I think tech and computing have changed for the worse across the board and often focuses on trivial "look at me!* products and services. For a long time now, it has been the case that a computer wasn't much without network capability, but I'll confess that I am so tired of what has come along (think DDoS, breaches, invasion of privacy, tracking, Ransomware) that I am about to just hang up my computer and spend time with paper books from the library.
20 years ago I would have said it was cool and fun,
Lay the blame on Engadget. Nothing in the story they cite as a source says anything as hyperbolic as "boiling".
Of course their source is the New York Times, so the story must be a ploy on the part of the Coastal Elites to oppress, confuse, and disadvantage the little/regular/ordinary Trump people.
I hope I am dead before real movies are. That means real theaters. Areal movie means that you fill your field of vision with the movie, actually pay attention, enter a different world, and leave texting, remote controls and other distractions behind.
I am old enough to have watched movies like Lawrence of Arabia when there was no other way to watch. Given that there is always the risk of some of some PITA behavior from another theater-goer, the magic doesn't always work, but when it does it is far superior to any other viewing experience. Drop the cellphone and forget the seeming need for instant gratification. Wait a week after opening to go. Get there a little early. Sit up front.
It would seem like a lot of what you posted should have been quoted so that it would be clear that it was drawn directly from the linked article. Many good points in that piece, but from him, not you, unless you are him. Perhaps you are him. Perhaps the editor already checked that.
Won't we all be relieved when we start getting customer service from Level 3 that is on a par with the fabled service from CenturyLink (nee Qwest, US West, Pacific Northwest Bell).
If the acquisition goes through, we can all rest easy.
At age 64, this article is timely for me. There are sites I would really like to read (example theintercept.com) but can not because they have fallen into the thrall of toney grey fonts as have so many others. In my example, I hardly think the people are bad people, but aren't they interested in getting their message out?
So I looked around on that site for a link like "Feedback" or "Contact Us", but without any luck. Perhaps it was in the same grey font.
Anyhow, I did find a "Jobs" link so I applied for a position of my own invention called "Web Usability Analyst, Part Time" and I explained my great interest in the position.
This recent book (The Internet is Not the Answer) by Andrew Keen covers this area -- call it "the death of journalism" -- pretty well. A very good, but very sad, read.
From the article, it seems like the exploited cameras are IP-addressable/reachable. That does not sound like Closed Circuit TV as I think of it, with non-ethernet coax-and-like connected cameras connected to a monitoring station in a true closed circuit. I am no expert, but should we be talking about an exploit of "IP-enabled security cameras" or something like that instead?
+1. I didn't see your post and posted below in part to point people to the excellent book _The Box_ by Marc Levinson. I have no connection to the book or author, but was impressed with how interesting his history and analysis were when covering an subject that *might* seem mundane. Hardly.
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Not to pick nits, but I think Elliot Richardson resigned rather than comply with Nixon's directives. Wish we had more of his kind.
I think tech and computing have changed for the worse across the board and often focuses on trivial "look at me!* products and services. For a long time now, it has been the case that a computer wasn't much without network capability, but I'll confess that I am so tired of what has come along (think DDoS, breaches, invasion of privacy, tracking, Ransomware) that I am about to just hang up my computer and spend time with paper books from the library.
20 years ago I would have said it was cool and fun,
Lay the blame on Engadget. Nothing in the story they cite as a source says anything as hyperbolic as "boiling".
Of course their source is the New York Times, so the story must be a ploy on the part of the Coastal Elites to oppress, confuse, and disadvantage the little/regular/ordinary Trump people.
I hope I am dead before real movies are. That means real theaters. Areal movie means that you fill your field of vision with the movie, actually pay attention, enter a different world, and leave texting, remote controls and other distractions behind.
I am old enough to have watched movies like Lawrence of Arabia when there was no other way to watch. Given that there is always the risk of some of some PITA behavior from another theater-goer, the magic doesn't always work, but when it does it is far superior to any other viewing experience. Drop the cellphone and forget the seeming need for instant gratification. Wait a week after opening to go. Get there a little early. Sit up front.
It would seem like a lot of what you posted should have been quoted so that it would be clear that it was drawn directly from the linked article. Many good points in that piece, but from him, not you, unless you are him. Perhaps you are him. Perhaps the editor already checked that.
Just give everybody in China a membership to Amazon Prime? Save all that time keeping track of people.
You don't want make judgments bases on single cases without comparing rates at Amazon against rates at other companies.
Of course, in the not-too-distant future, we will All be working at Amazon, so comparisons of that type may be hard to make.
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New treatments for Alzheimer's show promise, but your world still seems too sunny for my taste. Ever worked on inpatient units at a hospital?
Yeah, a bit of a hassle to dig them up, but either one would do a better job than Palin.
Or Dan Blocker if Lorne begs off.
Won't we all be relieved when we start getting customer service from Level 3 that is on a par with the fabled service from CenturyLink (nee Qwest, US West, Pacific Northwest Bell).
If the acquisition goes through, we can all rest easy.
At age 64, this article is timely for me. There are sites I would really like to read (example theintercept.com) but can not because they have fallen into the thrall of toney grey fonts as have so many others. In my example, I hardly think the people are bad people, but aren't they interested in getting their message out?
So I looked around on that site for a link like "Feedback" or "Contact Us", but without any luck. Perhaps it was in the same grey font.
Anyhow, I did find a "Jobs" link so I applied for a position of my own invention called "Web Usability Analyst, Part Time" and I explained my great interest in the position.
Haven't heard back.
The planet is FINE.
Obviously, they urgently need to start a new procurement cycle. Then things can get royally screwed up
Yeah, maybe we'll buy some of those sequencers soon, but right now we are working on mosquito control.
This recent book (The Internet is Not the Answer) by Andrew Keen covers this area -- call it "the death of journalism" -- pretty well. A very good, but very sad, read.
From the article, it seems like the exploited cameras are IP-addressable/reachable. That does not sound like Closed Circuit TV as I think of it, with non-ethernet coax-and-like connected cameras connected to a monitoring station in a true closed circuit. I am no expert, but should we be talking about an exploit of "IP-enabled security cameras" or something like that instead?
+1. I didn't see your post and posted below in part to point people to the excellent book _The Box_ by Marc Levinson. I have no connection to the book or author, but was impressed with how interesting his history and analysis were when covering an subject that *might* seem mundane. Hardly.
The shipping container, you say? Dubious? Read Marc Levinson's excellent _The Box_
Think of more malicious use cases, like biological agents.
" signifying a major step towards a future of abundance"
Too late.
Being dead is no problem. It's the dying part that is such a total drag.
"that's great news for the 30,000+ people who die in traffic accidents every year in the U.S."
Great News? Dude, they are DEAD!
I could use the $5K, so don't steal my idea.