Say they are doing their best to reassure the domestic population that they are in competent control of the disaster, but they're in over their heads...
I know when someone says they're not trying to be a dick, it usually means they're pretty sure what's about to come from their mouth/fingers has the potential to be misconstrued as dickish.
The basic problem with Prime is you are (pre-)paying for fast shipping for every Prime order, even when you don't really want it enough to pay for it.
I use it to purchase materials for jobs.
It saves a lot of quality time as opposed to phoning and/or visiting a local supplier, let alone relying on the salesclerk's commitment to the importance of my individual order. I can look it up and get the order correct from nearly any obscure internet wholesaler, and then still order it through Amazon while taking advantage of their protective umbrella. If something available through Prime isn't right or arrives damaged, returns are easy like a Sunday morning.
The upgrade from free two day shipping to overnight is sometimes as low as US $3.99. Prime is worth it for me.
For "metadata" read "your entire itemised phone bill". I think the layperson will grasp the implications of giving those to the NSA.
I would sure like to believe you are correct, but I fear the layperson is much too busy (working to pay bills) to pay attention.
I do some random informal polling amongst the working class, my people, and even the most cerebrally capable lack either the will or the investment of time necessary to understand they're slowly boiling the water we're all in.
I am afraid those of us with inclination will have to speak a little louder to cover for our silent brothers and sisters.
I think I could just barely provide a water-tight homing beacon with redundant power sources at, say, a million a dozen.... which leaves room for campaign contributions to secure the contracts.
Depending on what you're streaming (movies and games for the kids in the backseat of the Escalade?) , it would be plausible to use the data limit up fairly quickly.
Unlikely as it may seem, there may be some outfits out there willing to gouge a bit for exceeding plan limitations.
Anyhow, a coarse net wouldn't rain fire down on prisoners. Stretch a piece nylon (very flammable) rope and try to ignite it by throwing burning stuff onto it. Even if it does catch it will only smolder. So net would be cheap and practical, which is precisely why it would never be used in the US: not enough profits to prison operators.
We frequently fall prey to these assumptions made under no particular scientific method. We begin raising our young with lessons disguised as fables.
Handing knowledge down through the years based on personal experience was once, and for many generations, the best way to save information. It is better than no system at all (we're talking pre-widespread literacy), but the risk of passing along stereotypes and prejudices certainly existed.
You could treat all your lost info as if it were a stolen credit card, but the folks capable of hacking the phone and private particulars are statistically unlikely to be grabbing them from folks on the subway.
It's not even necessary to find a black market for them since several well-publicized used phone brokers will purchase late model phones for up to $200 US.
I would hire a credit watch company to eyeball my credit inquiries for a year or two, and even that'll get your card suspended if you enter the wrong info a single time on Amazon, but unless there's reason to suspect foul play just assume a Mexican drug lord is pleased with your lost precious cellie.
Man's hubris is large enough to obscure vision and good judgement.
When we were little more than barely civilized, our insecurities probably collectively led us to this massive overcompensation that skewed our judgement of the other mammals' intelligence.
We are now, he said hopefully, so much beyond that infantile assumption that we may one fine day be caught saying, "You are welcome for the fish."
Now then, at least if they do keep the records longer than 5 years they are in the wrong.
The cynic in me wants to take over this post with a they'll probably do it anyway slant, but it's been a long Monday and I try to leave that guy at work, so I'm going to go with:
Maybe, just maybe, all our bitching is not in vain and the war for the preservation of privacy is still being waged.
Beef cattle are fed grain at the auction lot to fast fatten them for conversion to burgers, but many/most ranchers I know use both coastal and alfalfa hay to supplement what nature provides on the range.
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The collective strength of a bonded group of humans increases the chance to pass along genetic material to future generations.
The need to belong, and do well relative to other members, ensures both strength in the group and wariness of those outside it.
Hopefully this is one of those times.
That's what breeding is for.
AKA: Artificial selection?
Doesn't it seem like maybe they went one complimentary adjective too far?
Cheese and frickin' rice. There is nothing sadder than a group of tribalist asshats who believe in Zip Code superiority.
you're shooting for a first post that's impossible to child under without painting the off-topic bulls-eye right on the front of my shirt.
Well done.
Free-range grass fed mammoth might still taste like elephant, so don't get your hopes up.
How many dead tree books does Amazon sell now?
Say they are doing their best to reassure the domestic population that they are in competent control of the disaster, but they're in over their heads...
The Knoxville/Memphis stamp is on a lot of the packages I track.
I'm not trying to be a dick.
What do you nerds do with all your money?
The basic problem with Prime is you are (pre-)paying for fast shipping for every Prime order, even when you don't really want it enough to pay for it.
I use it to purchase materials for jobs.
It saves a lot of quality time as opposed to phoning and/or visiting a local supplier, let alone relying on the salesclerk's commitment to the importance of my individual order. I can look it up and get the order correct from nearly any obscure internet wholesaler, and then still order it through Amazon while taking advantage of their protective umbrella. If something available through Prime isn't right or arrives damaged, returns are easy like a Sunday morning.
The upgrade from free two day shipping to overnight is sometimes as low as US $3.99. Prime is worth it for me.
You can see a trend and make a forecast.
Agreed. Very similar to a weather forecast, but without the hundred odd years of daily data to study and manufacture predictive models on.
It is, however, necessary and noble research... they'll just need more flu seasons under their belt to tweak the variables.
For "metadata" read "your entire itemised phone bill". I think the layperson will grasp the implications of giving those to the NSA.
I would sure like to believe you are correct, but I fear the layperson is much too busy (working to pay bills) to pay attention.
I do some random informal polling amongst the working class, my people, and even the most cerebrally capable lack either the will or the investment of time necessary to understand they're slowly boiling the water we're all in.
I am afraid those of us with inclination will have to speak a little louder to cover for our silent brothers and sisters.
One of the problems with the judicial branch is that the appeals process is generally only limited by the size of one's purse.
Bottomless budgets, like governments and large corporations have at their disposal, make for quite the unlevel playing field.
I think I could just barely provide a water-tight homing beacon with redundant power sources at, say, a million a dozen.... which leaves room for campaign contributions to secure the contracts.
Unlikely as it may seem, there may be some outfits out there willing to gouge a bit for exceeding plan limitations.
Why certainly, otherwise it's merely another unproven assumption.
Anyhow, a coarse net wouldn't rain fire down on prisoners. Stretch a piece nylon (very flammable) rope and try to ignite it by throwing burning stuff onto it. Even if it does catch it will only smolder. So net would be cheap and practical, which is precisely why it would never be used in the US: not enough profits to prison operators.
Not enough profit from the net.
Handing knowledge down through the years based on personal experience was once, and for many generations, the best way to save information. It is better than no system at all (we're talking pre-widespread literacy), but the risk of passing along stereotypes and prejudices certainly existed.
It's not even necessary to find a black market for them since several well-publicized used phone brokers will purchase late model phones for up to $200 US.
I would hire a credit watch company to eyeball my credit inquiries for a year or two, and even that'll get your card suspended if you enter the wrong info a single time on Amazon, but unless there's reason to suspect foul play just assume a Mexican drug lord is pleased with your lost precious cellie.
When we were little more than barely civilized, our insecurities probably collectively led us to this massive overcompensation that skewed our judgement of the other mammals' intelligence.
We are now, he said hopefully, so much beyond that infantile assumption that we may one fine day be caught saying, "You are welcome for the fish."
The cynic in me wants to take over this post with a they'll probably do it anyway slant, but it's been a long Monday and I try to leave that guy at work, so I'm going to go with:
Maybe, just maybe, all our bitching is not in vain and the war for the preservation of privacy is still being waged.
Wind kills birds, is an eyesore to some, and is presently only a part-time employee that doesn't always work during peak demand.
Beef cattle are fed grain at the auction lot to fast fatten them for conversion to burgers, but many/most ranchers I know use both coastal and alfalfa hay to supplement what nature provides on the range.
In the water-deprived future, a fat ribeye will still be more expensive than a glass of dihydrogen monoxide.