I bet 99.99% of this is the SCADA systems. Those are huge open sores in the power distribution network because of the SCADA vulnerabilities. And the geniuses at the power companies thought it was a-ok to hook SCADA into an ethernet network.
If you want to be entertained go read the NERC documents.
To figure out how they power them and disable every one I can. Because I can tell you the stores will not provide the power for these things. They'll be battery powered more than likely.
We're so far beyond just the enumerated privileges and functions it's not funny. You can thank the practice of law for that - with various interpretations being pushed forward and once it's in the record, it's settled law. After all, how do you think corporations got the notion of person hood in their thinking? The culmination happened in 1876 but now they're pretty much captured the beast.
However, while I generally abhor the Tea Bagger madness - there may be a silver lining in that all these big defense contracts will seriously contract down to size where they don't have the dough to lobby for more beneficial legislation.
I watched a video some time back about a hurricane proofed house. It looked pretty much like a standard house. But when that thing shuttered up it was sealed TIGHT. And I do know that Stanley of all companies designed a nail that would not just tear out of wood, thereby lessening the chance roof components could be lifted.
You can build a structure to combat hurricanes and tornadoes - but it isn't going to be THAT cheap. Given that fact I have no intention of living anywhere beyond the northeast U.S. None! Sure, we get a little geologic action from time to time, and hurricanes get here about once every 30 or so years though the cycle seems to have been shortened lately.
In one prior place of employment we had Ubuntu on all the desktops and Firefox and Thunderbird. The mail accounts were all IMAP only so you could essentially blow away a machine and re-install an image on it.
Around 3rd or 4th grade. Basic mathematical concepts could be bolstered by learning to program. Use a simple language like Python to start. Then expose em' to C++, Java etc.
Indeed, the failure of the FCC to be a regulator has resulted in a hodgepodge of differing standards for providing mobile telephone services. Long ago I realized the superior of the two was GSM and have stuck with it since. Although my latest phone is a 4G LTE Android platform. However it has it's ancestry in GSM including the SIM card.
But with the government bailout of GM, didn't that drastically reduce the retirement liability? It may have preserved it for those already retired but those currently working are going to get the short end of the stick when it comes time for them to retire.
Yup, I block a lot of ads too. But the whole patent troll issue needs to be resolved. It's not like it's not clearly visible at this point in the game. But it's ridiculous - in essence the trolls are putting additional meaning into the patents they hold. It shouldn't work like that.
I have a LOT of applications I paid for on my XP box that I have no intention of re-purchasing or trying to find again. But I'm getting very irked with the direction Windows has gone in and have made a decision.
My next computer will more likely than not be a Linux laptop. Either Ubuntu or Debian. And it will have VirtualBox installed with an image of my XP box that runs in it. That way if I need the apps I can just fire up the VM and do what I have to and shut it down when I'm finished.
I believe there's a Kia plant in Kentucky where the vast majority of the car is assembled by robots. I couldn't find it but I once watched a video of it and it's fascinating.
It essentially starts with roll steel, then stamping, welding, painting, final assembly and so on. It's completely removed the human labor component from automobile manufacturing. And one thing that amuses me - labor used to be the biggest expense of a car. Now it's electricity at a fraction the rate. So why do cars still cost so much?
Perhaps. But think about all the social interactions you have every day even if you are a prepper. Each on is fraught with the risk so masks, minimum distances, etc..
That the technology has improved to the point where just about anyone can produce their own music. Some will be good, some will be bad. Just like the music industry today, some good stuff, some really bad stuff.
Indeed - I've watched with amusement how Microsoft completely blew it regarding OS upgrades. From XP to Vista to 7 to 8. Vista was vomit inducing, 7 better but still the regroup of system options and control panels really made no sense. And 8 is a flaming piece of shit no matter how you dice it.
There was a time I was probably what you'd call a Windows lapdog. Now I'd much prefer Unix/Linux. Try doing pattern matching on your windows box it's weak at best. And the file system on Windows, egad! I also recall a few years back how the Win FS was supposed to solve the issues with NTFS etc. But Microsoft could never get it to work.
In my case I'm still using XP SP3+patches. However when I buy a new machine I intend to put either Debian or Ubuntu on it.
Then I'll make an image of my current XP laptop, install VirtualBox on the Linux laptop, and install the image of my XP machine on there. Problem solved, apps I need will still run and the beauty of Linux running the whole show.
I know - a company I worked for got bought by Dell a couple years ago. We watched as benefits got wiped, and the switch to a new platform meant WORSE service for our clients. A bunch of us jumped ship.
An old XP SP3 box I had about 8 WinXP patches, then patches for O2K3 and O2K7 (Don't ask!). Then once the computer had restarted a couple Excel 2007 patches, etc.
If you want to talk corporate person hood then what right did the dealerships have to block another dealership from operating? That's a big old court case just WAITING to happen.
And the dealers could have chosen to carry Tesla models too. So this leads me to believe there's another motive. Consider one of the biggest boosters of electric vehicles - it's President Obama. So it all boils down to hatred of the President not because he's a bad guy but because, and I'll piss some folks off here, but because he is black by the one drop rule.
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I bet 99.99% of this is the SCADA systems. Those are huge open sores in the power distribution network because of the SCADA vulnerabilities. And the geniuses at the power companies thought it was a-ok to hook SCADA into an ethernet network.
If you want to be entertained go read the NERC documents.
To figure out how they power them and disable every one I can. Because I can tell you the stores will not provide the power for these things. They'll be battery powered more than likely.
We're so far beyond just the enumerated privileges and functions it's not funny. You can thank the practice of law for that - with various interpretations being pushed forward and once it's in the record, it's settled law. After all, how do you think corporations got the notion of person hood in their thinking? The culmination happened in 1876 but now they're pretty much captured the beast.
However, while I generally abhor the Tea Bagger madness - there may be a silver lining in that all these big defense contracts will seriously contract down to size where they don't have the dough to lobby for more beneficial legislation.
I watched a video some time back about a hurricane proofed house. It looked pretty much like a standard house. But when that thing shuttered up it was sealed TIGHT. And I do know that Stanley of all companies designed a nail that would not just tear out of wood, thereby lessening the chance roof components could be lifted.
You can build a structure to combat hurricanes and tornadoes - but it isn't going to be THAT cheap. Given that fact I have no intention of living anywhere beyond the northeast U.S. None! Sure, we get a little geologic action from time to time, and hurricanes get here about once every 30 or so years though the cycle seems to have been shortened lately.
My definition of micromanagement: When your boss stands behind you while you're on the phone talking to a client. That's micromanagement.
You got that right! I chafe something fierce at being micromanaged.
In one prior place of employment we had Ubuntu on all the desktops and Firefox and Thunderbird. The mail accounts were all IMAP only so you could essentially blow away a machine and re-install an image on it.
Because I had it drilled into me as a kid. Now I sort of unconsciously can do most fractions.
Around 3rd or 4th grade. Basic mathematical concepts could be bolstered by learning to program. Use a simple language like Python to start. Then expose em' to C++, Java etc.
Indeed, the failure of the FCC to be a regulator has resulted in a hodgepodge of differing standards for providing mobile telephone services. Long ago I realized the superior of the two was GSM and have stuck with it since. Although my latest phone is a 4G LTE Android platform. However it has it's ancestry in GSM including the SIM card.
But with the government bailout of GM, didn't that drastically reduce the retirement liability? It may have preserved it for those already retired but those currently working are going to get the short end of the stick when it comes time for them to retire.
Yup, I block a lot of ads too. But the whole patent troll issue needs to be resolved. It's not like it's not clearly visible at this point in the game. But it's ridiculous - in essence the trolls are putting additional meaning into the patents they hold. It shouldn't work like that.
I have a LOT of applications I paid for on my XP box that I have no intention of re-purchasing or trying to find again. But I'm getting very irked with the direction Windows has gone in and have made a decision.
My next computer will more likely than not be a Linux laptop. Either Ubuntu or Debian. And it will have VirtualBox installed with an image of my XP box that runs in it. That way if I need the apps I can just fire up the VM and do what I have to and shut it down when I'm finished.
I believe there's a Kia plant in Kentucky where the vast majority of the car is assembled by robots. I couldn't find it but I once watched a video of it and it's fascinating.
It essentially starts with roll steel, then stamping, welding, painting, final assembly and so on. It's completely removed the human labor component from automobile manufacturing. And one thing that amuses me - labor used to be the biggest expense of a car. Now it's electricity at a fraction the rate. So why do cars still cost so much?
Perhaps. But think about all the social interactions you have every day even if you are a prepper. Each on is fraught with the risk so masks, minimum distances, etc..
That the technology has improved to the point where just about anyone can produce their own music. Some will be good, some will be bad. Just like the music industry today, some good stuff, some really bad stuff.
Indeed - I've watched with amusement how Microsoft completely blew it regarding OS upgrades. From XP to Vista to 7 to 8. Vista was vomit inducing, 7 better but still the regroup of system options and control panels really made no sense. And 8 is a flaming piece of shit no matter how you dice it.
There was a time I was probably what you'd call a Windows lapdog. Now I'd much prefer Unix/Linux. Try doing pattern matching on your windows box it's weak at best. And the file system on Windows, egad! I also recall a few years back how the Win FS was supposed to solve the issues with NTFS etc. But Microsoft could never get it to work.
I just turned on automatic updates. Much easier that way.
In my case I'm still using XP SP3+patches. However when I buy a new machine I intend to put either Debian or Ubuntu on it.
Then I'll make an image of my current XP laptop, install VirtualBox on the Linux laptop, and install the image of my XP machine on there. Problem solved, apps I need will still run and the beauty of Linux running the whole show.
Printers are so cheap (But consumables not so) that you don't need to repair them. Just buy a newer, faster more capable printer.
I know - a company I worked for got bought by Dell a couple years ago. We watched as benefits got wiped, and the switch to a new platform meant WORSE service for our clients. A bunch of us jumped ship.
An old XP SP3 box I had about 8 WinXP patches, then patches for O2K3 and O2K7 (Don't ask!). Then once the computer had restarted a couple Excel 2007 patches, etc.
If you want to talk corporate person hood then what right did the dealerships have to block another dealership from operating? That's a big old court case just WAITING to happen.
And the dealers could have chosen to carry Tesla models too. So this leads me to believe there's another motive. Consider one of the biggest boosters of electric vehicles - it's President Obama. So it all boils down to hatred of the President not because he's a bad guy but because, and I'll piss some folks off here, but because he is black by the one drop rule.
Oracle is trying to kill MySQL. It's sad - I loved it back in the day. Now not so much.
Yeah - I learned Castillo Spanish many moons ago - so I find the Dominican variant easier to understand for some reason.