My policy is I disregard people who object to something solely to get 15 minutes of fame. If TSA didn't screen and a terrorist brought down a plane with a personal explosive device the same people would sue because they should have made AIT mandatory.
I'd agree with you, but from the moment the TSA began operations they've been a dismal failure. And I mean dismal- they've stopped no one, not a single terrorist, and they've stopped no plots or plans, again, not a single one.
Meanwhile they've assaulted/accosted thousands of ordinary people just trying to get from point A to point B. They've beaten and humiliated people, sexually molested others, and harassed many innocent travelers just because they had the power to do so. They've tased people for no reason, confiscated literally tons of items that posed no threat, and they display a breathtaking lack of common sense (like taking away a kid's Buzz Lightyear toy because it "looked like a gun" Really? That thing looks like a fucking gun?).
They've missed screening for and detecting weapons (guns, knives, etc) up to 97% of the time when they've been tested. The employees themselves admit that what they do is basically a joke that accomplishes nothing. They miss fake test bombs and explosives on a regular basis, over and over again. Meanwhile they're busy confiscating 3 oz bottles of shampoo and baby bottles full of breast milk.
So no, I'm sorry, but at this point the TSA has been a total failure and has shown quite clearly that they serve no useful purpose.
Sai here (OP & person who filed this lawsuit). Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Bravo to you, sir, for standing up for your rights, and by extension, everyone else's rights as well.
I've always opted-out of the scanner on general principles and so far they've never tried to force me to use it. I can see that this is likely not to be the case the next time I fly. We'll see what happens...
Invisibility would give you a HUGE amount of power in the world.
Pshaww, invisibility is a lame-o "super power". Manipulating probability is best super power, hands down.
Oh my, this test is very hard, whats the probability i will pass? Let's crank that up to 100%. Hmmm I'm not sure i can jump over this building, let's change my chance of success to 100% What would happen if I put the chance of having laser eyes to 100%, WHOA i got laser eyes! What's the chance that my cancer will instantly go into remission and never return? I'd say....100%. See that hot chick right there? I think I'll change the chance of her wanting to bang me to 100%. woo hoo! What's the chance that I'll inherit a million dollars tax-free in the next 2 minutes? 100%, or course. What's the chance that I'll never be hurt, sick, or injured ever again? 100%. *boom*, done.
You can have your weak-ass invisibility, because I'll just change the chance of "anyone being invisible to me" to 0%.
Seriously, your phone gets stolen and now you're really fucked. What kind of brainiacs think this shit up??
FFS, repeat after me: Your phone is not your life. Your phone is not the most important thing in the universe. Your phone should not hold the keys to your kingdom. And losing your phone should not immediately put your personal info, email, banking, and other critical information at risk.
Not being a W10 user... but doesn't the active window have a color that is different from the inactive windows? Or is the problem actually the inactive windows?
It's both, actually. The difference between an inactive or background window and a foreground window is often difficult to differentiate.
I'd say the latter is actually the bigger problem. Flat == shit.
Agreed.
I'm forced to use Windows 10 at work and its flat design is infuriating. Sometimes it's hard to tell where one window ends or overlaps another. A little shadowing or texture or ridge or any-fucking-thing would help, but oh no, can't have that. We gotta make it look like some jackass from PlaySkool(r) designed the interface.
Correction: those who remember having nothing but a command line are dead or retired.
Well...I'm not dead (yet), but I am close to retirement. And yes, I'm one of those cranky old fucks who remembers having nothing but a command line. I welcomed the advent of the GUI (and still do).
There's a time and a place for the command line and a time and a place for a GUI. And I confess, I think GUIs (when done right) are great 99% of the time. But sometimes a command line is truly da' shizzle, dawg!
The problem is that UX/UI people like to invent new and exciting stuff, while they should be making stuff familiar and boring. An interface that a user doesn't notice while using it, is an interface done right.
Correct. Also, too many designers feel the need to fiddlefuck with stuff that works fine, hoping to make their mark or revolutionize something or other that doesn't need to be revolutionized.
I think (correct me if I'm wrong) it was the fucksticks at GNOME who decided to remove the upper-right minimize/maximize/close buttons, because fuck users, they don't know what they need or want even if they tell us what they need or want. Even if they complain bitterly and leave in droves! Fuck those users, we'll decide what's best for them because we know better. Suck it, you filthy users!
They took a perfectly good interface that was familiar and well-understood, and made a stupid, pointless change just because they could. No one was clamoring for this, they simply self-justified the change. And when people complained, they got all snippy and pissy about it. They couldn't even claim it was in the interests of "saving space" or some other creative bullshit because they didn't replace the buttons with anything, and removing them didn't magically make some space appear for other things. YA FUCKING ASSHOLES.
If the NSA wanted something from you then they'd just put a bag over your head and hit you with a pipe wrench until you told them what the want.
Of course they would, but that would mean they'd have to a) buy a pipe and b) drive out to my house. Sounds like a lot of trouble for guys used to stroking a keyboard all day long, doncha think?
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The only difference is you live a life of inconvenience under the guise of security.
Lol, trust me, it's no inconvenience not to have facebook or twitter or any of that other crap on my phone. Only lifeless millennials and other douchebag dweebs/bros/hipsters think that shit is "indispensable" to life.
No, I carry an ancient flip-phone because it's rugged and does everything I want, not because I'm worried about the NSA/FBI/CIA/whatever tapping my communications.
Frankly I feel sorry for the poor bastard tasked with monitoring me, that guy is gonna die of boredom right quick. A trip to the coffee pot will be the highlight of his day.
InterApp system extracts the following information from the targets smartphone: User email address, password and content Twitter, Facebook and other social media passwords and information Dropbox passwords & content Previous locations on map MSISDN and IMEI identities MAC address, device model, operating system Contact list of the target Photos Targets personal info: gender, age, address, education, etc.
Ha ha, the joke is on them- I don't have any of that shit on my phone, lol.
My old phone is only slightly smarter than a brick or a wet pack of matches, good luck getting anything from it. InterApp can hack my phone all day long and they won't even get a fucking dial tone.
I know I feel much safer with these dangerous criminals off the streets. Whew, now I can sleep at night without fear of, uh, ummm, something.
Thank you, Intellectual Property Crime Unit of London, for fighting the Good Fight and keeping karaoke-related crimes from spiraling out of control and destroying our youth and the very fabric of society!
(And, of course, as if singing karaoke wasn't a crime in and of itself.)
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My policy is I disregard people who object to something solely to get 15 minutes of fame. If TSA didn't screen and a terrorist brought down a plane with a personal explosive device the same people would sue because they should have made AIT mandatory.
I'd agree with you, but from the moment the TSA began operations they've been a dismal failure. And I mean dismal- they've stopped no one, not a single terrorist, and they've stopped no plots or plans, again, not a single one.
Meanwhile they've assaulted/accosted thousands of ordinary people just trying to get from point A to point B. They've beaten and humiliated people, sexually molested others, and harassed many innocent travelers just because they had the power to do so. They've tased people for no reason, confiscated literally tons of items that posed no threat, and they display a breathtaking lack of common sense (like taking away a kid's Buzz Lightyear toy because it "looked like a gun" Really? That thing looks like a fucking gun?).
They've missed screening for and detecting weapons (guns, knives, etc) up to 97% of the time when they've been tested. The employees themselves admit that what they do is basically a joke that accomplishes nothing. They miss fake test bombs and explosives on a regular basis, over and over again. Meanwhile they're busy confiscating 3 oz bottles of shampoo and baby bottles full of breast milk.
So no, I'm sorry, but at this point the TSA has been a total failure and has shown quite clearly that they serve no useful purpose.
Sai here (OP & person who filed this lawsuit). Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Bravo to you, sir, for standing up for your rights, and by extension, everyone else's rights as well.
I've always opted-out of the scanner on general principles and so far they've never tried to force me to use it. I can see that this is likely not to be the case the next time I fly. We'll see what happens...
Ban general purpose computers now.
Yes, that seems entirely reasonable and practical.
That's all this is, no different than giving a mentally retarded asshole a hammer and directing them to a store that sells fine china.
"Hurr durr, lookit me, guys, I can break stuff, lololol! Wow, ain't I kool? Lookit mah leet skillz!"
What these little shits need is a good ass-kicking, perhaps to the point of hospitalization.
His claims get even more absurd than that:
Did you enjoy watching The Hobbit? Hunger Games? Avengers? Avatar? All rendered on Ubuntu at WETA Digital. Among many others.
Do you exist in the same space-time continuum as Ubuntu? Congratulations, you're an Ubuntu user!
Have you ever used the letters "U" and "B" together? Congratulations, you're 33% of the way to being an Ubuntu user!
Seriously, I like Ubuntu and support Linux, but this is just silly. It's like saying anyone who's ever had a cup of coffee is related to Juan Valdez.
Invisibility would give you a HUGE amount of power in the world.
Pshaww, invisibility is a lame-o "super power". Manipulating probability is best super power, hands down.
Oh my, this test is very hard, whats the probability i will pass? Let's crank that up to 100%.
Hmmm I'm not sure i can jump over this building, let's change my chance of success to 100%
What would happen if I put the chance of having laser eyes to 100%, WHOA i got laser eyes!
What's the chance that my cancer will instantly go into remission and never return? I'd say....100%.
See that hot chick right there? I think I'll change the chance of her wanting to bang me to 100%. woo hoo!
What's the chance that I'll inherit a million dollars tax-free in the next 2 minutes? 100%, or course.
What's the chance that I'll never be hurt, sick, or injured ever again? 100%. *boom*, done.
You can have your weak-ass invisibility, because I'll just change the chance of "anyone being invisible to me" to 0%.
But I thought frames had been deprecated! Fucking HTML!
"This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them."
Only terrorists use frames, Comrade. Report to the Re-education camp immediately.
Easy: Milk hand, cookie hand. Done.
MIND. BLOWN.
Thank you, AC, for resolving an issue that has plagued me for years.
The problem is that "left" and "right" are ambiguous, unless the reference point is specified. It is better to use the unambiguous port and starboard.
Same problem using different terms. "Port" and "Starboard" are also ambiguous unless the reference point is specified.
Shia, is that you as an old guy (that old now?)?
No, I'm not Shia, but I was channeling him.
DO. NOT. WANT.
Seriously, your phone gets stolen and now you're really fucked. What kind of brainiacs think this shit up??
FFS, repeat after me: Your phone is not your life. Your phone is not the most important thing in the universe. Your phone should not hold the keys to your kingdom. And losing your phone should not immediately put your personal info, email, banking, and other critical information at risk.
The best solution would be that any time a terrorist video is found, the soundtrack is automatically replaced with Yakety Sax.
I would care deeply about this, if only I had a Facebook account.
If the only requirement is that it has to be "at least 50,000 words long", why not just submit a copy of the dictionary and call it done?
Not being a W10 user ... but doesn't the active window have a color that is different from the inactive windows? Or is the problem actually the inactive windows?
It's both, actually. The difference between an inactive or background window and a foreground window is often difficult to differentiate.
I'd say the latter is actually the bigger problem. Flat == shit.
Agreed.
I'm forced to use Windows 10 at work and its flat design is infuriating. Sometimes it's hard to tell where one window ends or overlaps another. A little shadowing or texture or ridge or any-fucking-thing would help, but oh no, can't have that. We gotta make it look like some jackass from PlaySkool(r) designed the interface.
Correction: those who remember having nothing but a command line are dead or retired.
Well...I'm not dead (yet), but I am close to retirement. And yes, I'm one of those cranky old fucks who remembers having nothing but a command line. I welcomed the advent of the GUI (and still do).
There's a time and a place for the command line and a time and a place for a GUI. And I confess, I think GUIs (when done right) are great 99% of the time. But sometimes a command line is truly da' shizzle, dawg!
The problem is that UX/UI people like to invent new and exciting stuff, while they should be making stuff familiar and boring.
An interface that a user doesn't notice while using it, is an interface done right.
Correct. Also, too many designers feel the need to fiddlefuck with stuff that works fine, hoping to make their mark or revolutionize something or other that doesn't need to be revolutionized.
I think (correct me if I'm wrong) it was the fucksticks at GNOME who decided to remove the upper-right minimize/maximize/close buttons, because fuck users, they don't know what they need or want even if they tell us what they need or want. Even if they complain bitterly and leave in droves! Fuck those users, we'll decide what's best for them because we know better. Suck it, you filthy users!
They took a perfectly good interface that was familiar and well-understood, and made a stupid, pointless change just because they could. No one was clamoring for this, they simply self-justified the change. And when people complained, they got all snippy and pissy about it. They couldn't even claim it was in the interests of "saving space" or some other creative bullshit because they didn't replace the buttons with anything, and removing them didn't magically make some space appear for other things. YA FUCKING ASSHOLES.
Your relentless spamming has convinced me- convinced me to never ever try or buy your product. Never.
Not that I believe the claims of this company to begin with though. Probably like the ADE 651.
That was more or less my take on it. Although, who knows, stranger things have happened.
If the NSA wanted something from you then they'd just put a bag over your head and hit you with a pipe wrench until you told them what the want.
Of course they would, but that would mean they'd have to a) buy a pipe and b) drive out to my house. Sounds like a lot of trouble for guys used to stroking a keyboard all day long, doncha think?
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The only difference is you live a life of inconvenience under the guise of security.
Lol, trust me, it's no inconvenience not to have facebook or twitter or any of that other crap on my phone. Only lifeless millennials and other douchebag dweebs/bros/hipsters think that shit is "indispensable" to life.
No, I carry an ancient flip-phone because it's rugged and does everything I want, not because I'm worried about the NSA/FBI/CIA/whatever tapping my communications.
Frankly I feel sorry for the poor bastard tasked with monitoring me, that guy is gonna die of boredom right quick. A trip to the coffee pot will be the highlight of his day.
Then:
Users: hey can you give us less intrusive and annoying ads
Advertisers: screw you here is your ad
Now:
Advertisers: hey please don't block our ads thanks
Users: screw you
Slashdot editors: "Wee right good sew ewe dont half two"
InterApp system extracts the following information from the targets smartphone:
User email address, password and content
Twitter, Facebook and other social media passwords and information
Dropbox passwords & content
Previous locations on map
MSISDN and IMEI identities
MAC address, device model, operating system Contact list of the target
Photos
Targets personal info: gender, age, address, education, etc.
Ha ha, the joke is on them- I don't have any of that shit on my phone, lol.
My old phone is only slightly smarter than a brick or a wet pack of matches, good luck getting anything from it. InterApp can hack my phone all day long and they won't even get a fucking dial tone.
Ancient flip-phone FOR THE WIN, BABY!
I know I feel much safer with these dangerous criminals off the streets. Whew, now I can sleep at night without fear of, uh, ummm, something.
Thank you, Intellectual Property Crime Unit of London, for fighting the Good Fight and keeping karaoke-related crimes from spiraling out of control and destroying our youth and the very fabric of society!
(And, of course, as if singing karaoke wasn't a crime in and of itself.)