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Sorry, duplication: I didn't realise that here was a separate post about this Raytheon software, on DCF: Rapid Information Overlay Technology (Riot) - Tracks Users from SNSes-IainB (February 12, 2013, 04:13 AM)
I once took a tax prep course from H&R. I was appalled once they started their recruiting efforts about halfway through on about four of of us who were the students most quickly "getting it" (We all had degrees in either accounting or finance - so us catching on quicker than others was no surprise.)
They kept emphasizing how you had to be "quick" and churn out returns as quickly as possible to maximize volume. And they also repeatedly did the big pitch for all the additional money you could make by pushing H&R's other services and investment opportunities to your "clients." Something we gathered you were also required to do.
All of us told them to forget it.
Tax prep services shouldn't operate using a fast-food restaurant business model. At least in not in my opinion. And I find blatant "upselling" to be one of the most obnoxious business practices out there. Especially when it's being directed at people who lack sufficient background to even understand what they're being sold half the time.
But that's me I guess.
FWIW I haven't listened to, touched, bought, or even looked at anything from H&R Block since that experience.-40hz (February 11, 2013, 03:55 PM)
e.g. "government intelligence" is an oxymoron, whereas "government incompetence" is a pleonasm.
-Renegade (February 08, 2013, 08:14 PM)
I still have one indexing search program on my computer, an old copy of Yahoo Desktop Search, which indexes only when I tell it to. However, I rarely use it. I find my needs are well met by Everything and FileLocatorPro.-cyberdiva (February 09, 2013, 04:10 PM)
I just set up a new VM, installed Avast, and it installed Chrome, but never prompted me anywhere about it. It just installed it without asking. Now, I was going to install Chrome anyways, but... (From the download at CNET.)It's because you downloaded from CNET. They have a nasty habit of adding crapware and other software for a profit. Download Avast from the Avast website and stay clear of CNET.-Renegade (February 07, 2013, 10:09 PM)
Try these searches:
athletic eyeglasses
sports eyeglasses-app103 (February 07, 2013, 12:48 PM)
I want them a bit 'curved' or 'wrap-around' face, do you know how are these called?-kalos (February 07, 2013, 02:19 PM)
Last year, we saw more battles in Congress over Internet freedom than we have in many years as user protests stopped two dangerous bills: the censorship-oriented SOPA, and the privacy-invasive Cybersecurity Act of 2012. In 2013, Congress will tackle several bills--both good and bad--that could shape Internet privacy for the next decade. Here's what's ahead in the upcoming Congress.
Copyright troll Righthaven LLC just doesn't know when to stand down. Faced with six district court judges determining it didn't have the right to sue people over copyrights it didn't own, it turned to a higher power: the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Tuesday, EFF appeared before that court to argue against Righthaven on behalf of one of its victims.
In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz's tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the federal anti-hacking law. The CFAA's greatest flaw is that makes it illegal to access a computer without authorization or in a way that exceeds authorization, but doesn't clearly explain what that means. This murkiness gives the government lots of leeway to be creative in bringing charges.
Contrary to some recent suggestions in the media, the government is not creating its own "super WiFi network." But its plans will indeed make awesome new WiFi networks possible. Technically, what the FCC is actually trying to do is increase the amount of open spectrum that is available for WiFi networks of all sorts, and for other "unlicensed" uses. This is a very good idea. Increasing the amount of unlicensed spectrum will lead to better functioning routers, tablets, laptops, and smartphones--and to a host of other new products in the marketplace.
PowerShell Plus is an IDE (Interactive Development Environment) for PowerShell, which is Microsoft's high-end scripting/batch processing language. As such, it is focused on the needs of the network admins, DBAs, and so forth, who regularly use PowerShell, as opposed to a more generic IDE such as Eclipse. Formerly a $200 commercial program, PowerShell Plus is now released as freeware, with no feature limits, upsells, or other gotchas that sometimes accompany a pay-to-free conversion.
Yeah, nothing to see here, really.
This has been doable for quite a while, and even outside Sekrit Forensikz, there's freely available tools to do it. The Elcomsoft program just makes it a bit more convenient (even the Firewire-DMA attack that can be used on a computer that has been locked isn't new).-f0dder (February 07, 2013, 06:36 AM)
Indeed - this was a fun bit of detective work
-f0dder (February 07, 2013, 06:57 AM)
Tinman57: you don't need any "permission" to install XP, you simply disable Secure Boot... which you kinda have to, anyway, since XP doesn't support UEFI boots.-f0dder (February 05, 2013, 10:16 AM)
I remember in the late 70's, the CD's the military used were about the size of a garbage can lid. And I don't think they stored as much information as a regular CD does today.-Tinman57 (February 04, 2013, 07:29 PM)
I'm going to guess no
1GB drive 20 years ago and today.-Stoic Joker (February 05, 2013, 06:34 AM)