That being the " Service " department at your local car dealership.
If I'm not mistaken, the courts basically told dealerships to f*** right off when they demanded folks bring their cars into a " certified $brand_name dealer " or use only " certified $brand_name parts " for all service and warranty related issues lest you void your warranty. All at a considerable markup on parts of course. . . . . .
I would suspect the end ruling on this will flow along similar lines.
You assume the person walking across the street is even bothering to pay attention to ANYTHING outside of the smartphone screen they are holding up to their face. ( Then again, we're also assuming the driver of the car hurtling down the street isn't doing the exact same thing. In the case of neither paying attention due to staring at their phones, I wonder who would be considered at fault here. )
Laws are created when common sense checks fail in any significant amount of a population.
If there is a law for something, it's because someone did something stupid in the past to warrant creating one.
This is the level of stupid that we have to make sure is fixed before we start handing these systems access to anything that would be considered a critical system. ( Banking, Stock Markets, Healthcare, Military applications, etc )
Otherwise some future AI is going to be perusing cat pictures on the internet, go f****ng nuts and decide to end us all.:D
is to simply hold the manufacturers of said hardware fully liable for the half-assed products they sell.
Great big eye-opening-with-cries-of-thats-not-fair-from-the-companies-who-peddle-this-shit fines with the option to forgo said fines if the CEO goes to jail for a decade instead.
Industry only takes security seriously when it impacts their profits.
"In the USA it is pretty retarded, maybe they are 40 years late compared to Europe."
Last thing I read on the subject about the reason it takes so long to make the change is:
1) The size of the thing 2) The cost of the thing
With #2 being the primary point of contention. Estimates are around the ~$8-10B mark and there is some disagreement over who is going to foot that bill. ( CC industry, banks, etc )
are wise enough not to trust an " app " ( which has public or private permissions to access who knows what on your phone ) which runs on an untrustworthy platform ( smartphone ) which has the means to access a bank account or credit card in your name.
Perhaps they have enough wisdom to see what sort of hard-on the Chinese Government gets from being able to track / watch every single financial transaction in real time. Couple this with their much touted " Social Scoring System " and you can see where this can go full stupid rather quickly.
I am curious what happens when your phone gets hacked. Or damaged. Or the power is out. Network is down somewhere along the path. etc. etc. ( Though I'm pretty sure if the Internet was down for more than a few days, most of the younger crowd would probably leap off the nearest cliff )
Bottom line: While there exists very little trust that your Government ( whichever one it may be ) is looking out for your best interests, the same can be said for app developers and / or those who build the hardware and OS the smartphones use. Leave anything life critical off your phone unless you have no problems with the data it contains being under a microscope at all times.
A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the otherâ(TM)s imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or
(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and
(3) he reasonably believes that:
(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.
âoe Nirvana fallacy. Just because a perfect solution doesn't exist doesn't mean reducing our CO2 emissions can't help. It might be too late to avoid a 2C temperature raise. But let's avoid a 5C raise. And if it's too late, then let's avoid a 10C raise. âoe
Well, I see it like this.
At this point, it is akin to frantically attempting to apply the brakes after you have already crashed the car. It is a wonderful gesture, but not very effective.
All it takes is a few degrees to start the ice thawing. Once it has started, it becomes a self sustaining engine that we cannot stop unless we figure out how to cool thing down again.
The more ice that melts, the more trapped gasses ( such as methane ) it releases which effectively becomes a feedback loop.
So, the 5C or 10c thing is not the problem because we are going there no matter if we want to or not.
We have already crashed the car so to speak and the process has been set in motion.
Our focus now should be figuring out how to survive it in the long term.
My speeds are 250 / 10 and, with rare exceptions, I actually do see these speeds. I would say, 99% of the time I typically see the speeds I'm supposed to see. ( Xfinity, surprisingly )
When I don't, there is usually an outage of some sort that is impacting the area. ( Last one some idiot in a truck wiped out a gas line, which caught fire, which melted the pole carrying the fiber:| )
Though, my example is probably the exception and certainly not the norm for most.
They could apply the same algorithm to route the expensive, fragile packages around their employee(s) who seem to delight in doing everything in their power to destroy them:|
The primary reason I don't order $$$ items from an online retailer is due to the 50 / 50 chance of it arriving undamaged.
Once the crowing achievement of the US, is now under consideration to be little more than an expensive bus ride for the wealthy as a means to generate income. I'm surprised NASA hasn't resorted to a bake sale for fundraising:|
Though I suppose if their budget keeps getting slashed, they may ultimately resort to such a thing.
The Dark Side is, once companies switch to a subscription based service, is they no longer feel that bug fixes and development of new features the users want are important.
Once they have an infinite amount of cash coming in via subscription, they don't really give a damn about much of anything really.
Already seeing this behavior with some of the software that has gone subscription only.
If / when Microsoft decides to go with the subscription plan, I would think it would seriously impact a lot of software that relies upon it as the backbone OS to work. I wonder if they would get sued for effectively denying access to the OS without ongoing subscription payments.
Much of the software I have is license locked to my system via a permanent key. Any one of them costs far more than what the operating system does, yet if I fail to pay what will effectively be ransomware to MS, I will be unable to use said software in any form. Some of them have Linux or OSx variants I can switch to, but not all of them.
I am curious just how many folks are going to be willing to go with a monthly / annual subscription for an OS that has already taken too much control from the folks who use it. For the first time in my life, I think I would actually consider a " Yar Matey " version of the OS that has been stripped of all the controversial bullshit because re-licensing all the software I use on Windows would be quite a financial undertaking.
I know we've been saying this for years but, I think the year of the Linux Desktop is, in a hilarious ironic twist, going to be brought about by none other than Microsoft itself.
Eventually folks will tire of all the bullshit, someone else will create a ' NEW ' platform that performs similar functions and the masses will simply jump ship and move there.
Facebook will take its place on the social media trash pile of history alongside MySpace.
Zuck will take his billions he's made and retire in luxury to his Hawaii palace, and that will pretty much be the end of it.
Facebook accusing anyone of disseminating inaccurate information is so epic in its hypocrisy that I don't think the English language can possibly describe it.
Why tobacco gets so much hate when the alcohol industry is effectively given a free pass ?
Not that I condone banning either but we're gonna get the pitchforks and torches out over flavored tobacco while ignoring the elephant in the room of a bazillion and one flavors of alcohol ?
Makes no sense to me, but it IS the US Government. . . . so -shrug-
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That being the " Service " department at your local car dealership.
If I'm not mistaken, the courts basically told dealerships to f*** right off when they demanded folks bring their cars into a " certified $brand_name dealer " or use only " certified $brand_name parts " for all service and warranty related issues lest you void your warranty. All at a considerable markup on parts of course. . . . . .
I would suspect the end ruling on this will flow along similar lines.
as China has a tendency to proclaim the most outrageous achievements in all things on a weekly basis to show the world how amazing they are :|
You assume the person walking across the street is even bothering to pay attention to ANYTHING outside of the smartphone screen they are holding up to their face. ( Then again, we're also assuming the driver of the car hurtling down the street isn't doing the exact same thing. In the case of neither paying attention due to staring at their phones, I wonder who would be considered at fault here. )
Laws are created when common sense checks fail in any significant amount of a population.
If there is a law for something, it's because someone did something stupid in the past to warrant creating one.
This is the level of stupid that we have to make sure is fixed before we start handing these systems access to anything that would be considered a critical system.
( Banking, Stock Markets, Healthcare, Military applications, etc )
Otherwise some future AI is going to be perusing cat pictures on the internet, go f****ng nuts and decide to end us all. :D
is to simply hold the manufacturers of said hardware fully liable for the half-assed products they sell.
Great big eye-opening-with-cries-of-thats-not-fair-from-the-companies-who-peddle-this-shit fines with the option to forgo said fines if the CEO goes to jail for a decade instead.
Industry only takes security seriously when it impacts their profits.
"In the USA it is pretty retarded, maybe they are 40 years late compared to Europe."
Last thing I read on the subject about the reason it takes so long to make the change is:
1) The size of the thing
2) The cost of the thing
With #2 being the primary point of contention. Estimates are around the ~$8-10B mark and there is some disagreement over who is going to foot that bill.
( CC industry, banks, etc )
are wise enough not to trust an " app " ( which has public or private permissions to access who knows what on your phone ) which runs on an untrustworthy platform ( smartphone ) which has the means to access a bank account or credit card in your name.
Perhaps they have enough wisdom to see what sort of hard-on the Chinese Government gets from being able to track / watch every single financial transaction in real time. Couple this with their much touted " Social Scoring System " and you can see where this can go full stupid rather quickly.
I am curious what happens when your phone gets hacked. Or damaged. Or the power is out. Network is down somewhere along the path. etc. etc.
( Though I'm pretty sure if the Internet was down for more than a few days, most of the younger crowd would probably leap off the nearest cliff )
Bottom line: While there exists very little trust that your Government ( whichever one it may be ) is looking out for your best interests, the same can be said for app developers and / or those who build the hardware and OS the smartphones use. Leave anything life critical off your phone unless you have no problems with the data it contains being under a microscope at all times.
Texas Specifics:
Sec. 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
A
person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or
tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other
under Section 9.41; and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force
is immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the otherâ(TM)s imminent commission of arson,
burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal
mischief during the nighttime; or
(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after
committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime
from escaping with the property; and
(3) he reasonably believes that:
(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered
by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or
recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial
risk of death or serious bodily injury.
and start to figure things out like the music industry has. Streaming / on demand content IS the way forward here.
Hand first run content to ALL* the streaming services same day it hits theaters. ( Theaters still run it for the nostalgic types )
*None of this exclusive content bullshit.
I would happily pay per viewing via one of the streaming services or even a higher subscription rate for this option.
Keep the price reasonable and most will not even have a reason to pirate it in the first place.
There exists no return path to the way things were pre-digital. You either evolve or become irrelevant.
âoe Good grief. That is fucking appalling. This Liemandt guy sounds like a complete sociopath âoe
Corporate surveillance of employees is fairly common. Here, they just call it âoe metrics âoe.
Identity theft of those with stellar credit scores are on the rise. :|
News at eleven.
âoe Nirvana fallacy. Just because a perfect solution doesn't exist doesn't mean reducing our CO2 emissions can't help.
It might be too late to avoid a 2C temperature raise. But let's avoid a 5C raise. And if it's too late, then let's avoid a 10C raise. âoe
Well, I see it like this.
At this point, it is akin to frantically attempting to apply the brakes after you have already crashed the car. It is a wonderful gesture, but not very effective.
All it takes is a few degrees to start the ice thawing. Once it has started, it becomes a self sustaining engine that we cannot stop unless we figure out how to cool thing down again.
The more ice that melts, the more trapped gasses ( such as methane ) it releases which effectively becomes a feedback loop.
So, the 5C or 10c thing is not the problem because we are going there no matter if we want to or not.
We have already crashed the car so to speak and the process has been set in motion.
Our focus now should be figuring out how to survive it in the long term.
My speeds are 250 / 10 and, with rare exceptions, I actually do see these speeds.
I would say, 99% of the time I typically see the speeds I'm supposed to see. ( Xfinity, surprisingly )
When I don't, there is usually an outage of some sort that is impacting the area. :| )
( Last one some idiot in a truck wiped out a gas line, which caught fire, which melted the pole carrying the fiber
Though, my example is probably the exception and certainly not the norm for most.
They could apply the same algorithm to route the expensive, fragile packages around their employee(s) who seem to delight in doing everything in their power to destroy them :|
The primary reason I don't order $$$ items from an online retailer is due to the 50 / 50 chance of it arriving undamaged.
If I use a public WiFi, the very first thing I do is start a VPN connection up. ( My own server at home )
If the WiFi disallows it, I disconnect.
Easy.
If absolutely nothing happened to her Majesty ( Hillary ) for the crap she pulled, how can they possibly make any demands here ?
Also, last I checked, The First Lady, unlike the Secretary of State, has zero impact on official government affairs.
My guess is they simply want to use it as leverage in case someone ever decides to hold Hillary reaponsible for something ( LOL ).
Like that will ever happen.
" Beware of strangers bearing gifts "
NASA's budget 2018: ~$20B
DoD budget 2018: ~$600B
Once the crowing achievement of the US, is now under consideration to be little more than an expensive bus ride for the wealthy as a means to generate income. :|
I'm surprised NASA hasn't resorted to a bake sale for fundraising
Though I suppose if their budget keeps getting slashed, they may ultimately resort to such a thing.
Astronaut cookies anyone ?
The Dark Side is, once companies switch to a subscription based service, is they no longer feel that bug fixes and development of new features the users want are important.
Once they have an infinite amount of cash coming in via subscription, they don't really give a damn about much of anything really.
Already seeing this behavior with some of the software that has gone subscription only.
Off the top of my head. . . .
Zbrush is a well known, industry standard, sculpting program that is sold as a one time purchase.
You don't pay a subscription.
You don't pay for future updates.
Once you buy it, all future maintenance fixes and version updates are free.
The ONLY change that has happened over the years is the price.
When I purchased it over a decade ago, the price was $600. It is now $900 but the core rules remain the same.
They seem to be doing rather well under this model so, it most certainly can be done.
If / when Microsoft decides to go with the subscription plan, I would think it would seriously impact a lot of software that relies upon it as the backbone OS to work. I wonder if they would get sued for effectively denying access to the OS without ongoing subscription payments.
Much of the software I have is license locked to my system via a permanent key. Any one of them costs far more than what the operating system does, yet if I fail to pay what will effectively be ransomware to MS, I will be unable to use said software in any form. Some of them have Linux or OSx variants I can switch to, but not all of them.
I am curious just how many folks are going to be willing to go with a monthly / annual subscription for an OS that has already taken too much control from the folks who use it. For the first time in my life, I think I would actually consider a " Yar Matey " version of the OS that has been stripped of all the controversial bullshit because re-licensing all the software I use on Windows would be quite a financial undertaking.
I know we've been saying this for years but, I think the year of the Linux Desktop is, in a hilarious ironic twist, going to be brought about by none other than Microsoft itself.
Eventually folks will tire of all the bullshit, someone else will create a ' NEW ' platform that performs similar functions and the masses will simply jump ship and move there.
Facebook will take its place on the social media trash pile of history alongside MySpace.
Zuck will take his billions he's made and retire in luxury to his Hawaii palace, and that will pretty much be the end of it.
I would tell them they can go fuck themselves.
Simple as that really.
Facebook accusing anyone of disseminating inaccurate information is so epic in its hypocrisy that
I don't think the English language can possibly describe it.
POT meet KETTLE
Why tobacco gets so much hate when the alcohol industry is effectively given a free pass ?
Not that I condone banning either but we're gonna get the pitchforks and torches out over flavored tobacco
while ignoring the elephant in the room of a bazillion and one flavors of alcohol ?
Makes no sense to me, but it IS the US Government. . . . so -shrug-