We've answered this dozens of times already. There's no money in creating new stories when people will pay to see what they already know, no matter how bad/bland it is.
Considering Episode 3 is the final installment of the story arc, I'm fine with waiting... as long as we get some feedback. I sincerely hope they do not stop making Half-Life games. It's very disappointing when someone owns the IP rights to a franchise but does nothing with it, or worse, doesn't treat it with the respect their fans desire.
Obviously the 5 year old computers in TFA could use an upgrade, but I've found that for my aging workstations, a simple storage upgrade to an SSD would probably be more than enough to increase my productivity. Storage is the new bottleneck, not processing power.
Just because the app is free doesn't mean they need to use deceptive practices to pay for it. It's going behind the users' backs and insults their intelligence. If the app really is so great then tell the customers and they'll buy a subscription. If you have to lie to your customers to provide the service then you shouldn't be offering it to begin with.
It's my understanding that the OED should reflect the evolving lexicon of English. If L33T is used widely enough I don't see why it shouldn't be added.
You say it doesn't tell you why it needs it... but you should know why from the type of application it is. And if the why of the application type doesn't match the data and access requested, don't install it. I'm sure Android could add a 'why' area for each permission for the dev to put in a reason, which actually might be nice, but it won't be any more secure, as the people who are releasing malicious apps are the same social engineers who have perfected duplicating emails from your bank almost perfectly.
We're not talking about malicious apps. This is Pandora. And you're right, once you start installing apps off the market you're on your own. But 95% of users aren't doing that. They expect transparency in the applications from the market. Right now as I attempt to install Pandora it makes no mention of access to the personal information mentioned in TFA. One thing it requests is access to "Phone calls: read phone state and identity." What does that mean? Does it mean I can accept a phone call from the app gracefully? Does it mean Pandora can collect that information and keep track of who is calling me? The request is ambiguous. Same thing for "Your personal information: add or modify calendar events and send email to guests, read contact data." Again, ambiguous. Maybe it uses the contact data to show who is calling if you receive a call during playback?
The only more secure way they could do it would be, "We see you've selected Angry Birds, please review the entirety of the source code presented below and all of it's resources to ensure that it won't do anything malicious to your phone."
How about making the developers take some responsibility and say what they're doing instead of releasing them of all responsibility and making the user go through source. Even if that was the only way, what's to stop the developers from obfuscating the code?
The "it's free so shut up" mentality has to stop. If your product/service really is so good then let the users decide if they want to release their information or buy a subscription. Going behind the users' backs is deceptive, and an insult to the intelligence of their customers.
Right. I should have been more specific. On one extreme, civilians working in intelligence will surely keep working, while the CIA cleaning ladies probably won't be coming into work.
Those permissions requests are worthless. They only tell you what the phone needs access to, not why. I'm sure there are legitimate reasons for some of them, but who knows? There's no accountability.
Only essential services will continue working. That means emergency workers, military, most defense jobs. The post office will remain operational as they are technically an independent agency. Parks, and museums close. So not all civilian employees will be paid.
You're right. The Romans actually were pretty tolerant of people provided you followed a few rules. 1) Pay your taxes. 2) Worship Jupiter at the temple every tuesday. That's about it. They didn't care what you did in your own home. Go ahead, pray to whomever. The Romans really started getting freaked out as Christianity spread because they held ceremonies outside in the woods. Of particular interest was communion whereby Christians "ate the flesh and drank the blood of Jesus Christ." You can understand why Romans were upset. I'm being serious, too. Imagine saying you eat the flesh and blood of your lord every week to someone who has never heard of communion. It's likely to elicit disgust.
Makes sense for the states maybe, but the federal government needs to stop giving billions in subsidies to the corn industry. There's a reason corn products can be found in almost all junk food. It's the same reason why a cheeseburger costs as much as an apple. It's disgusting really.
This is the only explanation I have for the success of Apple stores. Apple is like Big Brother when it comes to their products, but that's bad for consumers. Why don't they realize this? Why would a customer want to go to a store where they only sell one brand? You'll never get an unbiased comparison of products from the Apple store. You're much better off going to another retailer like Best Buy or a cellphone company where the employee isn't trained to sell one particular brand. Why doesn't Motorola tout those benefits?
So the GOP's definition of a "town hall" style meaning is one where the public is free to listen and ask questions... except when that rep's answers don't look good?
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How about someone altering the data to make it appear as if you visited somewhere you actually weren't?
We've answered this dozens of times already. There's no money in creating new stories when people will pay to see what they already know, no matter how bad/bland it is.
Google has been turning into a cesspool lately.
Considering Episode 3 is the final installment of the story arc, I'm fine with waiting... as long as we get some feedback. I sincerely hope they do not stop making Half-Life games. It's very disappointing when someone owns the IP rights to a franchise but does nothing with it, or worse, doesn't treat it with the respect their fans desire.
$250 sounds like a bargain compared to a brand new workstation.
Obviously the 5 year old computers in TFA could use an upgrade, but I've found that for my aging workstations, a simple storage upgrade to an SSD would probably be more than enough to increase my productivity. Storage is the new bottleneck, not processing power.
Just because the app is free doesn't mean they need to use deceptive practices to pay for it. It's going behind the users' backs and insults their intelligence. If the app really is so great then tell the customers and they'll buy a subscription. If you have to lie to your customers to provide the service then you shouldn't be offering it to begin with.
Vote this up. Link has a live english translation stream.
It's my understanding that the OED should reflect the evolving lexicon of English. If L33T is used widely enough I don't see why it shouldn't be added.
You say it doesn't tell you why it needs it... but you should know why from the type of application it is. And if the why of the application type doesn't match the data and access requested, don't install it. I'm sure Android could add a 'why' area for each permission for the dev to put in a reason, which actually might be nice, but it won't be any more secure, as the people who are releasing malicious apps are the same social engineers who have perfected duplicating emails from your bank almost perfectly.
We're not talking about malicious apps. This is Pandora. And you're right, once you start installing apps off the market you're on your own. But 95% of users aren't doing that. They expect transparency in the applications from the market. Right now as I attempt to install Pandora it makes no mention of access to the personal information mentioned in TFA. One thing it requests is access to "Phone calls: read phone state and identity." What does that mean? Does it mean I can accept a phone call from the app gracefully? Does it mean Pandora can collect that information and keep track of who is calling me? The request is ambiguous. Same thing for "Your personal information: add or modify calendar events and send email to guests, read contact data." Again, ambiguous. Maybe it uses the contact data to show who is calling if you receive a call during playback?
The only more secure way they could do it would be, "We see you've selected Angry Birds, please review the entirety of the source code presented below and all of it's resources to ensure that it won't do anything malicious to your phone."
How about making the developers take some responsibility and say what they're doing instead of releasing them of all responsibility and making the user go through source. Even if that was the only way, what's to stop the developers from obfuscating the code?
The "it's free so shut up" mentality has to stop. If your product/service really is so good then let the users decide if they want to release their information or buy a subscription. Going behind the users' backs is deceptive, and an insult to the intelligence of their customers.
Right. I should have been more specific. On one extreme, civilians working in intelligence will surely keep working, while the CIA cleaning ladies probably won't be coming into work.
Those permissions requests are worthless. They only tell you what the phone needs access to, not why. I'm sure there are legitimate reasons for some of them, but who knows? There's no accountability.
Now he's listening to Nirvana...now he's listenning to David Bowie...now he's listening to Twisted Sist- oh wait he skipped that one.
Only essential services will continue working. That means emergency workers, military, most defense jobs. The post office will remain operational as they are technically an independent agency. Parks, and museums close. So not all civilian employees will be paid.
You're right. The Romans actually were pretty tolerant of people provided you followed a few rules. 1) Pay your taxes. 2) Worship Jupiter at the temple every tuesday. That's about it. They didn't care what you did in your own home. Go ahead, pray to whomever. The Romans really started getting freaked out as Christianity spread because they held ceremonies outside in the woods. Of particular interest was communion whereby Christians "ate the flesh and drank the blood of Jesus Christ." You can understand why Romans were upset. I'm being serious, too. Imagine saying you eat the flesh and blood of your lord every week to someone who has never heard of communion. It's likely to elicit disgust.
The Romans did not approve of his breaking of DRM so they crucified him. This tradition has endured even today.
That's logical. Glad to see a judge with some sense.
Makes sense for the states maybe, but the federal government needs to stop giving billions in subsidies to the corn industry. There's a reason corn products can be found in almost all junk food. It's the same reason why a cheeseburger costs as much as an apple. It's disgusting really.
Though Gelertner’s patents were upheld by the court, Judge Davis threw out the $625.5 million damage award and closed the case in Apple’s favor.
Isn't this like saying "Apple infringed on your patents, but they won't have to pay anything. Have a nice day."
Unfortunately for most consumers, their download speeds aren't nearly high enough to successfully torrent a Ferrari.
This is the only explanation I have for the success of Apple stores. Apple is like Big Brother when it comes to their products, but that's bad for consumers. Why don't they realize this? Why would a customer want to go to a store where they only sell one brand? You'll never get an unbiased comparison of products from the Apple store. You're much better off going to another retailer like Best Buy or a cellphone company where the employee isn't trained to sell one particular brand. Why doesn't Motorola tout those benefits?
One party got us involved in 2 land wars in Asia (One of them based on lies) with no good way out
Are you referring to the Republicans with Afghanistan and Iraq or are you referring to the Democrats with Korea and Vietnam?
...Really? Guess it puts the parking illegally in perspective.
So the GOP's definition of a "town hall" style meaning is one where the public is free to listen and ask questions... except when that rep's answers don't look good?
No. Fuck those people.
He didn't reconstruct a bomb, he reverse engineered it and taught himself how to build one.