It's dropping like a rock because the smart ones got everyone else excited about it to inflate the price. ( OMG look how fast its jumping in price ! I gotta get in on that. )
Once they hit their target price, they sold.
Leaving all the chumps holding an empty bag at the end of the day.
This is true of any crypto currency and / or stock.
In every wireless 911 call I've ever seen*, GPS data is transmitted along with the calling number. ( * I've seen quite a lot considering what I do for a living )
In addition, the GPS data transmitted is accurate to SIX digits past the decimal point.
Example, here is PSAP data output ( sanitized for obvious reasons ) from a call that came in today:
Of interest to this discussion, is the final line of data, which is the callers location. I had to wait for a few calls to come across as the first few were centered on individual homes, whereas this one is in the middle of the street and safe to publish. It tells me some other data as well, such as who the carrier is, the PSAP #, date and time, etc. etc. but I've omitted it here.
Springfield IL Ph# (xxx) xxx-xxxx Wireless: Sangamon County Request caller location / number. ESN: xxxx CO= xxxxx Pos # xx +39.813541,-089.670775
Want to know where it is ?
Copy / paste that lat-long data line into Google Maps and presto. There's your caller.
The only brand of criminals the FBI will catch are the stupid ones.
The more intelligent types realize LE focuses on the phones too much and will simply ensure that they do not conduct their business via the devices in question.
They must know this so it begs the question once again: Are they really interested in criminals phones, or the ability to look at anyones phones on demand ?
Though the way LE treats folks these days, we're all pretty much criminals in their eyes.
It did cross my mind that they're simply blowing smoke to cover the fact that they have methods to break into them.
All the acting ensures folks believe they're still secure.
To be honest, Law Enforcement and their " kill everyone who doesn't comply with our demands " is an urgent Public Safety Issue.
Encryption, on the other hand, hasn't killed any innocent people as far as I know so I think their priorities are a bit skewed.
Back on topic:
Encryption, when properly inplemented, does exactly what it's supposed to do. It keeps unauthorized eyes off of private data. Just because you wear a badge doesn't give you the right to spy on everyone.
If our government could be trusted, we wouldn't need such things. However, they've shown us time and time again why they can't be trusted, thus we end up where we are today.
Once you mandate backdoors, the folks that LE is interested in will simply cease utilizing the product and you're right back to square one. ( With the bonus you get to spy on everyone else now, which is likely the true goal anyway. )
Quit being so fucking lazy and actually DO some real police work for a change lest you be known as the Federal Bureau of Incompetence.
The media throws around the term " AI " a bit too much. They make it sound like we're bringing AI systems online on a daily basis to solve all of our problems.
I doubt we're anywhere close to a true, sentient AI and won't be in our lifetime.
Then again, this is the same media who calls everything an " assault rifle " regardless of what the weapon truly is.
I guess " building an AI " sounds sexier than " Bob is writing code ":D
Is there a security equivilent of a UL Certification ?
If not, should we require one before a product can be sold ( for IOT stuff ) in the US ? Or a mandatory periodic security audit of corporate systems housing sensitive personal data ?
are no different than Government ones outside of the fact that one is approved for distribution and the other is not.
Here's the thing: We've reached the point where neither source is very trustworthy for information, so Obama warning against Social Media issues is akin to a Pot vs Kettle discussion.
Retirement is what happens when you think beyond tomorrow and plan for it.
You set aside a good chunk of your pay each pay period and invest it ( intelligently ) with a thirty + year timeline in mind. About one quarter of my pay is what I aim for.
You don't buy overly expensive homes or cars / toys that you can barely afford and you live within your means.
Do it right and you may get to retire someday. Do it very right and you can retire early.
Do it wrong and you'll be working till the day you die and asking questions about what is retirement ?
people will avoid " blue alert " areas like the plague.
Because, like the plague, Death awaits you there.
Police are trigger happy at their best, shoot-first-ask-questions-later types at their worst. Can you guess which personality type you're likely to run into when they're under duress ?
Sorry you're in trouble, but due to the behavior of some ( as you call it ) " bad apples ", you are on your own.
You want my help ? Start treating non-LE types as human beings and we'll talk about it.
isn't the whole " like " thing the unwritten reason anyone even posts on Facebook ?
I'm certainly no psychologist, but it seems to me that the only reason anyone ( who isn't trolling ) would post on Facebook at all is for the positive feedback it provides via the " like " mechanism. That's kind of the reason for the " like " button to begin with. It makes folks feel good about themselves. Happy users are loyal users who will keep coming back and spilling every detail about their life for Facebook and the data vacuum it hides.
Perhaps I speak in error and the " likes " aren't the reward mechanism I think it is.
We could ask Zuckerberg, but I doubt he would be in a divulgatory mood on the matter.
After fifteen years or so ( depending on how long your mortgage is ) you'll question your own advice when you realize " Today is the day I could have paid the home off had I decided not to rent instead " This, of course, assumes you have bought a home that can realistically be paid off in your lifetime. If you didn't, well, you screwed up pretty early on unless you're simply making payments on it hoping for the market to exceed what you owe so you can escape.
Instead of being able to put all that free cash into ( pick your favorite investment ), you'll simply keep doing what you always have done. Give all your money to the landlord, apartment or condo owner so they can put it into their favorite investment instead.
So, you keep on renting and marvel at the fact that rent never seems to go down . . . .
I'll keep investing all the cash I haven't had to pay out for nearly a decade now and make it a point to enjoy life when I retire early.
If you dumb down a populace enough, they can't tell the difference anyway.
The claims of anyone possesing a fully functional AI are laughable already, but I suppose if we keep telling folks we have them, they'll eventually believe it.
Slashdot Mirror
Even if they wanted to, it's very likely that Amazon CAN'T comment on the matter at all.
Gotta luv 'Murica and our Secret Bullshit.
For the whole " Land of the Free" thing, our government sure has a soft spot for how " enemies of freedom " liked to do things :|
It's dropping like a rock because the smart ones got everyone else excited about it to inflate the price. ( OMG look how fast its jumping in price ! I gotta get in on that. )
Once they hit their target price, they sold.
Leaving all the chumps holding an empty bag at the end of the day.
This is true of any crypto currency and / or stock.
In every wireless 911 call I've ever seen*, GPS data is transmitted along with the calling number.
( * I've seen quite a lot considering what I do for a living )
In addition, the GPS data transmitted is accurate to SIX digits past the decimal point.
Example, here is PSAP data output ( sanitized for obvious reasons ) from a call that came in today:
Of interest to this discussion, is the final line of data, which is the callers location. I had to wait for a few calls to come across
as the first few were centered on individual homes, whereas this one is in the middle of the street and safe to publish. It tells me
some other data as well, such as who the carrier is, the PSAP #, date and time, etc. etc. but I've omitted it here.
Springfield IL Ph# (xxx) xxx-xxxx
Wireless: Sangamon County
Request caller location / number.
ESN: xxxx
CO= xxxxx
Pos # xx
+39.813541,-089.670775
Want to know where it is ?
Copy / paste that lat-long data line into Google Maps and presto. There's your caller.
since Intel built it.
Take any claims about how amazing they are with a grain of salt these days until all the bugs and problems have been identified.
**cough MELTDOWN**
**cough SPECTRE**
Well the patch to fix the vulnerabilities will only have a 30% impact on processor performance :|
My guess is the NSA has dirt on many of the lawmakers so they get pretty much everything they want.
If you have been in politics long enough, you most definitely have a closet full of skeletons you don't want to become public knowledge.
Red or Blue doesn't matter in a surveillance state, the eye watches everyone.
I have no other way to describe it when a company thinks that any TOS or EULA it has written is law.
There is a process true laws must go through before becoming valid. They might want to refamiliarize themselves with that concept.
Hell, they can just go watch the episode of School House Rock for the simple version.
Sings: I'm just a bill. . .
The only brand of criminals the FBI will catch are the stupid ones.
The more intelligent types realize LE focuses on the phones too much and will simply ensure that they do not conduct their business via the devices in question.
They must know this so it begs the question once again: Are they really interested in criminals phones, or the ability to look at anyones phones on demand ?
Though the way LE treats folks these days, we're all pretty much criminals in their eyes.
It did cross my mind that they're simply blowing smoke to cover the fact that they have methods to break into them.
All the acting ensures folks believe they're still secure.
Just a thought.
To be honest, Law Enforcement and their " kill everyone who doesn't comply with our demands " is an urgent Public Safety Issue.
Encryption, on the other hand, hasn't killed any innocent people as far as I know so I think their priorities are a bit skewed.
Back on topic:
Encryption, when properly inplemented, does exactly what it's supposed to do. It keeps unauthorized eyes off of private data. Just because you wear a badge doesn't give you the right to spy on everyone.
If our government could be trusted, we wouldn't need such things. However, they've shown us time and time again why they can't be trusted, thus we end up where we are today.
Once you mandate backdoors, the folks that LE is interested in will simply cease utilizing the product and you're right back to square one. ( With the bonus you get to spy on everyone else now, which is likely the true goal anyway. )
Quit being so fucking lazy and actually DO some real police work for a change lest you be known as the Federal Bureau of Incompetence.
You don't need stringent quality control when the patches are FORCED onto users systems. ( ala Windows 10 )
You only need it when the consumer has a CHOICE to install it or not.
In other words: The carrot isn't needed as long as you have a stick.
The simple solution is to force a break up of the monopolies.
You can either be an ISP or a content provider, but not both. This will nip that whole conflict of interests thing right in the bud.
Start talking divestiture vs Net Neutrality and watch how fast the big boys back off and become NN champions.
The media throws around the term " AI " a bit too much. They make it sound like we're bringing AI systems online on a daily basis to solve all of our problems.
I doubt we're anywhere close to a true, sentient AI and won't be in our lifetime.
Then again, this is the same media who calls everything an " assault rifle " regardless of what the weapon truly is.
I guess " building an AI " sounds sexier than " Bob is writing code " :D
Is there a security equivilent of a UL Certification ?
If not, should we require one before a product can be sold ( for IOT stuff ) in the US ? Or a mandatory periodic security audit of corporate systems housing sensitive personal data ?
They did use FedEx and UPS.
The USPS was being left out of the package delivery business until they lowered the rates they charged for delivery to compete with UPS and FedEx.
Does it surprise anyone that Amazon would go with the cheaper carrier ?
If anything UPS and FedEx should be complaining about how it's impossible to compete with the USPS while they're subsidized by the USG.
If I game for X hours a day it's a Mental Disorder ?
People do many things to escape reality, often for hours at a time. ( Game, read, watch a movie, hobbies, etc. )
When the world is as fucked up as it is, I can't say I blame anyone for wanting some time away from it for a while.
are no different than Government ones outside of the fact that one is approved for distribution and the other is not.
Here's the thing: We've reached the point where neither source is very trustworthy for information, so Obama warning against Social Media issues is akin to a Pot vs Kettle discussion.
I don't know which is worse, genetically modified plants or anti-biotic / hormone infused maltreated animals.
It's kind of a " damned if you do, damned if you don't " thing :|
How difficult would it be to limit how much CPU the browser has access to ?
Restricted to minimal CPU by default, allows you to whitelist sites that you trust.
Plausible ? Better way ?
#!/bin/ksh
while true
do
print " I really don't care "
done
Retirement is what happens when you think beyond tomorrow and plan for it.
You set aside a good chunk of your pay each pay period and invest it ( intelligently ) with a thirty + year timeline in mind. About one quarter of my pay is what I aim for.
You don't buy overly expensive homes or cars / toys that you can barely afford and you live within your means.
Do it right and you may get to retire someday. Do it very right and you can retire early.
Do it wrong and you'll be working till the day you die and asking questions about what is retirement ?
people will avoid " blue alert " areas like the plague.
Because, like the plague, Death awaits you there.
Police are trigger happy at their best, shoot-first-ask-questions-later types at their worst. Can you guess which personality type you're likely to run into when they're under duress ?
Sorry you're in trouble, but due to the behavior of some ( as you call it ) " bad apples ", you are on your own.
You want my help ? Start treating non-LE types as human beings and we'll talk about it.
Until then, good luck.
isn't the whole " like " thing the unwritten reason anyone even posts on Facebook ?
I'm certainly no psychologist, but it seems to me that the only reason anyone ( who isn't trolling ) would post on Facebook at all is for the positive feedback it provides via the " like " mechanism. That's kind of the reason for the " like " button to begin with. It makes folks feel good about themselves. Happy users are loyal users who will keep coming back and spilling every detail about their life for Facebook and the data vacuum it hides.
Perhaps I speak in error and the " likes " aren't the reward mechanism I think it is.
We could ask Zuckerberg, but I doubt he would be in a divulgatory mood on the matter.
Perspective.
After fifteen years or so ( depending on how long your mortgage is ) you'll question your own advice when you realize " Today is the day I could have paid the home off had I decided not to rent instead " This, of course, assumes you have bought a home that can realistically be paid off in your lifetime. If you didn't, well, you screwed up pretty early on unless you're simply making payments on it hoping for the market to exceed what you owe so you can escape.
Instead of being able to put all that free cash into ( pick your favorite investment ), you'll simply keep doing what you always have done. Give all your money to the landlord, apartment or condo owner so they can put it into their favorite investment instead.
So, you keep on renting and marvel at the fact that rent never seems to go down . . . .
I'll keep investing all the cash I haven't had to pay out for nearly a decade now and make it a point to enjoy life when I retire early.
If China won't allow foreign competition in China, we simply don't allow Chinese Competition in $country until they do.
If I were to wager a guess, it's less about National Security than it is the inability to manipulate a foreign business like they do their own.
If you dumb down a populace enough, they can't tell the difference anyway.
The claims of anyone possesing a fully functional AI are laughable already, but I suppose if we keep telling folks we have them, they'll eventually believe it.
if Mozilla pulls another Mr. Robot stunt.