I worked for one that didn't pay - they had excellent backups and completely mediated the issue in under a week. I also worked for one that did pay . . . unfortunately, all they had was backups of encrypted files, so they didn't feel like they had a choice!
They paid . . . and immediately implemented more secure and more reliable backups, combined with updating all software (where possible) to latest and greatest available versions. Also, they paperweighted the vast majority of their servers with McAfee's product turned up to "insanely secure" - which is how they discovered that the bad guys had left multiple back doors in place so they could try again. I'll wager they're still trying to make sense of it all.
Everything from home appliance warranties to C1@l!s . . . all with the 'yahoo.com' domain as the return address.
I wonder what they do with the abuse reports I manually submit via Yahoo's 'blessed' spam reporting site? Pretty sad that they won't just check "abuse@yahoo.com" - I wonder what happens to reports which get sent to that altogether predictable and logical address?
"Yeah - you wanna keep bringin' in those feriners to take good 'Murican jobs, you better stop makin' those Star Wars films that portray orange people as bad guys. Bring back Song of the South and we'll even let you have more of 'em!"
Um . . . "Protestant work ethic" . . . weren't the Protestants that landed at Fraggle Rock exiled for not being Catholics? Just a bunch of religious whack-o's not unlike practicioners of a certain religious terror group we've heard a lot about lately, eh?
Now, the WASPS are on top. It's okay to not be one of them - as long as you're fully aware that you are undermenschen and accept it. Since somewhere along the line some damned fool made slavery illegal in this country, we need to get our lower class from somewhere now, don't we?
Don't believe it? Just ask the fine folks working for a major IT provider recently arrived in Dubuque Iowa how many of them think it's best to sleep under their desks rather than risk not living in the US for much longer. $24.04/hour for UNIX System Administrators? Makes perfect sense to me - if the alternative is a one-way ticket home.
The satellites should have enough fuel aboard after deployment to maintain a stable low Earth orbit through their anticipated lifespan. Let's remember, these are technologically advanced devices which operate throughout their lifespan in the harshest environmental conditions we can reach. There are a great many satellites still in stable orbit which have been rendered inoperative through extended exposure to radiation (in space, no one can hear you burn/freeze/be irradiated). EOL is EOL, and while it may be possible to kludge some extra life out old equipment, it's still obsolete equipment subject to multiple modes of failure - not just unplanned deorbiting.
Who want's to have a glasshole growing on his/her wrist? Kinda like a third [generative organ], I would think.
And aside from doing the Dick Tracy wrist tv/radio bit (and really - who wouldn't want to do the Dick Tracy wrist tv/radio bit?) - I just don't see this thing doing much. With the right sensor stack, I suppose continuous biomonitoring is possible, but with only a few exceptions I still keep coming back to 'why?'.
No, there's a lot more than providing an arcade experience involved. Thinking in three dimensions isn't quite as built-in to humans as you seem to think. Hell, half the drivers on the road can't handle thinking in flatland. What do you expect to happen in cubeland?
I want flying cars as badly as any kid that grew up watching The Jetsons. Problem is, you can't let Joe Sixpack drive - regardless of what everyone saw in Star Wars.
So you do it with a local AI and sensors. Sorta like a self-driving car. Great. Let me know when it's bulletproof in a 2D environment and I'll consider the 3D version. Let's remember that a groundcar can reasonably be operated manually by most people. Letting untrained pilots fly higher than three feet off the ground will require the addition of a new category to the Darwin awards.
(1): Some form of secure (preferably cloud-stored) backup/restore mechanism with appropriate encryption and access protection mechanisms, and
(2): A convenient, easy to trigger yet unlikely to be accidentally triggered mechanism to locally wipe the hardware. Factory reset plus cache clear should do the trick.
Agreed and seconded. Don't get me wrong - I was pretty unhappy when I spotted the throttling clause (and they described it as being throttled back to "modem speed" IIRC. Actually an overstatement on their part in my experience; even throttled, the connection is usable for basic network functionality).
They'll find something else to die of - my guess, radiation poisoning (although freezing, suffocating and starving to death are all still on the list).
Nope. IBM did it for them. How do you suppose the Samba team was able to figure out the SMB protocol? Come to think of it, where do you suppose the name "Samba" came from, a couple of dance school dropouts?
I'm quite certain there are multiple engineers within Samsung's organization who must have an understanding of Lithium battery technology. They must have been aware of just how hard they were "pushing the envelope" for a consumer-grade device.
I'll wager there were emails requesting that customers at least be exhorted to "use only Samsung manufactured and approved chargers" - and since we've all known certain Android apps to eat battery like candy, I'll wager there were more than a few internal emails warning that certain apps could be dangerous as well.
The Bene Gesserit understand the correct response. The courts need to tell Samsung: "You will pay."
I more than half suspect that the problem is coaches such as Mr. Belichick (not having grown up on a continuous diet of technology) either don't know how to effectively use the technology or (more likely) expect the technology to do a better job of implementing the "dwiw()"* function.
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They paid . . . and immediately implemented more secure and more reliable backups, combined with updating all software (where possible) to latest and greatest available versions. Also, they paperweighted the vast majority of their servers with McAfee's product turned up to "insanely secure" - which is how they discovered that the bad guys had left multiple back doors in place so they could try again. I'll wager they're still trying to make sense of it all.
I wonder what they do with the abuse reports I manually submit via Yahoo's 'blessed' spam reporting site? Pretty sad that they won't just check "abuse@yahoo.com" - I wonder what happens to reports which get sent to that altogether predictable and logical address?
Why? Nobody else does. That's how we ended up with a mock ginger for a President.
"Yeah - you wanna keep bringin' in those feriners to take good 'Murican jobs, you better stop makin' those Star Wars films that portray orange people as bad guys. Bring back Song of the South and we'll even let you have more of 'em!"
Now, the WASPS are on top. It's okay to not be one of them - as long as you're fully aware that you are undermenschen and accept it. Since somewhere along the line some damned fool made slavery illegal in this country, we need to get our lower class from somewhere now, don't we?
Don't believe it? Just ask the fine folks working for a major IT provider recently arrived in Dubuque Iowa how many of them think it's best to sleep under their desks rather than risk not living in the US for much longer. $24.04/hour for UNIX System Administrators? Makes perfect sense to me - if the alternative is a one-way ticket home.
Just a guess.
The satellites should have enough fuel aboard after deployment to maintain a stable low Earth orbit through their anticipated lifespan. Let's remember, these are technologically advanced devices which operate throughout their lifespan in the harshest environmental conditions we can reach. There are a great many satellites still in stable orbit which have been rendered inoperative through extended exposure to radiation (in space, no one can hear you burn/freeze/be irradiated). EOL is EOL, and while it may be possible to kludge some extra life out old equipment, it's still obsolete equipment subject to multiple modes of failure - not just unplanned deorbiting.
I'm sure Trump will be the first to say "Suck on that, China!".
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The "Blue Scream of Death" would be the first hint.
Just give me a few minutes to redefine the meaning of the word "invent".
And aside from doing the Dick Tracy wrist tv/radio bit (and really - who wouldn't want to do the Dick Tracy wrist tv/radio bit?) - I just don't see this thing doing much. With the right sensor stack, I suppose continuous biomonitoring is possible, but with only a few exceptions I still keep coming back to 'why?'.
Yeah, I forgot about that whole energy storage density thing. Damn . . . for a relatively weak force, gravity is a bitch!
No, there's a lot more than providing an arcade experience involved. Thinking in three dimensions isn't quite as built-in to humans as you seem to think. Hell, half the drivers on the road can't handle thinking in flatland. What do you expect to happen in cubeland?
So you do it with a local AI and sensors. Sorta like a self-driving car. Great. Let me know when it's bulletproof in a 2D environment and I'll consider the 3D version. Let's remember that a groundcar can reasonably be operated manually by most people. Letting untrained pilots fly higher than three feet off the ground will require the addition of a new category to the Darwin awards.
Too bad. I really wanted a flying car.
(1): Some form of secure (preferably cloud-stored) backup/restore mechanism with appropriate encryption and access protection mechanisms, and
(2): A convenient, easy to trigger yet unlikely to be accidentally triggered mechanism to locally wipe the hardware. Factory reset plus cache clear should do the trick.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Uh, damn . . .
Agreed and seconded. Don't get me wrong - I was pretty unhappy when I spotted the throttling clause (and they described it as being throttled back to "modem speed" IIRC. Actually an overstatement on their part in my experience; even throttled, the connection is usable for basic network functionality).
They'll find something else to die of - my guess, radiation poisoning (although freezing, suffocating and starving to death are all still on the list).
Nope. IBM did it for them. How do you suppose the Samba team was able to figure out the SMB protocol? Come to think of it, where do you suppose the name "Samba" came from, a couple of dance school dropouts?
I'll wager there were emails requesting that customers at least be exhorted to "use only Samsung manufactured and approved chargers" - and since we've all known certain Android apps to eat battery like candy, I'll wager there were more than a few internal emails warning that certain apps could be dangerous as well.
The Bene Gesserit understand the correct response. The courts need to tell Samsung: "You will pay."
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I didn't know that. So I didn't beat 'em, I joined 'em. Heh.