Strangely, I had both Twitter and FaceBook feeds in my Google Reader at one point or another. Many of these 'social media' sites are capable of providing an RSS feed. Personally I think that's the right way to do it. To hand code interfaces for each specific service seems silly when you can actually use a standard protocol.
It seems a bit to reactionary to something that could actually be a bonus. No, people shouldn't be driving while reading email, etc, but I'd much prefer a HUD stype presentation of speed, RPM, direction, vehicle status than looking at the dash. Some cars used to have HUD displays and it worked reasonable well. Likewise, it would be nice to have a record of what happened in the case of an accident, seeing amn accident, or a drunk driver, etc. This seems to be trying to ban the device in general, not how it's used. There are some uses that it would be an exceptional tool for.
They're going to keep heading that direction, and the old desktop is going to go away. The problem with the old desktop is that they don't get 30% of the cost of every piece of software installed on it. They they people will knuckle under and pay it, because their only choices other than Windows is Apple, who will most likely have the same app store lock-in in OSX by then as well, and Linux. They figure the extra money is worth the loss of customers. Personally, I'm hoping there is a rush to Linux and they die a horrible death, but I'm probably overly optimistic.
Taxes are a separate matter... cash, cheque, bitcoin, credit card, etc, it matters not. I'm wondering if in the US (or Canada) a business must report payments of 10K or greater in cash. I know that in Canada, banks must, but I'd made the assumption that it was only banks.
Can't businesses accept any amount of cash without declaring it, or are they required to declare that as well? I assumed most of these rules only applied when you tried to put the money in a bank, etc.
If I ran the world (and I really think I should), I would make manufacturers responsible for environmentally responsible disposal of their products, making it more worthwhile to repair things.
Last time I tried Evernote I was only able to attach a single picture to a note, making it useless for what I wanted it for at the time, and yeah their limit for the free service if pretty low. On the other hand, Keep does seem to do this but has few other features. Personally, I'm hoping that they're taking the "start simple, make it perfect" approach and adding features as they're developed. As it is now, you could replicate the app with a simple DropBox extension.
It was probably fine until someone noticed that it was very much like a Foxconn facility. The "objectionable" in their approval terms is pretty loose and doesn't mention who the app has to be "objectionable" to.
You can actually kind of have the 'best' of both, using KDE to emulate the appearance and functionality of Gnome for the most part, but without its limits. I'm a recent KDE convert and am enjoying it quite a bit. I'm a little disappointed that so much atention in the desktop community is focused on Gnome and Unity these days.
What's your suggestion then, that all targeted advertising be stopped? Google as a company behaves pretty well in general and exceptionally well when compared to others. If I can get excellent free services in ex have for having targeted ads displayed, sign me up. The cost of the services without the ads is prohibitive. As the GP stated, if you don't like them, don't use them and block a by taking cookies. I don't think you're going to have a lot of luck making collecting information illegal.
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Strangely, I had both Twitter and FaceBook feeds in my Google Reader at one point or another. Many of these 'social media' sites are capable of providing an RSS feed. Personally I think that's the right way to do it. To hand code interfaces for each specific service seems silly when you can actually use a standard protocol.
It seems a bit to reactionary to something that could actually be a bonus. No, people shouldn't be driving while reading email, etc, but I'd much prefer a HUD stype presentation of speed, RPM, direction, vehicle status than looking at the dash. Some cars used to have HUD displays and it worked reasonable well. Likewise, it would be nice to have a record of what happened in the case of an accident, seeing amn accident, or a drunk driver, etc. This seems to be trying to ban the device in general, not how it's used. There are some uses that it would be an exceptional tool for.
They're going to keep heading that direction, and the old desktop is going to go away. The problem with the old desktop is that they don't get 30% of the cost of every piece of software installed on it. They they people will knuckle under and pay it, because their only choices other than Windows is Apple, who will most likely have the same app store lock-in in OSX by then as well, and Linux. They figure the extra money is worth the loss of customers. Personally, I'm hoping there is a rush to Linux and they die a horrible death, but I'm probably overly optimistic.
It's actually quite a good default position, with incompetence only slightly behind it.
Maybe we need to create a new one. Perhaps one with beer and hookers?
Taxes are a separate matter ... cash, cheque, bitcoin, credit card, etc, it matters not. I'm wondering if in the US (or Canada) a business must report payments of 10K or greater in cash. I know that in Canada, banks must, but I'd made the assumption that it was only banks.
Can't businesses accept any amount of cash without declaring it, or are they required to declare that as well? I assumed most of these rules only applied when you tried to put the money in a bank, etc.
It might be better than the military making decisions themselves ...
If I ran the world (and I really think I should), I would make manufacturers responsible for environmentally responsible disposal of their products, making it more worthwhile to repair things.
Thunderbird is pretty stable though, and to their credit they don't suffer from a severe degree of featuritus.
I was interested in a GoPro as well, but I just can't give money to Sony. Looks like I'll need to find something else.
I would have though a very detailed profile of someone's interests would be quite profitable based on their line of business.
Last time I tried Evernote I was only able to attach a single picture to a note, making it useless for what I wanted it for at the time, and yeah their limit for the free service if pretty low. On the other hand, Keep does seem to do this but has few other features. Personally, I'm hoping that they're taking the "start simple, make it perfect" approach and adding features as they're developed. As it is now, you could replicate the app with a simple DropBox extension.
But Windows is protected. I smell a conspiracy.
If their competition does it, they look pretty bad not doing it. Perhaps they can release a bribery report on those interactions with government next.
It was probably fine until someone noticed that it was very much like a Foxconn facility. The "objectionable" in their approval terms is pretty loose and doesn't mention who the app has to be "objectionable" to.
That is the definition of DRM. People can use the 'rights' in there, but it's incorrect. DRM restricts you, it doesn't manage your rights.
It's currently the trend to throw things out and replace them but it's not particularly environmentally responsible.
Well, hopefully he'll be in a position to help Apple as much as he helped Adobe.
You can actually kind of have the 'best' of both, using KDE to emulate the appearance and functionality of Gnome for the most part, but without its limits. I'm a recent KDE convert and am enjoying it quite a bit. I'm a little disappointed that so much atention in the desktop community is focused on Gnome and Unity these days.
there's never been malware that used any of them.
That you know of.
You keep describing bad behaviour. Please explain.
In most countries I believe that they're allowed to a anonymize it and use it that way. P
Pretty much the same thing the search companies do.
What's your suggestion then, that all targeted advertising be stopped? Google as a company behaves pretty well in general and exceptionally well when compared to others. If I can get excellent free services in ex have for having targeted ads displayed, sign me up. The cost of the services without the ads is prohibitive. As the GP stated, if you don't like them, don't use them and block a by taking cookies. I don't think you're going to have a lot of luck making collecting information illegal.
I think your ISP has a much better log of your activities.