First, a sample of 250 planetary systems is a grossly insufficient sample size to derive such assertions in a universe so large.
Right. We have an infinitely-sized universe, and we can see that among our closest 250 planetary system neighbors that we can see, there are few planetary systems like ours. This doesn't even account for the planetary system neighbors we can't see (at least not yet).
This is like a child looking around the room, seeing all grown adults, and then assuming that he must be odd somehow because the adults are all bigger than he is.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but they do, right? I mean, they've used the 'wobble' technique to detect Earth-sized planets in far-away star systems, right? And wasn't there a Slashdot article recently about an Earth-sized planet?
"Moderately shady"-to-crap PHP code is what gives PHP a bad name. Not that PHP is a bad tool, per se, it's just that there are so many terrible PHP coders. Hence the reason PHP is often called the 'Visual Basic' of the Web. Visual Basic isn't (wasn't? VB.net isn't VB.) a terrible tool, there were just so many terrible VB coders.
I like mod_python, and particularly Django for Web apps. Then again, I just like Python a lot in general.;)
More accurately, we are a constitutionally-limited republic, as the Constitution delineates clearly the different branches of government and what powers they have and do not have.
The Founding Fathers debated vigorously over the form of government -- some wanted a more pure democracy, giving more power to states and others wanted a strong federal republic. This debate has been central to our politics for the last 200 years or so.
In the end, everyone agreed that the public was too stupid to run things by themselves, so they elected for representational democracy and a republican form of government.
In the end, it doesn't matter if the public doesn't know enough about science. The public doesn't directly decide issues of law or public policy -- that's why we elect our representatives in Congress and in the Executive Branch.
Unfortunately, we failed to realize that they, also, are too stupid and too greedy to decide anything of importance.;)
Well, for example, the Geneva Conventions specifically outlaw attacking of hospitals IRL, so I would imagine that they could be interpreted to apply to cyberattacking hospital computers or networks.
FWIW, I have a bachelor of science in information systems. Whether you consider that fancy or not is all relative.
What I do know is that degreed people do not always know what they're talking about, even if they're talking about what they got their degree in. They're human like the rest of us. It is possible for your lawyer or your doctor or a computer scientist to be wrong. Really.
The key difference here is that in the cat example they can point to an obvious and clear reason that could be put on a WARRANT or used as PROBABLE CAUSE.
Oh, come now! We can't allow some antiquated document like the Constitution get in the way of stopping terrorists! You must be a terrorist or sympathizer! Off to Gitmo with you!
It's like FISA. Everyone in government is getting used to the idea that they don't have to obey their own rules anymore.
Well, I wasn't implying that one should switch browsers per se. You're right about the other browsers, except that turning off third party cookies doesn't work the same for IE or Firefox as it does for Opera.
But Opera does give you a finer degree of control. You can actually either set 'Accept cookies only for the site I visit' or you can set 'Accept cookies' for the individual site. From the operawiki.info site cookies entry:
If you set the site preference to "Accept cookies", while visiting this domain, in addition to the cookies allowed by the "Accept cookies only from the site I visit" rule, content coming from a remote domain can set cookies for its corresponding domain and subdomains IF AND ONLY IF the remote domain also has a site preference that allows cookies for itself. This means that if you want to allow remote domains while visiting this domain, you need to manually add a site preference for each remote domain and set it to "Accept cookies only for the site I visit" or "Accept cookies".
"Accept cookies" for a site preference DOES NOT cause Opera to behave as if the global is set to "Accept cookies" when visiting the domain. This way you're not automatically getting opted in to remote domains. You have control over what remote domains you want to allow.
This is different then setting unchecking 'Accept third-party cookies'.
Agree 1000%. I have both given away junk and received someone else's junk on Freecycle. I've gotten a very nice head board for my bed, a computer desk for my stepson, and even some bicycles for riding. Oh, and a couple of computer cases, too.
BSOD's are no longer a problem! They haven't been since Windows XP! BSOD's were only a problem in the Win 9x days! Windows today is wayyyy stable! My Windows box hasn't crashed ever!
Insurance means nothing. Once your data is lost, it is lost. Whether or not you get money out of them in compensation for the lost data is almost non-important.
Oh, I wouldn't say nothing. As I said above in the FP in this article, the key to this whole thing is a solid backup strategy. Companies can insure those backups just like you would insure a package. If your data is truly irreplaceable (most enterprise data is not completely irreplaceable), you will make sure your eggs aren't all in one basket.
But in the end, insurance can provide some relief -- but not total relief -- from lost data.
No kidding. Why do you think I said 'backups' three times in the subject line?;) That's what I mean by a 'backup strategy' -- backup strategies, which are sometimes called 'disaster recovery plans', though that's really a bigger plan that includes a backup strategy, include making multiple redundant backups, offsite storage of backups, considerations for multiple different media, etc. There are several 'best practices', but the best strategy is going to be different for each company or department and often even for each application.
The best thing to do is to examine what kind(s) of data there is in the set, how large that data set is, how often that data gets updated, how often it needs to be accessed, and what are the potential costs for losing a day's, week's, month's, year's etc. worth of that data. That will point you in the direction as to frequency of backups, types of backups, etc.
Offsite backups are essential for any data requiring backup.
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First, a sample of 250 planetary systems is a grossly insufficient sample size to derive such assertions in a universe so large.
Right. We have an infinitely-sized universe, and we can see that among our closest 250 planetary system neighbors that we can see, there are few planetary systems like ours. This doesn't even account for the planetary system neighbors we can't see (at least not yet).
This is like a child looking around the room, seeing all grown adults, and then assuming that he must be odd somehow because the adults are all bigger than he is.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but they do, right? I mean, they've used the 'wobble' technique to detect Earth-sized planets in far-away star systems, right? And wasn't there a Slashdot article recently about an Earth-sized planet?
I'm thinking this isn't once the problem it was.
And? Whether you need clustered indexes or not depends on your application.
I am most certainly not a furry. Now politely go fuck off and die.
"Moderately shady"-to-crap PHP code is what gives PHP a bad name. Not that PHP is a bad tool, per se, it's just that there are so many terrible PHP coders. Hence the reason PHP is often called the 'Visual Basic' of the Web. Visual Basic isn't (wasn't? VB.net isn't VB.) a terrible tool, there were just so many terrible VB coders.
I like mod_python, and particularly Django for Web apps. Then again, I just like Python a lot in general. ;)
More accurately, we are a constitutionally-limited republic, as the Constitution delineates clearly the different branches of government and what powers they have and do not have.
The Founding Fathers debated vigorously over the form of government -- some wanted a more pure democracy, giving more power to states and others wanted a strong federal republic. This debate has been central to our politics for the last 200 years or so.
In the end, everyone agreed that the public was too stupid to run things by themselves, so they elected for representational democracy and a republican form of government.
In the end, it doesn't matter if the public doesn't know enough about science. The public doesn't directly decide issues of law or public policy -- that's why we elect our representatives in Congress and in the Executive Branch.
Unfortunately, we failed to realize that they, also, are too stupid and too greedy to decide anything of importance. ;)
1. Install *nix
2. Install PostgreSQL
3. Convert tables from MSSQL to PostgreSQL
4. ???
5. Profit!
Well, for example, the Geneva Conventions specifically outlaw attacking of hospitals IRL, so I would imagine that they could be interpreted to apply to cyberattacking hospital computers or networks.
Define "legally" in a war...
See Conventions, Geneva.
XP might be more solid than NT. I don't know and don't care. Systems with auto-raise and click-to-focus are unusable IMO. :)
So CDE, GNOME, KDE, XFCE, OS X, etc. are completely out for you, at least with the default options?
FWIW, I have a bachelor of science in information systems. Whether you consider that fancy or not is all relative.
What I do know is that degreed people do not always know what they're talking about, even if they're talking about what they got their degree in. They're human like the rest of us. It is possible for your lawyer or your doctor or a computer scientist to be wrong. Really.
The key difference here is that in the cat example they can point
to an obvious and clear reason that could be put on a WARRANT or
used as PROBABLE CAUSE.
Oh, come now! We can't allow some antiquated document like the Constitution get in the way of stopping terrorists! You must be a terrorist or sympathizer! Off to Gitmo with you!
It's like FISA. Everyone in government is getting used to the
idea that they don't have to obey their own rules anymore.
But laws are for the little people!
"They that would trade essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- (more or less) Benjamin Franklin
I also turn off JavaScript, Java and plugins globally too.
Well, I wasn't implying that one should switch browsers per se. You're right about the other browsers, except that turning off third party cookies doesn't work the same for IE or Firefox as it does for Opera.
But Opera does give you a finer degree of control. You can actually either set 'Accept cookies only for the site I visit' or you can set 'Accept cookies' for the individual site. From the operawiki.info site cookies entry:
If you set the site preference to "Accept cookies", while visiting this domain, in addition to the cookies allowed by the "Accept cookies only from the site I visit" rule, content coming from a remote domain can set cookies for its corresponding domain and subdomains IF AND ONLY IF the remote domain also has a site preference that allows cookies for itself. This means that if you want to allow remote domains while visiting this domain, you need to manually add a site preference for each remote domain and set it to "Accept cookies only for the site I visit" or "Accept cookies".
"Accept cookies" for a site preference DOES NOT cause Opera to behave as if the global is set to "Accept cookies" when visiting the domain. This way you're not automatically getting opted in to remote domains. You have control over what remote domains you want to allow.
This is different then setting unchecking 'Accept third-party cookies'.
1. Turn off cookies globally.
2. Turn on cookies for sites that need it by hitting F12 and hitting 'Accept cookes only from the site I visit'.
Done. No more doubleclick cookies.
In Korea, only old people get BSODs.
The money spent on blocking individual viruses could be better used in stopping flaws that allow viruses access.
By 'stopping flaws' do you mean sending money to Microsoft, or just outright replacing Windows?
Because only one of those two options is likely to work well.
Agree 1000%. I have both given away junk and received someone else's junk on Freecycle. I've gotten a very nice head board for my bed, a computer desk for my stepson, and even some bicycles for riding. Oh, and a couple of computer cases, too.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.
BSOD's are no longer a problem! They haven't been since Windows XP! BSOD's were only a problem in the Win 9x days! Windows today is wayyyy stable! My Windows box hasn't crashed ever!
*tongue firmly planted in cheek*
There's now the assumption (and we all know what assume means) that if it's "in the cloud," the data is safe or backed up somewhere
These must be the same people that assume that because someone has a fancy degree, they know what they're talking about.
Exactly. Most large companies usually have an entire person, and sometimes multiple people dedicated to nothing but license management.
What a colossal waste of money.
Insurance means nothing. Once your data is lost, it is lost. Whether or not you get money out of them in compensation for the lost data is almost non-important.
Oh, I wouldn't say nothing. As I said above in the FP in this article, the key to this whole thing is a solid backup strategy. Companies can insure those backups just like you would insure a package. If your data is truly irreplaceable (most enterprise data is not completely irreplaceable), you will make sure your eggs aren't all in one basket.
But in the end, insurance can provide some relief -- but not total relief -- from lost data.
No kidding. Why do you think I said 'backups' three times in the subject line? ;) That's what I mean by a 'backup strategy' -- backup strategies, which are sometimes called 'disaster recovery plans', though that's really a bigger plan that includes a backup strategy, include making multiple redundant backups, offsite storage of backups, considerations for multiple different media, etc. There are several 'best practices', but the best strategy is going to be different for each company or department and often even for each application.
The best thing to do is to examine what kind(s) of data there is in the set, how large that data set is, how often that data gets updated, how often it needs to be accessed, and what are the potential costs for losing a day's, week's, month's, year's etc. worth of that data. That will point you in the direction as to frequency of backups, types of backups, etc.
Offsite backups are essential for any data requiring backup.
what kind of fool trusts his data with someone else?
That depends on who the someone else is, what their reputation is like, and, most importantly, how well they are insured.