John is trying to get Intel to remove his name from the brand (which they are). He hasn't wanted to be associated with that software for quite some time.
Well, since you asked seriously, they are the world's largest dedicated security technology company, now wholly owned by Intel, and their antivirus software still ranks in the top 10 in a lot of reviews. That's what they do to earn money, anyway.
FYI - oil is currently flowing through the Keystone pipeline from Alberta all the way to the Gulf Coast, and it's been flowing that far for over a year. It's been flowing to Illinois refineries for almost 5 years. But don't let facts like that stop your hatred for Obama.
You *do* realize that the oil that would be flowing though the XL Pipe literally goes solid at room temperature?
How do you think they push it down the pipe, then? Do they heat it up to such a high level so that it maintains an easy flow throughout the entire pipeline, assuming that it might get re-heated at pumping stations? Or do they mix it with something else to allow it to flow easier regardless of temperature? Assuming they do heat it instead of just adding an agent to make it flow easier, how long would it take to cool and solidify in the open air after spilling? What's the flow rate of the pipeline, if there was a breach how much oil could we expect to escape? It looks like someone took the time to try and answer some of these questions here (if you have another source, please share). In any case, it sounds like in the event of a breach that we're looking at a minimum of tens of thousands of gallons spilling (possibly less if the breach occurred just downstream from a shutoff valve and was detected almost immediately). How far would tens of thousands of gallons of your super-heated oil travel in the time it takes that oil to cool before literally going solid? If instead the oil has an additive to allow it to flow easier, wouldn't that also mean that it can flow easier straight down into the ground?
Hint: "environmentalist" billionaire Steyer made his billions off coal, now owns a huge stake in a Canadian pipeline that would compete with the Keystone, and spent a LOT of money playing an "environmentally concerned" person trying to stop the Keystone pipeline.
What's your point? Are you suggesting that there is in fact no environmental impact by the pipeline? Are you trying to say that this guy stands to make money if the pipeline isn't built, and his money came from environmentally harmful sources, therefore the Keystone pipeline doesn't hurt the environment? I'm unclear what correlation you're trying to draw here.
We know that millions of people rely on our devices every day, and it is our responsibility to deliver quality, reliability, innovation and security to each and every customer.
If they know that, then why are they installing adware with security holes?
My point would be the part about background checks that you snipped out so that you wouldn't have to answer it.
Answer it? You didn't ask a question. The point of my link was to show that background checks for regular taxis are not sufficient to have a 100% success rate of weeding out potential sex offenders. Why should that be any different for Uber? (note, that was a question for you) People like to point to stories of sexual assault surrounding Uber as a reason not to use them, when the fact is that sexual assaults happen in regular taxis also. I don't think that Uber made any claim that their service is 100% sexual assault free, but frankly I think it is safer than a taxi. I sent a friend home in an Uber car the other night after some drinking at around 3:30 am. I ordered the car, so I was able to track where it was going on my phone and I verified that it took her straight home (I also entered her address so he knew where to go without asking her). I don't have that same capability with a taxi. If I wanted a further assurance I could have called her and talked to her all the way home. I also have the driver's name, vehicle make and model, and license plate number because Uber tells me all of that information. If I call a cab and she gets in it and she doesn't let me know when she's home, what are my options? (there's another question) Call the police and tell them who I called, and then they can call the cab company and work out with the dispatcher who got the call, then try to locate them over the radio and hope they respond? How long does that take? What else is happening in that car while all of that is going on? How is that any safer than letting me know where the vehicle is, who is driving it, and having a description of his car including location?
Like, say, while driving for an illegal limousine service without commercial insurance (and driving without insurance is a criminal offense in California).
Why is it that Uber can operate in California, then? You make it sound 100% illegal, so why do they advertise California cities among the places they operate?
That's fine. But, just so you know, you don't tip Uber drivers. When you arrive at the destination you just get out of the car and leave, you don't pay or tip, the payment happens automatically when the ride is over.
Considering that every Uber car in which I've rode (except one) has been cleaner, more prompt, and cheaper than a typical taxi, you can stick to whatever you want and I'll stick to Uber. Where my house is, the typical time from order to pickup for Uber is 2 or 3 minutes depending on how many cars are sitting in the neighborhood. It cost me $15 with Uber to head downtown last week, and a taxi was waiting right outside when I left so we just jumped in that and the ride back home in the taxi was $25 (plus a tip). In a nice old smelly car, too. You can keep that if you want to spend your time worrying about whether or not it is legal for one person to pay another person for a ride.
I have *absolutely* no problem with people evaluating my conduct and wearing that evaluation on my sleeve.
Unfortunately, too many people have the attitude that they'll only act in a civil manner towards other people if they are being recorded or otherwise evaluated. There's no reason to not act civil when no one is looking.
Several cases of assault by drivers and even a rape in india are documented occurances in the Uber ecosystem that seem to be shrugged off by the company as "isolated incidents."
In fairness, they are pretty isolated. How many Uber rides have you read about where nothing happened? One of my friends here was getting a ride and she asked her driver how her experiences have been . She once got a passenger who had her go out to an isolated area then tried to drag her out of her car and into hell, but she was able to escape (and continued driving, actually). What you're describing, people being violent towards each other, is not something unique to Uber. Believe it or not, but assaults and rapes have actually been occurring since before Uber was a thing. The fact that they still occur doesn't mean that Uber failed, it means that we still have sociopaths among us who are willing to victimize other people. And it's not as if driversattackingpassengersarelimitedtoUber.
But, in the case of the Uber drivers attacking people, or in the cases where passengers attack the drivers, with Uber at least you know exactly who your attacker was (unless they stole someone's phone or carjacked someones car and decided to turn on Uber) which is going to lead to an arrest, but even without violent crime or the police getting involved the rating system should (in theory) remove the abusers from the system. I don't see any flamebait or troll comments on Slashdot, for example, but that's not because they aren't here. I just have my settings configured so that the system doesn't even show me them.
In Uber, there is no palpable consequence for driving a family of 4 to a corn field instead of Disney land because once hes finished his negative review of you, you're now stranded somewhere without a taxi and locked out of uber.
A single negative review doesn't lock you out of anything. But, even so, let me know when you come across a story of an Uber driver abandoning a family of 4 in a corn field.
There's a reason why the taxi number and driver name are posted on the back seat. If you have a problem, you take it up with your local transit board about it (or livery commission) and file a complaint. Or even with the taxi company itself (whose name is prominently displayed).
Right. Nevada knows this, which is why they make it so easy for consumers to report when they are getting ripped off. All you need to do is download and print a PDF. Then you need to complete the affidavit and have it notarized, then mail or fax it to the Department of Business and Industry. Which is way easier than giving your driver a rating and leaving comments on your phone. Blake Ross suggests that you pack a few items with you while you're taking a taxi:
Given that, here are a few insider "tips and tricks" to keep in mind when cabbing in Vegas:
- Wear a fanny pack containing a desktop computer, a printer, envelopes, stamps, a fax machine, a notary, and food pellets for your notary. - While in the cab, note the driver’s full name, permit number, cab company name, cab number, license plate number, and physical appearance. If you don’t have this information memorized for some reason, just ask the driver while you’re locked in the car with him. If he wants to know why you need it, explain that you’re trying to have him fired and ask for a selfie to fulfill the physical description requirement. - Remember to bring $10 to pay the notary to witness you sign your complaint that you were overcharged by $10. - If you need transportation to a notary, consider taking a taxi cab.
is Vivaldi intended for a small group of developers only? no? you want non-developers to use it?
I don't understand your gripe with that name in particular. It's not an obscure name, and it evokes some sense of classical grace (as well as being an extension of the Opera name in a sense). There are any number of other projects out there, both successful and otherwise, that have much more ridiculous names. Firefox is a great example. What does "Firefox" have to do with being a web browser? Or SeaMonkey, or Chrome for that matter? What about Twitter? Or Flickr? What about LibreOffice, which I have to actually spell for people who haven't heard of it? How about "The Gimp?" But you're choosing to go on a rant over the name of a classical composer, as if no one has heard of this person?
In the first place, people are obviously fine with using things with names that don't have an obvious connection to the product. In the second place, plenty of people have actually heard of Vivaldi (the man). It's not as obscure as you apparently think it is.
Just the download counter for the app could be read as a social barometer of public trust.
It's not a cop locating app, it's an app to suggest alternate routes of travel around congested areas. It just has a feature to show where police are, but that's not the purpose of it.
If this app is downloaded more than a few hundred times that would indicate that more people than just hardened criminals want to keep tabs on cops.
Is what the results of your study show, that there are a few hundred hardened criminals around?
I don't see any DRM-like behavior at all, it's just destructive scanning. Who says it's only limited to a single reproduction? Like you pointed out, sometimes destruction is the only way to really find out what something is, but once you've done that what's really stopping someone from then creating 100 copies of it?
I saw the same thing on one of Arizona's ballots, I can't remember if that was for gay marriage or legalized marijuana though. The question was something along the lines of "should the existing restrictions stay in place", so if you voted yes then you were voting against changing the law.
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John is trying to get Intel to remove his name from the brand (which they are). He hasn't wanted to be associated with that software for quite some time.
Well, since you asked seriously, they are the world's largest dedicated security technology company, now wholly owned by Intel, and their antivirus software still ranks in the top 10 in a lot of reviews. That's what they do to earn money, anyway.
FYI - oil is currently flowing through the Keystone pipeline from Alberta all the way to the Gulf Coast, and it's been flowing that far for over a year. It's been flowing to Illinois refineries for almost 5 years. But don't let facts like that stop your hatred for Obama.
You *do* realize that the oil that would be flowing though the XL Pipe literally goes solid at room temperature?
How do you think they push it down the pipe, then? Do they heat it up to such a high level so that it maintains an easy flow throughout the entire pipeline, assuming that it might get re-heated at pumping stations? Or do they mix it with something else to allow it to flow easier regardless of temperature? Assuming they do heat it instead of just adding an agent to make it flow easier, how long would it take to cool and solidify in the open air after spilling? What's the flow rate of the pipeline, if there was a breach how much oil could we expect to escape? It looks like someone took the time to try and answer some of these questions here (if you have another source, please share). In any case, it sounds like in the event of a breach that we're looking at a minimum of tens of thousands of gallons spilling (possibly less if the breach occurred just downstream from a shutoff valve and was detected almost immediately). How far would tens of thousands of gallons of your super-heated oil travel in the time it takes that oil to cool before literally going solid? If instead the oil has an additive to allow it to flow easier, wouldn't that also mean that it can flow easier straight down into the ground?
Hint: "environmentalist" billionaire Steyer made his billions off coal, now owns a huge stake in a Canadian pipeline that would compete with the Keystone, and spent a LOT of money playing an "environmentally concerned" person trying to stop the Keystone pipeline.
What's your point? Are you suggesting that there is in fact no environmental impact by the pipeline? Are you trying to say that this guy stands to make money if the pipeline isn't built, and his money came from environmentally harmful sources, therefore the Keystone pipeline doesn't hurt the environment? I'm unclear what correlation you're trying to draw here.
We know that millions of people rely on our devices every day, and it is our responsibility to deliver quality, reliability, innovation and security to each and every customer.
If they know that, then why are they installing adware with security holes?
Why in the world do companies keep insisting that datamining and delivering ads "enhances the experience for users"?
Because it's the only way they can possibly spin advertising as being somehow pro-consumer. There's really no other way.
If a checkbox is not checked does it still not come in on the post / get ?
That's HTML, that has nothing to do with HTTP.
Is a textarea still not a text control?
That's HTML, that has nothing to do with HTTP.
It's just the result of a drunken mad libs game.
OK, let's sell [noun] kits to fund a [noun] flight over [noun]
My point would be the part about background checks that you snipped out so that you wouldn't have to answer it.
Answer it? You didn't ask a question. The point of my link was to show that background checks for regular taxis are not sufficient to have a 100% success rate of weeding out potential sex offenders. Why should that be any different for Uber? (note, that was a question for you) People like to point to stories of sexual assault surrounding Uber as a reason not to use them, when the fact is that sexual assaults happen in regular taxis also. I don't think that Uber made any claim that their service is 100% sexual assault free, but frankly I think it is safer than a taxi. I sent a friend home in an Uber car the other night after some drinking at around 3:30 am. I ordered the car, so I was able to track where it was going on my phone and I verified that it took her straight home (I also entered her address so he knew where to go without asking her). I don't have that same capability with a taxi. If I wanted a further assurance I could have called her and talked to her all the way home. I also have the driver's name, vehicle make and model, and license plate number because Uber tells me all of that information. If I call a cab and she gets in it and she doesn't let me know when she's home, what are my options? (there's another question) Call the police and tell them who I called, and then they can call the cab company and work out with the dispatcher who got the call, then try to locate them over the radio and hope they respond? How long does that take? What else is happening in that car while all of that is going on? How is that any safer than letting me know where the vehicle is, who is driving it, and having a description of his car including location?
Like, say, while driving for an illegal limousine service without commercial insurance (and driving without insurance is a criminal offense in California).
Why is it that Uber can operate in California, then? You make it sound 100% illegal, so why do they advertise California cities among the places they operate?
Last night's big news story here in LA was an alleged sexual assault - by and Uber driver.
What's your point?
A quarter of California drivers have no insurance.
Well there's your problem right there. Good luck with that.
That's fine. But, just so you know, you don't tip Uber drivers. When you arrive at the destination you just get out of the car and leave, you don't pay or tip, the payment happens automatically when the ride is over.
Considering that every Uber car in which I've rode (except one) has been cleaner, more prompt, and cheaper than a typical taxi, you can stick to whatever you want and I'll stick to Uber. Where my house is, the typical time from order to pickup for Uber is 2 or 3 minutes depending on how many cars are sitting in the neighborhood. It cost me $15 with Uber to head downtown last week, and a taxi was waiting right outside when I left so we just jumped in that and the ride back home in the taxi was $25 (plus a tip). In a nice old smelly car, too. You can keep that if you want to spend your time worrying about whether or not it is legal for one person to pay another person for a ride.
I think it was written in 2004
Right, back when Uber came out in 2004.
He was referring specifically to the long route incident form, that's the focus of his article - how to know when you're getting ripped off.
I have *absolutely* no problem with people evaluating my conduct and wearing that evaluation on my sleeve.
Unfortunately, too many people have the attitude that they'll only act in a civil manner towards other people if they are being recorded or otherwise evaluated. There's no reason to not act civil when no one is looking.
he wouldn't give me a tip of ten times the fare.
You've never used Uber, have you?
Several cases of assault by drivers and even a rape in india are documented occurances in the Uber ecosystem that seem to be shrugged off by the company as "isolated incidents."
In fairness, they are pretty isolated. How many Uber rides have you read about where nothing happened? One of my friends here was getting a ride and she asked her driver how her experiences have been . She once got a passenger who had her go out to an isolated area then tried to drag her out of her car and into hell, but she was able to escape (and continued driving, actually). What you're describing, people being violent towards each other, is not something unique to Uber. Believe it or not, but assaults and rapes have actually been occurring since before Uber was a thing. The fact that they still occur doesn't mean that Uber failed, it means that we still have sociopaths among us who are willing to victimize other people. And it's not as if drivers attacking passengers are limited to Uber.
But, in the case of the Uber drivers attacking people, or in the cases where passengers attack the drivers, with Uber at least you know exactly who your attacker was (unless they stole someone's phone or carjacked someones car and decided to turn on Uber) which is going to lead to an arrest, but even without violent crime or the police getting involved the rating system should (in theory) remove the abusers from the system. I don't see any flamebait or troll comments on Slashdot, for example, but that's not because they aren't here. I just have my settings configured so that the system doesn't even show me them.
In Uber, there is no palpable consequence for driving a family of 4 to a corn field instead of Disney land because once hes finished his negative review of you, you're now stranded somewhere without a taxi and locked out of uber.
A single negative review doesn't lock you out of anything. But, even so, let me know when you come across a story of an Uber driver abandoning a family of 4 in a corn field.
There's a reason why the taxi number and driver name are posted on the back seat. If you have a problem, you take it up with your local transit board about it (or livery commission) and file a complaint. Or even with the taxi company itself (whose name is prominently displayed).
Right. Nevada knows this, which is why they make it so easy for consumers to report when they are getting ripped off. All you need to do is download and print a PDF. Then you need to complete the affidavit and have it notarized, then mail or fax it to the Department of Business and Industry. Which is way easier than giving your driver a rating and leaving comments on your phone. Blake Ross suggests that you pack a few items with you while you're taking a taxi:
Given that, here are a few insider "tips and tricks" to keep in mind when cabbing in Vegas:
- Wear a fanny pack containing a desktop computer, a printer, envelopes, stamps, a fax machine, a notary, and food pellets for your notary.
- While in the cab, note the driver’s full name, permit number, cab company name, cab number, license plate number, and physical appearance. If you don’t have this information memorized for some reason, just ask the driver while you’re locked in the car with him. If he wants to know why you need it, explain that you’re trying to have him fired and ask for a selfie to fulfill the physical description requirement.
- Remember to bring $10 to pay the notary to witness you sign your complaint that you were overcharged by $10.
- If you need transportation to a notary, consider taking a taxi cab.
Right, because in the 46 or so years he was alive and not president, he probably never flew coach.
is Vivaldi intended for a small group of developers only? no? you want non-developers to use it?
I don't understand your gripe with that name in particular. It's not an obscure name, and it evokes some sense of classical grace (as well as being an extension of the Opera name in a sense). There are any number of other projects out there, both successful and otherwise, that have much more ridiculous names. Firefox is a great example. What does "Firefox" have to do with being a web browser? Or SeaMonkey, or Chrome for that matter? What about Twitter? Or Flickr? What about LibreOffice, which I have to actually spell for people who haven't heard of it? How about "The Gimp?" But you're choosing to go on a rant over the name of a classical composer, as if no one has heard of this person?
In the first place, people are obviously fine with using things with names that don't have an obvious connection to the product. In the second place, plenty of people have actually heard of Vivaldi (the man). It's not as obscure as you apparently think it is.
Apparently not.
Apparently going through the FCC is the only way to get anyone to fix anything.
https://support.t-mobile.com/t...
Just the download counter for the app could be read as a social barometer of public trust.
It's not a cop locating app, it's an app to suggest alternate routes of travel around congested areas. It just has a feature to show where police are, but that's not the purpose of it.
If this app is downloaded more than a few hundred times that would indicate that more people than just hardened criminals want to keep tabs on cops.
Is what the results of your study show, that there are a few hundred hardened criminals around?
The notion that a human antibody can intercept (and neutralize) a foreign substance that quickly is highly questionable. (If not silly).
Are you suggesting that their test results are incorrect?
I don't see any DRM-like behavior at all, it's just destructive scanning. Who says it's only limited to a single reproduction? Like you pointed out, sometimes destruction is the only way to really find out what something is, but once you've done that what's really stopping someone from then creating 100 copies of it?
I saw the same thing on one of Arizona's ballots, I can't remember if that was for gay marriage or legalized marijuana though. The question was something along the lines of "should the existing restrictions stay in place", so if you voted yes then you were voting against changing the law.