Apparently, if this is the case (which is probably is because Google's algorithms aren't AI), the tech sector needs a lot better rating.
For instance, do a search for a particular model of laptop. The results you get are of course mad online retail shops, but you also get a BUNCH of sites that have nothing to do with the product you searched. They put the names / models in META tags and in hidden or font-size-reduced areas of the page, but the actual page contents itself is just a bunch of crap that has nothing to do with laptops or laptop parts. It's just a bunch of random crap.
Point being, these aren't weeded out very well. Unfortunately, I don't have an example right now, but I know of one that has been in existence for years and still ranks in the top 5.
Oh, and the above is dwarfed by software name / functionality searches 10-1!
What happens when the phone is recovered? Do they stop monitoring or continue? What happens to the old data? Is the phone number itself included as part of the cross-referenced net, ergo in the future your phone number could be linked to a murder/drug deal gone sour and you're the only primary suspect because of your phone number?
To clarify, your phone number is in "the net". The phone is used to call a drug store (Walgreens, CVS, etc) while stolen. The phone is recovered. Crime happens somewhere between phone recovery and you calling the same drug store. You are now a primary target with the cops not thinking about this kind of slim situation...
The louder one screams out against something, the less secure they feel.
You're shooting yourselves in the foot here, Apple. If you were truly the winner in this case, you wouldn't have any problem just playing the game and staying cool about it. Now you've raised eyebrows...
Read more about the actual case. Samsung added devices after the HTC agreement; Apple has to counter to keep up. It sure is interesting how you are singling out Apple when it is very clear in this case that it takes two to tango.
FTR, I didn't single out Apple for any reason sited in the case. I singled them out for being the ones to make the most noise. Red flag.
The louder one screams out against something, the less secure they feel.
You're shooting yourselves in the foot here, Apple. If you were truly the winner in this case, you wouldn't have any problem just playing the game and staying cool about it. Now you've raised eyebrows...
Macy's did use confetti. Keep in mind, however, that they are a corporation and a corporation's primary purpose is survival, followed by maximum profit.
Perhaps the confetti they bought was from the cheapest source, and said source was not verified to be the most reliable one. Oops?
So back before Humans existed, all of the climate changes were caused by.... Humans(1)? Sent back from the future to confuse the present-day Humans? Or was it Terminators, sent back to cause climate changes to make Humans think they were the mightiest creatures on the planet, thus encouraging them to create AI, which in turn created Terminators?
Awww, that's so cute. Terminators trying to preserve the creation of AI.:-)
1. Climate change is a catalyst inserted by Humans; they are not the root cause.
For instance; if you show images of burn victims to normal people and ask them to mask their emotions or describe what they see as though they were positive images, they involuntarily respond with pupil dilation, heart rate changes, etc.
MRI scans demonstrate that the brains of normals as compared to psychopaths activate very differently to the same stimuli.
Written or spoken exams can be gamed. Truly effective tests would need to be designed to look at involuntary physiological responses, which certainly exist.
to this day, simple polygraph examinations are illegal in most states for employment purposes. how can you see something to this extent actually being approved and used?
So the test works: If you are detected as a psychopath, you aren't.:-)
true, except this is like many other tests... if you pass, you may or may not be a true success. if you fail, you maybe a complete loser or one of the most successful people that does not fit into the the common model.:)
You know who is not going to be covering this story.
Sure they will. And they will "balance" it out with data and rationale completely in-line with their original defensive statement.
Very rarely have I seen the news "balanced" with something that completely disproves the topic being presented; it would make all news null. People still believe that there is such a thing and that it works, however.
The fact that they know they are being tested for psychopathic traits, and that they are a psychopath, is a catch-22. They can fake the test to appear as if they are not.
If they can't fake the test and pass it with flying colors, then they are not a true psychopath.
You can only catch the ones that have sympathy and empathy. That in and of itself negates psychopathic tendencies.
is involved, so nothing will be done until there is a huge explosion that kills hundreds. Then Government will make a law that repairs must be done within 30 days of detection of a leak. Gas companies will sue, stating that the new law violates their constitutional right to free speach. By the time the lawsuits, countersuits, apeals etc...are done, Boston will have burned to the ground and been abandoned for 30 years...
Hey, destruction (earthquake, but still... lots of fires and destroyed buildings) worked in San Francisco..... in 1906. Wonder if it would help "rebuild" a city today.
did happen. The Y2K disaster did not thanks to a lot of money and a lot of people working to fix the bug.
It was waiting... in the dark... all of these years it was conspiring, planning, waiting for the moment to lash out against all of those damn people that didn't thank it for not crushing their dreams on 1/1/2000@00:00:00. Mwahahahaha!
When you pay people off for promotional material, create a manual of operation that includes a self-destructing secrecy clause and a 30-day refund policy if the operational guidelines aren't met.
So a single packet might easily be resent multiple times, causing AT&T to measure the bytes that went across their network (since that's what costs them) and not the effective amount of communication that you received.
Oh, you mean much like McDonalds charges me extra for every patty they drop on the floor while trying to prepare my order (since that's what costs them, not how much I actually eat)?
Of course, it all makes sense now!
Who says they do any smart monitoring? That would require expensive-as-hell equipment modifications and labor to implement. It measures what goes through it; doesn't sort and sift for "help the customer" reasons.
AT&T saying their standard is proprietary is like the butcher arguing that he should be able to put his thumb on the scale when he is weighing your hamburger.
AT&T saying their standard is proprietary is dead-on equivalent to them having a tech support / billing dummy-step screen that says "Don't say anything e.g., say "The measurement standard is proprietary" unless the caller is threatening you or the company; in that case, tell them to contact a lawyer."
...this would most likely not be legal. What if the gasoline pumps had a "proprietary" method for billing you? How can their method be anything more than the aggregate of packets sent and received? Are they listening in on what you're doing, ie if you set on web page for too long they count it as "data usage"? Or are they counting things like VoIP as double data. 1 MB of talk time equals 2 MB of web browsing. I just do not get this.
Now I have an idea to patent... Thanks!
*scribbles* Gasoline drip sensor: integrates with pump flow measurement device for a separate billing of gasoline pumped via the existing method, plus a random number-generated multiplier of a base cost, which is a static variable set by the distribution company that uses it, based on the number of gasoline "drips" that fall from the time of 1.) removal of the pump control valve unit from the pump holding orifice, to the time of insertion into the gasoline tank filling point on the vehicle or unit the gasoline is being placed into, or 2.) removal from the gasoline tank filling point on the vehicle or the unit the gasoline is being placed into, to the insertion of the pump control valve unit into the pump holding orifice. Attempts to stop drips with any device or absorbent material or any other method of intervention is equivalent to the base price multiplied by ten.
Device Calculation Model: (price * quantity) = total + (price * random * reported_drips) = greenfriendly_total -or- Device Calculation Modem With Disallowed Intervention: total * 10 = kill_the_greenfriendly_cheaters_total
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Apparently, if this is the case (which is probably is because Google's algorithms aren't AI), the tech sector needs a lot better rating.
For instance, do a search for a particular model of laptop. The results you get are of course mad online retail shops, but you also get a BUNCH of sites that have nothing to do with the product you searched. They put the names / models in META tags and in hidden or font-size-reduced areas of the page, but the actual page contents itself is just a bunch of crap that has nothing to do with laptops or laptop parts. It's just a bunch of random crap.
Point being, these aren't weeded out very well. Unfortunately, I don't have an example right now, but I know of one that has been in existence for years and still ranks in the top 5.
Oh, and the above is dwarfed by software name / functionality searches 10-1!
What happens when the phone is recovered? Do they stop monitoring or continue? What happens to the old data? Is the phone number itself included as part of the cross-referenced net, ergo in the future your phone number could be linked to a murder/drug deal gone sour and you're the only primary suspect because of your phone number?
To clarify, your phone number is in "the net". The phone is used to call a drug store (Walgreens, CVS, etc) while stolen. The phone is recovered. Crime happens somewhere between phone recovery and you calling the same drug store. You are now a primary target with the cops not thinking about this kind of slim situation...
The louder one screams out against something, the less secure they feel.
You're shooting yourselves in the foot here, Apple. If you were truly the winner in this case, you wouldn't have any problem just playing the game and staying cool about it. Now you've raised eyebrows...
Read more about the actual case. Samsung added devices after the HTC agreement; Apple has to counter to keep up. It sure is interesting how you are singling out Apple when it is very clear in this case that it takes two to tango.
FTR, I didn't single out Apple for any reason sited in the case. I singled them out for being the ones to make the most noise. Red flag.
The louder one screams out against something, the less secure they feel.
You're shooting yourselves in the foot here, Apple. If you were truly the winner in this case, you wouldn't have any problem just playing the game and staying cool about it. Now you've raised eyebrows...
It looks like someone MAY HAVE pissed off a former employee of ICOA. That is, if said person could think long-term.
Macy's did use confetti. Keep in mind, however, that they are a corporation and a corporation's primary purpose is survival, followed by maximum profit.
Perhaps the confetti they bought was from the cheapest source, and said source was not verified to be the most reliable one. Oops?
Climate change is caused by people, not robots.
So back before Humans existed, all of the climate changes were caused by.... Humans(1)? Sent back from the future to confuse the present-day Humans? Or was it Terminators, sent back to cause climate changes to make Humans think they were the mightiest creatures on the planet, thus encouraging them to create AI, which in turn created Terminators?
Awww, that's so cute. Terminators trying to preserve the creation of AI. :-)
1. Climate change is a catalyst inserted by Humans; they are not the root cause.
I disagree.
There are tests which bypass the intellect.
For instance; if you show images of burn victims to normal people and ask them to mask their emotions or describe what they see as though they were positive images, they involuntarily respond with pupil dilation, heart rate changes, etc.
MRI scans demonstrate that the brains of normals as compared to psychopaths activate very differently to the same stimuli.
Written or spoken exams can be gamed. Truly effective tests would need to be designed to look at involuntary physiological responses, which certainly exist.
to this day, simple polygraph examinations are illegal in most states for employment purposes. how can you see something to this extent actually being approved and used?
So the test works: If you are detected as a psychopath, you aren't. :-)
true, except this is like many other tests... if you pass, you may or may not be a true success. if you fail, you maybe a complete loser or one of the most successful people that does not fit into the the common model. :)
Mr Murdoch will be able to buy his way out of trouble, if not, I'm sure he has something on anyone with something to lose.
How much do you think he'll pay Dice, uh I'm sorry, Slashdot, to make this story disappear?
You know who is not going to be covering this story.
Sure they will. And they will "balance" it out with data and rationale completely in-line with their original defensive statement.
Very rarely have I seen the news "balanced" with something that completely disproves the topic being presented; it would make all news null. People still believe that there is such a thing and that it works, however.
No.
The fact that they know they are being tested for psychopathic traits, and that they are a psychopath, is a catch-22. They can fake the test to appear as if they are not.
If they can't fake the test and pass it with flying colors, then they are not a true psychopath.
You can only catch the ones that have sympathy and empathy. That in and of itself negates psychopathic tendencies.
is involved, so nothing will be done until there is a huge explosion that kills hundreds. Then Government will make a law that repairs must be done within 30 days of detection of a leak. Gas companies will sue, stating that the new law violates their constitutional right to free speach. By the time the lawsuits, countersuits, apeals etc...are done, Boston will have burned to the ground and been abandoned for 30 years...
Hey, destruction (earthquake, but still... lots of fires and destroyed buildings) worked in San Francisco..... in 1906. Wonder if it would help "rebuild" a city today.
From article:
with a device to measure methane, the chief chemical component of natural gas
They didn't specify that it was coming from natural gas, just made reference to it.
Your point could be very valid in identifying the main source!
Sewage shit (yes, I want to use that word strongly here) builds up over time and creates more stoppage points for festering.
cost-to-fix vs. cost-to-take-a-chance. Chance always wins.
Yeah.. Then ship hits the fan.. Now engage "hide all the documents, emails, and other shit you can so it looks like we were going to fix it" mode.
The people didn't like it, he changed his stance.
It's how it's suppose to work.
I know,it doesn't fit into your lazy ass whiny spoon fed view point.
But there you are.
I thought in politics (USA, anyway), you aren't ever, EVER supposed to reverse your political stance until the Supreme Court says you must.
I kid, I kid...
did happen. The Y2K disaster did not thanks to a lot of money and a lot of people working to fix the bug.
It was waiting... in the dark... all of these years it was conspiring, planning, waiting for the moment to lash out against all of those damn people that didn't thank it for not crushing their dreams on 1/1/2000@00:00:00. Mwahahahaha!
The Mayan's are up to something sinister
The Mayan's WHAT are up to something similar? Their goats? Their sheep? Their calendars? Don't keep us in suspense, man!
Good one, mcgrew. :)
Yes. I don't understand how this was a serious issue with any sane configuration.
Article says,
"We are seeing some reports that some Active Directory Domains times reverting to November 2000."
That may have been useful in the article's title, or hell, even the body.
If you want something to tell you how to perform in order to make money, sign with a record label.
*Oh, and start learning detox and how to hide from the press immediately!*
What, don't like that suggestion? Then find another line of work. /HUMOR, HUMOR
When you pay people off for promotional material, create a manual of operation that includes a self-destructing secrecy clause and a 30-day refund policy if the operational guidelines aren't met.
LOL!
So a single packet might easily be resent multiple times, causing AT&T to measure the bytes that went across their network (since that's what costs them) and not the effective amount of communication that you received.
Oh, you mean much like McDonalds charges me extra for every patty they drop on the floor while trying to prepare my order (since that's what costs them, not how much I actually eat)?
Of course, it all makes sense now!
Who says they do any smart monitoring? That would require expensive-as-hell equipment modifications and labor to implement. It measures what goes through it; doesn't sort and sift for "help the customer" reasons.
AT&T saying their standard is proprietary is like the butcher arguing that he should be able to put his thumb on the scale when he is weighing your hamburger.
AT&T saying their standard is proprietary is dead-on equivalent to them having a tech support / billing dummy-step screen that says "Don't say anything e.g., say "The measurement standard is proprietary" unless the caller is threatening you or the company; in that case, tell them to contact a lawyer."
Mcgee, you have Awesomed me to the ground. I will "service" the "units" of all free market entities to repent with an interest rate of gratuity! :)
...this would most likely not be legal. What if the gasoline pumps had a "proprietary" method for billing you? How can their method be anything more than the aggregate of packets sent and received? Are they listening in on what you're doing, ie if you set on web page for too long they count it as "data usage"? Or are they counting things like VoIP as double data. 1 MB of talk time equals 2 MB of web browsing. I just do not get this.
Now I have an idea to patent... Thanks!
*scribbles* Gasoline drip sensor: integrates with pump flow measurement device for a separate billing of gasoline pumped via the existing method, plus a random number-generated multiplier of a base cost, which is a static variable set by the distribution company that uses it, based on the number of gasoline "drips" that fall from the time of 1.) removal of the pump control valve unit from the pump holding orifice, to the time of insertion into the gasoline tank filling point on the vehicle or unit the gasoline is being placed into, or 2.) removal from the gasoline tank filling point on the vehicle or the unit the gasoline is being placed into, to the insertion of the pump control valve unit into the pump holding orifice. Attempts to stop drips with any device or absorbent material or any other method of intervention is equivalent to the base price multiplied by ten.
Device Calculation Model: (price * quantity) = total + (price * random * reported_drips) = greenfriendly_total
-or-
Device Calculation Modem With Disallowed Intervention: total * 10 = kill_the_greenfriendly_cheaters_total
Example: ($3.299 * 10.1231 gal) = $33.40 + ($3.299 * 0.8523 * 4) = $44.65
Example: ($3.299 * 10.1231 gal) = $33.40 + ($3.299 * 3.9264 * 5) = $98.17
Example: ($3.299 * 10.1231 gal) = $33.40 * 10 = $334
I'll be rich with a 0.01% payoff from each transaction in no time flat!
Oh, I have to come up with a design for the drive-off stopping device!
*scribbles* EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse Generator) used to stop......