Comment Re:come on! it's 2012 already... move on. (Score 1) 268
If you often find yourself in situations requiring you to read data off a HD that has scratched or demagnetized plates, you're doing something wrong.
If you often find yourself in situations requiring you to read data off a HD that has scratched or demagnetized plates, you're doing something wrong.
Quote apt, really.
I don't quite see what you did there.
It's probably because Disqus is using web-tracking-like technology (third-party cross-site scripts?) to do the comment display, and some of the adblock plus filter subscriptions block those things whenever possible. I had to set ghostery to have an exception for disqus if I wanted to read the comments on any page with Disqus commenting system on it.
Those of us who despise corporate tracking are probably among the most likely to enjoy having an optional start menu.
It's the usual clauses... "Socially Responsible Behavior includes, but is not limited to:" also known as, we can decide you broke a policy whether or not it's actually written. A great many school behavior policies include similar language, allowing school authorities to add things not previously written.
He didn't break any laws, but most policies are much less specific than law. He's just lucky they didn't include "these policies may change at any time, with or without notice".
This is a silly argument that one often sees nowadays. Of course no measure we take will be perfect, and the terrorists will exploit whatever gaps we leave in the protection, but the point is not to create a perfect system, but to make it more difficult for the terrorists so that there will be fewer attacks.
One might as well argue against equipping cars with door locks, since thieves can and do find ways around them. The point is to make it more difficult for them, so a large number of potential evil-doers will give up before they start.
Bill Atkinson outlined a plan for a "magic slate" in his "HyperCard Handbook" over 20 years ago.
The Newton was a step in that direction, as was Sony's MagicLink; after that (about 1995) nothing happened.
I agree with those who say that the smartphones have made such devices seem to be too little, too late.
At this point, what would a "magic slate" do that a smartphone with a larger screen, larger hd, and wifi capability couldn't/wouldn't do?
In our company, our network security means that even if you did get into the building and plug directly into the wired network, you still cannot see any of the networked PCs or network drives. You only get internet access. This makes it very convenient for visitors who come into the building for the day and need outside access.
Wireless works the same way. It's secure, but even if someone did break into it (we broadcast outside the building so you can go sit outside and work with a laptop if you wanted) they still can't access any data.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn