What content does Google have a monopoly on? Virtually everything they do is offered by one or more competitors in some form or another. In fact, the only thing I can think of is the Usenet archive they brought into Google Groups. Other than that... What?
Their computer might be 17 years old and not capable of running the new operating systems, so, no, it is absolutely not reasonable to ask it of everyone.
I'm not a Steam user, so forgive the stupid question, but do the Steam games themselves run fine on a 17-year-old computer?
I have Windows 10 running fine on a couple of XP-era PCs at home. Sure you have to tune Win 10 a little to turn off some of the razzmatazz, but no need to pay for a new computer.
>>>> What about the past year and a half could possibly
>>>> make you think Trump cares anything about "American jobs"?
>>> In a nutshell, everything he's done in the past year and a half
>> Which things, exactly has trump done in the
>> past year-and-a-half that demonstrates he's cares
>> anything about American jobs?
> He is demolishing the status quo that has only provided
> benefits to the top tier of society.
How many jobs did this create, and in which industries? Be specific.
...and a follow-up question - How exactly did passing tax legislation that gave tax breaks to billionaires and corporations, and increasted the deficit by $1.5 Trillion "demolish the status quo?"
> So far Trump has told the members of NATO
> to meet their financial obligations
Again, how many jobs, and where?
> He has thrown 60 years of failed NK diplomacy out the window.
How does this protect American jobs?
> Trump is the only US President who basically
> threatened to totally destroy another country
> with the big button on his desk
Nukes create jobs? How? Please clarify.
Looking forward to hearing back, Anonymous Coward.
but doesn't that also mean you have more time to evacuate people to get out of the path
In somewhere like Puerto Rico you don't have anywhere to evacuate the people to. Wealthy people could fly out to Florida in advance, but many in PR just had nowhere to go.
For Christ's sake Anonymous Coward - Did you READ THE LINKED ARTICLE?
The whole point is once this software change is in place DFU won't work if you don't know the device's password because you can't plug into a Mac or PC if you don't know the code.
When I hear these stories out of the USA about how to prevent school shootings I don't know whether to laugh or cry. But I think it's mostly cry.
I live in Canada.
When my kids go to school they don't go through metal detectors or deal with facial recognition. Their backpacks aren't transparent and the only 'drills' they do are for earthquake and fire. There are no bullet-proof shelters in their classroom, no armed guards at the school and no debate about arming teachers.
Why? Because Canada HAS GUN CONTROL.
Get your act together, America. Protect your kids.
...and spare me the "Canada is different" argument. Culturally, Canada and the USA are very, very similar.
Multi-generational families are a thing from an agrarian past, there is no place for them in a modern society.
Do you have children?
I have an Indian friend. She and her (Australian) husband live in a house with their two little kids and her parents.
Childcare for her is way wicked easier compared to us white folks. The kids' grandparents help with school dropoff and pickup, meal prep - You name it. The kids help keep the elders young, and the elders help reduce the stress on the parents.
Your explanation is too simplistic - When you have advanced software systems looking for people engaging in 'fraud' or 'gaming the system' those systems are looking for a wide-ranging set of behaviours which aggregate together to indicate something.
If a rep from Visa calls me up and asks me to confirm a few purchases, he likely can't articulate the policy that caused Visa to suspect fraud - Other than in general terms. Likely it's the same here.
But the fault lies with them for not being clear about what they want to offer.
I suspect part of the problem is the rules are "soft."
If you bought 500 different things from Amazon over the year, and returned 50 of them, that's likely fine.
But if you bought the same thing every month, returned it, then bought it again - In effect "renting" it for free, then you might get banned - Even though you're doing four times fewer returns than the first example.
Their systems are looking for people that are 'abusing the system,' and that's a lot harder to write into a clear policy.
Sorry, just because something makes Trump look stupid doesn't mean it's biased against him. That he lacks basic knowledge on a wide range of issues is simply a fact, and a very big problem considering his job
To me, the biggest condemnation of Trump is not that he's ill-informed - Lots of people are ill-informed on lots of things - It's that he has little interest in actually becoming informed. Obama read for hours each night - Briefing papers, books - You name it. Trump reads nothing.
The AM killer is unfortunately the invasion of cheap switching power supplies and cheap digital electronics that pollutes the spectrum used for AM stations
In my city it's the overhead trolley wires that power the buses. Driving under them makes AM un-listenable in my car - And if you pull up behind an electric bus connected to the wires, well forget it - It's over to FM.
Why would I waste time building a "Myth TV" box when I can go for a bike ride with my kids? Life's too short to spend precious time fighting with technology when I can buy a TV with a "Netflix" button.
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I'd love to see content monopolists like google
What content does Google have a monopoly on? Virtually everything they do is offered by one or more competitors in some form or another. In fact, the only thing I can think of is the Usenet archive they brought into Google Groups. Other than that... What?
How'd you turn off Cortana
To be honest, Anonymous Coward, I dunno. Occasionally I'll type in a search. Never "spoken" to Cortana.
and the telemetry?
That one's easy. I just put on my tinfoil hat.
Their computer might be 17 years old and not capable of running the new operating systems, so, no, it is absolutely not reasonable to ask it of everyone.
I'm not a Steam user, so forgive the stupid question, but do the Steam games themselves run fine on a 17-year-old computer?
Great, you can pay for their new computers then.
I have Windows 10 running fine on a couple of XP-era PCs at home. Sure you have to tune Win 10 a little to turn off some of the razzmatazz, but no need to pay for a new computer.
> So no our 'allies' did not send troops to Afghanistan for us or our interests
Canadian soldiers were wounded and died in Afghanistan because our ally - The United States - Was attacked.
We stood by our friend and military ally.
>>>> What about the past year and a half could possibly
...and a follow-up question - How exactly did passing tax legislation that gave tax breaks to billionaires and corporations, and increasted the deficit by $1.5 Trillion "demolish the status quo?"
>>>> make you think Trump cares anything about "American jobs"?
>>> In a nutshell, everything he's done in the past year and a half
>> Which things, exactly has trump done in the
>> past year-and-a-half that demonstrates he's cares
>> anything about American jobs?
> He is demolishing the status quo that has only provided
> benefits to the top tier of society.
How many jobs did this create, and in which industries? Be specific.
> So far Trump has told the members of NATO
> to meet their financial obligations
Again, how many jobs, and where?
> He has thrown 60 years of failed NK diplomacy out the window.
How does this protect American jobs?
> Trump is the only US President who basically
> threatened to totally destroy another country
> with the big button on his desk
Nukes create jobs? How? Please clarify.
Looking forward to hearing back, Anonymous Coward.
In a nutshell, everything he's done in the past year and a half
Which things, exactly has trump done in the past year-and-a-half that demonstrates he's cares anything about American jobs?
I realize "everything" is a huge list, so let's say 10 items to keep it easy for you. Be specific.
getting people out of the way (who want to get out of the way) is not a problem.
Tell that to people who live on Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands.
but doesn't that also mean you have more time to evacuate people to get out of the path
In somewhere like Puerto Rico you don't have anywhere to evacuate the people to. Wealthy people could fly out to Florida in advance, but many in PR just had nowhere to go.
As I learned in grammer school, Ocean currents play a pivotal role is weather.
Yet oddly, in this "grammer" school you learned neither spelling, correct sentence case, nor syntax.
Kind of a shame.
I think "Rogue One" and "Solo" are the best Star Wars movies since "Return of the Jedi."
For context, I saw ROTJ on opening weekend in 1983, at age 16.
For Christ's sake Anonymous Coward - Did you READ THE LINKED ARTICLE?
The whole point is once this software change is in place DFU won't work if you don't know the device's password because you can't plug into a Mac or PC if you don't know the code.
When I hear these stories out of the USA about how to prevent school shootings I don't know whether to laugh or cry. But I think it's mostly cry.
...and spare me the "Canada is different" argument. Culturally, Canada and the USA are very, very similar.
I live in Canada.
When my kids go to school they don't go through metal detectors or deal with facial recognition. Their backpacks aren't transparent and the only 'drills' they do are for earthquake and fire. There are no bullet-proof shelters in their classroom, no armed guards at the school and no debate about arming teachers.
Why? Because Canada HAS GUN CONTROL.
Get your act together, America. Protect your kids.
The structure has gone up in value, or the land + structure has gone up in value...
Like a car, the structure on the land doesn't go up in value - It's why 75-year-old-houses get torn down.
It's the land under the structure that goes up in value - Because it's a finite resource.
Multi-generational families are a thing from an agrarian past, there is no place for them in a modern society.
Do you have children?
I have an Indian friend. She and her (Australian) husband live in a house with their two little kids and her parents.
Childcare for her is way wicked easier compared to us white folks. The kids' grandparents help with school dropoff and pickup, meal prep - You name it. The kids help keep the elders young, and the elders help reduce the stress on the parents.
Wow! You must have their source code , for such detailed insight into its behaviour.
Do I have their source code? No.
Have I worked in the field of user-behavior analytics? Yes - Which is exactly what this is.
Your explanation is too simplistic - When you have advanced software systems looking for people engaging in 'fraud' or 'gaming the system' those systems are looking for a wide-ranging set of behaviours which aggregate together to indicate something.
If a rep from Visa calls me up and asks me to confirm a few purchases, he likely can't articulate the policy that caused Visa to suspect fraud - Other than in general terms. Likely it's the same here.
But the fault lies with them for not being clear about what they want to offer.
I suspect part of the problem is the rules are "soft."
If you bought 500 different things from Amazon over the year, and returned 50 of them, that's likely fine.
But if you bought the same thing every month, returned it, then bought it again - In effect "renting" it for free, then you might get banned - Even though you're doing four times fewer returns than the first example.
Their systems are looking for people that are 'abusing the system,' and that's a lot harder to write into a clear policy.
How soon you fucking retards forget about Obama's Blackberry that he never gave up.
Why are you Anonymous Coward Trump Lovers so oblivious to FACTS.
The degree to which you're willing to be bamboozled by liars is mindboggling.
Obama's phone was an NSA-provided highly-secure device:
https://media.indiatimes.in/me...
You couldn't take pictures, run apps or do a myriad of things that Trump can.
2a) Don't take loans at all, save cash and buy low mileage 3 yr old cars.
It's a mystery to me why many more people don't follow this simple rule.
:)
(Of course if no one bought new there'd be no low-mileage three-year-old cars for the rest of us
Sorry, just because something makes Trump look stupid doesn't mean it's biased against him. That he lacks basic knowledge on a wide range of issues is simply a fact, and a very big problem considering his job
To me, the biggest condemnation of Trump is not that he's ill-informed - Lots of people are ill-informed on lots of things - It's that he has little interest in actually becoming informed. Obama read for hours each night - Briefing papers, books - You name it. Trump reads nothing.
Coal miners don't design iPhones or own Apple TVs.
The AM killer is unfortunately the invasion of cheap switching power supplies and cheap digital electronics that pollutes the spectrum used for AM stations
In my city it's the overhead trolley wires that power the buses. Driving under them makes AM un-listenable in my car - And if you pull up behind an electric bus connected to the wires, well forget it - It's over to FM.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com...
If memory serves, the trolleybus wires are 600 volts DC.
Why would I waste time building a "Myth TV" box when I can go for a bike ride with my kids? Life's too short to spend precious time fighting with technology when I can buy a TV with a "Netflix" button.