Call me old fashioned (at 21?) But I have a different phone provider from my ISP. And I still source all of my parts seperately and assemble them together, since it is cheaper that way.
Relying on 5 different companies means if Dell makes some stupid moves (See example: Enron) I'm not left stranded - I will have a raport with a Linksys Rep since they handle my servers, or an HP rep because they handle my printers. I don't personally choose HP computers because I think they make better accessories than CPU's, but if it were ever to come to that I'd be glad to know I'm getting a good rate because I've been a good customer.
This is not the "day to day" ups and downs of companies I am refering to, I mean the company completely crashing, leaving you with 10,000 computers that no longer have support. Bummer.
Hey - are you paying for gas? Then its reasonable. When its unreasonable, you DON'T pay for gas. Thats the way it works.
If you haven't stopped driving your car because you couldn't afford fuel prices - then you really don't have much to complain about. Cars are a luxury item, if you live in the kind of town where driving a car is necessary to get to work, you also live in a town that has a transit system that can get you within walking distance.
We still discover Shipwrecks and sunken cruisers from earlier eras in the same intact position as they sunk - I have no reason to doubt a mine could last that long. You need Oxygen to rust, and while there is obviously a lot of it inside an H20 ocean, it doesn't have the C02 that usually helps pump out fast oxidizing.
Your car sitting outside with the wind and the rain and polution will rust much faster than a ship at the bottom of the ocean.
I have no problem with doing that with the way things are done now.
But when there is a new guy running Google (and it will happen eventually) - I don't know if I want to be fully dependant on Google services.
I think you might have heard that euphemism about eggs and baskets...
If Google provides me from everything from a computer to internet to applications... It's a scary thought if someone else starts running the show, with the only goal of seperating me from as many dollars as possible.
Thats true - I don't know why but the Girlfriend doesn't want a Synthetic Diamond. It also can't be a conflict diamond.
So if I'm going to get her a diamond, it's going to be pretty expensive. I'm hoping the Canadian Diamond market keeps churning them out enough to drop the prices.
I've come to understand it - it has a pretty high aesthetic value, is an excellent conductor for electricity, and is very maleable, making it a very desirable resource, in everything from Jewelry to electronics.
You can agree not to give the companies your social security number - at least here in Canada. There is some law regarding that information only be required to do credit checks, otherwise a company can't NOT give you service based on you retaining your info.
You will have to give them some other piece of Identifying information though, but it doesn't have to be permanent. Usually an address works - my ISP and Mobile phone (as thats the only services I purchase) don't have any information on me besides my phone number (obviously), my address, my name, and I thiiiiink my Date of Birth, but I might have actually retained that.
Anyways, as for paranoia, if you've got nothing to hide than I don't see why anything makes you cringe. I've got things to hide and I still don't worry about it. I know if you enter my full name in Google you'll get a page and a half on just me - My Facebook Profile, some news article clippings of me, sites I've visitted. Microsoft Outlook support forums had quite a few, by the way. Why I registered with my real name is beyond me, but whatever.
What it boils down to is what you need versus what you want. Some providers want to be able to give you certain services on the basis that they can sell ads targetted directly at you. If you don't want that, don't sign up for it, simple as that. Don't put anything online that you don't want found. If you steer clear of Social networking sites like Facebook, you can expect a reasonable level of privacy.
Question is - were you aware of the attacks of Anonymous on the Australian government before this article?
A large number of us were. This article is merely a badly formed follow up.
I would agree that even if the digital attack does nothing to the governments operability, its bringing light to the issues that they are against. That alone makes it more effective than a petition. This way - they don't have to form the petition, the public is informed and if its truly an outrage THEY will form a petition
Actually its a bit more than that. You could say that slashdot is the "Bastard hybrid of a punch of bored 18 year old CS students, a completely misinformed group of editors, and a legion of bored in-IT-for-the-money near or middle aged men. The only difference between Slashdot readers and Anonymous is that Anonymous makes an impact on the world.
So - whatever your views about them are, positive or negative, realize that they do earn some merit.
Exactly. You can either think of it as a group of individuals who merely believe the same ideals and co-operate in order to do what makes each individual happy. OR they are a collective consciousness where they are all controlled by one will, but they simply don't know it. I think its the latter.
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That's the problem with conspiracy theories - there is no real way to tell about these until more evidence surfaces or the entire thing is revealed.
I mean, I agree, it would make a lot of sense for them to 'leak' this kind of info, to help qualm all the clammer about it.
However, the only evidence to support them doing so is just that it would be a good idea for them to do so.
So you can never really tell. I'm not betting on one or the other just yet.
Man, that buzzword just keeps coming up. Can you imagine if baseball was based around 4 strikes instead of 3?
Call me old fashioned (at 21?) But I have a different phone provider from my ISP. And I still source all of my parts seperately and assemble them together, since it is cheaper that way.
Relying on 5 different companies means if Dell makes some stupid moves (See example: Enron) I'm not left stranded - I will have a raport with a Linksys Rep since they handle my servers, or an HP rep because they handle my printers. I don't personally choose HP computers because I think they make better accessories than CPU's, but if it were ever to come to that I'd be glad to know I'm getting a good rate because I've been a good customer.
This is not the "day to day" ups and downs of companies I am refering to, I mean the company completely crashing, leaving you with 10,000 computers that no longer have support. Bummer.
Managed to go through LA, San Fran, Salt Lake City, and a handful of other cities using nothing but municipal transit.
Hey - are you paying for gas? Then its reasonable. When its unreasonable, you DON'T pay for gas. Thats the way it works.
If you haven't stopped driving your car because you couldn't afford fuel prices - then you really don't have much to complain about. Cars are a luxury item, if you live in the kind of town where driving a car is necessary to get to work, you also live in a town that has a transit system that can get you within walking distance.
We still discover Shipwrecks and sunken cruisers from earlier eras in the same intact position as they sunk - I have no reason to doubt a mine could last that long. You need Oxygen to rust, and while there is obviously a lot of it inside an H20 ocean, it doesn't have the C02 that usually helps pump out fast oxidizing.
Your car sitting outside with the wind and the rain and polution will rust much faster than a ship at the bottom of the ocean.
In which case its likely no longer a threat?
I'm pretty sure I read about girlfriends in Popular Science...
So, if we try and hold ISPs or telecoms liable for what moves over their wires
That is a can of worms you do NOT want to open.
Wait no, not a can of worms, that is Pandora's Box.
I have no problem with doing that with the way things are done now.
But when there is a new guy running Google (and it will happen eventually) - I don't know if I want to be fully dependant on Google services.
I think you might have heard that euphemism about eggs and baskets...
If Google provides me from everything from a computer to internet to applications... It's a scary thought if someone else starts running the show, with the only goal of seperating me from as many dollars as possible.
I Can't imagine a technology that I would ever be suspicious of though, but then again I'm a nerd.
Really?
Nothing at all? I'm only 21 and I'm already suspicious of half the patent filings that get reported on here.
Seems like a bad move on Apple's part.
What are you talking about? They're half way there!
All they need to do now is Ban the non-jailbroken phones from the Appstore as well, and soon the world will be a better place.
(kidding)
(... Well mostly kidding)
Thats true - I don't know why but the Girlfriend doesn't want a Synthetic Diamond. It also can't be a conflict diamond.
So if I'm going to get her a diamond, it's going to be pretty expensive. I'm hoping the Canadian Diamond market keeps churning them out enough to drop the prices.
But these items have certain properties that also make them usable in a business environment.
Gold is better than copper in electronics, Diamonds are hard enough to cut other hard surfaces -
They are used more than just Jewelry.
Gold's value might deflate in an aesthetic market but it would still be used elsewhere. Gold won't be worthless.
I've come to understand it - it has a pretty high aesthetic value, is an excellent conductor for electricity, and is very maleable, making it a very desirable resource, in everything from Jewelry to electronics.
The previous release wasn't considered an alpha?
What comes before alpha? My greek alphabet must be really rusty.
Ancient Hebrew "Taw" - looks just like an x.
Que the Anti Adobe Activists in 3... 2...
Wait hang on... This flash ad is causing my browser to lag...
I'da modded that funny if I hadn't posted.
Eventually, if enough personal data gets out there, it may become worthless to mine it due to the sheer volume available.
Wouldn't that be like saying Gold would become worthless if we had it in large volumes?
Does it not still have many applicable uses?
Personal data mining will continue - it will only become more automated.
You can agree not to give the companies your social security number - at least here in Canada. There is some law regarding that information only be required to do credit checks, otherwise a company can't NOT give you service based on you retaining your info.
You will have to give them some other piece of Identifying information though, but it doesn't have to be permanent. Usually an address works - my ISP and Mobile phone (as thats the only services I purchase) don't have any information on me besides my phone number (obviously), my address, my name, and I thiiiiink my Date of Birth, but I might have actually retained that.
Anyways, as for paranoia, if you've got nothing to hide than I don't see why anything makes you cringe. I've got things to hide and I still don't worry about it. I know if you enter my full name in Google you'll get a page and a half on just me - My Facebook Profile, some news article clippings of me, sites I've visitted. Microsoft Outlook support forums had quite a few, by the way. Why I registered with my real name is beyond me, but whatever.
What it boils down to is what you need versus what you want. Some providers want to be able to give you certain services on the basis that they can sell ads targetted directly at you. If you don't want that, don't sign up for it, simple as that. Don't put anything online that you don't want found. If you steer clear of Social networking sites like Facebook, you can expect a reasonable level of privacy.
Question is - were you aware of the attacks of Anonymous on the Australian government before this article?
A large number of us were. This article is merely a badly formed follow up.
I would agree that even if the digital attack does nothing to the governments operability, its bringing light to the issues that they are against. That alone makes it more effective than a petition. This way - they don't have to form the petition, the public is informed and if its truly an outrage THEY will form a petition
Actually its a bit more than that. You could say that slashdot is the "Bastard hybrid of a punch of bored 18 year old CS students, a completely misinformed group of editors, and a legion of bored in-IT-for-the-money near or middle aged men. The only difference between Slashdot readers and Anonymous is that Anonymous makes an impact on the world.
So - whatever your views about them are, positive or negative, realize that they do earn some merit.
Very well put.
If the individuals in government can't be held accountable for their actions, neither should any individuals part of any collective group.
Exactly. You can either think of it as a group of individuals who merely believe the same ideals and co-operate in order to do what makes each individual happy. OR they are a collective consciousness where they are all controlled by one will, but they simply don't know it. I think its the latter.
I know Caste != Class, in theory, but look at it in practice. The stories of those moving from lower class to upper class are few and far between.