This is but the implementation of the nuclear option. Rest assured that the option was mentioned in private ("if you won't play ball, we'll bury this project in a way that you'll have to wait two generations to bring it up again") before becoming public.
...I expect Slashdot to thoroughly Savage Diane for her attempts to undermine internet freedom and privacy just as they savaged Trump for merely suggesting what Hillary Suggested.
I turned on Trump not for his Internet comment, but instead the "lets temporarily ban entry to the U.S.A. for all Muslims" comment. It shows a blatant willingness to violate the spirit of the first amendment if not the letter.
A wet road in the fall is more dangerous than a road with spots of snow in winter. The leaves turn very slippery, close to ice. And no salt will melt them.
Your human target is 50 feet away and barely moving and yet SOMEHOW all of your crack Stormtroopers miss with a weapon that shoots at the speed of light.
Those are blasters, not lasers. If you can see a discreet glob of energy fly fast through the air, it's not made of photons, it's giving off photons as a side-effect.
I've used the freezer trick a few times on co-workers failed spinner drives over the 10 years or so. It worked on three.
"The freezer trick" is bad mojo. Condensation works its way in quickly. You're much better off using a fan and some heat sinks to cool the drive down if it's overheating.
When was the last time you recovered the data from an actual failed hard drive?
Last week. I restored data from two failed drives with ddrescue. I've gone from a 50% success rate years ago to about 70%. Still not perfect, but it's better than the 0% success rate I've had with SSD or thumb drives.
Why in the hell are schools requiring students to use Chromebooks? We're making people do business and give their personal deals to advertisers now? What's next, requiring Facebook?
Yes. Google+ actually, but schools are requiring class assignments using google docs for collaborative work.
enigmail plugin is da bomb.
Of course only a few former coworkers bother to use gpg at all, but at least it's there if I need it.
My biggest problem is if I'm gone for a week, t-bird can't process all the new mail without churning for a couple hours.
I have a big problem remembering the names of Apps, Movies, Actors, Song Names, Album Names... Search fails me completely there. I ran into this on Windows too where I wanted to find some control panel. You have to use the correct technical name for the search to be successful. I've always worked from lists and file system hierarchy. If I can remember what exactly it is called that I need to search for that method works great. A lot of the times it just slows me down and makes using the system more frustrating.
I hope tech companies the world over listen. This UI trend is not just an Apple problem. It used to be as a user you would get big scary technical error messages. That was good because you would have enough detail you could figure out a work around or search on the error and find more info to understand what's wrong and what the next steps are. Now in the name of simplicity and in the name of trying to not scare away users, even technical users have their hands tied a lot of the time. 1/2 of everything is some web based app. Every one uses different designs and standards, some good, some not so good. You end up hunting all over and different apps web based and phone based may or may not have the options.
Windows Search got broken even more with Windows 7. The handy search parameters got changed from selection fields and checkboxes into keywords you had to remember to enter into the search text box. Good luck remembering the names of the parameters.
I know parent post is a standard frist psot troll, but I came here to say something much like it. Beyond the sport of hunting a "great deal", if you're spending hours waiting in lines in freezing temperatures, possibly spending your health as well with the physical and mental stress, just to save yourself $50 then you're doing it wrong. Your job probably pays better per hour, and the other intangibles are priceless.
If it's an event you enjoy, and your once a year hobby, go ahead, but don't let the advertisements convince you you're making a sound financial decision.
The problem with fingerprints as "passwords" is you're "writing" them down everywhere you go. They're all over your house, and even on the devices you use them to unlock.
TimeMachine is a push backup on the same computer. Thus vulnerable to being encrypted too. You want a pull backup from a second system ( maybe with TimeMachine on that secondary computer).
The first safeguard is gridlock. Gridlock was designed into the system to make passing a new law an arduous process that might take a long time unless there was true popular support. Heck, the vice president was originally the runner up in the presidential election, ensuring that ties in the senate get decided by a person the sitting president probably disagrees with. Modern DC folk like to yammer about progress as if the numbers of laws passed is directly related to the utility of congress or the whole of government itself.
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This is but the implementation of the nuclear option. Rest assured that the option was mentioned in private ("if you won't play ball, we'll bury this project in a way that you'll have to wait two generations to bring it up again") before becoming public.
And you missed the point entirely. Validity of the scientific method is the wheelhouse of philosophy, not science.
We know the scientific method is valid because we have empirical evidence that says it works! /sarcasm
I'd do that if it meant getting rid of Daylight Saving.
...I expect Slashdot to thoroughly Savage Diane for her attempts to undermine internet freedom and privacy just as they savaged Trump for merely suggesting what Hillary Suggested.
I turned on Trump not for his Internet comment, but instead the "lets temporarily ban entry to the U.S.A. for all Muslims" comment. It shows a blatant willingness to violate the spirit of the first amendment if not the letter.
A wet road in the fall is more dangerous than a road with spots of snow in winter. The leaves turn very slippery, close to ice. And no salt will melt them.
He's like Hitler. Using my account because I actually believe this now. I rejected my friends' comments as silly Godwin-law rhetoric until now.
Your human target is 50 feet away and barely moving and yet SOMEHOW all of your crack Stormtroopers miss with a weapon that shoots at the speed of light.
Those are blasters, not lasers. If you can see a discreet glob of energy fly fast through the air, it's not made of photons, it's giving off photons as a side-effect.
I've used the freezer trick a few times on co-workers failed spinner drives over the 10 years or so. It worked on three.
"The freezer trick" is bad mojo. Condensation works its way in quickly. You're much better off using a fan and some heat sinks to cool the drive down if it's overheating.
When was the last time you recovered the data from an actual failed hard drive?
Last week. I restored data from two failed drives with ddrescue. I've gone from a 50% success rate years ago to about 70%. Still not perfect, but it's better than the 0% success rate I've had with SSD or thumb drives.
Why in the hell are schools requiring students to use Chromebooks? We're making people do business and give their personal deals to advertisers now? What's next, requiring Facebook?
Yes. Google+ actually, but schools are requiring class assignments using google docs for collaborative work.
This is with IMAP. It takes that long to sync.
enigmail plugin is da bomb.
Of course only a few former coworkers bother to use gpg at all, but at least it's there if I need it.
My biggest problem is if I'm gone for a week, t-bird can't process all the new mail without churning for a couple hours.
it's really just a way for them to legitimize their own hacking and data collection habits.
It's like the local fire department asking if there are any fields farmers would like to burn or houses they can burn for practice stopping fires.
News Flash! Flash is old news!
To be renamed Professor Zoom!
But with proprietary charging cables, you get he privilege of spending $20 on a spare or replacement charger for every device you own...
I have a big problem remembering the names of Apps, Movies, Actors, Song Names, Album Names... Search fails me completely there. I ran into this on Windows too where I wanted to find some control panel. You have to use the correct technical name for the search to be successful. I've always worked from lists and file system hierarchy. If I can remember what exactly it is called that I need to search for that method works great. A lot of the times it just slows me down and makes using the system more frustrating.
I hope tech companies the world over listen. This UI trend is not just an Apple problem. It used to be as a user you would get big scary technical error messages. That was good because you would have enough detail you could figure out a work around or search on the error and find more info to understand what's wrong and what the next steps are. Now in the name of simplicity and in the name of trying to not scare away users, even technical users have their hands tied a lot of the time. 1/2 of everything is some web based app. Every one uses different designs and standards, some good, some not so good. You end up hunting all over and different apps web based and phone based may or may not have the options.
Windows Search got broken even more with Windows 7. The handy search parameters got changed from selection fields and checkboxes into keywords you had to remember to enter into the search text box. Good luck remembering the names of the parameters.
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot... Which is where people get confused and think you meant FT instead of F.
That horrible Star Trek reboot with the red matter must recently have made its way to ISIS computers.
What the fuck is this shit
I know parent post is a standard frist psot troll, but I came here to say something much like it. Beyond the sport of hunting a "great deal", if you're spending hours waiting in lines in freezing temperatures, possibly spending your health as well with the physical and mental stress, just to save yourself $50 then you're doing it wrong. Your job probably pays better per hour, and the other intangibles are priceless.
If it's an event you enjoy, and your once a year hobby, go ahead, but don't let the advertisements convince you you're making a sound financial decision.
The problem with fingerprints as "passwords" is you're "writing" them down everywhere you go. They're all over your house, and even on the devices you use them to unlock.
TimeMachine is a push backup on the same computer. Thus vulnerable to being encrypted too. You want a pull backup from a second system ( maybe with TimeMachine on that secondary computer).
Hey, I can be a capitalist without being a ruthless capitalist sociopath. Just because I care about people doesn't make me some mutant commie hippy.
The first safeguard is gridlock. Gridlock was designed into the system to make passing a new law an arduous process that might take a long time unless there was true popular support. Heck, the vice president was originally the runner up in the presidential election, ensuring that ties in the senate get decided by a person the sitting president probably disagrees with. Modern DC folk like to yammer about progress as if the numbers of laws passed is directly related to the utility of congress or the whole of government itself.
You know a company is out of ideas when they reinvent Clippy.