As useless as media player is, does this mean no one will be able to access files on their android devices over USB anymore due to no MTP support? Because Windows 7 can't do it on versions lacking the media pack...
Google bought doubleclick in 2007, but ya...I see my attempt at irony fell short. Chances are if you ever see ANY ad you're seeing Google doubleclick ads.
Like the ones I constantly run into here on slashdot. I try to scroll down the page away from the ad and it just stays there blocking the top-half of my screen. My vertical space is short enough already on a 16:9 monitor thank you!
I've never seen these "tab-unders" in the wild but the "half page scroll" ads are very prevalent on slashdot and other sites paid by ad.doubleclick.net.
No kidding, if this stuff was actually two-factor, you'd still need the password even if you could prove access to the phone's data.
Also, it wasn't a coin wallet they hacked, it was Gmail. Gmail is apparently where the vulnerability is.
Oh, not to mention it may not be a good idea to farm out the security of your bitcoin (ish) keys to some online third-party. I mean, yeah, we give money to banks instead of putting it under our mattresses, but they're FDIC insured and certified by the government (who can just print more if they steal it or, as we saw a few years back, mismanage it).
Get off my device and go disable the windows store entirely.
I really don't need an "app store" for a company that can't even field a cell phone platform. Heck, I don't need an app store from the 2 who CAN! If I want to install something I'll go download the bits and run it the old fashioned way thank you very much. (even if it's.apk not.msi or.exe)
Still, I'm not sure any of those merely convey things we already knew, except maybe the one about Zuckerberg in government which is merely something we may not have thought of before... A story about Ghostface Killah is completely off topic, but at least there was some novel information.
This story is not only nothing we don't already know it's just repeating the first thing we'd think about Silicon Valley + Home Market anyways. I'm not even sure $800,000 is a record, a house in Cuptertino sold for $600,000 over asking price a couple months ago. Also, no one seems to differentiate between high and low priced homes. If a house listed for $400,000 and it went for an extra $800,000 that's a much bigger deal than if it listed at $2,500,000 and went for an extra $800,000. In the bay area, 70% of houses sell for more than asking price already so, once again, not really news.
Oh, I'm not arguing that Silicon Valley couldn't be of interest to nerds. However, this article doesn't seem like news there. If the headline was "Head of household teacher pays off mortgage for 3 bedroom house only 20 minutes from downtown Sunnyvale without help." **THAT** would be news.
> Using SSN or other meaningful data as a primary key is bad security wise.
In my experience, user-known data as a key is bad because users invariable want to control and change everything they know exists. Typically nothing to do with security which becomes a complicated subject very quickly.
Truly scary, anyone who wants to dig knowing where every single person's car is every day?! Far better if just the police know, even if they can't be trusted to be responsible with it (by deleting after a month).
Next up, allowing private citizens and corporations to do license plate look-ups to see who the owner is. (or further get facial recognition data to see who's actually driving).
Of course, this data is pretty much already available via phone GPS.
Seriously though, this is definitely only going to exist in certain circles. I shudder to identify them properly but I see them in the elevator constantly when they can't pull their nose out of their phone between floors.
Estimation can be a useful tool even in areas where estimation is highly susceptible to bias.
Good point! For one thing, we now know a human life is worth 1 million dollars. So useful to know!!! And age and other factors don't matter! Also great to know. So enlightening.
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As useless as media player is, does this mean no one will be able to access files on their android devices over USB anymore due to no MTP support? Because Windows 7 can't do it on versions lacking the media pack...
Google bought doubleclick in 2007, but ya...I see my attempt at irony fell short. Chances are if you ever see ANY ad you're seeing Google doubleclick ads.
Like the ones I constantly run into here on slashdot. I try to scroll down the page away from the ad and it just stays there blocking the top-half of my screen. My vertical space is short enough already on a 16:9 monitor thank you!
I've never seen these "tab-unders" in the wild but the "half page scroll" ads are very prevalent on slashdot and other sites paid by ad.doubleclick.net.
All information about a consumer is also a liability.
Tell that to Equifax... If what you say is even slightly true they should be out of business 10 times over.
Dollars to donuts in 2 years it'll be business as usual.
> Curiosity, why do banks collect relative information on all their loan documents? Habit?
Probably so they can track you don't if you don't pay up. Even many fugitives stay in touch with friends and family at some point.
No kidding, if this stuff was actually two-factor, you'd still need the password even if you could prove access to the phone's data.
Also, it wasn't a coin wallet they hacked, it was Gmail. Gmail is apparently where the vulnerability is.
Oh, not to mention it may not be a good idea to farm out the security of your bitcoin (ish) keys to some online third-party. I mean, yeah, we give money to banks instead of putting it under our mattresses, but they're FDIC insured and certified by the government (who can just print more if they steal it or, as we saw a few years back, mismanage it).
or .pkg or .mpkg or .deb or .rpm or .tgz or .inf or .zip etc...
Get off my device and go disable the windows store entirely.
I really don't need an "app store" for a company that can't even field a cell phone platform. Heck, I don't need an app store from the 2 who CAN! If I want to install something I'll go download the bits and run it the old fashioned way thank you very much. (even if it's .apk not .msi or .exe)
Still, I'm not sure any of those merely convey things we already knew, except maybe the one about Zuckerberg in government which is merely something we may not have thought of before... A story about Ghostface Killah is completely off topic, but at least there was some novel information.
This story is not only nothing we don't already know it's just repeating the first thing we'd think about Silicon Valley + Home Market anyways. I'm not even sure $800,000 is a record, a house in Cuptertino sold for $600,000 over asking price a couple months ago. Also, no one seems to differentiate between high and low priced homes. If a house listed for $400,000 and it went for an extra $800,000 that's a much bigger deal than if it listed at $2,500,000 and went for an extra $800,000. In the bay area, 70% of houses sell for more than asking price already so, once again, not really news.
Oh, I'm not arguing that Silicon Valley couldn't be of interest to nerds. However, this article doesn't seem like news there. If the headline was "Head of household teacher pays off mortgage for 3 bedroom house only 20 minutes from downtown Sunnyvale without help." **THAT** would be news.
This isn't news for nerds. I'm not even sure this is news for real estate agents.
Ooh a house sold for 40% over list price! So what. Ooh Silicon Valley is massively over-priced! Again, so what.
> Using SSN or other meaningful data as a primary key is bad security wise.
In my experience, user-known data as a key is bad because users invariable want to control and change everything they know exists. Typically nothing to do with security which becomes a complicated subject very quickly.
SSN is very important, it's like a name only more precise.
Trying to use someone's name as a password or pretending it's a secret is the where the idiocy creeps in.
Truly scary, anyone who wants to dig knowing where every single person's car is every day?! Far better if just the police know, even if they can't be trusted to be responsible with it (by deleting after a month).
Next up, allowing private citizens and corporations to do license plate look-ups to see who the owner is. (or further get facial recognition data to see who's actually driving).
Of course, this data is pretty much already available via phone GPS.
> NOT everyone are MENSA members in top physical and mental condition at all times,
I think you may be right about the need of only exceptional workers. I just think it's more likely to be a need for savants than the well-rounded.
I was so wondering where I was supposed to get to too! Evidently nowhere bigger than Detroit, MI with 900,000 some odd people.
300 missiles: So much heavy water how could we be so blind.
Seriously though, this is definitely only going to exist in certain circles. I shudder to identify them properly but I see them in the elevator constantly when they can't pull their nose out of their phone between floors.
> Wow - waving a sign causes a leak?
No, as the parent just said, politically blocking necessary upgrades and maintenance could cause leaks (or worse).
In other breaking news: Decisions have consequences.
And of course it has a constant obvious figure the same for all individuals and unaffected by ageism like "are they 3 or are they 80?"
Somewhere I recall a government designed around minimizing such things rather than maximizing them... But perhaps it was just a fantasy.
Estimation can be a useful tool even in areas where estimation is highly susceptible to bias.
Good point! For one thing, we now know a human life is worth 1 million dollars. So useful to know!!! And age and other factors don't matter! Also great to know. So enlightening.
> And we (the United States) want to cap legal immigration at ~50,000/year, so good luck making...
When's the last time overall US population dropped again? Oh, right.
So back to that argument:
>> The Earth has plenty of humans on it...
> And increases, it does.
So wrong and yet so right correct and true.
Nice job Intel!!! Where did you dig this guy up?
I hope he's not making any important decisions for you, like oh, maybe putting vPro in everything... Oh wait, it's all starting to make sense now.
> Warrants are used for searching or seizing private property.
Or to arrest someone, but ya...