I think this needs to be investigated. Seriously. This is not normal. Now the lobbyist with power can now do what he was unable to do when he was powerless (but just placing bribes) lobbyist.
Some shit is going to happen following this and it is going to be bad.
But you are paying for it. Your payment is the advertisement that you are being served. It is easy to mistake that for "free" while it is not. Nothing is free (in reality) and we all pay for the services we get in one way or the other. The most common approach to do this is with advertisements, rather then subscriptions or paywalls.
Yes, you also pay for slashdot. Both with advertisement and subscription (optional) charges.
Those scripts should be architected software that pulls from a number of sources, coalesces the data using some logical averaging at least then makes a decision on whether to trade.
That trades happen based on keywords is hard to imagine.
They do not have time. Reason being. They are too greedy to even consider it.
Releasing a none-native species into the wild is highly damaging. Since nobody can tell what that does to the native species already in the area. This people might have just done massive damage to nature in Italy. Not just the research it self.
Go after the company. Once anything costs this people anything they are going to stop it. They are only going to spend money when they can get more then 100% returns on the money spent.
That is what they are doing with this lawsuits today. Both patents troll and copyright trolls alike.
I am being serious. He has already lost this 10.000$. Unless it is just a trickery and he is never going to accept any proof at all. But that might well be the case. Since the creationist types are crazy assholes to begin with and never accept any proof at all. No matter how well documented it is.
By the way. Book of genesis is a really, really big pile of crap. It is actually more then that. It is a big pile of useless crap from start to end. There is nothing else to it.
This people do not have any understanding of computers or the internet in general. I doubt it is going to change in the future. Since this type of people are generally not computer literature at all and never have been.
I doubt they know even what an IP address is or an hard drive.
Same did happen in Iceland few years ago. A guy who was considered "odd" by everyone did vanish. He did not have any mobile phone or debit card (or credit card). He did pay in cash only. He was last seen on security camera in gas station in south Iceland. He burnt car was found in a quarry few months later. The person it self has not been seen since. His remains have not been found so far. Even after extensive search.
This was some 4 years ago if my memory is correct.
1: Don't use the internet. Rather that be e-mail, web pages, internet bank. 2: Don't use mobile phone of any type. Dumb-phones can be tracked just as easy as smartphones. 3: Don't use credit or debit card of any type. Since most of us need bank account. Get one that is not connected to any debit or credit card. Pay cash only. But be advised that still leaves you up to tracking. Since all stores and banks have security cameras that can be used to track you if needed. 4: Don't buy electricity or anything off companies. This is hard to avoid. 5: Live remote and not connected to anything. Then you might avoid being on the grid 99,95% of the time. I do think it is close to impossible to fall 100% of the grid due to the nature of the modern world.
The other option is to mix in with the grid in such a way that you don't get detected. That however does not matter if the authorities are tracking you activity. Since one spot (or "unit" as they prefer to call it) can be tracked easy if needed. Be that over banks, phone or internet. They got the hardware for this ability about 13 years ago. It has only been growing since then.
This is called subscription business model. This is nothing else. Next you have to renew your licence every x/month for your office to work. Same goes for Windows. They are close to do this in Windows 8. I am sure it is going to be fully implemented in Windows 9 or 10. This is not a question of "if". This is a question of "when" Microsoft sees this plan trough.
I am sure that current recession has delayed this plans for some months now. But they are going to be activated soon.
Why do people think Microsoft has included DRM infested boot in UEFI. Specially designed to lock the computer up-on online command (preventing active booting). I am sure all the sub-systems are in place for Windows 8. Just inactive as for now.
The fix for this is not to use Windows, Microsoft Office or any product that demands this licence compliance. It is also worth noting that just the saving in terms of money by not using Windows is high. It is also more secure not to use Windows or Microsoft software in companies.
I am not totally free from using Windows my self. I need it to play few computer games. But I do not plan to go above Windows 7 or at the best. I am never going to stop using Windows XP (even after Microsoft kills the support for it). The only issue I have with is new hardware and Windows XP drivers (+3GB ram limit in Windows XP). So I guess that I am going to use Windows 7 for gaming usage for a long time once I have a gaming computer.
This blocklist does not make this problem of illegal child porn go away. Something needs to be done about it directly (taking the web sites in question down is a good start). The blocklist just makes it hidden. They do nothing to solve this criminal activity or prevent it. Something of that nature needs to be done. Current "solutions" are no solutions at all.
What she is suggesting does in fact not solve anything and never has solved anything.
Testing of the bug exist or has been fixed is not "hacking the system". He used a online security tool. He might have asked for a permission to do this. But the most likely answer he would have received would have been flat out no. You know why. Because the company in question might not had any interest in actually fixing the bug. Saying that they are going to do something does not equal that they are actually going to do so.
So checking up on them should be fine. A long as he did not try to exploit the bug (extract data).
Reporting a bug like is in it self dangerous. The reason is simple. Companies are often controlled by people who do not understand the technology and the importance of bug discovery. So when this happen. They go on rampage and punish the discoverer of the bug. Instead of awarding him or send him a thank you note.
This people do not care about white hat or black hats. In fact. I am not sure if they care about anything else then pure profit.
The rule here is to never sign NDA in this case. Go public and burn the company in question with the media. Threatening people with jail when they discover a exploit in software is counter-active and just plain stupid. The president of Skytech clearly doesn't understand software or computers in general. In fact. I am sure that he is just plain capital asshole as you can find them in companies everywhere.
Windows phones are not user friendly. There user screen cannot be properly configured (as with other mobile phones today). They have no options of setting a background image. They are hard to configure, missing features that have existed for years on Symbian, Android and Apple. It is battery unfriendly by nature (a lot of power usage).
For this reason I am never going to buy a Windows phone. I rather move to Android. But I would prefer to continue to use Symbian. But that is not a option I am afraid of. Since Nokia has almost been destroyed by the Microsoft zetaloid that was hired by Nokia board few years ago. But he did work for Microsoft, so he going for Windows Mobile is no surprise at all.
Nokia is going to be missed if it goes bankrupt. The lesson here is however is that never go into a deal with Microsoft. It is going to ruin our company in a record amount of time. It is a fact and a rule. I did see a list of companies that Microsoft made bankrupt with there bad deals. Too bad I can't find at the moment.
Iceland is not in the EU. But it is part of EEA. So only part of the EU law applies. The rules on consumer rights only apply in part when it comes to Iceland. But here is the EU web page on this.
I have also seen this. But I live in Denmark. Amazon refuses to sell e-books to Denmark from UK. Therefor breaking EU law in this regards (single market). Why this is the case I do not know. But I am sure this is illegal to start with. Regardless who is selling the digital material. This does not only apply to e-books. As Amazon for instances refuses to sell mp3 files to Denmark as well.
I am also a publisher of e-books. I do not understand this type of stupid. As I for instance I want to sell my e-books everywhere. The sad thing is that I might not have a lot to say about it in the end.
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So it is going to be Firefox 100 by next year then?
I think this needs to be investigated. Seriously. This is not normal. Now the lobbyist with power can now do what he was unable to do when he was powerless (but just placing bribes) lobbyist.
Some shit is going to happen following this and it is going to be bad.
The local race in that area (Alpha Century) is not going to be happy about it once they find out, in about 75 years time or so.
Here are the requirement for tourist visa for Switzerland if you are not from EFTA/EU+Schengen area. They are extremely strict and troublesome.
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/eur/vgeo/ref_visinf/visgeo/toutif.html
But this is nothing compared to going to Falkland Islands. They have rather strict measurements there too. Even worse then Switzerland.
http://www.falklandislands.com/product.php/36/17/visas
But you are paying for it. Your payment is the advertisement that you are being served. It is easy to mistake that for "free" while it is not. Nothing is free (in reality) and we all pay for the services we get in one way or the other. The most common approach to do this is with advertisements, rather then subscriptions or paywalls.
Yes, you also pay for slashdot. Both with advertisement and subscription (optional) charges.
Those scripts should be architected software that pulls from a number of sources, coalesces the data using some logical averaging at least then makes a decision on whether to trade.
That trades happen based on keywords is hard to imagine.
They do not have time. Reason being. They are too greedy to even consider it.
Releasing a none-native species into the wild is highly damaging. Since nobody can tell what that does to the native species already in the area. This people might have just done massive damage to nature in Italy. Not just the research it self.
Go after the company. Once anything costs this people anything they are going to stop it. They are only going to spend money when they can get more then 100% returns on the money spent.
That is what they are doing with this lawsuits today. Both patents troll and copyright trolls alike.
Where do I collect the money?
I am being serious. He has already lost this 10.000$. Unless it is just a trickery and he is never going to accept any proof at all. But that might well be the case. Since the creationist types are crazy assholes to begin with and never accept any proof at all. No matter how well documented it is.
By the way. Book of genesis is a really, really big pile of crap. It is actually more then that. It is a big pile of useless crap from start to end. There is nothing else to it.
Wikipedia entry on this bible chapter, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis
I hope that you can read Icelandic and Danish then, or German if I am up to it.
This people do not have any understanding of computers or the internet in general. I doubt it is going to change in the future. Since this type of people are generally not computer literature at all and never have been.
I doubt they know even what an IP address is or an hard drive.
Same did happen in Iceland few years ago. A guy who was considered "odd" by everyone did vanish. He did not have any mobile phone or debit card (or credit card). He did pay in cash only. He was last seen on security camera in gas station in south Iceland. He burnt car was found in a quarry few months later. The person it self has not been seen since. His remains have not been found so far. Even after extensive search.
This was some 4 years ago if my memory is correct.
If you don't want to be on the grid.
1: Don't use the internet. Rather that be e-mail, web pages, internet bank.
2: Don't use mobile phone of any type. Dumb-phones can be tracked just as easy as smartphones.
3: Don't use credit or debit card of any type. Since most of us need bank account. Get one that is not connected to any debit or credit card. Pay cash only. But be advised that still leaves you up to tracking. Since all stores and banks have security cameras that can be used to track you if needed.
4: Don't buy electricity or anything off companies. This is hard to avoid.
5: Live remote and not connected to anything. Then you might avoid being on the grid 99,95% of the time. I do think it is close to impossible to fall 100% of the grid due to the nature of the modern world.
The other option is to mix in with the grid in such a way that you don't get detected. That however does not matter if the authorities are tracking you activity. Since one spot (or "unit" as they prefer to call it) can be tracked easy if needed. Be that over banks, phone or internet. They got the hardware for this ability about 13 years ago. It has only been growing since then.
Not AC, since it would not have mattered anyway.
This is planned obsolescence. As such it is a bad model as they always are. But this is no surprise at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence
This is called subscription business model. This is nothing else. Next you have to renew your licence every x/month for your office to work. Same goes for Windows. They are close to do this in Windows 8. I am sure it is going to be fully implemented in Windows 9 or 10. This is not a question of "if". This is a question of "when" Microsoft sees this plan trough.
I am sure that current recession has delayed this plans for some months now. But they are going to be activated soon.
Why do people think Microsoft has included DRM infested boot in UEFI. Specially designed to lock the computer up-on online command (preventing active booting). I am sure all the sub-systems are in place for Windows 8. Just inactive as for now.
The fix for this is not to use Windows, Microsoft Office or any product that demands this licence compliance. It is also worth noting that just the saving in terms of money by not using Windows is high. It is also more secure not to use Windows or Microsoft software in companies.
I am not totally free from using Windows my self. I need it to play few computer games. But I do not plan to go above Windows 7 or at the best. I am never going to stop using Windows XP (even after Microsoft kills the support for it). The only issue I have with is new hardware and Windows XP drivers (+3GB ram limit in Windows XP). So I guess that I am going to use Windows 7 for gaming usage for a long time once I have a gaming computer.
This blocklist does not make this problem of illegal child porn go away. Something needs to be done about it directly (taking the web sites in question down is a good start). The blocklist just makes it hidden. They do nothing to solve this criminal activity or prevent it. Something of that nature needs to be done. Current "solutions" are no solutions at all.
What she is suggesting does in fact not solve anything and never has solved anything.
Testing of the bug exist or has been fixed is not "hacking the system". He used a online security tool. He might have asked for a permission to do this. But the most likely answer he would have received would have been flat out no. You know why. Because the company in question might not had any interest in actually fixing the bug. Saying that they are going to do something does not equal that they are actually going to do so.
So checking up on them should be fine. A long as he did not try to exploit the bug (extract data).
Reporting a bug like is in it self dangerous. The reason is simple. Companies are often controlled by people who do not understand the technology and the importance of bug discovery. So when this happen. They go on rampage and punish the discoverer of the bug. Instead of awarding him or send him a thank you note.
This people do not care about white hat or black hats. In fact. I am not sure if they care about anything else then pure profit.
The rule here is to never sign NDA in this case. Go public and burn the company in question with the media. Threatening people with jail when they discover a exploit in software is counter-active and just plain stupid. The president of Skytech clearly doesn't understand software or computers in general. In fact. I am sure that he is just plain capital asshole as you can find them in companies everywhere.
Tell me. Where can you change the background image on the newest Windows phone? Let me know when you find it. For others. Just search Google.
Windows phones are not user friendly. There user screen cannot be properly configured (as with other mobile phones today). They have no options of setting a background image. They are hard to configure, missing features that have existed for years on Symbian, Android and Apple. It is battery unfriendly by nature (a lot of power usage).
For this reason I am never going to buy a Windows phone. I rather move to Android. But I would prefer to continue to use Symbian. But that is not a option I am afraid of. Since Nokia has almost been destroyed by the Microsoft zetaloid that was hired by Nokia board few years ago. But he did work for Microsoft, so he going for Windows Mobile is no surprise at all.
Nokia is going to be missed if it goes bankrupt. The lesson here is however is that never go into a deal with Microsoft. It is going to ruin our company in a record amount of time. It is a fact and a rule. I did see a list of companies that Microsoft made bankrupt with there bad deals. Too bad I can't find at the moment.
I am sure that it is being used in such a way somewhere in the universe already.
Game Theory is wrong. Has always been wrong and that is not going to change. It is best ignored and avoided in all cases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
Iceland is not in the EU. But it is part of EEA. So only part of the EU law applies. The rules on consumer rights only apply in part when it comes to Iceland. But here is the EU web page on this.
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/online-shopping/when-things-go-wrong/index_en.htm
I have also seen this. But I live in Denmark. Amazon refuses to sell e-books to Denmark from UK. Therefor breaking EU law in this regards (single market). Why this is the case I do not know. But I am sure this is illegal to start with. Regardless who is selling the digital material. This does not only apply to e-books. As Amazon for instances refuses to sell mp3 files to Denmark as well.
I am also a publisher of e-books. I do not understand this type of stupid. As I for instance I want to sell my e-books everywhere. The sad thing is that I might not have a lot to say about it in the end.