- is cool (uses GPS and map data to make a game of outdoor activity) - is fun - is addictive - has continuing progression - has pvp aspects - has crossover potential (aspects appeal to kids and adults alike) - has brand recognition - is cheap - utilizes hardware you already have - has "gone viral"
In addition, you don't have to walk around at all if you don't want to. You can be in a vehicle. A friend of mine got 1 pokemon while we were driving along the freeway and 1 while on a residential road.
I pay for Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu (ad-free). That comes out to roughly $30/mo.
I am just about at the limit of what I am willing to pay per month already. In addition, I am just about at peak media consumption too. To watch/listen to more, I would have to devote more time to it. Not something I am willing to do.
So, yeah, if my favorite netcasts went to a paid model, I would fork out the cash. But I will not buy the service to listen to unknown netcasts, I just don't got time for that.
There are plenty of good podcasts (I prefer netcast actually) where the people definitely know what they are talking about. Pretty much any NPR or TWIT netcast is worth listening to, imo.
If you want a specific example, try listening to Security Now some time.
Anyway, to the point of the article, skipping a couple of minutes of "commercials" (hit the FF button 2 times) is totally worth the price of the netcast ($0)
A keylogger on the system will bypass any amount of encryption.
So, again, you need to trust that the chip maker(s), operating system vendor and app creators to not do anything bad.
On the software side, open source helps (in theory) because you can personally audit the code. However, in practice, nobody audits the code.
Still, that leaves the hardware manufacturers as well as all of the people the hardware passes by. This includes shipping companies and even retailers.
Sort of an unrelated story but a friend of mine used to work for Regis (the hair and beauty product company). At one point, management was going crazy trying to track down how their products were getting into the hands of retailers like Target and Walmart. They exclusively sell their product to salons and so it was a mystery how large amounts of their product were ending up on the shelves of major retailers. It turned out to be bad actors in the distribution chain. The point is, there are people with selfish or bad intentions in every industry. You cannot assume that the product you bought off the shelf is not stolen or altered goods.
casting to the tv Playing one of the 2 games (The Sequence and MTG 2015) As a notifier and viewer for e-mail
That's it. Everything else I do (playing music/podcasts, checking weather/news, etc) are all done on my phone or on my gaming PC.
I don't browse the web on it because of the screen size. I don't reply to e-mails because I can't stand typing on a touch screen. I don't read my ebooks on it because the screen is terrible for reading (prefer print books or e-ink) I don't take pictures or video on it because it is too big and heavy to carry around with me all the time (ipad mini)
Actually, is there anything that can be considered "new"?
Everything is just a rehash of stuff we have done before.
You might say that technology is new... but is it really? Technology is just a different way of doing the same old things like communicating with each other and building communities.
All "new" ideas are really just reboots of old ideas.
Even if you rolled your own e2e encryption, you still have to trust hundreds or even thousands of strangers who built the hardware or are somewhere in the distribution chain.
In addition, you would also need to get the other side of the conversation to use your encryption scheme which implies, among other things, sending them a key.
I uninstalled AVG about 2 months ago after it once again rebooted my system during an "upgrade", crashing my VMs and losing my work for the last hour.
Wait... so you have open unsaved stuff at the time of a major application upgrade? And you are blaming AVG for your lost work? That's a little crazy right there.
The "deeply integrated" comment is a little misleading.
Skype (all versions) is a stand alone product that does not require any other office product to function.
No, you do not *need* Outlook to run Skype (even the business version) or vice versa. Yes, they all query each other's APIs for status and stuff. But even the Outlook "integration" is nothing more than a standard plug-in (not integrated into the Outlook app itself).
As for cross platform. If you have an O365 subscription, almost all of their desktop apps (and Skype for sure) have web-based versions.
Are you maybe suggesting that the political system, up until now, is perfect? Always hiring the right person for the POTUS position?
In the long line of POTUS's, there wasn't one that was at least as screwed up as you think Hillary and Donald are?
My prediction is that Hillary will be the next POTUS and there will be outrage and we will then see a campaign of pure misogyny from an entire political faction. Despite that, Hillary will be re-elected and the country will do just fine despite it.
Even if Donald becomes POTUS... The US will be just fine...
However, I am 100% sure that if any secretary of state did this (and they probably have), the outcome would be the same. Regardless of who that SoS is or what party they belong to.
Hell, I am sure that many government officials do have private e-mail addresses and may even have private servers.
I am sure that any that do, have since deleted all previous history since this whole witch hunt started.
Actually, I think the focus here is on "[...] a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way."
The FBI apparently did not think that information was mishandled neither intentionally nor in a grossly negligent way.
The thing is, there is HUGE pressure for the FBI to continue to a conviction. The fact that it didn't happen says a lot.
It means that the FBI didn't think they could get a conviction.
Why would that be?
In my mind, it means that either Hillary is more powerful, politically, than all her rivals combined or, probably more likely, the FBI didn't think there was a solid case.
I use the AT&T gophone (prepaid) network. It costs me $50 (including tax+fees. $5 cheaper if you have auto-refill) and has unlimited data (capped after 3GB).
I rarely go over my cap and the unused data is rolled into the next month.
Just in case anyone is looking for a cheaper alternative to VZ.
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This makes sense until you look at the game.
This thing has staying power.
It has all the elements of a good game, it:
- is cool (uses GPS and map data to make a game of outdoor activity)
- is fun
- is addictive
- has continuing progression
- has pvp aspects
- has crossover potential (aspects appeal to kids and adults alike)
- has brand recognition
- is cheap
- utilizes hardware you already have
- has "gone viral"
In addition, you don't have to walk around at all if you don't want to. You can be in a vehicle. A friend of mine got 1 pokemon while we were driving along the freeway and 1 while on a residential road.
What does that make them?
Attackers?
*If* the price is in the sub $8 range *and* there are no commercials, I might do it.
But it is a non-starter otherwise. I can just watch these channels OTA right now for free and probably better quality that I could get streaming.
That's the rub isn't it?
I pay for Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu (ad-free). That comes out to roughly $30/mo.
I am just about at the limit of what I am willing to pay per month already. In addition, I am just about at peak media consumption too. To watch/listen to more, I would have to devote more time to it. Not something I am willing to do.
So, yeah, if my favorite netcasts went to a paid model, I would fork out the cash. But I will not buy the service to listen to unknown netcasts, I just don't got time for that.
The only thing that is annoying about this model is that the same endorsements end up on all the different netcasts.
So you end up hearing about Blue Apron (for example) on all your different 'casts.
Despite this, I am fine with it. I hit the skip ahead 30 seconds button twice when an ad comes up and that shoots me to the other side. No problem.
And if my favorite netcasts went to a paid model. I would definitely pay. They have become indispensable to me.
I would be willing to pay for the netcasts I listen to currently (well, most of them anyway) if they went to a paid subscription model.
As long as they are free with ads, I am cool with that too.
You are wrong.
There are plenty of good podcasts (I prefer netcast actually) where the people definitely know what they are talking about. Pretty much any NPR or TWIT netcast is worth listening to, imo.
If you want a specific example, try listening to Security Now some time.
Anyway, to the point of the article, skipping a couple of minutes of "commercials" (hit the FF button 2 times) is totally worth the price of the netcast ($0)
A keylogger on the system will bypass any amount of encryption.
So, again, you need to trust that the chip maker(s), operating system vendor and app creators to not do anything bad.
On the software side, open source helps (in theory) because you can personally audit the code. However, in practice, nobody audits the code.
Still, that leaves the hardware manufacturers as well as all of the people the hardware passes by. This includes shipping companies and even retailers.
Sort of an unrelated story but a friend of mine used to work for Regis (the hair and beauty product company). At one point, management was going crazy trying to track down how their products were getting into the hands of retailers like Target and Walmart. They exclusively sell their product to salons and so it was a mystery how large amounts of their product were ending up on the shelves of major retailers. It turned out to be bad actors in the distribution chain. The point is, there are people with selfish or bad intentions in every industry. You cannot assume that the product you bought off the shelf is not stolen or altered goods.
I couldn't agree more.
My uses for the ipad are:
casting to the tv
Playing one of the 2 games (The Sequence and MTG 2015)
As a notifier and viewer for e-mail
That's it. Everything else I do (playing music/podcasts, checking weather/news, etc) are all done on my phone or on my gaming PC.
I don't browse the web on it because of the screen size.
I don't reply to e-mails because I can't stand typing on a touch screen.
I don't read my ebooks on it because the screen is terrible for reading (prefer print books or e-ink)
I don't take pictures or video on it because it is too big and heavy to carry around with me all the time (ipad mini)
Truer words have never been spoken
Actually, is there anything that can be considered "new"?
Everything is just a rehash of stuff we have done before.
You might say that technology is new... but is it really? Technology is just a different way of doing the same old things like communicating with each other and building communities.
All "new" ideas are really just reboots of old ideas.
You don't have to use the FB messenger client software.
FB is one of the few remaining messaging platforms that allows 3rd party integration.
I have been running Trillian for years and I used to have MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Google and FB accounts in it.
The only 2 that are left that still allow this are FB and Google. (Yahoo is going away in August).
I will continue to use Trillian until 0 clients are left.
Even if you rolled your own e2e encryption, you still have to trust hundreds or even thousands of strangers who built the hardware or are somewhere in the distribution chain.
In addition, you would also need to get the other side of the conversation to use your encryption scheme which implies, among other things, sending them a key.
It is really impossible to "trust no one"
Do you close the door to the bathroom stall when you take a dump?
Do you have passwords on any of your accounts?
Do you make your SS or CC numbers known to the world?
Privacy is a protection.
Crashing != bricking
You were able to recover. If your device was "bricked" that would not be an option.
I uninstalled AVG about 2 months ago after it once again rebooted my system during an "upgrade", crashing my VMs and losing my work for the last hour.
Wait... so you have open unsaved stuff at the time of a major application upgrade? And you are blaming AVG for your lost work? That's a little crazy right there.
AVG was ok back in the day.
They had a pretty good client/server product that made central deployment very easy.
At the time, it ran circles around Symantec's client/server software.
But then, around 10 years ago, AVG started going down the same road that Symantec went down. Adding feature bloat to every new release.
Within a couple of years, AVG had destroyed their lean software.
I am with you.
I have had experiences in my life where I let people down. It is not fun. I can only imagine that this is 10000 times anything I ever had to face.
Hopefully they can either salvage something of the testing technology or refund investors money.
The "deeply integrated" comment is a little misleading.
Skype (all versions) is a stand alone product that does not require any other office product to function.
No, you do not *need* Outlook to run Skype (even the business version) or vice versa. Yes, they all query each other's APIs for status and stuff. But even the Outlook "integration" is nothing more than a standard plug-in (not integrated into the Outlook app itself).
As for cross platform. If you have an O365 subscription, almost all of their desktop apps (and Skype for sure) have web-based versions.
Just to keep it clear.
Another option would have been to call it LyncPersonal... again... to keep things clear and differentiated...
Are you maybe suggesting that the political system, up until now, is perfect? Always hiring the right person for the POTUS position?
In the long line of POTUS's, there wasn't one that was at least as screwed up as you think Hillary and Donald are?
My prediction is that Hillary will be the next POTUS and there will be outrage and we will then see a campaign of pure misogyny from an entire political faction. Despite that, Hillary will be re-elected and the country will do just fine despite it.
Even if Donald becomes POTUS... The US will be just fine...
Here's the thing...
There is a lot of stuff that we don't know.
A lot of assumptions are being made in remaining spaces.
The FBI has way more information about this whole thing than anyone else.
If the FBI doesn't think they have a case against Hillary... well, that sort of says a lot, doesn't it?
You say that this wouldn't apply to anyone else.
However, I am 100% sure that if any secretary of state did this (and they probably have), the outcome would be the same. Regardless of who that SoS is or what party they belong to.
Hell, I am sure that many government officials do have private e-mail addresses and may even have private servers.
I am sure that any that do, have since deleted all previous history since this whole witch hunt started.
Actually, I think the focus here is on "[...] a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way."
The FBI apparently did not think that information was mishandled neither intentionally nor in a grossly negligent way.
The thing is, there is HUGE pressure for the FBI to continue to a conviction. The fact that it didn't happen says a lot.
It means that the FBI didn't think they could get a conviction.
Why would that be?
In my mind, it means that either Hillary is more powerful, politically, than all her rivals combined or, probably more likely, the FBI didn't think there was a solid case.
I use the AT&T gophone (prepaid) network. It costs me $50 (including tax+fees. $5 cheaper if you have auto-refill) and has unlimited data (capped after 3GB).
I rarely go over my cap and the unused data is rolled into the next month.
Just in case anyone is looking for a cheaper alternative to VZ.