projects.
About time we started puting some of that security-conciousness into effect. Honestly, I think any foreign manufacuterer of devices with data logging capability should be HIGHLY suspect from the get-go.
Mod Parent up. It's a vaild point and no hint of a TROLL. Just some mod abusing power.
The Google Pages is a great way to make a website in the time that you have. It's easy and clean. Most of the annoying part of a page (the spacing and layout) is done for you and you just add your content.
Hrrrm, breach of contract litigation? The lawyers must be salivating hoping those contracts expire soon! Microsoft now seems to be like the fat guy someone "accidentially" cuts and then suggests that big boi gets into the shark infested waters.