I don't have any of these (spy) devices, but can't imagine I'd actually shop for stuff using it - certainly not things I hadn't already purchased before - because there's no way to review the items, like you can using a browser, to ensure it's really what you want. For things I've previously bought and am simply re-buying, like laundry soap, it might offer some, small, convenience, but not enough to have an always-listening device on my house. These things have always seemed more like a solution in search of a problem.
If I had to guess I would expect Laserlike is paying for this, and is paying Mozilla to develop and promote it.
And what kind of custom API support (or hooks) is Mozilla enabling to support this extension that they wouldn't for other extension developers who haven't forked over any $$$? Is it the kind of access they asserted isn't allowed / supported anymore with Web Extensions? I'm not saying this is something to argue over, but it would show where everyone is on the food chain... Hopefully, it's just a "normal" extension that *won't* come bundled with Firefox -- because, seriously, who would actually want this?
For $9.95 per month, MoviePass subscribers used to be able to see a movie in theaters every day, if they so chose. Beginning on August 15, the service will instead provide three movies per month. The change replaces a previously announced plan to raise prices to $14.95 a month.
So, instead of a max of 30 movies/month for $14.95 (up from $9.95) it will be a max of 3 movies/month for $9.95. How is this not effectively a price increase? Fewer at the same price is equivalent to the same number at a higher price.
For example. It's like smaller rolls of toilet paper but at the same price, because customers notice the "price point" not actual value. If you haven't noticed, toilet paper used to be 4.5"x4.5", then most switched to 4.5"x4" or 4.25"x4", now it's 4"x4" or 4"x3.92" -- but all at the same price as 4.5"x4.5". (Google: toilet paper smaller)
Taking a page right out of Trump's book... blame the guy who came before you.
Trump's book? I seem to recall Obama blaming a failing housing market and rapidly rising unemployment on Bush, well after Bush's term was over. Blaming the guy who came before you is Page 1 of the Democratic Handbook, I recall Clinton blamed every problem on the Bush who came before him as well. I'm sure Jimmy Carter blamed everything on his predecessor as well. Refusing to take personal responsibility for your actions is the foundation of the left.
*Every* administration blames something on prior administration or takes credit for something that actually happened during the previous administration - both Democratic and Republican. Some of this is justified and some of it isn't. The former is often because many things take time to heat up or cool off and can cross into new administrations, the latter is because politician are dicks.
As for "refusing to take personal responsibility for your actions", that is classic Trump -- and literally taught in the Trump University course, Business Ethics 101, Avoiding Personal Responsibility. Synopsis: Learn to convincingly blame others, default on creditors, lie, etc...
Facebook has talked about a feature that would show its users their checking-account balances...
If you need to check your checking-account balance on Facebook, on your cellphone, or before a purchase, like in those mobile-banking commercials, then you're managing your personal finances wrong. And, why in hell would anyone want Facebook to know their bank balances, etc...?
Except in Education (ranked 40th) and Healthcare (ranked 38th) in the nation. Also, it's really frelling hot in Texas. Still, not a bad place to fly over on your way to somewhere better.:-)
What's to stop one person from signing up legitimately...
Or using someone else's ID or a fake ID. My wife died in 2006, but I still have her (now expired) driver's license. It would be simple to photoshop the expiration date on a photo of it and provide another picture of her to get this browser. Obviously, I wouldn't do this with her information, but the idea is sound. I imagine it would be also relatively simple to photoshop a fake driver's license photo using a real one as a template. I can't imagine the company would actually verify the IDs submitted...
Why would one need (or want) to provide proof of identity to use a browser? So the company can pass a permanent, unique ID cookie and data to *every* site you visit? So you can be tracked *everywhere*? I imagine their revenue model relied on selling your browsing data to every/anyone. So that sounds like fun.
Under the new guidelines, the companies said they would obtain consumers "separate express consent" before turning over their individual genetic information to businesses and other third parties, including insurers,...
And insurance companies will require this "separate express consent" in order to receive coverage in 3... 2... 1...
Yes, because land area, and area suitable for growing trees, is infinite -- and everything else wrong with your poorly-reasoned argument, that started with the phrase, "Just some stupid number crunching", that you apparently did yourself.
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I don't have any of these (spy) devices, but can't imagine I'd actually shop for stuff using it - certainly not things I hadn't already purchased before - because there's no way to review the items, like you can using a browser, to ensure it's really what you want. For things I've previously bought and am simply re-buying, like laundry soap, it might offer some, small, convenience, but not enough to have an always-listening device on my house. These things have always seemed more like a solution in search of a problem.
If I had to guess I would expect Laserlike is paying for this, and is paying Mozilla to develop and promote it.
And what kind of custom API support (or hooks) is Mozilla enabling to support this extension that they wouldn't for other extension developers who haven't forked over any $$$? Is it the kind of access they asserted isn't allowed / supported anymore with Web Extensions? I'm not saying this is something to argue over, but it would show where everyone is on the food chain... Hopefully, it's just a "normal" extension that *won't* come bundled with Firefox -- because, seriously, who would actually want this?
For $9.95 per month, MoviePass subscribers used to be able to see a movie in theaters every day, if they so chose. Beginning on August 15, the service will instead provide three movies per month. The change replaces a previously announced plan to raise prices to $14.95 a month.
So, instead of a max of 30 movies/month for $14.95 (up from $9.95) it will be a max of 3 movies/month for $9.95. How is this not effectively a price increase? Fewer at the same price is equivalent to the same number at a higher price.
For example. It's like smaller rolls of toilet paper but at the same price, because customers notice the "price point" not actual value. If you haven't noticed, toilet paper used to be 4.5"x4.5", then most switched to 4.5"x4" or 4.25"x4", now it's 4"x4" or 4"x3.92" -- but all at the same price as 4.5"x4.5". (Google: toilet paper smaller)
Taking a page right out of Trump's book... blame the guy who came before you.
Trump's book? I seem to recall Obama blaming a failing housing market and rapidly rising unemployment on Bush, well after Bush's term was over. Blaming the guy who came before you is Page 1 of the Democratic Handbook, I recall Clinton blamed every problem on the Bush who came before him as well. I'm sure Jimmy Carter blamed everything on his predecessor as well. Refusing to take personal responsibility for your actions is the foundation of the left.
*Every* administration blames something on prior administration or takes credit for something that actually happened during the previous administration - both Democratic and Republican. Some of this is justified and some of it isn't. The former is often because many things take time to heat up or cool off and can cross into new administrations, the latter is because politician are dicks.
As for "refusing to take personal responsibility for your actions", that is classic Trump -- and literally taught in the Trump University course, Business Ethics 101, Avoiding Personal Responsibility. Synopsis: Learn to convincingly blame others, default on creditors, lie, etc...
The delay was minuscule -- on the order of 10 microseconds -- but in a business where millions are made and lost in seconds, that's substantial."
My sympathies to all the high-frequency traders who have to wait an extra 10 mu to rip the rest of us off...
Vodafone has also changed the name of some of its deals: Fibre 38 and Fibre 76 are now Superfast 1 and Superfast 2.
Now define "fast".
More bugs, not less, could theoretically make a system safer.
Just like how adding actual bugs to food makes it tastier.
Except these bases are typically in remote areas where the only fitness tracker activity is from military personnel.
Ya, but how are people stationed at CIA black-sites supposed to track their cardio now?
Facebook has talked about a feature that would show its users their checking-account balances ...
If you need to check your checking-account balance on Facebook, on your cellphone, or before a purchase, like in those mobile-banking commercials, then you're managing your personal finances wrong. And, why in hell would anyone want Facebook to know their bank balances, etc...?
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I imagine the setting we're all looking for is: user_pref("network.trr.mode", 5);
I'm 67 and check my smartphone about every 30 minutes, about twice as often as I think of sex. Imagine how often I would check if I were in my teens!
Cell phones hadn't been invented yet when you were in your teens. :-)
Get rid of the registry? And replace it with what? A rolodex stored in a filing cabinet behind a door with a sign that says "Beware of the tiger"?
How about microfilm? I hear it lasts 500 years.
More than three-quarters (78%) of British adults own a smartphone, and we check them on average every 12 minutes.
I only check mine a few times a day, if that. Then again, I'm old(er) and not British.
Around 1980 I got a job as a COM Camera Operator.
Around 1980, I got a job as an LPT Camera Operator!
I predict 75% of Slashdotters are too young to get the joke.
Then explain it please?
I imagine it involves COM vs. LPT ports.
Now I wish I had recorded all times I yelled and ranted at my Windows PC. Yes, I sometimes actually do this -- I'm sure we *all* do...
It's better here in Texas (like everything) ...
Except in Education (ranked 40th) and Healthcare (ranked 38th) in the nation. Also, it's really frelling hot in Texas. Still, not a bad place to fly over on your way to somewhere better. :-)
What's to stop one person from signing up legitimately ...
Or using someone else's ID or a fake ID. My wife died in 2006, but I still have her (now expired) driver's license. It would be simple to photoshop the expiration date on a photo of it and provide another picture of her to get this browser. Obviously, I wouldn't do this with her information, but the idea is sound. I imagine it would be also relatively simple to photoshop a fake driver's license photo using a real one as a template. I can't imagine the company would actually verify the IDs submitted...
I think people were far more worried that the company would be selling their browsing histories, attached to their real names.
Yikes! I hadn't thought of that, thanks.
Why would one need (or want) to provide proof of identity to use a browser? So the company can pass a permanent, unique ID cookie and data to *every* site you visit? So you can be tracked *everywhere*? I imagine their revenue model relied on selling your browsing data to every/anyone. So that sounds like fun.
Because you get to say whatever you feel like without a personal repercussion.
Like Twitter.
Under the new guidelines, the companies said they would obtain consumers "separate express consent" before turning over their individual genetic information to businesses and other third parties, including insurers, ...
And insurance companies will require this "separate express consent" in order to receive coverage in 3... 2... 1...
Thanks. Loved your show. :-)
( Couldn't resist given your username ... )
You could start by looking up the definition of "categorically".
Definition: Horrifically mauled by a cat.
Example: That rat was categorically chewed up.
You're under the assumption that fish don't reproduce. I've got some news for you.
If we consumed *all* the fish in the ocean in one year, as the GP stated, which fish in said ocean would be left to reproduce?
We will always make more when more is in demand.
Yes, because land area, and area suitable for growing trees, is infinite -- and everything else wrong with your poorly-reasoned argument, that started with the phrase, "Just some stupid number crunching", that you apparently did yourself.