In the US, corporations just keep the money offshore. Then they keep announcing all this money they want to return home, and generate jobs. If only they could get a break, since it's already money they own, and why should they have to pay taxes to bring it home? And then they get a special "one time" tax free repatriation year.
Not sure if you are joking, but we do need all those.
The USPS is the only way mail gets to rural America. Even FedEx/UPS just drives to a close enough post office and lets the USPS handle the last mile.
Landlines are crucial for infrastructure that has to work. Cell towers are far more likely to go down in a power outage situation or become overloaded in an emergency. A landline can be prioritized in a way the airwaves cannot.
Faxes are still required for certain legal documents.
Credit Card imprinters have saved retailers when the tech breaks down. Esp. since the competition is down.
I am amazed when people just laugh about the number of dead individuals still voting;)
That's because the number is so small, it's not even a rounding error. We're talking fewer than 1 per million votes cast. And, even there, there are non-nefarious explanations. For instance, of the recent "dead people voting" in NC, 1 dead person did vote (early voting). The rest were things like clerical errors in the list of dead people, clerical errors in the list of voters, and, the largest by far, people with the same name as dead people. Esp. Billy Bob III vs Billy Bob Jr. or Billy Bob IV.
Three(!) examples which were not explained away by something like I just listed have been found, across the entire US, in the 2016 election. That's out of over 100 million votes cast.
Taxing corporations instead of shareholders allows for better accounting for large corporate purchases (think a new factory or R&D). If the shareholders got taxed, the corporations just wouldn't issue dividends (see how Google keeps money overseas sure they will (did they just) get a repatriation tax holiday at some point in the future.).
Isn't it amazing how the same people who think "proof of ID" should exist for voting are the same people who will jump to "Papers Please" whenever they hear about any new government program?
There is little of the internet that has any value besides social value
How right you are. Now, excuse me, I have to use PayPal to finish sending money to an artist whose work I want to encourage but doesn't accept Patreon, then I'm going to Amazon to get shipped to me some things I want and go to Kickstarter to get some things maybe shipped to me a I really want. Hopefully my Lyft gets here after I finish the food I ordered from [too many competing sites ordering food delivery].
Yup, glad there is nothing on the internet of actual tangible value. Oh wait, my telecommuting work is interrupting my tirade.
IIRC, developer's tools includes a GPS spoofing option. I get that it's an annoying restriction, but I also understand that they were making a huge bet on GPS enabled gameplay. Anything that cast a doubt on really using the GPS was a pretty high risk.
No it doesn't. Content providers don't have to carry speech from opposing viewpoints, but then they don't have the ability to avoid being sued for copyright infringement because they are managing their online content.
Also, the NAP is stupid. But since you're not even applying it correctly...
Sure, WebMD makes sense to have https. Or product pages on Amazon (not just the payment page.) Or Wikipedia. But not necessarily every random guy's blog, where there's no real difference between which page you get.
Is the clear text view any less revealing than the DNS lookups or the initial requests (which I assume have to be specify in clear-text to start the exchange?) I get that some subpages may be sensitive, but I'd imagine that's "personal data" that GP was referrring to.
There's a tram from the Excalibur to Mandalay Bay (and the Luxor.) It's free. And you can go over both roads on pedestrian bridges to get there. Yes it's outdoors, but it's pretty quick.
You can't be held hostage if nobody knows you're there.
Fair enough, hiding in the closet from an intruder. There are going to be some situations where it's impossible to call back, and those would be the situation swatters would choose.
You deploy the SWAT team, and then you verify the call.
I didn't say it would delay the SWAT team. I said it would add to the time it takes the operator to handle the call. There' not a lot of extra operator time in the 911 system. And that means possibly delaying the next call.
And what happens if they cannot reconnect? Your battery dies or have a bad connection and you cannot get help?
It's a general contempt for legal regulations. Some of these do make it hard to start a company. But they also help society in general function.
Taxi regulations, for instance, help keep a shitload of taxis off the road. That does raise prices, but on the other hand it's annoying as hell when a bunch of Uber/Lyft drivers are pulling up in an unregulated fashion around a major event. They all cause massive traffic jams.
I dunno. I think I'll wait for the first N rounds of guinea pigs to weed out the "random guy with a knife who tricked the app into thinking he's a surgeon". Keep in mind that Uber made wave primarily by disregarding regulations, including safety regulations - esp. when starting up. After all, they weren't the first rideshare program, just the first to not even pretend to follow the rules.
So, caller ID is easy to spoof. That's what causes you to pick up for the Indian telemarketer because they emulate your parent's number. But, there is more accurate data from the phone company. 911 gets that. It is possible to spoof (obviously) but is not trivial like caller ID.
When you pizza delivery service detects a phony call, they are probably using this deeper data. I would guess the same workarounds that swatters use would cause a fake pizza delivery... but fortunately the expertise is rare enough.
As for calling back, while that would be nice, it's not terribly possible in many emergency situations. For one thing, if someone is claiming they are hiding in a closet making a call because they are being held hostage. For another, its adds extra time to the operator's handling of the call.
And if it was the mayor's house, I'd imagine SWAT would show up far quicker (unless the mayor has bodyguards), but would be far far far less likely to shoot the mayor.
Part of it is that the US is as big as the EU (well, bigger soon thanks to Brexit). So any issue in the US gets reported as a US story. But in the EU, it's a French or German, or similar story. Hence, the US should have far more stories.
But the other part is that UK police are paid like professionals. A rookie salary in London is 33% higher than the highest salary in Tulsa. Even adjusting for the cost of living, that's a major difference. And, you tend to get what you pay for.
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In the US, corporations just keep the money offshore. Then they keep announcing all this money they want to return home, and generate jobs. If only they could get a break, since it's already money they own, and why should they have to pay taxes to bring it home? And then they get a special "one time" tax free repatriation year.
Not sure if you are joking, but we do need all those.
The USPS is the only way mail gets to rural America. Even FedEx/UPS just drives to a close enough post office and lets the USPS handle the last mile.
Landlines are crucial for infrastructure that has to work. Cell towers are far more likely to go down in a power outage situation or become overloaded in an emergency. A landline can be prioritized in a way the airwaves cannot.
Faxes are still required for certain legal documents.
Credit Card imprinters have saved retailers when the tech breaks down. Esp. since the competition is down.
That's because the number is so small, it's not even a rounding error. We're talking fewer than 1 per million votes cast. And, even there, there are non-nefarious explanations. For instance, of the recent "dead people voting" in NC, 1 dead person did vote (early voting). The rest were things like clerical errors in the list of dead people, clerical errors in the list of voters, and, the largest by far, people with the same name as dead people. Esp. Billy Bob III vs Billy Bob Jr. or Billy Bob IV.
Three(!) examples which were not explained away by something like I just listed have been found, across the entire US, in the 2016 election. That's out of over 100 million votes cast.
The EU has such a treaty. It seems to be doing it's job well (see the recent 15 billion euro Apple decision.)
Google pays whatever the market demands, no more, no less. That's why lower taxes won't make them pay more.
Taxing corporations instead of shareholders allows for better accounting for large corporate purchases (think a new factory or R&D). If the shareholders got taxed, the corporations just wouldn't issue dividends (see how Google keeps money overseas sure they will (did they just) get a repatriation tax holiday at some point in the future.).
Isn't it amazing how the same people who think "proof of ID" should exist for voting are the same people who will jump to "Papers Please" whenever they hear about any new government program?
How right you are. Now, excuse me, I have to use PayPal to finish sending money to an artist whose work I want to encourage but doesn't accept Patreon, then I'm going to Amazon to get shipped to me some things I want and go to Kickstarter to get some things maybe shipped to me a I really want. Hopefully my Lyft gets here after I finish the food I ordered from [too many competing sites ordering food delivery].
Yup, glad there is nothing on the internet of actual tangible value. Oh wait, my telecommuting work is interrupting my tirade.
IIRC, developer's tools includes a GPS spoofing option. I get that it's an annoying restriction, but I also understand that they were making a huge bet on GPS enabled gameplay. Anything that cast a doubt on really using the GPS was a pretty high risk.
Your suggestion for a minimal install includes Facebook software?
I don't understand them, but I'm thankful for them defraying R&D costs so I don't have to.
No it doesn't. Content providers don't have to carry speech from opposing viewpoints, but then they don't have the ability to avoid being sued for copyright infringement because they are managing their online content.
Also, the NAP is stupid. But since you're not even applying it correctly...
Sure, WebMD makes sense to have https. Or product pages on Amazon (not just the payment page.) Or Wikipedia. But not necessarily every random guy's blog, where there's no real difference between which page you get.
Is the clear text view any less revealing than the DNS lookups or the initial requests (which I assume have to be specify in clear-text to start the exchange?) I get that some subpages may be sensitive, but I'd imagine that's "personal data" that GP was referrring to.
There's a tram from the Excalibur to Mandalay Bay (and the Luxor.) It's free. And you can go over both roads on pedestrian bridges to get there. Yes it's outdoors, but it's pretty quick.
Because seatbelt laws are for civilians? Or because they're on the road so often?
Cop, singular. There were a lot of cops present with guns out who did not shoot him after all.
I didn't see FaceBook on the list of companies at all.
Prior art for IBM aside, I think it's a better company for any of those nicknames.
Fair enough, hiding in the closet from an intruder. There are going to be some situations where it's impossible to call back, and those would be the situation swatters would choose.
I didn't say it would delay the SWAT team. I said it would add to the time it takes the operator to handle the call. There' not a lot of extra operator time in the 911 system. And that means possibly delaying the next call.
And what happens if they cannot reconnect? Your battery dies or have a bad connection and you cannot get help?
It's a general contempt for legal regulations. Some of these do make it hard to start a company. But they also help society in general function.
Taxi regulations, for instance, help keep a shitload of taxis off the road. That does raise prices, but on the other hand it's annoying as hell when a bunch of Uber/Lyft drivers are pulling up in an unregulated fashion around a major event. They all cause massive traffic jams.
I dunno. I think I'll wait for the first N rounds of guinea pigs to weed out the "random guy with a knife who tricked the app into thinking he's a surgeon". Keep in mind that Uber made wave primarily by disregarding regulations, including safety regulations - esp. when starting up. After all, they weren't the first rideshare program, just the first to not even pretend to follow the rules.
Your metfriendly link didn't work. But if it's 20k GBP, than I totally withdraw my point. The numbers I've seem have been substantially higher.
So, caller ID is easy to spoof. That's what causes you to pick up for the Indian telemarketer because they emulate your parent's number. But, there is more accurate data from the phone company. 911 gets that. It is possible to spoof (obviously) but is not trivial like caller ID.
When you pizza delivery service detects a phony call, they are probably using this deeper data. I would guess the same workarounds that swatters use would cause a fake pizza delivery... but fortunately the expertise is rare enough.
As for calling back, while that would be nice, it's not terribly possible in many emergency situations. For one thing, if someone is claiming they are hiding in a closet making a call because they are being held hostage. For another, its adds extra time to the operator's handling of the call.
And if it was the mayor's house, I'd imagine SWAT would show up far quicker (unless the mayor has bodyguards), but would be far far far less likely to shoot the mayor.
Part of it is that the US is as big as the EU (well, bigger soon thanks to Brexit). So any issue in the US gets reported as a US story. But in the EU, it's a French or German, or similar story. Hence, the US should have far more stories.
But the other part is that UK police are paid like professionals. A rookie salary in London is 33% higher than the highest salary in Tulsa. Even adjusting for the cost of living, that's a major difference. And, you tend to get what you pay for.
Wait, you seem to have missed that this is Act 2. They were trying to pull an Empire Which had hope but was all setbacks for the heros.