The fact is that as long as technological tools continue to evolve people will have to relearn how to use the tool. Technology just doesn't stand still. If you want to understand it you have to learn it, and some people just never will want to.
In my opinion, this explanation would be fine if they were just an everyday person who has no knowledge of the law. But this was companies with lawyers who were asked to assign facilities, resources, technology, and reroute their networks to make this happen. This is unprofitable, and unprofitable is not the way you run a business. They wouldn't just expend all these resources without looking for a way around it. You certainly don't expend money on doing something like this for free. In my opinion, this was a calculated move by the telecoms to benefit elsewhere. They most certainly had their lawyers look at it, and were in collusion with some part of the Govt. to get this setup. Either they got something out of it or their hands were forced and either way it was wrong, and it should have been taken to court and publicized instead of being hidden and co-operated with. Just because someone in authority tells you to do something does not mean you blindly follow, and these large companies were blindly following instead of protecting their customers privacy which is part of what we pay them to do.
Violating peoples privacy is out of bounds for any level of authority without a proper justification. Our society has recognized the warrant to be that justification.
If you live in a household that watches multiple streams at a time it is quite likely that you will need a much faster connection. Myself and my former roommate used to stream Netflix individually and we would both be downloading content from the web. In scenarios like this where there are multiple HD streams coming into a household (quite common these days with most new middle tier televisions & bluray players being able to stream Netflix, Vudu and other online video services) it should be considered.
I can see households where there are 3 TVs watching different Netflix programs, while grandma is in the bathroom streaming HD pr0n and little Jimmy is torrenting the latest patch for WoW. Most families aren't like this at this time, but it seems that we aren't that far away from television being completely internet based.
I am not defending them at this time because I know it is an oversell of their top data tier right now, but I don't think we are very far away from most people needing plans like this.They should at least list it as a recommendation if you ONLY stream multiple HD connections.
If it is EVGA brand I believe they allow a trade in program within a certain amount of time for situations just like this. They have a trade in program where you send in your old card and pay the difference and they will send you the updated card of choice.
[CITATION NEEDED] - No I am not questioning your comment. I really want to see the documentation for this comment so I can send the link to several of my angry vegan female friends...
Hehe. I don't care about pores! I just want to be able to see the the freckles on the shoulders of my hot scantily clad redheaded female lead character.
The USPS doesn't know that you've [not] signed up for GameFly either, that your account is current and that the correct game is in the envelope. The mail is packaged correctly, adheres to postal rules, addressed to you, it has proper postage, so it gets delivered to you. The USPS should be neutral about the suitability of the material being delivered.
(It's like Net Neutrality, except that the spam is legitimately *paid for*.)
Spam is spam, paid for or not. It's unwelcome, and unrequested. The mass distribution of mailers is wrong, and the USPS knows it. They even provide a way to 'Opt-out' of them like spam (why, Yes I am on the list!) Please don't try to justify unwarranted spam it by pointing out that it is legitimately paid for. It is still no more legitimate or welcome than if xxxHackerxxx paid Google mail to mass mail every email addresses Inbox. If they did that most people would pitch a fit.
You do have a point about how to determine what is requested and unrequested though, but in this case your point is moot because where most people draw the line between what is legitimate adverts mailed from the originators location and what is spam, is that it traveled through the USPS system to a single recipient. The stuff that is distributed out of the back of my mailman's truck in large stacks that go into every mailbox along his route isn't one piece of mail to an individual person. If a company want's to mass mail everyone in a city, let them pay the same postage that we have to and print every flyer with a unique address. The USPS would make far more money that way, and maybe they could lower the price of the stamp (yeah right). Don't even get me started on the waste of trees for that matter.
One fix to this would be for USPS to stop SHOVING my mailbox FULL with advertisements that they get paid to distribute, but I never once requested or signed up for!!!
It seems that FB is really trying to find out everything that you 'Like' so that their marketing platform will be complete for their 'platform' charge into an advertising marketing. They will have an established network of sites that report back to FB what you like, and be able to sell that data to other ad services, or provide their own advertising service to each site in their network. Not only do they know what you are doing everyday (thanks to you), but every time you click that little 'Like' button you are selling a little piece of your soul for the (artist formerly known as the all-)mighty dollar. The sad fact isn't that people are giving away their souls for free, but that they are giving their soul away for free and couldn't care less about it. Apathy to data mining is a huge privacy issue in the world over.
Honestly, how do we make people care enough to take some sort of action? But more importantly what action can you take? I would say one way would be to contribute to the EFF, but what else is there really?
This will stop everyone from driving fast except for the most important group... the stupid people who don't care about their own life or yours. You guys know who you are. You're the ones who fly by the stopped car on the side of the highway at high speed. You're the ones who purposely run the red lights, or put your makeup on while driving.
Your post brings to a head exactly what is wrong with what Facebook is trying to do. They are trying to say that even if you do not change anything on the server end, that you STILL don't have a right to choose what is displayed on your computer screen.
What is next? Are the going to sue my eyelids when they try to stop them from pumping advertising into my brain??!?!?
I believed google was evil the moment it acquired doubleclick. In my opinion that company was spreading malware long before the term was even invented.
Blizzard actively (some would complain not actively enough) pursues gold farmers and cheaters. In my opinion their suit against the Glider tool proved very effectively that we have very little rights to run what we choose on our own computers in certain circumstances. They won the suit and the TOS was upheld in a court of law.
arbitrary
1.subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.
A ROM of a video game like Sonic the Hedgehog that has been well tested, well played, released on several systems is far from 'arbitrary code' running amok on the iPhone. This is probably some of the most well tested software out there. I know I tested the shit out of this app when I was 13. I suppose Sega could modify the code to blow up your iPhone, if they were trying for corporate branding suicide.
But what would I know? I only work for a newspaper and took two years of journalism classes.
Typical Journalist... *sigh* Spout of what you "know" without bothering to research it. For references of the same type of behavior see Fox News, CNN.com, MSNBC. They all do the same thing.
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...salt shortage in S. Florida or something? Last I check they didn't like salt too much.
What is a good app that can send/receive encrypted TXT messages for Android or iPhone respectively?
The fact is that as long as technological tools continue to evolve people will have to relearn how to use the tool. Technology just doesn't stand still. If you want to understand it you have to learn it, and some people just never will want to.
YEAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!
In my opinion, this explanation would be fine if they were just an everyday person who has no knowledge of the law. But this was companies with lawyers who were asked to assign facilities, resources, technology, and reroute their networks to make this happen. This is unprofitable, and unprofitable is not the way you run a business. They wouldn't just expend all these resources without looking for a way around it. You certainly don't expend money on doing something like this for free. In my opinion, this was a calculated move by the telecoms to benefit elsewhere. They most certainly had their lawyers look at it, and were in collusion with some part of the Govt. to get this setup. Either they got something out of it or their hands were forced and either way it was wrong, and it should have been taken to court and publicized instead of being hidden and co-operated with. Just because someone in authority tells you to do something does not mean you blindly follow, and these large companies were blindly following instead of protecting their customers privacy which is part of what we pay them to do. Violating peoples privacy is out of bounds for any level of authority without a proper justification. Our society has recognized the warrant to be that justification.
Funny thing is he was at PAX this year and presented the Avenger. There is a Youtube video of him being totally inept.
Please post the link so we can all enjoy...
If you live in a household that watches multiple streams at a time it is quite likely that you will need a much faster connection. Myself and my former roommate used to stream Netflix individually and we would both be downloading content from the web. In scenarios like this where there are multiple HD streams coming into a household (quite common these days with most new middle tier televisions & bluray players being able to stream Netflix, Vudu and other online video services) it should be considered. I can see households where there are 3 TVs watching different Netflix programs, while grandma is in the bathroom streaming HD pr0n and little Jimmy is torrenting the latest patch for WoW. Most families aren't like this at this time, but it seems that we aren't that far away from television being completely internet based. I am not defending them at this time because I know it is an oversell of their top data tier right now, but I don't think we are very far away from most people needing plans like this.They should at least list it as a recommendation if you ONLY stream multiple HD connections.
Evidently I am extremely close friends with someone named HawtTexasRedheads.com...
If it is EVGA brand I believe they allow a trade in program within a certain amount of time for situations just like this. They have a trade in program where you send in your old card and pay the difference and they will send you the updated card of choice.
The summary doesn't make it clear, but... how many cores does this new video card have?
448 cores
[CITATION NEEDED] - No I am not questioning your comment. I really want to see the documentation for this comment so I can send the link to several of my angry vegan female friends...
Hehe. I don't care about pores! I just want to be able to see the the freckles on the shoulders of my hot scantily clad redheaded female lead character.
This isn't Fark. It's /.
On a side note... I can't wait to hack my new car.
The USPS doesn't know that you've [not] signed up for GameFly either, that your account is current and that the correct game is in the envelope. The mail is packaged correctly, adheres to postal rules, addressed to you, it has proper postage, so it gets delivered to you. The USPS should be neutral about the suitability of the material being delivered.
(It's like Net Neutrality, except that the spam is legitimately *paid for*.)
Spam is spam, paid for or not. It's unwelcome, and unrequested. The mass distribution of mailers is wrong, and the USPS knows it. They even provide a way to 'Opt-out' of them like spam (why, Yes I am on the list!) Please don't try to justify unwarranted spam it by pointing out that it is legitimately paid for. It is still no more legitimate or welcome than if xxxHackerxxx paid Google mail to mass mail every email addresses Inbox. If they did that most people would pitch a fit.
You do have a point about how to determine what is requested and unrequested though, but in this case your point is moot because where most people draw the line between what is legitimate adverts mailed from the originators location and what is spam, is that it traveled through the USPS system to a single recipient. The stuff that is distributed out of the back of my mailman's truck in large stacks that go into every mailbox along his route isn't one piece of mail to an individual person. If a company want's to mass mail everyone in a city, let them pay the same postage that we have to and print every flyer with a unique address. The USPS would make far more money that way, and maybe they could lower the price of the stamp (yeah right). Don't even get me started on the waste of trees for that matter.
One fix to this would be for USPS to stop SHOVING my mailbox FULL with advertisements that they get paid to distribute, but I never once requested or signed up for!!!
It seems that FB is really trying to find out everything that you 'Like' so that their marketing platform will be complete for their 'platform' charge into an advertising marketing. They will have an established network of sites that report back to FB what you like, and be able to sell that data to other ad services, or provide their own advertising service to each site in their network. Not only do they know what you are doing everyday (thanks to you), but every time you click that little 'Like' button you are selling a little piece of your soul for the (artist formerly known as the all-)mighty dollar. The sad fact isn't that people are giving away their souls for free, but that they are giving their soul away for free and couldn't care less about it. Apathy to data mining is a huge privacy issue in the world over. Honestly, how do we make people care enough to take some sort of action? But more importantly what action can you take? I would say one way would be to contribute to the EFF, but what else is there really?
Crying wolf will get you nowhere... But it sure is funny to watch you run around screaming in terror!!!
This will stop everyone from driving fast except for the most important group... the stupid people who don't care about their own life or yours. You guys know who you are. You're the ones who fly by the stopped car on the side of the highway at high speed. You're the ones who purposely run the red lights, or put your makeup on while driving.
http://www.reynholm.co.uk/images/douglas.jpg "God Damn... these electric sex pants!!!" Douglas Reynholm would like to have a word with you...
Your post brings to a head exactly what is wrong with what Facebook is trying to do. They are trying to say that even if you do not change anything on the server end, that you STILL don't have a right to choose what is displayed on your computer screen. What is next? Are the going to sue my eyelids when they try to stop them from pumping advertising into my brain??!?!?
I believed google was evil the moment it acquired doubleclick. In my opinion that company was spreading malware long before the term was even invented.
Blizzard actively (some would complain not actively enough) pursues gold farmers and cheaters. In my opinion their suit against the Glider tool proved very effectively that we have very little rights to run what we choose on our own computers in certain circumstances. They won the suit and the TOS was upheld in a court of law.
Maybe we should just buy some from Iran...
arbitrary 1.subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision. 2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute. 3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government. A ROM of a video game like Sonic the Hedgehog that has been well tested, well played, released on several systems is far from 'arbitrary code' running amok on the iPhone. This is probably some of the most well tested software out there. I know I tested the shit out of this app when I was 13. I suppose Sega could modify the code to blow up your iPhone, if they were trying for corporate branding suicide.
But what would I know? I only work for a newspaper and took two years of journalism classes.
Typical Journalist... *sigh* Spout of what you "know" without bothering to research it. For references of the same type of behavior see Fox News, CNN.com, MSNBC. They all do the same thing.