Windows 95 is a consumer desktop OS? Does the author means that the control software for the satellites runs on Win 95?
I'd imagine that the satellites themselves would use a real-time or server OS i.e. QNX, NT, or a Unixoid OS. Running a desktop OS on hardware with no direct display would be stupid, and satellite engineers aren't likely to be stupid.
He'll likely be out in less than a year -- their justice system tends to be more "just" than the US's. Good, the people he hacked couldn't be a nicer bunch of "people."
using the ATM tracks my location once a week or so, not hourly or daily. using cash is remarkably common in a city (thankfully) with quite a few illegal immigrants and a lot of cash only/credit minimum businesses. using cash makes me seem blue collar, doesn't stick out at all.
Every bit of push back against oppressive technology makes it just a bit harder to build the infrastructure for surveillance. Doing my part.
It's not only a question of government surveillance. It's a question of employers, spouses, etc, etc, etc knowing where employees and spouses are at a given time. There needs to be a safety valve. An ability to white-lie, to go to an interview while calling in sick, to meet with your less couth friends at a seedy dive bar while being "at work."
People shouldn't be forced to be pious and perfect by technology -- it's against human nature. Everyone is entitled to their secrets and privacy.
Until states put a similar mandate in place. Besides, many people WANT insurance -- better than begging for expensive treatment on GoFundMe and hoping people like you enough to pay for you not to croak.
Because having "disconnected" time to think and enjoy the world is fun. I don't WANT to be reachable 24/7/365 -- I need alone time away from technology and other people.
I really don't care either way about the line. I'll wait an extra 15 seconds to keep my privacy. If other people can't, they need to chill and toke a J.
Smartphone app? Restaurant? I don't go to the kind of restaurants that are likely to have an app (national chains).
For me, it's a lot more painful to pull out cash than sign a check. As it should me. Spending money should hurt.
Don't know -- a lot of millennials came of age during the credit/foreclosure bust of 2007-2010. Might have been a hard lesson to see their parents lose their home due to credit over-extension.
For offline purchases, cash is great. Unless you're completely innumerate (unlikely in the Slashdot crowd), correct change is easy to verify. You can even pay them in a way that allows change in whole dollars or at least quarters.
Once the transaction is done, it's done. No entering tip amounts incorrectly by on-purpose accident, so you get billed $20 more on your credit card statement than you intended to pay at the restaurant.
You also know exactly how much you're spending -- the physical indicator of spending is nice, and spending money hurts a bit. As it should.
Card is also bad in a bar (for customers) because they'll often take it and start a tab. Meaning that "friends'" drinks sometimes end up added to said bar tab. Cash is better since you can control the amount of the tab as it increases -- I'm scroogey that way.
Could you have a machine that captures a photo of the card or the magstripe data and phones/Internets it back to the company when the connection goes back up? Basically a modern equivalent of the old ka-chunkers.
Not really. I can go out today without carrying a cell phone and pay cash for virtually anything. My movements outside my home may be filmed, but in the absence of a crime, won't be correlated with an identity. On the other hand, if cash goes away, there will be a hard record that John Q. Smith of 125 Main St. bought lunch at this location, bought gas there, had a drink here after work, buys alcohol 5x per week, frequented this marijuana dispensary, etc. A boon for divorce lawyers, if nothing else.
Where one lives is a matter of public record (property ownership record). Where one goes outside their home or travels to is not, but it will be if cash is done away with.
As far as a cell phone, I often don't carry mine when I leave the house, or leave it turned off/in airplane mode.
And yes, there are people (mainly illegal immigrants) that pay rent, get paid, basically do everything in cash. I'm thankful to them for maintaining the cash economy in the US, thus maintaining some small sliver of anonymity and privacy for the rest of us.
This is not far-fetched in the US at all.
See also, widespread blackouts and telecomm outages in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy. 2003 Northeast blackout. And that's just one decade, in one part of the country.
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Windows 95 is a consumer desktop OS? Does the author means that the control software for the satellites runs on Win 95?
I'd imagine that the satellites themselves would use a real-time or server OS i.e. QNX, NT, or a Unixoid OS. Running a desktop OS on hardware with no direct display would be stupid, and satellite engineers aren't likely to be stupid.
can't they be both? spoiled child and afraid of US invasion...
He'll likely be out in less than a year -- their justice system tends to be more "just" than the US's. Good, the people he hacked couldn't be a nicer bunch of "people."
using the ATM tracks my location once a week or so, not hourly or daily. using cash is remarkably common in a city (thankfully) with quite a few illegal immigrants and a lot of cash only/credit minimum businesses. using cash makes me seem blue collar, doesn't stick out at all.
Every bit of push back against oppressive technology makes it just a bit harder to build the infrastructure for surveillance. Doing my part.
It's not only a question of government surveillance. It's a question of employers, spouses, etc, etc, etc knowing where employees and spouses are at a given time. There needs to be a safety valve. An ability to white-lie, to go to an interview while calling in sick, to meet with your less couth friends at a seedy dive bar while being "at work."
People shouldn't be forced to be pious and perfect by technology -- it's against human nature. Everyone is entitled to their secrets and privacy.
Until states put a similar mandate in place. Besides, many people WANT insurance -- better than begging for expensive treatment on GoFundMe and hoping people like you enough to pay for you not to croak.
Translation: I'm too Kentishly lazy to be arsed to deal with change, and screw the small merchants/traders.
Because having "disconnected" time to think and enjoy the world is fun. I don't WANT to be reachable 24/7/365 -- I need alone time away from technology and other people.
Not in a city where 10-20% of the residents are illegal immigrants or otherwise unbanked. I fit right in.
I really don't care either way about the line. I'll wait an extra 15 seconds to keep my privacy. If other people can't, they need to chill and toke a J.
Smartphone app? Restaurant? I don't go to the kind of restaurants that are likely to have an app (national chains).
For me, it's a lot more painful to pull out cash than sign a check. As it should me. Spending money should hurt.
Pretty much. It's often in flight mode or sitting at home unless I feel like checking messages.
Depends what's going on with the card -- it could be "maxed out" due to fraud or other issues.
Don't know -- a lot of millennials came of age during the credit/foreclosure bust of 2007-2010. Might have been a hard lesson to see their parents lose their home due to credit over-extension.
For offline purchases, cash is great. Unless you're completely innumerate (unlikely in the Slashdot crowd), correct change is easy to verify. You can even pay them in a way that allows change in whole dollars or at least quarters.
Once the transaction is done, it's done. No entering tip amounts incorrectly by on-purpose accident, so you get billed $20 more on your credit card statement than you intended to pay at the restaurant.
You also know exactly how much you're spending -- the physical indicator of spending is nice, and spending money hurts a bit. As it should.
There are cash-counting machines, no one really counts it by hand.
Also, what's the big deal about carrying a few $20s for places that refuse fake money?
Card is also bad in a bar (for customers) because they'll often take it and start a tab. Meaning that "friends'" drinks sometimes end up added to said bar tab. Cash is better since you can control the amount of the tab as it increases -- I'm scroogey that way.
Of course, you can tip exactly 10% on a card, then slip the waiter/ress another 8-10% as cash so they can pocket it.
ACA? Sure, it stands for now, but GOP is doing its level best to shoot it down.
My choice to set up or delete the account. It's not required to live, unlike food or groceries.
Plenty of people are concerned about the long-term effects of a cashless society... Even the Swedes are getting "red pilled" about the issue.
Could you have a machine that captures a photo of the card or the magstripe data and phones/Internets it back to the company when the connection goes back up? Basically a modern equivalent of the old ka-chunkers.
Not really. I can go out today without carrying a cell phone and pay cash for virtually anything. My movements outside my home may be filmed, but in the absence of a crime, won't be correlated with an identity. On the other hand, if cash goes away, there will be a hard record that John Q. Smith of 125 Main St. bought lunch at this location, bought gas there, had a drink here after work, buys alcohol 5x per week, frequented this marijuana dispensary, etc. A boon for divorce lawyers, if nothing else.
Where one lives is a matter of public record (property ownership record). Where one goes outside their home or travels to is not, but it will be if cash is done away with.
As far as a cell phone, I often don't carry mine when I leave the house, or leave it turned off/in airplane mode.
And yes, there are people (mainly illegal immigrants) that pay rent, get paid, basically do everything in cash. I'm thankful to them for maintaining the cash economy in the US, thus maintaining some small sliver of anonymity and privacy for the rest of us.
Exactly why I applaud MA and Chicago for making poor and/or privacy-conscious people's lives slightly easier. Kudos!
This is not far-fetched in the US at all. See also, widespread blackouts and telecomm outages in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy. 2003 Northeast blackout. And that's just one decade, in one part of the country.