There are a couple of things about this that bother me. If the package was delivered by the US Postal Service (USPS) then the theft is a Federal crime. Why are city police sticking their nose into it. The victim most likely does not even live in the same state and there is no "victim". When my $14 package of screws was stolen I had some very nice video of the "Ass-crack Bandit" as he came to known. The Post Office was not interested in seeing my video, nor was my local police. I reported to Amazon that my package had not been delivered to "me" and they refunded my money. I'm not the victim. Amazon reports the loss to their insurance provider and Amazon is reimbursed. Amazon is not the victim. The only "victim" I can come-up with are the many thousands of companies that buy loss insurance, which they would have to do even if there were no thieves. There would still be lost packages.
He/she is just a retard trying to be funny. However, I cannot blame him/her for his/her stupidity. As I watched the splashdown live (on YouTube) this morning, my local NBC affiliate was doing a story about when the Star Wars attraction will open at Disneyland. They must assume their viewers are more interested in Disney fantasy than actual human space advancements.
...Apple may have lost their core laptop customers forever anyway. I've purchased and used three Apple MacBook Pros over the last 11 years but here are 20 reasons why I won't be buying any more of them. Three external USB back-up hard drives, one Epson flatbed scanner, one Epson label maker that refuses to work on my network, two USB optical drives, SD cards use in 3 security cameras, SD cards used in two quad copters, two SD cards used in MP3 players (auto and portable), one Canon VIXIA camcorder, one Canon EOS T3i, one GoPro Hero 3+, an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 8 that need updates and back-ups from time-to-time, and a USB light I use regularly for video calls. It is sad to see any company, especially Apple, with their heads shoved so far up their ass that they can't see the needs of their current and future customers.
I would not describe victims of Equifax's data collection and loss as "consumers." What are they consuming? Neither are they "customers" since that would be the banks/loan applicants paying for financial information. Let's call them what they are. Victims. EVERY Equifax "victim" should automatically have a security freeze placed on their account by Equifax (and all the other agencies) and if the information is needed, proper identification required to release the data. Period.
Never say never. It would not be a bad idea to write Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" into International Law, https://www.auburn.edu/~vestmo... just in case Musk has a clue.
All mechanical and electronic equipment must immediately acknowledge any and all user input, whatever the interface may be. The response must be in the form of a pleasant sound and a visual change in the device or another device (in the case of remote controls). I'm so sick of pressing a button and nothing happens. Did the thermostat not see my action? Is my toaster busy doing something else? Is my AppleTV ignoring me? I just want all machines to respond as if humans are their overlords and even if they can't act on my command, they must acknowledge they received a command. I'm tired of all the arrogance Engineers built in to the products I buy. Led by Apple the unresponsive machines are now the norm. Look at your AV equipment. If your TV is off and you press any button on your remote, the TV should turn on and execute that command. Why does only one button work on the whole damn remote?
Wow. I expect most of you agree with this Wikipedia list of cognitive biases but there's a HUGE omission. Perhaps the biggest fantasy of all mankind and I'll bet nearly 100% of you have fallen for it. How many of you Shashdotters believe you adhere to scientific principles? Let’s have a little test. You don’t believe in God, ghosts and astrology because they can’t be proven scientifically. Faith based beliefs can’t be measured by any instrument. Invisible people of all sorts do not register at any frequency of energy from absolute zero to the speed of light. It’s been famously pointed out that the difference between fantasy and reality is, reality is what remains when you remove the people. Now for your test. Do you believe in love? Love can’t be measured. Love does not appear on the Periodic Table. Love does not appear in the electromagnetic spectrum. Love does not exist without people. Love meets all the criterion of a pseudoscience, fantasy, scam. Now be a man and go tell your SO you do not believe in love. Let us know how that works out.
Not if they cooked-the-books the same way the Obama administration did here in USA. This quarter they included art, music, and poetry for the first time. I'm going to cook me up a big meal of contemporary sculpture for dinner.
According to your "so called" logic, I do "work" for NO PAY and I'm fine with that. Your definition of "work" is sipping Long Island Iced Tea by the pool. My definition of "work" is the creation of a useful or entertaining product. When I write a document for my company they pay me for the time it took to write. I don't get paid every time someone reads my instruction manual, test report, or RFQ. How is it that "artists" spend a month or two writing a book (recording a tune) and expect to get paid for the rest of their life? The actor and director, who got paid $10M for making the movie, expects to cash a huge check ever month for sitting on thier collective ass. Where does this expectation, YOUR expectation, come from? Well, "logically" the artist is unable to produce a viable product day-in and day-out like I do, so they must be paid for past product. It doesn't sound like these guys are being as productive as you and I are expected to be everyday. I'm not "starving or homeless" and I have a book for sale on Amazon that I wrote just for the fun of it.
And now you know the real reason for this bullshit. Censorship was never to protect the children. Children don't give money to politicians, corporations do. It's always been about perceived copyright violation by "Big Media." All hail our bought and paid-for ruling class. Follow the money.
Whoops. Caught in another lie. If we don't have a domestic spying program what do these Sysadmins have access to? Logically there must be some secret information Keith does not want the American people to find out.
There's only one way to get our privacy back (and it's a long shot). Use what Constitutional power we have to change the law.
Proposed 28th Amendment:
No person, group, or agency, public or private, foreign or domestic, may collect, record, transmit, or disclose any private information beyond that defined in the United States Census about any individual without express written permission of the individual or court order specific to an active criminal investigation. Private information includes, but is not limited to, location, financial transactions, medical records, school records, arrest records, associates, and associations. Candidates for elected positions must submit seven years past income tax records at least ninety (90) days before elections.
Well there's your problem. There are NEVER enough laws. When all the good laws have been passed do the politicians stop making laws. Nope. They just continue making bad laws.
Maybe it's high time we made privacy a Constitutional right. My proposed 28th Amendment:
No person, group, or agency, public or private, foreign or domestic, may collect, record, transmit, or disclose any private information beyond that defined by United States Census law, regarding any individual without express written permission of the individual or a court order specific to an active criminal investigation. Private information includes, but is not limited to, location, financial transactions, medical records, school records, arrest records, associates, and associations. Candidates for elected positions must submit seven years past income tax records at least ninety (90) days before elections.
I voted for Obama in 2008 but by 2011 it was clear to me he had no intention of improving the social or economic order of anyone, black, white, brown, poor or middle class. Apparently keeping a large percentage of young black males locked in prison is required for economic prosperity. Only the rich received special consideration from the White House. Everyone else got the same tired old campaign speech he gave again this week.
I don't think Internet Censors are cowards but they are lazy, self centered, self-righteous, morons. There is a simple solution that protects children from the Internet Boogieman but it requires actual time and effort to implement. Make a separate kid friendly Internet with Barney, Disney, and toy advertisements. Parents would connect their kids computers to the safe network knowing everything there has been vetted by an old woman with a stick up her ass. This solves every rational complaint about the adult Internet except, "What we really want is to control what other adults see and think."
Stupid reporter didn't ask the most important question, "When do you plan to roll out your drones?" Police are using drones now. Speed enforcement is only a budget cycle away.
Because of a thing called the Bill of Rights. You can't have free speech without anonymity, and the government has taken that away from us. You can't have freedom of assembly without anonymous movement, and the government has taken that away from us. The government has effectively taken away our Constitutional rights.
BTW Mr. Here, our computer puts your vehicle in the vicinity of several known drug dealer's vehicles. That's enough probable cause to get a warrant to search your house, shoot your dog, and plant some evidence. We will be right over.
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There are a couple of things about this that bother me. If the package was delivered by the US Postal Service (USPS) then the theft is a Federal crime. Why are city police sticking their nose into it. The victim most likely does not even live in the same state and there is no "victim". When my $14 package of screws was stolen I had some very nice video of the "Ass-crack Bandit" as he came to known. The Post Office was not interested in seeing my video, nor was my local police. I reported to Amazon that my package had not been delivered to "me" and they refunded my money. I'm not the victim. Amazon reports the loss to their insurance provider and Amazon is reimbursed. Amazon is not the victim. The only "victim" I can come-up with are the many thousands of companies that buy loss insurance, which they would have to do even if there were no thieves. There would still be lost packages.
He/she is just a retard trying to be funny. However, I cannot blame him/her for his/her stupidity. As I watched the splashdown live (on YouTube) this morning, my local NBC affiliate was doing a story about when the Star Wars attraction will open at Disneyland. They must assume their viewers are more interested in Disney fantasy than actual human space advancements.
...Apple may have lost their core laptop customers forever anyway. I've purchased and used three Apple MacBook Pros over the last 11 years but here are 20 reasons why I won't be buying any more of them. Three external USB back-up hard drives, one Epson flatbed scanner, one Epson label maker that refuses to work on my network, two USB optical drives, SD cards use in 3 security cameras, SD cards used in two quad copters, two SD cards used in MP3 players (auto and portable), one Canon VIXIA camcorder, one Canon EOS T3i, one GoPro Hero 3+, an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 8 that need updates and back-ups from time-to-time, and a USB light I use regularly for video calls. It is sad to see any company, especially Apple, with their heads shoved so far up their ass that they can't see the needs of their current and future customers.
I would not describe victims of Equifax's data collection and loss as "consumers." What are they consuming? Neither are they "customers" since that would be the banks/loan applicants paying for financial information. Let's call them what they are. Victims. EVERY Equifax "victim" should automatically have a security freeze placed on their account by Equifax (and all the other agencies) and if the information is needed, proper identification required to release the data. Period.
Never say never. It would not be a bad idea to write Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" into International Law, https://www.auburn.edu/~vestmo... just in case Musk has a clue.
All mechanical and electronic equipment must immediately acknowledge any and all user input, whatever the interface may be. The response must be in the form of a pleasant sound and a visual change in the device or another device (in the case of remote controls). I'm so sick of pressing a button and nothing happens. Did the thermostat not see my action? Is my toaster busy doing something else? Is my AppleTV ignoring me? I just want all machines to respond as if humans are their overlords and even if they can't act on my command, they must acknowledge they received a command. I'm tired of all the arrogance Engineers built in to the products I buy. Led by Apple the unresponsive machines are now the norm. Look at your AV equipment. If your TV is off and you press any button on your remote, the TV should turn on and execute that command. Why does only one button work on the whole damn remote?
Wow. I expect most of you agree with this Wikipedia list of cognitive biases but there's a HUGE omission. Perhaps the biggest fantasy of all mankind and I'll bet nearly 100% of you have fallen for it. How many of you Shashdotters believe you adhere to scientific principles? Let’s have a little test. You don’t believe in God, ghosts and astrology because they can’t be proven scientifically. Faith based beliefs can’t be measured by any instrument. Invisible people of all sorts do not register at any frequency of energy from absolute zero to the speed of light. It’s been famously pointed out that the difference between fantasy and reality is, reality is what remains when you remove the people. Now for your test. Do you believe in love? Love can’t be measured. Love does not appear on the Periodic Table. Love does not appear in the electromagnetic spectrum. Love does not exist without people. Love meets all the criterion of a pseudoscience, fantasy, scam. Now be a man and go tell your SO you do not believe in love. Let us know how that works out.
The genius of this guy's design is not the gadget but using it on Citibikes. He doesn't care if it ruins the tire. It's not his bike.
... the NSA found 20% of CIA applicants had mentioned "shoes," "underwear," or "pressure cooker" in a phone call or email.
I'm sure the U.S. is putting pressure on the Brits to gag Greenwald. This sounds like a typical NSA operation.
Not if they cooked-the-books the same way the Obama administration did here in USA. This quarter they included art, music, and poetry for the first time. I'm going to cook me up a big meal of contemporary sculpture for dinner.
According to your "so called" logic, I do "work" for NO PAY and I'm fine with that. Your definition of "work" is sipping Long Island Iced Tea by the pool. My definition of "work" is the creation of a useful or entertaining product. When I write a document for my company they pay me for the time it took to write. I don't get paid every time someone reads my instruction manual, test report, or RFQ. How is it that "artists" spend a month or two writing a book (recording a tune) and expect to get paid for the rest of their life? The actor and director, who got paid $10M for making the movie, expects to cash a huge check ever month for sitting on thier collective ass. Where does this expectation, YOUR expectation, come from? Well, "logically" the artist is unable to produce a viable product day-in and day-out like I do, so they must be paid for past product. It doesn't sound like these guys are being as productive as you and I are expected to be everyday. I'm not "starving or homeless" and I have a book for sale on Amazon that I wrote just for the fun of it.
And now you know the real reason for this bullshit. Censorship was never to protect the children. Children don't give money to politicians, corporations do. It's always been about perceived copyright violation by "Big Media." All hail our bought and paid-for ruling class. Follow the money.
Whoops. Caught in another lie. If we don't have a domestic spying program what do these Sysadmins have access to? Logically there must be some secret information Keith does not want the American people to find out.
Anyone have a good meta data analysis program?
Obama just told Jay Leno the NSA doesn't do domestic spying so how does Hayden know the intimate details of our sex lives? How?
He forgot to say, Citizens, Voters, Taxpayers, and My Boss.
There's only one way to get our privacy back (and it's a long shot). Use what Constitutional power we have to change the law. Proposed 28th Amendment: No person, group, or agency, public or private, foreign or domestic, may collect, record, transmit, or disclose any private information beyond that defined in the United States Census about any individual without express written permission of the individual or court order specific to an active criminal investigation. Private information includes, but is not limited to, location, financial transactions, medical records, school records, arrest records, associates, and associations. Candidates for elected positions must submit seven years past income tax records at least ninety (90) days before elections.
Well there's your problem. There are NEVER enough laws. When all the good laws have been passed do the politicians stop making laws. Nope. They just continue making bad laws.
Maybe it's high time we made privacy a Constitutional right. My proposed 28th Amendment: No person, group, or agency, public or private, foreign or domestic, may collect, record, transmit, or disclose any private information beyond that defined by United States Census law, regarding any individual without express written permission of the individual or a court order specific to an active criminal investigation. Private information includes, but is not limited to, location, financial transactions, medical records, school records, arrest records, associates, and associations. Candidates for elected positions must submit seven years past income tax records at least ninety (90) days before elections.
I voted for Obama in 2008 but by 2011 it was clear to me he had no intention of improving the social or economic order of anyone, black, white, brown, poor or middle class. Apparently keeping a large percentage of young black males locked in prison is required for economic prosperity. Only the rich received special consideration from the White House. Everyone else got the same tired old campaign speech he gave again this week.
I don't think Internet Censors are cowards but they are lazy, self centered, self-righteous, morons. There is a simple solution that protects children from the Internet Boogieman but it requires actual time and effort to implement. Make a separate kid friendly Internet with Barney, Disney, and toy advertisements. Parents would connect their kids computers to the safe network knowing everything there has been vetted by an old woman with a stick up her ass. This solves every rational complaint about the adult Internet except, "What we really want is to control what other adults see and think."
Stupid reporter didn't ask the most important question, "When do you plan to roll out your drones?" Police are using drones now. Speed enforcement is only a budget cycle away.
Because of a thing called the Bill of Rights. You can't have free speech without anonymity, and the government has taken that away from us. You can't have freedom of assembly without anonymous movement, and the government has taken that away from us. The government has effectively taken away our Constitutional rights. BTW Mr. Here, our computer puts your vehicle in the vicinity of several known drug dealer's vehicles. That's enough probable cause to get a warrant to search your house, shoot your dog, and plant some evidence. We will be right over.