If you aren't made aware of which exploits require user interaction, then how do you know you're NOT vulnerable? I assume you interact with your computer...
Detergents don't become obsolete. If your analogy held, there would be no pressure to come out with a new OS, since a large portion of the market is buying a Microsoft product. The reason this is relevant is that the percieved failings of the newer product reflect badly on the continued success of the company that produces it. Let's illustrate.
Say I own a 1965 Mustang. Love it, the handlings great, the lines are sleek, I can pick up any woman in this car. Then Ford releases a newer model. Boxy, underpowered, horrible color schemes, all around a BAD design. Does Ford care if nobody buys the newer model? Even if they were still selling the 1965 model (to keep my analogy valid), this still would result in a lack of faith in Ford. You would hear customers saying, "They used to make such good cars....what happened?"
So I submit that XP having a stronger customer perception is NOT something Microsoft wants. Not if they want to stay relevant.
So, point made, grammar checked....I even got a car analogy in there. I'm proud of myself.
Torchwood season 1 is rather entertaining...more serious than Dr. Who, and definately more adult. If you're looking for more of Dr. Who, this ISNT the show to watch. My daughters and I watch Dr. Who religiously, but this is more CSI meets X-files with the Dr. Who history. Good references to previous Dr. Who history...this is the same universe (Um...Universe1, not Universe2...you know what I mean). Interesting to see what they can get away with in the UK, I bet the best parts will be left out once it comes across the pond. Torrents FTW!
A big fat AMEN to that one. I'm working my way up the food chain, and paying the bills through tech support. I can't tell you how bad some users are. And it's not always because they lie...its that strange phenomenon where intelligent people turn into slobbering idiots when placed in front of a keyboard.
I just get to the point where I subtly ridicule them and just enjoy my day. I help them out, of course, but I entertain myself and my co-workers as well.
"So windows says it can't find any networks?"
"Nope. No wireless networks in the area."
".....Does it say anything after that? Could you read me the entire message?"
"Well it says something about a switch...but I dont know."
"...ok....look on the front of your notebook....see that large green switch there? The one that says WIRELESS? Is that off?"
"Oh my god...it can't be that simple!"
"That's ok, most people miss that....I"m lobbying for it to be painted Day-Glo Orange so its easier to see."
See, this is why you NEVER, EVER, post anything remotely funny about Star Trek. Let's see....3 comments pointing out that you're wrong, dead wrong, those were ISOLINEAR chips, dumbass....and 1 comment about how the robot gets laid.
Something about ST just seems to bring out the worst part of geekdom.
Now all the TREKKIES are going to mod me down because I called Data a ROBOT when he's clearly an ANDROID. Karmic Suicide.
disclaimer: I'm currently watching the entire run of ENT start to finish. But I actually get away from the screen.....for HOURS at a time, even!
Who needs a provider when the airways are a zero cost medium?
Who else would pay Senatorial salaries?
The airwaves go to those with the money. "Public Access" just keeps enough votes to ensure the continuing influx of bribes^H^H^H^H kickbacks^H^H^H^H^H^ hookers^H^H^H^H "campaign contributions".
Thats certainly one big factor. The math shows that theres a certain threshold where online profits outstrip physical media. Given the sales, if these two CDs were priced the same, the online profits creep ahead at just about $13.79/CD. Of course they weren't. It's even more pronounced.
Chris Brown's CD, which lists at $18.98, sold less physical CDs, but ended up making a profit of $8,015,920. Ne-Yo lists at $13.98, making more CD sales, but only ending up with a profit of $7,272,980.
This does not take into account of physical costs like shipping and storing. Nor does it take into account costs of online storage and bandwidth (although probably a lot less than warehousing and shipping).
So just taking the numbers from sales and cost of actual production (assuming $1 per CD actually duplicated, recording, marketing, and associated costs would be the same for both types of sales), the heavier online sales made the difference and actually made MORE profit...just like we've been saying all along.
We're also not taking into account that, to be fair, you'd have to add in the online sales of all the OTHER tracks on the album to get a clearer picture of what's going on. This comparison is merely single vs. album in differing media. Once you add in online sales of other singles (I dont know if they're available), the online sales figures rise...while the CD sales stay the same.
There's more information to be had here, and focusing on initial sales is rather misleading. But as the RIAA et al. try to claim postponing/banning online sales drives up CD sales, they fail to notice that it actually makes them LESS money.
HM....I apologize sir. I was referring to Chinese speech and thought being suppressed. Next time I'll be more specific. But since I'm an illiterate moron, what else can you expect?
I would also point out that the average American wouldn't say they're being oppressed....therefore illegal wiretaps and poking through your email is A-OK.
I'll remember that when you're being carted off as a dissident. Since you're not in the majority, you're evidently wrong and deserve to be jailed.
That's fine and dandy, except that when you force western morals onto a nonwestern audience, you're committing a moral fault in and of itself.
So what you're saying here is that the Chinese WANT to be suppressed? This is moral and right for THEM? Hm....seems to me that this isn't really that kind of arguement. If the Chinese wanted to be suppressed that would be one thing, but somehow I'm not seeing that.
I'm tired of excusing the actions of corporations in the name of 'business'. Yes, I understand that they exist to make money....but if Hershey's were adding body parts to their candy bars (Now with METATARSELS!), or Enron cooking the books and embezzling millions, or Ford installing faulty seatbelts.....you'd probably scream bloody murder.
Or is this acceptable business practices since they're in China and it's none of your problem?
Maybe I should start selling my Baby Finger Candy Bars over there....
Were Yahoo to balk the Chinese, they could be told to pack up shop and leave, which would do nothing to promote free speech for the Chinese people.
I know we've been over this point before (wrt Google), but there's a very big step between passively complying with local laws banning information and helping to find political prisoners. If I had a choice between no Yahoo or a Yahoo that is actively aiding the suppression of free speech, I'd gladly tell Yahoo to take a hike.
Of course, the Chinese population won't know Yahoo is selling them out, since all reports of this will be blocked from Chinese servers. Move along, nothing to see here...
Um, no, implying his brother could not be the perp. You share 25% of your DNA with full siblings. You share 50% with your parents and 50% with your children.
The amount of genetic material you share with your siblings is an average which theoretically would lie at 50%. Since there are millions of combinations of different genes that could conceivably go into a haploid cell (sperm/ovum), the chances are wildly improbable that you could have exactly the same genes from your mother and father that created you actually happen again. Were this the case, you'd essentially have an identical twin not born of the same conception. Conversly, having a sibling with NO common genetic material is also highly improbable. For siblings of the same sex, its actually impossible (You'd both get Dad's X or Y chromosome, since he has only one of either.)
Or see how the IQ 130+ ers will try to control the 'lower' classes of people by flaunting a number based on a flawed testing scheme biased towards assumed and outdated cultural norms. Speaking as a 152'er (now who's got the bigger IQ, eh?), I know better than to rely on something as simple as a number to measure any sort of worth. Everything makes sense when you pull your head out of the sand and realize human interaction isn't about logic.
Thats just faster download speeds and bigger hard drives. My PIII plays all the porn I have.......uh, I mean... I IMAGINE my PIII would play any porn somebody MIGHT want to download.
Next Week's Headline: Blogger Kill 38 Then Self
Week After Next's Headline: Blogging linked to Homicidal Tendencies
Week After Week After Next's Headline: Slashback: Man Kill 38 Then Self
Week After Week After Week.......oh you get the point.
Amen to that....how else are we going to convince the students/parents that homework isn't merely busy work meant to keep the kids out of the parents'/teachers' hair?
You know, I did that for a while, then realized there were a lot more stories in the RSS feed than on my page. So, like an Alheizmer's patient, I went, "Zonk? Why do I have him unchecked?"
What? You're using Bittorrent? You dirty pirate, you MUST be downloading music and videos!
If I own the cartridge (many of which I do), then it's perfectly legal to own the ROM. Just because a percieved percentage of the population of emulator users are infringing copyright (not pirating, yar) doesn't mean emulators (the programs and the people using them) are inherently illegal.
But you should all know by now that companies rarely sanction anything they don't get their greedy little hands on. Why approve of homebrew apps, when they can simply sell their own at a low low price. It's the American Way, don'tyaknow.
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If you aren't made aware of which exploits require user interaction, then how do you know you're NOT vulnerable? I assume you interact with your computer...
Detergents don't become obsolete. If your analogy held, there would be no pressure to come out with a new OS, since a large portion of the market is buying a Microsoft product. The reason this is relevant is that the percieved failings of the newer product reflect badly on the continued success of the company that produces it. Let's illustrate.
Say I own a 1965 Mustang. Love it, the handlings great, the lines are sleek, I can pick up any woman in this car. Then Ford releases a newer model. Boxy, underpowered, horrible color schemes, all around a BAD design. Does Ford care if nobody buys the newer model? Even if they were still selling the 1965 model (to keep my analogy valid), this still would result in a lack of faith in Ford. You would hear customers saying, "They used to make such good cars....what happened?"
So I submit that XP having a stronger customer perception is NOT something Microsoft wants. Not if they want to stay relevant.
So, point made, grammar checked....I even got a car analogy in there. I'm proud of myself.
Torchwood season 1 is rather entertaining...more serious than Dr. Who, and definately more adult. If you're looking for more of Dr. Who, this ISNT the show to watch. My daughters and I watch Dr. Who religiously, but this is more CSI meets X-files with the Dr. Who history. Good references to previous Dr. Who history...this is the same universe (Um...Universe1, not Universe2...you know what I mean). Interesting to see what they can get away with in the UK, I bet the best parts will be left out once it comes across the pond. Torrents FTW!
Orgas.ms? How could you miss out on THAT one?
Oh, wait...never mind. You DID remember underperfor.ms
Now all is clear.
A big fat AMEN to that one. I'm working my way up the food chain, and paying the bills through tech support. I can't tell you how bad some users are. And it's not always because they lie...its that strange phenomenon where intelligent people turn into slobbering idiots when placed in front of a keyboard.
I just get to the point where I subtly ridicule them and just enjoy my day. I help them out, of course, but I entertain myself and my co-workers as well.
"So windows says it can't find any networks?"
"Nope. No wireless networks in the area."
".....Does it say anything after that? Could you read me the entire message?"
"Well it says something about a switch...but I dont know."
"...ok....look on the front of your notebook....see that large green switch there? The one that says WIRELESS? Is that off?"
"Oh my god...it can't be that simple!"
"That's ok, most people miss that....I"m lobbying for it to be painted Day-Glo Orange so its easier to see."
"Yeah that would be great!"
Sigh.
See, this is why you NEVER, EVER, post anything remotely funny about Star Trek. Let's see....3 comments pointing out that you're wrong, dead wrong, those were ISOLINEAR chips, dumbass....and 1 comment about how the robot gets laid.
.....for HOURS at a time, even!
Something about ST just seems to bring out the worst part of geekdom.
Now all the TREKKIES are going to mod me down because I called Data a ROBOT when he's clearly an ANDROID. Karmic Suicide.
disclaimer: I'm currently watching the entire run of ENT start to finish. But I actually get away from the screen
Who needs a provider when the airways are a zero cost medium?
Who else would pay Senatorial salaries?
The airwaves go to those with the money. "Public Access" just keeps enough votes to ensure the continuing influx of bribes^H^H^H^H kickbacks^H^H^H^H^H^ hookers^H^H^H^H "campaign contributions".
God bless America.
Thats certainly one big factor. The math shows that theres a certain threshold where online profits outstrip physical media. Given the sales, if these two CDs were priced the same, the online profits creep ahead at just about $13.79/CD. Of course they weren't. It's even more pronounced.
Chris Brown's CD, which lists at $18.98, sold less physical CDs, but ended up making a profit of $8,015,920. Ne-Yo lists at $13.98, making more CD sales, but only ending up with a profit of $7,272,980.
This does not take into account of physical costs like shipping and storing. Nor does it take into account costs of online storage and bandwidth (although probably a lot less than warehousing and shipping).
So just taking the numbers from sales and cost of actual production (assuming $1 per CD actually duplicated, recording, marketing, and associated costs would be the same for both types of sales), the heavier online sales made the difference and actually made MORE profit...just like we've been saying all along.
We're also not taking into account that, to be fair, you'd have to add in the online sales of all the OTHER tracks on the album to get a clearer picture of what's going on. This comparison is merely single vs. album in differing media. Once you add in online sales of other singles (I dont know if they're available), the online sales figures rise...while the CD sales stay the same.
There's more information to be had here, and focusing on initial sales is rather misleading. But as the RIAA et al. try to claim postponing/banning online sales drives up CD sales, they fail to notice that it actually makes them LESS money.
HM....I apologize sir. I was referring to Chinese speech and thought being suppressed. Next time I'll be more specific. But since I'm an illiterate moron, what else can you expect?
I would also point out that the average American wouldn't say they're being oppressed....therefore illegal wiretaps and poking through your email is A-OK.
I'll remember that when you're being carted off as a dissident. Since you're not in the majority, you're evidently wrong and deserve to be jailed.
Are you sure you're not in Congress?
That's fine and dandy, except that when you force western morals onto a nonwestern audience, you're committing a moral fault in and of itself.
So what you're saying here is that the Chinese WANT to be suppressed? This is moral and right for THEM? Hm....seems to me that this isn't really that kind of arguement. If the Chinese wanted to be suppressed that would be one thing, but somehow I'm not seeing that.
I'm tired of excusing the actions of corporations in the name of 'business'. Yes, I understand that they exist to make money....but if Hershey's were adding body parts to their candy bars (Now with METATARSELS!), or Enron cooking the books and embezzling millions, or Ford installing faulty seatbelts.....you'd probably scream bloody murder.
Or is this acceptable business practices since they're in China and it's none of your problem?
Maybe I should start selling my Baby Finger Candy Bars over there....
Were Yahoo to balk the Chinese, they could be told to pack up shop and leave, which would do nothing to promote free speech for the Chinese people.
I know we've been over this point before (wrt Google), but there's a very big step between passively complying with local laws banning information and helping to find political prisoners. If I had a choice between no Yahoo or a Yahoo that is actively aiding the suppression of free speech, I'd gladly tell Yahoo to take a hike.
Of course, the Chinese population won't know Yahoo is selling them out, since all reports of this will be blocked from Chinese servers. Move along, nothing to see here...
Um, no, implying his brother could not be the perp. You share 25% of your DNA with full siblings. You share 50% with your parents and 50% with your children.
The amount of genetic material you share with your siblings is an average which theoretically would lie at 50%. Since there are millions of combinations of different genes that could conceivably go into a haploid cell (sperm/ovum), the chances are wildly improbable that you could have exactly the same genes from your mother and father that created you actually happen again. Were this the case, you'd essentially have an identical twin not born of the same conception. Conversly, having a sibling with NO common genetic material is also highly improbable. For siblings of the same sex, its actually impossible (You'd both get Dad's X or Y chromosome, since he has only one of either.)
Did anyone else think of this first? http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=051103 STEEEEEEVE!
Us Amurricans dun care about yer Mexican phones....
eh it happens...what do you expect from ./ ?
Spoken as a true geek. Maybe someday you'll be part of a stable binary pair....but I doubt it.
Mod -1, Missed Obvious Menage a Trois Remark
Or see how the IQ 130+ ers will try to control the 'lower' classes of people by flaunting a number based on a flawed testing scheme biased towards assumed and outdated cultural norms. Speaking as a 152'er (now who's got the bigger IQ, eh?), I know better than to rely on something as simple as a number to measure any sort of worth. Everything makes sense when you pull your head out of the sand and realize human interaction isn't about logic.
The saddest part is that this got modded as "Funny".
oh we're a porno connoisseur now? Next you'll be telling me about the well thought out plot lines and the cinematography of that last money shot. :)
Thats just faster download speeds and bigger hard drives. My PIII plays all the porn I have.......uh, I mean... I IMAGINE my PIII would play any porn somebody MIGHT want to download.
Next Week's Headline: Blogger Kill 38 Then Self
Week After Next's Headline: Blogging linked to Homicidal Tendencies
Week After Week After Next's Headline: Slashback: Man Kill 38 Then Self
Week After Week After Week.......oh you get the point.
Good news! You've already started Step One: Posting to Slashdot. Congratulations! You're on your way to a lifetime of celibacy!
Amen to that....how else are we going to convince the students/parents that homework isn't merely busy work meant to keep the kids out of the parents'/teachers' hair?
Gotta justify that teaching credential somehow.
You know, I did that for a while, then realized there were a lot more stories in the RSS feed than on my page. So, like an Alheizmer's patient, I went, "Zonk? Why do I have him unchecked?"
Now I know why.
What? You're using Bittorrent? You dirty pirate, you MUST be downloading music and videos!
If I own the cartridge (many of which I do), then it's perfectly legal to own the ROM. Just because a percieved percentage of the population of emulator users are infringing copyright (not pirating, yar) doesn't mean emulators (the programs and the people using them) are inherently illegal.
But you should all know by now that companies rarely sanction anything they don't get their greedy little hands on. Why approve of homebrew apps, when they can simply sell their own at a low low price. It's the American Way, don'tyaknow.