An answer to this might be the old rule that one should never assume malice where stupidity or ignorance are more likely to be the case. It is quite possible that PayPal doesn't have the resources (i.e. the smarts) to follow the trail themselves, so after some fruitless dithering, they have simply passed the bag on to someone else. Not that the FBI will necessarily process the information any more intelligently, but it isn't PayPal's problem any more.
I don't agree with the idiot for picking on your language, but your funny. American's got the Z spellings from the BRITISH English...
The jury is still out on the timeline for this, so I won't bother getting into a dispute. But, certainly as far as current usage is concerned, the OED generally gives "...ize" as the orthodox spelling for those cases nowadays. It grates on my nerves a bit, since when I was young the preferred form was "..ise", but I accept that usage changes with the times. Here in Australia, the preferred form is still "...ise", but I dare say that will change in time.
However, I hope the correct use of the apostrophe in "you're" as a contraction of "you are" doesn't disappear. It is there for a reason.;-)
Tens of thousands of people in the UK choosing to leave the internet. All at the same time.
Actually, it's becoming an interesting choice. I grew up (or rather, I got older) in an age when there was no internet, or even very many computers, but like most of us here have allowed the internet to creep into my headspace. I don't particularly regret that, but it does give a bit of perspective.
I live in Australia, and I seem to have acquired a habit of making lifestyle choices that involve living in locations that are only tenuously served by mobile or satellite internet connections. I don't regret this either, but when your choices are that limited in terms of bandwidth, you do learn to prioritise what you need out of your connection, and your reliance on "analogue" input increases.
I don't do Facebook (perhaps I'm not that social an animal), but I have a select number of "meatspace" friends with whom I keep in touch via phone/Skype/email. But for the most part, I am essentially unplugged from the internet. When I'm in the cities, surrounded by drones clutching their handheld devices with a death-grip, it occurs to me that we need to let go of the Net from time to time if we are to maintain any depth to our consciousness.
Or one can always go to New Scientist. You won't find anything in great depth there, but you will find starting points to look up and find good and recent research.
What I don't see is any benefit to the user in living in Google's little padded cell, being fed premasticated pap. All of the benefits seem to flow Google's way, in terms of both ad revenue and the ability to construct an ever more comprehensive database of users' interests, inevitably tied to a unique ID.
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that these hacker/cracker groups always seem to be very forthcoming with claims for their achievements, claiming the material is to be released "soon", but never seem to actually come up with the goods. I don't get why they seem to believe we should all be impressed by their jerking off in public...
You're right, I hadn't thought of that. But no matter how unconscionable Google's actions might be, they can afford much better lawyers than I can. They can also afford to tie up the legal process pretty much indefinitely, so unless some sort of class action were fought (and won), the user would still be hosed.
I have had a gmail account since they were invite-only, but have never used it as a primary contact address. But I use Google Search all the time (is there really any credible alternative?), and Google Maps and Google Earth are seriously cool. And IMO the Android Navigator app is an awesome alternative to the non-free alternatives.
I was wondering about that. But for those of us who use Android phones, such a lockout could be a real show-stopper if one were reliant on a single gmail account for syncing emails, contacts and calendar. Since Google is a private company, and you don't pay for their services, you could be well and truly fucked if Google (for whatever reason) decides you are persona non grata. You would have absolutely no redress whatsoever, at least within any useful timescale.
Makes me sort of glad that I have insulated myself (somewhat) by using K9 mail as an interface to my (non-G)mail accounts and keep everything else backed up elsewhere.
True. Current tape formats are nice, provided that you have a reliable Grandfather/Father/Son overwrite policy, with appropriate verification. You can't expect too much of it, though. However, I have to admit that my point of view is coloured by repeated experience (in the '80s and '90s) of multi-volume backup sets proving to be worthless as a result of bad I/O in the middle of the set. However, with modern equipment YMMV.
RAID is a great system for reliability (so long as it isn't RAID-0) but can't be relied on as a backup at all, since it is constantly plugged in.
If you don't know what the comma is for, then it is usually better to leave it out altogether.
But (to continue this digression), I wish some people would get over this fallacy that it is perfectly OK to mangle the language in any way they please, then speciously attempt to justify this by calling it "evolution according to common usage". Obviously, the language can only evolve according to customary usages that change over time, but to use the phrases "couldn't care less" and "could care less" to mean the same thing is plainly nonsensical, and reflects poorly on the writer's cognitive skills.
...and in a civilized, democratic and free country this is also the assumption of the law until proven otherwise.
Assumptions are just that, and nothing more. There is no civilised society, and "freedom" is just a word that has no useful legal meaning. Justice is for those who can afford it, and if you happen to be pinged by any authorities as a dirtbag, you had better be prepared to mortgage your house and the life of your firstborn sprog if you want to stay out of jail or worse.
Actually, no. Sorry if that came across as an ad, I just provided that link because I have had lots of good deals from that particular outfit. And as I said, they are hardly unique; given that you pay for postage by weight, you would generally buy such a product from someone who doesn't need to use international postage, so my link was obviously useful only for Australian readers.
...but internet cafes of the past are a dying breed replaced more and more by restaurants and coffee shops with wifi.
Better still, if you want really decent coffee, you're mostly better off staying at home anyway. This doesn't necessarily mean a big expense; if you buy good beans and take a bit of care, you can get great results from a cheapie stovetop expresso machine. And if you are happy to be a true nerd, you can always roast your own coffee with a heat-gun or a popcorn popper. I buy green beans at very reasonable prices from Coffee Snobs, a truly excellent supplier of top-grade single-estate varietal beans here in Australia, and I'm sure there must be equivalents in your own country of residence.
No, I think you misunderestimate (I love that GWBism, despite the double negative) the level of despair to which some toxic jobs lead. One hates the job, but it leaves one so drained that one doesn't have the energy or motivation to seek another. It takes a real effort to break that cycle.
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An answer to this might be the old rule that one should never assume malice where stupidity or ignorance are more likely to be the case. It is quite possible that PayPal doesn't have the resources (i.e. the smarts) to follow the trail themselves, so after some fruitless dithering, they have simply passed the bag on to someone else. Not that the FBI will necessarily process the information any more intelligently, but it isn't PayPal's problem any more.
In German, nouns are typically capitalised (or capitalized). Actually, this was common in English until relatively recently.
I don't agree with the idiot for picking on your language, but your funny. American's got the Z spellings from the BRITISH English...
The jury is still out on the timeline for this, so I won't bother getting into a dispute. But, certainly as far as current usage is concerned, the OED generally gives "...ize" as the orthodox spelling for those cases nowadays. It grates on my nerves a bit, since when I was young the preferred form was "..ise", but I accept that usage changes with the times. Here in Australia, the preferred form is still "...ise", but I dare say that will change in time.
;-)
However, I hope the correct use of the apostrophe in "you're" as a contraction of "you are" doesn't disappear. It is there for a reason.
Tens of thousands of people in the UK choosing to leave the internet. All at the same time.
Actually, it's becoming an interesting choice. I grew up (or rather, I got older) in an age when there was no internet, or even very many computers, but like most of us here have allowed the internet to creep into my headspace. I don't particularly regret that, but it does give a bit of perspective.
I live in Australia, and I seem to have acquired a habit of making lifestyle choices that involve living in locations that are only tenuously served by mobile or satellite internet connections. I don't regret this either, but when your choices are that limited in terms of bandwidth, you do learn to prioritise what you need out of your connection, and your reliance on "analogue" input increases.
I don't do Facebook (perhaps I'm not that social an animal), but I have a select number of "meatspace" friends with whom I keep in touch via phone/Skype/email. But for the most part, I am essentially unplugged from the internet. When I'm in the cities, surrounded by drones clutching their handheld devices with a death-grip, it occurs to me that we need to let go of the Net from time to time if we are to maintain any depth to our consciousness.
I found a huge bug in the IP address Facebook registered with the DNSs. It should be 127.0.0.1.
Try Nature and Science to start.
Or one can always go to New Scientist. You won't find anything in great depth there, but you will find starting points to look up and find good and recent research.
What I don't see is any benefit to the user in living in Google's little padded cell, being fed premasticated pap. All of the benefits seem to flow Google's way, in terms of both ad revenue and the ability to construct an ever more comprehensive database of users' interests, inevitably tied to a unique ID.
What could possibly go wrong?
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that these hacker/cracker groups always seem to be very forthcoming with claims for their achievements, claiming the material is to be released "soon", but never seem to actually come up with the goods. I don't get why they seem to believe we should all be impressed by their jerking off in public...
Since we already have a pedant at work here, I guess I might as well mention that a more correct form for the past tense of "wreak" is "wrought".
;-)
HTH
You're right, I hadn't thought of that. But no matter how unconscionable Google's actions might be, they can afford much better lawyers than I can. They can also afford to tie up the legal process pretty much indefinitely, so unless some sort of class action were fought (and won), the user would still be hosed.
but if MUA is what Wikipedia says it is...
It isn't. It's merely the beginning of "Muahahahahahaha". ;-)
I have had a gmail account since they were invite-only, but have never used it as a primary contact address. But I use Google Search all the time (is there really any credible alternative?), and Google Maps and Google Earth are seriously cool. And IMO the Android Navigator app is an awesome alternative to the non-free alternatives.
which fairytail's rules are you operating by?
How do you know fairies have tails?
I was wondering about that. But for those of us who use Android phones, such a lockout could be a real show-stopper if one were reliant on a single gmail account for syncing emails, contacts and calendar. Since Google is a private company, and you don't pay for their services, you could be well and truly fucked if Google (for whatever reason) decides you are persona non grata. You would have absolutely no redress whatsoever, at least within any useful timescale.
Makes me sort of glad that I have insulated myself (somewhat) by using K9 mail as an interface to my (non-G)mail accounts and keep everything else backed up elsewhere.
True. Current tape formats are nice, provided that you have a reliable Grandfather/Father/Son overwrite policy, with appropriate verification. You can't expect too much of it, though. However, I have to admit that my point of view is coloured by repeated experience (in the '80s and '90s) of multi-volume backup sets proving to be worthless as a result of bad I/O in the middle of the set. However, with modern equipment YMMV.
RAID is a great system for reliability (so long as it isn't RAID-0) but can't be relied on as a backup at all, since it is constantly plugged in.
I couldn't care more, about that.
If you don't know what the comma is for, then it is usually better to leave it out altogether.
But (to continue this digression), I wish some people would get over this fallacy that it is perfectly OK to mangle the language in any way they please, then speciously attempt to justify this by calling it "evolution according to common usage". Obviously, the language can only evolve according to customary usages that change over time, but to use the phrases "couldn't care less" and "could care less" to mean the same thing is plainly nonsensical, and reflects poorly on the writer's cognitive skills.
I'm Amrecian
Please, sir, what language do Amrecians speak?
...and in a civilized, democratic and free country this is also the assumption of the law until proven otherwise.
Assumptions are just that, and nothing more. There is no civilised society, and "freedom" is just a word that has no useful legal meaning. Justice is for those who can afford it, and if you happen to be pinged by any authorities as a dirtbag, you had better be prepared to mortgage your house and the life of your firstborn sprog if you want to stay out of jail or worse.
So I'm guilty until proven innocent?
Yes. Hadn't you noticed?
Actually, no. Sorry if that came across as an ad, I just provided that link because I have had lots of good deals from that particular outfit. And as I said, they are hardly unique; given that you pay for postage by weight, you would generally buy such a product from someone who doesn't need to use international postage, so my link was obviously useful only for Australian readers.
...but internet cafes of the past are a dying breed replaced more and more by restaurants and coffee shops with wifi.
Better still, if you want really decent coffee, you're mostly better off staying at home anyway. This doesn't necessarily mean a big expense; if you buy good beans and take a bit of care, you can get great results from a cheapie stovetop expresso machine. And if you are happy to be a true nerd, you can always roast your own coffee with a heat-gun or a popcorn popper. I buy green beans at very reasonable prices from Coffee Snobs, a truly excellent supplier of top-grade single-estate varietal beans here in Australia, and I'm sure there must be equivalents in your own country of residence.
I was wondering the same thing. Guess I'll just have to RTFM. [sigh] ;-)
As opposed, of course, to the Chinese People's Republic...
No, I think you misunderestimate (I love that GWBism, despite the double negative) the level of despair to which some toxic jobs lead. One hates the job, but it leaves one so drained that one doesn't have the energy or motivation to seek another. It takes a real effort to break that cycle.
I don't usually like doing this, but...
+1: Informative