Is there a set top box that detects that I don't own a TV, automatically orders one and then forces me to sit on the couch?
If I did have TV, I could see myself not being concerned about this. I'd be willing to bet that cable boxes already report what channels are being watched. I've heard that DVRs report fast forward, rewind and what channels/shows are being recorded and watched. Netflix and the like know what you are watching. Apparently owning a TV is already a huge invasion of privacy.
You think they don't already track your movements on the web, cell phones, etc? I seem to remember something about illegal wire-taps recently. What other illegal activities have you not heard about yet.
my boss has no idea who Col. Panic is, nor does he know who anonymous coward is, for that matter
If you are Mike Beard, 30 yr. old from Canada, then I'd change your myspace page. If not, it sucks to be Mike Beard because he has the same userid on myspace that you have on/.
The solution, I think, is something that'll never come to pass: a waiting period on trading in games. If you buy a game, you would not be able to sell it to a gamestop like store for a predefined period (say 3 months). If you got stuck with a game you didn't like, you'd have to do some networking to try to sell your game to someone else interested in the game (using a service like Craig's list, perhaps).
Wrong!
The real solution is to sell games that I would want to continue playing longer than 3 months. If I wanted to continue playing it (because it is still fun), then I don't want to sell it. If I don't want to sell this fun game, there will be no used game market. If there is no used game market, the next game I want, I will buy brand new.
Or the game developers can keep pushing the same old crap and complaining about their customers.
The hassle is a part of the security program designed by the TSA to keep Americans safer....
I fly a couple times a week and can assure you that the hassle is not designed to keep you safer. It is for the illusion that "they" are doing "something" and therefore you must be safer. I fly out of 4 different airports on a regular basis and have know when and where lapses are in security.
My destinations are government facilities or military basis where you have to show ID, armed guards etc. Same thing - it is the illusion of security.
To the casual observer or an infrequent flyer, it looks very secure and you can't imagine how to breach security. To the frequent user, you don't need to imagine how to breach security, you can see it.
The summary could at least tell us what news sites it is showing up on. Huffington Post and Salon are almost as reliable as The Onion.
I smell another "Conservative" idiot who can't distinguish between news and editorial, and is thus enraged by "Liberal" news and gratified by "Fair and Balanced" news.
I smell an even bigger "liberal" idiot that does not have a sense of humor.
The funny thing is, is that most of the complaining about Fox News is by people that can't distinguish between news and editorial/entertainment programs. Hannity is not news, O'Reilly is not news, that blond chick with the low cut blouse and high cut skirt reading a teleprompter - that's news.
The NIMBY crowd would be more than happy to Luddite civilization into the stone age, and then complain about the lack of affordable power. Californians are the worst at this -- in the US, anyway.
You mean like Senator Ted Kennedy (www.boston.com):
...But, it turns out, Kennedy's antipathy to furtive rules changes and backroom power plays stops at the water's edge -- specifically, the waters of Nantucket Sound, which separates Cape Cod (where the Kennedy family has an oceanfront compound in Hyannis Port) from the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. A shoal in the center of Nantucket Sound is where Cape Wind Associates hopes to build the nation's first offshore wind farm -- an array of 130 wind turbines capable of generating enough electricity to meet 75 percent of the Cape and Islands' energy needs, without burning any oil or emitting any pollution. The turbines would be miles from any coastal property, barely visible on the horizon. In fact, Cape Wind says they would be farther away from the nearest home than any other electricity generation project in Massachusetts.
But like a lot of well-to-do Cape and Islands landowners and sailing enthusiasts, Kennedy doesn't want to share his Atlantic playground with an energy facility, no matter how clean, green, and nearly unseen. Last month he secretly arranged for a poison-pill amendment, never debated in either house of Congress, to be slipped into an unrelated Coast Guard bill. It would give the governor of Massachusetts, who just happens to be a wind farm opponent, unilateral authority to veto the Cape Wind project.
I wish there was still the requirement that is printed on my social security card "FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES -- NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION"
from the SSN Admin FAQ: Q21: When did Social Security cards bear the legend "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION"?
A: The first Social Security cards were issued starting in 1936, they did not have this legend. Beginning with the sixth design version of the card, issued starting in 1946, SSA added a legend to the bottom of the card reading "FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES -- NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION." This legend was removed as part of the design changes for the 18th version of the card, issued beginning in 1972. The legend has not been on any new cards issued since 1972.
and most of them can be traced to certain groups (*cough*fundamentalists*cough*) waging a 30 year war on public education, and people refusing to see and treat education as what it is: an investment in the future national security and economic stability of the united states.
American education was designed to fail. Read the book (it's free online) The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto. He is a former New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year
I'd pay. I use netflix and hulu to watch the shows I would watch if I had a cable/satellite. The reason I don't have cable or satellite is because I have to pay a flat fee instead of a useage fee - and I watched very little TV and it wasn't worth it. Don't confuse this with my refusal to pay a useage fee vs. flat fee for internet; I am a hypochrite and I know it.
Speculation of any sort should be frowned upon in our society.
Even if you are speculating that training will provide you with the skills to get a job? How about if you are an employer and you are speculating that hiring some kid fresh out of school will bring profit or new ideas to the company?
The problem is, the whole system is geared towards requiring lawyers to function. Unclear laws, obscure precedents, etc. Not to mention the special powers the lawyers' associations have, like automatic trust of a member judge.
With most politicians being lawyers, is it any wonder that they would write unclear laws with loopholes to exploit to benefit themselves and the "industry" they came from?
Wouldn't it be more efficient to hire competent people in your school district that know how to put the child on the right bus. Locating them after they are lost is fine, but preventing the problem is better for the child and parent.
When I was in kindergarten, each student was given a colored bracelet with our name printed on it(My mom put it on me each morning). After school, each bus had a piece of colored cardstock next to the door. The teachers matched the color of our bracelet to the color on the bus. This was in 1972 and didn't require linux or GPS, so it is probably not something you would be interested in.
Agreed. People simply use their PCs (and Macs) as appliances, with no thought whatsoever of using it *properly*, or learning how to use it safely. It's like leaving your door unlocked when you go out for the day.
I wonder why people would use a computer as an appliance. Could it be that the OEMs, software companies, and retailers are selling the computer as an appliance for online shopping, banking, and entertainment?
I wonder why they don't care when they are repeatedly told by the software companies that their brand of OS is very secure and it even has a "red, yellow, green" warning system to show how secure it is.
I wonder why users (who are told their computer is so simple to use properly, that there is no training required) don't train themselves?
From the time people are old enough to use a lock, they are told by parents, teachers, police, media, etc. to lock their doors.
There is no comparison for the average person regarding computer security.
If the software companies cannot provide the level of security, without training, that they promise, then there should be a warning constantly flashing on the screen telling the person that anything and everything on that computer is likely to be stolen or used to commit a crime.
I might be less critical of such actions if it weren't for the fact that "security" isn't being improved or actually even being addressed.
Exactly.. it has always been a republican wet dream to get rid of those pesky Mexicans.. they just piggy backed on the "security" excuse to fulfill their agenda. The same goes w/Iraq.. they wanted to invade it so they presented it as a security threat.
All the 9/11 folks entered quite legally into the country.
People forget that the US is a country of immigrants.. from ALL over the world. They also forget that opposition to immigration is also a long-held US tradition. And so is racism.
When will we have change that can stop those damn evil republicans. Republicans like President Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Once we get some Democrats in control of all three branches of government nothing like this will ever happen again.
If you ran an experiment where some customers had their orders delayed by a few minutes more than was necessary and had some kind of metric to determine their enjoyment of their dining experience, it wouldn't be so absurd.
When I was a teenager, I worked at McDonald's. One day, some corporate people came into the restaurant with stop watches and notebooks. They had people pulled from the cash registers, then had extra people put at the registers. It appeared that they were doing something along the lines of what you are saying and what Microsoft did.
And I guess doctors should be allowed to sell whatever treatments they want without any government interference. The Dalkon Shield, thalidomide, etc. should have all been allowed without any government regulation. Yay! Doctor knows best. Government is ineffective and useless, etc.
I don't know, maybe doctors do know best because according to the government, the Dalkon shield is safe.
Thalidomide, again, according to the government is safe (from wikipedia):
On July 16, 1998, the FDA approved the use of thalidomide for the treatment of lesions associated with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL).
On May 26, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for thalidomide (Thalomid, Celgene Corporation) in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients.
I go as far as telling you that also the victims should be punished for leaving their machines wildly exposed to the botnet. Guess all of them they were running un-updated OS, without antivirus and/or firewall. Since it's obvious that these bots are used also in criminal attacks against other people (DDOS - Spamming - further botnet spreading) I don't see them as victims but more like accomplices.
If you are not willing to learn how to safely use a computer you shouldn't have one, just stick to a iPhone or other toys (Internet tablets).
Let's not limit this to computers. If someone breaks into your house or steals your car, cell phone, credit card, etc. then you should be responsible for all crimes committed by the thief. You are not just a victim, you are an accomplice. If you cannot reasonably protect yourself from physical theft by learning martial arts and proper use of firearms/weapons, you should just stick to...computers?
Computers and the internet are sold as toys and a convenient way to handle business transactions for the common person. The common person has a reasonable expectation that upon opening the box, his computer and his personal data will be reasonably secure. If the OEMs can't provide that level of security, or that level of security can only be achieved by a certain amount of training, then they should put a giant disclaimer on the splash screen stating that any and all data put on that computer will likely be stolen and that the computer will probably be taken over by theives for crimminal activities.
I said "for the most part." It'd actually be a lot more effort to cheat and do enough to get away with it, than it would to just write the paper correctly. The people who are cheating seem to be doing it out of laziness or desperation. They run out of time to complete the assignment, so they Google something and use whatever pops up.
I completely agree that It'd actually be a lot more effort to cheat and do enough to get away with it, than it would to just write the paper correctly. The people who are cheating seem to be doing it out of laziness or desperation. They run out of time to complete the assignment, so they Google something and use whatever pops up.
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If I did have TV, I could see myself not being concerned about this. I'd be willing to bet that cable boxes already report what channels are being watched. I've heard that DVRs report fast forward, rewind and what channels/shows are being recorded and watched. Netflix and the like know what you are watching. Apparently owning a TV is already a huge invasion of privacy.
You think they don't already track your movements on the web, cell phones, etc? I seem to remember something about illegal wire-taps recently. What other illegal activities have you not heard about yet.
If you are Mike Beard, 30 yr. old from Canada, then I'd change your myspace page. If not, it sucks to be Mike Beard because he has the same userid on myspace that you have on /.
Wrong!
The real solution is to sell games that I would want to continue playing longer than 3 months. If I wanted to continue playing it (because it is still fun), then I don't want to sell it. If I don't want to sell this fun game, there will be no used game market. If there is no used game market, the next game I want, I will buy brand new.
Or the game developers can keep pushing the same old crap and complaining about their customers.
I fly a couple times a week and can assure you that the hassle is not designed to keep you safer. It is for the illusion that "they" are doing "something" and therefore you must be safer. I fly out of 4 different airports on a regular basis and have know when and where lapses are in security.
My destinations are government facilities or military basis where you have to show ID, armed guards etc. Same thing - it is the illusion of security.
To the casual observer or an infrequent flyer, it looks very secure and you can't imagine how to breach security. To the frequent user, you don't need to imagine how to breach security, you can see it.
About 8 seconds after starting the game.
I smell an even bigger "liberal" idiot that does not have a sense of humor.
The funny thing is, is that most of the complaining about Fox News is by people that can't distinguish between news and editorial/entertainment programs. Hannity is not news, O'Reilly is not news, that blond chick with the low cut blouse and high cut skirt reading a teleprompter - that's news.
Yes, but I won't tell at the risk of turning it into
You mean like Senator Ted Kennedy (www.boston.com):
But like a lot of well-to-do Cape and Islands landowners and sailing enthusiasts, Kennedy doesn't want to share his Atlantic playground with an energy facility, no matter how clean, green, and nearly unseen. Last month he secretly arranged for a poison-pill amendment, never debated in either house of Congress, to be slipped into an unrelated Coast Guard bill. It would give the governor of Massachusetts, who just happens to be a wind farm opponent, unilateral authority to veto the Cape Wind project.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/05/07/kennedy_doesnt_play_by_the_rules/
Perhaps we need a blog czar. That would be change I can believe in.
from the SSN Admin FAQ: Q21: When did Social Security cards bear the legend "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION"?
A: The first Social Security cards were issued starting in 1936, they did not have this legend. Beginning with the sixth design version of the card, issued starting in 1946, SSA added a legend to the bottom of the card reading "FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES -- NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION." This legend was removed as part of the design changes for the 18th version of the card, issued beginning in 1972. The legend has not been on any new cards issued since 1972.
American education was designed to fail. Read the book (it's free online) The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto. He is a former New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/
Because we are mostly tech oriented people and we associate with mostly tech oriented people that want to pay nothing for their hobbies.
If this were a plumbing forum, we'd all be bitching about Delta faucets and what is actually a fair price.
FYI, I've just had my second delta faucet in 2 months break because of an extremely under-engineered screw.
I'd pay. I use netflix and hulu to watch the shows I would watch if I had a cable/satellite. The reason I don't have cable or satellite is because I have to pay a flat fee instead of a useage fee - and I watched very little TV and it wasn't worth it. Don't confuse this with my refusal to pay a useage fee vs. flat fee for internet; I am a hypochrite and I know it.
Even if you are speculating that training will provide you with the skills to get a job? How about if you are an employer and you are speculating that hiring some kid fresh out of school will bring profit or new ideas to the company?
With most politicians being lawyers, is it any wonder that they would write unclear laws with loopholes to exploit to benefit themselves and the "industry" they came from?
When I was in kindergarten, each student was given a colored bracelet with our name printed on it(My mom put it on me each morning). After school, each bus had a piece of colored cardstock next to the door. The teachers matched the color of our bracelet to the color on the bus. This was in 1972 and didn't require linux or GPS, so it is probably not something you would be interested in.
Except compute.
I wonder why people would use a computer as an appliance. Could it be that the OEMs, software companies, and retailers are selling the computer as an appliance for online shopping, banking, and entertainment?
I wonder why they don't care when they are repeatedly told by the software companies that their brand of OS is very secure and it even has a "red, yellow, green" warning system to show how secure it is.
I wonder why users (who are told their computer is so simple to use properly, that there is no training required) don't train themselves?
From the time people are old enough to use a lock, they are told by parents, teachers, police, media, etc. to lock their doors.
There is no comparison for the average person regarding computer security. If the software companies cannot provide the level of security, without training, that they promise, then there should be a warning constantly flashing on the screen telling the person that anything and everything on that computer is likely to be stolen or used to commit a crime.
When will we have change that can stop those damn evil republicans. Republicans like President Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Once we get some Democrats in control of all three branches of government nothing like this will ever happen again.
Because taps can mean "To select, as for membership in an organization; designate."
As a veteran, I fought in the Gulf War specifically for the freedom to use the word taps when selecting someone.
When I was a teenager, I worked at McDonald's. One day, some corporate people came into the restaurant with stop watches and notebooks. They had people pulled from the cash registers, then had extra people put at the registers. It appeared that they were doing something along the lines of what you are saying and what Microsoft did.
I don't know, maybe doctors do know best because according to the government, the Dalkon shield is safe.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1492461&blobtype=pdf
Thalidomide, again, according to the government is safe (from wikipedia):
On July 16, 1998, the FDA approved the use of thalidomide for the treatment of lesions associated with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL).
On May 26, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for thalidomide (Thalomid, Celgene Corporation) in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients.
Let's not limit this to computers. If someone breaks into your house or steals your car, cell phone, credit card, etc. then you should be responsible for all crimes committed by the thief. You are not just a victim, you are an accomplice. If you cannot reasonably protect yourself from physical theft by learning martial arts and proper use of firearms/weapons, you should just stick to...computers?
Computers and the internet are sold as toys and a convenient way to handle business transactions for the common person. The common person has a reasonable expectation that upon opening the box, his computer and his personal data will be reasonably secure. If the OEMs can't provide that level of security, or that level of security can only be achieved by a certain amount of training, then they should put a giant disclaimer on the splash screen stating that any and all data put on that computer will likely be stolen and that the computer will probably be taken over by theives for crimminal activities.
I completely agree that It'd actually be a lot more effort to cheat and do enough to get away with it, than it would to just write the paper correctly. The people who are cheating seem to be doing it out of laziness or desperation. They run out of time to complete the assignment, so they Google something and use whatever pops up.