Big fucking deal! 2017 Revenue was $3.3B. A $6.2M penalty is not even the hair on a gnatâ(TM)s ass to them.
What they should have gotten was the corporate death penalty. No fine. No bankruptcy. No sale to another company. Simply a liquidation of assets with the proceeds split between those whose data was stolen and non-management employees (6 month salary max).
One item that has stuck in my memory all this time is this: any potential client who enters the agent's office wearing boots is automatically disqualified.
Even better. Don't buy a life insurance at all. It is the most worthless insurance ever. Put the money you would pay to the insurance company on your savings account. That is a much better deal.
My life insurance policy (through employer) of about $200K, costs about $3/month. That's about $36/year. Over 30 years, that's a whopping $1080 at the current rate. If I were to just put that money in a savings account and let it gain interest, it wouldn't amount to much.
And hey, if I die in an accident, it's $400K. Score!
Then the best life insurance policy is forcing your family members to become self-reliant and hard times proof ASAP, and/or learn to make future-safe choices.
I'll be sure to tell that to my 2 year old, after riding my motorcycle home from work.
Is it more important to do something to help the homeless, or to develop a viable use case for blockchain?
If helping the homeless is more important, then why limit the potential solutions to ones involving blockchain?
If developing a viable use case for blockchain is more important, then why limit the problem to the homeless?
It's bullshit like this that just turns people off and reduces credibility. If you want to solve a problem, then SOLVE THE PROBLEM! If you just want to highlight some technology, then at least be honest about it.
Oh, and guess what? You can just charge it as you are going down the road - and KEEP it charged for that matter. In this application, the battery run time doesn't even matter.
Not any uglier than having a cable sticking out of your stereo - but if that's your style, you can still plug your cable into the stereo, and then plug this into one end of it and put it behind your dash, or on the console, or even up your ass for that matter.
But you won't by yourself modify every single analog only device, specially all those that you don't own :
- rental cars (these tend to be old and with as few options as possible)
- the speaker set at a friend's appartment when they throw a party, and some iPhone user want to stream their playlist instead of the friend's laptop's.
Uh....did you look at what I posted? It's just a little BT received that plugs into the stereo's aux port, just like an audio cable. You can easily plug it into anything you'd plug an audio (headphones) cable into.
Also, bluetooth won't share sound (e.g.: two users watching s movie from the same tablet in a plane).
If you have a specialized need like this, again, the solution is easy. You get a BT transmitter that sends to two devices, like this:
I happen to already own one (bought for use with my TV). Plug your lightning to headphones dongle into it, and then use two pair of WHATEVER headphones you want. Easy peasy.
Now, I will grant you, spending $60 on something like that is unappealing (there may be cheaper ones for all I know), but if you've already spent a couple of thousand on phones for you and your girlfriend, plus tickets for the flight to wherever you're going, what's another $60?
Of course, if you want to use your wired headphones, all you have to do is plug the lightning to headphones dongle into the y-splitter, and the headphones into that.
I just don't see the issue. People just want to bitch.
Exactly- the average car on the road is now 10 years old- they're lasting longer these days. I have a 6 year old car- I intend to keep it at least another 6 years (3 average phone lifespans for most people). It doesn't have Bluetooth. I use my analog out every single day.
My Jeep IS 11 years old. It has the OEM stereo, without Bluetooth. For a whole $15, I added one of these:
Plugged it in and leave it there. Now my phone sends music and GPS directions to my Jeep's stereo flawlessly. And I don't have to fuck around with an audio cable either.
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Does that include death by taxation?
My recent calls log indicates I have only received 8 phone calls since 1 July.
I hope that does not count against me.
Big fucking deal! 2017 Revenue was $3.3B. A $6.2M penalty is not even the hair on a gnatâ(TM)s ass to them.
What they should have gotten was the corporate death penalty. No fine. No bankruptcy. No sale to another company. Simply a liquidation of assets with the proceeds split between those whose data was stolen and non-management employees (6 month salary max).
One item that has stuck in my memory all this time is this: any potential client who enters the agent's office wearing boots is automatically disqualified.
Did they close in the winter?
Even better. Don't buy a life insurance at all. It is the most worthless insurance ever. Put the money you would pay to the insurance company on your savings account. That is a much better deal.
My life insurance policy (through employer) of about $200K, costs about $3/month. That's about $36/year. Over 30 years, that's a whopping $1080 at the current rate. If I were to just put that money in a savings account and let it gain interest, it wouldn't amount to much.
And hey, if I die in an accident, it's $400K. Score!
How about, no?
In Soviet America everything is a crime!
You've confused America with Europe.
Yes but it is illegal to driver without insurance...
No it isn't - in some states.
You're also free not to buy at all.
Then the best life insurance policy is forcing your family members to become self-reliant and hard times proof ASAP, and/or learn to make future-safe choices.
I'll be sure to tell that to my 2 year old, after riding my motorcycle home from work.
Life insurance has never made any sense to me.
I am alive, and healthy, and can enjoy life. So why should I give up money now, so that I can have more when I am dead?
Also, why would I want my wife to think I am worth more dead than alive?
With that kind of logic, she probably already does.
"This will last until the first breach, which is inevitable."
Um....yeah. Tell that to Equifax. Virtually no fucking penalties of any significance WHATSOEVER.
Is it more important to do something to help the homeless, or to develop a viable use case for blockchain?
If helping the homeless is more important, then why limit the potential solutions to ones involving blockchain?
If developing a viable use case for blockchain is more important, then why limit the problem to the homeless?
It's bullshit like this that just turns people off and reduces credibility. If you want to solve a problem, then SOLVE THE PROBLEM! If you just want to highlight some technology, then at least be honest about it.
When was the last time you actually saw someone using a Nokia phone?
They just have to watch the movie and find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Although, in naked unarmed Combat, Superman certainly would win.
Such as the ability to stay in business?
As long as a phone as the features you want, what difference does it make which phone had them first, or how they ended up on your phone?
People who care about this kind of stuff...I mean...honestly. It's just the technonerd version of "My dad can beat up your dad."
Oh, and guess what? You can just charge it as you are going down the road - and KEEP it charged for that matter. In this application, the battery run time doesn't even matter.
Not any uglier than having a cable sticking out of your stereo - but if that's your style, you can still plug your cable into the stereo, and then plug this into one end of it and put it behind your dash, or on the console, or even up your ass for that matter.
Engage your snob mode if you want to, but you'd never even know it was in use if you listened to it.
But you won't by yourself modify every single analog only device, specially all those that you don't own :
- rental cars (these tend to be old and with as few options as possible)
- the speaker set at a friend's appartment when they throw a party, and some iPhone user want to stream their playlist instead of the friend's laptop's.
Uh....did you look at what I posted? It's just a little BT received that plugs into the stereo's aux port, just like an audio cable. You can easily plug it into anything you'd plug an audio (headphones) cable into.
Also, bluetooth won't share sound (e.g.: two users watching s movie from the same tablet in a plane).
If you have a specialized need like this, again, the solution is easy. You get a BT transmitter that sends to two devices, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...
I happen to already own one (bought for use with my TV). Plug your lightning to headphones dongle into it, and then use two pair of WHATEVER headphones you want. Easy peasy.
Now, I will grant you, spending $60 on something like that is unappealing (there may be cheaper ones for all I know), but if you've already spent a couple of thousand on phones for you and your girlfriend, plus tickets for the flight to wherever you're going, what's another $60?
Of course, if you want to use your wired headphones, all you have to do is plug the lightning to headphones dongle into the y-splitter, and the headphones into that.
I just don't see the issue. People just want to bitch.
Exactly- the average car on the road is now 10 years old- they're lasting longer these days. I have a 6 year old car- I intend to keep it at least another 6 years (3 average phone lifespans for most people). It doesn't have Bluetooth. I use my analog out every single day.
My Jeep IS 11 years old. It has the OEM stereo, without Bluetooth. For a whole $15, I added one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...
Plugged it in and leave it there. Now my phone sends music and GPS directions to my Jeep's stereo flawlessly. And I don't have to fuck around with an audio cable either.
but having bluetooth headphones doesn't help with connecting a phone to an older car or a stereo.
Spend a few bucks for one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...
Works great in my Jeep.
than have to worry about keeping the non-replaceable batteries in headphones charged (yet more planned obsolescence).
So get a pair with a replaceable battery like I did. Been using them for 7 years....still haven't replaced the battery anyway though.
If you don't use the GPS and camera, why buy a phone with that stuff? You can get a MUCH cheaper phone without them.
Headphone jack is one of the features on my phone that I virtually never use. I'm happy to see it go.
Meanwhile other manufacturers solve that problem by providing 2 SIM slots.
I don't care how a solution is implemented, provided it meets my requirements.
Yeah, I know. I was just burning off some steam (: