Posts by Mark 85 12884 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Nov 2012
The Full level does a bit more, giving Microsoft carte blanche to nag helpfully inform users about functions and features that might be of interest.
Microsoft, via its support website, was at pains to point out that no personal data has been deliberately collected, and there is no way to identify a netizen from the slurped information.
These two statements seem to be contradicting each other. Which is it? Anonymous or identifiable for all the helpful features?
Just off the top of my head.. how big and how heavy is the device(s)? If gravity is throwing a curve ball into the works, make a mini-sat, launch it out into the void and see what happens. Probably not really ready to do that yet as apparently there's "design" issues. On the other hand, it might be bullocks like perpetual motion machines.
And from that referenced photo, it appears that the sausages have proper grill marks also. There is a certain break with tradition here that a certain number of the sausages need to be burned and thus given to the household lupine beast. I'm sure said "beast" will not be pleased...
Aside from being a vague "blame it on the computer", it fails on basic arithmetic.
Blame this on the computer, blame other things on "not the computer" and I'll add "computers never make mistakes"... I wonder which argument they really believe*?
*The probable answer is: "The one that gets us what today, tomorrow's "want" will be a different reason.
Why do this, why not retire Mark?
I don't believe money is the issue, it's power. He's already mentioned possibly getting into politics. He plays the poltics like an old seasoned pro. His view of the world is that it's filled with "dumb f**ks". I daresay, he is concerned about any appearance in the UK as from what 's been in the press, they won't stand for being BS'd. Yes, do be afraid.... he's still young and learning the craft... the very dark craft of politics.
Remarkably, he then argued that "in principle, I agree with that" but there was one big problem: internet access is not a free market in the United States.
Probably more than we want to know which is money that could have been spent on live detectives. Those live ones would have probably made quite a few more arrests also. But hi-tech is what is being touted to them and everyone else.
The other thing is that there's no mention of false positives so there's also money wasted.
The only ones who are benefiting seem to be the tech companies.
Remarkably, he then argued that "in principle, I agree with that" but there was one big problem: internet access is not a free market in the United States.
Well, kudos for him on this vote as his reason is logical. Next time,...???? Now if the House and Dear Leader would only apply some logic to this issue.
Microsoft helpfully provides a tool to do this very thing, although you will need a working PC on hand to make it work – something that might be a problem if your only PC has been borked.
Shouldn't this be "standard practice" with Win 10? Download the tool ahead of time and keep it safe?
Back in the days before the internet was a thing, companies used to use "private circuits" for remote management of utilities infrastructure.
There's still many companies here in the States using "private circuits" just for the security reason alone. That's just one more (or many more) doors that are closed and locked to intruders. The IT security staff is better able to focus on the customer "access" instead of being spread over more infrastructure. Seems that the "private circuit" is actually cheaper than having the costs associated with using the internet. I don't see why the power and utilities can't do the same things.
By "private circuits", they're leasing just a line with a connection at each end and no "public" access to that line. Seems to be working from what I see.
Reading the articles on this issue, I'm thinking that Zuck doesn't dare go the UK because the committee has a clue and won't be snowed under by the BS he tossed at the US Congress. Now if the EU will take the hint and get some knowledgeable types to ask intelligent questions and follow up questions (not the dog and pony show from the US Congress), there might be some answers or (hopefully) users will take note and dump FB.
Also is noted that FB is now "pre-installed" on Android phones. FB is definitely attempting to own the world and everyone in it, willing or not.
Seems I run into the "captcha" quite a bit. So yeah, they're still out there. For many sites, it's probably a legacy thing that they figure still works and doesn't piss people off. For others it seems to be a case of "oh look.... we can use this" instead of investing in something better.
Does the Patent Office have no obligation to check the patents it issues are valid?
I believe you are correct. They have become paper pushers and only check to see if is a patent already on file. Way back when, you had submit actual hardware for most patents, then it was "proof" and the proof was checked. Now it's "give us the money, we'll check our files and if not a copy of something already there... it's yours." Pretty damn sad state of affairs.
Are you thinking that space exploration and launches should be shut down do to "environmental impact"? The world would be a dimmer, darker place without us looking to the stars. It will also mean that we'll never get off this planet.
In the old days of typing pools people learned - never tear/screw up a document you were throwing in the waste bin. It had a 50/50 chance of being the final good copy you had wanted to keep.
More that a few of us keep our waste bin "hidden" from the cleaners as that is our "temporary" file cabinet.
I quite agree and I'll add this... It's only the white shooters (schools?) getting the attention. A higher percentage of blacks are killed by gunfire than whites. Yet the media and those who bemoan the shootings ignore this. It's just as big a tragedy yet buried somewhere around page 5 in most papers. I should point out, that most of the guns used there are pistols at close range and non-registered (many are stolen guns). Some cities it's so bad the cops don't regularly patrol so as not be targets.
It is a mess out there... black, white... we're killing ourselves. The big question is "why?". Solve that question and maybe the killings will drop.
That might help. I read somewhere about the theory that it's now a numbers game like the more kills the better.
News is a big part of the problem. Does one's news feed need to be filled by any single story be it politics or a shooting?
I can go along with "controls" such as mandatory gun safe locked down and the only access by the owner. I'd love to own an M1 and an M14 but I don't. Same for a .45 pistol. Memory of the military But... kids visiting, a target for burglary, so I don't. Assault weapons weren't used in this case but probably should be banned In my eyes they really are not useful even for home defense or anything other than target shooting. It's their abuse that's the problem.
The catch with banning assault weapons is collecting them. Perhaps a huge license fee, inspections like they do for machine guns. Yes, you can own a machine gun legally here in the States. Pay the application fee (non refundable as I recall), let the government do the background checks, the site security checks, etc. and then there's a yearly license fee. The problem will still be the illegal ones out there.
Making something illegal doesn't stop it and that is crux of the problem.
Indeed... very much will they go bang and with many times disastrous results. Back in the day, I did some drag racing. I wasn't there one particular Sunday but heard this from a friend who was. Many of the guys would put 4 12V batteries in the truck wired in parallel. What this did was give them "legal" ballast and also high amps for starting high compression engines. Well, apparently one lad who knew it all had a starting problem. Took his batteries out and put them on a charger. When he put them back, he was connecting them as he installed them while having a beer (stupid thing to do in the pits, IMO, but I digress). The last batter was set into place backwards (reversed). From what I heard the "boom" as he connected the last cable was loud and the guy spent several months in the hospital from burns. Luckily no one else was hurt but there was shrapnel in the cars on either side of his in the pit area. The only thing we could think of is that he had the power turned on in the cockpit while testing and forgot to turn it off before working on the batteries.
Lesson.. do fool around with batteries unless you can give the job your full attention.
As long as those doing that don't 1) work in the cafeteria 2) don't work around me 3) don't offer to shake hands. I figure it'll be their problem when the dysentery hits. But then decades ago, I spent time in the bush with the troops and no proper sanitary facilities other than a hole in the ground.
or a lock box filled with the kind of paper NOBODY would want to steal...
Sadly, most places I've worked have all stocked the grade ZZZ bog rolls that one has to be careful when using so as not to get splinters. Either manglement was cheap or they wanted to toughen up the asses. Many people brought their own from home to use.
This is probably something any spy agency wouldn't want to loose. Spying by nature is secretive. There's about to be a can of worms (or worse) about be opened if the activists win. On the other hand, the spies do need some control. Not an open and shut case and I'd sure hate to be a judge on this....
If you are the scumbag owner who is thinking of fly-tipping, the best way to rid yourself of an unwanted boat is simply to scuttle it at sea and make sure you go down with it as it sinks.
Or scuttle it and claim the insurance. Win-win. Boat's gone and money on the pocket. I've heard of car owners doing that here in the States.
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