The existence of the book draft would provide defence against that sort of evidence. However, if someone you know is killed by a faulty nuclear fusion reactor while the elevator override button has been disabled, I think you might still get in trouble.
I had never heard of the site until this hoax. Now I at least know about it. I would say it would be a positive outcome (more people coming than going).
Who cares if it can be pirated? It'll cost Intel very little to do this and the aim isn't to get lots of geeks paying $50, its to get average Joe at home to do it. They will still make money off this idea (so long as it isn't a huge PR disaster - selling crippled hardware...) with or without a patch.
I love the mindset of the computing field, when a 'background image' is considered copying (not least on twitter, for which its a fairly standard thing).
That makes sense if someone is willing to pay $100 million for the first copy of the movie.
A more reasonable suggestion would be that once a movie starts to profit, they allow free copies to be distributed.
Even then, there is an issue of making an overall profit as some movies fail, and what the level of 'enough profit'.
I am completely against many of the claims and practises that the *AAs perform (download != sale, poor profits given to recording artists), but they release a product under a set of conditions. If you don't like those conditions, don't get the product. Eventually free market forces will allow the studios that make the best use of the Internet to profit and the rest will catch on. Yes they have a near-monopoly on the industry and they advertise particularly well, but people lived perfectly well before Avatar came out, so if you don't want to pay to see it, you don't have to see it right away. Wait until the movie is showed with advertising for free or don't even see it at all.
You would find that the majority of the 'good' botnets rely on many computers doing low-bandwidth operations, so that the owner of the computer doesn't notice. If the speed of the Internet gets too slow, the owner could send the computer in to get fixed, and the IT guy would find and remove the problem files. If the owner never notices, its less likely this could happen.
There still exists viruses that do the 'high impact' thing, but they are less common now and don't last very long (for the previously mentioned reason).
You don't need to market to 'the masses' to make (substantial) money off a product. Law enforcement is a big enough market if you get good saturation and Google + other ad networks would be a massive market.
While at the same time ensuring that all on board the pirate ships are in fact pirates (no hostages, etc). Bad things happen when people become judge and jury themselves.
Stun them, call the authorities and then stay out of it.
Hardly infinite. Most games place a limit on how much resources the AI can use, which means they need to make good decisions using limited resources. I'm not sure if Starcraft has these limits (a cursory glance suggests so), but it doesn't have good control over the micro of the player, which is what makes the difference between good players and great players.
Don't forget the "it'll never happen to me" attitude that allows people to ignore the risks and do phishing anyway.
There will never be a short supply of people desperate enough to become phishers, just like house robberies are still an issue (despite, I am assuming, higher arrest rates).
One thing about security is that people always take shortcuts, and one of the main outcomes of this is that data gets lost when it should never have been copied in the first place.
A key example of this is when consultants take a copy of a database so that they can create a program to access the data. They don't need the data, they just need the schema. Get this into people's heads (think 'least necessary information' rather then 'easiest command') and it wouldn't matter how poorly your consultant handles your data, because they can't lose any of it.
Perhaps it is fine with you, but it assumes broadband everywhere and perfect connectivity.
In Australia, I have a fast speed, but its ADSL and, while better then it used to be, it isn't reliable.
So if my ADSL goes down after I organize to have everyone over to play Starcraft II, we can no longer play. Its a stupid decision from misguided management types who don't realise, as someone said above, that soon after the release, the DRM will be cracked and the LAN support added. If Blizzard aren't going to look after their fans, they won't get any respect from them, and many will pirate the game out of spite.
I am happy to give Blizzard my money, I buy the commercial games that I play, but this decision will hurt Blizzard.
This is good, I also find its easy to write out the things you need to do.
Then separate the things you need to do into methods.
Then separate the first method into the steps required to do it.
Then convert english -> code and you have done the first task.
Rinse and repeat
I often find that if I start writing things out in detail, it becomes easier to just do a task rather than describe it in detail in my todo list.
Anosmia? You know, I always thought it was very funny that losing your sense of smell was called anosmia. "Anos-mia", you know, like "schnoz-mia." Don't you find that very funny?
No need to check with the boss, just make sure you prioritize first.
Urgent requests get answered first, nice requests second and bastard requests... later.
Direct everything through a helpdesk system, so when people are bastards you can inform their bosses that their behavior is making you uncomfortable.
At my last job, we had a constant problem of new staff turning up on their first day and their bosses ringing us to say that they need a new user setup straight away. For one-off cases, this wasn't a problem*, but for those that didn't learn, we took a good few days to do it. Paying to have staff sitting there with nothing to do usually teaches them quickly. * we usually left it a day anyway, firstly because some of the aspects of the setup did take time, and secondly, to allow us to stall if they become repeat offenders.
Its already been decided by most people I have talked to that Conroy is the worst communications minister we have seen (to be fair, its a small crowd). Further to that, many think that he is the worst minister with a big portfolio.
I think its only a matter of time before he is dumped from the role, as he would be a large liability for Rudd moving into the next election.
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The existence of the book draft would provide defence against that sort of evidence. However, if someone you know is killed by a faulty nuclear fusion reactor while the elevator override button has been disabled, I think you might still get in trouble.
I had never heard of the site until this hoax. Now I at least know about it. I would say it would be a positive outcome (more people coming than going).
Who cares if it can be pirated? It'll cost Intel very little to do this and the aim isn't to get lots of geeks paying $50, its to get average Joe at home to do it. They will still make money off this idea (so long as it isn't a huge PR disaster - selling crippled hardware...) with or without a patch.
I like your idea of calling non-cyberspies 'meatspies' from now on.
Wouldn't the result be (P-1)!=N ?
I love the mindset of the computing field, when a 'background image' is considered copying (not least on twitter, for which its a fairly standard thing).
Exactly. Just because it doesn't have a decimal representation, doesn't mean it isn't a valid number...
... ahem... you insensitive clod!
That makes sense if someone is willing to pay $100 million for the first copy of the movie. A more reasonable suggestion would be that once a movie starts to profit, they allow free copies to be distributed. Even then, there is an issue of making an overall profit as some movies fail, and what the level of 'enough profit'. I am completely against many of the claims and practises that the *AAs perform (download != sale, poor profits given to recording artists), but they release a product under a set of conditions. If you don't like those conditions, don't get the product. Eventually free market forces will allow the studios that make the best use of the Internet to profit and the rest will catch on. Yes they have a near-monopoly on the industry and they advertise particularly well, but people lived perfectly well before Avatar came out, so if you don't want to pay to see it, you don't have to see it right away. Wait until the movie is showed with advertising for free or don't even see it at all.
The general rule: Don't feed the trolls
It works fine for me (v3.5.8 on kubuntu)
He could also be using Debian and needs a note taking application
You would find that the majority of the 'good' botnets rely on many computers doing low-bandwidth operations, so that the owner of the computer doesn't notice. If the speed of the Internet gets too slow, the owner could send the computer in to get fixed, and the IT guy would find and remove the problem files. If the owner never notices, its less likely this could happen. There still exists viruses that do the 'high impact' thing, but they are less common now and don't last very long (for the previously mentioned reason).
burn++;
You don't need to market to 'the masses' to make (substantial) money off a product. Law enforcement is a big enough market if you get good saturation and Google + other ad networks would be a massive market.
What ads?
While at the same time ensuring that all on board the pirate ships are in fact pirates (no hostages, etc). Bad things happen when people become judge and jury themselves. Stun them, call the authorities and then stay out of it.
Hardly infinite. Most games place a limit on how much resources the AI can use, which means they need to make good decisions using limited resources. I'm not sure if Starcraft has these limits (a cursory glance suggests so), but it doesn't have good control over the micro of the player, which is what makes the difference between good players and great players.
Don't forget the "it'll never happen to me" attitude that allows people to ignore the risks and do phishing anyway.
There will never be a short supply of people desperate enough to become phishers, just like house robberies are still an issue (despite, I am assuming, higher arrest rates).
One thing about security is that people always take shortcuts, and one of the main outcomes of this is that data gets lost when it should never have been copied in the first place. A key example of this is when consultants take a copy of a database so that they can create a program to access the data. They don't need the data, they just need the schema. Get this into people's heads (think 'least necessary information' rather then 'easiest command') and it wouldn't matter how poorly your consultant handles your data, because they can't lose any of it.
Perhaps it is fine with you, but it assumes broadband everywhere and perfect connectivity.
In Australia, I have a fast speed, but its ADSL and, while better then it used to be, it isn't reliable.
So if my ADSL goes down after I organize to have everyone over to play Starcraft II, we can no longer play. Its a stupid decision from misguided management types who don't realise, as someone said above, that soon after the release, the DRM will be cracked and the LAN support added. If Blizzard aren't going to look after their fans, they won't get any respect from them, and many will pirate the game out of spite.
I am happy to give Blizzard my money, I buy the commercial games that I play, but this decision will hurt Blizzard.
Women can wait tables too!
This is good, I also find its easy to write out the things you need to do.
Then separate the things you need to do into methods.
Then separate the first method into the steps required to do it.
Then convert english -> code and you have done the first task.
Rinse and repeat
I often find that if I start writing things out in detail, it becomes easier to just do a task rather than describe it in detail in my todo list.
Anosmia? You know, I always thought it was very funny that losing your sense of smell was called anosmia. "Anos-mia", you know, like "schnoz-mia." Don't you find that very funny?
No need to check with the boss, just make sure you prioritize first. Urgent requests get answered first, nice requests second and bastard requests... later. Direct everything through a helpdesk system, so when people are bastards you can inform their bosses that their behavior is making you uncomfortable. At my last job, we had a constant problem of new staff turning up on their first day and their bosses ringing us to say that they need a new user setup straight away. For one-off cases, this wasn't a problem*, but for those that didn't learn, we took a good few days to do it. Paying to have staff sitting there with nothing to do usually teaches them quickly. * we usually left it a day anyway, firstly because some of the aspects of the setup did take time, and secondly, to allow us to stall if they become repeat offenders.
Its already been decided by most people I have talked to that Conroy is the worst communications minister we have seen (to be fair, its a small crowd). Further to that, many think that he is the worst minister with a big portfolio.
I think its only a matter of time before he is dumped from the role, as he would be a large liability for Rudd moving into the next election.