Yea, I work at a lab, and a few of our instruments now need to be constantly connected to phone home.
There is no rationale for this. Just more of the clouded thinking that we now have to live with.
It's going to be a rough ride when the IoT gets going, with how weak it's "security" is.
Imagine when "everything" is on a network, with little to no thought about security...
It makes me wonder, if Scotland had voted to leave the UK, would the UK now still be in the EU?
I heard that a lot of the Brexit votes came from Scotland and Wales.
For starters, go ahead with your weak rationalizations about why any of these critical devices need to be on a network that is also connected to the Internet.
Go ahead...
This proposal discourages freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of association, criticism of any actions of the US or the Administration here and abroad, research on the enemy, and simple academic free thought.
Now you realize the real reason most of this sort of legislation happens.
My understanding of mobile devices(phones) used in the Third World, is that it is almost exclusively Android based(generic, low end, NOT Samsung).
I would be surprised to find someone in Chad, Nicaragua or Laos using an iPhone.
I was never a fan of Apple or of Steve Jobs.
I've been a Windows/Linux guy since the 90s'.
Apple fanbois, etc and the cult surrounding Apple has always turned my stomach(and continues to, to this very day).
However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away.
I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
The story of his life, what he did and how he did it is hard to describe and really "you couldn't make this stuff up".
I was really stunned by the different sides of Steve Jobs personality, which shows again that in human nature, some people can be really complex.
I was stunned by the sheer balls Steve Jobs had to pull off what he did.
The writing and pace of the story in the book was just great and I highly recommend it.
I have to say it really is a tragedy that he passed at that point in his life.
But he managed to accomplish and influence our world like almost no one else has.
Human beings have an ingrained need to find patterns and attach meaning to events.
Read about the Etruscan(passed onto the Romans...) religious practices, who took the reading of events and patterns in nature to the extreme.
Every ritual had to be performed exactly correct or they would have to start over.
These rituals could last hours...
The best part of this situation is the the market will sort things out.
If you don't like your ISP because of their offerings or service then simply switch to a compeititor.
With a vast array of high quality ISPs to choose from I fail to understand the constant complaining here on/.
Imagine what it will do to countries that are heavily invested in manufacturing, like China?
I know they are already doing a lot of automation over there now, but it is just getting started.
As the tech gets more mature and becomes a commodity, automation via robots and computers will put lots of people out of work.
I bet the Chinese are planning on this eventuality.
I know the Japanese are planning on it...
Burger-G was a fast food chain that had come out of nowhere starting with its first restaurant in Cary. The Burger-G chain had an attitude and a style that said "hip" and "fun" to a wide swath of the American middle class. The chain was able to grow with surprising speed based on its popularity and the public persona of the young founder, Joe Garcia. Over time, Burger-G grew to 1,000 outlets in the U.S. and showed no signs of slowing down. If the trend continued, Burger-G would soon be one of the "Top 5" fast food restaurants in the U.S.
The "robot" installed at this first Burger-G restaurant looked nothing like the robots of popular culture. It was not hominid like C-3PO or futuristic like R2-D2 or industrial like an assembly line robot. Instead it was simply a PC sitting in the back corner of the restaurant running a piece of software. The software was called "Manna", version 1.0*.
Manna's job was to manage the store, and it did this in a most interesting way. Think about a normal fast food restaurant. A group of employees worked at the store, typically 50 people in a normal restaurant, and they rotated in and out on a weekly schedule. The people did everything from making the burgers to taking the orders to cleaning the tables and taking out the trash. All of these employees reported to the store manager and a couple of assistant managers. The managers hired the employees, scheduled them and told them what to do each day. This was a completely normal arrangement. In the early twenty-first century, there were millions of businesses that operated in this way.
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It also required me to train users on posix permissions and how to properly collaborate in a unix-like environment
Are you posting from 1993?
Yea, I work at a lab, and a few of our instruments now need to be constantly connected to phone home.
There is no rationale for this. Just more of the clouded thinking that we now have to live with.
It's going to be a rough ride when the IoT gets going, with how weak it's "security" is.
Imagine when "everything" is on a network, with little to no thought about security...
It makes me wonder, if Scotland had voted to leave the UK, would the UK now still be in the EU?
I heard that a lot of the Brexit votes came from Scotland and Wales.
Coming home to roost...
For starters, go ahead with your weak rationalizations about why any of these critical devices need to be on a network that is also connected to the Internet.
Go ahead...
More like the "We don't serve their kind here" scene.
And the trees were all kept equal, by hatchet, axe, and saw...
This proposal discourages freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of association, criticism of any actions of the US or the Administration here and abroad, research on the enemy, and simple academic free thought.
Now you realize the real reason most of this sort of legislation happens.
Except, you know, Android is a fucking joke. Cue the fanboys trying to tell me I'm wrong.
It's UI is terrible.
Actually its Apples UI that is terrible.
My understanding of mobile devices(phones) used in the Third World, is that it is almost exclusively Android based(generic, low end, NOT Samsung).
I would be surprised to find someone in Chad, Nicaragua or Laos using an iPhone.
Question of the day.
The UI on Skype for Business sucks
So its not just me...
This isn't a botnet. This is botspam.
I thought the same thing when I started reading the summary.
I guess they don't know the difference.
The calves are what we put out to pasture.
The chavs are lower class Britons. It is generally not a nice word to use in public.
Thats quite cavalier of you to say that.
I was never a fan of Apple or of Steve Jobs.
I've been a Windows/Linux guy since the 90s'.
Apple fanbois, etc and the cult surrounding Apple has always turned my stomach(and continues to, to this very day).
However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away.
I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
The story of his life, what he did and how he did it is hard to describe and really "you couldn't make this stuff up".
I was really stunned by the different sides of Steve Jobs personality, which shows again that in human nature, some people can be really complex.
I was stunned by the sheer balls Steve Jobs had to pull off what he did.
The writing and pace of the story in the book was just great and I highly recommend it.
I have to say it really is a tragedy that he passed at that point in his life.
But he managed to accomplish and influence our world like almost no one else has.
Human beings have an ingrained need to find patterns and attach meaning to events.
Read about the Etruscan(passed onto the Romans...) religious practices, who took the reading of events and patterns in nature to the extreme.
Every ritual had to be performed exactly correct or they would have to start over.
These rituals could last hours...
The Gods wouldn't have it any other way.
Incoming!
Godwin at 2 O'Clock!
LeBron should have used an Elon Musk speech.
Get with the times LeBron!
"Elon Musk" sounds like either a lab created pheromone used by Wildlife Biologists in British Columbia or a hipster cologne.
Do you feel security on IoT devices will ever get close to effective, or will the advent of the IoT become a security nightmare?
A few more mergers and they can begin rolling speeds back until netflix is unusable and nobody has any choice on how to consume media.
It really is insane to think that the same companies that supply the pipes can also supply the content.
The best part of this situation is the the market will sort things out. /.
If you don't like your ISP because of their offerings or service then simply switch to a compeititor.
With a vast array of high quality ISPs to choose from I fail to understand the constant complaining here on
Yep, the good old days for income equality peaked 30-60 years ago.
What we are seeing now is a slow and deliberately controlled downward spiral.
Wealth transfers in the past 20-30 years are enormous, and are one way, to a very small percentage of people(you know who I'm talking about)
Do yourself a favor and read some of the stuff Marshall Brain has written about this subject, its pretty interesting.
Imagine what it will do to countries that are heavily invested in manufacturing, like China?
I know they are already doing a lot of automation over there now, but it is just getting started.
As the tech gets more mature and becomes a commodity, automation via robots and computers will put lots of people out of work.
I bet the Chinese are planning on this eventuality.
I know the Japanese are planning on it...
Depending on how you want to think about it, it was funny or inevitable or symbolic that the robotic takeover did not start at MIT, NASA, Microsoft or Ford. It started at a Burger-G restaurant in Cary, NC on May 17. It seemed like such a simple thing at the time, but May 17 marked a pivotal moment in human history.
Burger-G was a fast food chain that had come out of nowhere starting with its first restaurant in Cary. The Burger-G chain had an attitude and a style that said "hip" and "fun" to a wide swath of the American middle class. The chain was able to grow with surprising speed based on its popularity and the public persona of the young founder, Joe Garcia. Over time, Burger-G grew to 1,000 outlets in the U.S. and showed no signs of slowing down. If the trend continued, Burger-G would soon be one of the "Top 5" fast food restaurants in the U.S.
The "robot" installed at this first Burger-G restaurant looked nothing like the robots of popular culture. It was not hominid like C-3PO or futuristic like R2-D2 or industrial like an assembly line robot. Instead it was simply a PC sitting in the back corner of the restaurant running a piece of software. The software was called "Manna", version 1.0*.
Manna's job was to manage the store, and it did this in a most interesting way. Think about a normal fast food restaurant. A group of employees worked at the store, typically 50 people in a normal restaurant, and they rotated in and out on a weekly schedule. The people did everything from making the burgers to taking the orders to cleaning the tables and taking out the trash. All of these employees reported to the store manager and a couple of assistant managers. The managers hired the employees, scheduled them and told them what to do each day. This was a completely normal arrangement. In the early twenty-first century, there were millions of businesses that operated in this way.
Hubris: fooling the smug and prideful into a blissful state of complacency for 4000 years now.