This is the world now. It is a form of corporate welfare. Issues that should be civil and handled by the corporation's at their cost are legislated into criminal issues where the taxpayers bear the cost burden. Privatize the profits, socialize the expenses.
Of course this does not even touch upon whether it is ethical to jail people for these types of offenses. Hint, it isn't.
Pshaw, while you were terminating 10base2 I was troubleshooting IBM MAUs with 4mbs STP token ring. You haven't seen crazy till you deal with STP connectors...
FDIC/NCUA requires that the banks know who they have deposits from and gave loans to, and BitCoin is designed to be anonymous. Lost BitCoins are like lost cash, and exchanges not lasting long prove how illiquid this "currency" is.
Bitcoin is NOT designed to be anonymous. It is psuedonymous. Why do people stick to this? I am not a miner nor a speculator. I am interested in cryptocurrencies because I think they -could- fundamentally change how economies work. Bitcoin stores details of every transaction forever. That is what the blockchain does! This puts all transactions out in the open for analysis. Sure you can mix between a billion wallets, but how long before someone detangles the block chain and sees that the guy who bout 2 kilos of coke also used the same wallet to buy his daughter a barbie powerwheels?
If we wanted to have insured bitcoins we could, you would give up your pseudoanonumty though to do so.
When it gets down to it — talking trade balances here — once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here — once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel — once the Invisible Hand has taken away all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity — y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
music
movies
microcode (software)
high-speed pizza delivery
You'll get "Oh, have you tried turning it off and on? Oh that didn't work? You need to purchase a whole new PC".
Unfortunately, this is an economic truth now. When a fair PC is $500 bucks, it makes little sense to pay $100s an hour to fix it, unless it serves a highly specialized purpose, which is rare.
Outrage is the preferred drug of choice these days though
Indeed it is, but I thing you just committed a microagression by mentioning it.
While I have you here whipslash, who would I talk to about recovering an old account? I have had three accounts here. A fairly low UID when I was young, dumb and trolling with frosty piss I do not remember that one at all. Then another that I treated much better. Then I went to prison for 10 years and lost access to this one. I know the name and UID, but the email for recovering the account is long since defunct (and I am not sure what email it was, as I had several).
It is no huge deal, but part of me would like to revive that account, if for no other reason than to be able to post under my old name with a lower UID.
Because some nerds care about or are interested in things like marine research, animal rights/treatment etc. Don't like, click next, or better vote submissions you want up. But, bitching is easier....
10000x this. Do you want your cloud connected refrigerator to stop working when Samsung or LG decide not to support that platform anymore? It already happens with upgrades to phones and tablets from these and other manufacturers.
There need to be consumer protection laws in place that state that service/updates will be provided to a date that coincides with the expected lifetime of the device. That length of service needs to be clearly stated on the product. If Sony expects a Smart TV to last 7 years, then list 7 years software updates and face penalties or refunds if that term is not complied with.
When I say services, I mean whatever "cloud"/connected service that was sold as part of the package.
I know many here will think "oh noes, not more regulation.. let the market fix it....". The market is not fixing it. Mainly because developing and maintaining these services is a cost center for these businesses. That expense has little to no return. Sure there is data collection/advertising. With some there may be a premium subscription model, but the real income comes from forcing consumers onto the new hotness buy not maintaining the old devices properly. At its core, that is nothing more than an elaborate bait and switch scheme, and there is no competitive or monetary incentive for this model to change, and I would argue this is one of the exact types of scenarios government regulation is for.
A button to show changes on edited posts is all that is needed (and extra DB fields for storing and tracking revisions). A revision limit could help with this.
I travel quite a bit. Most mid tier hotels offer free wifi. Higher end hotels often have free and 'upgraded' tiers. You can get laggy, almost unable to stream 720 video wifi free or pay.
Submitter here. There are certainly things we can study with manned missions that we cannot robotically. However the political/financial will is not there. My hope is that robotic missions will advance science more cheaply, and at some point there will be a discovery that will make political or corporate manned missions a no-brainer.
For right now though manned exploration is not something we have the will to do, and this seems to maybe be the best path to get there.
Thanks! Since the summary clearly states "Adds wbr1" you would realize it was my own added opinion/editorializing. Oh wait this is/. just read the headline and gripe. Carry on. Next time we will just wait for the forbes/startswithafingerbang version.
You still need base load capacity which neither solar or wind is currently (nor likely ever will be) capable of. Unless you replace that with nuke plants, then you will simply be buying your base load from out of state, and STILL using fossil fuels.
30 to 90 days is plenty. No different than an earlier write protected backup tape in terms of utility forbdata recovery. If you get a crypto virus and wait 30 days before attempting a fix, well, you deserve what you get.
The US is not about free market capitalism. We give lip service to it, the talking heads point out the other party ruining it, but in reality most if not all industries have gamed the system. It is now about socializing the costs as much as possible and privatizing the profits. This is near end game capitalism and its ugly as fuck.
This is not a solar energy 'scheme'. It is a more efficient method to produce hydrogen for fuel cells. I too am a fan of nuclear, properly done, but solar energy and solar processes have their place in a good energy mix.
Slashdot Mirror
Of course this does not even touch upon whether it is ethical to jail people for these types of offenses. Hint, it isn't.
A counter argument to this is that software would then so expensive that it would be beyond the average persons ability to purchase.
Or this: https://i2.wp.com/jillsommer.w...
Pshaw, while you were terminating 10base2 I was troubleshooting IBM MAUs with 4mbs STP token ring. You haven't seen crazy till you deal with STP connectors...
FDIC/NCUA requires that the banks know who they have deposits from and gave loans to, and BitCoin is designed to be anonymous. Lost BitCoins are like lost cash, and exchanges not lasting long prove how illiquid this "currency" is.
Bitcoin is NOT designed to be anonymous. It is psuedonymous. Why do people stick to this?
I am not a miner nor a speculator. I am interested in cryptocurrencies because I think they -could- fundamentally change how economies work.
Bitcoin stores details of every transaction forever. That is what the blockchain does! This puts all transactions out in the open for analysis. Sure you can mix between a billion wallets, but how long before someone detangles the block chain and sees that the guy who bout 2 kilos of coke also used the same wallet to buy his daughter a barbie powerwheels?
If we wanted to have insured bitcoins we could, you would give up your pseudoanonumty though to do so.
See subject...
When it gets down to it — talking trade balances here — once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here — once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel — once the Invisible Hand has taken away all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity — y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
music
movies
microcode (software)
high-speed pizza delivery
Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
You'll get "Oh, have you tried turning it off and on? Oh that didn't work? You need to purchase a whole new PC".
Unfortunately, this is an economic truth now. When a fair PC is $500 bucks, it makes little sense to pay $100s an hour to fix it, unless it serves a highly specialized purpose, which is rare.
People do not care as long as you make their cage comfortable enough.
Outrage is the preferred drug of choice these days though
Indeed it is, but I thing you just committed a microagression by mentioning it.
While I have you here whipslash, who would I talk to about recovering an old account? I have had three accounts here. A fairly low UID when I was young, dumb and trolling with frosty piss I do not remember that one at all. Then another that I treated much better. Then I went to prison for 10 years and lost access to this one. I know the name and UID, but the email for recovering the account is long since defunct (and I am not sure what email it was, as I had several).
It is no huge deal, but part of me would like to revive that account, if for no other reason than to be able to post under my old name with a lower UID.
Because some nerds care about or are interested in things like marine research, animal rights/treatment etc. Don't like, click next, or better vote submissions you want up. But, bitching is easier....
There need to be consumer protection laws in place that state that service/updates will be provided to a date that coincides with the expected lifetime of the device. That length of service needs to be clearly stated on the product. If Sony expects a Smart TV to last 7 years, then list 7 years software updates and face penalties or refunds if that term is not complied with. When I say services, I mean whatever "cloud"/connected service that was sold as part of the package.
I know many here will think "oh noes, not more regulation.. let the market fix it....". The market is not fixing it. Mainly because developing and maintaining these services is a cost center for these businesses. That expense has little to no return. Sure there is data collection/advertising. With some there may be a premium subscription model, but the real income comes from forcing consumers onto the new hotness buy not maintaining the old devices properly. At its core, that is nothing more than an elaborate bait and switch scheme, and there is no competitive or monetary incentive for this model to change, and I would argue this is one of the exact types of scenarios government regulation is for.
A button to show changes on edited posts is all that is needed (and extra DB fields for storing and tracking revisions). A revision limit could help with this.
Cheapo tablet with custom clock, or being pi day get a raspberry pi or arduino and roll your own. Perhaps driving Nixie tubes.
I travel quite a bit. Most mid tier hotels offer free wifi. Higher end hotels often have free and 'upgraded' tiers. You can get laggy, almost unable to stream 720 video wifi free or pay.
-Cat probably
Submitter here. There are certainly things we can study with manned missions that we cannot robotically. However the political/financial will is not there. My hope is that robotic missions will advance science more cheaply, and at some point there will be a discovery that will make political or corporate manned missions a no-brainer. For right now though manned exploration is not something we have the will to do, and this seems to maybe be the best path to get there.
Thanks! Since the summary clearly states "Adds wbr1" you would realize it was my own added opinion/editorializing. Oh wait this is /. just read the headline and gripe. Carry on. Next time we will just wait for the forbes/startswithafingerbang version.
You still need base load capacity which neither solar or wind is currently (nor likely ever will be) capable of. Unless you replace that with nuke plants, then you will simply be buying your base load from out of state, and STILL using fossil fuels.
Um.. It is either decrypted or not. This is a binary value. There would be no uncertainty of missing data should they decrypt the phone.
30 to 90 days is plenty. No different than an earlier write protected backup tape in terms of utility forbdata recovery. If you get a crypto virus and wait 30 days before attempting a fix, well, you deserve what you get.
In all likelihood it is unmonitored, just like the cameras. They are recorded for after the fact examination.
And it shall birth beta.slashdot.org, let the weeping commence.
The US is not about free market capitalism. We give lip service to it, the talking heads point out the other party ruining it, but in reality most if not all industries have gamed the system. It is now about socializing the costs as much as possible and privatizing the profits. This is near end game capitalism and its ugly as fuck.
This is not a solar energy 'scheme'. It is a more efficient method to produce hydrogen for fuel cells. I too am a fan of nuclear, properly done, but solar energy and solar processes have their place in a good energy mix.