Well - I have an electric stove, so if needed I'll have to use the side burner on my propane grill.
That aside, the water is more a concern related to contamination - large amounts of flooding in the wrong places will render water undrinkable for a time.
Indeed; like I said, I've done basic prep. We'll be fine if we lose power for a week or even longer. But most of this stuff is stuff I have on hand *anyway* - not a reaction to the hype. Just a little common sense and foresight - understanding that because things are a certain way *now* does not mean this will be true *tomorrow * - is all it takes to be prepared for most reasonable emergencies. Without buying into the hype...
I think my flippancy has caused some misinterpretation.
Like I said, I've done basic prep. Candles, flashlight, plenty of food, standing supply of bottled water, etc.
But I also know that the absolute worst that will happen is my house will fall down, in which case we'll need to find somewhere else to be. The vast majority of the preparations I can take won't make any difference to the storm.
If we lose power, we lose power. THe world won't end, I have plenty of dry food and enough water packed in my freezer that it'll be a couple-few days before it's a problem, and dried food enough for two weeks easily. Also plenty of food on hand for my animals.
The usual "run in circles, scream and shout" routine won't help anything. Nor will joining the throngs at the store for the next three days who buy every last scrap of bread, water, and whatever else.
THis is where I backtrack and say that my commentary only indicated I thought the transcript was better than the video, instead of being honest and saying, "Doh! how the hell did I miss that?"
Accessing a social media account using fake data can certainly be construed as accessing the system without authorization (you are not, in fact, the person whose every move and preference is tracked via this account). Potentially costing FB, G+, etc., etc. money by lying about who you are so they can't target you with their ads (Probably using an ad blocker will eventually be applied to this too), can cause a loss of ad sales revenue.
Actually they can still target you under a fake identity, so that one wouldn't work so well.
I'll give you that they could *attempt* to make a case on such a basis. Certainly we've seen that twisted in some prosecutions of "hackers". Whether a prosecutor would go along with it in this context, and whether it would even survive preliminary motions is another story altogether.
Right, and this tells me I can't violate TOS with a private company.... where exactly? If you actually read the text you provided, you'll see that it doesn't, not even indirectly.
The remedy for violated ToS is termination of service, as is typically spelled out in the ToS themselves.
Aw, isn't that quaint - you actually seem to believe this.
Don't worry. Everyone already does this. Your precious little databases of everything, everywhere, already contain 100% pure unadulterated shit (actually only 95% shit, but since you can't easily tell which morons gave real info, you can't trust any of it). So really, you haven't lost anything.
Have you *looked* at facebook? Huge numbers of people proudly post every real, factual detail of their real lives to it.
Printing an entirely new one with your own bar code doesn't tamper with the existing card at all.
Holy crap, you're right! Can't believe that nobody has spotted that loophole! Go ahead and try it - be sure to check back in and let us know how that worked for you.
It's really simple. I expect my kid will actually want a phone. Leaving location services on is a condition of getting to keep the phone. If I ever check on him and find it is disabled, or is reporting him to be somewhere he is not, then he loses the phone.
No matter how much I dislike patent trolls, I view this kind of report with the same skepticism as I view RIAA reporting how much they "lose" to piracy every year.
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Ah, and thus we go right to the *real* heart of the matter.
Well - I have an electric stove, so if needed I'll have to use the side burner on my propane grill.
That aside, the water is more a concern related to contamination - large amounts of flooding in the wrong places will render water undrinkable for a time.
Indeed; like I said, I've done basic prep. We'll be fine if we lose power for a week or even longer. But most of this stuff is stuff I have on hand *anyway* - not a reaction to the hype. Just a little common sense and foresight - understanding that because things are a certain way *now* does not mean this will be true *tomorrow * - is all it takes to be prepared for most reasonable emergencies. Without buying into the hype...
I think my flippancy has caused some misinterpretation.
Like I said, I've done basic prep. Candles, flashlight, plenty of food, standing supply of bottled water, etc.
But I also know that the absolute worst that will happen is my house will fall down, in which case we'll need to find somewhere else to be. The vast majority of the preparations I can take won't make any difference to the storm.
If we lose power, we lose power. THe world won't end, I have plenty of dry food and enough water packed in my freezer that it'll be a couple-few days before it's a problem, and dried food enough for two weeks easily. Also plenty of food on hand for my animals.
The usual "run in circles, scream and shout" routine won't help anything. Nor will joining the throngs at the store for the next three days who buy every last scrap of bread, water, and whatever else.
This is why playing the percentages game is stupid.
HTC's volume: 7 million units during the quarter
Nokia's volume: 6.3 million units during the last quarter.
So HTC is "losing ground faster" but they're still selling more phones.
Why is this actually an article anywhere, nevermind here on slash-- oh, wait. BGR - I understand now. Weekly World News of the tech world.
yeah those 40-mph forecast winds as we get 'slammed' on the east coast are terrifying.
I'd take this more seriously if the media didn't hop all over *every* storm as if it each one was the End of the World as we Know It.
Of course I've done basic prep - but no, I'm not cowering upstairs crawl space in fear of the lower floors getting flooded out.
THis is where I backtrack and say that my commentary only indicated I thought the transcript was better than the video, instead of being honest and saying, "Doh! how the hell did I miss that?"
Accessing a social media account using fake data can certainly be construed as accessing the system without authorization (you are not, in fact, the person whose every move and preference is tracked via this account). Potentially costing FB, G+, etc., etc. money by lying about who you are so they can't target you with their ads (Probably using an ad blocker will eventually be applied to this too), can cause a loss of ad sales revenue.
Actually they can still target you under a fake identity, so that one wouldn't work so well.
I'll give you that they could *attempt* to make a case on such a basis. Certainly we've seen that twisted in some prosecutions of "hackers". Whether a prosecutor would go along with it in this context, and whether it would even survive preliminary motions is another story altogether.
Right, and this tells me I can't violate TOS with a private company .... where exactly? If you actually read the text you provided, you'll see that it doesn't, not even indirectly.
The remedy for violated ToS is termination of service, as is typically spelled out in the ToS themselves.
Video great - transcript better.
Aw, isn't that quaint - you actually seem to believe this.
Don't worry. Everyone already does this. Your precious little databases of everything, everywhere, already contain 100% pure unadulterated shit (actually only 95% shit, but since you can't easily tell which morons gave real info, you can't trust any of it). So really, you haven't lost anything.
Have you *looked* at facebook? Huge numbers of people proudly post every real, factual detail of their real lives to it.
And I'm sure you can easily find for us the specific laws in question?
Printing an entirely new one with your own bar code doesn't tamper with the existing card at all.
Holy crap, you're right! Can't believe that nobody has spotted that loophole! Go ahead and try it - be sure to check back in and let us know how that worked for you.
It's really simple. I expect my kid will actually want a phone. Leaving location services on is a condition of getting to keep the phone. If I ever check on him and find it is disabled, or is reporting him to be somewhere he is not, then he loses the phone.
Yeah, and I call it a "mobile phone".
The best way to tell for sure is if you deny that's the case.
She's a witch! Burn her!
Yeah kids never made fun of other kids because of their clothes or bike.
So because kids will be kids (judgmental and inconsiderate until they learn or are taught better) that excuses adults?
No matter how much I dislike patent trolls, I view this kind of report with the same skepticism as I view RIAA reporting how much they "lose" to piracy every year.
Thanks for the info/clarification.
It was probably created for tracking purposes, the same way that clicking on an unmodified Google search result also takes you to a redirect url.
Gross margin is essentially your profit after most expenses. That seems to make a loss unlikely at that margin- which is pretty healthy.
Only in tech would someone consider a gross margin of 37% abysmal.
Indeed. Maybe it's diamonds ;)
It frankly doesn't make sense to say they aren't the same when they share a Kernel.
Indeed. Kind of like Chromebook and Android sharing a linux kernel?
There's this thing called the "article". It is a strange and elusive beast, and many slashdotters miss it entirely.