SARBOX makes executives personally responsible for the accuracy of the financial data they put out. This has made them get serious about the source of that financial data within their own company. Maybe a bill like this would help with privacy the same way.
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. I also have a system that uses SMS text to send alert notifications to volunteer firefighters. If a carrier decides to block what I send, there is literally no point of contact to resolve the issue.
There is a cable provider and there is a dsl provider. No fiber is available. There are 5G wireless providers starting to penetrate the area, but where I am there is as yet no line of sight. LTE wireless is spotty right where I am. I've been paying as much for a slow DSL line as backup to the cable for my business needs and I need it so rarely that I'm ready to finally pull it. My need for backup for those rare times is finally lower, and LTE coverage is at least sufficient to meet that occasional need. HOWEVER: Until recently I would definitely have considered my area one of those where Fiber was deliberately delayed due to lack of competition.
My state did try to force Verizon to put fiber to every home. They said they won't permit any fiber with a commitment to doing the whole state in a certain time frame. Verizon promptly sold their telephony business in my state to a smaller provider and left. Now we have crappy land line service and still no fiber.
<quote><p>This is Emirates Airlines we're talking about. The people who charge $15,000 a ticket and give you a bed seat and an in-flight shower.</p></quote>
<p>I'm glad Delta doesn't have in flight showers. I'm sure I'd be crammed next to some jackass taking a shower and there's no way I'm not getting sprayed in those cramped quarters.</p></quote>
If American Airlines had showers, they'd be a kitchen sink sprayer and a paper napkin, and you'd have to stay seat-belted in next to the others in your row while you used it. To turn it on, you'd have to first watch a five minute sales pitch for their credit card.
Right. I don't understand how gene editing works. I do understand how programming works, though. And I understand what happens when some jackass who doesn't understand about programming starts cutting and pasting code around and finds that he's occasionally somewhat successful at getting something to do sort of what he wants it to.
I completely agree. I just can't get all that outraged when I know I'm the product, that someone wants to make money from it. It's good that its been found and the information published. Frankly, their "explanation" (read: excuse) doesn't ring true to me at all.
I agree. It's a legitimate beef. The outrage is useful, but I also believe that we as consumers of the product should not expect that it will always be created without our best interest in mind.
...except it wasn't mouse sperm to start with. It turns out that ANY sperm stored in space produces healthy baby mice no matter what animal it was to start with. It's really a puzzle for scientists and a disappointment for astronauts.
You've just declared yourself a giant asshole by turning yet another thread into a venue to show off your ill informed parroting of inaccurate political slander against a person who is no longer a relevant candidate.
Many of the vulnerable systems are embedded computing systems or systems that the vendors have to update and those updates become unavailable. It's a problem hospital security people are constantly battling. Hospitals purchase the equipment based on it's ability to do a job medically, and getting security to be a critical part of that assessment is a long hard fight.
People in hospitals did not get care due to this. There was at least one critical stroke response unit that had shut down complete. Medical equipment also relies on computers, some of which were vulnerable. You want to blame the "victims" for un-patched systems? Sure, all systems should be up to date, but that's a bit like blaming the victim of a stray bullet from a gun fight for not wearing combat armor when he went out for a sandwich that day.
One of the problems is, I believe, a law in New Jersey that says once they are available they are mandatory. Instead of resulting in a rush to make them, this has so far been a reason to absolutely not make them.
Ecuador has been walking a line for some time providing refuge. Assange has made clear at this point both in statements and in actions, that when it comes to this election he has a very strong bias. Ecuador does not want to be seen taking steps to interfere in a US election. By providing the platform and venue for Assange to do what he's doing, as it becomes increasingly clear that he's not providing unbiased data release but rather acting as a proxy for Russian propaganda product, that's exactly the position they're in. By cutting off his access, they're preventing him using their protection to interfere in the US election.
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SARBOX makes executives personally responsible for the accuracy of the financial data they put out. This has made them get serious about the source of that financial data within their own company. Maybe a bill like this would help with privacy the same way.
You should ask for your money back.
Feel better?
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. I also have a system that uses SMS text to send alert notifications to volunteer firefighters. If a carrier decides to block what I send, there is literally no point of contact to resolve the issue.
I really don't want to spend the money on a new firewall just to support web browsing.
FUSION: It's the energy of the future, now and forever!
They need to build it with carbon nanotubes to get me excited.
There is a cable provider and there is a dsl provider. No fiber is available. There are 5G wireless providers starting to penetrate the area, but where I am there is as yet no line of sight. LTE wireless is spotty right where I am. I've been paying as much for a slow DSL line as backup to the cable for my business needs and I need it so rarely that I'm ready to finally pull it. My need for backup for those rare times is finally lower, and LTE coverage is at least sufficient to meet that occasional need. HOWEVER: Until recently I would definitely have considered my area one of those where Fiber was deliberately delayed due to lack of competition.
My state did try to force Verizon to put fiber to every home. They said they won't permit any fiber with a commitment to doing the whole state in a certain time frame. Verizon promptly sold their telephony business in my state to a smaller provider and left. Now we have crappy land line service and still no fiber.
<quote><p>This is Emirates Airlines we're talking about. The people who charge $15,000 a ticket and give you a bed seat and an in-flight shower.</p></quote>
<p>I'm glad Delta doesn't have in flight showers. I'm sure I'd be crammed next to some jackass taking a shower and there's no way I'm not getting sprayed in those cramped quarters.</p></quote>
If American Airlines had showers, they'd be a kitchen sink sprayer and a paper napkin, and you'd have to stay seat-belted in next to the others in your row while you used it. To turn it on, you'd have to first watch a five minute sales pitch for their credit card.
Right. I don't understand how gene editing works. I do understand how programming works, though. And I understand what happens when some jackass who doesn't understand about programming starts cutting and pasting code around and finds that he's occasionally somewhat successful at getting something to do sort of what he wants it to.
You've just described how we got Facebook
Is there suddenly a world wide shortage of human sperm? This seems the height of waste.
They were looking for rocks that could be a hazard to life on earth. Nothing to see here. Move along and quit being stupid.
I completely agree. I just can't get all that outraged when I know I'm the product, that someone wants to make money from it. It's good that its been found and the information published. Frankly, their "explanation" (read: excuse) doesn't ring true to me at all.
I agree. It's a legitimate beef. The outrage is useful, but I also believe that we as consumers of the product should not expect that it will always be created without our best interest in mind.
I demand the Firefox people refund all the money I've paid for their product, and do so immediately! Oh, wait...
I'm not sure if I should be alarmed that this is now available for use outside the already damned places it was before.
Remember, Microsoft browsers are the number one browsers used to download other browsers.
One supposes he plans to do something with his hyperloop idea.
...except it wasn't mouse sperm to start with. It turns out that ANY sperm stored in space produces healthy baby mice no matter what animal it was to start with. It's really a puzzle for scientists and a disappointment for astronauts.
If you take advantage of someone's incompetence to kill people, you are still a murderer.
You've just declared yourself a giant asshole by turning yet another thread into a venue to show off your ill informed parroting of inaccurate political slander against a person who is no longer a relevant candidate.
Many of the vulnerable systems are embedded computing systems or systems that the vendors have to update and those updates become unavailable. It's a problem hospital security people are constantly battling. Hospitals purchase the equipment based on it's ability to do a job medically, and getting security to be a critical part of that assessment is a long hard fight.
People in hospitals did not get care due to this. There was at least one critical stroke response unit that had shut down complete. Medical equipment also relies on computers, some of which were vulnerable. You want to blame the "victims" for un-patched systems? Sure, all systems should be up to date, but that's a bit like blaming the victim of a stray bullet from a gun fight for not wearing combat armor when he went out for a sandwich that day.
One of the problems is, I believe, a law in New Jersey that says once they are available they are mandatory. Instead of resulting in a rush to make them, this has so far been a reason to absolutely not make them.
Assange has made very clear that he's chosen a side in this election campaign. He really has given up any possible moral high ground he ever claimed.
Ecuador has been walking a line for some time providing refuge. Assange has made clear at this point both in statements and in actions, that when it comes to this election he has a very strong bias. Ecuador does not want to be seen taking steps to interfere in a US election. By providing the platform and venue for Assange to do what he's doing, as it becomes increasingly clear that he's not providing unbiased data release but rather acting as a proxy for Russian propaganda product, that's exactly the position they're in. By cutting off his access, they're preventing him using their protection to interfere in the US election.