--If I had the capability, I would mod you +10 Insightful.
--And Bruce, I am appalled that your view is SO shortsighted. There's a famous quote from Benjamin Franklin, a man who knew what it was like to have to DEFEND his country and rights:
" Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. "
--I don't even own a gun, but I certainly don't think that banning them or taking them away from lawful citizens is the right answer - even (especially?) in response to tragedies like this. Our current government is trying to turn the USA into East Germany anymore - where does this slippery slope end??
/ " An armed society is a polite society " -- Robert A. Heinlein
--There are indeed, many many reasons to hate that movie. I don't care if Leonard Nimoy endorsed it - that abortion of a so-called "reboot" is NOWHERE NEAR Star Trek Canon quality in MY book.
/ also mutters about Highlander 2 and 3, and the saving grace of Adrian Paul for "Endgame" // check out Diane Duane's ST novels if you want REAL Canon-worthy ST;-)
Vmware Workstation will let you very easily create a VM that is encrypted. Laptop OS notwithstanding (you could use Linux) even if they find and copy the entire VM, as long as you use a good strong password it might suffice.
One solution: Have at least (1) person in the room at all times - like an assigned "bodyguard" for your laptop/data.
Another solution: Do all of your work over a secure VPN, save nothing locally, and re-image the laptop nightly from known-good backups that you carry on your person at all times.
Yet Another solution: Sue the ever living shiat out of the hotel for poor security.
--It has a SATA port, 1GB RAM, and comes with a 4GB Nand Flash ++ power cable included. Haven't received it yet, but so far the only accessory I've bought for it is an HDMI -> DVI video cable adapter for ~$8.
--I'm gonna put Squid + SSD drive on it and see if it can replace my old P4 Squid server:-D
--Which is total BS. Their hardware has been shown to be defective by design, and asking their customers to pay for fixing the gaping security hole is asinine. They'll be lucky if they're not sued into the ground.
--Thank you for adequately expressing how utterly STUPID this article is. I mean seriously, this is about the dumbest thing I've seen on Slashdot in months.
--I feel like my IQ has dropped for even having read the article summary. I award HughPickens no points, and may God have mercy on his soul.:B
...aaand you just gained another Friend. For someone outside the US, you have an excellent grasp of why never ceasing to fight this growing trend of fascism is vitally important.
--Actually, I bought my 360 @ Walmart for ~$160 IIRC, without the hard drive, and added a 16GB USB stick for extra storage - it runs fine. I believe you can have up to 2*16GB USB sticks if you want to game on the cheap; or adding the HD on from Gamestop later on is also an option.
--What I would like to see is a Bonus Round - which robot can destroy an identical object the fastest (like a car) -- similar to the Bonus round in the game "Final Fight":
--It's all good, man. At least one of the Callahan's books has Jake Stonebender, the main protagonist, talking exactly the same way about the way he feels when playing in front of a crowd. You might want to look into the series (or at least one book.)
--I think the book that I remember having the part was " Callahan's Key " by Spider Robinson, but not 100% sure. Here's a free sample; the whole series is really pretty good:
Slashdot Mirror
--A real geek would know that modern HD platters are made of either aluminium or glass+ceramic, and thus rust plays no factor. :P
--Yah, the movie version with George Clooney had a pretty hot chick in it, too... :D
--Have you tried JFS? I'm a heavy Vmware user and it works really well, with minimal CPU usage.
--If I had the capability, I would mod you +10 Insightful.
--And Bruce, I am appalled that your view is SO shortsighted. There's a famous quote from Benjamin Franklin, a man who knew what it was like to have to DEFEND his country and rights:
" Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. "
--I don't even own a gun, but I certainly don't think that banning them or taking them away from lawful citizens is the right answer - even (especially?) in response to tragedies like this. Our current government is trying to turn the USA into East Germany anymore - where does this slippery slope end??
/ " An armed society is a polite society " -- Robert A. Heinlein
" MORONIE DEPORTED TO SWEDEN
CLAIMS HE'S NOT FROM THERE " ;-)
/ obscure? now i have to post some random stuff here to get around the filter
--Dude, Duke Nukem Forever got released already. Even Netcraft stopped caring about HURD.
30 years?? OJ Simpson's murder trial was in 1995 - that's only 17 years. Pull the other one, it has got bells on.
--If you've been at your current residence for at least a year, call your electric company and look into a " level pay " plan. Can save you $$$.
+1. " There's a fool born every minute, and two to take him. "
--There are indeed, many many reasons to hate that movie. I don't care if Leonard Nimoy endorsed it - that abortion of a so-called "reboot" is NOWHERE NEAR Star Trek Canon quality in MY book.
/ also mutters about Highlander 2 and 3, and the saving grace of Adrian Paul for "Endgame"
// check out Diane Duane's ST novels if you want REAL Canon-worthy ST ;-)
--No, I think that was Gene Masseth...
Vmware Workstation will let you very easily create a VM that is encrypted. Laptop OS notwithstanding (you could use Linux) even if they find and copy the entire VM, as long as you use a good strong password it might suffice.
One solution: Have at least (1) person in the room at all times - like an assigned "bodyguard" for your laptop/data.
Another solution: Do all of your work over a secure VPN, save nothing locally, and re-image the laptop nightly from known-good backups that you carry on your person at all times.
Yet Another solution: Sue the ever living shiat out of the hotel for poor security.
+1 metahumor ;-)
--Yes indeed, I'm pretty annoyed that AT&T is charging me $$/month for unlimited texting, when it's basically FREE for them to provide! ~:-(
There is a grue under the towel.
You have been eaten by a grue.
The grue takes your iPad and sells it on eBay. No respawn for you, lol.
GAME OVER, man!! Game over!
--I feel yer pain, man. I really wanted a Pi back in November of 2011; after the delayed-shipping debacle, I said the heck with it.
--Finally ordered one of these for $59, after finding out about it due to a Slashdot comment:
http://www.indiegogo.com/cubieboard
--It has a SATA port, 1GB RAM, and comes with a 4GB Nand Flash ++ power cable included. Haven't received it yet, but so far the only accessory I've bought for it is an HDMI -> DVI video cable adapter for ~$8.
--I'm gonna put Squid + SSD drive on it and see if it can replace my old P4 Squid server :-D
--Which is total BS. Their hardware has been shown to be defective by design, and asking their customers to pay for fixing the gaping security hole is asinine. They'll be lucky if they're not sued into the ground.
--Thank you for adequately expressing how utterly STUPID this article is. I mean seriously, this is about the dumbest thing I've seen on Slashdot in months.
--I feel like my IQ has dropped for even having read the article summary. I award HughPickens no points, and may God have mercy on his soul. :B
...aaand you just gained another Friend. For someone outside the US, you have an excellent grasp of why never ceasing to fight this growing trend of fascism is vitally important.
--Yep, I can confirm Linux Mint 14 is also running 64-bit Firefox natively:
$ file /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/lib/firefox/firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=0xbecff14f9dff514573ccdae8cbeb2c9ecf119c2e, stripped
--Actually, I bought my 360 @ Walmart for ~$160 IIRC, without the hard drive, and added a 16GB USB stick for extra storage - it runs fine. I believe you can have up to 2*16GB USB sticks if you want to game on the cheap; or adding the HD on from Gamestop later on is also an option.
--I find your ideas intriguing, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
--What I would like to see is a Bonus Round - which robot can destroy an identical object the fastest (like a car) -- similar to the Bonus round in the game "Final Fight":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fight
--It's all good, man. At least one of the Callahan's books has Jake Stonebender, the main protagonist, talking exactly the same way about the way he feels when playing in front of a crowd. You might want to look into the series (or at least one book.)
--I think the book that I remember having the part was " Callahan's Key " by Spider Robinson, but not 100% sure. Here's a free sample; the whole series is really pretty good:
http://callahans.50megs.com/spider/posttoast.html
/ FWIW, I envy you the feeling ;-)