It's amazing how people will pour more money into speculation of profits through a method that screws the entire public (including themselves) because it will make them a little more money short term. (It's not like stock holders get a free subscriptions to Office 365).
There is of course LibreOffice (http://www.libreoffice.org) as well as OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) and for those that want an internal intranet based solutions (or "cloud" on the open Internet) there is OnlyOffice (http://www.onlyoffice.org). I've used LibreOffice/openOffice for 5 years now and I have no complaints except for complex tables in the Spreadsheet application. Some have said that in other languages the grammar/spell check is incomplete but the public can always fix that if they are so inclined.
The best part: no spyware (MS is collecting the data from the installed clients as well as the Internet folks) and no lock in. Even no fees (but donations for the work would be nice folks). It's about time we started thinking outside the marketing box. There have been no serious function additions in years so this is just paying MS money we don't have to because we get too lazy to look for an option.(MS May try to block Libre/Office installs if it gains tractions however unethical (or even illegal it may be), but there is Linux or MacOs in that case)
Apparently this group is to work outside the CIA with fewer people to answer (if anyone besides Trump). Trump's son was already talking about a backdoor channel. Now it seems Trump wants to roll out the red carpet. Makes Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy look like lightweight in comparison.
okay, the NSA violates the constitution against it's own citizens, as well as routinely breaks any number of laws, and they need MORE?!? The last thing any government department is less oversight. This sounds like someone attempt to get more data to somewhere in a space people like high lever officials (say Senators for example) are less likely (or able) to check up on things. Would be a lot easier to pipe data to..say..Russia.
Uh, when you are the only player the masses know, of COURSE it's a "commercial" success. It's like you need food, you have no garden, you see McDonald's, and you know it's unhealthy, you've seen "super size me" but you go anyway because you aren't aware of the family run restaurant a block down the road that uses organic ingredients because they don't have a big yellow sign visible from a mile away.
Also, many people were "upgraded" without the system owner's consent. That is not commercial success, that is force feeding because the customer didn't fully lock the door.. Again, time to educate and help others implement Linux (Mint or ElementaryOS is a great first timer's choice, Ubuntu I think has still sold out to Amazon in user connection data). In addition, the new aggressive "subscription only " model that MS will shortly try to force feed, will be screwing the consumer big time.
Folks, the little data we have (compared to those who have all the data), it was becoming obvious. Only recently it was revealed that Mars' surface has a cocktail of substances that would "wipe out living organisms" (see this link
https://www.theguardian.com/sc... ). The length of time, the sending of supplies, and trying to terraform, it's undertaking that would take an incredible amount of resources. And that is assuming the first manned mission even got there (which is question). I think many, many people questioned whether we would actually go to Mars in spite of all the hype. Funny enough the hype have information suggesting more and more that this is harder than anybody thought. So...we'd better start taking better care of our planet because it all likelihood, we aren't going anywhere. Perhaps like the North American expedition, someone will hock "The Queen's jewels", but save a few insanely rich tycoons sending a bunch of "serfs" on a possibly doomed test mission, this Mars dream, I suspect will postponed for a LONG time.
The usual story with MS: Enter the market too late, rely on their dominance of the general user desktop market (decreasing with tablets and phones), and hoping a marketing/hype effort will be enough to compensate.IE/Edge is another example. The only question now is, between the heavyweight 'A' players. (Android and Apple) which will dominate the market. (or perhaps a fork of Android)
Uh, the documents proving we were doing this were given to a few trusted reporter including Glenn Greenwald. Did you not read the reports/documents? But we've violated foreign territory in Pakestan with drones without their permission, legally an act of war, for sometime now. And that is acknowledge by the government, just not described as an act of war. (Pakestan complained, but...not like we were going to listen nor were they going to outright declare war with us). And there is no mysterious reason, it leverage. Pure and simple. Many countries have done this. The Chinese do it with missles in Taiwan, we do it with computers worldwide. And others are doing to the Europeans. We've historically done it for a LONG time throughout history. It IS hostile. but historically this is not new.We are just doing in larger scale and increased frequency, which is what computers were designed to do.
Uh, this is a POWER provider. In security, there is no such thing as perfectly safe, especially if it has the potential be accessed en masse. Whether we SHOULD use nuclear is a different topic but the dangers of an essential service having critical components accessible via the Internet the risks are not increasingly clear. I remember reading how water treatment in a small town with a way outdated server connected to the Internet was accidentally hacked by a low level hacker who thought he was in something else, trigger a subsystem that caused the water to be tainted, and alerted the authorities to his mistake without giving his/her name. (I forget full URL of the article. there were a number of other water treatment plants hacked in 2016 around March as well. So if you like to risk your water supply being tainted as a result, bottom's up. But power, and possible meltdown, hmm...not really for me.
Curious if the submitter works with WSJ (Wall Street Journal). Not much point in sending a story that requires a subscription unless they want to increase subscribership. It would be appreciated if these types of stories were not submitted as it's irritating to those trying to read it.
Okay this is not really that new. The tech community knews this was going on for sometime since power companies (for some crazy reason) are internet accessible. Even in the Snowden movie it was shown that the CIA was getting into power plants and hospitals of allies (now semi-allies?) for the purposes of "pressure" if they took actions the CIA decided it didn't like. So of course we've been targeted. Was probably one of the earlier targeted industries since the cyberwar with other countries started.
The census reports don't count homeless people as unemployed nor does it count people who have given up looking. It's a funny system. So these number are, shall we say, conservative if you are looking for real numbers as opposed to number sugar coated for the media/public.
Okay, while the merger I am not in favor of, using this as leverage by the government is basically manipulating the press which the government is not supposed to (okay, we know they do it, we know they give "recommendations" on what to publish but not blatantly bullying the press). The "leader of the free world" is trying to lead us into "A Brave New World" that could bring us closer to "The Handmaid's Tale". . This is getting scary.
4+ months of the year? Clearly not southern part like Toronto or Montreal. And a "zillion" bugs? Curious where you are in Canada, friend. Recently Toronto is getting a LOT of rain recently. (to the point it's reminding me of Japan during the rainy seasons minus the hurricanes). Wonder what the rain is like in Vancouver now.
It will take VERY little to destroy an initial colony. The first part of such an undertaking would be quite frail on it's initial setup as ability to carry supplies would be limited and it is unknown if you could mine materials from the planet (as far as we know in the public). If we ever get to Mars (and I think there is room for serious doubt with all the unknowns not being talked about publicaly including the effects of our nuclear power plants/waste on Mars' atmosphere), given mutual interest (especially in sending the unwanted elements of the population as colonists, true to the history of the USA and Australia), I think it less likely that foreign powers would attack/sabotage because they could potentially have FAR more to gain in resources and/or knowledge (successful or not). More likely major nations would demand to have representatives as part of the mission when we have a reasonable chance of surviving even a year there.
Um, Canada is NOT only the great white north. Toronto is quite warm on average, especially recently. It's not as hot as California and we get snow 2-2.5 months out of the year on average (the ski business are not pleased), but given how hot California is likely to be this summer, that is a good thing. Toronto is tech central for Canada BUT...housing prices have been so crazy it's reflecting San Francisco. Good news on that though (unless you own property): Markham and Richmond Hill (2 neighbouring cities that people frequently commute to Toronto from) appear to have burst their real estate bubble (their housing prices were as expensive as Toronto) and inventory has been sitting as long as a month (and counting). So...that could be changing in 6-12 months. So maybe it IS a good time. Don't go to Vancouver: their living costs are higher and jobs pay less. The sweet spot for cost of living may be Montreal: 30% less than Toronto, not as many jobs that there are enough. You can live in Montreal and not speak any French (outside of Montreal is another story). They had major flooding this year (2k homes ruined, but are getting a 1.8 Billion cash infusion for repairs. That may boost things in jobs and it's close to New York. It may be a good time to check them out. Anyway, there are likely opportunities here and the tech world is very strong here. Check it out. I have 2 family members who went to San Fran and are leaving after being forced to live in Oakland due to insane prices for rent in San Fran. So back to New York for them. Maybe they too will consider Toronto or Montreal.
No, just,...no. Someone posting stuff on a forum is not news by itself. This person was not a registered public figure. He had not committed a crime. He was in no position of authority or serious influence. Without that, this is not news, and a responsible journalist does not publish private information unless this criteria is met, or the source consented to have their identity published. People may act like idiots but part of a reporter's job and part of responsible reporting (and required judgement in free speech) is to ensure information doesn't do unnecessary/undue harm. Some information that threatens/affects lives and public safety, fine. But simply being critical of a news organization is not. And no, news outlets to NOT publish forum posters who wish to be anonymous every other day. And certainly to do not say things like "we reserve the right to publish your name". In the UK behavior like this is being used to create laws that suppress reporters and news there. Mistakes have been made yes, but in this case it was no mistake. Respect of the request would result in it simply not being mentioned, or say "the source request anonymity" , not "we reserve the right" that comes out as a veiled threat. There was no other reason for saying that publicly. I am of two minds. If CNN is prosecuted (which it appears could happen) it hurts other news organizations large and small. If no one takes action on the other hand, they may continue this behaviour without restraint. Hopefully the court of public opinion will keep these people under control. Of course if people. stopped watching them so they stopped getting advertising dollars, that would be best, but people don't seem to be outraged enough if the sloppy reporting of CNN to do that.
Well if that isn't an example of suppression of free speech, I don't know what is. We don't have to agree, but to threaten to hurt his life has no place. One guy on a forum is hardly newsworthy as he wasn't a politician, nor had a significant following. He had no real power except to piss of an executive. Under no circumstances should any journalist put a condition on releasing information. That crosses the line with a major step. The better option is to ignore it. Not to make themselves the story by committing an action that at best is professional misconduct. At worst, it's threatening someone's life/safety. A reporter is report the news in an objective manner, not make their organization the story and then threaten the source. By doing this CNN has reached a new official low in the news professional/business.
when someone gets tempted to make extra profits by violating the agreement quietly. Self-Regulation on something that potentailly reduces profit is kinda like a child telling your mother to leave the cookie jar in their reach after he/she promises they will only have one a day after diner. Unless this is one amazing kid, sooner or later they will be tempted to have, "just one more" after lunch or as a snack, or after breakfast. "It's harmless, who will notice"? Some 3-8 cookies a day, 1-2 month later, with signs of unhealthy weight gain the parent wonders where it came from. Deals like this are just begging to be broken.
Motorbites/cycles use less energy than cars so if reducing pollution was really the goal, start with cars, which are the largest offenders. I suspect that a ban on cars would hurt a lot more economic interests. If so, this is just a political PR piece to tell the world, "see we are doing something".
Uh...lack of proper notice is a justification, and possibly a class action. I have no quams about a fee being charged, but proper notice time/method is reuqired so people can change without being in a panic. That could come back to haunt this service if a class action takes place.
If we start occupying large open spaces including the ocean with these windmills, I wonder what the environmental impact would be with massive blocking/displacement of the wind around the world.
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It's amazing how people will pour more money into speculation of profits through a method that screws the entire public (including themselves) because it will make them a little more money short term. (It's not like stock holders get a free subscriptions to Office 365).
There is of course LibreOffice (http://www.libreoffice.org) as well as OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) and for those that want an internal intranet based solutions (or "cloud" on the open Internet) there is OnlyOffice (http://www.onlyoffice.org). I've used LibreOffice/openOffice for 5 years now and I have no complaints except for complex tables in the Spreadsheet application. Some have said that in other languages the grammar/spell check is incomplete but the public can always fix that if they are so inclined.
The best part: no spyware (MS is collecting the data from the installed clients as well as the Internet folks) and no lock in. Even no fees (but donations for the work would be nice folks). It's about time we started thinking outside the marketing box. There have been no serious function additions in years so this is just paying MS money we don't have to because we get too lazy to look for an option.(MS May try to block Libre/Office installs if it gains tractions however unethical (or even illegal it may be), but there is Linux or MacOs in that case)
Apparently this group is to work outside the CIA with fewer people to answer (if anyone besides Trump). Trump's son was already talking about a backdoor channel. Now it seems Trump wants to roll out the red carpet. Makes Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy look like lightweight in comparison.
okay, the NSA violates the constitution against it's own citizens, as well as routinely breaks any number of laws, and they need MORE?!? The last thing any government department is less oversight. This sounds like someone attempt to get more data to somewhere in a space people like high lever officials (say Senators for example) are less likely (or able) to check up on things. Would be a lot easier to pipe data to..say..Russia.
Uh, when you are the only player the masses know, of COURSE it's a "commercial" success. It's like you need food, you have no garden, you see McDonald's, and you know it's unhealthy, you've seen "super size me" but you go anyway because you aren't aware of the family run restaurant a block down the road that uses organic ingredients because they don't have a big yellow sign visible from a mile away.
Also, many people were "upgraded" without the system owner's consent. That is not commercial success, that is force feeding because the customer didn't fully lock the door.. Again, time to educate and help others implement Linux (Mint or ElementaryOS is a great first timer's choice, Ubuntu I think has still sold out to Amazon in user connection data). In addition, the new aggressive "subscription only " model that MS will shortly try to force feed, will be screwing the consumer big time.
Funny, the weeds possibly being us. LOL
Folks, the little data we have (compared to those who have all the data), it was becoming obvious. Only recently it was revealed that Mars' surface has a cocktail of substances that would "wipe out living organisms" (see this link https://www.theguardian.com/sc... ). The length of time, the sending of supplies, and trying to terraform, it's undertaking that would take an incredible amount of resources. And that is assuming the first manned mission even got there (which is question). I think many, many people questioned whether we would actually go to Mars in spite of all the hype. Funny enough the hype have information suggesting more and more that this is harder than anybody thought. So...we'd better start taking better care of our planet because it all likelihood, we aren't going anywhere. Perhaps like the North American expedition, someone will hock "The Queen's jewels", but save a few insanely rich tycoons sending a bunch of "serfs" on a possibly doomed test mission, this Mars dream, I suspect will postponed for a LONG time.
The usual story with MS: Enter the market too late, rely on their dominance of the general user desktop market (decreasing with tablets and phones), and hoping a marketing/hype effort will be enough to compensate.IE/Edge is another example. The only question now is, between the heavyweight 'A' players. (Android and Apple) which will dominate the market. (or perhaps a fork of Android)
Uh, the documents proving we were doing this were given to a few trusted reporter including Glenn Greenwald. Did you not read the reports/documents? But we've violated foreign territory in Pakestan with drones without their permission, legally an act of war, for sometime now. And that is acknowledge by the government, just not described as an act of war. (Pakestan complained, but ...not like we were going to listen nor were they going to outright declare war with us). And there is no mysterious reason, it leverage. Pure and simple. Many countries have done this. The Chinese do it with missles in Taiwan, we do it with computers worldwide. And others are doing to the Europeans. We've historically done it for a LONG time throughout history. It IS hostile. but historically this is not new .We are just doing in larger scale and increased frequency, which is what computers were designed to do.
Uh, this is a POWER provider. In security, there is no such thing as perfectly safe, especially if it has the potential be accessed en masse. Whether we SHOULD use nuclear is a different topic but the dangers of an essential service having critical components accessible via the Internet the risks are not increasingly clear. I remember reading how water treatment in a small town with a way outdated server connected to the Internet was accidentally hacked by a low level hacker who thought he was in something else, trigger a subsystem that caused the water to be tainted, and alerted the authorities to his mistake without giving his/her name. (I forget full URL of the article. there were a number of other water treatment plants hacked in 2016 around March as well. So if you like to risk your water supply being tainted as a result, bottom's up. But power, and possible meltdown, hmm...not really for me.
Curious if the submitter works with WSJ (Wall Street Journal). Not much point in sending a story that requires a subscription unless they want to increase subscribership. It would be appreciated if these types of stories were not submitted as it's irritating to those trying to read it.
Okay this is not really that new. The tech community knews this was going on for sometime since power companies (for some crazy reason) are internet accessible. Even in the Snowden movie it was shown that the CIA was getting into power plants and hospitals of allies (now semi-allies?) for the purposes of "pressure" if they took actions the CIA decided it didn't like. So of course we've been targeted. Was probably one of the earlier targeted industries since the cyberwar with other countries started.
The census reports don't count homeless people as unemployed nor does it count people who have given up looking. It's a funny system. So these number are, shall we say, conservative if you are looking for real numbers as opposed to number sugar coated for the media/public.
Okay, while the merger I am not in favor of, using this as leverage by the government is basically manipulating the press which the government is not supposed to (okay, we know they do it, we know they give "recommendations" on what to publish but not blatantly bullying the press). The "leader of the free world" is trying to lead us into "A Brave New World" that could bring us closer to "The Handmaid's Tale". . This is getting scary.
4+ months of the year? Clearly not southern part like Toronto or Montreal. And a "zillion" bugs? Curious where you are in Canada, friend. Recently Toronto is getting a LOT of rain recently. (to the point it's reminding me of Japan during the rainy seasons minus the hurricanes). Wonder what the rain is like in Vancouver now.
It will take VERY little to destroy an initial colony. The first part of such an undertaking would be quite frail on it's initial setup as ability to carry supplies would be limited and it is unknown if you could mine materials from the planet (as far as we know in the public). If we ever get to Mars (and I think there is room for serious doubt with all the unknowns not being talked about publicaly including the effects of our nuclear power plants/waste on Mars' atmosphere), given mutual interest (especially in sending the unwanted elements of the population as colonists, true to the history of the USA and Australia), I think it less likely that foreign powers would attack/sabotage because they could potentially have FAR more to gain in resources and/or knowledge (successful or not). More likely major nations would demand to have representatives as part of the mission when we have a reasonable chance of surviving even a year there.
Um, Canada is NOT only the great white north. Toronto is quite warm on average, especially recently. It's not as hot as California and we get snow 2-2.5 months out of the year on average (the ski business are not pleased), but given how hot California is likely to be this summer, that is a good thing. Toronto is tech central for Canada BUT...housing prices have been so crazy it's reflecting San Francisco. Good news on that though (unless you own property): Markham and Richmond Hill (2 neighbouring cities that people frequently commute to Toronto from) appear to have burst their real estate bubble (their housing prices were as expensive as Toronto) and inventory has been sitting as long as a month (and counting). So...that could be changing in 6-12 months. So maybe it IS a good time. Don't go to Vancouver: their living costs are higher and jobs pay less. The sweet spot for cost of living may be Montreal: 30% less than Toronto, not as many jobs that there are enough. You can live in Montreal and not speak any French (outside of Montreal is another story). They had major flooding this year (2k homes ruined, but are getting a 1.8 Billion cash infusion for repairs. That may boost things in jobs and it's close to New York. It may be a good time to check them out. Anyway, there are likely opportunities here and the tech world is very strong here. Check it out. I have 2 family members who went to San Fran and are leaving after being forced to live in Oakland due to insane prices for rent in San Fran. So back to New York for them. Maybe they too will consider Toronto or Montreal.
No, just,...no. Someone posting stuff on a forum is not news by itself. This person was not a registered public figure. He had not committed a crime. He was in no position of authority or serious influence. Without that, this is not news, and a responsible journalist does not publish private information unless this criteria is met, or the source consented to have their identity published. People may act like idiots but part of a reporter's job and part of responsible reporting (and required judgement in free speech) is to ensure information doesn't do unnecessary/undue harm. Some information that threatens/affects lives and public safety, fine. But simply being critical of a news organization is not. And no, news outlets to NOT publish forum posters who wish to be anonymous every other day. And certainly to do not say things like "we reserve the right to publish your name". In the UK behavior like this is being used to create laws that suppress reporters and news there. Mistakes have been made yes, but in this case it was no mistake. Respect of the request would result in it simply not being mentioned, or say "the source request anonymity" , not "we reserve the right" that comes out as a veiled threat. There was no other reason for saying that publicly. I am of two minds. If CNN is prosecuted (which it appears could happen) it hurts other news organizations large and small. If no one takes action on the other hand, they may continue this behaviour without restraint. Hopefully the court of public opinion will keep these people under control. Of course if people. stopped watching them so they stopped getting advertising dollars, that would be best, but people don't seem to be outraged enough if the sloppy reporting of CNN to do that.
Well if that isn't an example of suppression of free speech, I don't know what is. We don't have to agree, but to threaten to hurt his life has no place. One guy on a forum is hardly newsworthy as he wasn't a politician, nor had a significant following. He had no real power except to piss of an executive. Under no circumstances should any journalist put a condition on releasing information. That crosses the line with a major step. The better option is to ignore it. Not to make themselves the story by committing an action that at best is professional misconduct. At worst, it's threatening someone's life/safety. A reporter is report the news in an objective manner, not make their organization the story and then threaten the source. By doing this CNN has reached a new official low in the news professional/business.
when someone gets tempted to make extra profits by violating the agreement quietly. Self-Regulation on something that potentailly reduces profit is kinda like a child telling your mother to leave the cookie jar in their reach after he/she promises they will only have one a day after diner. Unless this is one amazing kid, sooner or later they will be tempted to have, "just one more" after lunch or as a snack, or after breakfast. "It's harmless, who will notice"? Some 3-8 cookies a day, 1-2 month later, with signs of unhealthy weight gain the parent wonders where it came from. Deals like this are just begging to be broken.
Motorbites/cycles use less energy than cars so if reducing pollution was really the goal, start with cars, which are the largest offenders. I suspect that a ban on cars would hurt a lot more economic interests. If so, this is just a political PR piece to tell the world, "see we are doing something".
Uh...lack of proper notice is a justification, and possibly a class action. I have no quams about a fee being charged, but proper notice time/method is reuqired so people can change without being in a panic. That could come back to haunt this service if a class action takes place.
ideally, use your own website/server. It's not that hard to do.
If we start occupying large open spaces including the ocean with these windmills, I wonder what the environmental impact would be with massive blocking/displacement of the wind around the world.
Okay, do we really want business with Russia so badly we are going to potentially exposure ourselves so freely? Wonder how Trump is enjoying this.
I have a weird feeling the Trump team of corporate rubber stamps will try to stop this.