Also, don't have to deal with the whole 'pay payment processor fee, exchange fee' and then other party 'exchanges at a cost, pays maybe another payment processor' etc.
You could keep your money in PayPal, in which case you couldn't do a whole lot with it
Sure I could, I could transfer it to another Paypal user at a minor cost, donate to some site I liked, I didn't even have to worry about having to convert my money against some exchange rate.
you could remove your money from PayPal, but that required a service charge.
Bank transfer was free for me?
deally, I'd be able to securely send money to a retailer, without giving them my credit card number or any other private information, and they could just send me the goods. This is what BitCoin is trying to solve.
Depending on how the payments for certain websites are setup with Paypal, that's possible too - No personal information, in reality, I have seen most merchant configurations setup to provide name and e-mail address. Credit cards / bank details etc. are never revealed to the seller.
Giving the ability for the buying party to send money directly to the seller, without having to pay a huge transaction fee to some third party who authorizes the transaction.
I guess you've never actually tried to do it in Bitcoin... Buy Bitcoin, pay payment processor fee, exchange fee, transfer fee (if you want to send it in a reasonable amount of time), other party gets it, exchanges at a cost, then gets that money out through bank or paypal etc.
You arguments about Bitcoin's level of acceptance can be equally applied to PayPal in 1999.
In 1999 I could retrieve the Paypal balance to my bank account without any sort of exchange or going through middle men. How do I do that with Bitcoin?
You have to _encrypt_ the home directories. That was the entire point of the post. It's how NTFS _encryption_ works!
Which doesn't protect anything under %ProgramData% - like the wireless keys for the system.
Do note we are talking about protecting the system's wireless network configuration, not user specific ones. In this particular scenario, distros like Ubuntu use keychain store applications that by default ask the user to set a master password to protect all their credentials with, something Windows is currently lacking.
Not if you don't know the password that was used to symmetrically encrypt the key.
I created a new user account on my Windows 7 system, it had administrator privileges, much like how root is required to view that wireless password on Linux.
I then logged into that account, opened the wifi settings, ticked show password and I could view the password just fine. Seems like I got access to it just fine?
I already travel twice a week, the Queen travels more than me and does a lot of public speaking while being burdened with not embarrassing the country if she personally makes a mistake. I wouldn't be as willing to take her place.
And each and every guy who stays silent while another guy makes sexist remarks, is telling women that sexist behavior is perfectly fine by him.
Assuming you're correct (and I'm not convinced): I wouldn't have expected females to be so judgemental. Personally, I try to avoid conclusions without more concrete information. As we already have business classes on sexual harassment, sexist remarks etc. Perhaps we need a new one on judgement and generalizations? Such classes could help the divide between male and female ratios if they're the root cause.
Who in their right mind would WANT to work somewhere where they can't trust their colleagues not to make their life miserable?
In my experience, there seems to be always one person, doesn't matter if it's in McDonalds or doing consulting work for one of the biggest tech companies. I don't think anyone/wants/ to be in that situation, but I think it's very unlikely not to encounter it.
For example, sending money internationally to relatives, an $850 billion market, has an average fee of 9% from places like Western Union.
If you use a HSBC bank account, you can freely transfer between your own multi-national accounts for free and then do a transfer at the cost of a 'local country' transfer (in some countries, a local bank transfer doesn't cost anything). If you are a smart person, you would use these accounts for transferring money to relatives.
This is probably less expensive than the conversion fees and cuts that Bitcoin exchanges would take and any additional payment provider system to get that money to the person would (since it appears most Bitcoin exchanges don't handle currency themselves, but instead use payment services).
That market is just begging to be undercut by bitcoin.
Bitcoin needs to undercut decent banks like HSBC, I don't see that happening unless people are paying everything through Bitcoin.
However, it takes time to set up a network of currency exchangers, something Western Union already has. Give it a few years.
I suspect by then, many of the international banks would have duplicated HSBC's offerings which would compete well against this. I also suspect Western Union will take different business approaches to counter this as well.
I still remember when I made that decision: going for a job interview as a programmer and being told that all the guys like making sexist jokes, and that I'd have to be OK with that.
I can understand that isn't a fun environment. On the upside, at least he told you about it before you even started. I suspect some places wouldn't even consider that being an issue.
Some of the comments here show that the culture still isn't women-friendly in a lot of places.
I'm the sort that really just wants to get the job done well with best talent and soon with the least amount of friction from people.
It only takes one jerk allowed to speak their mind to make a workplace unbearable.
As a male, I run into this problem on some projects. Although not generally related to sexism, the person just has an objectionable personality.
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Many Linux distributions are older than 12 years and have been releasing free upgrades and updates for that entire period of time.
Also, don't have to deal with the whole 'pay payment processor fee, exchange fee' and then other party 'exchanges at a cost, pays maybe another payment processor' etc.
Not really, I don't see the donate buttons even close to as prevalent as Paypal was. Paypal donate buttons were on practically every site.
Sure I could, I could transfer it to another Paypal user at a minor cost, donate to some site I liked, I didn't even have to worry about having to convert my money against some exchange rate.
Bank transfer was free for me?
Depending on how the payments for certain websites are setup with Paypal, that's possible too - No personal information, in reality, I have seen most merchant configurations setup to provide name and e-mail address. Credit cards / bank details etc. are never revealed to the seller.
I guess you've never actually tried to do it in Bitcoin... Buy Bitcoin, pay payment processor fee, exchange fee, transfer fee (if you want to send it in a reasonable amount of time), other party gets it, exchanges at a cost, then gets that money out through bank or paypal etc.
Yeah....
Impossible! Bitcoins are untraceable and anonymous!
In 1999 I could retrieve the Paypal balance to my bank account without any sort of exchange or going through middle men. How do I do that with Bitcoin?
To be frank,I'm more worried about the European Arrest Warrant than UK law. Which I consider far more anti-human.
Which EU legislation? How would I report them?
If that's the case, why do I know fresh EU immigrants on JSA in the United Kingdom?
Their claim was from the first day they came to the UK too.
Why would that matter when the U.S. is in a state of emergency and has been for ages now?
That's like you're trying to say "the Constitution" has some sort of power to begin with, it doesn't.
Which doesn't protect anything under %ProgramData% - like the wireless keys for the system.
Do note we are talking about protecting the system's wireless network configuration, not user specific ones. In this particular scenario, distros like Ubuntu use keychain store applications that by default ask the user to set a master password to protect all their credentials with, something Windows is currently lacking.
I created a new user account on my Windows 7 system, it had administrator privileges, much like how root is required to view that wireless password on Linux.
I then logged into that account, opened the wifi settings, ticked show password and I could view the password just fine. Seems like I got access to it just fine?
What protection?
I don't get it. If I have root access, I can get what I need on Linux.
If I have Administrator access, I can get what I need on Windows too.
I already travel twice a week, the Queen travels more than me and does a lot of public speaking while being burdened with not embarrassing the country if she personally makes a mistake. I wouldn't be as willing to take her place.
Because they aren't claiming to be the "British police".
Satanism is not promotion of perversion, did you even read the Satanic bible? Geeze.
Where does OP mention a laptop?
Doesn't support Skype.
Clearly based on the criteria you provided, you meant a Windows Surface Tablet.
Assuming you're correct (and I'm not convinced): I wouldn't have expected females to be so judgemental. Personally, I try to avoid conclusions without more concrete information. As we already have business classes on sexual harassment, sexist remarks etc. Perhaps we need a new one on judgement and generalizations? Such classes could help the divide between male and female ratios if they're the root cause.
In my experience, there seems to be always one person, doesn't matter if it's in McDonalds or doing consulting work for one of the biggest tech companies. I don't think anyone /wants/ to be in that situation, but I think it's very unlikely not to encounter it.
Show me in the block chain where this happened.
If you use a HSBC bank account, you can freely transfer between your own multi-national accounts for free and then do a transfer at the cost of a 'local country' transfer (in some countries, a local bank transfer doesn't cost anything). If you are a smart person, you would use these accounts for transferring money to relatives.
This is probably less expensive than the conversion fees and cuts that Bitcoin exchanges would take and any additional payment provider system to get that money to the person would (since it appears most Bitcoin exchanges don't handle currency themselves, but instead use payment services).
Bitcoin needs to undercut decent banks like HSBC, I don't see that happening unless people are paying everything through Bitcoin.
I suspect by then, many of the international banks would have duplicated HSBC's offerings which would compete well against this. I also suspect Western Union will take different business approaches to counter this as well.
I can understand that isn't a fun environment. On the upside, at least he told you about it before you even started. I suspect some places wouldn't even consider that being an issue.
I'm the sort that really just wants to get the job done well with best talent and soon with the least amount of friction from people.
As a male, I run into this problem on some projects. Although not generally related to sexism, the person just has an objectionable personality.
Why aren't you explaining the reality of the situation then?
It's funny because it's so 'obvious' but apparently nobody here appears to have concrete information one way or another, are you some sort of troll?