As far as I can tell by reading Slashdot there really isn't anything called terrorism in the world. Therefore no threat, therefore the US government is really the enemy of the free world.
Ok, I think I've got it now. All of these so called "security experts" are either too dumb, or too corrupt to really be doing anything meaningful to reduce terrorist activity against American citizens.
It's not even close to trivial. Though "trivial" and "orders of magnitude" do sound cool.
Think about it just for a minute and you will realize how non-trivial it is to get Frommer's Driving Guide to Italy into my hands and onto the seat of my rented Alfa Romeo 147 turbo diesel.
Complete the following series of words. Utopian, myopic, Slashdot,...
I really think they are no longer teaching the basics in school. "5" insightful. Someone show me the insight here, perhaps I am too dense.
Please tell us how a "socialized infrastructure" will lead to a "free market system." They are by definition opposites. Perhaps the insight is that in complex societies there are three classes. Do you see the US as having been different in the past?
Here's some news the average American has the highest standard of living ever (though I will give you that it has come at the expense of the mother leaving the home to work.) The rich and nobility structure society so that the masses will continue to produce and not come knocking the castle walls down and start killing them. This perpetuates their wealth and power and keeps everyone relatively happy.
It is the same as it always has been, only better. Now mod me up 5 since I have truly lent insightful comments to the discussion.
That's true. "What's good for Wal-Mart, and China's manufacturing industry, is good for America."
Let's face it. There is no way that the US can produce low cost consumer goods in the US. So, it's buy from China or do without. Now I know you can't live without a Chia pet or two, not to mention some type of closet organizer, or food dehydrator.
China and Korea are no longer and option, they can't produce those types of goods economically either. Someday it will be, "What's good for Wal-Mart, and Africa's manufacturing industry, is good for America."
What we do once there are no more underdeveloped countries to exploit is anyone's guess. At that point some sort of true paradigm shift will be necessary. Until then I am going to buy, whatever I have been told that I need, at the lowest possible price. Right now that still means Wal-Mart for almost all of my low end needs.
There is no obscene in rich. He generated profit by providing goods and services. He accidentally, or on purpose, bent the rules here and there and paid whatever fines were lawfully levied. Totally a business decision.
Just like any other company does. Like the evil Southwest Airlines who were caught no maintain their aircraft up to standard. Why? to make a profit. Profit isn't right or wrong. In fact Bill Gates would have been WRONG not to make as much money as possible for the shareholders of the company. He is morally obligated to do so. Will he/the company make mistakes and subsequently pay the cost (either in fines or lost revenue?) Sure.
I don't think they are teaching the basics in school any more. What's good for business is good for America. Wal-Mart is not evil. Microsoft is not evil. They are profitable, and when they are no longer so they will no longer exist.
Evil except when pitted against a greater evil, then an instrument of good. Hmm, maybe that means you are wrong about the evil part as well, and Wal-Mart is just plain good.
What's good for Wal-Mart is good for America, unless you like paying more for things than they are worth, oh unless it's music.
Probably easier for Ubuntu since it doesn't support nearly as much hardware as Windows in the first place. There are at least thee devices on this laptop that will not function under Linux that work fine under Vista and XP. Whatever.
Bricked means that the pre-SP Hotfix rendered the hardware inoperable?
To me a bricked unit needs to be sent back to the manufacturer to be repaired. If it can be revived at home with a soldering gun, hair dryer, paperclip and a battery then it was not really "bricked."
So, SP1 did not brick anyones computer for goodness sakes.
Works great for me. I have two accounts a standard user and an administrator account. I swipe my right index finger to login as standard, and swipe my left index finger for elevated privlideges when requested by the OS.
I tried Ubuntatu with XP running in VM Ware for the apps I HAD to have until I could find Linux analogs. Then I wanted to run a few old games I hadso I just dual boot installed Vista along Ubunutu (still running XP in VM Ware.) I would use Vista only when I couldn't do something in Unbubtu. Then I noticed I was almost always in Vista so I just uninstalled Unbuntu and that was that.
Pretty painless way to TRY to switch to Linux, just doesn't work for me. I like the way Linux "feels." It feels solid, responsive. The problem is with the actual apps. The OS is great the apps suck. Oh, also driver support is spotty. It took all day to get all of the hotkeys and buttons on my Asus laptop working. (I did it and felt quite proud as I know damn well most people would just blow it off and not user them.)
If I could run MS Money, Outlook, Call of Suty 4, Mech Commander 2, Rome: Total War, and (I know it sounds silly) most importantly RoboForm then Linux would work wonderfully for me.
Because by blocking those IPs you cut out a tremedous ammount of spam while inconviencing a miniscule number of legitimite users.
Why do you need a mail server anyway? Your ISPs is undoubtably more reliable, especially since you most likely can manage nothing in the chain except your actual hardware.
1) knew that it had value 2) knew that compensation was expected 3) used it to your benefit without providing compensation
then you are wrong.
The question is not whether you are able to feign ignorance, any common criminal will do so to avoid consequences. The question is do you know right and wrong?
Looking at your argument you do know right and wrong. However, based on some narcissistic sense of entitlement you simply choose to become an opportunistic thief.
One of my old commanders (not a bad guy he did get his third star) never let you bring up a problem without at least a stab at a solution. Want to take a stab at it?
Right. And that drive to excel is what makes them provide every better and more profitible goods and services for you to buy OR NOT BUY. If there wasn't a demand there would be no profit in supplying it. It really is an elegant system when left the hell alone. How do they do it where you live?
Right, that will fix the problem. No one will be able to afford the genuine product once it is made by a union card carrying worker making $35.00 per hour. The grey market versions would be even more in demand.
They also know the number and the account holders name of everyone you have talked to by phone. Not to mention patterns and frequencies of calls depending on time of day and the location that the call came from, and the location that the call went to. They also can plot the relative path that you took while making the call (if using a cell phone.) What are they going to do with that...?
You will be not given that information because you do not have "the need to know." You will be concentrating on destroying the targets you are given. You won't have time nor will you be placed in a position where those distinctions would be any of your concern.
If you are a sci-fi fan read "Ender's Game." That's what we are looking for. People that are single minded and devastatingly efficient. We will worry about what you destroy. You will worry about destroying it. Most people find it enjoyable to defeat an opponent, that will be part of your reward.
This is war. You are fighting for your country to protect your family and way of life. You are not sitting around deciding whether.ASP is better than PHP. Nor whether Linux is better than Windows because it's free. You aren't worried about what to wear or even whether you feel like going to work.
Your job is simple, it is to destroy enemies of the United States that used advanced communications technology to wage war against our great nation.
You won't prevent it from being a daily occurence. Just like terrorism is not a "war" that will end so everyone can go home.
A better name would be (have been) "the war on crime." Everyone knows right up front that it is an ongoing progress with no end.
Why are you asking a General that anyway? That's not his department.
The military is used to develop strategic objectives based on the strategic goals developed by the President. These strategic objectives are pursued in support of attaining desired national goals.
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As far as I can tell by reading Slashdot there really isn't anything called terrorism in the world. Therefore no threat, therefore the US government is really the enemy of the free world.
Ok, I think I've got it now. All of these so called "security experts" are either too dumb, or too corrupt to really be doing anything meaningful to reduce terrorist activity against American citizens.
It's not even close to trivial. Though "trivial" and "orders of magnitude" do sound cool.
...
Think about it just for a minute and you will realize how non-trivial it is to get Frommer's Driving Guide to Italy into my hands and onto the seat of my rented Alfa Romeo 147 turbo diesel.
Complete the following series of words. Utopian, myopic, Slashdot,
Hint: Naive
I really think they are no longer teaching the basics in school. "5" insightful. Someone show me the insight here, perhaps I am too dense.
Please tell us how a "socialized infrastructure" will lead to a "free market system." They are by definition opposites. Perhaps the insight is that in complex societies there are three classes. Do you see the US as having been different in the past?
Here's some news the average American has the highest standard of living ever (though I will give you that it has come at the expense of the mother leaving the home to work.) The rich and nobility structure society so that the masses will continue to produce and not come knocking the castle walls down and start killing them. This perpetuates their wealth and power and keeps everyone relatively happy.
It is the same as it always has been, only better. Now mod me up 5 since I have truly lent insightful comments to the discussion.
And they told them just to keep them cause it wasn't worth the call tag to pick them up...
That's true. "What's good for Wal-Mart, and China's manufacturing industry, is good for America."
Let's face it. There is no way that the US can produce low cost consumer goods in the US. So, it's buy from China or do without. Now I know you can't live without a Chia pet or two, not to mention some type of closet organizer, or food dehydrator.
China and Korea are no longer and option, they can't produce those types of goods economically either. Someday it will be, "What's good for Wal-Mart, and Africa's manufacturing industry, is good for America."
What we do once there are no more underdeveloped countries to exploit is anyone's guess. At that point some sort of true paradigm shift will be necessary. Until then I am going to buy, whatever I have been told that I need, at the lowest possible price. Right now that still means Wal-Mart for almost all of my low end needs.
There is no obscene in rich. He generated profit by providing goods and services. He accidentally, or on purpose, bent the rules here and there and paid whatever fines were lawfully levied. Totally a business decision.
Just like any other company does. Like the evil Southwest Airlines who were caught no maintain their aircraft up to standard. Why? to make a profit. Profit isn't right or wrong. In fact Bill Gates would have been WRONG not to make as much money as possible for the shareholders of the company. He is morally obligated to do so. Will he/the company make mistakes and subsequently pay the cost (either in fines or lost revenue?) Sure.
I don't think they are teaching the basics in school any more. What's good for business is good for America. Wal-Mart is not evil. Microsoft is not evil. They are profitable, and when they are no longer so they will no longer exist.
Evil except when pitted against a greater evil, then an instrument of good. Hmm, maybe that means you are wrong about the evil part as well, and Wal-Mart is just plain good.
What's good for Wal-Mart is good for America, unless you like paying more for things than they are worth, oh unless it's music.
Or do it the other way around. A Linux guest runs much faster on a Windows host than a Windows guest on a Linux Host.
I did some benchmarks on an XP guest and it ran faster on a Windows host then on a Linux host as well.
Probably easier for Ubuntu since it doesn't support nearly as much hardware as Windows in the first place. There are at least thee devices on this laptop that will not function under Linux that work fine under Vista and XP. Whatever.
Bricked means that the pre-SP Hotfix rendered the hardware inoperable?
To me a bricked unit needs to be sent back to the manufacturer to be repaired. If it can be revived at home with a soldering gun, hair dryer, paperclip and a battery then it was not really "bricked."
So, SP1 did not brick anyones computer for goodness sakes.
Works great for me. I have two accounts a standard user and an administrator account. I swipe my right index finger to login as standard, and swipe my left index finger for elevated privlideges when requested by the OS.
I tried Ubuntatu with XP running in VM Ware for the apps I HAD to have until I could find Linux analogs. Then I wanted to run a few old games I hadso I just dual boot installed Vista along Ubunutu (still running XP in VM Ware.) I would use Vista only when I couldn't do something in Unbubtu. Then I noticed I was almost always in Vista so I just uninstalled Unbuntu and that was that.
Pretty painless way to TRY to switch to Linux, just doesn't work for me. I like the way Linux "feels." It feels solid, responsive. The problem is with the actual apps. The OS is great the apps suck. Oh, also driver support is spotty. It took all day to get all of the hotkeys and buttons on my Asus laptop working. (I did it and felt quite proud as I know damn well most people would just blow it off and not user them.)
If I could run MS Money, Outlook, Call of Suty 4, Mech Commander 2, Rome: Total War, and (I know it sounds silly) most importantly RoboForm then Linux would work wonderfully for me.
Uninstalled Ubuntu and never looked back.
Because by blocking those IPs you cut out a tremedous ammount of spam while inconviencing a miniscule number of legitimite users.
Why do you need a mail server anyway? Your ISPs is undoubtably more reliable, especially since you most likely can manage nothing in the chain except your actual hardware.
Or more than 40 billion dollars in personal assets. Or maybe we could put it into terms of how many Empire State buildings he could buy outright.
That RAM quote he never made really held him back...
Do you have a citation to support that it is less stable? Or is that just a given because this is Slashdot?
"Hey cool. I don't know right from wrong."
If you:
1) knew that it had value
2) knew that compensation was expected
3) used it to your benefit without providing compensation
then you are wrong.
The question is not whether you are able to feign ignorance, any common criminal will do so to avoid consequences. The question is do you know right and wrong?
Looking at your argument you do know right and wrong. However, based on some narcissistic sense of entitlement you simply choose to become an opportunistic thief.
One of my old commanders (not a bad guy he did get his third star) never let you bring up a problem without at least a stab at a solution. Want to take a stab at it?
You mean "bidness?"
Perfect place to implement FidoNet. Tailor made for bursty transmission with high bandwidth needs.
Right. And that drive to excel is what makes them provide every better and more profitible goods and services for you to buy OR NOT BUY. If there wasn't a demand there would be no profit in supplying it. It really is an elegant system when left the hell alone. How do they do it where you live?
Right, that will fix the problem. No one will be able to afford the genuine product once it is made by a union card carrying worker making $35.00 per hour. The grey market versions would be even more in demand.
They also know the number and the account holders name of everyone you have talked to by phone. Not to mention patterns and frequencies of calls depending on time of day and the location that the call came from, and the location that the call went to. They also can plot the relative path that you took while making the call (if using a cell phone.) What are they going to do with that...?
Oh and also what you said?
The good news is that it will take 6500 years to arrive. The bad news is that it went Supernova 6499 years ago.
Dear Mr Beige,
.ASP is better than PHP. Nor whether Linux is better than Windows because it's free. You aren't worried about what to wear or even whether you feel like going to work.
You will be not given that information because you do not have "the need to know." You will be concentrating on destroying the targets you are given. You won't have time nor will you be placed in a position where those distinctions would be any of your concern.
If you are a sci-fi fan read "Ender's Game." That's what we are looking for. People that are single minded and devastatingly efficient. We will worry about what you destroy. You will worry about destroying it. Most people find it enjoyable to defeat an opponent, that will be part of your reward.
This is war. You are fighting for your country to protect your family and way of life. You are not sitting around deciding whether
Your job is simple, it is to destroy enemies of the United States that used advanced communications technology to wage war against our great nation.
The General
You won't prevent it from being a daily occurence. Just like terrorism is not a "war" that will end so everyone can go home.
A better name would be (have been) "the war on crime." Everyone knows right up front that it is an ongoing progress with no end.
Why are you asking a General that anyway? That's not his department.
The military is used to develop strategic objectives based on the strategic goals developed by the President. These strategic objectives are pursued in support of attaining desired national goals.
The Comcast chart does not look like a company making massive profits.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CMCSA&t=5y