Oh no, he knows why we're outraged. He's just not going to do a fucking single thing about it aside from promising unicorns and rainbows, which is what this speech was. He basically said they do none of the things that we've already seen evidence of them doing, and that we're okay because transparency and self regulation.
That aside, citizens aren't outraged enough to speak up/take action, so yeah - we keep sailing down shit creek.
Ron Paul's not going to fix this shit without breaking a bunch of ridiculous shit. If he wasn't so fucking crazy aside from a couple policies he might be worth considering.
He's like a broken VCR: he's still right twice a day, but nevermind the rest of the time.
The problem is the lack of separation between the two issues - separating manufacturers was an issue of the past, and is not an issue so much anymore. So this is more like trying to bring up old discrimination bills on old rationale - it's out of date.
I'd happily pay manufacturer price for a new car over a dealer this day for every single brand that exists.
As long as people acknowledge evolution exists, that's a plus to me. I've grown tired of this ridiculous denial of evolution occurring from fundamentalists/creationists.
Just find a TV that does 240P, or 480P, or any bunch of bullshit refresh rates that are hilarious and apparently impress the average consumer.
Do you think people actually pay attention to the frame doubling any more or less than 30hz? Buying the Seiki is not at all unlike buying a top of the line graphics card for a 1680x1050 display. It's not useless, it's just not a great idea.
I agree about the limitations - but to buy a 4K TV for the "wow 4K TV!" factor and yet miss including information on the HDMI 1.4 limitations which are not going to be fixed? I disagree with encouraging people to buy such things without showing that it's not as perfect as it sounds.
Nope, 30hz across the board. It's honestly not surprising - huge jump in resolution/higher performance graphics card required. It's just that Seiki is jumping early to try to be the "first", and it seems to be working - while all sorts of people are not realizing how much they're giving up in this case. My thing is actual computer parts trying to be an early adopter, but a TV it seems hilariously senseless.
I don't think you can reasonably hold people accountable for zero days, especially when the government is encouraging them to be so plentiful. So I agree, it needs more specificity and more definitions - but that doesn't make this simply impossible if technical people are involved.
Given the government involved though, I would say it's impossible for *them* to understand, yes.
It's also a crap tv, but hey who are we to disagree?
This is like saying that a visio 67" 720p screen exists. It doesn't mean people with common sense should just give up their money and absolve all logic. In the non-TLDR form: it's a 30 hz (read: 1/2 of the supposed maximum for the human eye which has been debunked) 4K display. Even the worst of TV's can handle a proper 60hz at all resolutions.
Hell, many graphics cards can output 4k at 30 fps. 60 is a different story.
Checklist of known vulnerabilities -> if your server is suspected of sending huge volumes of spam and fails -> fines after a 2nd or 3rd notice of these failures. It establishes a baseline of "don't be a fuckup with managing your servers".
What you're getting in those cases is not a "deal". It's the equivalent of a discount to clear out inventory. That's not a deal as much as a concession by the dealership. It's caused by the dealership having *raised* the prices in the first place, to then lower some of their marked up pricing.
If you want to pay the closer to real price (as a Tesla does), try paying invoice minus dealer holdback - all incentives. Then you're still about 10-20% off the real cost on every vehicle sold by a dealership worldwide.
There's a difference, starting with your flawed analogy. People make tanks for warfare, but they don't make military drones for peace. So that's about as off topic as it gets.
Beyond that, I wouldn't say for even a second that a few drones couldn't accomplish what a small nuke can, considering the weaponry they put on them. It's not like they give it a pea shooter. I guess it depends on how subjective you are, but a nuke is single use. Drones are not.
"even a small nuke can do a hell of a lot more damage in one go than even 1,000 drones can accomplish"
No.
Never was, never is, and never will be true, ever. There are a lot of potential variables in how a drone can be weaponized that never guarantee that drones can't be equipped with, say, nuclear weapons for example.
From a "land" perspective adapted to fit "the internet" we are 100% free. Nothing ties you to being on slashdot if you disagree with people - go to another website.
I disagree entirely - life is not like a prison, because you get to choose directly what populations you interact with on the internet. That is to say "baddies", or "idiots" or whatever? You have the freedom to choose your engagements.
If you happen to see it as a prison, that is your choice. I see it as an infinite fountain of wisdom with some garbage to sift through in order to find said wisdom. However, considering that you only have to sift once and can sip infinitely, I would completely disagree with your entire concept.
Agreed. True privacy and/or surveillance needs to start at the top, not at the bottom.
All of these exclusions for politicians in all sorts of surveillance and laws just helps them not have to understand even slightly how this actually affects them.
There is nothing ethical, this is just called the "we can't get you to pay for the game upfront anymore, so the money is now made on the back." Aka: a lot more money.
So now, instead of being forced to pay up front, you're being "encouraged" to pay from the back, constantly.
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No, citizens are not 100% powerless. They do have to speak up enough to stop things.
Oh no, he knows why we're outraged. He's just not going to do a fucking single thing about it aside from promising unicorns and rainbows, which is what this speech was. He basically said they do none of the things that we've already seen evidence of them doing, and that we're okay because transparency and self regulation.
That aside, citizens aren't outraged enough to speak up/take action, so yeah - we keep sailing down shit creek.
Ron Paul's not going to fix this shit without breaking a bunch of ridiculous shit. If he wasn't so fucking crazy aside from a couple policies he might be worth considering.
He's like a broken VCR: he's still right twice a day, but nevermind the rest of the time.
At the fault of no other than the RIAA.
Gotta love the irony: their desire for control/restriction of use is dying out their very method of profit/industry itself.
The problem is the lack of separation between the two issues - separating manufacturers was an issue of the past, and is not an issue so much anymore. So this is more like trying to bring up old discrimination bills on old rationale - it's out of date.
I'd happily pay manufacturer price for a new car over a dealer this day for every single brand that exists.
As long as people acknowledge evolution exists, that's a plus to me. I've grown tired of this ridiculous denial of evolution occurring from fundamentalists/creationists.
This is actually what google wallet/coin would be capable of if it didn't identify you. I hope it happens someday.
Uh, why would they even be responsible?
As they would easily laugh this out of court, google is also not someone you mess with legally.
Just find a TV that does 240P, or 480P, or any bunch of bullshit refresh rates that are hilarious and apparently impress the average consumer.
Do you think people actually pay attention to the frame doubling any more or less than 30hz? Buying the Seiki is not at all unlike buying a top of the line graphics card for a 1680x1050 display. It's not useless, it's just not a great idea.
I agree about the limitations - but to buy a 4K TV for the "wow 4K TV!" factor and yet miss including information on the HDMI 1.4 limitations which are not going to be fixed? I disagree with encouraging people to buy such things without showing that it's not as perfect as it sounds.
It's not at all rare to see 120hz at 1080p. You can buy TV's that do that which are twice the size for the same price. So that's not really "rare". We're talking $400 60" tv's here, if black friday is a legitimate comparison. Here's a non black friday deal for military for a $400 40" that does better than the seiki, for example: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KDL-40R450A-40-Inch-1080p-Black/dp/B00AWKBZQQ or http://slickdeals.net/f/6506806-sams-club-50-tcl-led-1080p-120hz-hdtv-389-fs .
120hz at 1080p was rare in 2009.
Nope, 30hz across the board. It's honestly not surprising - huge jump in resolution/higher performance graphics card required. It's just that Seiki is jumping early to try to be the "first", and it seems to be working - while all sorts of people are not realizing how much they're giving up in this case. My thing is actual computer parts trying to be an early adopter, but a TV it seems hilariously senseless.
It's absolutely noticeable all the time, and the hilarious part is buying in at 30hz means they can again sell you 120hz as a feature.
This is textbook maneuver by tv companies - disable something from last generation, sell it for a premium next generation, to keep prices high.
I don't think you can reasonably hold people accountable for zero days, especially when the government is encouraging them to be so plentiful. So I agree, it needs more specificity and more definitions - but that doesn't make this simply impossible if technical people are involved.
Given the government involved though, I would say it's impossible for *them* to understand, yes.
It's also a crap tv, but hey who are we to disagree?
This is like saying that a visio 67" 720p screen exists. It doesn't mean people with common sense should just give up their money and absolve all logic. In the non-TLDR form: it's a 30 hz (read: 1/2 of the supposed maximum for the human eye which has been debunked) 4K display. Even the worst of TV's can handle a proper 60hz at all resolutions.
Hell, many graphics cards can output 4k at 30 fps. 60 is a different story.
That depends on how much you're letting spamhaus validate actual positives. It has to go both ways.
I disagree 100% - It's not hard at all.
Checklist of known vulnerabilities -> if your server is suspected of sending huge volumes of spam and fails -> fines after a 2nd or 3rd notice of these failures. It establishes a baseline of "don't be a fuckup with managing your servers".
Nah, that's productivity levels. Wouldn't it more likely be McDonalds?
What you're getting in those cases is not a "deal". It's the equivalent of a discount to clear out inventory. That's not a deal as much as a concession by the dealership. It's caused by the dealership having *raised* the prices in the first place, to then lower some of their marked up pricing.
If you want to pay the closer to real price (as a Tesla does), try paying invoice minus dealer holdback - all incentives. Then you're still about 10-20% off the real cost on every vehicle sold by a dealership worldwide.
I wouldn't go seeking SUV sized EV's, that's a difficult proposition. It may happen someday but it won't be priority or anywhere near as efficient.
There's a difference, starting with your flawed analogy. People make tanks for warfare, but they don't make military drones for peace. So that's about as off topic as it gets.
Beyond that, I wouldn't say for even a second that a few drones couldn't accomplish what a small nuke can, considering the weaponry they put on them. It's not like they give it a pea shooter. I guess it depends on how subjective you are, but a nuke is single use. Drones are not.
"even a small nuke can do a hell of a lot more damage in one go than even 1,000 drones can accomplish"
No.
Never was, never is, and never will be true, ever. There are a lot of potential variables in how a drone can be weaponized that never guarantee that drones can't be equipped with, say, nuclear weapons for example.
From a "land" perspective adapted to fit "the internet" we are 100% free. Nothing ties you to being on slashdot if you disagree with people - go to another website.
I disagree entirely - life is not like a prison, because you get to choose directly what populations you interact with on the internet. That is to say "baddies", or "idiots" or whatever? You have the freedom to choose your engagements.
If you happen to see it as a prison, that is your choice. I see it as an infinite fountain of wisdom with some garbage to sift through in order to find said wisdom. However, considering that you only have to sift once and can sip infinitely, I would completely disagree with your entire concept.
Agreed. True privacy and/or surveillance needs to start at the top, not at the bottom.
All of these exclusions for politicians in all sorts of surveillance and laws just helps them not have to understand even slightly how this actually affects them.
There is nothing ethical, this is just called the "we can't get you to pay for the game upfront anymore, so the money is now made on the back." Aka: a lot more money.
So now, instead of being forced to pay up front, you're being "encouraged" to pay from the back, constantly.