It doesn't say it automatically responds, it says it presents YOU with three quick responses you can send. Just saves some typing.
Agreed, I don't see what's so heinous about this. It gives you a few choices of common responses that may be all you need to use. Why should I have to type out the same thing to a 100 different people day after day when they all just need more or less the same response?
I keep a small text file with common responses to questions that some clients ask and that some of the people using the contact forms on my sites ask. It provides a quicker and more consistent response and I can always edit the response if needed.
It's not exactly a selectable auto-response but it's close.
That Fed-Ex driver is a sneaky one with mad hacking skills!
Actually there are numerous documented instances where one three-letter agency or another has intercepted computer hardware en route, added tracking or monitoring hardware/software, and then resealed the box so it could be delivered. I don't have citations at hand, but I believe both the FBI and CIA have admitted to doing this. I think possibly the NSA as well but I don't recall for certain.
Just because a CEO/CIO mentions the word "cloud", it doesn't mean they do not understand the concept.
Oftentimes that is exactly what it means. I'd be surprised if half of the CEO/CIOs who use that word have the slightest idea of what it actually means.
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GE is a serious company, they aren't about to throw stuff into the cloud and jeopardize their company on the mere whim of a CEO or CIO.
Lol, that's adorably naive. You realize that quite a few companies have done exactly that and then reversed course after realizing they fucked up majorly by doing so? HIPPA, SOX, all sorts of security and compliance issues pop up later (or fall on them like a ton of bricks) and then they realize that "cloud" isn't a magic word that makes all their problems go away. Ask me how I know.
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They'll have reams of documentation on how it can be achieved, what it will cost, the risks involved, etc.
What's your point? That enough documentation will help them understand the issues? It should, but often it doesn't.
I know- maybe they should put all that documentation in the Cloud(tm) so that their customer-centric, three-dimensional transitional mobility will allow them to enable interactive policy capability and achieve forward-thinking optimized organizational alignment? Because, you know, Cloud.
It's OK you don't understand the benefits cloud providers offer. The rest of us will continue to use them to enrich your life, even if you have no idea.
Don't be such an ignorant asshole (even if it comes naturally).
Try not to went your panties, but the fact is that I understand the benefits and (GASP) even use the services of some cloud providers. Some of the sites I've built run on cloud services. And those sites make me money every day, so I don't have to go into work and slave away like a helpless little drone the way you have to every day.:)
In short, I've probably been using cloud services long than you and quite probably have more direct experience with them than you do. I use and manage my own library of "freeze-dried" server images, and when I launch a new site I use one of the custom images I've created (usually Debian with a LAMP stack).
What I object to is the market-speak terminology being tossed around by CEO/CIO types who like the word but don't realize that all it means is "other people's servers".
In conclusion, stop being such an jerk. After all, I don't come down to where you work and knock the dicks out of your mouth, do I?
First, any executive that utters the word "Cloud" is a moron. A CTO, CIO, etc who utters the word "cloud" is a fucking moron.
And the best part is they have no fucking idea what the "cloud" actually is. If you told them it's just "other people's servers" they wouldn't understand that either, but still.
So yeah, I get tired of the "cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud...." shit too. It's fucking stupid.
The usefulness of your post notwithstanding, I heard in a news broadcast a few months ago (to my recollection) that the Klan's membership used to numbers in the millions at its peak and is now measured in tens of thousands.
I doubt they even have that many members, my unsubstantiated guess would be well under 10,000, maybe half that many.
But I agree, it's good to see them in decline. In the next 20 years (after all the old geezer members die off) I suspect they'll be down to a couple of thousand, if that. They'll be vastly outnumbered by furries and people that enjoy My Little Pony porn, lol.
You talking about Carly or Hillary? Seriously I can't tell the difference.
In a practical sense, there is virtually no difference. There just wear different brands, but underneath they're nearly identical in ideology and sense of purpose. Hillary is a Republican in virtually every way, indistinguishable except for which side of the aisle she sits on.
"HP fell victim to huge shifts in the computer industry...."
No, not really.
What they fell victim to was Carly Fiorina, who skillfully drove a once-vibrant company into the ground and then walked away with millions, laughing at the suckers who got laid off as a result of her ham-handed management.
It's no secret what ruined HP, and the thing that ruined HP is now running for president of the country. Fortunately she has ZERO chance of ever sitting in the White House, but it's an insult to everyone that this greedy, viscous bitch would dare to present herself as a viable candidate for the most powerful office in the land.
Weird, that really doesn't make sense. As long as you're watching Amazon Prime video, why would they care that you're using an LG smartTV to do it?
It's all about locking down every possible bit of the market, basically their "ecosystem" of products. And there's no room for a competitor in their ecosystem. This isn't a compatibility issue, this is a "how much can we earn" issue.
"While some have likened this move to being anti-competitive..."
Yes, "some" in this case means "approaching 99.99999%". This, to me, seems to be the very essence of what "anti-competitive" means.
Honestly, this is such an obvious anti-competitive move that I can't believe it's even being debated, especially since they were selling Apple TV and Chromecast before they came out with their specific brand-locked bullshit product. But we can't have people buying stuff that might cut into our profits, can we?
So if Amazon starts making hammers, is it okay if they drop all other brands of hammers from their store? Because those other hammers might not be compatible with Amazon brand nails, you know.
Best bet is simply not to have anything for them to find. Store your data on a thumb drive (that you'll carry or ship separately) or upload it to your own server or a service like Google Drive or Dropbox, encrypting it or not first, all depending on how sensitive the information is.
Bingo. This is the only way to avoid the whole mess of having data for them to become suspicious of in the first place. Don't have anything for them to find or become suspicious of.
Once they find encrypted data most law enforcement authorities will automatically assume something nefarious, and even if they don't, they'll still want to see what it is.
And they'll use the old "We think it might be child porn" as an excuse to hold you for as long as they can get away with (and these days that may be forever).
The police have to show that you have the key for there to be a prosecution.
Unfortunately, these days they can just insist that you know the key, or claim that they know you know the key, and you'll probably sit in jail for quite some time before they let you out (if ever).
It's hard to prove you don't know something, especially if you've encrypted data that they want. Their reasoning (to the judge) will be, "Who would encrypt data without a way to decrypt it, your Honor?" and most judges will go "That makes sense."
And frankly, it does make sense. Why would someone encrypt their data if they didn't have a way to decrypt it?
This is actually the solution. Learn some mnemonic techniques.
Some people use a passphrase form a commonly accessible book (i.e. the bible, War and Peace, Aesop's Fables, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc). Just find a section you want and use the next 5 or ten words without spaces as the passphrase.
You don't even have to memorize it because this stuff is easy to locate online. Search to find the verse or section you want, locate the string of words, and there you go.
The bullshit is that women only make 70c on every dollar a man makes
This "70 cents" thing been debunked since forever, but they love this line so much that they'll use it until the Sun burns out. (And both Dems and Repubs use this line, not just Dems.)
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and that 1 in 3 women are raped.
It's 7 out of 3 women (!!), but only if you count "looking at women" on the street, which is damn near what they did to get their bullshit "1 in 3" figure.
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It doesn't say it automatically responds, it says it presents YOU with three quick responses you can send. Just saves some typing.
Agreed, I don't see what's so heinous about this. It gives you a few choices of common responses that may be all you need to use. Why should I have to type out the same thing to a 100 different people day after day when they all just need more or less the same response?
I keep a small text file with common responses to questions that some clients ask and that some of the people using the contact forms on my sites ask. It provides a quicker and more consistent response and I can always edit the response if needed.
It's not exactly a selectable auto-response but it's close.
Its like the daily show's "Senior blahblah Analyst" where blahblah = the subject at hand, whether it's "elections" or "toilet cleaning".
That's the way it works.
-JustAnotherOldGuy (Senior Porn Analyst)
That Fed-Ex driver is a sneaky one with mad hacking skills!
Actually there are numerous documented instances where one three-letter agency or another has intercepted computer hardware en route, added tracking or monitoring hardware/software, and then resealed the box so it could be delivered. I don't have citations at hand, but I believe both the FBI and CIA have admitted to doing this. I think possibly the NSA as well but I don't recall for certain.
Why would excercising a legal right be intimidating or antagonising to an officer?
I don't know, but it sure seems to be viewed that way by a lot of police officers. And I do mean a lot.
Just because a CEO/CIO mentions the word "cloud", it doesn't mean they do not understand the concept.
Oftentimes that is exactly what it means. I'd be surprised if half of the CEO/CIOs who use that word have the slightest idea of what it actually means.
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GE is a serious company, they aren't about to throw stuff into the cloud and jeopardize their company on the mere whim of a CEO or CIO.
Lol, that's adorably naive. You realize that quite a few companies have done exactly that and then reversed course after realizing they fucked up majorly by doing so? HIPPA, SOX, all sorts of security and compliance issues pop up later (or fall on them like a ton of bricks) and then they realize that "cloud" isn't a magic word that makes all their problems go away. Ask me how I know.
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They'll have reams of documentation on how it can be achieved, what it will cost, the risks involved, etc.
What's your point? That enough documentation will help them understand the issues? It should, but often it doesn't.
I know- maybe they should put all that documentation in the Cloud(tm) so that their customer-centric, three-dimensional transitional mobility will allow them to enable interactive policy capability and achieve forward-thinking optimized organizational alignment? Because, you know, Cloud.
It's OK you don't understand the benefits cloud providers offer. The rest of us will continue to use them to enrich your life, even if you have no idea.
Don't be such an ignorant asshole (even if it comes naturally).
Try not to went your panties, but the fact is that I understand the benefits and (GASP) even use the services of some cloud providers. Some of the sites I've built run on cloud services. And those sites make me money every day, so I don't have to go into work and slave away like a helpless little drone the way you have to every day. :)
In short, I've probably been using cloud services long than you and quite probably have more direct experience with them than you do. I use and manage my own library of "freeze-dried" server images, and when I launch a new site I use one of the custom images I've created (usually Debian with a LAMP stack).
What I object to is the market-speak terminology being tossed around by CEO/CIO types who like the word but don't realize that all it means is "other people's servers".
In conclusion, stop being such an jerk. After all, I don't come down to where you work and knock the dicks out of your mouth, do I?
First, any executive that utters the word "Cloud" is a moron. A CTO, CIO, etc who utters the word "cloud" is a fucking moron.
And the best part is they have no fucking idea what the "cloud" actually is. If you told them it's just "other people's servers" they wouldn't understand that either, but still.
So yeah, I get tired of the "cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud...." shit too. It's fucking stupid.
I feel bad because he died, but I also feel good because I outlived him.
I mean, it's better that I read about his death than him reading about mine, right?
The usefulness of your post notwithstanding, I heard in a news broadcast a few months ago (to my recollection) that the Klan's membership used to numbers in the millions at its peak and is now measured in tens of thousands.
I doubt they even have that many members, my unsubstantiated guess would be well under 10,000, maybe half that many.
But I agree, it's good to see them in decline. In the next 20 years (after all the old geezer members die off) I suspect they'll be down to a couple of thousand, if that. They'll be vastly outnumbered by furries and people that enjoy My Little Pony porn, lol.
That certainly is shocking news.
MOAR LENS FLARE!
And gratuitous explosions, don't forget the explosions!
It can't get any worse than Enterprise.
Then again, I thought it couldn't get any worse than Voyager, so I could be wrong.
Rule #1 of sequels: It can always get worse.
Gentlemen, start the Hype Machine!
Lets all obsess over this and speculate endlessly about it, go go go!
You talking about Carly or Hillary? Seriously I can't tell the difference.
In a practical sense, there is virtually no difference. There just wear different brands, but underneath they're nearly identical in ideology and sense of purpose. Hillary is a Republican in virtually every way, indistinguishable except for which side of the aisle she sits on.
Your post gave me PTSD, you should be banned.
You laugh, but that crazy bitch Melody Hensley claims she got PTSD from twitter after she received some spirited criticism for some of her stupider comments.
She also tried to get some active duty military folks fired for daring to suggest that she might not actually have PTSD.
On Friday I suggested that it was highly likely we would see this
Yep.
Personally I'm surprised that rm -r /* hasn't been forced through...a lot fewer keystrokes to succeed with that one.
"HP fell victim to huge shifts in the computer industry...."
No, not really.
What they fell victim to was Carly Fiorina, who skillfully drove a once-vibrant company into the ground and then walked away with millions, laughing at the suckers who got laid off as a result of her ham-handed management.
It's no secret what ruined HP, and the thing that ruined HP is now running for president of the country. Fortunately she has ZERO chance of ever sitting in the White House, but it's an insult to everyone that this greedy, viscous bitch would dare to present herself as a viable candidate for the most powerful office in the land.
Weird, that really doesn't make sense. As long as you're watching Amazon Prime video, why would they care that you're using an LG smartTV to do it?
It's all about locking down every possible bit of the market, basically their "ecosystem" of products. And there's no room for a competitor in their ecosystem. This isn't a compatibility issue, this is a "how much can we earn" issue.
"While some have likened this move to being anti-competitive..."
Yes, "some" in this case means "approaching 99.99999%". This, to me, seems to be the very essence of what "anti-competitive" means.
Honestly, this is such an obvious anti-competitive move that I can't believe it's even being debated, especially since they were selling Apple TV and Chromecast before they came out with their specific brand-locked bullshit product. But we can't have people buying stuff that might cut into our profits, can we?
So if Amazon starts making hammers, is it okay if they drop all other brands of hammers from their store? Because those other hammers might not be compatible with Amazon brand nails, you know.
Best bet is simply not to have anything for them to find. Store your data on a thumb drive (that you'll carry or ship separately) or upload it to your own server or a service like Google Drive or Dropbox, encrypting it or not first, all depending on how sensitive the information is.
Bingo. This is the only way to avoid the whole mess of having data for them to become suspicious of in the first place. Don't have anything for them to find or become suspicious of.
Once they find encrypted data most law enforcement authorities will automatically assume something nefarious, and even if they don't, they'll still want to see what it is.
And they'll use the old "We think it might be child porn" as an excuse to hold you for as long as they can get away with (and these days that may be forever).
The police have to show that you have the key for there to be a prosecution.
Unfortunately, these days they can just insist that you know the key, or claim that they know you know the key, and you'll probably sit in jail for quite some time before they let you out (if ever).
It's hard to prove you don't know something, especially if you've encrypted data that they want. Their reasoning (to the judge) will be, "Who would encrypt data without a way to decrypt it, your Honor?" and most judges will go "That makes sense."
And frankly, it does make sense. Why would someone encrypt their data if they didn't have a way to decrypt it?
This is actually the solution. Learn some mnemonic techniques.
Some people use a passphrase form a commonly accessible book (i.e. the bible, War and Peace, Aesop's Fables, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc). Just find a section you want and use the next 5 or ten words without spaces as the passphrase.
You don't even have to memorize it because this stuff is easy to locate online. Search to find the verse or section you want, locate the string of words, and there you go.
A big salute to the people at Kaspersky Labs and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.
Talk about earning goodwill, these guys (and gals) just banked a mountain of it as far as I'm concerned.
The bullshit is that women only make 70c on every dollar a man makes
This "70 cents" thing been debunked since forever, but they love this line so much that they'll use it until the Sun burns out. (And both Dems and Repubs use this line, not just Dems.)
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and that 1 in 3 women are raped.
It's 7 out of 3 women (!!), but only if you count "looking at women" on the street, which is damn near what they did to get their bullshit "1 in 3" figure.
Won't it just end up broken with an rm -rf at some point?
Lol, that'd be my guess. I'd put money on it.