Many US states have stepped up testing and medical requirements for people over 75.The older you get, the more frequently you must take a driving test.
The Japanese have just put a more specific requirement on it.
The basis of "GNU" was re-implementing Bell Lab's Unix. Extending Stallman's logic, if Linux is derived from GNU, and GNU was derived from Unix, the whole mess is the result of work done at Bell Labs, so it should take precedence over "GNU" in the name.
As mentioned by others, trees can get sick and die. But, government agencies can (and usually do) over-react to finding any sign of disease or insect attack, and wipe out entire species from any area that MIGHT be affected. Find a particular beetle in a trap? All trees of that type within 500' are cut down within a week.
One of the local colleges planted a lot of fast-growing trees around campus at the turn of the 21st century, as they expanded the "green spaces". Virtually all of those trees are gone now, replaced with "decorative prairie grass", because they chose the WRONG fast-growing trees.
> Tell me, what of my personal data beyond billing and shipping data for my most recent order would a Mom and Pop shop need?
What about storing information on the products you purchased, so you can be notified if there are any recalls? What about storing information to prove that certain taxes have been paid? That's two items that fall under government requirements that also fall under GDPR, along with your billing and shipping information. "Giant evil corporation" and "Mom and Pop shop" both have to deal with them.
The problem is, people don't just go to where expressways and freeways go, just like they don't just go to trains go.
But, in the case of a freeway or expressway, though, when they get to the closest point, they already have a vehicle that can take them the rest of the way... Whereas the train leaves you to walk or find other transportation.
I wouldn't, except... My yahoo address is easily associated with me, personally. I'd delete it entirely,... except that gives them permission to re-issue it to someone else, who could easily impersonate me.
It's relatively easy to build a "one level home" that sits on a concrete slab.The walls only have to carry the weight of the roof, and curved designs can deal with wind loading, especially if you're dealing with areas where high winds are mitigated by surrounding structures.
Let me know when they can 3D print a multistory house that can survive in an open field in a snowy environment.
Statistics are only as valid as the data they're based on, and the assumptions made about the data that isn't there.
Most transportation statistics are missing a LOT of base data. Things like "miles driven per year" are guesses.
Except in the case of cars like the Tesla, where there is a black box collecting statistics. How does Tesla know that auto pilot was on or off? It's recorded. How many miles are driven with AP on or off is recorded.
Many of the details are tossed out after an interval, but Tesla can collect a whole lot of data that other manufacturers cannot.
Now, the particular problem with dividing lanes is probably tied to trying to stay between the lines, when the lines are spreading out. If you don't stick to one line or the other, you're target is what is in the middle, and it is going to hurt.
As one of the people in charge of online security at my employer, it is my JOB to inflict my OCD on others, within reason.
There are links out there that are "obviously" (to the observant) bad. We also have rules that look for those - deep links into a Wordpress site, for example. Or arbitrary domains in China that end with "friend.php".
The limit on text line length has been "dealt with" by email clients for, um, well, a couple of decades.
Another reply mentions "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable", which can split longer lines quite easily, so most common email programs will split lines at 70-120 characters, to stay well under the RFC limit.
Looking at the raw source of a bounce message I received earlier today from a Microsoft Outlook.com, the first two lines are:
Our email servers enforce a "no shortening" policy. Any emails with a shortened URL is bounced. When we explain to the sender why it bounced, they usually say, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense!"
Email isn't Twitter. There is no reason to not use the full link, which can be examined to discover that it is headed off to a compromised Wordpress site to pick up the latest targeted malware.
Only a few of the shortening services provide an easy way to decode the link prior to clicking on it, and some of those require you to "add a cookie" or modify the link in some way to view the real target.
There are sites that will do the decoding for you, by fetching the shortened URL and reporting back where they were redirected to, but that still tells an attacker that their email reached someone.
15 years ago, I was handed a project to interface with a system where the only documentation was the Java reference implementation. The company we were dealing with did everything in Java; there was no support from them if you strayed from the safe lands of Java.
When they started doing "proper" documentation, Java was first and foremost in it. There was slight mention of other programming languages.
Now, you cannot find Java mentioned in any of their documentation. You can submit support requests for PHP,.NET, Python, or even Perl, but not Java.... You're on your own if you wander in the lands of Java.
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Well, if they're dead, they won't show up for the test, so at least they'll have their driving license revoke.
Many US states have stepped up testing and medical requirements for people over 75.The older you get, the more frequently you must take a driving test.
The Japanese have just put a more specific requirement on it.
The basis of "GNU" was re-implementing Bell Lab's Unix. Extending Stallman's logic, if Linux is derived from GNU, and GNU was derived from Unix, the whole mess is the result of work done at Bell Labs, so it should take precedence over "GNU" in the name.
Everyone should immediately delete the notifications, rather than worry about whether or not they're phishing attempts.
You keep using that instruction. I do not think it means what you think it means.
As mentioned by others, trees can get sick and die. But, government agencies can (and usually do) over-react to finding any sign of disease or insect attack, and wipe out entire species from any area that MIGHT be affected. Find a particular beetle in a trap? All trees of that type within 500' are cut down within a week.
One of the local colleges planted a lot of fast-growing trees around campus at the turn of the 21st century, as they expanded the "green spaces". Virtually all of those trees are gone now, replaced with "decorative prairie grass", because they chose the WRONG fast-growing trees.
> Tell me, what of my personal data beyond billing and shipping data for my most recent order would a Mom and Pop shop need?
What about storing information on the products you purchased, so you can be notified if there are any recalls? What about storing information to prove that certain taxes have been paid? That's two items that fall under government requirements that also fall under GDPR, along with your billing and shipping information. "Giant evil corporation" and "Mom and Pop shop" both have to deal with them.
.... that don't want "ugly" solar arrays polluting the esthetics of their pristine neighborhoods...
"The GOVERNMENT made me do it!"
The Federal TRADE Commission is not the same as the Federal COMMUNICATIONS Commission.
The problem is, people don't just go to where expressways and freeways go, just like they don't just go to trains go.
But, in the case of a freeway or expressway, though, when they get to the closest point, they already have a vehicle that can take them the rest of the way... Whereas the train leaves you to walk or find other transportation.
Somewhere about 1200km deep in the atmosphere of Saturn would be about right.
You're forgetting that there HAS to have been a 19th century, or else it's harder to prove that man is responsible for climate change!
One is obviously a bad idea. The other is just stupid.
... how information you GAVE AWAY to unknown people is "compromised", just because it was used by someone you may not have wanted to know it?
After all, if not for Microsoft operating systems and productivity products, many cyber attacks would be impossible.
I wouldn't, except... My yahoo address is easily associated with me, personally. I'd delete it entirely, ... except that gives them permission to re-issue it to someone else, who could easily impersonate me.
Just the search results. Two different matters.
Of course, those same records might also be indexed for other person involved.
It's relatively easy to build a "one level home" that sits on a concrete slab.The walls only have to carry the weight of the roof, and curved designs can deal with wind loading, especially if you're dealing with areas where high winds are mitigated by surrounding structures.
Let me know when they can 3D print a multistory house that can survive in an open field in a snowy environment.
Statistics are only as valid as the data they're based on, and the assumptions made about the data that isn't there.
Most transportation statistics are missing a LOT of base data. Things like "miles driven per year" are guesses.
Except in the case of cars like the Tesla, where there is a black box collecting statistics. How does Tesla know that auto pilot was on or off? It's recorded. How many miles are driven with AP on or off is recorded.
Many of the details are tossed out after an interval, but Tesla can collect a whole lot of data that other manufacturers cannot.
Now, the particular problem with dividing lanes is probably tied to trying to stay between the lines, when the lines are spreading out. If you don't stick to one line or the other, you're target is what is in the middle, and it is going to hurt.
If EU country X has banned particular content, does this new EU rule allow people from other countries to view that content while in country X?
"You're just inflicting your OCD on others."
As one of the people in charge of online security at my employer, it is my JOB to inflict my OCD on others, within reason.
There are links out there that are "obviously" (to the observant) bad. We also have rules that look for those - deep links into a Wordpress site, for example. Or arbitrary domains in China that end with "friend.php".
The limit on text line length has been "dealt with" by email clients for, um, well, a couple of decades.
Another reply mentions "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable", which can split longer lines quite easily, so most common email programs will split lines at 70-120 characters, to stay well under the RFC limit.
Looking at the raw source of a bounce message I received earlier today from a Microsoft Outlook.com, the first two lines are:
[http://products.office.com/en-us/CMSImages/Office365Logo_Orange.png?versio=
n=3Db8d100a9-0a8b-8e6a-88e1-ef488fee0470]
My email client displays it as one line, with the = sign removed:
[http://products.office.com/en-us/CMSImages/Office365Logo_Orange.png?version=b8d100a9-0a8b-8e6a-88e1-ef488fee0470]
This "magic" pre-dates all of these shortening services.
Our email servers enforce a "no shortening" policy. Any emails with a shortened URL is bounced. When we explain to the sender why it bounced, they usually say, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense!"
Email isn't Twitter. There is no reason to not use the full link, which can be examined to discover that it is headed off to a compromised Wordpress site to pick up the latest targeted malware.
Only a few of the shortening services provide an easy way to decode the link prior to clicking on it, and some of those require you to "add a cookie" or modify the link in some way to view the real target.
There are sites that will do the decoding for you, by fetching the shortened URL and reporting back where they were redirected to, but that still tells an attacker that their email reached someone.
So, bouncy bouncy!
15 years ago, I was handed a project to interface with a system where the only documentation was the Java reference implementation. The company we were dealing with did everything in Java; there was no support from them if you strayed from the safe lands of Java.
When they started doing "proper" documentation, Java was first and foremost in it. There was slight mention of other programming languages.
Now, you cannot find Java mentioned in any of their documentation. You can submit support requests for PHP, .NET, Python, or even Perl, but not Java.... You're on your own if you wander in the lands of Java.
... the plan is to increase the ad revenue.