Protective eye glasses may become the new fashion, especially for celebrities and sports athletes, who, in my view, are more at risk from laser attacks than politicians.
Exactly. Cell phone numbers often aren't listed in phone directories. To make matters worse, many people frequently change cell phone numbers, especially those with pre-paid phones; when the service expires so does the phone number (even if it was "ported", which comes as a nasty surprise for some).
Large-scale natural oil seeps, and more significantly, the extreme depths of many large oil reservoirs (upwards of three miles *below the ocean floor*) makes some, including myself, wonder where does all that oil really come from?
Sure, some oil is likely from long dead organisms, but how does one explain the vast amounts of oil that exists? Seems like there's far more oil than can be accounted for by dead organisms alone. And, more curious, is the large amounts of oil located so deep below the ocean floor... How does one explain that?
$30 for life? Not exactly, because "until you lift the freeze" often involves a fee too (and possibly an additional fee to put the freeze back on), which too can be upwards of $10 for each credit bureau.
Still, even with the added "lift freeze" fees, for most people, you're right that it's cheaper to skip LifeLock and do-it-yourself.
Freezing often costs money. And each of those credit bureau charges separately. Could cost one upwards of $30 to place a freeze at all three.
The hassles of "freezing" along with the fees to do so, is another illustration of the financial system being crooked; not designed to protect people, but rather to make credit as easy to obtain as possible with little regard to security.
BP is taking "a more direct approach" of drilling relief wells, but that takes months to accomplish...
In the meantime, BP is trying all sorts of things, in hopes maybe one or more will work, but mainly to placate the public - most people, understandably, would be very upset, if BP looked to be doing nothing for the next few months while waiting on the relief wells to be drilled.
After two minutes or so after a complete light cycle, depending on jurisdiction, one may legally proceed through a "stuck" red light.
In regards to your pickup not triggering signals. Ensure you're stopping completely behind the white line (stop bar); note where the sensor wires are, and position at least one of your tires directly over one of those sensor wires. And then after a few moments, inch forward very slightly, and then do so a little more every so often.
Many newer traffic signals, especially at high volume, multilane intersections, also use optical sensors (often mistaken as cameras) to detect vehicles.
As was pointed out in the older, related Slashdot article, the value of the game disks is most likely the primary reason Gamefly is experiencing so many "losses".
In regards to the USPS being "private", that's only partially true. I don't recall the USPS paying property tax, income tax, etc. Or do they?
On a related topic, UPS and FedEx delivery vehicles get ticketed all the time. Can USPS delivery vehicles be ticketed? -some people have told me that they can't, since they're exempt.
In regards to mail theft - that's an issue at all the major services, including USPS despite strict federal laws. Supposedly, some companies are so concerned theft by postal workers, they will purposely send much of their mail in such a way to avoid "problematic" USPS sorting centers.
Furthermore, the privacy settings are not as straight forward as they seem. Case in point is Facebook's new instant personalization feature that will show one's interests to others, including the general public - see link for more details.
On a related note, the number of Facebook friends one has is a risk in of itself... you may have your privacy settings locked down tight, but what about all your friends?
The more "friends", the more risk of one or more of them being "hacked" and your "private" information being leaked out as a result. Then there's the related issue of "friends of friends", which is in and of itself is seemingly innocuous, but can become a privacy threat when one of them uses the same app you and/or friend does. "Rogue" friends are another privacy hole - very easy for one or more to slip in, especially for members who already have large friend lists.
Did you unfriend everyone, delete all messages, pictures, etc?
If no, log back in (your account will likely reactivate automatically) and delete everything out of it, and then DELETE the account.
Note that "deactivation" (the acct will persist indefinitely; reactivate automatically) is different than "deletion"; prime example of an "evil interface".
If delete is truly want you seek, use the delete account link shown below.
After "Deleting", do not attempt to log in for at least 2 weeks to test it's gone (I'd suggest waiting even longer, such as a month), because otherwise FB may think you're changing your mind and reactivate the account even despite choosing to delete it.
Got 10 out of 10, but doubt few people could, especially with the limited information shown.
Some of those they consider "legitimate" are very borderline in my view, especially that UPS one.
Also, the testing site makes a big deal about misspellings and formatting in some of the "phishing" emails. And yet the The Bank of Choice one, that's supposedly "legitimate", has an obvious spelling error in it too!
He was only selling lost property. Nothing more, nothing less. People do this all the time. Why the hell do so many people think he did something evil?
So if someone finds your wallet at a bar, you're ok with them selling it? After all, in your view, it's only "lost property" and people "do this all the time"... be careful what you wish for.
The correct, and easiest, course of action would have been for the person who "found it" to immediately hand it over to the barkeep.
No one forces you to fill in all the information. Just have a page with your name on it if friends and family want you to have one. Just leave blank all the other sections. Then you have no problems with your personal information.
Wrong! This is one of the biggest misconceptions people have. The true value isn't one's profile per se, but who one's "friends" are and the various interactions between them.
Unless your friends are all strangers who know little about you, your personal information is likely more exposed on Facebook than you realize. Often I see instances of a parent, sibling, in-laws, significant other, etc post personal details on one's Facebook wall, gallery, etc that are often visible to others on one's friend list, and even often to friends of friends too.
And that's not even getting into the issue of rogue friends, which can easily sneak in to gather information; among the value of stealing FB IDs... it's not always about getting passwords, but rather collecting data for other uses, such as, spear-phishing / more targeted attacks - learning one's security questions they have setup on say a banking site.
You mention closing down your FB account permanently. If so, be sure you delete everything out of it, including unfriending everyone, all public / private messages, gallery pictures, etc. If you've recently closed your account, just log back in and reactivate it (may be occur automatically), delete everything, and then delete the account again. And to ensure your FB account remains deleted, do not try logging into it for a month (FB says wait two weeks, but don't trust that; wait the month).
On a related note, I personally deactivated (different than deleting) my lightly-used FB account about a month ago. I deleted everything out, but only deactivated the account and selected, to paraphrase, "This is temporary, I will be back." reason. That way my basic profile should remain in their system as a placeholder for potential future use; preventing use of my email address and vanity name by others who register there.
One's friends and the interactions with them is a privacy risk.
So even one posts a very basic user profile, such as the one you suggested, one's privacy is not safe. An interested party could fill in much of the blanks by tracking the interaction with others, including apps.
Even Facebook book users with strict privacy settings are still at risk, if they don't literally screen every "friend" they have to ensure they are legit (ie. not a stranger sneaking in as a "rogue" friend) and that will they respect their privacy, as well as, all "friends of friends" (equals the whole world, practically; six degrees of separation comes to mind, so good luck with that).
Facebook's business growth primarily comes from eroding user privacy to gather ever more specific, *personal data of each individual user* for marketing purposes, as well as, to grow its user base - more user profiles open to the public equates to more user interaction (ie. "friending", messaging, gaming, etc), and hence more traffic.
For larger prints, use one of the various mail order places - email / upload the images for them to process. Simple and likely cheaper than a b&m place.
Google likely believes use of your images falls under "fair use" in the same manner as those shown on Google Images, and hence feels no obligation to pay.
I assume the images in question were shown as smallish (ie. 80x80) thumbnails?
You might be able to strongly encourage Google to pay, if you can document them using the images out of context... but I presume the images all linked to the related news items that contained the full size images. And thus, to reiterate, likely why Google feels no obligation to pay.
The article poster may get a better reception emailing advertising agencies - using orbiting lasers to beam down advertising to millions.
From a technical standpoint, as another poster on here already mentioned, the power consumption could be greatly reduced by illuminating only sections of area at a time instead of all at once in a strobe like fashion.
Or a more practical way, which is likely already feasible now, is to illuminate the sky instead of the ground.
As far as detecting tsunamis from space, while not what the article poster is suggesting, would be a better use of orbiting lasers - detection of small rise in sea-level over a large area would, presumably, be a phenomena easily spotted from space.
Firefox is nice and is my default browser, but not much better than IE8 when it comes to security vulnerabilities.
For example, many feel Firefox is so much more secure than IE8 and yet why is that pop-unders (not the same as pop-ups, which FF does a good job blocking) from the likes of Netflix, even after years of complaints, still hasn't been addressed?
Surely, if unwanted pop-unders can slip through in Firefox, likely so can other unwanted things. Despite being an open-source program, I'm surprised there's still no built-in defense against pop-unders in Firefox. Yes, I know there's Adblock, but that comes with a bunch of overhead and, from what I've read, doesn't always block pop-unders either. End of rant.
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Even the USPTO has its own Facebook page. Bizarre!
http://www.facebook.com/uspto.gov
Why does the USPTO need that when their own website is sufficient for posting information...
Or is social networking how the USPTO decides applications now ... get enough "Likes" and you're approved ;)
Ron
Protective eye glasses may become the new fashion, especially for celebrities and sports athletes, who, in my view, are more at risk from laser attacks than politicians.
Ron
Exactly. Cell phone numbers often aren't listed in phone directories. To make matters worse, many people frequently change cell phone numbers, especially those with pre-paid phones; when the service expires so does the phone number (even if it was "ported", which comes as a nasty surprise for some).
Ron
Mod help, please. My post above has gone from 4 to 0.
Ron
Large-scale natural oil seeps, and more significantly, the extreme depths of many large oil reservoirs (upwards of three miles *below the ocean floor*) makes some, including myself, wonder where does all that oil really come from?
Sure, some oil is likely from long dead organisms, but how does one explain the vast amounts of oil that exists? Seems like there's far more oil than can be accounted for by dead organisms alone. And, more curious, is the large amounts of oil located so deep below the ocean floor ... How does one explain that?
Ron
$30 for life? Not exactly, because "until you lift the freeze" often involves a fee too (and possibly an additional fee to put the freeze back on), which too can be upwards of $10 for each credit bureau.
Still, even with the added "lift freeze" fees, for most people, you're right that it's cheaper to skip LifeLock and do-it-yourself.
Ron
Freezing often costs money. And each of those credit bureau charges separately. Could cost one upwards of $30 to place a freeze at all three.
The hassles of "freezing" along with the fees to do so, is another illustration of the financial system being crooked; not designed to protect people, but rather to make credit as easy to obtain as possible with little regard to security.
Ron
BP is taking "a more direct approach" of drilling relief wells, but that takes months to accomplish...
In the meantime, BP is trying all sorts of things, in hopes maybe one or more will work, but mainly to placate the public - most people, understandably, would be very upset, if BP looked to be doing nothing for the next few months while waiting on the relief wells to be drilled.
Ron
After two minutes or so after a complete light cycle, depending on jurisdiction, one may legally proceed through a "stuck" red light.
In regards to your pickup not triggering signals. Ensure you're stopping completely behind the white line (stop bar); note where the sensor wires are, and position at least one of your tires directly over one of those sensor wires. And then after a few moments, inch forward very slightly, and then do so a little more every so often.
Many newer traffic signals, especially at high volume, multilane intersections, also use optical sensors (often mistaken as cameras) to detect vehicles.
Ron
As was pointed out in the older, related Slashdot article, the value of the game disks is most likely the primary reason Gamefly is experiencing so many "losses".
In regards to the USPS being "private", that's only partially true. I don't recall the USPS paying property tax, income tax, etc. Or do they?
On a related topic, UPS and FedEx delivery vehicles get ticketed all the time. Can USPS delivery vehicles be ticketed? -some people have told me that they can't, since they're exempt.
In regards to mail theft - that's an issue at all the major services, including USPS despite strict federal laws. Supposedly, some companies are so concerned theft by postal workers, they will purposely send much of their mail in such a way to avoid "problematic" USPS sorting centers.
Ron
Yep, in one word, "Apps".
Furthermore, the privacy settings are not as straight forward as they seem. Case in point is Facebook's new instant personalization feature that will show one's interests to others, including the general public - see link for more details.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195385/facebook_gets_a_little_too_personal.html
On a related note, the number of Facebook friends one has is a risk in of itself ... you may have your privacy settings locked down tight, but what about all your friends?
The more "friends", the more risk of one or more of them being "hacked" and your "private" information being leaked out as a result. Then there's the related issue of "friends of friends", which is in and of itself is seemingly innocuous, but can become a privacy threat when one of them uses the same app you and/or friend does. "Rogue" friends are another privacy hole - very easy for one or more to slip in, especially for members who already have large friend lists.
Ron
Did you unfriend everyone, delete all messages, pictures, etc?
If no, log back in (your account will likely reactivate automatically) and delete everything out of it, and then DELETE the account.
Note that "deactivation" (the acct will persist indefinitely; reactivate automatically) is different than "deletion"; prime example of an "evil interface".
If delete is truly want you seek, use the delete account link shown below.
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
After "Deleting", do not attempt to log in for at least 2 weeks to test it's gone (I'd suggest waiting even longer, such as a month), because otherwise FB may think you're changing your mind and reactivate the account even despite choosing to delete it.
Ron
Got 10 out of 10, but doubt few people could, especially with the limited information shown.
Some of those they consider "legitimate" are very borderline in my view, especially that UPS one.
Also, the testing site makes a big deal about misspellings and formatting in some of the "phishing" emails. And yet the The Bank of Choice one, that's supposedly "legitimate", has an obvious spelling error in it too!
Ron
So if someone finds your wallet at a bar, you're ok with them selling it? After all, in your view, it's only "lost property" and people "do this all the time" ... be careful what you wish for.
The correct, and easiest, course of action would have been for the person who "found it" to immediately hand it over to the barkeep.
There really are some studies suggesting small amounts of mercury, and other heavy metals, may be healthy.
Hormetic Effects of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Snails: Is a Little Bit of Pollution Good?
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y54l3x43016p6530/
The Changing Science of Toxicology -- Hormesis Makes a Comeback
http://www.mongabay.com/external/toxicology_1203.htm
Wikipedia entry regarding hormesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis
Ron
No. Presumably, the user id / password pairs were acquired via security exploits in web browsers, plug-ins, etc. Not from Facebook itself.
While 1.5 million is a lot, it's still only a small fraction, as in less than 1/2 of 1 percent, of Facebook's user base.
Ron
Wrong! This is one of the biggest misconceptions people have. The true value isn't one's profile per se, but who one's "friends" are and the various interactions between them.
Unless your friends are all strangers who know little about you, your personal information is likely more exposed on Facebook than you realize. Often I see instances of a parent, sibling, in-laws, significant other, etc post personal details on one's Facebook wall, gallery, etc that are often visible to others on one's friend list, and even often to friends of friends too.
And that's not even getting into the issue of rogue friends, which can easily sneak in to gather information; among the value of stealing FB IDs ... it's not always about getting passwords, but rather collecting data for other uses, such as, spear-phishing / more targeted attacks - learning one's security questions they have setup on say a banking site.
Ron
Exactly. Makes spear-phishing a cinch.
You mention closing down your FB account permanently. If so, be sure you delete everything out of it, including unfriending everyone, all public / private messages, gallery pictures, etc. If you've recently closed your account, just log back in and reactivate it (may be occur automatically), delete everything, and then delete the account again. And to ensure your FB account remains deleted, do not try logging into it for a month (FB says wait two weeks, but don't trust that; wait the month).
On a related note, I personally deactivated (different than deleting) my lightly-used FB account about a month ago. I deleted everything out, but only deactivated the account and selected, to paraphrase, "This is temporary, I will be back." reason. That way my basic profile should remain in their system as a placeholder for potential future use; preventing use of my email address and vanity name by others who register there.
Ron
One's friends and the interactions with them is a privacy risk.
So even one posts a very basic user profile, such as the one you suggested, one's privacy is not safe. An interested party could fill in much of the blanks by tracking the interaction with others, including apps.
Even Facebook book users with strict privacy settings are still at risk, if they don't literally screen every "friend" they have to ensure they are legit (ie. not a stranger sneaking in as a "rogue" friend) and that will they respect their privacy, as well as, all "friends of friends" (equals the whole world, practically; six degrees of separation comes to mind, so good luck with that).
Facebook's business growth primarily comes from eroding user privacy to gather ever more specific, *personal data of each individual user* for marketing purposes, as well as, to grow its user base - more user profiles open to the public equates to more user interaction (ie. "friending", messaging, gaming, etc), and hence more traffic.
Ron
Self-service print kiosk.
For larger prints, use one of the various mail order places - email / upload the images for them to process. Simple and likely cheaper than a b&m place.
Ron
Intent. Google isn't scanning books for archival purposes, but rather with the intent to distribute / sell many of them.
Copyright doesn't necessarily preclude copying, but it does significantly limit the conditions under which one can do so.
Ron
Google likely believes use of your images falls under "fair use" in the same manner as those shown on Google Images, and hence feels no obligation to pay.
I assume the images in question were shown as smallish (ie. 80x80) thumbnails?
You might be able to strongly encourage Google to pay, if you can document them using the images out of context ... but I presume the images all linked to the related news items that contained the full size images. And thus, to reiterate, likely why Google feels no obligation to pay.
Ron
Especially on a Kindle.
The article poster may get a better reception emailing advertising agencies - using orbiting lasers to beam down advertising to millions.
From a technical standpoint, as another poster on here already mentioned, the power consumption could be greatly reduced by illuminating only sections of area at a time instead of all at once in a strobe like fashion.
Or a more practical way, which is likely already feasible now, is to illuminate the sky instead of the ground.
As far as detecting tsunamis from space, while not what the article poster is suggesting, would be a better use of orbiting lasers - detection of small rise in sea-level over a large area would, presumably, be a phenomena easily spotted from space.
Ron
Firefox is nice and is my default browser, but not much better than IE8 when it comes to security vulnerabilities.
For example, many feel Firefox is so much more secure than IE8 and yet why is that pop-unders (not the same as pop-ups, which FF does a good job blocking) from the likes of Netflix, even after years of complaints, still hasn't been addressed?
Surely, if unwanted pop-unders can slip through in Firefox, likely so can other unwanted things. Despite being an open-source program, I'm surprised there's still no built-in defense against pop-unders in Firefox. Yes, I know there's Adblock, but that comes with a bunch of overhead and, from what I've read, doesn't always block pop-unders either. End of rant.