L: Cesar, Listen, there are no vulnerabilities in Oracle - Cancel your show C: No bugs!? You're kidding, I have had so many submissions, I might have to extend it to a month! Receptionist: Cesar, you're wife is in line two, something about the power at home being off, do you want to take it now? C: Just a sec, I am giving our old buddy here the low-down L: As I was saying, there are NO vulnerabilities C: what are you talking about, I just said... Receptionist: Cesar, it's Bobby on line three, he's asking if it's ok if he goes and plays with this new friend he met? C: What new friend? he's home sick today! I'll take it in a minute. L: So about those vulnerabilities, you sure about that? C: Larry, you must be living in LA LA Land, what don't you understand? Receptionist: Cesar, it's your mom on Line four, she's saying thanks for arranging the nice social worker and he's going to take her for a quiet relaxing walk. C: social worker? I don't remember anything about that, ask her to... L: Cesar, I don't think you understand. C: I don't understand?! you are the who doesn't understand, I am going to disclose every single... Receptionist: Cesar, Your dad just called to ask where exactly is that restaurant he's suppose to meet you for lunch at 12? C: Lunch? I am going to see him tomorrow for dinner.. L: Optimistic fella you are ol' Cesar. C: hmm, well actually now that you mention it, there weren't really that many submissions. L: Well, are we still on for Golf then?
If you are a terrorist you probabaly haven't been waiting for Google to put up maps and show you how the indian parliament house is built or where it is. I am sure any promising terrorist can use basic language skills or a simple map to locate those structures by himself.
It's not like you wake up one day and think to yourself, "Wow, Thanks to Google maps I can locate the foreign department's offices in new Delhi now, I might blow them up".
Austrlalia's parlimant and prime ministers private residency are accesible throught google maps quite easily, but any self discerning terrorist would probably know where these are long before those become available.
--- Computer Support in Sydney
Fill the 3G jug and empty it into the 5G jug, repeat without emptying the 3G you have in the 5G jug, you are left with 1G that doesn't fit in the 3G. Empty the 5G, put th 1G into that jug, and top it up with another 3G. There you go, 4G!
Capitalism on the arctic can be a risky venture. When you bring in companies that are established to deliver on share holders profit, it is hard to guess what kind of a route these companies might take. Without clear laws and regulations limiting how companies exploit this new "gold mine" we might end up with something like the US Patent laws, where large corporations take advantage of the ability to patent anything they can think about. I the arctic scenario this could lead to fishing companies endangering many species, tour companies damaging the habitat of local wildlife, oil exploration polluting the air and water. We must establish clear baselines to prevent this happening!
Lemmings look like fat furry hamsters. They have strong legs and claws for digging. Thick fur helps to keep them warm. Lemmings live in the arctic.
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Sydney Computer Support
A good software company should set forward to make good software, and build a large satisfied customer base, who are willing to pay for the next release, this makes the company money and is good business practice. Including more security software is just a work-around , getting the software right the first time , or fixing it for the second time is good business practice.
Leave the security bit to the people who know security and concentrate on what you are suppose to make - a secure operating system.
First Adobe gets hit with integrated PDF creation in the new version of Word, and now Symantec is on the list of features Microsoft is going to incorporate in the next version of Windows. If there is anything they should have learned by now from the success of Linux, the benefits of allowing specialized developers creating software packages they know, understand and excel in doing properly, should have been clear to Microsoft by now.
But I guess that's another thing that Microsoft think they can do better than anything else, what's new?
When it comes to purchasing for customers I go to IBM - it doesn't make much difference if they are going to be using office and IE/firefox if the motherboard is a bit faster and the hard drive is ata not a sata. If it's cheaper and works just as well - why bother.
When purchasing equipment for a customer I look at what the customer needs and how I can make it work for him the best way. Most of my customers don't need a raid sata interface or firewire or a bigger pipe to the memory on the motherboard, all they want is to be able to call someone when it's broken and get it fixed.
I make more money by consulting and building systems, not spending an hour on installing a motherboard. So I'd get the customer a IBM, when he calls me and says its broken, I'll tell IBM it's broken and let them send a technicihan to fix it.
What good is it for a customer if he has a the newest fastest sata drive if he has to wait 3 business days for it to get replaced.
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L: Cesar, Listen, there are no vulnerabilities in Oracle - Cancel your show ...
C: No bugs!? You're kidding, I have had so many submissions, I might have to extend it to a month!
Receptionist: Cesar, you're wife is in line two, something about the power at home being off, do you want to take it now?
C: Just a sec, I am giving our old buddy here the low-down
L: As I was saying, there are NO vulnerabilities
C: what are you talking about, I just said...
Receptionist: Cesar, it's Bobby on line three, he's asking if it's ok if he goes and plays with this new friend he met?
C: What new friend? he's home sick today! I'll take it in a minute.
L: So about those vulnerabilities, you sure about that?
C: Larry, you must be living in LA LA Land, what don't you understand?
Receptionist: Cesar, it's your mom on Line four, she's saying thanks for arranging the nice social worker and he's going to take her for a quiet relaxing walk.
C: social worker? I don't remember anything about that, ask her to
L: Cesar, I don't think you understand.
C: I don't understand?! you are the who doesn't understand, I am going to disclose every single...
Receptionist: Cesar, Your dad just called to ask where exactly is that restaurant he's suppose to meet you for lunch at 12?
C: Lunch? I am going to see him tomorrow for dinner..
L: Optimistic fella you are ol' Cesar.
C: hmm, well actually now that you mention it, there weren't really that many submissions.
L: Well, are we still on for Golf then?
If you are a terrorist you probabaly haven't been waiting for Google to put up maps and show you how the indian parliament house is built or where it is. I am sure any promising terrorist can use basic language skills or a simple map to locate those structures by himself.
It's not like you wake up one day and think to yourself, "Wow, Thanks to Google maps I can locate the foreign department's offices in new Delhi now, I might blow them up".
Austrlalia's parlimant and prime ministers private residency are accesible throught google maps quite easily, but any self discerning terrorist would probably know where these are long before those become available.
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Computer Support in Sydney
Fill the 3G jug and empty it into the 5G jug, repeat without emptying the 3G you have in the 5G jug, you are left with 1G that doesn't fit in the 3G. Empty the 5G, put th 1G into that jug, and top it up with another 3G. There you go, 4G!
What can I say, it sounded simpler in my head...
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Computer Support in Sydney
Capitalism on the arctic can be a risky venture. When you bring in companies that are established to deliver on share holders profit, it is hard to guess what kind of a route these companies might take. Without clear laws and regulations limiting how companies exploit this new "gold mine" we might end up with something like the US Patent laws, where large corporations take advantage of the ability to patent anything they can think about. I the arctic scenario this could lead to fishing companies endangering many species, tour companies damaging the habitat of local wildlife, oil exploration polluting the air and water. We must establish clear baselines to prevent this happening! Lemmings look like fat furry hamsters. They have strong legs and claws for digging. Thick fur helps to keep them warm. Lemmings live in the arctic. --- Sydney Computer Support
A good software company should set forward to make good software, and build a large satisfied customer base, who are willing to pay for the next release, this makes the company money and is good business practice. Including more security software is just a work-around , getting the software right the first time , or fixing it for the second time is good business practice. Leave the security bit to the people who know security and concentrate on what you are suppose to make - a secure operating system.
First Adobe gets hit with integrated PDF creation in the new version of Word, and now Symantec is on the list of features Microsoft is going to incorporate in the next version of Windows. If there is anything they should have learned by now from the success of Linux, the benefits of allowing specialized developers creating software packages they know, understand and excel in doing properly, should have been clear to Microsoft by now. But I guess that's another thing that Microsoft think they can do better than anything else, what's new?
When it comes to purchasing for customers I go to IBM - it doesn't make much difference if they are going to be using office and IE/firefox if the motherboard is a bit faster and the hard drive is ata not a sata. If it's cheaper and works just as well - why bother. When purchasing equipment for a customer I look at what the customer needs and how I can make it work for him the best way. Most of my customers don't need a raid sata interface or firewire or a bigger pipe to the memory on the motherboard, all they want is to be able to call someone when it's broken and get it fixed. I make more money by consulting and building systems, not spending an hour on installing a motherboard. So I'd get the customer a IBM, when he calls me and says its broken, I'll tell IBM it's broken and let them send a technicihan to fix it. What good is it for a customer if he has a the newest fastest sata drive if he has to wait 3 business days for it to get replaced.