I've found small Welsh village names are easy to remember- look random- and don't appear in the dictionary. I use them for low-security sites that I don't access often and don't care too much if they get hacked.
For things I really want to protect I use a random combination of letters numbers and symbols.
When Google took over search engines- there were other companies at play- but no-one had an emotional attachment to them.
Now Google wants to take over social media- but Facebook is entrenched. It's different than conquering the search world because Facebook has an emotional value for people- and the less technical people that anchor it are less likely to switch than the early adopters of the internet that switched to Google's search engine.
Going social and creating Google+ was a good idea too late for Facebook. If they wanted to do it they should have done it before every non-techie auntie and granny had it.
I'd still rather work on a powerfull desktop with big dual monitors- a nice split keyboard and a mouse for that kind of thing.
It's neat you can program on an android... but I'd still rather create on my PC. I'm sure it makes testing easier though to be right on the android device.
Crazy thought... android on a desktop or laptop anyone?
The UK a year or so back signed a bizarre extradition treaty with the US a year or two back that allowed exactly this kind of thing.
US really does want to police the world... and tax the world too- and the two things (tax, extradition) and probably linked. US expects citizens to pay taxes to the US government... even if they don't live there. If you live in Denmark, for example, but are a US citizen- the US expects you to pay income taxes to them as well as Denmark. (they have treaties with many countries which mean lower-paid paid people don't get double-taxed- it's mainly the rich they're trying to get).
And... get this... if you renounce your citizenship- you can still be extradited for tax evasion because they can change you with renouncing your citizenship to avoid paying taxes.
The next step of course is the US will start granting citizenship to random rich foreigners (who didn't ask for it) to get income tax from them.
A company needs to know what its resources are- what it's limitations are- and how to balance them. Google has the finances to hire the expertise to do many things right... most companies do not. If you don't have the resources to do something properly- and you can't afford to hire the resources to be able to do something properly- you have no right pursing every little thing that floats on by.
It's often better to do one thing well than a dozen things poorly.
You are on vacation. You should escape the ties to your phone. Bring your phone, keep it off except for an Emergency during the day. When you are at the hotel, use the Wi-Fi available.
That's my thought too. When I'm on vactaion last thing I want is people being able to access me. There again, vacations are extremely rare for me- last time I took more than two consecutive days off was probably 4 or 5 years ago. (if you don't consider national-holidays as a day off- in which case I normally take a day off in addition to Xmas day each Xmas).
There is no bus stop within many miles of my house. The nearest train station is 40 minutes away during rush-hour (also the nearest train station to my office).
Taking a taxi every day would be insanely expensive.
I used to work for a company that did many things "badly" and nothing great. I remember once when a co-worker asked what type of company we were- were we a "software" company, a "web-hosting company" or an "insurance company". (yes, in a weird way we did all three... badly)
The CEO's response was "We're a solutions company... we provide solutions."
I still hate that answer. What company ISN'T a solutions company. That is just a chicken-out answer for- "I dunno- whatever will make us money is what we'll try to do".
I DO want a driverless car. I'd much rather spend my commute reading than driving. Unfortunately as a one income family I won't have the income to buy a driverless car even if/when they come out on the market.
Heck- my current ancient car doesn't even have door handles anymore. The satelite radio I installed works great though!:) - out of three of the speakers at least.
I like that google is maintaining a pioneering spirit. Yes, they could sit on cash cows instead- but instead they are innovating- not to make the world a better place because they only care about money- but things like driverless cars WILL make the world better, safer, and more googlicious.
I'm in the minority I know- but I would be in favour of switching to a metric clock. Sure it would cause confusion at first. I'd be in favour of measuring degrees in fractions of 100 or 1000.
There again- I'm always in favour of confusion. It's always more fun than the status quo.
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... after all- when the Welsh were coming up with names for their villages they used random letter generating apps on their iDruids.
I've found small Welsh village names are easy to remember- look random- and don't appear in the dictionary. I use them for low-security sites that I don't access often and don't care too much if they get hacked.
For things I really want to protect I use a random combination of letters numbers and symbols.
When Google took over search engines- there were other companies at play- but no-one had an emotional attachment to them.
Now Google wants to take over social media- but Facebook is entrenched. It's different than conquering the search world because Facebook has an emotional value for people- and the less technical people that anchor it are less likely to switch than the early adopters of the internet that switched to Google's search engine.
Going social and creating Google+ was a good idea too late for Facebook. If they wanted to do it they should have done it before every non-techie auntie and granny had it.
(I still refuse any social network of that ilk)
I'd still rather work on a powerfull desktop with big dual monitors- a nice split keyboard and a mouse for that kind of thing.
It's neat you can program on an android... but I'd still rather create on my PC. I'm sure it makes testing easier though to be right on the android device.
Crazy thought... android on a desktop or laptop anyone?
This man is obviously a tourist and he hates our freedoms!
Do you mean Tourist or Terrorist? One is a destructive force that causes mass hysteria and panic.
The other doesn't carry a camera.
It does seem odd I agree.
The UK a year or so back signed a bizarre extradition treaty with the US a year or two back that allowed exactly this kind of thing.
US really does want to police the world... and tax the world too- and the two things (tax, extradition) and probably linked. US expects citizens to pay taxes to the US government... even if they don't live there. If you live in Denmark, for example, but are a US citizen- the US expects you to pay income taxes to them as well as Denmark. (they have treaties with many countries which mean lower-paid paid people don't get double-taxed- it's mainly the rich they're trying to get).
And... get this... if you renounce your citizenship- you can still be extradited for tax evasion because they can change you with renouncing your citizenship to avoid paying taxes.
The next step of course is the US will start granting citizenship to random rich foreigners (who didn't ask for it) to get income tax from them.
Why in hell would the Enterprise be firing on a Vulcan ship?
Because humans are highly illogical.
"Commander Worf, fire the ion cannon"
"It appears the vulcan ship has turned into a giant solar panel, sir."
So there's this thing called "mass transit"...
Yeah. There's also a thing called winning lottery tickets.
Unfortunately I don't have access to either.
What's wrong with that answer, really?
Nothing and everything.
A company needs to know what its resources are- what it's limitations are- and how to balance them. Google has the finances to hire the expertise to do many things right... most companies do not. If you don't have the resources to do something properly- and you can't afford to hire the resources to be able to do something properly- you have no right pursing every little thing that floats on by.
It's often better to do one thing well than a dozen things poorly.
You are on vacation. You should escape the ties to your phone. Bring your phone, keep it off except for an Emergency during the day. When you are at the hotel, use the Wi-Fi available.
That's my thought too. When I'm on vactaion last thing I want is people being able to access me. There again, vacations are extremely rare for me- last time I took more than two consecutive days off was probably 4 or 5 years ago. (if you don't consider national-holidays as a day off- in which case I normally take a day off in addition to Xmas day each Xmas).
There is no bus stop within many miles of my house. The nearest train station is 40 minutes away during rush-hour (also the nearest train station to my office).
Taking a taxi every day would be insanely expensive.
Dunno, but if you make it to Texas I have a suggestion
I used to work for a company that did many things "badly" and nothing great. I remember once when a co-worker asked what type of company we were- were we a "software" company, a "web-hosting company" or an "insurance company". (yes, in a weird way we did all three... badly)
The CEO's response was "We're a solutions company... we provide solutions."
I still hate that answer. What company ISN'T a solutions company. That is just a chicken-out answer for- "I dunno- whatever will make us money is what we'll try to do".
I DO want a driverless car. I'd much rather spend my commute reading than driving. Unfortunately as a one income family I won't have the income to buy a driverless car even if/when they come out on the market.
Heck- my current ancient car doesn't even have door handles anymore. The satelite radio I installed works great though! :) - out of three of the speakers at least.
I like that google is maintaining a pioneering spirit. Yes, they could sit on cash cows instead- but instead they are innovating- not to make the world a better place because they only care about money- but things like driverless cars WILL make the world better, safer, and more googlicious.
Can't wait for them to make artificial bones out of megablocks and use it for medical applications.
It'll cost less than half the price- but your arms will keep falling off.
I still think this GUI OS thing is a fad.
I'm holding out for MS DOS 7.0
Win95 was available on CD. I have a Win95 CD still at home.
Except... 95 was actually a tick... 98 a tock... and NT a tick.
Microsoft's OS heartbeat suffers from arrythmia- it doesn't follow a perfect tick-tock.
Yeah... I know... I was just being silly. - 'tis what I do.
Hmmm maybe not Pi Carols but there are at least two Carol Pi's in the US according to Whitepages.com
Oh and obligatory:
Taumorrow, Taumorrow, I love you, Taumorrow, you're only a day away......
I'm in the minority I know- but I would be in favour of switching to a metric clock. Sure it would cause confusion at first. I'd be in favour of measuring degrees in fractions of 100 or 1000.
There again- I'm always in favour of confusion. It's always more fun than the status quo.
The problem with Tau is that it will always be associated with Pooh thanks to the book the "Tau of Pooh".
Pi day sounds way more appetizing than Pooh day. In the land of prunes, every day is a Pooh day.
[whistling to self] hope no-one notices how I spelt pie... [/whistling to self]