This. The Republicans are not influenced at all by big business and have been trying like hell to protect American workers by writing legislation that favours American workers at the expense of the CEOs and shareholders.
I asked my wife to look at a part of your response to me:
I gave multiple methods, both command line and GUI for Linux and GUI for windows since I don't know what people have installed. I tried to cover the most common ways. People can just stick with the GUI if they want.
She was all like, "Wait, what?"
You and I grok PGP, but she certainly doesn't, and she needs protection more than you or I do.
In the beginning, computer knowledge was in the hands of an elite group who had the special attribute of simply giving a shit while the rest of us gawked at the Hula Hoop®.
As the public came to appreciate and embrace, not only the benefits of ownership, but the magnitude of bullshit and incompetence of the computer-elite, and the public began to educate themselves regarding best practices in self defense, the playing field warped into a much more horizontal configuration.
Unlike the stratification of the computer geniuses at the top and the unwashed at the bottom, social connections allow for those at the top to lift those at the bottom into a more informed mob that (and this is important) uses precisely the same basic tools as everyone else does.
The United States government, alone, has a large contingency of top-tier coders and smart-ass computer geeks, but private industry, organized criminals, and lone wolves along with a brazilian hobbyists and students -- world-wide -- make it statistically impossible for the US government to be very effective for very long.
The future is clear in this regard: Governments are going to have to introduce inequity that separates them from the masses in order to dominate.
For reference, see the weapon inequity in the US.
Rabid 2nd amendment trolls are campaigning for "open carry" of pea-shooters while the military is equipped with tanks, grenade launchers, fighter jets, napalm, smart bombs, drones, aircraft carriers, etc.
Until governments gain access to, and forbid citizen ownership of, superior hardware and software, we'll continue to experience the circus we have today.
... the ability (small code here) to power cycle and come backup in maintenance mode where it doesn't do anything on its own except receive diagnostic commands.
The computer also needs a sibling for fail-over.
There may be reasons those were left out that I would agree with.
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I agree that the market is no longer guided by the freedom to float along, driven by traditional pressures.
For a long time now, the market consists of two (2) powerful influences, and neither are political ... both are rabid greed:
1.) CEOs
2.) Shareholders
Both are shortsighted and neither are ever satisfied with how much they are making right now.
Management would counter with promise of blacklist.
You could do all that.
You would still be out the door, so ... problem not solved.
Makes little sense.
Everyone who makes any Disney purchase is directly responsible for outsourcing?
We'll see your "10x" and raise you with the threat of no severance pay ... in writing.
The basic problem is that IT is not wizardry. I think we have more goddam IT than we do welders.
IT used to be an elite position, but that jewel has lost its luster.
America is losing tech jobs just as it lost textiles and shoes.
Time for that workforce to go obsolete and retrain for something else.
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Fail.
This. The Republicans are not influenced at all by big business and have been trying like hell to protect American workers by writing legislation that favours American workers at the expense of the CEOs and shareholders.
You were never a customer.
Go away.
All you're doing is slitting a tire. It's temporary and the fix is cheap.
Why in Sam Hill would I give a shit if Mickey is copyrighted and trademarked out to eternity?
When I read that the mouse would not be in the public domain, my reaction was, "So?"
Wrong, asshole.
All congresspersons are on board with this.
America is the land of CEO and shareholder.
We don't elect those.
Won't happen.
Sure, H1-B is a large issue for you and me, but Mom and Dad, son and daughter have never heard of H1-B and, frankly, wouldn't give a shit if they did.
It's obvious to the most casual observer that the in-house techs have no power to stop this while they are in the employ of Disney.
They will have even less stroke when they are on the outside.
Owning a gun is kinda like owning a bible. The presence of either establishes nothing.
Change "overran" to "overrun" and I still won't give a shit.
... it's the goddam Freedom Act.
It's like calling it the "Save The Little Kitty Cats Act."
I apologize for being unclear.
I wasn't criticizing you.
I was criticizing PGP.
I asked my wife to look at a part of your response to me:
I gave multiple methods, both command line and GUI for Linux and GUI for windows since I don't know what people have installed. I tried to cover the most common ways. People can just stick with the GUI if they want.
She was all like, "Wait, what?"
You and I grok PGP, but she certainly doesn't, and she needs protection more than you or I do.
Your post explains, precisely, why the Gentle User cannot have nice things like PGP.
This. It's the Dilbert effect, and sadly, happens.
This is at the core of a much larger issue:
In the beginning, computer knowledge was in the hands of an elite group who had the special attribute of simply giving a shit while the rest of us gawked at the Hula Hoop®.
As the public came to appreciate and embrace, not only the benefits of ownership, but the magnitude of bullshit and incompetence of the computer-elite, and the public began to educate themselves regarding best practices in self defense, the playing field warped into a much more horizontal configuration.
Unlike the stratification of the computer geniuses at the top and the unwashed at the bottom, social connections allow for those at the top to lift those at the bottom into a more informed mob that (and this is important) uses precisely the same basic tools as everyone else does.
The United States government, alone, has a large contingency of top-tier coders and smart-ass computer geeks, but private industry, organized criminals, and lone wolves along with a brazilian hobbyists and students -- world-wide -- make it statistically impossible for the US government to be very effective for very long.
The future is clear in this regard: Governments are going to have to introduce inequity that separates them from the masses in order to dominate.
For reference, see the weapon inequity in the US.
Rabid 2nd amendment trolls are campaigning for "open carry" of pea-shooters while the military is equipped with tanks, grenade launchers, fighter jets, napalm, smart bombs, drones, aircraft carriers, etc.
Until governments gain access to, and forbid citizen ownership of, superior hardware and software, we'll continue to experience the circus we have today.
" ... strongly suggests" is not a citation.
Recall that all social media have terms of service that prohibit access to accounts by any persons other than the member.
You are just starting some shit. RTFA and go to the web page of the software.
The information they are accessing is public.
What the hell are you talking about?
Expecting students not to post is unrealistic.
What IS realistic is to expect most students to use social media to spread the word on how to avoid this particular snooping method.
... the ability (small code here) to power cycle and come backup in maintenance mode where it doesn't do anything on its own except receive diagnostic commands.
The computer also needs a sibling for fail-over.
There may be reasons those were left out that I would agree with.
I sure hope they can get this puppy lined out.
... thank you."
China is busy going after resources.
The South China Sea is a land grab for oil.
The Moon is a land grab for minerals.