All good things can be taken too far. The example of Hostess Brands is instructive. When a Union pushes far beyond the optimum point, it provides powerful incentives to increase automation.
Similar effects are starting to be seen in restaurants in response to pushes for a $15.00 minimum wage. Ordering via tablet or kiosk is on the rise, and there are indicators that automated cook-stations are in development. The Momentum Machines automated burger line and similar other machines have been out there for years. Between development and production costs dropping over time, due to previously sunk costs, and rising labor costs, conversion to automation will eventually occur there, and likely sooner than later. . .
Top Secret - data, that, if released, would cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security Secret - same thing, but "serious" damage Confidential - damage to national security. For Official Use Only - not classified, but not for public release.
Additionally, there are "caveats" that restrict distribution to certain groups, and Special Access / Compartments (aka SCI) that one needs to be specifically approved for, and briefed into. . .
Hopefully, nanotechnology will be developed to a useful level when and if they decide to launch. . . . of course, those of us who've read Charles Stross wonder about the potential of a nanotechnology-enhanced Starwisp-type craft. . . .
. . . and that "Mutual of Andromeda's 'Wild Planet'", hosted by Mrln Prknz, is the Galaxy's number one reality show. And they don't even pay us for it, much less a year's supply of Rzz-a-roni, the Aldebaran Treat. . .
I beg to differ. 25 years ago, I was getting bespoke suits (and uniforms as well) from a tailor in South Korea. They were less expensive than off-the-rack in the US, and of higher quality (in fact, I still own them. Can't FIT in them anymore, but they're in the closet. . . ).
And with the rise of automation and computer-aided manufacturing, a bespoke suit that fits perfectly may be available locally relatively soon. . . with rapid delivery, and low cost.
And what happens if the speech is legal, but offensive ? That's the issue. But, somehow, people seem to believe that there's a right to Not Be Offended. . .
. . . . how does that effect the "Common Carrier"-type protections of the admittedly-hated Communications Decency Act ? As I recall, acting as a de-facto common carrier prevented liability for content.
So, if providers start discriminating on content, do they not also lose the immunity from liability ?
I'm not really sure where the line is on this, so ask the question here on Slashdot. . .
Actually, as I understand it, there ARE no Civil Service job protections in the Intelligence Community. So you can be canned at any time for any reason.
Not that they DO, from things I've heard, but they legally CAN. . .
If you really want hardware churn, up the percentage of tin in the solder on the circuit boards. Tin whiskers will grow and short out the board. While they CAN be mitigated with additional coatings of other metals, this adds cost, and thus is likely not a feature of consumer-grade electronics. . .
. . ..why the US office they were trying to set up, disappeared. And the only reason I know about the prospective US office, is that I was being recruited for it. . . and then it suddenly went silent. . .
You assume the bureaucracy actually READS it. They don't. That doesn't stop the requirement to PROVIDE the documentation. Which will go on file somewhere, in case somebody needs to cover their ass because something went wrong.
The same way a 5 dollar screwdrivers suddenly costs 200 bucks. The reams and reams of Federal Compliance Paperwork that MUST be completed for each one. Certifications per item that "Conflict Metals" are not included. Validation and auditing of HR and hiring procedures for everyone involved, from the guy digging the ore, to the guy putting it in the small box of "Screwdriver, Phillips, Size P2, 1 each, Federal Stock number. . . . . . " I could go on, but I think you can get the drift.
Oh, and Small/Disadvantaged Business set-asides, which are required, but cost much more, simply because small businesses generally don't have the full-time manpower for THEIR chunk of the compliance paperwork, so they generally have to either hire a full-time employee on top of their delivery, or bring in pricey consultants to do it for them. . .
. . . . as there are plenty of examples of classified, air-gapped systems leaking data to unclassified systems. To the point that there are standard procedures for a "spill" of classified data onto networks at lower levels of classification.
. ..about 10 years ago, I went back and did grad school (frankly to check a block for promotion. I learned almost nothing I didn't already know in Grad School, with the exception of mind-numbing detail of a technology ('distributed databases') which had already been obsoleted years before.
But the real shock was my fellow students. We were roughly 50-50, older students coming back for a Masters, and "kids" fresh out of undergrad. And uniformly, I noticed that the "kids" had absolutely horrible language skills: they could not spell, EVEN with spell-check. They could not write coherently, they had serious problems articulating a reasoned argument from evidence. In two memorable cases, I was told to accept the opinion from a student on an objective technical issue because they "felt" it was correct, even though it was an EASY dead lock to prove otherwise.
I now teach part-time at night at a local college. I've found that my experience in Grad School was NOT an isolated incident. OK, I'm a Baby Boomer. But you would THINK that basic skills would still be taught. From the evidence, I conclude that is not the general case anymore. . .
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. . . .and UC Davis isn't a person. As I recall, "Right to be Forgotten" only technically applies to people. . .
Oh, that's EASY. Making sure all your TCP packets are wrapped. After all, "No glove, no love. . . "
. . . . .this OTHER Slashdot headline on Federal Cybersecurity. Yep. Our vaunted Federal Cyber efforts are WORSE that pretty much everyone else, except maybe that guy who "rm -rf."-ed his hosting business. . . .
And, of course, no cracker **ever** wiped logs. . .
Three MORE words:
Teh Burning Stoopid . . .
You would think we'd at LEAST get some actual biological Zombies out of this. . .
All good things can be taken too far. The example of Hostess Brands is instructive. When a Union pushes far beyond the optimum point, it provides powerful incentives to increase automation.
Similar effects are starting to be seen in restaurants in response to pushes for a $15.00 minimum wage. Ordering via tablet or kiosk is on the rise, and there are indicators that automated cook-stations are in development. The Momentum Machines automated burger line and similar other machines have been out there for years. Between development and production costs dropping over time, due to previously sunk costs, and rising labor costs, conversion to automation will eventually occur there, and likely sooner than later. . .
Top Secret - data, that, if released, would cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security
Secret - same thing, but "serious" damage
Confidential - damage to national security.
For Official Use Only - not classified, but not for public release.
Additionally, there are "caveats" that restrict distribution to certain groups, and Special Access / Compartments (aka SCI) that one needs to be specifically approved for, and briefed into. . .
. . . . but the ultimate Unix/Linux burn is:
"You can be replaced by a VERY small shell script. . . "
Hopefully, nanotechnology will be developed to a useful level when and if they decide to launch. . . . of course, those of us who've read Charles Stross wonder about the potential of a nanotechnology-enhanced Starwisp-type craft. . . .
. . . and that "Mutual of Andromeda's 'Wild Planet'", hosted by Mrln Prknz, is the Galaxy's number one reality show. And they don't even pay us for it, much less a year's supply of Rzz-a-roni, the Aldebaran Treat. . .
13,000 Amazon customers/5,000 Amazon Prime customers. Out of how many hundreds of millions of Amazon customers ? That's not even noise in the sample.
I beg to differ. 25 years ago, I was getting bespoke suits (and uniforms as well) from a tailor in South Korea. They were less expensive than off-the-rack in the US, and of higher quality (in fact, I still own them. Can't FIT in them anymore, but they're in the closet. . . ).
And with the rise of automation and computer-aided manufacturing, a bespoke suit that fits perfectly may be available locally relatively soon. . . with rapid delivery, and low cost.
And what happens if the speech is legal, but offensive ? That's the issue. But, somehow, people seem to believe that there's a right to Not Be Offended. . .
. . . . how does that effect the "Common Carrier"-type protections of the admittedly-hated Communications Decency Act ? As I recall, acting as a de-facto common carrier prevented liability for content.
So, if providers start discriminating on content, do they not also lose the immunity from liability ?
I'm not really sure where the line is on this, so ask the question here on Slashdot. . .
Actually, as I understand it, there ARE no Civil Service job protections in the Intelligence Community. So you can be canned at any time for any reason.
Not that they DO, from things I've heard, but they legally CAN. . .
If you really want hardware churn, up the percentage of tin in the solder on the circuit boards. Tin whiskers will grow and short out the board. While they CAN be mitigated with additional coatings of other metals, this adds cost, and thus is likely not a feature of consumer-grade electronics. . .
. . . .or did the Nest/Revolv issue speed up the announcement and release of this ??
. . . .why the US office they were trying to set up, disappeared. And the only reason I know about the prospective US office, is that I was being recruited for it. . . and then it suddenly went silent. . .
. . . . a RUSSIAN firm complaining about computers being pwned by "Alphabet Agencies". . .
You assume the bureaucracy actually READS it. They don't. That doesn't stop the requirement to PROVIDE the documentation. Which will go on file somewhere, in case somebody needs to cover their ass because something went wrong.
The same way a 5 dollar screwdrivers suddenly costs 200 bucks. The reams and reams of Federal Compliance Paperwork that MUST be completed for each one. Certifications per item that "Conflict Metals" are not included. Validation and auditing of HR and hiring procedures for everyone involved, from the guy digging the ore, to the guy putting it in the small box of "Screwdriver, Phillips, Size P2, 1 each, Federal Stock number. . . . . . " I could go on, but I think you can get the drift.
Oh, and Small/Disadvantaged Business set-asides, which are required, but cost much more, simply because small businesses generally don't have the full-time manpower for THEIR chunk of the compliance paperwork, so they generally have to either hire a full-time employee on top of their delivery, or bring in pricey consultants to do it for them. . .
. . . . as there are plenty of examples of classified, air-gapped systems leaking data to unclassified systems. To the point that there are standard procedures for a "spill" of classified data onto networks at lower levels of classification.
. . .about 10 years ago, I went back and did grad school (frankly to check a block for promotion. I learned almost nothing I didn't already know in Grad School, with the exception of mind-numbing detail of a technology ('distributed databases') which had already been obsoleted years before.
But the real shock was my fellow students. We were roughly 50-50, older students coming back for a Masters, and "kids" fresh out of undergrad. And uniformly, I noticed that the "kids" had absolutely horrible language skills: they could not spell, EVEN with spell-check. They could not write coherently, they had serious problems articulating a reasoned argument from evidence. In two memorable cases, I was told to accept the opinion from a student on an objective technical issue because they "felt" it was correct, even though it was an EASY dead lock to prove otherwise.
I now teach part-time at night at a local college. I've found that my experience in Grad School was NOT an isolated incident. OK, I'm a Baby Boomer. But you would THINK that basic skills would still be taught. From the evidence, I conclude that is not the general case anymore. . .
If I don't want to eat radioactive food, EVERYONE knows to avoid the Insta-Mash, the Fancy Lads Snack Cakes, the Dandy Boy Deviled Eggs, and similar.
See your Vault-Tec Vault Dweller's Survival Guide for more details. . .