Use open source encryption software, create your own keys. Trusting an unknown, proprietary 3rd party to do it for you is not reliable, and your surprised?
Regulation certainly has important uses: it keeps your house from burning down, makes you safer in car accidents and ensures that your food is clean and properly prepared.
But this is mostly self-protectionism by the taxi industry. Ride sharing is basically "accelerated friend making" for the purposes of carpooling. Any claim that it's unsafe because its unregulated is more or less bullocks. It's maybe a matter of service quality, but that should really a choice left made up to the customer, shouldn't it?
The internet, which once gave us a chance to raise ourselves to a level playing field, or at least a chance to start somewhere without a thousand gallons of bureaucratic bullshit, is now being used against us to, once again, enforce the class separation into lowly consumers and privileged creators.
My ISP has never balked at me for running my personal website from my web server at home. If ever they start blocking inbound port 80, you can bet I'll be raising hell and making credible legal threats.
Would it be wrong to walk right by, completely ignore and not even dial 911 for a bloodied driver in a car wreck when you're the only one who could help? Would it be wrong to ignore the sight of several police officers ruthlessly beating on someone in the street if you had a camera in hand (or in pocket, as we all do) and were obscured enough that you could guarantee your own safety? If you see a child about to unwittingly run off a cliff and don't even do so much as say, "Hey kid! Watch out!", would that be wrong?
There are lots of hypothetical situations where we could say we didn't do anything wrong. But when you willingly neglect to do the right thing, especially when it carries no potential of harm you, it amounts to the same.
Maybe they didn't actively participate in any wrongdoing, but they are guilty as hell of willful ignorance.
Uh, airline piloting is a wee bit different than retail.
Salaried positions often give you more freedom and flexibility, a perk which is offset by additional occupational obligations. If you think you should be paid overtime for those additional requirements (and I'm not disagreeing with you), you or your union needs to negotiate a better contract.
Retail is generally a wage position: the job says $start-o'clock to $end-o'clock, those are your hours, anything more is overtime.
Oh, and you get to fly planes, not deal with idiots in a shitty retail position.
I think both are bloody brilliant. XKCD because... well, it gets me. It just gets me. The Onion because they nail it every damn time and they do it with style. They're so good you good, you could be forgiven for not knowing it's satire.
I'll second this recommendation. I read it a few years ago when I was in my early twenties and it was still a good read. It's absolutely captivating and it's message will not be lost on high school students. Oh, and it's a friggin' *free* eBook, what have you got to lose?
I'm as hardcore geek as they come and I still prefer to read the weekend paper as paper because:
1) I like to read it with my saturday breakfast. A laptop, tablet or phone just is a pain for this and I'd smudge it up with my greasy paws anyway.
2) The natural flow and visual arrangement of a newspaper just works better in an absolutely defined space than it does in the maleability of an HTML document.
3) Computers distract you with a million things and constantly shine bright lights in your eyes. Paper is much better for reading any works of even moderate length because it does one thing and is gentle on the eyes.
Papers will still be around for a long time, mainly because of point #3. Certainly not in the numbers they once were, but technology natrually has a way of forcing once-ubiqutous things into niches. Think of cars vs. horses, movies vs. live theatre and now computers vs. paper.
The vulnerability will surely never be exploited now, because it's simply not possible that anyone else is smart enough to figure it out. Even if they do, no thief would ever use it to steal a car right?
Seriously, how do people this stupid become judges?
Once again, America shows it's ineptitude for dealing with social and behavioral problems by thinking it just smother the them with money for a quick fix and hope they go away.
Technology that allows us to be bad drivers is only going to encourage bad driving... big surprise, I know. Creating excessive laws and punishments doesn't work either because people aren't thinking about the myriad of ways they could be in violation of some law in the split second it takes to commit such an infraction, accidentally or intentionally.
The way you fix bad drivers is by instituting more rigorous training standards, creating a cultural shift that causes people to take driving seriously, not just as that annoying, time-consuming thing you have to do to get from A to B. But nobody wants to do this, because it takes years to see results. We want to fix all of our nation's problems in one week and it better not affect Brawndo's profits!
An Android phone will lock you out of entering a code, instead requiring email verification, after about 20-30 failed attempts. Good thing I also use a combo longer than 4 digits.
And what about most Android phones that are configured to use pattern lock? What about an Android phone that's encrypted, which uses a different entry panel and display for unlocking at boot time?
Yawn, give me back my ThinkTank, I don't want your yuppie hipster tablet shit. By all means, go ahead and make it, but not at the sacrifice of the once-venerable ThinkPad, now hamstrung by cheap build quality and shitty, unusable keyboards.
My brother is a customs/border officer. He works at a small land port that gets fewer than a hundred vehicles per 13-hour shift. Yeah, he spends more time sitting around than he does questioning crossers and inspecting vehicles, as does anyone who works at a similar port. Hell, even if you work at a busy port, you're still spending your whole day questioning people and maybe inspecting the odd vehicle.
The difference is that they're paid pretty damn well (not sure if I'm supposed to share exactly what they make, but let's say closer to six figures than you'd think and with unbelievable benefits). I wish I could make that kind of money to sit on my ass and daydream.
If you got into the job horny for action, you got in for the wrong reasons. You want that kind of action, go join the military, you do not belong in a PD.
That likely varies by province. Some provinces have absolutely outrageous traffic laws; you can have your license revoked and your car seized on a hair trigger, at the discretion (or lack thereof) of hick-ass bumpkin cops.
You'll have your license taken away for a chirp of your tires in some areas of Ontario.
Manitoba is becoming downright oppressive, handing out tickets for "low windshield washer fluid" (I shit you not, do a search for "viu Winnipeg") and "randomly" stopping any vehicles that appear the slightest bit modified (collector cars, etc.).
BC runs condescending ads saying that "driving is one of the most complex things you do all day," and appears to be the model for Manitoba's offensive on any sort of motoring enthusiasm.
Saskatchewan is, um... OK, nothing actually happens there. The rest of the country, I'm not sure, but I doubt it's much better.
South of the border, my uncle received a speeding ticket in the US... a whole $15! The same ticket would have been hundreds here. You guys may be facing major sociopolitical problems, but we got dibs on ridiculous traffic law.
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Use open source encryption software, create your own keys. Trusting an unknown, proprietary 3rd party to do it for you is not reliable, and your surprised?
Funny, I would classify the TSA's very existence as "misconduct."
1) You are aware that they had an episode many years ago where they did almost exactly that, yes?
2) Who the hell is Dave?
Regulation certainly has important uses: it keeps your house from burning down, makes you safer in car accidents and ensures that your food is clean and properly prepared.
But this is mostly self-protectionism by the taxi industry. Ride sharing is basically "accelerated friend making" for the purposes of carpooling. Any claim that it's unsafe because its unregulated is more or less bullocks. It's maybe a matter of service quality, but that should really a choice left made up to the customer, shouldn't it?
The internet, which once gave us a chance to raise ourselves to a level playing field, or at least a chance to start somewhere without a thousand gallons of bureaucratic bullshit, is now being used against us to, once again, enforce the class separation into lowly consumers and privileged creators.
My ISP has never balked at me for running my personal website from my web server at home. If ever they start blocking inbound port 80, you can bet I'll be raising hell and making credible legal threats.
Would it be wrong to walk right by, completely ignore and not even dial 911 for a bloodied driver in a car wreck when you're the only one who could help? Would it be wrong to ignore the sight of several police officers ruthlessly beating on someone in the street if you had a camera in hand (or in pocket, as we all do) and were obscured enough that you could guarantee your own safety? If you see a child about to unwittingly run off a cliff and don't even do so much as say, "Hey kid! Watch out!", would that be wrong?
There are lots of hypothetical situations where we could say we didn't do anything wrong. But when you willingly neglect to do the right thing, especially when it carries no potential of harm you, it amounts to the same.
Maybe they didn't actively participate in any wrongdoing, but they are guilty as hell of willful ignorance.
Uh, airline piloting is a wee bit different than retail.
Salaried positions often give you more freedom and flexibility, a perk which is offset by additional occupational obligations. If you think you should be paid overtime for those additional requirements (and I'm not disagreeing with you), you or your union needs to negotiate a better contract.
Retail is generally a wage position: the job says $start-o'clock to $end-o'clock, those are your hours, anything more is overtime.
Oh, and you get to fly planes, not deal with idiots in a shitty retail position.
There are people who don't have fast internet.
There are people who PREFER to view content on non-Internet-connected devices to avoid tracking.
I think the type of people who object to tracking generally feel the same way about DRM.
I think both are bloody brilliant. XKCD because ... well, it gets me. It just gets me. The Onion because they nail it every damn time and they do it with style. They're so good you good, you could be forgiven for not knowing it's satire.
I'll second this recommendation. I read it a few years ago when I was in my early twenties and it was still a good read. It's absolutely captivating and it's message will not be lost on high school students. Oh, and it's a friggin' *free* eBook, what have you got to lose?
I'm as hardcore geek as they come and I still prefer to read the weekend paper as paper because:
1) I like to read it with my saturday breakfast. A laptop, tablet or phone just is a pain for this and I'd smudge it up with my greasy paws anyway.
2) The natural flow and visual arrangement of a newspaper just works better in an absolutely defined space than it does in the maleability of an HTML document.
3) Computers distract you with a million things and constantly shine bright lights in your eyes. Paper is much better for reading any works of even moderate length because it does one thing and is gentle on the eyes.
Papers will still be around for a long time, mainly because of point #3. Certainly not in the numbers they once were, but technology natrually has a way of forcing once-ubiqutous things into niches. Think of cars vs. horses, movies vs. live theatre and now computers vs. paper.
The vulnerability will surely never be exploited now, because it's simply not possible that anyone else is smart enough to figure it out. Even if they do, no thief would ever use it to steal a car right?
Seriously, how do people this stupid become judges?
Well, you see, today is different because it's ON TEH INTERNETZ!!!
If you're going to steal from millions of Americans, make sure you're a big bank if you want to get away with it.
I think RMS' head just exploded.
Once again, America shows it's ineptitude for dealing with social and behavioral problems by thinking it just smother the them with money for a quick fix and hope they go away.
Technology that allows us to be bad drivers is only going to encourage bad driving ... big surprise, I know. Creating excessive laws and punishments doesn't work either because people aren't thinking about the myriad of ways they could be in violation of some law in the split second it takes to commit such an infraction, accidentally or intentionally.
The way you fix bad drivers is by instituting more rigorous training standards, creating a cultural shift that causes people to take driving seriously, not just as that annoying, time-consuming thing you have to do to get from A to B. But nobody wants to do this, because it takes years to see results. We want to fix all of our nation's problems in one week and it better not affect Brawndo's profits!
It's generally pretty hard to see something when your head is inside of it.
My ass
An Android phone will lock you out of entering a code, instead requiring email verification, after about 20-30 failed attempts. Good thing I also use a combo longer than 4 digits.
And what about most Android phones that are configured to use pattern lock? What about an Android phone that's encrypted, which uses a different entry panel and display for unlocking at boot time?
Nice toy, not really effective.
Remove all penalties whatsoever for what is simply participating in culture.
Yawn, give me back my ThinkTank, I don't want your yuppie hipster tablet shit. By all means, go ahead and make it, but not at the sacrifice of the once-venerable ThinkPad, now hamstrung by cheap build quality and shitty, unusable keyboards.
...watching porn...probing for vulnerabilities...
Can we finally admit that, yes, global warming is happening and, no, humans are not likely the cause?
Eh, who am I kidding, there are book deals to be made, movie franchises to be had and sanctimonious egos to be pumped!
So it's boring. Big fucking deal.
My brother is a customs/border officer. He works at a small land port that gets fewer than a hundred vehicles per 13-hour shift. Yeah, he spends more time sitting around than he does questioning crossers and inspecting vehicles, as does anyone who works at a similar port. Hell, even if you work at a busy port, you're still spending your whole day questioning people and maybe inspecting the odd vehicle.
The difference is that they're paid pretty damn well (not sure if I'm supposed to share exactly what they make, but let's say closer to six figures than you'd think and with unbelievable benefits). I wish I could make that kind of money to sit on my ass and daydream.
If you got into the job horny for action, you got in for the wrong reasons. You want that kind of action, go join the military, you do not belong in a PD.
That likely varies by province. Some provinces have absolutely outrageous traffic laws; you can have your license revoked and your car seized on a hair trigger, at the discretion (or lack thereof) of hick-ass bumpkin cops.
You'll have your license taken away for a chirp of your tires in some areas of Ontario.
Manitoba is becoming downright oppressive, handing out tickets for "low windshield washer fluid" (I shit you not, do a search for "viu Winnipeg") and "randomly" stopping any vehicles that appear the slightest bit modified (collector cars, etc.).
BC runs condescending ads saying that "driving is one of the most complex things you do all day," and appears to be the model for Manitoba's offensive on any sort of motoring enthusiasm.
Saskatchewan is, um... OK, nothing actually happens there. The rest of the country, I'm not sure, but I doubt it's much better.
South of the border, my uncle received a speeding ticket in the US ... a whole $15! The same ticket would have been hundreds here. You guys may be facing major sociopolitical problems, but we got dibs on ridiculous traffic law.