Yeah, that's not what I want though. I just want to order the car online and have it delivered, just like any other packages. Typically I'll already know what the car drives like from driving rentals, trying friends' cars, etc. Maybe for a first-time car owner the dealer experience and walk-through can be beneficial, but for an experienced car owner it's really just a waste of time.
I've always been annoyed that I can't just buy a car online (or house for that matter) - glad to see that change!
I also believe it will allow for better feedback to the manufacturer. People will ask for and select the features they like, not the ones the salesman convinced them to sign for because it helps his commission or allows him to sell a model from his inventory.
There's different ways to deal with that. The university I studied at allowed anyone to enter the first year. You could however only proceed to the second year if you completed the first year with a minimum score.
IMHO this is more fair than an entrance exam because you get judged on your ability to keep up with the particular program, not on how shitty your previous school/program was.
You're misunderstanding what PRISM supposedly does. (And you're not the only one.) PRISM does not cause any delays whatsoever - it's not a man-in-the-middle attack. It's simply a copy of all traffic on a fiber. Also an old fashioned "tap" on your Internet connection (usually port mirror at the ISP or Internet exchange) does not cause any delays.
40% did NOT drop. 40% measured by this one stats agency dropped. They don't measure Bittorrent, Usenet, Netflix or other bandwidth eaters. The real number is likely to be much much lower.
The guy never said he was host to Edward Snowden. He confirmed that there was a user account with that name, which is not the same. He also never said he got a letter from the NSA or otherwise connected the shutdown to Snowden. There's a ton of warrants he could have received that come with a gag order.
I'm not sure if this a good thing. Working with the idea that someone will give you notice when they quit their job makes companies lazy. For the company this means trouble when someone gets hit by a truck. For the employee this means trouble if they get seriously sick or are otherwise suddenly unable to work, yet their company expects them to do some kind of "hand over". Companies might actually get their shit together if they had to pro-actively plan for people suddenly leaving.
This kind of thing works both ways, at least here in Netherlands. How is it a "human right" to have to suffer your old job for another month when you have a new one lined up. Or worse, having to miss an opportunity because the notice period is too long. As an employee I have nothing but disgust for these types or rules.
Shouldn't the notice period be mentioned in the contract?
In any case, it really depends on the circumstances. If I'm simply switching jobs I would give notice. It looks better to your new employer and you never know when you need a favor (or job!) from someone at the old place.
If you've been paying attention you would know that ad networks are failing at what you're describing. The degree of targeting that they're able to accomplish is far far less than what they've been promising for more than a decade now. Companies that have a clue, like Amazon and Google, are themselves shifting to spam-like solutions rather than targeted advertising. Why? Because it's more effective (sadly.)
Being anti-mozilla here is just part of keeping up appearances for those ad agencies that are behind of the curve.
Regardless, if everyone would do this the system wouldn't have the capacity to acquire the amount of data that they currently acquire. It would be an improvement.
There is a difference. I can make sure my server is powered off and its RAM flushed when SWAT arrives, allowing a properly encrypted system to remain secure.
They've given up content of e-mails to authorities a number of times.
Any solution which allows the provider to hold the keys if doomed to fail in protecting your privacy. We need zero-knowledge e-mail providers. Kind of what Wuala and SpiderOak do, but for e-mail instead of cloud storage.
I bow to you, because to my simple brain many captcha's these days are a PITA. Enough of a PITA that I'll say fuck-it half the time and a website just lost a potential subscriber/user.
At the moment, the number of materials you can use to print is still limited. Many iPhone covers are unprintable at the moment, simply due to material restraints. Also, after you print that cover, who's going to paint Spongebob or stick shiny fake diamonds onto your cover? Not the printer. Not yet anyway.
I used their PCI compliance program once. My server did not comply, but complaining to my account manager with McAfee got rid of all the warnings and errors. They care about the money only.
(Note: I never did store any customer information on this server. The goal of the PCI certificate was simply to see if it would benefit sales.)
No, not really, most places don't. Even "sea salt" isn't from the sea in most cases. (They can call it sea salt based on theories that the mines were once, long ago, part of a sea.)
Every router on the internet is an interception device. Interception doesn't necessarily mean spying. But yes, I get your point. Of course everyone who legally can will harvest and exploit data. To think otherwise is naive.
According to research people are more afraid of things they don't understand well (like cyber attacks, terrorism, nuclear energy) than things they do understand well (like train or car accidents), even if the number or deaths is much higher for the second category.
Expect government agencies to go all out on cyber attacks. It sounds dangerous and nobody asks for details or proof.
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Yeah, that's not what I want though. I just want to order the car online and have it delivered, just like any other packages. Typically I'll already know what the car drives like from driving rentals, trying friends' cars, etc. Maybe for a first-time car owner the dealer experience and walk-through can be beneficial, but for an experienced car owner it's really just a waste of time.
I've always been annoyed that I can't just buy a car online (or house for that matter) - glad to see that change!
I also believe it will allow for better feedback to the manufacturer. People will ask for and select the features they like, not the ones the salesman convinced them to sign for because it helps his commission or allows him to sell a model from his inventory.
There's different ways to deal with that. The university I studied at allowed anyone to enter the first year. You could however only proceed to the second year if you completed the first year with a minimum score.
IMHO this is more fair than an entrance exam because you get judged on your ability to keep up with the particular program, not on how shitty your previous school/program was.
You're misunderstanding what PRISM supposedly does. (And you're not the only one.) PRISM does not cause any delays whatsoever - it's not a man-in-the-middle attack. It's simply a copy of all traffic on a fiber. Also an old fashioned "tap" on your Internet connection (usually port mirror at the ISP or Internet exchange) does not cause any delays.
Switch to a different VPS provider.
40% did NOT drop. 40% measured by this one stats agency dropped. They don't measure Bittorrent, Usenet, Netflix or other bandwidth eaters. The real number is likely to be much much lower.
The guy never said he was host to Edward Snowden. He confirmed that there was a user account with that name, which is not the same. He also never said he got a letter from the NSA or otherwise connected the shutdown to Snowden. There's a ton of warrants he could have received that come with a gag order.
I'm not sure if this a good thing. Working with the idea that someone will give you notice when they quit their job makes companies lazy. For the company this means trouble when someone gets hit by a truck. For the employee this means trouble if they get seriously sick or are otherwise suddenly unable to work, yet their company expects them to do some kind of "hand over". Companies might actually get their shit together if they had to pro-actively plan for people suddenly leaving.
3 months to hand over responsibilities? What do you do? Design rocket engines?
This kind of thing works both ways, at least here in Netherlands. How is it a "human right" to have to suffer your old job for another month when you have a new one lined up. Or worse, having to miss an opportunity because the notice period is too long. As an employee I have nothing but disgust for these types or rules.
Shouldn't the notice period be mentioned in the contract?
In any case, it really depends on the circumstances. If I'm simply switching jobs I would give notice. It looks better to your new employer and you never know when you need a favor (or job!) from someone at the old place.
If you've been paying attention you would know that ad networks are failing at what you're describing. The degree of targeting that they're able to accomplish is far far less than what they've been promising for more than a decade now. Companies that have a clue, like Amazon and Google, are themselves shifting to spam-like solutions rather than targeted advertising. Why? Because it's more effective (sadly.)
Being anti-mozilla here is just part of keeping up appearances for those ad agencies that are behind of the curve.
Which animations can't you turn off? I think I have them all turned off, at least all the noticeable ones.
Supposedly there are warrants. Secret ones issues by a secret court. No thanks.
Regardless, if everyone would do this the system wouldn't have the capacity to acquire the amount of data that they currently acquire. It would be an improvement.
There is a difference. I can make sure my server is powered off and its RAM flushed when SWAT arrives, allowing a properly encrypted system to remain secure.
They've given up content of e-mails to authorities a number of times.
Any solution which allows the provider to hold the keys if doomed to fail in protecting your privacy. We need zero-knowledge e-mail providers. Kind of what Wuala and SpiderOak do, but for e-mail instead of cloud storage.
I bow to you, because to my simple brain many captcha's these days are a PITA. Enough of a PITA that I'll say fuck-it half the time and a website just lost a potential subscriber/user.
Not to mention the man hours needed to make technical drawings for all these objects. So far I've only seen Nokia release drawings for covers.
At the moment, the number of materials you can use to print is still limited. Many iPhone covers are unprintable at the moment, simply due to material restraints. Also, after you print that cover, who's going to paint Spongebob or stick shiny fake diamonds onto your cover? Not the printer. Not yet anyway.
Will they continue to call these connections "Internet" connections? At what point does it really become an "Intranet"?
I used their PCI compliance program once. My server did not comply, but complaining to my account manager with McAfee got rid of all the warnings and errors. They care about the money only.
(Note: I never did store any customer information on this server. The goal of the PCI certificate was simply to see if it would benefit sales.)
No, not really, most places don't. Even "sea salt" isn't from the sea in most cases. (They can call it sea salt based on theories that the mines were once, long ago, part of a sea.)
Every router on the internet is an interception device. Interception doesn't necessarily mean spying. But yes, I get your point. Of course everyone who legally can will harvest and exploit data. To think otherwise is naive.
I dunno, my SIP phone works just fine without all this information.
According to research people are more afraid of things they don't understand well (like cyber attacks, terrorism, nuclear energy) than things they do understand well (like train or car accidents), even if the number or deaths is much higher for the second category.
Expect government agencies to go all out on cyber attacks. It sounds dangerous and nobody asks for details or proof.