Of course, you realize this is nowhere near being in the best interest of manufacturer. You're asking for a low priced phone (margins aside) that you'll buy today and use for 10+ years. It's much more in their interest to get you to upgrade every couple of years. Repeat customer.
I'm sure your answer to that would be "Screw 'em! I'm the customer! This is what I want!" However, I'm sure we're all aware that it doesn't work this way. There is always the other spectrum where they are simply losing overall sales because they don't provide you what you want. But I don't see that happening with phones much these days. Most people want the bling...
Why would they. Those sites are a complete end run around the cable/satellite companies. With the the cable/satellite partners they sell their content and walk away. The cable/satellite companies charge the end users for the content and then lather it up with advertising to get as much money as possible out of it. The web sites that make the shows available provide the content straight from the source and tack on the same advertising. It's just straight profit for the content creator (used loosely). Why should they care if you have a cable/satellite account? They're still making profits either way.
I'm not sure why everyone assumes this research is suddenly dangerous just because it exists. I find one of three scenarios likely.
1. The "terrorists" wouldn't understand the research and, therefore, wouldn't be able to do anything with it. So, no harm done and very little risk. Continue the research and our overall understanding.
2. The 'terrorists" have the people they need in their fold which can understand and do something with this research. Doesn't it stand to reason, then, that these same "terrorist" scientists could just do the same research on their own and produce similar results without this particular piece being published? "Oh! But it'll be easy for them now!". I don't really buy that one. If they wanted to do something along these lines they would have already.
3. The "terrorists" can now go recruit people that would understand and be able to do something with this research. Same scenario as number 2. They could have done this ages ago and done the research on their own.
I have a hard time believing that just because this paper is published it will be any easier for the bad guys to do harm.
It did when those selection pages were introduced. I remember seeing it there. However, ever since then it quickly fell in the rankings and wound up somewhere in the weeds. Now I have to search for it every time I get a new install and want to change that.
That's pretty much the point. No matter how you look at it, this way of depicting things says war is inevitable. Clocks are intended to move forward. Eventually we're going to get to midnight.
Passports in the US are good for 10 years. And if you do any amount of traveling they get a fair amount of use. Mine is around 5 years old now and it's showing it's age. Tattered edges, curled a bit. I sit on the thing all the time. I pretty much keep it on my person at all times when traveling. If you can "break" a passport by sitting on it (a child none-the-less!) then there is a serious design problem here.
Hell, I can sit on my phone without breaking the thing!
If they continue down this path they will mostly just turn war into a big video game. All the real people will be locked up in a bunker somewhere controlling their avatars and such.
So, then the question becomes this: Why not just settle disputes by actually playing video games. You lose at starcraft, you lose your country. Seems like the natural progression...
Yesterday there was an article about the budget expanding it's investment into science. Today, we report that NASA funding is being cut. So the conclusion is the US hates science?
I don't get it... Hate on them all you want for cutting NASA funding. But it's not a blanket "We hate science" thing...
But Interpol later denied that its notice system had been involved in
the arrest of Kashgari. A statement issued by the agency said: "The assertion that Saudi Arabia used Interpol's system in this case is wholly misleading and erroneous."
Interpol, the statement said, "has not been involved in the case involving a Saudi blogger arrested in Malaysia and deported to Saudi Arabia. No Interpol channels, its National Central Bureaus in Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh nor its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France were involved at any time in this case."
Interesting. I just assumed that it would be an ongoing thing that they would continue to track. Slightly more palatable that they just build a baseline and that's the end of it.
It's worth pointing out that Progressive Insurance in the US monitor much the same data without the use of GPS. So they monitor time of day, speed and hard braking but don't use GPS so are not invading your privacy to nearly the same extent while still being in possession of useful data.
It's worth noting that Progressive does this only if you sign up for this particular deal. If you agree, they give you a small device that plugs into the cars computer and records data that way. It is in no way mandatory. But they obviously boast you'll get lower rates if you agree to this.
In my opinion, it's still too much on the slippery slope side of monitoring day to day activities. I won't be a part of it, personally.
Actually, I would assume they did do a trademark search. They found that this company owned the trademark and bought it from them. However, this company claims that they didn't sell the trademarks for China and Taiwan. Just everywhere else.
You've just described the future of the intrenet. About 80% of what you describe is either in place today or will be after a few more laws are passed...
Here's the problem with this. You can make your public transport system as green, affordable and practical as you want. However, outside of major urban areas, it's still far more convenient for me to go get in my car and go where I want, when I want. Not to mention the psychological effect of being in control of where I'm going.
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Of course, you realize this is nowhere near being in the best interest of manufacturer. You're asking for a low priced phone (margins aside) that you'll buy today and use for 10+ years. It's much more in their interest to get you to upgrade every couple of years. Repeat customer.
I'm sure your answer to that would be "Screw 'em! I'm the customer! This is what I want!" However, I'm sure we're all aware that it doesn't work this way. There is always the other spectrum where they are simply losing overall sales because they don't provide you what you want. But I don't see that happening with phones much these days. Most people want the bling...
Well, sure. $70/month isn't bad at all. But $75!? Come on! That's an outrage!
Why would they. Those sites are a complete end run around the cable/satellite companies. With the the cable/satellite partners they sell their content and walk away. The cable/satellite companies charge the end users for the content and then lather it up with advertising to get as much money as possible out of it. The web sites that make the shows available provide the content straight from the source and tack on the same advertising. It's just straight profit for the content creator (used loosely). Why should they care if you have a cable/satellite account? They're still making profits either way.
6 months salary... can I be your butler?
I'm not sure why everyone assumes this research is suddenly dangerous just because it exists. I find one of three scenarios likely.
1. The "terrorists" wouldn't understand the research and, therefore, wouldn't be able to do anything with it. So, no harm done and very little risk. Continue the research and our overall understanding.
2. The 'terrorists" have the people they need in their fold which can understand and do something with this research. Doesn't it stand to reason, then, that these same "terrorist" scientists could just do the same research on their own and produce similar results without this particular piece being published? "Oh! But it'll be easy for them now!". I don't really buy that one. If they wanted to do something along these lines they would have already.
3. The "terrorists" can now go recruit people that would understand and be able to do something with this research. Same scenario as number 2. They could have done this ages ago and done the research on their own.
I have a hard time believing that just because this paper is published it will be any easier for the bad guys to do harm.
It did when those selection pages were introduced. I remember seeing it there. However, ever since then it quickly fell in the rankings and wound up somewhere in the weeds. Now I have to search for it every time I get a new install and want to change that.
You keep saying this like it's true...
Not if you're using 24 hour time. Then it's only right once per day.
That's pretty much the point. No matter how you look at it, this way of depicting things says war is inevitable. Clocks are intended to move forward. Eventually we're going to get to midnight.
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I thought this article was about breathalysers in France...
Of course, I would argue that engineers don't typically build rockets either. They design them. Then some factory worker builds it...
What??
1. What???
2. See number 1.
Passports in the US are good for 10 years. And if you do any amount of traveling they get a fair amount of use. Mine is around 5 years old now and it's showing it's age. Tattered edges, curled a bit. I sit on the thing all the time. I pretty much keep it on my person at all times when traveling. If you can "break" a passport by sitting on it (a child none-the-less!) then there is a serious design problem here.
Hell, I can sit on my phone without breaking the thing!
If they continue down this path they will mostly just turn war into a big video game. All the real people will be locked up in a bunker somewhere controlling their avatars and such.
So, then the question becomes this: Why not just settle disputes by actually playing video games. You lose at starcraft, you lose your country. Seems like the natural progression...
Yesterday there was an article about the budget expanding it's investment into science. Today, we report that NASA funding is being cut. So the conclusion is the US hates science?
I don't get it... Hate on them all you want for cutting NASA funding. But it's not a blanket "We hate science" thing...
But Interpol later denied that its notice system had been involved in the arrest of Kashgari. A statement issued by the agency said: "The assertion that Saudi Arabia used Interpol's system in this case is wholly misleading and erroneous." Interpol, the statement said, "has not been involved in the case involving a Saudi blogger arrested in Malaysia and deported to Saudi Arabia. No Interpol channels, its National Central Bureaus in Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh nor its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France were involved at any time in this case."
Interesting. I just assumed that it would be an ongoing thing that they would continue to track. Slightly more palatable that they just build a baseline and that's the end of it.
Thanks for the info.
It's worth pointing out that Progressive Insurance in the US monitor much the same data without the use of GPS. So they monitor time of day, speed and hard braking but don't use GPS so are not invading your privacy to nearly the same extent while still being in possession of useful data.
It's worth noting that Progressive does this only if you sign up for this particular deal. If you agree, they give you a small device that plugs into the cars computer and records data that way. It is in no way mandatory. But they obviously boast you'll get lower rates if you agree to this.
In my opinion, it's still too much on the slippery slope side of monitoring day to day activities. I won't be a part of it, personally.
Thanks. I just hurt myself trying to pronounce that acronym. You wouldn't make it very far in the bill naming arena...
Actually, I would assume they did do a trademark search. They found that this company owned the trademark and bought it from them. However, this company claims that they didn't sell the trademarks for China and Taiwan. Just everywhere else.
Fine print...
You've just described the future of the intrenet. About 80% of what you describe is either in place today or will be after a few more laws are passed...
I find your ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your news lstter.
Here's the problem with this. You can make your public transport system as green, affordable and practical as you want. However, outside of major urban areas, it's still far more convenient for me to go get in my car and go where I want, when I want. Not to mention the psychological effect of being in control of where I'm going.
I haven't figured out why people use these big, questionable hosting sites. Why not just go to the source?
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By not selling animal-shaped-pasta-and-tomato-sauce-in-a-can?
Entirely different markets here.
Of course. Didn't you get the memo?