Team up with a "partner" company. Announce a $100 million Start Up fund for projects that just happen to require Azure to run. Bring in $2 billion in new sales of Azure accounts, required ancillary software, server licenses, support contracts, etc.

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No, if you're made of antimatter, your name becomes "E" from the famous equation E=MC^2.

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What if it comes back but with a slightly different genome? Would it help to have the original to compare it to? Would it help to see how the original vaccine works against the original and mutated version?

At least having the DNA sequence of the original could be helpful. Same with the Polio virus. Perhaps in the future there will be a more detailed tests that can analyze the viruses and get new information from them.

The design of the glasses make them look like the Tesla truck of AR glasses. Could they get more angular and non-ergonomic?

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The problem with this approach is you have to know exactly how the hackers got into the system or you are just restoring to a point in time where the same vulnerabilities exist.

If the attack vector was a malicious email attachment then you might have a chance of preventing a second attack. If the attack was a software vulnerability or a configuration problem you are right back where you started and waiting for the next attack.

What's needed is a complete rethink of the entire network inside a company. The inner ring of critical infrastructure needs to be completely isolated from any outside network access. The next ring is critical information that is read-only for almost the entire organization. The outer ring is administrative functions like email and public information.

Yes, I know setting up a ring-based system would require many, many rings for billing information, trade secrets, merger information, etc. but it would limit both the information the hackers could steal and then encrypt for ransom. The problem is it takes millions of dollars to set up a custom network and authentication environment which most companies don't want to spend because they don't think it's necessary.

Until they get hacked.

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Have you tried refining the search with something like "transporter -movie" ? Refining a search in Google is a basic skill everyone should learn.

Transporter = lots of movie references
Transporter -movie = better, but not what I was searching for
Oxygen transporter = This is what I was looking for. Hemoglobin oxygen transportation.

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PDF means Portable Document Format, not Paper. HTML (1993) is a markup language and is used to describe the features of the text as it flows onto the display. Getting items to line up or position themselves relative to each other usually requires using a table for layout (pre-CSS). Early HTML could look very different using different browsers (Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera)

PDF (1993) is a wrapper for PostScript (1983), a page description language that describes how all the elements are arranged on a page. Editing a PDF after it has been rendered was notoriously difficult because lots of times the only relationship multiple lines in a paragraph shared was a relatively close offset location on the page. Adding text to a line which required a new line break location could sometimes mean manually editing eight lines to handle the overflow into the next line. Its early strength was a PDF viewed or printed on a variety of operating systems (Windows, Unix, NeXT, MacOS, OS/2, etc) looked the same and printed the same.

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None of those claims are substantiated by the press release. They could have perfectly adequate backups, but why restore to a point where you know there are vulnerabilities? Also, restoring from backups takes you to a prior state which might not be the best option. Changes in storage levels, the status of hundreds of valves, forensic information could all be lost by just restoring from the backups of three days past.

Also, almost any remote access software is going to have a major weakness - the human element. The bad guys may have been testing for weak user/password combinations for weeks before they found a valid logon account. Two factor authentication can reduce this vulnerability, but even that has the potential for a vulnerability. As the many hack-a-thons have proven, even the best maintained software can have zero-day exploits. To suggest they were negligent in their security is not supported in the information we currently have.

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I totally agree that joining the military to get some maturity while at the same time earning the benefit of the GI Bill is a good way for many (but not all) young folks to go to college while accruing ZERO student loan burdens. After someone has served for three years they receive the benefit of 100% tuition paid for at an in-state college among other benefits. You also have the added benefit of having some of your technical training recognized by many college accrediting agencies. Many service member leave their first 4-year enlistment with enough credits to receive their associate degree. GI Bill Facts

Alternatively, anyone who graduates college and is employed by a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization can use the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. In short, after making 120 monthly payments, the individual can have the rest of their student loan forgiven. This takes 10 years of public service work, but it is better than having the loan still haunting you 20+ years after graduation. PSLF program

There are many local, state, and federal government jobs that qualify. Searching for government (federal, state, city) jobs, or one of dozens of recognized nonprofits gives students lots of employment locations to qualify for this benefit. Best nonprofits to work for

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This topic comes up occasionally and the general consensus is No, you should not call yourself Dr if your only degree is honorary.

There are many different ways to display your honorary degree after your name (Hon DArts, D.A. (h.c.), H'04, etc) in biographical listings, but these do not confer the privilege of being addressed as Doctor. A more in depth review of the practice can be read here: Honorary Doctorates

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Nobody needs to. You don't own the space above your property nor the resources below it. Depending on the state (so many jurisdictions have patchwork laws) you might only be able to control what happens up to 80 feet above your property, with numerous exemptions and easements. These laws also vary depending whether you own 40 acres with your home in the middle, or a quarter-acre with neighbors on three sides.

Want to test the waters? Try firing a shotgun straight up in the air and see if anyone complains. Doing so in an urban environment will surely get you a visit by the men in blue.

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Everything you suggest could be done with a VPN into a secured network at the school with firewall rules for outside access. Students and teachers could interact on this secured network without worrying about little Johnny playing Minecraft while listening to his teacher. It would also prevent any of the video conferencing programs from being hijacked by someone not on the VPN.

Outside connections could be pre-approved through the firewall for needed external resources for the students, and teachers could share their screens for other outside resources.

School districts could run the VPN network for the entire district and individual accounts would be directed to the appropriate school subnet and then into a specific classroom group. The VPN that I log into for my work handles thousands for workers each day so the school districts should be able to configure a similar environment for their students.

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That sounds good in theory, but implementing it would be very difficult. Dedicated diagnostic equipment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of the specialized equipment in them. The diagnostic equipment can contain logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, simulated loads, specialized diagnostic software, multiple input leads, gas analyzers, etc. Imagine trying to build all these things into an existing entertainment display and you begin to see the problem.

A simple diagnostic page in the display to show error codes for OBD II / CANS error messages would be easy to add, but when you can buy a reader at Walmart for $20, why complicate the entertainment system for the millions of drivers that would only be confused by the information?

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If you want to critical about it, the company's name is neither "Encyclopaedia Britannica" nor "Encyclopedia Britannica", it is "Encyclopædia Britannica".

Because most people (like you) have a hard time reproducing the ae ligature, the slightly more common alternative is "Encyclopaedia Britannica".

Ironically, if you want to learn more about the ae ligature, Wikipedia has an entry about it, but Encyclopædia Britannica does not. Perhaps you should consult Wikipedia more often.

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Because the government doesn't want to create a federal document that can be used to deny service to someone. What if a person can't get the vaccine due to health risks? What if they live in Moosejaw, MN, 200 miles from nowhere and can't find a location to get the vaccine? What if they can't get the vaccine due to religious reasons?

"Sorry, ma'am, you can't shop for food here. You need a vaccine passport first. The store around the corner will still sell to NonVac people, but their prices are twice as high."

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