the "Library Grape," http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Library_grape from Neil Stephenson's Anathem. I happen to be re-reading it right now, and just got through the dissertation on the Library Grape yesterday. I love coincidences like these.
My company-supplied phone does not support SMS. Is it possible that our plan is shittier than the shittiest plan in Mexico? On second thought, that wouldn't surprise me.
in which the body attacks itself? I'm thinking rheumatoid arthritis, lupus -- any chances those who suffer from these types of maladies should take hope at this news?
is available. Does anyone know if I can "upgrade" to the RC, thus extending my beta period? If possible, I'd like to continue running 7 from here on out -- I'd hate to go back to XP for a month simply because of poor timing. FWIW -- I'm really happy with 7. Been running it for about 3 months now.
The first person who replied to me nailed it. My idea works for simple phishing sites, but not for man-in-the-middle sites, which are almost certainly more common these days. I guess my idea might have been worthy of the insightful mod about 5 years ago...
If you suspect you're visiting a phishing site, try first entering the WRONG password. Since the fishing site shouldn't know your true password, it will just accept the incorrect one and store it away for the purpuse of dastardly use later on. If the site rejects the incorrect password, then accepts the true one, you know you're OK. Right?
battery lifetime. I maintain about 200 laptops, and the damn batteries are usually completely useless after about a year. Oh, and of course, the laptop has a 3 year warranty, and the batteries have 1 year warranties. You can extend that to two years -- it'll only cost you about as much as a second battery would to do so.
I was a student at Central Michigan University in the early 1990s. I already had a well established email address by the time the school issued me one. I never checked the address they issued. Not even once. Imagine my surprise when, about 2 years later, I attempted to register for the next semester's classes, and was told that there was a hold placed upon my student ID for non-payment of some fee or other. I protested that I had no idea what they were talking about -- that I'd never received any sort of bill or anything. They informed me that all billing was being done via email now, and that I had been notified of that fact -- via email. Genius. Pure genius.
You've been using Ubuntu for a little over a month (an admitted Linux virgin prior to that), and now you figure you're expert enough to start bashing Windows users? Wow, are you running an Advanced Placement distro of Ubuntu?
Thank you. I was all set to defend the GP for knowing how not to use the word "myriad." I set out to find proof refuting your Wikipedia citation, and instead learned that I've been an ill-informed snob where this word is concerned for years. Seriously -- thanks.
shortly after Vista debuted. I knew I didn't want Vista just yet -- if ever. But I also knew that you could legally backrev your Windows licenses (along with Office, etc.) to an earlier version. So I bought them with Vista pre-installed, formatted the HD of one of them, installed XP, etc., created an image of it, and deployed that image to the rest. Now I had my XP lab just as I wanted it, and I had Vista bought and paid for in the off chance Vista became desirable some day. You might think that's a lot of trouble to go through, but it was no more trouble than any other lab I've deployed -- I always wipe the factory install and deploy my own custom-built image. BTW, the lab is still running XP.
I just opened it in Win7, IE8. It was horrible (not just gay porn -- also a lot of blood, deformed babies, etc.), but AVG prevented any lasting effects, as far as I can tell. No new tabs or windows were opened. And I got to the mute button before my 6 and 9 year old daughters heard the part about me looking at gay porn. All and all not a nice addition to my peaceful Sunday afternoon. I think I'll get back to my NYT Sunday Crossword now. See if my stomach settles back down a bit.
"if all you end up doing is reinstalling windows then maybe you should be in a different line of work."
Hello, I understand you have a pretty serious malware problem. Well, here are your choices: I can spend 10 hours researching all of the hundreds of different problems you have, and fix them, and maybe I'll find them all, and maybe your computer will run ok for a while after that. Of course, if I do miss something, it's your financial information that gets stolen, not mine. That'll run you $300. Or I can just back up your data, format your hard drive, reinstall Windows, secure it in its virgin state, restore your data, and have you back up and running in half the time. For half the money. Oh, and when *I'm* done with your computer, it will run faster and more reliably than the day you bought it. What would you prefer?
And, please, don't give me the "you must not be very good at what you do if you can't make a 5 year old install of windows work better than a sparkling clean one in 20 minutes" line. Your arrogance is making my eyes water.
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the "Library Grape," http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Library_grape from Neil Stephenson's Anathem. I happen to be re-reading it right now, and just got through the dissertation on the Library Grape yesterday. I love coincidences like these.
My name is Inigo Montoya. You blocked my cellphone. Prepare to die.
(My sig has been waiting YEARS for me to make a post like this!)
My company-supplied phone does not support SMS. Is it possible that our plan is shittier than the shittiest plan in Mexico? On second thought, that wouldn't surprise me.
Glock 30. Have not fired it yet, even though I've had it since November. Anyone else?
They also produce around 1/3 of the world's oxygen supply. That doesn't make your list? sheesh.
in which the body attacks itself? I'm thinking rheumatoid arthritis, lupus -- any chances those who suffer from these types of maladies should take hope at this news?
is available. Does anyone know if I can "upgrade" to the RC, thus extending my beta period? If possible, I'd like to continue running 7 from here on out -- I'd hate to go back to XP for a month simply because of poor timing. FWIW -- I'm really happy with 7. Been running it for about 3 months now.
The first person who replied to me nailed it. My idea works for simple phishing sites, but not for man-in-the-middle sites, which are almost certainly more common these days. I guess my idea might have been worthy of the insightful mod about 5 years ago...
If you suspect you're visiting a phishing site, try first entering the WRONG password. Since the fishing site shouldn't know your true password, it will just accept the incorrect one and store it away for the purpuse of dastardly use later on. If the site rejects the incorrect password, then accepts the true one, you know you're OK. Right?
oh shit -- they really oughta have a preview button or something.
"It's" == "It is"
"Its" == (possesive)
"It's" == "It is" "Its" ==
because of the DROP in revenue. People weren't running enough red lights to pay for the system any more.
battery lifetime. I maintain about 200 laptops, and the damn batteries are usually completely useless after about a year. Oh, and of course, the laptop has a 3 year warranty, and the batteries have 1 year warranties. You can extend that to two years -- it'll only cost you about as much as a second battery would to do so.
I was a student at Central Michigan University in the early 1990s. I already had a well established email address by the time the school issued me one. I never checked the address they issued. Not even once. Imagine my surprise when, about 2 years later, I attempted to register for the next semester's classes, and was told that there was a hold placed upon my student ID for non-payment of some fee or other. I protested that I had no idea what they were talking about -- that I'd never received any sort of bill or anything. They informed me that all billing was being done via email now, and that I had been notified of that fact -- via email. Genius. Pure genius.
"the world's smartest man is one of the least accomplished."
I'm happy, and that's what's important to me.
I thought you were going to say "Ok, so when do we get to throw *out the results of the last election*?" Then we could have been friends...
You've been using Ubuntu for a little over a month (an admitted Linux virgin prior to that), and now you figure you're expert enough to start bashing Windows users? Wow, are you running an Advanced Placement distro of Ubuntu?
Thank you. I was all set to defend the GP for knowing how not to use the word "myriad." I set out to find proof refuting your Wikipedia citation, and instead learned that I've been an ill-informed snob where this word is concerned for years. Seriously -- thanks.
shortly after Vista debuted. I knew I didn't want Vista just yet -- if ever. But I also knew that you could legally backrev your Windows licenses (along with Office, etc.) to an earlier version. So I bought them with Vista pre-installed, formatted the HD of one of them, installed XP, etc., created an image of it, and deployed that image to the rest. Now I had my XP lab just as I wanted it, and I had Vista bought and paid for in the off chance Vista became desirable some day. You might think that's a lot of trouble to go through, but it was no more trouble than any other lab I've deployed -- I always wipe the factory install and deploy my own custom-built image. BTW, the lab is still running XP.
Absolutely. And just think of actually having the chance to get your hands on one of those assholes. My god, the frustrations I could take out on him!
that will prevent my phone from taking pictures of the inside of my pocket. How many pictures of the inside of my pocket does my phone think I need?
I just opened it in Win7, IE8. It was horrible (not just gay porn -- also a lot of blood, deformed babies, etc.), but AVG prevented any lasting effects, as far as I can tell. No new tabs or windows were opened. And I got to the mute button before my 6 and 9 year old daughters heard the part about me looking at gay porn. All and all not a nice addition to my peaceful Sunday afternoon. I think I'll get back to my NYT Sunday Crossword now. See if my stomach settles back down a bit.
"it was designed for EVERYTHING. Lighting,..."
Yeah. 'Cause I only want my lights to be on when everyone else's are off.
"if all you end up doing is reinstalling windows then maybe you should be in a different line of work."
Hello, I understand you have a pretty serious malware problem. Well, here are your choices: I can spend 10 hours researching all of the hundreds of different problems you have, and fix them, and maybe I'll find them all, and maybe your computer will run ok for a while after that. Of course, if I do miss something, it's your financial information that gets stolen, not mine. That'll run you $300. Or I can just back up your data, format your hard drive, reinstall Windows, secure it in its virgin state, restore your data, and have you back up and running in half the time. For half the money. Oh, and when *I'm* done with your computer, it will run faster and more reliably than the day you bought it. What would you prefer?
And, please, don't give me the "you must not be very good at what you do if you can't make a 5 year old install of windows work better than a sparkling clean one in 20 minutes" line. Your arrogance is making my eyes water.