Netflix stated that 'we compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO'. How are they measuring this? How do they know I'm playing Fortnite and not doing something unrelated like web development, programming, finishing the book "Atomic Habits", finishing reading some novel like "The King's Blood", or commenting on a tech forum? I would agree that all metrics point to a lot of people playing Fortnite, and maybe other metrics like less people watching Netflix, but how do they correlate the two?
Environmentalists already want to humanity to exclusively eat insects and pests http://theconversation.com/eat... So take meat off the menu, and add roaches, ticks, maggots, and leaches. Yum!
They also advocate for the reduction of 90%+ of earths population. https://www.conservapedia.com/... Think the people that remain will include you?
Now in addition they want to take away the ability to build buildings and roads from concrete, and certainly not wood, and most definately not harmful plastics, and forget glass. Environmentalists also do not approve of iron, steel or other refined metals (harmful gases, destructive to environment when mined, energy intensive).
Did you know that modern agriculture is a big producer of CO2 gases? Enviromentalists want this to go. No more corn, carrots or potatoes.
Net neutrality was passed in 2014. All this hand wringing aside, the internet will function just as well as it did in 2014. There will still be websites, email, tv shows, movies, music, games, and everything else that existed prior to 2014. Repealing net neutrality does not mean the end of the internet.
To be fair, companies that provide access to internet services should be allowed to monetize and control huge bandwidth users because they are the ones paying to put up the infrastructure.
I would write more but I'm off to buy Comcast stock.
This is about being having insurance against the unfortunate. I have car insurance that I hope never to use, health insurance ditto, and life insurance that I myself will certainly not benefit from. I have three fire extinguishers in my home (kitchen, bedroom closet, garage). My emergency kit is another insurance just in case.
Yes there are people willing to help other people out. These people deserve serious respect. Budweiser trucked water to hurricane disaster zones. Serious props.
Then there are other people that will "basically just waiting for the National Guard to show up". They won't prepare, and just sit around and wait for someone to show up and serve them. After hurricane Katrina one person actually complained on news that the rescue water they was NOT COLD ENOUGH. Seriously.
Given a choice, I myself would rather have an emergency supplies that not. Yes, in almost all cases rescue will come, but I would rather be self reliant, than not. As I said earlier it is a mindset. Who are you? Are you a drone that without the supplies of the state will wither and die? Or are you a proactive doer that looks ahead, weighs the possibilities, and takes reasonable action?
Let me give you an example, hopefully this will make it clearer. I live in eastern Pennsylvania, USA. We don't get much in the way of natural disasters but we do get a fair bit of snow. In the Valentines Day Blizzard of 2007 I had to go to work. I ended up being stuck for 3 days at work. I ate very well from canned food and dried snacks in my trunk. I was asked by coworkers if I could share, and I answered sorry, No. A manager asked, I repeated no.
Another example, I flying out of Boston Logan and allowed ample buffer time to get through security before my flight. I took my 30W solar kit with me. In the passenger seating area I suctioned it to the window and topped up my phone while waiting. A fellow passenger unable to find a power outlet wanted to use mine. I said no. The person was very upset and said it was the LAW, and I had the share, they NEEDED it.
Why don't people prepare?
Look up the definition of "sheeple" Read Emerson's "Self Reliance" Read the fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.
This isn't about being wealthy. It is about being smart and being prepared.
Even the Red Cross recommends having a emergency survival kit In case of a catastrophic event. If you get a bit more serious about it you start putting together a bug out bag.
Do you have a emergency water filter (aka Life Straw / Survivor Filter)? Do you have food rations to feed everyone you care about for at least 72 hours, and preferably 2 weeks? Do you have portable solar power to power necessary electronics? Do you have medical supply kit? (Bandages, gauze, aspirin, soap, swab alcohol, iodine, general antibiotics, suture thread/needle, scissors, tweezers) Do you have a blanket that can keep you *warm*, is light, and water resistant? Do you have a sleeping bag, same as above? Do you have para-cord (type 3)? (Has all kinds of uses) Do you have a waterproof tarp? (rain s***s, and wet equipment really s***s) Do you have a dependable light source (no a flashlight is *not* dependable - it runs out) Do you have a reliable way to start a fire? Do you have a emergency radio / shortwave, preferably crank? Do you have at least two changes of clothes? Do you have a guns / ammo, preferably compact, and training to use it? Do you have a good bush knife (pref Bowie)? (no your kitchen knives don't count) Do you have a hatchet? Do you have heavy boots able to walk on sharp rubble? (maybe sharp glass / barb wire under water) Do you have actual paper maps of your area? (MapQuest probably won't work in an emergency) Do you have plastic baggies? (Multipurpose, waterproof) Do you have a good backpack to hold this? Do you know how much it weighs? Are you fit enough to carry your bag?
If the answer to any of these is "no", the term for you is "future victim". Remember the hurricane Katrina and the sad sacks sitting on their roofs with signs saying "Need water"? Why weren't they prepared?
If you have these items, but not in a kit, and they are scattered throughout your house, again this makes you a future victim. When an emergency hits you won't have time to assemble a bug out kit.
Look at the Mormons. They keep enough emergency supplies to last months or years, not just for disasters, but as preparation for life's ups and downs. Very smart.
This isn't expensive. You don't have to be rich. You just have to have the right mindset.
And by the way, in case of a disaster, don't expect people to share. Desperate times makes for desperate people. Don't forget the weapons (IMHO a good pistol, plus a simple rugged rifle, plus tactical batons, plus pepper spray, and in a pinch, the hatchet, and hiking staff).
Remember the fable of the ant and the grasshopper.
The Congressional Review Act (CRA) needs to be passed in both the House and Senate, which both have Republican majorities (or to put it differently, Democrats do not have a definitive majority in either House or Senate). To get a perspective on the chances of this passing look at the 28 cosponsors of the bill NONE of which are republican. Suppose that somehow there are a few republicans do end up voting for this, then it heads to President Trump who can veto it.
Trump is the person that appointed Ajit Pai to head the FCC, and of course Trump knew that Pai would repeal net neutrality and undoubtedly they have discussed the issue in detail. Trump has praised Pai, so we know that Trump has no problems with net neutrality being repealed. It is virtually certain that if this reaches the Presidents desk, it will be vetoed.
Of course Congress can overturn a veto, with a 2/3 supermajority. While there is a slight chance in a republican congress that a simple majority can be found to overturn the repeal of net neutrality, there is *NO* chance that the hard line far-right will vote to repeal. Recent elections have purged moderate or "soft" politicians of both political parties. There aren't enough moderates to overturn a veto.
A woman had a husband who was a programmer. As the programmer was about to leave for work the woman tells him, "While you are out, buy a loaf of bread."
Like it or not the FCC is *right* in requiring only legal (informed) comments over mass quantity of how many people feel about the issue. The fact that a lot of people have an opinion on a matter doesn't make them right or authorized to speak on the matter.
To put this is terms you may understand more...
Programmer: So you need a program to process these data items, correct? Clueless CEO: Yes, and I know that it should take only about a week. It can't be that complicated. Corporate seatwarmer: I agree. Definitely true. Corporate yesman: CEO, you are brilliant. And 7 other corporate suits, well, follow suit and agree with CEO. Programmer: It will take 2 months to program, testing will take several weeks, training will last about a week. Maintenance will last about an additional month. All: We voted on it programmer. You have a week to make it work perfectly.
Currently AIs are primarily trained on automotive technology (both in optimum motor performance, and autonomous driving), financial applications (my AI makes more money than your AI), medical (cancer / operate vs non-cancer / monitor), and predicting answers to narrow questions (ex "Should we concentrate our political campaign in Pennsylvania, or New York?"). There is some research into AIs trained with aggressive kill-anything-that-moves, but mostly with game design (ex the computer-controlled opponent, or the AI being trained to beat Starcraft2).
The real problem not mentioned is that to train an AI to take over the world that there are no examples where the world was completely conquered. A critical part in all AI training methods is *feedback*. Yes, negative feedback can be used but not exclusively. Without *positive* feedback where the world was successfully conquered the AI would likely select a scenario that passes only because it wasn't a factor in a previous failed attempt (ex "Let's bomb the world with flowers.") but would be otherwise be useless.
*If* somehow there was a strange case where there was a AI that "escaped" we would likely get an AI that wants your credit card info (but doesn't know what to do with it once it has it), or the AI will be strangely attracted to "adult" websites (monkey see, monkey do...). And once the AI escapes a hacker will track it down and hack it within days (have you ever seen industry software that has *zero* bugs?). Nothing to worry about.
Having good system security is already possible. It just requires good software and good security practices.
First get some really good encryption software that can be trusted (no, Microsoft's (aka 'Apple should have weak encryption and build in back doors') BitLocker is *not* trustworthy). BestCrypt or DriveCrypt Plus Pack both seem reliable and better still neither are based in United States.
Good security practices includes having a kill key that will wipe the internal memory where the key is kept, which also wipes the operating system in memory also which crashes the computer. Hit the kill key and everything locks. Good security is the drive automatically dismounts after a set timeout period of no activity. Good security is a strong password. To over-simplify a Bruce Schneider article a key-character only gives 2 bits of entropy. A good starting place for strong drive passwords is 50 characters.
Be careful about physical security. I forget who, but the FBI wanted to get into the computer of a mobster, and the computer had a strong password. They got a secret warrant and installed a dongle on the computer which recorded keystrokes. Now days they can replace keyboards and computer mouse with look-a likes that have built in key recorders. Watch your ports and beware odd hardware. Watch out for mini-cameras that can be installed and watching your keyboard.
Be careful about online security. As Snowden pointed out the NSA does have a wide array of software to hack into peoples computers. Don't install untrusted software. Don't accept dodgy links sent to you to visit. Do use some really good VPN software (it doesn't hide you perfectly but it does make it much harder for the NSA). Install virtual systems (ex VMWare Workstation) on your computer and work on really sensitive projects in there. Use an air-gapped computer that no access to the internet, Wifi, or internal network.
Having a system with a hair-trigger vibration guard and a wire cage drive enclosure is good but misses the point. The weakest link to security is usually the person behind the keyboard.
Checking Google reviews... Most telling is that Build Team is removing negative posts and people that say they did a bad job are routinely labeled as fakes or malcontents. Build Team states that they "hunt" people down on Google. Build Team seems surprised when projects take much longer than promised, when sub-contractors aren't working well, or when Build Team violates local ordinances. This is the worst kind of passive-aggressive PR management that I have seen. Now the real question is what other reviews and information is Google hiding from the public?
Please Build Team, don't sic your legal team on me. The comments above are entirely my own, until you backdate it and post it elsewhere. Knowing your PR strategy, you will probably report me for terrorism...
From Google reviews... (until they remove them) (All one star reviews) Martin Martin Martin Martin 5 months ago- Previous review disappeared.
Shoddy company - AVOID AVOID AVOID Response from the ownerin the last week This is a fake review by an individual purporting to have been a client of Build Team. We will report this to Google.
James Mcmillan in the last week Warning: DO NOT USE BUILDTEAM. I had one of the worst experiences with them. Very awful standard of customer service and of building. The company has many shoddy practices, and they're trying very hard to hide this from reviews. Please use someone else! Response from the ownerin the last week This is a fake review by an individual purporting to have been a client of Build Team. We will report this to Google.
David Murray-Thwaites David Murray-Thwaites a year ago AVOID! We had a very bad experience. Build Team are well marketed but frankly awful group to deal with. Extortion is not too strong a word Response from the ownera year ago Build Team have not worked for this client, and having undertaken a Google search we cannot trace the individual. We have contacted Google to report the review as spam.
Don't joke about bombs at US airports. Don't joke about having drugs in front of police officers. Don't joke about job issues in front of your boss/HR/coworkers Don't joke about guns anywhere (especially schools) Don't joke about money laundering to financial institutions.
Yes people are dumb enough to think these are funny and bad things happen to them. This is not news. Next time they will (hopefully) know better.
I sure it is a coincidence that Microsoft is forcing Win 7/8 users to upgrade to Windows 10, which touts its higher security. Don't worry, if you have private information you can use the Microsoft recommended product BitLocker, made in the USA and subject to US laws. I'm certain there aren't any backdoors. I'm glad that Microsoft will share Office 365 users info with government agencies to protect us. After all, the FBI would never be abuse its power, like sharing accessing info on political opponents to discredit them. Pay no attention that Microsoft was somehow vulnerable to 'FREAK' encryption flaw (http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-vulnerable-to-freak-encryption-flaw-too/#!) - nothing to worry about here. I'm sure glad Microsoft is providing free email services like Hotmail. I'm sure Microsoft has the highest standards in protecting Hotmail users info and the times it has shared private information has been completely justified besides "you agreed to the service agreement".
I read TFA, as well as the past articles. What I don't understand is how the individual, Hansmeier, is financially responsible for the liabilities of the corporation, Prenda. I understand that an employee of the organization, even the head or CEO, can go to jail (ex Enron or Tyco), disbarred, and/or fired. However one of the purpose of forming a business entity is to protect the individual assets in case of corporate disaster. Are all employees liable when a corporation goes bankrupt, or just the corporate officers?
I loved Bloom County in the 80s. I was sad to see the strip stop. However I moved on and now there are a ton of quality comics to take its place. Do you want sharp, pointed humor? Try Non-Sequiter (ex http://www.gocomics.com/nonseq...). There is xkcd.com, userfriendly.org (yeah, I know the comic is semi-mostly-retired), and PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) http://phdcomics.com/comics.ph....
I'm sorry Bloom County, you were great in the 80s but now it is the 2010s. It might be interesting to read the new strips for the nostalgia factor but that would be about it. After a certain period of time you realize it is time to move on. (Big pointed hint to George R R Martin and his over-delayed next book in the Game of Thrones series)
The gist of this is that now statement in and of themselves cannot be actionable until it can be proven that the mind of the person making the threat actually intends harm. The defendant in this case, Anthony Elonis, argued that he was a rapper and his statements could not be taken in context (i.e. "Fold up your PFA (protection order) and put it in your pocket Is it thick enough to stop a bullet?" and "I've got enough explosives to take care of the State Police and the Sheriff 's Department.")
Internet trolls rejoice. Now anything can be said, no limits to speech, no consequences as long as it can be proven that you don't mean harm. If in doubt, just sign all threats with JK (Just Kidding) or RL (Rap Lyric). People have been kicked off flights for jokes in poor taste (bombs, threatening airline employees...) but now the intent of the threat has to be proven. The internet has always had a large troll population. Now they can come out of the shadows, raise their middle finger, grin, and make very specific threats with impunity. If caught they can laugh and say JK/RL.
This leaves a most unclear situation where it becomes far more difficult to determine at what point does a statement become abuse and actionable? This is likely to spawn enough confusion about this ruling (7-2 no less) that more cases will be heard and with opposing rulings and head back to the USC for further clarification.
California is on pace to spent 2 trillion dollars on creating a new high speed rail like (between 80 mph and 400 mph). Too bad rail safety isn't what it needs to be.
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Netflix stated that 'we compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO'. How are they measuring this? How do they know I'm playing Fortnite and not doing something unrelated like web development, programming, finishing the book "Atomic Habits", finishing reading some novel like "The King's Blood", or commenting on a tech forum? I would agree that all metrics point to a lot of people playing Fortnite, and maybe other metrics like less people watching Netflix, but how do they correlate the two?
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Environmentalists already want to humanity to exclusively eat insects and pests
http://theconversation.com/eat...
So take meat off the menu, and add roaches, ticks, maggots, and leaches. Yum!
They also advocate for the reduction of 90%+ of earths population.
https://www.conservapedia.com/...
Think the people that remain will include you?
Now in addition they want to take away the ability to build buildings and roads from concrete, and certainly not wood, and most definately not harmful plastics, and forget glass. Environmentalists also do not approve of iron, steel or other refined metals (harmful gases, destructive to environment when mined, energy intensive).
Did you know that modern agriculture is a big producer of CO2 gases? Enviromentalists want this to go. No more corn, carrots or potatoes.
This is environmentalism. These are the facts.
Famous last words in the past...
Hey, watch this!
Famous last words now...
I've got an idea for an viral video! Let's try...
(Hint - the Tide Pod challenge)
Net neutrality was passed in 2014. All this hand wringing aside, the internet will function just as well as it did in 2014. There will still be websites, email, tv shows, movies, music, games, and everything else that existed prior to 2014. Repealing net neutrality does not mean the end of the internet.
To be fair, companies that provide access to internet services should be allowed to monetize and control huge bandwidth users because they are the ones paying to put up the infrastructure.
I would write more but I'm off to buy Comcast stock.
I just paid $39.99 for a domain renewal that I had at Network Solutions, plus $35.99 "late fee" (late by 1 day), plus $15.99 private registration.
I was going to move to GoDaddy, but Cloudflare sounds nice.
Yes, but the US has the best Fortnite players. Who's laughing now?
Cue Alice Cooper's "School's Out"...
This is about being having insurance against the unfortunate. I have car insurance that I hope never to use, health insurance ditto, and life insurance that I myself will certainly not benefit from. I have three fire extinguishers in my home (kitchen, bedroom closet, garage). My emergency kit is another insurance just in case.
Yes there are people willing to help other people out. These people deserve serious respect. Budweiser trucked water to hurricane disaster zones. Serious props.
Then there are other people that will "basically just waiting for the National Guard to show up". They won't prepare, and just sit around and wait for someone to show up and serve them. After hurricane Katrina one person actually complained on news that the rescue water they was NOT COLD ENOUGH. Seriously.
Given a choice, I myself would rather have an emergency supplies that not. Yes, in almost all cases rescue will come, but I would rather be self reliant, than not. As I said earlier it is a mindset. Who are you? Are you a drone that without the supplies of the state will wither and die? Or are you a proactive doer that looks ahead, weighs the possibilities, and takes reasonable action?
Let me give you an example, hopefully this will make it clearer. I live in eastern Pennsylvania, USA. We don't get much in the way of natural disasters but we do get a fair bit of snow. In the Valentines Day Blizzard of 2007 I had to go to work. I ended up being stuck for 3 days at work. I ate very well from canned food and dried snacks in my trunk. I was asked by coworkers if I could share, and I answered sorry, No. A manager asked, I repeated no.
Another example, I flying out of Boston Logan and allowed ample buffer time to get through security before my flight. I took my 30W solar kit with me. In the passenger seating area I suctioned it to the window and topped up my phone while waiting. A fellow passenger unable to find a power outlet wanted to use mine. I said no. The person was very upset and said it was the LAW, and I had the share, they NEEDED it.
Why don't people prepare?
Look up the definition of "sheeple"
Read Emerson's "Self Reliance"
Read the fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.
If you haven't guessed, I am the ant.
This isn't about being wealthy. It is about being smart and being prepared.
Even the Red Cross recommends having a emergency survival kit In case of a catastrophic event. If you get a bit more serious about it you start putting together a bug out bag.
Do you have a emergency water filter (aka Life Straw / Survivor Filter)?
Do you have food rations to feed everyone you care about for at least 72 hours, and preferably 2 weeks?
Do you have portable solar power to power necessary electronics?
Do you have medical supply kit? (Bandages, gauze, aspirin, soap, swab alcohol, iodine, general antibiotics, suture thread/needle, scissors, tweezers)
Do you have a blanket that can keep you *warm*, is light, and water resistant?
Do you have a sleeping bag, same as above?
Do you have para-cord (type 3)? (Has all kinds of uses)
Do you have a waterproof tarp? (rain s***s, and wet equipment really s***s)
Do you have a dependable light source (no a flashlight is *not* dependable - it runs out)
Do you have a reliable way to start a fire?
Do you have a emergency radio / shortwave, preferably crank?
Do you have at least two changes of clothes?
Do you have a guns / ammo, preferably compact, and training to use it?
Do you have a good bush knife (pref Bowie)? (no your kitchen knives don't count)
Do you have a hatchet?
Do you have heavy boots able to walk on sharp rubble? (maybe sharp glass / barb wire under water)
Do you have actual paper maps of your area? (MapQuest probably won't work in an emergency)
Do you have plastic baggies? (Multipurpose, waterproof)
Do you have a good backpack to hold this?
Do you know how much it weighs? Are you fit enough to carry your bag?
If the answer to any of these is "no", the term for you is "future victim". Remember the hurricane Katrina and the sad sacks sitting on their roofs with signs saying "Need water"? Why weren't they prepared?
If you have these items, but not in a kit, and they are scattered throughout your house, again this makes you a future victim. When an emergency hits you won't have time to assemble a bug out kit.
Look at the Mormons. They keep enough emergency supplies to last months or years, not just for disasters, but as preparation for life's ups and downs. Very smart.
This isn't expensive. You don't have to be rich. You just have to have the right mindset.
And by the way, in case of a disaster, don't expect people to share. Desperate times makes for desperate people. Don't forget the weapons (IMHO a good pistol, plus a simple rugged rifle, plus tactical batons, plus pepper spray, and in a pinch, the hatchet, and hiking staff).
Remember the fable of the ant and the grasshopper.
The Congressional Review Act (CRA) needs to be passed in both the House and Senate, which both have Republican majorities (or to put it differently, Democrats do not have a definitive majority in either House or Senate). To get a perspective on the chances of this passing look at the 28 cosponsors of the bill NONE of which are republican. Suppose that somehow there are a few republicans do end up voting for this, then it heads to President Trump who can veto it.
Trump is the person that appointed Ajit Pai to head the FCC, and of course Trump knew that Pai would repeal net neutrality and undoubtedly they have discussed the issue in detail. Trump has praised Pai, so we know that Trump has no problems with net neutrality being repealed. It is virtually certain that if this reaches the Presidents desk, it will be vetoed.
Of course Congress can overturn a veto, with a 2/3 supermajority. While there is a slight chance in a republican congress that a simple majority can be found to overturn the repeal of net neutrality, there is *NO* chance that the hard line far-right will vote to repeal. Recent elections have purged moderate or "soft" politicians of both political parties. There aren't enough moderates to overturn a veto.
I've heard a different version of this....
A woman had a husband who was a programmer. As the programmer was about to leave for work the woman tells him, "While you are out, buy a loaf of bread."
She never saw him again. :-)
Like it or not the FCC is *right* in requiring only legal (informed) comments over mass quantity of how many people feel about the issue. The fact that a lot of people have an opinion on a matter doesn't make them right or authorized to speak on the matter.
To put this is terms you may understand more...
Programmer: So you need a program to process these data items, correct?
Clueless CEO: Yes, and I know that it should take only about a week. It can't be that complicated.
Corporate seatwarmer: I agree. Definitely true.
Corporate yesman: CEO, you are brilliant.
And 7 other corporate suits, well, follow suit and agree with CEO.
Programmer: It will take 2 months to program, testing will take several weeks, training will last about a week. Maintenance will last about an additional month.
All: We voted on it programmer. You have a week to make it work perfectly.
By "wiped" do you mean with Windex? Was Hillary anywhere around?
Currently AIs are primarily trained on automotive technology (both in optimum motor performance, and autonomous driving), financial applications (my AI makes more money than your AI), medical (cancer / operate vs non-cancer / monitor), and predicting answers to narrow questions (ex "Should we concentrate our political campaign in Pennsylvania, or New York?"). There is some research into AIs trained with aggressive kill-anything-that-moves, but mostly with game design (ex the computer-controlled opponent, or the AI being trained to beat Starcraft2).
The real problem not mentioned is that to train an AI to take over the world that there are no examples where the world was completely conquered. A critical part in all AI training methods is *feedback*. Yes, negative feedback can be used but not exclusively. Without *positive* feedback where the world was successfully conquered the AI would likely select a scenario that passes only because it wasn't a factor in a previous failed attempt (ex "Let's bomb the world with flowers.") but would be otherwise be useless.
*If* somehow there was a strange case where there was a AI that "escaped" we would likely get an AI that wants your credit card info (but doesn't know what to do with it once it has it), or the AI will be strangely attracted to "adult" websites (monkey see, monkey do...). And once the AI escapes a hacker will track it down and hack it within days (have you ever seen industry software that has *zero* bugs?). Nothing to worry about.
The study does not mention how many of the *researchers* own or were exposed to cats...
My cat overlord orders me to add that the thought of cats causing mental illness is ridiculous. Humans are mentally ill naturally.
$4.3M in fines... Lets see, increase the price of EpiPens by $200... Report it as a "research investment"...
Having good system security is already possible. It just requires good software and good security practices.
First get some really good encryption software that can be trusted (no, Microsoft's (aka 'Apple should have weak encryption and build in back doors') BitLocker is *not* trustworthy). BestCrypt or DriveCrypt Plus Pack both seem reliable and better still neither are based in United States.
Good security practices includes having a kill key that will wipe the internal memory where the key is kept, which also wipes the operating system in memory also which crashes the computer. Hit the kill key and everything locks. Good security is the drive automatically dismounts after a set timeout period of no activity. Good security is a strong password. To over-simplify a Bruce Schneider article a key-character only gives 2 bits of entropy. A good starting place for strong drive passwords is 50 characters.
Be careful about physical security. I forget who, but the FBI wanted to get into the computer of a mobster, and the computer had a strong password. They got a secret warrant and installed a dongle on the computer which recorded keystrokes. Now days they can replace keyboards and computer mouse with look-a likes that have built in key recorders. Watch your ports and beware odd hardware. Watch out for mini-cameras that can be installed and watching your keyboard.
Be careful about online security. As Snowden pointed out the NSA does have a wide array of software to hack into peoples computers. Don't install untrusted software. Don't accept dodgy links sent to you to visit. Do use some really good VPN software (it doesn't hide you perfectly but it does make it much harder for the NSA). Install virtual systems (ex VMWare Workstation) on your computer and work on really sensitive projects in there. Use an air-gapped computer that no access to the internet, Wifi, or internal network.
Having a system with a hair-trigger vibration guard and a wire cage drive enclosure is good but misses the point. The weakest link to security is usually the person behind the keyboard.
Checking Google reviews... Most telling is that Build Team is removing negative posts and people that say they did a bad job are routinely labeled as fakes or malcontents. Build Team states that they "hunt" people down on Google. Build Team seems surprised when projects take much longer than promised, when sub-contractors aren't working well, or when Build Team violates local ordinances. This is the worst kind of passive-aggressive PR management that I have seen. Now the real question is what other reviews and information is Google hiding from the public?
Please Build Team, don't sic your legal team on me. The comments above are entirely my own, until you backdate it and post it elsewhere. Knowing your PR strategy, you will probably report me for terrorism...
From Google reviews... (until they remove them)
(All one star reviews)
Martin Martin
Martin Martin
5 months ago-
Previous review disappeared.
Shoddy company - AVOID AVOID AVOID
Response from the ownerin the last week
This is a fake review by an individual purporting to have been a client of Build Team. We will report this to Google.
James Mcmillan
in the last week
Warning: DO NOT USE BUILDTEAM. I had one of the worst experiences with them. Very awful standard of customer service and of building. The company has many shoddy practices, and they're trying very hard to hide this from reviews. Please use someone else!
Response from the ownerin the last week
This is a fake review by an individual purporting to have been a client of Build Team. We will report this to Google.
David Murray-Thwaites
David Murray-Thwaites
a year ago
AVOID! We had a very bad experience. Build Team are well marketed but frankly awful group to deal with. Extortion is not too strong a word
Response from the ownera year ago
Build Team have not worked for this client, and having undertaken a Google search we cannot trace the individual. We have contacted Google to report the review as spam.
Don't joke about bombs at US airports.
Don't joke about having drugs in front of police officers.
Don't joke about job issues in front of your boss/HR/coworkers
Don't joke about guns anywhere (especially schools)
Don't joke about money laundering to financial institutions.
Yes people are dumb enough to think these are funny and bad things happen to them. This is not news. Next time they will (hopefully) know better.
I sure it is a coincidence that Microsoft is forcing Win 7/8 users to upgrade to Windows 10, which touts its higher security. Don't worry, if you have private information you can use the Microsoft recommended product BitLocker, made in the USA and subject to US laws. I'm certain there aren't any backdoors. I'm glad that Microsoft will share Office 365 users info with government agencies to protect us. After all, the FBI would never be abuse its power, like sharing accessing info on political opponents to discredit them. Pay no attention that Microsoft was somehow vulnerable to 'FREAK' encryption flaw (http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-vulnerable-to-freak-encryption-flaw-too/#!) - nothing to worry about here. I'm sure glad Microsoft is providing free email services like Hotmail. I'm sure Microsoft has the highest standards in protecting Hotmail users info and the times it has shared private information has been completely justified besides "you agreed to the service agreement".
I read TFA, as well as the past articles. What I don't understand is how the individual, Hansmeier, is financially responsible for the liabilities of the corporation, Prenda. I understand that an employee of the organization, even the head or CEO, can go to jail (ex Enron or Tyco), disbarred, and/or fired. However one of the purpose of forming a business entity is to protect the individual assets in case of corporate disaster. Are all employees liable when a corporation goes bankrupt, or just the corporate officers?
The IPad Pro costs far too much to do far too little. Seriously Tim, an Apple Pencil that costs $100?!? Really?
I loved Bloom County in the 80s. I was sad to see the strip stop. However I moved on and now there are a ton of quality comics to take its place. Do you want sharp, pointed humor? Try Non-Sequiter (ex http://www.gocomics.com/nonseq...). There is xkcd.com, userfriendly.org (yeah, I know the comic is semi-mostly-retired), and PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) http://phdcomics.com/comics.ph....
I'm sorry Bloom County, you were great in the 80s but now it is the 2010s. It might be interesting to read the new strips for the nostalgia factor but that would be about it. After a certain period of time you realize it is time to move on. (Big pointed hint to George R R Martin and his over-delayed next book in the Game of Thrones series)
The gist of this is that now statement in and of themselves cannot be actionable until it can be proven that the mind of the person making the threat actually intends harm. The defendant in this case, Anthony Elonis, argued that he was a rapper and his statements could not be taken in context (i.e. "Fold up your PFA (protection order) and put it in your pocket Is it thick enough to stop a bullet?" and "I've got enough explosives to take care of the State Police and the Sheriff 's Department.")
Internet trolls rejoice. Now anything can be said, no limits to speech, no consequences as long as it can be proven that you don't mean harm. If in doubt, just sign all threats with JK (Just Kidding) or RL (Rap Lyric). People have been kicked off flights for jokes in poor taste (bombs, threatening airline employees...) but now the intent of the threat has to be proven. The internet has always had a large troll population. Now they can come out of the shadows, raise their middle finger, grin, and make very specific threats with impunity. If caught they can laugh and say JK/RL.
This leaves a most unclear situation where it becomes far more difficult to determine at what point does a statement become abuse and actionable? This is likely to spawn enough confusion about this ruling (7-2 no less) that more cases will be heard and with opposing rulings and head back to the USC for further clarification.
California is on pace to spent 2 trillion dollars on creating a new high speed rail like (between 80 mph and 400 mph). Too bad rail safety isn't what it needs to be.