As far as I can tell this is standard operating procedure for insurance companies.
They'll happily take your money in exchange for 'insurance' for X. They get your money, you get peace of mind, it's all hearts and flowers.
It's just that if at some point you want them to follow through on their end of the deal... Well, then you're obviously a cheating, swindling bastard bilking them out of their money. Any excuse to deny a claim; if they can't manage that often enough they'll lobby for changes in laws to make it easier to do in the future.
The nerve of some people, expecting insurance companies to pay up when they make a claim.
Moral hazard is part of the insurance business- hire some people who are better at math so you can price your insurance product accordingly.
I could've sworn I remembered seeing something on my monthly iPhone bill... Ah, there it is.
" DATA PLAN IPHONE 12/02-01/01 30.00 30.00
Data Unlimited 12/02-01/01 0.00 0.00
Includes:
DATA ACCESS "
See, AT&T? It's right where you printed it. Unlimited data for a predetermined cost.
Now, AT&T, if you would please GTFO of here with this talk about billing me based on usage or prepare for me to take advantage of change in ToS so I can get out of my contract without penalty.
Best regards, A guy who's looking forward to his contract ending so he can get an Android on a network that hopefully sucks less.
TV isn't hugely important to me, if I somehow find that I desperately miss a particular 30 second segment I'm sure I can find it somewhere on the interwebs.
To address the transcoding aspect, it plays lots of formats. MPG as I mentioned already, but also mkv's. I'll eventually be transcoding all of my recordings into mkv's.
As for dying regularly and being produced by a corporation "that is[sic] famous for being evil"... Not to start a flamewar (or take a troll's bait) but I think you're confusing the PS3 with some other game system whose name starts with X...
PS3 uses... substantially more. And don't they have a reputation for dying?
So let's see... Costs more, less reliable, uses more power, and is produced by a corporation that famous for being evil. Yep, you definitely picked a winner there.
I'm still using MythTV for recording TV, but I'm currently selling off my MythFrontends.
For viewing I've switched to an LG BD390. Much less hassle, plays everything I've thrown at (including HD streams recorded by the MythBackend) via UPnP and also does NetFlix and YouTube streaming.
I did some custom file 'fingerprinting' work some time ago when management didn't want to spring for Tripwire. For each file, the system stored both the md5sum and an shasum in addition to the file size. Figured that it was sufficiently improbable that a single altered file could collide in both hashing functions, particularly without changing in file size.
Granted, a rootkit could probably mess with return values to make it look as though the file hadn't changed at all, but at that point monitoring binaries and config files for changes isn't going to help.
I started with PayMyBills. I abandoned them and switched to Paytrust after PayMyBills got behind on processing incoming bills and were making late payments.
Yep. I used paymybills.com too, and loved them- right up until my car insurance got canceled because they didn't process my bills for two months. It was a really great situation, because, not being bills, they also didn't 'process' the cancellation warnings and notices that they surely received.
I really like the idea of 'outsourcing' bill paying but I don't trust anyone to manage it properly except myself.
That's right. But it does imply that they're the same.
"Anyone who has used a derivative of Unix over the past 20 years has used Bash, which stands for Borne Again Shell."
The implication that 'bash' has been shipping with the majority of UNIX-like operating systems for 20 years betrays the submitter's failure to distinguish between 'sh' and 'bash'.
Hence with the pointing out that they're not the same.
"Anyone who has used a derivative of Unix over the past 20 years has used Bash, which stands for Borne Again Shell."
'sh' has been shipping with UNIX operating systems for ages; 'bash' has only recently.
IIRC, it didn't ship with Solaris 7 and I know that Solaris 8 at the very least didn't have it installed by default. Do believe it's installed as part of Solaris 9 and above. As far as AIX goes, I'm guessing bash only came in with 5L. HPUX... yeah, right.
All the same, just from the summary, as soon as I got to the notion that boxes would be loaned back and forth between companies my spider-sense got all unpleasant and tingly.
I don't think I care whether my cloud is open or proprietary, as long as security is designed in from the start and not an afterthought.
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As far as I can tell this is standard operating procedure for insurance companies.
They'll happily take your money in exchange for 'insurance' for X. They get your money, you get peace of mind, it's all hearts and flowers.
It's just that if at some point you want them to follow through on their end of the deal... Well, then you're obviously a cheating, swindling bastard bilking them out of their money. Any excuse to deny a claim; if they can't manage that often enough they'll lobby for changes in laws to make it easier to do in the future.
The nerve of some people, expecting insurance companies to pay up when they make a claim.
Moral hazard is part of the insurance business- hire some people who are better at math so you can price your insurance product accordingly.
Dear AT&T,
I could've sworn I remembered seeing something on my monthly iPhone bill... Ah, there it is.
" DATA PLAN IPHONE 12/02-01/01 30.00 30.00
Data Unlimited 12/02-01/01 0.00 0.00
Includes:
DATA ACCESS "
See, AT&T? It's right where you printed it. Unlimited data for a predetermined cost.
Now, AT&T, if you would please GTFO of here with this talk about billing me based on usage or prepare for me to take advantage of change in ToS so I can get out of my contract without penalty.
Best regards,
A guy who's looking forward to his contract ending so he can get an Android on a network that hopefully sucks less.
TV isn't hugely important to me, if I somehow find that I desperately miss a particular 30 second segment I'm sure I can find it somewhere on the interwebs.
To address the transcoding aspect, it plays lots of formats. MPG as I mentioned already, but also mkv's. I'll eventually be transcoding all of my recordings into mkv's.
No problem.
I just record HD (mpg) streams using my HDHomeRun. They play perfectly on the BD390.
Doesn't help with your .nuv's, though. Sorry. :-(
As for dying regularly and being produced by a corporation "that is[sic] famous for being evil" ... Not to start a flamewar (or take a troll's bait) but I think you're confusing the PS3 with some other game system whose name starts with X ...
Reputation for dying:
http://www.google.com/search?q=yellow+ring+of+death
Evil corporation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal
No confusion here.
BD390 uses something like 18 watts.
PS3 uses... substantially more. And don't they have a reputation for dying?
So let's see... Costs more, less reliable, uses more power, and is produced by a corporation that famous for being evil. Yep, you definitely picked a winner there.
As far as modifying during playback...
It supposedly supports captions with .mkv files.
At some point I need to write a script to clip commercials from and transcode Myth's recordings into mkvs with subtitles.
And before anyone asks- no, I'm not remotely concerned about inaccurate results from trusting mythcommflag to catch commercials.
Does it stream NetFlix?
Network AV streaming devices are a dime a dozen these days. NetFlix is the killer feature of the BD390.
I'm still using MythTV for recording TV, but I'm currently selling off my MythFrontends.
For viewing I've switched to an LG BD390. Much less hassle, plays everything I've thrown at (including HD streams recorded by the MythBackend) via UPnP and also does NetFlix and YouTube streaming.
I did some custom file 'fingerprinting' work some time ago when management didn't want to spring for Tripwire. For each file, the system stored both the md5sum and an shasum in addition to the file size. Figured that it was sufficiently improbable that a single altered file could collide in both hashing functions, particularly without changing in file size.
Granted, a rootkit could probably mess with return values to make it look as though the file hadn't changed at all, but at that point monitoring binaries and config files for changes isn't going to help.
How are we supposed to have a conversation about this if you're going to go and cloud the discussion with actual facts?
Oh, so they'll be teaching them how to manage systems running real operating systems like AIX, Solaris, *BSD, and various flavors of Linux. Neat.
Subject says it all.
This is... ridiculous.
Now you get off my lawn. Damned noobs.
I exercise a lot and I need loud music to distract me from pain as well as road noises.
Will the loud music also distract you from the pain of getting mowed down by the car you didn't hear honking at you?
I started with PayMyBills. I abandoned them and switched to Paytrust after PayMyBills got behind on processing incoming bills and were making late payments.
Yep. I used paymybills.com too, and loved them- right up until my car insurance got canceled because they didn't process my bills for two months. It was a really great situation, because, not being bills, they also didn't 'process' the cancellation warnings and notices that they surely received. I really like the idea of 'outsourcing' bill paying but I don't trust anyone to manage it properly except myself.
Buying a pc is an investment now?
It doesn't say they're the same.
That's right. But it does imply that they're the same.
"Anyone who has used a derivative of Unix over the past 20 years has used Bash, which stands for Borne Again Shell."
The implication that 'bash' has been shipping with the majority of UNIX-like operating systems for 20 years betrays the submitter's failure to distinguish between 'sh' and 'bash'.
Hence with the pointing out that they're not the same.
Who implied that they were the same?
Um, the first line of the summary?
"Anyone who has used a derivative of Unix over the past 20 years has used Bash, which stands for Borne Again Shell."
'sh' has been shipping with UNIX operating systems for ages; 'bash' has only recently.
IIRC, it didn't ship with Solaris 7 and I know that Solaris 8 at the very least didn't have it installed by default. Do believe it's installed as part of Solaris 9 and above. As far as AIX goes, I'm guessing bash only came in with 5L. HPUX... yeah, right.
'sh' is the Bourne shell.
'bash' is the Bourne Again SHell.
They're not the same.
People actually buy MEAT from a store that also sells tube socks, lawn fertilizer, and motor oil?
I can't decide which feeling that idea inspires in me more... revulsion or amusement.
I didn't. I clicked on it and hit "control-f".
All the same, just from the summary, as soon as I got to the notion that boxes would be loaned back and forth between companies my spider-sense got all unpleasant and tingly.
I don't think I care whether my cloud is open or proprietary, as long as security is designed in from the start and not an afterthought.
Am I missing something, or does the article make no mention of security?
Many objections, regardless of their merits, are irrelevant
So even if an objection is relevant... it's somehow not relevant?
Yeah, that makes perfect sense to me.