OK, is there any good reason for an ISP to log the activities of its customers? There should be no need to correlate IP to website A, or FTP B, or even newsgroup A.B.W.. They should just provide the connection and be done with it.
Whether Iraq was or was not hiding WMD's is IMO beside the point. The real question is whether or not the potential increased safety of the American public was worth the lives of the THOUSANDS of Iraqis that have been killed by our government in the past year. Last I checked, people are people, and no one has any more right to live than another. Yay imperialism.
Very true. As well, they now have shareholders whose primary goal is to make money. Google is a business, and it will be run as such. In all reality, Google is only a stone's throw from MS.
I'm surprised that in most cases it still takes a considerable amount of time to load an OS. What about the following:
Let's say that after installing the OS and configuring all of the devices, you have an option to create a file on your hard drive that is a map of everything in memory (a la Hibernate, but minus any running apps - essentially a fresh boot of the OS). Add the option to boot from the image to your bootloader, and after a quick poll for changes in hardware, you're in business. Even better would be if the image was stored on its own partition so that it would be less prone to fragmentation.
Well, while I would agree with you that it generally takes several beers to get *drunk*, the fact remains that even one or two beers will impair your reaction time significantly. Sure, you may not be swerving all over the road, but if something happens and you are forced to react quickly and intelligently, any amount of alcohol (or just about any other drug) will lessen that ability to some degree.
I think the larger problem is that most people cannot be trusted to make their own decisions. The way I see people driving, they might as well be drunk since they can't seem to put safe driving ahead of whatever the hell the feel like doing at the time. It's interesting that the Autobahn has no speed limit, and yet has a lower fatality rate than the average US highway - perhaps because Germans tend to think of driving as an activity unto itself. I actually heard that vehicles made for use in Germany don't even have cup holders, much less hands-free kits.
The best way to protect your children and your PC is to spend quality time with them, teaching them the basics of PC protection and chat room safety.
That is very good advice. It is important for parents to sit down with their kids and discuss computer security, lest they learn it on the "streets" or from their friends. Next thing you know, your kid will be sneaking out of the house late at night to go download spyware in some sleazy motel.
My thoughts exactly. What if this technology were to get into the hands of terrorists? Sure, it looks like a normal can of Coke, but just one twist, and viola!, you have a warm chunk of aluminum that you could annoy someone with. It's technology like this that will lead to the inevitable destruction of humanity.
I would imagine that the device would affect redemption value as well (being that it contains substantially more aluminum). Maybe it will finally be worth the cost of driving to Michigan...
By stopping Nuclear development, you are slowly killing yourselves with Coal and Oil plants.
That may be so, but I wouldn't call nuclear power "safe" until we find a way to neutralize the waste rather than simply "sweeping it under the carpet" in Nevada somewhere. Did you know that on the bases above nuclear waste sites, they are constructing various warning signs to inform future generations of the danger located there? Signs such as statuesque faces of sadness and anguish and fields of large spikes (just in case a million years from now, our ancestors don't happen to speak Ancient English).
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They should have called it: Virtual Frigid Golddigging Bitch.
Symantec: The internet is a dangerous place these days - overrun with all sorts of viruses, worms, and malware. But, for only $79, we can see to it that your computer is safe. Without us, who knows what might happen to you...
What's interesting to me is the fact that we get attacked *once* and everyone starts to panic. Many, many other countries deal with terrorism on a regular basis, and lose many more people in the process, but we don't care about that because it's not us.
I think the people of this country have a major problem with arrogance - or perhaps disillusionment. "Americans" get themselves whipped-up into such a frenzy about their level of patriotism like it's a badge of honor, and then proceed to blindly perpetuate the fact that the US is the most powerful country in the world. That myth is exactly the reason we continue to give up our rights and privileges for the good of the country... But it's all a farce. With power comes responsibility, and unfortunately, our government doesn't always seem to interested in restraining itself (This country is like a dumb puppy with sharp teeth - Johnny Depp).
We are being attacked, because arguably, we deserve to be. We have done far worse things to people of other countries over the years - mainly to serve our own economic and political interests. Now that we're getting some of that in return, we're more than willing to let the governement yank the rug of freedom from beneath our feet just in case that rare "bolt of lightning" we call terrorism should happen to strike someone *we* know or love next.
So there's no way to set up a direct link (ie: transatlantic cable) between the Antarctica and say, Chile, that can then route info over the internet? Yeah, it might cost a bit of cash, but killing Iraqis costs a lot more. Priorities, people!
First politics (GOP), now science.... Is nothing sacred? Curiosity is one thing, but when these idiots begin to attack the very underpinnings of society, they've just gone too far. Capital punishment for hackers, anyone?
Personally, I think that the Appleaters should be thrilled that more codecs could come to their beloved device.
I don't think that's true. More formats means informed decision-making, and Apple fans merely want quick, easy, and compatible - much like the audience Microsoft is catering to with Windows XP.
Are you sure the adapter you bought wasn't a CF card? I don't believe Linksys ever made an SD wireless adapter (which are generally more expensive).
But yeah, no big deal really. Wireless adapters have been available for Pocket PC-based PDA's for a couple of years now, and personally, I see the Palms as inferior to Pocket PCs.
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On the other hand, it might be that they don't give their QA people enough time to adequately test their products before release. I would think it's cheaper and more efficient for them to let their customers to find the bugs.
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OK, is there any good reason for an ISP to log the activities of its customers? There should be no need to correlate IP to website A, or FTP B, or even newsgroup A.B.W.. They should just provide the connection and be done with it.
It ships with a 624 MHz proc, huh? That's about 2.5 MHz for each process run by Windows XP on startup....
Whether Iraq was or was not hiding WMD's is IMO beside the point. The real question is whether or not the potential increased safety of the American public was worth the lives of the THOUSANDS of Iraqis that have been killed by our government in the past year. Last I checked, people are people, and no one has any more right to live than another. Yay imperialism.
Google is a company like any other
Very true. As well, they now have shareholders whose primary goal is to make money. Google is a business, and it will be run as such. In all reality, Google is only a stone's throw from MS.
Genesis 1:27
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
Depending on the lobbying power of MS, your idea could very well be considered terrorism. Watch out.
I'm surprised that in most cases it still takes a considerable amount of time to load an OS. What about the following:
Let's say that after installing the OS and configuring all of the devices, you have an option to create a file on your hard drive that is a map of everything in memory (a la Hibernate, but minus any running apps - essentially a fresh boot of the OS). Add the option to boot from the image to your bootloader, and after a quick poll for changes in hardware, you're in business. Even better would be if the image was stored on its own partition so that it would be less prone to fragmentation.
... don't you think it's time to take her to the vet?
I tried that, but most vets are simply too judgmental regarding my choice of lifestyle.
Well, while I would agree with you that it generally takes several beers to get *drunk*, the fact remains that even one or two beers will impair your reaction time significantly. Sure, you may not be swerving all over the road, but if something happens and you are forced to react quickly and intelligently, any amount of alcohol (or just about any other drug) will lessen that ability to some degree.
I think the larger problem is that most people cannot be trusted to make their own decisions. The way I see people driving, they might as well be drunk since they can't seem to put safe driving ahead of whatever the hell the feel like doing at the time. It's interesting that the Autobahn has no speed limit, and yet has a lower fatality rate than the average US highway - perhaps because Germans tend to think of driving as an activity unto itself. I actually heard that vehicles made for use in Germany don't even have cup holders, much less hands-free kits.
The best way to protect your children and your PC is to spend quality time with them, teaching them the basics of PC protection and chat room safety.
That is very good advice. It is important for parents to sit down with their kids and discuss computer security, lest they learn it on the "streets" or from their friends. Next thing you know, your kid will be sneaking out of the house late at night to go download spyware in some sleazy motel.
But also that Trojans are bad...?
Yeah, and so are viruses and worms... the *ahem* internet just isn't safe anymore.
But all this technology will come at what cost?
My thoughts exactly. What if this technology were to get into the hands of terrorists? Sure, it looks like a normal can of Coke, but just one twist, and viola!, you have a warm chunk of aluminum that you could annoy someone with. It's technology like this that will lead to the inevitable destruction of humanity.
I would imagine that the device would affect redemption value as well (being that it contains substantially more aluminum). Maybe it will finally be worth the cost of driving to Michigan...
Heating the beer in the car is nature's way of telling you not to drink and drive...
...and devastating car accidents are nature's way of telling you to get off the damn phone.
By stopping Nuclear development, you are slowly killing yourselves with Coal and Oil plants.
That may be so, but I wouldn't call nuclear power "safe" until we find a way to neutralize the waste rather than simply "sweeping it under the carpet" in Nevada somewhere. Did you know that on the bases above nuclear waste sites, they are constructing various warning signs to inform future generations of the danger located there? Signs such as statuesque faces of sadness and anguish and fields of large spikes (just in case a million years from now, our ancestors don't happen to speak Ancient English).
They should have called it: Virtual Frigid Golddigging Bitch.
Art imitating life?
Symantec: The internet is a dangerous place these days - overrun with all sorts of viruses, worms, and malware. But, for only $79, we can see to it that your computer is safe. Without us, who knows what might happen to you...
It's like blaming firemen for setting peoples houses on purpose.
...or like blaming cops for unjustified assault and/or murder... that's just silly.
I thought the key to profiting from open source software is litigation....
What's interesting to me is the fact that we get attacked *once* and everyone starts to panic. Many, many other countries deal with terrorism on a regular basis, and lose many more people in the process, but we don't care about that because it's not us.
I think the people of this country have a major problem with arrogance - or perhaps disillusionment. "Americans" get themselves whipped-up into such a frenzy about their level of patriotism like it's a badge of honor, and then proceed to blindly perpetuate the fact that the US is the most powerful country in the world. That myth is exactly the reason we continue to give up our rights and privileges for the good of the country... But it's all a farce. With power comes responsibility, and unfortunately, our government doesn't always seem to interested in restraining itself (This country is like a dumb puppy with sharp teeth - Johnny Depp).
We are being attacked, because arguably, we deserve to be. We have done far worse things to people of other countries over the years - mainly to serve our own economic and political interests. Now that we're getting some of that in return, we're more than willing to let the governement yank the rug of freedom from beneath our feet just in case that rare "bolt of lightning" we call terrorism should happen to strike someone *we* know or love next.
So there's no way to set up a direct link (ie: transatlantic cable) between the Antarctica and say, Chile, that can then route info over the internet? Yeah, it might cost a bit of cash, but killing Iraqis costs a lot more. Priorities, people!
First politics (GOP), now science.... Is nothing sacred? Curiosity is one thing, but when these idiots begin to attack the very underpinnings of society, they've just gone too far. Capital punishment for hackers, anyone?
Personally, I think that the Appleaters should be thrilled that more codecs could come to their beloved device.
I don't think that's true. More formats means informed decision-making, and Apple fans merely want quick, easy, and compatible - much like the audience Microsoft is catering to with Windows XP.
Are you sure the adapter you bought wasn't a CF card? I don't believe Linksys ever made an SD wireless adapter (which are generally more expensive).
But yeah, no big deal really. Wireless adapters have been available for Pocket PC-based PDA's for a couple of years now, and personally, I see the Palms as inferior to Pocket PCs.
On the other hand, it might be that they don't give their QA people enough time to adequately test their products before release. I would think it's cheaper and more efficient for them to let their customers to find the bugs.