Too many out there that have demonized it and more still that have bought in to that propaganda.
If passed, it could very well see an increase in tax revenue and a decrease in crime.
If passed, it would no longer be as expensive, there by reducing some of the crime that is said to be from people committing the crimes to pay for their pot. The states would get a revenue boost as it would likely be taxed like tobacco.
The problem with ZA and other Windows firewalls is the users install stuff regularly that requires internet access and get in the habit of allowing the connection. It often becomes so frequent that it becomes Pavlovian. Users see the box and click Allow without thinking.
The same will happen with Linux. With the desktop variant, they will see a dialog asking for their password to install and do it without thought.
As much as it pains me to say, Windows has gotten better. My Windows machines stay relatively clean without much in the way of intervention.
IMHO, Linux is still better, but it is partially due to the users.
As far as I am concerned, 90% of all virus and malware infections, regardless of the platform, is PEBCAK!
I didn't say it was logical. I've seen plenty of examples of both corporate and government stupidity where corners were cut at the beginning without thinking it through.
But, more than anything it was a joke. No need to get your panties in a bunch.:P
I have nothing online that I am concerned with someone finding out about. It is the World Wide Web. It is not your personal intranet!
All the information is out there anyway if you know where to look.
You are assuming that the others are not as that is not mentioned in the article.
Now if it was stated that the others refused to comment on it, that would be different. But as it states that MS comprises 30% of thier business, it is possible MS was the only company that Daily Mail contacted.
is not the texting per se, but the lack of intelligence of the driver. Washington state has passed a law prohibiting talking on your cell phone without a hands-free device for the same reason.
I know several people who can drive and talk on or text with their phone without a problem. The key is, they know better than to do it in heavy traffic that is moving more than 10 miles/20 km per hour.
The same problem occurs with individuals carrying on conversations with their passengers, reading the newspaper, changing their radio, etc, etc, etc. It comes down to common sense. Which is, unfortunately, less and less common these days.
People just need a boogie man to blame for the problems and today's society says it is politically incorrect to say that many people are just stupid when it comes to driving. We, as a society, need to grow a set of balls and call the stupid people stupid. Their feelings are not protected by any laws.
You can check the links without visiting the site. Even visiting the site is not a huge risk, as long as you are not on IE.
If it is an HTML formatted email (which most are) then you can hover over the link to see the actual address.
While it is true that character compinations or UTF-8 characters can be used to try to fool you, I have not seen that too often. Usually it it more like http://www.ebay-securitycheck.com/ or the like. They do not use the real base domain.
Even banks/credit unions who use different urls for the online banking still have you log in at their main site.
Indeed. jQuery rocks. I have started introducing it to existing apps here. I just wish the other developers would see the beauty and not remain tied to archaic methods.
You could also do this, I would think, using stored procedures for data reads as well as writes.
The first step in a read of unlocked data would be to lock the row/dataset. You can accomplish this with a "lock column" which is just an id column. This id can be a user id or more appropriately a session id.
Then on the submit, the record is unlocked by removing the entry in the "lock column".
Only a matching user/session id can write to that data.
Upon reading, if the "lock column" is not null, read in the data but notify the user that it is read only.
*** Disclaimer ***
It is early and I just came up with this off the top of my head, so there may well be flaws with, or at least a better method to acomplish, this task.
I'm against universal health care, as it is being proposed now.
As a person with a disability and on again, off again health health issues, I know exactly what my insurance covers. It is why I read the benefits package when I get it to determine what the package offers.
Before I was employed, I had public health care, both through Welfare and Social Security. While everything was "covered" technically, I had a hard time finding doctors that accepted the Medicaid coverage and that I didn't have to wait 3 months to get in to.
I think a better solution would be to open the private insurance companies to individual or public group memberships. Until recently, it was all but impossible to get insurance on your own. Washington state (where I live) has a low income insurance program that gets you insured by a regular insurance company. However, it is income restricted. If you a buiness owner, a consultant or work in a job that does not offer insurance and you make more than the llowed amount, you are SOL.
It has gotten a bit better with individual options being offered with the insurance company at a somewhat reasonable rate.
If the government insists on throwing money at this, perhaps a subsidy to get people insured through the established insurance companies.
I find it humorous that the initial AC blasted you for a quote in your sig. And even at that, the ramblings are without enough coherent content to make anything from it.
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Too many out there that have demonized it and more still that have bought in to that propaganda.
If passed, it could very well see an increase in tax revenue and a decrease in crime.
If passed, it would no longer be as expensive, there by reducing some of the crime that is said to be from people committing the crimes to pay for their pot. The states would get a revenue boost as it would likely be taxed like tobacco.
We'll see.
Point taken. However, it is not as if I am pointing to the dictionary to show the validity of D'oh or ain't.
But, most words, even got their start somewhere.
That said. Weightiest, as well as weightier, are both valid forms of weighty.
Weightiest is a real word and the use is valid.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weightiest (2b)
6th, IIRC
The problem with ZA and other Windows firewalls is the users install stuff regularly that requires internet access and get in the habit of allowing the connection. It often becomes so frequent that it becomes Pavlovian. Users see the box and click Allow without thinking.
The same will happen with Linux. With the desktop variant, they will see a dialog asking for their password to install and do it without thought.
As much as it pains me to say, Windows has gotten better. My Windows machines stay relatively clean without much in the way of intervention.
IMHO, Linux is still better, but it is partially due to the users.
As far as I am concerned, 90% of all virus and malware infections, regardless of the platform, is PEBCAK!
The issue is, the mining of precious metals from the moon will devalue the gold.
I didn't say it was logical. I've seen plenty of examples of both corporate and government stupidity where corners were cut at the beginning without thinking it through.
But, more than anything it was a joke. No need to get your panties in a bunch. :P
I wouldn't put it past some of the unscrupulous companies out there to do so to avoid the purchase price of the robots.
Miners trapped in mine collapse on the moon...
And I thought the miners in South America had it rough waiting for rescue.
Don't post personal stuff online.
I have nothing online that I am concerned with someone finding out about. It is the World Wide Web. It is not your personal intranet! All the information is out there anyway if you know where to look.
You are assuming that the others are not as that is not mentioned in the article.
Now if it was stated that the others refused to comment on it, that would be different. But as it states that MS comprises 30% of thier business, it is possible MS was the only company that Daily Mail contacted.
-1 for assuming!
Does this mean that because of the overhead aerial view, Spy Hunter was not a good indicator of my driving skills?
I guess I should get a refund on the oil slick kit and the rocket launchers I purchased.
Damn!!!
is not the texting per se, but the lack of intelligence of the driver. Washington state has passed a law prohibiting talking on your cell phone without a hands-free device for the same reason.
I know several people who can drive and talk on or text with their phone without a problem. The key is, they know better than to do it in heavy traffic that is moving more than 10 miles/20 km per hour.
The same problem occurs with individuals carrying on conversations with their passengers, reading the newspaper, changing their radio, etc, etc, etc. It comes down to common sense. Which is, unfortunately, less and less common these days.
People just need a boogie man to blame for the problems and today's society says it is politically incorrect to say that many people are just stupid when it comes to driving. We, as a society, need to grow a set of balls and call the stupid people stupid. Their feelings are not protected by any laws.
This is why it is referred to as Battle Stargate in the SyFy forums. I prefer Stargate Galactica.
Don't forget ColdFusion, PHP, JSP and the host of CGI languages that you can accomplish the same server-side functionality.
You can check the links without visiting the site. Even visiting the site is not a huge risk, as long as you are not on IE.
If it is an HTML formatted email (which most are) then you can hover over the link to see the actual address.
While it is true that character compinations or UTF-8 characters can be used to try to fool you, I have not seen that too often. Usually it it more like http://www.ebay-securitycheck.com/ or the like. They do not use the real base domain.
Even banks/credit unions who use different urls for the online banking still have you log in at their main site.
Indeed. jQuery rocks. I have started introducing it to existing apps here. I just wish the other developers would see the beauty and not remain tied to archaic methods.
You could also do this, I would think, using stored procedures for data reads as well as writes.
The first step in a read of unlocked data would be to lock the row/dataset. You can accomplish this with a "lock column" which is just an id column. This id can be a user id or more appropriately a session id.
Then on the submit, the record is unlocked by removing the entry in the "lock column".
Only a matching user/session id can write to that data.
Upon reading, if the "lock column" is not null, read in the data but notify the user that it is read only.
*** Disclaimer ***
It is early and I just came up with this off the top of my head, so there may well be flaws with, or at least a better method to acomplish, this task.
It is off. I know that for a fact.
I was talking about turning it off.
But I can turn the GPS and cellular radio totally off independently as well, just a couple clicks.
Yes, but I have control over the source.
I can turn my phone (or the aspects of it in question) off.
At some point the tin foil hats have to come off.
Me, I could care less if someone is tracking where I am or what I am doing. What difference does it make?
If you use a phone or a computer you are susceptible to the same"invasion". I am not going to stop using my computers or my phones.
I understand the -1 Off topic. Been around long enough. As far as the OP goes, this is off topic.
The unfortunate thing is as it was an AC that posted, he/she'll likely never see the comments.
*shrug*
Not much I can do about that.
I'm against universal health care, as it is being proposed now.
As a person with a disability and on again, off again health health issues, I know exactly what my insurance covers. It is why I read the benefits package when I get it to determine what the package offers.
Before I was employed, I had public health care, both through Welfare and Social Security. While everything was "covered" technically, I had a hard time finding doctors that accepted the Medicaid coverage and that I didn't have to wait 3 months to get in to.
I think a better solution would be to open the private insurance companies to individual or public group memberships. Until recently, it was all but impossible to get insurance on your own. Washington state (where I live) has a low income insurance program that gets you insured by a regular insurance company. However, it is income restricted. If you a buiness owner, a consultant or work in a job that does not offer insurance and you make more than the llowed amount, you are SOL.
It has gotten a bit better with individual options being offered with the insurance company at a somewhat reasonable rate.
If the government insists on throwing money at this, perhaps a subsidy to get people insured through the established insurance companies.
Just my $0.02.
Did you here something? :)
I find it humorous that the initial AC blasted you for a quote in your sig. And even at that, the ramblings are without enough coherent content to make anything from it.