So we are having 18th century punishment aimed at obvious offenders, hitting individuals who just wanted to share some interesting information, that takes two button presses.
I wouldn't be so hard on the 18th century.
It's us who won't let Steamboat Willie enter the public domain almost a century after it was created, not them. They understood reasonable copyright terms.
Does anyone else thing it's interesting that the first 10 comments regarding a story about Russia come from anon or high number registered users that cast doubt on the story and putting it in a Republicans versus Democrats light? I'm just saying, it seems like the kind of thing Russian agents might be vying for.
I want my computer to run slow. Please leave Ultimate Performance off, maybe insert some extra latency in a few places just because...
This is hardly a new requirement. For the work I do, Windows has always been looked past because it couldn't get out of it's own way when running high-performance or near real time code. It will never do actual real time (Microsoft could make that, but it wouldn't be called Windows), but why has this "Ultra Extreme Actually Fast" mode been so impossible in the past?
I'm sorry; most CPU cycles are needed to check your Windows license validity every nanosecond.
The other post is still on the front page. I know it's too much to ask 'editors' to check in the archives that a story hasn't been posted, but not even reading the front page of the site that you're working for? Why is BeauHD still employed?
I demand a refund!
(Actually, I agree with you; just meeting my snark quota.)
And then there's the environment on the bus/train: when you have someone playing loud music or raunchy videos for the entire cabin, and not enough patrols to precent it, people will avoid it.
That's a huge issue.... what if I don't want to sit with a wretched hive of scum and villainy?
You are forgetting that roads are also heavily subsidized. So, each time you drive to work you are taking money from a neighbor who cycles, or walks, to work.
Conversely, the very existence of a good road network, transportation technology, fueling network, and so forth could be seen as being "subsidized" by private motoring culture.
I'm rather glad that paramedics don't have to take a train to come get me. For one thing. Would fancy motorized ambulances exist, if private motoring had never happened?
Also, would motorized buses even exist, without private motoring? How much public transport as we know it today would even be possible, without us private drivers?
While I completely agree that email is good as it is and this is a monstrosity, I'm not so sure I agree there is a "moat" between email and applications.
Applications send email all the time. Email with links/buttons, which when clicked, interact with the applications. It's pretty cool, actually. So there's all kinds of interaction going on.
But - it's cool because it works with the limited tool set that email already has.
So maybe there is a moat - with a wide, comfortable drawbridge, but I agree that doesn't mean that we should drain the moat and fill it in with concrete.
They say ad supported... so there may not be a bill... as long as you're willing to sit through adverts (which isn't that one of the main reasons we abandoned cable in the first place- to get away from ads?)
Not me - I abandoned cable to get away from having the big bill with the ads.
Ad supported TV is fine as long as I also don't have to pay a second time for it with a subscription.
I'll just deal with less choice rather than add another subscription.
With you there. I'm down to just Amazon Prime Video. I miss a couple things on Netflix, but not enough to pay for it or bother with multiple services.
Honest question, what damage did the email server incident actually cause? I've read some things about it and I don't understand how it is on the same scale as the Equifax breach.
We'll never know, will we? She set up an email server in her bathroom to avoid using official government email servers, as was required by law. What could go wrong? (And what was she trying to hide in the first place?)
I'd share some of my own experiences to try to give you an idea of what could happen, but strangely when I was in the military and handling classified information I never did store it in my comic book collection or send it out in postcards, so I can't help you.
Corporations are groups of people working together, but more importantly...
and money is not speech
Money is practically speaking required for spreading speech. Unless of course you want speech to depend on... corporations ("Facebook, may I please use you to spread my message?")
{the scene: Myrtle and Ester, gossiping over their fence}
Myrtle: Hey Ester, did you hear the news? Hillary Clinton ran a private email server out of her bathroom, so she wouldn't have to use official government email!
Ester: Oh really? Well I think...
{popping out of bushes}Ivan: Excuse me, comrades! Ha, no, see, this is not "news" as you say, this is "fake news"!
Ivan: Let me provide you with real news story about the perfectly legal activities of most excellent Secretary Clinton! This news has been verified by current federal executive, so you know it is unbiased and true!
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So we are having 18th century punishment aimed at obvious offenders, hitting individuals who just wanted to share some interesting information, that takes two button presses.
I wouldn't be so hard on the 18th century.
It's us who won't let Steamboat Willie enter the public domain almost a century after it was created, not them. They understood reasonable copyright terms.
The Pee Wee Herman method ... "I meant to do that."
So once again, we have this "Russia" narrative that prevents having to face that there are millions of people who do not agree with you.
I am shocked, shocked that linking my bank account to some random website that deals in imaginary currency could have ill effects.
{Your pyramid scheme winnings, sir}
Thank you.
Does anyone else thing it's interesting that the first 10 comments regarding a story about Russia come from anon or high number registered users that cast doubt on the story and putting it in a Republicans versus Democrats light? I'm just saying, it seems like the kind of thing Russian agents might be vying for.
I admire your hermetic seal.
Is my ID low enough for ya?
And with all those Telugu-speaking programmers on staff too ... huh.
Oh, well ... if they won't tolerate it, that's different.
We are so sorry, comrade!
I want my computer to run slow. Please leave Ultimate Performance off, maybe insert some extra latency in a few places just because... This is hardly a new requirement. For the work I do, Windows has always been looked past because it couldn't get out of it's own way when running high-performance or near real time code. It will never do actual real time (Microsoft could make that, but it wouldn't be called Windows), but why has this "Ultra Extreme Actually Fast" mode been so impossible in the past?
I'm sorry; most CPU cycles are needed to check your Windows license validity every nanosecond.
The other post is still on the front page. I know it's too much to ask 'editors' to check in the archives that a story hasn't been posted, but not even reading the front page of the site that you're working for? Why is BeauHD still employed?
I demand a refund!
(Actually, I agree with you; just meeting my snark quota.)
Shouldn't you be helping the Cato Institute to be harassing its female employees rather than posing here?
It's Obama who said he was going to roll back the seas, not Trump.
That sure is a lot of words to say that Apple's quality has gone downhill in the last few years.
And then there's the environment on the bus/train: when you have someone playing loud music or raunchy videos for the entire cabin, and not enough patrols to precent it, people will avoid it.
That's a huge issue .... what if I don't want to sit with a wretched hive of scum and villainy?
I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find astroturfing going on in this establishment.
{Your biased expert findings, sir.}
Thank you.
You are forgetting that roads are also heavily subsidized. So, each time you drive to work you are taking money from a neighbor who cycles, or walks, to work.
Conversely, the very existence of a good road network, transportation technology, fueling network, and so forth could be seen as being "subsidized" by private motoring culture.
I'm rather glad that paramedics don't have to take a train to come get me. For one thing. Would fancy motorized ambulances exist, if private motoring had never happened?
Also, would motorized buses even exist, without private motoring? How much public transport as we know it today would even be possible, without us private drivers?
While I completely agree that email is good as it is and this is a monstrosity, I'm not so sure I agree there is a "moat" between email and applications.
Applications send email all the time. Email with links/buttons, which when clicked, interact with the applications. It's pretty cool, actually. So there's all kinds of interaction going on.
But - it's cool because it works with the limited tool set that email already has.
So maybe there is a moat - with a wide, comfortable drawbridge, but I agree that doesn't mean that we should drain the moat and fill it in with concrete.
Perhaps in the future, the parable of futility will be President Trump, holding back climate change.
You have the wrong president there, lol
Jet lag for every human being, twice a year ... insanely stupid.
But at least the kids' soccer game has more light! Bleah.
and yes, get off my lawn ...
n/t
Basically the deal is that everyone gets what they want and the deficit goes through the stratosphere. GO USA!
So kind of like 2009, except for the everybody part?
They say ad supported... so there may not be a bill... as long as you're willing to sit through adverts (which isn't that one of the main reasons we abandoned cable in the first place- to get away from ads?)
Not me - I abandoned cable to get away from having the big bill with the ads.
Ad supported TV is fine as long as I also don't have to pay a second time for it with a subscription.
I'll just deal with less choice rather than add another subscription.
With you there. I'm down to just Amazon Prime Video. I miss a couple things on Netflix, but not enough to pay for it or bother with multiple services.
Honest question, what damage did the email server incident actually cause? I've read some things about it and I don't understand how it is on the same scale as the Equifax breach.
We'll never know, will we? She set up an email server in her bathroom to avoid using official government email servers, as was required by law. What could go wrong? (And what was she trying to hide in the first place?)
I'd share some of my own experiences to try to give you an idea of what could happen, but strangely when I was in the military and handling classified information I never did store it in my comic book collection or send it out in postcards, so I can't help you.
stating clearly that corporations are not people
Corporations are groups of people working together, but more importantly ...
and money is not speech
Money is practically speaking required for spreading speech. Unless of course you want speech to depend on ... corporations ("Facebook, may I please use you to spread my message?")
Where did all the zombies go?
I dunno, but they can stay there as far as I'm concerned!
Not sure which is worse; government censored "news", or leftist techie executive censored "news".
"We play both kinds of music here: country, and western!"
... not sure we need commissars for it though.
{the scene: Myrtle and Ester, gossiping over their fence}
Myrtle: Hey Ester, did you hear the news? Hillary Clinton ran a private email server out of her bathroom, so she wouldn't have to use official government email!
Ester: Oh really? Well I think ...
{popping out of bushes}Ivan: Excuse me, comrades! Ha, no, see, this is not "news" as you say, this is "fake news"!
Ivan: Let me provide you with real news story about the perfectly legal activities of most excellent Secretary Clinton! This news has been verified by current federal executive, so you know it is unbiased and true!