They should have noticed that everything was going too smoothly, no problems on a telecommunications network during a "test switchover" should have been a major red flag in-and-of-itself.
I already have:
my Quad Q6600 + 22" monitor
my C2D MacBook + 24" monitor (Dell UltraSharp furnace)
my AM2 X2 + 2x 19" monitors
my P4 3.06 533Mhz FSB (forget which series the chip is from) + 19" monitor
Now if I could only efficiently recirculate air from my 150 sqft office to the rest of the house, I wouldn't need a furnace...
Dealing with regulations for the banking industry: There is a requirement that SSNs are encrypted, unfortunately under the regulation, ROT-13 would pass under the definition of encryption under the regulation.
The same thing can be said for the people who have a bot-infested XP machine sitting in their office. Instead of spending the money on AV and security, investing time into making sure they aren't stupid on the web - they just go on with life and blame the hackers.
Another thing that goes against us is the portrayal of hacking in tv shows and movies - they make it look super easy to hack into NSA systems and other HIGH-SECURITY systems that people start to believe its possible.
And don't forget the idiot US congress-critters that FEAR diesel and particulate emissions. Add regulation, ridiculous emissions standards and the cost associated - this is why diesel is not a good option in the US.
I wonder how many of our congress critters are driving fuel efficient vehicles that would be negatively impacted by this change, or do they all drive Chevy Tahoes at about 10-15MPG and it would be less in taxes each year...
They have these databases available, at a cost. You can pay through the nose for a solution from Vertex Inc, but of course that adds a whole big chunk of change to a company's operating costs (more servers and more annual fees for software) which gets passed down to the consumer in addition to the tax hike.
Hmm, I bought my Core 2 Duo MacBook like 2.5 years ago, that was a second generation MacBook. The PowerPC models are just a tad bit older than that. Its not Apple's fault that you bought a bargain-basement-closeout-special Powerbook when they were selling Intel MacBooks new...
This is something that is currently being exploited by Apple. Walking around the college campuses lately I have been noticing that Macs are about 50% of the "I brought it to class to take notes" crowd.
Last version before they cancel development on the Trident rendering engine...
My bet, IE9 will have both the Trident engine and the new whatever engine they have been working on (I'm lazy, go look it up yerself). This is to keep backwards compatibility with all those corporate Line Of Business apps.
REI Security Guard: Yeah, hello police. This is from REI on such and such street. We have an unruly and possibly dangerous person here on our premises. We want to press trespassing charges.
Police: OK, we will be there shortly.
Meanwhile in the manager's office, nobody is the wiser to the whole incident until later that day.
I'd love to have those low and consistent wireless ping times at my house. Wireless all but stops working around 5pm in my neighborhood - too many of those multiple frequency spamming cheap (donkey) APs being run by the neighbors.
Except for companies who don't have wireless and monitor the air waves for rouge access points. Makes securing your wireless network easier if you have no wireless network to secure!
Unfortunately, I believe that the NSA might be spending their time looking for 'terrorists' or 'terrorist activity' coming across all those AT&T and other telco networks they have their little greasy fingers in. You know, the same networks that we talk to Grandma on?
This is not to mention any malware floating around on these machines. My doctor office uses Windows 2000 on their machines, to host some goofy looking VB6-esque medical app.
As soon as it becomes profitable to steal medical information, you will see more and more malware installed on these types of machine, keep in mind that people have physical access to these machines, the network ports, the keyboard trays, etc.
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They should have noticed that everything was going too smoothly, no problems on a telecommunications network during a "test switchover" should have been a major red flag in-and-of-itself.
I don't need ANOTHER heater:
I already have:
my Quad Q6600 + 22" monitor
my C2D MacBook + 24" monitor (Dell UltraSharp furnace)
my AM2 X2 + 2x 19" monitors
my P4 3.06 533Mhz FSB (forget which series the chip is from) + 19" monitor
Now if I could only efficiently recirculate air from my 150 sqft office to the rest of the house, I wouldn't need a furnace...
Dealing with regulations for the banking industry: There is a requirement that SSNs are encrypted, unfortunately under the regulation, ROT-13 would pass under the definition of encryption under the regulation.
The same thing can be said for the people who have a bot-infested XP machine sitting in their office. Instead of spending the money on AV and security, investing time into making sure they aren't stupid on the web - they just go on with life and blame the hackers.
Another thing that goes against us is the portrayal of hacking in tv shows and movies - they make it look super easy to hack into NSA systems and other HIGH-SECURITY systems that people start to believe its possible.
And don't forget the idiot US congress-critters that FEAR diesel and particulate emissions. Add regulation, ridiculous emissions standards and the cost associated - this is why diesel is not a good option in the US.
I especially hate it when they block websites, I came in to find that *FLICKR* is now blocked... I can understand Youtube and porn sites, but flickr?!
They do make it hard to love them sometimes...
Do you guys remember VCR+, where you could mark a particular series from a tv guide and your VCR would record all the episodes?
I wonder how many of our congress critters are driving fuel efficient vehicles that would be negatively impacted by this change, or do they all drive Chevy Tahoes at about 10-15MPG and it would be less in taxes each year...
They have these databases available, at a cost. You can pay through the nose for a solution from Vertex Inc, but of course that adds a whole big chunk of change to a company's operating costs (more servers and more annual fees for software) which gets passed down to the consumer in addition to the tax hike.
Denver also concentrates heavily on .NET jobs. I think I need to move to Oregon, next door to Linus...
Which is why I drive FWD with a Manual Transmission...
Publish them on the Web, local cable, anywhere people can get to them. The more people watching, the better.
This would be the true definition of Croudsourcing.
Its actually less than $0.99 per song due to the profit margins that Apple/Amazon/etc has on the music.
Lets say:
24 songs
74 cents per song
100 leechers on P2P, per song
24 x $0.74 x 100 = $1776.
This is even more reasonable...
I personally believe that these piracy figures in the multi-billion dollar ranges are actually some sort of tax-evasion-scheme by RIAA/MPAA...
Hmm, I bought my Core 2 Duo MacBook like 2.5 years ago, that was a second generation MacBook. The PowerPC models are just a tad bit older than that. Its not Apple's fault that you bought a bargain-basement-closeout-special Powerbook when they were selling Intel MacBooks new...
This is simply a case of:
Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.
This is something that is currently being exploited by Apple. Walking around the college campuses lately I have been noticing that Macs are about 50% of the "I brought it to class to take notes" crowd.
Last version before they cancel development on the Trident rendering engine...
My bet, IE9 will have both the Trident engine and the new whatever engine they have been working on (I'm lazy, go look it up yerself). This is to keep backwards compatibility with all those corporate Line Of Business apps.
REI Security Guard: Yeah, hello police. This is from REI on such and such street. We have an unruly and possibly dangerous person here on our premises. We want to press trespassing charges.
Police: OK, we will be there shortly.
Meanwhile in the manager's office, nobody is the wiser to the whole incident until later that day.
I can attest to that, mostly because my neighbors have those multi-frequency spamming "super" access points.
Wireless pretty much doesn't work between 5pm and 9pm upstairs in my house.
I'd love to have those low and consistent wireless ping times at my house. Wireless all but stops working around 5pm in my neighborhood - too many of those multiple frequency spamming cheap (donkey) APs being run by the neighbors.
Cats are evil, your post is proof of that!
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Except for companies who don't have wireless and monitor the air waves for rouge access points. Makes securing your wireless network easier if you have no wireless network to secure!
Unfortunately, I believe that the NSA might be spending their time looking for 'terrorists' or 'terrorist activity' coming across all those AT&T and other telco networks they have their little greasy fingers in. You know, the same networks that we talk to Grandma on?
This is not to mention any malware floating around on these machines. My doctor office uses Windows 2000 on their machines, to host some goofy looking VB6-esque medical app.
As soon as it becomes profitable to steal medical information, you will see more and more malware installed on these types of machine, keep in mind that people have physical access to these machines, the network ports, the keyboard trays, etc.