Comment Re:laughable (Score 1) 647
But taxation isn't violent or forceful.
Really? Try not paying.
But taxation isn't violent or forceful.
Really? Try not paying.
Did you take the computer with all the sensitive info too?
Did you take your brain with all its sensitive info too?
I'm sorry, citizen; you have been fired. We simply cannot allow you to leave the premises until we have proof that you've emptied your brain.
Yes, i know, insert "become management" joke here...
What it tells you, of course, is that the military wants you to keep China Is The Bad Guy And A Growing Threat in the back of your mind, in case this current Terrerist thing backfires or grows old or, who knows, is won some how... the meaningless string of words is typed up by the Pentagon and printed on a piece of letterhead that says For Immediate Release. The "independent" media takes it and parrots it across the infosphere without thought, investigation, criticism, or question... you know, those things we were told made up "journalism." Once it appears with the magic incantation AP as preface, it is now Fact and Truth. The Public Has Been Duly Informed. Go about your business, citizen.
Does this mean China isn't a threat, actual or potential? Not at all. Just cause the gummint decides to tell you something doesn't always mean it's a lie, y'know! And there must be parts of the military that have grade-A migraines watching American businesses get on its collective knees before Chinese gov't demands, again and again - if the time comes when it's necessary to seperate them, how large a crowbar will be necessary?
IT departments are going to keep everything patched, and individuals aren't going to do it to themselves on their LANS.
lolwut?
In other news, management will stop overriding IT's security concerns for the sake of convenience and/or budget, and users will stop clicking random facebook links when bored at work. Are you kidding? Which internet do you spend your time on? 'Cause in the one i frequent, most security problems are caused precisely BECAUSE of a delectable combo of unpatched vulnerabilities, and user gullibilities.
Please consider never providing contrived works of fiction as "proof" for important issues.
I can't stand this "scared straight" crap. It undermines the real issue by relegating it to the same level as any other movie special effects. It's like the "crack kills" campagins of the late 80s and early 90s. The only problem with extreme, over the top, graphic fakes is you're showing them to kids who watch graphic horror for fun and have, themselves, done exactly what you're telling them will cause Certain Doom, many time - with no ill effects. For drugs, telling people they'll overdose and die on the first hit only works if the target of your BS has never tried it, or doesn't know anyone who's tried it, or doesn't go out themselves the next day and try it - and not die. Now your credibility is zero, and you'll never get their attention again.
Leave marketing to consumer goods. Provide real examples for real issues.
which led to situations like characters assassinating ''gods'' like Thor to gain their nifty weapons.
...which is basically the endgame of WoW.
Robot season!
Droid season!
Robot season!
Droid season!
No, Steve... not pie... Pi!
What it means to me is that talking motion pictures will never go into the public domain by passage of time in my lifetime. That really sucks.
Isn't the %eth0 nonsense only needed for link-local addresses (fe80::) and disappears when you start using a globally scoped address?
All seems condemned in the long run to approximate a state akin to Gaussian noise. -- James Martin
