Right there with you. Not looking forward to when the organization I support eventually makes the swap. They have already stated that they will, but not a timeline for it yet. At least in the DOD world, a lot of Win10's phoning home can be stopped by simply blocking the appropriate ports on the organization's perimeter firewalls (and praying that it doesn't lead to the OS deactivating itself)
There was still a lot of dogfighting in the Korea and Vietnam era.
Desert Storm, they US just blatantly overpowered Iraq's air power on a level than wasn't even funny, the same for pretty much all conflicts since.
A lot of people actually use a philosophy degree as a pre-law degree and then go on to law school. For everyone else the options are teach, go into ministry, or learn to ask "Would you like fries with that?".
Even scarier, how long until we see someone charged with murder because they did a DDOS against a system like this where the patient ends up dead on the table?
I current drive a small Kia because I have had good luck with the brand, and it was fairly cheap and had good gas mileage because until about a year ago I traveled A LOT for work. I kept eying the Elios after I found out about them a couple years ago.
Even though I have changed jobs and have a significantly shorter commute distance to my main office now (about 20 miles each way instead of 65) and do a lot less travel between multiple sites than my old job (in my personal vehicle although I was paid for mileage), I have still watched what was going on with the Elio for both myself, and as a possible vehicle down the road when my son starts driving (cheap for him to afford the maintenance and its frame is based around essentially a roll cage.) It is essentially the modern version of the Geo Metro from the early 90's, cheap, easy on maintenance, and great gas mileage. That car eventually failed (only after Chevy bought Geo), but the people who have them in decent shape will not part with them 90% of the time and if they do it still commands a good price.
I've had several ask for proof of certs. Getting caught lying on you rapplication is a sure way to not get the job or get fired even after you are in the door.
Bible and Koran for cultural influences all around the world
and if you want a good grip on the Bible get as old af a version as you can plus the newer translations both and the The Apocrypha
Constitution, and really the federalist papers as well for more insight into the mind set of many of the country's founders
OK this one if US-centric, but shift documents appropriately for whatever country you live in
I good Highschool/college 101 level textbook on physics, biology, and chemistry
Most people don't need to retain it all unless they go into science or engineering of some sort, but really things everyone should have a basic handle on
Illiad, Oddessy, Lord of the Rings, Shakespeare, Chaucer
just the joy of reading them and expanding one's mind, plus the cultural references that stem from them
The Hayne's manual on whatever vehicle you own, because the ability to do basic maintenance and repairs on one's vehicle is a very practical skill to have
Any decent cookbook for similar reasons, as well as a basic intro to sewing book (by hand or machine)
Plato's Republic, so much of the political structure in the Western world is based on ideas contained in this book
Fahrenheit 451, Starship Troopers (just pretend the movie never existed), 1984 all for insight on where society in different ways
Rules for Radicals, and the Communist Manifesto because regardless of which side of the political isle you fall on, ideas from these two get used in politics a lot
The Art of War, because even if military history and strategy aren't your thing, some of the ideas can be used in almost every aspect of life
You should see what happens when you hand them a militaty ID. I've yet to see law enforcement carry a CAC card reader, even in towns that have military bases. Unless they have the proper scanner all they get is a pic, name, and which department under DOD I work for. Everything else is stored in a combination of barcode (pixel code might be more accurate description actually, magnetic swipe, and embedded computer chip.
Of course I also doubt the whole issue of technically not being allowed into a federal building (including court rooms, even if you are he one on trial) without a RealID compliant license carries much weight when you pull out a DOD access card for ID.
I remember seeing the results of a study a year or two ago (sorry, I can't remember the source) that showed that the mean intelligence for men and women was about the same, but the standard deviation was a good bit larger for men. Basically, average intelligence is the same for both groups, but real genius (as well as drooling idiots-> gee that explains so much) are much more likely to be men than women.
How about using the money for paying down the national debt. Oh wait that's about as much of a pipe dream in this country as actually getting copyright reform passed that isn't bought and paid for by large companies.
Would you contract to Sony for DRM after this??
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Of course they are the least likely company to do something like this again. After this lawsuit anyone that Sony tries to contract to write the software again would be a fool to take the job. Do you really want to go contract work for someone who has a history of suing its contractors?
After all Samsung is getting paid for the chips whether or not Apple sell a phone. Selling parts to your competitors is actually a good policy for mitigation of risk. If the IPhone takes off enough to put a dent in Samsung phone sales then Samsung is still making money from the chips as oppased to losing business on phone and letting someone else sell the chips to Apple.
Right now one of the main hurdles for a truly wearable computer is the lack of good input devices. At least for you mouse this could fix that problem. If we ever get to the point that a truly wearable computer with decent I/O capabilities become common then yes I would call then revolutionary as far as computer usage.
No, this just means that the next time a torrent tracking site is taken to court they can point to this example with Microsoft as part of thier defense. After all precident does hold a lot of sway in court cases.
Yes, Dell's support for corporate, government, and educational customers is a completely different division than for home users. I can't speak for the home support, but having worked for the division that handle the large accounts like that, they made sure to take pretty good care of the customer. Of course that was several years ago and although I know the divisions are still seperate I can't promise the level of service is any better or worse than when I was there. Of course since employee or student purchase programs still fell under the corporate division, some days it felt like you were doing home user support all day (especially on night shift).
Thats ok if they start taxing the internet based on bytes sent (or even packets sent) it will just push people to use more data compression more and free up some bandwidth.
"On a side note, has it really taken this long for somebody to realise that an eBay toolbar might be a good idea??"
No, it probably just took this long for someone to find a way to do it without some small slip up that they could have been sued to death over because of the US's position on IP laws.
Personally I welcome something like this. Maybe it will get the American public to finally realize that talking about sex is not this big bad thing that we should shun people for.
Didn't you know that only ninjas have the right to vanish, and they are still required to leave behind an annoying smoke cloud that fills your sinuses in the process.
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Right there with you. Not looking forward to when the organization I support eventually makes the swap. They have already stated that they will, but not a timeline for it yet. At least in the DOD world, a lot of Win10's phoning home can be stopped by simply blocking the appropriate ports on the organization's perimeter firewalls (and praying that it doesn't lead to the OS deactivating itself)
There was still a lot of dogfighting in the Korea and Vietnam era. Desert Storm, they US just blatantly overpowered Iraq's air power on a level than wasn't even funny, the same for pretty much all conflicts since.
A lot of people actually use a philosophy degree as a pre-law degree and then go on to law school. For everyone else the options are teach, go into ministry, or learn to ask "Would you like fries with that?".
Even scarier, how long until we see someone charged with murder because they did a DDOS against a system like this where the patient ends up dead on the table?
It could definitely be a way for doctors to get out of a liability claim in the future, just say that it was a case of network lag.
I current drive a small Kia because I have had good luck with the brand, and it was fairly cheap and had good gas mileage because until about a year ago I traveled A LOT for work. I kept eying the Elios after I found out about them a couple years ago. Even though I have changed jobs and have a significantly shorter commute distance to my main office now (about 20 miles each way instead of 65) and do a lot less travel between multiple sites than my old job (in my personal vehicle although I was paid for mileage), I have still watched what was going on with the Elio for both myself, and as a possible vehicle down the road when my son starts driving (cheap for him to afford the maintenance and its frame is based around essentially a roll cage.) It is essentially the modern version of the Geo Metro from the early 90's, cheap, easy on maintenance, and great gas mileage. That car eventually failed (only after Chevy bought Geo), but the people who have them in decent shape will not part with them 90% of the time and if they do it still commands a good price.
I've had several ask for proof of certs. Getting caught lying on you rapplication is a sure way to not get the job or get fired even after you are in the door.
Bible and Koran for cultural influences all around the world and if you want a good grip on the Bible get as old af a version as you can plus the newer translations both and the The Apocrypha Constitution, and really the federalist papers as well for more insight into the mind set of many of the country's founders OK this one if US-centric, but shift documents appropriately for whatever country you live in I good Highschool/college 101 level textbook on physics, biology, and chemistry Most people don't need to retain it all unless they go into science or engineering of some sort, but really things everyone should have a basic handle on Illiad, Oddessy, Lord of the Rings, Shakespeare, Chaucer just the joy of reading them and expanding one's mind, plus the cultural references that stem from them The Hayne's manual on whatever vehicle you own, because the ability to do basic maintenance and repairs on one's vehicle is a very practical skill to have Any decent cookbook for similar reasons, as well as a basic intro to sewing book (by hand or machine) Plato's Republic, so much of the political structure in the Western world is based on ideas contained in this book Fahrenheit 451, Starship Troopers (just pretend the movie never existed), 1984 all for insight on where society in different ways Rules for Radicals, and the Communist Manifesto because regardless of which side of the political isle you fall on, ideas from these two get used in politics a lot The Art of War, because even if military history and strategy aren't your thing, some of the ideas can be used in almost every aspect of life
You should see what happens when you hand them a militaty ID. I've yet to see law enforcement carry a CAC card reader, even in towns that have military bases. Unless they have the proper scanner all they get is a pic, name, and which department under DOD I work for. Everything else is stored in a combination of barcode (pixel code might be more accurate description actually, magnetic swipe, and embedded computer chip.
Of course I also doubt the whole issue of technically not being allowed into a federal building (including court rooms, even if you are he one on trial) without a RealID compliant license carries much weight when you pull out a DOD access card for ID.
"The justice department said in its report that while Microsoft's operating system market share hasn't dropped because of the consent decree,"
No, but it might drop because Vista has been the best advertizing that OS X and Linux could ask for.
I remember seeing the results of a study a year or two ago (sorry, I can't remember the source) that showed that the mean intelligence for men and women was about the same, but the standard deviation was a good bit larger for men. Basically, average intelligence is the same for both groups, but real genius (as well as drooling idiots-> gee that explains so much) are much more likely to be men than women.
Gmail will use SSL over any browser, it just doesn't by default (which is a shame, but easily fixed for those of us that care)
If only I had mod points for both you and the post above right now.
How about using the money for paying down the national debt. Oh wait that's about as much of a pipe dream in this country as actually getting copyright reform passed that isn't bought and paid for by large companies.
Of course they are the least likely company to do something like this again. After this lawsuit anyone that Sony tries to contract to write the software again would be a fool to take the job. Do you really want to go contract work for someone who has a history of suing its contractors?
After all Samsung is getting paid for the chips whether or not Apple sell a phone. Selling parts to your competitors is actually a good policy for mitigation of risk. If the IPhone takes off enough to put a dent in Samsung phone sales then Samsung is still making money from the chips as oppased to losing business on phone and letting someone else sell the chips to Apple.
Right now one of the main hurdles for a truly wearable computer is the lack of good input devices. At least for you mouse this could fix that problem. If we ever get to the point that a truly wearable computer with decent I/O capabilities become common then yes I would call then revolutionary as far as computer usage.
No, this just means that the next time a torrent tracking site is taken to court they can point to this example with Microsoft as part of thier defense. After all precident does hold a lot of sway in court cases.
Yes, Dell's support for corporate, government, and educational customers is a completely different division than for home users. I can't speak for the home support, but having worked for the division that handle the large accounts like that, they made sure to take pretty good care of the customer. Of course that was several years ago and although I know the divisions are still seperate I can't promise the level of service is any better or worse than when I was there. Of course since employee or student purchase programs still fell under the corporate division, some days it felt like you were doing home user support all day (especially on night shift).
Thats ok if they start taxing the internet based on bytes sent (or even packets sent) it will just push people to use more data compression more and free up some bandwidth.
Well then they are still getting it from you, the Russians are just charging a finder's fee, right. //takes tongue out of cheek
"On a side note, has it really taken this long for somebody to realise that an eBay toolbar might be a good idea??"
No, it probably just took this long for someone to find a way to do it without some small slip up that they could have been sued to death over because of the US's position on IP laws.
Why would we slam her?..See troll 1 thread down.
Really it was almost a shame to read a comment like yours, and then see the beginning of the next thread be a troll bashing her.
Too bad some people think that any opinion that doesn't line up 100% with their own (even if it is 90-95% there) is just plain wrong.
Personally I welcome something like this. Maybe it will get the American public to finally realize that talking about sex is not this big bad thing that we should shun people for.
The right to vanish??
Didn't you know that only ninjas have the right to vanish, and they are still required to leave behind an annoying smoke cloud that fills your sinuses in the process.