Buy one from the mfg and you have little/no choice regarding power supply, mobo, brand of memory, etc etc. Building a decent box is rarely cheaper than buying some craptastic bundle from emachines or dell.
Building one's own box is more or less for the hobbyist or control freak (like myself) that cares about such things.
Sure, I could pick up a $600 bundle that comes with a flatpanel monitor and a pile of software (most of which is useless), but I'd also severly limit the future upgrade options if I did that - I hate changing out power supplies and mobos, just get it done right the first time around.
Which is rapidly becoming a slippery thing. Apparently, there are laws here we are expected to follow, but the details of which we are forbidden to know
Oh, and on telling a police officer he may not search your car:
A friend and I were going back to my house to watch a couple movies. En route, we were pulled over (his car).
The cop asked if he could search the car. My friend, aware of his rights, said, "No you may not."
Long story made short: Cop didn't search the car, but emptied our pockets, proceeded to destroy their contents (including my wallet...it had to be inspected for contraband you see?), and then managed to write a $400 ticket, consisting of tiny things (like a bad license-plate holder).
If I get pulled over, will I attempt to deny a search? Yes. I'm just going to invest in cheaper cigarettes and a more durable wallet.
Now I may be revealing my ignorance here but.....
I doubt that they will move away from communication with TCP/IP. The information signaling whether or not a computer is trusted will have to be transmitted using TCP/IP.
One could setup a small home LAN using a trusted router, a trusted computer (one of those cheap-as-hell dealies) and their favorite untrusted computer.
Even if the untrusted computer can't access the world outside, one could install their favorite packet sniffer and (as long as the trusted and untrusted computers are in the same collision domain) watch the traffic leaving the trusted computer.
Compare the differences in the information contained in those packets with the packets that leave your untrusted computer.
See how those bastards are crafted and try to recreate that.
As I said earlier, I may just be revealing my ignorance, and may possibly know jack-shit about trusted computing.
Unfortunately, for those of us who aren't afflicted with ADD, the ritalin would have the opposite affect.
Imagine a situation where you've doped the water supply of an office with a mild dose of amphetamine.
Productivity! Here we come!!
I guarantee that every last little bit of lint would be picked out of the carpet, while all of the important work would be sitting pitifully half finished.
How can one differentiate between true Artificial Intelligence, and a convincing simulation of intelligence.
Is there any difference between the two?
Since human intelligence is vaguely understood at best, it is necessary to come to a more comprehensive understanding of human intelligence before we can even attempt at making a decent replica (or simulacra for that matter) of it.
This problem extends beyond corporate America. I was hired on as an IT tech at a small school. For the last three days I've done nothing but go grammar-ape-shit on newsletters the teachers would like to send out to the students' parents. TEACHERS.
It's normally a safe assumption that a teacher will be able to put together a coherent sentence (particularly if it's a sentence the parents will be reading).
Not this year.
Some of these ladies are downright eloquent - in person.
Perhaps the radiation emitting from a monitor causes the less vital parts of some people's brains to shut down.
The "terrorists" didn't occupy the school in Russia to get attention and cause fear, they were attempting to convince Russia to dislodge their troops from Chechnia.
-and you will maintain that the Chechnyan terrorists believed that holding children hostage, and subsequently blowing many of them up would garner sympathy and support for their cause? Perhaps lend a little more credibility to their position?
IMO if you have a problem with the actions of a government, do not make the populace the target of your attack. Few (if any) of the people working at the WTC had any power over what goes on in Israel. None of the students held hostage had any power over Russia's occupation of Chechnya. Most of the passengers on a bus in Israel have very little power over the Israeli government's occupation of Palestine.
If you INSIST on using violent means to communicate with a government, it would make much better sense to target governmental institutions/military installations.
Make something up!
Pay with cash.
I give them a now-defunct cell phone number. The best buy here also will occasionally ask for a zip code, also not a problem. Give them a real zip, just not your own.
Any combo of first and last names will do, last week I was Eugene Ionesco (Rhinocerous anyone?).
Soooooo.....wanting a criminal (i.e. one who commits fraud) to go to jail is the product of hate. I'm not sure if I'm following you here.
Though there may not be much of a rehabilitory value in jailing someone, taking away their liberty because they took advantage of someone else's ignorance (thereby affecting the victim's pursuit of happiness), is justice.
Garnish wages? Hell, all they have to do is fireup another scam to help compensate for that.
What better way to educate oneself that to immure oneself in a foreign environment?
There are some articles on/. that go way over my head, but I'm learning.
I do agree, however, that this folding-cables thing is a little less than mind-blowing.
The 'patch' doesn't sate the oral fixation (which is a big part of cigarette addiction).
With this little doodad, not only do you get to _suck_ on something for the nicotine, you also get to fill your lungs with warm nicotine laden air!
If I can ever get ahold of these babies, flying will be a far less stressful endeavor.
http://www.mobilecloak.com/mobilecloak/index.html
I don't know much about RFID. But it would appear that this device could help prevent against "drive-by scannings" of one's RFID passport.
Some asshole with a hand scanner walks by.. poof! On-the-go identity theft?
*to assume that no one will figure out how to scan these RFID tags or get ahold of a hand-held scanner is naive*
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If you have an admin access to your "crusty corporate W2K" box and are needing to reboot several times a week ... I fear the fault is yours.
Buy one from the mfg and you have little/no choice regarding power supply, mobo, brand of memory, etc etc. Building a decent box is rarely cheaper than buying some craptastic bundle from emachines or dell.
Building one's own box is more or less for the hobbyist or control freak (like myself) that cares about such things.
Sure, I could pick up a $600 bundle that comes with a flatpanel monitor and a pile of software (most of which is useless), but I'd also severly limit the future upgrade options if I did that - I hate changing out power supplies and mobos, just get it done right the first time around.
Which is rapidly becoming a slippery thing. Apparently, there are laws here we are expected to follow, but the details of which we are forbidden to know
Oh, and on telling a police officer he may not search your car: A friend and I were going back to my house to watch a couple movies. En route, we were pulled over (his car).
The cop asked if he could search the car. My friend, aware of his rights, said, "No you may not."
Long story made short: Cop didn't search the car, but emptied our pockets, proceeded to destroy their contents (including my wallet...it had to be inspected for contraband you see?), and then managed to write a $400 ticket, consisting of tiny things (like a bad license-plate holder).
If I get pulled over, will I attempt to deny a search? Yes. I'm just going to invest in cheaper cigarettes and a more durable wallet.
One could setup a small home LAN using a trusted router, a trusted computer (one of those cheap-as-hell dealies) and their favorite untrusted computer.
Even if the untrusted computer can't access the world outside, one could install their favorite packet sniffer and (as long as the trusted and untrusted computers are in the same collision domain) watch the traffic leaving the trusted computer.
Compare the differences in the information contained in those packets with the packets that leave your untrusted computer.
See how those bastards are crafted and try to recreate that.
As I said earlier, I may just be revealing my ignorance, and may possibly know jack-shit about trusted computing.
Imagine a situation where you've doped the water supply of an office with a mild dose of amphetamine.
Productivity! Here we come!!
I guarantee that every last little bit of lint would be picked out of the carpet, while all of the important work would be sitting pitifully half finished.
I see your point now ... nothing would change. :)
How can one differentiate between true Artificial Intelligence, and a convincing simulation of intelligence.
Is there any difference between the two?
Since human intelligence is vaguely understood at best, it is necessary to come to a more comprehensive understanding of human intelligence before we can even attempt at making a decent replica (or simulacra for that matter) of it.
Atriks
Was my HS just an exception here? :)
Not really, but actually retaining the ability to write well made you an exception in college.
This problem extends beyond corporate America. I was hired on as an IT tech at a small school. For the last three days I've done nothing but go grammar-ape-shit on newsletters the teachers would like to send out to the students' parents. TEACHERS.
It's normally a safe assumption that a teacher will be able to put together a coherent sentence (particularly if it's a sentence the parents will be reading).
Not this year.
Some of these ladies are downright eloquent - in person.
Perhaps the radiation emitting from a monitor causes the less vital parts of some people's brains to shut down.
No Mars? No demons from Hell? This isn't Doom, it's another f***ing Starship Troopers schlockfest...
don't forget the girls of Kotex!
Off with his tin-foil hat!
I hope to god you don't have any dangerous Sodium Chloride in your house.
-and you will maintain that the Chechnyan terrorists believed that holding children hostage, and subsequently blowing many of them up would garner sympathy and support for their cause? Perhaps lend a little more credibility to their position?
IMO if you have a problem with the actions of a government, do not make the populace the target of your attack. Few (if any) of the people working at the WTC had any power over what goes on in Israel. None of the students held hostage had any power over Russia's occupation of Chechnya. Most of the passengers on a bus in Israel have very little power over the Israeli government's occupation of Palestine.
If you INSIST on using violent means to communicate with a government, it would make much better sense to target governmental institutions/military installations.
Make something up! Pay with cash. I give them a now-defunct cell phone number. The best buy here also will occasionally ask for a zip code, also not a problem. Give them a real zip, just not your own. Any combo of first and last names will do, last week I was Eugene Ionesco (Rhinocerous anyone?).
Though there may not be much of a rehabilitory value in jailing someone, taking away their liberty because they took advantage of someone else's ignorance (thereby affecting the victim's pursuit of happiness), is justice.
Garnish wages? Hell, all they have to do is fireup another scam to help compensate for that.
It's not hate. It's sanity.
What better way to educate oneself that to immure oneself in a foreign environment? /. that go way over my head, but I'm learning.
There are some articles on
I do agree, however, that this folding-cables thing is a little less than mind-blowing.
The 'patch' doesn't sate the oral fixation (which is a big part of cigarette addiction). With this little doodad, not only do you get to _suck_ on something for the nicotine, you also get to fill your lungs with warm nicotine laden air! If I can ever get ahold of these babies, flying will be a far less stressful endeavor.
The war is not meant to be won....
Bingo
http://www.mobilecloak.com/mobilecloak/index.html I don't know much about RFID. But it would appear that this device could help prevent against "drive-by scannings" of one's RFID passport.
Why use RFID when you can already get a biometric mouse/keyboard/what-have-you.
Some asshole with a hand scanner walks by .. poof! On-the-go identity theft?
*to assume that no one will figure out how to scan these RFID tags or get ahold of a hand-held scanner is naive*