Ideally this would be something that could only be done via an infrequently used administrator account. The reality, however, is that most windows installs are setup to automatically login to an administrator account by default. Most Windows users don't even know they are doing it.
Personally I think the boys and girls at MS should release a critical security update (you know ones that go off regardless of weather you have them enabled or not [-1 troll]) which launches a wizard to educate users about the differences between an administrator and non-administrator accounts. In addition, the wizard would assist in creating a non-administrator account and migrating the user's files and settings to it.
Call me crazy, but when I installed Linux it was a natural thing from the get go that I shouldn't do everything as root only things that could not be done otherwise. I don't have to worry much that my host file or DNS settings got owned. Lots of things don't get owned. Windows could be made closer to this.
There is only one solution: executable code must be embedded in hardware read-only media and must be reloaded after every session. [today reloading a virtual machine is a good approximation, but this method will succumb under sufficiently sophisticated attack; it really needs to be built into nonflashable rom]
Because there's no reason to update software, ever? I know that I get security updates all the time which I'm happy to say I didn't have to replace a chip to apply. The fact that you can't modify code doesn't make it perfect. Just because you can reload the same imperfect code doesn't mean you'd want to. Your reloading because it was compromised right? Just gonna hold that reset button down indefinitely?
> It's become increasingly common to patch it out at some point in a game's lifecycle.
Or in this case some point way past its lifecycle. So far out that chances are that you'd have to buy or pirate the software again because the original medium cannot be found or was damaged (sometimes the result of a momentary laps of extra-paranoid-and-careful-care in the process of swapping disks). It's more "common" for the game to never be patched or patched too late--too damned late--to matter.
To play some games on Linux--games which I purchased with my own hard earned cash--I depend on copy protection being broken. Many games will not run in Wine without a no-cd/dvd crack. Even when I did use Windows, I ran cracked versions of games I had purchased. The idea of inserting a 700mb disk on a system capable of storing it hundreds of times over is a bit stupid and dreadfully inconvenient. You can't tell me that a large part of the success of MP3 type audio players isn't due not having to carry around 600 disks every where you go.
As long as the google hints are clearly marked as distinct from the search results, and are not intrusive, I see no problem with this. In the actual results google seems to be fairly honest to the algorithm for now.
Exactly.
I had to see what the fuss was all about. So I Googled "photo sharing" which yielded a page with "sponsored links" fist and were marked as such. Right below it was a single line:
[Picasa icon] Tip: Want to share pictures? Try Google's Picasa Web Albums
The normal search results followed.
Ok I know that I'm using Google as my search engine. I know that this one line stands out as being different from ALL other search results because it has an image next to it and it is not structured like the other search results. And I know that this particular result has is labeled as a Google product.
Geeeeeee. I'm confused. I can't tell that Google is promoting one of it's own products.
Ok mabye I am. Fuck-it.... GOOGLE IS EVIL. Next in line.... ahh Yahoo! I do a Yahoo! Search for "Photo Sharing" Guess what it looks just like the Google page except that they are promoting Yahoo! Photos instead. "Sponsor Results" followed by
[Yahoo Y Lolo] Share photos on Yahoo! Photos
Followed by the normal search results. Obviously Yahoo! is evil to.
I now use MSN because when I searched for "photo sharing" on MSN I didn't get a Microsoft product between sponsored results and the normal results. MSN Search isn't evil that way. Except that every search result on the first page had "msn" or "microsoft" in its domain name.
This may be a mute point, but Yahoo!'s page blocks me from downloading IE7 saying that my "system does not meet the minimum requirements" (I'm not running Windows). The Google page does not. Perhaps that code didn't show up in the Google's cache (Snicker).
The partial screen shot from Google's "remixed" yahoo page does look kind of silly with two search boxes. It seems that even with the "Administration Kit" you can't customize the layout of IE7's tool bars. This makes me wonder how much "optimization" is actually happening or possible for that matter. The only thing for sure is that MS is getting advertisement for it's new browser and someone at Google lacks originality or has a dubious sense of humor.
Personally I think Darren E. Polkowski of Toms Hardware is right:
"We all want different things when it comes to advancements, but first and foremost we need better power management. The bottom line is simple: graphics makers must take a step back from feature brainstorming until the power issue is resolved."
You're right. If one doesn't take the time to exhume bodies, how can he even pretend to present a complete set of interviews. What an idiot! Why must we constantly discriminate against the dead?
Yup. When I was attending university classes, you could get the required books anywhere you like.
My only beef with the university bookstore was that they only offered a small discount for used books regardless of the physical condition of the book. At the end of the semester when you went to sell your books back you got such a small amount back that one wonders where the money goes. Supposedly the book store was not for profit. Since most of the employees were students themselves you wouldn't think there would be much overhead.
Further aggravating is that every time a book comes out with a new edition (yearly in many cases) the instructor puts the new edition in as a required text. The "old" text are removed from bookstore circulation. Does a physics book for a second or third semester class change that much in the course of a year?
No - just avoid pissing people of the world off SO MUCH they are trying kill Americans.
The "world?" Terrorists are not representative of the world.
A group that is not willing to kill us or aid to that effort is not a direct threat. So to eliminate the threat, we have to avoid pissing off those groups who are willing to kill us. Sounds easy enough, after all terrorists are known to have reasonable, rational, demands.
To be fair I believe that the current administration could do much better in the choice of words used to express their policy. It doesn't help anything that they have resorted to name calling. It has always bothered me to hear the words "axis of evil." As as to your comments on leadership, yes, rock on.
That way you can be profiled for bribery. This significantly decreases your chance of being inspected. After all, in our government it's a perfectly normal thing. You'll be branded as a patriot in no time.
Effectiveness of devices that can isolate and monitor any given cable line over more than 100 feet falls off dramatically, particularly in a signal-rich (i.e. "noisy") environment.
It isn't quite that simple. Say you have two cables one classified and the other not. Both cables are ran next to each other. The unclassified cable runs off to a radio system. Signal can bleed over from the classified cable to the unclassified cable and then be amplified and broadcast over a non-secure channel. Now, tell me how hard is it to isolate THAT signal?
Have you ever seen the cable runs on a military ship? Unlike a building where cables can run from one room to the next by drilling a whole in the wall cables on a ship often have to zigzag around water tight boundaries. Along a watertight boundary there may be only one or two places on the whole bulkhead (wall) for cables to run through. This makes it extremely likely that cables carrying a signal of higher classification will run next to ones carrying a lower classification.
However, the main beef I have with the assertions the article makes is that CFL bulbs last 10 years. Maybe this is a function of older designs, but we haven't found CFLs to effectively last any longer than standard incandescent.
Of the CFL bulbs I've purchased, none died yet. There is representation from at least 3 different brands of CFLs in my house. Granted I've only had the youngest of them for around two years, but I've had many incandescent light bulbs that lasted only a few months. I've yet to see a "normal" household light bulb last that long with regular usage and many on/off cycles. In my experience, they do last longer. For me, the convenience and time saved (and gas used to go to the store?) is enough for me.
It may very well be a function of what brands are used as well as a function older bulbs. I may be just lucky in the brands I used at random. Look me up in 7 or 8 years and I'll let you know how they fared. LOL.
I don't know if they have saved me any money. We have at least doubled the number of computers, electronics, and junk (?/!) in our house. And I hardly ever look at the bill, relying on my roommates to sum the rent and bills instead.
Yeah they really should build some redundancy in to Google's "server". With only one of them I'd hate to lose my Gmail account---I have a lot of spam free messages there.
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Ideally this would be something that could only be done via an infrequently used administrator account. The reality, however, is that most windows installs are setup to automatically login to an administrator account by default. Most Windows users don't even know they are doing it.
Personally I think the boys and girls at MS should release a critical security update (you know ones that go off regardless of weather you have them enabled or not [-1 troll]) which launches a wizard to educate users about the differences between an administrator and non-administrator accounts. In addition, the wizard would assist in creating a non-administrator account and migrating the user's files and settings to it.
Call me crazy, but when I installed Linux it was a natural thing from the get go that I shouldn't do everything as root only things that could not be done otherwise. I don't have to worry much that my host file or DNS settings got owned. Lots of things don't get owned. Windows could be made closer to this.
> It's become increasingly common to patch it out at some point in a game's lifecycle.
Or in this case some point way past its lifecycle. So far out that chances are that you'd have to buy or pirate the software again because the original medium cannot be found or was damaged (sometimes the result of a momentary laps of extra-paranoid-and-careful-care in the process of swapping disks). It's more "common" for the game to never be patched or patched too late--too damned late--to matter.
To play some games on Linux--games which I purchased with my own hard earned cash--I depend on copy protection being broken. Many games will not run in Wine without a no-cd/dvd crack. Even when I did use Windows, I ran cracked versions of games I had purchased. The idea of inserting a 700mb disk on a system capable of storing it hundreds of times over is a bit stupid and dreadfully inconvenient. You can't tell me that a large part of the success of MP3 type audio players isn't due not having to carry around 600 disks every where you go.
So, yes... Crack on dudes.
We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison!
Exactly.
I had to see what the fuss was all about. So I Googled "photo sharing" which yielded a page with "sponsored links" fist and were marked as such. Right below it was a single line:
The normal search results followed.
Ok I know that I'm using Google as my search engine. I know that this one line stands out as being different from ALL other search results because it has an image next to it and it is not structured like the other search results. And I know that this particular result has is labeled as a Google product.
Geeeeeee. I'm confused. I can't tell that Google is promoting one of it's own products.
Ok mabye I am. Fuck-it.... GOOGLE IS EVIL. Next in line.... ahh Yahoo! I do a Yahoo! Search for "Photo Sharing" Guess what it looks just like the Google page except that they are promoting Yahoo! Photos instead. "Sponsor Results" followed by
Followed by the normal search results. Obviously Yahoo! is evil to.
I now use MSN because when I searched for "photo sharing" on MSN I didn't get a Microsoft product between sponsored results and the normal results. MSN Search isn't evil that way. Except that every search result on the first page had "msn" or "microsoft" in its domain name.
whatever.
This may be a mute point, but Yahoo!'s page blocks me from downloading IE7 saying that my "system does not meet the minimum requirements" (I'm not running Windows). The Google page does not. Perhaps that code didn't show up in the Google's cache (Snicker).
The partial screen shot from Google's "remixed" yahoo page does look kind of silly with two search boxes. It seems that even with the "Administration Kit" you can't customize the layout of IE7's tool bars. This makes me wonder how much "optimization" is actually happening or possible for that matter. The only thing for sure is that MS is getting advertisement for it's new browser and someone at Google lacks originality or has a dubious sense of humor.
No I would not... too bad I can't opt out of the "value meal". Fries now come bundled with every meal. We call this innovation.
Personally I think Darren E. Polkowski of Toms Hardware is right:
see here in the concussion section.You're right. If one doesn't take the time to exhume bodies, how can he even pretend to present a complete set of interviews. What an idiot! Why must we constantly discriminate against the dead?
To bad I can't opt out of the popups on www.mess.be.
Yup. When I was attending university classes, you could get the required books anywhere you like.
My only beef with the university bookstore was that they only offered a small discount for used books regardless of the physical condition of the book. At the end of the semester when you went to sell your books back you got such a small amount back that one wonders where the money goes. Supposedly the book store was not for profit. Since most of the employees were students themselves you wouldn't think there would be much overhead.
Further aggravating is that every time a book comes out with a new edition (yearly in many cases) the instructor puts the new edition in as a required text. The "old" text are removed from bookstore circulation. Does a physics book for a second or third semester class change that much in the course of a year?
I've never understood the Amish either.
No - just avoid pissing people of the world off SO MUCH they are trying kill Americans.
The "world?" Terrorists are not representative of the world.
A group that is not willing to kill us or aid to that effort is not a direct threat. So to eliminate the threat, we have to avoid pissing off those groups who are willing to kill us. Sounds easy enough, after all terrorists are known to have reasonable, rational, demands.
To be fair I believe that the current administration could do much better in the choice of words used to express their policy. It doesn't help anything that they have resorted to name calling. It has always bothered me to hear the words "axis of evil." As as to your comments on leadership, yes, rock on.
That way you can be profiled for bribery. This significantly decreases your chance of being inspected. After all, in our government it's a perfectly normal thing. You'll be branded as a patriot in no time.
[...] promote an atmosphere where people do not want to attack us
In short, try to please everyone. Sounds easy enough to me.
This wouldn't happen to be a Vacum tube based device would it?
Nope, all solid-state electronics.
Effectiveness of devices that can isolate and monitor any given cable line over more than 100 feet falls off dramatically, particularly in a signal-rich (i.e. "noisy") environment.
It isn't quite that simple. Say you have two cables one classified and the other not. Both cables are ran next to each other. The unclassified cable runs off to a radio system. Signal can bleed over from the classified cable to the unclassified cable and then be amplified and broadcast over a non-secure channel. Now, tell me how hard is it to isolate THAT signal?
Have you ever seen the cable runs on a military ship? Unlike a building where cables can run from one room to the next by drilling a whole in the wall cables on a ship often have to zigzag around water tight boundaries. Along a watertight boundary there may be only one or two places on the whole bulkhead (wall) for cables to run through. This makes it extremely likely that cables carrying a signal of higher classification will run next to ones carrying a lower classification.
However, the main beef I have with the assertions the article makes is that CFL bulbs last 10 years. Maybe this is a function of older designs, but we haven't found CFLs to effectively last any longer than standard incandescent.
Of the CFL bulbs I've purchased, none died yet. There is representation from at least 3 different brands of CFLs in my house. Granted I've only had the youngest of them for around two years, but I've had many incandescent light bulbs that lasted only a few months. I've yet to see a "normal" household light bulb last that long with regular usage and many on/off cycles. In my experience, they do last longer. For me, the convenience and time saved (and gas used to go to the store?) is enough for me.
It may very well be a function of what brands are used as well as a function older bulbs. I may be just lucky in the brands I used at random. Look me up in 7 or 8 years and I'll let you know how they fared. LOL.
I don't know if they have saved me any money. We have at least doubled the number of computers, electronics, and junk (?/!) in our house. And I hardly ever look at the bill, relying on my roommates to sum the rent and bills instead.
Google's server could go down[...]
Yeah they really should build some redundancy in to Google's "server". With only one of them I'd hate to lose my Gmail account---I have a lot of spam free messages there.
Well I don't know about you but the rest of us nerds have nothing scheduled that day. No. We won't sell out to that commercial venture.