Given the government's open rejection of this company's products and the scuttlebutt about how they are a front for Russian spying, how's this a surprise?
Call it mass hysteria if you must, but who would want to leave this product in charge of you computers?
But what to pick to replace it? Yea, now that's a good question for a windows shop.
The question is what will the Jury convict you for in the end.
You see, the jury system is DESIGNED to be the last line of defense for stupid laws or penalties which are too harsh. A jury's job is to weigh the evidence, the law and the penalties being imposed. The jury is given wide latitude in deciding punishments. Should the DA find that no jury will convict and punish to the full extent of what's allowed, or refuses to convict because the minimum sentence is too high, the law is dead on arrival and cannot be enforced. Once it becomes known that your average jury won't convict and punish based on a specific law, the DA will simply stop bringing cases, the police will stop wasting their time bringing cases to the DA because they don't get tried, and the enforcement of the law stops. It's how the system works...
Remember the Jury is made up of average folks.. Also remember that the DA is usually elected, as are judges.. These facts are what can scuttle any ridiculous law like this.
Yea, we have speed limits which are officially sanctioned and rarely really enforced until you hit 10 MPH over them.
However... You don't DARE break the HOV lane restrictions or else.. Those they enforce, pull you over in the single HOV lane, blocking traffic to write you a ticket.
Don't know about making calls with them.. But apparently a couple of folks around here have graduated from simply cutting off somebody on the highway to shooting at them... Maybe that's showing off their guns? Dono. Stupid is as Stupid does... (Why yes sir, you may have that part of the road with my complements... Never mind that I was planning to be there and had to take evasive action to not hit you.)
Now if we can just get the "no leftists allowed to move here" law passed... Yea, if you don't promise to vote republican, solute the Texas flag while wearing cowboy boots and blue jeans, and complain how "damn cold it is" when it hits 40 F once every year.
Do you have any evidence that Google is in fact stealing the contents of your email?
No, they NEVER have sold targeted search results to others nor have they used what they read in my inbox to target me... Are you nuts? That's how Google makes their money and you somehow don't think they leverage the contents of your inbox? P.T Barman was right...
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear?
Knowledge is power, and the more the government knows about you, the more power they have over you, and the less resistance you can provide against fascism, corruption, and other abuses of power. It's not just KGB-style threats and "tactical removal" of people who may present an obstacle to those in power (though the legal basis for "disappearing" people was put in place by the PATRIOT Act), it's also the more subtle manipulation of opinions and directing of actions in ineffective directions, as recently demonstrated by the highly targeted Russian Facebook ads.
Watch the population closely enough, and you can derail credible resistance long before it becomes a threat.
Substitute "Google" an evil rich multi-national corporation for the word "government" and you'd about have it right.
Personally, if you and your friends want to open carry down at the corner store and the store management doesn't object to it, that's fine by me. I don't open carry myself because it's tactically stupid if you can conceal carry, but I'm not scared of those who do. I target practice with my weapon for a reason and I'm not opposed to lawfully defending myself if it's necessary...
Some say that an armed society is a more polite one.. I'm inclined to agree...
That works only if it is enforceable, and actually enforced by the police, courts and juries.
I'm guessing that the DA would choose not to try cases that involved such stiff fines for texting while driving... Mainly because the average person would be loathed to convict a soccer mom with three young kids to 5 years on confinement for sending a "Get Milk on your way home" text, and you can bet that if this went to trial it would be in front of a jury. A couple of those cases and that law is effectively worthless, because the defense becomes "If you didn't convict x, y and z for this with better evidence, how can you convict my client?"
Of course this is just texting, but they can now pull you over if they suspect texting... We also got open carry in Texas on the same day, which means I can walk down the street with a real loaded pistol in my holster that goes with my cowboy boots....
The trained eye will see my crosswise swipe at gun control laws in my original post, albeit not specifically discussed, until now..
They really kept this database on an internet-facing PC?
Not necessary to be internet facing.. Just internet connected... However, still, why on earth allow that? Air gapped security would be recommended in cases like this I think.
Before you rush to post about how insecure Microsoft is, don't forget that your social security number and financial history were released in a hack of Linux / Apache / Struts.
Nope, just a version Struts not considered ready for "production" use had the issue... Linux and Apache are just fine, not to mention the current stable version of struts.
This was some idiot deciding to go bleeding edge in a production environment when it wasn't recommended or fully vetted.
LOL.. If you like it, great for you. I do contend though that government is not a good manager of anything it controls nor does it provide services efficency.
Kind of the nature of the beast. The less government you can have, the better, the less government has control of the individual, the better. There are few exceptions to this.
Personally, I prefer to be in control of my own destiny and be responsible for myself over having government in my business all the time... but that's kind of what the whole revolutionary war and how the colonies in America were founded.
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Given the government's open rejection of this company's products and the scuttlebutt about how they are a front for Russian spying, how's this a surprise?
Call it mass hysteria if you must, but who would want to leave this product in charge of you computers?
But what to pick to replace it? Yea, now that's a good question for a windows shop.
The question is what will the Jury convict you for in the end.
You see, the jury system is DESIGNED to be the last line of defense for stupid laws or penalties which are too harsh. A jury's job is to weigh the evidence, the law and the penalties being imposed. The jury is given wide latitude in deciding punishments. Should the DA find that no jury will convict and punish to the full extent of what's allowed, or refuses to convict because the minimum sentence is too high, the law is dead on arrival and cannot be enforced. Once it becomes known that your average jury won't convict and punish based on a specific law, the DA will simply stop bringing cases, the police will stop wasting their time bringing cases to the DA because they don't get tried, and the enforcement of the law stops. It's how the system works...
Remember the Jury is made up of average folks.. Also remember that the DA is usually elected, as are judges.. These facts are what can scuttle any ridiculous law like this.
Well.. Heck, if 1 billion in losses is all he's done, we are doing great.. The last guy was losing more than a trillion a year.
You do realize that the quote was from an old IBM advertising campaign right?
Who got fired?
Way to miss the point and proffer some personal opinion as evidence..
Explain how closed source is better again?
You have someone to blame when it all goes pear shaped... A wise man once said, "nobody was ever fired for buying IBM"...
Of course, a number of folks went broke paying them..
Yea, we have speed limits which are officially sanctioned and rarely really enforced until you hit 10 MPH over them.
However... You don't DARE break the HOV lane restrictions or else.. Those they enforce, pull you over in the single HOV lane, blocking traffic to write you a ticket.
Don't know about making calls with them.. But apparently a couple of folks around here have graduated from simply cutting off somebody on the highway to shooting at them... Maybe that's showing off their guns? Dono. Stupid is as Stupid does... (Why yes sir, you may have that part of the road with my complements... Never mind that I was planning to be there and had to take evasive action to not hit you.)
That's "Natural Selection" to you buddy..
Problem is, like DUI, Texting while driving usually removes the innocent bystander, not the offender..
Now if we can just get the "no leftists allowed to move here" law passed... Yea, if you don't promise to vote republican, solute the Texas flag while wearing cowboy boots and blue jeans, and complain how "damn cold it is" when it hits 40 F once every year.
Yes, underperforming on a work to cost ratio... The higher you get paid, the more profit you have to make..
Tesla has how much profit? Um... Can we say nearly nothing?
Or the post office...
Right, exactly. So this keeps your email safer from prying hackers, but what keeps it safe from google?
Well, they do promise to not peek.. Oh wait, they don't even do that.
Do you have any evidence that Google is in fact stealing the contents of your email?
No, they NEVER have sold targeted search results to others nor have they used what they read in my inbox to target me... Are you nuts? That's how Google makes their money and you somehow don't think they leverage the contents of your inbox? P.T Barman was right...
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear?
Knowledge is power, and the more the government knows about you, the more power they have over you, and the less resistance you can provide against fascism, corruption, and other abuses of power. It's not just KGB-style threats and "tactical removal" of people who may present an obstacle to those in power (though the legal basis for "disappearing" people was put in place by the PATRIOT Act), it's also the more subtle manipulation of opinions and directing of actions in ineffective directions, as recently demonstrated by the highly targeted Russian Facebook ads.
Watch the population closely enough, and you can derail credible resistance long before it becomes a threat.
Substitute "Google" an evil rich multi-national corporation for the word "government" and you'd about have it right.
No, no and no.
I'm painting parallels with Gun laws... Sorry you missed it.
Ah.. Somebody got it!
Yea, we need to create a whole new category of Assault phones, defined as those which have any four or more of the following options:
1. Auto-Reply texting while in motion.
2. Glare Reducing coatings
3. Blue Tooth adapters.
4. High rate data plans while in motion.
5. GPS navigation
6. Storage about 5 Gigabytes and/or an SD card slot
7. If they are placed in some kind of mount that is viewable by the driver.
If they do, they are treated like Title 2 devices..
8. Pistol Grips or extra carrying handles.
9. It it's painted or has a case that is camouflaged
10. If it even looks menacing or like it could be a military grade communications device.
If so, they are treated like a title 2 device..
Prove it..
Personally, if you and your friends want to open carry down at the corner store and the store management doesn't object to it, that's fine by me. I don't open carry myself because it's tactically stupid if you can conceal carry, but I'm not scared of those who do. I target practice with my weapon for a reason and I'm not opposed to lawfully defending myself if it's necessary...
Some say that an armed society is a more polite one.. I'm inclined to agree...
That works only if it is enforceable, and actually enforced by the police, courts and juries.
I'm guessing that the DA would choose not to try cases that involved such stiff fines for texting while driving... Mainly because the average person would be loathed to convict a soccer mom with three young kids to 5 years on confinement for sending a "Get Milk on your way home" text, and you can bet that if this went to trial it would be in front of a jury. A couple of those cases and that law is effectively worthless, because the defense becomes "If you didn't convict x, y and z for this with better evidence, how can you convict my client?"
Oh yes...http://www.jrlawfirm.com/blog/texas-texting-and-driving-laws/
Of course this is just texting, but they can now pull you over if they suspect texting... We also got open carry in Texas on the same day, which means I can walk down the street with a real loaded pistol in my holster that goes with my cowboy boots....
The trained eye will see my crosswise swipe at gun control laws in my original post, albeit not specifically discussed, until now..
We just made using a phone while driving illegal in Texas... Didn't passing a law fix this?
Wha? You mean people don't obey laws?
They really kept this database on an internet-facing PC?
Not necessary to be internet facing.. Just internet connected... However, still, why on earth allow that? Air gapped security would be recommended in cases like this I think.
Before you rush to post about how insecure Microsoft is, don't forget that your social security number and financial history were released in a hack of Linux / Apache / Struts.
Nope, just a version Struts not considered ready for "production" use had the issue... Linux and Apache are just fine, not to mention the current stable version of struts.
This was some idiot deciding to go bleeding edge in a production environment when it wasn't recommended or fully vetted.
LOL.. If you like it, great for you. I do contend though that government is not a good manager of anything it controls nor does it provide services efficency. Kind of the nature of the beast. The less government you can have, the better, the less government has control of the individual, the better. There are few exceptions to this.
Personally, I prefer to be in control of my own destiny and be responsible for myself over having government in my business all the time... but that's kind of what the whole revolutionary war and how the colonies in America were founded.