That's very true. I don't know why there's this mentality among users that the computer is responsible for keeping all the bad guys out while letting the good stuff in and requiring no human component to that. I can't come up with a good analogy to explain my point, but why is it that computers are expected to be able to fend for themselves and protect their users when no other product has the same responsibility?
Software can only do so much to curb user ignorance.
You make the point very well right there. I don't care what features a browser includes to curb scamming and phishing and the like, if the users don't pay attention to what they're doing it won't make a bit of difference. Toolbars are out of the way and require a conscious decision to check them, and so they probably won't do any good, and popup messages are so common for the most mundane of errors that a lot of users I know won't even read it before clicking OK, even if it's a popup they know they haven't seen before.
Users need to learn not to assume their computer and the Internet are safe and instead educate themselves on how to recognize scams themselves.
Same here. My girlfriend actually got imported CDs of the FFVII music. I'm just hoping that the tour gets a little closer to PA so I have a better chance of going. Anyone have a list of the other locations they'll be performing at?
it's still *far* better to get yourself an cell phone on contract and use it for a few years before trading up than it is to go through a few of these things a year.
Agreed. And even better than burying the case and throwing the rest away would be to donate the old phone to a women's shelter or something similar, since they can be used to dial 911 even when no service is attached to it.
I've read some posts since my original post that suggest the same thing, i.e., each claim stands on its own. I didn't think that was the case, 'cause that makes the patent system even more confusing, as you've essentially got multiple patents in a single patent.
However, having thought about this a great deal more, I now do think that is the case, because it makes the patent system even more confusing.:)
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That's very true. I don't know why there's this mentality among users that the computer is responsible for keeping all the bad guys out while letting the good stuff in and requiring no human component to that. I can't come up with a good analogy to explain my point, but why is it that computers are expected to be able to fend for themselves and protect their users when no other product has the same responsibility?
Ah, but until they confirm that it's dying, I'm afraid you'll have to keep reading it. :)
Unfortunately, the ones least likely to succumb to phishing scams (read: /. readers) are also the ones least likely to breed. :)
Software can only do so much to curb user ignorance.
You make the point very well right there. I don't care what features a browser includes to curb scamming and phishing and the like, if the users don't pay attention to what they're doing it won't make a bit of difference. Toolbars are out of the way and require a conscious decision to check them, and so they probably won't do any good, and popup messages are so common for the most mundane of errors that a lot of users I know won't even read it before clicking OK, even if it's a popup they know they haven't seen before.
Users need to learn not to assume their computer and the Internet are safe and instead educate themselves on how to recognize scams themselves.
copped-laced paint...Firce Field's pitch
Perhaps someone was sniffing a little of this paint, hmmm?
In my opinion your opinion that his opinion is fact is fact.
:)
Besides, opinions that are backed by facts make a pretty strong argument.
Thanks! :)
Wait, "Interesting"? Okay, uh...I disagree with your disagreement! ::waits for "Insightful" mod:: :P
just outfit your hovercraft with an EMP cannon like everyone else
Just make sure you're not too high above the ground when you fire it!
In Korea, mixing /. memes is only for rogabean. :)
I assume you dislike PHP. What would you recommend instead?
It's bad enough that we take food out of the starving artists in America
:)
That sounds awfully messy to me.
Quickly, more question marks! Your incredulity is not emphasized enough yet!!!!!!11one :)
Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. ...Teaneck? heh...heh... :)
Reminds me of a friend of mine who goes to Dickinson. They printed up shirts to wear at the football games: "Go hard big Dick!"
Same here. My girlfriend actually got imported CDs of the FFVII music. I'm just hoping that the tour gets a little closer to PA so I have a better chance of going. Anyone have a list of the other locations they'll be performing at?
Uh huh.... First thing that comes to my mind is "do re me ti la, do re mi so fa do re do," but then again, FFVII is the only one I've actually played.
That'd be cool, but it would only be a matter of time before Netcraft confirmed the death of LegoBSD.
No no, you never actually make a beowulf cluster of things; you just imagine beowulf clusters of things. :)
I'm not upset about it either; I was just answering the question. I guess my wording suggested a different tone than what I intended, though.
:)
On another note, I'd love for the mod who chose "Redundant" to explain how my post fits that label.
Because people keep drawing attention to it by complaining about it? Ignore it and it's more likely to go away.
it's still *far* better to get yourself an cell phone on contract and use it for a few years before trading up than it is to go through a few of these things a year.
Agreed. And even better than burying the case and throwing the rest away would be to donate the old phone to a women's shelter or something similar, since they can be used to dial 911 even when no service is attached to it.
When you were compiling your geek code, did you get a kick out of the fact that you could put a $ after "t"?
I've read some posts since my original post that suggest the same thing, i.e., each claim stands on its own. I didn't think that was the case, 'cause that makes the patent system even more confusing, as you've essentially got multiple patents in a single patent.
:)
However, having thought about this a great deal more, I now do think that is the case, because it makes the patent system even more confusing.
That is correct. We'll see you in court.
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