Wow. Slashdot has gone to shit. I've had enough and I'm out of here. I'll get my news elsewhere. The moderators here are out of control too. All the negative moderation to TMM's post has finally driven me away completely.
It's only murder if the county deems it so, at least here in Georgia. In some, you can use deadly force to protect your property. In others, well, you just have to stand and watch as they carry your stuff out.
First of all, your car analogy is FUCKING STUPID. Car stalls when you stop. Cars don't run for 2 reasons. Lack of gas, or electrical problems. Guess what's usually in the glove box? Light bulbs. Tracing electrical wires could lead there. Also, the wiring for the glove box could be tied in with some other systems in the fuse box, so watching the light in the glove box while changing fuses is a perfectly reasonable act. Now if your tire keeps going flat, that's a different story. Jesus Christ. Heeeeeere's your sign.
Second, no normal tech is going to go through the 'my music' or 'my pictures' folders unless they suspect that the person who brought the pc in is a really stupid user. And if they don't get the illegal stuff off of there, then they are so stupid they deserve to get busted. It's about time the morons get weeded out. And what the hell are they doing with all those pics and music on there if their system is being taken in some place to be fixed? More stupidity. Come to think of it, there are viruses out there that do affect mp3s and jpgs, so looking through some of them those type of files IS a reasonable act in that situation. Does nobody around here THINK anymore?
"Customers who drop off their computers for servicing reasonably expect that their private data won't be handed over to the police without a warrant."
If you have data that you have to worry about being handed over to the police, what the fuck are you doing taking it in to a service shop?! Secondly, no person WITH A BRAIN has that expectation.
right of the person to not have his hard disk go through an unauthorized search
There are no 'rights' or 'unauthorized searches' when a GOOD technician looks through your pc to make sure the AV/anti-spyware programs did their job thoroughly, and there aren't junk/temp files left everywhere, or any other such situations.
I'm sick to death of all these unintelligent and uneducated analogies. You take your car to a mechanic, you reasonably expect him to need to look and work everywhere to find and fix the problem, so fuck that analogy.
Imagine companies finding out that many people who use computers can get CTS. Now all those people can apply for disability. I don't think the government would be too happy about it. If our government wants to keep from spending more money on individuals with no return, and I'm sure they do, they'll put a foot in someone's ass in a hurry.
Ha! I loaded up Damn Small Linux on my old Toshiba laptop and let my 12 year old daughter use it. All she does right now is browse and use AIM. She could destroy Windows boxes within minutes from her browing habits. It's a great way to put the old laptop to good use again.
I'm not sure about now, but it used to be that phone numbers with the prefix of 976 were generally pay sex lines, at least here in Atlanta. So I give them 404-976-(whatever nasty four letter word I feel like at the time).
all we had were copied VHS tapes of horrible quality, and we liked it! Not to mention the commercially available tapes were $40 each, and the dubbing, well, let's just say it has improved greatly over the years. If you think the dubbing sucks now, you have NO idea.
Is it just me, or have the moderators gone to shit lately?
Oh, and speaking of Sun's Java, it SUCKS! I've never had anything but problems with it. Microsoft's Java VM may have been illegal, but at least it worked.
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Wow. Slashdot has gone to shit. I've had enough and I'm out of here. I'll get my news elsewhere. The moderators here are out of control too. All the negative moderation to TMM's post has finally driven me away completely.
Wow. Good point. This medication sucks. Avoid Paxil unless on vacation.
2030: 10 year anniversary of time travel.
shouldn't that read:
2030: the 1035 year anniversary of time travel.
(as per the the 20 year anniversary of WinME in the year 1015)
how would they have dealt with WinME back in the days before Christ?
It's only murder if the county deems it so, at least here in Georgia. In some, you can use deadly force to protect your property. In others, well, you just have to stand and watch as they carry your stuff out.
...do they play for deceased porn stars?
as it turns out, I'm the psycho. Looks like I'll be moving up in the company soon.
WTF?! Where did this racism come from?
Waaaaa! Don't knock a *nix or we'll beat you senseless with our mod points!
Hell, my points are already in the toilet, so....
unix sux! linux sux! OSX sux! Windows sux! (what's left you ask?) all hail the mighty DOS!
I nominate that for the "dumb-ass statement of the month" award.
I concur.
Apple is a monopoly in the Apple market
In other news, fruit stands everywhere will soon be called iFoods.
First of all, your car analogy is FUCKING STUPID. Car stalls when you stop. Cars don't run for 2 reasons. Lack of gas, or electrical problems. Guess what's usually in the glove box? Light bulbs. Tracing electrical wires could lead there. Also, the wiring for the glove box could be tied in with some other systems in the fuse box, so watching the light in the glove box while changing fuses is a perfectly reasonable act. Now if your tire keeps going flat, that's a different story. Jesus Christ. Heeeeeere's your sign.
Second, no normal tech is going to go through the 'my music' or 'my pictures' folders unless they suspect that the person who brought the pc in is a really stupid user. And if they don't get the illegal stuff off of there, then they are so stupid they deserve to get busted. It's about time the morons get weeded out. And what the hell are they doing with all those pics and music on there if their system is being taken in some place to be fixed? More stupidity. Come to think of it, there are viruses out there that do affect mp3s and jpgs, so looking through some of them those type of files IS a reasonable act in that situation. Does nobody around here THINK anymore?
"Customers who drop off their computers for servicing reasonably expect that their private data won't be handed over to the police without a warrant."
If you have data that you have to worry about being handed over to the police, what the fuck are you doing taking it in to a service shop?! Secondly, no person WITH A BRAIN has that expectation.
right of the person to not have his hard disk go through an unauthorized search
There are no 'rights' or 'unauthorized searches' when a GOOD technician looks through your pc to make sure the AV/anti-spyware programs did their job thoroughly, and there aren't junk/temp files left everywhere, or any other such situations.
I'm sick to death of all these unintelligent and uneducated analogies. You take your car to a mechanic, you reasonably expect him to need to look and work everywhere to find and fix the problem, so fuck that analogy.
Change your handlers to either UPS, USPS, or FedEX. Then after watching the merger between Nike and Reebok, go buy yourself some Adidas.
Imagine companies finding out that many people who use computers can get CTS. Now all those people can apply for disability. I don't think the government would be too happy about it. If our government wants to keep from spending more money on individuals with no return, and I'm sure they do, they'll put a foot in someone's ass in a hurry.
More scratched up DVDs. Yay.
Ha! I loaded up Damn Small Linux on my old Toshiba laptop and let my 12 year old daughter use it. All she does right now is browse and use AIM. She could destroy Windows boxes within minutes from her browing habits. It's a great way to put the old laptop to good use again.
I watched it this morning. I damn near cried with relief and happiness.
I'm not sure about now, but it used to be that phone numbers with the prefix of 976 were generally pay sex lines, at least here in Atlanta. So I give them 404-976-(whatever nasty four letter word I feel like at the time).
Parents have a responsibility, wether they like it or not.
I got one for ya. Does anybody remeber Uncook?
Welcome to the USA, where money is more important than children.
I sure hope that happens, because it means I will finally get my harem!
Funny thing is, that kids today can control the industry as they are the main buyers of the music
Yeah, we all know how intelligent they are. All the teens today care about is trying to get pussy (both sexes).
all we had were copied VHS tapes of horrible quality, and we liked it! Not to mention the commercially available tapes were $40 each, and the dubbing, well, let's just say it has improved greatly over the years. If you think the dubbing sucks now, you have NO idea.
Is it just me, or have the moderators gone to shit lately?
Oh, and speaking of Sun's Java, it SUCKS! I've never had anything but problems with it. Microsoft's Java VM may have been illegal, but at least it worked.
OVERKILL.