I've never seen, or noticed, Democrats engaging in dirty tactics; that is the domain of Republicans. The Democrats are hardly perfect, however. They seem to get railroaded every time Republicans engage in dirty tactics, and being the victim in these cases is just as bad. I'm not saying Democrats don't abuse their positions or break laws, just that when they do its not for a partisan purpose, but some selfish purpose (usually, it seems, sex is involved).
The documentary Inside Job sort of opened my eyes as far as Democratic administrations being equal to Republican in serving the interests of the financial sector at the expense of all classes below the top wealthiest 2%. Recommended.
Interestingly, with the same gen MacBooks in our shop we had similar overheating problems. There was too much thermal paste... in some cases it was melting onto the logic board, requiring a logic board swap. The repair was scraping off the superfluous paste, leaving the correct amount, which eliminated the overheating problems. IIRC this was the major issue with that 1st run, and I heard about it from all over... oddly, I never heard there wasn't enough thermal paste in that run.
Whatever, man, malware on Windows is far superior to any other malware on any other platform, by far. It alone supports an entire industry, and without it, thousands of programmers and researchers and experts would need to find something else to do to put food on their kids' plate. People gotta eat, right?
Rampant, trollish "windows sucks!" posts are no more representative of the Mac user base than the rabid anti-Apple troll in the other thread on here at the moment.
If I'm not mistaken, OS X users generally aren't the enemy of Windows. Windows zealots bring the fight to them, not the other way around. It appears to be a confidence issue, or a lack of confidence issue, on the part of Windows ops. Further, the whole purpose of the existence of Linux is for those that hate Windows. Nearly every single time Microsoft comes up with a proprietary Windows technology, the Linux heroes duplicate it for free, and with a superior implementation (AD/Exchange is an exception, give MS props where props are due). Its not always the case that Windows sucks, but it nearly always is the case that Linux is better than Windows, by any measure, even with all of the UI element issues Linux desktops have, and this is especially true after 6 months of Windows rot.
Quite obviously, it increases the security of one's occupation, as Windows will forever have security issues, thus, there will always be a need for a Windows guy to say "hey, our ship is tight." Meanwhile, the true security experts that are in the midst of massive Windows installations does indeed have trouble sleeping at night. Or... at least he should.
People persecuting MS for poor security are living in the past. Windows is now a fine secure OS,
Actually, due to backwards compatibility, you too are living in the past. Windows is hardly more secure than it used to be. I bet anything most still operate as admin... undermining all the new security features. In fact, judging by the summary, it's security is so bad it makes other operating systems less secure.
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Most card carrying Computer Scientists are actually Computer Practitioners, while the real Computer Scientists hide amongst the Mathematicians. You can only tell them apart by their haircuts.
I agree that safer != secure, but it is disingenuous to suggest that safer = less secure, and to even remotely incinuate that using Windows is like wearing a bullet-proof vest. The summary isn't merely poorly worded, it is a troll.
I know that Slashdotters assert Apple as evil, but good grief, rein in the jingoism, please.
I think it's more about loving to hate. If you read the book first, you'll insist it is better than the movie. So if you already love Windows, you'll hate anything else. I never loved Windows, so I love everything and anything else. Any security expert that claims Windows is secure OTB has self-interest in non-security experts using Windows: i.e. it keeps them employed. This thing Apple is doing is likely the first time evar that any security expert made money with OS X concerning security. Counter examples are welcome (like... "we tried to secure the 50 OS X boxes in the lab... but they fell like dominoes and the NOC tells us their now part of some giant botnet").
hmm... I think software engineers were socially engineered into believing the marketing hype that they were actually engineers and not just mere mortal programmers or computer scientists. Where are the mathematical engineers? The slashdot comment engineers? My thin point is the word 'engineer' is losing it's meaning, much to the heartbreak of civil, mechanical, industrial, electrical and computer engineers.
Saving 10% on your electricity bill makes the cost of electricity go up. Consuming 10 times as much electricity breeds innovation and makes the cost of electricity go down -- substantially.
You have it exactly backwards. Remember supply and demand. An example of how it really works can be readily seen with gasoline prices. The more gas consumed, the more demand, the higher the prices will go, until the demand is reduced... people stop buying gas and the price will go down until they start buying it again. Paradoxically, one way to lower the price of gas is to tax the hell out of it to reduce demand, which will lower the price.
Democracy is just the beginning of the End, as Nietzsche might say... just look at what democracy did for Ancient Greece!! This decadent politic ruined civilization! At least Iran has some sand left to bury it's head in...
"Chinese hackers working regular business hours shifts stole sensitive intellectual property from energy companies for as long as four years...
Bbbuuuut as it turns out, most of the information energy companies have been working with o'er the past decade is about how to avoid expensive pollution fines, dealing with inhereted lawsuits, and technology geared toward making energy production cleaner and greener... so chances are the information is completely worthless to the Chinese for another hundred years or so.
That's the way they'll sell it, but unlikely the "awesome" speeds the new standard promises will only be from laptops. Sure, you'll connect from your phone easily to the new network... but any tests will show you're getting slower speeds to li'l mobile devices. I know that most all phones that claimed 802.11g did actually connect to g networks, but only worked with 1mbps 802.11b speeds. Anyone test their 802.11n phones beyond confirming they got on the network? My bet is that in reality, the speeds aren't even approaching 802.11g yet. This could be due to the tiny hw can't actually handle the throughput, idk.
Don't you get it? The CEO *is* the honeypot. The real controller of the company is the CFO, in this instance Alexander Humilton, IIRC. Apparently, the two don't get along, resulting in the genius of having the top executive be the honeypot (rather than wasting resources).
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I've never seen, or noticed, Democrats engaging in dirty tactics; that is the domain of Republicans. The Democrats are hardly perfect, however. They seem to get railroaded every time Republicans engage in dirty tactics, and being the victim in these cases is just as bad. I'm not saying Democrats don't abuse their positions or break laws, just that when they do its not for a partisan purpose, but some selfish purpose (usually, it seems, sex is involved).
The documentary Inside Job sort of opened my eyes as far as Democratic administrations being equal to Republican in serving the interests of the financial sector at the expense of all classes below the top wealthiest 2%. Recommended.
now you're catchin on
Not really, considering everyone looks like everyone else.
idk... looks more like John Waters to me...
Interestingly, with the same gen MacBooks in our shop we had similar overheating problems. There was too much thermal paste... in some cases it was melting onto the logic board, requiring a logic board swap. The repair was scraping off the superfluous paste, leaving the correct amount, which eliminated the overheating problems. IIRC this was the major issue with that 1st run, and I heard about it from all over... oddly, I never heard there wasn't enough thermal paste in that run.
Whatever, man, malware on Windows is far superior to any other malware on any other platform, by far. It alone supports an entire industry, and without it, thousands of programmers and researchers and experts would need to find something else to do to put food on their kids' plate. People gotta eat, right?
nice post.
Rampant, trollish "windows sucks!" posts are no more representative of the Mac user base than the rabid anti-Apple troll in the other thread on here at the moment.
If I'm not mistaken, OS X users generally aren't the enemy of Windows. Windows zealots bring the fight to them, not the other way around. It appears to be a confidence issue, or a lack of confidence issue, on the part of Windows ops. Further, the whole purpose of the existence of Linux is for those that hate Windows. Nearly every single time Microsoft comes up with a proprietary Windows technology, the Linux heroes duplicate it for free, and with a superior implementation (AD/Exchange is an exception, give MS props where props are due). Its not always the case that Windows sucks, but it nearly always is the case that Linux is better than Windows, by any measure, even with all of the UI element issues Linux desktops have, and this is especially true after 6 months of Windows rot.
How is that more secure?
Quite obviously, it increases the security of one's occupation, as Windows will forever have security issues, thus, there will always be a need for a Windows guy to say "hey, our ship is tight." Meanwhile, the true security experts that are in the midst of massive Windows installations does indeed have trouble sleeping at night. Or... at least he should.
People persecuting MS for poor security are living in the past. Windows is now a fine secure OS,
Actually, due to backwards compatibility, you too are living in the past. Windows is hardly more secure than it used to be. I bet anything most still operate as admin... undermining all the new security features. In fact, judging by the summary, it's security is so bad it makes other operating systems less secure.
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Most card carrying Computer Scientists are actually Computer Practitioners, while the real Computer Scientists hide amongst the Mathematicians. You can only tell them apart by their haircuts.
Actually, with the Earth-Moon system, the distinction is not as clear as you'd expect.
You, sir, rock. That is all.
I agree that safer != secure, but it is disingenuous to suggest that safer = less secure, and to even remotely incinuate that using Windows is like wearing a bullet-proof vest. The summary isn't merely poorly worded, it is a troll.
I know that Slashdotters assert Apple as evil, but good grief, rein in the jingoism, please.
I think it's more about loving to hate. If you read the book first, you'll insist it is better than the movie. So if you already love Windows, you'll hate anything else. I never loved Windows, so I love everything and anything else. Any security expert that claims Windows is secure OTB has self-interest in non-security experts using Windows: i.e. it keeps them employed. This thing Apple is doing is likely the first time evar that any security expert made money with OS X concerning security. Counter examples are welcome (like... "we tried to secure the 50 OS X boxes in the lab... but they fell like dominoes and the NOC tells us their now part of some giant botnet").
hmm... I think software engineers were socially engineered into believing the marketing hype that they were actually engineers and not just mere mortal programmers or computer scientists. Where are the mathematical engineers? The slashdot comment engineers? My thin point is the word 'engineer' is losing it's meaning, much to the heartbreak of civil, mechanical, industrial, electrical and computer engineers.
Happened at least three times
Saving 10% on your electricity bill makes the cost of electricity go up. Consuming 10 times as much electricity breeds innovation and makes the cost of electricity go down -- substantially.
You have it exactly backwards. Remember supply and demand. An example of how it really works can be readily seen with gasoline prices. The more gas consumed, the more demand, the higher the prices will go, until the demand is reduced... people stop buying gas and the price will go down until they start buying it again. Paradoxically, one way to lower the price of gas is to tax the hell out of it to reduce demand, which will lower the price.
Democracy is just the beginning of the End, as Nietzsche might say... just look at what democracy did for Ancient Greece!! This decadent politic ruined civilization! At least Iran has some sand left to bury it's head in...
"Chinese hackers working regular business hours shifts stole sensitive intellectual property from energy companies for as long as four years...
Bbbuuuut as it turns out, most of the information energy companies have been working with o'er the past decade is about how to avoid expensive pollution fines, dealing with inhereted lawsuits, and technology geared toward making energy production cleaner and greener... so chances are the information is completely worthless to the Chinese for another hundred years or so.
What's more likely? That some intelligent hand designed and built these? Or they evolved over hundreds of millions of years?
That's the way they'll sell it, but unlikely the "awesome" speeds the new standard promises will only be from laptops. Sure, you'll connect from your phone easily to the new network... but any tests will show you're getting slower speeds to li'l mobile devices. I know that most all phones that claimed 802.11g did actually connect to g networks, but only worked with 1mbps 802.11b speeds. Anyone test their 802.11n phones beyond confirming they got on the network? My bet is that in reality, the speeds aren't even approaching 802.11g yet. This could be due to the tiny hw can't actually handle the throughput, idk.
In fact, I haven't even committed any Computer Science for most of my career.
Nicely put.
Space is deadly dangerous in all but the hands of God and perhaps Hollywood, so of course not.
e.g. I've already adopted your new form of grammar.
I meant 'bean.'
Eventually all of language is reduced to a single word; it'll just be malapropisms all the way down.
Don't you get it? The CEO *is* the honeypot. The real controller of the company is the CFO, in this instance Alexander Humilton, IIRC. Apparently, the two don't get along, resulting in the genius of having the top executive be the honeypot (rather than wasting resources).