Don't be stupid. Privacy isn't dead. It just that privacy is - and has always been - up to the individual. The issue we keep running into here is that people expect someone else to protect their privacy. If you want real privacy, it's up to you to secure it and maintain it.
I use credit and debit cards to purchase items in stores all the time. There's nothing even remotely anonymous or private about the process. Why do we all expect it to be otherwise online?
Let's not forget all other demographics. Ethnicity, gender, income, employment - just to name a few. Twitter is an amazing resource, but it's hardly representative of humanity or the nation. That said - it can still yield useful data if its limitations are taken into account.
It's not just Facebook. The internet is a public space. Just like walking down main street or going to the mall. What you say and do on the internet is out in the open for all to see. Face it folks - your privacy stops at your modem.
My current uptime is about a day and a half, during which time I've transferred (up and down) just over 400 mb. Doing the math, this means that I transfer about 8 gb a month. And I'm an advocate and user of bittorrent, I watch tv and video online. In fact, in all ways, I am a bandwidth hog. But this plan wouldn't touch me. Hell - it wouldn't even get close to me. In fact, it sounds to me that it would only really be a problem for spammers.
Guess again. The utilities run the wires and are responsible for them. When wires get blown down in a storm, how many 'local government' trucks do you see out there fixing them?
Like having the government take over the parts of the industry that are inherently monopolistic (ie. wires; the barrier to entry for that essentially amounts to putting your own set of wires around the entire country) and having them rent out those wires to ISPs, who would then become competitive?
It's really the only way to have a free market in internet service at this point.
Just a quick question: Who put all those wires there in the first place?
Personally, I'd rather not see control over bandwidth put into anyone's hands. But if it is going to be controlled, is there some reason I should prefer to have my government controlling it rather than my ISP?
The word zen means 'meditation'. Not real hard to grok. Nor is it difficult to understand why someone would consider coding to be a meditative process. Or were you actually referring to Zen?
I've never actually used this feature on my own computer (running Win7 or earlier Windows incarnations). I keep everything important backed up, so I'm never in a place where I can't just wipe everything with a clean install. Am I unusual in this?
Check Peter's history. He has a previous conviction for being belligerent to a cop. He's a punk who thinks the 'Man' is trying to repress privileged white guys. I feel no sympathy, and I'm surprised the judge let him off so easy. Money talks, I suppose.
I think Twitter is the ideal way to get a picture of a society. What people say on a daily, mundane level is pretty much what a society IS. The average schmuck doesn't give a rat's ass about what goes on on Capitol Hill (if they even know what Capitol Hill is). A society is made up of people, not leaders.
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Don't be stupid. Privacy isn't dead. It just that privacy is - and has always been - up to the individual. The issue we keep running into here is that people expect someone else to protect their privacy. If you want real privacy, it's up to you to secure it and maintain it.
Good for you. Now call him and tell him your name and address so he can take you up on your offer.
Americans 'have a right to criticize government officials and to do so anonymously.'
Do they? We have a right to free speech. Where are we given a right to anonymity?
You have nothing to argue because you have nothing really to say.
Who said anyone was arguing? Can't people just have an opinion on a subject without having an argument about it?
Or did you just come here looking for a fight?
Can you describe the characteristics of a robust GUI to a user?
And why should anyone have to describe it? Just let a person have a damn opinion, for Crissake.
I use credit and debit cards to purchase items in stores all the time. There's nothing even remotely anonymous or private about the process. Why do we all expect it to be otherwise online?
Isn't this sort of job what we're paying Bruce Willis for?
Let's not forget all other demographics. Ethnicity, gender, income, employment - just to name a few. Twitter is an amazing resource, but it's hardly representative of humanity or the nation. That said - it can still yield useful data if its limitations are taken into account.
It's not just Facebook. The internet is a public space. Just like walking down main street or going to the mall. What you say and do on the internet is out in the open for all to see. Face it folks - your privacy stops at your modem.
And learn how to spell: diarrhea
This is a huge victory for humanity. What it really means is that the machines cannot tell when we're lying.
Just a quick question: Who paid for/subsidized those wires?
The company that put them there. Actually, they're required by law to do so.
Guess again. The utilities run the wires and are responsible for them. When wires get blown down in a storm, how many 'local government' trucks do you see out there fixing them?
Like having the government take over the parts of the industry that are inherently monopolistic (ie. wires; the barrier to entry for that essentially amounts to putting your own set of wires around the entire country) and having them rent out those wires to ISPs, who would then become competitive?
It's really the only way to have a free market in internet service at this point.
Just a quick question: Who put all those wires there in the first place?
Personally, I'd rather not see control over bandwidth put into anyone's hands. But if it is going to be controlled, is there some reason I should prefer to have my government controlling it rather than my ISP?
Here's hoping the rover will stay functional until the release of 'John Carter of Mars' (2012, according to IMDB).
The word zen means 'meditation'. Not real hard to grok. Nor is it difficult to understand why someone would consider coding to be a meditative process. Or were you actually referring to Zen?
I've never actually used this feature on my own computer (running Win7 or earlier Windows incarnations). I keep everything important backed up, so I'm never in a place where I can't just wipe everything with a clean install. Am I unusual in this?
Check Peter's history. He has a previous conviction for being belligerent to a cop. He's a punk who thinks the 'Man' is trying to repress privileged white guys. I feel no sympathy, and I'm surprised the judge let him off so easy. Money talks, I suppose.
Even niggers and dune coons have more sense than you do.
Do the rest of humanity a favor and shut up. Forever.
Just when you think they've peaked, Legos get even cooler.
guess I'll have to postpone that trip to Mordor.
So when do I get my robot servant?
Really? I can't help but laugh. Treaties are diplomatic tools we use to end wars. Or avoid then.
I think Twitter is the ideal way to get a picture of a society. What people say on a daily, mundane level is pretty much what a society IS. The average schmuck doesn't give a rat's ass about what goes on on Capitol Hill (if they even know what Capitol Hill is). A society is made up of people, not leaders.