Whups. Ouch. Still don't feel any better for only hittin'.500...
Didn't know, or didn't pay attention at the time I read some of that stuff back in college ('course, I was even more naive then.) I'll have to check it out. But not today, ok?
Ah, jeez, hey, just when I was fixin' to crash for the day, ya gots to heap a load of thinking material on me. Thanks heaps, man. [grin] Serves me right, I guess, taking a last pass thru/.
Only took 150 years.... yeah, well, years back pundits said we wouldn't last half so long. Small comfort, no? 'Sides, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. Has she?
So far as I can see over the years is that most folks who use email equate it in their own minds as the same as writing a letter, sealing it in an envelope, affixing a stamp, and mailing it. That this doesn't accord with reality is in that sense superfluous.
When "out of the blue" (so to speak) someone now says one must encrypt email so as to have the same privacy as a sealed envelope is an unreasonable stance, given the above, and that email providers and email clients did not offer transparent automatic encryption out of the box nor unmistakeably educate and help their customers in its use, all the while knowing the facts and never bothering to warn the users (fine print in some cases notwithstanding).
While you are correct so far as things stand, it is in no way helpful to people for you to suppose that somehow they will find and figure out how to install and use encryption software and get everyone with whom they correspond to do the same, along with any companies they might communicate, to attain the privacy they'd presumed all along. It's absurd on its face.
I think it would be far easier, more politic, and certainly in accord with our Constitution, to regard email as snail mail, and require warrants for its inspection.
If it's workable one might further look at end-to-end encryption from end-user to end-user at the level of modem/router, etc. I've no idea if that could be done.
It's all a bit late, I suppose, but what I find appalling about this story and earlier ones in the same vein is the failure of parents and the education system to inculcate sufficient knowledge and understanding in those now in the Dept. of Justice who think warrantless search is somehow good to see that that view is both odious and inimical to individuals, the collective society composed of us all, and the Constitution under which they are supposed to function.
"The legal system protects society as well as preserving the rights of individuals."
I'm thinking that it's:
The legal system protects society by preserving the rights of individuals.
As for the Honorable Mr. Wright, wow. I didn't think I'd live long enough to see some real justice happen in this country, the way things have been going of late. Three cheers, huzzah, and all that. Now, where's that transporter beam that can work as a replicator.... 'cuz we need a whole lot more like him. To read a ruling that's incisive, witty, and just plain fun is a great way to start the day.
Yeah, man, ya gots to tighten up your wig or your brains get loose through your earholes. Or sumpin. [grin]
While I think of it, I've been wanting a flying car since I was maybe eight. But realistically, without foolproof traffic control - or at least some damn good collision avoidance - it'd be a disaster. 'Pon reflection, I'm thinking collision avoidance preferable; it'd be de-centralized, ad hoc stuff, mesh-network style, rather than a top-down sys ready-made for big brother. Kinda like aerial bump cars without the bump. I suppose there could be some interesting inadvertent aerobatics.
Amen. My first reaction on seeing and reading the submission encompassed "No shit, eh?" to "About fucking time!" and continues. I've had increasing dissatisfaction with the DSM through the last several revisions in particular; my impression is that the too many of the people involved have been infected by political correctness to the detriment of clear thinking (and some will say that the 'squishy sciences' are unclear by definition.... but that's another discussion.)
I look forward to seeing results from NIMH and RDoC. For popcorn lovers the shakeout should be interesting all by itself.
I'm not smart enough to make much headway against various arguments one way or another, hard enough trying to make a bit of sense from various condensed data; all I know for sure is that I find it freaky that amount of carbon dioxide in air has nigh doubled since I was a lad.
I take your point, but I'd rather speak with the woman with 20 years of practical computer savvy and a successful business. Should she also be someone's special little princess (AC below), good for her.
Beats hell out of contemplating the stupidity of the DWP.
Yup, pretty much, it's a Britishism. Bollocks = balls. I'd the notion soon after seeing the usage that it rather referred to bull's balls - a way of saying bullshit, if you will, and just as crude. Oddly enough, "dog's bollocks" means about the opposite - in line with cat's pajamas (Br.: pyjamas), cat's whiskers, bee's knees....
Somedays it seems/. includes an episode of "Fun with Language" however unintentional. Trés amusant, nest pass?
As of 1 May, copper spot was, what, $3.12/lb. That's down from when I bought my nVidia 460GTX, which surely has more than an ounce of copper in the heat sink/radiator alone. Add in all the metal in all the other parts. Add in actual cost of parts, including processor and memory, assembly, I'm guessing there's easily more than 20 cents worth of stuff.
I realize you may have been using those numbers for hyperbole, but still seems off-kilter to me.
But now you've got me wondering at just how big a margin there is on mid-road video card, and what the actual net is.
It's not unusual for a national intel org to participate in, even form, any number of small legitimate businesses. It helps them in several ways. If it shows a profit, that's a source, however small, of off-the-books funds which can be used in a great variety of ways - whether helping sort out an unofficial defector or source, buy vehicles, rent apartments in different places around the world - again unofficial safe houses, one-off meeting places, etc.
The companies can also provide a bit of legitimate cover, also a handy place to park an unofficial person in a holding capacity until further disposition or assignment, whathaveyou.
This is fairly standard practice by many countries.
"Theft is the issue and all the people that are claiming its about 'openness' and 'freedom' are liars and what they are actuallying saying is 'I want to get content for free'."
That's right, that's how Microsoft and Real and Walmart stole my money by killing their servers holding the DRM keys so I can't listen the music I paid for.
By the time I found the floppy that held my backup, had no drive and couldn't afford to buy one; was also homeless for part of the time when there were emails about changing accounts or whatnot - but that still wouldn't have worked without either the backup floppy or the original key file stored on a drive that died - and yes, my bad, me between backups. The CD that held important docs and files also went West. (One box of CDs got saved by a friend, the other tossed by the landlord.)
You can say that's my problem for being a fuck-up; maybe so, but my stupidity, whatever, changes nothing.
The only way I can listen to the music I paid for is to rip it, which last I looked, was illegal in some places.
Thieves? Most certainly. DRM is a ripoff, from the time I first met it in 1988 to now. As others have sufficiently pointed out, DRM is not an anti-copying measure (except thought so by the naive who've been sucked into that myth) it's a publishers' (not creators') lock down mechanism - one that can conveniently require customers to continually re-purchase a license to listen, view, play, material they had stupidly thought they were buying.
DRM is a weapon against the honest, or those who wish to be so.
"But what really makes or breaks a phone is the quality (and quantity) of its third-party apps."
Oy, this makes me feel really old. I remember when what made or broke a phone was its ability to make and receive calls well. What's worse, maybe, it's what I still select phones by.
"I wonder if he kept his old carpentry tools around to never forget where he came from...."
Dunno for sure, but I seem to recall from an interview somewhen that he did; said he still uses them for puttering or so. Most of the people I know who've made a living working with wood keep at least some of their tools if they can afford to.
I don't think it's a strictly guy thing, either; my mother kept her old Singer long after she used it on any kind of regular basis.
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Whups. Ouch. Still don't feel any better for only hittin' .500...
Didn't know, or didn't pay attention at the time I read some of that stuff back in college ('course, I was even more naive then.) I'll have to check it out. But not today, ok?
Ah, jeez, hey, just when I was fixin' to crash for the day, ya gots to heap a load of thinking material on me. Thanks heaps, man. [grin] Serves me right, I guess, taking a last pass thru /.
Only took 150 years.... yeah, well, years back pundits said we wouldn't last half so long. Small comfort, no? 'Sides, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. Has she?
So far as I can see over the years is that most folks who use email equate it in their own minds as the same as writing a letter, sealing it in an envelope, affixing a stamp, and mailing it. That this doesn't accord with reality is in that sense superfluous.
When "out of the blue" (so to speak) someone now says one must encrypt email so as to have the same privacy as a sealed envelope is an unreasonable stance, given the above, and that email providers and email clients did not offer transparent automatic encryption out of the box nor unmistakeably educate and help their customers in its use, all the while knowing the facts and never bothering to warn the users (fine print in some cases notwithstanding).
While you are correct so far as things stand, it is in no way helpful to people for you to suppose that somehow they will find and figure out how to install and use encryption software and get everyone with whom they correspond to do the same, along with any companies they might communicate, to attain the privacy they'd presumed all along. It's absurd on its face.
I think it would be far easier, more politic, and certainly in accord with our Constitution, to regard email as snail mail, and require warrants for its inspection.
If it's workable one might further look at end-to-end encryption from end-user to end-user at the level of modem/router, etc. I've no idea if that could be done.
It's all a bit late, I suppose, but what I find appalling about this story and earlier ones in the same vein is the failure of parents and the education system to inculcate sufficient knowledge and understanding in those now in the Dept. of Justice who think warrantless search is somehow good to see that that view is both odious and inimical to individuals, the collective society composed of us all, and the Constitution under which they are supposed to function.
"The legal system protects society as well as preserving the rights of individuals."
I'm thinking that it's:
The legal system protects society by preserving the rights of individuals.
As for the Honorable Mr. Wright, wow. I didn't think I'd live long enough to see some real justice happen in this country, the way things have been going of late. Three cheers, huzzah, and all that. Now, where's that transporter beam that can work as a replicator.... 'cuz we need a whole lot more like him. To read a ruling that's incisive, witty, and just plain fun is a great way to start the day.
Yeah, man, ya gots to tighten up your wig or your brains get loose through your earholes. Or sumpin. [grin]
While I think of it, I've been wanting a flying car since I was maybe eight. But realistically, without foolproof traffic control - or at least some damn good collision avoidance - it'd be a disaster. 'Pon reflection, I'm thinking collision avoidance preferable; it'd be de-centralized, ad hoc stuff, mesh-network style, rather than a top-down sys ready-made for big brother. Kinda like aerial bump cars without the bump. I suppose there could be some interesting inadvertent aerobatics.
Amen. My first reaction on seeing and reading the submission encompassed "No shit, eh?" to "About fucking time!" and continues. I've had increasing dissatisfaction with the DSM through the last several revisions in particular; my impression is that the too many of the people involved have been infected by political correctness to the detriment of clear thinking (and some will say that the 'squishy sciences' are unclear by definition.... but that's another discussion.)
I look forward to seeing results from NIMH and RDoC. For popcorn lovers the shakeout should be interesting all by itself.
I'm not smart enough to make much headway against various arguments one way or another, hard enough trying to make a bit of sense from various condensed data; all I know for sure is that I find it freaky that amount of carbon dioxide in air has nigh doubled since I was a lad.
No prob. I could have said "Yes, yes it was." [grin]
cheers, mate.
"state wither away"
Oh, _now_ I get it: you're talking about communism. Interesting.
Best suggestion I've seen today. (out of mod points)
I take your point, but I'd rather speak with the woman with 20 years of practical computer savvy and a successful business. Should she also be someone's special little princess (AC below), good for her.
Beats hell out of contemplating the stupidity of the DWP.
Hey, Pils ain't that bad.
Yup, pretty much, it's a Britishism. Bollocks = balls. I'd the notion soon after seeing the usage that it rather referred to bull's balls - a way of saying bullshit, if you will, and just as crude. Oddly enough, "dog's bollocks" means about the opposite - in line with cat's pajamas (Br.: pyjamas), cat's whiskers, bee's knees....
Somedays it seems /. includes an episode of "Fun with Language" however unintentional. Trés amusant, nest pass?
Curious where you got those numbers.
As of 1 May, copper spot was, what, $3.12/lb. That's down from when I bought my nVidia 460GTX, which surely has more than an ounce of copper in the heat sink/radiator alone. Add in all the metal in all the other parts. Add in actual cost of parts, including processor and memory, assembly, I'm guessing there's easily more than 20 cents worth of stuff.
I realize you may have been using those numbers for hyperbole, but still seems off-kilter to me.
But now you've got me wondering at just how big a margin there is on mid-road video card, and what the actual net is.
It's not unusual for a national intel org to participate in, even form, any number of small legitimate businesses. It helps them in several ways. If it shows a profit, that's a source, however small, of off-the-books funds which can be used in a great variety of ways - whether helping sort out an unofficial defector or source, buy vehicles, rent apartments in different places around the world - again unofficial safe houses, one-off meeting places, etc.
The companies can also provide a bit of legitimate cover, also a handy place to park an unofficial person in a holding capacity until further disposition or assignment, whathaveyou.
This is fairly standard practice by many countries.
"Theft is the issue and all the people that are claiming its about 'openness' and 'freedom' are liars and what they are actuallying saying is 'I want to get content for free'."
That's right, that's how Microsoft and Real and Walmart stole my money by killing their servers holding the DRM keys so I can't listen the music I paid for.
By the time I found the floppy that held my backup, had no drive and couldn't afford to buy one; was also homeless for part of the time when there were emails about changing accounts or whatnot - but that still wouldn't have worked without either the backup floppy or the original key file stored on a drive that died - and yes, my bad, me between backups. The CD that held important docs and files also went West. (One box of CDs got saved by a friend, the other tossed by the landlord.)
You can say that's my problem for being a fuck-up; maybe so, but my stupidity, whatever, changes nothing.
The only way I can listen to the music I paid for is to rip it, which last I looked, was illegal in some places.
Thieves? Most certainly. DRM is a ripoff, from the time I first met it in 1988 to now. As others have sufficiently pointed out, DRM is not an anti-copying measure (except thought so by the naive who've been sucked into that myth) it's a publishers' (not creators') lock down mechanism - one that can conveniently require customers to continually re-purchase a license to listen, view, play, material they had stupidly thought they were buying.
DRM is a weapon against the honest, or those who wish to be so.
"But what really makes or breaks a phone is the quality (and quantity) of its third-party apps."
Oy, this makes me feel really old. I remember when what made or broke a phone was its ability to make and receive calls well. What's worse, maybe, it's what I still select phones by.
For a minute I was wondering if there was anyones' ox you left un-Gored.
Aren't they paid, or at least rewarded, for patents approved, rather than patents reviewed?
If Oslo et al paid for transpo costs, the U.S. would be in a fine situation. We could supply them for decades, I should think.
"I wonder if he kept his old carpentry tools around to never forget where he came from...."
Dunno for sure, but I seem to recall from an interview somewhen that he did; said he still uses them for puttering or so. Most of the people I know who've made a living working with wood keep at least some of their tools if they can afford to.
I don't think it's a strictly guy thing, either; my mother kept her old Singer long after she used it on any kind of regular basis.
No.
I did it because I still run across many who accept as gospel a number of misconceptions or mistruths about stuff like Tang.
I'm slow, and missed the joke until much later. Sorry.
Nice one, fuzzy. Thanks for the best chuckle of the day.
That's already there.
More like science extrapolated by "what if" through telling interesting stories.