I can see the usefulness of this technology over a busy network with multiple users and masses of files and storage... I just can't see needing anything more than a mirror&stripe RAID array on a PC with only one user. Even that could be considered excessive.
You must be talking about the USA, land of the free. First amendment. But luckily, there are still countries whose citizens are free.
Actually, I was talking about England. And I don't really agree that a ban on cameras in pools is invading your freedom any more than it is anothers freedom not to be photographed in swimwear. I was just saying is all.
We all have digital cameras, camera phones etc... It's just a part of technology becoming more and more a part of our lives. It needn't be a bad thing, summer camp is probably one of the best places a teen can capture memories to show the family. Just because bad stuff can be done with these things doesn't mean an outright ban should follow.
You're not allowed to take a camera into most swimming pools now, however much you want to capture your child first swimming. A few bad apples...
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This can't have happened to that many people though. Faults do happen. Sure, the fault is annoying and probably dangerous. There are more dangerous faults out there though.
Moons named after the ferryman of the dead's mothers place, and a "fierce nine-headed monster" doesn't sound like a good place to be! I'll probably never pass through there on my way though, it's not on my route.
I know, I know... Animal protesters are ridiculous. They were protesting outside my workplace a while back. Reason? We deliver stuff to a research centre. Could be pencils & pens, who knows - but the animal activists wanted us to put a stop to it! Needless to say, we got a court injunction against them.
My boss wouldn't let me throw eggs (from battery hens) at them. Spoilsport.
A different computer expert might have pointed out some ways to see if anyone is piggybacking on a wireless signal (many APs have a Web-interface client list), or even suggested something like NoCatAuth.
That's fine, if you have a number of known devices - but for something like a coffee shop where you have many different and irregular users that would not be easy. You could probably track down HIS mac address and block that though.
The age of email and similar IT based office communication lacks some of the real world 'feel' to it. Sometimes when an email annoys me, and I've dealt with the query I will print out said email, screw it up into a ball and hurl it into the bin while saying an expletive. Then delete the email from the system.
It just wouldn't be the same if it was ALL technology. I like to touch things with my hands. I like getting a pile of documents in my hands and banging the sides so they all align. I like dumping a big pile of papers onto someone I don't like's desk. Ink stains on a white shirt, I could do without though.
The point of sale or is right where the money is, so it makes sense to test the market with it. I'm sure that Google would deem a direct referal to a sale to be worth more too. It will be interesting to see how the revenue for the publisher and the costs for the marketer woulr work out.
If we like it, or we don't, Bill Gates is still among the great businessmen ever - if not the greatest. He's gathered more money than anyone anywhere. Personal worth is $50billion and rising. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_house for crying out loud.
If he wants to slow down on selling us Windows, and do work for charity then more power to him I say. I'd rather have care charities than marketing execs.
It sounds like the companies that are being so defrauded must have terrible control measures. For instance, in my company (a logistics/shipping co) we need to have several pieces of documentation before any job is done, or any invoice raised. The measures are stricter when it involves money going out of the company in any way. There are varying levels of control depending on the value concerned.
At least 4 people see a cheque before it is signed and sent out, two signatures are needed on the cheque and one from someone like a manager on the form requesting it. If I want a printer cartridge, I have to fill out a form, get my line manager to authorise it, and then give that to the secetary - who also checks everything, then when she places her order it has to be signed off by her boss. Etc etc.
Control measures are fundamental to reducing exposure to fraud or theft IMHO. Trust me, I'm an accountant.
Personally I can think of better things to do in a nightclub, with live music.
And, if I'm in a nightclub chances are I'm in no fit state to do any coding. Actually, I've had an idea - a coding competition where you have to drink eight beers first!
To help people protect themselves, Microsoft urged users not to open or save Word files they receive from unknown sources or even those that are from trusted sources but are unexpected.
If you don't want to be vunerable, consider upgrading to *nix.
I wonder about the potential application this has, and I'm thinking it's not all going to be positive. I would have liked to try the Google Spreadsheet, I'll have to wait though.
In my office, we use excel - as does pretty much every other office. How would Google deal with macros, functions, or even complex formulas? And for the business world, you'd have to convince them that google is as or more secure than in-house storage.
Nice idea though, I'm interested to see where it will go.
I totally agree! I work in accounting, and as a general rule everything is checked at every stage of authorisation.
Usually it's a pretty good system, except once when I had a formula error that went unchecked. Everyone looked at the print and just saw that excel had added it up and assumed it to be right. Whoops.
I was the one that got in trouble, as we paid this company a bit more than we should have. We held the amount back the next week, but my boss was still a little cross with me as it was clearly the original figures that were wrong. He couldn't be too mad though, as he should have checked them before signing them. Then another manager signed them, and then someone else paid them... My point is, rely on checking everything before you sign it. Ensure authorisation levels are kept, and double check before you present any figures to anyone!
I had this chemistry teacher, real mad scientist type. He showed us how to make gunpowder, which was cool. Pity he left before I hit 6th form, as he showed them how to make trinitrotoluene...
I wonder if this would mean he could no longer show his students how to make high explosives.
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I can see the usefulness of this technology over a busy network with multiple users and masses of files and storage... I just can't see needing anything more than a mirror&stripe RAID array on a PC with only one user. Even that could be considered excessive.
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Actually, I was talking about England. And I don't really agree that a ban on cameras in pools is invading your freedom any more than it is anothers freedom not to be photographed in swimwear. I was just saying is all.
We all have digital cameras, camera phones etc... It's just a part of technology becoming more and more a part of our lives. It needn't be a bad thing, summer camp is probably one of the best places a teen can capture memories to show the family. Just because bad stuff can be done with these things doesn't mean an outright ban should follow.
You're not allowed to take a camera into most swimming pools now, however much you want to capture your child first swimming. A few bad apples...
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This can't have happened to that many people though. Faults do happen. Sure, the fault is annoying and probably dangerous. There are more dangerous faults out there though.
Moons named after the ferryman of the dead's mothers place, and a "fierce nine-headed monster" doesn't sound like a good place to be! I'll probably never pass through there on my way though, it's not on my route.
I know, I know... Animal protesters are ridiculous. They were protesting outside my workplace a while back. Reason? We deliver stuff to a research centre. Could be pencils & pens, who knows - but the animal activists wanted us to put a stop to it! Needless to say, we got a court injunction against them.
My boss wouldn't let me throw eggs (from battery hens) at them. Spoilsport.
The age of email and similar IT based office communication lacks some of the real world 'feel' to it. Sometimes when an email annoys me, and I've dealt with the query I will print out said email, screw it up into a ball and hurl it into the bin while saying an expletive. Then delete the email from the system.
It just wouldn't be the same if it was ALL technology. I like to touch things with my hands. I like getting a pile of documents in my hands and banging the sides so they all align. I like dumping a big pile of papers onto someone I don't like's desk. Ink stains on a white shirt, I could do without though.
For those rats who did not regain use of their limbs after the experiment, little miniature wheelchairs and sticks were provided.
Let's just tell the animal rights protestors that anyway.
The point of sale or is right where the money is, so it makes sense to test the market with it. I'm sure that Google would deem a direct referal to a sale to be worth more too. It will be interesting to see how the revenue for the publisher and the costs for the marketer woulr work out.
Will it work on my AMD processor?
That sandwich has everything I like in it!
While it is fact, it's still my humble opinion.
I googled penes and got some quite unsavory results.
If we like it, or we don't, Bill Gates is still among the great businessmen ever - if not the greatest. He's gathered more money than anyone anywhere. Personal worth is $50billion and rising. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_house for crying out loud.
If he wants to slow down on selling us Windows, and do work for charity then more power to him I say. I'd rather have care charities than marketing execs.
It sounds like the companies that are being so defrauded must have terrible control measures. For instance, in my company (a logistics/shipping co) we need to have several pieces of documentation before any job is done, or any invoice raised. The measures are stricter when it involves money going out of the company in any way. There are varying levels of control depending on the value concerned.
At least 4 people see a cheque before it is signed and sent out, two signatures are needed on the cheque and one from someone like a manager on the form requesting it. If I want a printer cartridge, I have to fill out a form, get my line manager to authorise it, and then give that to the secetary - who also checks everything, then when she places her order it has to be signed off by her boss. Etc etc.
Control measures are fundamental to reducing exposure to fraud or theft IMHO. Trust me, I'm an accountant.
Personally I can think of better things to do in a nightclub, with live music.
And, if I'm in a nightclub chances are I'm in no fit state to do any coding. Actually, I've had an idea - a coding competition where you have to drink eight beers first!
To help people protect themselves, Microsoft urged users not to open or save Word files they receive from unknown sources or even those that are from trusted sources but are unexpected.
If you don't want to be vunerable, consider upgrading to *nix.
This service has been around for years. Accutracking for example.
It's not that impressive really. You could hire a butler or servant if you have that much cash to burn, plus they'd have laundry capabilitys.
I wonder about the potential application this has, and I'm thinking it's not all going to be positive. I would have liked to try the Google Spreadsheet, I'll have to wait though.
In my office, we use excel - as does pretty much every other office. How would Google deal with macros, functions, or even complex formulas? And for the business world, you'd have to convince them that google is as or more secure than in-house storage.
Nice idea though, I'm interested to see where it will go.
I totally agree! I work in accounting, and as a general rule everything is checked at every stage of authorisation. Usually it's a pretty good system, except once when I had a formula error that went unchecked. Everyone looked at the print and just saw that excel had added it up and assumed it to be right. Whoops.
I was the one that got in trouble, as we paid this company a bit more than we should have. We held the amount back the next week, but my boss was still a little cross with me as it was clearly the original figures that were wrong. He couldn't be too mad though, as he should have checked them before signing them. Then another manager signed them, and then someone else paid them... My point is, rely on checking everything before you sign it. Ensure authorisation levels are kept, and double check before you present any figures to anyone!
It's further education for 16-18 year olds. Like high school++
I had this chemistry teacher, real mad scientist type. He showed us how to make gunpowder, which was cool. Pity he left before I hit 6th form, as he showed them how to make trinitrotoluene...
I wonder if this would mean he could no longer show his students how to make high explosives.