How is this any different? The only way your cell phone is getting jammed is by your presence with it in a no-cell phone area. If you are being jammed, it is because you already broke the rule. Isn't having your cell phone turned off already denying you your communication line? You still aren't able to make calls.
As for the 911 issue, see other posters talking about non-emergency block signals and other related ideas.
I'm in Canada and I'm always wondering exactly what the 'cost' of medical services is down south. Do you know what it costs (without insurance) to get either of those casts? I know that we get the plaster cast for free, but have the option to pay a little extra for the fiberglass one.
All those things you listed are nasty and probably reasons for invasion, but none of those were the STATED reason for invasion. What we need are those lovely Weapons of Mass Destruction that we were promised. I think they were supposed to be in some moving trucks or something like that.
profited HOW?
Well, it isn't the country that profited, but i'm sure there's a few weapons companies that made some money on the x billion / day being spent.
Product A is WAY better than brand X! Even product C is better than brand X!
Next, assign appropriate products to your variables, where X is a microsoft product, A is a popular open source product, and C is a different competing product.
You can get additional mod points by combining the word "Microsoft" with one of these words ("DRM", "Security", "BotNet", "Genuine Advantage"), and add a negative spin to the sentences in relation to product X.
I use SQL Server 2005 at work and it's pathetic. Postgres is more useful!
How about defending your answer? What don't you like about SQL server 2005, and what do you like about Postgres that SQL Server 2005 does not provide for you.
So for from what i've seen in SQL Server 2005, it doesn't seem that bad. At work, we're experimenting with the new mirroring feature on some test servers.
Maybe its just me, but a recall or potential recall involving electronics sounds like it involves nerds.
The focus of this site used to be(last millenium) stuff that interest mostly nerds.
Perhaps the focus of nerds has changed since the last millennium? Computers are no longer just for nerds. The nerd has changed to a more respectable position in society because almost everybody uses computers, but only we understand them.
This is stuff that matters to people who own Sony cameras. It becomes a part of "news for nerds" because many nerds own cameras, or may even have to troubleshoot/fix the things.
It also continues the trend of defective Sony components, which extends beyond just digital cameras.
-Even more aggressive Windows Genuine Advantage snooping/phoning home. I haven't bothered to pirate your OS yet, if I pass initial activation you can get off my ass. I know my ass is close to m wallet so I see your motives.
So in other words, you aren't going to use it because you can't pirate it.
-Exceedingly aggressive DRM built into WMP11. Just a thought, consider the consumer and not your media conglomerate buddies at mega-corp once in a while. You tell me to trust you with my digital life but you won't trust me?
Why should they trust you? You just tried to pirate the OS!
I've never entirely trusted a Windows OS, but now my OS doesn't trust me
If every home user had windows running in a VM, there would be no 3D games because virtual server does not support 3d hardware (your virtual card is low-end), and VMWare only experimentally supports 3D hardware (according to wikipedia).
Funny, when i change my memory, network, or disk size on my real system, I don't get hit with re-activation. Activation isn't as picky as you make it out to be.
In Soviet Russia, language owns you!
I, for one, welcome our new language owning overlords (but with grunts and claps so i don't violate their rights).
Any reasonably proficient developer can figure it out, you also don't need a dba to tune sql server or to setup backup schedules or to create maintence plans. The traditionally cryptic dba functions are so accessible via the UI that there is really nothing to "learn" apart from knowing that you need to do X, and finding it in the menus.
As with any Microsoft product, it is POSSIBLE to do a lot of things without full knowledge of all of the functions. However, it is always better to have knowledge of what and how those functions are doing so you can take the best features from the product and use it to its full capability.
That said, I like SQL server. At work, we are starting basic experimentation with the mirroring system in 2005 to hopefully add some fail-over support to our network.
Did you try it? Care to make it 2 lines provided with 2 users to back it up?
Or would you prefer the 1 user multi-lined wordy edition?
I, LordEd (user 840443), hereby solemnly swear under penalty of being modded down that my attempt to make the proof of concept page fail was genuine and that the result was an unsuccessful attack.
Dated November 21, 2006 at 4:07 pm (PST).
Witnessed by my cat.
Would you like me to grab the domain heyslashdotitrieditandfoundie6didntfail.com and make a page/blog entry that says it doesn't fail?
What happens when somebody in the Redmond Bunker mistypes something and deactivates Sally Jones instead of Wally Jones?
Phone call to Microsoft. Problem solved
Or what if some enterprising young hothead cracks his way into the validation servers and starts deactivating people at random?
Many phone calls to Microsoft. Problem detected, validation servers temporarily disabled or restored to a previous point. Security team attempts to track hacker. Gates gets his helicopter and follows in high-speed highway chase.
What if they go out of business?
The validation server is no longer available. Hacker community releases cracks.
What happens to my data then?
Still on your hard drive where you left it. Worst case, boot with a boot CD or Knoppix to retrieve and migrate to whatever operating system you want to move it to.
Slashdot Mirror
How is this any different? The only way your cell phone is getting jammed is by your presence with it in a no-cell phone area. If you are being jammed, it is because you already broke the rule. Isn't having your cell phone turned off already denying you your communication line? You still aren't able to make calls.
As for the 911 issue, see other posters talking about non-emergency block signals and other related ideas.
I'm in Canada and I'm always wondering exactly what the 'cost' of medical services is down south. Do you know what it costs (without insurance) to get either of those casts? I know that we get the plaster cast for free, but have the option to pay a little extra for the fiberglass one.
I have no idea. I would say that I was drunk, except i was at work and friends don't let friends code drunk...
I think i meant to say "I am going to surprise the auto industry with a car that is suitable for driving".
I am going to surprise auto industry that is suitable for driving.
And now for the joke.
In Soviet Russia, iPod bans you!
Had to check, but i heard that many bills had traces of cocaine. Still want scratch and sniff?
(not enough to have any effects, but the myth is listed as true
Would you want your daughter to be open source?
Next, assign appropriate products to your variables, where X is a microsoft product, A is a popular open source product, and C is a different competing product.
You can get additional mod points by combining the word "Microsoft" with one of these words ("DRM", "Security", "BotNet", "Genuine Advantage"), and add a negative spin to the sentences in relation to product X.
So for from what i've seen in SQL Server 2005, it doesn't seem that bad. At work, we're experimenting with the new mirroring feature on some test servers.
Maybe its just me, but a recall or potential recall involving electronics sounds like it involves nerds.
Perhaps the focus of nerds has changed since the last millennium? Computers are no longer just for nerds. The nerd has changed to a more respectable position in society because almost everybody uses computers, but only we understand them.
This is stuff that matters to people who own Sony cameras. It becomes a part of "news for nerds" because many nerds own cameras, or may even have to troubleshoot/fix the things.
It also continues the trend of defective Sony components, which extends beyond just digital cameras.
If every home user had windows running in a VM, there would be no 3D games because virtual server does not support 3d hardware (your virtual card is low-end), and VMWare only experimentally supports 3D hardware (according to wikipedia).
Funny, when i change my memory, network, or disk size on my real system, I don't get hit with re-activation. Activation isn't as picky as you make it out to be.
What about slander? I believe that you can be sued for that in the states.
In Soviet Russia, language owns you!
I, for one, welcome our new language owning overlords (but with grunts and claps so i don't violate their rights).
That said, I like SQL server. At work, we are starting basic experimentation with the mirroring system in 2005 to hopefully add some fail-over support to our network.
Please look at the bug report. Submission of testcase file is November 12 (9 days ago)
From TFA: The clock is ticking... will Firefox beat IE's response time?
No, the fact that the passwords were not stolen in IE made me happier. The attack failed (as in was unable to acquire the password).
But if anybody cares, I'm still a Firefox user. I never use the save password feature.
Or would you prefer the 1 user multi-lined wordy edition? Would you like me to grab the domain heyslashdotitrieditandfoundie6didntfail.com and make a page/blog entry that says it doesn't fail?
...as though millions of Firefox users were laughing at IE users, and were suddenly silenced.
Cue "still more secure" arguments now.
Many phone calls to Microsoft. Problem detected, validation servers temporarily disabled or restored to a previous point. Security team attempts to track hacker. Gates gets his helicopter and follows in high-speed highway chase.
The validation server is no longer available. Hacker community releases cracks.
Still on your hard drive where you left it. Worst case, boot with a boot CD or Knoppix to retrieve and migrate to whatever operating system you want to move it to.