No it isn't. In what way is a self-signed cert on https less secure than an http connection?
It's not a bad thing in its own right; but if you train your non-tech-savvy corporate users (ie everyone) that the alert in $BROWSER is ignorable they use that ideology every time $BROWSER screams about a bad cert. Leaves you open for all kinds of other trouble if an internal site somehow gets re-directed to the outside world, and the user just clicks through because they know that the site is "safe" because the alert always pops up.
The idea that a user would implicitly trust a site (even with a bad cert) because the admins told them it's a non-issue is what makes it so.
Pullman Porters -- granted this was probably more the 20s-40s (due to the decline of passenger rail service). but these guys had better pay than any other African American job available at the time -- also a lot of white* menial jobs
*note that _every_ Pullman Porter was African American.
personally, I like the old (as in '9x) editions of Office -- if you don't agree to the EULA Contained on the CD, DO NOT break this sticker, and return the product...
note that the sticker held the CD jewel case closed...
If you want to claim that some adults can't enter into legal contracts with other adults, then it's up to you to make the case, without nonsensical comparisons to children or animals.
Those adults who are (severely?) developmentally disabled -- I'm not sure the extent of the laws concerning this though. IIRC the law (concerning marriage) is written such that 2x MR/DD adults can't get married, though they/can/ marry a non-MR/DD person. This could be limited to state law though.
Straight from the BBC offices: BBC DRM guy 1: We need a way to keep these sneaky people from stealing our HD BBC DRM Guy 2: oh! I know! how about we encrypt it some how
(some time passes)
BBC DRM Guys (in unison) I've got it! we'll use the key 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0....
Lets look at this from the dialup side (I know, I know none of/. readers have dialup, but it's still internet by some definition)...
To have dialup, one needed a *dedicated* connection to their telco of choice. Granted this wasn't always on, but it was always *available* and there weren't (AFAIK) any arbitrary charges based on when one could or could not make a phone call (ie, there was no "peak" or "off-peak" charge/in network calling freebies/whatever other gimmicks). I could make one or 1000 calls a month for any varying length of time, and the telcos never complained about usage.
Couple that dedicated line to a dedicated line into your ISP of choice, and now you've just killed *TWO* circuits in TWO seperate companies.. back in the days of widespread dialup there wasn't any bitching by telcos OR ISPs that there weren't enough phone lines or available bandwidth... even when you'd have to go through 2-5 numbers to finally get a non-busy line to dial into the ISP.
I'll admit the number of internet connected households has exploded since the advent of the internet... but the number of households with electricity and telephones has exploded since the turn of the 20th century (with little to no bitching to the effect of 'oh noes! our can't keep up with demand' that modern ISP's seem to be saying right now...this should have ESPECIALLY been apparent in the telephone industry, before the advent of electronic phone switching and having operators connecting *EVERY* call that someone wanted to make)
With that in mind, I'm forced to agree with everyone here who dislikes the caps involved.
For Microsoft to stay in the OS game, I think they should do the following:
* Create one OS that works, don't have anymore flavours to it, just ONE desktop based OS regardless of what you do. (no home, basic, business, etc.. kinds).
* Make it free to all!
* Sell customer support instead, those who have it for free, a generic website and be on your own.
* Have free and slow servers for updates, but faster servers for those who pay for the customer support!
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A cannon in the battlefield? Call me old fashioned (and it won't be the first time) but I prefer a trebuchet, thank you.
That's a Good Thing.
No it isn't. In what way is a self-signed cert on https less secure than an http connection?
It's not a bad thing in its own right; but if you train your non-tech-savvy corporate users (ie everyone) that the alert in $BROWSER is ignorable they use that ideology every time $BROWSER screams about a bad cert. Leaves you open for all kinds of other trouble if an internal site somehow gets re-directed to the outside world, and the user just clicks through because they know that the site is "safe" because the alert always pops up.
The idea that a user would implicitly trust a site (even with a bad cert) because the admins told them it's a non-issue is what makes it so.
but it works for Zeke...
i for one... ah, you know the drill
Pullman Porters -- granted this was probably more the 20s-40s (due to the decline of passenger rail service). but these guys had better pay than any other African American job available at the time -- also a lot of white* menial jobs
*note that _every_ Pullman Porter was African American.
personally, I like the old (as in '9x) editions of Office -- if you don't agree to the EULA Contained on the CD, DO NOT break this sticker, and return the product... note that the sticker held the CD jewel case closed...
best to wait til the 5th of November if you're going to do it that way....
depends on whether or not they're watching aforementioned shout/local/help/whatever channels...
probably not... but then said n00b will be spamming help/shout/local/whatever about how they changed the controls since beta...
If you want to claim that some adults can't enter into legal contracts with other adults, then it's up to you to make the case, without nonsensical comparisons to children or animals.
Those adults who are (severely?) developmentally disabled -- I'm not sure the extent of the laws concerning this though. IIRC the law (concerning marriage) is written such that 2x MR/DD adults can't get married, though they /can/ marry a non-MR/DD person. This could be limited to state law though.
Straight from the BBC offices:
BBC DRM guy 1: We need a way to keep these sneaky people from stealing our HD
BBC DRM Guy 2: oh! I know! how about we encrypt it some how
(some time passes)
BBC DRM Guys (in unison) I've got it! we'll use the key 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0....
so we're returning to the Dark Ages?? just great... so long as you and your plague-ridden friends stay off my lawn!
approximately 39 inches (give or take about 3/8 inch)
kobolds... unless we're talking about Deekin... then the phone is probably being carried around in a velvet-lined trunk....
Just make sure your house is secure.
good deal... it's available FREE online, and yet ppl are still getting raped by corporate America... too bad it's not in PDF format though
The problem is a missing spoon. Forks and Wine just don't match.
but there is no spoon...
There is really no need to have a fire extinguisher close to the computer. Honestly. The cd burner isn't really burning anything.
well, if you want to get technical about it... the pits are formed by a chemical reaction caused by the laser on the substrate of the disc
so, using our analogies -- the former lock on the shed is say Windows SP3 (plus $AV, $Firewall, etc)and the new one is...Linux?
you just have to remember -- the cake is a lie.
Been done already -- Intermodal Transportation
Hell, even proving Bill isn't ACTUALLY equipped with a Borg eye is worth a few million.
nah, he has the borg implants. The advertisers just used a stand in and/or android of Gates to circumvent said fact.
You're thinking of JMRI, and it looks like they're starting to move forward in their case (on the winning side no less).
So there is use for copyright/licensing, though it only looks like the F/OSS groups have it right.
I for one welcome our spacecraft overlords...
Lets look at this from the dialup side (I know, I know none of /. readers have dialup, but it's still internet by some definition)...
To have dialup, one needed a *dedicated* connection to their telco of choice. Granted this wasn't always on, but it was always *available* and there weren't (AFAIK) any arbitrary charges based on when one could or could not make a phone call (ie, there was no "peak" or "off-peak" charge/in network calling freebies/whatever other gimmicks). I could make one or 1000 calls a month for any varying length of time, and the telcos never complained about usage.
Couple that dedicated line to a dedicated line into your ISP of choice, and now you've just killed *TWO* circuits in TWO seperate companies.. back in the days of widespread dialup there wasn't any bitching by telcos OR ISPs that there weren't enough phone lines or available bandwidth... even when you'd have to go through 2-5 numbers to finally get a non-busy line to dial into the ISP.
I'll admit the number of internet connected households has exploded since the advent of the internet... but the number of households with electricity and telephones has exploded since the turn of the 20th century (with little to no bitching to the effect of 'oh noes! our can't keep up with demand' that modern ISP's seem to be saying right now...this should have ESPECIALLY been apparent in the telephone industry, before the advent of electronic phone switching and having operators connecting *EVERY* call that someone wanted to make)
With that in mind, I'm forced to agree with everyone here who dislikes the caps involved.
For Microsoft to stay in the OS game, I think they should do the following:
* Create one OS that works, don't have anymore flavours to it, just ONE desktop based OS regardless of what you do. (no home, basic, business, etc.. kinds).
* Make it free to all!
* Sell customer support instead, those who have it for free, a generic website and be on your own.
* Have free and slow servers for updates, but faster servers for those who pay for the customer support!
they should make a *nix distro?