I guess the point you're making is that it doesn't matter - we should ignore the TLDs anyway. Fine and good, but what bothers me is that ICAAN has just managed to pad it's coffers by a significant amount without really helping the Internet work better. It's really just a form of rent seeking.
"As a big brand, you ignore it at your peril," says Theo Hnarakis, chief executive of Australian domain name-registration firm Melbourne IT DBS, which advises companies and other organizations worldwide about how to do business online.
Who is flashing their phone if they aren't computer literate. I don't know anyone that has modded their phone other than me that isn't nerdy already. Mom and Pop seem pretty safe from this.
Rooting an Android phone (or an iPhone) doesn't take a whole lot of computer savvy. Basically it's script kiddie level - 1. So, you might THINK you know a lot about computers and ROMS and whatnot, but you might not keep up on the security aspect. You might not be the most discerning of people when it comes to a 'neat' app. Further, as the malware designers get more sophisticated, it will be harder to tease out a reputable developer from some jackass trying to screw you.
There will be some 'survival of the fittest' selection here and the vast majority of users that don't root their phones won't have many problems, but there the malware authors think there is enough of a market to spend the time to hack at the platform.
I bet China won't be honoring any extradition requests for "crimes" like this.
The implication here is you're better off in China? Think that one through carefully. Yes, this is a dipshit thing (at least on the face of it, perhaps he's using the website to coordinate a world wide viral pandemic... ) but China routinely shoots people that run afoul of the law, routinely and pervasively uses political oppression and nepotism, routinely and pervasively ignores the rule of law. Not sure you picked the right country to run to.
Romans did indeed use a fiat currency system. Several Roman emperors (go look it up) cut the amount of silver in various coins over time. I'm not sure where 'large scale' starts - seems it would be relative to time and place, but Rome was a pretty big deal at one time.
I think it's called "the government lies to us all the time, so now we don't know what's true and what's not". I'll call up the APA and see if we can get it into the next revision.
In the DSM-5 (the new one), the closest I get is Unspecified Psychotic Disorder (B18). The criteria are open, which means no one has a clue how to define it. Send in your ideas today!
"Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope"? "FAST"?
First of all, it's a Chinese telescope and its name is an English acronym. How fucking stupid is that? And "Five-hundred-meter"? Since when is the first letter of a NUMBER (spelled out in words) significant for the purposes of an acronym? Stupid. And "radio" apparently isn't important enough to be represented in the acronym either. Last (but not least), it isn't even fucking spherical, it's parabolic (like ANY OTHER radio telescope).
Fucking stupid on so many levels. What is this I don't even...
Much of that problem is political and contractual, not structural (meaning the transmission capability is there). BPA could be told to "lose" money and sell excess to California, but for various reasons that make sense to some, but not everyone involved in the process it's not happening (referencing the above citation). Being political, it's going to be hard to solve. We can build transmission lines, it is seemingly harder to get politicians to do anything useful these days.
That's fantastic! Hey, let's get rid of all profit-less things like fire departments and freeways too!
And while we're at it, let's get rid of those unprofitable airlines. The ones subsidized by the government (Airport support monies, FAA, etc.). It's really, really hard to figure out what the true 'cost' of transportation is. And don't even get started on externalities like pollution, carbon use, etc.
Generally, government sponsored infrastructures pays for itself over time, often measured in decades. It also has the tendency to change the structure and makeup of society (think trains, automobiles).
I suspect that's what China is trying to do with high speed rail. Not make a profit, but to push (Han) Chinese culture and economic power throughout China and the rest of Asia.
mod parent up, Adobe needs to get with the times and provide an auto-updater, even Java provides this!
Actually Adobe does have an update demon for Creative Suite (at least on OS X). It's actually rather benign, it just sits there and gives you the number of patches it thinks you need. Doesn't beep, squeak or bounce up and down. The problem though, is as 'ol Qzukk points out a few comments above this. You end up with a half dozen little programs bothering you at random times. Do Not Want.
I'm really suspicious of the statement that improved crash technology doesn't 'work'. I'm too busy to go look up the US stats but I'm under the impression that auto fatalities ARE dropping. Part seems to be clamping down on drunk driving, part seems to be the newer vehicles. I work as an ER doc and I've seen some really trashed vehicles result in very minor injuries. I know that's anecdotal but I've seen lots of car wrecks over the years.
Now, I think the accident rates haven't changed that much and there well may be something to your assertion that people are using the new technology as a crutch, but once you've gone over the edge, crumple zones, harnesses and air bags do work to keep you out of my clutches.
It's different because you can do this hiding out in an Internet Cafe in Mongolia or Central Russia. Before we 'cyberized' things the MiG pilot would have to have the cajones to fly out of Russian airspace. The Chinese had to get sandals on the ground to bribe the locals to find the bits or they had to force a collision between the spy plane and theirs. All with attendant risks of reputation, money and people. Now, not so much.
It's not a black or white issue by any means - it's the same game. But the rules have changed. Now you don't necessarily need to be a "state supported" actor. Anybody with enough money and enough will and do it. It really does complicate things.
Exactly- if I had any downloaded songs in my library I sure as hell wouldn't let Apple and the RIAA scan it, unless they had a crystal clear indemnification. Hell I may not let them scan them with that anyway- I don't want my legal rips to get caught up in some major push that results in me being the defendant in a frivolous lawsuit.
Boy, I think I'm gonna figure out who makes the majority of tin foil in this country and buy some stock. Hats are going on right and left!
That's probably the most cogent argument against iCloud that I've heard. And you well may be correct. However, I doubt that the Standard Consumer Unit would really understand that argument or care. Anyone more technically inclined would, ahem, make a backup of the data that they were sending to some giant black box in the sky.
It's worse than that. It's reported Apple use ID3 tags to do so. Presumably I edit the ID3 tags on any MP3 and watch Apple place a legit copy in iCloud for me. Very exploitable.
And Apple doesn't give a shit because, for 99.996% of the populace your statement was pure gibberish and they wouldn't know an ID3 tag if it went up and bit them on the nose. The folks who are inclined to do this, RIAA notwithstanding, are just noise in the system. Besides they still get their cut of the $25 / year anyway.
If this actually works (Apple's track record with remote storage systems hasn't exactly been stellar), 'Ol Stevie may have found the One True Compromise in this goofy battle.
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Apparently precious few 'good' boys here.
I guess the point you're making is that it doesn't matter - we should ignore the TLDs anyway. Fine and good, but what bothers me is that ICAAN has just managed to pad it's coffers by a significant amount without really helping the Internet work better. It's really just a form of rent seeking.
"As a big brand, you ignore it at your peril," says Theo Hnarakis, chief executive of Australian domain name-registration firm Melbourne IT DBS, which advises companies and other organizations worldwide about how to do business online.
And it only costs $185,000 USD.
Funny, that.
Who is flashing their phone if they aren't computer literate. I don't know anyone that has modded their phone other than me that isn't nerdy already. Mom and Pop seem pretty safe from this.
Rooting an Android phone (or an iPhone) doesn't take a whole lot of computer savvy. Basically it's script kiddie level - 1. So, you might THINK you know a lot about computers and ROMS and whatnot, but you might not keep up on the security aspect. You might not be the most discerning of people when it comes to a 'neat' app. Further, as the malware designers get more sophisticated, it will be harder to tease out a reputable developer from some jackass trying to screw you.
There will be some 'survival of the fittest' selection here and the vast majority of users that don't root their phones won't have many problems, but there the malware authors think there is enough of a market to spend the time to hack at the platform.
4chan down again?
I bet China won't be honoring any extradition requests for "crimes" like this.
The implication here is you're better off in China? Think that one through carefully. Yes, this is a dipshit thing (at least on the face of it, perhaps he's using the website to coordinate a world wide viral pandemic ... ) but China routinely shoots people that run afoul of the law, routinely and pervasively uses political oppression and nepotism, routinely and pervasively ignores the rule of law. Not sure you picked the right country to run to.
Romans did indeed use a fiat currency system. Several Roman emperors (go look it up) cut the amount of silver in various coins over time. I'm not sure where 'large scale' starts - seems it would be relative to time and place, but Rome was a pretty big deal at one time.
Hey. Cool place (MPJA, not Amazon). More junk! Thanks.
Of course, neither you nor c6gunner seem to have any problem with the '24th Century technology' part.
I think it's called "the government lies to us all the time, so now we don't know what's true and what's not". I'll call up the APA and see if we can get it into the next revision.
In the DSM-5 (the new one), the closest I get is Unspecified Psychotic Disorder (B18). The criteria are open, which means no one has a clue how to define it. Send in your ideas today!
From Safari? Do you want ActiveX, too?
YES! And Flash! The trifecta (or perfect storm, depending on how you look at it).
Haven't we been here before?
"Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope"? "FAST"?
First of all, it's a Chinese telescope and its name is an English acronym. How fucking stupid is that? And "Five-hundred-meter"? Since when is the first letter of a NUMBER (spelled out in words) significant for the purposes of an acronym? Stupid. And "radio" apparently isn't important enough to be represented in the acronym either. Last (but not least), it isn't even fucking spherical, it's parabolic (like ANY OTHER radio telescope).
Fucking stupid on so many levels. What is this I don't even...
Wonderful. An acronym Nazi.
Much of that problem is political and contractual, not structural (meaning the transmission capability is there). BPA could be told to "lose" money and sell excess to California, but for various reasons that make sense to some, but not everyone involved in the process it's not happening (referencing the above citation). Being political, it's going to be hard to solve. We can build transmission lines, it is seemingly harder to get politicians to do anything useful these days.
That's fantastic! Hey, let's get rid of all profit-less things like fire departments and freeways too!
And while we're at it, let's get rid of those unprofitable airlines. The ones subsidized by the government (Airport support monies, FAA, etc.). It's really, really hard to figure out what the true 'cost' of transportation is. And don't even get started on externalities like pollution, carbon use, etc.
Generally, government sponsored infrastructures pays for itself over time, often measured in decades. It also has the tendency to change the structure and makeup of society (think trains, automobiles).
I suspect that's what China is trying to do with high speed rail. Not make a profit, but to push (Han) Chinese culture and economic power throughout China and the rest of Asia.
mod parent up, Adobe needs to get with the times and provide an auto-updater, even Java provides this!
Actually Adobe does have an update demon for Creative Suite (at least on OS X). It's actually rather benign, it just sits there and gives you the number of patches it thinks you need. Doesn't beep, squeak or bounce up and down. The problem though, is as 'ol Qzukk points out a few comments above this. You end up with a half dozen little programs bothering you at random times. Do Not Want.
This is what happens without unions.
Facebook?
Ha. I just Googled +circle +square +thug and boy, it's pretty pathetic....
I'm really suspicious of the statement that improved crash technology doesn't 'work'. I'm too busy to go look up the US stats but I'm under the impression that auto fatalities ARE dropping. Part seems to be clamping down on drunk driving, part seems to be the newer vehicles. I work as an ER doc and I've seen some really trashed vehicles result in very minor injuries. I know that's anecdotal but I've seen lots of car wrecks over the years.
Now, I think the accident rates haven't changed that much and there well may be something to your assertion that people are using the new technology as a crutch, but once you've gone over the edge, crumple zones, harnesses and air bags do work to keep you out of my clutches.
It's different because you can do this hiding out in an Internet Cafe in Mongolia or Central Russia. Before we 'cyberized' things the MiG pilot would have to have the cajones to fly out of Russian airspace. The Chinese had to get sandals on the ground to bribe the locals to find the bits or they had to force a collision between the spy plane and theirs. All with attendant risks of reputation, money and people. Now, not so much.
It's not a black or white issue by any means - it's the same game. But the rules have changed. Now you don't necessarily need to be a "state supported" actor. Anybody with enough money and enough will and do it. It really does complicate things.
You can't, like, get a USB hardrive for $100 and copy the files and make your own backup? You say you haven't done this yet?
Hand in your card, please.
Exactly- if I had any downloaded songs in my library I sure as hell wouldn't let Apple and the RIAA scan it, unless they had a crystal clear indemnification. Hell I may not let them scan them with that anyway- I don't want my legal rips to get caught up in some major push that results in me being the defendant in a frivolous lawsuit.
Boy, I think I'm gonna figure out who makes the majority of tin foil in this country and buy some stock. Hats are going on right and left!
That's probably the most cogent argument against iCloud that I've heard. And you well may be correct. However, I doubt that the Standard Consumer Unit would really understand that argument or care. Anyone more technically inclined would, ahem, make a backup of the data that they were sending to some giant black box in the sky.
Wouldn't they?
It's worse than that. It's reported Apple use ID3 tags to do so. Presumably I edit the ID3 tags on any MP3 and watch Apple place a legit copy in iCloud for me. Very exploitable.
And Apple doesn't give a shit because, for 99.996% of the populace your statement was pure gibberish and they wouldn't know an ID3 tag if it went up and bit them on the nose. The folks who are inclined to do this, RIAA notwithstanding, are just noise in the system. Besides they still get their cut of the $25 / year anyway.
If this actually works (Apple's track record with remote storage systems hasn't exactly been stellar), 'Ol Stevie may have found the One True Compromise in this goofy battle.
Dark Side of the Moon. Some good headphones. I'm there!