We don't need our presidents to know how to code, or to be scientists. We do need them to appreciate that coding and science are important, listen to the experts and encourage general public to do the same. I'll take one line of Javascript over "I am not a scientist" excuses right away.
The year in review is just a summary of what you yourself have posted. "Don't show me my own photos" seems like an unrealistic request for a mainstream service. I think the most that can be done is have a preference that people can check if they don't want their year in review. Facebook has plenty of ethical flaws, but this is not one of them.
In the end, this is what will get people to switch to e-books, like MP3 locker services were needed for people with big personal collections to switch to cloud streaming. Publishers should jump on this, because e-books offer drastically lower distribution costs and many more opportunities for impulse purchases.
Or at least your company can. Any network is vulnerable in the sense of someone wondering around campus and finding an an unlocked PC, but what you can do from there varies tremendously. Ideally, the company itself doesn't have employees' SSNs or banking information anywhere on it's network. Rather, this is handled by a payroll vendor that specializes in handling just that task securely and nothing else. Now you have a much smaller and constantly audited target to hit. Likewise, highly sensitive projects can be siloed in a way that most employees or intranet can not access them any easier than a random outsider.
Every web connection needs to be HTTPs, to keep random people from snooping on which URLs you visit. Problems only multiply with every cookie that discloses information or correlation between different requests.
You can install a custom root certificate on your client and have your proxy work as usual.
Like not enough drinking water for everyone? This not at all what is happening. It's unsustainable agriculture, excessive urban landscaping and lastly, perhaps a need to adjust some social norms. People didn't take daily showers through most of human history.
This is morally sound, as natural resources belong to everyone. It also turns what would otherwise be a disproportional burden on poor people into an opportunity. Now if you figure out how to be especially thrifty in regards to water use, you can end up with net positive income and use it to improve your life.
Soon - a special status column in your profile where you can enter living, deceased or 50 other statuses that Facebook reviewed with council of the undead. Then your friends can like the status change and view targeted advertisements for life-prolonging products.
They have been going to get divorced and accusing each other of all kind of horrible things for the last decade, yet they are constantly on some romantic trip together. Can't these two decide if they love or hate each other already?
What is the guarantee your digital format will be readable after 100 years? Analog photo will be at least viewable with a naked eye, even with pretty severe degradation. With some luck, a magnifying glass can be still as easily obtained in 22nd century as it was in 19th century. A lot of redundancy is precisely was is wanted here.
In the case I mentioned, hard, shatterproof and long lasting plastics with fine grain dyes which are likewise again resistant. For audio/video, analog variations of current magnetic hard drive and optical disk technologies sound interesting. For cool stuff, record high resolution holograms and let holodeck-style players evolve in time.
You are a fountain of optimism! 1. Leakage can never be minimized, 2. We will not come up with anything new by the time considerable shale reserves run out 3. Let's beat ourselves up because of a problem that can be completely solved in a decade or so if need be.
Maybe modern hi def digital audio formats exceed anything that can be practically extracted from vinyl. But, we could do things with equally modern analog technology that would blow digital out of the water. Imagine a physical family photo that you can hang on the wall, but also high resolution enough to make 100x magnified reprints with simple optical equipment. Now add a reasonable assurance that a photo will be still viewable after 100 years for your grand-grandchildren. Magnification may degrade, but whatever is left can be accessed with hardware made based on simple instructions. How do you like the chances of preserving and especially being able to read and display a JPEG over that timeframe?
Methane only stays in the atmosphere for 14 years, carbon dioxide lasts for thousands of years and we don't have practical ways to remove it quickly. How about concentrating on the big problem?
Switching from oil and coal to natural gas is a positive step in reducing both carbon emissions and other pollutants. We should celebrate progress rather than grumbling that it doesn't solve humanity's problems forever and ever, because nothing ever will. If carbon tax is implemented, natural gas will be more economical than oil and eventually other technologies will be more economical than natural gas.
I have two affected devices and don't care. RealNetworks could have offered watermarked, DRM free MP3s like Amazon did eventually and indie labels offered in the day. What would be interesting is a lawsuit to let people load apps from any source on devices they own, regardless of monopoly status of the vendor. Android and Apple's own OSX are proof that this is not a death sentence to the company.
High capacity music/video players may be too small of a business for Apple, but a huge business for the right startup. A slightly larger device with a laptop hard drive can easily hit 1TB capacity. Even horse buggies are still a profitable business. This one will be big enough to support thousands of jobs for decades to come.
Read the fine article that explains that the gentleman specifically harassed a student who was using his lectures, through the e-learning platform provided by MIT. If part of platform is to be able to interact with the author of the content, this puts university in an awkward position and removal of materials seems reasonable.
I have given my cell phone with insurance card image to a police officer before. Those things are sent out twice a year, and we have two cars, so ensuring both end up in both wallets in a chore. If I don't produce the card, officer will be less charitable about other circumstances of the stop and I will need to go to courthouse in person to file proof of insurance. I would imagine one's problems would multiply if he/she also forgot the driver license.
Now, this would be an absolutely horrible thing as the only available option, for obvious technical and privacy reasons. And why police does not have a database to get any needed information, complete with photos of all authorized drivers, from license plate/VIN numbers is beyond me.
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Nope, just a simple option to not generate a year inreview. What exactly are you proposing? Requiring the other billion people to opt in?
We don't need our presidents to know how to code, or to be scientists. We do need them to appreciate that coding and science are important, listen to the experts and encourage general public to do the same. I'll take one line of Javascript over "I am not a scientist" excuses right away.
The year in review is just a summary of what you yourself have posted. "Don't show me my own photos" seems like an unrealistic request for a mainstream service. I think the most that can be done is have a preference that people can check if they don't want their year in review. Facebook has plenty of ethical flaws, but this is not one of them.
In the end, this is what will get people to switch to e-books, like MP3 locker services were needed for people with big personal collections to switch to cloud streaming. Publishers should jump on this, because e-books offer drastically lower distribution costs and many more opportunities for impulse purchases.
Of Apple and major movie theaters. Don't watch this movie if it does not appeal to you, but know where to spend your money in future.
Or at least your company can. Any network is vulnerable in the sense of someone wondering around campus and finding an an unlocked PC, but what you can do from there varies tremendously. Ideally, the company itself doesn't have employees' SSNs or banking information anywhere on it's network. Rather, this is handled by a payroll vendor that specializes in handling just that task securely and nothing else. Now you have a much smaller and constantly audited target to hit. Likewise, highly sensitive projects can be siloed in a way that most employees or intranet can not access them any easier than a random outsider.
Every web connection needs to be HTTPs, to keep random people from snooping on which URLs you visit. Problems only multiply with every cookie that discloses information or correlation between different requests.
You can install a custom root certificate on your client and have your proxy work as usual.
Like not enough drinking water for everyone? This not at all what is happening. It's unsustainable agriculture, excessive urban landscaping and lastly, perhaps a need to adjust some social norms. People didn't take daily showers through most of human history.
5. Distribute proceeds equally to every resident.
This is morally sound, as natural resources belong to everyone. It also turns what would otherwise be a disproportional burden on poor people into an opportunity. Now if you figure out how to be especially thrifty in regards to water use, you can end up with net positive income and use it to improve your life.
I see what you did here!
Soon - a special status column in your profile where you can enter living, deceased or 50 other statuses that Facebook reviewed with council of the undead. Then your friends can like the status change and view targeted advertisements for life-prolonging products.
Wish more companies consistently bought into their own message. Cisco employees should be able to work from home from any place in the world, right??
They have been going to get divorced and accusing each other of all kind of horrible things for the last decade, yet they are constantly on some romantic trip together. Can't these two decide if they love or hate each other already?
What is the guarantee your digital format will be readable after 100 years? Analog photo will be at least viewable with a naked eye, even with pretty severe degradation. With some luck, a magnifying glass can be still as easily obtained in 22nd century as it was in 19th century. A lot of redundancy is precisely was is wanted here.
Space exploration is a pretty good challenge on it's own. He should focus and bring it to practical success and then consider having more grand plans.
In the case I mentioned, hard, shatterproof and long lasting plastics with fine grain dyes which are likewise again resistant. For audio/video, analog variations of current magnetic hard drive and optical disk technologies sound interesting. For cool stuff, record high resolution holograms and let holodeck-style players evolve in time.
You are a fountain of optimism! 1. Leakage can never be minimized, 2. We will not come up with anything new by the time considerable shale reserves run out 3. Let's beat ourselves up because of a problem that can be completely solved in a decade or so if need be.
Maybe modern hi def digital audio formats exceed anything that can be practically extracted from vinyl. But, we could do things with equally modern analog technology that would blow digital out of the water. Imagine a physical family photo that you can hang on the wall, but also high resolution enough to make 100x magnified reprints with simple optical equipment. Now add a reasonable assurance that a photo will be still viewable after 100 years for your grand-grandchildren. Magnification may degrade, but whatever is left can be accessed with hardware made based on simple instructions. How do you like the chances of preserving and especially being able to read and display a JPEG over that timeframe?
Methane only stays in the atmosphere for 14 years, carbon dioxide lasts for thousands of years and we don't have practical ways to remove it quickly. How about concentrating on the big problem?
Switching from oil and coal to natural gas is a positive step in reducing both carbon emissions and other pollutants. We should celebrate progress rather than grumbling that it doesn't solve humanity's problems forever and ever, because nothing ever will. If carbon tax is implemented, natural gas will be more economical than oil and eventually other technologies will be more economical than natural gas.
Raw 4K video footage, easily.
I have two affected devices and don't care. RealNetworks could have offered watermarked, DRM free MP3s like Amazon did eventually and indie labels offered in the day. What would be interesting is a lawsuit to let people load apps from any source on devices they own, regardless of monopoly status of the vendor. Android and Apple's own OSX are proof that this is not a death sentence to the company.
High capacity music/video players may be too small of a business for Apple, but a huge business for the right startup. A slightly larger device with a laptop hard drive can easily hit 1TB capacity. Even horse buggies are still a profitable business. This one will be big enough to support thousands of jobs for decades to come.
Read the fine article that explains that the gentleman specifically harassed a student who was using his lectures, through the e-learning platform provided by MIT. If part of platform is to be able to interact with the author of the content, this puts university in an awkward position and removal of materials seems reasonable.
I have given my cell phone with insurance card image to a police officer before. Those things are sent out twice a year, and we have two cars, so ensuring both end up in both wallets in a chore. If I don't produce the card, officer will be less charitable about other circumstances of the stop and I will need to go to courthouse in person to file proof of insurance. I would imagine one's problems would multiply if he/she also forgot the driver license.
Now, this would be an absolutely horrible thing as the only available option, for obvious technical and privacy reasons. And why police does not have a database to get any needed information, complete with photos of all authorized drivers, from license plate/VIN numbers is beyond me.