I know I'll get voted down for this, but to achieve this, you need the town to run the public transport. As long as it's private owned, profit is all they care about, why would they care about congested roads?
Not the worst idea so far. What you'd need for this is an internationally (or hell, at least nationally) recognized and promoted IoT security seal that shows the maker of the device has followed certain standards (that also have been tested by an independent security lab).
Yes, it ain't perfect, but it's leaps and bounds over the mess we have now. Because yes, I actually like the idea of appliances being controlled via the internet. But in their current state this is going to be a disaster. No later than when these news start to become a daily routine in the "normal" news, even tech illiterates will start to view "IoT" as a design flaw rather than a feature.
Well, there could be a market for a dedicated IoT Linux distribution and licensing it, if, and only if, IoT makers wouldn't be so cheap to even ignore the GPL, let alone any other licenses that actually cost money.
The problem is that for most of these appliances, internet connectivity is an afterthought and a gadget, a sales gimmick rather than an actual functionality that they care about. It's one more tick box on that tick box lists we like so much that determine which of the two indistinguishable appliances we buy, based simply on this one having one tick box more checked than the other one. Do we need that feature? Hell, we don't even know what it means. But it's one feature more that this one has that the other one doesn't, so we buy the one with it.
This looks like a really good idea until you realize that the guy breaking into your IoT crapfest isn't Bubba from the bad side of town but Ali Ben Gali from Itsnogooditisbad in Somewhereistan.
And even if you know that it was Ali, which by itself is unlikely, the police in Somewhereistan doesn't give a shit about your problem.
Here is a German caricature following the Helsinki summit. I think it's even clear what it says without translation of the caption "His connection to Putin".
Nuclear war? Are you fucking kidding me? By the time NKor could think about pondering considering aiming a nuke in the general direction of the USA, the country would be visible for the first time at night from the mushroom clouds carpet bombing the country.
This is exactly what I posted. If (China|the US) want them to refer to (Taiwan|Mexico) as (“Taipei, Taipei”|Spicistan), will they simply bend over and comply?
They can still land in Mexico. All they have to do is call it Spicistan if they also want to land in the US.
He's a politician AND a businessman. I didn't know it's a state secret that he publicly lies, actually, I was pretty much expecting this to be common knowledge.
Concerning the promises to his wife, he didn't promise to me that he won't screw anyone else, so basically it's her business whether she wants to get upset about it, not mine. And concerning his promise: Please. No later than the wall to Mexico and making them pay for it that was out the window, let alone the rest of unfulfilled promises. Promises with politicians (and Trump) are in general hit and miss.
And concerning the making relationship work: I couldn't get mine to work. On the other hand, I'm pretty good at my job. In other words, what has one to do with the other? It is absolutely possible to be good at one thing even if you totally suck at another.
Ok, Trump ain't a good example for either of them, but that has more to do with him himself than the reasons you offered.
That depends on whether the CEO forces or coerces the intern to have sex with him, or uses his position akin to "fuck me or you're fucked", or whether they do it because they wanna.
By your logic, the case against Clinton was stronger than that against Trump...
I admit that in my business finding a new job is much easier than for others, so it certainly was a lot easier for me to do than for most other people.
Ok, life expectancy was around 35-40 years of age and living past the age of 60 usually entailed being a cripple in some way, but that's the price you gladly pay for "natural" life, right?
Quite frankly, why? You know, I can see it with the makers of hardware that have no history with security or internet connectivity. I don't even wonder anymore why huge security holes gap in internet connected fridges and dishwashers, simply because the makers of such appliances never had to deal with anything like this and are, essentially, at a security level we were 25 years ago.
But SAMSUNG? C'mon, folks, you have the people over in the smartphone branch, is it really that impossible to at least look over the fence to the other departments? I don't even expect different departments of huge corporations to work together anymore, but this is ridiculous.
Not quite. Without ads becoming so incredibly annoying and invasive, most users would not have bothered with adblockers.
Until not that long ago, adblockers were not too common. I mean, let's face it. You have people who put up with 5+ minutes boot times because they can't be bothered to delete old crap that infests their "run at boot" folders. You have people who put up with browser windows that are barely the size of a phone screen because they can't be assed to delete the billion browser bars that got installed with some crap they "must" have.
It got bad enough that THESE people started to install adblockers.
And the worse it gets, the better. Because then more people install adblockers.
There would be a simple solution: Ask the user. Inform the user that a reboot is required, preferably with an estimate how long the reboot will take on the average machine so he knows whether he can get a cup of coffee or whether he should rather only do it when he leaves for the day 'cause then it might be ready when he comes back the next day, and let the user decide when that reboot fits best.
This is the solution for the problem you allegedly have.
Since that solution is SO blatantly obvious that even a C-Level manager can't possibly be stupid enough to not notice it, my money is on them having yet another piece of spyware that they need to cram into Win10 and now need an excuse for it. Most likely 'cause it's going to be SO noticeable that they can't just silently slip it into the next patch.
I shudder at the thought that there is actually a large bank with shoddy enough practices, processes and protocols to let a single guy have the admin password of a critical system.
Oh please. Control of your borders is still nonexistent and the only thing that "push back against abusive trade practices" got so far was to piss off those large economies enough that they started to get rid of their rivalries to band together against the US. Great job. *golfclap*
Trump has zero experience with diplomacy, and it shows. He's used to getting his way and being able to bully business partners around, and that doesn't work in international politics, not even if the other one is small enough that he should let himself be pushed about. Simply because no politician survives it at home if he lets this happen so publicly.
I'm pretty sure it will be known in IT circles as the "placeholder era", and decades from now we'll find something along these lines in a lot of code...
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I know I'll get voted down for this, but to achieve this, you need the town to run the public transport. As long as it's private owned, profit is all they care about, why would they care about congested roads?
How much do you pay for a subway ticket in your town?
Not the worst idea so far. What you'd need for this is an internationally (or hell, at least nationally) recognized and promoted IoT security seal that shows the maker of the device has followed certain standards (that also have been tested by an independent security lab).
Yes, it ain't perfect, but it's leaps and bounds over the mess we have now. Because yes, I actually like the idea of appliances being controlled via the internet. But in their current state this is going to be a disaster. No later than when these news start to become a daily routine in the "normal" news, even tech illiterates will start to view "IoT" as a design flaw rather than a feature.
Well, there could be a market for a dedicated IoT Linux distribution and licensing it, if, and only if, IoT makers wouldn't be so cheap to even ignore the GPL, let alone any other licenses that actually cost money.
The problem is that for most of these appliances, internet connectivity is an afterthought and a gadget, a sales gimmick rather than an actual functionality that they care about. It's one more tick box on that tick box lists we like so much that determine which of the two indistinguishable appliances we buy, based simply on this one having one tick box more checked than the other one. Do we need that feature? Hell, we don't even know what it means. But it's one feature more that this one has that the other one doesn't, so we buy the one with it.
Where's the goatse guy now that he could be topical at least once?
Start enforcing laws. Start arresting criminals.
This looks like a really good idea until you realize that the guy breaking into your IoT crapfest isn't Bubba from the bad side of town but Ali Ben Gali from Itsnogooditisbad in Somewhereistan.
And even if you know that it was Ali, which by itself is unlikely, the police in Somewhereistan doesn't give a shit about your problem.
Here is a German caricature following the Helsinki summit. I think it's even clear what it says without translation of the caption "His connection to Putin".
Nuclear war? Are you fucking kidding me? By the time NKor could think about pondering considering aiming a nuke in the general direction of the USA, the country would be visible for the first time at night from the mushroom clouds carpet bombing the country.
Please.
A way to put the blame on the US when they do some shit next time. "But they said they wouldn't, so we can do now!"
Of course he's a liar. He's a politician AND a businessman, the only way he could be a bigger liar is if he was also a lawyer.
Because in this fucked up country you can't get elected for some odd reason if you don't make ridiculous calls to a specific deity.
This is exactly what I posted. If (China|the US) want them to refer to (Taiwan|Mexico) as (“Taipei, Taipei”|Spicistan), will they simply bend over and comply?
They can still land in Mexico. All they have to do is call it Spicistan if they also want to land in the US.
He's a politician AND a businessman. I didn't know it's a state secret that he publicly lies, actually, I was pretty much expecting this to be common knowledge.
Concerning the promises to his wife, he didn't promise to me that he won't screw anyone else, so basically it's her business whether she wants to get upset about it, not mine. And concerning his promise: Please. No later than the wall to Mexico and making them pay for it that was out the window, let alone the rest of unfulfilled promises. Promises with politicians (and Trump) are in general hit and miss.
And concerning the making relationship work: I couldn't get mine to work. On the other hand, I'm pretty good at my job. In other words, what has one to do with the other? It is absolutely possible to be good at one thing even if you totally suck at another.
Ok, Trump ain't a good example for either of them, but that has more to do with him himself than the reasons you offered.
That depends on whether the CEO forces or coerces the intern to have sex with him, or uses his position akin to "fuck me or you're fucked", or whether they do it because they wanna.
By your logic, the case against Clinton was stronger than that against Trump...
I didn't say it, I did it.
I admit that in my business finding a new job is much easier than for others, so it certainly was a lot easier for me to do than for most other people.
Certainly!
Ok, life expectancy was around 35-40 years of age and living past the age of 60 usually entailed being a cripple in some way, but that's the price you gladly pay for "natural" life, right?
(from the hacker's prayer)
Quite frankly, why? You know, I can see it with the makers of hardware that have no history with security or internet connectivity. I don't even wonder anymore why huge security holes gap in internet connected fridges and dishwashers, simply because the makers of such appliances never had to deal with anything like this and are, essentially, at a security level we were 25 years ago.
But SAMSUNG? C'mon, folks, you have the people over in the smartphone branch, is it really that impossible to at least look over the fence to the other departments? I don't even expect different departments of huge corporations to work together anymore, but this is ridiculous.
And embarrassing.
Not quite. Without ads becoming so incredibly annoying and invasive, most users would not have bothered with adblockers.
Until not that long ago, adblockers were not too common. I mean, let's face it. You have people who put up with 5+ minutes boot times because they can't be bothered to delete old crap that infests their "run at boot" folders. You have people who put up with browser windows that are barely the size of a phone screen because they can't be assed to delete the billion browser bars that got installed with some crap they "must" have.
It got bad enough that THESE people started to install adblockers.
And the worse it gets, the better. Because then more people install adblockers.
There would be a simple solution: Ask the user. Inform the user that a reboot is required, preferably with an estimate how long the reboot will take on the average machine so he knows whether he can get a cup of coffee or whether he should rather only do it when he leaves for the day 'cause then it might be ready when he comes back the next day, and let the user decide when that reboot fits best.
This is the solution for the problem you allegedly have.
Since that solution is SO blatantly obvious that even a C-Level manager can't possibly be stupid enough to not notice it, my money is on them having yet another piece of spyware that they need to cram into Win10 and now need an excuse for it. Most likely 'cause it's going to be SO noticeable that they can't just silently slip it into the next patch.
It's a solution looking for a problem.
Or, rather, more spyware looking for an excuse.
I'd still prefer a prez that screws a hoe to one that screws over the country.
I really can't see how this is an issue. As far as I am concerned a politician can blow goats as long as he's doing a good job in office.
I shudder at the thought that there is actually a large bank with shoddy enough practices, processes and protocols to let a single guy have the admin password of a critical system.
Oh please. Control of your borders is still nonexistent and the only thing that "push back against abusive trade practices" got so far was to piss off those large economies enough that they started to get rid of their rivalries to band together against the US. Great job. *golfclap*
Trump has zero experience with diplomacy, and it shows. He's used to getting his way and being able to bully business partners around, and that doesn't work in international politics, not even if the other one is small enough that he should let himself be pushed about. Simply because no politician survives it at home if he lets this happen so publicly.
And let those gaijin be right? That's unpossible!
I'm pretty sure it will be known in IT circles as the "placeholder era", and decades from now we'll find something along these lines in a lot of code...