Absolutely. Whether it's a with a mouse or a touch interface on a tablet or a phone, interacting with fake knobs on a screen is painfully annoying. Physical knobs are good when you need precise quick control. Digital knobs are the opposite - as you say, a travesty.
My experience has been the exact opposite. The old beige econobox never gets noticed by police, the nicer car does. The sports car, even though not painted arrest-me red, really makes them perk up and take notice. It's like a Pavlovian response, I swear the look on one Sheriff's deputy's face as I drove past (not speeding) was like a kid at Thanksgiving dinner, it was hilarious.
Wrong. China asks none of that when applying for a visa from the US. Been there done that. Passport, a recent photo, and where will you be staying in China, that's it. Visa is good for 10 years.
Where do you live? Because I want to move there. Is that $20 each? Or for all three? Even at $20 each, that's insanely cheap compared to most places in the US.:(
Depends how many exit nodes are routing through Cogent to get to the destination (or if CloudFlare itself relies on Cogent for their connection, which would be the worst case scenario). If only a few exit nodes can see it, there still could be major degradation in connectivity.
Um, what exactly does who the President is at the time have to do with a foreign company (BP) hiring scientists to study a spill and not allowing them to share their findings? Oh, that's right, nothing. Nice try though. May want to try Reading Comprehension for 400 next time.
I'm in the same boat - been an AT&T customer since before Cingular. Unlimited data has been pretty much the only reason I've stayed there this long. Now they're trying their best to get rid of me. It may just work.
Countries have Secretaries of State, too, you know. And governments have been rumored to occasionally attempt to breach the networks of foreign countries as well. The confusion is warranted in this case.
The part that gave it away was the Secretary of State saying, "Moreover, your department has not contacted my office since this unsuccessful incident to alert us of any security event that would require testing or scanning of our network. This is especially odd and concerning since I serve on the Election Cyber Security Working Group that your office created." At that point, it was clear that this was referring to the U.S. State of Georgia, not the nation of Georgia.
I like that Russian citizens are tweeting their government internet watchdog asking for porn site recommendations. And getting a snarky answer. That's hilarious to me.
Well, this is a slightly off-topic tangent, and what the kid in TFA did and boasted about is clearly theft of service - but if given the choice between Federal and state prison (and avoiding prison all together is not an option), you definitely want the Federal. State prisons are very much more unpleasant places full of violent offenders; Federal are populated with more white-collar criminals, tax evaders, etc.
Wrong. When there are no brands that offer "fix it yourself" tractors, where are these smart farmers supposed to go? Abstain in protest and hope the manufacturers budge before they (the farmers) go under? This can only "work itself out" if there is proper competition in the marketplace.
The DMCA in this case is stifling competition by enforcing a legal fiction of "No user serviceable parts inside". Remove that roadblock, and other entities (diagnostic tool makers, etc.) are free to reverse-engineer the status codes and introduce competition in the servicing of these tractors. Then the market can work itself out. This is a case of a government-enforced monopoly artificially distorting the market. Free-market economics can absolutely fix this situation, and is exactly what the farmers are asking for. And this market (tractor service) has traditionally been free prior to this DMCA nonsense.
Copyrights were never intended to prevent someone from fixing a piece of equipment that they own, be it a tractor or a car. And make no mistake, auto manufacturers are heading this direction as fast as they possibly can, which is why us non-farmers should pay attention to this issue.
Even Microsoft can make an OS that doesn't require the manufacturer's blessing to install updates. Google needs to fix the OS, not the OEMS.
Disagree. I don't trust Google to reliably test every single Android device on the market and send out updates that don't brick any of them. The carriers and manufacturers need to be held criminally liable for (1) not patching devices that have been for sale for under two years and (2) withholding any security updates for marketing reasons.
While I agree with your sentiment, good luck proving number (2), and for (1), they'll claim "technical difficulties", "we're working on it".
What's the manufacturers rationale for keeping control of this? QA? They're not willing to dedicate the QA resources it takes to give us these updates. Open it up, and let the community take care of it, if there's a big enough community who wants to. If there's not, we're still no worse off than today.
Cynical but probably true: they don't want to, and they don't even want those updates available. They want you to buy a new device. Gotta keep that treadmill rolling.
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Absolutely. Whether it's a with a mouse or a touch interface on a tablet or a phone, interacting with fake knobs on a screen is painfully annoying. Physical knobs are good when you need precise quick control. Digital knobs are the opposite - as you say, a travesty.
My experience has been the exact opposite. The old beige econobox never gets noticed by police, the nicer car does. The sports car, even though not painted arrest-me red, really makes them perk up and take notice. It's like a Pavlovian response, I swear the look on one Sheriff's deputy's face as I drove past (not speeding) was like a kid at Thanksgiving dinner, it was hilarious.
Not to worry, there is no chance that any version of Windows will have too much security. No special effort is needed to ensure that.
Wrong. China asks none of that when applying for a visa from the US. Been there done that. Passport, a recent photo, and where will you be staying in China, that's it. Visa is good for 10 years.
The Kalevala
"Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again!
No, no!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
- Abe Lincoln
Even if it does, VPN is your friend. Just set up a VPN (OpenVPN or whatever) at your house for her, et Viola!
Where do you live? Because I want to move there. Is that $20 each? Or for all three? Even at $20 each, that's insanely cheap compared to most places in the US. :(
Well, the summary says 6 accounts, so that would be my guess. But I'm also too lazy to read TFA (welcome to Slashdot).
Depends how many exit nodes are routing through Cogent to get to the destination (or if CloudFlare itself relies on Cogent for their connection, which would be the worst case scenario). If only a few exit nodes can see it, there still could be major degradation in connectivity.
Um, what exactly does who the President is at the time have to do with a foreign company (BP) hiring scientists to study a spill and not allowing them to share their findings? Oh, that's right, nothing. Nice try though. May want to try Reading Comprehension for 400 next time.
I'm in the same boat - been an AT&T customer since before Cingular. Unlimited data has been pretty much the only reason I've stayed there this long. Now they're trying their best to get rid of me. It may just work.
Don't feed the trolls...
OK, I'll bite. Please name one instance of the US interfering in a foreign election. Pot calling the kettle black indeed...
Countries have Secretaries of State, too, you know. And governments have been rumored to occasionally attempt to breach the networks of foreign countries as well. The confusion is warranted in this case.
The part that gave it away was the Secretary of State saying, "Moreover, your department has not contacted my office since this unsuccessful incident to alert us of any security event that would require testing or scanning of our network. This is especially odd and concerning since I serve on the Election Cyber Security Working Group that your office created." At that point, it was clear that this was referring to the U.S. State of Georgia, not the nation of Georgia.
I like that Russian citizens are tweeting their government internet watchdog asking for porn site recommendations. And getting a snarky answer. That's hilarious to me.
How do you know he hasn't? /s
Well, this is a slightly off-topic tangent, and what the kid in TFA did and boasted about is clearly theft of service - but if given the choice between Federal and state prison (and avoiding prison all together is not an option), you definitely want the Federal.
State prisons are very much more unpleasant places full of violent offenders; Federal are populated with more white-collar criminals, tax evaders, etc.
Of course. You parked on Earth.
No, it didn't. Bob Metcalfe and the boys at Xerox PARC invented Ethernet for networking computers together using coaxial cables, not wireless.
Wrong. When there are no brands that offer "fix it yourself" tractors, where are these smart farmers supposed to go? Abstain in protest and hope the manufacturers budge before they (the farmers) go under? This can only "work itself out" if there is proper competition in the marketplace.
The DMCA in this case is stifling competition by enforcing a legal fiction of "No user serviceable parts inside". Remove that roadblock, and other entities (diagnostic tool makers, etc.) are free to reverse-engineer the status codes and introduce competition in the servicing of these tractors. Then the market can work itself out. This is a case of a government-enforced monopoly artificially distorting the market. Free-market economics can absolutely fix this situation, and is exactly what the farmers are asking for. And this market (tractor service) has traditionally been free prior to this DMCA nonsense.
Copyrights were never intended to prevent someone from fixing a piece of equipment that they own, be it a tractor or a car. And make no mistake, auto manufacturers are heading this direction as fast as they possibly can, which is why us non-farmers should pay attention to this issue.
How do you quantify a unit?
In terms of Plank units of course.
Oak Planks or Cedar?
This site gives some good examples, probably outdated by now:
Crack Shack or Mansion?
Even Microsoft can make an OS that doesn't require the manufacturer's blessing to install updates. Google needs to fix the OS, not the OEMS.
Disagree. I don't trust Google to reliably test every single Android device on the market and send out updates that don't brick any of them. The carriers and manufacturers need to be held criminally liable for (1) not patching devices that have been for sale for under two years and (2) withholding any security updates for marketing reasons.
While I agree with your sentiment, good luck proving number (2), and for (1), they'll claim "technical difficulties", "we're working on it".
And let us update them ourselves.
What's the manufacturers rationale for keeping control of this? QA? They're not willing to dedicate the QA resources it takes to give us these updates. Open it up, and let the community take care of it, if there's a big enough community who wants to. If there's not, we're still no worse off than today.
Cynical but probably true: they don't want to, and they don't even want those updates available. They want you to buy a new device. Gotta keep that treadmill rolling.