They can also figure out the address of anywhere you go regularly. That means your workplace, your friends' homes, the bar you hang out at, your mistresses' house, your drug dealer, etc.... any of which could open you up to blackmail or worse.
That last one might -- might -- be a valid thing for the cops to care about, but the rest aren't. Yet they still have the information, and that's a problem. Remember, even if you aren't a criminal, the cop looking through the records might be.
Considering the PM2.5 issue, I'm starting to wonder if "modern" diesels might actually be worse than older ones. At least older diesels produce big particulates that are more easily filtered or washed out by rain. Plus, they get better fuel economy, can run on biodiesel without clogging the common-rail injectors, etc.
I agree, it seems to be a 'liberal' thing - carbon credits, rather than a 'simple' carbon tax. Pollution trading, etc... Let's create MORE complex systems that don't really solve anything.
What are you, an idiot? The only reason 'liberals' talk about carbon credits instead of a 'simple' carbon tax is in an attempt to compromise with conservatives!
Then, conservative assholes turn around and blame them for it -- just like what happened with Romneycare.
Liberal: "Let's solve the problem by taxing carbon!" Conservative: "NO! TAXES ARE EVIL!!!! We need a Free Market solution!" Liberal: "Fine. We'll assign a value to carbon, and let it be traded on the Free Market." Conservative: "NO! That's too complicated!" Liberal: "..."
Apparently, what needs to happen is for liberals to stop attempting to compromise, and just tell the conservatives to go fuck themselves instead.
Would suck for kernel devs but would probably work just fine for most Linux users. Linux is not doomed.
Every user is potentially a kernel dev,...
In exactly the same way that Bill Maher is potentially a future pope.
No, not in the same way! For the purpose of this conversation, "kernel dev" includes even people who do something as simple as `make menuconfig` or anything else that causes the checksum of the kernel to change.
That's actually a lot of people, including all Gentoo users, VMware users, anybody who needs to enable support for weird hardware, anybody who needs a non-free driver that can't be distributed already compiled in, etc.
I'll give you a hint: it's green, rectangular, and under the table.
Regarding PCs though, I can think of nothing that would generate a new anti-trust lawsuit faster than this. MS had better walk damn carefully here if they do ANYTHING that could be perceived as unfairly locking Linux and other OSes from PC hardware.
Even with Republicans having a majority in both houses of Congress?
So, that being said... Can anyone explain to me why Microsoft can use the Secure Boot feature but Linux can't offer the same as an "out of the box" experience?
Because the entire point of Free Software is that every individual user could be customizing his kernel and thus needing his own personal key.
Once a user learns enough about Linux to want to install it...
Oh, and how did they do that? By using a Live CD. And what do you call a Live CD in a world with mandatory Secure Boot? A goddamn coaster, that's what!
And what about any individual user, even one who uses Red Hat or Ubuntu, who has the audacity to actually want to exercise his rights under the GPL and recompile his kernel?
For the vendor of a mass-market Linux laptop ---- if there is such a thing --- choosing a signed Linux OS and closing an attack vector common to both Linux and Windows makes perfect sense as well.
A Linux laptop with Secure Boot misses the point, since it prevents the user from recompiling his kernel. It's Tivoization all over again!
Red Hat and Ubuntu could probably get their keys recognized
You're completely missing the point.
Having Red Hat or Ubuntu get their keys recognized is not even slightly good enough. Every user who recompiles his kernel gets his own unique key, and needs to have that recognized! The ability for the kernel to be recompiled by the user is the entire fucking point, and is not negotiable. Therefore, secure boot is an existential threat to Free Software!
Considering that you quoted it, I'm baffled about how you managed to miss the part where I mentioned "either US grid (east or west)." I'm well aware that power generated in Arizona doesn't get to Maine; however, power generated in somewhere like Ohio or Maryland perhaps could.
The point is, I'm making a stronger claim than you think: not that there's never been a time where the weather was bad over the continental US, but rather that there's never been a time where the weather was bad over the whole eastern US or western US (separately).
So the plan is to install enough batteries to power the world all night long, and then for a week or two when the weather is bad?
Name one instance in history where the weather has been bad over the entire area of either US grid (east or west) at the same time.
(Note: the Texas grid, which is separate, doesn't count because it could conceivably be entirely covered by a big-enough hurricane. I guess down there it's more than just your house that's pathologically bad. ; ) )
in addition, spies & traitors in US ranks that forswear their vows should be punished. NSA leadership that authorized unconstitutional, treasonous spying on the American public, I'm looking right at you.
Do you know what an MVNO is? Carriers #4 through infinity all piggyback on one (or more) of the big four networks; they are available wherever the corresponding big four network is available.
For example, Page Plus Cellular uses Verizon's network, PureTalk USA uses AT&T's network, Ting uses Sprint's network (and according to the page I linked, apparently also T-Mobile's), and Straight Talk runs on all four (but not necessarily using the same phone).
But since this is Japan, the author speculates that the antipodal point is somewhere in Uruguay, which it is not (it's kinda close though).
Ironically, "Uruguay syndrome" is a more accurate term because Uruguay is a heck of a lot closer to being an antipode of Japan than China is to being an antipode of the US.
Most of the carriers here don't offer a discount if you own your phone outright, because it's a way to lock you in for another 2-3 years.
That's true only if by "most" you mean "only the three largest, whose business model is 'fuck over the customers as much and as often as possible,' as opposed to the dozens of MVNOs (and T-Mobile) that are better in every conceivable way."
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You do realize that by "for free" you really mean "included in your rent, which you still pay for," right?
They can also figure out the address of anywhere you go regularly. That means your workplace, your friends' homes, the bar you hang out at, your mistresses' house, your drug dealer, etc.... any of which could open you up to blackmail or worse.
That last one might -- might -- be a valid thing for the cops to care about, but the rest aren't. Yet they still have the information, and that's a problem. Remember, even if you aren't a criminal, the cop looking through the records might be.
Except in France, where only about 8% of their electricity comes from fossil fuels.
Considering the PM2.5 issue, I'm starting to wonder if "modern" diesels might actually be worse than older ones. At least older diesels produce big particulates that are more easily filtered or washed out by rain. Plus, they get better fuel economy, can run on biodiesel without clogging the common-rail injectors, etc.
What are you, an idiot? The only reason 'liberals' talk about carbon credits instead of a 'simple' carbon tax is in an attempt to compromise with conservatives!
Then, conservative assholes turn around and blame them for it -- just like what happened with Romneycare.
Apparently, what needs to happen is for liberals to stop attempting to compromise, and just tell the conservatives to go fuck themselves instead.
No, not in the same way! For the purpose of this conversation, "kernel dev" includes even people who do something as simple as `make menuconfig` or anything else that causes the checksum of the kernel to change.
That's actually a lot of people, including all Gentoo users, VMware users, anybody who needs to enable support for weird hardware, anybody who needs a non-free driver that can't be distributed already compiled in, etc.
Every user is potentially a kernel dev, which is the entire point of Free Software!
I'll give you a hint: it's green, rectangular, and under the table.
Even with Republicans having a majority in both houses of Congress?
Because the entire point of Free Software is that every individual user could be customizing his kernel and thus needing his own personal key.
Oh, and how did they do that? By using a Live CD. And what do you call a Live CD in a world with mandatory Secure Boot? A goddamn coaster, that's what!
Why the fuck should there be a goddamn OS license key in the BIOS to begin with?!!
And what about any individual user, even one who uses Red Hat or Ubuntu, who has the audacity to actually want to exercise his rights under the GPL and recompile his kernel?
You will end up having to blacklist every company, giving up technology entirely, and going to live in a hut on a mountain.
A Linux laptop with Secure Boot misses the point, since it prevents the user from recompiling his kernel. It's Tivoization all over again!
You're completely missing the point.
Having Red Hat or Ubuntu get their keys recognized is not even slightly good enough. Every user who recompiles his kernel gets his own unique key, and needs to have that recognized! The ability for the kernel to be recompiled by the user is the entire fucking point, and is not negotiable. Therefore, secure boot is an existential threat to Free Software!
FlyHelicopters is from Texas (which has its own grid) and thinks everywhere in the US is like that.
Considering that you quoted it, I'm baffled about how you managed to miss the part where I mentioned "either US grid (east or west)." I'm well aware that power generated in Arizona doesn't get to Maine; however, power generated in somewhere like Ohio or Maryland perhaps could.
The point is, I'm making a stronger claim than you think: not that there's never been a time where the weather was bad over the continental US, but rather that there's never been a time where the weather was bad over the whole eastern US or western US (separately).
Cost. Green roofs are heavy, so you have to build the structure (significantly) stronger to hold them up.
Name one instance in history where the weather has been bad over the entire area of either US grid (east or west) at the same time.
(Note: the Texas grid, which is separate, doesn't count because it could conceivably be entirely covered by a big-enough hurricane. I guess down there it's more than just your house that's pathologically bad. ; ) )
FTFY.
As an American, I'd be pissed at the American government for allowing BND to succeed at it, not at BND for trying.
No, TEPCO didn't think it was necessary.
Correction: I meant "#5 through infinity" -- apparently, I've been doing too much programming and I'm now applying zero-based indexing to real life...
Do you know what an MVNO is? Carriers #4 through infinity all piggyback on one (or more) of the big four networks; they are available wherever the corresponding big four network is available.
For example, Page Plus Cellular uses Verizon's network, PureTalk USA uses AT&T's network, Ting uses Sprint's network (and according to the page I linked, apparently also T-Mobile's), and Straight Talk runs on all four (but not necessarily using the same phone).
Ironically, "Uruguay syndrome" is a more accurate term because Uruguay is a heck of a lot closer to being an antipode of Japan than China is to being an antipode of the US.
That's true only if by "most" you mean "only the three largest, whose business model is 'fuck over the customers as much and as often as possible,' as opposed to the dozens of MVNOs (and T-Mobile) that are better in every conceivable way."