As the article indicates, there's no proof that classified information was exposed. It's "possible" that it was, but it's also "possible" that an airliner is about to land on your head.
Further, there's "classified" information and then there's "classified" information. Many things are classified, (in fact, it's hard to find government information that's not), but we haven't been told if it's just classified, secret, top secret, or higher...
If that's so, then perhaps the system itself needs to be changed. If food, clothing, and other items can be produced efficiently for pennies on the dollar, then perhaps we need to figure out how to give those things away to those who need them.
In this case, the more correct term would be "species", not race.
And it might also be more correct to qualify what you mean by "superior". Strength, just to pick a single aspect, may be a gauge to rank Klingons, Vulcans, Humans, and so on, but meaningless if you're interested in relative intelligence or even something as small as eyesight or hearing.
Human "racism", OTOH, is usually claiming across-the-board superiority based on something as insignificant as the amount of pigmentation in your skin...
"Interestingly, I think highway driving is going to be an area that happens later."
There are many cars on the highway today that already have lane assist, lane centering and adaptive cruise control. I've logged thousands of miles in mine.
And as I pointed out above, you don't need the system to be perfect. It just needs to avoid some 5.5 million auto accidents that in turn injured 2.5 million people and killed 30,000 others.
Could some hardware failure run a car into a wall? Maybe. But that's one death vs all of the others where dumb, drunk, distracted, texting, road raging idiots drove their cars into walls, other cars, pedestrians, bikes, etc..
Ditto. People come up with all of these oddball scenarios (A dozen kids suddenly appear in the middle of highway. Hit them or run into a wall?), but fail to recognize the fact that a typical human driver would have only have looked up from his phone after he felt his car bowling over kids like tenpins.
To be successful a self driving car doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to avoid killing 30,000 people a year as well as avoiding about 5.5 million auto accidents that in turn injured 2.5 million people.
Humans sort of suck at driving, actually, and I've got to think a vehicle with 360-degree sensors that can see and react to conditions in microseconds can do a lot better than us tired, distracted, drunk, road-raging meatbags.
Already rigged? Yeah, that explains the ongoing efforts to require voter identification only obtainable from some government office 50-100 miles way that's only open from 10-to-12 every other Tuesday and Thursday...
They want them, but they don't want to pay for them. Microsoft also recently ranted to Washington state about the lack of funds going to education... while legally setting things up so most of their US income was taxed in another state.
From cab drivers to truckers, stock boys to inventory takers, and even from pharmacists to doctors, many, many, many, many jobs are on the way out, a lot sooner than you (or anyone else, for that matter) think.
I wouldn't mind that, but when the self-proclaimed "above-average" driver takes out another car or biker or pedestrian, it's not just HIS loss we have to deal with...
At some point in time you have to leave older systems behind. I'm an iOS app developer and consultant and I have to tell you that's it's a major pain not being able to use newer features in iOS and Xcode simply because we still have to support legacy platforms.
Most of our clients agree with our policy, which is to support the current major version of iOS minus one, which at the moment means iOS 9 and 8. (Actually, iOS 7 is unofficially supported, but if a feature breaks on 7 we don't bother fixing it.)
This is , admittedly, different from how we approach Android apps, in which older os platforms must be supported. But a good reason of that comes down to platform upgradability. Currently 80% of all active iOS devices are on the current version (9) and 12% are on 8, as opposed to Android, where I believe less than 2% are on M and roughly 20% are on L.
But all that aside, your word choice gives your bias away. You want Apple to "innovate" and add new features and capabilities, which in turn are used by app developers to create cool new features and functionality... and then you complain when the end result "forces" you to upgrade.
Sounds to me like you'll be happier in Android land, where vendors rarely "force" you to upgrade your devices (usually by not offering upgrades in the first place). Problem solved.
I was tempted by the 12" iPad Pro due to its Pencil support, but went to a store and tried one and the silly thing was just too big for the majority of my use cases (reading, news, documentation). The new 9.7" version, however, may be just the ticket.
I also just checked and I can sell my current Air 2 model for about 80% of the original purchase price on Amazon.
Which is another thing with iPads: Not only do many of the original models work just fine, but every user that upgrades essentially puts another one on the market and takes out another potential buyer.
IMHO THAT"S a major, major factor in regard to flattened sales in the tablet market. And as you pointed out, that's why Apple is pushing keyboards and pencils and other accessories to the niches that might need (or simply want) them.
Uhh... IIRC, I think Apple Pay reduces the rate merchants pay, as the user-present biometric scan minimizes the chance of fraud over a straight mag card swipe.
It also introduces a one-time code into the mix such that I, as a user, don't have to cringe the next time I hear my local grocery store or drug store has had umpteen-million credit card numbers stolen.
So, one big reason down and one additional problem solved. You're batting 0 for 2 so far...
First, I've actually used Apple Pay at several locations and it's worked fine with no glitches.
Second, as more and more cards and terminals switch to chip/sign, it's going to take a little longer than 2 seconds to use a card as said card needs to be in the terminal for the length of the transaction.
Third, is your credit card backed up by a thumbprint or any other security mechanism? At all? Point being that losing a card pretty much means anyone who finds it can use it, as opposed to someone finding a locked iPhone and trying to figure out a way to spoof TouchId while standing in front of a cashier at your local grocery store.
Fourth, as I pointed out above, please watch the following video on just how easy it is for someone to install a skimmer and steal your swipe information....
"I prefer not having my every purchase tracked and data-mined."
So, what? You buy everything with cash? 'Cause every cc transaction is tracked and data-mined. Easy to match up a name and card number to a Equifax or Experian database containing a boatload of personal information.
If your platform isn't secure, then your app isn't secure. Any app capable of sending/receiving encrypted data at some point has to have the keys and certificates and code needed to do the encryption and decryption needed, and on a platform that's not secure all of that data is available to anyone who goes looking for it.
Open an SSL connection to a server. Is the connection secure, the app asks the system? Oh, yes. Says the system. Trust me.
As opposed to the "less" government that wants to appeal minor little regulations like the Clean Air and Water act, while at the same time telling us what we can and can't do in the bedroom? That wants to deny healthcare? That wants to promote the "one true" religion? That "less" government?
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Hell on earth? "But why can't we use atomic bombs???"
Being born of an immigrant mother and a father who, himself, had immigrant parents.
Anyone who thinks they can hide in the darknet is an idiot.
".... and exposes classified information ..."
As the article indicates, there's no proof that classified information was exposed. It's "possible" that it was, but it's also "possible" that an airliner is about to land on your head.
Further, there's "classified" information and then there's "classified" information. Many things are classified, (in fact, it's hard to find government information that's not), but we haven't been told if it's just classified, secret, top secret, or higher...
If that's so, then perhaps the system itself needs to be changed. If food, clothing, and other items can be produced efficiently for pennies on the dollar, then perhaps we need to figure out how to give those things away to those who need them.
In this case, the more correct term would be "species", not race.
And it might also be more correct to qualify what you mean by "superior". Strength, just to pick a single aspect, may be a gauge to rank Klingons, Vulcans, Humans, and so on, but meaningless if you're interested in relative intelligence or even something as small as eyesight or hearing.
Human "racism", OTOH, is usually claiming across-the-board superiority based on something as insignificant as the amount of pigmentation in your skin...
Turn it around. Why do you buy an un-automated vehicle that already kills 30,000 people a year?
"Interestingly, I think highway driving is going to be an area that happens later."
There are many cars on the highway today that already have lane assist, lane centering and adaptive cruise control. I've logged thousands of miles in mine.
And as I pointed out above, you don't need the system to be perfect. It just needs to avoid some 5.5 million auto accidents that in turn injured 2.5 million people and killed 30,000 others.
Could some hardware failure run a car into a wall? Maybe. But that's one death vs all of the others where dumb, drunk, distracted, texting, road raging idiots drove their cars into walls, other cars, pedestrians, bikes, etc..
Ditto. People come up with all of these oddball scenarios (A dozen kids suddenly appear in the middle of highway. Hit them or run into a wall?), but fail to recognize the fact that a typical human driver would have only have looked up from his phone after he felt his car bowling over kids like tenpins.
To be successful a self driving car doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to avoid killing 30,000 people a year as well as avoiding about 5.5 million auto accidents that in turn injured 2.5 million people.
Humans sort of suck at driving, actually, and I've got to think a vehicle with 360-degree sensors that can see and react to conditions in microseconds can do a lot better than us tired, distracted, drunk, road-raging meatbags.
Already rigged? Yeah, that explains the ongoing efforts to require voter identification only obtainable from some government office 50-100 miles way that's only open from 10-to-12 every other Tuesday and Thursday...
They want them, but they don't want to pay for them. Microsoft also recently ranted to Washington state about the lack of funds going to education... while legally setting things up so most of their US income was taxed in another state.
If not sooner. Everyone should watch...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Take a few minutes to watch the following video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
From cab drivers to truckers, stock boys to inventory takers, and even from pharmacists to doctors, many, many, many, many jobs are on the way out, a lot sooner than you (or anyone else, for that matter) think.
I wouldn't mind that, but when the self-proclaimed "above-average" driver takes out another car or biker or pedestrian, it's not just HIS loss we have to deal with...
At some point in time you have to leave older systems behind. I'm an iOS app developer and consultant and I have to tell you that's it's a major pain not being able to use newer features in iOS and Xcode simply because we still have to support legacy platforms.
Most of our clients agree with our policy, which is to support the current major version of iOS minus one, which at the moment means iOS 9 and 8. (Actually, iOS 7 is unofficially supported, but if a feature breaks on 7 we don't bother fixing it.)
This is , admittedly, different from how we approach Android apps, in which older os platforms must be supported. But a good reason of that comes down to platform upgradability. Currently 80% of all active iOS devices are on the current version (9) and 12% are on 8, as opposed to Android, where I believe less than 2% are on M and roughly 20% are on L.
But all that aside, your word choice gives your bias away. You want Apple to "innovate" and add new features and capabilities, which in turn are used by app developers to create cool new features and functionality... and then you complain when the end result "forces" you to upgrade.
Sounds to me like you'll be happier in Android land, where vendors rarely "force" you to upgrade your devices (usually by not offering upgrades in the first place). Problem solved.
You had me until you mentioned the ASUS laptop. My stepson's ASUS notebook started falling apart after six months.
I was tempted by the 12" iPad Pro due to its Pencil support, but went to a store and tried one and the silly thing was just too big for the majority of my use cases (reading, news, documentation). The new 9.7" version, however, may be just the ticket.
I also just checked and I can sell my current Air 2 model for about 80% of the original purchase price on Amazon.
Which is another thing with iPads: Not only do many of the original models work just fine, but every user that upgrades essentially puts another one on the market and takes out another potential buyer.
IMHO THAT"S a major, major factor in regard to flattened sales in the tablet market. And as you pointed out, that's why Apple is pushing keyboards and pencils and other accessories to the niches that might need (or simply want) them.
And I have a brand new device that makes it easy for anyone to steal the information off your new invention!
http://thehackernews.com/2016/...
So what's next? Maybe some kind of authentication chip on your plastic card???
Uhh... IIRC, I think Apple Pay reduces the rate merchants pay, as the user-present biometric scan minimizes the chance of fraud over a straight mag card swipe.
It also introduces a one-time code into the mix such that I, as a user, don't have to cringe the next time I hear my local grocery store or drug store has had umpteen-million credit card numbers stolen.
So, one big reason down and one additional problem solved. You're batting 0 for 2 so far...
First, I've actually used Apple Pay at several locations and it's worked fine with no glitches.
Second, as more and more cards and terminals switch to chip/sign, it's going to take a little longer than 2 seconds to use a card as said card needs to be in the terminal for the length of the transaction.
Third, is your credit card backed up by a thumbprint or any other security mechanism? At all? Point being that losing a card pretty much means anyone who finds it can use it, as opposed to someone finding a locked iPhone and trying to figure out a way to spoof TouchId while standing in front of a cashier at your local grocery store.
Fourth, as I pointed out above, please watch the following video on just how easy it is for someone to install a skimmer and steal your swipe information....
http://thehackernews.com/2016/...
"I will stick with the mag stripe until adoption is much higher. It just works and is very fast, even with the stupid signature."
Ahhh, you might enjoy the following video demonstrating just how fast a crew can install a credit card skimmer on a store terminal.
http://thehackernews.com/2016/...
Good luck with the mag stripe...
"I prefer not having my every purchase tracked and data-mined."
So, what? You buy everything with cash? 'Cause every cc transaction is tracked and data-mined. Easy to match up a name and card number to a Equifax or Experian database containing a boatload of personal information.
The entire phone is a communications device, which is why the entire phone has to be certified by the FCC.
If your platform isn't secure, then your app isn't secure. Any app capable of sending/receiving encrypted data at some point has to have the keys and certificates and code needed to do the encryption and decryption needed, and on a platform that's not secure all of that data is available to anyone who goes looking for it.
Open an SSL connection to a server. Is the connection secure, the app asks the system? Oh, yes. Says the system. Trust me.
As opposed to the "less" government that wants to appeal minor little regulations like the Clean Air and Water act, while at the same time telling us what we can and can't do in the bedroom? That wants to deny healthcare? That wants to promote the "one true" religion? That "less" government?