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1) "Isn't it strange that some diagnoses seems to concur with the contours of state and county lines? Medical diagnoses has political overtones beyond those of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka, Obamacare. What the doctor tells you, whether she/he knows it or not, reflects these overtones."
2) "Money and Medical Care are intertwined to a point where the patient's health doesn't matter."
Copied the comments to help emphasize their importance. My research shows the same issues.
The decision has already been made. The dams provide flood control for the many cities and towns below.
Big problem: I very much doubt that anyone in the Portland City government or the Multnomah County government has technical knowledge. They are making a claim that is not backed by facts, I'm guessing.
"... we approached one of these passengers to explain apologetically that he was being denied boarding..." It was not "apologetic". The passenger was already boarded. There was no "we".
"Our agents were left with no choice but to call Chicago Aviation Security Officers..." They could have tried asking someone else, and increased the price they would pay.
To employees: "I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right." That badly worded sentence also shows a lack of social ability.
The issue was not connected with anything United Airlines did. The result, however, is that the United Airlines CEO demonstrated that he isn't a good choice to lead a company. In my opinion, the United Airlines Board of Directors should consider getting a new CEO.
GIMP: I just installed the latest version. The UI seems better now. But before, people didn't like GIMP because of a poor user interface. How much time did you want to spend teaching people how to use software? Especially when those people you were teaching disliked the obviously foolish, unfinished UI?
GIMP has a long history of being limited by its name. A "gimp" is a physically disabled person. If they wanted to be more extreme, they could have named the program "Lung cancer".
Mark Shuttleworth and conflict: It's wonderful that Ubuntu is available. However, I think the development of Ubuntu has been limited by Mark Shuttleworth's lack of ability in dealing with conflicts. I spent about 30 minutes talking with him, and offered help, but he didn't accept.
Yes, "... members of the free software community are just deeply anti-social..." However, it has often happened that Shuttleworth didn't know how to deal with that.
The first step would be to explain the possible solutions. Why? At present, negative attitudes are developing rapidly.
"Amazon has hired some of the best engineers and expert researchers in the world for this."
I feel doubtful about that. I see shortcomings on almost every Amazon web page. If managers at Amazon don't see or don't fix those, what chance is there they will solve far more difficult problems?
It's very common in the U.S. culture that, rather than cooperate, someone looks for a way to disagree.
I'm sure everyone understands the issue. If there can be huge problems with extraordinarily expensive, intensely managed technology, it is even more likely that there will be problems with technology that is not getting a lot of oversight.
Drone technology is not getting much oversight. I haven't seen any stories discussing the 9 issues I mentioned.
Good point about the loss of communication. But there are MANY problems:
1) What if communication is hijacked?
2) There are many, many dogs that would jump on a drone trying to land a package.
3) There are children would try to capture a drone. Mom! I found a plane in our yard!
4) A drone would be REALLY, REALLY ANNOYING to a lot of people. Why? A drone would compromise their safety. A drone would emit scary noise. Many, many people in the U.S., a nation of gun owners, would shoot at a drone. Even children might use their BB guns to shoot at a drone.
5) Thieves might like to capture a drone.
6) Weather is often ENTIRELY UNPREDICTABLE. A big, unexpected gust of wind could smash a drone against a house. There are many places where 2 weather systems come together in which weather reports are only educated guesses.
7) Electronics sometimes fails. (Funny: I can imagine Slashdot readers saying, "What! I didn't know that!")
8) Mechanical devices sometimes fail.
9) There are often design errors that are only discovered after device failure.
"This indicates that they don't really have a clue..." ["They" are Microsoft top managers.]
That's the underlying problem. Apparently Microsoft top managers are socially and mentally extremely limited.
If you were a top manager of a software development company, would you do things that caused stories like this article to be written? Network World, Aug. 4, 2015: Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. Quote from that story: "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC."
The abusiveness of many of the features of Windows 10 are like a multi-billion-dollar advertising campaign that very effectively says, "Dislike Microsoft products".
The answer? Replace ALL the Microsoft top managers, in my opinion. Does anyone else have an idea that would fix the problems at Microsoft?
Another solution: All countries and the U.S. could support ReactOS so that the Windows OS can be eliminated. No company should be allowed to have a virtual monopoly!
Companies that are routinely abusive should be re-organized or eliminated.
There are so many vulnerabilities in Flash that it has seemed possible that Adobe is selling vulnerabilities, as the 2nd story linked below says. The only other theory is that Adobe Systems programmers have been getting no testing or other management.
Articles keep criticizing Flash, Flash, Flash. They should criticize "Adobe Systems Management".
It seems possible that Microsoft and other companies learned from Adobe Systems how much users were weak to abuse.
Most Exploited Vulnerabilities: by Whom, When, and How. (Dec. 29, 2016) "The Adobe Flash Player comprised six of the top 10 vulnerabilities triggered by the exploit kits in a period from November 16, 2015, to November 15, 2016."
Apparently a lot of technically-knowledgeable people don't have social ability. Boom Supersonic!!! "Boom" is what you hear when there is a crash.
There are many more like that. For example, Malwarebytes is software named after the problem it is supposed to cure. Doesn't anyone at BOOM have a mother?
Son: Mom, what do you think of the name BOOM for our company?
Mom: No, son, that's not a good name.
Son: Why not?
Mom: You're only 3 years old. You'll understand when you are 4.
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MicroS-Evil?
Finite? I like everything to be infinite.
Google's Chrome browser installs system services. If you are operating as a limited user, Google has more control over your computer than you do.
I'd like to make this subject into an Ask Slashdot story. Can I quote you?
You said, "We covered this a while ago back when Libreboot's authors wrote an open letter to AMD..."
Do you have a reference to that? Was it this story? Message For AMD: Open PSP Will Improve Security, Hinder Intel
Stories about that?
Why are they doing that? Lack of trust will kill sales.
Move away from Intel products? Move to AMD? News stories:
... is in some cases actually etching different features or instructions onto its silicon for specific customers."
Researchers bypass Intel's Software Guard Extensions to access RSA keys (Mar 16, 2017)
Intel's Software Guard exploited to hide Malware (Mar 16, 2017)
Boffins exploit Intel CPU weakness to run rings around code defenses (Oct. 20, 2016) Quote: "Branch buffer shortcoming allows hackers to reliably install malware on systems."
Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can't audit it) (Jun 15, 2016)
Slashdot comments about the above article:
Intel x86s Hide Another CPU That Can Take Over Your Machine -- You Can't Audit it (Jun 15, 2016)
Secret of Intel Management Engine (Mar 12, 2014)
New Intel Chips Contain Back-Door Processor, Hackable Even When Computer is Turned Off (Sept. 19, 2013)
Intel's answer to ARM: Customisable x86 chips with HIDDEN POWERS (May 20, 2013) Quote: "Intel
Good comments above!
1) "Isn't it strange that some diagnoses seems to concur with the contours of state and county lines? Medical diagnoses has political overtones beyond those of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka, Obamacare. What the doctor tells you, whether she/he knows it or not, reflects these overtones."
2) "Money and Medical Care are intertwined to a point where the patient's health doesn't matter."
Copied the comments to help emphasize their importance. My research shows the same issues.
Maybe Apple needs some iNtelligence. Will Apple become a completely different company?
Eventually, people will tire of paying $800 for new iPhones, so maybe Apple needs a new field of business.
The decision has already been made. The dams provide flood control for the many cities and towns below.
Big problem: I very much doubt that anyone in the Portland City government or the Multnomah County government has technical knowledge. They are making a claim that is not backed by facts, I'm guessing.
Did the gate agents handle the situation? The reporting of the incident is incomplete.
It was NOT a United Airlines flight.
But the cost to United is HUGE: United's stock is falling 3.7% and wiping $830 million off the airline's market cap.
As the first link shows, United handled the situation badly.
United Airlines Flight 3411 is NOT a United Airlines flight. The U.S. government allows mis-labeling. Flight 3411 is a CommutAir flight.
United's CEO Oscar Munoz made the situation FAR worse by the pretend caring in what he said: United is investigating why authorities dragged a passenger off a flight -- here's what it found.
Quotes from the CEO:
"... we approached one of these passengers to explain apologetically that he was being denied boarding..."
It was not "apologetic". The passenger was already boarded. There was no "we".
"Our agents were left with no choice but to call Chicago Aviation Security Officers..."
They could have tried asking someone else, and increased the price they would pay.
To employees: "I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right."
That badly worded sentence also shows a lack of social ability.
The incident was like a billion-dollar advertisement saying, "Don't fly United Airlines." A New York Times story, United Airlines Passenger Is Dragged From an Overbooked Flight, now has 4983 comments! (07:48 am PDT)
The issue was not connected with anything United Airlines did. The result, however, is that the United Airlines CEO demonstrated that he isn't a good choice to lead a company. In my opinion, the United Airlines Board of Directors should consider getting a new CEO.
Background information: When airlines overbook a flight, these federal rules apply.
GIMP: I just installed the latest version. The UI seems better now. But before, people didn't like GIMP because of a poor user interface. How much time did you want to spend teaching people how to use software? Especially when those people you were teaching disliked the obviously foolish, unfinished UI?
GIMP has a long history of being limited by its name. A "gimp" is a physically disabled person. If they wanted to be more extreme, they could have named the program "Lung cancer".
Mark Shuttleworth and conflict: It's wonderful that Ubuntu is available. However, I think the development of Ubuntu has been limited by Mark Shuttleworth's lack of ability in dealing with conflicts. I spent about 30 minutes talking with him, and offered help, but he didn't accept.
Yes, "... members of the free software community are just deeply anti-social..." However, it has often happened that Shuttleworth didn't know how to deal with that.
What about the mental condition of the writers of the stories to which I linked?
The first step would be to explain the possible solutions. Why? At present, negative attitudes are developing rapidly.
"Amazon has hired some of the best engineers and expert researchers in the world for this."
I feel doubtful about that. I see shortcomings on almost every Amazon web page. If managers at Amazon don't see or don't fix those, what chance is there they will solve far more difficult problems?
It's very common in the U.S. culture that, rather than cooperate, someone looks for a way to disagree.
I'm sure everyone understands the issue. If there can be huge problems with extraordinarily expensive, intensely managed technology, it is even more likely that there will be problems with technology that is not getting a lot of oversight.
Drone technology is not getting much oversight. I haven't seen any stories discussing the 9 issues I mentioned.
Good point about the loss of communication. But there are MANY problems:
1) What if communication is hijacked?
2) There are many, many dogs that would jump on a drone trying to land a package.
3) There are children would try to capture a drone. Mom! I found a plane in our yard!
4) A drone would be REALLY, REALLY ANNOYING to a lot of people. Why? A drone would compromise their safety. A drone would emit scary noise. Many, many people in the U.S., a nation of gun owners, would shoot at a drone. Even children might use their BB guns to shoot at a drone.
5) Thieves might like to capture a drone.
6) Weather is often ENTIRELY UNPREDICTABLE. A big, unexpected gust of wind could smash a drone against a house. There are many places where 2 weather systems come together in which weather reports are only educated guesses.
7) Electronics sometimes fails. (Funny: I can imagine Slashdot readers saying, "What! I didn't know that!")
8) Mechanical devices sometimes fail.
9) There are often design errors that are only discovered after device failure.
These are problems of TRUMPIC proportions!
But yes, Jeff Bezos is still better than Donald Trump.
Jeff Bezos is not as bad as Donald Trump, but Bezos says and does things that show he isn't thinking carefully.
Remote control over drones can ALWAYS be eliminated or hijacked by radio frequency interference.
Technology ALWAYS has failures, like those at Three Mile Island, Fukushima Daiichi, and Chernobyl.
Amazon drone delivery: nine ways it could go horribly wrong
I don't want drones near where I live. Will drones be allowed near where Jeff Bezos lives?
I meant to write "All countries and the U.N."
"This indicates that they don't really have a clue..." ["They" are Microsoft top managers.]
That's the underlying problem. Apparently Microsoft top managers are socially and mentally extremely limited.
If you were a top manager of a software development company, would you do things that caused stories like this article to be written? Network World, Aug. 4, 2015: Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. Quote from that story: "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC."
The abusiveness of many of the features of Windows 10 are like a multi-billion-dollar advertising campaign that very effectively says, "Dislike Microsoft products".
The answer? Replace ALL the Microsoft top managers, in my opinion. Does anyone else have an idea that would fix the problems at Microsoft?
Another solution: All countries and the U.S. could support ReactOS so that the Windows OS can be eliminated. No company should be allowed to have a virtual monopoly!
Companies that are routinely abusive should be re-organized or eliminated.
What do you think of these stories?
Amazon: Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon's sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers (February 23, 2014)
Amazon: Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace (August 15, 2015) Quote: "The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers..."
Amazon: Amazon Under Fire Over Alleged Worker Abuse in Germany/a (February 19, 2013)
There are so many vulnerabilities in Flash that it has seemed possible that Adobe is selling vulnerabilities, as the 2nd story linked below says. The only other theory is that Adobe Systems programmers have been getting no testing or other management.
Articles keep criticizing Flash, Flash, Flash. They should criticize "Adobe Systems Management".
It seems possible that Microsoft and other companies learned from Adobe Systems how much users were weak to abuse.
Stories:
Adobe Flash Player: List of security vulnerabilities. "Total number of vulnerabilities: 1,006".
Huge Adobe Flash security vulnerability revealed after hacking group's documents leaked. (July 8, 2015) "The huge weakness was revealed as part of documents leaked after a cyberattack on Hacking Team, a government-sponsored spying group, that seems to have been using it to break into computers."
Adobe Flash vulnerabilities -- a never-ending string of security risks (June 29, 2015)
Kill Flash now. Or patch these 36 vulnerabilities. "One bug being exploited right now in the wild." (June 16, 2016)
Adobe deploys security update to fix 52 vulnerabilities in Flash. (July 13, 2016) "Some of the critical flaws could lead to remote code execution on your PC."
Most Exploited Vulnerabilities: by Whom, When, and How. (Dec. 29, 2016) "The Adobe Flash Player comprised six of the top 10 vulnerabilities triggered by the exploit kits in a period from November 16, 2015, to November 15, 2016."
Chrome OS is not a full OS. It is a "lightweight OS designed primarily for web-based computing within a browser window."
Is the Chromebook Really Just a "Google Spyware Machine"?
See the desktop and new features: New features in Linux Mint 18 MATE
"... marketing geniuses..."
Apparently a lot of technically-knowledgeable people don't have social ability. Boom Supersonic!!! "Boom" is what you hear when there is a crash.
There are many more like that. For example, Malwarebytes is software named after the problem it is supposed to cure. Doesn't anyone at BOOM have a mother?
Son: Mom, what do you think of the name BOOM for our company?
Mom: No, son, that's not a good name.
Son: Why not?
Mom: You're only 3 years old. You'll understand when you are 4.