I read the GP as "It is reprehensible that companies are so eager to bolster their position by lauding their ideals, corporate responsibility and ethical business practices yet be so quick to renege on these principles if sticking to them hurts their bottom line".
I couldn't find that article, but I found this one. Could lead to better treatments for depression in the future.
Admittedly, whatever trite little phrases like 'citation needed' mean, I wouldn't feel comfortable referencing a popular science magazine (unless I was a wikipedia editor, of course).
You really don't think life is better these days in the first world?
Consider life expectancy, the ability to have any food we like all year round, no constant threat or fear of nuclear destruction, no fear of the draft, vastly reduced fear of racial discrimination, more toys (I really don't think you should write that off as readily as you do), significantly larger library of culture to draw upon. There's a hell of a lot more opportunity (remember women make up more than 50% of the population).
There is less social stigma around mental illness than there was a few decades back. Given that, you'd expect a jump in patients presenting with depression (and of course it can be better treated these days). I'm not sure what you mean by less real friends. Do you remember Polio? Global total war? 1918 Flu? Witch hunts? The Houlocaust? The oil crisis in the 70s? Economic depression of the 80s? Miners strikes in the UK? The Berlin Wall? Tiananmen Square? AIDS being untreatable? Regular bomb threats from the IRA (UK again)? Near universal criminalisation of homosexuality?
Tempus mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. Except occasionally looking through rose-tinted nostalgia goggles, most everything is better suited to our tastes these days.
A great many computer systems used two digit dates, and would treat '00' as a date in the past. Changing this fundamental fact would take an awful lot of work; not changing it would mean that all these computer systems break on Jan 1st 2000.
Allot of work was done, and most all important computer systems didn't suffer from any serious problems.
What is being oversold?
I suppose there were 'cowboy' consultants exploiting the problem by offering to come in and look at your recently acquired IT infrastructure, charging huge amounts for a simple thumbs up. That doesn't undermine the severity of the problem though.
The Streisand Effect is just an observation that cover-ups make for great gossip, and that gossip can spread rapidly over the Internet, so that the fact that a well known person (or entity) tries to suppress the dissemination of information can achieve greater circulation amongst the population than the information itself would have.
I doubt the terms of the settlement actually did anything to further the spread of these documents, so there is not need to mention the so-called 'Streisand Effect'. Again.
People aren't guilty of DWI until they are convicted - they're a drunk driver the moment they drive while pissed.
Considering that this policy has the potential to harm innocent people, it should really come with a sensible plan to monitor its effectiveness, and to monitor its unintended side effects.
If it doesn't do any good, or if it screws up too many innocent people lives; there should be figures to show it.
All the DRM I know of involves you having both the encrypted data AND the key on your system, with an obfuscated piece of software controlling the two. I think this is the problem that the summary tries to describe: if all DRM relies on an obscure implementation to hide the key from the user, how can you build DRM in an open source application.
I don't think it would be possible to build a DRM system that didn't involve having the decryption key on the users hardware, but you talk of it like an implementation issue that can be fixed, do you know something I don't?
Don't forget to take account of the energy required to heat the water for the extra coffee it would take to build it in c++. People always forget about the coffee:production ratio.
How large an area is a zip code in the states? I think in the UK if a company publicly released sensitive data about a people with their birthday and postcode attached there'd be outrage. Muppets.
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I read the GP as "It is reprehensible that companies are so eager to bolster their position by lauding their ideals, corporate responsibility and ethical business practices yet be so quick to renege on these principles if sticking to them hurts their bottom line".
I ready you as "snarky snarky snark snark".
Cab you rephrase that in the form of an analogy?
it is!
At most it may need some tweaking.
That's what my boss usually says right before I pull a week of all-nighters
I couldn't find that article, but I found this one. Could lead to better treatments for depression in the future.
Admittedly, whatever trite little phrases like 'citation needed' mean, I wouldn't feel comfortable referencing a popular science magazine (unless I was a wikipedia editor, of course).
You really don't think life is better these days in the first world?
Consider life expectancy, the ability to have any food we like all year round, no constant threat or fear of nuclear destruction, no fear of the draft, vastly reduced fear of racial discrimination, more toys (I really don't think you should write that off as readily as you do), significantly larger library of culture to draw upon. There's a hell of a lot more opportunity (remember women make up more than 50% of the population).
There is less social stigma around mental illness than there was a few decades back. Given that, you'd expect a jump in patients presenting with depression (and of course it can be better treated these days). I'm not sure what you mean by less real friends. Do you remember Polio? Global total war? 1918 Flu? Witch hunts? The Houlocaust? The oil crisis in the 70s? Economic depression of the 80s? Miners strikes in the UK? The Berlin Wall? Tiananmen Square? AIDS being untreatable? Regular bomb threats from the IRA (UK again)? Near universal criminalisation of homosexuality?
Tempus mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. Except occasionally looking through rose-tinted nostalgia goggles, most everything is better suited to our tastes these days.
Dude, they used a different calendar 1 year ago.
This is talking about renting, not buying. Did I miss something?
Wow, never thought I'd see MS releasing software for the Amiga!
A great many computer systems used two digit dates, and would treat '00' as a date in the past. Changing this fundamental fact would take an awful lot of work; not changing it would mean that all these computer systems break on Jan 1st 2000.
Allot of work was done, and most all important computer systems didn't suffer from any serious problems.
What is being oversold?
I suppose there were 'cowboy' consultants exploiting the problem by offering to come in and look at your recently acquired IT infrastructure, charging huge amounts for a simple thumbs up. That doesn't undermine the severity of the problem though.
Uh-oh, looks like you got missed out the punctuation and got the words in the wrong order! You clearly meant:
God, is stupid science there? Is that religion? Get some religion! Karma should fuck me good.
Yeah, that makes more sense.
Everyone loves to generalise!
I don't like the idea of desensitising my children to realistic violence. If I wanted that I'd just let them watch the news!
Why? I thought they were just being cloned because it's cool.
The Streisand Effect is just an observation that cover-ups make for great gossip, and that gossip can spread rapidly over the Internet, so that the fact that a well known person (or entity) tries to suppress the dissemination of information can achieve greater circulation amongst the population than the information itself would have.
I doubt the terms of the settlement actually did anything to further the spread of these documents, so there is not need to mention the so-called 'Streisand Effect'. Again.
People aren't guilty of DWI until they are convicted - they're a drunk driver the moment they drive while pissed.
Considering that this policy has the potential to harm innocent people, it should really come with a sensible plan to monitor its effectiveness, and to monitor its unintended side effects.
If it doesn't do any good, or if it screws up too many innocent people lives; there should be figures to show it.
All the DRM I know of involves you having both the encrypted data AND the key on your system, with an obfuscated piece of software controlling the two. I think this is the problem that the summary tries to describe: if all DRM relies on an obscure implementation to hide the key from the user, how can you build DRM in an open source application.
I don't think it would be possible to build a DRM system that didn't involve having the decryption key on the users hardware, but you talk of it like an implementation issue that can be fixed, do you know something I don't?
I was about to, but now I've had to comment on your very insightful comment and I can't. Oh the humanity!
Huh, some devs work with their managers hovering around? Sucks.
My God! I must get to church!
Don't forget to take account of the energy required to heat the water for the extra coffee it would take to build it in c++. People always forget about the coffee:production ratio.
How large an area is a zip code in the states? I think in the UK if a company publicly released sensitive data about a people with their birthday and postcode attached there'd be outrage. Muppets.
Folder virtualization sounds interesting, is it the MS name for symlinks?