No, nor would I die if my car, television, iPod, computers, etc. all vanished tomorrow. So your point seems a bit vague. People managed to eat and find shelter long before we had civilization, your implication not nothing else has any value is, if you will pardon the phrase, most uncivilized.
From what I have seen, typically these millionaire altruists propose raising rates on the taxes they don't pay anyway. Nice inexpensive way to kick up some positive PR.
I wonder if there is really enough demand for this. Surely there can't be that many people who have to be back in NYC the same day. As I recall, the Concorde had the same problem, low demand.
I don't pay any fees, and I don't pay the first $50. That's the case with all three credit cards I own. I don't carry around the card I use for automated payments, but that's still a good point for those who might do so.
Thanks goodness my life isn't subject to your opinion as to what is useful. Civilization depends on people having different preferences and priorities.
China has had WeChat Pay and quite a few other integrated functions (e.g. adding minutes to phone card) for quite some time. It even allows one to send money to other WeChat users, assuming both have a linked bank account.
I was interested more details on the Mass General incident with their payroll portal. But I could not find any references to it outside of this mention. Has anyone had better luck, or better searching skills?
Exactly. I worked for a hospital, and there was a huge breach of data related to doctors and nurses PII. They felt they didn't need to report anything, eventually one of the residents tattled to a local newspaper and it became a minor story.
I can't find the details, but I vaguely recall Oracle doing this with other 'patches' as well, simply blacklisting the exploit instead of fixing the vulnerability.
Best idea other than not have one might be to get a copycat phone from China. I figure there's a lot less threat if the Chinese government spies on me.
Snowden’s leaks have complicated the encryption issue, Obama said, by "elevating people’s suspicions" of government surveillance.
How did law enforcement solve crimes and gather intelligence before we had smartphones? I guess all the child pornographers and terrorists got away clean.
Really excellent points! Except, the set of no pears is in fact distinguishable from the set of no apples. They have different names. Ok sorry, dumb joke. Anyway, thanks, I am reconsidering my initial reaction.
It only works if one assumes that this level of school is merely job training. Some could argue that education is about broadening knowledge and exercising the brain, not just 'how am I going to use this in real life?'
At first I thought all this complaining was a bunch of nonsense and that it was a bit of an interesting story. Then I realized that I had misread the summary. This wasn't code that was developed for the Mars rover, it was code that just happened to also be used in the Mars rover. Interest gone, complaining agreed with.
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No, nor would I die if my car, television, iPod, computers, etc. all vanished tomorrow. So your point seems a bit vague. People managed to eat and find shelter long before we had civilization, your implication not nothing else has any value is, if you will pardon the phrase, most uncivilized.
From what I have seen, typically these millionaire altruists propose raising rates on the taxes they don't pay anyway. Nice inexpensive way to kick up some positive PR.
I wonder if there is really enough demand for this. Surely there can't be that many people who have to be back in NYC the same day. As I recall, the Concorde had the same problem, low demand.
I don't pay any fees, and I don't pay the first $50. That's the case with all three credit cards I own. I don't carry around the card I use for automated payments, but that's still a good point for those who might do so.
I don't understand what you mean. My card is perfectly safe. I am 100% not liable for fraudulent charges.
Thanks goodness my life isn't subject to your opinion as to what is useful. Civilization depends on people having different preferences and priorities.
Because that is 200 lottery tickets.
What does this have to do with democracy? You have to put up with stuff no matter where you go.
China has had WeChat Pay and quite a few other integrated functions (e.g. adding minutes to phone card) for quite some time. It even allows one to send money to other WeChat users, assuming both have a linked bank account.
I was interested more details on the Mass General incident with their payroll portal. But I could not find any references to it outside of this mention. Has anyone had better luck, or better searching skills?
Exactly. I worked for a hospital, and there was a huge breach of data related to doctors and nurses PII. They felt they didn't need to report anything, eventually one of the residents tattled to a local newspaper and it became a minor story.
Sounds like a rotten deal for consumers. Cheap rides? What next, cheap education? Prices will rise in the future regardless.
Now all we need to do is decrypt their iPhones and all our problems will be over!
That's a good point, I had overlooked this. I don't care much about the credit cards, which are the bank s problem. But the rest.
I can't find the details, but I vaguely recall Oracle doing this with other 'patches' as well, simply blacklisting the exploit instead of fixing the vulnerability.
Snowden’s leaks have complicated the encryption issue, Obama said, by "elevating people’s suspicions" of government surveillance.
I think he meant 'validating' not 'elevating.'
How did law enforcement solve crimes and gather intelligence before we had smartphones? I guess all the child pornographers and terrorists got away clean.
No doubt there is a clique of policy wonks telling the gov how great the 'stimulus' will be for their moribund economy.
Just a quick overview, but it appears the selection of PINs obeys Benford's Law
TFA also explains why the author believes the dataset is relevant for ATM PINs and similar.
Isn't it one of the immutable laws of security that physical possession means the device is owned? Apple is trying to make this not so immutable.
Really excellent points! Except, the set of no pears is in fact distinguishable from the set of no apples. They have different names. Ok sorry, dumb joke. Anyway, thanks, I am reconsidering my initial reaction.
It only works if one assumes that this level of school is merely job training. Some could argue that education is about broadening knowledge and exercising the brain, not just 'how am I going to use this in real life?'
Considering 100% of humans are at least in part scared of anything new. 25% acceptance years before this technology is ready is pretty good.
At first I thought all this complaining was a bunch of nonsense and that it was a bit of an interesting story. Then I realized that I had misread the summary. This wasn't code that was developed for the Mars rover, it was code that just happened to also be used in the Mars rover. Interest gone, complaining agreed with.