Posts by Mark 85 12882 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Nov 2012
He and other like him probably believe either they are above the law or the rest of the world isn't as smart as they are. I daresay we've all seen it... the one person who thinks they know everything and are so "special" that the rules don't apply to them. Usually doesn't end well* for them.
*For some, it's being fired, for others... jail time..
I'm hearing this "something must be done" about the online world. I fear that the answers will lead to censorship and only the info, data, verbiage approved by "those who know better" will come out of this. The cherished concept of 'free speech" is being eroded by various lawmakers and governments pretty much world wide. Education has been dumbed down such that many people can't think for themselves and only parrot the government line.
Yes, I'm afraid where this will lead. Something should be done but I believe it's the dumbing down of education. Where are our thinkers? Our rational thinkers? Not in government? Not in the board rooms? Sadly, I don't see a quick fix for this and a long term solution probably won't happen once the spoon fed youngsters grow up and come to power.
I wish I could feel like there's a future for thought, discourse, and acton without the outside influences and censorship that seems to be on the lips of government types worldwide.
Nothing new from that aspect. Look at any history via journalism and it's loaded with "click bait" (or maybe "pick up the paper, pay for it bait"). It used to be we only saw a few papers in local shops and some of the more "sensational" press in the form of tabloids. Now, via the 'Net, we can get them all so 'fake news', attention grabbing headlines, etc. isn't anything new.
In the grand scheme of existence, our universe may in fact be very, very small and in that context it's no great leap to imagine that if one universe could spawn, why not more?
The concept of "infinity" is a hard one for humans to grasp. In our minds, there has to be an "end" or a boundry because that is our environment on Earth. Our "universe" is basically what we can see or infer from our instruments. If the universe is infinite, the other "universes" maybe just be a continuation of our universe but farther away. Or not... if we ever find the wall and a sign "you are now at the end of the universe, go no farther" then we'll know.
This is not a good thing. Maybe if they pinpointed the area even tighter but still... they're casting a wide net and either evidence can be doctored, fabricated, or just plain misinterpreted can put a lot of innocent people at risk. As we approach the 1984 level of civilian surveillance here in the US and other "free world" countries, I think we have a lot to fear.
Probably Turkish cab drives then? From what I've seen, the cab drivers are all immigrants from other countries. It's been a few years since I was there, but back then, I had great cab drivers and the drivers from hell and for the most part, they were all immigrants.
Anyone's name and (at least here in the States) and you'll get tons of sites who (for a fee) will display your public record... crimes, DOB, spouse(s), etc. Basically anything that's part of the public record. So "delisting" will remove all those links? Or just the "News" article links? Then if you really wanted to check someone out, just go to the local paper's website and use their article search.
I somehow don't think that having Google de-list these two "gentlemen" will solve their problem since there's so many other ways to find them.
I think that was pretty common back then. There was a large BBS* here in the States, maybe the largest at the time(?) that had something like 300 PC's (may have been more) stacked in a bedroom of the house the owners of the BBS lived in. Everything including modems were just packed and stacked from floor to ceiling with cabling across the floor, taped to the walls, etc. They even proudly had pictures available of their "state of the art server room" available for downloading.
*I think it might have been Event Horizons but I'm not certain.
Reminds of the amphibious cars they used to sell decades ago. Minor things like doors created problems for the car part (no doors) and doors would cause problems for the boat part (leaks). Propulsion was a mechanical nightmare. I saw one as a kid and watched it slowly sink in the lake and wondered why would anyone try to combine two vehicles into one?
It's almost a game it seems but it's not. It's real and it can have real bad implications. I can understand that the cops would want one. But should they actually be allowed to have one? Seems that the IT industry just keeps chasing it's tail here with exploits, patches, etc. And then with this, due process falls by the wayside.
The old saying "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" is not (maybe it never was) true. In this case, there's a lot to fear even if you haven't done anything wrong. Once the phone has been broken, anything can be planted on it.
Pity that we don't think ahead some more and give them more fuel. I realize reaction wheels can get very expensive and heavy but the cheap route is just to load in more fuel.
Disclaimer, I realize not every explorer type of satellite will have it's mission extended but maybe should provide for that option.
She'd have been more likely to do jail time had she shoplifted a $700 item from a store, yet she just gets a small fine and no jail time for stealing $700M.
Re-read the article... The SEC can't impose jail time. However, the state can and is apparently investigating. So, there's still that hanging over her.
If you're going to ban folks for hate speech then ban Trump for doing it too. Or is that too much of a double standard for FB to stomach?
Our Dear Leader seems not to use FB but Twitter. But, hate speech seems to go all the way to the bottom so how many users would FB have left if all hate speech types were removed? Their followers would probably abandon FB also and follow them to the new place so FB might take a big hit.
So any expectations that a Chinese company will produce anything truly innovative are misplaced. It is MBA driven - acquire, brand, copy and build cheaply through the power of significantly better local supply chain.
Pretty much sums it up. Innovation in China won't happen until their culture changes and allows people to think for themselves and not be afraid to try new ideas. The government is very much afraid that thinking and new ideas might just toss them out the door. So for now, innovation comes from other places, cheap manufacturing and "grunt work" comes from China.
Just two of the 75 Microsoft bugs squashed this month have been publicly disclosed.
Interesting. By this, is MS not telling what's being fixed or were the bugs not disclosed publically? Either way means they could be slipping something under the door. They tried burning us on Win10 why not try for something else?
Bob,
On the surface I agree..... but there's a problem you're overlooking. Trump's WH is in total disarray due to his firing of anyone who disagrees with him. That is very divisive and bad for morale. Healthy dialog is great so is listening to the ideas of others. Our President seems not to want to listen or engage in public dialog unless it's with those who agree with him.
The worst part of that statement is actually the "et al." . Where do you stop and who decides who you don't debate?
That's an individual choice not a group choice or government choice and as it should be. I wouldn't want someone telling me to go debate and change X's mind, would you? Would anyone what a Big Brother telling you who to talk to or who to debate?
It is fitting then that the UCC is involved in this case. Although it is a sad reflection of our current times that we have an effective re-run of a case that started back in 1962 with TV station owners pushing their agenda and their perspective, with little or no consideration given to the local
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Seems certain politicians and government agencies don't believe this is true otherwise they wouldn't keep doing the same things over and over again and expect different results.
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