If Facebook labels some small time news site as "fake news" would there be a case to be made for defamation if the stories in question were actually factual? For example What about "facts" that are in dispute? Did the Russians hack the DNC or was it an internal leaker who handed the stuff to Wikileaks? One could write an article siting very reputable sources on both sides of that story so which side of that story would be "fake news"
I got a pop up saying that "the simpsons" was blacked out in Chicago due to "regional blackout rules" while teh Packers game right before The Simpsons worked fine...
I plugged back in the cable box and havnt looked back.
"Cloud" services can be done very securely, look at any number of business/enterprise services from MS, Amazon, Oracle, SAP or any of a dozen other vendors. Its sad that the consumer end of the cloud is such a joke security wise. look at the past few months, this and the the yshoo FBI search thing are great examples of how piss poor the consumer cloud is. It doesnt have to be this way. We need a secure consumer cloud.
seems to me that this is another one of those business practices that would be totally against the law if it were done in an analog world, if a representative of a car service followed you documenting your every location to "help be sure to give you better service when you want a ride" everyone would call BS and they would be out of business or at least severely hampered. Because they do this "on a computer" its somehow just fine and makes them a darling for the VC/Stock market...sick...
Google needs to start working with vendors in the markets that use these lower end phones to make secure and reliable hardware. If there are a couple vendors making reliable phones for the ultra low end, with Googles official support and endorsement, it could go a long way in killing the market for these sorts of devices and win them a lot of favor in places where they might not be so highly regarded.
the idea of the first amendment was that anyone can say anything on the public square, but online the "public" square is all privately owned by mostly large companies based in the Sanfrancisco or San Jose region and run by people who are predominately liberal. They are free to run their businesses as they and their shareholders see fit, but with so much of life hapnenning online, where are we supposed to have the "public square" if anyone with differant ideas gets treated badly or labeled "hate speech" or "fake news"?
If Facebook Twitter, Reddit and other leftist dominated companies run all the communications mediums, how are those who disagree to compete in the arena of ideas?
Mod this parent up! if i could i would. Live within the means of one salary for a few years if you value one parent being with the child/children around teh clock for some amount of time. My folks did it, and many of my friends parents did too. They gave up the shiny new cars and yearly vacations for what for me was a pretty great family life.
I dont look at it as discrimination, I think parents should be given help making sure they can care for their kids. But 20 paid weeks off while the non parents get what? two or three weeks a year of sick/vacation time? Lets flip this on its head, lets say some company did say "we evaluated things and saw that non parent singles worked more hours and got more done so we are giving the single childless people 20% higher pay"...how fast would that land in court?
get to pick up the slack with no extra PTO or a larger salary? I understand the need to help parents, and i don't dispute it. I get that maybe parents needsome time out for a new birth or to leave early or come in late or take time off now and again to deal with older kids, but 20 weeks at full pay? doesn't that put a huge burden on those who dont have kids to pick up the slack?
pent up demand from Mac users who are one of 2 classifications
1: high end consumers who havnt bought a new laptop in 3 years because there really hasnt been a new one.
2: Pros who are absolutely locked into Apple ecosystems and want the most horsepower they can get in a laptop (even if its less than PC laptops) and havnt had a new one availible in 3 years or so. These are mainly xcode or Final Cut users, and Adobe CS users who have built up workflows with a lot of Mac Only tools that work along side the adobe suite.
The new MBP has a lot of people looking at going to Windows 10 - those I know that are heavy users of Wacom tablets are definitely considering Surface but it has a lot of the same downfalls as the new Macbook "pro" - 16gb ram, poor port choice, not the greatest keyboard, etc.
When I point out to the Mac users in my universe that I could get them a Dell or Lenovo with 32 or even 64GB ram and a better CPU, more storage and better I/O port selection for a few hundred less than a new MBP, they tend to start thinking about how they could move their workflows to Windows or Linux. For the people I am thinking of, they would rather have a laptop weigh a couple more pounds if it means getting more work done faster.
MS isnt really winning any business here, Apple is throwing the business away!
so the traffic light will cater to whats best for the person in the $100k luxury car but the kid in the beater has to be at a disadvantage on teh public right of way? seems like an equal access issue to me. Whats next? priority access to the side walk for those wearing $500 hand made Italian leather shoes while those in $50 sneakers wait??
to clarify my comment, I don't think Apple getting tax free interest is wrong because thats how bonds work, but it seems that if im reading correctly, they are buying the bonds with pre tax dollars. Thats the genesis of my comment.
the real problem is crony "capitalism", and it happens on both sides, its not a republican or democrat exclusive. Its not a free market when the government picks winners and losers. Say what you will about the Libertarian party but they have been talking about this issue for as long as I can remember, I just hope next time we get an opportunity to shine with two deplorable major party candidates we don't nominate a total stoner!.
thats not how it works. the rules were long standing and clear, its about electors in the states. Its like baseball - the Indians scored more runs than the Cubs in the World Series but who won?
The United States DoD is doing large rollouts of Win 10 to replace ageing systems. Put it this way, if it weren't secure, do you think DoD and The Dept of the Navy would be going with it?
There were large reservations around the frequent upgrade requirements of Current Branch for Business but those are getting worked out as the servicing model matures and the tools to support it, like SCCM, get more robust. That said, a lot of companies do want the new OS because there are a lot of speed improvments, as well as security improvements that include better support for strong (mil spec) encryption out of the box, better protection against malicious "rootkit" like software with tools like Secure Boot and better tech to protect credentials from pass the hash attacks. All this relies on native UEFI support, an area where Win10 is far and away above Win7.
Make all the jokes you want about ads and such in the consumer builds (i dont like it either btw) but as a windows deployment specialist who is fielding regular head hunter calls when they find me on Linkedin, I can tell you Win10 enterprise is very desirable for many companies.
This ala carte thing is really backfiring - as much as I dislike Comcast, there is something to be said for getting everything in one bill. When you add up netflix, HBOgo, hulu, CBS, Amazon, and your choice of Directv NOW, Playstation TV, or that Dish/sling offering plus a decent internet connection, its already more than the tv+net package from the cable company and the content we want constantly disappears or has some goofy restriction placed on it. The media companies are making this WORSE...
Let the streamers stream and cache ahead in bursts! I would love to see some QoS on the ISP level to bump down Netflix caching downloads so that my cable internet doesnt degrade to useless crap durring the hours of 5 to 10 PM. If you are going to binge watch $Show, start it downloading, then go make your popcorn and come back and start EP1, then the rest of the neighborhood doesn't get its bandwidth nuked by high priority streaming traffic.
which I have running quite comfortably on a 10 year old PC with an extra DIMM or two of RAM...MacOS is nice and Apple HW is good stuff but the whole myth of Apple HW lasting longer than PC is just that, a myth.
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If Facebook labels some small time news site as "fake news" would there be a case to be made for defamation if the stories in question were actually factual? For example What about "facts" that are in dispute? Did the Russians hack the DNC or was it an internal leaker who handed the stuff to Wikileaks? One could write an article siting very reputable sources on both sides of that story so which side of that story would be "fake news"
I got a pop up saying that "the simpsons" was blacked out in Chicago due to "regional blackout rules" while teh Packers game right before The Simpsons worked fine...
I plugged back in the cable box and havnt looked back.
"Cloud" services can be done very securely, look at any number of business/enterprise services from MS, Amazon, Oracle, SAP or any of a dozen other vendors. Its sad that the consumer end of the cloud is such a joke security wise. look at the past few months, this and the the yshoo FBI search thing are great examples of how piss poor the consumer cloud is. It doesnt have to be this way. We need a secure consumer cloud.
seems to me that this is another one of those business practices that would be totally against the law if it were done in an analog world, if a representative of a car service followed you documenting your every location to "help be sure to give you better service when you want a ride" everyone would call BS and they would be out of business or at least severely hampered. Because they do this "on a computer" its somehow just fine and makes them a darling for the VC/Stock market...sick...
Google needs to start working with vendors in the markets that use these lower end phones to make secure and reliable hardware. If there are a couple vendors making reliable phones for the ultra low end, with Googles official support and endorsement, it could go a long way in killing the market for these sorts of devices and win them a lot of favor in places where they might not be so highly regarded.
the idea of the first amendment was that anyone can say anything on the public square, but online the "public" square is all privately owned by mostly large companies based in the Sanfrancisco or San Jose region and run by people who are predominately liberal. They are free to run their businesses as they and their shareholders see fit, but with so much of life hapnenning online, where are we supposed to have the "public square" if anyone with differant ideas gets treated badly or labeled "hate speech" or "fake news"?
If Facebook Twitter, Reddit and other leftist dominated companies run all the communications mediums, how are those who disagree to compete in the arena of ideas?
Mod this parent up! if i could i would. Live within the means of one salary for a few years if you value one parent being with the child/children around teh clock for some amount of time. My folks did it, and many of my friends parents did too. They gave up the shiny new cars and yearly vacations for what for me was a pretty great family life.
I dont look at it as discrimination, I think parents should be given help making sure they can care for their kids. But 20 paid weeks off while the non parents get what? two or three weeks a year of sick/vacation time? Lets flip this on its head, lets say some company did say "we evaluated things and saw that non parent singles worked more hours and got more done so we are giving the single childless people 20% higher pay"...how fast would that land in court?
get to pick up the slack with no extra PTO or a larger salary? I understand the need to help parents, and i don't dispute it. I get that maybe parents needsome time out for a new birth or to leave early or come in late or take time off now and again to deal with older kids, but 20 weeks at full pay? doesn't that put a huge burden on those who dont have kids to pick up the slack?
pent up demand from Mac users who are one of 2 classifications
1: high end consumers who havnt bought a new laptop in 3 years because there really hasnt been a new one.
2: Pros who are absolutely locked into Apple ecosystems and want the most horsepower they can get in a laptop (even if its less than PC laptops) and havnt had a new one availible in 3 years or so. These are mainly xcode or Final Cut users, and Adobe CS users who have built up workflows with a lot of Mac Only tools that work along side the adobe suite.
The new MBP has a lot of people looking at going to Windows 10 - those I know that are heavy users of Wacom tablets are definitely considering Surface but it has a lot of the same downfalls as the new Macbook "pro" - 16gb ram, poor port choice, not the greatest keyboard, etc.
When I point out to the Mac users in my universe that I could get them a Dell or Lenovo with 32 or even 64GB ram and a better CPU, more storage and better I/O port selection for a few hundred less than a new MBP, they tend to start thinking about how they could move their workflows to Windows or Linux. For the people I am thinking of, they would rather have a laptop weigh a couple more pounds if it means getting more work done faster.
MS isnt really winning any business here, Apple is throwing the business away!
DONT USE A PUBLIC TOOL! seems obvious but i guess it isnt.
so the traffic light will cater to whats best for the person in the $100k luxury car but the kid in the beater has to be at a disadvantage on teh public right of way? seems like an equal access issue to me. Whats next? priority access to the side walk for those wearing $500 hand made Italian leather shoes while those in $50 sneakers wait??
to clarify my comment, I don't think Apple getting tax free interest is wrong because thats how bonds work, but it seems that if im reading correctly, they are buying the bonds with pre tax dollars. Thats the genesis of my comment.
the real problem is crony "capitalism", and it happens on both sides, its not a republican or democrat exclusive. Its not a free market when the government picks winners and losers. Say what you will about the Libertarian party but they have been talking about this issue for as long as I can remember, I just hope next time we get an opportunity to shine with two deplorable major party candidates we don't nominate a total stoner!.
thats not how it works. the rules were long standing and clear, its about electors in the states. Its like baseball - the Indians scored more runs than the Cubs in the World Series but who won?
The United States DoD is doing large rollouts of Win 10 to replace ageing systems. Put it this way, if it weren't secure, do you think DoD and The Dept of the Navy would be going with it?
There were large reservations around the frequent upgrade requirements of Current Branch for Business but those are getting worked out as the servicing model matures and the tools to support it, like SCCM, get more robust. That said, a lot of companies do want the new OS because there are a lot of speed improvments, as well as security improvements that include better support for strong (mil spec) encryption out of the box, better protection against malicious "rootkit" like software with tools like Secure Boot and better tech to protect credentials from pass the hash attacks. All this relies on native UEFI support, an area where Win10 is far and away above Win7.
Make all the jokes you want about ads and such in the consumer builds (i dont like it either btw) but as a windows deployment specialist who is fielding regular head hunter calls when they find me on Linkedin, I can tell you Win10 enterprise is very desirable for many companies.
This ala carte thing is really backfiring - as much as I dislike Comcast, there is something to be said for getting everything in one bill. When you add up netflix, HBOgo, hulu, CBS, Amazon, and your choice of Directv NOW, Playstation TV, or that Dish/sling offering plus a decent internet connection, its already more than the tv+net package from the cable company and the content we want constantly disappears or has some goofy restriction placed on it. The media companies are making this WORSE...
I hear it does great things for 4k, so it seems that it would be really great for HD, and even older 720 or 480 content too.
"$625,000 has been assigned to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in schools"
Yeah...because more STEM funding will help the guy living under the bridge near you!
Just more play to force everyone to take CS classes and devalue the skillset.
Let the streamers stream and cache ahead in bursts! I would love to see some QoS on the ISP level to bump down Netflix caching downloads so that my cable internet doesnt degrade to useless crap durring the hours of 5 to 10 PM. If you are going to binge watch $Show, start it downloading, then go make your popcorn and come back and start EP1, then the rest of the neighborhood doesn't get its bandwidth nuked by high priority streaming traffic.
yep...just like all the libs that scream "I'm moving to $Canada-or-UE-Countrey if $Republican wins $Office"
They never follow thru...I love the Archive, but this just seems purely political and not based on real threats to speech or archival activities.
which I have running quite comfortably on a 10 year old PC with an extra DIMM or two of RAM...MacOS is nice and Apple HW is good stuff but the whole myth of Apple HW lasting longer than PC is just that, a myth.
perhaps the perfect metal band name...