Never underestimate the beancounter's desire to save every cent possible. If your site's working perfectly fine, well, what's the point of having backups? Seriously, I see this happen all the time with small businesses. "Oh, it's never failed before, why do we need backups?" Then the server implodes.
Course, they then get pissed at us for not preventing it, but what do they expect us to do, shell out for a tape drive with our own cash? I think not.
"Oh, my car's crash proof, I'll just take my eyes off the road and surf some porn on my laptop."
The problem is, the more devices that get made that make cars safer give an even greater false sense of security to the people driving. If you had a car that had zero safety features, you'd drive that thing like it was made of porcelin.
Well, the reason you install these programs like Defender is so it deletes the malware for you.
Replace Microsoft with Kaspersky, AVG or one of those other "reputable" AV vendors and ask the same question. They have just as much ability to delete a program.
You know, for an 'inherently flawed and unsafe design' it did pretty well for almost 30 years, outliving it's expected life by, what, 15?
Regarding capsules, you're not exactly going to survive uncontrolled re-entry if, say, a tile breaks off or the parachutes fail to deploy. We've just had less capsule launches than shuttle launches.
The shuttle didn't break up due to uncontrolled reentry, either. The break up caused uncontrolled reentry.
As far as how the media's reporting it? Well...the media's filled with idiots who'd sign a petition to outlaw dihydrogen monoxide.
First case: We got an email saying the internet was down and had been for 15 minutes. We monitor this company's connection with a constant ping (every 5 min or so). If it goes down, we'll know. We didn't get one. Plus we were able to VPN in and get on their servers.
Called the customer up. Turns out www.msn.com was busted and wouldn't load. Google, Yahoo, CNN and BBC worked just fine.
It was very likely they heard a badly suppressed laugh right before I hung up.
Second case: Another company's internet tanks. We can't ping their public ip, they're down. This happened on a Monday, 10AM.
After dragging AT&T there on a leash so they could swap out some hardware (inside a locked box...), the net started working again, Tuesday, 2PM.
We got an email from them shortly after it came back up, dated Monday, 11AM... "Our internet's down."
I don't see how if all details stayed the same, except if Lori Drew became Lorne Drew, that it would suddenly cause all the media to disappear.
Basically, the story would enter the media in exactly the same way. All the original details would still be there. Fake person, relationship, suicide...
But now, since the perp's male and the victim's jailbait, they'd now play the predator card too. Can't do that if the perp's female. (Unless she's a teacher, the victim's a student, and even then it's barely hinted at.)
Excellent argument, but are we going to go the extra steps of shutting down the console? See, in an earthquake that would get me under the doorjam I would LEAVE THE CONSOLE RUNNING.
But go on and miss the real point of the argument. I'm not talking a 7.0 where your disc is more likely to be shattered by the falling roof beam than scratched by the xBox. Instead I'm talking about the 4.0 where it's nothing more than light chop but the xBox might slide a bit and even THAT could easily scratch the disc based on comments here.
Go look up the Chino Hills quake. July 08. 5.4. Check how much damage was reported, how many structures collapsed. (Here's a hint: I wouldn't ask unless the answer was really small or really large...)
So yeah, forgive me for thinking about things that might move the console unexpectedly and forgetting that most people associate earthquakes with Northridge or San Francisco '89.
So what you're saying is a consumer class device should not be robust in any way, so it can't stand up to even the slightest jostling? Why not just make it out of ice?
Oh, your XBox melted? Why didn't you keep it in a walk in freezer with a constant temperature of -5 Celcius? It's not our fault if your compressor broke down either.
I'm not expecting a disc to stay in perfect condition if you're throwing around the thing, but slight shifts should not kill a disc. You can move PCs with CDs inside that are moving if you're careful. Walkmans or other portable CD players can do it. Why can't an Xbox handle even the slightest jolts?
If a guy did this to Megan, and given how large the media circus was, he'd be branded a sexual predator regardless of age and be ostracized from society for the rest of his life.
During a 5.0 in So. Cal, yeah, scratched game discs are usually a high priority. Right after fallen collectable plates and scared pets.
Why? Cause nothing is going to happen. A 5.0 will move stuff that's not nailed down, but safe odds that nothing load bearing is going to collapse.
So, frankly, this is MS dropping the ball. I'm not suggesting we're throwing around an xBox while playing it, but to expect a console to stay bolted down at all times is not a valid argument.
1. It registers as a sale for Vista. 2. YOU still have to do the downgrade. Not everyone is savvy enough to pull this off. It'd probably cost you $150 just to find someone to do it for you.
Instead of hiring a legal team, wouldn't that money be better spent, oh, I don't know, fixing up your store?!
There're reasons I won't go to any fast food place other than In-N-Out. One is I have yet to enter one where I felt the urge to break out saniwipes if I accidentally touched a table.
Customer service is dead. Next he'll be suing people because they're shopping at a competitor...
Driving by a local high school that had loads of banners from local businesses and other similar things, I pondered how long it will be until kids start attending 'Coca-Cola Middle School' instead of 'George Washington Middle School'...
Except for the river, the shape it takes is the simplest because that's where the geology of the ground makes it easier to go. A river is just "let's drop water and see where it goes." Conversely, straight roads are often very difficult, requiring blasting of hills, creation of bridges and other ground flatening techniques.
Ironically, the simple straight road is therefore likely to be more complex than a wavy river.
I like the theory of the registry. Honestly, all those.ini files of the 3.1 days were a real bloody mess (made worse by the oh so user friendly 8 character file names*)
What I hate about what happened to the registry was every company on the planet decided "HKLM" was the default location and windows made it trivial to add stuff there (including our friend HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run. I hate that key...hate it with a passion...)
HKCU is practically ignored.
*They only get 8 characters cause I already labelled them as '.ini'
Quite honestly, the judicial tradition of suppressing evidence entirely because it was produced without a proper warrant is absurd.
So you're saying you have no problem with warrentless searches? Shall we continue this thought to it's logical extreme conclusion?
There's a reason the judicial system has the structure it does: so there's a strong trail of evidence, to ensure the rights of everyone involved have not been broken by law enforcement, to ensure nothing has been tampered with.
The law HAS to follow the law, otherwise what authority does it really have to enforce it?
Apparently where I live just loves the new stuff then. Seriously, the only ATM I've been to that still uses buttons is an archaic beast with an 80 column monochrome screen.
Anyone remember those older ATMs that had the eight buttons, four on each side of the screen? Let's use those instead. Take the touchscreen out of the equation entirely.
I'll grant eight might not be enough, and we can have much bigger displays though, we could probably fit at least 12. Any ballot entry that has more than 10 options would need a 'Back/Next' button on a touchscreen too.
It has the added bonus of people knowing how to use those damn things.
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Never underestimate the beancounter's desire to save every cent possible. If your site's working perfectly fine, well, what's the point of having backups? Seriously, I see this happen all the time with small businesses. "Oh, it's never failed before, why do we need backups?" Then the server implodes.
Course, they then get pissed at us for not preventing it, but what do they expect us to do, shell out for a tape drive with our own cash? I think not.
If anything it'll make things worse.
"Oh, my car's crash proof, I'll just take my eyes off the road and surf some porn on my laptop."
The problem is, the more devices that get made that make cars safer give an even greater false sense of security to the people driving. If you had a car that had zero safety features, you'd drive that thing like it was made of porcelin.
Well, the reason you install these programs like Defender is so it deletes the malware for you.
Replace Microsoft with Kaspersky, AVG or one of those other "reputable" AV vendors and ask the same question. They have just as much ability to delete a program.
Yeah, I'm well aware of how reliable ping is. That's why I confirmed it was working by RDC'ing into their boxes over the VPN.
You know, for an 'inherently flawed and unsafe design' it did pretty well for almost 30 years, outliving it's expected life by, what, 15?
Regarding capsules, you're not exactly going to survive uncontrolled re-entry if, say, a tile breaks off or the parachutes fail to deploy. We've just had less capsule launches than shuttle launches.
The shuttle didn't break up due to uncontrolled reentry, either. The break up caused uncontrolled reentry.
As far as how the media's reporting it? Well...the media's filled with idiots who'd sign a petition to outlaw dihydrogen monoxide.
I've had two of those happen this month.
First case:
We got an email saying the internet was down and had been for 15 minutes. We monitor this company's connection with a constant ping (every 5 min or so). If it goes down, we'll know. We didn't get one. Plus we were able to VPN in and get on their servers.
Called the customer up. Turns out www.msn.com was busted and wouldn't load. Google, Yahoo, CNN and BBC worked just fine.
It was very likely they heard a badly suppressed laugh right before I hung up.
Second case:
Another company's internet tanks. We can't ping their public ip, they're down. This happened on a Monday, 10AM.
After dragging AT&T there on a leash so they could swap out some hardware (inside a locked box...), the net started working again, Tuesday, 2PM.
We got an email from them shortly after it came back up, dated Monday, 11AM... "Our internet's down."
I need to print both of those out and frame them.
Also, only one suffered from iceberg collision.
Or some very unique bumper stickers.
"You see a Republicans for Voldemort bumper sticker on that car? Do you?! Move along, thanks."
I don't see how if all details stayed the same, except if Lori Drew became Lorne Drew, that it would suddenly cause all the media to disappear.
Basically, the story would enter the media in exactly the same way. All the original details would still be there. Fake person, relationship, suicide...
But now, since the perp's male and the victim's jailbait, they'd now play the predator card too. Can't do that if the perp's female. (Unless she's a teacher, the victim's a student, and even then it's barely hinted at.)
Ahh, yes. "Stop playing."
Excellent argument, but are we going to go the extra steps of shutting down the console? See, in an earthquake that would get me under the doorjam I would LEAVE THE CONSOLE RUNNING.
But go on and miss the real point of the argument. I'm not talking a 7.0 where your disc is more likely to be shattered by the falling roof beam than scratched by the xBox. Instead I'm talking about the 4.0 where it's nothing more than light chop but the xBox might slide a bit and even THAT could easily scratch the disc based on comments here.
Go look up the Chino Hills quake. July 08. 5.4. Check how much damage was reported, how many structures collapsed. (Here's a hint: I wouldn't ask unless the answer was really small or really large...)
So yeah, forgive me for thinking about things that might move the console unexpectedly and forgetting that most people associate earthquakes with Northridge or San Francisco '89.
So what you're saying is a consumer class device should not be robust in any way, so it can't stand up to even the slightest jostling? Why not just make it out of ice?
Oh, your XBox melted? Why didn't you keep it in a walk in freezer with a constant temperature of -5 Celcius? It's not our fault if your compressor broke down either.
I'm not expecting a disc to stay in perfect condition if you're throwing around the thing, but slight shifts should not kill a disc. You can move PCs with CDs inside that are moving if you're careful. Walkmans or other portable CD players can do it. Why can't an Xbox handle even the slightest jolts?
If a guy did this to Megan, and given how large the media circus was, he'd be branded a sexual predator regardless of age and be ostracized from society for the rest of his life.
During a 5.0 in So. Cal, yeah, scratched game discs are usually a high priority. Right after fallen collectable plates and scared pets.
Why? Cause nothing is going to happen. A 5.0 will move stuff that's not nailed down, but safe odds that nothing load bearing is going to collapse.
So, frankly, this is MS dropping the ball. I'm not suggesting we're throwing around an xBox while playing it, but to expect a console to stay bolted down at all times is not a valid argument.
Because absolutely nothing will happen while playing to cause the console to move. Pets, earthquakes, small children, large children...
Causing the game to crash, that's perfectly acceptable and highly unlikely to prevent as it is. Damaging the disc? Easily preventable.
Two downsides:
1. It registers as a sale for Vista.
2. YOU still have to do the downgrade. Not everyone is savvy enough to pull this off. It'd probably cost you $150 just to find someone to do it for you.
You think that's convenient, try this sucker out:
http://www.ca.gov/OS_Consumers_inspections.html
Instead of hiring a legal team, wouldn't that money be better spent, oh, I don't know, fixing up your store?!
There're reasons I won't go to any fast food place other than In-N-Out. One is I have yet to enter one where I felt the urge to break out saniwipes if I accidentally touched a table.
Customer service is dead. Next he'll be suing people because they're shopping at a competitor...
Driving by a local high school that had loads of banners from local businesses and other similar things, I pondered how long it will be until kids start attending 'Coca-Cola Middle School' instead of 'George Washington Middle School'...
Except for the river, the shape it takes is the simplest because that's where the geology of the ground makes it easier to go. A river is just "let's drop water and see where it goes." Conversely, straight roads are often very difficult, requiring blasting of hills, creation of bridges and other ground flatening techniques.
Ironically, the simple straight road is therefore likely to be more complex than a wavy river.
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I keep hearing this argument about evoting, that it has a lower failure rate.
Can someone please find an actual study that confirms this? Or are they just hoping if something's repeated often enough it's taken as fact?
I like the theory of the registry. Honestly, all those .ini files of the 3.1 days were a real bloody mess (made worse by the oh so user friendly 8 character file names*)
What I hate about what happened to the registry was every company on the planet decided "HKLM" was the default location and windows made it trivial to add stuff there (including our friend HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run. I hate that key...hate it with a passion...)
HKCU is practically ignored.
*They only get 8 characters cause I already labelled them as '.ini'
Quite honestly, the judicial tradition of suppressing evidence entirely because it was produced without a proper warrant is absurd.
So you're saying you have no problem with warrentless searches? Shall we continue this thought to it's logical extreme conclusion?
There's a reason the judicial system has the structure it does: so there's a strong trail of evidence, to ensure the rights of everyone involved have not been broken by law enforcement, to ensure nothing has been tampered with.
The law HAS to follow the law, otherwise what authority does it really have to enforce it?
Apparently where I live just loves the new stuff then. Seriously, the only ATM I've been to that still uses buttons is an archaic beast with an 80 column monochrome screen.
Anyone remember those older ATMs that had the eight buttons, four on each side of the screen? Let's use those instead. Take the touchscreen out of the equation entirely.
I'll grant eight might not be enough, and we can have much bigger displays though, we could probably fit at least 12. Any ballot entry that has more than 10 options would need a 'Back/Next' button on a touchscreen too.
It has the added bonus of people knowing how to use those damn things.