They bought spectrum which is the property of the people, agreeing to use it fairly. Yet they prohibit devices on their net and require them to go through long "testing" processes that can take up to a year - on devices that have two year shelf lives. They are also against net neutrality.
I figure if it is bad for Verizon, it is good for the public in general.
If you listen to the Security Now podcast, this sort of thing is all over the internet. It's a nasty place out there and actors from anywhere and everywhere are always checking addresses for vulnerabilities, etc. I suspect we all get that sort of thing.
You seem so focused on climate change, that was just an example. There are people who are idiots who believe the moon landings were faked, too. Do you disagree that our society's ability to handle scientific information has declined in the past 40 years?
The media IS part of everyday people - they go to the same schools. They are part of society. So the media changes are part of the bigger picture. Sorry you don't really seem to understand that.
...our generation has largely given up on science. We all reap the benefits but I find the level of science education to be abysmal. People can't distinguish between fact and fiction in news reporting and our wonderful government (many of them) don't want to believe *actual data* about things like global warming, etc. - because it's not "convenient" for their economic or religious beliefs. And of course some of those people become the reporters that report on these things, and they are ignorant, too.
It's really quite sad. We got to #1 in this world because of science, but we are turning into a society of cultish freaks who don't wan't to believe anything they don't like, regardless of the actual evidence.
Well, we are carbon life forms and we are looking at the situation from our perspective. I would say the chances of these simulations being accurate are vanishingly small. Do we REALLY understand how and where life forms? Being carbon-based, is it really realistic to assume any and all life is like us, formed like us (even if our other assumptions about our own formation are correct)? At one time we thought we were the center of the universe, right here on earth. We also thought that Mars has always been dry, and we thought that Pluto would be a featureless cold world. And THAT's only assumptions within our solar system!
You can be pretty confident that this "detailed new simulation" isn't very accurate at all.
I was going to post something almost identical. Europe seems to be a bit schitzo on this - on the one hand the stridently demand privacy for their citizens and fault companies like Google, etc. But then they call for backdoors, making encryption illegal, etc. If it's a back door - do you REALLY think the "bad guys" won't find out about that and exploit them? That's a very dangerous game.
Today TLS is weak partly because of the weak ciphers used in our browsers in the early days, that are still there - because the US called encryption a "munition" (haha) so that they could restrict the export of the technology. So nowadays we all use encryption that is weak and exploitable - just so that governments can snoop.
This must mean that the government should put permanent taps on engineers' computers, internet, and phone lines. Heck, cameras in their homes and cars as well. Because, you know, terrorism and the children.
...like a carefully worded statement designed to be strictly factually correct to remove the stink from CMU, but that there is probably mostly truth in the original story. Just the wording of their statement seems so carefully selected that you just know the reality is that they did do it, but not exactly the way they are defending their selves. So they can sound innocent when they probably are not.
Now the FCC just needs to address egregious cell phone charges and egregious internet/ISP charges and TV/Cable company charges. Why should we have to pay extra for HD? Or for a cable box when we're already paying for cable? Why is the internet cost without TV from my cable provider like 80% of the cost of basic cable alone? And what about all those junk taxes, fees, charges, recovery fees, etc.? It's a huge set of scams.
First Apple and now Google are pushing back on the US government, which is trying its hardest to spy on people. These companies are compelled to give up information, in secret, without warrants, due to PATRIOT Act and other government "intelligence". This has hurt business for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others. It seems that they've decided that they are going to make it hard/impossible for the US government to steal their customers' data. Bravo to them.
Lutz is an idiot, a blowhard. IMHO he's highly overrated. He laughed at hybrids when Toyota came out with the Prius. A few years later GM was wildly scrambling to catch up with THREE different hybrid systems (two have failed and one is no market winner) - the "mild" hybrid a la Malibu, the "two mode" hybrid for big SUVs, and the Volt. The first two are already out of production.
Lutz also led the development of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars, which looked great but were crap cars that also failed in the market.
Unfortunately I really like the Moto X, but after Lenovo's privacy issues and cavalier attitude, I'm not going to be considering any Motorola products, either.
We need to punish companies that treat us like this.
I mean, has Google ever said it's results are "fair". And of course if you pay for advertising your "sponsored" results should show up more!
Seems to me that MS packages Bing, and Cortana, in their OS! Isn't that unfair, too?
Apple doesn't allow FaceTime on Android. Isn't that unfair?
Canon has chips in their ink cartridges so that you buy from them - is that unfair?
Why can't India just go use Bing or something else if they don't like it?
It's like guns in the US. If they were outlawed then those who don't care about the laws would still use them. Encryption is out there, it is widely available. And the more that governments try to block it the more determined companies and individuals will find more convenient ways to use it. It's a lot of bluster but not very practical. And ultimately (IMHO) the availability of rapid communications does more to help humanity than to hurt it.
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Don't know why this is modded offtopic. Most people feel that the NSA is probably behind this.
The NSA is strong in this one. Feel the NSA Luke! Feel its power! Be drawn in to the power of the ??? side...
They bought spectrum which is the property of the people, agreeing to use it fairly. Yet they prohibit devices on their net and require them to go through long "testing" processes that can take up to a year - on devices that have two year shelf lives. They are also against net neutrality.
I figure if it is bad for Verizon, it is good for the public in general.
If you listen to the Security Now podcast, this sort of thing is all over the internet. It's a nasty place out there and actors from anywhere and everywhere are always checking addresses for vulnerabilities, etc. I suspect we all get that sort of thing.
Unless it is DDOS'ing you, why is it an issue?
You seem so focused on climate change, that was just an example. There are people who are idiots who believe the moon landings were faked, too. Do you disagree that our society's ability to handle scientific information has declined in the past 40 years?
The media IS part of everyday people - they go to the same schools. They are part of society. So the media changes are part of the bigger picture. Sorry you don't really seem to understand that.
...our generation has largely given up on science. We all reap the benefits but I find the level of science education to be abysmal. People can't distinguish between fact and fiction in news reporting and our wonderful government (many of them) don't want to believe *actual data* about things like global warming, etc. - because it's not "convenient" for their economic or religious beliefs. And of course some of those people become the reporters that report on these things, and they are ignorant, too.
It's really quite sad. We got to #1 in this world because of science, but we are turning into a society of cultish freaks who don't wan't to believe anything they don't like, regardless of the actual evidence.
Hoping I'll live a long and unhappy life.
Well, we are carbon life forms and we are looking at the situation from our perspective. I would say the chances of these simulations being accurate are vanishingly small. Do we REALLY understand how and where life forms? Being carbon-based, is it really realistic to assume any and all life is like us, formed like us (even if our other assumptions about our own formation are correct)? At one time we thought we were the center of the universe, right here on earth. We also thought that Mars has always been dry, and we thought that Pluto would be a featureless cold world. And THAT's only assumptions within our solar system!
You can be pretty confident that this "detailed new simulation" isn't very accurate at all.
I was going to post something almost identical. Europe seems to be a bit schitzo on this - on the one hand the stridently demand privacy for their citizens and fault companies like Google, etc. But then they call for backdoors, making encryption illegal, etc. If it's a back door - do you REALLY think the "bad guys" won't find out about that and exploit them? That's a very dangerous game.
Today TLS is weak partly because of the weak ciphers used in our browsers in the early days, that are still there - because the US called encryption a "munition" (haha) so that they could restrict the export of the technology. So nowadays we all use encryption that is weak and exploitable - just so that governments can snoop.
...finds NY with the most corruption? I wonder how New Jersey managed to put the shade on New York, given their own history?
This must mean that the government should put permanent taps on engineers' computers, internet, and phone lines. Heck, cameras in their homes and cars as well. Because, you know, terrorism and the children.
...like a carefully worded statement designed to be strictly factually correct to remove the stink from CMU, but that there is probably mostly truth in the original story. Just the wording of their statement seems so carefully selected that you just know the reality is that they did do it, but not exactly the way they are defending their selves. So they can sound innocent when they probably are not.
Now the FCC just needs to address egregious cell phone charges and egregious internet/ISP charges and TV/Cable company charges. Why should we have to pay extra for HD? Or for a cable box when we're already paying for cable? Why is the internet cost without TV from my cable provider like 80% of the cost of basic cable alone? And what about all those junk taxes, fees, charges, recovery fees, etc.? It's a huge set of scams.
First Apple and now Google are pushing back on the US government, which is trying its hardest to spy on people. These companies are compelled to give up information, in secret, without warrants, due to PATRIOT Act and other government "intelligence". This has hurt business for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others. It seems that they've decided that they are going to make it hard/impossible for the US government to steal their customers' data. Bravo to them.
...what they did there...
Way back in high school and early college all I could ever think of was rod logic.
Lutz also led the development of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars, which looked great but were crap cars that also failed in the market.
You can pretty much ignore whatever he says.
Unfortunately I really like the Moto X, but after Lenovo's privacy issues and cavalier attitude, I'm not going to be considering any Motorola products, either. We need to punish companies that treat us like this.
I mean, has Google ever said it's results are "fair". And of course if you pay for advertising your "sponsored" results should show up more! Seems to me that MS packages Bing, and Cortana, in their OS! Isn't that unfair, too? Apple doesn't allow FaceTime on Android. Isn't that unfair? Canon has chips in their ink cartridges so that you buy from them - is that unfair? Why can't India just go use Bing or something else if they don't like it?
We can use big data mining to uncover YOUR secrets, too! I'll be you guys and AT&T really like that, don't you?
Beat me to it!
It's like guns in the US. If they were outlawed then those who don't care about the laws would still use them. Encryption is out there, it is widely available. And the more that governments try to block it the more determined companies and individuals will find more convenient ways to use it. It's a lot of bluster but not very practical. And ultimately (IMHO) the availability of rapid communications does more to help humanity than to hurt it.
Absolutely - they are on target for this. At least SpaceX is. And cutting their funding is not a way to get there.
The vote to resinstate those specific funds (amendment by Barbara Mikulski, Democrat) failed along party lines.