Before the smartphone I'd go out to dinner with family and friends and eventually the conversation would inevitably die and... and we'd come up with smalltalk and jokes to pick things up and get the conversation moving again which brings out people's personalities and depth
Now? We check our smartphones.
The problem is nobody learns the basic smalltalk skills anymore and the people you're with are "real" and not as interesting and entertaining as the 50 people in your facebook friends list who can always keep you going. It breaks down "social structure" in lieu of a social artifice in the "virtual" world.
I'm not immune to this and have done it myself but I would've easily done the same thing growing up as a teen and probably never learned how to hold a conversation.
Look at Yelp or Glassdoor or any place that allows for "open reviewing and commenting"
Both my apartment complex AND my company regularly spam review sites with "good newz everyone!" reviews. Like multiple 5 star ratings in a day after weeks of bad reviews.
Even on Amazon the review system is notoriously gamed - so it shouldn't be surprising that nations have adopted the same strategies.
You can probably even point to early newspapers that were funded by political cronies as an aspect of the same thing
On the bright side at least the dissenting voices are being heard in China instead of the usual state-run monolithic media.
Yes, yes they are. When I first saw this ad I had to rewatch it several times because I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"Thanks to a federal government mandate, broadcasters must broadcast their shows... for free!"
(I have a DVR - which doesn't always play nicely with antennae if you need to adjust them to get a signal! Which is why I naven't completely cut the cord from cable myself yet!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
My company and previous company switched to Office 365 only because it's easier to administer via the web interface than it is through the traditional profile/domain configurations. MS has touted that as cheaper to the company than boxed software which is true in the short term (the only thing that matters to beancounters anymore) but is a win for MS in the long term as companies continue to pay annual subscription fees (as opposed to holding off migrating to the next version of office)
See Adobe moving all their software to annual subscriptions as well. Software "ownership" is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
But that's ok - because banks give them more credit and all that money they're spending is going into products which bring in more money (but only enough to pay for the interest on the cards)
So... y'know... we're SUCCESSFUL!!
And here I've been doing this the hard way...
"And they probably redesigned the whole sick-bay too! I know engineers, they love to change things!"
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"Does the new medical facilities meet with your approval Bones?"
"They do not - it's like working in a damn computer center"
I'm only paying $10/month with my cable (for however much longer that lasts...)
The Game of Thrones disc sets are only around $50. Yeah I'd have to wait a year for the set to come out but...
The ransom note demands victims send bitcoin to a predefined address and contact the hacker via email to allegedly have their files decrypted. But the email company the hacker happened to use, Posteo, says it has decided to block the attacker's account, leaving victims with no obvious way to unlock their files.
So that would take care of both point 2 and point 3
Or are you guys just interested in perpetuating propaganda now? (Yeah I know.. silly rhetorical question...)
Voting systems are constitutionally defined as being under the control of the states who then submit their representatives for voting for legislation and for the electing the President.
Homeland Security wanted to regulate state election systems under the guise of "critical infrastructure." That's a power grab and it starts with them just mandating certain security requirements. Then they need to "inspect" the systems and "check" the records to make sure they're secure. Then you end up with a standardized election system and, of course, Homeland Security can peek at the results at any time they want.
There was a similar call after the 2000 elections as well - part of how we ended up with all these "electronic voting systems" that Diebold made and were all easily hackable. The feds were well on their way to enforcing a standardized election system at the time too until the states balked.
Let's also not forget that there was a major push by Homeland Security to nationalize the election process at this time too. This might still be going on.
B> The judge didn't dismiss the lawsuit - the judge agreed with Microsoft that it couldn't be a class action - but let the all the individual suits continue. Therefore the plaintiffs couldn't sue to get their class action status restored until their individual cases were heard. Microsoft's point was that it can't be a class action case because less than 1% of the XBox' sold have people making these complaints therefore it can't be a design defect per se. (Frankly I've gone through 3 XBox 360s and never had the disc gouge problem... just the warped motherboard issue... 2 times...)
C> The lawyers for the class action suit said that wasn't fair and appealed to the 9th circuit who said "yeah, you can dismiss your cases and sue to get your class action status restored then try again."
D> The Supreme Court smacked that down saying you can't just dismiss the current case, sue to get class status and then retry again without the first case finishing because the first case may provide a better result to the plaintiffs! (or it may not but you won't know until the trial is complete)
Lesson: Lawyers make more money with a class action lawsuit and if they game the system to keep more trials in play.
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signed, little girl.
I'm old enough to know the before/after here -
... and we'd come up with smalltalk and jokes to pick things up and get the conversation moving again which brings out people's personalities and depth
Before the smartphone I'd go out to dinner with family and friends and eventually the conversation would inevitably die and
Now? We check our smartphones.
The problem is nobody learns the basic smalltalk skills anymore and the people you're with are "real" and not as interesting and entertaining as the 50 people in your facebook friends list who can always keep you going. It breaks down "social structure" in lieu of a social artifice in the "virtual" world.
I'm not immune to this and have done it myself but I would've easily done the same thing growing up as a teen and probably never learned how to hold a conversation.
This sort of blatant discrimination against lefties MUST STOP!
Time and time again Rightists stomp all over us lefties rights! er... uh... I yield back the rest of my time.
I wonder if he played the Kronos slot machine while he was in Vegas. :p
Look at Yelp or Glassdoor or any place that allows for "open reviewing and commenting"
Both my apartment complex AND my company regularly spam review sites with "good newz everyone!" reviews. Like multiple 5 star ratings in a day after weeks of bad reviews.
Even on Amazon the review system is notoriously gamed - so it shouldn't be surprising that nations have adopted the same strategies.
You can probably even point to early newspapers that were funded by political cronies as an aspect of the same thing
On the bright side at least the dissenting voices are being heard in China instead of the usual state-run monolithic media.
It's like the 1960s color TV fad all over again... Definitely makes Windows worth a 2nd look, dontcha think?!
Windows console - now in COLOR!
I've always changed mine to the proper white on black. Or green on black for that 1984 Hackers look...
Yes, yes they are. When I first saw this ad I had to rewatch it several times because I couldn't believe what I was seeing. "Thanks to a federal government mandate, broadcasters must broadcast their shows... for free!" (I have a DVR - which doesn't always play nicely with antennae if you need to adjust them to get a signal! Which is why I naven't completely cut the cord from cable myself yet!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
My company and previous company switched to Office 365 only because it's easier to administer via the web interface than it is through the traditional profile/domain configurations. MS has touted that as cheaper to the company than boxed software which is true in the short term (the only thing that matters to beancounters anymore) but is a win for MS in the long term as companies continue to pay annual subscription fees (as opposed to holding off migrating to the next version of office) See Adobe moving all their software to annual subscriptions as well. Software "ownership" is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
But that's ok - because banks give them more credit and all that money they're spending is going into products which bring in more money (but only enough to pay for the interest on the cards) So... y'know... we're SUCCESSFUL!! And here I've been doing this the hard way...
One square mile of batteries Is all that's needed to store the energy for the entire US?
Color me skeptical.
(fine print: it's a 200 story building)
You Dumbass - then they'd just BUY the can for $10.
And this is the 21st century version of this movie...
I wonder if Robert Redford would do a remake.
And as a dev, would I do it for a million dollars? Hmmm...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/p...
And yet... he DID
"And they probably redesigned the whole sick-bay too! I know engineers, they love to change things!"
-----
"Does the new medical facilities meet with your approval Bones?"
"They do not - it's like working in a damn computer center"
I'm only paying $10/month with my cable (for however much longer that lasts...) The Game of Thrones disc sets are only around $50. Yeah I'd have to wait a year for the set to come out but...
The attackers behind the attack have made little money -- around $10,000. Which leads to speculation that perhaps money wasn't a motive at all.
Slashdot yesterday
The ransom note demands victims send bitcoin to a predefined address and contact the hacker via email to allegedly have their files decrypted. But the email company the hacker happened to use, Posteo, says it has decided to block the attacker's account, leaving victims with no obvious way to unlock their files.
So that would take care of both point 2 and point 3
Or are you guys just interested in perpetuating propaganda now? (Yeah I know.. silly rhetorical question...)
It shouldn't be surprising really - social media is such a dopamine rush.
Where my smartphone is secretly using my brain for memory storage?
Voting systems are constitutionally defined as being under the control of the states who then submit their representatives for voting for legislation and for the electing the President.
Homeland Security wanted to regulate state election systems under the guise of "critical infrastructure." That's a power grab and it starts with them just mandating certain security requirements. Then they need to "inspect" the systems and "check" the records to make sure they're secure. Then you end up with a standardized election system and, of course, Homeland Security can peek at the results at any time they want.
There was a similar call after the 2000 elections as well - part of how we ended up with all these "electronic voting systems" that Diebold made and were all easily hackable. The feds were well on their way to enforcing a standardized election system at the time too until the states balked.
Let's also not forget that there was a major push by Homeland Security to nationalize the election process at this time too. This might still be going on.
Dewey Beats Truman.
And then he came out and said the elections were secure and no Russian involvement had affected the outcome!
B> The judge didn't dismiss the lawsuit - the judge agreed with Microsoft that it couldn't be a class action - but let the all the individual suits continue. Therefore the plaintiffs couldn't sue to get their class action status restored until their individual cases were heard. Microsoft's point was that it can't be a class action case because less than 1% of the XBox' sold have people making these complaints therefore it can't be a design defect per se. (Frankly I've gone through 3 XBox 360s and never had the disc gouge problem... just the warped motherboard issue... 2 times...)
C> The lawyers for the class action suit said that wasn't fair and appealed to the 9th circuit who said "yeah, you can dismiss your cases and sue to get your class action status restored then try again."
D> The Supreme Court smacked that down saying you can't just dismiss the current case, sue to get class status and then retry again without the first case finishing because the first case may provide a better result to the plaintiffs! (or it may not but you won't know until the trial is complete)
Lesson: Lawyers make more money with a class action lawsuit and if they game the system to keep more trials in play.