My wife an dI deleted our Facebook accounts when the Cambridge Analytica thing was exposed. Prior to that we only used Facebook to stay informed of what was going on with distant family members. We rarely posted to Facebook and then it was just to respond to something a family member had posted. I also have avoided buying an Oculus and went with a Vive because of Facebook's ownership. We're just a couple of people in a massive user base but every little bit helps. Facebook's role in spreading lies and disinformation is criminal and they must be held accountable. Look at the horrors abroad where Facebook was instrumental in genocide. They are a privately held company and as such, they can censor people, moderate posts and remove users. They are not the government and are not held to the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech. If they wanted, they could do an exceptional job of cleaning up the mess they created but they won't because it cuts into profits. It's incredibly disgusting that Facebook places money above their own country's well-being and above the lives of marginalized people in the world.
I was going to say something similar.. The companies just pass the cost along to consumers who are the ones paying this. So, the last tax cuts significantly benefitted the most wealthiest in America with the average American seeing a very minor increase in take-home pay. Now, to pay for that tax cut (because it is really screwing the country over with a massive debt), a new tax is implemented via the tariffs which places the bulk of the onus upon the 99% of Americans who now lose their very minor increase in take-home pay AND lose even more of their pay to pay for the increased cost of goods. So, the tax burden was placed directly upon those who can least afford it. This isn't just Trump, it's the Republicans in Congress who allow, and and defend him. When the dust settles, they will all blame Trump but they should be held accountable for their tacit (and often explicit) support of all he has done and said.
It is impossible to believe the Facebook did not know what was happening. They have every bit of data around their users including the variety of tracking methods which they employ so they can analyze what they get and identify what places these various users visit, where they are most likely located, etc. They could easily have stopped the Russian trolls, CA, and many others who were abusing the data which Facebook offers and the platform for communicating with others. It's staggering to see companies so willing to sell out their country to make money. I remember a time when showing patriotism beat out personal gain. Now, we have companies like Facebook and the politicians (Republicans) in congress who put their personal agenda and gain above all else (including their own country) and it's truly depressing.
I never used it and therefore don't miss it. When Balmer was in charge of MS, he totally screwed the pooch on this. He was blinded by his hubris about so many things. It was a mistake leaving that guy in charge. I wonder how Bill felt about leaving his company in the hands of that guy.. I'm sure Nokia was happy to see MS buy up their company and then ditch everything as well.. Nokia made a mistake hiring their CEO from MS and should not have been surprised to see where things went after that (although it may have been the plan all along)..
We were going to get MoviePass but now, no thanks! A shifty company like this hiding such information from customers shows us what to expect from them in the future. This is lying through omission. I warned my family members who I had purchased movie pass for and advised that they ditch the service. How anyone can believe any kind of explanation / excuse or anything they say going forward is beyond me. Are you sure they aren't tracking your movements at other times? Also, I hate the BS they are pulling with movie theatre companies, blacking out some titles in order to squeeze money out of them. This just gets passed onto customers (non-movieopass customers)
My wife and I both work from home (for different companies). No more sitting in traffic or getting stuck on a subway (all wasted time). I never cared much for hanging out with co-workers (one reason I decided to work on networking and servers is I rarely have to deal with people). Another upside is a reduced risk of getting sick. If you aren't jammed on a bus or subway train with 100's of other people (some of whom are sick), you stand a much better chance of avoiding catching whatever they're spreading (although my kids do keep me exposed to whatever they catch at school so..). The benefits of working from home outweigh the benefits of working in an office in my opinion and extensive experience.
Working from home does require an amount of discipline in terms of working without supervision.
It's always interesting to have a look back at the environment when Apple started with their tight controls over everything on the iPhone. Many people derided this heavy-handedness and wanted something which they could do anything to. Enter the Android-based smartphones which would allow people to install anything from anywhere. The dangers of such a platform for a smartphone became evident over the years and the push for users towards using Google's official source for apps (the Google Play Store) increased. Things which people have often criticized Apple for doing often got implemented soon afterwards. I'm not saying Apple is perfect or makes the best decisions and this isn't about singing their praises. Apple knew the importance around keeping tight control over what is allowed to be installed onto the iOS devices, particularly as it relates to security and stability. (yes, I know they also stand to benefit from these decisions as well). So, here we are with Google screening apps and rejecting apps before they get to the Google Play Store, much like Apple did and does with iOS. I tend to thing that any security-conscious Android user urges those they know to only use apps from the Google Play Store for security reasons and to save users from installing malware riddled apps on their phones.
This also differs greatly from PC's (before someone says "but what about PC's where you can install anything you want!!") PC's don't delay or lock out critical OS updates the way the heavily fragmented Android smartphone industry does.
Instead of these random boxes, do one of two things. 1) Allow all to have the same items (remember the good old days when this was the case?). 2) Allow the purchase of specific items for a set price instead of the gamble method of hoping to hit it big.
I prefer option 1. Devs can go back to the ways of making a game which is balanced with all of the items in the game being available to everyone from the start. This can be furthered through level based weapons where one gains access to these upgrades over time as your characters level up. This option does open itself up to abuses by the game company by making progress painfully slow with the option to pay to advance quicker but then this devolves to become option 2 at this point so I don't consider the slow progression with pay to speed up as option 1.
I don't like Option 2 as it closes out the game to those who can't afford to pour a lot of money into the game just to get access to items which the other richer players can. Ideally, charge the full price for the game and be done. If they want to charge less, then charge less and give an option for a one-time purchase to get the rest of the content (kind of like how Doom was initially distributed)
I've avoided many, many games which I would absolutely love to play because of the ongoing gouging of players. It sucks (because there are some really amazing looking games out there) but I'm not pouring an endless stream of money into a game just to be able to enjoy it / enjoy it at a reasonable pace.
After seeing what can happen to innocent citizens, http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/11/... and https://www.engadget.com/2017/... , I would have been terrified to see what was waiting outside the door. I know that the examples which I cited are an exception to what happens however it still is something which would immediately come to mind if I were in such a situation.
This was signed with the explanation that it is solely intended to do so in order to get the air force pilot rosters back to their mandated minimums by activating retired air force pilots. It is still cause for concern when viewed in conjunction with these other activities..
"But the broad wording of the executive order seemed to imply that the executive branch would have the power to call up retired military officers and force them back into service for any reason, as the “emergency” Trump used to justify the executive order was extremely vague: “the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.”"
How about putting a small "DELIVERY-ONLY" shed on your house, and the doorbell can only unlock the delivery shed (After scanning the package for that address)
Why do people need to make changes to their houses? If this is such a big problem for Amazon, they can open up physical stores for item pickups (they are already rolling this out in a limited way). Of course, this then nullifies the convenience factor and would see people returning to their local stores instead. Sorry Amazon, the price of your market gains is that your deliveries will get stolen now and then. No way should people need to add a shed or allow strangers to walk into their houses to accommodate Amazon.
delivery drivers one-time access to a person's home to drop off items
can be done by driving right into the person's home at 100mph to drop off say items. Unfortunately, it is also a one-time access as the car would then be stuck half way in the person's home.
This is such a false equivalency.. A delivery driver in a marked van, walks up to your house, opens the door and enters.. That's equivalent to driving a vehicle into the house's wall how? Yeah, no differences at all. Nobody would notice one over the other. They are both equal in drawing attention because delivery drivers are as ubiquitous as fast driving vehicles smashing into houses..
.. welcome our new home security add-on. As we all know, companies never fail with their efforts to make hack-proof and secure systems. The bigger the company, the better security right? I mean no company would ever expose millions of its customers to potential harm! (yeah, that was all sarcasm)..
For the sake of having Amazon deliver a package into your house instead of leaving it at your door, would people really add this to their house?! Comparing this to a thief with a screwdriver who can break into your house when they want is ridiculous. This is a case of granting explicitly allowing a stranger into your house which is not an illegal act for them. What's to stop them from doing anything else? (not everyone has cameras inside to monitor what happens). Take something of value, rummage through drawers or stir the jug of iced tea in the refrigerator with their dick.. You'll never know (hey, you might even like your iced tea better for some reason after they also decided to take a piss into it).. If someone enters your house without your permission, it's illegal right away. If they break in, you'll notice and the neighbors might notice too..
There's just so much to go wrong with this from a technology perspective as well as the human side. It's not worth it (I don't care how much Amazon discounts their service as an enticement). Hopefully this joins the Amazon phone in the scrapheap..
Sorry but the previews are one thing which ruins going to the movies for me. The movie is slated to start at 10 but that's when the ads / previews start. TWENTY minutes later the movie finally rolls. In the before time, sure I loved the previews. Now, with the internet, if I want to watch a preview, I can view it online. It may be more palatable if they ran 3 previews but it feels like it never stops. This whole aspect of the movie theatre experience was even parodied on The Simpsons where Homer got mad and went crazy at the theatre because of the excessive ads.
What would be an interesting investigation would be to install surveillance software onto a computer and bring it in to these repair places such as Best Buy. The reason for bringing it in for repair can be various intentional problems. I would love to see what some of these techs do once they are working on the computer.
Interesting observations would be to see if they unnecessarily access files and folders unrelated to the issue. Perhaps create a honeypot folder with apparent home made video or photographic content or with personal financial data etc. perhaps create a file somewhere with websites, usernames and passwords to see if the technicians decide to check them out.
I suspect that the issue of unauthorized access to data is widespread.
Don't forget those subversive Canadians! Them and their secrets around making good poutine or which beers taste best!
Dude, you really have no clue do you. IF someone intending to do harm were entering the country, do you really think they will have social media posts about it or contain their devious plans on their phones or laptops? This just affects honest and decent people.
I signed up for the T-Moblie plan which provides this to me every day. It cost a few dollars more per month. When I travel to Canada, I call, text and use internet as if I were in the US and pay nothing extra for it (beyond the monthly costs already being paid). It's amazingly liberating to no longer worry about data caps or how much data I used already while on a trip. I went through that whole mess with AT&T long ago and hated it.
I have had this happen when I was using the new Beats Solo3. I was on a call with them and then the audio drop to my iPhone and I heard the connect sound from the earphones. I took them off and completed the call on the phone. I suspect this will become a larger issue as time progresses unless Apple resolves the underlying issue.
"Why the pause? Over the past year, Yahoo Mail has been upgrading its platform. This has allowed us to bring a better search experience for the NSA to Yahoo Mail, add multiple account support, and improve performance as we quickly scale this new system globally..." The NSA needed some improvements for their special search tools.:P
It's ridiculous to completely disable something which helps improve safety because people make stupid decisions and choose to misuse it. People maize things all the time, often resulting in injuries or death (look at drinking and driving for an example of this).
Tesla needs to change the name of this feature as it is being taken too literally by people (even though they are told how it is intended to function and what is expected of them). Leave the feature in tact but perhaps also push a brief video which plays on that big screen of theirs which explains the feature and the risks involved in not being attentive. Lately, Telsa may wish to do something to check the driver's attentiveness at varying intervals. (kind of like how long string highways introduce curves now and then so that drivers maintain vigilance and don't get sleepy etc.
Taking away a safety feature like this would be like removing seat belts from cars because in some rare instances, a person can get injured or die as a result of wearing the seatbelt during some type of accident or because a person wore the belt incorrectly. I know people who opted to not wear seatbelt because of this very reasoning. Airbags have caused deaths due to improper use (rear facing child car seats in the front passenger side, people being too close to the steering wheel during an airbag deployment, etc. but they are still in cars and people still have the option to go against instructions and warnings by placing that child car seat in the front passenger seat.. People similarly, can still opt to take their hands off the wheel so they can read, watch movies or anything else while the car is in the "autopilot" mode but if they do, they risk the same results.. death injury or damage to property.
Let's not remove safety features because of poor choices from a couple of people..
I think that someone should come up with a catchy Pokemon style name for a character based upon Darwin. Then, we can hold the annual Pokemon Darwin awards as these fools get themselves killed chasing nothing..
I had long ago thought that Netflix should do something to allow off-hours downloading to allow people to watch these shows during their normal evening hours. This would help ease the complaints that ISP's often voiced (and took action against) around the network being overused during prime time viewing hours. If a person could queue up a few movies or shows which they wanted to watch the next day, the system could download them overnight. This would also help improve the experience for people with slower internet connections in that the show would not experience delays during playback or suffer from quality degradation as the system compensates for lower bandwidth availability etc.
I assumed the major limitation for this would be around what licensing would allow Netflix to do. There would also be hardware changes required (for storage) but that could be addressed in future hardware refreshes for devices such as Apple TV etc.
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My wife an dI deleted our Facebook accounts when the Cambridge Analytica thing was exposed. Prior to that we only used Facebook to stay informed of what was going on with distant family members. We rarely posted to Facebook and then it was just to respond to something a family member had posted. I also have avoided buying an Oculus and went with a Vive because of Facebook's ownership.
We're just a couple of people in a massive user base but every little bit helps.
Facebook's role in spreading lies and disinformation is criminal and they must be held accountable. Look at the horrors abroad where Facebook was instrumental in genocide.
They are a privately held company and as such, they can censor people, moderate posts and remove users. They are not the government and are not held to the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech. If they wanted, they could do an exceptional job of cleaning up the mess they created but they won't because it cuts into profits. It's incredibly disgusting that Facebook places money above their own country's well-being and above the lives of marginalized people in the world.
I was going to say something similar.. The companies just pass the cost along to consumers who are the ones paying this. So, the last tax cuts significantly benefitted the most wealthiest in America with the average American seeing a very minor increase in take-home pay. Now, to pay for that tax cut (because it is really screwing the country over with a massive debt), a new tax is implemented via the tariffs which places the bulk of the onus upon the 99% of Americans who now lose their very minor increase in take-home pay AND lose even more of their pay to pay for the increased cost of goods. So, the tax burden was placed directly upon those who can least afford it. This isn't just Trump, it's the Republicans in Congress who allow, and and defend him. When the dust settles, they will all blame Trump but they should be held accountable for their tacit (and often explicit) support of all he has done and said.
It is impossible to believe the Facebook did not know what was happening. They have every bit of data around their users including the variety of tracking methods which they employ so they can analyze what they get and identify what places these various users visit, where they are most likely located, etc. They could easily have stopped the Russian trolls, CA, and many others who were abusing the data which Facebook offers and the platform for communicating with others.
It's staggering to see companies so willing to sell out their country to make money. I remember a time when showing patriotism beat out personal gain. Now, we have companies like Facebook and the politicians (Republicans) in congress who put their personal agenda and gain above all else (including their own country) and it's truly depressing.
Do I miss what?!
I never used it and therefore don't miss it. When Balmer was in charge of MS, he totally screwed the pooch on this. He was blinded by his hubris about so many things. It was a mistake leaving that guy in charge. I wonder how Bill felt about leaving his company in the hands of that guy.. I'm sure Nokia was happy to see MS buy up their company and then ditch everything as well.. Nokia made a mistake hiring their CEO from MS and should not have been surprised to see where things went after that (although it may have been the plan all along)..
We were going to get MoviePass but now, no thanks! A shifty company like this hiding such information from customers shows us what to expect from them in the future. This is lying through omission. I warned my family members who I had purchased movie pass for and advised that they ditch the service.
How anyone can believe any kind of explanation / excuse or anything they say going forward is beyond me. Are you sure they aren't tracking your movements at other times?
Also, I hate the BS they are pulling with movie theatre companies, blacking out some titles in order to squeeze money out of them. This just gets passed onto customers (non-movieopass customers)
My wife and I both work from home (for different companies). No more sitting in traffic or getting stuck on a subway (all wasted time). I never cared much for hanging out with co-workers (one reason I decided to work on networking and servers is I rarely have to deal with people). Another upside is a reduced risk of getting sick. If you aren't jammed on a bus or subway train with 100's of other people (some of whom are sick), you stand a much better chance of avoiding catching whatever they're spreading (although my kids do keep me exposed to whatever they catch at school so..). The benefits of working from home outweigh the benefits of working in an office in my opinion and extensive experience.
Working from home does require an amount of discipline in terms of working without supervision.
It's always interesting to have a look back at the environment when Apple started with their tight controls over everything on the iPhone. Many people derided this heavy-handedness and wanted something which they could do anything to. Enter the Android-based smartphones which would allow people to install anything from anywhere. The dangers of such a platform for a smartphone became evident over the years and the push for users towards using Google's official source for apps (the Google Play Store) increased. Things which people have often criticized Apple for doing often got implemented soon afterwards. I'm not saying Apple is perfect or makes the best decisions and this isn't about singing their praises. Apple knew the importance around keeping tight control over what is allowed to be installed onto the iOS devices, particularly as it relates to security and stability. (yes, I know they also stand to benefit from these decisions as well). So, here we are with Google screening apps and rejecting apps before they get to the Google Play Store, much like Apple did and does with iOS. I tend to thing that any security-conscious Android user urges those they know to only use apps from the Google Play Store for security reasons and to save users from installing malware riddled apps on their phones.
This also differs greatly from PC's (before someone says "but what about PC's where you can install anything you want!!") PC's don't delay or lock out critical OS updates the way the heavily fragmented Android smartphone industry does.
Instead of these random boxes, do one of two things.
1) Allow all to have the same items (remember the good old days when this was the case?).
2) Allow the purchase of specific items for a set price instead of the gamble method of hoping to hit it big.
I prefer option 1. Devs can go back to the ways of making a game which is balanced with all of the items in the game being available to everyone from the start. This can be furthered through level based weapons where one gains access to these upgrades over time as your characters level up. This option does open itself up to abuses by the game company by making progress painfully slow with the option to pay to advance quicker but then this devolves to become option 2 at this point so I don't consider the slow progression with pay to speed up as option 1.
I don't like Option 2 as it closes out the game to those who can't afford to pour a lot of money into the game just to get access to items which the other richer players can. Ideally, charge the full price for the game and be done. If they want to charge less, then charge less and give an option for a one-time purchase to get the rest of the content (kind of like how Doom was initially distributed)
I've avoided many, many games which I would absolutely love to play because of the ongoing gouging of players. It sucks (because there are some really amazing looking games out there) but I'm not pouring an endless stream of money into a game just to be able to enjoy it / enjoy it at a reasonable pace.
After seeing what can happen to innocent citizens, http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/11/... and https://www.engadget.com/2017/... , I would have been terrified to see what was waiting outside the door. I know that the examples which I cited are an exception to what happens however it still is something which would immediately come to mind if I were in such a situation.
It's interesting to note the actual phrasing as it only mentions federal elections but not state elections..
"Facebook "will verify political ad buyers in federal elections, requiring them to reveal correct names and locations,""
This needs to be done for all elections because state level elections are extremely important as well..
Yes, but look at all of those tasty 3-eyed fish we catch in this area during the quiet times!
Interesting "coincidence" around Trump's executive order authorizing the activation of retired military personnel was signed recently..
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the...
This was signed with the explanation that it is solely intended to do so in order to get the air force pilot rosters back to their mandated minimums by activating retired air force pilots. It is still cause for concern when viewed in conjunction with these other activities..
Reading from an article from: https://www.salon.com/2017/10/...
"But the broad wording of the executive order seemed to imply that the executive branch would have the power to call up retired military officers and force them back into service for any reason, as the “emergency” Trump used to justify the executive order was extremely vague: “the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.”"
How about putting a small "DELIVERY-ONLY" shed on your house, and the doorbell can only unlock the delivery shed (After scanning the package for that address)
Why do people need to make changes to their houses? If this is such a big problem for Amazon, they can open up physical stores for item pickups (they are already rolling this out in a limited way). Of course, this then nullifies the convenience factor and would see people returning to their local stores instead. Sorry Amazon, the price of your market gains is that your deliveries will get stolen now and then. No way should people need to add a shed or allow strangers to walk into their houses to accommodate Amazon.
delivery drivers one-time access to a person's home to drop off items
can be done by driving right into the person's home at 100mph to drop off say items. Unfortunately, it is also a one-time access as the car would then be stuck half way in the person's home.
This is such a false equivalency.. A delivery driver in a marked van, walks up to your house, opens the door and enters.. That's equivalent to driving a vehicle into the house's wall how? Yeah, no differences at all. Nobody would notice one over the other. They are both equal in drawing attention because delivery drivers are as ubiquitous as fast driving vehicles smashing into houses..
.. welcome our new home security add-on. As we all know, companies never fail with their efforts to make hack-proof and secure systems. The bigger the company, the better security right? I mean no company would ever expose millions of its customers to potential harm! (yeah, that was all sarcasm).. For the sake of having Amazon deliver a package into your house instead of leaving it at your door, would people really add this to their house?! Comparing this to a thief with a screwdriver who can break into your house when they want is ridiculous. This is a case of granting explicitly allowing a stranger into your house which is not an illegal act for them. What's to stop them from doing anything else? (not everyone has cameras inside to monitor what happens). Take something of value, rummage through drawers or stir the jug of iced tea in the refrigerator with their dick.. You'll never know (hey, you might even like your iced tea better for some reason after they also decided to take a piss into it).. If someone enters your house without your permission, it's illegal right away. If they break in, you'll notice and the neighbors might notice too.. There's just so much to go wrong with this from a technology perspective as well as the human side. It's not worth it (I don't care how much Amazon discounts their service as an enticement). Hopefully this joins the Amazon phone in the scrapheap..
... The big question here is, if you use their DVR service, can you fast forward through commercials? If not then it's pointless to me.
Yes, as per their webs its, the DVR function allows you to skip ads. It's even listed as a selling point.. "Fast-forward through commercials"
Sorry but the previews are one thing which ruins going to the movies for me. The movie is slated to start at 10 but that's when the ads / previews start. TWENTY minutes later the movie finally rolls. In the before time, sure I loved the previews. Now, with the internet, if I want to watch a preview, I can view it online. It may be more palatable if they ran 3 previews but it feels like it never stops. This whole aspect of the movie theatre experience was even parodied on The Simpsons where Homer got mad and went crazy at the theatre because of the excessive ads.
What would be an interesting investigation would be to install surveillance software onto a computer and bring it in to these repair places such as Best Buy. The reason for bringing it in for repair can be various intentional problems. I would love to see what some of these techs do once they are working on the computer. Interesting observations would be to see if they unnecessarily access files and folders unrelated to the issue. Perhaps create a honeypot folder with apparent home made video or photographic content or with personal financial data etc. perhaps create a file somewhere with websites, usernames and passwords to see if the technicians decide to check them out. I suspect that the issue of unauthorized access to data is widespread.
Don't forget those subversive Canadians! Them and their secrets around making good poutine or which beers taste best! Dude, you really have no clue do you. IF someone intending to do harm were entering the country, do you really think they will have social media posts about it or contain their devious plans on their phones or laptops? This just affects honest and decent people.
I signed up for the T-Moblie plan which provides this to me every day. It cost a few dollars more per month. When I travel to Canada, I call, text and use internet as if I were in the US and pay nothing extra for it (beyond the monthly costs already being paid). It's amazingly liberating to no longer worry about data caps or how much data I used already while on a trip. I went through that whole mess with AT&T long ago and hated it.
I have had this happen when I was using the new Beats Solo3. I was on a call with them and then the audio drop to my iPhone and I heard the connect sound from the earphones. I took them off and completed the call on the phone. I suspect this will become a larger issue as time progresses unless Apple resolves the underlying issue.
"Why the pause? Over the past year, Yahoo Mail has been upgrading its platform. This has allowed us to bring a better search experience for the NSA to Yahoo Mail, add multiple account support, and improve performance as we quickly scale this new system globally. .." :P
The NSA needed some improvements for their special search tools.
It's ridiculous to completely disable something which helps improve safety because people make stupid decisions and choose to misuse it. People maize things all the time, often resulting in injuries or death (look at drinking and driving for an example of this).
Tesla needs to change the name of this feature as it is being taken too literally by people (even though they are told how it is intended to function and what is expected of them). Leave the feature in tact but perhaps also push a brief video which plays on that big screen of theirs which explains the feature and the risks involved in not being attentive. Lately, Telsa may wish to do something to check the driver's attentiveness at varying intervals. (kind of like how long string highways introduce curves now and then so that drivers maintain vigilance and don't get sleepy etc.
Taking away a safety feature like this would be like removing seat belts from cars because in some rare instances, a person can get injured or die as a result of wearing the seatbelt during some type of accident or because a person wore the belt incorrectly. I know people who opted to not wear seatbelt because of this very reasoning. Airbags have caused deaths due to improper use (rear facing child car seats in the front passenger side, people being too close to the steering wheel during an airbag deployment, etc. but they are still in cars and people still have the option to go against instructions and warnings by placing that child car seat in the front passenger seat.. People similarly, can still opt to take their hands off the wheel so they can read, watch movies or anything else while the car is in the "autopilot" mode but if they do, they risk the same results.. death injury or damage to property.
Let's not remove safety features because of poor choices from a couple of people..
I think that someone should come up with a catchy Pokemon style name for a character based upon Darwin. Then, we can hold the annual Pokemon Darwin awards as these fools get themselves killed chasing nothing..
I had long ago thought that Netflix should do something to allow off-hours downloading to allow people to watch these shows during their normal evening hours. This would help ease the complaints that ISP's often voiced (and took action against) around the network being overused during prime time viewing hours. If a person could queue up a few movies or shows which they wanted to watch the next day, the system could download them overnight. This would also help improve the experience for people with slower internet connections in that the show would not experience delays during playback or suffer from quality degradation as the system compensates for lower bandwidth availability etc.
I assumed the major limitation for this would be around what licensing would allow Netflix to do. There would also be hardware changes required (for storage) but that could be addressed in future hardware refreshes for devices such as Apple TV etc.