I don't eat meat very much at all. There are some circumstances where, to be polite I will eat meat. But usually I will just ask "does this have meat in it?" and pass if it does or just pick the meat out.
But if I am left to my own choice, I will not eat meat or drink milk.
The vegetarian options have really exploded within the last 10 years or so. There becomes less reason to eat meat every day as more options become available.
Heck, even BK has a veggie burger option now which is really encouraging.
If zipcar offered automated vehicles and you could get them to pick you up and then return themselves to their parking spot after you dismiss them, would they really be running a taxi service?
Yes, they would actually. If you aren't driving then you are being driven. Hence a taxi ride...
Actually, i think automated vehciles make it even more clear that Uber is not a taxi service. Its a car rental agency. You are renting a car for a very short period of time, charged by both time and mile
So... a traditional taxi service is a rental agency / chauffer business then?
Seriously, when you are charging money to take a person from point A to point B that is a taxi and is regulated by specific laws. You can wiggle all you want and re-label what the transactions are for, but the end result is what matters. It's sort of like Congress calling tax a fee just so they can say "we didn't raise taxes", the end result is the same...
They need to be perceived as a gutsy company aggressively pursuing new tech
Then why do they continually come off as a bunch of self righteous, entitled scofflaws?
As has been mentioned before, the idea of them doing self-driving cars seems like it will do more damage to them than keeping the current configuration. Their whole argument of "we're not a taxi service because reasons" completely dissolves if they are the ones who own (or finance) and operate the automobiles.
By the way, that session dump can cost several GB of write operations a day. If you have an SSD, this alone could be shaving months or years off it's operation time.
Could it also be that people who spend more time in front of a screen are more depressed than those who spend more time interacting with other people face-to-face?
Not sure about the LG V20 but the OP3T was only just released like last month... Seems like it might be a little soon to start making comparisons like this.
In the similar comparison department: I am sure that Ford Focus has outsold any given Tesla model as well...
Yeah, my Roku devices have done this kind of integration for years via cross service search.
Streaming boxes are a dime a dozen these days. This thing will really have to differentiate itself somehow, otherwise it's just another one of those.
I have looked into paying for Sling in the past, but it just seems too expensive. It would be fine if that were the only service to pay for, but as an add-on to a streaming portfolio it basically doubles the bill and gets you back into cable TV range.
With most "smart" TV's offering built-in services, console gaming boxes which offer these things and chromecast type devices, it is just hard to see how they plan on making any money on this. Especially since Sling services are already available on all of those other platforms...
We do phishing audits here 2-3 times a year. We always get a click through of between 7 - 25% no matter how much training we do.
Of course, when we devise our tests, we try to be as sneaky as the bad guys are likely to be while still providing enough tells to make it identifiable as a phishing e-mail.
Our most recent effort is in mitigation since we are probably never going to get to 0% click through.
We have been using OpenDNS for a while to help with that. We utilize L7 rules to block executables at the firewall as well as content filtering packages in our SonicWALL. We keep all software up to date and keep up with MS patches. Most recently we have implemented application whitelisting using Avecto Defendpoint. The idea with the whitelisting is to shut down executables from anywhere that the user's have write access to so even if an exe get's through it isn't allowed to run. (and of course we run backups, rotate them offsite and test them regularly)
Even with all that, I worry about ransomware a lot. We have vendors and clients who have fallen prey to it and had thousands of dollars in lost productivity and downtime.
Well, it is probably a little different depending on where you live and who is delivering, but as a UPS driver, I would always hit the office first when it came to apartment buildings.
At UPS, they take driver efficiency to a level you would probably be surprised at. Down to how you fasten your seat belt when you get in and out of the truck. So, hunting around for an apartment door is about the most inefficient thing you could do. Better to leave it in the office and if the office is closed or the building doesn't have one, slap a NDR up on the door. That is, unless the apartment building is just like a quad or something small like that.
Lets not forget for $10 you also don't "own" the game, you get a game that requires an always on internet connection
That's the biggest load of BS and is why I will never even try this game. $10 doesn't seem like that much to me. It is only a lot when compared against other games. I pay more than that for lunch some days.
Frankly, I am surprised that apps cost what they do on mobile platforms. I assume this is a "race to the bottom" type of condition which I can't see lasting forever, especially as the platforms start to reach functional parity (and hence complexity) with desktop computers.
Of course, I am from a generation where I paid $70+ of hard earned lawn mowing money for games that came on 3 floppy disks.
$1 - $2 may make sense for a very small (1 - 3 people) team if there are hundreds of thousands of buyers but I just can't see how that can be a 1 size fits all price.
I feel like, now that these platforms have hit critical mass, the prices are going to start creeping up over time or, at the very least, will be graduated based on install base.
I think, more generally speaking, driver release is the problem.
I used to drive for UPS and we had specific rules about where we were allowed to driver release and where we needed to get a signature.
The rules used to be:
1. Air packages (Next day, next day AM, 2nd day and 3 day select) were not driver releasable ever 2. Commercial buildings were not driver releasable (including apt buildings) 3. Residences were driver releasable (unless the customer specifically indicated otherwise in the handling notes) but at the driver's discretion, however, the rule here is that the package needed to be delivered to the back door, garage, breezeway or somewhere out of sight from the street.
So, in order to not get your package stolen, you would either need to get your package delivered to you work address, order using an Air shipping method, or state "no driver release" on the handling instructions.
The problem is that with the rise of online shopping, people always want the driver to release the package without a signature. So people will end up choosing a shipper with the more lax rules which then lowers the tide for all delivery services.
BB has made several acquisitions over the years which will probably continue to bring in money.
They just aren't in the consumer market so much anymore.
QNX is in automobiles including Fords, Good technology is used heavily in governments around the world and, I am sure, they have a raft of IP that they can still license/litigate out.
Slashdot Mirror
Last week Windows Weekly left us with a cliffhanger tease about a special surprise guest.
Well... guess I know who that is now.
Actually, I kid, I don't really care. I just thought it was funny that WW (not an often cited podcast) would be featured on /.
agreed.
I don't eat meat very much at all. There are some circumstances where, to be polite I will eat meat. But usually I will just ask "does this have meat in it?" and pass if it does or just pick the meat out.
But if I am left to my own choice, I will not eat meat or drink milk.
The vegetarian options have really exploded within the last 10 years or so. There becomes less reason to eat meat every day as more options become available.
Heck, even BK has a veggie burger option now which is really encouraging.
If zipcar offered automated vehicles and you could get them to pick you up and then return themselves to their parking spot after you dismiss them, would they really be running a taxi service?
Yes, they would actually. If you aren't driving then you are being driven. Hence a taxi ride...
Google is a global company. Why is any country more deserving than another as recipients of Google's projects?
Actually, i think automated vehciles make it even more clear that Uber is not a taxi service. Its a car rental agency. You are renting a car for a very short period of time, charged by both time and mile
So... a traditional taxi service is a rental agency / chauffer business then?
Seriously, when you are charging money to take a person from point A to point B that is a taxi and is regulated by specific laws. You can wiggle all you want and re-label what the transactions are for, but the end result is what matters. It's sort of like Congress calling tax a fee just so they can say "we didn't raise taxes", the end result is the same...
They need to be perceived as a gutsy company aggressively pursuing new tech
Then why do they continually come off as a bunch of self righteous, entitled scofflaws?
As has been mentioned before, the idea of them doing self-driving cars seems like it will do more damage to them than keeping the current configuration. Their whole argument of "we're not a taxi service because reasons" completely dissolves if they are the ones who own (or finance) and operate the automobiles.
The network, whose CEO John Landgraf coined the idea of "peak TV"
I would like to coin the idea of "peak dork"
By the way, that session dump can cost several GB of write operations a day. If you have an SSD, this alone could be shaving months or years off it's operation time.
https://www.servethehome.com/f...
The boy?
Could it also be that people who spend more time in front of a screen are more depressed than those who spend more time interacting with other people face-to-face?
Ok, coffee time... I guess I see now that the point of the article is not about volume of sales... anyway, lambast away.
Not sure about the LG V20 but the OP3T was only just released like last month... Seems like it might be a little soon to start making comparisons like this.
In the similar comparison department: I am sure that Ford Focus has outsold any given Tesla model as well...
I think you are right... in as much as ebooks costing as much as paper backs are "appropriately priced"
Yeah, my Roku devices have done this kind of integration for years via cross service search.
Streaming boxes are a dime a dozen these days. This thing will really have to differentiate itself somehow, otherwise it's just another one of those.
I have looked into paying for Sling in the past, but it just seems too expensive. It would be fine if that were the only service to pay for, but as an add-on to a streaming portfolio it basically doubles the bill and gets you back into cable TV range.
With most "smart" TV's offering built-in services, console gaming boxes which offer these things and chromecast type devices, it is just hard to see how they plan on making any money on this. Especially since Sling services are already available on all of those other platforms...
Sounds like an internal mutiny
Is that better or worse than a Space Mutiny?
Calgon, take me away!
Don't worry, now that we have the combined forces of Trump and Cook all things will be great again.
Not a bad suggestion, thanks.
We do phishing audits here 2-3 times a year. We always get a click through of between 7 - 25% no matter how much training we do.
Of course, when we devise our tests, we try to be as sneaky as the bad guys are likely to be while still providing enough tells to make it identifiable as a phishing e-mail.
Our most recent effort is in mitigation since we are probably never going to get to 0% click through.
We have been using OpenDNS for a while to help with that. We utilize L7 rules to block executables at the firewall as well as content filtering packages in our SonicWALL. We keep all software up to date and keep up with MS patches. Most recently we have implemented application whitelisting using Avecto Defendpoint. The idea with the whitelisting is to shut down executables from anywhere that the user's have write access to so even if an exe get's through it isn't allowed to run. (and of course we run backups, rotate them offsite and test them regularly)
Even with all that, I worry about ransomware a lot. We have vendors and clients who have fallen prey to it and had thousands of dollars in lost productivity and downtime.
Well, it is probably a little different depending on where you live and who is delivering, but as a UPS driver, I would always hit the office first when it came to apartment buildings.
At UPS, they take driver efficiency to a level you would probably be surprised at. Down to how you fasten your seat belt when you get in and out of the truck. So, hunting around for an apartment door is about the most inefficient thing you could do. Better to leave it in the office and if the office is closed or the building doesn't have one, slap a NDR up on the door. That is, unless the apartment building is just like a quad or something small like that.
Lets not forget for $10 you also don't "own" the game, you get a game that requires an always on internet connection
That's the biggest load of BS and is why I will never even try this game. $10 doesn't seem like that much to me. It is only a lot when compared against other games. I pay more than that for lunch some days.
Frankly, I am surprised that apps cost what they do on mobile platforms. I assume this is a "race to the bottom" type of condition which I can't see lasting forever, especially as the platforms start to reach functional parity (and hence complexity) with desktop computers.
Of course, I am from a generation where I paid $70+ of hard earned lawn mowing money for games that came on 3 floppy disks.
$1 - $2 may make sense for a very small (1 - 3 people) team if there are hundreds of thousands of buyers but I just can't see how that can be a 1 size fits all price.
I feel like, now that these platforms have hit critical mass, the prices are going to start creeping up over time or, at the very least, will be graduated based on install base.
I think, more generally speaking, driver release is the problem.
I used to drive for UPS and we had specific rules about where we were allowed to driver release and where we needed to get a signature.
The rules used to be:
1. Air packages (Next day, next day AM, 2nd day and 3 day select) were not driver releasable ever
2. Commercial buildings were not driver releasable (including apt buildings)
3. Residences were driver releasable (unless the customer specifically indicated otherwise in the handling notes) but at the driver's discretion, however, the rule here is that the package needed to be delivered to the back door, garage, breezeway or somewhere out of sight from the street.
So, in order to not get your package stolen, you would either need to get your package delivered to you work address, order using an Air shipping method, or state "no driver release" on the handling instructions.
The problem is that with the rise of online shopping, people always want the driver to release the package without a signature. So people will end up choosing a shipper with the more lax rules which then lowers the tide for all delivery services.
That's Bobby Drop Tables to you...
LMGTFY
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd...
How big are the charts?
BB has made several acquisitions over the years which will probably continue to bring in money.
They just aren't in the consumer market so much anymore.
QNX is in automobiles including Fords, Good technology is used heavily in governments around the world and, I am sure, they have a raft of IP that they can still license/litigate out.