The title makes it sound like a widespread problem, but it looks like this has only happened to a single person. Honestly, seems like some idiot user accidentally turned on a notification feature and then was upset when it did what he told it to do. Just because he wasn't aware of what he did or how he could easily stop it doesn't really make it a scandal.
You do realize that the recent data dump was not of the emails on Clinton's server, right? They were on Podesta's person Gmail account, so even if we had every last email that ever existed on that server—no matter how trivial—you wouldn't be able to confirm the authenticity of this leak (of course with the exception of anything he sent to that server, but that hasn't been what's featured so far).
The rest of the conspiracy theory stuff just isn't worth getting into a pointless internet argument over. Nothing I say will sway you from thinking she's "Crooked Hillary," and nothing you say will convince me she actually did anything with malice. I do object to your logic that "all we can do is assume they are real," but to each his own.
Except when you have no way to verify what leaked emails are real, which ones are manipulated, and which ones are completely fabricated, and you're simply trusting that a foreign power that's actively trying to manipulate the political process in this country is releasing *only* the truth and not performing any alterations to advance their own agenda.
That's the thing about news articles, though. You use headlines and summaries to tease juicy stories and entice readers to check out the rest. If this is the juiciest bit, then I stand by my statement that there's nothing of substance.
If you think people are upset because Trump used the word "pussy," you're completely missing the point.
People are upset because he basically confessed to molesting women, then talked about trying to hook up with a married woman, then bragged about how people with power can do pretty much whatever they want, which you may recognize as the line of thought that is used to criticize the legal treatment of Clinton. It's pretty much the profile of a rapist, even if he hasn't gone that far, and it should alarm people, because he shows no remorse, doesn't even seem to realize that there's anything wrong with what he said or did.
Have you ever considered that it might be for a reason (and not just massive conspiracy)?
Judging by the summary, there's nothing of substance in this release, just some petty bickering and some predictable discussions. What makes any of that newsworthy?
I almost never play games, so that's not an issue, though it would be nice to have at least one decent browser for the platform. As for the Hub, I see the appeal of the concept, but the app itself doesn't impress me. I don't use multiple accounts with it (though my coworkers that do seem to have problems) and I'm perfectly happy to have separate apps for mail, texts, and calls.
Really, though, most of my gripes are with the UX: basic navigation is wildly inconsistent, menus are cluttered and disorganized, and a lot of things are hidden in submenus with no indication that something can even be clicked for further options. Really, it's just unpleasant to use, and I'd much rather use Android or even iOS. Oh, and the software keyboard is atrocious. Give me SwiftKey or something equivalent ANY day. Of course, you can't change they keyboard on BB10...
I find this decision difficult to understand. I was forced to get a BlackBerry for work, ended up with a Z30. The hardware seems decent, but the absolute worst thing has always been the software. It's like the people designing the OS have never used a smartphone before. I can see the potential usefulness in some of the software for some people, but as a whole I consider their software to be their weakest point. I only have to charge this thing once a week, because I hate using it so much (ugh, remind me again why I was forced to get this thing).
I have to admit, I really don't get that particular scandal. When you have a notification, the X has always just been a dismiss button. When the notification is informing a user about a scheduled operation, why on earth would anyone think that simply dismissing the notification would magically un-schedule the operation? Now, if there were a button inside the dialog box that said "Don't Install" and it did anyway, now we'd have a legitimate scandal.
Read it again. The two first words in the notification, in all CAPS, are "SECURITY WARNING". If that doesn't make you think that, "Gee, maybe I should be careful," you really have no one to blame but yourself.
Because there's more to Office than just Word, and having the ability to add custom code actually has a large benefit to programs like Excel and Access. And maybe someone wants Excel to generate an email in Outlook or a Word document as a report, or update a PowerPoint presentation? Just because you don't use a feature doesn't mean that someone else doesn't have a very legitimate use for it.
There's a reason why macro support is often cited as a weakness of competing suites like LibreOffice.
Actually, there aretwo buttons: there's the one on the left, next to the warning, asking if you want to enable, and there's the "X" on the right, which allows you to dismiss the warning without enabling anything.
Okay, my mistake. Here I thought people would rather read stories that are new and interesting, rather than re-hash the same old anti-Microsoft circlejerk every day, but the crowd has spoken. Handjobs for everyone!
Okay, we get it: Windows 10 updates are annoying and pushy, most users are too stupid to avoid them, and Microsoft doesn't give a crap how the users feel. Now can we PLEASE stop seeing the same goddamned story posted every goddamned day?
Totally agreed. People these days keep throwing around the word "misogyny" when it doesn't really seem applicable. There's a difference between hating a woman simply for being a woman, and hating an individual for who they are or what they've done, and employing sexist language to insult them.
The analog of "misogynistic" for males would be "misandrous." "Misanthropic" applies to all humans, in which case 100% of the tweets would come from the victimized group.
The problem is more one of inconvenience, because it throws up the same warning page not just entering the site, but also for every link you click on the site as well.
If anything, it's encouraging unsafe behavior, because most users will be so put off by this annoying behavior that they'll just disable the feature entirely.
I'd like to see a histogram of the speeds, just out of curiosity. The article (side note: why not link in the description?) states 63% of the cars were speeding, but are we talking about 5 mph in excess, or 10+? Additional statistics would be very useful in this case.
Seriously, get rid of the Anonymous Cowards. 99.999% of the time, they're just posting trolling or inflammatory comments and not adding anything whatsoever to the community.
Microsoft's obligations in the US case ended in 2007, and they were willing to extend the terms of their settlement until 2012. They're not legally required to do anything anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I'm glad to see someone else already made this comment. It's precisely this type of misappropriated use of the word "theory" in a scientific setting that leads so many people to ignorantly denounce legitimate scientific theories, confusing them for scientific guesswork.
Not to be insensitive to people with vestibular disorders, but why is this the first I'm hearing about this? OSes from Windows to OSX to Linux to Android, etc. etc., have employed various zooming/sliding/wobbling/parallax animations for years now. I've only played with iOS 7 that smallest bit, but is it really so different from everything else that's it's causing a sudden wave of heretofore unseen motion sickness?
First off, the jokes (as described) were juvenile, but in no way misogynistic.
Second, you're creating a false dichotomy for her choices. Richards also had the option to privately go to the event's organizers and present her complaint. Instead, she decided to publicly shame these guys for a stupid joke, resulting in getting one of them fired. She most certainly overreacted as well, making a move that belongs every bit as much to the confines of a high school as did the jokes by the two men.
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The title makes it sound like a widespread problem, but it looks like this has only happened to a single person. Honestly, seems like some idiot user accidentally turned on a notification feature and then was upset when it did what he told it to do. Just because he wasn't aware of what he did or how he could easily stop it doesn't really make it a scandal.
You do realize that the recent data dump was not of the emails on Clinton's server, right? They were on Podesta's person Gmail account, so even if we had every last email that ever existed on that server—no matter how trivial—you wouldn't be able to confirm the authenticity of this leak (of course with the exception of anything he sent to that server, but that hasn't been what's featured so far).
The rest of the conspiracy theory stuff just isn't worth getting into a pointless internet argument over. Nothing I say will sway you from thinking she's "Crooked Hillary," and nothing you say will convince me she actually did anything with malice. I do object to your logic that "all we can do is assume they are real," but to each his own.
Except when you have no way to verify what leaked emails are real, which ones are manipulated, and which ones are completely fabricated, and you're simply trusting that a foreign power that's actively trying to manipulate the political process in this country is releasing *only* the truth and not performing any alterations to advance their own agenda.
That's the thing about news articles, though. You use headlines and summaries to tease juicy stories and entice readers to check out the rest. If this is the juiciest bit, then I stand by my statement that there's nothing of substance.
If you think people are upset because Trump used the word "pussy," you're completely missing the point.
People are upset because he basically confessed to molesting women, then talked about trying to hook up with a married woman, then bragged about how people with power can do pretty much whatever they want, which you may recognize as the line of thought that is used to criticize the legal treatment of Clinton. It's pretty much the profile of a rapist, even if he hasn't gone that far, and it should alarm people, because he shows no remorse, doesn't even seem to realize that there's anything wrong with what he said or did.
Have you ever considered that it might be for a reason (and not just massive conspiracy)?
Judging by the summary, there's nothing of substance in this release, just some petty bickering and some predictable discussions. What makes any of that newsworthy?
I almost never play games, so that's not an issue, though it would be nice to have at least one decent browser for the platform. As for the Hub, I see the appeal of the concept, but the app itself doesn't impress me. I don't use multiple accounts with it (though my coworkers that do seem to have problems) and I'm perfectly happy to have separate apps for mail, texts, and calls.
Really, though, most of my gripes are with the UX: basic navigation is wildly inconsistent, menus are cluttered and disorganized, and a lot of things are hidden in submenus with no indication that something can even be clicked for further options. Really, it's just unpleasant to use, and I'd much rather use Android or even iOS. Oh, and the software keyboard is atrocious. Give me SwiftKey or something equivalent ANY day. Of course, you can't change they keyboard on BB10...
I find this decision difficult to understand. I was forced to get a BlackBerry for work, ended up with a Z30. The hardware seems decent, but the absolute worst thing has always been the software. It's like the people designing the OS have never used a smartphone before. I can see the potential usefulness in some of the software for some people, but as a whole I consider their software to be their weakest point. I only have to charge this thing once a week, because I hate using it so much (ugh, remind me again why I was forced to get this thing).
Whoops, guess they're just talking about the first off-hand mention of it, not the actual demonstation from less than a year ago.
The linked article isn't even one year old...
For a second there, I thought I was crazy and losing track of time.
I have to admit, I really don't get that particular scandal. When you have a notification, the X has always just been a dismiss button. When the notification is informing a user about a scheduled operation, why on earth would anyone think that simply dismissing the notification would magically un-schedule the operation? Now, if there were a button inside the dialog box that said "Don't Install" and it did anyway, now we'd have a legitimate scandal.
Read it again. The two first words in the notification, in all CAPS, are "SECURITY WARNING". If that doesn't make you think that, "Gee, maybe I should be careful," you really have no one to blame but yourself.
Because there's more to Office than just Word, and having the ability to add custom code actually has a large benefit to programs like Excel and Access. And maybe someone wants Excel to generate an email in Outlook or a Word document as a report, or update a PowerPoint presentation? Just because you don't use a feature doesn't mean that someone else doesn't have a very legitimate use for it. There's a reason why macro support is often cited as a weakness of competing suites like LibreOffice.
Actually, there are two buttons: there's the one on the left, next to the warning, asking if you want to enable, and there's the "X" on the right, which allows you to dismiss the warning without enabling anything.
Okay, my mistake. Here I thought people would rather read stories that are new and interesting, rather than re-hash the same old anti-Microsoft circlejerk every day, but the crowd has spoken. Handjobs for everyone!
Okay, we get it: Windows 10 updates are annoying and pushy, most users are too stupid to avoid them, and Microsoft doesn't give a crap how the users feel. Now can we PLEASE stop seeing the same goddamned story posted every goddamned day?
Totally agreed. People these days keep throwing around the word "misogyny" when it doesn't really seem applicable. There's a difference between hating a woman simply for being a woman, and hating an individual for who they are or what they've done, and employing sexist language to insult them.
The analog of "misogynistic" for males would be "misandrous." "Misanthropic" applies to all humans, in which case 100% of the tweets would come from the victimized group.
The problem is more one of inconvenience, because it throws up the same warning page not just entering the site, but also for every link you click on the site as well.
If anything, it's encouraging unsafe behavior, because most users will be so put off by this annoying behavior that they'll just disable the feature entirely.
I'd like to see a histogram of the speeds, just out of curiosity. The article (side note: why not link in the description?) states 63% of the cars were speeding, but are we talking about 5 mph in excess, or 10+? Additional statistics would be very useful in this case.
Seriously, get rid of the Anonymous Cowards. 99.999% of the time, they're just posting trolling or inflammatory comments and not adding anything whatsoever to the community.
Microsoft's obligations in the US case ended in 2007, and they were willing to extend the terms of their settlement until 2012. They're not legally required to do anything anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I'm glad to see someone else already made this comment. It's precisely this type of misappropriated use of the word "theory" in a scientific setting that leads so many people to ignorantly denounce legitimate scientific theories, confusing them for scientific guesswork.
Not to be insensitive to people with vestibular disorders, but why is this the first I'm hearing about this? OSes from Windows to OSX to Linux to Android, etc. etc., have employed various zooming/sliding/wobbling/parallax animations for years now. I've only played with iOS 7 that smallest bit, but is it really so different from everything else that's it's causing a sudden wave of heretofore unseen motion sickness?
First off, the jokes (as described) were juvenile, but in no way misogynistic.
Second, you're creating a false dichotomy for her choices. Richards also had the option to privately go to the event's organizers and present her complaint. Instead, she decided to publicly shame these guys for a stupid joke, resulting in getting one of them fired. She most certainly overreacted as well, making a move that belongs every bit as much to the confines of a high school as did the jokes by the two men.