It turns out that both of these women who use AT&T phones had both heard of Internet Explorer and Firefox. The nation of Liberia is now warning users who have ever heard of Internet Explorer or Firefox to switch to Liberia's own Liberexplorer for a limited time only. Supplies are running out fast and there is a strict limit of 2^10000th power per customer. Just five easy installments of $10.99 and you're in the clear. Act now!
It was poor wording on my part. I've read pretty extensively on this study. My true meaning was that there was no genetic manipulation other than a human observation (with their very own eyes in a purely physical sense) for determining breeding stock. There was no DNA analysis or gene splicing or anything of the sort.
In short, the scientists merely said "that one has acted in a less hostile manner, use that one for breeding stock".
On a side note I actually come from a large family. While we don't share the same genes, we definitely shared many of the same jeans...including a wicked pair of 1980's Brittania bellbottoms which I still have in my closet. I should try them on, I bet they still fit. Luckily I don't have to worry about passing on my genes, since I already have 2 children. Maybe their genes will let them appreciate the jeans too?
GP may be a troll, but is more off topic than anything else. This experiment didn't modify genes or dna. It was simple breeding (in this case domestication through human selection). The results of this study show how quickly animal species can be domesticated and show a potential path for wolves to have been domesticated while living on the fringes of human settlements.
Sopssa said, "Never the less, it's always scary when humans play god. Something is going to happen eventually, so should be really careful about it." I say "It's always scary when certain humans twist scientific results to push religious agenda. Something is going to happen eventually, so you should really think about it."
I've had only one BSOD in Vista 64 home and it was due to a poorly written FOSS app. After the app's next release cycle it's worked flawlessly. I've also run Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Suse, Mint, and Mandriva on this same box. They all run equally as fast. The only thing I can say for sure is that Firefox was crashing a hell of a lot more under Ubuntu than Vista. I never experienced a crash with Konqueror.
I thought that one time I noticed a.00134 second time difference between the load times of firefox between Windows and Ubuntu but I checked again and it was only.00131 seconds, so I never gave it another thought.
That line of argument only works up to the point when ET denies the existence of god(s). At that point, the christians will take every apple out of their carts and start lobbing them at ET while ET shoots back with laser beams from their heads. (I'm hoping they look a bit like sharks)
To answer your question as succinctly as possible.
Yes.
There is actually more than one way to turn them off (safeguards and such), but the actual generator button at my plant is both big and red. Additionally, it's not wired in to the system. The safeguards are also physically wired to cause trips. There are also redundancies built in to ensure those trips and they're hardwired. At best, for the plant that I work at, a hacker could operate a non-critical component. That's assuming they could get through the truckload of security from their end to the control end, which is engineered to be absolutely impossible.
Yeah? Can you point to ONE virus in the wild that has ever bitten any Mac or Linux user? Trojans don't count. Install Linux on your Windows box and you do NOT need any antivirus (unless you boot into the Windows side), provided you're not stupid enough to run an executable from an untrusted source.
While you didn't specify that it must be a new virus, these are all viruses that infect Mac machines. Do they still work? No, of course not, but that's not what you claimed. If Microsoft ever dumped backwards compatibility then, assuming they'd adopt a more Unix like approach to security, we'd all be better off. That will not happen any time soon though, so I won't hold my breath.
China would likely benefit in repair parts and maintenance related costs. Once the components for these turbines are in place, you're not likely to just switch them out for some other manufacturer.
Yep I've been following this pretty closely myself. It was patched a couple days ago. You can follow step by step the discussion of someone providing a link of the initial vulnerability, them deciding to blocklist it, and someone claiming (though no name was given) that Microsoft agreed on the course of action.
The Firefox plugin itself was not the insecure part, it was items within the OS. Because of this, when Microsoft patched the vulnerability they didn't have to patch the plugin. So unless Microsoft re-releases the plugin with a higher version number there's no way for Firefox to do a version check to only allow patched systems to allow the plugin again. This is not an issue for me, but in the thread there are multiple people who are IT guys who claim their corporations rely on the plugin and their mission critical items won't work without it. There's a workaround via disabling the blocklistings via about:config but that's not a very graceful fix.
IMO this whole deal was handled very sloppily and I feel that this is all just petty bickering between Mozilla and Microsoft. Mozilla saw an opportunity to stick it to Microsoft and they took it. I don't want, or need, any part of this. It's easy enough to switch to Opera.
If by fad you mean the Wii is a longstanding dominant force in the market then I agree. But that's pretty much the opposite of the standard use of the word fad.
I'm pretty much right with you. Even before the vaccine was available where I am I decided I wasn't going to get it. Before it was available my son(2) got the flu, gave it to me(31) and my daughter(1), then my wife(27). We're all still quite alive.
You probably get endless hours of entertainment wiggling your windows and rotating your workspace on the cube don't you?
I built my system. It's run WinXP, Vista, Win7, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Suse, and more. Default install of Win7/Vista looks more professional. Beryl is just candy. With some UI mods, any *nix can look as good if not better than Vista/Win7, but that would be purely an individual taste.
TBH I don't care much about RAM utilization. Most people have enough that they'd be very hard pressed to get to a point where that even matters.
I'm surprised that you didn't talk about system function calls though. Due to the strict rules governing Linux development, code execution is much more streamlined than on Windows. This of course would lead to improved loading/running of code. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/1713214 Seems like they moved the chart unfortunately but you can feel free to track it down if you're interested.
I think I had a point to make when I started writing this reply, but my son is running around the house screaming his head off and now I've got a headache. So to sum it all up: Even my wife can use Linux, but I've had to put her back on XP because some the things she needed to do weren't supported currently in Linux. I'm just going to have to wait until next year, I've heard it's supposed to belong to Linux.
I'm currently using a Netgear WGR614L with Tomato. It's been smooth sailing since I got it. If my kids would stop unplugging the router I'd have a semi-impressive uptime number to post too.
So I've been doing what I can to keep things running smoothly. Recently we 'upgraded' our server with a dedicated line to the corporate network. When the company IT came in, their standard procedure was to image each of the machines with XP SP2, IE6, McAfee, and a few other outdated tools. When they left, half of my machines would hang on logout. A number of the machines wouldn't connect to their antivirus repositories. This story does not surprise me in the least.
I asked a lot of questions about why they were using these old revisions, and their answer was "It hasn't been fully tested". It's a good thing I only make electricity and not something really important.
You pretty much summed up what I was going to say. Submarine sonar, when passive, simply picks up background noise. In order for either sub to hear the other they'd have to listen for "the quiet spot" in the ocean, since all modern subs use sound dampening materials and other measures to reduce noise emissions. Definitely working as intended!
And some, like the only one available in my area, gives me a 768/512 for $65/mo and I also have a 600mb per day limit. Since it is the only one in my area that's what I get to live with. I get by...usually. Right now I'm d/l limited to 350k due to an unattended download that I (accidently) let go. I really can't wait to get something better.
Yamauchi does not say "depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games". What he did say was "stop playing boring games" and "If we can change the quality, the number of the available software titles can be as little as one-tenth the current figure. Somebody says there are a small number of titles available for Nintendo 64 and others say we do not have enough RPG. But it is not the issue this industry can afford to worry about now"
A company that tries to make games more fun is the kind of company I want to do business with. Nintendo has had oodles of problems with patents, it's only prudent to cover your own ass.
As a non Apple product owner who hasn't dealt with any of these problems on Microsoft products or Linux either I can't speak as an injured party. But, if I did experience a bug like this? I'd fix it myself because that's what a person with real choice can do.
I've run Vista 64 SP1 for the last year and have experienced 1 crash, and that was due to a FOSS app which I simply stopped using. I didn't have to trade blue screens for sad faces and bombs, I'm ok with that.
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It turns out that both of these women who use AT&T phones had both heard of Internet Explorer and Firefox. The nation of Liberia is now warning users who have ever heard of Internet Explorer or Firefox to switch to Liberia's own Liberexplorer for a limited time only. Supplies are running out fast and there is a strict limit of 2^10000th power per customer. Just five easy installments of $10.99 and you're in the clear. Act now!
Where'd you get those coconuts?
It was poor wording on my part. I've read pretty extensively on this study. My true meaning was that there was no genetic manipulation other than a human observation (with their very own eyes in a purely physical sense) for determining breeding stock. There was no DNA analysis or gene splicing or anything of the sort. In short, the scientists merely said "that one has acted in a less hostile manner, use that one for breeding stock". On a side note I actually come from a large family. While we don't share the same genes, we definitely shared many of the same jeans...including a wicked pair of 1980's Brittania bellbottoms which I still have in my closet. I should try them on, I bet they still fit. Luckily I don't have to worry about passing on my genes, since I already have 2 children. Maybe their genes will let them appreciate the jeans too?
GP may be a troll, but is more off topic than anything else. This experiment didn't modify genes or dna. It was simple breeding (in this case domestication through human selection). The results of this study show how quickly animal species can be domesticated and show a potential path for wolves to have been domesticated while living on the fringes of human settlements.
Sopssa said, "Never the less, it's always scary when humans play god. Something is going to happen eventually, so should be really careful about it."
I say "It's always scary when certain humans twist scientific results to push religious agenda. Something is going to happen eventually, so you should really think about it."
I've had only one BSOD in Vista 64 home and it was due to a poorly written FOSS app. After the app's next release cycle it's worked flawlessly. I've also run Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Suse, Mint, and Mandriva on this same box. They all run equally as fast. The only thing I can say for sure is that Firefox was crashing a hell of a lot more under Ubuntu than Vista. I never experienced a crash with Konqueror.
I thought that one time I noticed a .00134 second time difference between the load times of firefox between Windows and Ubuntu but I checked again and it was only .00131 seconds, so I never gave it another thought.
Sadly I have no points to give you.
That line of argument only works up to the point when ET denies the existence of god(s). At that point, the christians will take every apple out of their carts and start lobbing them at ET while ET shoots back with laser beams from their heads. (I'm hoping they look a bit like sharks)
Yes.
There is actually more than one way to turn them off (safeguards and such), but the actual generator button at my plant is both big and red. Additionally, it's not wired in to the system. The safeguards are also physically wired to cause trips. There are also redundancies built in to ensure those trips and they're hardwired. At best, for the plant that I work at, a hacker could operate a non-critical component. That's assuming they could get through the truckload of security from their end to the control end, which is engineered to be absolutely impossible.
Hmm, ever bitten any.... how about this list?
http://www.iantivirus.com/threats/index/query/V/
While you didn't specify that it must be a new virus, these are all viruses that infect Mac machines. Do they still work? No, of course not, but that's not what you claimed. If Microsoft ever dumped backwards compatibility then, assuming they'd adopt a more Unix like approach to security, we'd all be better off. That will not happen any time soon though, so I won't hold my breath.
China would likely benefit in repair parts and maintenance related costs. Once the components for these turbines are in place, you're not likely to just switch them out for some other manufacturer.
The Firefox plugin itself was not the insecure part, it was items within the OS. Because of this, when Microsoft patched the vulnerability they didn't have to patch the plugin. So unless Microsoft re-releases the plugin with a higher version number there's no way for Firefox to do a version check to only allow patched systems to allow the plugin again. This is not an issue for me, but in the thread there are multiple people who are IT guys who claim their corporations rely on the plugin and their mission critical items won't work without it. There's a workaround via disabling the blocklistings via about:config but that's not a very graceful fix.
IMO this whole deal was handled very sloppily and I feel that this is all just petty bickering between Mozilla and Microsoft. Mozilla saw an opportunity to stick it to Microsoft and they took it. I don't want, or need, any part of this. It's easy enough to switch to Opera.
If by fad you mean the Wii is a longstanding dominant force in the market then I agree. But that's pretty much the opposite of the standard use of the word fad.
I was also part of this: http://www.thenhf.com/vaccinations_03.htm and I did actually get injected back then. Now I won't take anything until it's been tested on a few million other people, and even then only if it's mandated. I'd prefer not to end up like http://www.apfn.org/apfn/anthrax.htm
you = cat
You probably get endless hours of entertainment wiggling your windows and rotating your workspace on the cube don't you?
I built my system. It's run WinXP, Vista, Win7, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Suse, and more. Default install of Win7/Vista looks more professional. Beryl is just candy. With some UI mods, any *nix can look as good if not better than Vista/Win7, but that would be purely an individual taste.
TBH I don't care much about RAM utilization. Most people have enough that they'd be very hard pressed to get to a point where that even matters.
I'm surprised that you didn't talk about system function calls though. Due to the strict rules governing Linux development, code execution is much more streamlined than on Windows. This of course would lead to improved loading/running of code. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/1713214 Seems like they moved the chart unfortunately but you can feel free to track it down if you're interested.
I think I had a point to make when I started writing this reply, but my son is running around the house screaming his head off and now I've got a headache. So to sum it all up: Even my wife can use Linux, but I've had to put her back on XP because some the things she needed to do weren't supported currently in Linux. I'm just going to have to wait until next year, I've heard it's supposed to belong to Linux.
I'm currently using a Netgear WGR614L with Tomato. It's been smooth sailing since I got it. If my kids would stop unplugging the router I'd have a semi-impressive uptime number to post too.
Does it ask every time you use google maps? Does it call itself Universal Access Call, or UAC for short? Just curious.
Even better, VLC media player. Hardly a need to install anything! http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
I see what you did there. Very original.
So I've been doing what I can to keep things running smoothly. Recently we 'upgraded' our server with a dedicated line to the corporate network. When the company IT came in, their standard procedure was to image each of the machines with XP SP2, IE6, McAfee, and a few other outdated tools. When they left, half of my machines would hang on logout. A number of the machines wouldn't connect to their antivirus repositories. This story does not surprise me in the least. I asked a lot of questions about why they were using these old revisions, and their answer was "It hasn't been fully tested". It's a good thing I only make electricity and not something really important.
Sounds more like a bug to me. They should have caught this in beta testing.
IAS, It's not gay underway.
You pretty much summed up what I was going to say. Submarine sonar, when passive, simply picks up background noise. In order for either sub to hear the other they'd have to listen for "the quiet spot" in the ocean, since all modern subs use sound dampening materials and other measures to reduce noise emissions. Definitely working as intended!
And some, like the only one available in my area, gives me a 768/512 for $65/mo and I also have a 600mb per day limit. Since it is the only one in my area that's what I get to live with. I get by...usually. Right now I'm d/l limited to 350k due to an unattended download that I (accidently) let go. I really can't wait to get something better.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2467470.html
Yamauchi does not say "depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games". What he did say was "stop playing boring games" and "If we can change the quality, the number of the available software titles can be as little as one-tenth the current figure. Somebody says there are a small number of titles available for Nintendo 64 and others say we do not have enough RPG. But it is not the issue this industry can afford to worry about now"
A company that tries to make games more fun is the kind of company I want to do business with. Nintendo has had oodles of problems with patents, it's only prudent to cover your own ass.
I've run Vista 64 SP1 for the last year and have experienced 1 crash, and that was due to a FOSS app which I simply stopped using. I didn't have to trade blue screens for sad faces and bombs, I'm ok with that.