Locked to a cell phone carrier? It seems every month there is another move toward dominating the customer. When companies find that they were able to sell an abuse, they work on developing other abuses.
Most customers don't have the technical ability or the time to defend themselves.
A Dual SIM gives you several advantages... If you have two SIM slots in your mobile device, you don't need to worry about these issues: (The writing on the Blu web site is poor. I improved it.)
1) Exchanging SIM cards from one phone to another.
2) Carrying two phones in your pocket.
3) Remembering to charge two devices.
4) You can take advantage of different voice/data plans for better rates, better coverage, and separate bills.
5) You can separate personal and business phone calls.
6) For the international traveler, a Dual SIM phone can avoid roaming charges by having a domestic carrier SIM and an international carrier SIM.
We no longer have a usable desktop operating system! The Windows OS is spyware. Linux as a desktop operating system has gotten worse every year, not better. Why? Those who develop Linux desktop systems insist on doing their own thing. They don't cooperate.
AMAZING QUOTE from this story of 2 years ago: The number of Linux distributions is declining. "In 2011, the Distrowatch database of active Linux distributions peaked at 323. Currently, however, it lists only 285."
285 different ways to do one thing!!! "Only" 285? Quote from a Slashdot comment: "You know Linux Desktop is a junk OS from the fact an app may require version 2.5 of a library and another one might require no more than 2.4, and Desktop Linux offers no way around the problem."
Linux has VERY poor documentation. A friend of mine said this perhaps 20 years ago: "It's free but you will spend at least a week getting it to work." So, Linux is NOT free.
Microsoft is getting ready to replace Windows 10 with the Microsoft Managed Desktop. This will be a "desktop-as-a-service" (DaaS) offering. Instead of owning Windows, you'll "rent" it by the month.
It seems to me that Microsoft managers don't have a reasonable vision of the eventual results of their recent ideas for the future.
If Microsoft tries to charge a monthly fee for an operating system, eventually 1) Nations will all gather together and try to buy Windows from Microsoft. That would be cheaper than paying monthly. Or, 2) Nations will gather together and contribute to ReactOS, a free operating system that runs Windows programs.
Which ARM processors are NOT vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown? What is the fastest cheap computer not vulnerable?
Maybe only computers with ARM processors should be allowed to connect to the Internet. All other computers in an organization would exchange data using a proprietary system.
Quote: "The majority of Arm processors are not impacted by any variation of this side-channel speculation mechanism. A definitive list of the small subset of Arm-designed processors that are susceptible can be found below."
Question: What processors are NOT vulnerable? The article lists only the processors that ARE vulnerable.
There are many indications of lack of social ability at Microsoft, in my opinion. One example: Don't give a product a name that can't be spelled easily with letters from the alphabet.
"Q#" is not a sensible name. "Q Sharp" is not a sensible name. When someone hears the name for the 1st time, will they think it is "Cue Sharp"?
It's not just banks operating the U.S. financial system in a way that is bad for the nation. There are many areas of poor and insufficient U.S. government management.
"... there is still open source, free and openly available encryption."
"... there are phones moving across political boundaries."
Many people in government and in management of private companies have NO knowledge of technical issues. That doesn't prevent them from having what they consider to be a strong and sensible opinion. They don't recognize they are ignorant.
ALSO: Back doors are not an answer. They will ALWAYS eventually be compromised.
AirBnB "tells people... that they cannot sue a host in cases of personal harm or other damages, and it claims it can unilaterally change its terms and conditions without giving customers a warning and the option of cancelling their contracts."
The U.S. government should not allow companies to manipulate, trick, and otherwise abuse customers.
"... the [EU] regulators said Airbnb must show people total prices up-front that include all charges and fees, and it must clearly tell customers whether a property is being offered by a private host or a professional."
It is shocking and extremely unpleasant to see how much dishonesty there is in U.S. advertising, and the extreme weakness of the U.S. government in preventing abuse.
Are there any computer languages that are well-designed and well-documented?
Why was there enthusiasm for Python? It seems to me that now there is less enthusiasm for Python. Is that correct?
I can remember when Pascal was popular. Then, about 2 years later, Pascal was dead.
Why do programmers adopt new languages so enthusiastically? Is that an interesting hobby?
The Next Big Programming Language You've Never Heard Of (July 7, 2014) Quote: "People are constantly creating new programming languages, but because the software world is already saturated with so many if them, the new ones rarely get used by more than a handful of coders..."
The overall issue, in my opinion, is that Jessica Price should have been coached by managers and co-workers to be less self- and other-destructive. Her criticisms were too broad. I've known many 3-year-olds who had that shortcoming. One way of understanding her is to realize that she is unfinished with conflicts that occurred in her childhood.
This is, of course, not a fully-detailed analysis. It is just a short comment on Slashdot.
The underlying point seems to me to be valid: Personal conflicts require helpful action by management and by everyone who works with someone who is acting-out conflicts. That didn't happen, apparently.
Caring management brings enormous benefits. Companies that show sophisticated caring when employees make mistakes attract the best employees, for example.
I agree. Most managers know very little about social cohesion, or that they could help, or that it is necessary that they help. It appears to me that is especially true in the United States. In the U.S., people work too much, for example. That limits their time to think about social structure and about building a sense of community.
Slashdot Mirror
I wish SeaMonkey Composer would be made into a separate program. If someone does that, I can contribute to the documentation.
We need backup copies of emails! The Thunderbird files are excellent. They use SQLite database software.
We are storing backup copies in 4 places.
"... exclusive to Verizon..."
Locked to a cell phone carrier? It seems every month there is another move toward dominating the customer. When companies find that they were able to sell an abuse, they work on developing other abuses.
Most customers don't have the technical ability or the time to defend themselves.
What do you think of Autopatcher?
"... international roaming..."
Roaming is expensive.
Many Blu phones have dual SIMs and cost less than $100. Quoting: Dual SIM:
A Dual SIM gives you several advantages... If you have two SIM slots in your mobile device, you don't need to worry about these issues: (The writing on the Blu web site is poor. I improved it.)
1) Exchanging SIM cards from one phone to another.
2) Carrying two phones in your pocket.
3) Remembering to charge two devices.
4) You can take advantage of different voice/data plans for better rates, better coverage, and separate bills.
5) You can separate personal and business phone calls.
6) For the international traveler, a Dual SIM phone can avoid roaming charges by having a domestic carrier SIM and an international carrier SIM.
We no longer have a usable desktop operating system! The Windows OS is spyware. Linux as a desktop operating system has gotten worse every year, not better. Why? Those who develop Linux desktop systems insist on doing their own thing. They don't cooperate.
AMAZING QUOTE from this story of 2 years ago: The number of Linux distributions is declining. "In 2011, the Distrowatch database of active Linux distributions peaked at 323. Currently, however, it lists only 285."
285 different ways to do one thing!!! "Only" 285? Quote from a Slashdot comment: "You know Linux Desktop is a junk OS from the fact an app may require version 2.5 of a library and another one might require no more than 2.4, and Desktop Linux offers no way around the problem."
Linux has VERY poor documentation. A friend of mine said this perhaps 20 years ago: "It's free but you will spend at least a week getting it to work." So, Linux is NOT free.
It seems to me that Microsoft managers don't have a reasonable vision of the eventual results of their recent ideas for the future.
If Microsoft tries to charge a monthly fee for an operating system, eventually 1) Nations will all gather together and try to buy Windows from Microsoft. That would be cheaper than paying monthly. Or, 2) Nations will gather together and contribute to ReactOS, a free operating system that runs Windows programs.
Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (August 4, 2015)
We no longer have a usable Windows operating system. We can't go to customers and tell them their computers are not secure from outside access.
Because of the Windows 10 spyware, customers have been delaying buying new equipment.
Have some sympathy! Zuckerberg lost a lot of money. Think how he feels about that. Should we each send him a dollar?
(Today's joke. That the best I can do.)
Which ARM processors are NOT vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown? What is the fastest cheap computer not vulnerable?
Maybe only computers with ARM processors should be allowed to connect to the Internet. All other computers in an organization would exchange data using a proprietary system.
Record video of everything you say and do in your entire life.
Again and again, Ron Wyden's leadership is logical and good for the country.
Perhaps Senator Wyden can be encouraged to run for President of the U.S. in 2020.
The referenced article: Vulnerability of Speculative Processors to Cache Timing Side-Channel Mechanism
Quote: "The majority of Arm processors are not impacted by any variation of this side-channel speculation mechanism. A definitive list of the small subset of Arm-designed processors that are susceptible can be found below."
Question: What processors are NOT vulnerable? The article lists only the processors that ARE vulnerable.
I hope someone else gives a meaningful answer.
"The attack works on Intel, AMD, and ARM processors, known to use RSB."
What ARM processors are NOT susceptible to SpectreRSB? Some were said not to be susceptible to Meltdown and Spectre. For example, Eben Upton Explains Why Raspberry Pi Isn't Vulnerable To Spectre Or Meltdown
Quote: "The lack of speculation in the ARM1176, Cortex-A7, and Cortex-A53 cores used in Raspberry Pi render us immune to attacks of the sort."
There are many indications of lack of social ability at Microsoft, in my opinion. One example: Don't give a product a name that can't be spelled easily with letters from the alphabet.
"Q#" is not a sensible name. "Q Sharp" is not a sensible name. When someone hears the name for the 1st time, will they think it is "Cue Sharp"?
One product should not have 2 names.
It's not just banks operating the U.S. financial system in a way that is bad for the nation. There are many areas of poor and insufficient U.S. government management.
Good comments:
"... there is still open source, free and openly available encryption."
"... there are phones moving across political boundaries."
Many people in government and in management of private companies have NO knowledge of technical issues. That doesn't prevent them from having what they consider to be a strong and sensible opinion. They don't recognize they are ignorant.
ALSO: Back doors are not an answer. They will ALWAYS eventually be compromised.
"... my keyboard was dripping with sarcasm..."
AirBnB "tells people ... that they cannot sue a host in cases of personal harm or other damages, and it claims it can unilaterally change its terms and conditions without giving customers a warning and the option of cancelling their contracts."
The U.S. government should not allow companies to manipulate, trick, and otherwise abuse customers.
"... the [EU] regulators said Airbnb must show people total prices up-front that include all charges and fees, and it must clearly tell customers whether a property is being offered by a private host or a professional."
It is shocking and extremely unpleasant to see how much dishonesty there is in U.S. advertising, and the extreme weakness of the U.S. government in preventing abuse.
Are there any computer languages that are well-designed and well-documented?
Why was there enthusiasm for Python? It seems to me that now there is less enthusiasm for Python. Is that correct?
I can remember when Pascal was popular. Then, about 2 years later, Pascal was dead.
Why do programmers adopt new languages so enthusiastically? Is that an interesting hobby?
The Next Big Programming Language You've Never Heard Of (July 7, 2014) Quote: "People are constantly creating new programming languages, but because the software world is already saturated with so many if them, the new ones rarely get used by more than a handful of coders..."
Interesting considerations. What "server-centric features"?
Other thoughts: What will happen in the future? If most manufacturing is done in China, will the U.S. become a poorer country?
What Jessica Price had to say on passing of TotalBiscuit (John Peter Bain): "The kindest thing I can say is: 'I'm glad he's no longer around to keep doing harm.' "
Jessica Price on Twitter
TotalBiscuit
The overall issue, in my opinion, is that Jessica Price should have been coached by managers and co-workers to be less self- and other-destructive. Her criticisms were too broad. I've known many 3-year-olds who had that shortcoming. One way of understanding her is to realize that she is unfinished with conflicts that occurred in her childhood.
This is, of course, not a fully-detailed analysis. It is just a short comment on Slashdot.
The underlying point seems to me to be valid: Personal conflicts require helpful action by management and by everyone who works with someone who is acting-out conflicts. That didn't happen, apparently.
Caring management brings enormous benefits. Companies that show sophisticated caring when employees make mistakes attract the best employees, for example.
"I think most managers lack that ability."
I agree. Most managers know very little about social cohesion, or that they could help, or that it is necessary that they help. It appears to me that is especially true in the United States. In the U.S., people work too much, for example. That limits their time to think about social structure and about building a sense of community.
Maybe they will eventually become one company: Micro-Amazo-Google, and carry insufficient management to a new level.
Please provide links to all of the about:config settings.
I didn't know about these add-ons. Links for Firefox:
Tracking Token Stripper
No Coin
Neat URL
Block ads on your network with Raspberry Pi and pi-hole