Also, if you aren't going for immediate reassembly, you can lay out a strip of clear packing tape, and stick them down, separating them by step. Seal them over when disassembly is done, roll-up and store. You can slice them open one step at a time when putting it back together.
Egg cartons, my friend, egg cartons! Friends of curious tinkerers everywhere!:)
Or, far more plausibly, Microsoft extended the 'protection' of system DLLs to application DLLs too. It's probably picking up on the fact that the DLL changed, attempting to replace it, but failing (remember, 'beta'), more so than sophisticated theorems about Adobe having registered an MD5 of a DLL with Microsoft for shipping in the Windows 7 beta.
But that would mean we couldn't scream bloody murder at Microsoft.
And that's not really even a DRM issue; it's a security issue. DLL injection attacks (basically an attacker fscking with a DLL, which then gets loaded and runs their code with SYSTEM or other elevated privs) have been a serious problem in windows. You can't really blame MS TOO much for not trusting 3rd party apps to have proper file system security on their libraries.
Contrast that to the cats and dogs that came after, the ones that actually came from litters that were raised and born outside and I guarantee you that you'll immediately notice what I'm talking about.
I've had extensive interaction with both ex-feral and completely domesticated cats, and I can confirm there is a very obvious difference.
My old roommate had a cat that they picked up on his parents' rural property when she was a little less than a year old. Even after years of being an inside cat, she stalks everything from rabbit size on down that appears to move on its own (and I mean everything... your feet aren't even safe!). Once she catches one of her toys, she holds it down and thoroughly "kills" it before she'll let you have it back (IF she lets you have it back!).
Contrast that with my girlfriend's cat, who'll chase things, but only half-heartedly, and then loses interest the second he catches it.
This'll work until people realize they can set up some sort of distributed proxy network to make it look like all connections to somesite.com are coming from their affiliate ISP.
When someone is tailgating you in heavy traffic, you have few options to stopping that behavior quickly -
You do have options, though. My rule of thumb is a 4-second following distance between cars. If the guy behind me has less, I slow down to add the difference in front of me. Then I can react more slowly to give the guy time to notice me stopping.
Also, prefer the center lane. This lets you jockey for a position where you have enough space one or both sides to change lanes instead of slamming on the brakes (won't work for traffic lights, but will work if the guy in front of you stops fast).
Or perhaps sell bandwidth based on Guaranteed/Burst rates.
Guaranteed = you can't over-sell this, and it has un-restricted use; 100% of your subscribers should be able to use this 100% of the time (and thus increasing this is expsensive, but most people don't need much). Burst = any spare bandwidth is evenly allocated for burst use.
So your basic connection would have 256Kbit guaranteed and up to 20Mbit Burst.
A scheme like this would at least allow the constant-download/upload crowd to set appropriate traffic limits in their software. Unfortunately, most people probably wouldn't understand it.
1) Fire as many shots as you want, but don't hit him more than 3x (looks bad to the cops/DA/jury).
Unfortunately, in real life, when you hit someone with a bullet, they don't fly backwards and have a big red spot appear on their chest. If you hit them in the body, you probably won't be able to tell whether they're hit at all. Hell, if they're high on something, THEY might not notice, either!
You keep shooting until the threat stops, not until you think you hit them. This is what police are taught, and results in the ignorant and sensational "shot 40 times by the police" headlines from people that don't know better.
Your argument is true only if the condition is a communicable disease. In that case, yes, it's in everyone's best interest to do what we have to to keep it from spreading.
The GP's example of lung cancer, however, was valid. Why the hell would I want to pay gobs of cash to fix a condition that is basically the choice of the sufferer.
A third situation that rankles is people with expensive-to-treat genetic conditions that have children, knowing that there's almost a certainty that they will have the condition, too, and also knowing that they can't afford to treat it.
Besides, that's a dumb way to screw over someone who you know makes good backups.
A real doozy is the script that slowly writes crap (but valid) data into the system, which then gets duly backed up. Just have it keep going until it's discovered. Then they're REALLY fscked, 'cause they first have to figure out which backups are good (if they still have any), and probably loose weeks or months worth of good data along with the bad, since they don't know what they can and can't trust.
There's nothing stopping you from using additional encryption on top of the encrypted drives for something you want to hide from the authorities if you're worried about some sort of key escrow. However the encrypted drives would at least keep your bum covered if your laptop is stolen (which is far more likely).
So your saying that a powerful communications tool like the Internet is not useful to someone who likely is, or will soon be a shut-in?
The only reason most of the "old people" that I know "don't want" the Internet is that it would mean buying a computer. We gave my grandfather an older one, and taught him to use it, and he was ecstatic that he could email and IM with his kids and grandkids and not have to make long-distance calls.
People in retirement homes are always fighting boredom. Show them a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives, and find clips of their old TV shows on youtube, and they'll go bananas. They NEED a waste of time!:)
I've always thought it was a shame that so many of the older generation aren't computer literate. My grandparents were/are in assisted living facilities with attached nursing homes, so I have plenty of opportunity to see what it's like.
These kind of people have *tons* of time on their hands, but they usually can't get out and interact with people other than the people living there with them. If they were able to communicate via computer, it would remove a lot of those limitations. (I always thought this would be an ideal target audience for MMORPGs!)
We were told we had to obey all lawful orders. We were instructed that we were duty bound to disobey any order which violated the UCMJ. IOW, we didn't have to obey an order to torture someone, because it was against the Army's policy at the time.
Isn't that kind of moot when your superior can summarily execute you if he thinks the order is lawful? You might be in the right, but you'd still be dead.
My mom needs a hearing aid. When she recently had to get a new one, this is what the hearing aid vendor told her. The MSRP is $12k (each!). If you have insurance, they bill them at $8k each. But, if you don't have insurance, they'll give you a "discount" and sell them to you directly at $3k each. They probably still make money on them at $3k, but they get to bilk an extra $5k out of the insurance company if they can... Since they never actually charge the "MSRP," I can only surmise that it's that high because they have to "discount" it for the insurance companies by a certain percent.
Secure given *today's* recovery technology. But can you say how long that disk might sit around after it leaves your control before someone uses the new Quantum Disk Snarfing tool on it?
I was wondering if someone could send me a recorded copy of the stream since I won't be able to watch it live.
You're modded funny, but if they were to use BitTorrent to distribute the recorded proceedings after the fact it would provide an example of an unambiguously legitimate use for such things that judges would be able to identify with.:)
While I'm sure the recession has something to do with it, the fact of the matter is, unless you're a hard core gamer, or trying to run Vista, any computer bought in the last few years is "good enough."
Heck, I game quite a bit AND have the money, but why spend it replacing a perfectly good machine (which I got over three years ago)?
PCs now are far more powerful than Joe Sixpack needs to read his email and surf the web, so most people are probably fine with the ones they have. I doubt there are many households left that don't have a computer, so they have to justify replacing a functioning one now.
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Also, if you aren't going for immediate reassembly, you can lay out a strip of clear packing tape, and stick them down, separating them by step. Seal them over when disassembly is done, roll-up and store. You can slice them open one step at a time when putting it back together.
Egg cartons, my friend, egg cartons! Friends of curious tinkerers everywhere! :)
I would actually be FOR ISPs blocking outbound email (except via their relay) by default, IF there is an easy way to remove the block.
This way Joe Sixpack can't send spam, and won't notice the block in any case, while those who know what they're doing can can have the access.
Or, far more plausibly, Microsoft extended the 'protection' of system DLLs to application DLLs too. It's probably picking up on the fact that the DLL changed, attempting to replace it, but failing (remember, 'beta'), more so than sophisticated theorems about Adobe having registered an MD5 of a DLL with Microsoft for shipping in the Windows 7 beta.
But that would mean we couldn't scream bloody murder at Microsoft.
And that's not really even a DRM issue; it's a security issue. DLL injection attacks (basically an attacker fscking with a DLL, which then gets loaded and runs their code with SYSTEM or other elevated privs) have been a serious problem in windows. You can't really blame MS TOO much for not trusting 3rd party apps to have proper file system security on their libraries.
Contrast that to the cats and dogs that came after, the ones that actually came from litters that were raised and born outside and I guarantee you that you'll immediately notice what I'm talking about.
I've had extensive interaction with both ex-feral and completely domesticated cats, and I can confirm there is a very obvious difference.
My old roommate had a cat that they picked up on his parents' rural property when she was a little less than a year old. Even after years of being an inside cat, she stalks everything from rabbit size on down that appears to move on its own (and I mean everything... your feet aren't even safe!). Once she catches one of her toys, she holds it down and thoroughly "kills" it before she'll let you have it back (IF she lets you have it back!).
Contrast that with my girlfriend's cat, who'll chase things, but only half-heartedly, and then loses interest the second he catches it.
This'll work until people realize they can set up some sort of distributed proxy network to make it look like all connections to somesite.com are coming from their affiliate ISP.
Cool... so I can just ask a friend who has an affiliated ISP to set up a proxy and get it for free from anywhere!
That's cause they're doing it wrong...
Inject them with a massive overdose of heroin, or something instead of poison. They'll at least have fun on the way out.
When someone is tailgating you in heavy traffic, you have few options to stopping that behavior quickly -
You do have options, though. My rule of thumb is a 4-second following distance between cars. If the guy behind me has less, I slow down to add the difference in front of me. Then I can react more slowly to give the guy time to notice me stopping.
Also, prefer the center lane. This lets you jockey for a position where you have enough space one or both sides to change lanes instead of slamming on the brakes (won't work for traffic lights, but will work if the guy in front of you stops fast).
Or perhaps sell bandwidth based on Guaranteed/Burst rates.
Guaranteed = you can't over-sell this, and it has un-restricted use; 100% of your subscribers should be able to use this 100% of the time (and thus increasing this is expsensive, but most people don't need much).
Burst = any spare bandwidth is evenly allocated for burst use.
So your basic connection would have 256Kbit guaranteed and up to 20Mbit Burst.
A scheme like this would at least allow the constant-download/upload crowd to set appropriate traffic limits in their software. Unfortunately, most people probably wouldn't understand it.
1) Fire as many shots as you want, but don't hit him more than 3x (looks bad to the cops/DA/jury).
Unfortunately, in real life, when you hit someone with a bullet, they don't fly backwards and have a big red spot appear on their chest. If you hit them in the body, you probably won't be able to tell whether they're hit at all. Hell, if they're high on something, THEY might not notice, either!
You keep shooting until the threat stops, not until you think you hit them. This is what police are taught, and results in the ignorant and sensational "shot 40 times by the police" headlines from people that don't know better.
Higher purpose? They didn't even need that. Their choices were:
1 - Do nothing and die
2 - Do something and have a chance of living
Your argument is true only if the condition is a communicable disease. In that case, yes, it's in everyone's best interest to do what we have to to keep it from spreading.
The GP's example of lung cancer, however, was valid. Why the hell would I want to pay gobs of cash to fix a condition that is basically the choice of the sufferer.
A third situation that rankles is people with expensive-to-treat genetic conditions that have children, knowing that there's almost a certainty that they will have the condition, too, and also knowing that they can't afford to treat it.
F311A710 :P
Besides, that's a dumb way to screw over someone who you know makes good backups.
A real doozy is the script that slowly writes crap (but valid) data into the system, which then gets duly backed up. Just have it keep going until it's discovered. Then they're REALLY fscked, 'cause they first have to figure out which backups are good (if they still have any), and probably loose weeks or months worth of good data along with the bad, since they don't know what they can and can't trust.
I guess it's time to move all of our scientists to space stations :)
Then only the station will get eaten
There's nothing stopping you from using additional encryption on top of the encrypted drives for something you want to hide from the authorities if you're worried about some sort of key escrow. However the encrypted drives would at least keep your bum covered if your laptop is stolen (which is far more likely).
In a perfect NIMBY world we'd be hunting with wooden spears.
You'd better not have cut that wood from MY backyard!
The government might as well change the national motto to "The Appearance of Safety at Any Cost."
Fixed that for you...
So your saying that a powerful communications tool like the Internet is not useful to someone who likely is, or will soon be a shut-in?
The only reason most of the "old people" that I know "don't want" the Internet is that it would mean buying a computer. We gave my grandfather an older one, and taught him to use it, and he was ecstatic that he could email and IM with his kids and grandkids and not have to make long-distance calls.
People in retirement homes are always fighting boredom. Show them a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives, and find clips of their old TV shows on youtube, and they'll go bananas. They NEED a waste of time! :)
I've always thought it was a shame that so many of the older generation aren't computer literate. My grandparents were/are in assisted living facilities with attached nursing homes, so I have plenty of opportunity to see what it's like.
These kind of people have *tons* of time on their hands, but they usually can't get out and interact with people other than the people living there with them. If they were able to communicate via computer, it would remove a lot of those limitations. (I always thought this would be an ideal target audience for MMORPGs!)
We were told we had to obey all lawful orders. We were instructed that we were duty bound to disobey any order which violated the UCMJ. IOW, we didn't have to obey an order to torture someone, because it was against the Army's policy at the time.
Isn't that kind of moot when your superior can summarily execute you if he thinks the order is lawful? You might be in the right, but you'd still be dead.
And how about this one:
My mom needs a hearing aid. When she recently had to get a new one, this is what the hearing aid vendor told her. The MSRP is $12k (each!). If you have insurance, they bill them at $8k each. But, if you don't have insurance, they'll give you a "discount" and sell them to you directly at $3k each. They probably still make money on them at $3k, but they get to bilk an extra $5k out of the insurance company if they can... Since they never actually charge the "MSRP," I can only surmise that it's that high because they have to "discount" it for the insurance companies by a certain percent.
Secure given *today's* recovery technology. But can you say how long that disk might sit around after it leaves your control before someone uses the new Quantum Disk Snarfing tool on it?
I was wondering if someone could send me a recorded copy of the stream since I won't be able to watch it live.
You're modded funny, but if they were to use BitTorrent to distribute the recorded proceedings after the fact it would provide an example of an unambiguously legitimate use for such things that judges would be able to identify with. :)
While I'm sure the recession has something to do with it, the fact of the matter is, unless you're a hard core gamer, or trying to run Vista, any computer bought in the last few years is "good enough."
Heck, I game quite a bit AND have the money, but why spend it replacing a perfectly good machine (which I got over three years ago)?
PCs now are far more powerful than Joe Sixpack needs to read his email and surf the web, so most people are probably fine with the ones they have. I doubt there are many households left that don't have a computer, so they have to justify replacing a functioning one now.