About 260,000 children are abducted every year in the United States of America. Of these child abduction only about 115 result in very serious consequences, like injury or death.
People aren't snowflakes, and that's why it's entirely probable. Who's to say that snatching off the street wasn't the result of research? You can't prove it wasn't.
What if you *didn't* take every conceivable precaution and something *did* happen?
was, what if the kid was kidnapped from school, or the hospital because a friend or family member carelessly posted a Geotagged image on facebook. I know kids were abducted before facebook, but telling the world where and when your kid is alone is asking for trouble.
The worst part is you might not even know someone is posting pictures of your kid online and who knows who's getting access.
Precisely. Like say, your tween's friends also on Facebook, parents, grandparents etc. If they do it, and they won't edit the comment, I un-friend them. Sounds harsh, but if someone I know can't be courteous with my private data then they don't have to be linked to me.
You're spot on, but for a different reason. HR isn't going to care about baby years, but Hospitals have security measures because they are great places to find and steal babies.
You can post edited photos with the exif data removed, but I would check your own facebook pages for information that might link to you to a specific region within a big city. Examples would be liking a local establishment like a bagel shop or pub or library. Any singular public place. Check the facebook pages of friends and family, do they mention street names or names of schools or school team names? Scouts? Church? how about that resume you might have online? I bet it has your phone number and address right on it.
Just because one might be paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. When people roll their eyes at you, tell them only the paranoid survive. What if you *didn't* take every conceivable precaution and something *did* happen? How would you feel then?
As a parent trying to guard the safety of my children online, I can't allow them to have these accounts, for the exact reason cgeys points out. It's sad, because here's this wonderful tool, that I have to treat like a gun in the house.
10 years ago people would have screamed bloody murder about their TV's having cameras in them, now they do, and everyone seems to be more than ok with it...
Electric Vehicles have a small cab and should require less to cool. Use a smaller secondary motor to turn the AC. But in some cities in the Southwest / Texas or Florida you can be put at risk in the summer. Running the heater in the northern states during the winter months can literally be the difference between your commute being life or death. How about a window defroster? Ever live in an area it got so cold the humidity from just breathing made it impossible to see? Driving at night?
These things are priced the way they are because there is a very limited environmental belt in which their operation is safe. This reduces the absolute numbers that are expected to be purchased. Add to this some of those areas where these vehicles are environmentally feasible have some extreme hills. Mountain View California being just one example.
Actually I was aiming for Funny, but you still made my point with having to mess with the potentiometer.
I should specify that some simulations are more accurate or better than others. Back when I played with Circuit simulators they were just coming out, and weren't really good for complex circuits. Or at least those that were available to Amateurs weren't reliable. Simulations are often never in the context of operation. That is to say It cannot simulate a tired, angry pilot that just got on his shift after having an argument with his wife and being fondled by TSA. The simulations they participate are usually in tightly controlled environments devoid of the stresses of making that crosswind landing *for real*.
As for the topic of Internships, well this has kind of gone off topic.
Says the captain to the co pilot, as he pulls the giant airliner into the sky: "Oh my god this is great! It's just like the simulations except... Oh crap, what was that..."
Because the context of the very first original post was that of worst case infection where you must reinstall. Are you stupid, or just unwilling to read a post before you reply to it?
Again, why are you acting like this is only under the context of computer repair support?
If you are in any IT support role you have a customer. Good service to your coworkers or clients is best served if you perform your service in that manner. It's not what you know or what you can do that keeps your job secure.
Even if you are at the customers site, you cannot be sure they will have a CDRom or DVD Rom they can boot from, or a NIC in their PC or even the ability to boot from a USB stick. The fastest route is just grab the HDD, throw it in the tray and scan. But at this point it's triage anyways.
The number of scenarios where a computer both doesn't have an optical drive and can't boot from USB is exceptionally rare.
I am beginning to think you haven't been around much in the IT world, as this is more common than you can possibly imagine. A computer or server with a problem is not going to behave as you would expect. So far we have only discussed virus removal. How about data recovery? Same thing.
Even if you are at the customers site, you cannot be sure they will have a CDRom or DVD Rom they can boot from, or a NIC in their PC or even the ability to boot from a USB stick. The fastest route is just grab the HDD, throw it in the tray and scan. But at this point it's triage anyways.
It's the path of least resistance and you don't have the customer watching you trying this, and trying that. You don't look like you don't know what your doing and the customer has less leverage to try and weasel out of the bill.
It's nothing to remove a drive for a machine that's already in for service. We had a motherboard screwed to a wall ( with metal backing ) and a tray for the hard disks at the time, (1995~99) and it worked wonders for a radio network that had an engineer that put their entire network on public IPs with no Protection whatsoever. I kid you not. Those things were nearly useless they were so infested. a day of scanning computers using this method and they were functional again (2001)
And it's been used regularly since then as well. Nowdays I can boot from CP and give it a go, but who has CD's around anymore? I only use Thumbdrives now.
Re-Read what I posted. Also, it breaks down to which option is least expensive for the individual or company to pay to repair. I hate to say it, but I can't fix everyone's virus infested machines for free and still feed the family.
What I do is remove the drive from the system, slap it into an external enclosure and scan from a clean machine after unplugging that machine from the network.
If it kills system files then I replace or repair it once I boot from the recently cleaned hdd. Also, delete the swap file before you plug it back in. hasn't failed me yet.
I support the position postulated by Neutron Cowboy and would like to add two things myself.
1. They *do* use open source, and 2, This kind of action is much more like what MS would do in the first place. If they can't buy it and bury it they litigate it to oblivion. This may be where the big dogs enter the civil war that's been playing out in our courtrooms. Personally, I want to be fighting for the Google.
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About 260,000 children are abducted every year in the United States of America. Of these child abduction only about 115 result in very serious consequences, like injury or death.
http://www.ygoy.com/index.php/child-abduction-statistics/
We had a child taken, fortunately we got her back right fast without harm.
>> Fuck - - Off.
- Dan.
People aren't snowflakes, and that's why it's entirely probable. Who's to say that snatching off the street wasn't the result of research? You can't prove it wasn't.
- Dan.
Good Point.
I think what he meant by
What if you *didn't* take every conceivable precaution and something *did* happen?
was, what if the kid was kidnapped from school, or the hospital because a friend or family member carelessly posted a Geotagged image on facebook. I know kids were abducted before facebook, but telling the world where and when your kid is alone is asking for trouble.
The worst part is you might not even know someone is posting pictures of your kid online and who knows who's getting access.
Precisely. Like say, your tween's friends also on Facebook, parents, grandparents etc. If they do it, and they won't edit the comment, I un-friend them. Sounds harsh, but if someone I know can't be courteous with my private data then they don't have to be linked to me.
- Dan.
You're spot on, but for a different reason. HR isn't going to care about baby years, but Hospitals have security measures because they are great places to find and steal babies.
Most all recent smart phones and some newer digital cameras will store coordinates in in the jpeg exif data ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging )
You can post edited photos with the exif data removed, but I would check your own facebook pages for information that might link to you to a specific region within a big city. Examples would be liking a local establishment like a bagel shop or pub or library. Any singular public place. Check the facebook pages of friends and family, do they mention street names or names of schools or school team names? Scouts? Church? how about that resume you might have online? I bet it has your phone number and address right on it.
Just because one might be paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. When people roll their eyes at you, tell them only the paranoid survive. What if you *didn't* take every conceivable precaution and something *did* happen? How would you feel then?
- Dan.
As a parent trying to guard the safety of my children online, I can't allow them to have these accounts, for the exact reason cgeys points out. It's sad, because here's this wonderful tool, that I have to treat like a gun in the house.
- Dan.
10 years ago people would have screamed bloody murder about their TV's having cameras in them, now they do, and everyone seems to be more than ok with it...
Orwell was a prophet...
- Dan.
Electric Vehicles have a small cab and should require less to cool. Use a smaller secondary motor to turn the AC. But in some cities in the Southwest / Texas or Florida you can be put at risk in the summer. Running the heater in the northern states during the winter months can literally be the difference between your commute being life or death. How about a window defroster? Ever live in an area it got so cold the humidity from just breathing made it impossible to see? Driving at night?
These things are priced the way they are because there is a very limited environmental belt in which their operation is safe. This reduces the absolute numbers that are expected to be purchased. Add to this some of those areas where these vehicles are environmentally feasible have some extreme hills. Mountain View California being just one example.
- Dan.
Actually I was aiming for Funny, but you still made my point with having to mess with the potentiometer.
I should specify that some simulations are more accurate or better than others. Back when I played with Circuit simulators they were just coming out, and weren't really good for complex circuits. Or at least those that were available to Amateurs weren't reliable. Simulations are often never in the context of operation. That is to say It cannot simulate a tired, angry pilot that just got on his shift after having an argument with his wife and being fondled by TSA. The simulations they participate are usually in tightly controlled environments devoid of the stresses of making that crosswind landing *for real*.
As for the topic of Internships, well this has kind of gone off topic.
- Dan.
Hostgator WINS!
- Dan.
Says the captain to the co pilot, as he pulls the giant airliner into the sky: "Oh my god this is great! It's just like the simulations except ... Oh crap, what was that ..."
- Dan.
www.pagewash.com
Google astroturf fail
- Dan.
Because the context of the very first original post was that of worst case infection where you must reinstall. Are you stupid, or just unwilling to read a post before you reply to it?
- Dan.
Whether it's a hardware or a software issue you are still fixing the damn computer.
We are done here.
- Dan.
Again, why are you acting like this is only under the context of computer repair support?
If you are in any IT support role you have a customer. Good service to your coworkers or clients is best served if you perform your service in that manner. It's not what you know or what you can do that keeps your job secure.
Even if you are at the customers site, you cannot be sure they will have a CDRom or DVD Rom they can boot from, or a NIC in their PC or even the ability to boot from a USB stick. The fastest route is just grab the HDD, throw it in the tray and scan. But at this point it's triage anyways.
The number of scenarios where a computer both doesn't have an optical drive and can't boot from USB is exceptionally rare.
I am beginning to think you haven't been around much in the IT world, as this is more common than you can possibly imagine. A computer or server with a problem is not going to behave as you would expect. So far we have only discussed virus removal. How about data recovery? Same thing.
- Dan.
Even if you are at the customers site, you cannot be sure they will have a CDRom or DVD Rom they can boot from, or a NIC in their PC or even the ability to boot from a USB stick. The fastest route is just grab the HDD, throw it in the tray and scan. But at this point it's triage anyways.
It's the path of least resistance and you don't have the customer watching you trying this, and trying that. You don't look like you don't know what your doing and the customer has less leverage to try and weasel out of the bill.
- Dan.
I like this, but if you're a visiting tech this isn't going to be as available as a laptop with an external drive enclosure.
- Dan.
You must have a curious definition of effort.
It's nothing to remove a drive for a machine that's already in for service. We had a motherboard screwed to a wall ( with metal backing ) and a tray for the hard disks at the time, (1995~99) and it worked wonders for a radio network that had an engineer that put their entire network on public IPs with no Protection whatsoever. I kid you not. Those things were nearly useless they were so infested. a day of scanning computers using this method and they were functional again (2001)
And it's been used regularly since then as well. Nowdays I can boot from CP and give it a go, but who has CD's around anymore? I only use Thumbdrives now.
- Dan.
Re-Read what I posted. Also, it breaks down to which option is least expensive for the individual or company to pay to repair. I hate to say it, but I can't fix everyone's virus infested machines for free and still feed the family.
- Dan.
What I do is remove the drive from the system, slap it into an external enclosure and scan from a clean machine after unplugging that machine from the network.
If it kills system files then I replace or repair it once I boot from the recently cleaned hdd. Also, delete the swap file before you plug it back in. hasn't failed me yet.
- Dan.
Until the next OS upgrade perhaps?
Or when you replace your phone?
I don't really see the difference when the manufacturer of a device can tell you what you can and cannot do with that device.
I'm trying to think of other products where the manufacturer can make such decisions without your permission. Any ideas?
In Soviet... Wait, those guys are looking better and better these days...
- Dan.
Without the Graphics, alliance mechanics, and a handful of other minor things This is Trade Wars 2002. With pretty spreadsheets...
In other words, without the engine, chassis, suspension and handful of other minor things, Ferrary 599 GTO is basically a Honda Civic.
With pretty color and a horse, right?
Dammit , Car analogy *Gasp for air*
Defeated again!
aaarggg. nargle,nargle,nargle...
I played Trade Wars 2002, religiously.
You are correct in stating there aren't many similarities. However, the underlying principle is absolutely identical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TradeWars_2002
Without the Graphics, alliance mechanics, and a handful of other minor things This is Trade Wars 2002. With pretty spreadsheets...
- Dan.
I support the position postulated by Neutron Cowboy and would like to add two things myself.
1. They *do* use open source, and 2, This kind of action is much more like what MS would do in the first place. If they can't buy it and bury it they litigate it to oblivion. This may be where the big dogs enter the civil war that's been playing out in our courtrooms. Personally, I want to be fighting for the Google.
- Dan.