Basically they are saying: the information we have on you is nothing but crap, so please keep using our cookies, and stop questioning our privacy-intruding advertisement business-model.
In reality, they probably know much more about you than they reveal here.
Now, premium rate phone number or not, if this is how ALL people treated markteers, then there would be no more cold calling. Quite simple if you think about it.
And what adds to the bitterness is that the grand-grand children of our scientific heroes (Albert Einstein, etc) will end up being put out of work by the technology created by their grand-grand parents. In the meantime, the executives of a big advertisement company are laughing their way to the bank.
If robots can do everything, we can live in a very different kind of economy, basically proto-Star Trek.
And you think that if a big multi-billion dollar corporation owns robots, the whole of society will benefit? In what version of capitalism would that work like that?
As long as they have sufficient control over traditional media, I don't think they've lost much.
Remember, democracy is not about the opinion of the enlightened few, it is all about mind control of the masses. And the masses don't care too much about privacy. Proof: see Facebook.
However, there is still the question: is technology really improving our lives?
You might want to read this:
There is, though, one group of Americans that is imperturbably sunny: the Amish. Their depression rates are negligibly low relative to the rest of societys. Their happiness levels are consistently high. The Pennsylvania Amish, when asked how much they agree with the statement: You are satisfied with your life (using a scale of 1 to 10), turn out to be as happy as the members of the Forbes 400. The Amish, though, do without most of what we think of as modern technology. They don’t rely on the automobile, don’t need the Internet, and seem to prefer stability and permanence to the heady growth that propels innovation and the U.S. economy. The comparison is a little facile (the Amish have a lot of other characteristics that make people cheerful, including strong community ties, stable families, and religious faith). But it suggests an interesting question: is it possible that technology, instead of liberating us, is holding us back? Is technological progress merely a treadmill, and if so, would we be happier if we stepped off of it?
The vegans will note that animal byproducts are still required for this process to exist at all and still turn their noses up at it.
Put a time-lapse camera at a random forest, and the whole scene will look just as animate as a bunch of animals. This idea will explode some more heads.
Actually, when I read the headline, I was hoping this article was about programmers starting a union, to collectively fight things such as diverging programming ecosystems, software patent abuse, deliberately broken/abandoned APIs, walled API gardens, etcetera.
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The problem is, he forgot to read out the EULA before he started his speech.
Not that I want to argue against your conclusion, but the same can also be said about much of popular music.
No they're playing a different trick.
Basically they are saying: the information we have on you is nothing but crap, so please keep using our cookies, and stop questioning our privacy-intruding advertisement business-model.
In reality, they probably know much more about you than they reveal here.
Now, premium rate phone number or not, if this is how ALL people treated markteers, then there would be no more cold calling.
Quite simple if you think about it.
"I'm calling because I'm selling this great new product that can save you time and money."
"Now that sounds very interesting! Could you hang on for a moment, I'll be back in a minute."
** leaves phone off hook **
Privitives -> primitives
Python and javascript are syntactically much more difficult to master than assembly language.
Plus, there are way more privitives to learn...
And what adds to the bitterness is that the grand-grand children of our scientific heroes (Albert Einstein, etc) will end up being put out of work by the technology created by their grand-grand parents. In the meantime, the executives of a big advertisement company are laughing their way to the bank.
If robots can do everything, we can live in a very different kind of economy, basically proto-Star Trek.
And you think that if a big multi-billion dollar corporation owns robots, the whole of society will benefit?
In what version of capitalism would that work like that?
Also, I don't want any self-driving car.
A self-cooking stove is what I'm looking for!
(No, it's not called a microwave)
The government lost the information war.
As long as they have sufficient control over traditional media, I don't think they've lost much.
Remember, democracy is not about the opinion of the enlightened few, it is all about mind control of the masses.
And the masses don't care too much about privacy. Proof: see Facebook.
Perhaps you can start a counter-lobbying kickstarter project :)
Or start your own counter-lobbying initiative.
However, there is still the question: is technology really improving our lives?
You might want to read this:
There is, though, one group of Americans that is imperturbably sunny: the Amish. Their depression rates are negligibly low relative to the rest of societys. Their happiness levels are consistently high. The Pennsylvania Amish, when asked how much they agree with the statement: You are satisfied with your life (using a scale of 1 to 10), turn out to be as happy as the members of the Forbes 400. The Amish, though, do without most of what we think of as modern technology. They don’t rely on the automobile, don’t need the Internet, and seem to prefer stability and permanence to the heady growth that propels innovation and the U.S. economy. The comparison is a little facile (the Amish have a lot of other characteristics that make people cheerful, including strong community ties, stable families, and religious faith). But it suggests an interesting question: is it possible that technology, instead of liberating us, is holding us back? Is technological progress merely a treadmill, and if so, would we be happier if we stepped off of it?
Taken from: http://www.technologyreview.com/review/403558/technology-and-happiness/
the NSA had already solved the discrete logarithm problem...
[...] elliptic curve cryptography, something the NSA has said is best practice for years.
...or cracked elliptic curve cryptography.
Spot on. Much of the research is open too. Have a look at http://research.microsoft.com/
Then point me the equivalent of Apple.
Apple became the next Microsoft the moment my mom bought an iPhone.
Bittorrent clients should have built-in Tor capabilities. Perhaps it should even be default.
Only mechanisms that are not used by the majority of the population may have a chance of success.
This also holds for steganography.
And that means we're stuck at security through obscurity.
The vegans will note that animal byproducts are still required for this process to exist at all and still turn their noses up at it.
Put a time-lapse camera at a random forest, and the whole scene will look just as animate as a bunch of animals.
This idea will explode some more heads.
Or multiple low-resolution photos.
This generous benefactor could be the government, you know.
The attack works on all of the major browsers and researchers say there's no simple fix to prevent it.
This may mean that the web will finally be properly redesigned from scratch, using modern insights!
It's about time!
I, for one, am looking forward to running webpages in near-native-speed virtual-machine sandboxes!
This is exactly the reason we should switch to something like Native Client.
I just hope other vendors catch on, and this becomes a standard.
Did the first iPhone or iPad do anything better than existing solutions?
You don't get the point because you are not a sheep.
Actually, when I read the headline, I was hoping this article was about programmers starting a union, to collectively fight things such as diverging programming ecosystems, software patent abuse, deliberately broken/abandoned APIs, walled API gardens, etcetera.