The file name of the proposed bill is: finaltext_1482.pdf. The title is "Initiative Measure No. 1631". The bill is in a typewriter font.
Whoever is involved with that does not seem competent.
A quote from the bill: "(a) A minimum of thirty-five percent of total investments
authorized under this chapter must provide direct and meaningful
benefits to pollution and health action areas."
To me, that sentence seems written by an incompetent person, because it is an easy requirement to manipulate.
Intel's poor marketing: It is not difficult to find other evidence of insufficient management at Intel. Since the beginning of this year I've gotten 40 poorly considered, poorly written marketing emails from Intel. Whoever writes those ads seems to have almost no technical knowledge and no ability with sophisticated communication. This is an amazingly foolish sentence from emails I got from Intel on March 6 and March 8, 2018: "Up your marketing game with segment-focused campaigns..."
Will Intel be allowed to PROFIT from many years of producing processors with vulnerabilities? Will Intel be treated like U.S. banks in 2008, when many banks profited and many finance system managers got bonuses after the financial crash?
If vulnerabilities are profitable, would Intel deliberately allow vulnerabilities in its products? Were the previous vulnerabilities deliberate? Did the CEO know about the vulnerabilities previously? Do others at Intel profit from the vulnerabilities?
You are indicating that you think you are more knowledgeable than someone else.
This is the issue: A system service could possibly do anything, including changing what it does at any time. Most people don't want to spend the time to investigate.
There is NO good reason why a browser should include a system service. If there is a system service, there is no certainty of privacy or control over the entire computer by the owner and user. Somewhat like Google's Android operating system.
There is a book filled with poison in a library of 100,000 books. Just open all the books to find that bad book. You have nothing else to do, is that correct?
Also, the poison may be extremely well-disguised as a typical hamburger.
Also, if the poison is found, a new version of the book may be released that disguises the poison in a different way.
The answer? Stay away from those who have demonstrated an intention to harm you.
Why did I say "Google Chrome browser", and not just "Chrome"? I was trying to make my comment easier to read. I didn't want to assume that every Slashdot reader has experience with Chrome.
So, it seems to me that Google and Microsoft are, more and more, poorly managed. They are in the abuse business, not in any real business.
Several years ago, I talked with a mid-level Google manager who said that Google had more money than it knew how to manage. Also, that it was difficult for Google employees to know what was happening inside the company.
And Linux: We have 2 computers running Linux. Mostly they don't get used. It is too difficult to deal with all the poorly-documented variations. This story about Linux makes me laugh: Why is the Number of Linux Distros Declining? Linux had 285 variations when that article was published!
You said, "most or all of google's spyware removed". Most?
Google is so wackily managed, in my opinion, that I would not trust that there is no spyware in the Chromium browser. If there is no spyware now, maybe it would be added later. And, how would I know? I don't want to spend hours dealing with those details.
I never would have guessed that. I thought if I didn't say yes to a UAC request, Google Chrome browser would not install.
My opinion: Google is becoming more and more badly managed. Now, when a Google map is displayed, the map shows hotels! To me, that might be useful: I know that any CEO of a hotel that displays on Google maps is not a sensible person. I would never stay at that hotel, no matter where it is located.
The last time I installed Google Chrome browser, years ago, it installed 3 OS system services. Google Chrome had more control over my computer than I did when using it as a limited user!
Does Google Chrome browser still install system services? If so, I would never use it.
There may be areas in which Al Jazeera is not helpful.
However, if, like me, you live in the U.S. and have never been to the countries Al Jazeera covers most, the articles are often far ahead of others on the same subject.
You said, "They covered a ceremony in my hometown and claimed eight people died. No one died."
Perween Rehman: "It is not the poor who steal the water. It is stolen by a group of people who have the full support of the government agencies, the local councillors, mayors and the police; all are involved."
"Shortly before her murder, Rehman spoke to a documentary crew, who were making a film about her work."
More:
"The scale of the theft is staggering.... stealing water in Karachi is an industry worth more than half a billion dollars." (each year)
"Ali Asghar, 75, says he still has to pay bills to the utility company for water that never comes in the pipes."
Another problem:
Family size.
"... Farzana Bibi, 40,... manages a household of 5 people on an income of roughly $190 a month.
"... his entire household of 17 people is dependent on water bought from tankers."
Al Jazeera is generally a good place for such news. However, this story has no date. It was apparently written in 2017.
AMAZING QUOTE from that story of 3 1/2 years ago: "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. Who will document 285 varieties of the same thing? 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.
Those who arrange Linux have apparently never heard of cooperation. (What did you say? Co-what??? Is that an English word?)
Andrew Smith, the author of the article Slashdot is reviewing, seems to have no deep knowledge of technology, and no serious interest in learning. He just wants to write about it. He reminds me of Walter Isaacson, who wrote about Steve Jobs of Apple.
"The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella."
Computers are trying to sell the idea that they will rule the world. Satya Nadella is one of those computers. Think that's wrong? Think Nadella is probably human? I have proof! A human would never treat other humans so badly as forcing them to see advertisements on Windows 10 desktop computers.
Someone! Make the world a better place! Find Satya Nadella's off switch. Leave him off until major updates are available. (I hope the updates are of better quality than those for Windows 10.)
Okay, that's a joke, with strong truthful elements.
Venice? Why not avoid confusion for 99% of human society and say, Venice, California in the title? Most people in the world don't know Venice, California exists.
Venice, California is a small town of 40,885 people heavily affected by the extreme pollution and extreme traffic jams in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has 18.68 million people.
Venice, Italy is a world-famous city that began soon after 400 CE. The metropolitan area has 2.6 million people.
Stupidly, the U.S. has 2 places called "Washington", Washington, D.C., and Washington State.
Unfortunately, your writer and 2 editors didn't specify which Washington in the story, "Scooter-sharing comes to Washington after speed bumps elsewhere".
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The file name of the proposed bill is: finaltext_1482.pdf. The title is "Initiative Measure No. 1631". The bill is in a typewriter font.
Whoever is involved with that does not seem competent.
A quote from the bill: "(a) A minimum of thirty-five percent of total investments authorized under this chapter must provide direct and meaningful benefits to pollution and health action areas."
To me, that sentence seems written by an incompetent person, because it is an easy requirement to manipulate.
I've updated this from a comment I made before. To me, it seems like a more in-depth understanding of Intel's management in the past 15 years.
Intel's insufficient management: Intel has had many years of insufficient management, in my opinion. (Jan. 22, 2018)
Here is a comment of mine posted exactly 12 years ago: Lower prices are not the answer. Proposal. (June 9, 2006)
Intel's poor marketing: It is not difficult to find other evidence of insufficient management at Intel. Since the beginning of this year I've gotten 40 poorly considered, poorly written marketing emails from Intel. Whoever writes those ads seems to have almost no technical knowledge and no ability with sophisticated communication. This is an amazingly foolish sentence from emails I got from Intel on March 6 and March 8, 2018: "Up your marketing game with segment-focused campaigns..."
Recent background: Meltdown and Spectre: 'worst ever' CPU bugs affect virtually all computers (Jan 4, 2018) "Meltdown is currently thought to primarily affect Intel processors manufactured since 1995, excluding the company's Itanium server chips and Atom processors before 2013."
Linus Torvalds Calls Intel Patches 'Complete and Utter Garbage'. (Jan. 22, 2018)
Two previous errors in design of Intel processors: Pentium FDIV bug (1994) and the Pentium F00F bug (1997)
More EXTREME evidence of insufficient management at Intel: Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its CEO sold off $24 million in company stock. (Jan. 3, 2018)
Will Intel be allowed to PROFIT from many years of producing processors with vulnerabilities? Will Intel be treated like U.S. banks in 2008, when many banks profited and many finance system managers got bonuses after the financial crash?
If vulnerabilities are profitable, would Intel deliberately allow vulnerabilities in its products? Were the previous vulnerabilities deliberate? Did the CEO know about the vulnerabilities previously? Do others at Intel profit from the vulnerabilities?
"I found it to be a confusing mess..."
It amazes me that, after many years, Reddit has not improved its web site design.
You are indicating that you think you are more knowledgeable than someone else.
This is the issue: A system service could possibly do anything, including changing what it does at any time. Most people don't want to spend the time to investigate.
There is NO good reason why a browser should include a system service. If there is a system service, there is no certainty of privacy or control over the entire computer by the owner and user. Somewhat like Google's Android operating system.
There is a book filled with poison in a library of 100,000 books. Just open all the books to find that bad book. You have nothing else to do, is that correct?
Also, the poison may be extremely well-disguised as a typical hamburger.
Also, if the poison is found, a new version of the book may be released that disguises the poison in a different way.
The answer? Stay away from those who have demonstrated an intention to harm you.
Why did I say "Google Chrome browser", and not just "Chrome"? I was trying to make my comment easier to read. I didn't want to assume that every Slashdot reader has experience with Chrome.
Yes, on Windows 7. Most of our computers aren't running Windows 10.
Many articles say Microsoft and Windows cannot be trusted. Two of those articles: Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made.
And: 7 ways Windows 10 pushes ads at you...
So, it seems to me that Google and Microsoft are, more and more, poorly managed. They are in the abuse business, not in any real business.
Several years ago, I talked with a mid-level Google manager who said that Google had more money than it knew how to manage. Also, that it was difficult for Google employees to know what was happening inside the company.
And Linux: We have 2 computers running Linux. Mostly they don't get used. It is too difficult to deal with all the poorly-documented variations. This story about Linux makes me laugh: Why is the Number of Linux Distros Declining? Linux had 285 variations when that article was published!
You said, "most or all of google's spyware removed". Most?
Google is so wackily managed, in my opinion, that I would not trust that there is no spyware in the Chromium browser. If there is no spyware now, maybe it would be added later. And, how would I know? I don't want to spend hours dealing with those details.
Thanks for the reply.
I never would have guessed that. I thought if I didn't say yes to a UAC request, Google Chrome browser would not install.
My opinion: Google is becoming more and more badly managed. Now, when a Google map is displayed, the map shows hotels! To me, that might be useful: I know that any CEO of a hotel that displays on Google maps is not a sensible person. I would never stay at that hotel, no matter where it is located.
The last time I installed Google Chrome browser, years ago, it installed 3 OS system services. Google Chrome had more control over my computer than I did when using it as a limited user!
Does Google Chrome browser still install system services? If so, I would never use it.
There may be areas in which Al Jazeera is not helpful.
However, if, like me, you live in the U.S. and have never been to the countries Al Jazeera covers most, the articles are often far ahead of others on the same subject.
You said, "They covered a ceremony in my hometown and claimed eight people died. No one died."
Could you tell us more about that?
A far better story: Parched for a price: Karachi's water crisis
... stealing water in Karachi is an industry worth more than half a billion dollars." (each year)
... manages a household of 5 people on an income of roughly $190 a month.
Quotes:
Perween Rehman: "It is not the poor who steal the water. It is stolen by a group of people who have the full support of the government agencies, the local councillors, mayors and the police; all are involved."
"Shortly before her murder, Rehman spoke to a documentary crew, who were making a film about her work."
More:
"The scale of the theft is staggering.
"Ali Asghar, 75, says he still has to pay bills to the utility company for water that never comes in the pipes."
Another problem:
Family size.
"... Farzana Bibi, 40,
"... his entire household of 17 people is dependent on water bought from tankers."
Al Jazeera is generally a good place for such news. However, this story has no date. It was apparently written in 2017.
So, the parent comment is exactly correct.
A deeper problem: 285 Linux distributions! This story about Linux makes me laugh: Why is the Number of Linux Distros Declining?
AMAZING QUOTE from that story of 3 1/2 years ago: "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. Who will document 285 varieties of the same thing? 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.
Those who arrange Linux have apparently never heard of cooperation. (What did you say? Co-what??? Is that an English word?)
1843 Magazine is a bi-monthly cultural magazine published by the Economist Group. The Economist began publication in 1843. Unfortunately, managers there are apparently not aware that 1843 is a misleading title.
Andrew Smith, the author of the article Slashdot is reviewing, seems to have no deep knowledge of technology, and no serious interest in learning. He just wants to write about it. He reminds me of Walter Isaacson, who wrote about Steve Jobs of Apple.
The Economist magazine has useful articles.
BFR is a privately funded next-generation reusable launch vehicle and spacecraft system developed by SpaceX
SpaceX Payload Fairing Survives Despite Missing Recovery Net by 'a Few Hundred Meters'
In-orbit refueling
From the summary: "Congress didn't give anyone money to replace these devices, and the budget had no wiggle-room to begin with."
I hope the U.S. will eventually have a healthy government.
The parent comment: "~20 years of NSA infiltrating network components, who would have expected the other side to do the same...?" (Slightly edited.)
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law.
Life in the U.S. is rapidly degrading.
"The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella."
Computers are trying to sell the idea that they will rule the world. Satya Nadella is one of those computers. Think that's wrong? Think Nadella is probably human? I have proof! A human would never treat other humans so badly as forcing them to see advertisements on Windows 10 desktop computers.
Someone! Make the world a better place! Find Satya Nadella's off switch. Leave him off until major updates are available. (I hope the updates are of better quality than those for Windows 10.)
Okay, that's a joke, with strong truthful elements.
If that update will be like the updates to Windows 10, expect that the first version will Flock Bash.
I wish the U.S. had a healthy government.
Mod the parent comment up. The U.S. financial system and healthcare need adequate repair and supervision also.
Venice? Why not avoid confusion for 99% of human society and say, Venice, California in the title? Most people in the world don't know Venice, California exists.
Venice, California is a small town of 40,885 people heavily affected by the extreme pollution and extreme traffic jams in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has 18.68 million people.
Venice, Italy is a world-famous city that began soon after 400 CE. The metropolitan area has 2.6 million people.
Washington in England
We know that. However, it would be sensible for Reuters, a European media company, to make it clear which "Washington" the story is discussing.
Reuters editors:
Stupidly, the U.S. has 2 places called "Washington", Washington, D.C., and Washington State.
Unfortunately, your writer and 2 editors didn't specify which Washington in the story, "Scooter-sharing comes to Washington after speed bumps elsewhere".
I presume you mean Washington, D.C.
It would be very interesting if you explained that, or provided a link.
Link: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Resignation
Just before the election, while many people were making their final decisions about which candidate to choose, FBI Director James Comey influenced the election: Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election.
I'm amazed that Comey could be so out of touch with social reality.