First the Electric company put a "smart meter" on my house. At least they told me it was coming*.
The other day, I noticed I had less clearance on my narrow side path of my house, to roll out my trash cans... all of a sudden, my gas meter has gotten "smart" on me - and its readout panel now an inch or so thicker thicker than it was before...
Come to think of it... the Borg Logo looks a lot like a gas utility logo...
* - letter said they would come out at such and such a date, knock on the door, then change out the meter. Nope, just working from home, as usual, 3 computers running. Woomp! power outage. Hardly had time to save my files I had been working on before my crappy UPS went out. No warning, just yanked the meter and replaced it. Files saved, shutdown started, I went downstairs to see what happened - no circuit breakers blown, just a shiny new meter. The installers were off to the next house and I never even saw one.
Yeah, and I wanted to put a urinal in the stairwell of my parking garage.
No dice - couldn't get a permit. Not ADA compliant because of the stairs, didn't pass health because no dividers, and there wasn't a sit-down for the ladies.
Ok so how about somebody standing on a public street and looking into a house through a window that has a large opening and a person getting undressed on the other side. I'm fairly sure you can't get arrested for that, nor can the "exhibitionist". So why is there a problem for consuming data from an open internet service?
Never mind how you feel about the mission itself, just think of all the man-hours wasted doing the paperwork for a logo on the side of a rocket that is going to burn up in the atmosphere.
And the cost of the design and execution of the artwork, the paint or decal or whatever it is.
Then add more time for someone to redact a bunch of stuff to comply with the FIA request.
I wish they would email the bill. Alas, most just email you telling you that you HAVE a bill... then you have to go to their site to see it. (What? it's a security issue if my email gets intercepted and someone learns I need to pay the gas company $16.49?)
What a hassle - another site to sign up at, more ridiculous and changing password rules to make you pick "good" passwords (if your favorite characters are even allowed).
At least some of them DO send the bill to my e-bank, so that I can see the bill on the same site I am paying it.
That said, I do auto-charge some to a credit card, like the land-line (wife needs it for FAX), toll road, couple of others. And guess what? As long as the amount looks about right, I never look at the bill. It's diabolical, they could be slamming me with small amounts that they no nobody will bother to quibble about, and now, I never even see the details.
(And it does happen. The Long Distance carrier for that land-line comes to $3.68 per month, with Zero services used. That's right, $0.00, plus Federal universal service fund + Fed Telecom relay service + Federal regulatory recovery +Property Tax recovery +interstate services fee. Most if Federal, but CenturyLink has found a way to steal a penny here, a nickle there, every month, from every customer. I am sure it adds up.)
Few people need much of what a free society offers. Be careful of what you ask for, there is always someone who thinks they know what you need, and would be happy to limit you to that.
I recently had the latest and greatest Office 2016 foisted upon me.
At best everything is harder to see (I mean, what's up with greyed out backgrounds for text boxes in Excel that used to be white? Sure it "looks nicer" but now you have to just "know" you can type there...)
Moving strongly into the Windows 10 way of doing things, pretty much just means everything you want to do is an extra click or two away... and not obviously labeled.
As far as Outlook in particular, it acts differently than all other apps for mousing over the minimize/maximize/close buttons - they don't highlight when the window doesn't have focus. If you have the non-gaudy color scheme, that makes it really hard to see.
Everything in general is harder to see. Come on, this is a "work" app, it is not supposed to be subtle. I doubt anyone is using Outlook because they like the way it looks!
I guess Microsoft is trying to catch up with Apple in skipping the "affordance" and "signifiers" steps of good design.
Every living thing dies, if it dies letting another living thing go on a bit longer, so be it. It is all minor decimal points in the statistics of which thing lived how long.
Who cares... we are better off with common sense. Maybe it takes more than 12 jurors to get a consensus now, but there are so damn many laws that they don't make sense.
There are too many "paperwork" felonies now,
Everyone is a felon now, just subject to the capricious and arbitrary whim of politicians in charge.
Hmmm... maybe there shouldn't be politicians in charge, maybe legislators should serve at random, like jury duty...
Sometimes, you need it for something simple, like when the mobile card reader in the cab doesn't work (I was with my boss who puts everything on cards, so I had to bail him out with my cash, and expense it later.)
I also don't relish the idea of running my card for every meal - increasing the odds of some skimmer screwing the card up and getting a fraud alert put on it, just when I need it most. (I know, a lot of places, especially in Europe, bring there card reader to you, rather than the USA standard of you letting your numbnutz waiter wander off with your card, where he can fondle it in private...)
I prefer to use cash, while traveling and domestically for any transaction under about $100. It is more convenient for me, since I am someone who actually looks at my credit card bill, and *gasp* balances my checkbook, unlike kids these days who just glance and say "that looks about right".
I did actually find a case where my bank cashed the same check twice! About 5 months apart. No, they couldn't explain it, and they couldn't deny it, and returned the money, no questions asked. I am just glad it wasn't the check I had written about the same time for my car...
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Heh, maybe Hillary will point out that HER server wasn't breached, but other government servers have been.
First the Electric company put a "smart meter" on my house. At least they told me it was coming*.
The other day, I noticed I had less clearance on my narrow side path of my house, to roll out my trash cans... all of a sudden, my gas meter has gotten "smart" on me - and its readout panel now an inch or so thicker thicker than it was before...
Come to think of it... the Borg Logo looks a lot like a gas utility logo...
* - letter said they would come out at such and such a date, knock on the door, then change out the meter. Nope, just working from home, as usual, 3 computers running. Woomp! power outage. Hardly had time to save my files I had been working on before my crappy UPS went out. No warning, just yanked the meter and replaced it. Files saved, shutdown started, I went downstairs to see what happened - no circuit breakers blown, just a shiny new meter. The installers were off to the next house and I never even saw one.
The public is notoriously bad at math. They can't check Dr. Grimes work. He is in on them (ALL of the conspiracies!)
He is just trying to placate us.
He might as well have said; "There are no conspiracies, because, MATH! Bam!!!"
I may not even disagree with your opinion, but don't spout incorrect information. Oklahoma isn't even in the bottom 10 states, by GDP.
Coverage for non-collision damage ("comprehensive" on your policy) is the cheapest part.(like ~2% of the premium)
Sounds like this product was intentionally unfit for the its stated purpose.
Normally class action lawsuits are BS, but in this case, the company deserves it.
Once the "permanent, incorruptible" begins, nothing before then will matter.
Finally, once and for all, it will bring peace to the world wherever their is a land dispute!
Yeah, and I wanted to put a urinal in the stairwell of my parking garage.
No dice - couldn't get a permit. Not ADA compliant because of the stairs, didn't pass health because no dividers, and there wasn't a sit-down for the ladies.
So, no urinal.
The bums still piss in the stairwell, however.
Ok so how about somebody standing on a public street and looking into a house through a window that has a large opening and a person getting undressed on the other side. I'm fairly sure you can't get arrested for that, nor can the "exhibitionist". So why is there a problem for consuming data from an open internet service?
No mention of "politically unreliable" messages having gone missing. Yet.
Did you mean which way is the shrine in Mecca?
From LEO, it varies, just as it does on the surface. From far away, it would just be towards Earth.
Never mind how you feel about the mission itself, just think of all the man-hours wasted doing the paperwork for a logo on the side of a rocket that is going to burn up in the atmosphere.
And the cost of the design and execution of the artwork, the paint or decal or whatever it is.
Then add more time for someone to redact a bunch of stuff to comply with the FIA request.
I wish they would email the bill. Alas, most just email you telling you that you HAVE a bill... then you have to go to their site to see it. (What? it's a security issue if my email gets intercepted and someone learns I need to pay the gas company $16.49?)
What a hassle - another site to sign up at, more ridiculous and changing password rules to make you pick "good" passwords (if your favorite characters are even allowed).
At least some of them DO send the bill to my e-bank, so that I can see the bill on the same site I am paying it.
That said, I do auto-charge some to a credit card, like the land-line (wife needs it for FAX), toll road, couple of others. And guess what? As long as the amount looks about right, I never look at the bill. It's diabolical, they could be slamming me with small amounts that they no nobody will bother to quibble about, and now, I never even see the details.
(And it does happen. The Long Distance carrier for that land-line comes to $3.68 per month, with Zero services used. That's right, $0.00, plus Federal universal service fund + Fed Telecom relay service + Federal regulatory recovery +Property Tax recovery +interstate services fee. Most if Federal, but CenturyLink has found a way to steal a penny here, a nickle there, every month, from every customer. I am sure it adds up.)
(voice of Nelson)
Pshffft. I suppose you think money should be made in China, like all the other plastic crap.
Oh, wait...
Never mind.
Interestingly, the dollar's purchasing power is about one-tenth what it was in 1949.
A 1949 dime, made of silver is still worth about a dollar...
Few people need much of what a free society offers. Be careful of what you ask for, there is always someone who thinks they know what you need, and would be happy to limit you to that.
The real slippery slope is the whole concept of cash. There may come a day when you can't buy a stick of gum without there being a record of it.
I recently had the latest and greatest Office 2016 foisted upon me.
At best everything is harder to see (I mean, what's up with greyed out backgrounds for text boxes in Excel that used to be white? Sure it "looks nicer" but now you have to just "know" you can type there...)
Moving strongly into the Windows 10 way of doing things, pretty much just means everything you want to do is an extra click or two away... and not obviously labeled.
As far as Outlook in particular, it acts differently than all other apps for mousing over the minimize/maximize/close buttons - they don't highlight when the window doesn't have focus. If you have the non-gaudy color scheme, that makes it really hard to see.
Everything in general is harder to see. Come on, this is a "work" app, it is not supposed to be subtle. I doubt anyone is using Outlook because they like the way it looks!
I guess Microsoft is trying to catch up with Apple in skipping the "affordance" and "signifiers" steps of good design.
very short, stupid passwords
OK, everyone - time to update your passwords - "54321" is 4.400243 times better than "12345"
You don't eat meat?
Or you just eat the tasty flesh anyhow?
Every living thing dies, if it dies letting another living thing go on a bit longer, so be it. It is all minor decimal points in the statistics of which thing lived how long.
The bottom line is that everything comes to an end, at some point. What's the difference how it gets there.
"May you live in interesting times..."
Is that really a curse or a blessing?
while you are analyzing this, a whole bunch of other, "unplanned" humans have been created.
Smart people think too much, Dumb people fuck too much.
Evolution's jury is still out, on who "wins", if anyone.
experience in the legal field
Who cares... we are better off with common sense. Maybe it takes more than 12 jurors to get a consensus now, but there are so damn many laws that they don't make sense.
There are too many "paperwork" felonies now,
Everyone is a felon now, just subject to the capricious and arbitrary whim of politicians in charge.
Hmmm... maybe there shouldn't be politicians in charge, maybe legislators should serve at random, like jury duty...
When I travel, I have the local currency.
Sometimes, you need it for something simple, like when the mobile card reader in the cab doesn't work (I was with my boss who puts everything on cards, so I had to bail him out with my cash, and expense it later.)
I also don't relish the idea of running my card for every meal - increasing the odds of some skimmer screwing the card up and getting a fraud alert put on it, just when I need it most. (I know, a lot of places, especially in Europe, bring there card reader to you, rather than the USA standard of you letting your numbnutz waiter wander off with your card, where he can fondle it in private...)
I prefer to use cash, while traveling and domestically for any transaction under about $100. It is more convenient for me, since I am someone who actually looks at my credit card bill, and *gasp* balances my checkbook, unlike kids these days who just glance and say "that looks about right".
I did actually find a case where my bank cashed the same check twice! About 5 months apart. No, they couldn't explain it, and they couldn't deny it, and returned the money, no questions asked. I am just glad it wasn't the check I had written about the same time for my car...