I think I have to agree with "Opportunist" on this. If I was Joe Average Guy who got upgraded to Win10 and didn't know they were collecting data, that's one thing. But my job involves knowing better, and being able to deliver confidentiality when I promise it.
This means I am responsible for what my OS is doing with other people's private information. In my case, due diligence means actually reading the EULA, or having my lawyer do so. If I got hacked somehow that wouldn't be a problem, as long as I'd taken all reasonable steps to ensure the security of my clients' information. Shit happens. But if I installed an operating system famous for sending every scrap of data it can scrape off its host machine to a third party I'd be truly screwed.
So when I offer a client confidentiality, it's supposed to be between him/her and me...Oh, and those guys over there at Microsoft. The guys who have already proved they'll roll over for any of the US letter agencies (and probably the government of Communist China among many others), and who have proved in the past to be embarrassingly incapable of "not fucking up".
Not happening.
My business computers will never, ever have Windows 10 on them. And that is one of my selling points.
If what you say is true, the military would be better off choosing a less incendiary excuse for wanting more money. This is especially the case given that so many Republicans deny Global Warming is anything more than some kind of excuse for scientists to get handouts from the gubmint.
They didn't, which speaks volumes about how real and dangerous they know GW actually is.
I can't help but be a little amused at all the people saying cities could never ban Diesel because there's no acceptable alternative.
There is, of course, just not for long-haul trucking.
There's two ways goods get delivered by truck in a city. One is the big semi comes right into town with its container. The other is that the semi goes to a transit hub somewhere around the periphery of the city and offloads its cargo into smaller trucks.
In either case, the answer is simple: detach the container at a hub and have it taken into the city by an electric or hydrogen truck. Or just off-load the cargo onto a fleet of smaller trucks that meet the city's emission standards.
You would fall into the "Other Loons" category. If you're trying to debunk GW on your own time (and fail, of course), the Kochs wouldn't pay you anyway. Why would they? It would be like paying a guy to clean a gas station toilet when he's stupid enough to do it for free.
Cue the Global Warming Deniers, Trumpster Divers, Koch-paid commenters and other loons.
Meanwhile, organizations like the US military have to look squarely at the reality of Climate Change and try to protect the country from its consequences...despite the best efforts of the fossil fuel lobbyists and their drooling, willfully ignorant dupes.
So the guy made $1.56 million on the phones, and the longest jail sentence he can get is 10 years. That works out to an annual salary of at least $150,000, assuming he was smart enough to put the money somewhere safe.
In the wake of this earth-shattering announcement, here is what thousands of media professionals are thinking as they stare at a bottle of pills and a litre of vodka, and quietly contemplate the fact that they will now have to deal in real time with every jackass in their organization who believes a PhD in some totally unrelated field, a nepotistically-acquired position in the hierarchy, their raw intelligence (as defined by the Dunning Kruger Effect), or their knowledge of "how we did things with Word Perfect", make them qualified to completely rewrite the rewrite of the rewrite of the edit of the presentation they just spent all weekend on (because it had to be done and dusted "the day before yesterday"):
"Only one title is suitable for this feature. It MUST bear the title, 'Corporate Clusterfuck'."
Remember when Google and Facebook and Microsoft and other huge tech corporations used to insist that engaging with Communist China and other totalitarian regimes was the best way to make them more free?
It seems more like these corporations have wound helping the totalitarians consolidate their hold on their countries. And all the while they've been helping the worst elements of our own governments track, monitor and control us.
And then there's gobshyttes like you, who refuse to acknowledge the difference between "breaking the law" by speeding a few K over the limit and "breaking the law" by doing 130K through a school zone while blind drunk in a car with bad brakes.
The people you speak of are only interested in discussing one kind of subsidy. The hundreds of subsidies (a tax break is also a subsidy, by the way), hidden and overt, that go to the fossil fuel sector, are supposed to pass without comment, even though they dwarf subsidies and tax breaks to all other energy sectors. Even the notoriously tax-greedy nuclear generation sector doesn't come close.
That would never happen. As a "liberal", I'm surprised you haven't noticed this. Even when handed large amounts of money, they simply off-shore the money for the benefit of stockholders.
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I think I have to agree with "Opportunist" on this. If I was Joe Average Guy who got upgraded to Win10 and didn't know they were collecting data, that's one thing. But my job involves knowing better, and being able to deliver confidentiality when I promise it.
This means I am responsible for what my OS is doing with other people's private information. In my case, due diligence means actually reading the EULA, or having my lawyer do so. If I got hacked somehow that wouldn't be a problem, as long as I'd taken all reasonable steps to ensure the security of my clients' information. Shit happens. But if I installed an operating system famous for sending every scrap of data it can scrape off its host machine to a third party I'd be truly screwed.
Get a lobotomy and buy a gun.
All will become clear.
So when I offer a client confidentiality, it's supposed to be between him/her and me...Oh, and those guys over there at Microsoft. The guys who have already proved they'll roll over for any of the US letter agencies (and probably the government of Communist China among many others), and who have proved in the past to be embarrassingly incapable of "not fucking up".
Not happening.
My business computers will never, ever have Windows 10 on them. And that is one of my selling points.
Not a bad hourly wage, either. ;-)
If what you say is true, the military would be better off choosing a less incendiary excuse for wanting more money. This is especially the case given that so many Republicans deny Global Warming is anything more than some kind of excuse for scientists to get handouts from the gubmint.
They didn't, which speaks volumes about how real and dangerous they know GW actually is.
I can't help but be a little amused at all the people saying cities could never ban Diesel because there's no acceptable alternative.
There is, of course, just not for long-haul trucking.
There's two ways goods get delivered by truck in a city. One is the big semi comes right into town with its container. The other is that the semi goes to a transit hub somewhere around the periphery of the city and offloads its cargo into smaller trucks.
In either case, the answer is simple: detach the container at a hub and have it taken into the city by an electric or hydrogen truck. Or just off-load the cargo onto a fleet of smaller trucks that meet the city's emission standards.
This is not rocket science.
You would fall into the "Other Loons" category. If you're trying to debunk GW on your own time (and fail, of course), the Kochs wouldn't pay you anyway. Why would they? It would be like paying a guy to clean a gas station toilet when he's stupid enough to do it for free.
Cue the Global Warming Deniers, Trumpster Divers, Koch-paid commenters and other loons.
Meanwhile, organizations like the US military have to look squarely at the reality of Climate Change and try to protect the country from its consequences...despite the best efforts of the fossil fuel lobbyists and their drooling, willfully ignorant dupes.
So the guy made $1.56 million on the phones, and the longest jail sentence he can get is 10 years. That works out to an annual salary of at least $150,000, assuming he was smart enough to put the money somewhere safe.
Not a bad wage.
Gee,to this observer with no stake in the conversation it looks rather more like Capsaicin pretty much owned your ass.
So to keep with your preferred format...
Hylandr: Losr. Recorded.
In the wake of this earth-shattering announcement, here is what thousands of media professionals are thinking as they stare at a bottle of pills and a litre of vodka, and quietly contemplate the fact that they will now have to deal in real time with every jackass in their organization who believes a PhD in some totally unrelated field, a nepotistically-acquired position in the hierarchy, their raw intelligence (as defined by the Dunning Kruger Effect), or their knowledge of "how we did things with Word Perfect", make them qualified to completely rewrite the rewrite of the rewrite of the edit of the presentation they just spent all weekend on (because it had to be done and dusted "the day before yesterday"):
"Only one title is suitable for this feature. It MUST bear the title, 'Corporate Clusterfuck'."
Remember when Google and Facebook and Microsoft and other huge tech corporations used to insist that engaging with Communist China and other totalitarian regimes was the best way to make them more free?
It seems more like these corporations have wound helping the totalitarians consolidate their hold on their countries. And all the while they've been helping the worst elements of our own governments track, monitor and control us.
And then there's gobshyttes like you, who refuse to acknowledge the difference between "breaking the law" by speeding a few K over the limit and "breaking the law" by doing 130K through a school zone while blind drunk in a car with bad brakes.
Sounds like it's time for Canada to build a floating wall, if Trumpsters are already trying to assert ownership over the whole body of water.
Not to mention that Minnesota and Wisconsin share a bit of shoreline, and might object to the characterization.
The people you speak of are only interested in discussing one kind of subsidy. The hundreds of subsidies (a tax break is also a subsidy, by the way), hidden and overt, that go to the fossil fuel sector, are supposed to pass without comment, even though they dwarf subsidies and tax breaks to all other energy sectors. Even the notoriously tax-greedy nuclear generation sector doesn't come close.
Contrary to the moron's allegation, I actually recognize your name. I also respect your opinion, though I don't always agree with it.
Your last sentence reveals exactly what kind of a clueless moron you are. If you don't know why, you can easily find out with The Google.
Why are they attacking him? Because he is an agent of change. And the only change they want is to return to a past that never was.
You believe there's only one type of lubricant for all wind turbines?
Isn't that cute!
Buddy above has described you to a tee.
Hire a writer. Clearly, you aren't up to the job of expressing what passes for an opinion in your milieu.
What...you never put lipstick on your hand for those special evenings?
Fairness forces me to note that you, too, are a Slashdot denizen.
Man, if I had a nickel for every time some kind of sensory saturation forced a premature release...
That would never happen. As a "liberal", I'm surprised you haven't noticed this. Even when handed large amounts of money, they simply off-shore the money for the benefit of stockholders.
...to note that Samsung's profits for this year went up in flames?