Without getting into the moral implications of such a threat by the US, this is the cost Germany et. al. pay when letting the US foot the defense bill. The US defense budget pays for a large portion of the defense of the first world. If they don't want to be beholden to the whims of the US, don't depend on the US for defense.
As if they had any choice, seen the ending of WWII:-)
Google already tracks users and presents them search results compatible with their beliefs. This will be more and more about not challenging "accepted dogma" as truthful often means.
cfr "accepted truth" which ceases to be "truth" as soon as FOIA documents prove that history was quite different than what was the "truth" published on newspapers or shown on TV.
Google gets more and more unsound, to the point that if you base your research of factual truth on Google you risk confirmation bias.
I wonder what the reaction could be, if a non US company tried to circumvent local and federal regulations in the US, or actively solicited illegal behaviour by their US users.
Twitter sucks in trademark enforcement.
They "actively defend usage of hashtags by insertionists".
And "hashtags" can be trademarks, by insertionists.
Read carefully: if someone infrange on your trademark, eg. an competitor encouraging other users to use your trademark as an hashtag in order to promote a competing business, at twitter basically they don't give a damn.
Looks a lot like an extortion to me: want us to enforce your rights? only if you pay up, dear.
Actually the summary is an invention.
They were accused of stating that there was no possibility of harm, that people should have remained at home.
I.e.: they released false and fatally flawed recommendations for political reasons.
It was well known that the region was at risk due to historical evidence.
Usually certificates have an arbitrary high cost, expire yearly, need to be reissued because you need to add a subdomain (and "wildcard" certificates are usually very expensive).
I can see trouble for all but a few domains, who will register certificates for decades, maybe because they have their own c.a.
First things first: the name was "McCarthy," not "Mc Carty." As for the substance of your post, (1) did you reply to the wrong post, (2) did you fail to read the post you replied to, or (3) all of the above?
4) I forgot to add "I agree with your pos: Disney was not an example".
Sorry but English is my second language.
I did indeed misspell Mc Carthy surname.
@schnell: 'All treaties are negotiated in secret. Furthermore, at least in the US, no treaty is in effect until it is ratified by the Senate, at which point all the elements of the treaty will be public and heavily debated down to the last comma.'
--
"The cover sheet records that the draft text will not be declassified until 5 years after the TISA comes into force or the negotiations are otherwise closed. Presumably this also applies to other documents aside from the final text. This exceeds the 4 years in the super-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)! It also contradicts the hard-won transparency at the WTO, which has published documents relating to negotiations online for a number of years."
"Secrecy during the negotiation of a binding and enforceable commercial treaty is objectionable and undemocratic, and invites poorly informed and biased decisions. Secrecy after the fact is patently designed to prevent the governments from being held accountable by their legislatures and citizens."
"The suppression of background documents (travaux preparatoires) also creates legal problems. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties recognises they are an essential tool for interpreting legal texts. Non-disclosure makes it impossible for policy-makers, regulators, non-government supervisory agencies, opposition political parties, financial services firms, academics and other commentators to understand the intended meaning or apply the text with confidence."
If you are using GMAIL professionally you are doing it wrong.
I agree if you are talking about free gmail. Gmail in apps for business is a different matter - you pay and you get support
Problem is, unless you are a company with 20 users, you CAN'T call their phone number.
This leaves single professionals, small shops and small enterprises out.
If you can't call a phone number during SALES/Evaluation phase, don't trust that provider. Period.
Aesthetics does not account for the lack of any way of contacting a Human should you come into trouble.
A prettier GMAIL? Quite frankly, who gives a hoot?
GMAIL is strutture in such a way as not to request "human labour", never.
This makes it very, very frail and user support is, literally, non existing.
If for any reason, you loose access to your account, you are basically fucked.
Lessons learned: GMAIL is OK for basic throw/away don't care type of things.
If you are using GMAIL professionally you are doing it wrong.
First of all set the correct DNS records of a domain you own to point to a service, any service which allows you to set some name@yourdomain.tld.
Should you not like the mail provider service, you can move your account where you like, and NEVER, EVER loose access to your mail account.
First thing to check if you plan to use a service: is there a way to contact a human being? is there an actual phone number you can use to ask for assistance?
If you can't contact them during sales phase, go someplace else.
I couldn't help noticing that iOS development got sensibly slower:
XCODE 5 is a lot slower, and debug on the simulator is a dog: takes forever to launch on a relatively fast iMac with 16 Gb and solid state hard drive.
This way XCode is adding minutes every time I need to recompile, relaunch, debug.
In the course of the day this adds up...
Slashdot Mirror
Without getting into the moral implications of such a threat by the US, this is the cost Germany et. al. pay when letting the US foot the defense bill. The US defense budget pays for a large portion of the defense of the first world. If they don't want to be beholden to the whims of the US, don't depend on the US for defense.
As if they had any choice, seen the ending of WWII :-)
Google already tracks users and presents them search results compatible with their beliefs. This will be more and more about not challenging "accepted dogma" as truthful often means. cfr "accepted truth" which ceases to be "truth" as soon as FOIA documents prove that history was quite different than what was the "truth" published on newspapers or shown on TV. Google gets more and more unsound, to the point that if you base your research of factual truth on Google you risk confirmation bias.
Hail to our time traveling overlords!
The Martians are straightening the Tower of Pisa!
Hail to our Martian Overlords !
I highly doubt that.
I wish I had mod points...
I wonder what the reaction could be, if a non US company tried to circumvent local and federal regulations in the US, or actively solicited illegal behaviour by their US users.
Twitter sucks in trademark enforcement. They "actively defend usage of hashtags by insertionists". And "hashtags" can be trademarks, by insertionists. Read carefully: if someone infrange on your trademark, eg. an competitor encouraging other users to use your trademark as an hashtag in order to promote a competing business, at twitter basically they don't give a damn. Looks a lot like an extortion to me: want us to enforce your rights? only if you pay up, dear.
I would not want Windows on a Raspberry unless they paid me to install it.
The "logical" move for a rational player in prisoner's dilemma is noncooperative. You got your Game Theory wrong.
Actually the summary is an invention. They were accused of stating that there was no possibility of harm, that people should have remained at home. I.e.: they released false and fatally flawed recommendations for political reasons. It was well known that the region was at risk due to historical evidence.
Look 'ma no chips!
Which is, interestingly, precisely what Google is doing today.
Usually certificates have an arbitrary high cost, expire yearly, need to be reissued because you need to add a subdomain (and "wildcard" certificates are usually very expensive). I can see trouble for all but a few domains, who will register certificates for decades, maybe because they have their own c.a.
Let's call a turd a turd and a spade a spade...
In Italian: Gattolico
First things first: the name was "McCarthy," not "Mc Carty." As for the substance of your post, (1) did you reply to the wrong post, (2) did you fail to read the post you replied to, or (3) all of the above?
4) I forgot to add "I agree with your pos: Disney was not an example". Sorry but English is my second language. I did indeed misspell Mc Carthy surname.
@schnell: 'All treaties are negotiated in secret. Furthermore, at least in the US, no treaty is in effect until it is ratified by the Senate, at which point all the elements of the treaty will be public and heavily debated down to the last comma.' -- "The cover sheet records that the draft text will not be declassified until 5 years after the TISA comes into force or the negotiations are otherwise closed. Presumably this also applies to other documents aside from the final text. This exceeds the 4 years in the super-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)! It also contradicts the hard-won transparency at the WTO, which has published documents relating to negotiations online for a number of years." "Secrecy during the negotiation of a binding and enforceable commercial treaty is objectionable and undemocratic, and invites poorly informed and biased decisions. Secrecy after the fact is patently designed to prevent the governments from being held accountable by their legislatures and citizens." "The suppression of background documents (travaux preparatoires) also creates legal problems. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties recognises they are an essential tool for interpreting legal texts. Non-disclosure makes it impossible for policy-makers, regulators, non-government supervisory agencies, opposition political parties, financial services firms, academics and other commentators to understand the intended meaning or apply the text with confidence."
Mod parent up!
You talking about the same Walt who collaborated actively with the Mc Carty witch hunt... That is as far from a children tales as it gets.
To be fair, neither to the vast majority of people who use spreadsheets for important work.
Most economists don't. This is not the first case.
If you are using GMAIL professionally you are doing it wrong.
I agree if you are talking about free gmail. Gmail in apps for business is a different matter - you pay and you get support
Problem is, unless you are a company with 20 users, you CAN'T call their phone number. This leaves single professionals, small shops and small enterprises out. If you can't call a phone number during SALES/Evaluation phase, don't trust that provider. Period.
Aesthetics does not account for the lack of any way of contacting a Human should you come into trouble. A prettier GMAIL? Quite frankly, who gives a hoot? GMAIL is strutture in such a way as not to request "human labour", never. This makes it very, very frail and user support is, literally, non existing. If for any reason, you loose access to your account, you are basically fucked. Lessons learned: GMAIL is OK for basic throw/away don't care type of things. If you are using GMAIL professionally you are doing it wrong. First of all set the correct DNS records of a domain you own to point to a service, any service which allows you to set some name@yourdomain.tld. Should you not like the mail provider service, you can move your account where you like, and NEVER, EVER loose access to your mail account. First thing to check if you plan to use a service: is there a way to contact a human being? is there an actual phone number you can use to ask for assistance? If you can't contact them during sales phase, go someplace else.
Military intelligence is an oxymoron.
I couldn't help noticing that iOS development got sensibly slower: XCODE 5 is a lot slower, and debug on the simulator is a dog: takes forever to launch on a relatively fast iMac with 16 Gb and solid state hard drive. This way XCode is adding minutes every time I need to recompile, relaunch, debug. In the course of the day this adds up...
Please mod parent up as insightful...
Available evidence suggests you can sell an unfinished program just fine.
Mod parent up as INSIGHTFUL: true, and definitely not funny.