Keyword: requiring. If you want to get a job, you'd best not "require" much of anything, because the next guy won't and he'll be seen as more cooperative. And frankly, I'd hire him too, for the same reason.
So we'll need a program that scrambles all the monitored characteristics, and perhaps inserts some random phrase translations so that you can't be recognized by your vocabulary. Why I would ever want a system to recognize me by these sorts of biometrics (or any sort) is beyond me. On the other hand, I could see why others would want to do so, Facebook, Google, the NSA, Doubleclick, etc. But that doesn't mean at all that I would want this, quite the contrary. When I'm on the computer, it's nobodies business who I am, who I'm talking with, what I'm buying, etc., except mine. I've even set up my account on Amazon as a group-purchase account where my purchases are intermixed with my friends purchases so they can't tell whose is whose. If you can't keep them from getting your information the solution is to add erroneous information.
I can see it now. "We're going to have to install interrupting devices at key points on the internet.". And OBTW, when they're not interrupting the flow of data they're sending copies of it all to NSA Utah. And we're all paying for it. What a crock.
The polygraph is actually good for one thing. Making criminals who don't know any better nervous thinking that maybe it does work. Some will come clean thinking the jig is up anyhow and confess or otherwise offer up useful information.. Of course it won't be useful for that anymore once criminals realize the technology is just snake oil. But it's inevitable, that ship has sailed.
Suppose I get a T-shirt with a life-size face printed on it. And one on the back, too, so it'll think it's got my attention when I'm facing away. Or maybe there's a new reason to wear Muslim headscarves here. Another possibility is bizarre face makeup or tattoos will be the next in thing for the 20-somethings. Extra eyes, confusing shapes, etc.
Isn't this essentially a "well, they do it too, so it's OK" excuse? Also, such comparisons ignore the potential for additional nuclear pollution due to problems with the handling of spent fuel. In any event, I don't want fossil fuel OR nuclear, none of those are low enough polluting for me. So comparisons of coal to nuclear are irrelevant.
No, don't stop voting. Just stop voting for Republicans OR Democrats. Write someone in if that is the only options. At least we could make them pass a law against write-ins, if it turned out write ins got more votes than either of them. At least you send a message. If you don't vote, you can't be differentiated from someone too lazy or too uninformed to vote. I want them to know I'm not too lazy to vote AND that I'm not voting for them.
Yes, it wouldn't hurt to see what kind of offers emerge though. In fact, if Snowden built it up like he was going to accept an offer from Germany (providing he actually gets one), the effects could be illuminating, even if he bails on it at the last minute. I expect there are those in the dark underbelly of the US that would go to any length to punish Snowden, so that they don't end up with a line of imitators.
Getting Snowden to Germany could EASILY be a set-up. Germany and the US are just too close, despite Merkel's cell-phone tap. And the outrage over it could be exaggerated.
What Google needs is someone who can design a user interface. When I'm using their stuff, I don't have to look at the code, but I do have to deal with the UI. And theirs are surprisingly bad.
The problem is, x10 has caused people to expect to get "smart" devices for peanuts. Problem is, the reason x10 is so cheap is it's minimally designed. But as a consequence, it's also highly unreliable. SmartHome tried to improve on that, raised the price a bit, but didn't sufficiently solve the reliability problems. Any new series of gadgets will have to be dirt cheap, and given gadget manufacturing costs in China these days, it's doable but takes an upfront investment, is risky and one must survive on thin margins. Not exactly the most attractive opportunity. If he wants to give it a go, more power to him, but if configuration is anywhere near as complicated as SMTP, in fact, if configuration can't be done with a smartphone app in about 2 minutes, it's doomed.
ABSOLUTELY. I struggled with x10, then bought into the argument that it's a one-way protocol and there's no way to verify that a command sent was recieved or to query a device state. So I dumped x10 and went to SmartHome. But after a power fail or brownout, they took way too much fiddling to get them re-linked with each other. So I dumped SmartHome and now use fixed wireless devices that don't have to "remember" anything. Not quite as flexible, but they are way more reliable, and without that you've got nuthin'. I don't believe it's impossible to design reliable devices, but lazy engineers seem to have been getting away with not doing it.
Well, that code controls your car, your TV, all communications, Financial transactions, most military weaponry, prints your newspaper and runs your business. You should be kissing that weird dull coders a**...
It's EXACTLY what they deserve. And what do they do, act like the arrogant a$$holes, for all to see. You know we can hear you, right? LOL! If they had any brains they'd make a spectacle of firing Clapper and Alexander for being so incompetent as to allow themselves to be pwned by a Snowden. Then they could claim "problem solved", "mission accomplished" and all that at least. But no, they'd rather make a permanent enemy of all the decent journalists in the world. War on Journalism, that's what this is, plain and simple.
Hogwash. Words have different meanings depending on context and common usage. At one time, the term "gay" meant happy, joyous, etc. The term "cool" may refer to temperature or to hipness depending on context. And "liberal" means one thing in the US and another in Europe.
The NSA isn't the only threat. Bots, viruses, sniffers, wardriving script kiddies, there's a long list. The fact that email transmissions weren't routinely end-to-end encrypted from the start is completely ridiculous. People were sending credit card purchase info over email at one time, maybe still are. No doubt the reason encryption wasn't used is companies like Google couldn't use it for targeted advertising. So yes, even if the NSA can get the info no matter what, there's less-powerful entities it can block and in any case there's no need to make it easy for any of them. The problem with encryption has been that it's not easy for users to work with, but that could be improved and we should get on it.
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If I'm using a phone, what the heck do I need free Wi-Fi for? The darn phone already has an internet connection.
With my tinnitus, not even that chamber is going to be "quiet."
Keyword: requiring. If you want to get a job, you'd best not "require" much of anything, because the next guy won't and he'll be seen as more cooperative. And frankly, I'd hire him too, for the same reason.
Sales are bad because none of them are pickup trucks. Supposedly Tesla is working on one, then we'll see sales take off.
Isn't it obvious?
Unless we're talking about solar power.... Oops.
So we'll need a program that scrambles all the monitored characteristics, and perhaps inserts some random phrase translations so that you can't be recognized by your vocabulary. Why I would ever want a system to recognize me by these sorts of biometrics (or any sort) is beyond me. On the other hand, I could see why others would want to do so, Facebook, Google, the NSA, Doubleclick, etc. But that doesn't mean at all that I would want this, quite the contrary. When I'm on the computer, it's nobodies business who I am, who I'm talking with, what I'm buying, etc., except mine. I've even set up my account on Amazon as a group-purchase account where my purchases are intermixed with my friends purchases so they can't tell whose is whose. If you can't keep them from getting your information the solution is to add erroneous information.
I can see it now. "We're going to have to install interrupting devices at key points on the internet.". And OBTW, when they're not interrupting the flow of data they're sending copies of it all to NSA Utah. And we're all paying for it. What a crock.
The polygraph is actually good for one thing. Making criminals who don't know any better nervous thinking that maybe it does work. Some will come clean thinking the jig is up anyhow and confess or otherwise offer up useful information.. Of course it won't be useful for that anymore once criminals realize the technology is just snake oil. But it's inevitable, that ship has sailed.
"The crime rate has plummeted in recent decades, you know."
White collar and government criminals aren't being prosecuted, except for drug or sex crimes. It only LOOKS like the crime rate has plummeted.
Suppose I get a T-shirt with a life-size face printed on it. And one on the back, too, so it'll think it's got my attention when I'm facing away. Or maybe there's a new reason to wear Muslim headscarves here. Another possibility is bizarre face makeup or tattoos will be the next in thing for the 20-somethings. Extra eyes, confusing shapes, etc.
Isn't this essentially a "well, they do it too, so it's OK" excuse? Also, such comparisons ignore the potential for additional nuclear pollution due to problems with the handling of spent fuel. In any event, I don't want fossil fuel OR nuclear, none of those are low enough polluting for me. So comparisons of coal to nuclear are irrelevant.
No, don't stop voting. Just stop voting for Republicans OR Democrats. Write someone in if that is the only options. At least we could make them pass a law against write-ins, if it turned out write ins got more votes than either of them. At least you send a message. If you don't vote, you can't be differentiated from someone too lazy or too uninformed to vote. I want them to know I'm not too lazy to vote AND that I'm not voting for them.
Yes, it wouldn't hurt to see what kind of offers emerge though. In fact, if Snowden built it up like he was going to accept an offer from Germany (providing he actually gets one), the effects could be illuminating, even if he bails on it at the last minute. I expect there are those in the dark underbelly of the US that would go to any length to punish Snowden, so that they don't end up with a line of imitators.
Getting Snowden to Germany could EASILY be a set-up. Germany and the US are just too close, despite Merkel's cell-phone tap. And the outrage over it could be exaggerated.
What Google needs is someone who can design a user interface. When I'm using their stuff, I don't have to look at the code, but I do have to deal with the UI. And theirs are surprisingly bad.
What idiots, they should be installing the fiber, not fighting it. There's a gravy train there they should be getting in on.
The problem is, x10 has caused people to expect to get "smart" devices for peanuts. Problem is, the reason x10 is so cheap is it's minimally designed. But as a consequence, it's also highly unreliable. SmartHome tried to improve on that, raised the price a bit, but didn't sufficiently solve the reliability problems. Any new series of gadgets will have to be dirt cheap, and given gadget manufacturing costs in China these days, it's doable but takes an upfront investment, is risky and one must survive on thin margins. Not exactly the most attractive opportunity. If he wants to give it a go, more power to him, but if configuration is anywhere near as complicated as SMTP, in fact, if configuration can't be done with a smartphone app in about 2 minutes, it's doomed.
ABSOLUTELY. I struggled with x10, then bought into the argument that it's a one-way protocol and there's no way to verify that a command sent was recieved or to query a device state. So I dumped x10 and went to SmartHome. But after a power fail or brownout, they took way too much fiddling to get them re-linked with each other. So I dumped SmartHome and now use fixed wireless devices that don't have to "remember" anything. Not quite as flexible, but they are way more reliable, and without that you've got nuthin'. I don't believe it's impossible to design reliable devices, but lazy engineers seem to have been getting away with not doing it.
Well, that code controls your car, your TV, all communications, Financial transactions, most military weaponry, prints your newspaper and runs your business. You should be kissing that weird dull coders a**...
Leave it to a lot of public pressure to see a politician get religion.
It's EXACTLY what they deserve. And what do they do, act like the arrogant a$$holes, for all to see. You know we can hear you, right? LOL! If they had any brains they'd make a spectacle of firing Clapper and Alexander for being so incompetent as to allow themselves to be pwned by a Snowden. Then they could claim "problem solved", "mission accomplished" and all that at least. But no, they'd rather make a permanent enemy of all the decent journalists in the world. War on Journalism, that's what this is, plain and simple.
Probably doesn't need any pressure, only to find out that some of his own dirty laundry is in the mix just waiting to be aired. My heart bleeds.
Hogwash. Words have different meanings depending on context and common usage. At one time, the term "gay" meant happy, joyous, etc. The term "cool" may refer to temperature or to hipness depending on context. And "liberal" means one thing in the US and another in Europe.
The NSA isn't the only threat. Bots, viruses, sniffers, wardriving script kiddies, there's a long list. The fact that email transmissions weren't routinely end-to-end encrypted from the start is completely ridiculous. People were sending credit card purchase info over email at one time, maybe still are. No doubt the reason encryption wasn't used is companies like Google couldn't use it for targeted advertising. So yes, even if the NSA can get the info no matter what, there's less-powerful entities it can block and in any case there's no need to make it easy for any of them. The problem with encryption has been that it's not easy for users to work with, but that could be improved and we should get on it.