I do believe you're on to something. It is cultural and probably goes back to values the kids have been taught, if any. Many parents don't see their children for hours on end as the parents are busy and the kids hide out In rooms. In many cases, parents leave it to the schools to teach things like this and we all know how seems to work as there's no time to even teach the basics much less decision making, a bit of morality (yeah.. I went there but it doesn't have be religious based), nor accountability. There's a disconnect here it seems that's being ignored in all the blaming going on.
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Kentucky gov: Violent video games, not guns, to blame for Florida school massacre
Mueller bombshell: 13 Russian 'troll factory' staffers charged with allegedly meddling in US presidential election
Re: Last name on the list is not likely to be Russian
Could be a lot of folks. I'm hoping they'll start following the money as it could get interesting. We have groups being funded by millionaires to push their agendas (and not all are "business") so why not this? Things may get a bit murkier than they already were.
If this laptop is so portable, where's the keyboard, huh? HUH?
HomePod, you say? Sex sex sex, that's all you think about
BOFH: Turn your server rack hotspot to a server rack notspot
Astro-boffinry world rocked to its very core: Shock as Andromeda found to be not much bigger than Milky Way
If you don't like what IBM is pitching, blame Watson: It's generating sales 'solutions' now
FCC inspector general sticks corruption probe into chairman Ajit Pai amid $4bn media merger
Iran: We have defeated evil nuclear-sensing Western lizards!
Arrrgh! Put down the crisps! 'Ultra-processed' foods linked to cancer!
Follow the money
These studies raise alarm bells with me.. both the pro and con sides. Who's paying for them? Andy why? Someone sitting around a college campus or research site just doesn't jump up and say "I think I'll research and do a paper on X!". So El Reg didn't do or was unable to do a "money" check on who is paying for what. To me, that's the sad part. Without those bits of data, this is just so much headline grabbing and some smoke and mirrors.
UK names Russia as source of NotPetya, USA follows suit
Crypto-gurus: Which idiots told the FBI that Feds-only backdoors in encryption are possible?
And so it goes....
This will keep going until one of several things happens...
1) Wyden is no longer in the picture.
2) The governments (all of them who want this) toss a lot of money down the food chain/contractor toilet and get no results.
3) The agencies and politicians who push this get a clue.
4) Hell freezes over.
If 1) happens possibly someone else who has a clue is waiting in the wings to replace him.
Given what the governments want, 2) is possible.
3) Not happening.
4) is the most likely....
Three in hospital after NSA cops open fire on campus ram-raid SUV
Based on past experience, the suspects got off lightly. In 2015, two men dressed as women tried to ram their way into the agency's snooping nerve center in a stolen car. One was shot dead, and the other seriously hurt in the attempt.
I take it that the level of marksmanship at the NSA gate has fallen somewhat. If you can't hit a target, you shouldn't have a gun. Fullstop. Goes for civilians, guards, cops, etc.
Roses are red, Kaspersky is blue: 'That ban's unconstitutional!' Boo hoo hoo
Roses are red, Facebook is blue. Think private means private? More fool you
I think we'd all be surprised at what the average person does thing. I suspect they do think it's private even though world+dog (or at least in this case FB) can generally see everything. Much like some think that once email is sent, and read it magically disappears except on their computer or mobile.
We already give up our privacy to use phones, why not with cars too?
Re: Finance figures are a bit scary
Just over 3 years ago I was replacing my 6 year-old car. ...
Then go at differently. Have the cash at hand. Go in, let them play their finance BS and sign the loan and get the discounts. Then, within 30 day, pay the thing off. You get the discount, save a pile of money and the finance company gets screwed due to all the paperwork costs, lost profit, etc.
IBM declares it's the 'backbone of the world's economy'
Roses are red, are you single, we wonder? 'Cos this moth-brain AI can read your phone number
Rogue IT admin goes off the rails, shuts down Canadian train switches
Pressure mounts on FCC to cough up answers over fake net neutrality comments
Re: Fit for purpose?
No, I doubt they will change because then it will be fit for purpose. But do expect that within a few weeks,, all of the latest round FCC regulation fixes will be undone before they tackle anything else. Such is the way things seem to work these days. The concept of discuss, compromise, and "do the right things" is long gone in America. Giving in to corporate greed is the paradigm.
Who wants dynamic dancing animations and code in their emails? Everyone! says Google
Icahn't get right Xerox Fuji merger spoils, cries activist investor Carl
World+dog ignores Rubin's Wonderdroid
UK Home Sec Amber Rudd unveils extremism blocking tool
@smudge -- Re: Different Configuration
Such a filter already exists. We call it a "General Election".
That only partially works. Look at the current crop of politicians. There's other solutions but discussing them in public will bring an enquiry from the plod so we don't/can't discuss. Fine with me but I wish the electorate had better discretionary powers to realize what BS is being shoveled and it's real value.
@wolfetone
Well this is fantastic. I guess we've entered the age where the Government will be able to censor material from the public without the public ever really knowing.
Yes, the slippery sloop has been trod upon and there's no telling how steep it is or how slippery. What's next... political parties added to the mix? Anything on the whim of government wanting to ban? I'm surprised a certain leader hasn't jumped in on this about "fake news"....
Foxconn spins out a slice of itself to fund cloud, IoT and 5G push
If the IPO doesn't raise the whole $4.3bn, the company will seek loans for the rest.
I'd almost bet that they make the IPO as I imagine that there's venture capitalists and other with deep pockets who can smell the money in stock and dividends. It will depend on what the rules are in China for "investors" but greed knows no borders.
IBM's chief diversity officer knows too much and must be stopped!
Equifax hack worse than previously thought: Biz kissed goodbye to card expiry dates, tax IDs etc
Apple tells GitHub to fork off: iGiant steps outside DMCA law in quest to halt iBoot leaks
NASA budget shock: Climate studies? GTFO. We're making the Moon great again, says Trump
"Turning off the lights and walking away from our sole outpost in space at a time when we're pushing the frontiers of exploration makes no sense."
Indeed, a very sad day.
Trump wants to privatize the space station, and sell it off to commercial concerns
WTF? I still can't wrap my head around that.
"Urban air mobility will be a common mode of transport – yes you'll have your Jetson car," he predicted.
Ok... so forget everything else.... all is well now.
Facebook gets Weed-whacked: Unilever exec may axe ads over social network's toxic posts
My feeling is that at some point Zuck will come to his senses, park his ego in his back pocket, and pull a Tom of Myspace and sell the beast. This may take awhile given "ego" and "senses"... but lately (in the last month or so) I rarely hear people asking if I'm on FB. I guess they realize it's a waste of time to use it and/or they're tired of the ads and the FB sponsored BS.
Facebook smartmobe app's pre-ticked privacy settings violate German data protection law
If they're "pre-ticking" the choices then why are they even bothering to show this screen? Oh..the law. Still, I'd have to agree with the court... I can see "(recommended)" on one choice without the tick being there so it does force some action (with or without deep thinking by the user) to make the choice.
Yorkshire cops have begun using on-the-spot fingerprint scanners
Re: "App on their smartphones"
Do firearms officers take their guns home? Do traffic cops take their pursuit car home? Do mounted policemen take their horses home?
Here in the States... it depends on the police department. Most likely yes to firearms, maybe to the other two... though horse mounted cops are rare.
See that over Heathrow? It's not an airliner – it's a Predator drone
Jack in black: 12 years on, Twitter finally makes a profit from its firehose of memes and misery
I think most us techie types are cynics and we don't click on everything in sight that pops up on the web. But I know a lot of people who read every ad on FB, Twatter, etc. I know because they tell me in great detail about these "marvelous products" that are recommended by "friend" on FB and Twatter.
Boffins upload worm's brain into a computer, teach it tricks
Winter Olympics website downed by cyber attack
Secret weekend office bonk came within inch of killing sysadmin
Re: Aircon Leaks
On Topic, I don't understand why anyone would have a AirCon Unit that drains into a Container when there are quite expensive racks of kit around !!!
Surely, it is worth the cost to 'plumb in' a proper drainage pipe to avoid the potential for flood.
I've seen the "drain" get plugged and building maintenance in all their glory can't find the plunger, a long length of wire, etc. to clean it with. So they call a "professional" who can't be there for week or two...
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