My grocery store doesn't have self-checkout. A number of years ago one of the stores tried it. The machines didn't work right. Apparently it wasn't just me, because they quit offering it and none of the other stores around here tried it.
This was years ago, so maybe the tech wasn't ready, or maybe they just tried to cheap out and got crappy machines. Either way, it left a bad impression on me, and I'm not eager to try it again.
^This! The kind of criminals that would break into my house and steal my PC aren't going to be hacking into it. They'll sell it for drug money, and the buyer will just wipe the damn thing.
All I need to do is utter some bad words, buy a new PC, and restore my crap from backups.
I might delay oil changes, but not that long. I do them as soon as I have time after they're due.
With safety recalls, it depends on the recall. If the airbags are in imminent danger of exploding and sending shrapnel into my GF and myself, I'll take off work ASAP to get that fixed. If there's a slim chance of my doorlock breaking, I might wait until my next day off, same as with the oil.
With software patches, I want to fix them quickly, but I also want reasonable assurance that they won't cause my PC to explode in a burst of shrapnel (or as close as software can come to that).
The problem with passphrases is systems that can't handle the length, or worse silently truncate after x characters. Also, typing on a phone can be a PITA.
The proliferation of IoT in damn near every device around you is exactly why this whole story is NOT bullshit. Even if YOU choose to not to participate, you WILL become part of the bigger monitored world, whether you like it or not.
And the more YOU choose not to participate in a society that desires and demands interconnected citizens, the more YOU will become a monitored anomaly. The analogy today would be refusing to wash your body or wear deodorant on a regular basis; certain actions make it rather easy to find the outlier.
OTOH, refusing to wash your body or wear deodorant on a regular basis will make it harder for anyone to get close enough to monitor you.
I was born in the late 50's and I'd have trouble telling you which networks air the programs I watch. Off the top of my head, the only ones I can match for certain are "Game Of Thrones=HBO" and "Orange Is The New Black=Netflix". Does that mean I'm a millennial or stupid, or that the concept of a programming network is outdated?
I vote option 3. I'm the same way, and close to the same age.
Ditto! I'm within spitting distance of 60, and I have no idea where most of my shows are. I didn't really pay attention to the channel when I added them to my DVR list, and I certainly don't know now. And these days, I watch as much or more on Netflix or Hulu than I do on regular TV anyway.
I'm an old geezer. I know that some shows are CW, mainly because they aren't on Hulu. 60 Minutes is CBS. I have no idea where anything else is. Usually I don't even know when they air. I just turn on the tube, look for them on my DVR (or Netflix or Hulu) and watch them.
It takes me about 5 minutes when I stop for gas. That includes the time to pee, grab some quick snacks & drinks, and wait in line to pay for the stuff. I'd hate to wait another 25 minutes with nothing else to do.
Hypothetical scenario: If an Internet troll guessed the password to Trump's Twitter account and started posting bizarre tweets from it, would anyone notice?
Extra credit: If Trump himself were to notice the hack and cry foul about it, would anyone believe him?
Final thought: Perhaps this has already happened?
Nah, I think if Trump's twitter was hacked, we'd have seen an improvement in quality by now.
If you're thinking of buying a house in an area, go into a McDonald's and see if the bathrooms are locked. If they are, you're in a diverse part of town and should get the fuck out as soon as possible.
That can't be right, the McDonald's near me has a locked bathroom. Oh, crap!
I've had an iPad for years. It boots fast, it's portable, and less hassle than my laptop. Yet, when I want to do anything, I fire up the laptop. Of the shortcomings of the tablet, the lack of a file system was the biggest.
I haven't cut my cord yet, but I was looking at my expenses the other day. Cable wasn't my highest, but everything higher would be hard to cut. Netflix + Hulu doesn't replace everything I currently watch, but it replaces most of it, at a much lower cost. At this point, a few stray shows, the local news, the fact that I'll still be dealing with the same company for internet, and plain old inertia are the only things keeping me on Time-Spectrum.
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My grocery store doesn't have self-checkout. A number of years ago one of the stores tried it. The machines didn't work right. Apparently it wasn't just me, because they quit offering it and none of the other stores around here tried it.
This was years ago, so maybe the tech wasn't ready, or maybe they just tried to cheap out and got crappy machines. Either way, it left a bad impression on me, and I'm not eager to try it again.
They probably thought a "stranger" was some creepy looking character. The people they went with were normal-looking and friendly.
^This! The kind of criminals that would break into my house and steal my PC aren't going to be hacking into it. They'll sell it for drug money, and the buyer will just wipe the damn thing.
All I need to do is utter some bad words, buy a new PC, and restore my crap from backups.
Which, I believe is why they've tried not to act like Nazis anymore. Until now, it seems.
They probably weren't armed because even the hardest core gun nut doesn't concealed carry while playing baseball...
Maybe if they had, it would have ended better.
I might delay oil changes, but not that long. I do them as soon as I have time after they're due.
With safety recalls, it depends on the recall. If the airbags are in imminent danger of exploding and sending shrapnel into my GF and myself, I'll take off work ASAP to get that fixed. If there's a slim chance of my doorlock breaking, I might wait until my next day off, same as with the oil.
With software patches, I want to fix them quickly, but I also want reasonable assurance that they won't cause my PC to explode in a burst of shrapnel (or as close as software can come to that).
The problem with passphrases is systems that can't handle the length, or worse silently truncate after x characters. Also, typing on a phone can be a PITA.
I'm not sure about that. I don't see them. I don't hear them. AFAICT, they don't really exist!
The proliferation of IoT in damn near every device around you is exactly why this whole story is NOT bullshit. Even if YOU choose to not to participate, you WILL become part of the bigger monitored world, whether you like it or not.
And the more YOU choose not to participate in a society that desires and demands interconnected citizens, the more YOU will become a monitored anomaly. The analogy today would be refusing to wash your body or wear deodorant on a regular basis; certain actions make it rather easy to find the outlier.
OTOH, refusing to wash your body or wear deodorant on a regular basis will make it harder for anyone to get close enough to monitor you.
Actually that would be an improvement. My data is decentralized. Which means everyone and his dog probably has a copy of it. :(
I was born in the late 50's and I'd have trouble telling you which networks air the programs I watch. Off the top of my head, the only ones I can match for certain are "Game Of Thrones=HBO" and "Orange Is The New Black=Netflix". Does that mean I'm a millennial or stupid, or that the concept of a programming network is outdated?
I vote option 3. I'm the same way, and close to the same age.
Ditto! I'm within spitting distance of 60, and I have no idea where most of my shows are. I didn't really pay attention to the channel when I added them to my DVR list, and I certainly don't know now. And these days, I watch as much or more on Netflix or Hulu than I do on regular TV anyway.
I'm an old geezer. I know that some shows are CW, mainly because they aren't on Hulu. 60 Minutes is CBS. I have no idea where anything else is. Usually I don't even know when they air. I just turn on the tube, look for them on my DVR (or Netflix or Hulu) and watch them.
I live in the US, where it's legal to eat, drink, text, and put on makeup, all at the same time while driving with my feet.
Seriously, I don't know what you're charging stations are like, but there's not really any provision for eating at our gas stations.
Many houses in my area don't even have driveways. They'd need a long extension cord, and hope that no pedestrians sue them after tripping over them.
It takes me about 5 minutes when I stop for gas. That includes the time to pee, grab some quick snacks & drinks, and wait in line to pay for the stuff. I'd hate to wait another 25 minutes with nothing else to do.
So, the above is asking a machine that has trouble with math accuracy to "Beam him up"?
What could go wrong?
Hypothetical scenario: If an Internet troll guessed the password to Trump's Twitter account and started posting bizarre tweets from it, would anyone notice?
Extra credit: If Trump himself were to notice the hack and cry foul about it, would anyone believe him?
Final thought: Perhaps this has already happened?
Nah, I think if Trump's twitter was hacked, we'd have seen an improvement in quality by now.
You think Trumps tweets make *the left* look like "gibbering imbeciles????"
That's like when my GF asks my her dress makes her look fat. The dress has nothing to do with it.
If you're thinking of buying a house in an area, go into a McDonald's and see if the bathrooms are locked. If they are, you're in a diverse part of town and should get the fuck out as soon as possible.
That can't be right, the McDonald's near me has a locked bathroom. Oh, crap!
I've had an iPad for years. It boots fast, it's portable, and less hassle than my laptop. Yet, when I want to do anything, I fire up the laptop. Of the shortcomings of the tablet, the lack of a file system was the biggest.
I haven't cut my cord yet, but I was looking at my expenses the other day. Cable wasn't my highest, but everything higher would be hard to cut. Netflix + Hulu doesn't replace everything I currently watch, but it replaces most of it, at a much lower cost. At this point, a few stray shows, the local news, the fact that I'll still be dealing with the same company for internet, and plain old inertia are the only things keeping me on Time-Spectrum.
Really? I learned "morality" as a child, and I didn't learn it in school. If I wasn't moral by college age, I wasn't going to be.
It figures that two women were involved in creating one of the most verbose programming languages.
My password is "I don't remember".