By curious coincidence, I just finished reading Douglas Merrill's book Getting Organized in the Google Era, in which he goes on at considerable length about the wonders of Gmail for personal organization and the virtues of cloud computing, generally. I don't, however, remember him mentioning a thing about backups. I'd love to hear what he has to say about this mistake.
Thanks to a new type of X-ray scanner unveiled in Australia, annoyed TSA agents won't have to send you to a hospital for a body cavity scan, they can do it in-house.
TFA is written in Australia and is about Australia. The Transportation Security Administration is a division of the USA government. (Or did we annex Australia and not tell anyone?)
Um, the statement this article refers to was only made this morning on the radio program.
He's been wary of the NSA before, in particular Google and the NSA "in bed", and is that a bad thing? It's the very thing the EFF has been screaming about for a while now.
Either way, your timing is badly off.
Hmm. I thought the date on TFA said Feb. 14th. It still says that at this writing, but I'll concede that the NSA may have rigged it so that the wrong date is on the web site. I didn't actually watch the video because I was already farting around too much while at work.
FWIW, the paranoid component of my personality is very cognizant of the possibility that government agencies have their tentacles firmly entwined into the search engines and social media. Glen[n?] Beck, however, is not a trustworthy messenger in my book.
Thanks for posting the link to the ruling. I read about this case this morning, and my first reaction was incredulity at the stupidity of prohibiting any kind of authentication of a credit card transaction. A closer reading, and the actual ruling, tell me that what this was about was not authentication but the retailer's misuse of authentication information needed for the transaction
It's one thing if when a vendor wishes to verify that I know the billing ZIP code of the credit card I am presenting for payment, because it might not be my card. It's another thing, though, when that information is stored and used for other purposes. It's kind of like going for a test drive in a car and presenting my driver's license to assure the dealer that I know how to drive a car, and then having a credit check run so they can figure out how much money I might be good for.
The first guy I knew who had a GPS told me, "This thing can make you absolutely fearless." The dangers seemed pretty minimal in the Northern Virginia suburbs, but it's clear that one must respect the environment, as some places can be deadly. Thanks for posting a sobering article.
At first, I thought the whole idea was just too weird. But then I thought about how kids interact with each other in Facebook chat rooms, and I'd say that it probably feels pretty natural both to Lyndon Baty and his classmates.
I agree. Lawyers are like personal demons. They will do what they are hired to do. This is why there are so many jokes that insult the integrity of lawyers.
The second linked article offers a kit that includes the pentalobular driver and a replacement Philips screw. I think the last thing a person would want to do is replace the factory-supplied screw with something different. That's a red flag in any warranty issue.
I've successfully logged into Facebook using https://.../ and requested pages like that, but invariably, I am redirected back to the plaintext URL. I guess I could be truly paranoid and say it's the US gov't doing this, but I don't think so.
Facebook allows way too much communication and freedom. Both are dangerous to their regime.
I believe the Chinese government would love Facebook: all those people offering up the intimate details of their lives and identifying who their friends and family are, complete with photographs! If I were the Chinese gov't, I'd simply demand Facebook give me access to all of the user data. Malcontents could quickly and easily be dealt with.
I just began driving a small SUV with a back-up camera, and I'm finding it to be something between a nuisance and a distraction. It only shows the first few feet behind the car, not the area where I want to go. Since it's a television screen on the left side of the rear-view mirror and I'm a middle-aged guy who wears progressive lenses, I have to tip my head way up to see it, so I usually don't. I expect it to be useful for backing up to my camping trailer when I don't have a helper, but there's no way I'd trust it around small kids or pets. Maybe it'll be useful in urban parallel parking.
I'm not sure whether the additional cost is worth the added safety that it's supposed to provide. It'll probably end up being like the tire pressure sensors that were mandated because Ford screwed up in designing the Explorer.
The bulletin linked to by TFA contains one whopper: "...it may not have been very difficult for the very elderly looking impostor to present himself as a 55-year-old man." I'd say the disguise looks about 70-80, myself.
In my experience, laptops cut down on the chances of sex happening altogether, so sperm count is irrelevant. (A "laptops shut after 8:00" rule is a good idea, especially for middle-aged couples.)
That was interesting, but I think the map of how the US would divide is a bit messed up. Colorado will go with Californica, and there is no way that South Carolina is going to join the Northeast. (Heck, I even have my doubts about Virginia!)
FWIW, the more I hear about flying, the less I want to do it. I can fit all my toys into or onto my car, and if it's farther away than a two-day drive, I can probably get along without going there. Maybe I'll eventually move to Europe, just for variety.
Not voting for anyone is tacit acceptance of all of the candidates, since one of them will win the election. It's also subjecting yourself to governance by the likes of me. As my new-found slave, you may come over and cut my grass this afternoon.
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By curious coincidence, I just finished reading Douglas Merrill's book Getting Organized in the Google Era, in which he goes on at considerable length about the wonders of Gmail for personal organization and the virtues of cloud computing, generally. I don't, however, remember him mentioning a thing about backups. I'd love to hear what he has to say about this mistake.
Thanks to a new type of X-ray scanner unveiled in Australia, annoyed TSA agents won't have to send you to a hospital for a body cavity scan, they can do it in-house.
TFA is written in Australia and is about Australia. The Transportation Security Administration is a division of the USA government. (Or did we annex Australia and not tell anyone?)
Um, the statement this article refers to was only made this morning on the radio program.
He's been wary of the NSA before, in particular Google and the NSA "in bed", and is that a bad thing? It's the very thing the EFF has been screaming about for a while now.
Either way, your timing is badly off.
Hmm. I thought the date on TFA said Feb. 14th. It still says that at this writing, but I'll concede that the NSA may have rigged it so that the wrong date is on the web site. I didn't actually watch the video because I was already farting around too much while at work.
FWIW, the paranoid component of my personality is very cognizant of the possibility that government agencies have their tentacles firmly entwined into the search engines and social media. Glen[n?] Beck, however, is not a trustworthy messenger in my book.
Yep, that strategy really worked well. GOOG gained three dollars yesterday.
Glenn Beck should be deeply thankful for social networks. If it weren't for Facebook, I still might not know who he is.
Thanks for posting the link to the ruling. I read about this case this morning, and my first reaction was incredulity at the stupidity of prohibiting any kind of authentication of a credit card transaction. A closer reading, and the actual ruling, tell me that what this was about was not authentication but the retailer's misuse of authentication information needed for the transaction
It's one thing if when a vendor wishes to verify that I know the billing ZIP code of the credit card I am presenting for payment, because it might not be my card. It's another thing, though, when that information is stored and used for other purposes. It's kind of like going for a test drive in a car and presenting my driver's license to assure the dealer that I know how to drive a car, and then having a credit check run so they can figure out how much money I might be good for.
Why the heck would a table need any energy at all?
The first guy I knew who had a GPS told me, "This thing can make you absolutely fearless." The dangers seemed pretty minimal in the Northern Virginia suburbs, but it's clear that one must respect the environment, as some places can be deadly. Thanks for posting a sobering article.
At first, I thought the whole idea was just too weird. But then I thought about how kids interact with each other in Facebook chat rooms, and I'd say that it probably feels pretty natural both to Lyndon Baty and his classmates.
Make a note not to include this technology in combat or law enforcement vehicles.
I agree. Lawyers are like personal demons. They will do what they are hired to do. This is why there are so many jokes that insult the integrity of lawyers.
The second linked article offers a kit that includes the pentalobular driver and a replacement Philips screw. I think the last thing a person would want to do is replace the factory-supplied screw with something different. That's a red flag in any warranty issue.
I've successfully logged into Facebook using https://.../ and requested pages like that, but invariably, I am redirected back to the plaintext URL. I guess I could be truly paranoid and say it's the US gov't doing this, but I don't think so.
I'd mod you +1 Insightful if I could.
Facebook allows way too much communication and freedom. Both are dangerous to their regime.
I believe the Chinese government would love Facebook: all those people offering up the intimate details of their lives and identifying who their friends and family are, complete with photographs! If I were the Chinese gov't, I'd simply demand Facebook give me access to all of the user data. Malcontents could quickly and easily be dealt with.
I just began driving a small SUV with a back-up camera, and I'm finding it to be something between a nuisance and a distraction. It only shows the first few feet behind the car, not the area where I want to go. Since it's a television screen on the left side of the rear-view mirror and I'm a middle-aged guy who wears progressive lenses, I have to tip my head way up to see it, so I usually don't. I expect it to be useful for backing up to my camping trailer when I don't have a helper, but there's no way I'd trust it around small kids or pets. Maybe it'll be useful in urban parallel parking.
I'm not sure whether the additional cost is worth the added safety that it's supposed to provide. It'll probably end up being like the tire pressure sensors that were mandated because Ford screwed up in designing the Explorer.
Here's TFA: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/130549-next-step-for-body-scanners-could-be-trains-boats-and-the-metro-
The big surprise to me is that TSA hasn't yet banned pencils.
I'm a little surprised they didn't have the Army Corps of Engineers dig a canal from Utah to the Missouri River.
Uh oh. Isn't this going to start some kind of flame war over the seven-day genesis being the only creation?
Does it think we are tasty? And are our immune systems up to fending it off?
The bulletin linked to by TFA contains one whopper: "...it may not have been very difficult for the very elderly looking impostor to present himself as a 55-year-old man." I'd say the disguise looks about 70-80, myself.
In my experience, laptops cut down on the chances of sex happening altogether, so sperm count is irrelevant. (A "laptops shut after 8:00" rule is a good idea, especially for middle-aged couples.)
That was interesting, but I think the map of how the US would divide is a bit messed up. Colorado will go with Californica, and there is no way that South Carolina is going to join the Northeast. (Heck, I even have my doubts about Virginia!)
FWIW, the more I hear about flying, the less I want to do it. I can fit all my toys into or onto my car, and if it's farther away than a two-day drive, I can probably get along without going there. Maybe I'll eventually move to Europe, just for variety.
Not voting for anyone is tacit acceptance of all of the candidates, since one of them will win the election. It's also subjecting yourself to governance by the likes of me. As my new-found slave, you may come over and cut my grass this afternoon.