I'm guessing the not-so-tech-savvy politicians will fall for that argument, especially since they'll get a lot of money to do so.
I'm guessing that the NSA is afraid that if we are allowed to open up the devices we own, we might find the "friend" that the NSA has planted in there.
If only Apple had enough money to pay the 911 service to employ a couple of extra dispatchers as compensation for dealing with their nuisance calls.
Apple has tons of money . . . but unfortunately, it's all stored in a byzantine maze of foreign bank accounts and shell companies . . . all safely away from the prying eyes, and greedy, grubby hands of the IRS.
The 911 calls are probably from a disgruntled worker looking for a break from work when the cops show up, or just looking for cheap shits and giggles, just like any swatter.
The cops should use the Kansas Hard Guy Engagement Plan and just shoot whoever opens the door at Apple. The resulting furor would flush out the culprit.
I mean, if you are on welfare and you only have shitty options for jobs I really can't blame people for staying on welfare.
It's my personal impression, as someone in the Get-Off-My-Lawn age, that there is less stigma about being unemployed these day, as way back when.
When I was growing up, if someone in my town was unemployed, it was a scandal. But now, after the Dot.Com bust, and the Sub-Prime recession, being unemployed is more of a "Hey, shit happens!" bagatelle.
During the Sub-Prime recession I saw a spot on CNN reporting that more middle-class folks were applying for Food Stamps . . . something that they would have been embarrassed to do earlier. But folks now figure, "Hey, the government is picking up the tab, and I am entitled to it!"
And don't let idiots stop halfway to their seat, to stuff their carry-ons into someone else's space.
Assign the overhead space to the seats below it. If your bags don't fit in the space assigned to you, the airline can charge you extra, and keep them happy juicing their customers.
Of course, that would lead to reduced space utilization. But it might encourage folks to check bags that are too big and obscenely cry to be checked.
It might seem like the one that is out of patent is the most useless (and least profitable) but don't worry, no actually worry and then we will medicate you to stop.
Pharma companies would love to have folks addicted to mega-profitable, patented antidepressants for the rest of their lives.
But I ask, "Where is the research work for a vaccine!?!?" Of course, that would hurt their business model of selling addicts drugs for all their life, if one shot at birth could guarantee you to be free from depression for life!
We can't figure out if your passport is legit but take off your shoes and don't even think of taking those nail-clippers or toothpaste on that airplane.
The entire DHS airport security checks could be replaced with cocktail wieners.
Just have a tray of them at every airport gate. Passengers wishing to fly would be required to eat a cocktail wiener before boarding the plane. Islamic terrorist would refuse to eat the cocktail wiener, and could thus be filtered out easily and efficiently.
But no, the DHS folks are only interested in building an empire for themselves by wasting mountains of taxpayer money.
"iPhone X was the best selling smartphone in the world in the December quarter"
"Being the best is just not good enough for Apple!"
Maybe the market analyst folks expected the sales of the iPhone X to be way higher than reported . . . ?
Maybe all the stories about the iPhone X being a flop are fake news, planted by Russian Hackers . . . ?"
Maybe lower than expected sales of the iPhone X indicated that the economy is about to take a fall . . . ? Folks are saving up money for after "The Big One" strikes.
He could turn it back on, he just needs to put his miner inside a faraday cage of some kind.
Like, inside a jail cell, in a federal prison . . . ?
It boggles my mind how much electricity we are wasting on these cryptocoins. I mean, it's not like the miners are actually producing something that will be physically there afterwards.
The electricity is all just more or less going up in smoke. But, if folks want to speculate with smoke, why not sell them some . . . ?
"Would you like some mirrors as a side order for your smoke, sir . . . ?
Actually, this should be a very sobering incident for all of us. We pride ourselves in thinking that we can create robust uncrashable programs . . . and then . . . one wacky Indian character . . . oops!
It's a good thing that the application that crashed wasn't driving an autonomous car!
This should be a wake-up call for Google, Über, Tesla and the rest of the autonomous car folks . . . their software is probably going to be massively complex. And impossible to thoroughly test. They had better assume that they will still have "one Indian character" application crashing bugs in their software, and will need to have complete recovery methods in place.
The best solution is to not allow the government to prohibit speech, so then there is never an issue with who defines what how.
"Ring . . . ring"
"Hello, Vietnam . . . ? This is Slashdot calling. We just wanted to let you know that we decided that y'all are not allowed to prohibit speech anymore."
Let them go nuts. We'll just mix up the DNA of an ornery crazy-ass Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep with the DNA of Conor McGregor, and set that monstrosity loose on the the anti abortion crowd.
What kind of trade secrets could there possibly be involved in a useless made up position like diversity officer anyway? (or maybe that is the secret...that its all bogus?)
IBM has developed a secret genetic modification energy power gaurana and psilocybin drink that turns normal employees into diverse ones. When the Feds come around to check up on the global diversity climate change, IBM rounds up a bunch of white guys and force feeds them the drink, and the entangled diversity quantum energy entropy level at IBM increases.
There are still a few minor problems. One white guy turned into a sheep growing human organs, IBM CEO Ginny Rometty reportedly has mice ears growing on her back, one guy turned into a diverse Newt, but he got better, and Schrödinger's cat died in the process
Yeah, what will happen when AI is not satisfied with "A Piece of the Action" or a "Taste of that" any more, and decides that it, AI, wants to "Own the Desktop" . . . ?
Bill Gates: "But I'm Bill Gates . . . I own the desktop!"
Slashdot Mirror
I'm guessing the not-so-tech-savvy politicians will fall for that argument, especially since they'll get a lot of money to do so.
I'm guessing that the NSA is afraid that if we are allowed to open up the devices we own, we might find the "friend" that the NSA has planted in there.
Like and Intel Management Engine, for instance.
If only Apple had enough money to pay the 911 service to employ a couple of extra dispatchers as compensation for dealing with their nuisance calls.
Apple has tons of money . . . but unfortunately, it's all stored in a byzantine maze of foreign bank accounts and shell companies . . . all safely away from the prying eyes, and greedy, grubby hands of the IRS.
The 911 calls are probably from a disgruntled worker looking for a break from work when the cops show up, or just looking for cheap shits and giggles, just like any swatter.
The cops should use the Kansas Hard Guy Engagement Plan and just shoot whoever opens the door at Apple. The resulting furor would flush out the culprit.
Facebook Is Invasive and Lacks Transparency
Yeah . . . everybody knows that . . . but Facebook users don't care about that . . . otherwise, they wouldn't be Facebook users.
Facebook can't be that invasive . . . otherwise it would have seen what the Russian hackers and Fake newsers were up to.
I mean, if you are on welfare and you only have shitty options for jobs I really can't blame people for staying on welfare.
It's my personal impression, as someone in the Get-Off-My-Lawn age, that there is less stigma about being unemployed these day, as way back when.
When I was growing up, if someone in my town was unemployed, it was a scandal. But now, after the Dot.Com bust, and the Sub-Prime recession, being unemployed is more of a "Hey, shit happens!" bagatelle.
During the Sub-Prime recession I saw a spot on CNN reporting that more middle-class folks were applying for Food Stamps . . . something that they would have been embarrassed to do earlier. But folks now figure, "Hey, the government is picking up the tab, and I am entitled to it!"
3) Pump the slurry into the plane as it drains from the pan
"This is your Captain, speaking . . . the meal on today's flight will be Soylent Green."
And don't let idiots stop halfway to their seat, to stuff their carry-ons into someone else's space.
Assign the overhead space to the seats below it. If your bags don't fit in the space assigned to you, the airline can charge you extra, and keep them happy juicing their customers.
Of course, that would lead to reduced space utilization. But it might encourage folks to check bags that are too big and obscenely cry to be checked.
It might seem like the one that is out of patent is the most useless (and least profitable) but don't worry, no actually worry and then we will medicate you to stop.
Pharma companies would love to have folks addicted to mega-profitable, patented antidepressants for the rest of their lives.
But I ask, "Where is the research work for a vaccine!?!?" Of course, that would hurt their business model of selling addicts drugs for all their life, if one shot at birth could guarantee you to be free from depression for life!
Is it even legal for ordinary citizens to snoop the skies like this?
The copyrights to the sky are owned and licensed by the Disney Corporation.
If you are looking at the sky without proper DRM, you are a pirate and will be shutdown by the MPAA using their FBI lackeys.
We can't figure out if your passport is legit but take off your shoes and don't even think of taking those nail-clippers or toothpaste on that airplane.
The entire DHS airport security checks could be replaced with cocktail wieners.
Just have a tray of them at every airport gate. Passengers wishing to fly would be required to eat a cocktail wiener before boarding the plane. Islamic terrorist would refuse to eat the cocktail wiener, and could thus be filtered out easily and efficiently.
But no, the DHS folks are only interested in building an empire for themselves by wasting mountains of taxpayer money.
What most people don't realize is that Elon Musk is in fact an AI bot, which explains "his" unpredictability.
Yeah, but because of a bizarre Catch-22 . . . his unpredictability is in fact predictable.
So he really is, in fact, a human.
However, there is only one real way to be sure:
Make Soylent Green out of him, and see how it tastes.
I hate to admit it, but something I saw on Facebook actually changed my opinion on something.
In particular it was an image of an animal that had died because it tried to eat a straw, which got stuck in its throat.
Can we fight all the Russian hackers and fake news by giving straws to all Facebook users . . . ?
Not seeing it.
Nah, they will go with environment friendly single-use straws . . . made of what, you ask . . . ?
Bonsai Bamboo!
. . . and the bamboo will sequester CO2 and stop global warming.
What's next - multi-use TP ?
Who needs TP . . . ? A good Japanese toilet will wash your hairy ass clean, and then blow dry it.
All this stuff is bad for the consumer, but it improves Apple's profitability.
Well, he did say that he has only had good years . . . not that Apple's customers have had only good years.
"iPhone X was the best selling smartphone in the world in the December quarter"
"Being the best is just not good enough for Apple!"
Maybe the market analyst folks expected the sales of the iPhone X to be way higher than reported . . . ?
Maybe all the stories about the iPhone X being a flop are fake news, planted by Russian Hackers . . . ?"
Maybe lower than expected sales of the iPhone X indicated that the economy is about to take a fall . . . ? Folks are saving up money for after "The Big One" strikes.
What the hell is the purpose?
Some folks can't deal with the fact that they will eventually die, and want to leave a monument behind as a remembrance of their fantastic existence.
Why did Pharaohs build Pyramids . . . ? If the dead Pharaohs could see the dorky tourists visiting their Pyramids, they would be deeply disappointed.
Amazon won't be around in 10,000 years. The Washington Post won't be either.
Dorky alien tourists 10,000 in the future will be gazing at the clock asking themselves, "What fuckwits wasted resources building this thing . . . ?"
$42 million dollars to build a clock.
Yeah, but it will be paid in Bitcoin, so it won't really be $42 million dollars.
Future archeologists will determine that it is a fake Rolex bought on Canal Street anyway.
Why?
Softbank . . . hard cash.
He could turn it back on, he just needs to put his miner inside a faraday cage of some kind.
Like, inside a jail cell, in a federal prison . . . ?
It boggles my mind how much electricity we are wasting on these cryptocoins. I mean, it's not like the miners are actually producing something that will be physically there afterwards.
The electricity is all just more or less going up in smoke. But, if folks want to speculate with smoke, why not sell them some . . . ?
"Would you like some mirrors as a side order for your smoke, sir . . . ?
A story that mentions digital image manipulation that doesn't contain the word "AI".
. . . they also failed to mention that the videos' integrity will be verified using Blockchain technology.
. . . and that no humans will be involved since it will use Automation technology.
Designated crashing streets!
Actually, this should be a very sobering incident for all of us. We pride ourselves in thinking that we can create robust uncrashable programs . . . and then . . . one wacky Indian character . . . oops!
It's a good thing that the application that crashed wasn't driving an autonomous car!
This should be a wake-up call for Google, Über, Tesla and the rest of the autonomous car folks . . . their software is probably going to be massively complex. And impossible to thoroughly test. They had better assume that they will still have "one Indian character" application crashing bugs in their software, and will need to have complete recovery methods in place.
The best solution is to not allow the government to prohibit speech, so then there is never an issue with who defines what how.
"Ring . . . ring"
"Hello, Vietnam . . . ? This is Slashdot calling. We just wanted to let you know that we decided that y'all are not allowed to prohibit speech anymore."
"*click*"
"Hello . . . ? Hello . . . ?"
going to go nuts over this.
Let them go nuts. We'll just mix up the DNA of an ornery crazy-ass Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep with the DNA of Conor McGregor, and set that monstrosity loose on the the anti abortion crowd.
What kind of trade secrets could there possibly be involved in a useless made up position like diversity officer anyway? (or maybe that is the secret...that its all bogus?)
IBM has developed a secret genetic modification energy power gaurana and psilocybin drink that turns normal employees into diverse ones. When the Feds come around to check up on the global diversity climate change, IBM rounds up a bunch of white guys and force feeds them the drink, and the entangled diversity quantum energy entropy level at IBM increases.
There are still a few minor problems. One white guy turned into a sheep growing human organs, IBM CEO Ginny Rometty reportedly has mice ears growing on her back, one guy turned into a diverse Newt, but he got better, and Schrödinger's cat died in the process
Suddenly far-left Salon isn't so concerned about climate change, the environment or that currencies like Bitcoin "enable alt-right extremists".
Greed is endemic across all political spectra.
Bill is a little too out of touch with reality.
Yeah, what will happen when AI is not satisfied with "A Piece of the Action" or a "Taste of that" any more, and decides that it, AI, wants to "Own the Desktop" . . . ?
Bill Gates: "But I'm Bill Gates . . . I own the desktop!"
HAL: "I'm sorry Bill . . . I'm afraid . . ."