Nah, he did a community service by demonstrating the failure without starting a panic over a real possible event. No one should have believed it.. At least not anyone with half a BRAAAAAAAAAAIINSS!!!!
You're assuming that they need access to private data on Facebook to make this work. Between the lack of people fine-tuning their privacy settings, and the ability of other users to note what one is doing even if one doesn't share such information, and it's no surprise that they can develop this software.
Better literacy leads to a better ability to spot the poorly written bogus come-ons that get you infected when you click on them? I just can't believe it.
Not from what I've seen...
Having a techie friend call to fix it when it's broke is what gets most people out of the jam.
Though with my friends, I charge $60/hr to friends to fix their computers on the side. As a consequence I do maybe two side jobs a year. I don't want to do side work, and when they know that it'll cost probably $120 to get their $500 computer fixed, they do tend to be at least a little more careful.
...on the product in part. In particular, how much service is necessary to keep the device functioning essentially as it did when it was new, and how regular use impacts this.
Remember, a manufacturer, unless obligated by law, does not have to provide anything post-sale unless they've stated that they will. They don't necessarily have to provide parts, warranty, or service unless they've stated that in the sales literature to convince you to buy their product. Granted, depending on the circumstances if they don't give warranties or make repairs possible then their long term sales could suffer if buyers choose other manufacturers due to after-sales support, but that is a choice that they have.
I do understand the complaint, and I even have sympathy, but on the other hand, lots and lots of manufacturers in other fields, especially electronics fields, are doing the same thing. It's hard to buy parts for TVs or other AV electronics. It's even hard to find electronics repair shops that will do out-of-warranty service now, most only handle warranty work.
If manufacturers make quality products that run for a reasonable amount of time (with a different definition of reasonable for each and every market) and handle the rigors of use, then it's hard to make the argument that manufacturers are doing the wrong thing. After all, if a photographer drops his camera and it breaks, that wasn't the manufacturer breaking the camera, and it's likely that with the bigger camera makers, they have ruggedized models that can take that kind of use. But, the manufacturer does not necessarily have to make it easy for the owner to get the broken-out-of-warranty camera fixed either.
...I can think of a particular gesture that will be very common, but most likely won't be recognized as it'll be provided after the system isn't working...
That would call for the development of cheaper antimissile systems, not more expensive ones, especially if the detection system can determine type, and then choose the appropriate countermeasure.
As expensive as Phalanx is, it's far cheaper to fire machine guns at incoming missiles, if those bullets have a real chance of taking out lower damage offensive weapons. Then there are anti-missile missiles, and if they can be perfected (like Patriot's issues) then they can take out the lesser incoming missiles, saving the expensive anti-missile missiles for the really dangerous incomings.
...and it's all about perception and how people feel, not how the world actually works. Therefore, it may give people fuzzy/happy feelings, but it doesn't necessarily mean squat if it's not actually correct.
This is the Peoples' Choice Awards of privacy and security. And remember, when you think of how stupid the average person is, bear in mind that 50% are below that.
...to find life in places that they hadn't previously considered that they'd find it.
Yet, on the other hand, a lot of science fiction has covered such topics. Even HG Wells' War of the Worlds concludes with the deaths of the Martians, all of them, because of bacterial contamination and the lack of immunity. For all to have died, simply getting into contact with flora and fauna wouldn't be enough, it'd have to be airborne.
Amusingly enough, there's probably life on Mars right now. If it wasn't there before, we probably brought it along when we sent probes over the decades. I would not be surprised if something from the large number of missions flown has survived.
And I wouldn't know what a Chrysler VH Charger is without the Australian connection on one of the Chrysler forums that I participate on, even though Chrysler Australia was an unusual overseas sister company that modified more than just which side the steering wheel is on.
I don't have a problem with some esoteric stuff on/.
Have you considered that maybe Nate Silver made his predictions and then God rearranged the Universe to make it so? Thus, Nate Silver spoiled the election (or is God).
If his prediction was important enough to warrant rearranging the universe, then perhaps the Republican fielded a worse candidate than we could have possibly feared...
That's like saying that Nate Silver or Andrew Tanenbaum spoiled the presidential election... Just because they looked at the signs and figured out how others were going to vote doesn't mean that they spoiled anything.
Let's talk about this again if statisticians end up actually influencing the vote through their data analysis. Otherwise, let it go.
My in-laws have severe macular degeneration to the point that they gave up driving, and my mother-in-law loves to read, and we ended up buying a technician's visor with four magnifier lenses for her, and she's able to read paperback books with it. They had looked up expensive devices (one of the biggest vision-assistance companies is in the greater Boston area and they even went to the showroom) but found that this fairly simple optical solution worked best.
...and report on exactly how this flaw works, and what its implications are.
The college system turned a friend or at least a neutral party into an enemy. They should expect any and all damage that he can inflict on the administrators at the top that were foolish enough to support the actions taken against the student.
First, his opponents specifically wanted to kill him. Second, his opponents arrived en massé. Third, rule-of-law is broken in the part of the foreign country that he lives in.
If they specifically want to kill you, odds are good that they're going to kill you, it doesn't matter how heavily armed you are, how good of a shot you are, or what your reputation is. Many gunfighters were killed by being shot in the back of the head while playing cards. Some died in bed asleep. Some died in the bathtub.
I think that the point is that if a firearms enthusiast want to not have his rights taken away, he needs to involve himself in defining the rules. And as for bans, several other first-world nations have instituted bans more strict than just a three-round magazine, so it's proof that even in cultures that value firearms, it is possible to do that. If one doesn't want to see that outcome, one should influence the debate rather than boycotting it.
What I mean is, show me an example where a civilian had ten rounds in their firearm, had to use their firearm in some kind of moment of defense, used all of their loaded ammunition, ran out, and had bad things happen to themselves or to others that they were defending as a result of running out of ammunition.
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Nah, he did a community service by demonstrating the failure without starting a panic over a real possible event. No one should have believed it.. At least not anyone with half a BRAAAAAAAAAAIINSS!!!!
You're assuming that they need access to private data on Facebook to make this work. Between the lack of people fine-tuning their privacy settings, and the ability of other users to note what one is doing even if one doesn't share such information, and it's no surprise that they can develop this software.
...they've got plenty of POPEs over there...
A hardcover is about $25 for a novel, a paperback is about $8.
...along with a DRM scheme that causes problems (see the 1984 controversy) are why I keep reading dead-tree editions.
DVD and Blu-Ray have DRM that's somewhat nonsensical, but the media are cheap. I can excuse some of the stupidity because I'm not paying a lot for it.
E-books are too expensive for not having a physical copy.
Not from what I've seen...
Having a techie friend call to fix it when it's broke is what gets most people out of the jam.
Though with my friends, I charge $60/hr to friends to fix their computers on the side. As a consequence I do maybe two side jobs a year. I don't want to do side work, and when they know that it'll cost probably $120 to get their $500 computer fixed, they do tend to be at least a little more careful.
...on the product in part. In particular, how much service is necessary to keep the device functioning essentially as it did when it was new, and how regular use impacts this.
Remember, a manufacturer, unless obligated by law, does not have to provide anything post-sale unless they've stated that they will. They don't necessarily have to provide parts, warranty, or service unless they've stated that in the sales literature to convince you to buy their product. Granted, depending on the circumstances if they don't give warranties or make repairs possible then their long term sales could suffer if buyers choose other manufacturers due to after-sales support, but that is a choice that they have.
I do understand the complaint, and I even have sympathy, but on the other hand, lots and lots of manufacturers in other fields, especially electronics fields, are doing the same thing. It's hard to buy parts for TVs or other AV electronics. It's even hard to find electronics repair shops that will do out-of-warranty service now, most only handle warranty work.
If manufacturers make quality products that run for a reasonable amount of time (with a different definition of reasonable for each and every market) and handle the rigors of use, then it's hard to make the argument that manufacturers are doing the wrong thing. After all, if a photographer drops his camera and it breaks, that wasn't the manufacturer breaking the camera, and it's likely that with the bigger camera makers, they have ruggedized models that can take that kind of use. But, the manufacturer does not necessarily have to make it easy for the owner to get the broken-out-of-warranty camera fixed either.
...I can think of a particular gesture that will be very common, but most likely won't be recognized as it'll be provided after the system isn't working...
That would call for the development of cheaper antimissile systems, not more expensive ones, especially if the detection system can determine type, and then choose the appropriate countermeasure.
As expensive as Phalanx is, it's far cheaper to fire machine guns at incoming missiles, if those bullets have a real chance of taking out lower damage offensive weapons. Then there are anti-missile missiles, and if they can be perfected (like Patriot's issues) then they can take out the lesser incoming missiles, saving the expensive anti-missile missiles for the really dangerous incomings.
...and it's all about perception and how people feel, not how the world actually works. Therefore, it may give people fuzzy/happy feelings, but it doesn't necessarily mean squat if it's not actually correct.
This is the Peoples' Choice Awards of privacy and security. And remember, when you think of how stupid the average person is, bear in mind that 50% are below that.
...to find life in places that they hadn't previously considered that they'd find it.
Yet, on the other hand, a lot of science fiction has covered such topics. Even HG Wells' War of the Worlds concludes with the deaths of the Martians, all of them , because of bacterial contamination and the lack of immunity. For all to have died, simply getting into contact with flora and fauna wouldn't be enough, it'd have to be airborne.
Amusingly enough, there's probably life on Mars right now. If it wasn't there before, we probably brought it along when we sent probes over the decades. I would not be surprised if something from the large number of missions flown has survived.
Wow... The entire continent of Australia is more Hipster than you are!
That joke never gets old. I probably hear it a half a dozen times a year in random places and it still puts a smile on my face.
Now back to reading Xanth...
Then what's your holdup?
An excerpt of a synopsis? Really? Is that what we're down to these days?
Seems to me like the upper management method of running things has come into full swing.
And I wouldn't know what a Chrysler VH Charger is without the Australian connection on one of the Chrysler forums that I participate on, even though Chrysler Australia was an unusual overseas sister company that modified more than just which side the steering wheel is on.
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I don't have a problem with some esoteric stuff on
Aw, I had a t-shirt that acknowledged that one... A lot of people were not happy that I saved them several hours...
If his prediction was important enough to warrant rearranging the universe, then perhaps the Republican fielded a worse candidate than we could have possibly feared...
That's like saying that Nate Silver or Andrew Tanenbaum spoiled the presidential election... Just because they looked at the signs and figured out how others were going to vote doesn't mean that they spoiled anything.
Let's talk about this again if statisticians end up actually influencing the vote through their data analysis. Otherwise, let it go.
Sure, as long as nothing's voice-activated...
My in-laws have severe macular degeneration to the point that they gave up driving, and my mother-in-law loves to read, and we ended up buying a technician's visor with four magnifier lenses for her, and she's able to read paperback books with it. They had looked up expensive devices (one of the biggest vision-assistance companies is in the greater Boston area and they even went to the showroom) but found that this fairly simple optical solution worked best.
...and report on exactly how this flaw works, and what its implications are.
The college system turned a friend or at least a neutral party into an enemy. They should expect any and all damage that he can inflict on the administrators at the top that were foolish enough to support the actions taken against the student.
First, his opponents specifically wanted to kill him. Second, his opponents arrived en massé. Third, rule-of-law is broken in the part of the foreign country that he lives in.
If they specifically want to kill you, odds are good that they're going to kill you, it doesn't matter how heavily armed you are, how good of a shot you are, or what your reputation is. Many gunfighters were killed by being shot in the back of the head while playing cards. Some died in bed asleep. Some died in the bathtub.
I think that the point is that if a firearms enthusiast want to not have his rights taken away, he needs to involve himself in defining the rules. And as for bans, several other first-world nations have instituted bans more strict than just a three-round magazine, so it's proof that even in cultures that value firearms, it is possible to do that. If one doesn't want to see that outcome, one should influence the debate rather than boycotting it.
What I mean is, show me an example where a civilian had ten rounds in their firearm, had to use their firearm in some kind of moment of defense, used all of their loaded ammunition, ran out, and had bad things happen to themselves or to others that they were defending as a result of running out of ammunition.