Well with the various hacking of databases that happens, it does cost money to tighten up the security and prevent that from happening.
I'm sure that is the reason for the increase in fees, and not just greed in a mature market.
I've been getting some wonderful spam telemarketing calls telling about wonderful vacation opportunities based on being selected as a Marriott or Wyndham customer.
The spammers are behind the break in or bought the list from the hackers who broke in.
Do you count an incoming call that has a recorded message that ends with "press 1 on the keypad to find out more information (i.e. get connected to a telemarketer) or press 2 to be added to our do not call list) to be a robocall?
That is the type of call I was referring to. When I do choose to answer my cell phone from an unknown number, I've been getting one of the following: 1. Offers for a discounted vacation package from Marriott. 2. Offers for extended car warranty 3. Offers for health insurance.
I sometimes answer these calls trying to keep them on the phone as long as possible. Yesterday I answered a call offering me wonderful health insurance options.
I pressed 1 to say I was interested. I answered the question of my zip code of a bogus one in my area. The caller verified the zip code was in NY and stated "You should know that you can't purchase health insurance over the phone in NY". I didn't know that as I have insurance through my employer.
I responded with "Why did you spam call a NY number then?" The helpful agent called me a name and hung up.
Given that this is a story about the hurricane and the need to evacuate, it is a good time to bring up something I've pondered.
For those people saying the future is self-driving ride shares such as Uber/Lyft, etc. How would those get allocated when evacuating an area due to a hurricane.
That would give a whole new meaning to "surge pricing".
I had heard that if you keep your charge between 50% and 80% you minimize wear and tear on your battery. I have an iPhone 7 that I've had for 13 months. I've tried to keep the battery charge in that range. There have been times when I've left it on the charger and it charged to 100%. I've also had it drain down to maybe 20% or so.
Using the iOS app "Battery Life", just this week my wear level dropped from 0% to 3%. I had used this app on my iPhone 5 prior to that and it had showed my battery was worn down (45% wear level), so I somewhat trust it.
This is the wide open United States, not some densely packed EU country. How can you expect a provider to provide fiber to all those people over all that distance and still have enough money for bribes^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbying? Wait, this was for New York City? Well then, uh, hmmm, what, nevermind....
What if you're searching for a birthday gift for your wife, or planning a surprise getaway for your anniversary, etc.?
Yes, I know about I the incognito modes, running browsers in a VM and resetting the VM, etc. I was just pointing out legitimate things that you would want to hide from your spouse and that your spouse would most likely be glad to not find out about (depending on how they felt about surprises...):)
I was in a similar situation and ended up getting progressive lenses for 'normal' uses and a fixed focus pair for work distances (i.e. computer use).
The next time my prescription changes, I may opt to try something where my work glasses are optimized for the work distance but offer some minor help for reading at the very bottom of the lenses.
The good thing about putting the book review on Slashdot is to potentially give a "heads up" to folks about a book they may not have been aware of. In my case I am now aware of this book and it is a topic I am interested in.
I didn't even read the review. I look at the rating and if it is reasonable (usually 7/10 or higher), I'll head over to Amazon to read the reviews there.
"Methmatician" - Is that someone who goes on a Meth binge using the blue crystal cooked by Jesse Pinkman & Walter White and proceeds to try to solve the Riemann Hypothesis?
I was about to respond with "You want to capture notes and not have them sync with the cloud" which is desired for company private materials (and for other privacy reasons). I did a quick search online and http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/43171-evernote-without-the-cloud// shows that you can have local Evernote notebooks that don't sync with the with the cloud too (although you do not to create an account).
I was going to say that I took it in '83 or '84 (I couldn't remember if it was junior or senior year). If Wikipedia is accurate then I must have taken in '84 then.:)
I see what you are saying. At the same time, the company that takes the money from the customer is responsible for delivering a quality product. If Apple has a quality problem that has a root cause of a problem with one of their suppliers (Nvidia, Intel, Sony, etc.), Apple still has a quality problem. It is their job to qualify their suppliers and the components they supply.
I have a 2006 Macbook Pro with an ATI Radeon X1600 card that overheats that Apple has not addresses adequately in my opinion. I can use it if I crank up the fans to 6000 RPM and don't do anything GPU intensive.
Slashdot Mirror
I see an XKCD fan: https://xkcd.com/927/
You beat me too it. When I read the summary, I looked up a link to the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Well with the various hacking of databases that happens, it does cost money to tighten up the security and prevent that from happening. I'm sure that is the reason for the increase in fees, and not just greed in a mature market.
I've been getting some wonderful spam telemarketing calls telling about wonderful vacation opportunities based on being selected as a Marriott or Wyndham customer.
The spammers are behind the break in or bought the list from the hackers who broke in.
It was "no problem" to "them" as they will get another $40/month.
Do you count an incoming call that has a recorded message that ends with "press 1 on the keypad to find out more information (i.e. get connected to a telemarketer) or press 2 to be added to our do not call list) to be a robocall?
That is the type of call I was referring to. When I do choose to answer my cell phone from an unknown number, I've been getting one of the following:
1. Offers for a discounted vacation package from Marriott.
2. Offers for extended car warranty
3. Offers for health insurance.
I sometimes answer these calls trying to keep them on the phone as long as possible. Yesterday I answered a call offering me wonderful health insurance options.
I pressed 1 to say I was interested. I answered the question of my zip code of a bogus one in my area. The caller verified the zip code was in NY and stated "You should know that you can't purchase health insurance over the phone in NY". I didn't know that as I have insurance through my employer.
I responded with "Why did you spam call a NY number then?" The helpful agent called me a name and hung up.
Given that this is a story about the hurricane and the need to evacuate, it is a good time to bring up something I've pondered.
For those people saying the future is self-driving ride shares such as Uber/Lyft, etc. How would those get allocated when evacuating an area due to a hurricane.
That would give a whole new meaning to "surge pricing".
They can use their CxOs as the pedestrians for the testing.
Given that 50 million days is ~137,000 years, I don't think anyone will take your bet...
I had heard that if you keep your charge between 50% and 80% you minimize wear and tear on your battery. I have an iPhone 7 that I've had for 13 months. I've tried to keep the battery charge in that range. There have been times when I've left it on the charger and it charged to 100%. I've also had it drain down to maybe 20% or so.
Using the iOS app "Battery Life", just this week my wear level dropped from 0% to 3%. I had used this app on my iPhone 5 prior to that and it had showed my battery was worn down (45% wear level), so I somewhat trust it.
Indentations matter in Python too...
"Use Case", no it is an "Android Case"...
This is the wide open United States, not some densely packed EU country. How can you expect a provider to provide fiber to all those people over all that distance and still have enough money for bribes^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbying? Wait, this was for New York City? Well then, uh, hmmm, what, nevermind....
What if you're searching for a birthday gift for your wife, or planning a surprise getaway for your anniversary, etc.?
Yes, I know about I the incognito modes, running browsers in a VM and resetting the VM, etc. I was just pointing out legitimate things that you would want to hide from your spouse and that your spouse would most likely be glad to not find out about (depending on how they felt about surprises...) :)
I was in a similar situation and ended up getting progressive lenses for 'normal' uses and a fixed focus pair for work distances (i.e. computer use). The next time my prescription changes, I may opt to try something where my work glasses are optimized for the work distance but offer some minor help for reading at the very bottom of the lenses.
How will they make money, no one here reads the articles anyways.
The good thing about putting the book review on Slashdot is to potentially give a "heads up" to folks about a book they may not have been aware of. In my case I am now aware of this book and it is a topic I am interested in.
I didn't even read the review. I look at the rating and if it is reasonable (usually 7/10 or higher), I'll head over to Amazon to read the reviews there.
"Methmatician" - Is that someone who goes on a Meth binge using the blue crystal cooked by Jesse Pinkman & Walter White and proceeds to try to solve the Riemann Hypothesis?
I was about to respond with "You want to capture notes and not have them sync with the cloud" which is desired for company private materials (and for other privacy reasons). I did a quick search online and http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/43171-evernote-without-the-cloud// shows that you can have local Evernote notebooks that don't sync with the with the cloud too (although you do not to create an account).
I was going to say that I took it in '83 or '84 (I couldn't remember if it was junior or senior year). If Wikipedia is accurate then I must have taken in '84 then. :)
Just use a mirror (and turn the flash off) :)
And if you are a Dr. Seuss fan don't forget Redfish and Bluefish.
I see what you are saying. At the same time, the company that takes the money from the customer is responsible for delivering a quality product. If Apple has a quality problem that has a root cause of a problem with one of their suppliers (Nvidia, Intel, Sony, etc.), Apple still has a quality problem. It is their job to qualify their suppliers and the components they supply. I have a 2006 Macbook Pro with an ATI Radeon X1600 card that overheats that Apple has not addresses adequately in my opinion. I can use it if I crank up the fans to 6000 RPM and don't do anything GPU intensive.
What about your OS swapfile?