Obviously keeping a month's worth of cell tower and wifi locations you were in proximity to without letting the user know ahead of time proves that they aren't as secure nor as privacy friendly as they claim.
How so? Unless the data is transmitted off the phone then it can be secure and private.
Of course a developer app getting access to it is a bad sign. But if the data were locked down to only the phone itself then there's no privacy issue.
I feel the exact same way. I have no issue with hypertext itself. But the latest complex UIs and attempts at making desktop applications with hypertext definitely feel awkward and hackish as a developer. I prefer the traditional client/server model for apps which have that level of complexity.
I develop Python web applications using Mac desktops and Linux servers. I use MacPorts for package management. I have never had a single complaint like the author of TFA. One reason Python exists is to gain a certain level of abstraction from the OS, which the author doesn't seem to understand.
Regardless of the case-sensitivity differences, Linux on the desktop is very often set up differently than Linux on a server. The only accurate test of a server is to set up an identical server. This is not an OS X specific problem.
You didn't have to switch to Ubuntu, just switch to a package manager like MacPorts.
Half my office is using XAMPP and the other half use MacPorts. The XAMPP users have integration issues (e.g. with OS X's OpenSSL) and have a harder time adding apache modules. With MacPorts it's virtually identical to Ubuntu, just install the packages you want. MacPorts installs completely independently in/opt and adds itself to the start of your search path, so the command line tools just work and don't interfere with OS X at all. I've been using it for 5 years as a web developer and never had a single problem.
The guy is releasing SILVER DOLLARS. By definition they are worth much more than whatever garbage the Fed is printing.
You keep restating this in many comments, but it's inaccurate. Everything is worth whatever someone is willing to trade for it. You may consider silver worth more than any US currency. But many people trade in US currency because they believe it has value. Some trade in gold and silver because they believe they have value. If a lot of people someday believe seashells or bottle caps have value, then they'll exchange those for goods, too.
I know it came from the marketing department but calling it "Extreme Edition" is just obnoxious, especially knowing they will come out with something more "extreme" in 6 months.
Are you actually claiming that if his administration were to uncover fraud in climate science that he'd lose the vote of unions, trial lawyers, gay rights supporters, and civil libertarians? He'd lose the vote of just the few people for whom climate change is the biggest issue.
And if his agenda were based on fraud that his administration uncovered, he'd simply change his agenda. It's not an embarrassment if his assessments were based on a fraud that he himself uncovered.
I can not find any conflict of interest here. I think you're looking too hard for one.
How does the president have a vested interest in this climate change issue? He doesn't stand to profit financially. Politically it's a tough issue that draws some people in and pushes others away.
Pulling the one database call into the application code shouldn't be difficult if the system is architected well. In the framework I maintain it only requires changes to two small functions.
I still believe that every browser should rely on the codecs installed on the OS. Every platform (and optionally the user) can then choose what they want.
The only solution is to get off the wires. I suggest a wireless mesh network. It's the only way for each interested person to do their part without 3rd party infrastructure.
Yes, I meant knowingly. The NY Times knew it was getting classified documents from Wikileaks, and yet we all know that the Times hasn't broken any laws. Wikileaks getting the documents from the source is no different.
If someone mails classified documents to a newspaper, and the newspaper wasn't expecting them, the newspaper isn't guilty of anything. If someone calls the newspaper and and paper provides their address to send them classified documents, is the newspaper breaking a law? I don't know the laws involved, but I doubt it.
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
Exactly. My last employer (a financial institution) had a much more detailed and lengthy employee handbook. Included were which way to face in an elevator, on which side to put down your briefcase, and acceptable tie patterns. I thought it strange that it also told employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom, but at least I could appreciate that one.
Most stores sell the same things that are found everywhere. The most profitable stores are often specialty, where there's little option to find a product elsewhere. In the long run we might see more manufacturer stores, bypassing the generic middlemen. E.g., Apple.
Why anyone would jump at the chance to give away every bit of personal data over to one corporation, and exposed over the internet, is beyond me. There is no added convenience when your own personal, locked down, devices all sync with each other.
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Water supply would be a better comparison. After all, it is a series of tubes...
Obviously keeping a month's worth of cell tower and wifi locations you were in proximity to without letting the user know ahead of time proves that they aren't as secure nor as privacy friendly as they claim.
How so? Unless the data is transmitted off the phone then it can be secure and private.
Of course a developer app getting access to it is a bad sign. But if the data were locked down to only the phone itself then there's no privacy issue.
I feel the exact same way. I have no issue with hypertext itself. But the latest complex UIs and attempts at making desktop applications with hypertext definitely feel awkward and hackish as a developer. I prefer the traditional client/server model for apps which have that level of complexity.
Another vote for MacPorts. I develop with PHP, Python, Java, and MySQL deployed to Linux servers and never have had any complaints.
I develop Python web applications using Mac desktops and Linux servers. I use MacPorts for package management. I have never had a single complaint like the author of TFA. One reason Python exists is to gain a certain level of abstraction from the OS, which the author doesn't seem to understand.
Regardless of the case-sensitivity differences, Linux on the desktop is very often set up differently than Linux on a server. The only accurate test of a server is to set up an identical server. This is not an OS X specific problem.
You didn't have to switch to Ubuntu, just switch to a package manager like MacPorts.
Half my office is using XAMPP and the other half use MacPorts. The XAMPP users have integration issues (e.g. with OS X's OpenSSL) and have a harder time adding apache modules. With MacPorts it's virtually identical to Ubuntu, just install the packages you want. MacPorts installs completely independently in /opt and adds itself to the start of your search path, so the command line tools just work and don't interfere with OS X at all. I've been using it for 5 years as a web developer and never had a single problem.
The guy is releasing SILVER DOLLARS. By definition they are worth much more than whatever garbage the Fed is printing.
You keep restating this in many comments, but it's inaccurate. Everything is worth whatever someone is willing to trade for it. You may consider silver worth more than any US currency. But many people trade in US currency because they believe it has value. Some trade in gold and silver because they believe they have value. If a lot of people someday believe seashells or bottle caps have value, then they'll exchange those for goods, too.
"Captain's journal. Stardate: uhhh... April 13... point two."
Any chip with Extreme in the name should do.
I know it came from the marketing department but calling it "Extreme Edition" is just obnoxious, especially knowing they will come out with something more "extreme" in 6 months.
Yes, I ignore statements by Rush Limbaugh. Having people from GE on an advisory panel does not profit Obama personally.
Are you actually claiming that if his administration were to uncover fraud in climate science that he'd lose the vote of unions, trial lawyers, gay rights supporters, and civil libertarians? He'd lose the vote of just the few people for whom climate change is the biggest issue.
And if his agenda were based on fraud that his administration uncovered, he'd simply change his agenda. It's not an embarrassment if his assessments were based on a fraud that he himself uncovered.
I can not find any conflict of interest here. I think you're looking too hard for one.
How does the president have a vested interest in this climate change issue? He doesn't stand to profit financially. Politically it's a tough issue that draws some people in and pushes others away.
Pulling the one database call into the application code shouldn't be difficult if the system is architected well. In the framework I maintain it only requires changes to two small functions.
Then what's the point of specifying a standard video codec in HTML5.
It shouldn't. The HTML specs don't specify supported image formats. I shouldn't specify video, either.
I still believe that every browser should rely on the codecs installed on the OS. Every platform (and optionally the user) can then choose what they want.
The only solution is to get off the wires. I suggest a wireless mesh network. It's the only way for each interested person to do their part without 3rd party infrastructure.
Unfortunately for you, reality has well-known a liberal bias.
Yes, I meant knowingly. The NY Times knew it was getting classified documents from Wikileaks, and yet we all know that the Times hasn't broken any laws. Wikileaks getting the documents from the source is no different.
If someone mails classified documents to a newspaper, and the newspaper wasn't expecting them, the newspaper isn't guilty of anything. If someone calls the newspaper and and paper provides their address to send them classified documents, is the newspaper breaking a law? I don't know the laws involved, but I doubt it.
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
Exactly. My last employer (a financial institution) had a much more detailed and lengthy employee handbook. Included were which way to face in an elevator, on which side to put down your briefcase, and acceptable tie patterns. I thought it strange that it also told employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom, but at least I could appreciate that one.
Most stores sell the same things that are found everywhere. The most profitable stores are often specialty, where there's little option to find a product elsewhere. In the long run we might see more manufacturer stores, bypassing the generic middlemen. E.g., Apple.
At what point does it become sentient, call itself V-ger, and return to destroy earth?
Why anyone would jump at the chance to give away every bit of personal data over to one corporation, and exposed over the internet, is beyond me. There is no added convenience when your own personal, locked down, devices all sync with each other.