The bottom line is they do this to keep you listed as a customer so they can still spam you via email, snailmail, phone solicitors, and door to door solicitors.
I haven't seen that crap in years. As for the emails, I hit the unsubscribe link and that was that.
It also needs a separate bridge interface for IoT (Zigbee, ZWave, etc.), so a built in hub to control lights, locks, thermostats, motion sensor, and other devices would be nice.
My friend uses Blumoo and Echo to control the TV by voice commands. A pain in the ass to program.
There's no good reason to allow access to non-logged, non-archived private email accounts on government computers, and lots of reasons not to.
Sure. But you have balance convenience with security. If politicians and government appointees are skirting FOIA, punishing government workers on non-restricted, non-classified networks isn't going to change the underlying problem.
But that doesn't extend to FOIA, at least not fully.
If someone goes out of their way to avoid FOIA, you really can't stop them. If you lock down everything in sight, you won't get anything done. You can treat users as adults or children. The government agency I work for treats everyone as adults.
It's also the fact that allowing its use leaves a major source of communication unreviewable and unarchived, which is a problem for FOIA or investigatory purposes.
Congress has the ability to subpoena personal email accounts. Everything in a subpoenaed accounts becomes public record. If the government worker is a contractor, the attorney for the contracting agency will review the personal email account. If Congress wants it, they get it.
I'm not talking about admin rights (no reason for the user to have those), I'm talking about the firewall blocking gmail, yahoo mail, etc. etc. the same way it blocks pron sites, etc.
Email services are typically not blocked because they don't present a security risk on a non-restricted, unclassified network. Government workers have annual training on the proper use of network resources, including clicking on any strange links in email and web browser. That's a lot more training than most people get in the private sector.
Most government workers don't have admin rights to install software on their government computers. The few who do and do install software can get into trouble whenever a security audit is run. I once had to figure out why a Java component was updating out of sync with the other Java components on one system, traced the log entries back to eight months, and determined that a user with admin rights had installed a version of Java from off the Internet. Fixed the problem, notified my management, and the user got a vigorous slap on the wrist.
I used to have ATT DSL service. So my sbcgloabal.net and yahoo.com email addresses pointed to the same email box at Yahoo. After I left ATT DSL, I kept the sbcglobal.net email and still get email from people and services that still have that old address.
If the government computers are on an unrestricted, non-classified network, government workers are not that much different than regular office workers. Some personal usage is permitted as long as it doesn't interfere with work.
No one cares about voice recognition in its current, almost absolutely useless state. Its nothing more than a broken toy.
Users are supposed to "train" their Echo devices to get the voice recognition feature to work properly. My friend got upset because his Echo understood me without any training from me whatsoever. The Echo is nothing more than speaker with a microphone. I'm familiar with speaking into a microphone and annunciating each word clearly. Most people don't realize that the training is for them and not the Echo.
Show me where it says they have to find something else because it's happened that way before.
A hundred years ago, a city may have a 100 street sweepers to clean up the roads. A dozen street sweeping trucks can do the same job today (assuming that the bean counters haven't persuaded the city to cut the street sweeping budget to save money and let citizens sweep their own roads). Automated street sweeping trucks may require a handful of people to operate.
OTOH, These doom-and-gloom stories about massive unemployment due to automation has become quite popular in the press as of late. Those virtual newspapers aren't selling themselves.
Productive robotic effort that works 24x7 and doesn't need potty breaks CREATES it faster.
Automation does require routine maintenance to perform at peak efficiency. As the bean counters have proven countless times, skimping on the maintenance budget is to increase profits is perfectly acceptable. Sooner or later, something breaks in an extraordinary way and fixing the problem becomes an expensive, time consuming issue.
That doesn't mean that some random manager didn't tell a contractors to manipulate the "trending now" lists. And it doesn't mean that curators didn't inject their own biases, knowingly or not. Facebook is a big company, after all.
Managers can't micro-manage contractors under California law. If they do, the contractors are full-time employees. So the managers can only set the goal posts, provide tools and guidance, and let them loose. Plenty of room for random mayhem.
I wouldn't mind a hot girl on a skateboard delivering the hot pizza. All the people who deliver my pizza are senior citizens in their 80's and cheerleader rejects in college.
Because Trump isn't serious about being POTUS. As Paul Ryan pointed out, Trump can go back to his businesses after the election is over. With Trump putting the Republican Congress in play, many Republicans won't be returning to their jobs in 2017.
The news media could have ignored Trump, but they chose not to because they love a good circus. With 17 contestants vying for the Republican nomination, the circus was a given and the circus gave in abundance. As Democracy burns this November, the news media will be cheering all the way.
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The bottom line is they do this to keep you listed as a customer so they can still spam you via email, snailmail, phone solicitors, and door to door solicitors.
I haven't seen that crap in years. As for the emails, I hit the unsubscribe link and that was that.
It also needs a separate bridge interface for IoT (Zigbee, ZWave, etc.), so a built in hub to control lights, locks, thermostats, motion sensor, and other devices would be nice.
My friend uses Blumoo and Echo to control the TV by voice commands. A pain in the ass to program.
http://www.blumoo.com/
There's no good reason to allow access to non-logged, non-archived private email accounts on government computers, and lots of reasons not to.
Sure. But you have balance convenience with security. If politicians and government appointees are skirting FOIA, punishing government workers on non-restricted, non-classified networks isn't going to change the underlying problem.
But that doesn't extend to FOIA, at least not fully.
If someone goes out of their way to avoid FOIA, you really can't stop them. If you lock down everything in sight, you won't get anything done. You can treat users as adults or children. The government agency I work for treats everyone as adults.
It's also the fact that allowing its use leaves a major source of communication unreviewable and unarchived, which is a problem for FOIA or investigatory purposes.
Congress has the ability to subpoena personal email accounts. Everything in a subpoenaed accounts becomes public record. If the government worker is a contractor, the attorney for the contracting agency will review the personal email account. If Congress wants it, they get it.
I'm not talking about admin rights (no reason for the user to have those), I'm talking about the firewall blocking gmail, yahoo mail, etc. etc. the same way it blocks pron sites, etc.
Email services are typically not blocked because they don't present a security risk on a non-restricted, unclassified network. Government workers have annual training on the proper use of network resources, including clicking on any strange links in email and web browser. That's a lot more training than most people get in the private sector.
Most government workers don't have admin rights to install software on their government computers. The few who do and do install software can get into trouble whenever a security audit is run. I once had to figure out why a Java component was updating out of sync with the other Java components on one system, traced the log entries back to eight months, and determined that a user with admin rights had installed a version of Java from off the Internet. Fixed the problem, notified my management, and the user got a vigorous slap on the wrist.
I used to have ATT DSL service. So my sbcgloabal.net and yahoo.com email addresses pointed to the same email box at Yahoo. After I left ATT DSL, I kept the sbcglobal.net email and still get email from people and services that still have that old address.
If the government computers are on an unrestricted, non-classified network, government workers are not that much different than regular office workers. Some personal usage is permitted as long as it doesn't interfere with work.
"Your email service has been banned. A generous contribution to the Congressional Don't Forget The Children fund can reverse this ban."
- Sincerely, Congress
No one cares about voice recognition in its current, almost absolutely useless state. Its nothing more than a broken toy.
Users are supposed to "train" their Echo devices to get the voice recognition feature to work properly. My friend got upset because his Echo understood me without any training from me whatsoever. The Echo is nothing more than speaker with a microphone. I'm familiar with speaking into a microphone and annunciating each word clearly. Most people don't realize that the training is for them and not the Echo.
...you must be the one sleeping.
My friend uses his Echo as an alarm clock. A very expensive alarm clock.
Show me where it says they have to find something else because it's happened that way before.
A hundred years ago, a city may have a 100 street sweepers to clean up the roads. A dozen street sweeping trucks can do the same job today (assuming that the bean counters haven't persuaded the city to cut the street sweeping budget to save money and let citizens sweep their own roads). Automated street sweeping trucks may require a handful of people to operate.
OTOH, These doom-and-gloom stories about massive unemployment due to automation has become quite popular in the press as of late. Those virtual newspapers aren't selling themselves.
Productive robotic effort that works 24x7 and doesn't need potty breaks CREATES it faster.
Automation does require routine maintenance to perform at peak efficiency. As the bean counters have proven countless times, skimping on the maintenance budget is to increase profits is perfectly acceptable. Sooner or later, something breaks in an extraordinary way and fixing the problem becomes an expensive, time consuming issue.
Just because there has been a trend in the past doesn't mean that the trend will continue into the indefinite future.
I'm still waiting for the flying car.
The SEC is watching from a distance, as raising money from investors is their bailiwick. Regulations may or may not be forthcoming.
Hitler: "Linus is nastier than the curly headed girl who runs Facebook."
ROFL!
That doesn't mean that some random manager didn't tell a contractors to manipulate the "trending now" lists. And it doesn't mean that curators didn't inject their own biases, knowingly or not. Facebook is a big company, after all.
Managers can't micro-manage contractors under California law. If they do, the contractors are full-time employees. So the managers can only set the goal posts, provide tools and guidance, and let them loose. Plenty of room for random mayhem.
Trump is secretly being backed by the Democrats because they want him to go up against Hillary so that Hillary can win the election.
Precisely. Hillary wins by a double-digit landslide and the Republican Congress goes into the dustbin of history.
And I despise Baby Boomers. And Millenials.
FTFY - Forget the political parties. Focus on the two groups that will ruin this country!
I wouldn't mind a hot girl on a skateboard delivering the hot pizza. All the people who deliver my pizza are senior citizens in their 80's and cheerleader rejects in college.
Because Trump isn't serious about being POTUS. As Paul Ryan pointed out, Trump can go back to his businesses after the election is over. With Trump putting the Republican Congress in play, many Republicans won't be returning to their jobs in 2017.
The price tag for that "free press" is tagged at $2B.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-has-won-nearly-2-billion-worth-of-free-press/article/2585879
Hillary gets a lot of free press - about how awesome she is, about how she did this or that for the good of mankind.
That's because Fox News is anti-Trump.
The news media could have ignored Trump, but they chose not to because they love a good circus. With 17 contestants vying for the Republican nomination, the circus was a given and the circus gave in abundance. As Democracy burns this November, the news media will be cheering all the way.