I was actually thinking about this. Forget government control of the internet - the true people who control all web commerce are private credit card companies. If the large ones all say - abandoned support for paypal - the ramnifications for e-commerce would be devastating.
We need a government-controlled internet money please.
This is going to sound stupid - even for me, but I'm still going to pose this question.
Assume that they're not going to send you spam email - and that this advertising company is only taking care of the online ads you view. Any information which they sell will be sold only to similar no-email-spam companies.
Now I go to my favourite website, and its full of ads. The amount of ads aren't going to change whether they track you or not, just that their content will depend on the websites you've visited before. So in my case instead of an ad for a 'vampire-movie' , there would be ads for computer stuff, development communities - that sort of thing.
Is it really so bad? There seems to be an in-built aversion to being tracked - but you're still going to get ads thrown at you...
The next generation will hopefully be removing this piece of junk and choosing a better way of detecting terrorists which does not involve making normal travellers irritated.
And the best solution to this problem is to outsource heavy production to China, and to borrow money from them. The only reason china is becoming a superpower is simply because of all the money the US has been throwing at it. You pay for large factories to get your cheap lead-painted toys - and you're pouring cash into their economy (not to mention infrastructure).
Discharing capacitors quickly isn't much of a practical research area. I'm sure there are places where you need to discharge huge capacitors in a short time - but I doubt its going to perk up the economy. Launching stuff into orbit is a bit weird - You're still going to use a comparable amount of energy in order to do so. And I'm pretty sure accelerating humans that quickly will kill them. Fusion reactions - I have no idea.
The rest of them are all military uses.
Shouldn't the money being spent on this uber-high tech research, been better used educating youngsters?
If I log onto my online email, its an ssh site. So what's there to stop me shoving the stuff in an encrypted and compressed file - and then sending it as an email. If they're sniffing the packets they'll only get garbage. If I create an email address just for this - its pretty hard to trace I would expect.
Hell, doesn't even need to be email (although its the simplest way to cover tracks) - what's to stop me sending it over any sort of encrypted network?
Just as the US government, and a bunch of private companies (perhaps guided by the US government) are attempting to destroy wikileaks?
I don't know, with all the trouble going on - Assange getting arrested, sites getting DDOSed, more people getting arrested for DDOSsing... I think that now is defentally not the best time for this. Public sympathy is too erratic at the moment - adding more sites like that will only make the situation worse.
When its one site, its an anomaly - what's next, a law to prevent similar sites? If they keep popping up like mushrooms, there's going to be less "Please stop letting them get funds" and more "We classify protecting the identity of leakers to be a terrorist act.. bla bla bla"
Instead of picking random people who aren't smart enough to evade duty - forcing them a day (or a few) off work et cetera - why not instead EMPLOY people who are actually responsable, and intelligent enough in order to properly take important decisions? You could call them, uh... judges... instead.
Now he can not only ruin our memories of a series by adding 3 load-of-crap movies to it - but he can also ruin an actor's popularity by starring them in it.
Are we expected to believe that based on a non-violent rape allegation (which was dropped, brought up, dropped) - in which he was not even taken into custody - that Britian is arresting a Swedish national to extradict?
I wonder if he'll magically disappear off the grid and end up in one of the US's inhumane 'prisons'.
Its not the fault of facebook, but it is an encouragement.
Let me give you an example - assume that for example -/. decides that you can put a display picture.
If the picture is in a hidden page (such as the profile one) - you not having one won't matter, because few people will see its missing)
if this picture slot is in a prominant position - such as attached to your every post (like certain forums) - then there is more of an incentive to add one.
I don't remember 'languages spoken' being there for example.
Now that its shown on the screen more prominantly, I'm pretty sure there is more of a reason to update/add this information. I know that most of my friends are updating their work place, and current locations now.
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I was actually thinking about this. Forget government control of the internet - the true people who control all web commerce are private credit card companies. If the large ones all say - abandoned support for paypal - the ramnifications for e-commerce would be devastating.
We need a government-controlled internet money please.
This is going to sound stupid - even for me, but I'm still going to pose this question.
Assume that they're not going to send you spam email - and that this advertising company is only taking care of the online ads you view. Any information which they sell will be sold only to similar no-email-spam companies.
Now I go to my favourite website, and its full of ads. The amount of ads aren't going to change whether they track you or not, just that their content will depend on the websites you've visited before. So in my case instead of an ad for a 'vampire-movie' , there would be ads for computer stuff, development communities - that sort of thing.
Is it really so bad? There seems to be an in-built aversion to being tracked - but you're still going to get ads thrown at you...
Must work with the TSA...
The solution is much simpler than that.
Naked people on a transparent plane - while your suitcases are sent by train/boat. You try hiding a weapon now mister terrorist.
The next generation will hopefully be removing this piece of junk and choosing a better way of detecting terrorists which does not involve making normal travellers irritated.
Not to mention that:
Hacking =/= Cracking.
I guess Cracktivist sounds like a pro-drug group.
And the best solution to this problem is to outsource heavy production to China, and to borrow money from them. The only reason china is becoming a superpower is simply because of all the money the US has been throwing at it. You pay for large factories to get your cheap lead-painted toys - and you're pouring cash into their economy (not to mention infrastructure).
Lets see - in your list of possible uses -
Discharing capacitors quickly isn't much of a practical research area. I'm sure there are places where you need to discharge huge capacitors in a short time - but I doubt its going to perk up the economy.
Launching stuff into orbit is a bit weird - You're still going to use a comparable amount of energy in order to do so. And I'm pretty sure accelerating humans that quickly will kill them.
Fusion reactions - I have no idea.
The rest of them are all military uses.
Shouldn't the money being spent on this uber-high tech research, been better used educating youngsters?
I find the suggestion that Lawyers make purely technical decisions in the company to be incredibly confusing.
Isn't this the sort of decision that the IT staff take?
Probably so that brute-forcing the plaintext never sounds like a good idea.
Yeah I know that the increase is exponential (based on the string length) - but if you only do dictionary words... you'll still hit a few passwords.
Is that the only reason?
Because there are a number of companies which let you log onto your online email - and have the same "You can't use USB" blocks.
Bit of an honest question really.
If I log onto my online email, its an ssh site. So what's there to stop me shoving the stuff in an encrypted and compressed file - and then sending it as an email. If they're sniffing the packets they'll only get garbage. If I create an email address just for this - its pretty hard to trace I would expect.
Hell, doesn't even need to be email (although its the simplest way to cover tracks) - what's to stop me sending it over any sort of encrypted network?
Just as the US government, and a bunch of private companies (perhaps guided by the US government) are attempting to destroy wikileaks?
I don't know, with all the trouble going on - Assange getting arrested, sites getting DDOSed, more people getting arrested for DDOSsing... I think that now is defentally not the best time for this. Public sympathy is too erratic at the moment - adding more sites like that will only make the situation worse.
When its one site, its an anomaly - what's next, a law to prevent similar sites? If they keep popping up like mushrooms, there's going to be less "Please stop letting them get funds" and more "We classify protecting the identity of leakers to be a terrorist act.. bla bla bla"
Instead of picking random people who aren't smart enough to evade duty - forcing them a day (or a few) off work et cetera - why not instead EMPLOY people who are actually responsable, and intelligent enough in order to properly take important decisions? You could call them, uh... judges... instead.
Problem solved.
Clearly its to check out /. while one of the lawyers is going on with a very boring speech.
...and have other Jurors determine their fate. Then we create an infinate loop and cause a DOS to the court system.
...that you're a rapist too?
They should have shown him blowing up something instead. It'd have been more entertaining.
Do not worry citizen! The US government will generiously fund its own newspaper - ensuring that the US will still get its news.
Or an American president winning a nobel peace prize?
Oh wait...
Now he can not only ruin our memories of a series by adding 3 load-of-crap movies to it - but he can also ruin an actor's popularity by starring them in it.
Are we expected to believe that based on a non-violent rape allegation (which was dropped, brought up, dropped) - in which he was not even taken into custody - that Britian is arresting a Swedish national to extradict?
I wonder if he'll magically disappear off the grid and end up in one of the US's inhumane 'prisons'.
You mean like micro USB and micro SD cards?
Its not the fault of facebook, but it is an encouragement.
/. decides that you can put a display picture.
Let me give you an example - assume that for example -
If the picture is in a hidden page (such as the profile one) - you not having one won't matter, because few people will see its missing)
if this picture slot is in a prominant position - such as attached to your every post (like certain forums) - then there is more of an incentive to add one.
Social Engineering at its finest.
I don't remember 'languages spoken' being there for example.
Now that its shown on the screen more prominantly, I'm pretty sure there is more of a reason to update/add this information. I know that most of my friends are updating their work place, and current locations now.
Still works out like that in the end.