That was sort of my reaction to this breaking news. How many old restaurants in a big city have you gone to that didn't have the same types of photos on the walls with every celebrity that had ever walked into the place.
That's the problem, how many consumers are sophisticated enough to even ask the right questions. They simply trust that their financial organization or any major web retailer has a secured site. Obviously there should be strict standards but who is going to enforce it. What authority would the agency actually have. As I have said before, there is still a lot to be said to walking into your local bank and being helped by a clerk that you see every week that you can shoot the shit with as they handle your transaction.
The last desktop I bought at Best Buy, they were trying to peddle the recovery disk along with turning off unnecessary services so that the computer will run a lot faster. It was pretty expensive and I could see some people thinking it was really needed. And no, I didn't buy the service which didn't seem to make them real happy. For people not on commission they sure seem to have a stake in peddling some of this stuff.
Let me preface my comments by saying that I have not used in a Mac in 6 years or more. So I am not a zealot. From what I saw at Best Buy this weekend, I think the sales may go up even more. I hadn't realized that they were selling them now, but I saw a crowd ganged around a table where they had the laptops and iMacs sitting out for people to play around with. There was a steady stream of people and you could feel a sense of excitement about it. Unfortunately I was there to buy a washer and dryer...
That is why a company needs to thoroughly evaluate the legal and moral climate of a country before it moves to do business there. If they decide to go to a country that has a completely different values system then there could be problems that have to be assessed. That China would require Yahoo to inform on internal dissidents can't really be a surprise. As the old saying goes, if you're going to lie down with dogs, you're going to get up with fleas. If China orders them to assist in going around and rounding them up then sending them to reeducation camps, you really think they should be able to hide behind this excuse. Similarly if a company in a more liberal democracy does business in the US and the US government requires them to assist in surveillance that is contrary to their own country's laws why should they be protected. It would not be unforeseeable with a little forethought.
"Nichole R. Nason, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, put a new rule into effect that NHTSA officials, including scientists and engineers, are no longer allowed to be quoted by reporters" said Johnny Slidrule, chief engineer for the NHTSA... more to follow in our in depth interview.
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Absolutely... obviously the Wall Street Journal was just a stepping stone before moving on Fark for Rupert Murdock... someone should be asking what did Karl Rove know and when did he know it? Perhaps this is why he suddenly resigned.
But that is where some difference comes in and I have heard rumblings about the CDs and DVDs in libraries. When someone borrows the 400 page book, he is unlikely to make a copy for him self. But when someone borrows the CD or DVD, he very well may make a copy. I remember reading a year or two ago that the MPAA or RIAA was wanting to look into their options with public libraries. That is part of the impetus for copy protection.
Yeah, that's it... it must be those Christians, thumping their bibles all the time. Who has time for those computers. Wonder who is going to all of those bible thumping websites that are all over the internet though.
Of course then there are those wacky green types that are fearful that people wasting their time, consuming energy, sitting in front of their computers might be contributing to global warming.
No the lesson that the music industry will take from this is they need to increase their heavy handed tactics in tracking P2P users. They will always feel that increased enforcement is the answer instead of recognizing that to a large extent, their product is not worth paying for.
Little if any chance. That isn't the way, we in the US have generally handled these situations. If the FBI agents improperly got information that was used in a prosecution, the defense can move to have the case thrown out, or at least any evidence that they collected as a result of this infraction be thrown out. If the trial is already over, it could give the defense grounds to try to get a new trials.
And you certainly can trust and believe that there is nothing else being kept other than what they allow to be seen. After all a country that forces Google to hide parts of the internet from their citizens would never lie to them...
And when did:
1. Avoiding negative publicity (especially about security and software quality}
become a bad thing. If your system isn't secure and stable how happy is the end user going to be.
And maybe he thinks if they get in there. Throw a little money around the country. Help with some projects. Then he can bring them to his point of view and get their profits.
And it is completely wrong the way they kidnap those waitresses and bartenders and force them to work in those smoking establishments. Most of them I have spoken to like to wait on smokers because they tip better than the nonsmoking dweebs.
But we have empowered these idiots with our votes in the past. They passed smoking bans and we all applauded. They told us we had to buckle up and wear helmets and we gave them a pat on the back. Lately they have been trying to protect us by banning the very same tranfats that they forced upon restaurants several years ago to get rid to saturated fats. So why shouldn't they further save the world by banning the light bulb. Next stop... who knows.
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I agree with you. I found the wording he used distressing. For the guys that promised to do no evil, they continue to parse their words like a Microsoft spokesman. Forget what their position has done on a business level, how about on a moral level. Perhaps I am just naive.
In other words, successful business people (the types usually on the Boards) often feel that CIOs are geeky types lacking certain social skills that they might feel a CEO should have.
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That was sort of my reaction to this breaking news. How many old restaurants in a big city have you gone to that didn't have the same types of photos on the walls with every celebrity that had ever walked into the place.
That's the problem, how many consumers are sophisticated enough to even ask the right questions. They simply trust that their financial organization or any major web retailer has a secured site. Obviously there should be strict standards but who is going to enforce it. What authority would the agency actually have. As I have said before, there is still a lot to be said to walking into your local bank and being helped by a clerk that you see every week that you can shoot the shit with as they handle your transaction.
The last desktop I bought at Best Buy, they were trying to peddle the recovery disk along with turning off unnecessary services so that the computer will run a lot faster. It was pretty expensive and I could see some people thinking it was really needed. And no, I didn't buy the service which didn't seem to make them real happy. For people not on commission they sure seem to have a stake in peddling some of this stuff.
Let me preface my comments by saying that I have not used in a Mac in 6 years or more. So I am not a zealot. From what I saw at Best Buy this weekend, I think the sales may go up even more. I hadn't realized that they were selling them now, but I saw a crowd ganged around a table where they had the laptops and iMacs sitting out for people to play around with. There was a steady stream of people and you could feel a sense of excitement about it. Unfortunately I was there to buy a washer and dryer...
That is why a company needs to thoroughly evaluate the legal and moral climate of a country before it moves to do business there. If they decide to go to a country that has a completely different values system then there could be problems that have to be assessed. That China would require Yahoo to inform on internal dissidents can't really be a surprise. As the old saying goes, if you're going to lie down with dogs, you're going to get up with fleas. If China orders them to assist in going around and rounding them up then sending them to reeducation camps, you really think they should be able to hide behind this excuse. Similarly if a company in a more liberal democracy does business in the US and the US government requires them to assist in surveillance that is contrary to their own country's laws why should they be protected. It would not be unforeseeable with a little forethought.
"Nichole R. Nason, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, put a new rule into effect that NHTSA officials, including scientists and engineers, are no longer allowed to be quoted by reporters" said Johnny Slidrule, chief engineer for the NHTSA... more to follow in our in depth interview.
Absolutely... obviously the Wall Street Journal was just a stepping stone before moving on Fark for Rupert Murdock... someone should be asking what did Karl Rove know and when did he know it? Perhaps this is why he suddenly resigned.
But that is where some difference comes in and I have heard rumblings about the CDs and DVDs in libraries. When someone borrows the 400 page book, he is unlikely to make a copy for him self. But when someone borrows the CD or DVD, he very well may make a copy. I remember reading a year or two ago that the MPAA or RIAA was wanting to look into their options with public libraries. That is part of the impetus for copy protection.
Yeah, that's it... it must be those Christians, thumping their bibles all the time. Who has time for those computers. Wonder who is going to all of those bible thumping websites that are all over the internet though. Of course then there are those wacky green types that are fearful that people wasting their time, consuming energy, sitting in front of their computers might be contributing to global warming.
No the lesson that the music industry will take from this is they need to increase their heavy handed tactics in tracking P2P users. They will always feel that increased enforcement is the answer instead of recognizing that to a large extent, their product is not worth paying for.
In the immortal words of Dire Straits, I want my MTV.
Little if any chance. That isn't the way, we in the US have generally handled these situations. If the FBI agents improperly got information that was used in a prosecution, the defense can move to have the case thrown out, or at least any evidence that they collected as a result of this infraction be thrown out. If the trial is already over, it could give the defense grounds to try to get a new trials.
And you certainly can trust and believe that there is nothing else being kept other than what they allow to be seen. After all a country that forces Google to hide parts of the internet from their citizens would never lie to them...
And when did: 1. Avoiding negative publicity (especially about security and software quality} become a bad thing. If your system isn't secure and stable how happy is the end user going to be.
And maybe he thinks if they get in there. Throw a little money around the country. Help with some projects. Then he can bring them to his point of view and get their profits.
Pr0n? And now even faster than ever... all is right with the world.
Actually this sounds like it will work great on my shoe tip camera that I use when walking around da Ladies :-) j/k
Glad to hear Hiro is back in action.
And it is completely wrong the way they kidnap those waitresses and bartenders and force them to work in those smoking establishments. Most of them I have spoken to like to wait on smokers because they tip better than the nonsmoking dweebs.
But we have empowered these idiots with our votes in the past. They passed smoking bans and we all applauded. They told us we had to buckle up and wear helmets and we gave them a pat on the back. Lately they have been trying to protect us by banning the very same tranfats that they forced upon restaurants several years ago to get rid to saturated fats. So why shouldn't they further save the world by banning the light bulb. Next stop... who knows.
Oh c'mon. You must be forgetting the Dems are now in control. The days of any legislative shenanigans are over. (removing tongue from cheek)
Your IP has been logged and forwarded to our Civil Litigation division. Please cease and desist from any further spurious comments on our fine product.---Microsoft WatchDog Division
I agree with you. I found the wording he used distressing. For the guys that promised to do no evil, they continue to parse their words like a Microsoft spokesman. Forget what their position has done on a business level, how about on a moral level. Perhaps I am just naive.
But that's the problem with fancy weapons... you just have to use them when the opportunity presents itself.
In other words, successful business people (the types usually on the Boards) often feel that CIOs are geeky types lacking certain social skills that they might feel a CEO should have.