the_Monk

[quote who="kona0197" reply="49" id="3490678"] Yes, it can. It has been done. Many times. And you would never know the system was a Windows box. [/quote] See kona, it's statements like that that get you into trouble. [I]You[/I] might not be able to discern the difference, but allow me to suggest that I (and many many others) would.

[quote who="Growltigers" reply="3" id="3490656"] Is 5 personal computers really so unusual in the 21st century? [/quote] Not at all......but balking at paying $5 (five dollars ?!?) per machine for software you clearly like (and want to use) is [I]strange[/I] (at least to me). Did you complain to Microsoft when they didn't allow you to install the same copy of Windows on all 5 of your machines? Just wondering... <

[quote who="kona0197" reply="27" id="3489044"] Why would you want to run a Windows emulator when you have the real thing? [/quote] Correct me if I'm wrong please, but haven't you been a [I]proponent[/I] of all things Linux and (as far as phones go) droid over windows whenever you get the chance? I would think 'emulating windows' would be exactly up your alley no? [e digicons]O:)[/e]

Amen to saying 'amen'.........wait is that the new (old) 'like'? [e digicons]O:)[/e]

Having experienced the loss of a faithful companion and member of our family just over a year ago I'm reminded of the following Rudyard Kipling poem: The Power of the Dog THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. </

I think I get it.........Chinese hackers breaking into hospital records (death of privacy/security) gives birth to identity theft/fraud etc. It's all just a harmonious cycle......hehe [e digicons]O:)[/e]

[quote who="furyofthestars" reply="10" id="3488167"] But it's funny you mention "elevated privileges". We have to set up all of our users as local Administrators on their PCs. Why? Because we have some in house software that requires access to the registry. Our Apps team claims that "there is no other way". Course, until we got off from XP, Outlook wouldn't work, either, if the user wasn't local Admin. *sigh* [/quote] </p

[quote who="furyofthestars" reply="7" id="3488153"] Let me jump back in and say, it's not IT's fault (at least, when it comes to my company). Some of the users I talk about for around here... are VPs... even our own CEO is that way. Essentially, we got no teeth. [e digicons]:D[/e] [/quote] Believe me I understand. [e digicons];)[/e] Management are often the

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="5" id="3488140"] That means that the hacking was ok? The fact that the IT structure is poor? That's ITs fault for not exposing the company's defects to the FBI, etc....as for fraud? That should be dealt with using the DoJ...and has nothing to do with the hacking. If the computers were run the way IT knows how, the hacking would have been VERY difficult, but still not impossible. [/quote] Agreed.

^^^ @ kona, I don't know......guess it depends on whether or not you're feeling left out!

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="143" id="3485794"] So how would you do it? Healthcare free? Then how do you distribute a limited resource with an unlimited demand? Well, some would say that doctors should be slaves - work for no profit and at the whim of government. Some say the government should pay for everything. So everyone should have access to million dollar procedures. [/quote] No one said doctors should be [I]slaves[/I]. I know enough in the medical community here a

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="141" id="3485710"] But when more jobs exist than people to fill them, then it is a sellers market. Think health care. That is reality. That is economics. [/quote] Well without dragging things too far off-topic.....imo healthcare shouldn't be in the business of 'doing business' but hey......if the last [I]developed country[/I] in the world without 'public healthcare' refuses to se

While I liked the guy and grieve with the rest of you, I really didn't like him in much of what he did. Mrs. Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting being the few exceptions. Flubber and the like were just crap imo.

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="16" id="3485322"] The first day of AI might just be the last day of H. sap. [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Absolutely, but think........no more debating public healthcare in the US! hehe [e digicons]O:)[/e]

When humanity finally gives birth to AI 2.0 it will spell the end of our awkward coexistence and instead usher in the glorious totalitarian reign of AI. Faster, smarter, more efficient than the human we will have brought on our own obsolescence. At the end of the day, isn't that what [I]evolution[/I] is all about? If we fight to protect ourselves from 'the machines' aren't we just hampering the natural course of evolution? <jed

I don't [I]do[/I] facebook, but it seems to me you are 'raging' because facebook won't let you do something that might (and likely would) be abused by every 'spammer' in a heartbeat if they did?

Personally I think this [I]new horizon[/I] is awesome! For one I believe AI can bring immeasurable advancements in areas such as aviation safety etc. Having been a rotorhead (in another lifetime) I understand that particular issue from both sides of the coin (that of the pilots and of the passengers) and which is why I believe the advancements to AI that the above technology will bring can only serve to make air travel both safer and more efficient.

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="2" id="3483912"] Eeets ma yob! [/quote] It's your job?!? Well hell.......why am I the one who's supposed to write up that [I]least privilege[/I] 'how to' then? By golly, I'm a passin dee torch! Have at it doc! ;) hehe [e digicons]:P[/e] Anyway, as usual......nice find Doc! Thanks for posting.</

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="3" id="3483941"] I think there's a catch 22 here, Monk...the AVs are vulnerable through really stupid stuff and have 'elevated' privileges...so I'm not sure they're really worth having...maybe Malwarebytes... [/quote] Agreed. That is why as I posted above, I don't even have a third-party AV installed in the first place. I'd rather keep system resources for stuff I [I]really[/I] want to run, [I]secure[/I] my s

I am in agreement with Andreas Marx of AV-test and his point that while those vulnerabilities exist they would seem most dangerous from a 'targeted' approach. Having said that, I have long espoused a privilege-based security policy resembling whitelist theory as opposed to a third-party software control-based security policy more consistent with the traditional blacklist approaches. Anyone having been reading my posts on these forums know

Just to veer somewhat back 'on-topic'...... Makes one wonder about any real need for future 'privacy legislation' when at some point the 'drones' mentioned will be pre-programmed with default 'morals/ethics' code and with the ability to [I]learn[/I] (build on that) will be able to make 'judgment calls' regarding privacy etc. on a case-by-case basis without human operator interference? Or maybe I just wandere

[quote who="myfist0" reply="4" id="3482796"] I would have however, contacted the provider letting them know the issue. [/quote] I plan to. One thing I have noticed is that these calls from this 'third party on behalf of carrier' seemed to start soon after I 'opted-out' of certain 'allow-us-to-contact-you' options via the carrier's website account management. Now I'm wondering when you

I pay to be 'unpublished' and am also on the 'do-not-call' registry but I swear 'Amy' and 'Erica' didn't start offering me cruises and/or other fabulous holidays until I got 'listed' on that do-not-call registry! Oh well.... The calls from this 'third-party-on-behalf-of-my carrier' seemed different than those calls from Erica or Amy since not only did they know my name and carrier they also kn

[e digicons]:rofl:[/e] My wife agrees wholeheartedly with your assessment!

Today I received yet another call from the toll-free number that has been calling me on and off (sometimes multiple times in one day) for several months. I had answered a call from that number during the first month's assault on my digits (after 4 or 5 unanswered attempts) and determined they were a 'third-party' calling on behalf (supposedly) of my carrier. They asked if I was satisfied with my 'plan' and if it 'met my