So accessing the public profiles is to be allowed unless its done in such a way as to create unnatural load on their servers, something akin to a DDoS attack. They can set a throttle on hits per minute for programmed access. Or provide an API so HiQ and others can access the public profile info without impacting user facing servers, except the users get an additional profile security option to allow API access and default it to Off for everyone initially so they can opt in.
So, public data, except not accessible to the entire public and not on by default.
Sounds like a great way to give the host company a huge advantage on mining while pretending to give access to others. That API is worthless unless you restrict the host to the same requirements.
If I ever get a VM host where I can spin up Windows 2000 without it being hacked to pieces, I'm tempted to put my old school chat/discussion server up.
I do miss that old clunky 1999 style where conversation was king and everyone knew everyone else.
The shadow ban was innovative when I first saw it done on a Minitel network in 1993, today it's nothing new and very effective when used sparingly. (It was called "isolation" back then)
Sparingly is the key word, moderators don't seem to understand the concept of moderation lately. In-fact, I actually think moderators encourage trolling by being heavy handed.
The task scheduler is the preferred method for launching tasks now.It's a robust unified interface with logging capabilities and error handling.
I can see the old registry entries being ignored in the future with the ability for the OS to detect and create tasks when an installer tries to write to them.
At the end of the month, I still have that $10 CD or those 10 MP3's, which means I have some value in my collection.
Granted, it's not much, if I sold all my CD's I doubt I would get enough to pay for a year of music streaming, but at least I can loan them out, give them away or just play them wherever I want, online or offline.
The average iTunes user spends under $15/year on music. That number is misleading, since it includes all iTunes accounts, but there's no way that number is over $120/year for people who just buy music. Streaming music services, for most, are not cost effective.
Let's assume that Apple isn't going $14.99/mo and it's going to be the usual $9.99/mo. $120 a year is a decent amount of money to spend on music, if you want to take the time to buy it.
Imagine a family of where 2 adults both spend $10/mo, heck, $240 a year? That can buy you over 200 tracks a year, that you will get to keep. If you want to save more, buy used CD's and rip them.
You already have tons of music ripped, everyone does, do you really think you're going to spend $120 a year on new singles?
The Volt and C-Max (and similar plug-in hybrids) are the answer to the transition problem.
You can drive them for your daily 40 mile commute on battery, then switch over to gas for your 1500 mile vacation.
It's not a long term solution, since having a gas generator and electric motor means extra maintenance in the long term. The long term solution will be fast charging for electric. These cars are the bridge between the existing gas infrastructure and the new electric infrastructure.
Visa, MC, Amex and Discover will forbid fees again and that problem is solved. I don't think BestBuy or Walmart is going to stop accepting credit cards.
Also, I think Apple & Google should block the CurrentC app from their stores. I don't usually say that, but I'm really annoyed by CVS turning off Google Wallet for no reason except to be anti-competitive. If they are going to be anti-competitive then Apple and Google should not allow them access. CurrentC can be a web app and bypass the app store if they really want to.
Unfortunately, it is working out exactly as most people thought it would. Summers are getting hotter, storms more violent and weather patterns more unpredictable.
But don't worry, someone will mention that it was cold in the US this past winter, so it's all good, you know, ignoring the global part.
Overly restrictive, like, 'Please, don't poison the local aquifer', or 'Can you avoid killing most of the wildlife in the area', and 'Even though they are poor, doesn't mean you can ruin their homes'.
Some regulations are needed, others are not, that's what debate and compromise is supposed to be for.
To say that the 'little to no regulation environment' wanted by energy companies is foolish would be insulting to fools.
First off, NPR edited and reported on what the USGS published. That's called news, NPR is not the source, the USGS is. If your world renowned PhD is laughing at the USGS, I think he needs to publish a paper explaining why.
Second, this is Slashdot, not a peer reviewed scientific journal. Posting links is fine as long as they are backed by real research. Again, I think the USGS is, by far, the best source for this. That's what they do, their agenda is to answer questions, not to make money for the local energy concern.
Given the gas and oil industry's scientific reputation, anything they publish should be suspect. (Remember how safe leaded gas was?)
How about we blame Fallin? She's the one person who could actually suspend pumping until actual geologists that are not being paid by Chesapeake & friends figure out a solution.
I find it humorous that it's doing more damage in the expensive housing near Edmond that most of the execs live in.
...and no it's not fracking. The faults already existed, the only thing that fracking may have done is lubricate those faults, they still would've happened eventually.
Unaided those earthquakes would have happened anyway, on the normal geologic timescale of some time in the next thousand years.
But I agree with you, it's not fracking, it's wastewater disposal. We've known since the 50's that you don't pump water into areas that are not stable. What's going to happen is the state is going to do very little until there's an earthquake that does major damage. Then the Feds are going to get involved and things will finally get done.
Also, at some point, some random idiot with a following will blame the gays, Jews, Muslims, communists, blacks, or generic sinners for this. The only group that will not be blamed will be the people who pumped water at high speeds into an unstable area.
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So accessing the public profiles is to be allowed unless its done in such a way as to create unnatural load on their servers, something akin to a DDoS attack. They can set a throttle on hits per minute for programmed access. Or provide an API so HiQ and others can access the public profile info without impacting user facing servers, except the users get an additional profile security option to allow API access and default it to Off for everyone initially so they can opt in.
So, public data, except not accessible to the entire public and not on by default.
Sounds like a great way to give the host company a huge advantage on mining while pretending to give access to others. That API is worthless unless you restrict the host to the same requirements.
Good news all around then.
MS added several million testers that will continue to test updates after release, in exchange they get a free copy of Windows.
Updates can be uninstalled during boot if they are causing issues.
If I ever get a VM host where I can spin up Windows 2000 without it being hacked to pieces, I'm tempted to put my old school chat/discussion server up.
I do miss that old clunky 1999 style where conversation was king and everyone knew everyone else.
The shadow ban was innovative when I first saw it done on a Minitel network in 1993, today it's nothing new and very effective when used sparingly. (It was called "isolation" back then)
Sparingly is the key word, moderators don't seem to understand the concept of moderation lately. In-fact, I actually think moderators encourage trolling by being heavy handed.
The task scheduler is the preferred method for launching tasks now.It's a robust unified interface with logging capabilities and error handling.
I can see the old registry entries being ignored in the future with the ability for the OS to detect and create tasks when an installer tries to write to them.
No, because the restricted behavior isn't bundling, it's changing search providers without prompting.
It's mentioned in the article in about every single sentence, so I can see how you missed it.
The Bing toolbar doesn't change search settings without prompting, and is not removed. Same with the Google toolbar.
At the end of the month, I still have that $10 CD or those 10 MP3's, which means I have some value in my collection.
Granted, it's not much, if I sold all my CD's I doubt I would get enough to pay for a year of music streaming, but at least I can loan them out, give them away or just play them wherever I want, online or offline.
There are always outliers.
The average iTunes user spends under $15/year on music. That number is misleading, since it includes all iTunes accounts, but there's no way that number is over $120/year for people who just buy music. Streaming music services, for most, are not cost effective.
Let's assume that Apple isn't going $14.99/mo and it's going to be the usual $9.99 /mo. $120 a year is a decent amount of money to spend on music, if you want to take the time to buy it.
Imagine a family of where 2 adults both spend $10/mo, heck, $240 a year? That can buy you over 200 tracks a year, that you will get to keep. If you want to save more, buy used CD's and rip them.
You already have tons of music ripped, everyone does, do you really think you're going to spend $120 a year on new singles?
The Volt and C-Max (and similar plug-in hybrids) are the answer to the transition problem.
You can drive them for your daily 40 mile commute on battery, then switch over to gas for your 1500 mile vacation.
It's not a long term solution, since having a gas generator and electric motor means extra maintenance in the long term. The long term solution will be fast charging for electric. These cars are the bridge between the existing gas infrastructure and the new electric infrastructure.
Visa, MC, Amex and Discover will forbid fees again and that problem is solved. I don't think BestBuy or Walmart is going to stop accepting credit cards.
Also, I think Apple & Google should block the CurrentC app from their stores. I don't usually say that, but I'm really annoyed by CVS turning off Google Wallet for no reason except to be anti-competitive. If they are going to be anti-competitive then Apple and Google should not allow them access. CurrentC can be a web app and bypass the app store if they really want to.
This is one of the rare times I would agree with Apple denying an app.
CurrentC sounds like a mess waiting to happen.
I checked, Netcraft has NOT confirmed that VB is dying.
Sorry everyone, hastily written apps will continue until the end of time (or Windows, whichever comes first, odds are that time ends first.)
(how's that global warming working out for ya?)
Unfortunately, it is working out exactly as most people thought it would. Summers are getting hotter, storms more violent and weather patterns more unpredictable.
But don't worry, someone will mention that it was cold in the US this past winter, so it's all good, you know, ignoring the global part.
Overly restrictive, like, 'Please, don't poison the local aquifer', or 'Can you avoid killing most of the wildlife in the area', and 'Even though they are poor, doesn't mean you can ruin their homes'.
Some regulations are needed, others are not, that's what debate and compromise is supposed to be for.
To say that the 'little to no regulation environment' wanted by energy companies is foolish would be insulting to fools.
Only a complete idiot ignores independent scientists.
You realize that oil drilling only goes about 2.2 km deep, while most earth quakes are ten km deep?
1 in the past 30 days has been 10 km or more deep. The vast majority are between 2 and 5.
Especially when I can walk two doors down and get it from a world renowned geological hydrology PhD. Pretty sure he'd laugh at those references.
After he's finished laughing at the source, is that when he explains to you that the conclusions are all correct?
Our will to implement the solution vanished because some idiots let energy companies run reactors.
I'm all for nuclear, if it's done properly. I just don't wan't the company that burns up at least one substation a year to run it.
They often call the pizza delivery guy too, context would be nice.
First off, NPR edited and reported on what the USGS published. That's called news, NPR is not the source, the USGS is. If your world renowned PhD is laughing at the USGS, I think he needs to publish a paper explaining why.
Second, this is Slashdot, not a peer reviewed scientific journal. Posting links is fine as long as they are backed by real research. Again, I think the USGS is, by far, the best source for this. That's what they do, their agenda is to answer questions, not to make money for the local energy concern.
Given the gas and oil industry's scientific reputation, anything they publish should be suspect. (Remember how safe leaded gas was?)
How about we blame Fallin? She's the one person who could actually suspend pumping until actual geologists that are not being paid by Chesapeake & friends figure out a solution.
I find it humorous that it's doing more damage in the expensive housing near Edmond that most of the execs live in.
Only a complete idiot ignores independent scientists.
I actually live here, I think I know that oil companies pretty much owns the state government.
...and no it's not fracking. The faults already existed, the only thing that fracking may have done is lubricate those faults, they still would've happened eventually.
Unaided those earthquakes would have happened anyway, on the normal geologic timescale of some time in the next thousand years.
But I agree with you, it's not fracking, it's wastewater disposal. We've known since the 50's that you don't pump water into areas that are not stable. What's going to happen is the state is going to do very little until there's an earthquake that does major damage. Then the Feds are going to get involved and things will finally get done.
Also, at some point, some random idiot with a following will blame the gays, Jews, Muslims, communists, blacks, or generic sinners for this. The only group that will not be blamed will be the people who pumped water at high speeds into an unstable area.