The WLSE and MARS appliances are highly unlikely items to be purchased by network or security admins, and left open with default passwords. If you're shelling out the cash for a MARS appliance, you generally care enough about security to change the password from default. I don't know, maybe that's just me though. Maybe there are plenty out there that are wide open. Scary!
A closer analogy would be road maintenance, of which consumers and businesses both share the costs of in taxes. The consumers contribute the vast majority of the funds, just as with internet access to Google.
The telco's idea would be equivalent to cities, counties, and states giving road maintenance or expansion preference to those businesses they could bribe (or exploit depending on how you look at it).
"All road maintenance will be put into a 20-year cycle for those buisnesses unwilling to pay an extra 25% in their taxes. Businesses willing to pay extra will have their local roads upgraded annually. "
Everybody suffers except for the telco. Doesn't sound like anyone will buy into it.
The logic here is flawed. Consumers are currently paying for the pipes. Now the companies should pay too? Would that mean a drastic reduction in consumer's fees from these providers?
That's like saying a business should have to pay for the costs involved in getting the consumer to the doorstop. Next time I run to Home Depot, I'll make sure to demand they reimburse my gasoline for the trip. Why the hell should they get a free ride in all of this?!
The only way it will fly is if it means a significant reduction in consumer prices. I could see some people paying $15/mo for this type of access, with some sites capped at 1Mbps or so, and others higher. Versus $50/month for everything at 6Mbps. Anything else and I don't see how it could get a second glance from consumers.
My favorite part about dupe articles is that people reply with the popluar replies of the first thread, and they get modded the same way again. Funny the mods, which supposedly are "average Joe" users, don't see the replies as dupes too.
This one was a little too recent, though. Can't there be a mechanism in place to auto-deny all identical submissions when one is accepted?
I think that a good optical viewfinder with a split prism focusing screen makes manual focusing quicker and easier than any EVF can. I'd rather not have to use controls to zoom in on an image just to check if I'm in focus.
I agree, however, that EVFs have their upsides. They definately have their downsides as well. I have a Digital Rebel with (from what I hear), a pretty average optical viewfinder. Even so, after 5000 shots I have never missed having an EVF. I'm not sure what it is -- if it's the stability of having the camera up against your eye, or the instantaneous shutter response.
To incorporate an EVF *and* an optical viewfinder active at the same time on a DSLR, you've got to split the incoming light between at least two destinations, meaning that both viewfinders *and* the autofocus suffer. It also means keeping the sensor constantly active, increasing noise in the image. I'd rather have one or the other, but not both. And for me, I prefer the optical viewfinder.
To each his own, eh? Makes for a wide variety of cameras, at the very least.;)
I think you'd find it challenging to defend the statement that their music has been "beaten with a bible". The music is quality, and the lyrics actually have some intelligence behind them. A deviation from the standard in music today, but in a good way.
The argument of "person=suck, person endorse music, music=suck" doesn't quite hold up to logic either. I'd be willing to bet there are a lot of morons who would wholeheartedly endorse your favorite band as well. Doesn't mean the band sucks.
An emergency instills in the mind that their lives are in imminent danger. From earlier news stories regarding this gap filler, it has always sounded like more of a precaution than an emergency.
Precaution as in "Yeah, we'll have to consider if it's worth the risk of going outside and repairing it." Versus emergency as in "WTF?!? Somebody get out there and repair the gaps!!1"
I realize the scope of taking small chances when it comes to space flight and 2500F re-entry temperatures... but everything seems so sensationalized with this.
In other news:
Google News had a main page link talking about the astronauts going "into the belly" of the shuttle. The news story it linked to talked about the astronauts spacewalking and making gap filler repairs to the underside of the shuttle. Since when can you be outside and inside something at the same time?
Whoever runs the child porn site is able to track how many people view it. There's a reason the webmaster is risking jail time to provide child porn to you, whether it's psychological or financial. By viewing (or purchasing access to) the child porn, you're encouraging the entire process.
In the literal sense, of course you possess pornography if the images reside on your computer. Doesn't matter what folder they are in; if they are there, you possess them. Heck, even if you delete them, you still possess them.
The good news is that any rational judge or jury would take intent into consideration. If it could be proven that you never intentionally viewed the pornography, and were unaware that it resided on your computer, I could see some leniency.
Still, it is the end user's fault for having spyware on their computer. Nobody will hold it against them though, since the majority of computer users are on the same low-level of knowledge and suffer from the same inabilities.
Tell them to assume that anything they do on the public terminal is public information.
What kind of information is that sensitive, though? Personal e-mails? Instant messaging? They are typically not encrypted from a private terminal, and therefore not exactly private information as it bounces around the Internet.
It's funny how we always capitalize 'RAW' even though it's not an acronym. Despite knowing this, I myself can't stop from typing RAW when referring to it either.
Incidentally, when I slow down earlier, and roll up to the red light at 20mph, still at speed when it turns, vs hitting it at 45 a few seconds sooner and needing to stop all the way, I find by a block past the light I've passed virtually everyone who was stopped at it, and so in addition to being energy efficient I've increased my average speed too.
Finally, I hear of someone else that actually follows this same red light theory. I think I drive people insane by following it, but I don't really mind.
Just to add to this, this line of thinking will also save wear on your brake pads as well.
The only exception I make is if someone behind me wants to get up into the left turn lane to trip the sensor in time.
Just for control, make sure to fill up at the same gas station, at the same pump. Go to the 2nd or 3rd click rather than the first (allow the gas to stop sloshing around).
Might sound anal, but a few MPGs is probably the most difference you'd see, and even a few tenths of a gallon off in fill-up measurements can render the results meaningless.
The estimate is that up to 20 terabytes of imagery will be needed to mosaic together the final worldwide GLOBCOVER map - an amount of data equivalent to the contents of 20 million books.
Why do writers insist on making these kind of useless comparisons? Is there any research that indicates the average book contains the equivalent of one megabyte of data? Especially one megabyte of imagery? Will this really help a layperson quantify a terabyte?
This just in: The human brain is capable of storing an amount of data equivalent to 68 quintillion index cards.
No, the current system is (pretty much) already fine. A business who wishes to extend credit to someone can use whatever means they wish to identify that person. If they screw up and misidentify the person, and that person never pays back, that's their problem.
Except when it becomes the impersonated individual's problem as well. If someone is granted a line of credit in my name and don't make payments, the bank comes knocking at my proverbial door, right?
I'm hoping that it won't be long before the days of biometric security measures are more commonplace in everyday life.
You're right, social security numbers aren't exactly protected information. I'd be willing to jump through a few more hoops next time I open a checking account or apply for a line of credit, if it means that I can worry less about identity theft.
The job most in demand in 3 years doesn't mean it will remain the most in-demand for the 40 subsequent years as well.
There are a lot of people out there making six figures that work long hours doing things they don't enjoy doing.
Go with what you enjoy doing. If you enjoy doing it, you'll work damn hard at it. Strive to be the best at what you do and you'll have a greater chance of keeping a job.
If you're really worried though, try and choose a career that can't get easily outsourced to India. Talking to tech support in India sucks balls *every* time, and everybody knows it. They can't send every tech job overseas.;)
When it's finally released, won't the majority of "upgrades" be by default when people buy new Windows PCs and have no other OS choice?
It seems that with such a large market share, they won't even have to come up with many improvements at all for the general public to be convinced it's superior to XP.
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The WLSE and MARS appliances are highly unlikely items to be purchased by network or security admins, and left open with default passwords. If you're shelling out the cash for a MARS appliance, you generally care enough about security to change the password from default. I don't know, maybe that's just me though. Maybe there are plenty out there that are wide open. Scary!
A closer analogy would be road maintenance, of which consumers and businesses both share the costs of in taxes. The consumers contribute the vast majority of the funds, just as with internet access to Google.
The telco's idea would be equivalent to cities, counties, and states giving road maintenance or expansion preference to those businesses they could bribe (or exploit depending on how you look at it).
"All road maintenance will be put into a 20-year cycle for those buisnesses unwilling to pay an extra 25% in their taxes. Businesses willing to pay extra will have their local roads upgraded annually. "
Everybody suffers except for the telco. Doesn't sound like anyone will buy into it.
That's like saying a business should have to pay for the costs involved in getting the consumer to the doorstop. Next time I run to Home Depot, I'll make sure to demand they reimburse my gasoline for the trip. Why the hell should they get a free ride in all of this?!
The only way it will fly is if it means a significant reduction in consumer prices. I could see some people paying $15/mo for this type of access, with some sites capped at 1Mbps or so, and others higher. Versus $50/month for everything at 6Mbps. Anything else and I don't see how it could get a second glance from consumers.
This one was a little too recent, though. Can't there be a mechanism in place to auto-deny all identical submissions when one is accepted?
I agree, however, that EVFs have their upsides. They definately have their downsides as well. I have a Digital Rebel with (from what I hear), a pretty average optical viewfinder. Even so, after 5000 shots I have never missed having an EVF. I'm not sure what it is -- if it's the stability of having the camera up against your eye, or the instantaneous shutter response.
To incorporate an EVF *and* an optical viewfinder active at the same time on a DSLR, you've got to split the incoming light between at least two destinations, meaning that both viewfinders *and* the autofocus suffer. It also means keeping the sensor constantly active, increasing noise in the image. I'd rather have one or the other, but not both. And for me, I prefer the optical viewfinder.
To each his own, eh? Makes for a wide variety of cameras, at the very least. ;)
Surprised it's made it this far without the proofreading community commenting on maiware.
The argument of "person=suck, person endorse music, music=suck" doesn't quite hold up to logic either. I'd be willing to bet there are a lot of morons who would wholeheartedly endorse your favorite band as well. Doesn't mean the band sucks.
An emergency instills in the mind that their lives are in imminent danger. From earlier news stories regarding this gap filler, it has always sounded like more of a precaution than an emergency.
Precaution as in "Yeah, we'll have to consider if it's worth the risk of going outside and repairing it."
Versus emergency as in "WTF?!? Somebody get out there and repair the gaps!!1"
I realize the scope of taking small chances when it comes to space flight and 2500F re-entry temperatures... but everything seems so sensationalized with this.
In other news:
Google News had a main page link talking about the astronauts going "into the belly" of the shuttle. The news story it linked to talked about the astronauts spacewalking and making gap filler repairs to the underside of the shuttle. Since when can you be outside and inside something at the same time?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
With how ultra-reliable Java runtime has been lately, I'd rather run an OS designed by seahorses.
I'm going on my lunch break now. How long will I be gone? Imagine if you placed 60 minutes side-by-side...
Whoever runs the child porn site is able to track how many people view it. There's a reason the webmaster is risking jail time to provide child porn to you, whether it's psychological or financial. By viewing (or purchasing access to) the child porn, you're encouraging the entire process.
In the literal sense, of course you possess pornography if the images reside on your computer. Doesn't matter what folder they are in; if they are there, you possess them. Heck, even if you delete them, you still possess them.
The good news is that any rational judge or jury would take intent into consideration. If it could be proven that you never intentionally viewed the pornography, and were unaware that it resided on your computer, I could see some leniency.
Still, it is the end user's fault for having spyware on their computer. Nobody will hold it against them though, since the majority of computer users are on the same low-level of knowledge and suffer from the same inabilities.
Tell them to assume that anything they do on the public terminal is public information.
What kind of information is that sensitive, though? Personal e-mails? Instant messaging? They are typically not encrypted from a private terminal, and therefore not exactly private information as it bounces around the Internet.
It's funny how we always capitalize 'RAW' even though it's not an acronym. Despite knowing this, I myself can't stop from typing RAW when referring to it either.
Incidentally, when I slow down earlier, and roll up to the red light at 20mph, still at speed when it turns, vs hitting it at 45 a few seconds sooner and needing to stop all the way, I find by a block past the light I've passed virtually everyone who was stopped at it, and so in addition to being energy efficient I've increased my average speed too.
Finally, I hear of someone else that actually follows this same red light theory. I think I drive people insane by following it, but I don't really mind. Just to add to this, this line of thinking will also save wear on your brake pads as well. The only exception I make is if someone behind me wants to get up into the left turn lane to trip the sensor in time.
Just for control, make sure to fill up at the same gas station, at the same pump. Go to the 2nd or 3rd click rather than the first (allow the gas to stop sloshing around).
Might sound anal, but a few MPGs is probably the most difference you'd see, and even a few tenths of a gallon off in fill-up measurements can render the results meaningless.
The estimate is that up to 20 terabytes of imagery will be needed to mosaic together the final worldwide GLOBCOVER map - an amount of data equivalent to the contents of 20 million books.
Why do writers insist on making these kind of useless comparisons? Is there any research that indicates the average book contains the equivalent of one megabyte of data? Especially one megabyte of imagery? Will this really help a layperson quantify a terabyte?
This just in: The human brain is capable of storing an amount of data equivalent to 68 quintillion index cards.
Except when it becomes the impersonated individual's problem as well. If someone is granted a line of credit in my name and don't make payments, the bank comes knocking at my proverbial door, right?
I'm hoping that it won't be long before the days of biometric security measures are more commonplace in everyday life. You're right, social security numbers aren't exactly protected information. I'd be willing to jump through a few more hoops next time I open a checking account or apply for a line of credit, if it means that I can worry less about identity theft.
The job most in demand in 3 years doesn't mean it will remain the most in-demand for the 40 subsequent years as well.
;)
There are a lot of people out there making six figures that work long hours doing things they don't enjoy doing.
Go with what you enjoy doing. If you enjoy doing it, you'll work damn hard at it. Strive to be the best at what you do and you'll have a greater chance of keeping a job.
If you're really worried though, try and choose a career that can't get easily outsourced to India. Talking to tech support in India sucks balls *every* time, and everybody knows it. They can't send every tech job overseas.
When it's finally released, won't the majority of "upgrades" be by default when people buy new Windows PCs and have no other OS choice?
It seems that with such a large market share, they won't even have to come up with many improvements at all for the general public to be convinced it's superior to XP.