Taplin cited Snapchat an example of a company that tried to innovate, but refused to take Facebook's buyout offer. Facebook has simply copied its features.
If someone can put you out of business simply by copying what you are doing, maybe it means you're a shit company who isn't doing it very well.
with a Macbook because it kept crashing. She's in college and too far away for me to really troubleshoot it. So she comes home and brings the Toshiba with her so I can troublshoot.
So, she's in college but not smart enough to troubleshoot simple problems on a computer.
I'm not sure if that reflects badly on our educational system or her parents.
The whole idea of Firefox is *PRIVACY*. Chrome has access to the Google 'Advertiser ID', which in turn is linked to Google play, and google accounts, your credit card, name, address, phone number, linked to the location service (i.e. GPS track), the Wifi near you (i.e. who you are with) and if Google Assistant is onboard then recordings of everything you every said to it, and every website you ever visited that has a Google advert, Google metrics, Google content service, Google Tag Service etc etc etc etc. i.e. every website you ever visited.
So, anyone who's understands what Google is actually doing, switches to DuckDuckGo and Firefox to reduce the amount of data we voluntarily hand over to Google.
Firefox's main selling point is privacy.
And where does Mozilla get 98% of its revenue (currently about $375 Million a year)?
GOOGLE
Except for a brief fling with Yahoo, nearly all of Mozilla's revenue has come from Google. More than 2 Billion Dollars over the last 10 years. If you think that money is just some sort of gift, well, I think you just might be a little delusional. There is no way Google just hands over that amount of money and expects nothing in return.
Edge might do well with PDFs, don't know, haven't tried it with PDFs. But I do know that as a web browser it's so primitive that it's completely useless.
When you have 200 staff all using Tabmix, that's a lot of people Mozilla have destroyed. Sure FF is faster but people are now taking longer to work around the extensions issues so it's not really a win-win situation.
That's the big problem. Speed is nice, but speed by itself, isn't meaningful. The new Firefox design didn't just kill my favorite extensions, the developers of those extensions have given up because the new design makes it impossible to create a new version of certain extensions. There are some things that you simply can't do any more.
So, what good is a "fast" browser if it doesn't so what I want?
Mozilla gets approximately $300 Million dollars a year from Google (Mozilla just recently terminated their contract with Yahoo and went back to their old girlfriend, Google.)
If you don't think Mozilla is giving Google anything and everything they want, in return for that money, you are insane.
Meanwhile, here's part of Microsoft's announcement for their latest build containing this new feature:
"Due to a bug that causes PCs with AMD processors to bugcheck during upgrading to current builds, we are blocking PCs with AMD processors from receiving this build. We are investigating and working to fix so we can remove this block."
(Note: "bugcheck" is official Microsoft-speak for Blue-Screen-Of-Death, although in Windows 10 I think it's actually green now)
Yet another completely useless and pointless "feature" is introduced while they can't even fix existing bugs.
Bitcoin and stocks have something in common. Their price has absolutely no connection to reality. Since Bitcoin is new and tech-y, younger people feel more comfortable with it, even though it's all a complete scam, just like the stock market.
Ever since the invention of the light bulb, it doesn't matter when the sun comes up.
But, if you adjust your clock so that you are performing more activities while it is light outside, then you eliminate the need for some of those light bulbs, which is the whole point of DST.
The reason they used that combo in the first place was for compatibility with legacy applications.
Back in the olden days of DOS, pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del immediately rebooted your computer. But, it's not really possible to accidentally press Ctrl-Alt-Del and lose whatever you were working on.
Bill has nothing to apologize for. There's nothing wrong with Ctrl-Alt-Del.
By November 2018, Chrome 70 will come out and will completely remove trust in all Symantec certificates that have ever been issued.
Waiting a year is bullshit. All Symantec certs should be distrusted effective November 1 of this year, not next year. If you can't get a new cert in 30-45 days you don't really give a shit and your website shouldn't be trusted.
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Jaron Lanier is a crackpot who have never done any actual work in his life.
Taplin cited Snapchat an example of a company that tried to innovate, but refused to take Facebook's buyout offer. Facebook has simply copied its features.
If someone can put you out of business simply by copying what you are doing, maybe it means you're a shit company who isn't doing it very well.
Lenovo settled a massive $3.5 million fine
This is why this sort of thing keeps happening. Massive? Not even close.
Last year, Lenovo's revenue averaged out to $4.9 Million USD PER HOUR. Congraulations, you fined Lenovo less that what they make in one hour.
with a Macbook because it kept crashing. She's in college and too far away for me to really troubleshoot it. So she comes home and brings the Toshiba with her so I can troublshoot.
So, she's in college but not smart enough to troubleshoot simple problems on a computer.
I'm not sure if that reflects badly on our educational system or her parents.
ZT traffic can't be read to determine what rules or pricing to apply
There's no need to read ZT traffic. There's no need to apply rules or pricing. They will just block all of it. 100% guaranteed.
If you think that Comcast/AT&T/Verizon, et.al., give a shit, you haven't been paying attention.
The whole idea of Firefox is *PRIVACY*. Chrome has access to the Google 'Advertiser ID', which in turn is linked to Google play, and google accounts, your credit card, name, address, phone number, linked to the location service (i.e. GPS track), the Wifi near you (i.e. who you are with) and if Google Assistant is onboard then recordings of everything you every said to it, and every website you ever visited that has a Google advert, Google metrics, Google content service, Google Tag Service etc etc etc etc. i.e. every website you ever visited.
So, anyone who's understands what Google is actually doing, switches to DuckDuckGo and Firefox to reduce the amount of data we voluntarily hand over to Google.
Firefox's main selling point is privacy.
And where does Mozilla get 98% of its revenue (currently about $375 Million a year)?
GOOGLE
Except for a brief fling with Yahoo, nearly all of Mozilla's revenue has come from Google. More than 2 Billion Dollars over the last 10 years. If you think that money is just some sort of gift, well, I think you just might be a little delusional. There is no way Google just hands over that amount of money and expects nothing in return.
Edge.
LOL. Good one.
Edge might do well with PDFs, don't know, haven't tried it with PDFs. But I do know that as a web browser it's so primitive that it's completely useless.
That is the lamest shit reason. The move to webextensions is going to expand the ecosystem of maintained extensions
Bullshit.
Many extensions cannot be ported over to the new system -- there are certain things that you simply can't so any more.
When you have 200 staff all using Tabmix, that's a lot of people Mozilla have destroyed. Sure FF is faster but people are now taking longer to work around the extensions issues so it's not really a win-win situation.
That's the big problem. Speed is nice, but speed by itself, isn't meaningful. The new Firefox design didn't just kill my favorite extensions, the developers of those extensions have given up because the new design makes it impossible to create a new version of certain extensions. There are some things that you simply can't do any more.
So, what good is a "fast" browser if it doesn't so what I want?
Is software running on electronic hardware invariably open to hacking if someone just tries long and hard enough?
This is 10% of the problem
Or are the product manufacturers simply careless or cutting corners in their product designs?
This is 90% of the problem.
Mozilla gets approximately $300 Million dollars a year from Google (Mozilla just recently terminated their contract with Yahoo and went back to their old girlfriend, Google.)
If you don't think Mozilla is giving Google anything and everything they want, in return for that money, you are insane.
vulnerabilities in intel management engine are not. they are flaws in the *HARDWARE*
But you still need physical access to the machine.
And I think its mostly firmware, not hardware, so it's probably patchable.
Helvetica was created in 1957.
And . . . ?
The two statements are not contradictory or mutually exclusive.
Meanwhile, here's part of Microsoft's announcement for their latest build containing this new feature:
"Due to a bug that causes PCs with AMD processors to bugcheck during upgrading to current builds, we are blocking PCs with AMD processors from receiving this build. We are investigating and working to fix so we can remove this block."
(Note: "bugcheck" is official Microsoft-speak for Blue-Screen-Of-Death, although in Windows 10 I think it's actually green now)
Yet another completely useless and pointless "feature" is introduced while they can't even fix existing bugs.
Bitcoin and stocks have something in common. Their price has absolutely no connection to reality. Since Bitcoin is new and tech-y, younger people feel more comfortable with it, even though it's all a complete scam, just like the stock market.
How old was Quark? He didn't seem short-lived to me.
Ever since the invention of the light bulb, it doesn't matter when the sun comes up.
But, if you adjust your clock so that you are performing more activities while it is light outside, then you eliminate the need for some of those light bulbs, which is the whole point of DST.
This is English, not German.
Noch nicht, aber wir arbeiten daran.
Gesundheit.
CPU time and network time should be better spent on the really important stuff that computers are supposed to do: porn.
fixed that for you.
A modern APP with a hosts file.
Punctuation is missing.
It should be "Donate, you noise."
The SEC has been mostly irrelevant for at least 20 years.
Unless you are a lazy slob with no skills.
Then you get what you want by constantly complaining of "discrimination".
The reason they used that combo in the first place was for compatibility with legacy applications.
Back in the olden days of DOS, pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del immediately rebooted your computer. But, it's not really possible to accidentally press Ctrl-Alt-Del and lose whatever you were working on.
Bill has nothing to apologize for. There's nothing wrong with Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Here's the real problem:
By November 2018, Chrome 70 will come out and will completely remove trust in all Symantec certificates that have ever been issued.
Waiting a year is bullshit. All Symantec certs should be distrusted effective November 1 of this year, not next year. If you can't get a new cert in 30-45 days you don't really give a shit and your website shouldn't be trusted.