Mozilla switched to Yahoo as default search, not Bing. Apple's the one that's had a flirtatious relationship with Bing.
Nope, Bing is the default search engine, and, even though I change it to Google, every time it updates, it reverts back to Bing as the default search engine.
Whoa, you must be confusing me with someone else. I was responding directly to a misleading description of libertarianism.
Libertarians are not anarchists. They recognize the need for a government to provide some services that simply can't be provided by private entities: national defense, border security, law enforcement and judicial systems. The lines blur when you get to services that can be provided by private entities, but which may be more efficiently provided or regulated by the government: electrical, water, sewage, and, yes, internet.
I consider myself to be libertarian (lower case 'L', I favor the philosophy, not the political party), and I support the recent FCC regulations. In an industry already regulated in a manner to support local monopolies and other anti-competitive measures, these regulations are vital to protect the interests of American citizens.
Libertarianism, at its core, is the desire to have liberty or freedom. The focus is on not having the government protect those stronger or weaker than others from fair competition. The types of laws that are put in place to protect the banking industry, or, in this case, the telecommunications industry, is the opposite of libertarianism.
I was having the same problems described here with my iPhone. I've been with Apple since smartphones became a thing, but last year I became tired enough of the iPhone bugs that I decided to switch to an Android. I went with the HTC One M8 and there definitely was a learning curve, but it's definitely more stable. No more rebooting it to make it work. It just works.
I believe there was a time when the iPhone was more stable and easier to rely on, but that time has definitely past.
I thought I understood your point. Your point was about restricting the rights of people to work on their own cars because some portion of those people may be dangerously incompetent. My point was that the alternative to allowing people to work on their own cars, forcing them to go to "professionals, also poses the risk of having some portion of those people being dangerously incompetent.
It's my opinion that restricting liberty should be backed by very sound reasoning, if not considered only as a last resort.
had an idiot reprogram the brake software. Sure he's 'liable' but you're now dead...
On the same front, I've always marveled that anybody can work on their own brakes...and legally drive on the roads. Sure lots of people are more than capable of doing so, but I know you wouldn't want to be in front of me if I had worked on my brakes:)
I know how to work on my own brakes, but I don't enjoy it and would rather pay someone else to do it. I can't tell you how many times a so-called 'pro' has screwed up my brakes. I would place much more trust in a car enthusiast than a minimum wage greasemonkey. This is one of the reasons why it's so important to find a mechanic you can trust.
Your comment would have been much more meaningful if you had been able to attempt to express yourself without the expletives. While I mostly agree with the content of your post, it loses credibility since you couldn't get a couple of sentences out without cursing. I am sure you are an intelligent person, but the expletives counter that idea.
I could hardly disagree more. Emphasizing a point with flavorful words is not an indication of less intelligence, or that the idea is less meaningful. There are certainly times and places where such emphasis is inappropriate, but an internet forum is not such a place.
Good question. I have 4 computers sitting up in the attic that just need peripherals. They were good enough to game on, so they'll still be just fine for email/web surfing despite their age.
BCGs were popularized by the massive, rugged glasses issued for free in the military, but, by definition, they're any glasses that will ensure that nobody will want to procreate with you. BCGs come in many styles, but they're all incredibly ugly.
I don't even know who this guy is, but this article is horrible. It's unnecessarily long, it's factually misleading due to his ignorance (iPhone is the only phone with batteries not user-replaceable? Really?), and terribly edited (they still haven't corrected his typo about fingernail polish DRYING, even after someone pointed it out and the author responded with sarcasm).
I'm not sure I'd blame the author. It seems the people who edit Slashdot are incompetent and/or are not getting enough quality submissions from the community. Perhaps Slashdot is dying?
Pray tell, what jurisdiction does CDC or NIH have to be "all over" anything? None whatsoever.
They don't have to use brute force. All they have to do is give the hospital advice and make public statements when the hospital refuses to follow the advice. Between public opinion and lawsuit liability, enough leverage will be produced to successfully "encourage" the hospital to follow expert advice.
The CDC could definitely flex more muscles if it wanted. It doesn't want to. It thrives on a populace that is afraid and thinks the CDC will save them. The CDC wants to balance public opinion so that CDC looks very necessary because of the threat, but that the threat is not so great that the people start to panic or think that even the CDC can't help.
Not only that, but remember multiple different passwords like that, because some websites/databases don't allow the carat symbol.
I have over 20 different passwords for different sites at work. Some of them don't allow a password under 12 characters, some don't allow a password over 8 characters. Some don't allow a number or symbol in the first space. Some only allow 6 different symbols to be used. Some don't allow capital letters. Some require capital letters.
It's insane. It's not possible for my coworkers to remember them all, so they get written down, which certainly doesn't increase security. Many times people keep their passwords in their phones. Some write them down on paper and keep them in their wallet. Some folks leave them on notes in their cubicle.
Then, to top it off, some require the password to change every 30 days. Some every 60 days. Some every 90 days.
These insane attempts to force password security have actually destroyed it.
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I do. My wife does. About half of the people I know do.
Mozilla switched to Yahoo as default search, not Bing. Apple's the one that's had a flirtatious relationship with Bing.
Nope, Bing is the default search engine, and, even though I change it to Google, every time it updates, it reverts back to Bing as the default search engine.
Here's how it played out just West of Detroit, in Jackson, MI: http://www.theblaze.com/storie...
Whoa, you must be confusing me with someone else. I was responding directly to a misleading description of libertarianism.
Libertarians are not anarchists. They recognize the need for a government to provide some services that simply can't be provided by private entities: national defense, border security, law enforcement and judicial systems. The lines blur when you get to services that can be provided by private entities, but which may be more efficiently provided or regulated by the government: electrical, water, sewage, and, yes, internet.
I consider myself to be libertarian (lower case 'L', I favor the philosophy, not the political party), and I support the recent FCC regulations. In an industry already regulated in a manner to support local monopolies and other anti-competitive measures, these regulations are vital to protect the interests of American citizens.
Libertarianism, at its core, is the desire to have liberty or freedom. The focus is on not having the government protect those stronger or weaker than others from fair competition. The types of laws that are put in place to protect the banking industry, or, in this case, the telecommunications industry, is the opposite of libertarianism.
I was having the same problems described here with my iPhone. I've been with Apple since smartphones became a thing, but last year I became tired enough of the iPhone bugs that I decided to switch to an Android. I went with the HTC One M8 and there definitely was a learning curve, but it's definitely more stable. No more rebooting it to make it work. It just works.
I believe there was a time when the iPhone was more stable and easier to rely on, but that time has definitely past.
I thought I understood your point. Your point was about restricting the rights of people to work on their own cars because some portion of those people may be dangerously incompetent. My point was that the alternative to allowing people to work on their own cars, forcing them to go to "professionals, also poses the risk of having some portion of those people being dangerously incompetent.
It's my opinion that restricting liberty should be backed by very sound reasoning, if not considered only as a last resort.
had an idiot reprogram the brake software. Sure he's 'liable' but you're now dead...
On the same front, I've always marveled that anybody can work on their own brakes...and legally drive on the roads. Sure lots of people are more than capable of doing so, but I know you wouldn't want to be in front of me if I had worked on my brakes :)
I know how to work on my own brakes, but I don't enjoy it and would rather pay someone else to do it. I can't tell you how many times a so-called 'pro' has screwed up my brakes. I would place much more trust in a car enthusiast than a minimum wage greasemonkey. This is one of the reasons why it's so important to find a mechanic you can trust.
Your comment would have been much more meaningful if you had been able to attempt to express yourself without the expletives. While I mostly agree with the content of your post, it loses credibility since you couldn't get a couple of sentences out without cursing. I am sure you are an intelligent person, but the expletives counter that idea.
I could hardly disagree more. Emphasizing a point with flavorful words is not an indication of less intelligence, or that the idea is less meaningful. There are certainly times and places where such emphasis is inappropriate, but an internet forum is not such a place.
Clarify the difference, please?
You know Germans LOVE David Hasselhoff.
Heh... You said 'duck tape'. Hehe...
Good question. I have 4 computers sitting up in the attic that just need peripherals. They were good enough to game on, so they'll still be just fine for email/web surfing despite their age.
BCGs were popularized by the massive, rugged glasses issued for free in the military, but, by definition, they're any glasses that will ensure that nobody will want to procreate with you. BCGs come in many styles, but they're all incredibly ugly.
What?
I've never had a Chromebook, but it has to send stuff to the cloud in order to print on a local network?
I believe this is where someone is supposed to say, "Whoosh!"
Get a USB pocket router (the size of a pack of Wrigley's gum), which will let him turn his 3G connection into a hotspot whenever he plugs it in.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...
Cool pics. Wouldn't want to leave anyone out, but I'd like to see the real women of video gaming get beanies.
Anita Sarkeesian, not so much.
Ah, if you don't mind a bulky case, then the iPhone has the keyboard you want: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb...
I don't like to jump on the hater bandwagon, but this is, once again, ridiculous. What is happening to Slashdot?
I don't even know who this guy is, but this article is horrible. It's unnecessarily long, it's factually misleading due to his ignorance (iPhone is the only phone with batteries not user-replaceable? Really?), and terribly edited (they still haven't corrected his typo about fingernail polish DRYING, even after someone pointed it out and the author responded with sarcasm).
I'm not sure I'd blame the author. It seems the people who edit Slashdot are incompetent and/or are not getting enough quality submissions from the community. Perhaps Slashdot is dying?
The Oatmeal discusses this in depth: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/ani...
Pray tell, what jurisdiction does CDC or NIH have to be "all over" anything? None whatsoever.
They don't have to use brute force. All they have to do is give the hospital advice and make public statements when the hospital refuses to follow the advice. Between public opinion and lawsuit liability, enough leverage will be produced to successfully "encourage" the hospital to follow expert advice.
The CDC could definitely flex more muscles if it wanted. It doesn't want to. It thrives on a populace that is afraid and thinks the CDC will save them. The CDC wants to balance public opinion so that CDC looks very necessary because of the threat, but that the threat is not so great that the people start to panic or think that even the CDC can't help.
For example Android userland doesn't give you much access to anything but the app store. They aren't managed as general use computing devices.
What does that even mean? Any Android user can download and install an application from anywhere, not just from an app store.
Not only that, but remember multiple different passwords like that, because some websites/databases don't allow the carat symbol.
I have over 20 different passwords for different sites at work. Some of them don't allow a password under 12 characters, some don't allow a password over 8 characters. Some don't allow a number or symbol in the first space. Some only allow 6 different symbols to be used. Some don't allow capital letters. Some require capital letters.
It's insane. It's not possible for my coworkers to remember them all, so they get written down, which certainly doesn't increase security. Many times people keep their passwords in their phones. Some write them down on paper and keep them in their wallet. Some folks leave them on notes in their cubicle.
Then, to top it off, some require the password to change every 30 days. Some every 60 days. Some every 90 days.
These insane attempts to force password security have actually destroyed it.
I didn't get my first cell phone until 2000. 1994 was definitely the pagers and pay phones era.