And if there had recently been a mass murder involving TVs you can bet we'd have the headline "man orders run-of-the-mill gun, gets shipped deadly flat panel (pregnant wife divorces after losing unborn child)"
I sometimes think about this when Solar is brought up, because the effects to me aren't as obvious, but whenever solar is talked about, people say a benefit is we're using the sun's renewable energy instead of using a finite amount of energy found in the earth, as if there is almost infinite energy from the sun. I'm not sure I agree with this. Yes we can measure oil right now but to think we have infinite solar energy I think is short-sighted. Of course I could be wrong.
What I'm trying to get at is, the sun transmits a certain amount of sunlight to the earth a day (Wiki is quoted as saying 174 Petawatts). About 30% of that gets reflected back into space. Sweet. But the Earth has been used to having that other 70% naturally, for plants, animals, weather. If we were to only harness that 30%, great (Cause...fuck space!). But how much energy can we steal from our closed system of earth before we start to see it in local flora and fauna? In weather patterns? Obviously with a scale of 174 Petawatts it isn't a concern right now, but couldn't it be a concern some day? If you know this is already answered, I'd gladly check it out, I'm curious what studies have been done for this. I guess my point is, there's also a potential negative effect for Solar that can't be ignored forever. Or can it?
Not that this is evidence of them storing in Plaintext, like at all, but I too was thinking about whether or not they were storing it in plain text...when I was creating my account and entering my password and my security question. When my security question contained the same word as my password (albeit different cases and one has numbers) I got the error "Your password and your secret answer can't contain any of the same words. Enter a different password or a different secret answer."
I was curious and after creating the account I just went in to change my security question to have the same word as my password again and I got the same error "Your password and your secret answer can't contain any of the same words. Enter a different password or a different secret answer." Now the cases are different, so we know they're not hashing to the same value (since part of their password policy is that it's case sensitive) so they're either in plaintext, or interpreting it so they can compare it, or lying about it being case sensitive. I'm not super happy about either of these choices. Note: I did not have to enter my password on this page.
Either way, could be worth someone looking into...
The problem with traffic circles to most Americans is that the only place we ever really experience them is in cities where traffic is already Fscked. The one or two I've ever run into in rural areas are actually quite pleasant. If you mostly experience circles in Washington DC and nothing else, well...without research what would your feelings tell you about them?
Okay the elephant in the room is that most people drive like a constipated monkey (are they feeling the pressure and taking it extra slow? or is it an emergency and time is of the essence?).
By the logic of the MAFIAA, painting your neighbor's bike blue does indeed deprive someone of a sale. People selling blue bikes. They also stole intellectual property from you being the first person to ever think of that and having nothing to do with greed. So they stand to be targeted by two parties. Unfortunately, there is no BIAA. I'm not sure who will protect the interests of the Bicycle industry, but perhaps they'll get by selling physical property and not punishing their customers with DRM.
Someone really should do something about kids selling their bicycles when they're old enough to drive a car though. (There, I used cars in the analogy!)
We have the party of "I know this won't get passed but it'll get me votes" and the party of "I know this should get passed but saying no will get me votes".
Not saying it's always both, or that there's anything wrong with the principle of trying to pass it anyway or trying to say no anyway. But it shouldn't be so damn common...
'Your automated car isn't sitting around getting distracted, making a phone call, looking at something it shouldn't be looking at or simply not keeping track of things,'
Let's see if they still make that argument when my car has Siri and Facebook installed. Could give a whole new meaning to crashing. "You really should have went with the dual processor, higher RAM model..."
Not that I think this is a likely scenario either, just having some fun.
Remember this from ten years ago? Maybe this is all a clever plot to dissolve all freedoms. What better way to prevent attacks targeted at freedom? Oh, and decency and respect too, apparently...
Do not let EA do this. They tried it with Mass Effect. They made steam remove ME1 & ME2 from the market in the days leading up to ME3 so you had to purchase through Origin, but nobody was buying the games, so they put them back on Steam later. They want their own DRM nation, don't let them have it.
As I understand it, I am the perfect passenger for the flight crew.
However, you're not the perfect passenger for the airline. The airline wants you to be awake and spending money. So your Xanax dream probably won't happen
Because I drive on a 35 MPH road every other day that has high speed bumps. Five, unnecessary but still existing, speed bumps. Keep in mind this road is residential but the bumps are about 30 seconds apart, so there is plenty of time to get back up to speed. Am I going to have it counted against me for obeying the speed limit but not wanting to kill my shocks?
1) It is ignored.
2) Nothing comes of the investigation.
3) Even if he is investigated and evidence is found, it doesn't change the fact that everyone does it. In fact, we're more likely to see the whole
"one and only one guy was doing this and the system is cleaned" effect, rather than pointing out that everyone does it and he's in fact woken up the populace.
Could this spark real change? Sure. Will it? No. Will someone take his place? Yes.
I'm sure in this day and age you don't need to blow up the whole UAV to achieve what you want them to achieve. I mean, when someone gets your cell phone, you don't blow it up, you remote wipe it.
Although the thought has crossed some people's minds, I'm sure...
How long until the bad guys can get their hands on these? Finding someone who is unarmed, or how armed they are, can't be a completely safety oriented process.
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And if there had recently been a mass murder involving TVs you can bet we'd have the headline "man orders run-of-the-mill gun, gets shipped deadly flat panel (pregnant wife divorces after losing unborn child)"
I sometimes think about this when Solar is brought up, because the effects to me aren't as obvious, but whenever solar is talked about, people say a benefit is we're using the sun's renewable energy instead of using a finite amount of energy found in the earth, as if there is almost infinite energy from the sun. I'm not sure I agree with this. Yes we can measure oil right now but to think we have infinite solar energy I think is short-sighted. Of course I could be wrong.
What I'm trying to get at is, the sun transmits a certain amount of sunlight to the earth a day (Wiki is quoted as saying 174 Petawatts). About 30% of that gets reflected back into space. Sweet. But the Earth has been used to having that other 70% naturally, for plants, animals, weather. If we were to only harness that 30%, great (Cause...fuck space!). But how much energy can we steal from our closed system of earth before we start to see it in local flora and fauna? In weather patterns? Obviously with a scale of 174 Petawatts it isn't a concern right now, but couldn't it be a concern some day? If you know this is already answered, I'd gladly check it out, I'm curious what studies have been done for this. I guess my point is, there's also a potential negative effect for Solar that can't be ignored forever. Or can it?
Not that this is evidence of them storing in Plaintext, like at all, but I too was thinking about whether or not they were storing it in plain text...when I was creating my account and entering my password and my security question. When my security question contained the same word as my password (albeit different cases and one has numbers) I got the error "Your password and your secret answer can't contain any of the same words. Enter a different password or a different secret answer."
I was curious and after creating the account I just went in to change my security question to have the same word as my password again and I got the same error "Your password and your secret answer can't contain any of the same words. Enter a different password or a different secret answer." Now the cases are different, so we know they're not hashing to the same value (since part of their password policy is that it's case sensitive) so they're either in plaintext, or interpreting it so they can compare it, or lying about it being case sensitive. I'm not super happy about either of these choices. Note: I did not have to enter my password on this page.
Either way, could be worth someone looking into...
Yeah, because the USA is the only country who spies on foreigners.
The problem with traffic circles to most Americans is that the only place we ever really experience them is in cities where traffic is already Fscked. The one or two I've ever run into in rural areas are actually quite pleasant. If you mostly experience circles in Washington DC and nothing else, well...without research what would your feelings tell you about them?
Okay the elephant in the room is that most people drive like a constipated monkey (are they feeling the pressure and taking it extra slow? or is it an emergency and time is of the essence?).
We believe that he was built, and that he was well-programmed, but we don't believe he was our messiah.
By the logic of the MAFIAA, painting your neighbor's bike blue does indeed deprive someone of a sale. People selling blue bikes. They also stole intellectual property from you being the first person to ever think of that and having nothing to do with greed. So they stand to be targeted by two parties. Unfortunately, there is no BIAA. I'm not sure who will protect the interests of the Bicycle industry, but perhaps they'll get by selling physical property and not punishing their customers with DRM.
Someone really should do something about kids selling their bicycles when they're old enough to drive a car though. (There, I used cars in the analogy!)
We have the party of "I know this won't get passed but it'll get me votes" and the party of "I know this should get passed but saying no will get me votes".
Not saying it's always both, or that there's anything wrong with the principle of trying to pass it anyway or trying to say no anyway. But it shouldn't be so damn common...
...I'm actually quite excited for them. But
'Your automated car isn't sitting around getting distracted, making a phone call, looking at something it shouldn't be looking at or simply not keeping track of things,'
Let's see if they still make that argument when my car has Siri and Facebook installed. Could give a whole new meaning to crashing. "You really should have went with the dual processor, higher RAM model..."
Not that I think this is a likely scenario either, just having some fun.
Remember this from ten years ago? Maybe this is all a clever plot to dissolve all freedoms. What better way to prevent attacks targeted at freedom? Oh, and decency and respect too, apparently...
So his name was Dick Test?
I'd keep that account around even if I didn't know he was a real person.
Whoa! I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't look for myself. But with all the evidence provided, it's got to be true. Goats do have accents!
Do not let EA do this. They tried it with Mass Effect. They made steam remove ME1 & ME2 from the market in the days leading up to ME3 so you had to purchase through Origin, but nobody was buying the games, so they put them back on Steam later. They want their own DRM nation, don't let them have it.
As I understand it, I am the perfect passenger for the flight crew.
However, you're not the perfect passenger for the airline. The airline wants you to be awake and spending money. So your Xanax dream probably won't happen
I'm not usually a grammar nazi, but you accidentally let an r slip in there..
Cops want more revenue. A system where those in power can use it to make more money? What could possibly go wrong
At least the Lorax didn't sell out for the Canyonero....yet
Best Grandpa Simpson line ever made
The problem is (usually) the kind of person who wants to run for this office isn't the kind of person you want to hold it.
Because I drive on a 35 MPH road every other day that has high speed bumps. Five, unnecessary but still existing, speed bumps. Keep in mind this road is residential but the bumps are about 30 seconds apart, so there is plenty of time to get back up to speed. Am I going to have it counted against me for obeying the speed limit but not wanting to kill my shocks?
It's Australia, so the international council of stereotypes says you must fix this.
Nah - the traditional method is the barbie.
As in, "I'll slip an extra 'phant on the barbie for you."
It may just be a cynic's response, but either:
1) It is ignored.
2) Nothing comes of the investigation.
3) Even if he is investigated and evidence is found, it doesn't change the fact that everyone does it. In fact, we're more likely to see the whole
"one and only one guy was doing this and the system is cleaned" effect, rather than pointing out that everyone does it and he's in fact woken up the populace.
Could this spark real change? Sure. Will it? No. Will someone take his place? Yes.
I'm sure in this day and age you don't need to blow up the whole UAV to achieve what you want them to achieve. I mean, when someone gets your cell phone, you don't blow it up, you remote wipe it. Although the thought has crossed some people's minds, I'm sure...
How long until the bad guys can get their hands on these? Finding someone who is unarmed, or how armed they are, can't be a completely safety oriented process.
What was Neptune like? I always wanted to go there.