That doesn't make sense to me. He knowingly broke the law to prove his abilities, but since he didn't want to do anything more criminal, he didn't have criminal intent?
"Hi, your honor. I was just trespassing to show I could. Notice I didn't rape his chickens, even though they were right there. Let me go, please.
Think of people like him as code mercenaries. They go to the highest bidder. Now, he is a person you don't want working against you, so why not hire him?
1. Nothing is stopping him from doing a little work "on the side". You hiring him does not mean he is not going to write rootkits. It also doesn't mean he's not going to take money to work against you.
2. He's gaining knowledge of your systems. When someone later outbids you, he's not only working against you, but doing so from a stronger position (while at the same time denying you any benefit you might have gotten from him).
People aren't going to run "no ad" cracks to remove Pepsi vending machines, Dell logos from laptops, and Ford trucks. These elements are unobtrusive and can add realism to the environment.
There may be "no ad" cracks for pre-game video advertisements, but this will become an arms race and in the long run it will be just easier for most people just to ignore the ads.
Asimov's short stories Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke Piers Anthony's Xanth series (fantasy; some sexual elements) Piers Anthony's Incarnation of Immortality series (strong sexual elements) John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (fantasy) Roger Zelazny's Amber series Stephen King's Gunslinger series (strong sexual elements) Lone Wolf series (fantasy; like choose-your-own-adventure with role playing elements)
The sale of a vote to the highest bidder is not a path that leads to freedom; nor can it even be called freedom. No man who sells his vote can be said to be a free man nor lay claim to self governance.
Your absurd claim means that we (should) have the freedom to sell ourselves into slavery. Can that even be called freedom? With that "freedom" can we guarantee that all slaves have entered into slavery out of their own free choice?
Don't backpedal and claim this misses the point. You claimed "freedom is...or is not." If you believe we should be free to sell our right to vote, our very thoughts, opinions, and say in self governance, then surely you also believe we should be free to auction off our other rights as well.
Your conclusion does not follow. I won't pretend to know your grandfather, but if that is your reasoning, I suggest you think again. You're taking the short view. Following the sale of votes to its conclusion and see if it leads to a country where man has the freedom to do what he wants.
I don't see the problem. During the summer, the curtains should be closed to block out some of the heat from the sun. During the winter, allowing the sun to heat your home is a more efficient use of that energy anyway.
They've drawn attention to it, but in a negative way, and they've generated a lot of ill will in the process. Their email and initial response was a horrible way to talk to customers. They trashed this feature the entire time, gave nonsensical excuses, and basically told 1-3% of their customers (numbers out of their asses?) that they would just have to suffer.
Considering they never advertised this feature in the first place, it seems unlikely that was their point here, but even if it was, the cons far outweigh the pros on this one.
The ratings are a very convenient first step. If it is rated M, I know it is not okay for my daughter; no need to look into it. If it is rated E, I know it is probably okay. I'll still look into it, but being able to "eyeball" and rule out an entire class of games makes life easier. On top of that, once the games are home, it's easier to set clear boundaries. My kid knows that any games rated E that I've allowed in our house are fair game, but that games rated M or whatever are daddy's games.
No matter what tricks you try to use to get your developers and others to focus on security issues, it is going to cost money. Denying bonuses won't help because your developers can always leave and work for a competitor who doesn't play that game. And you'll still have to fix those vulnerabilities.
The solution is to ask your customers. Given the choice between a more secure, more expensive product and a less secure, less expensive product, which will your customers choose? Once you have the answer to that, you'll have the answer to whether you should think of security vulnerabilities as defects or a price-reduction feature.
Bully for you if you don't find this discussion interesting. But you haven't even asked all the relevant general questions, much less the specific follow-up questions (e.g. which dual-WAN router). All questions seem simple when we see the world in black-and-white generalities.
Multiple WAN connections is something I've recently done myself and it is interesting to see how other people have/would solve the problem.
Not that you're interested, but others might be: My solution was not to load balance, but to use my existing shorewall firewall to split my connection. Instead, I use DSL for services, VoIP and some specific devices, but the bandwidth on DSL is relatively expensive, so I shove everything else up and down the cheap bandwidth of the cable line. Failover is a script that runs every 60 seconds to check if the connections are up or down and if so, switches the config and restarts shorewall.
Folders would be nice, but doesn't really address the problem with recommendations. What happens when my child wants to give Alvin and the Chipmunks 5 stars and I want to give Saw IV 4 stars? "Netflix recommends 'Critters 2: The Main Course'."
The profiles as they are now really don't work any differently than separate accounts, except the cost is rolled into one account. Splitting into second accounts will cost most people more money. Only people with 6, 7, or 8-at-a-time plans who split it into queues of 3 or more will be able to switch without a price penalty.
But certainly, one has to believe that most would consider this at the very least to represent a serious conflict of interest given the nature of the trial.
Should a judge also recuse himself from presiding over auto theft cases if he should happen like cars?
Does liking porn predispose him to favoring the defendant in an illegal porn case? More importantly, does it do so to a greater degree than being a defender of the First Amendment?
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Just to be clear, we're talking about space aliens, and not girls, right?
Good. I've missed the flavor of candy cigarettes.
That doesn't make sense to me. He knowingly broke the law to prove his abilities, but since he didn't want to do anything more criminal, he didn't have criminal intent?
"Hi, your honor. I was just trespassing to show I could. Notice I didn't rape his chickens, even though they were right there. Let me go, please.
1. Nothing is stopping him from doing a little work "on the side". You hiring him does not mean he is not going to write rootkits. It also doesn't mean he's not going to take money to work against you.
2. He's gaining knowledge of your systems. When someone later outbids you, he's not only working against you, but doing so from a stronger position (while at the same time denying you any benefit you might have gotten from him).
People aren't going to run "no ad" cracks to remove Pepsi vending machines, Dell logos from laptops, and Ford trucks. These elements are unobtrusive and can add realism to the environment.
There may be "no ad" cracks for pre-game video advertisements, but this will become an arms race and in the long run it will be just easier for most people just to ignore the ads.
Oh, and one I really liked as a pre-teen:
The Guardians of the Flame series by Joel Rosenberg (fantasy)
With respect to Frank Herbert, his writing style is much dryer than Asimov's Foundation series.
Asimov's short stories
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
Piers Anthony's Xanth series (fantasy; some sexual elements)
Piers Anthony's Incarnation of Immortality series (strong sexual elements)
John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (fantasy)
Roger Zelazny's Amber series
Stephen King's Gunslinger series (strong sexual elements)
Lone Wolf series (fantasy; like choose-your-own-adventure with role playing elements)
No kidding. I have Comcast and I've downloaded 30 GB just tod [NO CARRIER]
The sale of a vote to the highest bidder is not a path that leads to freedom; nor can it even be called freedom. No man who sells his vote can be said to be a free man nor lay claim to self governance.
Your absurd claim means that we (should) have the freedom to sell ourselves into slavery. Can that even be called freedom? With that "freedom" can we guarantee that all slaves have entered into slavery out of their own free choice?
Don't backpedal and claim this misses the point. You claimed "freedom is...or is not." If you believe we should be free to sell our right to vote, our very thoughts, opinions, and say in self governance, then surely you also believe we should be free to auction off our other rights as well.
I'm sure your grandfather would be proud.
Your conclusion does not follow. I won't pretend to know your grandfather, but if that is your reasoning, I suggest you think again. You're taking the short view. Following the sale of votes to its conclusion and see if it leads to a country where man has the freedom to do what he wants.
Since when is a 19 year old, of age to vote, considered a "boy"?
Since 1984.
You don't have a vote. You have a right to vote. You can't sell that right any more than you can sell yourself into slavery.
Then you won't have to worry about it.
Enter> Anything with Nicolas Cage
Result: "Sucks monkey balls"
Hey, works on more general queries too!
I don't see the problem. During the summer, the curtains should be closed to block out some of the heat from the sun. During the winter, allowing the sun to heat your home is a more efficient use of that energy anyway.
They've drawn attention to it, but in a negative way, and they've generated a lot of ill will in the process. Their email and initial response was a horrible way to talk to customers. They trashed this feature the entire time, gave nonsensical excuses, and basically told 1-3% of their customers (numbers out of their asses?) that they would just have to suffer.
Considering they never advertised this feature in the first place, it seems unlikely that was their point here, but even if it was, the cons far outweigh the pros on this one.
The ratings are a very convenient first step. If it is rated M, I know it is not okay for my daughter; no need to look into it. If it is rated E, I know it is probably okay. I'll still look into it, but being able to "eyeball" and rule out an entire class of games makes life easier. On top of that, once the games are home, it's easier to set clear boundaries. My kid knows that any games rated E that I've allowed in our house are fair game, but that games rated M or whatever are daddy's games.
No. Hatred is suicide.
No matter what tricks you try to use to get your developers and others to focus on security issues, it is going to cost money. Denying bonuses won't help because your developers can always leave and work for a competitor who doesn't play that game. And you'll still have to fix those vulnerabilities.
The solution is to ask your customers. Given the choice between a more secure, more expensive product and a less secure, less expensive product, which will your customers choose? Once you have the answer to that, you'll have the answer to whether you should think of security vulnerabilities as defects or a price-reduction feature.
Bully for you if you don't find this discussion interesting. But you haven't even asked all the relevant general questions, much less the specific follow-up questions (e.g. which dual-WAN router). All questions seem simple when we see the world in black-and-white generalities.
Multiple WAN connections is something I've recently done myself and it is interesting to see how other people have/would solve the problem.
Not that you're interested, but others might be: My solution was not to load balance, but to use my existing shorewall firewall to split my connection. Instead, I use DSL for services, VoIP and some specific devices, but the bandwidth on DSL is relatively expensive, so I shove everything else up and down the cheap bandwidth of the cable line. Failover is a script that runs every 60 seconds to check if the connections are up or down and if so, switches the config and restarts shorewall.
The arguments on Slashdot ... my head asplode.
Our six digit UIDs are looking pretty good right about now.
Folders would be nice, but doesn't really address the problem with recommendations. What happens when my child wants to give Alvin and the Chipmunks 5 stars and I want to give Saw IV 4 stars? "Netflix recommends 'Critters 2: The Main Course'."
The profiles as they are now really don't work any differently than separate accounts, except the cost is rolled into one account. Splitting into second accounts will cost most people more money. Only people with 6, 7, or 8-at-a-time plans who split it into queues of 3 or more will be able to switch without a price penalty.
Should a judge also recuse himself from presiding over auto theft cases if he should happen like cars?
Does liking porn predispose him to favoring the defendant in an illegal porn case? More importantly, does it do so to a greater degree than being a defender of the First Amendment?