Actually, if you do nothing at all for long enough you're guaranteed to stop being warm. Being quiet takes the same amount of time, if you count the sound of breathing and heartbeat.
In related news, today's launch of a Soyuz didn't go very well, causing the American and Russian bound for the ISS to make an emergency landing (abort, presumably). Soyuz launches to the ISS are grounded until they figure out what the problem was. The Dragon 2 capsule can't get ready soon enough, it seems.
It's expected to cost a couple $billion more to finish developing the BFR, although once it's done it's also expected to be cheaper to launch than a Falcon Heavy. It being more powerful seems like a poor excuse when it's also cheaper. The BE-4 engine is planned to power both the New Glenn and Vulcan rockets, maybe they figure 2 new rockets is better than 1 new rocket? Omega uses an upper stage made by Rocketdyne so they're indirectly getting funded. It also uses boosters based on Shuttle tech which our govt. loves to push for pork-barrel reasons. They haven't even started development so it's probably going to be finished last, aka cancelled, especially since the SLS makes it redundant.
Anyways, Vulcan, New Glenn, SLS, and BFR should all be ready around the same time, so the 2020/2021 timeframe should be exciting for rocketry (assuming no delays, ha!).
Wray made a non-statement, that he's unable to make a statement. Nothing to see here, move along. 'Be careful what you read' is ambiguous enough it doesn't necessarily imply anything one way or the other; I don't think it's supposed to be a subtle hint that we're supposed to read between the lines of. It's like the phrase "so it has come to this", it can be used in any context without adding anything of value.
There are several problems with this system. One is that it tells random Joe-caller what model of phone you have (a very expensive one at that). Two is that responses can be automated by robocallers that are listening for these prompts. Three is that using a follow-up question means that there's a person on the other line paying attention to the transcript, so you can tell if it's an active number. Four, you can just cram your pitch into the response to the original or followup questions. Five, it's very awkward to use with actual people that you want to talk to, like talking to someone through a locked door via notes slipped underneath. Six, they can simply lie about who they are and what they're calling for, just like they do now; if you think Windows is calling to fix your computer then this won't save you.
He and his family and friends probably get bombarded with these calls too. I doubt he has any special rules/tech on his lines that solve the problem, and if he did that raises the question of why he isn't proposing that be extended to everyone.
How about an update to caller ID so that it shows both the true originating number, and the potentially-spoofed number? Worst case scenario you have to make 2 calls to succeed in calling someone back, but you'd always know what number to make a complaint about to the FCC/phone company.
Call centers can register with the phone company, pay $1,000 or whatever, and get put on the whitelist of lines allowed to spoof a number. If they get a complaint from the FCC or consumers or whatever then you get taken off the list and have to pay up again, maybe send in some business license or other documentation too.
My older brother was given one by a rich relative in the late 80s; I played many a coop game with him on it (Gauntlet was probably his favorite). He got a disk drive cheap from his high school, which was replacing their C64s with newer PCs; I recall he repaired/replaced that a few times, and I think he used stock firmware because the load times were terrible. I remember he spent all day typing in arcane symbols from a magazine so that he could play Crossroads, which we enjoyed afterwards. I got the Vic 20 as the hand-me-down, it was my first computer.
Marking individual accounts as 'likely to be attempted to be hijacked' doesn't fix the broader problem, which is hardly exclusive to Sony. Surely security doesn't need to fly out the window when you call a helpdesk? Attackers being able to obtain bits of info about an account could be stopped by these interactions being handled by a chatbot, and programmed to not give up that info. So long as 'I forgot my password' or 'my 2FA got lost/broken' can work on administrators, then those security features can be bypassed. As phone scams have proven, people are really bad at detecting scams when talking over the phone. Sending notifications to the account and to all the on-file contact methods for the account e.g. "click here if you don't want your password reset, you have 24 hours" is imperfect, if you happen to not log in or check messages, such as if you're out of town or you just don't use the account often. Not sure what the solution to this is, aside from some perfect unduplicatable identity verification.
This ignores the possibility of coal subsidies shoring up the aforementioned losses. Laws could mandate coal even if economically unfeasible, leading to higher regional prices. Also, energy prices could go up if there were a major war involving India, China or the US. Not terribly likely in the next 10 years but you never know.
Now Walmart will know where to position the fainting couches when shoppers get sticker shock, or see how long the lines are at the registers. I presume their legal derpment said it'd add no additional liability. The stores are always so understaffed I doubt anyone will be dispatched if anomalies are found, these things are going to have false positives all the time (like when they're wet from rain/snow, or a kid is in the cart). This is pure PR to send shoppers the message that they're safer at Walmart.
Stop resisting biometric monetization, citizen! Are you trying to force groceries to raise food prices beyond what poor single mothers are able to afford?! Please, think of the children, and let the shopping cart take a blood/saliva/stool/semen sample!
Going into China increases their liability surface area. If they were really trying to undermine China's govt. they'd have done so years ago. This all about making money from Chinese internet users.
Translation: "Today we have no ultra-concrete plans, only very-firm plans. Once the scrutiny dies down, we will establish an exact plan." Read between the lines.
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Actually, if you do nothing at all for long enough you're guaranteed to stop being warm. Being quiet takes the same amount of time, if you count the sound of breathing and heartbeat.
Softbank i.e. China's military. I'm sure they'll abide by killbot regulations/ethical codes though, right?
In related news, today's launch of a Soyuz didn't go very well, causing the American and Russian bound for the ISS to make an emergency landing (abort, presumably).
Soyuz launches to the ISS are grounded until they figure out what the problem was. The Dragon 2 capsule can't get ready soon enough, it seems.
It's expected to cost a couple $billion more to finish developing the BFR, although once it's done it's also expected to be cheaper to launch than a Falcon Heavy. It being more powerful seems like a poor excuse when it's also cheaper.
The BE-4 engine is planned to power both the New Glenn and Vulcan rockets, maybe they figure 2 new rockets is better than 1 new rocket?
Omega uses an upper stage made by Rocketdyne so they're indirectly getting funded. It also uses boosters based on Shuttle tech which our govt. loves to push for pork-barrel reasons. They haven't even started development so it's probably going to be finished last, aka cancelled, especially since the SLS makes it redundant.
Anyways, Vulcan, New Glenn, SLS, and BFR should all be ready around the same time, so the 2020/2021 timeframe should be exciting for rocketry (assuming no delays, ha!).
Would the subtitle be 'ICE Boogaloo'?
Murdoc is replacing MacGyver? He gonna install Blofeld as CEO next?
A government rep promoting critical thinking and independent thought? He'd be disappeared to a black site faster than a Saudi journalist.
the Open Invention Network (OIN),
Shouldn't that be the Open Invention NetworK (OINK)?
Wray made a non-statement, that he's unable to make a statement. Nothing to see here, move along.
'Be careful what you read' is ambiguous enough it doesn't necessarily imply anything one way or the other; I don't think it's supposed to be a subtle hint that we're supposed to read between the lines of. It's like the phrase "so it has come to this", it can be used in any context without adding anything of value.
There are several problems with this system. One is that it tells random Joe-caller what model of phone you have (a very expensive one at that). Two is that responses can be automated by robocallers that are listening for these prompts. Three is that using a follow-up question means that there's a person on the other line paying attention to the transcript, so you can tell if it's an active number. Four, you can just cram your pitch into the response to the original or followup questions. Five, it's very awkward to use with actual people that you want to talk to, like talking to someone through a locked door via notes slipped underneath. Six, they can simply lie about who they are and what they're calling for, just like they do now; if you think Windows is calling to fix your computer then this won't save you.
He and his family and friends probably get bombarded with these calls too. I doubt he has any special rules/tech on his lines that solve the problem, and if he did that raises the question of why he isn't proposing that be extended to everyone.
How about an update to caller ID so that it shows both the true originating number, and the potentially-spoofed number? Worst case scenario you have to make 2 calls to succeed in calling someone back, but you'd always know what number to make a complaint about to the FCC/phone company.
Call centers can register with the phone company, pay $1,000 or whatever, and get put on the whitelist of lines allowed to spoof a number. If they get a complaint from the FCC or consumers or whatever then you get taken off the list and have to pay up again, maybe send in some business license or other documentation too.
Took me a while to figure that out. It's 0 key on your numpad for the fire button, numpad arrow keys for movement. Have to turn numlock off first.
My older brother was given one by a rich relative in the late 80s; I played many a coop game with him on it (Gauntlet was probably his favorite). He got a disk drive cheap from his high school, which was replacing their C64s with newer PCs; I recall he repaired/replaced that a few times, and I think he used stock firmware because the load times were terrible. I remember he spent all day typing in arcane symbols from a magazine so that he could play Crossroads, which we enjoyed afterwards.
I got the Vic 20 as the hand-me-down, it was my first computer.
Marking individual accounts as 'likely to be attempted to be hijacked' doesn't fix the broader problem, which is hardly exclusive to Sony. Surely security doesn't need to fly out the window when you call a helpdesk? Attackers being able to obtain bits of info about an account could be stopped by these interactions being handled by a chatbot, and programmed to not give up that info.
So long as 'I forgot my password' or 'my 2FA got lost/broken' can work on administrators, then those security features can be bypassed. As phone scams have proven, people are really bad at detecting scams when talking over the phone. Sending notifications to the account and to all the on-file contact methods for the account e.g. "click here if you don't want your password reset, you have 24 hours" is imperfect, if you happen to not log in or check messages, such as if you're out of town or you just don't use the account often. Not sure what the solution to this is, aside from some perfect unduplicatable identity verification.
This ignores the possibility of coal subsidies shoring up the aforementioned losses. Laws could mandate coal even if economically unfeasible, leading to higher regional prices. Also, energy prices could go up if there were a major war involving India, China or the US. Not terribly likely in the next 10 years but you never know.
Now Walmart will know where to position the fainting couches when shoppers get sticker shock, or see how long the lines are at the registers. I presume their legal derpment said it'd add no additional liability. The stores are always so understaffed I doubt anyone will be dispatched if anomalies are found, these things are going to have false positives all the time (like when they're wet from rain/snow, or a kid is in the cart). This is pure PR to send shoppers the message that they're safer at Walmart.
Stop resisting biometric monetization, citizen! Are you trying to force groceries to raise food prices beyond what poor single mothers are able to afford?! Please, think of the children, and let the shopping cart take a blood/saliva/stool/semen sample!
Going into China increases their liability surface area. If they were really trying to undermine China's govt. they'd have done so years ago. This all about making money from Chinese internet users.
Translation: "Today we have no ultra-concrete plans, only very-firm plans. Once the scrutiny dies down, we will establish an exact plan."
Read between the lines.
Hmm do I want the Facebook version with a camera for $50 more, or do I trust Google more with my private info? Decisions, decisions.
This could end up in a big defamation suit by many parties in the tech industry.
If that's what it takes to improve tech journalism in the MSM, then I'm all for it.
Xbox Live Indie Games always required an active internet connection to use them, maybe it was one of those.
If the food is Organ Meats, then clearly they are in the Livery business.