Exactly. How do they know that the email I give them is not a primary? Maybe I don't have an email address that I use at all? Lot's of older people don't use email. My grandma doesn't have one, would she be denied entry based on that 1 fact?
QOS solves the 1st problem.
>>"The real reason we can't find anyone to work in our data centers or provide any career path is that we're unwilling to pay anything above minimum wage."
I couldn't agree more. This is why companies are fighting so hard for more H1B Visas. There are plenty of foreign workers who will take that minimum wage job....
I'm right there with you buddy. My co workers look at me strange when I tell them I don't use google contacts, or gmail, or calendar, or latitude, or anything google. I back up my own contacts, I don't sync my calendar, I run my own email server.
They ask me why even have a google phone if I don't trust google? Well, if there was a phone that didn't have so many ties to a specific company, I'd own that one. Right now, if I want mobile email, decent connectivity, and some specific applications, my choices are apple or google. I can't wait to have a look at the ubuntu phone.... hoping it will save me from all of this. But they will probably require the same "logon to ubuntu services to run your phone" shit.
When my data is on paper in a doctor's office, I know who can see it... the doctor and anyone I ask him to send to.
Why do you think there is such a manic PUSH for all the digitized records? The cynic in me says it's a Data Mining Goldmine for insurers, advertisers, those stupid background checkers, anything at all.... There is so much money to be made from 3rd party access to our records, it's just disgusting. It's like jackals circling in for a piece of the carcass.
And don't tell me any BS about "congress ensures only people who need to see the info will see it". Not only is all computer security laughable, just wait. Maybe not this congress or the next, or the next, but eventually, some congress will say "we are now allowing access to this information for the good of the children". Then collect all the fees for the use of our private info.
Just wait.
Only that you use loyalty cards for Cash purchases also. Before if you wanted to by that anti-genital-crab medication with cash, you remain anonymous. Now if you use your loyalty card for 20% off, guess what they know about you now.
Some stores, like Sam's club, don't even let you check out without a 'club card'
>>Mac OS treats the users like they're retards.
Honestly, I have to go to the apple store alot to get our user's units repaired or whatever, I hear alot of conversations..... And 90% of those people are idiots when it comes to computing.
I can't tell you how much that pissed me off. There's this race to be 'minimalistic' in the desktop GUI... There's also this 'notion' that scrollbars are wasted space...
#1, static scrollbars take a few pixels of space. Why this fukin need to remove it for the sake of 'space'
#2, I have no idea of there is more to a page since there are no visible scrollbars with arrows. You have to try to scroll the page just to see if there is anymore to it.
And don't get me started on that whole push into the damn Cloud storage thing... I could write pages on how badly it sucks.
How's that Facebook Cloud working for ya now???
I've never had one, never will. Because of shit like this. People always ask me "why aren't you on facebook?" Maybe this will convince them I was right.
Sounds to me like Google will setup stores for ATT, Verizon, etc.... Somehow the phones they sell will be locked into these stores. So that only ATT can determine what apps ATT users can get.
Just watch.
"it will enable several cool gaming applications"
Any product that includes 'Cool' in the description is automatically off my list of things I need. You don't see a "cool,new seatbelt design' or a 'cool, new high fiber cereal'..... do ya?
Tell ya what, I include my public key at the bottom of all my emails. Most people ask me "What's wrong with my email program? Why doe sit insert all that garbage at the bottom." Most people just don't understand.
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Exactly. How do they know that the email I give them is not a primary? Maybe I don't have an email address that I use at all? Lot's of older people don't use email. My grandma doesn't have one, would she be denied entry based on that 1 fact?
I'm sure many companies who switched their productivity to Google apps are panicking... and wondering ...
QOS solves the 1st problem. >>"The real reason we can't find anyone to work in our data centers or provide any career path is that we're unwilling to pay anything above minimum wage." I couldn't agree more. This is why companies are fighting so hard for more H1B Visas. There are plenty of foreign workers who will take that minimum wage job....
I'm right there with you buddy. My co workers look at me strange when I tell them I don't use google contacts, or gmail, or calendar, or latitude, or anything google. I back up my own contacts, I don't sync my calendar, I run my own email server. They ask me why even have a google phone if I don't trust google? Well, if there was a phone that didn't have so many ties to a specific company, I'd own that one. Right now, if I want mobile email, decent connectivity, and some specific applications, my choices are apple or google. I can't wait to have a look at the ubuntu phone.... hoping it will save me from all of this. But they will probably require the same "logon to ubuntu services to run your phone" shit.
Why not both? Attack it both ways. It's not antivirus where you should only have 1.
The only surprise is that it took this long. Seeing how much press the SimCity mess got, this hack will probably get some press as well.
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Wrong. Arms can become amputated. The Forehead would be the logical choice.
You just need to pick an NZB indexer that is outside the US. Or bite the bullet, setup a few beefy hosts, and run your own.
Turn off UPNP and run this behind a firewall. Want to watch your cameras remotely, use OpenVPN and connect into your network. Problem solved.
Slashdot should have a victor borge filter, turning all punctuation into transcribed sound effects.
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When my data is on paper in a doctor's office, I know who can see it... the doctor and anyone I ask him to send to. Why do you think there is such a manic PUSH for all the digitized records? The cynic in me says it's a Data Mining Goldmine for insurers, advertisers, those stupid background checkers, anything at all.... There is so much money to be made from 3rd party access to our records, it's just disgusting. It's like jackals circling in for a piece of the carcass. And don't tell me any BS about "congress ensures only people who need to see the info will see it". Not only is all computer security laughable, just wait. Maybe not this congress or the next, or the next, but eventually, some congress will say "we are now allowing access to this information for the good of the children". Then collect all the fees for the use of our private info. Just wait.
Heh, They'll probably require a google account/gmail account, to logon to the free service.
Only that you use loyalty cards for Cash purchases also. Before if you wanted to by that anti-genital-crab medication with cash, you remain anonymous. Now if you use your loyalty card for 20% off, guess what they know about you now. Some stores, like Sam's club, don't even let you check out without a 'club card'
Ever use one in conjunction with a credit card purchase.... If 'yes', then they have your info.
>>Mac OS treats the users like they're retards. Honestly, I have to go to the apple store alot to get our user's units repaired or whatever, I hear alot of conversations..... And 90% of those people are idiots when it comes to computing.
I can't tell you how much that pissed me off. There's this race to be 'minimalistic' in the desktop GUI... There's also this 'notion' that scrollbars are wasted space... #1, static scrollbars take a few pixels of space. Why this fukin need to remove it for the sake of 'space' #2, I have no idea of there is more to a page since there are no visible scrollbars with arrows. You have to try to scroll the page just to see if there is anymore to it. And don't get me started on that whole push into the damn Cloud storage thing... I could write pages on how badly it sucks.
How's that Facebook Cloud working for ya now??? I've never had one, never will. Because of shit like this. People always ask me "why aren't you on facebook?" Maybe this will convince them I was right.
Sounds to me like Google will setup stores for ATT, Verizon, etc.... Somehow the phones they sell will be locked into these stores. So that only ATT can determine what apps ATT users can get. Just watch.
I'd mod you up 10 times for that post if I could.
>> I just have a key on keyservers, and the fingerprint and ID in my .sig
Ooooo I like that idea. Ima stealing it.
George W. Bush: A. Great President B. Greatest President ... I await your answer.
"it will enable several cool gaming applications" Any product that includes 'Cool' in the description is automatically off my list of things I need. You don't see a "cool,new seatbelt design' or a 'cool, new high fiber cereal'..... do ya?
Tell ya what, I include my public key at the bottom of all my emails. Most people ask me "What's wrong with my email program? Why doe sit insert all that garbage at the bottom." Most people just don't understand.