Why would a maximum length any lower than several hundred characters ever be necessary?
Because it's on a mainframe. I worked for a place where there was a limit of 8 alphanumeric characters because they didn't want to change the width of the mainframe column. I finally convinced them to have a long, hashed web password separate from the mainframe that then looked up the (of course unencrypted) mainframe password and then fed the mainframe password into it for the call. While still insecure internally, at least we were secure EXTERNALLY.
Jailbreaking a phone is NOT easy. That's why only a few smart kids are doing it. Yes, they may eventually make it easy for dummies, but there's no guarantees that an exploit will be found. It relies on bugs in the software that have to be poked at.
In Orange County, I have the completely opposite situation. UPS often stops in our cul-de-sac for an instant and then drives off unless I physically force them to make a choice of stopping or running over me. This has happened at least 5 times (only twice did we run in front of the truck). Other times they leave the package on the driveway in plain view of the whole neighborhood (it's only a laptop...), even though our front door is through a gate and hidden on the side of the house.
USPS and FedEx ALWAYS put the package on the front porch hidden from view, except for once when the postal worker wrote "dog" and took the package back because he was scared of a 3-month-old basset hound.
Back in the day, I bought a server (400 SC) for $274 and it was DOA with a dead motherboard. A guy showed up the very next morning at 8 AM and replaced it for free. So I had a GREAT experience. Granted, that was a long time ago, but Dell has been good in the past.
Contrast this with the HP guy who used to show up at our company with no tools or parts to meet the 4 hour requirement, and then take a week or 2 to come back and put in a RAM chip (of course we stuck a good RAM chip in there and put the PC back in service while he was gone, and then told the user we needed to "fix" her machine again when he came back and replaced the bad RAM chip, which we had put back in there).
Not to mention that most people in prison don't have father figures in their lives, which means that marriage has a strong positive effect on society. But most people don't want to hear that morals were invented by people who wanted better societies and that's why they should be followed, they want to do their own thing and screw everyone else.
You haven't identified the cause either. The most elite, wealthy, privileged blacks are still far more likely to commit crimes than the most disadvantaged non-blacks (including downtrodden whites in Appalachia, incredibly poor Asian immigrants with no English skills, etc).
Now THIS sounds like racism. I've known many wealthy blacks as well as wealthy whites and I personally don't know ANY wealthy blacks that have committed crimes, but I know several whites that have been arrested by the FBI or the cops for their shady business dealings or embezzlement. This is just one data point, but I would doubt very highly that the quoted statement is true.
The same for me. I have a strong iced tea in the morning and then a coke at lunch. That keeps me going. Without them, I really don't do well mentally. This is down from 4 cokes, so I have really tried to cut it back to the minimum, but I just can't do less than that and still function.
I donated 6 old computers from my business to a church in an inner-city area at the request of one of a pastor of a local church. They set up for the kids in the neighborhood to have a place to do their homework after school (and play around if their work was done). The pastor of the inner-city area said that the schools REQUIRED computers with high-speed access, but that 80% of the families in the neighborhood didn't have any internet access. It really opened my eyes as to how required it really has become.
less than $1 no warranty required
$1-$9.99 1 year warranty required
$10-$99.99 2 years warranty required
$100-$999.99 3 years warranty required
$1000-$9999.99 4 years warranty required
$10000-$99,999.99 5 years warranty required
Wearable parts are not required to be covered for free, but must be made available during the entire period.
But it also cuts down on phone support for boot sector viruses, which take significant resources for the manufacturers. So Microsoft probably didn't have to twist their arms much.
Blue jeans weren't ubiquitous. When I went at the end of the Soviet Era (1991), blue jeans were so rare that I saw a guy get $50 US for a store brand of jeans that nobody in the US would be caught dead wearing. And people wanted to buy my sneakers right off my feet. But the Black Market was thriving, that's for sure.
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C'mon. Everyone knows the climate in Arizona vs. Bavaria, right?
But in terms of latitude, Germany IS the northeast US. Which is exactly the point.
Too bad I already replied. This needs to be modded up. +1 Funny.
So, basically, Germany is Canada.
I'm curious as to how Dell's recent decision to go private would affect that possibility...
Thoughts?
Microsoft will force them to stop offering Windows 7 to increase Windows 8 sales?
I'm changing mine to:
12345678901234!
Well? Secure, right?
Why would a maximum length any lower than several hundred characters ever be necessary?
Because it's on a mainframe. I worked for a place where there was a limit of 8 alphanumeric characters because they didn't want to change the width of the mainframe column. I finally convinced them to have a long, hashed web password separate from the mainframe that then looked up the (of course unencrypted) mainframe password and then fed the mainframe password into it for the call. While still insecure internally, at least we were secure EXTERNALLY.
He's on Slashdot. He's doesn't have friends or family IRL....
Jailbreaking a phone is NOT easy. That's why only a few smart kids are doing it. Yes, they may eventually make it easy for dummies, but there's no guarantees that an exploit will be found. It relies on bugs in the software that have to be poked at.
or just buy premade servers from dell or HP. they aren't that much more expensive, the drivers are certified to work and you get real support
...and you're guaranteed that every shipment will have radically different hardware, despite having identical model numbers.
In Orange County, I have the completely opposite situation. UPS often stops in our cul-de-sac for an instant and then drives off unless I physically force them to make a choice of stopping or running over me. This has happened at least 5 times (only twice did we run in front of the truck). Other times they leave the package on the driveway in plain view of the whole neighborhood (it's only a laptop...), even though our front door is through a gate and hidden on the side of the house.
USPS and FedEx ALWAYS put the package on the front porch hidden from view, except for once when the postal worker wrote "dog" and took the package back because he was scared of a 3-month-old basset hound.
Back in the day, I bought a server (400 SC) for $274 and it was DOA with a dead motherboard. A guy showed up the very next morning at 8 AM and replaced it for free. So I had a GREAT experience. Granted, that was a long time ago, but Dell has been good in the past.
Contrast this with the HP guy who used to show up at our company with no tools or parts to meet the 4 hour requirement, and then take a week or 2 to come back and put in a RAM chip (of course we stuck a good RAM chip in there and put the PC back in service while he was gone, and then told the user we needed to "fix" her machine again when he came back and replaced the bad RAM chip, which we had put back in there).
I suppose if your phone has HDMI out and you own Bluetooth keyboard then you have a system for old PC games.
We already have DosBox for Android. I think they are talking about newer Windows games.
I literally named my daughters by this principle and they have turned out exactly as I had hoped.
Not to mention that most people in prison don't have father figures in their lives, which means that marriage has a strong positive effect on society. But most people don't want to hear that morals were invented by people who wanted better societies and that's why they should be followed, they want to do their own thing and screw everyone else.
You haven't identified the cause either. The most elite, wealthy, privileged blacks are still far more likely to commit crimes than the most disadvantaged non-blacks (including downtrodden whites in Appalachia, incredibly poor Asian immigrants with no English skills, etc).
Now THIS sounds like racism. I've known many wealthy blacks as well as wealthy whites and I personally don't know ANY wealthy blacks that have committed crimes, but I know several whites that have been arrested by the FBI or the cops for their shady business dealings or embezzlement. This is just one data point, but I would doubt very highly that the quoted statement is true.
So, then, a GREAT first step would be to require companies to label how much caffeine is in their product, so we can have a relative scale.
I would think it would be more like:
- 500 lines of Perl: not enough caffeine
- 50 lines of Perl: just enough caffeine
- 1 line of Perl: too much caffeine
The same for me. I have a strong iced tea in the morning and then a coke at lunch. That keeps me going. Without them, I really don't do well mentally. This is down from 4 cokes, so I have really tried to cut it back to the minimum, but I just can't do less than that and still function.
I donated 6 old computers from my business to a church in an inner-city area at the request of one of a pastor of a local church. They set up for the kids in the neighborhood to have a place to do their homework after school (and play around if their work was done). The pastor of the inner-city area said that the schools REQUIRED computers with high-speed access, but that 80% of the families in the neighborhood didn't have any internet access. It really opened my eyes as to how required it really has become.
1 year for each order of magnitude on the MSRP:
less than $1 no warranty required
$1-$9.99 1 year warranty required
$10-$99.99 2 years warranty required
$100-$999.99 3 years warranty required
$1000-$9999.99 4 years warranty required
$10000-$99,999.99 5 years warranty required
Wearable parts are not required to be covered for free, but must be made available during the entire period.
But it also cuts down on phone support for boot sector viruses, which take significant resources for the manufacturers. So Microsoft probably didn't have to twist their arms much.
Wow. The USA has really fallen more than I thought. "Don't send me back to...the US!"
Blue jeans weren't ubiquitous. When I went at the end of the Soviet Era (1991), blue jeans were so rare that I saw a guy get $50 US for a store brand of jeans that nobody in the US would be caught dead wearing. And people wanted to buy my sneakers right off my feet. But the Black Market was thriving, that's for sure.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Which is funny, as it's the same year the Apple ][ came out.