That would work just fine if Google didn't also have a ranking system. As anyone can plainly see now, an "unbiased" system can and does reward bad merchants unfairly. A completely unbiased and unfiltered system would really leave things wide open for all kinds of gaming the system. Google will put useful over unbiased every time as that is what the majority of their customers actually want.
I certainly hope so. Last time I checked Hawaii was still a part of the USA and the Constitution should still applies there. The few times that local laws passed to try and prevent gun ownership they were struck down as unconstitutional. Apparently city laws don't trump federal ones.
Yep. Everyone should live in a foreign country for a while if possible. Or at very least travel to a couple different ones. Doing so makes you realize that your country's way of thinking isn't global. It also makes you realize the things that your own country is doing well, and the things it needs some work on. Nothing makes you appreciate home more than leaving it for a while.
She actually called the actions "treasonous" (while also taking a shot at Obama's administration) - which is hilarious considering Assange is not a citizen of the US, does not live there, and is not running a web site from there. Looks like it is time for a big refudation on her part. I guess if she can't see a country from her house, she doesn't know it is a foreign country.
Yes, I have acted before - thank you for asking. (And GFY for the condescension in the question.) I didn't claim any dramatic actor could transition to comedy successfully, what I was saying is that if you are a good dramatic actor, playing the "straight man" would be less difficult than trying to be the "funny guy". Oh, and DeNiro has done comedy before in Analyze This. Currently it has a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so some people must have thought he was funny. And don't call me Shirley.
But Sears already does sell non-Craftsman branded extension cords and drill bits. Haven't you ever been there? It isn't 100% Sears branded merchandise.
When you are a dramatic actor, it isn't too hard to transition into the "straight man" in a comedic routine. The reason it was so funny is exactly because he was a serious actor and had not done comedy before.
School furniture makers have thought ahead - that is why in schools I attended the desk was connected to the chair. You would have to break a few welds to separate them to throw the chair. And if you can break welds with your bare hands, you hardly need the chair in the first place...
Global warming is a real phenomenon, there are few scientists that deny it's existence. What is up for debate is how much of the climate changed is actually caused directly by man. Yes the earth gets warmer and colder at times, that is called "weather" and looking at the last 50 years doesn't mean squat. Anomalies happen. But when you look at trends over the last couple hundred years, that is when you are talking about real "climate change". It could snow in the Sahara or be 20 below in Saudi Arabia - that is neither here nor there when talking about long term climate changes. People seem to get so wrapped up in current temperatures somehow proving "global warming" is either real or not. It doesn't matter how hot or cold it was wherever over the last few years. Trends have a way of happening in statistics that seem unusual when looking too close. But when you back off and look at averages over many many years it tends to appear more even, and bigger patterns start to emerge. And if man has an impact or not - at this point it is safe to say we don't really know.
I wasn't saying anything could be removed by a jumper, but a jumper could definitely prevent a BIOS from being flashed in the first place. As in jumper in place - no flash. Jumper removed - flash away.
That is why I always keep a bootable CD with MBRfix and anti-malware utilities. UBCD4Win I would highly recommend. (I was assuming the booting from another OS and cleaning before doing the MBRFIX, but didn't expressly state that becasue, well, this is Slashdot and people already know to do this. I probably should have been clearer in my previous post on that.)
Have there actually been any MBR "bootkits" in the wild that have used flashable BIOS for storing copies? I always though that was a malware "urban legend". And shouldn't any flashable BIOS have some sort of jumper switch to prevent unauthorized flashing to being with?
Yeah, you could do all that, or you could just use MBRFIX and be done with it. "Extremely difficult" - I don't really think so. Typing 6 letters from a command prompt isn't something I would categorize as "extremely difficult".
Ah, but I wasn't talking about what the email guy did, I was answering your direct question about breaking and entering and discovering a serial killer. 2 very different situations.
Something tells me if you offered the police evidence of a serial murderer, they would probably give you immunity to the breaking and entering part. It is up tho the discretion of the DA whether or not to prosecute crimes. Just becasue you commit a crime does not automatically mean you will be charged.
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That would work just fine if Google didn't also have a ranking system. As anyone can plainly see now, an "unbiased" system can and does reward bad merchants unfairly. A completely unbiased and unfiltered system would really leave things wide open for all kinds of gaming the system. Google will put useful over unbiased every time as that is what the majority of their customers actually want.
I certainly hope so. Last time I checked Hawaii was still a part of the USA and the Constitution should still applies there. The few times that local laws passed to try and prevent gun ownership they were struck down as unconstitutional. Apparently city laws don't trump federal ones.
Yep. Everyone should live in a foreign country for a while if possible. Or at very least travel to a couple different ones. Doing so makes you realize that your country's way of thinking isn't global. It also makes you realize the things that your own country is doing well, and the things it needs some work on. Nothing makes you appreciate home more than leaving it for a while.
The death penalty does not act as a much of a deterrent
I would say you understood my statement pretty well.
Yeah, proving that point is the fact that there have been zero murders committed in areas that have adopted the death penalty.
Yep this is just a trick.
And then you signed it -
Admiral Ackbar
Didn't you mean "It's a trap!"
I certainly would give it a try. Bacon flavored beer to me would be akin to the Holy Grail to Christianity.
No, the 5th Dimension already exists.
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius!
She actually called the actions "treasonous" (while also taking a shot at Obama's administration) - which is hilarious considering Assange is not a citizen of the US, does not live there, and is not running a web site from there. Looks like it is time for a big refudation on her part. I guess if she can't see a country from her house, she doesn't know it is a foreign country.
Yes, I have acted before - thank you for asking. (And GFY for the condescension in the question.) I didn't claim any dramatic actor could transition to comedy successfully, what I was saying is that if you are a good dramatic actor, playing the "straight man" would be less difficult than trying to be the "funny guy". Oh, and DeNiro has done comedy before in Analyze This. Currently it has a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so some people must have thought he was funny. And don't call me Shirley.
"Nine times out of ten, having a wife is not the best way to solve the problem." - my life
But Sears already does sell non-Craftsman branded extension cords and drill bits. Haven't you ever been there? It isn't 100% Sears branded merchandise.
When you are a dramatic actor, it isn't too hard to transition into the "straight man" in a comedic routine. The reason it was so funny is exactly because he was a serious actor and had not done comedy before.
School furniture makers have thought ahead - that is why in schools I attended the desk was connected to the chair. You would have to break a few welds to separate them to throw the chair. And if you can break welds with your bare hands, you hardly need the chair in the first place...
Global warming is a real phenomenon, there are few scientists that deny it's existence. What is up for debate is how much of the climate changed is actually caused directly by man. Yes the earth gets warmer and colder at times, that is called "weather" and looking at the last 50 years doesn't mean squat. Anomalies happen. But when you look at trends over the last couple hundred years, that is when you are talking about real "climate change". It could snow in the Sahara or be 20 below in Saudi Arabia - that is neither here nor there when talking about long term climate changes. People seem to get so wrapped up in current temperatures somehow proving "global warming" is either real or not. It doesn't matter how hot or cold it was wherever over the last few years. Trends have a way of happening in statistics that seem unusual when looking too close. But when you back off and look at averages over many many years it tends to appear more even, and bigger patterns start to emerge. And if man has an impact or not - at this point it is safe to say we don't really know.
Have you ever seen a cat eat dog shit? No? Can you say the same about dogs and cat shit? Pretty obvious which one is smarter now, isn't it?
Yes, I have owned both cats and dogs.
I wasn't saying anything could be removed by a jumper, but a jumper could definitely prevent a BIOS from being flashed in the first place. As in jumper in place - no flash. Jumper removed - flash away.
As do you.
The porn industry is probably the only real industry that is "too big to fail". (pun intended)
No, it's PEBCAK. Must have been a 1D10T error that caused you to mis-type it.
That is why I always keep a bootable CD with MBRfix and anti-malware utilities. UBCD4Win I would highly recommend. (I was assuming the booting from another OS and cleaning before doing the MBRFIX, but didn't expressly state that becasue, well, this is Slashdot and people already know to do this. I probably should have been clearer in my previous post on that.)
Have there actually been any MBR "bootkits" in the wild that have used flashable BIOS for storing copies? I always though that was a malware "urban legend". And shouldn't any flashable BIOS have some sort of jumper switch to prevent unauthorized flashing to being with?
Yeah, you could do all that, or you could just use MBRFIX and be done with it. "Extremely difficult" - I don't really think so. Typing 6 letters from a command prompt isn't something I would categorize as "extremely difficult".
Ah, but I wasn't talking about what the email guy did, I was answering your direct question about breaking and entering and discovering a serial killer. 2 very different situations.
Something tells me if you offered the police evidence of a serial murderer, they would probably give you immunity to the breaking and entering part. It is up tho the discretion of the DA whether or not to prosecute crimes. Just becasue you commit a crime does not automatically mean you will be charged.
Ah, tae kwon do - the "Dane Cook" of martial arts.