I once heard that the big 'button' at crosswalks that you can press is nothing but that, just a big button that doesn't actually do anything [...]
Not true. However, the "CLOSE DOOR" button on some elevators is not connected to anything. Only a timer and sensors operate the door. The button gives nervous riders something to do.
One of my cats figured out how to close my netscape browser on my old iMac (Mac os 9 days) at age 2. He did it when I was ignoring him and he wanted attention. He could move the mouse and actually close it. I've never seen a dog do that.
Wow! That is how you get your account Deleted!
Very nice to know. My understanding was that Facebook never deletes the account. No matter how hard you try.
I am sure they don't delete all the information that they collected, but the account is "deleted" in the sense that its existence and content is no longer seen by other users (like Deactivation) and you can never log into it again.
My FB account had about six "friends" on it: immediate family members. Didn't ever post anything or upload any information, just looked at photos they posted, pressed Like sometimes, and occasional IMs. I got this "upload a photo" roadblock, although it also said it was going to compare it to my Profile photo to make sure it was me. I didn't have any Profile photo, of course, so that's bullshit. Tried logging in three more times over the course of three weeks. Yesterday tried again, but the account has gone from suspended to terminated.
They said it was for "suspicious activity". (Of which of course there was none.)
I say it was because I failed to upload content for them to monetize.
Interesting business decision.
You need to not only target the FCC's IP range, but also the rest of the government. All the federal agencies, Congress, and the Executive. Another possibility is to throttle EVERYONE so that businesses and citizens can feel the pain. I would suggest leaving the military alone. However, if this kind of thing is not generally illegal already, you can be sure that CloudFlare's Prince will be designated a terrorist.
"I for one will enjoy the civil suit that follows."
Over what? Pai doesn't have a fucking contract for anything with CloudFlare, they're under ZERO obligation to send anything to him for any fucking reason. It's their CDN, and he has no contract so they can freely refuse him access.
It would not be a suit for breach of contract, but there are lots of other theoretical causes of action.
I don't think we need to really worry until they start to differentiate. Then they will be on to PDEs, vector analysis, and so on. While people are wringing their hands over Artificial Intelligence, the ratbrains will escape the lab, organize an army of nuclear-surviving cockroaches, and take over the planet. Unless the dolphins achieve spaceflight when nobody's looking.
Secretary turns her back for a moment? Plug it in while you can.
Wow, Hollywood has actually been accurately portraying the state of security in Linux for years, and nobody realized!
No, they haven't been portraying it accurately for years. But in the last few weeks we have seen actresses and secretaries in Hollywood coming forward with the story of what happens when they turn their backs and executive producers try to "plug it in while they can".
Most of the world figured out that booking is easier than queuing many years ago.
Decades ago, reservations were the norm in the US. You call ahead earlier in the day,
and you are seated when you arrive. This is now a rarity. Most restaurants do not
accept reservations at all. Those that do have a waiting line when you arrive at
the scheduled time. (You show up at 7:00 and are greeted, yes you're right on time.
Please wait here. For about 45 minutes. While we try to get you a table.)
The norm is no reservations: they hand you a pager and you wait in line outside.
Exactly my thoughts. I would never wait at a restaurant, I eat in restaurant 4-5 times a week an I always have a reservation and I always get my table immediately.
I seriously did not know you could get reservations at McDonald's.
McDonalds normally has lines from 5 to 20 minutes to order (at the counter).
Same in the drive-thru, but their you are sitting down in the car and have a radio
to keep you entertained, so it may feel faster than going inside.
Lately they have these electronic ordering kiosks. However, after ordering on
the screen you have to still get in the 20 minute line to the register to pay.
Then you still have to wait another 10-15 minutes to get your burger.
Because they eliminated staff when they got the kiosk and apparently
McDonalds does not hire any OR mathematicians.
What they really want you to do is download their app and order
on your phone. (Then get in line.) This is the same as the kiosk,
except that they get to track you and spy on you with the app.
I haven't tried it, but I assume it tracks you all the time so that
if you get near a McDonalds it can pop up a notification that
you might need a Big Mac right now. And whatever other
profiling info they want to grab - not sure what permissions
it asks for. Probably all of them like most spyware.
" I would never wait at a restaurant, I eat in restaurant 4-5 times a week an I always have a reservation and I always get my table immediately. Either there are not enough restaurants in the US or the management is incompetent or they are just greedy and they accept way too many reservations, just like the US airlines.
In the US, lots of people live in the suburbs, and the restaurants are mostly national or
regional chains clustered near a shopping mall. When middle-class people to out to eat,
this is where they go. And those restaurants do not take reservations. The normal wait
time if you arrive before the worst rush hour will be 20-50 minutes. A few will be able to
fit in the bar and drink, the rest will be in a line outside. Everyone will have a pager.
New technology is either a benefit or a hazard. If it's a benefit, it's not my problem.
Also not my problem if it's a hazard, as long as I sell my shares before those pigeons come home to roost like tears in the rain.
When these males mate with wild females, which do not carry the same strain of Wolbachia, the resulting fertilized eggs don't hatch because the paternal chromosomes do not form properly.
Except for the ones that do form.
One thing is for certain: there is no stopping mutant DNA; the mosquitos will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted Slashdot moderator, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground anti-DEET research labs.
In one scene, you see an open panel beneath the Communications Officer's station,
and sure enough there is a lava lamp there. Freeze frame and you can see the
mounting plate where it says "Crypto Source".
OK, I made that up. But it's not as stupid as the starship being teleported by
interfacing a crewman's DNA with mushroom spores that connect to the
infinite mushverse reality plane. And based on what the writers are
obviously smoking, both the spore drive and the lava lamp are at
least internally consistent technology and practices.
So this is how electronic government services are killed -- not by a fierceness of a DDOS attack, but by conflicting values and goals in the global Internet.
This is what happens when you try to pull a stunt like this.
Certificates are based on a system of trust. I trust a certificate because the issuer promises that it belongs to the party it was issued to. If that party now not only has the ability but also the obvious intent to intercept and snoop on traffic, the certificate is intrinsically untrustworthy. Because it can easily be used for such nefarious applications.
The Netherlands just made all their certificates along with every certificate issuing company under their jurisdiction untrustworthy.
What makes anyone think that certain various intelligence agencies (such as those in the USA and Europe in general)
do not already have the means to sign "false certificates"? Through government intimidation, secret procedures, etc.
In what way are the corporate-based CAs not secretly influenced by the government(s)?
Slashdot Mirror
I once heard that the big 'button' at crosswalks that you can press is nothing but that, just a big button that doesn't actually do anything [...]
Not true. However, the "CLOSE DOOR" button on some elevators is not connected to anything. Only a timer and sensors operate the door. The button gives nervous riders something to do.
Some places do delivery only late at night
Which Domino's? Names please.
This is common in most suburban areas I've ever lived in. (Not just Dominos, all of the chains.)
One of my cats figured out how to close my netscape browser on my old iMac (Mac os 9 days) at age 2. He did it when I was ignoring him and he wanted attention. He could move the mouse and actually close it. I've never seen a dog do that.
See all those posts from ACs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
601 - Fake News Overflow
Wow! That is how you get your account Deleted! Very nice to know. My understanding was that Facebook never deletes the account. No matter how hard you try.
I am sure they don't delete all the information that they collected, but the account is "deleted" in the sense that its existence and content is no longer seen by other users (like Deactivation) and you can never log into it again.
They said it was for "suspicious activity". (Of which of course there was none.)
I say it was because I failed to upload content for them to monetize.
Interesting business decision.
You're releasing it wrong.
You need to not only target the FCC's IP range, but also the rest of the government. All the federal agencies, Congress, and the Executive. Another possibility is to throttle EVERYONE so that businesses and citizens can feel the pain. I would suggest leaving the military alone. However, if this kind of thing is not generally illegal already, you can be sure that CloudFlare's Prince will be designated a terrorist.
"I for one will enjoy the civil suit that follows."
Over what? Pai doesn't have a fucking contract for anything with CloudFlare, they're under ZERO obligation to send anything to him for any fucking reason. It's their CDN, and he has no contract so they can freely refuse him access.
It would not be a suit for breach of contract, but there are lots of other theoretical causes of action.
Nurse Google will love this: yet another set of really personal data to be mined and exploited for new and innovative ways of raping your privacy.
Because you can bet your ass the exploitation of the pill tracking data will be outsourced to the private sector...
Minor nit: They're packaging the device in a pill; the suppository implementation was deemed to unpalatable.
It's obvious that some people are colding it wrong.
I should not have spent all my mod points
I don't think we need to really worry until they start to differentiate. Then they will be on to PDEs, vector analysis, and so on. While people are wringing their hands over Artificial Intelligence, the ratbrains will escape the lab, organize an army of nuclear-surviving cockroaches, and take over the planet. Unless the dolphins achieve spaceflight when nobody's looking.
Wow, Hollywood has actually been accurately portraying the state of security in Linux for years, and nobody realized!
No, they haven't been portraying it accurately for years. But in the last few weeks we have seen actresses and secretaries in Hollywood coming forward with the story of what happens when they turn their backs and executive producers try to "plug it in while they can".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Most of the world figured out that booking is easier than queuing many years ago.
Decades ago, reservations were the norm in the US. You call ahead earlier in the day, and you are seated when you arrive. This is now a rarity. Most restaurants do not accept reservations at all. Those that do have a waiting line when you arrive at the scheduled time. (You show up at 7:00 and are greeted, yes you're right on time. Please wait here. For about 45 minutes. While we try to get you a table.) The norm is no reservations: they hand you a pager and you wait in line outside.
Exactly my thoughts. I would never wait at a restaurant, I eat in restaurant 4-5 times a week an I always have a reservation and I always get my table immediately.
I seriously did not know you could get reservations at McDonald's.
McDonalds normally has lines from 5 to 20 minutes to order (at the counter).
Same in the drive-thru, but their you are sitting down in the car and have a radio to keep you entertained, so it may feel faster than going inside.
Lately they have these electronic ordering kiosks. However, after ordering on the screen you have to still get in the 20 minute line to the register to pay. Then you still have to wait another 10-15 minutes to get your burger. Because they eliminated staff when they got the kiosk and apparently McDonalds does not hire any OR mathematicians.
What they really want you to do is download their app and order on your phone. (Then get in line.) This is the same as the kiosk, except that they get to track you and spy on you with the app. I haven't tried it, but I assume it tracks you all the time so that if you get near a McDonalds it can pop up a notification that you might need a Big Mac right now. And whatever other profiling info they want to grab - not sure what permissions it asks for. Probably all of them like most spyware.
" I would never wait at a restaurant, I eat in restaurant 4-5 times a week an I always have a reservation and I always get my table immediately. Either there are not enough restaurants in the US or the management is incompetent or they are just greedy and they accept way too many reservations, just like the US airlines.
In the US, lots of people live in the suburbs, and the restaurants are mostly national or regional chains clustered near a shopping mall. When middle-class people to out to eat, this is where they go. And those restaurants do not take reservations. The normal wait time if you arrive before the worst rush hour will be 20-50 minutes. A few will be able to fit in the bar and drink, the rest will be in a line outside. Everyone will have a pager.
New technology is either a benefit or a hazard. If it's a benefit, it's not my problem. Also not my problem if it's a hazard, as long as I sell my shares before those pigeons come home to roost like tears in the rain.
Except for the ones that do form. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping mutant DNA; the mosquitos will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted Slashdot moderator, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground anti-DEET research labs.
In one scene, you see an open panel beneath the Communications Officer's station, and sure enough there is a lava lamp there. Freeze frame and you can see the mounting plate where it says "Crypto Source". OK, I made that up. But it's not as stupid as the starship being teleported by interfacing a crewman's DNA with mushroom spores that connect to the infinite mushverse reality plane. And based on what the writers are obviously smoking, both the spore drive and the lava lamp are at least internally consistent technology and practices.
So this is how electronic government services are killed -- not by a fierceness of a DDOS attack, but by conflicting values and goals in the global Internet.
You forgot the thunderous applause.
This is what happens when you try to pull a stunt like this.
Certificates are based on a system of trust. I trust a certificate because the issuer promises that it belongs to the party it was issued to. If that party now not only has the ability but also the obvious intent to intercept and snoop on traffic, the certificate is intrinsically untrustworthy. Because it can easily be used for such nefarious applications.
The Netherlands just made all their certificates along with every certificate issuing company under their jurisdiction untrustworthy.
What makes anyone think that certain various intelligence agencies (such as those in the USA and Europe in general) do not already have the means to sign "false certificates"? Through government intimidation, secret procedures, etc. In what way are the corporate-based CAs not secretly influenced by the government(s)?
It wasn't rape, it was more like harassment.
Micro-aggression's
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I thought the Pyramids were built by Yule Bryner
No, the pyramids are a show with everything in it BUT Yule Bryner. The void is where Yule Bryner would go, if he were in it.