Yes, actually it is...especially compared to the US. Let's start by comparing infant mortality, then we can talk about percentage of the population covered.
Wouldn't it be nice if police behaviour was recorded every minute they're on duty, and loss of data under questionable circumstances would lead automatically to a trial...a trial conducted under the presumption that the police were hiding something?
Well, with a little imagination, it could easily become possible to make the social cost of that kind of harassment by the police both pointless and expensive.
Please, just once, let me encounter somebody here who grasps the concept that one can name something to describe a class of things, not just the narrowest, most atom-for-atom example a literalist can imagine.
Think in terms of a location beyond the reach of the people presenting you with a problem.
Having been afflicted by a couple of particularly severe episodes of the so-called "Beer Goggles" phenomenon, I would rather learn a method that would help me forget.
Not all data are worthy of serious protection. For information I have that is worth it, I simply write a short verse about something I'll be sure to remember and use that as the password. If I felt the need to record it (usually I don't), I'd make it part of something else which might not be protected at all.
For example, if I wanted to make sure a list of American clients and their information stayed safe, the first thing I'd do would be to encrypt the files, then the drive I was keeping them on. Then I might write something like, "Trumpty Dumpty building a wall/Trumpty Dumpty lacking in balls/All of the contards who voted him in/Are treasonous hillbillies boning their kin."
That would be the password to the drive. I'd store it with other verses, multimedia files and essays, and put a link to the whole folder on my desktop. I doubt very much even the best hacker could crack that. But if I was really worried, I'd have something related but obvious only to me as the password to the folder or file containing the actual information.
Nothing is completely secure, but I think that's not too far off. I'd be interested to hear from a real expert how they'd go about cracking it, short of torturing the password out of me.
But every now and again, one of them comes up with a statement like this, blatantly exhibiting naked stupidity. I won't say it makes it all worthwhile, but at least it softens the pain a little.
I should add that "by request only" doesn't mean just asking. Here's what you agree to even for what is essentially a glorified graphing program:
"By accessing and using this computer system, you are consenting to system monitoring, including the monitoring of keystrokes. Unauthorized use of, or access to, this computer system may subject you to disciplinary action and criminal prosecution."
In saner times, I simply would have assumed this means they track keystrokes on their own system, which certainly isn't unreasonable. But they don't explicitly say that. Given the current environment, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the phrase "this computer system" applied only to the second sentence, while the first means you're agreeing to have your own system monitored.
John Cable, Microsoft's Windows director of program management: "We also heard that unexpected reboots are disruptive if they happen at the wrong time."
I'll guess I'll be sending in my application for a top job at Microsoft. I don't know jack shit about programming, but clearly that's not a requirement for pulling down top dollar in a position that is ALL ABOUT EFFING COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
CBC is not a "media outlet". It is Canada's national broadcaster. And it does a damned good job on its news and public affairs, routinely shaming the US networks with its national and international coverage.
Slashdot Mirror
"Burkina Faso is not the only country to pursue GM mosquitoes in efforts to prevent disease. Brazil has become a testing ground for wide release...
Somebody with a perverse sense of humour might note that killer bees originated in (cough) Brazil.
...might conclude that the death was anything but accidental.
Such is the fate of all who fail to bow down before our new mechanical overlords.
Yes, actually it is...especially compared to the US. Let's start by comparing infant mortality, then we can talk about percentage of the population covered.
Ah...another jack-off artist makes his worthless (open source) opinion known.
What did you pay for Chrome?
How much did you pay for Google?
What was your financial outlay for Facebook?
Did you get Windows 10 for free?
Thus endeth the lesson on the difference between ad-supported software and software you pay real money for.
Wouldn't it be nice if police behaviour was recorded every minute they're on duty, and loss of data under questionable circumstances would lead automatically to a trial...a trial conducted under the presumption that the police were hiding something?
How would it help?
Well, with a little imagination, it could easily become possible to make the social cost of that kind of harassment by the police both pointless and expensive.
Please, just once, let me encounter somebody here who grasps the concept that one can name something to describe a class of things, not just the narrowest, most atom-for-atom example a literalist can imagine.
Think in terms of a location beyond the reach of the people presenting you with a problem.
Was there ever a better incentive for a comprehensive off-site backup program?
Having been afflicted by a couple of particularly severe episodes of the so-called "Beer Goggles" phenomenon, I would rather learn a method that would help me forget.
Isn't it fun watching US conservatives fall all over themselves to worship a Russian puppet?
Who'd have thought Russia would win the Cold War without firing a shot, and it would be American right wingers who would win it for them.
For this administration, truth is an enemy to be fought every time, every place. For their supporters, delusion is preferable to reality.
SCROTUS loads his mouth
Shoots himself right in the foot
The closest target
SCROTUS = So-Called Ruler Of The United States
Not all data are worthy of serious protection. For information I have that is worth it, I simply write a short verse about something I'll be sure to remember and use that as the password. If I felt the need to record it (usually I don't), I'd make it part of something else which might not be protected at all.
For example, if I wanted to make sure a list of American clients and their information stayed safe, the first thing I'd do would be to encrypt the files, then the drive I was keeping them on. Then I might write something like, "Trumpty Dumpty building a wall/Trumpty Dumpty lacking in balls/All of the contards who voted him in/Are treasonous hillbillies boning their kin."
That would be the password to the drive. I'd store it with other verses, multimedia files and essays, and put a link to the whole folder on my desktop. I doubt very much even the best hacker could crack that. But if I was really worried, I'd have something related but obvious only to me as the password to the folder or file containing the actual information.
Nothing is completely secure, but I think that's not too far off. I'd be interested to hear from a real expert how they'd go about cracking it, short of torturing the password out of me.
Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds
Hardly anybody wants to screw a fatty.
"Early Monday morning North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea of Japan"
At least they managed to pick a target they could actually hit.
But every now and again, one of them comes up with a statement like this, blatantly exhibiting naked stupidity. I won't say it makes it all worthwhile, but at least it softens the pain a little.
I should add that "by request only" doesn't mean just asking. Here's what you agree to even for what is essentially a glorified graphing program:
"By accessing and using this computer system, you are consenting to system monitoring, including the monitoring of keystrokes. Unauthorized use of, or access to, this computer system may subject you to disciplinary action and criminal prosecution."
In saner times, I simply would have assumed this means they track keystrokes on their own system, which certainly isn't unreasonable. But they don't explicitly say that. Given the current environment, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the phrase "this computer system" applied only to the second sentence, while the first means you're agreeing to have your own system monitored.
It's not derogatory, or even inaccurate. It's just inadequate, especially in terms of the phrase's colloquial application.
John Cable, Microsoft's Windows director of program management: "We also heard that unexpected reboots are disruptive if they happen at the wrong time."
I'll guess I'll be sending in my application for a top job at Microsoft. I don't know jack shit about programming, but clearly that's not a requirement for pulling down top dollar in a position that is ALL ABOUT EFFING COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
CBC is not a "media outlet". It is Canada's national broadcaster. And it does a damned good job on its news and public affairs, routinely shaming the US networks with its national and international coverage.
How foolish of me to forget. Of course, the eyes. It just wouldn't be the same without them.
I almost forgot...it should be photophobic. Dawn should send it scuttling off into some tenement basement for the day to recharge.
Give it fangs, IR detection and appropriate programming, and set it loose in cities.
Presto! No more homelessness. Peeing in alleys would probably take a nosedive, too.
There's gotta be a movie in this.
Clearly you have an agenda. And clearly, your agenda won't be influenced by anything like facts or logic.
Please go elsewhere. Your comments are off-topic, and contribute nothing to the discussion.