You ARE aware that all the impacts you cite happened long before human emerged to be a problem for this planet? And that these things are (fortunately) quite rare?
I'm not so convinced, don't forget that we're talking averages here. If tides become more pronounced as well, an inch average can quickly get closer to a foot in tidal effects.
We should take a look what the extremes (flood and ebb) changed, not just the average.
Erh... if the ANTarctic ice melts you could get some new real estate. All the arctic ice melting is going to give you is a nice fishing hole, provided you have some real estate in Greenland.
If you're certain about this, buy some real estate on the Marshall Islands. I heard prices are a steal these days, plots right at the beach front for a bargain!
Well, considering that all that crap is made in China anyway, it essentially means that the NSA has to jump over one more hurdle to get to my data. China has it anyway.
Do you know a user that really knows where he's navigating to? Do you really think you know what things your browser loads when you surf to a page? You'd be surprised just WHAT kind of bullshit gets loaded, and from what sources.
Yes, the Chinese government is a million times worse than the US one. The story about getting an automatic ticket when crossing the road while the traffic light shows red because their CCTV with facial recognition is linked to their passport database alone is creepy to say the least.
And a swine flu pandemic in Asia certainly is more critical than a common flu over here. Yet I'd be more concerned of getting the common flu over here because I rarely travel to Asia. And I'm more concerned about an agency that at least has some chance to have an impact on my life over one that almost certainly has none.
Even aside of the whataboutism in your complaint, this is simple risk assessment. Even a risk that is mission crippling may be ignored if it cannot strike, while you have to take one that has a lower impact into account if it can.
The only thing that comes close to that in our company is that people accept compensation in additional training and certification (which does cost a fortune in itsec, so I guess company and we both are better off if they pay for it). The only titles anyone gives a fuck about in my corner is titles you get from competing courses and certifications. That's the titles we're after. But they ain't cheap.
Nah. There's more important things than hard cash. But silly brownie points or having more ornaments than the average Christmas tree are not among them.
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Umm... you do know that the Brits don't just allegedly have nukes like North Korea but actually do, yes?
You ARE aware that all the impacts you cite happened long before human emerged to be a problem for this planet? And that these things are (fortunately) quite rare?
I'm not so convinced, don't forget that we're talking averages here. If tides become more pronounced as well, an inch average can quickly get closer to a foot in tidal effects.
We should take a look what the extremes (flood and ebb) changed, not just the average.
Give it time.
Why? I'm happy with this model.
True, the Chinese prefer to do that to their own people.
More considerate to the world, granted, but then again, does it really matter that much where the humans are from that are being killed?
I was under the impression that this is what influencers do all the time?
Erh... if the ANTarctic ice melts you could get some new real estate. All the arctic ice melting is going to give you is a nice fishing hole, provided you have some real estate in Greenland.
I heard North Korea is planning something like that already.
If you're certain about this, buy some real estate on the Marshall Islands. I heard prices are a steal these days, plots right at the beach front for a bargain!
Better buy today! They might be gone tomorrow!
Once they stop selling my data, they can get back on that high horse again.
I heard. And didn't believe it, I honestly asked "How the fuck did he get elected, who was he running against, Cthulhu?"
And everyone nodded.
Well, considering that all that crap is made in China anyway, it essentially means that the NSA has to jump over one more hurdle to get to my data. China has it anyway.
Do you know a user that really knows where he's navigating to? Do you really think you know what things your browser loads when you surf to a page? You'd be surprised just WHAT kind of bullshit gets loaded, and from what sources.
This is abuse waiting to happen.
Total job security coming our way, let the champagne bottles roll in!
Yours,
Infosec department
You mean what I do with stores that participate in that bullshit?
Great name for the list, by the way, gotta copy that.
Yeah, well, medals are a bit like coins, they don't make them anymore the way they used to be...
Well, probably the only one that fails to grease the right palms.
Yes, the Chinese government is a million times worse than the US one. The story about getting an automatic ticket when crossing the road while the traffic light shows red because their CCTV with facial recognition is linked to their passport database alone is creepy to say the least.
And a swine flu pandemic in Asia certainly is more critical than a common flu over here. Yet I'd be more concerned of getting the common flu over here because I rarely travel to Asia. And I'm more concerned about an agency that at least has some chance to have an impact on my life over one that almost certainly has none.
Even aside of the whataboutism in your complaint, this is simple risk assessment. Even a risk that is mission crippling may be ignored if it cannot strike, while you have to take one that has a lower impact into account if it can.
What will the Chinese secret service do if I google the wrong topics?
And now, what will the NSA do?
And which of the two do you think will have more impact on my quality of life?
Hey, there's even a pension for one of them.
That's why to get it you usually have to accomplish a feat that makes living long enough to actually cash in that pension really, really unlikely.
42 right now and counting.
The only thing that comes close to that in our company is that people accept compensation in additional training and certification (which does cost a fortune in itsec, so I guess company and we both are better off if they pay for it). The only titles anyone gives a fuck about in my corner is titles you get from competing courses and certifications. That's the titles we're after. But they ain't cheap.
Hmm... so, essentially, you say that it's some sort of distinguishing feature in a world where everyone wears the same and has the same?
So it's pretty much like certain mounts in MMOs that you only get by slaughtering 50,000,000 of a mob and clearing a dungeon on super-heroic?
Nah. There's more important things than hard cash. But silly brownie points or having more ornaments than the average Christmas tree are not among them.