If the FCC really wanted to bring about change, they would team up with the FTC and prevent ISP monopolies in certain areas and level the playing field for other companies to come in and compete.
From a technical standpoint this is very cool. However, from a privacy/security standpoint, I am legitimately concerned that government could really misuse and abuse something like this.
VC firms are business firms with little understanding of the scientific or the technical. In other words, they are herds of PHBs that simply smell money like sharks smell blood.
Assuming you have Android, all you would have to do is root your own device and put the strong encryption packages on it. Or build them from source. Politicians are notoriously moronic.
This is precisely why I use encryption everywhere I can. Furthermore, I use OpenBSD for my operating system. Good luck on getting anything out of me, NSA.
I use OpenBSD both as a desktop and server operating system precisely because they will never bend to the likes of government. Cloud and software companies will gladly bend to the will of government. Say what you want about Theo de Raadt but the guy sticks to his principles like glue. After accusations of backdoors surfaced, the OpenBSD project did a comprehensive audit which revealed no secret backdoor and ended up correcting some bugs and other issues. I trust OpenBSD for all of my computing needs.
Minero Digital awoke a sleeping giant. Once that is done, it's wrath is felt. I like how Lee Cheng said, "... Now that they have started the litigation, it would be irresponsible for Newegg to not finish it."
I too worked for smaller companies where I was Desktop Support, Server Admin, DBA, and Server Engineer. NEVER again. Happiness is not necessarily equal to money.
I love driving the bus. I'm so much happier with less consumerism in my life and more enjoyment. The 95K a year wasn't enough money to buy enough toys to make Monday morning ANY easier.
If salaries did really indeed go up, then the amount of productivity expected by the employee has gone up disproportionately thereby negating the value of any salary increase. Looking at dollar figures alone tells only half of the story. You have to look at the average hours per week that an employee puts in. 95,000 a year sounds amazing until you realize you have to put in 80-90 hours a week to earn that money and maybe be on-call 24/7 too. Then it is out and out slavery.
I left a Systems Engineer job that required punishing and brutal hours for 95,000 a year. I averaged 75 hours per week over 50 weeks. Now, that 95,000 dollars a year is really around 64,752.00 per year when you estimate taxes. Let's break that down further: it is about 17.33 dollars per hour that you actually net. That's a paltry sum of money considering I gave up my life. Now, I work as a bus driver for gross 17.00 per hour and I net about 15.00 per hour. Suddenly, that 95K a year salary looks like slavery.
YouTube opened a whole world of learning available to people. YouTube is more than just entertainment, it's educational and informative as well. It's almost the best thing to come to the Internet since the World Wide Web.
I think everyone would WANT to report it. However, there is legitimate fear that law enforcement might try to pin it on the one reporting it. I can understand hesitation, especially in the light of corrupt law enforcement and prosecution.
1. "Gentleman, you ask me for miracle and I give you the F.B.I." - Hans Gruber
2. "I'd like to tear his heart out with a spoon!" - Sheriff of Nottingham
"Cousin, why a spoon?"
"Because it's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!" - Sheriff of Nottingham
Even if it did pass it would be likely difficult to enforce and its detractors would simply turn to open source solutions that exist outside of the borders of France. A citizen could start using an OS like OpenBSD, and because it is a freely available product, there would be no way for French authorities to force the project to weaken the encryption. Imagine the French government asking Theo de Raadt to weaken OpenBSD's encryption. First Theo would laugh and then cuss up a storm.
The bottom line is that any tool can be used for doing good and bad in the world. A wrench is only a wrench when used to loosen or tighten a nut. The moment it is thrown at someone for the intent of harm, it's a weapon. We obviously do not ban the use of wrenches over the possibility that they can be weaponized. Encryption prevents rogue government agents from interfering with freedom but, in the wrong hands it also facilitates those that would seek to do harm.
Wages have declined over the past two decadea meaning people have to work longer hours to make ends meet. Keynesian economics has nothing to di with it. Quite simple it's grees from the wealthy.
Well, since a majority of my fellow countrymen are morons, I'm using techniques to thwart it like Tor, VPN, etc. Also, because I don't trust law enforcement, I use OpenBSD with full disk encryption on my laptop. Oh, and my tin foil hat:)
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If the FCC really wanted to bring about change, they would team up with the FTC and prevent ISP monopolies in certain areas and level the playing field for other companies to come in and compete.
From a technical standpoint this is very cool. However, from a privacy/security standpoint, I am legitimately concerned that government could really misuse and abuse something like this.
VC firms are business firms with little understanding of the scientific or the technical. In other words, they are herds of PHBs that simply smell money like sharks smell blood.
the zombie apocalypse should happen, the last thing I am going to give a shit about is AWS terms of service. But this is funny.
Assuming you have Android, all you would have to do is root your own device and put the strong encryption packages on it. Or build them from source. Politicians are notoriously moronic.
I just won't visit wired anyway. I would hardly consider it a worthwhild info source anyhow, unless you're a solid gamer which I am not.
LOL! That's too funny.
This is precisely why I use encryption everywhere I can. Furthermore, I use OpenBSD for my operating system. Good luck on getting anything out of me, NSA.
So what!? Theo de Raadt told DARPA to go fuck themselves. I'm sure he'd do the same if Microsoft makes fucking unreasonable demands.
I use OpenBSD both as a desktop and server operating system precisely because they will never bend to the likes of government. Cloud and software companies will gladly bend to the will of government. Say what you want about Theo de Raadt but the guy sticks to his principles like glue. After accusations of backdoors surfaced, the OpenBSD project did a comprehensive audit which revealed no secret backdoor and ended up correcting some bugs and other issues. I trust OpenBSD for all of my computing needs.
There is no good reason for all of this proprietary technology.
Minero Digital awoke a sleeping giant. Once that is done, it's wrath is felt. I like how Lee Cheng said, "... Now that they have started the litigation, it would be irresponsible for Newegg to not finish it."
I too worked for smaller companies where I was Desktop Support, Server Admin, DBA, and Server Engineer. NEVER again. Happiness is not necessarily equal to money.
I love driving the bus. I'm so much happier with less consumerism in my life and more enjoyment. The 95K a year wasn't enough money to buy enough toys to make Monday morning ANY easier.
call for a blocking of Pakistan. So there! Nyeah! ;-)
I love my Ad Blocker!!!!!
If salaries did really indeed go up, then the amount of productivity expected by the employee has gone up disproportionately thereby negating the value of any salary increase. Looking at dollar figures alone tells only half of the story. You have to look at the average hours per week that an employee puts in. 95,000 a year sounds amazing until you realize you have to put in 80-90 hours a week to earn that money and maybe be on-call 24/7 too. Then it is out and out slavery. I left a Systems Engineer job that required punishing and brutal hours for 95,000 a year. I averaged 75 hours per week over 50 weeks. Now, that 95,000 dollars a year is really around 64,752.00 per year when you estimate taxes. Let's break that down further: it is about 17.33 dollars per hour that you actually net. That's a paltry sum of money considering I gave up my life. Now, I work as a bus driver for gross 17.00 per hour and I net about 15.00 per hour. Suddenly, that 95K a year salary looks like slavery.
I'm looking forward to NYC mesh eating into their bottom line!!! :-)
The 16K violation should go to each person that fell victim to it.
YouTube opened a whole world of learning available to people. YouTube is more than just entertainment, it's educational and informative as well. It's almost the best thing to come to the Internet since the World Wide Web.
why would anyone NOT want to report it?
I think everyone would WANT to report it. However, there is legitimate fear that law enforcement might try to pin it on the one reporting it. I can understand hesitation, especially in the light of corrupt law enforcement and prosecution.
1. "Gentleman, you ask me for miracle and I give you the F.B.I." - Hans Gruber 2. "I'd like to tear his heart out with a spoon!" - Sheriff of Nottingham "Cousin, why a spoon?" "Because it's dull you twit, it'll hurt more!" - Sheriff of Nottingham
Even if it did pass it would be likely difficult to enforce and its detractors would simply turn to open source solutions that exist outside of the borders of France. A citizen could start using an OS like OpenBSD, and because it is a freely available product, there would be no way for French authorities to force the project to weaken the encryption. Imagine the French government asking Theo de Raadt to weaken OpenBSD's encryption. First Theo would laugh and then cuss up a storm. The bottom line is that any tool can be used for doing good and bad in the world. A wrench is only a wrench when used to loosen or tighten a nut. The moment it is thrown at someone for the intent of harm, it's a weapon. We obviously do not ban the use of wrenches over the possibility that they can be weaponized. Encryption prevents rogue government agents from interfering with freedom but, in the wrong hands it also facilitates those that would seek to do harm.
Wages have declined over the past two decadea meaning people have to work longer hours to make ends meet. Keynesian economics has nothing to di with it. Quite simple it's grees from the wealthy.
Well, since a majority of my fellow countrymen are morons, I'm using techniques to thwart it like Tor, VPN, etc. Also, because I don't trust law enforcement, I use OpenBSD with full disk encryption on my laptop. Oh, and my tin foil hat :)