Why so my computer could get fucked by MS latest update? Bullshit. (Also living in fear of malware is as ridiculous as living in fear some mass murdere will drop by & kill you. The probability of both tragedies are very low.)
And people scold me because I have Auto-update turned off. Mistakes like what Microsoft did this past weekend are precisely why. I'll update when I know it's safe.
- This bug also reminds me of the "Save with Replace" bug on my ancient Commodore 64 (and its 1541 floppy drive). It would overwrite the previous file with a new file, except the new file was sometimes unreadable garbage. It was even documented in the manual saying "Save your file first. Then erase the old one. Do not use the save-with-replace option as it generates corrupted files."
That was back in the days when nobody had time to fix hardware errors, so they just shipped the computer as is. (And fixed the error in the user documentation.)
Here's the automated rate: U.S. elevators make 18 billion passenger trips per year. Those trips result in about 27 deaths annually,
- I can easily imagine the pre-automated elevators had accidents due to operator stupidity or carelessness.... like closing the door on a passenger & killing him. Or moving the elevator up a floor as someone is trying to exit, and then they plunge to their death.
She was jaywalking in the middle of a highway, so yes, it was her fault. Plus she stepped in front of the car when it was only feet away. Even with instant braking, that car would not have stopped in time to miss the impact. SHE caused her own damn death.
I have to disagree. I spent time in Upstate New York, and the drivers seemed courteous & respectful...... a dramatic contrast from Southern California where even the cops say "I give up" as people speed-by at 85.
- BTW visitors from Baja California, and residents of Socal
- The left lane is not the slow lane. If you're driving 55, that is just fine, but please more to the far right. (Yes that's why everyone is blowing their horn at you.)
> Abolitionists existed in 1700, and women were not entirely without rights
Your date is a bit off. The first attempts to end slavery in the British-american colonies came from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and some of their contemporaries. So basically 1770s.
- Many U.S. States when they declared independence in 1776, also allowed women to vote, same as men did. Sadly that equal suffrage was later repealed in the 1810s and 1820s. Every time there's a revolution, there's also a backlash a few years later to "undo" what the revolutionaries accomplished:-(
- Blacks in the North continued to have the right to vote, and be treated as equals under the law.
IRONY: The biggest pirate of all is the Music industry itself. Please take a moment to read this old article: "The plaintiffsâ(TM) (musicians) claimed compensation for use of work listed on what are known in the Canadian recording industry as âoepending lists.â These lists, accumulated over many years, contain works for which no licence was obtained and no compensation paid........ â" the action could have been worth up to $6-billion."
In other words the music industry owed 6 billion dollars to musicians for non-payment of songs they used w/o comprensation. - LINK : https://business.financialpost...
My downloading from piratebay had dropped to zero, since I was obtaining my entertainment legally from Netflix.com or Slingtv.com........ WHY should I have to pay a "piracy" tax when I'm not pirating anything?
Yeah swimming pools and watering of lawns was technically illegal during drought season (2016-17) but the Hollywood producers JJ Abrahms and stars like Oprah thought they were above the law, and did it anyway. (They should have been prosecuted.)
> "Since its introduction in 1985....... Excel has simplified countless office tasks once done by hand or by rudimentary computer programs, streamlining the work of anyone needing to balance a budget, draw a graph or crunch company earnings."
Wow it's a miracle!
Nah I'm pretty sure computer spreadsheets existed before 1985. Like WordPerfect's Quatro and Lotus 1-2-3
> It actually was 1972, acting on a law passed in 1967.
I'm talking about the ULEV and SULEV and ZEV designations, which did not exist until the mid-1990s (with PZEV added in 2001).
>10 other states passed their own laws to follow California's standards.
Yes but not until after 2007 (approximately). Prior to that year, only California followed CARB while the other 49 states followed EPA emissions. Therefore there were "CARB" and "49 state" models. If you don't believe me, look up 2003 Civic Hybrid in fueleconomy.gov's historical records. It's there.
Even the MPG was different between the two models.
That saves me from wasting water, but does nothing to stop the thousands of others wasting water. (And in dry California, we cannot afford to waste any of it.)
> will you take on the liability if your device is used to attack a 3rd party?
I'm not liable if someone steals my car & runs over some children..... why would I be liable if someone steals my phone & uses it to make/distribute child porn? Your question was poorly thought out. Citizens are never liable for the actions of others, even if that other person used that citizen's car or phone.
Plenty of Americans who could do those jobs (of course they'd have to be paid minimum wage, which the Ag Megacorps don't want to do). My main concern with Central American immigrants is this:
- I don't like people entering my home without permission. If they ASK first, then fine, let them in (unless they are potential criminals or terrorists). For these people to just bust down the door, and enter our homeland, is ridiculous. It's breaking-and-entering without permission.
The article says Rigby Idaho, along I-15, which is nowhere near the Tetons.
>the cultural hotzone of Salt Lake City.
I spent a year living in Salt Lake. I didn't find it cultural. I couldn't even buy the semi-annual College Issue of Playboy (it's banned from stores). I will guess you were trying to be sarcastic.
The difference is Volkswagen actually CHEATED by having the computer software recognize "Oh we're in a lab. Change the engine's running conditions to pass this test."
Ford, Honda, the rest don't have cheat code in their software. The engine runs exactly the same, whether in the Emissions lab or not in the lab. That makes them legally-compliant.
If we want to compete with other countries that charge corporations near-zero rates.
> and pay the wages that they receive in India?
Water always seeks the lowest level. Eventually India/China wages will rise, and US/EU wages will drop, until a balanced, approximately equal level is achieved worldwide.
> A lot of apps look for V6, and if they changed to V7 they would break because the developers were idiots
I've heard that before, but now Microsoft has moved to version 10.0 (coded in the OS), so I would expect lots of apps to break, but so far it seems okay.
That's not what the Summary says: "REQUIRE the user to create one when they interact with the device for the first time." So in other words going without a password is no longer an option.
Why do the thieves need a "compromised" device to harm others? They can do exactly the same with uncompromised devices that they bought themselves. You made an invalid comment.
- Back to Topic: Yes if a thief steals your phone, and you didn't password-protect it, they might goto your amazon account and buy a bunch of stuff with your money. BUT that harms nobody else except yourself.
You would also have to Prosecute my former employer JCPenney (also Sears, Macys, etc). My ex-emploer JCPenney has MANY private label brands, which try to copy the style of more popular brands: Honestly I sold more of JCPenney's brands than any other.
- Arizona Jeans (and shirts)
- Stafford suits, dresswear and shoes
- Towncraft suits, dresswear and shoes
- J.Ferrar casualwear
- St. Johns Bay casualwear
- Cabin Creek for women
- Worthington dresswear for women.
And on and on and on. This practice has never been illegal by retail stores, and it is not illegal when amazon does it.
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Why so my computer could get fucked by MS latest update? Bullshit. (Also living in fear of malware is as ridiculous as living in fear some mass murdere will drop by & kill you. The probability of both tragedies are very low.)
They do the same in the UK too, and that's not a for-profit healthcare model:
And people scold me because I have Auto-update turned off. Mistakes like what Microsoft did this past weekend are precisely why. I'll update when I know it's safe.
- This bug also reminds me of the "Save with Replace" bug on my ancient Commodore 64 (and its 1541 floppy drive). It would overwrite the previous file with a new file, except the new file was sometimes unreadable garbage. It was even documented in the manual saying "Save your file first. Then erase the old one. Do not use the save-with-replace option as it generates corrupted files."
That was back in the days when nobody had time to fix hardware errors, so they just shipped the computer as is. (And fixed the error in the user documentation.)
Here's the automated rate: U.S. elevators make 18 billion passenger trips per year. Those trips result in about 27 deaths annually,
- I can easily imagine the pre-automated elevators had accidents due to operator stupidity or carelessness.... like closing the door on a passenger & killing him. Or moving the elevator up a floor as someone is trying to exit, and then they plunge to their death.
Automated elevators don't do stupid stuff.
> It's all her fault.
She was jaywalking in the middle of a highway, so yes, it was her fault. Plus she stepped in front of the car when it was only feet away. Even with instant braking, that car would not have stopped in time to miss the impact. SHE caused her own damn death.
I have to disagree. I spent time in Upstate New York, and the drivers seemed courteous & respectful...... a dramatic contrast from Southern California where even the cops say "I give up" as people speed-by at 85.
- BTW visitors from Baja California, and residents of Socal
- The left lane is not the slow lane. If you're driving 55, that is just fine, but please more to the far right. (Yes that's why everyone is blowing their horn at you.)
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> Abolitionists existed in 1700, and women were not entirely without rights
Your date is a bit off. The first attempts to end slavery in the British-american colonies came from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and some of their contemporaries. So basically 1770s.
- Many U.S. States when they declared independence in 1776, also allowed women to vote, same as men did. Sadly that equal suffrage was later repealed in the 1810s and 1820s. Every time there's a revolution, there's also a backlash a few years later to "undo" what the revolutionaries accomplished :-(
- Blacks in the North continued to have the right to vote, and be treated as equals under the law.
I always heard the phrase "crony capitalism" where bribes to politicians ensure financial assistance or protectionism for a company.
But "lemon socialism" is an even better term! :-)
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IRONY: The biggest pirate of all is the Music industry itself. Please take a moment to read this old article: "The plaintiffsâ(TM) (musicians) claimed compensation for use of work listed on what are known in the Canadian recording industry as âoepending lists.â These lists, accumulated over many years, contain works for which no licence was obtained and no compensation paid........ â" the action could have been worth up to $6-billion."
In other words the music industry owed 6 billion dollars to musicians for non-payment of songs they used w/o comprensation. - LINK : https://business.financialpost...
And the followup: The record industry only paid 50 million of the 6000 million owed to artists:
https://entertainment.slashdot...
My downloading from piratebay had dropped to zero, since I was obtaining my entertainment legally from Netflix.com or Slingtv.com........ WHY should I have to pay a "piracy" tax when I'm not pirating anything?
Stupid.
Yeah swimming pools and watering of lawns was technically illegal during drought season (2016-17) but the Hollywood producers JJ Abrahms and stars like Oprah thought they were above the law, and did it anyway. (They should have been prosecuted.)
> "Since its introduction in 1985....... Excel has simplified countless office tasks once done by hand or by rudimentary computer programs, streamlining the work of anyone needing to balance a budget, draw a graph or crunch company earnings."
Wow it's a miracle!
Nah I'm pretty sure computer spreadsheets existed before 1985. Like WordPerfect's Quatro and Lotus 1-2-3
> It actually was 1972, acting on a law passed in 1967.
I'm talking about the ULEV and SULEV and ZEV designations, which did not exist until the mid-1990s (with PZEV added in 2001).
>10 other states passed their own laws to follow California's standards.
Yes but not until after 2007 (approximately). Prior to that year, only California followed CARB while the other 49 states followed EPA emissions. Therefore there were "CARB" and "49 state" models. If you don't believe me, look up 2003 Civic Hybrid in fueleconomy.gov's historical records. It's there.
Even the MPG was different between the two models.
That saves me from wasting water, but does nothing to stop the thousands of others wasting water. (And in dry California, we cannot afford to waste any of it.)
> will you take on the liability if your device is used to attack a 3rd party?
I'm not liable if someone steals my car & runs over some children..... why would I be liable if someone steals my phone & uses it to make/distribute child porn? Your question was poorly thought out. Citizens are never liable for the actions of others, even if that other person used that citizen's car or phone.
> They can compromise millions of devices (which would be a bit much to buy), and use them to launch denial of service
And how does a password on our phones stop them from doing this? They could just wipe the phones & use them passwordless.
Plenty of Americans who could do those jobs (of course they'd have to be paid minimum wage, which the Ag Megacorps don't want to do). My main concern with Central American immigrants is this:
- I don't like people entering my home without permission. If they ASK first, then fine, let them in (unless they are potential criminals or terrorists). For these people to just bust down the door, and enter our homeland, is ridiculous. It's breaking-and-entering without permission.
The article says Rigby Idaho, along I-15, which is nowhere near the Tetons.
>the cultural hotzone of Salt Lake City.
I spent a year living in Salt Lake. I didn't find it cultural. I couldn't even buy the semi-annual College Issue of Playboy (it's banned from stores). I will guess you were trying to be sarcastic.
The difference is Volkswagen actually CHEATED by having the computer software recognize "Oh we're in a lab. Change the engine's running conditions to pass this test."
Ford, Honda, the rest don't have cheat code in their software. The engine runs exactly the same, whether in the Emissions lab or not in the lab. That makes them legally-compliant.
> should we eliminate corporate taxes
If we want to compete with other countries that charge corporations near-zero rates.
> and pay the wages that they receive in India?
Water always seeks the lowest level. Eventually India/China wages will rise, and US/EU wages will drop, until a balanced, approximately equal level is achieved worldwide.
> A lot of apps look for V6, and if they changed to V7 they would break because the developers were idiots
I've heard that before, but now Microsoft has moved to version 10.0 (coded in the OS), so I would expect lots of apps to break, but so far it seems okay.
Haha funny. I should have said new "lead characters" that represent new franchises.
> You can still choose to set no password.
That's not what the Summary says: "REQUIRE the user to create one when they interact with the device for the first time." So in other words going without a password is no longer an option.
> Compromised devices are used to harm others
Why do the thieves need a "compromised" device to harm others? They can do exactly the same with uncompromised devices that they bought themselves. You made an invalid comment.
- Back to Topic: Yes if a thief steals your phone, and you didn't password-protect it, they might goto your amazon account and buy a bunch of stuff with your money. BUT that harms nobody else except yourself.
You would also have to Prosecute my former employer JCPenney (also Sears, Macys, etc). My ex-emploer JCPenney has MANY private label brands, which try to copy the style of more popular brands: Honestly I sold more of JCPenney's brands than any other.
- Arizona Jeans (and shirts)
- Stafford suits, dresswear and shoes
- Towncraft suits, dresswear and shoes
- J.Ferrar casualwear
- St. Johns Bay casualwear
- Cabin Creek for women
- Worthington dresswear for women.
And on and on and on. This practice has never been illegal by retail stores, and it is not illegal when amazon does it.