I hate those as well, but at least stuff like Chrome or Acrobat serve a useful purpose and are a bit more excusable than the "your computer has problems, fix now!" or popup adware shown from download.com.
Those apps are pure scamware, and the producers plus the distributors should be charged with fraud.
Sure, you should be capable of reading anything, provided you've got the encryption key, provided you've got a warrant to request it, provided that the warrant is based on certifiable facts and a meaningful threat/need.
Yes, but the NDP had Jack Layton, who was quite popular. Yes, he died shortly after the election, but that was after an election that the NDP still lost. He was probably more popular after his death than during his life, though.
Absolutely. There's no reason for me to follow a nutbag leader, and I wouldn't, but that guy over there, well so long as there are nutbag leaders out there, there will also be nutbag followers. Remove the leaders, and there will still be some remnants, but they'll lack coordination or cohesion.
It's not that these people *have* to follow orders, it's that there are people giving them who will always be able to find orders. Also - for some - following orders may seem like the lesser evil, e.g. "kill these people you've never met or we will gang-rape your wife and young daughter, then kill them". It's not like the wingnuts in charge have any scruples against doing nearly anything to keep in control/power.
I wonder how this would work battery-wise? It's not going to be useful if police require a car-battery-backpack to power the camera for a 10h shift... Most devices I know aren't going to record continuously for half that time at any decent quality.
Nobody has the right not to be offended, but people do have the right not to be stalked or harassed. That means I'm free to state my opinion. What I'm not allowed to do is follow you around, waiting for you around every corner, repeating whatever vile thing I want.
Saying somebody is an idiot on Facebook is one thing. Spreading rumors is another. Stalking is another. Again, I don't know why we need special cyber-laws, because many of these things are ALREADY illegal without specific cyber-laws being needed. * Following somebody around wherever they go, online or not: stalking * Spreading untruths with intent to harm or defame: libel/slander * Creating false facebook profiles, etc: impersonation etc
I dunno about that. I think a lot of issues with the death penalty is how long and draw out it can be. If there was a very strict set of circumstances like: public massacre+verificable identify+caught at scene while shooting at police I think I'd be in favour of death, just don't drag it out.
From the early days, Blackberry has had better mobile security than competitors. Even today, though their app selection is more limited, their permissions model is better.
I like my Android, but if I'm going to have something integrated into my home or vehicle, I'd go for "more security+reliable" over "pretty with apps"
If you look at the notice from Teksavvy (about), it appears they're not monitoring your traffic, but they do keep track of 30 days IP address allocation. The infringement notice comes with the IP, which the ISP then tracks back to you, and forwards on the notice.
Not that believe some ISP's *DON'T* watch your traffic, but in this case it's not necessary for purposes of passing on infringement notices, all they need is to check their DHCP logs.
Sorry, I should have said compiler/VM optimizations.
ART is supposed to compile/optimize at install. I could see this leading to longer installs, but also more efficient/optimized SDK-based apps (doesn't affect NDK-based apps though).
I currently have a software-unlocked phone. I'll probably update to a newer version of Cyanogenmod with rooted Lollipop eventually, but at the moment I don't want to break my root or end up with a carrier-locked phone I can't use.
And again, this is a service that people are *PAYING* for (usually quite a decent amount, as well). If you're paying X dollars for Y megabytes then they shouldn't be messing with it.
Why would this even be needed for throttling? If you don't want a customer downloading at more than 256kbps, then throttle him or her to 256kbps (or whatever). If you don't want a given connection at more than 256kbps, then throttle each connection at 256kbps
Hell, if you *just* want to throttle youtube, then have your DNS hosts respond with an address you control for all youtube requests and throttle that one (then NAT through the actual traffic without breaking encryption).
There seems to be very little benefit in decrypting SSL for throttling purposes, and a lot more benefit in viewing users' private correspondence (emails, G+, whatever else uses that certificate chain).
Have a patch that doesn't actually apply voltage, but vibrates or something like that. User still feels like he/she is getting some sort of effect, but there's no brain-zapping involved.
Or, what may be more likely, the less-popular channels will become more expensive to compensate for maintaining them (while getting less subscribers' money)
My understanding is that the reason for *not* showing the prophet, was because he wasn't supposed to become an idol and detract from the worship of God/Allah. Now, if somebody portrays the prophet, it's a blasphemous depiction because he's some sacred figure... except isn't that exactly what he WASN'T supposed to be?
Yeah, I don't change stuff *that* much, but I'd probably be pissed if something got into my media library - with years worth of music, documents, etc - or my code repository. I dump important stuff to my server, which I only mount on demand. *IF* something managed to kill files while the mountpoint was active, most stuff could be recovered from the monthly rsync to a removable drive, or for the code repository, files that are kept on an external host.
Uhhh, except the earth has PLENTY of energy to spare, it's just a matter of when it releases it, where, and how much... and there's not really evidence either way that small tremors' release of energy prevents big quakes.
"Do you really think cities can hold 15 times the number of gas stations we have currently?"
I don't know about 15 times, but around here we're probably down to about 1/3 of what we had a decade ago, so if we went 3-4x we'd probably be about on par. More likely though, gas "stations" will become passe, and charge-spots will become like parking meters (hell, probably *part* of parking meters). Stop your car on the curb, grab a bite or do some shopping, and let the vehicle charge while you're away. Same while you're at work. If workplaces set up charging for employee vehicles, then line-ups at the "pump" could be less than they are now.
Your local grocery store? Yeah, they'll have charging ports everywhere. They'll probably give you a discount if you buy groceries there while charging, too. Coffee-shop, same.
" I'm not sure who they're consulting, but most people I know don't care if their phone is 0.05 centimeters thinner than last year"
Exactly this. Who *does* make these decisions. Yes, I dislike it if my phone is the equivilent to a lead brick, and if you're going up 0.5cm thickness that's not going to be great, but who really cares about a millimeter (or less), ESPECIALLY if it makes the phone more fragile. Most people with any sanity put a bumper on their phone off the get-go anyhow, or a case with some horrid bling, whatever.
Samsung has a phone with bumpers built into the edges. If they have one that overlaps the screen slightly (so a face-drop isn't fatal) like a normal bumper, but slightly less bulky than an aftermarket, *THAT* would be a good decision decision to me. Put in protection, make it look nice... it's not hard.
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I hate those as well, but at least stuff like Chrome or Acrobat serve a useful purpose and are a bit more excusable than the "your computer has problems, fix now!" or popup adware shown from download.com.
Those apps are pure scamware, and the producers plus the distributors should be charged with fraud.
It does require a court order in the UK, according to WP.
Sure, you should be capable of reading anything, provided you've got the encryption key, provided you've got a warrant to request it, provided that the warrant is based on certifiable facts and a meaningful threat/need.
Otherwise, fuck off.
Yes, but the NDP had Jack Layton, who was quite popular. Yes, he died shortly after the election, but that was after an election that the NDP still lost. He was probably more popular after his death than during his life, though.
Absolutely. There's no reason for me to follow a nutbag leader, and I wouldn't, but that guy over there, well so long as there are nutbag leaders out there, there will also be nutbag followers. Remove the leaders, and there will still be some remnants, but they'll lack coordination or cohesion.
It's not that these people *have* to follow orders, it's that there are people giving them who will always be able to find orders. Also - for some - following orders may seem like the lesser evil, e.g. "kill these people you've never met or we will gang-rape your wife and young daughter, then kill them". It's not like the wingnuts in charge have any scruples against doing nearly anything to keep in control/power.
Floppy drives can play music
I wonder how this would work battery-wise? It's not going to be useful if police require a car-battery-backpack to power the camera for a 10h shift...
Most devices I know aren't going to record continuously for half that time at any decent quality.
Nobody has the right not to be offended, but people do have the right not to be stalked or harassed.
That means I'm free to state my opinion. What I'm not allowed to do is follow you around, waiting for you around every corner, repeating whatever vile thing I want.
Saying somebody is an idiot on Facebook is one thing. Spreading rumors is another. Stalking is another. Again, I don't know why we need special cyber-laws, because many of these things are ALREADY illegal without specific cyber-laws being needed.
* Following somebody around wherever they go, online or not: stalking
* Spreading untruths with intent to harm or defame: libel/slander
* Creating false facebook profiles, etc: impersonation
etc
Use the exploit to get the privileges needed to clean up the vulnerability?
I dunno about that. I think a lot of issues with the death penalty is how long and draw out it can be. If there was a very strict set of circumstances like: public massacre+verificable identify+caught at scene while shooting at police I think I'd be in favour of death, just don't drag it out.
From the early days, Blackberry has had better mobile security than competitors. Even today, though their app selection is more limited, their permissions model is better.
I like my Android, but if I'm going to have something integrated into my home or vehicle, I'd go for "more security+reliable" over "pretty with apps"
If you look at the notice from Teksavvy (about), it appears they're not monitoring your traffic, but they do keep track of 30 days IP address allocation. The infringement notice comes with the IP, which the ISP then tracks back to you, and forwards on the notice.
Not that believe some ISP's *DON'T* watch your traffic, but in this case it's not necessary for purposes of passing on infringement notices, all they need is to check their DHCP logs.
Sorry, I should have said compiler/VM optimizations.
ART is supposed to compile/optimize at install. I could see this leading to longer installs, but also more efficient/optimized SDK-based apps (doesn't affect NDK-based apps though).
I currently have a software-unlocked phone. I'll probably update to a newer version of Cyanogenmod with rooted Lollipop eventually, but at the moment I don't want to break my root or end up with a carrier-locked phone I can't use.
My understanding is that the Dalvik optimizations on the newer Android versions tend to lead to faster apps and/or less battery drain.
And again, this is a service that people are *PAYING* for (usually quite a decent amount, as well). If you're paying X dollars for Y megabytes then they shouldn't be messing with it.
Ahh, all this talk of drouds and zapping made it seem electrical to me.
Why would this even be needed for throttling? If you don't want a customer downloading at more than 256kbps, then throttle him or her to 256kbps (or whatever).
If you don't want a given connection at more than 256kbps, then throttle each connection at 256kbps
Hell, if you *just* want to throttle youtube, then have your DNS hosts respond with an address you control for all youtube requests and throttle that one (then NAT through the actual traffic without breaking encryption).
There seems to be very little benefit in decrypting SSL for throttling purposes, and a lot more benefit in viewing users' private correspondence (emails, G+, whatever else uses that certificate chain).
Have a patch that doesn't actually apply voltage, but vibrates or something like that. User still feels like he/she is getting some sort of effect, but there's no brain-zapping involved.
Or, what may be more likely, the less-popular channels will become more expensive to compensate for maintaining them (while getting less subscribers' money)
My understanding is that the reason for *not* showing the prophet, was because he wasn't supposed to become an idol and detract from the worship of God/Allah. Now, if somebody portrays the prophet, it's a blasphemous depiction because he's some sacred figure... except isn't that exactly what he WASN'T supposed to be?
Yeah, I don't change stuff *that* much, but I'd probably be pissed if something got into my media library - with years worth of music, documents, etc - or my code repository.
I dump important stuff to my server, which I only mount on demand. *IF* something managed to kill files while the mountpoint was active, most stuff could be recovered from the monthly rsync to a removable drive, or for the code repository, files that are kept on an external host.
Uhhh, except the earth has PLENTY of energy to spare, it's just a matter of when it releases it, where, and how much... and there's not really evidence either way that small tremors' release of energy prevents big quakes.
"Do you really think cities can hold 15 times the number of gas stations we have currently?"
I don't know about 15 times, but around here we're probably down to about 1/3 of what we had a decade ago, so if we went 3-4x we'd probably be about on par.
More likely though, gas "stations" will become passe, and charge-spots will become like parking meters (hell, probably *part* of parking meters). Stop your car on the curb, grab a bite or do some shopping, and let the vehicle charge while you're away. Same while you're at work. If workplaces set up charging for employee vehicles, then line-ups at the "pump" could be less than they are now.
Your local grocery store? Yeah, they'll have charging ports everywhere. They'll probably give you a discount if you buy groceries there while charging, too. Coffee-shop, same.
" I'm not sure who they're consulting, but most people I know don't care if their phone is 0.05 centimeters thinner than last year"
Exactly this. Who *does* make these decisions. Yes, I dislike it if my phone is the equivilent to a lead brick, and if you're going up 0.5cm thickness that's not going to be great, but who really cares about a millimeter (or less), ESPECIALLY if it makes the phone more fragile. Most people with any sanity put a bumper on their phone off the get-go anyhow, or a case with some horrid bling, whatever.
Samsung has a phone with bumpers built into the edges. If they have one that overlaps the screen slightly (so a face-drop isn't fatal) like a normal bumper, but slightly less bulky than an aftermarket, *THAT* would be a good decision decision to me. Put in protection, make it look nice... it's not hard.