I just cleaned up a relative's machine. The attack was web browser plug-in related. He had up-to-date Norton Antivirus.
The last time my folks' machine got a virus was shortly after I installed Eset's NOD32 for them. I then installed ad blockers everywhere, and the problem hasn't recurred in several years.
Bad analogy time : someone in front of you at the grocery store falls down and hurts their foot. It's quite lawful to just walk by, even stretch your arm over them to grab some box of cereal and leave them there. But is it moral ?
So now I effectively pay three bucks a month for a VPN, and can find acceptable substitutes from,...err, slightly shady parts of the Internet, any time I want.
She once wrote a bad review of a product that she bought herself and the seller contacted her and offered to refund her if she removed the bad review, but she declined.
I wonder how many decline in order to leave the bad review right where it belongs.
I STILL think Sears could eat Amazon's lunch, but I know it won't happen; they will continue to evaporate to nothing.
Amazon's website is awful, one of the worst. And purchasing something from it often means taking a gamble dealing with someone who is halfway around the world and only wants your money - he is not interested in building his store's brand nor product quality. Browsing on that website is often arduous, "What I wouldn't give to walk around some aisles to touch/find what I want..." I catch myself thinking.
My elderly neighbor of 30 years just passed away, and I learned that her ~60 year old house is a Sears Roebuck house! To the younger folks, after being chosen from a Sears catalog, the house's engineering plans and all its materials were delivered to the site, where it was built, and still stands today.
I think there is a great advantage to exploiting both an online presence AND an in-store experience (shelves of product and order pick-up), but being mindful that non-poor people do not want to waste time jacking around with dubious suppliers and their "brands". If Sears "chooses" what they sell and stands behind it, they would be more than barf-on-a-screen.
They said the great thing about the Internet was the ability to communicate with anyone from around the world. The bad thing though is the ability for anyone from around the world to communicate with me.
Thank you for the added facts (I'm not trolling). Coincidentally, my body JUST cured itself of an ulcer. The ulcer was not caused by the Helicobacter pylori bacterium. I guess that makes me part of the 10%.
So adter decades and decades of work people figured out Ulcers were bacterial not a defect in proteins coating the stomach walls..
Just a minor correction so no reader is misinformed: So after decades and decades of work, people figured out ulcers can be caused by a certain bacterium.
I've used the same trusted mechanic for 30 years, and he said that he's been watching the cost of repairs shoot upward, with my $700 repair bill being the lowest of all of his customers' bills that day. I can hear his frustration with the (in my opinion, needless) technology found in today's vehicles. He's getting pushed out of doing repairs little by little because the software and jigs are too expensive to purchase and keep up with. Did you know that one can now rent certain auto-repair software for so many hours? He tries to troubleshoot the problems within those time windows. Even the manufacturers know that it's gotten too ridiculous to own all the digital tools to troubleshoot everything for every model, every year.
I know the ignorant car buyer just wants the toys and doesn't consider the extra pollution or future repair bills, nor the fact that such "features" will make the car too expensive to repair in the future, sending it to the junkyard even sooner. My mother's 15-year old Buick's dash is lit up like a Christmas tree because the box that runs all those bells and whistles hasn't been made in 5 years. Luckily the car still drives.
However, I also blame the ignorant members of Congress, past and present, who ONLY considered that higher MPG might mean less air pollution, not the extra expenses we all quietly pay to get our rolling computers fixed, the complexity that befuddles the average person/mechanic and the extra wasted man-hours dealing with that complexity.
I write embedded firmware for a living. Someone mentioned using keys/certificates. I don't see how such a small device with limited power can deal with the heft of full digital security.
Further, it's a pacemaker! It does the same thing as they did decades ago, no? Why are there even post-factory updates?!
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I just cleaned up a relative's machine. The attack was web browser plug-in related. He had up-to-date Norton Antivirus.
The last time my folks' machine got a virus was shortly after I installed Eset's NOD32 for them. I then installed ad blockers everywhere, and the problem hasn't recurred in several years.
Did you fail History class when Prohibition was discussed???
I don't know, I was at the tavern.
Bad analogy time : someone in front of you at the grocery store falls down and hurts their foot. It's quite lawful to just walk by, even stretch your arm over them to grab some box of cereal and leave them there. But is it moral ?
Is it my ex?
Copyright is just a legal construct, it has no basis nor support in nature.
So? What does nature have to do with this discussion; most of what humans create is not "natural", but nonetheless valuable.
Piracy permanently takes away the sole "right to copy" from the owner. ...Not to mention the future potential profits.
So now I effectively pay three bucks a month for a VPN, and can find acceptable substitutes from, ...err, slightly shady parts of the Internet, any time I want.
OF COURSE stealing is cheaper...duh.
I hear Lowes offers something similar these days.
She once wrote a bad review of a product that she bought herself and the seller contacted her and offered to refund her if she removed the bad review, but she declined.
I wonder how many decline in order to leave the bad review right where it belongs.
Touche.
I STILL think Sears could eat Amazon's lunch, but I know it won't happen; they will continue to evaporate to nothing.
Amazon's website is awful, one of the worst. And purchasing something from it often means taking a gamble dealing with someone who is halfway around the world and only wants your money - he is not interested in building his store's brand nor product quality. Browsing on that website is often arduous, "What I wouldn't give to walk around some aisles to touch/find what I want..." I catch myself thinking.
My elderly neighbor of 30 years just passed away, and I learned that her ~60 year old house is a Sears Roebuck house! To the younger folks, after being chosen from a Sears catalog, the house's engineering plans and all its materials were delivered to the site, where it was built, and still stands today.
I think there is a great advantage to exploiting both an online presence AND an in-store experience (shelves of product and order pick-up), but being mindful that non-poor people do not want to waste time jacking around with dubious suppliers and their "brands". If Sears "chooses" what they sell and stands behind it, they would be more than barf-on-a-screen.
The more we depend on government, the weaker we get as individuals, until you end up with a lot of clueless people shrugging their way through life.
You mean "homeless"?
Perhaps the Doctors need to learn a little?
Are you saying the doctors do little?
They said the great thing about the Internet was the ability to communicate with anyone from around the world. The bad thing though is the ability for anyone from around the world to communicate with me.
Thank you for the added facts (I'm not trolling). Coincidentally, my body JUST cured itself of an ulcer. The ulcer was not caused by the Helicobacter pylori bacterium. I guess that makes me part of the 10%.
So adter decades and decades of work people figured out Ulcers were bacterial not a defect in proteins coating the stomach walls..
Just a minor correction so no reader is misinformed: So after decades and decades of work, people figured out ulcers can be caused by a certain bacterium.
Would ad blocker plug-ins have prevented this?
The geeks shall incinerate the earth.
I've used the same trusted mechanic for 30 years, and he said that he's been watching the cost of repairs shoot upward, with my $700 repair bill being the lowest of all of his customers' bills that day. I can hear his frustration with the (in my opinion, needless) technology found in today's vehicles. He's getting pushed out of doing repairs little by little because the software and jigs are too expensive to purchase and keep up with. Did you know that one can now rent certain auto-repair software for so many hours? He tries to troubleshoot the problems within those time windows. Even the manufacturers know that it's gotten too ridiculous to own all the digital tools to troubleshoot everything for every model, every year.
I know the ignorant car buyer just wants the toys and doesn't consider the extra pollution or future repair bills, nor the fact that such "features" will make the car too expensive to repair in the future, sending it to the junkyard even sooner. My mother's 15-year old Buick's dash is lit up like a Christmas tree because the box that runs all those bells and whistles hasn't been made in 5 years. Luckily the car still drives.
However, I also blame the ignorant members of Congress, past and present, who ONLY considered that higher MPG might mean less air pollution, not the extra expenses we all quietly pay to get our rolling computers fixed, the complexity that befuddles the average person/mechanic and the extra wasted man-hours dealing with that complexity.
I write embedded firmware for a living. Someone mentioned using keys/certificates. I don't see how such a small device with limited power can deal with the heft of full digital security.
Further, it's a pacemaker! It does the same thing as they did decades ago, no? Why are there even post-factory updates?!
Having just seen that episode the other day, I believe it's "Horse feathers!"
Might it just be (gasp) finished?
I just can't wrap my head around the idea that some people want to be enslaved so bad they're ready to shell out money for it.
Broad-view ignorance.
If it didn't scan the names on each resume, then it wasn't gender-biased.
"...exotic lumps."
And I have my new deathmatch name.
Hmmm...