Comment Re:hire me (Score 1) 289
So they were looking for some high school kid who could code?
So they were looking for some high school kid who could code?
I thought their NSA backup idea was pretty good.
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Because "Enter" is used everywhere else to create a line break in a text box.
Not in quickbooks.
At least not in the version I have...
Anticipating a WOOSH, but Xerox haven't made 'Copiers' for a long time now. They make Multi Function Devices (MFDs), so by very definition, they have more than one job.
good point...
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whoosh!
Doesn't this therefore render the copier as "unfit for purpose" and you can get a refund? The whole point of copiers is to make copies. The average user doesn't care how it does it, only that it does what the sales blurb says it does.
In any case, who would buy a copier knowing it doesn't actually copy? You wouldn't buy a phone that can't make calls until it gets a software update.
At the very least it warrants a "YOU HAD ONE JOB" meme pic featuring a xerox copier.
It's the scanner bit. Basically it applies a heavy amount of compression to the final result by looking for blocks that match and duplicating them. Which is all fine until the copier sees what it thinks is a 0 but is actually an 8.
This is informative.
It is not brain dead. It is the only way the copier can efficiently forward the image to the NSA.
Don't laugh, you can't know 100% that isn't the case. Not any more.
There are a lot of companies out there that are looking for ANY way to cut costs. They are skating along, still in business, but any place to save a dollar or two or ten thousand - they will do it now just to get by. They are in a long-term pinch not a sudden drop out.
I predict with 100% made up certainty that in THIS climate, more so than any other, there will be many businesses of all sizes absolutely DITCH microsoft. There will be companies move to open office, or the like, in droves.
IT people know about it, IT people have no love lost of MS office, and with tight budgets and a scrappy, aggressive attitude, decision makers will say "why not. And, look into linux while we're at it. This windows 8 BS is the last straw I still remember vista"
I know it may be a stupid question, but how many of these cloud storage providers are re-packaging amazon?
Better off going to the source directly, so that you're the one screwing up the implementation of the amazon cloud storage, not a third party.
Microsoft is just pissed that people don't need a computer any more for JUST internet or JUST email or JUST youtube and so on. The smart phone and the tablet have cut deeply into the fluff computer market. Microsoft is undoubtedly spazzing that they might slip back into the day where their only customer is the workstation consumer.
They also could have easily waited 2 years for windows 8 but they gambled because they HAD to try to get some of the mobile market back - or at least be present.
I'd prefer Raymond Chen as CEO, but I realize that's probably not a realistic option. What Microsoft needs to maintain its position is an obsession with backwards compatibility and not breaking anyone's workflow, and an understanding that they will never be hip or cool. They need to transition from a growth company to a dividend-oriented company.
So, IBM?
1) Can I run Linux on it?
2) Can I mine bitcoin with it?
If the NSA is operating the majority of TOR nodes does that make it easier for them to identify your location? Remember that they have a rather large computer budget.
Better off hacking a botnet full of unsuspecting people's PCs with a RAT tool and surfing from THEIR pcs. It's the only way to be secure. Forget TOR... Call it NoobNet or something.
lol. J/K of course. Hey, here's a link to the latest justin bieber CD. Pay no attention to the warnings when you "play" it, that's just because it's sooooo HOTTTT!
You are supposed to use HTTPS only over Tor anyway and transmit no identifying data in other cases, respectively. Tor already assumes the existence of such an adversary as the NSA, so what's the story here?
The way I see it, if you use the internet without TOR or VPN etc then everything is out in the open and the NSA logs everything and keeps everything IF OR UNTIL they determine you are a US citizen.
Or, you can use TOR or VPN or whatever and the NSA will log everything and keep everything - and consider your actions suspicious.
Moral of the story - If you use TOR or VPN for anything interesting you better make sure you do it right. If you don't use TOR or VPN then don't do anything interesting.
Exactly, signature antivirus only protects those who use it properly (most dont) AND luck out by not being among the first exposed to the new mutation of the day. Heuristic scans usually wind up with way too many false positives to be useful. These are just vain attempts to patch over an insecure core.
Securing the core would make everyone from marketing and a good portion of engineering extraordinarily unhappy by ruling out cool junk they would love to see and sell. You cant even sell that notion in linux land these days, and imagining it coming to windows is... well...
Only if Hollywood continues to pay handsomely for its development.
Yeah, running a browser which can directly impact your main system is the problem. Like tramping through back alleys and sewers looking for something while wearing your best shoes and suit. Better to have someone else do it or wear a full body condom. Or, rather, have someone else do it for you wearing a full body condom. Analogy: Run a windows VM and browse in the VM with the browser in a sandbox. Whether your main system is linux or windows it doesn't matter.
What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.
