The compromises which have occurred on SCADA systems have compromised the Windows portions. Once the Windows portions are infected, the network is compromised. If these SCADA programable units are set to accept command and control from these Windows machines, the game is over. And I believe that has been the case in every documented SCADA system compromise.
This is one of those "it's good to remind people of a pervasive problem" stories. Some people accept this as "status quo" and others see it as a serious problem.
We get it. The business of PCs is stupidly tight with slim margins. The easiest way to supplement profit is to sell software installation services to software vendors. It doesn't bother the OEMs that they are doing this at the expense of the PC customer or even at their own reputation.
Commenter Sussurros above states another obvious problem. Crapware on phones... android phones. And I heartily agree. I think we will see a bit less of it soon though.
Turns out Google is changing the game. I find it FASCINATING that the Google Nexus 4 phones cost between $300 and $350 and yet T-Mobile says it costs a LOT more and will sell it cheaper if you buy two years of obligated service with expensive data plan. What surprises me the most is that T-Mobile thinks they can get away with this... worse! They *are* getting away with it. Google sold out of inventory in minutes. T-Mobile sold out in hours. There are no Nexus 4 phones.
The phone you get from Google is bloatware free and carrier unlocked. I don't know if that's the case with the T-Mobile version... anyone know?
But just as in the PC market, the phone market cannot resist the extra money (even if they are making insane profits already) they make by including crapware.
I decided long ago when my contract is up, I will do this no more. I will have my Nexus 4 when it becomes available again. I'm definitely not buying from those scalpers... sheesh... $500, $600 each?! I know there's a sucker every minute, but I'm not one of them. I'll wait a bit longer... I've got time.
Android has enabled the game to be changed. This is something that ONLY open source software could do. It's not just free software. It's FREEDOM software. I know I'm not alone in my intention. I'll spend a little more up front and save a LOT more in the long run.
I'm done with your games, carriers. Are you listening? Done!
See the paper above. In the first two pages it describes what SCADA is and what its architecture generally consists of. The most important statement is that while SCADA used to be based on other OSes, it is now primarily based on Windows though there is a Linux based SCADA vendor out there.
My rant points out that In addition to evolving from a single user OS, Windows brings along with it unprofessional coding standards both within the OS and within the applications. This is "very unpopular speech" here on Slashdot, but the reality is what it is. There is a LOT of shoddy Windows software out there and it's all due to the culture which was built around DOS/Windows.
Their profits are in serious jeopardy now. They know it as well. Android is a huge game changer. Android threatens Microsoft and Apple. The evolution from general purpose PC to appliance has already started and is only gaining speed. That is a huge threat to Microsoft who ONLY knows general purpose PCs... and their gaming seems to be doing well too. And Android is a threat to Apple and it's obvious. Apple wants to control and lock down. Android wants to open and free. The people don't like to be locked down and controlled... mostly. (Some are just fine with it... it's why we call it a niche.) And worst of all? Android wants to do it ALL for free!!! That's right, Google has other ways of making money in mind. So "competing" isn't quite what's on their mind... the decline of Microsoft and Apple are just collateral damage. But that's also what we call "progress."
Yes, there are still horses and trains today. And horses and trains are more expensive than they have ever been. But almost no one has a horse. But only the most urban of areas have easy access to trains. The automobile came along and changed the whole game. The horse and train industries were collateral damage.
Some people are still having trouble coming to terms with the changes we are seeing today. It's as if they can't wrap their heads around it.
I get that you're awfully impressed with Apple for now. Samsung Galaxy S3 outsells Apple iPhone latest version. It's not the leader. Apple will still make a large margin... just net less. It's going back to being a niche market.
The industry uses what they use because that's what they use. Their standards are built on their expectactions which are built on their experience. Long ago, computers were machines you didn't turn off. They were reliable and steady. People wrote software which adhered to that mindset. But then the PC industry came and every hobbyist became a programmer. That's when all hell broke loose. But that was fine because these were small system and you just reboot and keep on with whatever you were doing. You were just one person. What did it matter? But the next thing you know "enterprise applications" are being built on a platform intended for single users... bringing with it a whole crapload of lax and shoddy standards.
Now you know how we got where we are today.
How do we get out? Linux is built under the same old school priciples of reliability and stability so it tends to be able to run a lot longer than WinTel. But even that's showing signs of relaxing. And Apple? It had a reputation for not having problems... that was until people started to use it.
So how do we get out? Obvious answer is to go back to what worked. But that's EXPENSIVE. No more "off the shelf solutions" with implied (though EULA denied) guarantees. No more OSes built from single-user, patched and hacked systems. AS/400 for mature systems and service standards come to mind. IT got cheaper with PCs and WinTel. But they also became 10,000 times more risky. People who spend money are constantly lied to by various parties and don't listen to their own IT people about what they should do.
In short, Apple will need to do something for "free" in order to compete and remain relevant. I agree with this. Apple will not agree with this. They have always capitalized on their "elite" and expensive image. This has served them well, but has also relegated them into a niche market mode. Apple tried to allow clones, but they couldn't deal with people making things better. So they resorted to heavy litigation.
Throughout, Apple has been a fairly litigious company. They make something and then they want to defend it. This is not how everyone else does things as litigation is most often a last restort where other businesses would prefer to license things instead.
Apple's biggest asset is its elite image. People believe they are buying a status symbol. I recall when Apple started lowering the prices of their lower-end computers. In one Mac forum I had visited, one long-time Apple user got disgusted saying "Great! Now *anyone* can be an Apple user..." The sentiment was that their most devoted users enjoyed and subscribed to the eliteness of being an Apple user.... being a member of that club. But in reality, there are more star-bellied sneeches than there are not. And not only that, Older Apple iPhones are free or sold at a very low price by the carriers which support iPhone.
Apple has sort of lost its way. It is one thing for Apple to want to defend its territory. It's another for them to seek to dominate anything... and that' spretty much new for Apple and where they are most out of place.
Apple's plans are unraveling fast. While thier initial actions were very successful, the cases brought by Apple were getting increasing amounts of criticism and I have little doubt that judges are well aware of that sort of thing because to rule in Apple's favor while public attention is focused on it is causing what might have been a casual trouncing by Apple into a careful application of jurisprudence.
The $1B judgement against Samsung is unquestionably going to get tossed for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the fact that the HTC deal happened while no good faith negotiations between Samsung and Apple occurred shows that Apple isn't just "doing business" and are instead targetting and attackling Samsung specifically. That Apple would settle on reasonable terms with HTC also sets a reasonable figure for any judgements against Samsung which would be cause for appeal on the amount to be awarded to Apple.
Secondly, that the jury foreman did not properly answer the judge's questions and that he has since demonstrated his desire to hurt Samsung in particular shows ample misconduct. Additonal misconduct comes from the fact that this foreman gave completely wrong information about patents to the rest of the jury. They essentially rendered a judgement based on nonsense and a complete failure to understand the material. And finally, the math they used in their ridiculous amount is beyond reasonable.
So Apple already knows their case against Samsung is to be tossed. There is almost no avoiding it. But on top of this, they are having to disclose secret negotiations? I'm trying to avoid attributing human characteristic behavior on "Apple" but their pride has been guiding their zealous actions so far. They have gotten away with ridiculous things so far including using doctored images as evidence of Samsung slavishly copying Apple devices. Apple's pride also gave it a huge black eye as they attempted to dance around the rulings and punishment by the UK courts where they not once but TWICE defied the judge's orders.
Apple is successful because they market things extremely well. Some people want to believe it is the products themselves, but I just don't see that as being the case. And Jobs himself was a marketing guy, not a tech. He knew the value of image and perception. Apple's image is being tarnished through all of this for a wide variety of reasons. This is enough to return Apple back to its niche corner where it almost died before Jobs brought it back to life. This won't be happening a second time around...
DMCA takedown notices spawned automated takedown services such as the ones we see on Youtube and others... and saw, ironically enough, on Megaupload.
The harm of the DMCA goes on and on. Also, hosting providers take down first and ask questions later... or rather wait for the customer to ask questions later.
NO ONE is denying that OP content lives on these and other servers. NO ONE.
Claims asserted include that Megaupload is used for MORE than just that and that innocent users and businesses were harmed by the overzealous acts of the US government... not just overzealous, but illegal acts.
By the reasoning you are implying, public parks should all be shut down because drug deals are known to occur in them.
Now for a psycho-medical opinion of you: You suffer from omission and denial of the obvious along with selective evidence and conclusions based on belief. The result of this is your apparent manufacture of statements made by this imaginary "singular entity" that are 'pirates' which are not even pirates by correct definitions.
Big Media fought them all and take huge portions of the revenues of these other businesses for themselves. It's more than disliking people not paying for content. They presume domain over ALL content whether it's actually theirs or not. People routinely create their own only to have to taken down by DMCA demand. They are assaulting all content and delivery methods until they get paid.
Their 'rights' go to far and they are buying newer, better and more powerful rights every day.
Okay then. Give me lots of your private data... pictures, video, contact information... what IP address(es) do you use and more? BTW, I have public agreements with various companies and governments to share that data without your knowledge or permission but because we don't talk about it, you can pretend it doesn't happen.
Also, the people you are friends with? Do you really actually talk to them? The Seinfeld bit linked above really spells out the human need behind facebook and the like. People are fooling themselves with all of this. If you want human contact, get human contact. If you want to avoid or limit human contact, then avoid it and be honest with yourself. The real problem is in how we lie to ourselves about what we want and what we need.
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I don't know why men can't grow full beards. I have had one since I was 17.
No. The content industry has a continuous campaign against internet companies which help to distribute material. The same players have gotten other country's law enforcement to act on their behalf even when what they were doing wasn't actually illegal. Getting the US enforcement agencies (note I did not call them law enforcement... just 'enforcement') to break the law in such an overt way is proof of the power and influence these content providers carry.
I will not miss them. They are a cancer on progress. Volunteer entertainers are popping up everywhere just to get a million likes instead of a million dollars. They can't compete against that kind of currency.
Way to anti-darwinize the situation. But it doesn't quite work that way. A person who would do anything they can to avoid playing into someone else's insecurities is bound to trip up from time to time... even if it is imagined by the other party. "Why didn't you answer the phone?!" "I was pooping..." "Oh yeah...sure... a likely story..."
Crap like that gets old very very fast. People just need to mature. And people don't mature without cause. No one changes without cause. It's why the "popular kids" in high school end up so weird much of the time -- what they were doing was working for them so they didn't bother to grow or change. Those who struggle continue to grow.
Easy solution to the facebook problem... don't do it. I don't. It's an obvious trap. MySpace was too. I don't get why people are so addicted to it. "Look at me!! I'm social! I have 1000 very close friends!!!" Do these clowns know how ridiculous they look? (Speaking of which, why the hell does it seem like more than half of the men capable of wearing facial hair have to wear it as a goatee? Shit's getting old man... and looks too much like a pubic mound.)
-1 troll... I know... I deserve it. Reality isn't nice. There *isn't* someone out there for everyone. That's a ridiculous dream. Presently there are more women than men and women STILL think they are all special and beautiful. Sorry, but no. Just no.
That's a very interesting point. So you say they are interested in blocking the truth of any given situation. Seems likely given that this is the case all over the world and especially in the feedom loving US of A. (You can't record cops on video... not even when the courts expressly say you can!)
Next thing you know, spam blocking becomes illegal.
No. The thing about online advertising is that the user is still in control over his internet connection by virtue of the way the internet works. The client requests and the server delivers. The client fails to request and the server doesn't do anything either. That's ad blocking. It's also, surprise surprise, BANDWIDTH and DATA VOLUME control. It's also a security measure.
If (and this is a REALLY big IF) the advertiser paid for or even supplemented the viewer's internet access costs, there might be some argument that they are in some way obligated to not block ads.
Also, my toilet is an ad blocking device because I use it when TV commercials are on.
I get what you mean, but I guess I should have added there was a hint of joke in what I was asserting about Christianity. (What I was saying is that Christianity is so adapted and modified, that it's DEFINITELY not what the original god and/or leadership intended... it just does what it has to to keep its customers happy.)
I don't have one yet as I am more of a user than a hacker, hobbyist or developer, or whatever, but I am keen on putting together a kit which is known to work.
My dream? Car computer!
I want one of these to collect ALL SORTS of data... OBD2 data, environment data (temp, barametric, humidity, GPS and ALL that) and to put it out in some form which can be displayed on a device like an android tablet, web interface or even one of those USB display devices for an awesome digital dashboard.
I don't know why, but I love car data... it's so geeky cool. I want not just engine temp, but transmission temp too. I remember a few years back I was relocating and I was pulling a PT cruiser with a Jeep Cherokee... bad idea I know.. the PT is nearly as heavy as the Jeep, but it was a two wheel drive with a toyota transmission... it could handle it... and did. But I just HAD to add a thermometer to the transmission fluid to keep a watch on things and yes... it helped at certain points.
Anyway, I like gauges and dials and readouts and stuff:)
Sure they can. Just listen to the devices looking for towers but don't transmit back. In fact, it would work even BETTER like that because mobile phones transmit with more power when they have trouble receiving.
Timers suck. What if you need to abort? Also, timing can vary... do it at the right time and you can maximize your kill rate... at the wrong time, it is minimized. Worse, you accidentally kill a friend or relative.
Note IANAT [I am not a terrorist], but it's not hard to imagine... I wonder if the people who actually do this stuff give this much consideration to the act?
In addition to turning off towers, they will need to set up phone jammers everywhere. If not, all the bad guys need to do is set up one of those portable mobile phone hacking things to enable calling the remote device from a reasonable distance. I know it seems like a lot of work, but you know? If someone is going to go through the trouble of making a bomb detinator using a phone, then it's not a stretch to imagine taking that extra step to ensure that it works.
Other thoughts? If your religion preaches intolerance, it is already a failure. (Yeah, I get it, the number of devout followers of these intolerant and violent religions would offer evidence to the contrary, but I mean failure in another sense.)
Also, Islam would do well to learn lessons from Christianity. Look at how adaptable Christianity has been! It adopts all sorts of holidays and celebrations so that people think it's religious (like Christmas and Easter) and allows participation with pagan holidays like Halloween without fear of corrupting people because it's all in fun, not to be taken seriously. Also, in the 60s, they avoided a serious departure from Christianity in the US by changing God's personality from fire, brimstone and harsh punishment to a gentle god of love, forgiveness and tolerance. And it worked! The face of Christianity in the US today is completely different from the pre-60's version. Islam is like it is stuck 1000 years in the past.
Yes... perhaps... this time. The facts of every case needs to be objectively judged every time. We should try not to let reputation (good or bad) influence us into prejudging too much.
It is in Google's interest to not allow competitors use its resources. For example, a privacy oriented search service should not be allowed to benefit from Google's resources by it essentially being a proxy service for search. (Grey area there, because what if this privacy oriented service actually *IS* a proxy service? I kind of think that should be allowed.) Some assertions seem to hold that by blocking competitors from piggy-backing on Google's resources, Google is being anti-competitive. I have to disagree.
Some may liken this to Microsoft's changing of protocols to break compatibility with alternative client software like SaMBa or Pidgin. That, in my view *is* anti-competitive because compatibility should be preserved as these are more about the protocol than the service. (Yeah, I recognize there is some serious grey areas when it comes to using Microsoft's chat servers using clients other than Microsoft's... they are at free liberty to improve their services and protocols, but I disagree with their detecting alternative clients and attempting to block them.)
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The compromises which have occurred on SCADA systems have compromised the Windows portions. Once the Windows portions are infected, the network is compromised. If these SCADA programable units are set to accept command and control from these Windows machines, the game is over. And I believe that has been the case in every documented SCADA system compromise.
This is one of those "it's good to remind people of a pervasive problem" stories. Some people accept this as "status quo" and others see it as a serious problem.
We get it. The business of PCs is stupidly tight with slim margins. The easiest way to supplement profit is to sell software installation services to software vendors. It doesn't bother the OEMs that they are doing this at the expense of the PC customer or even at their own reputation.
Commenter Sussurros above states another obvious problem. Crapware on phones... android phones. And I heartily agree. I think we will see a bit less of it soon though.
Turns out Google is changing the game. I find it FASCINATING that the Google Nexus 4 phones cost between $300 and $350 and yet T-Mobile says it costs a LOT more and will sell it cheaper if you buy two years of obligated service with expensive data plan. What surprises me the most is that T-Mobile thinks they can get away with this... worse! They *are* getting away with it. Google sold out of inventory in minutes. T-Mobile sold out in hours. There are no Nexus 4 phones.
The phone you get from Google is bloatware free and carrier unlocked. I don't know if that's the case with the T-Mobile version... anyone know?
But just as in the PC market, the phone market cannot resist the extra money (even if they are making insane profits already) they make by including crapware.
I decided long ago when my contract is up, I will do this no more. I will have my Nexus 4 when it becomes available again. I'm definitely not buying from those scalpers... sheesh... $500, $600 each?! I know there's a sucker every minute, but I'm not one of them. I'll wait a bit longer... I've got time.
Android has enabled the game to be changed. This is something that ONLY open source software could do. It's not just free software. It's FREEDOM software. I know I'm not alone in my intention. I'll spend a little more up front and save a LOT more in the long run.
I'm done with your games, carriers. Are you listening? Done!
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Fuck you!!!!!
You're right... but fuck you.
It has EVERYTHING to do with SCADA.
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/ica99/papers/mc1i01.pdf
See the paper above. In the first two pages it describes what SCADA is and what its architecture generally consists of. The most important statement is that while SCADA used to be based on other OSes, it is now primarily based on Windows though there is a Linux based SCADA vendor out there.
My rant points out that In addition to evolving from a single user OS, Windows brings along with it unprofessional coding standards both within the OS and within the applications. This is "very unpopular speech" here on Slashdot, but the reality is what it is. There is a LOT of shoddy Windows software out there and it's all due to the culture which was built around DOS/Windows.
Their profits are in serious jeopardy now. They know it as well. Android is a huge game changer. Android threatens Microsoft and Apple. The evolution from general purpose PC to appliance has already started and is only gaining speed. That is a huge threat to Microsoft who ONLY knows general purpose PCs... and their gaming seems to be doing well too. And Android is a threat to Apple and it's obvious. Apple wants to control and lock down. Android wants to open and free. The people don't like to be locked down and controlled... mostly. (Some are just fine with it... it's why we call it a niche.) And worst of all? Android wants to do it ALL for free!!! That's right, Google has other ways of making money in mind. So "competing" isn't quite what's on their mind... the decline of Microsoft and Apple are just collateral damage. But that's also what we call "progress."
Yes, there are still horses and trains today. And horses and trains are more expensive than they have ever been. But almost no one has a horse. But only the most urban of areas have easy access to trains. The automobile came along and changed the whole game. The horse and train industries were collateral damage.
Some people are still having trouble coming to terms with the changes we are seeing today. It's as if they can't wrap their heads around it.
I get that you're awfully impressed with Apple for now. Samsung Galaxy S3 outsells Apple iPhone latest version. It's not the leader. Apple will still make a large margin... just net less. It's going back to being a niche market.
The industry uses what they use because that's what they use. Their standards are built on their expectactions which are built on their experience. Long ago, computers were machines you didn't turn off. They were reliable and steady. People wrote software which adhered to that mindset. But then the PC industry came and every hobbyist became a programmer. That's when all hell broke loose. But that was fine because these were small system and you just reboot and keep on with whatever you were doing. You were just one person. What did it matter? But the next thing you know "enterprise applications" are being built on a platform intended for single users... bringing with it a whole crapload of lax and shoddy standards.
Now you know how we got where we are today.
How do we get out? Linux is built under the same old school priciples of reliability and stability so it tends to be able to run a lot longer than WinTel. But even that's showing signs of relaxing. And Apple? It had a reputation for not having problems... that was until people started to use it.
So how do we get out? Obvious answer is to go back to what worked. But that's EXPENSIVE. No more "off the shelf solutions" with implied (though EULA denied) guarantees. No more OSes built from single-user, patched and hacked systems. AS/400 for mature systems and service standards come to mind. IT got cheaper with PCs and WinTel. But they also became 10,000 times more risky. People who spend money are constantly lied to by various parties and don't listen to their own IT people about what they should do.
It's time to go back. It's time to go back.
In short, Apple will need to do something for "free" in order to compete and remain relevant. I agree with this. Apple will not agree with this. They have always capitalized on their "elite" and expensive image. This has served them well, but has also relegated them into a niche market mode. Apple tried to allow clones, but they couldn't deal with people making things better. So they resorted to heavy litigation.
Throughout, Apple has been a fairly litigious company. They make something and then they want to defend it. This is not how everyone else does things as litigation is most often a last restort where other businesses would prefer to license things instead.
Apple's biggest asset is its elite image. People believe they are buying a status symbol. I recall when Apple started lowering the prices of their lower-end computers. In one Mac forum I had visited, one long-time Apple user got disgusted saying "Great! Now *anyone* can be an Apple user..." The sentiment was that their most devoted users enjoyed and subscribed to the eliteness of being an Apple user.... being a member of that club. But in reality, there are more star-bellied sneeches than there are not. And not only that, Older Apple iPhones are free or sold at a very low price by the carriers which support iPhone.
Apple has sort of lost its way. It is one thing for Apple to want to defend its territory. It's another for them to seek to dominate anything... and that' spretty much new for Apple and where they are most out of place.
Apple's plans are unraveling fast. While thier initial actions were very successful, the cases brought by Apple were getting increasing amounts of criticism and I have little doubt that judges are well aware of that sort of thing because to rule in Apple's favor while public attention is focused on it is causing what might have been a casual trouncing by Apple into a careful application of jurisprudence.
The $1B judgement against Samsung is unquestionably going to get tossed for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the fact that the HTC deal happened while no good faith negotiations between Samsung and Apple occurred shows that Apple isn't just "doing business" and are instead targetting and attackling Samsung specifically. That Apple would settle on reasonable terms with HTC also sets a reasonable figure for any judgements against Samsung which would be cause for appeal on the amount to be awarded to Apple.
Secondly, that the jury foreman did not properly answer the judge's questions and that he has since demonstrated his desire to hurt Samsung in particular shows ample misconduct. Additonal misconduct comes from the fact that this foreman gave completely wrong information about patents to the rest of the jury. They essentially rendered a judgement based on nonsense and a complete failure to understand the material. And finally, the math they used in their ridiculous amount is beyond reasonable.
So Apple already knows their case against Samsung is to be tossed. There is almost no avoiding it. But on top of this, they are having to disclose secret negotiations? I'm trying to avoid attributing human characteristic behavior on "Apple" but their pride has been guiding their zealous actions so far. They have gotten away with ridiculous things so far including using doctored images as evidence of Samsung slavishly copying Apple devices. Apple's pride also gave it a huge black eye as they attempted to dance around the rulings and punishment by the UK courts where they not once but TWICE defied the judge's orders.
Apple is successful because they market things extremely well. Some people want to believe it is the products themselves, but I just don't see that as being the case. And Jobs himself was a marketing guy, not a tech. He knew the value of image and perception. Apple's image is being tarnished through all of this for a wide variety of reasons. This is enough to return Apple back to its niche corner where it almost died before Jobs brought it back to life. This won't be happening a second time around...
DMCA takedown notices spawned automated takedown services such as the ones we see on Youtube and others... and saw, ironically enough, on Megaupload.
The harm of the DMCA goes on and on. Also, hosting providers take down first and ask questions later... or rather wait for the customer to ask questions later.
NO ONE is denying that OP content lives on these and other servers. NO ONE.
Claims asserted include that Megaupload is used for MORE than just that and that innocent users and businesses were harmed by the overzealous acts of the US government... not just overzealous, but illegal acts.
By the reasoning you are implying, public parks should all be shut down because drug deals are known to occur in them.
Now for a psycho-medical opinion of you: You suffer from omission and denial of the obvious along with selective evidence and conclusions based on belief. The result of this is your apparent manufacture of statements made by this imaginary "singular entity" that are 'pirates' which are not even pirates by correct definitions.
Big Media fought them all and take huge portions of the revenues of these other businesses for themselves. It's more than disliking people not paying for content. They presume domain over ALL content whether it's actually theirs or not. People routinely create their own only to have to taken down by DMCA demand. They are assaulting all content and delivery methods until they get paid.
Their 'rights' go to far and they are buying newer, better and more powerful rights every day.
Okay then. Give me lots of your private data... pictures, video, contact information... what IP address(es) do you use and more? BTW, I have public agreements with various companies and governments to share that data without your knowledge or permission but because we don't talk about it, you can pretend it doesn't happen.
Also, the people you are friends with? Do you really actually talk to them? The Seinfeld bit linked above really spells out the human need behind facebook and the like. People are fooling themselves with all of this. If you want human contact, get human contact. If you want to avoid or limit human contact, then avoid it and be honest with yourself. The real problem is in how we lie to ourselves about what we want and what we need.
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I don't know why men can't grow full beards. I have had one since I was 17.
Speculate much? Imaginative speculation anyway.
No. The content industry has a continuous campaign against internet companies which help to distribute material. The same players have gotten other country's law enforcement to act on their behalf even when what they were doing wasn't actually illegal. Getting the US enforcement agencies (note I did not call them law enforcement... just 'enforcement') to break the law in such an overt way is proof of the power and influence these content providers carry.
I will not miss them. They are a cancer on progress. Volunteer entertainers are popping up everywhere just to get a million likes instead of a million dollars. They can't compete against that kind of currency.
Way to anti-darwinize the situation. But it doesn't quite work that way. A person who would do anything they can to avoid playing into someone else's insecurities is bound to trip up from time to time... even if it is imagined by the other party. "Why didn't you answer the phone?!" "I was pooping..." "Oh yeah...sure... a likely story..."
Crap like that gets old very very fast. People just need to mature. And people don't mature without cause. No one changes without cause. It's why the "popular kids" in high school end up so weird much of the time -- what they were doing was working for them so they didn't bother to grow or change. Those who struggle continue to grow.
Easy solution to the facebook problem... don't do it. I don't. It's an obvious trap. MySpace was too. I don't get why people are so addicted to it. "Look at me!! I'm social! I have 1000 very close friends!!!" Do these clowns know how ridiculous they look? (Speaking of which, why the hell does it seem like more than half of the men capable of wearing facial hair have to wear it as a goatee? Shit's getting old man... and looks too much like a pubic mound.)
-1 troll... I know... I deserve it. Reality isn't nice. There *isn't* someone out there for everyone. That's a ridiculous dream. Presently there are more women than men and women STILL think they are all special and beautiful. Sorry, but no. Just no.
That's a very interesting point. So you say they are interested in blocking the truth of any given situation. Seems likely given that this is the case all over the world and especially in the feedom loving US of A. (You can't record cops on video... not even when the courts expressly say you can!)
Next thing you know, spam blocking becomes illegal.
No. The thing about online advertising is that the user is still in control over his internet connection by virtue of the way the internet works. The client requests and the server delivers. The client fails to request and the server doesn't do anything either. That's ad blocking. It's also, surprise surprise, BANDWIDTH and DATA VOLUME control. It's also a security measure.
If (and this is a REALLY big IF) the advertiser paid for or even supplemented the viewer's internet access costs, there might be some argument that they are in some way obligated to not block ads.
Also, my toilet is an ad blocking device because I use it when TV commercials are on.
Eggs, Milk, Cheese, Bell Peppers, Ham and Onions... ...it's the recipe for my typical omlette!!
I get what you mean, but I guess I should have added there was a hint of joke in what I was asserting about Christianity. (What I was saying is that Christianity is so adapted and modified, that it's DEFINITELY not what the original god and/or leadership intended... it just does what it has to to keep its customers happy.)
I don't have one yet as I am more of a user than a hacker, hobbyist or developer, or whatever, but I am keen on putting together a kit which is known to work.
My dream? Car computer!
I want one of these to collect ALL SORTS of data... OBD2 data, environment data (temp, barametric, humidity, GPS and ALL that) and to put it out in some form which can be displayed on a device like an android tablet, web interface or even one of those USB display devices for an awesome digital dashboard.
I don't know why, but I love car data... it's so geeky cool. I want not just engine temp, but transmission temp too. I remember a few years back I was relocating and I was pulling a PT cruiser with a Jeep Cherokee... bad idea I know.. the PT is nearly as heavy as the Jeep, but it was a two wheel drive with a toyota transmission... it could handle it... and did. But I just HAD to add a thermometer to the transmission fluid to keep a watch on things and yes... it helped at certain points.
Anyway, I like gauges and dials and readouts and stuff :)
Sure they can. Just listen to the devices looking for towers but don't transmit back. In fact, it would work even BETTER like that because mobile phones transmit with more power when they have trouble receiving.
Timers suck. What if you need to abort? Also, timing can vary... do it at the right time and you can maximize your kill rate... at the wrong time, it is minimized. Worse, you accidentally kill a friend or relative.
Note IANAT [I am not a terrorist], but it's not hard to imagine... I wonder if the people who actually do this stuff give this much consideration to the act?
In addition to turning off towers, they will need to set up phone jammers everywhere. If not, all the bad guys need to do is set up one of those portable mobile phone hacking things to enable calling the remote device from a reasonable distance. I know it seems like a lot of work, but you know? If someone is going to go through the trouble of making a bomb detinator using a phone, then it's not a stretch to imagine taking that extra step to ensure that it works.
Other thoughts? If your religion preaches intolerance, it is already a failure. (Yeah, I get it, the number of devout followers of these intolerant and violent religions would offer evidence to the contrary, but I mean failure in another sense.)
Also, Islam would do well to learn lessons from Christianity. Look at how adaptable Christianity has been! It adopts all sorts of holidays and celebrations so that people think it's religious (like Christmas and Easter) and allows participation with pagan holidays like Halloween without fear of corrupting people because it's all in fun, not to be taken seriously. Also, in the 60s, they avoided a serious departure from Christianity in the US by changing God's personality from fire, brimstone and harsh punishment to a gentle god of love, forgiveness and tolerance. And it worked! The face of Christianity in the US today is completely different from the pre-60's version. Islam is like it is stuck 1000 years in the past.
Yes... perhaps... this time. The facts of every case needs to be objectively judged every time. We should try not to let reputation (good or bad) influence us into prejudging too much.
It is in Google's interest to not allow competitors use its resources. For example, a privacy oriented search service should not be allowed to benefit from Google's resources by it essentially being a proxy service for search. (Grey area there, because what if this privacy oriented service actually *IS* a proxy service? I kind of think that should be allowed.) Some assertions seem to hold that by blocking competitors from piggy-backing on Google's resources, Google is being anti-competitive. I have to disagree.
Some may liken this to Microsoft's changing of protocols to break compatibility with alternative client software like SaMBa or Pidgin. That, in my view *is* anti-competitive because compatibility should be preserved as these are more about the protocol than the service. (Yeah, I recognize there is some serious grey areas when it comes to using Microsoft's chat servers using clients other than Microsoft's... they are at free liberty to improve their services and protocols, but I disagree with their detecting alternative clients and attempting to block them.)
Anyway....