Apparently, trump hired a rabid global warming denier as his energy adviser.; Supposedly, this guy is so anti-global warming that he believes that the earth is cooling and that claims that CO2 is a greenhouse gas are fraudulent.
I have no reports on whether or not this guy is also a flat-earther.
If you've got enough money, you can pressure the government into holding you harmless from any serious prosecution. It happened with the bankers on wall street after 2008, and it's happening with the Saudis after 9/11.
What makes Americans easier to recruit to ISIS is the fact that they have right wing yahoos who make a point of looking down their nose at the kid, calling him a terrorist and sometimes even spitting in his face, when all he's trying to do is live a decent life.
It really works well. Given all of the security problems with MS-Windows, if Microsoft calls something 'insecure', it will cause all sorts of CxOs to quake in their boots at the thought.
Just like the way that MS complaints about RPM compatibilities would trigger flashbacks to DLL hell,
or warnings about 'hardware (driver) hell' for Linux would cause panic attacks for specialists who sometimes spent days getting a proper mix of Windows drivers for machines they were building for customers.
If you're an MS hater, you're not going to be buying Nokia phones because they're moving to MS Windows. If you're an MS lover, you're not going to buy Nokia phones (yet) because they don't yet have Windows on them. If you're MS agnostic, you're not going to buy Nokia phones because the current crop is going to be orphaned a year down the road (actually -- they've already been effectively orphaned).
No matter how you slice it, Nokia comes up a loser until at least the end of the year.
The same nobility that inspired these geezers (and i use that term with respect) to volunteer will prevent anyone in government or management from allowing them to go through with it.
Japan is the country which gave us the word "Kamikaze". Nobel self-sacrifice in the name of the greater good is a long honoured tradition there -- much more so than here.
You might be able to charge (and sue) the dentist for your time. You booked the appointment, took time off of work traveled to the dentist (if (s)he's not nearby), and the -- all of a sudden -- you're told "Sign away your free speech rights, or all of this preparation is for naught!" It's a complete hardball tactic. It's designed to pressure you into signing something you'd probably have walked away from if you knew before you made the appointment.
Well, it may now turn out that, beyond the direct antibiotic effect of sugar an honey, the sugars in both have the added effect of intensifying the effectiveness of the hospital antibiotics in the patient's system. It could make for an interesting research project for a graduate student somewhere.
Natalie Portman immersed in honey would get my attention, well enough... and as she moved through the world, you would see the guys dragging along behind her.
Are Linux users lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?
Protip: Say that quote while walking the halls. You will immediately know who your fellow/.ers are by the snickers. If your boss laughs, then you're in trouble.
Well, I'd laugh at that quote -- specifically, the presumptions it implies.
I could have sworn, the first time I read it that they'd been bought by the founders of Facebook, and my first reaction was 'There goes the neighborhood.' I'm much happier now that I've read it properly.
Normally, when one speaks of tracking click-through, one would expect to have a modified link on a page that, essentially, notifies the source server of the page that they're clicking on a link and then getting redirected to the final destination page (normally an ad, but not necessarily).
What Microsoft is claiming that they're doing here, however is having IE phone home with what a user is doing on a completely unaffiliated page. This, then, raises the question of where else are they tracking what I'm doing? Are they tracking what stories I'm reading on slashdot? are they telling the CIA/MOSAD/KGB when I use a proxy to read Al Jezera? This raises a huge slew of privacy questions about what parts of my browsing history are being tracked in one central place, if I were to use IE as my browser.
Even secure links and proxies become irrelevant if the surveillance is being done from within the browser.
It's not actually clear, from the discussion, whether or not a user had to follow any of the links from the Google search result, or if Microsoft was simply scraping the top Google search result off of the page and making it their own top 'search' result.
Another thing to note is that, apparently, most search users won't go past the first link, so -- if bing is quietly presenting Google's top result as bing's own top result (as opposed to second, third or last on the page), then they are -- for the most part -- really stealing Google's results because the non-Google results will be irrelevant to most searchers.... just window dressing.
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work." (wikipedia)
I think that the wikipedia definition pretty much says it. If Bing had put their purloined searches up as "Google top result", with a convenient link back to the Google page they scraped the result from -- then there'd be not be much to snark about. The problem with what they've done is they make it look as if they've independently come to the same conclusion as Google -- and, by implication, that the rest of 'their' results are equally relevant).
That is so incredibly WRONG. Shutting down a site is a form of censorship and should only be allowed with the moderation of the courts. Allowing the courts the ability to lift a ban could easily result in a case like we saw recently in Russia where a site is taken down without just cause and, because of various legal shenanigans it takes months (or even years) before a court order reversing the shutdown is issued.
If prosecutors have a clear case of violation, then let them get a court order (preferably with knowledge of the victim so that they can respond). That way overzealous prosecutors don't cause a chilling effect.
And the nasty thing is that -- despite the fact that txt messages are almost free for cell providers, they recently went to parliament to try and justify raisng the prices because it was 'so costly to provide'. Almost makes me sick.
There is, at the same time, a recent article on the CBC website saying that Mounties are asking people (especially youths) to please not text messages to 911.
Well, given that the display doesn't actually exist, I expect that the object will actually fall through, after which it will be very easy to see where the display is (supposed to be).
Besides which, a 19inch 2400pixel display with one sensor per pixel would only give you a 126dpi scan... that's not enough for much of anything, these days.
The whole point of this blanket license is so that, if govt tries that trick again in the future, MS can say that all software in question is legally used, without even having to look at it. Hence there would be no grounds for a lawsuit.
Though something tells me that they'll just start looking for pirated Photoshop etc from now on.
Actually, What it seems like they did was that they went to the local MS lawyer and said "There's illegal software on this computer... RIGHT?
at which point the MS lawyer either blindly says that it's illegal or (at best) prevaricates. 4-8 months later, if the organization manages to prove that everything is legal, they will hopefully get their machines back.
This was easy to do in the past because "everybody knows" that everybody runs windows, and few people in Russia have legal licenses. Now, even if they claim that it's an illegal copy of photoshop, they now have to actually look at the machine first -- or plant the software, which is even more work....
And some people, by now, hopefully know to download GIMP, if they want to stay one step ahead of (corrupt) law enforcement.
Scientists have been prevented from considering certain possibilities, and researching in various directions. Given that speaking out on something as trivial as a 13,000 year old flood took days, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that papers that didn't support the Government's position on more contentious issues have been suppressed.
Actually, if you listen to the comments of some DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) scientists when asked about their thoughts on the (many years) raging 'controversy' over whether or not sea lice and other contaminants have been (drastically) affecting salmon runs their answers (or lack thereof) seem to make it pretty clear that they're not allowed to even think about the answers to those questions.
A few weeks ago, the Canadian Government decided that filling out 'long form' census questions would no longer be mandatory. They declared that Stats Canada scientists had assured them that this would not affect the quality of the data collected. The head scientist of Statistics Canada had to quit his job in order to counter the lies spoken by the Prime minister and his Cabinet.
Given the kind of control that they've taken over what government scientists can say, I have little question that some political hack is going to declare that submitting a paper to a scientific journal about a contentious issue is going to fall under this new policy.
Personally, I think that this is a flagrant violation of scientists' rights to free speech, but that's a matter for the courts to decide.
The GP Post sounds like it's made by a Microsoft astroturfer.
Perhaps the reason why DLL hell isn't a problem that Linux people can solve is that it's a problem unique to Windows..... and Linux people aren't inclined (or even legally allowed to solve problems in Microsoft's Windows code base.
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If launching 5G networks works financially for the companies then they will do it.. With or without Net Neutrality laws.
It appears that Microsoft hasn't learned the 25 year old lesson that 'clicking on the close box means STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING -- RIGHT NOW!
I have no reports on whether or not this guy is also a flat-earther.
Rinse^w, money launder, repeat.
What makes Americans easier to recruit to ISIS is the fact that they have right wing yahoos who make a point of looking down their nose at the kid, calling him a terrorist and sometimes even spitting in his face, when all he's trying to do is live a decent life.
Just like the way that MS complaints about RPM compatibilities would trigger flashbacks to DLL hell,
or warnings about 'hardware (driver) hell' for Linux would cause panic attacks for specialists who sometimes spent days getting a proper mix of Windows drivers for machines they were building for customers.
etc., etc., etc....
No matter how you slice it, Nokia comes up a loser until at least the end of the year.
The same nobility that inspired these geezers (and i use that term with respect) to volunteer will prevent anyone in government or management from allowing them to go through with it.
Japan is the country which gave us the word "Kamikaze". Nobel self-sacrifice in the name of the greater good is a long honoured tradition there -- much more so than here.
You might be able to charge (and sue) the dentist for your time. You booked the appointment, took time off of work traveled to the dentist (if (s)he's not nearby), and the -- all of a sudden -- you're told "Sign away your free speech rights, or all of this preparation is for naught!" It's a complete hardball tactic. It's designed to pressure you into signing something you'd probably have walked away from if you knew before you made the appointment.
Well, it may now turn out that, beyond the direct antibiotic effect of sugar an honey, the sugars in both have the added effect of intensifying the effectiveness of the hospital antibiotics in the patient's system. It could make for an interesting research project for a graduate student somewhere.
For those of you who've never seen Mary Poppins, and, thus, don't completely understand the reference..
Natalie Portman immersed in honey would get my attention, well enough. .. and as she moved through the world, you would see the guys dragging along behind her.
Are Linux users lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?
Protip: Say that quote while walking the halls. You will immediately know who your fellow /.ers are by the snickers. If your boss laughs, then you're in trouble.
Well, I'd laugh at that quote -- specifically, the presumptions it implies.
I could have sworn, the first time I read it that they'd been bought by the founders of Facebook, and my first reaction was 'There goes the neighborhood.' I'm much happier now that I've read it properly.
What Microsoft is claiming that they're doing here, however is having IE phone home with what a user is doing on a completely unaffiliated page. This, then, raises the question of where else are they tracking what I'm doing? Are they tracking what stories I'm reading on slashdot? are they telling the CIA/MOSAD/KGB when I use a proxy to read Al Jezera? This raises a huge slew of privacy questions about what parts of my browsing history are being tracked in one central place, if I were to use IE as my browser.
Even secure links and proxies become irrelevant if the surveillance is being done from within the browser.
Another thing to note is that, apparently, most search users won't go past the first link, so -- if bing is quietly presenting Google's top result as bing's own top result (as opposed to second, third or last on the page), then they are -- for the most part -- really stealing Google's results because the non-Google results will be irrelevant to most searchers. ... just window dressing.
I think that the wikipedia definition pretty much says it. If Bing had put their purloined searches up as "Google top result", with a convenient link back to the Google page they scraped the result from -- then there'd be not be much to snark about. The problem with what they've done is they make it look as if they've independently come to the same conclusion as Google -- and, by implication, that the rest of 'their' results are equally relevant).
If prosecutors have a clear case of violation, then let them get a court order (preferably with knowledge of the victim so that they can respond). That way overzealous prosecutors don't cause a chilling effect.
And the nasty thing is that -- despite the fact that txt messages are almost free for cell providers, they recently went to parliament to try and justify raisng the prices because it was 'so costly to provide'. Almost makes me sick.
There is, at the same time, a recent article on the CBC website saying that Mounties are asking people (especially youths) to please not text messages to 911.
Twitter, on the other hand, amplifies the number of texts you receive, and gives you more impetus to send to your friends.
Besides which, a 19inch 2400pixel display with one sensor per pixel would only give you a 126dpi scan ... that's not enough for much of anything, these days.
The whole point of this blanket license is so that, if govt tries that trick again in the future, MS can say that all software in question is legally used, without even having to look at it. Hence there would be no grounds for a lawsuit.
Though something tells me that they'll just start looking for pirated Photoshop etc from now on.
Actually, What it seems like they did was that they went to the local MS lawyer and said "There's illegal software on this computer ... RIGHT?
at which point the MS lawyer either blindly says that it's illegal or (at best) prevaricates. 4-8 months later, if the organization manages to prove that everything is legal, they will hopefully get their machines back.
This was easy to do in the past because "everybody knows" that everybody runs windows, and few people in Russia have legal licenses. Now, even if they claim that it's an illegal copy of photoshop, they now have to actually look at the machine first -- or plant the software, which is even more work....
And some people, by now, hopefully know to download GIMP, if they want to stay one step ahead of (corrupt) law enforcement.
Actually, if you listen to the comments of some DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) scientists when asked about their thoughts on the (many years) raging 'controversy' over whether or not sea lice and other contaminants have been (drastically) affecting salmon runs their answers (or lack thereof) seem to make it pretty clear that they're not allowed to even think about the answers to those questions.
A few weeks ago, the Canadian Government decided that filling out 'long form' census questions would no longer be mandatory. They declared that Stats Canada scientists had assured them that this would not affect the quality of the data collected. The head scientist of Statistics Canada had to quit his job in order to counter the lies spoken by the Prime minister and his Cabinet.
Given the kind of control that they've taken over what government scientists can say, I have little question that some political hack is going to declare that submitting a paper to a scientific journal about a contentious issue is going to fall under this new policy.
Personally, I think that this is a flagrant violation of scientists' rights to free speech, but that's a matter for the courts to decide.
Perhaps the reason why DLL hell isn't a problem that Linux people can solve is that it's a problem unique to Windows..... and Linux people aren't inclined (or even legally allowed to solve problems in Microsoft's Windows code base.