If labeling them as satire and displaying some kind of "Hey, kids, get lost!" splash screen is enough to keep you from getting the monetary rug pulled out under you I'm with you.
I just doubt that it's going to be. I mean, why should it be different this time?
The cost of a product only dictate whether it is made or not. If you cannot sell at more than cost, it's insane to produce it. Aside of that, and as soon as the price you can ask for (and getting it) is higher than cost, cost becomes a minor variable in the price.
The main question is at what price you can maximize your profits. Can I sell so many units more if I make it 10 bucks cheaper that it offsets those 10 bucks? Will my sales drop less than what asking 10 bucks more per unit nets me? This is what determines the price.
You think this is bad? Remember how in the good old days the intelligence service was at least secretive about how they filled their secret accounts and funded their black projects by selling drugs?
Companies that only exist on Facebook ain't worth my time. If they can't even be assed to create a fucking webpage, how should I expect them to get any of their shit together?
The funny thing is that this will probably lead to contemporary kids being far more privacy-conscious than their predecessors. People now in their 20s don't understand why privacy is important. Their parents weren't on Facebook.
The parents of the current kids are. And they learn VERY quickly that sharing something on FB that isn't supposed to be seen by the wrong people (i.e. their parents) is bad for them.
Don't think. If you think, don't speak. If you think and speak, don't write. If you think, speak and write write, don't sign. If you think, speak, write and sign, don't be surprised...
(just replace "write" with "post" and "sign" with "post with your real name attached" and it works in our "free" world)
Knowing just how well Bluetooth works in most implementations and just how convenient most drivers are, I'd guess you'll have it mailed faster than you get a stable Bluetooth connection going.
I have 100 bucks, but is that money save with your bank? What if you go bankrupt? Then our parent company will step in. And what if they go bankrupt? Then the national bank will step in. And if they go bankrupt? Then the government collapses! Ok. That's worth 100 bucks.
Any fiat currency is backed mostly by the good faith people have in its value. You get goods for your USD because the person selling you those goods has faith that he in turn can use those USD to buy other goods. That's pretty much what gives money its value in everyday life.
That there is an economy behind it strengthens this faith and gives it support. But in the end, what matters is that I think the money I take for my goods is good enough to pay for my needs. Or I'll simply not take it, no matter how big the economy behind it may be. For reference, see Soviet Rubles.
It's actually pretty easy when you ponder for a moment.
We're currently in a situation not unlike that of the late 1920s. There is an enormous amount of money pooled on the investment side that is sorely lacking anything to invest in, pretty much for the same reasons: WAY more supply than demand. With a lack of demand, there is nothing "normal" you can sensibly invest your money in, it is simply not very lucrative to open a business or to finance one if said business cannot make any business for a lack of demand.
Investors back then simply parked their money in shares which drove the price for shares up. That in turn caused the middle class to turn their head. Their motivation to invest was a vastly different one. They were usually not the ones to invest in shares, their form of wealth accumulation was traditionally more one of savings and maybe bonds, but with those pretty much being destroyed by a low interest policy (and back then also the fallout with war bonds that suddenly turned out to be worthless and thus destroying faith in that form of investment), they were now looking for an alternative too, and found one in shares that looked like it wasn't that risky because, hey, they keep rising and rising! And at worst, I'll lose what I put in, and I don't get any money for savings anyway.
This is basically where bitcoins are now. My hope now is that the third act isn't repeated. Because back then people thought "Hey. Interest rates are at an all time low, share revenue is between five and ten times the loan interest, the more I take out, the higher my profit!"
VERY bad example. I don't know a single Starbucks that does NOT have free WiFi access.
But if you're security conscious, get an USB stick and transfer the data that way. And yes, considering the awesome 2.1mbit of 2.0 + EDR (provided your device supports it, else you should be happy to get 700kbit), even USB 2.0 is faster. Hell, chances are that encrypting and dropboxing the file is faster.
Quite frankly, this strikes me as one of those things that have very limited usefulness with a wealth of exploit potential behind it. What is the scenario for the use of this feature? When you have a meeting and want to exchange documents? What company does NOT have a wireless AP in their conference rooms these days? Oh, when you have to exchange documents with someone outside your company who you can't let on your WiFi for security reasons? Use an USB Stick. If you're security conscious enough to not let a stranger onto your WiFi that is administered and controlled by your IT staff, you should definitely be security conscious to NOT let some marketing or management computer illiterate make decisions about sharing stuff on his laptop, the same laptop that probably contains the marketing strategy or the financial data for the next quarter, most likely in the same folder as the document that should be handed over.
So what sensible application is there for this security-hole-in-the-making?
If that bothers you, just look at it that way that they used that little expendable refugee to try some new medicine that might one day save good Aryan blood, just like their forefathers did on other expendables.
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If labeling them as satire and displaying some kind of "Hey, kids, get lost!" splash screen is enough to keep you from getting the monetary rug pulled out under you I'm with you.
I just doubt that it's going to be. I mean, why should it be different this time?
There are certain things people want that they can (easily) only get for bitcoins. Decryption keys, drugs, illegal porn...
That's the moment I close my store and hold out the hand for unemployment money.
The cost of a product only dictate whether it is made or not. If you cannot sell at more than cost, it's insane to produce it. Aside of that, and as soon as the price you can ask for (and getting it) is higher than cost, cost becomes a minor variable in the price.
The main question is at what price you can maximize your profits. Can I sell so many units more if I make it 10 bucks cheaper that it offsets those 10 bucks? Will my sales drop less than what asking 10 bucks more per unit nets me? This is what determines the price.
Not cost.
Knowing Apple, probably somewhere in the vicinity of 0.01%, to Ireland.
You think this is bad? Remember how in the good old days the intelligence service was at least secretive about how they filled their secret accounts and funded their black projects by selling drugs?
Not anymore.
Mostly because you had to pay to be removed from the register. At least in my country.
Legislation made it illegal for the phone companies to charge for being listed. So they charged for not being listed.
You mean like, say, trojans that encrypt your data and only accept bitcoins for the key to decrypt it?
Now try it with Windows, I dare you.
You see, I don't doubt that it works on Apple stuff. Their whole selling point is "just works". Especially between Apple products.
Companies that only exist on Facebook ain't worth my time. If they can't even be assed to create a fucking webpage, how should I expect them to get any of their shit together?
Solution 4: Nuke the site while everyone at C-Level and above is known to be inside and start over.
They say that so they don't have to friend you.
The funny thing is that this will probably lead to contemporary kids being far more privacy-conscious than their predecessors. People now in their 20s don't understand why privacy is important. Their parents weren't on Facebook.
The parents of the current kids are. And they learn VERY quickly that sharing something on FB that isn't supposed to be seen by the wrong people (i.e. their parents) is bad for them.
Funny how old Soviet Jokes apply again:
Don't think.
If you think, don't speak.
If you think and speak, don't write.
If you think, speak and write write, don't sign.
If you think, speak, write and sign, don't be surprised...
(just replace "write" with "post" and "sign" with "post with your real name attached" and it works in our "free" world)
Social Media is up there with the other oxymorons. Like Military Intelligence. Or Microsoft Works.
If they had said "I value my privacy", they'd be pretty much immune to the addiction.
Knowing just how well Bluetooth works in most implementations and just how convenient most drivers are, I'd guess you'll have it mailed faster than you get a stable Bluetooth connection going.
If it unlocks the phone when it hits the fingerprint sensor, I'd start to worry.
Old joke:
I have 100 bucks, but is that money save with your bank? What if you go bankrupt?
Then our parent company will step in.
And what if they go bankrupt?
Then the national bank will step in.
And if they go bankrupt?
Then the government collapses!
Ok. That's worth 100 bucks.
Any fiat currency is backed mostly by the good faith people have in its value. You get goods for your USD because the person selling you those goods has faith that he in turn can use those USD to buy other goods. That's pretty much what gives money its value in everyday life.
That there is an economy behind it strengthens this faith and gives it support. But in the end, what matters is that I think the money I take for my goods is good enough to pay for my needs. Or I'll simply not take it, no matter how big the economy behind it may be. For reference, see Soviet Rubles.
It's actually pretty easy when you ponder for a moment.
We're currently in a situation not unlike that of the late 1920s. There is an enormous amount of money pooled on the investment side that is sorely lacking anything to invest in, pretty much for the same reasons: WAY more supply than demand. With a lack of demand, there is nothing "normal" you can sensibly invest your money in, it is simply not very lucrative to open a business or to finance one if said business cannot make any business for a lack of demand.
Investors back then simply parked their money in shares which drove the price for shares up. That in turn caused the middle class to turn their head. Their motivation to invest was a vastly different one. They were usually not the ones to invest in shares, their form of wealth accumulation was traditionally more one of savings and maybe bonds, but with those pretty much being destroyed by a low interest policy (and back then also the fallout with war bonds that suddenly turned out to be worthless and thus destroying faith in that form of investment), they were now looking for an alternative too, and found one in shares that looked like it wasn't that risky because, hey, they keep rising and rising! And at worst, I'll lose what I put in, and I don't get any money for savings anyway.
This is basically where bitcoins are now. My hope now is that the third act isn't repeated. Because back then people thought "Hey. Interest rates are at an all time low, share revenue is between five and ten times the loan interest, the more I take out, the higher my profit!"
We know the rest.
VERY bad example. I don't know a single Starbucks that does NOT have free WiFi access.
But if you're security conscious, get an USB stick and transfer the data that way. And yes, considering the awesome 2.1mbit of 2.0 + EDR (provided your device supports it, else you should be happy to get 700kbit), even USB 2.0 is faster. Hell, chances are that encrypting and dropboxing the file is faster.
Or may I say, a security hole waiting to be used?
Quite frankly, this strikes me as one of those things that have very limited usefulness with a wealth of exploit potential behind it. What is the scenario for the use of this feature? When you have a meeting and want to exchange documents? What company does NOT have a wireless AP in their conference rooms these days? Oh, when you have to exchange documents with someone outside your company who you can't let on your WiFi for security reasons? Use an USB Stick. If you're security conscious enough to not let a stranger onto your WiFi that is administered and controlled by your IT staff, you should definitely be security conscious to NOT let some marketing or management computer illiterate make decisions about sharing stuff on his laptop, the same laptop that probably contains the marketing strategy or the financial data for the next quarter, most likely in the same folder as the document that should be handed over.
So what sensible application is there for this security-hole-in-the-making?
I'd still prefer someone shooting heroin to someone shooting a gun. It's easier to dodge a needle.
If that bothers you, just look at it that way that they used that little expendable refugee to try some new medicine that might one day save good Aryan blood, just like their forefathers did on other expendables.
Should make you feel better instantly.
Drugs: Potentially dangerous to yourself.
Guns: Potentially dangerous to those around you.
Notice the difference.