If they start doing that, then botnet writers will have an incentive to have their rootkits start deleting emails (when a common email program loads up). I don't think they'll be that choosy about what they delete either.
What if you're blind? What if you can't move your eyes?
That's how it's better than eye tracking.
How is this one better than eye tracking if you're blind?
Maybe the thoughts could shift a dynamic braille device, or if you can't even feel, you could think "up" or "down" an audible alphabet list (not for cube farm use).
It seems things are turning; small colleges providing a better education with 20/30-student classes, whereas big universities offer better experience in the field, and 300/400-student classes. In high-school parlance, big colleges are now becoming "technical/trade schools".
We almost need to go back to the old (really old) method; bunch of students pool their money and hire a professor.
On May 18, 2008, News.com reported that Microsoft had confirmed that current versions of Windows Media Center shipping with the Windows family of operating systems did adhere to the use of the broadcast flag, following reports of users being blocked from taping specific airings of NBC programs, mainly American Gladiators and Medium. A Microsoft spokeperson said that Windows Media Center adheres to the "rules set forth by the FCC", even though no legislation actually requires following such rules.
MythTV (even Tivo) boxes didn't record dead air when the broadcast flag was "accidentally" tripped a while back. The only DVRs I'm aware of that did were Windows machines. Value.
How hard is it to put the D after her name? We're not all from California, you know. I had to spend 40 seconds googling it, and another couple minutes typing this. That's time I'll never get back. I might see my potential future children for a few less minutes now (or even worse, they might never be born!). Won't someone PLEASE think of the children and add party affiliation tags after politician names so I'll know ahead of time whether I should hate them or love them!?!
There, somebody posted the usual rant, now the serious ones can be legitimately modded redundant without making the mods feel guilty.
Not a big deal to have your credentials sent to a third party? What if Nokia's wizard used a Finnish government server instead?
What if a Chinese-made phone was sending username/password to a Chinese government server?
What if Antti Järjestelmävalvojanen, a (fictitious) Nokia network admin, starts storing them on his thumb drive?
If they don't get a wad of cash with an account number attached, then they cut off service for that account. Doesn't matter who pays, so long as the account number is valid. Maybe some people could pay with credit cards, but they just pay for a different account each month (maybe theirs, maybe not). No need for bills, although it leaves the customer with no recourse if they cut off service illegitimately.
Duh. People contain all the nutrients a human body needs. That's another layer of value GP probably analytically considers.
Sorry, couldn't resist a cannibalism joke at GP's expense.
When my wife was pregnant with our first child, she asked me very seriously how I would respond if something went wrong and the doctor told me that he could only save either her or our child (she watches too much TV)
That's not a TV fiction (although the doctors usually make the choice to save the mother and coerce the emotionally destabilized husband into thinking he made the decision). In cases of preeclampsia, it often is a "Mom or Baby" decision, and Baby's usually too premature to live.
*PC walks up to an infinite line of Macs*
PC: Hi, I'm a PC.
Mac1:Hi, I'm a Ma...
Macs2,3,4,5,6,...: Hhhii Hi I'I'I'mm a I'm a MMaaacc!
PC: Um, okay. Is this the line for that new website?
Macs: Yes! Yes! yyyyeeeeesssss! But you can't get in.
PC: Why not?
Macs: Denial of Service!
PC: I guess PCs suck because we get denied service. *mopes away*
Mac45: Hi, I'm a Mac!
Usually, these things are the province of different groups within IT. Each group gets a different night to do their dirty deeds on your computer. OS group does their updates and/or defrags, Security does their scans, Inventory does their tracking, foo group does their foo.
There is a shocking level of hostility toward consumers coming from many of the most successful corporations.
And this is one of the few reasons I've heard that makes me believe there might be a real recession somewhere. I know people are still spending, but they're probably not spending with companies that treat them like dirt.
I'm always amazed when large shops have no power savings features enabled. A lot of it has to do with the inability to manage power saving features from within Group Policy. Thankfully Vista added this ability.
Yes, thankfully they did, because the proper power management setting is "Always on" (or now "8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c" according to Vista). People turning machines off or on standby is a complete waste of IT's time (and IT's time is spent making your computer [keep] work[ing] correctly). In many places, the policy from IT is "Never turn your machines off" because so many things that IT does to your machine are done while you're not working on it: Updates, audits, virus scans/spyware scans/tripwire checksums, port scans, defrags, chkdsks, installs, deletions, inventory, random support calls, etc. The money saved doesn't matter to me if it prevents me from doing my job, because my job saves the company so much more in headaches they'll never see. Powering machines down when the business needs to use them to sell product makes almost as much sense as powering them down when I need to work on them (to make sure they remain running when business needs to use them to sell product).
Long story short: A mixture of convenience and necessity.
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If they start doing that, then botnet writers will have an incentive to have their rootkits start deleting emails (when a common email program loads up). I don't think they'll be that choosy about what they delete either.
What if you're blind? What if you can't move your eyes?
That's how it's better than eye tracking.
How is this one better than eye tracking if you're blind?
Maybe the thoughts could shift a dynamic braille device, or if you can't even feel, you could think "up" or "down" an audible alphabet list (not for cube farm use).
the marines, the army, the navy: they all have their own fighter wings
Didn't the Air Force start out as the Army Air Force, and then break off as its own military branch?
It seems things are turning; small colleges providing a better education with 20/30-student classes, whereas big universities offer better experience in the field, and 300/400-student classes. In high-school parlance, big colleges are now becoming "technical/trade schools".
We almost need to go back to the old (really old) method; bunch of students pool their money and hire a professor.
BT is the name of the company.
They're not British Telecom anymore (like that annoying BP)?
I'm glad it's an American company. I just wish the product were made in the USA.
Swallows would have been better
African or European?
I wanted to make a crude gay-joke, but I'll let people invent their own in their heads. I think it's much better for everyone that way.
You are full of shit, mostly because you've never used Windows Media Center. Another lying Linux asshole.
I love you too, Steve. Or is this Bill? If it's Bill, tell Melinda her brownies were awesome. I definitely want the recipe next time I've over.
WMC did not record dead air. The broadcast flag simply tells the machine it's not permitted to record the content, you can still watch it.
Umm... WMC did not record anything. _Everything_else_ recorded, ignoring the spurious broadcast flag. And the people without WMC rejoiced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_flag#Current_status
On May 18, 2008, News.com reported that Microsoft had confirmed that current versions of Windows Media Center shipping with the Windows family of operating systems did adhere to the use of the broadcast flag, following reports of users being blocked from taping specific airings of NBC programs, mainly American Gladiators and Medium. A Microsoft spokeperson said that Windows Media Center adheres to the "rules set forth by the FCC", even though no legislation actually requires following such rules.
Mods, do your job correctly.
Yeah, they modded me informative when it should be funny.
MythTV (even Tivo) boxes didn't record dead air when the broadcast flag was "accidentally" tripped a while back. The only DVRs I'm aware of that did were Windows machines. Value.
How hard is it to put the D after her name? We're not all from California, you know. I had to spend 40 seconds googling it, and another couple minutes typing this. That's time I'll never get back. I might see my potential future children for a few less minutes now (or even worse, they might never be born!). Won't someone PLEASE think of the children and add party affiliation tags after politician names so I'll know ahead of time whether I should hate them or love them!?!
There, somebody posted the usual rant, now the serious ones can be legitimately modded redundant without making the mods feel guilty.
except of course that MySQL is not as f***ed up as Access
...yet
before we run out of water!
it is still not such a big deal.
Not a big deal to have your credentials sent to a third party? What if Nokia's wizard used a Finnish government server instead?
What if a Chinese-made phone was sending username/password to a Chinese government server?
What if Antti Järjestelmävalvojanen, a (fictitious) Nokia network admin, starts storing them on his thumb drive?
I'm curious why they feel prison is appropriate however, when a shutdown was an acceptable result with Napster...
It sets escalation of punishment as precedent, so that they can eventually call for torture and/or death.
If they don't get a wad of cash with an account number attached, then they cut off service for that account. Doesn't matter who pays, so long as the account number is valid. Maybe some people could pay with credit cards, but they just pay for a different account each month (maybe theirs, maybe not). No need for bills, although it leaves the customer with no recourse if they cut off service illegitimately.
Duh. People contain all the nutrients a human body needs. That's another layer of value GP probably analytically considers.
Sorry, couldn't resist a cannibalism joke at GP's expense.
When my wife was pregnant with our first child, she asked me very seriously how I would respond if something went wrong and the doctor told me that he could only save either her or our child (she watches too much TV)
That's not a TV fiction (although the doctors usually make the choice to save the mother and coerce the emotionally destabilized husband into thinking he made the decision). In cases of preeclampsia, it often is a "Mom or Baby" decision, and Baby's usually too premature to live.
OS X does default the firewall off, Apple may want to reconsider this at some point, just as a general precaution.
They should have considered that years ago. Microsoft beat them to that realization!
*PC walks up to an infinite line of Macs* ...: Hhhii Hi I'I'I'mm a I'm a MMaaacc!
PC: Hi, I'm a PC.
Mac1:Hi, I'm a Ma...
Macs2,3,4,5,6,
PC: Um, okay. Is this the line for that new website?
Macs: Yes! Yes! yyyyeeeeesssss! But you can't get in.
PC: Why not?
Macs: Denial of Service!
PC: I guess PCs suck because we get denied service. *mopes away*
Mac45: Hi, I'm a Mac!
It's related to the botnet brute forcing from last week.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1196525&cid=27551519
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1196525&cid=27552175
Usually, these things are the province of different groups within IT. Each group gets a different night to do their dirty deeds on your computer. OS group does their updates and/or defrags, Security does their scans, Inventory does their tracking, foo group does their foo.
There is a shocking level of hostility toward consumers coming from many of the most successful corporations.
And this is one of the few reasons I've heard that makes me believe there might be a real recession somewhere. I know people are still spending, but they're probably not spending with companies that treat them like dirt.
Please don't mod me redundant; I feel that if someone from Amazon sees this, they need to see multiple people saying it:
I too was planning on buying a Kindle, but will never do so if my ability to use it is at the whim of someone other than myself.
I'm always amazed when large shops have no power savings features enabled. A lot of it has to do with the inability to manage power saving features from within Group Policy. Thankfully Vista added this ability.
Yes, thankfully they did, because the proper power management setting is "Always on" (or now "8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c" according to Vista). People turning machines off or on standby is a complete waste of IT's time (and IT's time is spent making your computer [keep] work[ing] correctly). In many places, the policy from IT is "Never turn your machines off" because so many things that IT does to your machine are done while you're not working on it: Updates, audits, virus scans/spyware scans/tripwire checksums, port scans, defrags, chkdsks, installs, deletions, inventory, random support calls, etc. The money saved doesn't matter to me if it prevents me from doing my job, because my job saves the company so much more in headaches they'll never see. Powering machines down when the business needs to use them to sell product makes almost as much sense as powering them down when I need to work on them (to make sure they remain running when business needs to use them to sell product).
Long story short: A mixture of convenience and necessity.