Liberals -- explain yourselves. Come on, I'm waiting. This is a law only a liberal would think to pass and this is basically the perfect Soviet style result.
There is a high school state champion wrestler in Texas who would like to point out to you that "liberals" are not the only people who write laws with unintended consequences.
If they public's opinion doesn't sway I'd expect to see the headphone jack back on the iPhone by the time the iPhone 9 comes out.
It just struck me that this is not just about headphones, but also things like the Square reader that plugs into the headphone jack*. I'm sure Square would be thrilled to have re-design their hardware to incorporate it wirelessly (and what does that do to security of said devices?)
* Although if Apple shifts to USB-C and softens its stance on the what can be physically connected to their products then it might be a win-win situation.
Like every other app on my phone doesn't do the same bullshit. Can't even buy tickets to UCF games or without a privacy eroding app these days.
On NPR 2 days ago I heard segment on digital privacy where NPR wanted their listeners to dig into the details of the Apps they have on their phones. One guy reported that the Flashlight app on his phone had permission to use the microphone as well as access his his contacts. I can't imagine how the coders for that App "accidentally" requested those permissions.
Management isn't employing anyone. The company is. Managers are employees as well.
Ah I see. Willful ignorance in order to try and make a point.
Now remind me again who employs who and (the bit you are deliberately ignoring) creates this thing called a hierarchy (you're heard of them haven't you?) and grants people at different levels of said hierarchy different responsibilities and powers.
OT but I believe that XKCD has reached the level where it is the embodiment of the old joke where the prisoners (or whoever) sit around telling jokes by reciting the joke's index number. Sometimes you don't even have to look at the XKCD cartoon, you just look at the number in the link and go "yep, that's applicable". (Although in this case I had to look).
Who is this "Al" and why does he keep trying to put everyone out of work? It seems like the best thing for the economy^w Human race would be to find Al and order a drone strike on him.
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And before all you ACs leap to eviscerate me for my inscrutable post, consider your glyphs.
Imagine a few years from now traveling from New York to Paris with your spiffy iPhone 9. You get off the plane, go into the iPhone’s settings, and in a few steps, you sign up with a plan from any one of a number of carriers for a bundle of voice minutes and data.
A remotely reprogrammable SIM card, so you don't have to switch SIMs when you change networks and it can be soldered on the PCB instead needing a slot.
But unless this lets you switch back and forth at will, it doesn't seem that great if you travel a lot. Also, I imagine it will act like a permanent identifier for tablets/PCs and they'll try to tie software and music purchases to it so you're fucked when it dies.
From what I saw chasing down what an eSIM is, it looks like the use case is to allow you to swap providers at the end of a contract. Which will mean (among other things) that you will be forced into roaming with a network when you travel rather than have the opportunity to swap out your SIM for a local one.
Because it's impossible that he could have an aide tweeting on his behalf.
It's well known and obvious that aides tweet for Tump. Because aides use an iOS device and Trump uses and Android device. That doesn't change the issue.
Just watch his twitter feed. If he begins making sane, rational tweets you'll know it was hacked.
His tweets are made both by him and his staffers. There was some analysis last year that shows a split between Android and iOS devices as well as the times of day the tweets were made. Basically he makes the un-hinged ones while his staffers make the rational ones. See things like http://varianceexplained.org/r...
Other than his base, I think the rest of the world treats Mr. Trump's tweets the same way they would when read something strange and inexplicable that has gone viral from an eccentric old man that's gone viral.
My problem is that I subscribe to a philosophy that basically says
If I see something wrong on the surface that is obvious to fix, then what am I missing underneath that I can't see?
This sort of thinking assists me in fault finding and problem solving in my job. But applying it to the current administration is making me shake in my boots.
Wouldn't you want to know if his personal phone was compromised and he was carrying it around all over the place?
OMG! Then we'd know where he is every minute of the day! (You do know the President's daily schedule is public record, right?)
OMG the presidents schedule is public. But what happens when there is a security issue and the president is whisked away to a secure location. Do you really think that the schedule is publicized.
Or how about the use of Marine one to transport the president:
As a security measure, Marine One always flies in a group of as many as five identical helicopters. One helicopter carries the President, while the others serve as decoys.
Exactly and as it has been pointed out in the past. Top secret meetings have phones barred from entering rooms. I doubt he can get around that no matter how much of an asshole he is.. Hes not Stupid.
Look at what happened in Mar-a-lago with the North Korean issue and the lackadaisical handling of documents in public. If they think that is reasonable then I don't put anything past this administration.
What they forget is no one cares what phone Trump uses to tweet from. As long as he has a second phone to keep the classified stuff secure, who cares if he also keeps his personal phone? Not even the Democrats really care: this is just yet another tactic to try and smear a very popular president.
Wouldn't you want to know if his personal phone was compromised and he was carrying it around all over the place?
At the very least it acts as a big red target painted on his back where ever he goes. At the other end of the spectrum the microphone and camera record and pass on everything it sees and hears.
This is security 101 and not political. That is Trump we are talking about makes it very easy to slip into an argument of "He's a doofus. No, you're just butthurt".
Just because they're not showing ads in your e-mail inbox doesn't necessarily mean they're not data-mining you to use information collected about you from your e-mail inbox.
I'm scared to think what MS has mined out of my hotmail account. The one I use for (you know) non-professional email conversations.
Is MS making $1 Billion in sales by forcing people in Canada to speak French? What sort of video game is this? Does it try and hypnotize you and make you download French tutorials? This sort of shit should be banned from sales.
Speckman swerved to avoid another car going the wrong way down a one way street. I would not be so quick to put all the blame on her for driving drunk.
Let me restate your logic for you.
If Speckman hadn't swerved when she was carrying an open container of gasoline in one hand, then she wouldn' have dropped the lighted match she had in her other hand into said container (and thus wouldn't have blown herself and her companion to shit)
The car coming the other way may have been the trigger, but the root cause of the crash was that she was drunk and playing with fire.
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Liberals -- explain yourselves. Come on, I'm waiting. This is a law only a liberal would think to pass and this is basically the perfect Soviet style result.
There is a high school state champion wrestler in Texas who would like to point out to you that "liberals" are not the only people who write laws with unintended consequences.
Exactly.
Even for Apple we know that the argument for saving space is nonsense. USB-C is 8.4mm x 2.6mm.
My understanding is that is not the dimensions of the jack on the surface of the phone that is the problem, but the internal depth into the phone.
If they public's opinion doesn't sway I'd expect to see the headphone jack back on the iPhone by the time the iPhone 9 comes out.
It just struck me that this is not just about headphones, but also things like the Square reader that plugs into the headphone jack*. I'm sure Square would be thrilled to have re-design their hardware to incorporate it wirelessly (and what does that do to security of said devices?)
* Although if Apple shifts to USB-C and softens its stance on the what can be physically connected to their products then it might be a win-win situation.
French historian detained for 10 hours
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/...
Australian Children's author detained
http://www.smh.com.au/entertai...
Like every other app on my phone doesn't do the same bullshit. Can't even buy tickets to UCF games or without a privacy eroding app these days.
On NPR 2 days ago I heard segment on digital privacy where NPR wanted their listeners to dig into the details of the Apps they have on their phones. One guy reported that the Flashlight app on his phone had permission to use the microphone as well as access his his contacts. I can't imagine how the coders for that App "accidentally" requested those permissions.
I found it a whole lot easier to just turn Windows off.
I prefer to get paid.
Management isn't employing anyone. The company is. Managers are employees as well.
Ah I see. Willful ignorance in order to try and make a point.
Now remind me again who employs who and (the bit you are deliberately ignoring) creates this thing called a hierarchy (you're heard of them haven't you?) and grants people at different levels of said hierarchy different responsibilities and powers.
If management gets to review my chat logs, I should damn right be able to review theirs.
Remind me again who employs who?
https://xkcd.com/1185/
OT but I believe that XKCD has reached the level where it is the embodiment of the old joke where the prisoners (or whoever) sit around telling jokes by reciting the joke's index number. Sometimes you don't even have to look at the XKCD cartoon, you just look at the number in the link and go "yep, that's applicable". (Although in this case I had to look).
Who is this "Al" and why does he keep trying to put everyone out of work? It seems like the best thing for the economy^w Human race would be to find Al and order a drone strike on him.
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And before all you ACs leap to eviscerate me for my inscrutable post, consider your glyphs.
Who the fuck spends $40 on apps?
Yeah. That's really stupid paying that much money for Apps.
Now how much was my phone contract for the year again????
Replying to myself.
I just read another article that says
Imagine a few years from now traveling from New York to Paris with your spiffy iPhone 9. You get off the plane, go into the iPhone’s settings, and in a few steps, you sign up with a plan from any one of a number of carriers for a bundle of voice minutes and data.
http://www.barrons.com/article...
So probably I don;t know jack about the pro's and con's of eSIMs.
A remotely reprogrammable SIM card, so you don't have to switch SIMs when you change networks and it can be soldered on the PCB instead needing a slot.
But unless this lets you switch back and forth at will, it doesn't seem that great if you travel a lot. Also, I imagine it will act like a permanent identifier for tablets/PCs and they'll try to tie software and music purchases to it so you're fucked when it dies.
From what I saw chasing down what an eSIM is, it looks like the use case is to allow you to swap providers at the end of a contract. Which will mean (among other things) that you will be forced into roaming with a network when you travel rather than have the opportunity to swap out your SIM for a local one.
Because it's impossible that he could have an aide tweeting on his behalf.
It's well known and obvious that aides tweet for Tump. Because aides use an iOS device and Trump uses and Android device. That doesn't change the issue.
Just watch his twitter feed. If he begins making sane, rational tweets you'll know it was hacked.
His tweets are made both by him and his staffers. There was some analysis last year that shows a split between Android and iOS devices as well as the times of day the tweets were made. Basically he makes the un-hinged ones while his staffers make the rational ones. See things like http://varianceexplained.org/r...
Other than his base, I think the rest of the world treats Mr. Trump's tweets the same way they would when read something strange and inexplicable that has gone viral from an eccentric old man that's gone viral.
My problem is that I subscribe to a philosophy that basically says
If I see something wrong on the surface that is obvious to fix, then what am I missing underneath that I can't see?
This sort of thinking assists me in fault finding and problem solving in my job. But applying it to the current administration is making me shake in my boots.
OMG! Then we'd know where he is every minute of the day! (You do know the President's daily schedule is public record, right?)
OMG the presidents schedule is public. But what happens when there is a security issue and the president is whisked away to a secure location. Do you really think that the schedule is publicized.
Or how about the use of Marine one to transport the president:
As a security measure, Marine One always flies in a group of as many as five identical helicopters. One helicopter carries the President, while the others serve as decoys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So do you want that security measure invalidated?
Exactly and as it has been pointed out in the past. Top secret meetings have phones barred from entering rooms. I doubt he can get around that no matter how much of an asshole he is.. Hes not Stupid.
Look at what happened in Mar-a-lago with the North Korean issue and the lackadaisical handling of documents in public. If they think that is reasonable then I don't put anything past this administration.
What they forget is no one cares what phone Trump uses to tweet from. As long as he has a second phone to keep the classified stuff secure, who cares if he also keeps his personal phone? Not even the Democrats really care: this is just yet another tactic to try and smear a very popular president.
Wouldn't you want to know if his personal phone was compromised and he was carrying it around all over the place?
At the very least it acts as a big red target painted on his back where ever he goes. At the other end of the spectrum the microphone and camera record and pass on everything it sees and hears.
This is security 101 and not political. That is Trump we are talking about makes it very easy to slip into an argument of "He's a doofus. No, you're just butthurt".
Just because they're not showing ads in your e-mail inbox doesn't necessarily mean they're not data-mining you to use information collected about you from your e-mail inbox.
I'm scared to think what MS has mined out of my hotmail account. The one I use for (you know) non-professional email conversations.
Come on, Slashdot editors, don't you have anyone proofread these before you post them to the front page? Or at least run them through a spellchecker?
In their defense, in Canadian English, Francise is a valid word.
I don't have sympathy for the passenger for giving his keys to a drunk woman and getting in the car.
The owner was shit faced. So how can he tell that the driver was just as shit faced? His Judgement was already impaired.
Is MS making $1 Billion in sales by forcing people in Canada to speak French? What sort of video game is this? Does it try and hypnotize you and make you download French tutorials? This sort of shit should be banned from sales.
Speckman swerved to avoid another car going the wrong way down a one way street. I would not be so quick to put all the blame on her for driving drunk.
Let me restate your logic for you.
If Speckman hadn't swerved when she was carrying an open container of gasoline in one hand, then she wouldn' have dropped the lighted match she had in her other hand into said container (and thus wouldn't have blown herself and her companion to shit)
The car coming the other way may have been the trigger, but the root cause of the crash was that she was drunk and playing with fire.
They don't like my add blocker and I am not turning it off for them.