Posts by adnim 2081 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Apr 2007
they break the law and do illegal things.
Has it crossed the mind of gov that new laws of restriction and banning are NOT going to be abided by law breakers. Only the law abiding follow laws, only the innocent will suffer.
Terrorist One: "its illegal to do that!"
Terrorisrt two: "OK I best stop, wouldn't want to break any laws"
Country is run by the fucking clueless. And I mean totally fucking clueless.
We need a government that isn't blind to the fucking obvious
Unfortunately most people don't know the rules or even that there are rules, beyond... Thou shall not troll.
As far I am aware, not one single website that stores user data states in the plain native language of country of target audience exactly what happens with and to that data. Other than it might be shared with 3rd parties and "our partners". Along with promises of security that cannot be met.
Trust needs to be placed in the Internet for the commercially desirable oil data to flow. Honesty about the robustness of Internet infrastructure and the fact that a few of those foible inflicted humans have complete control over that data is never mentioned.
Of course should the truth be told and that it is security by obscurity that assists the protection of much data... you are but a needle in a haystack of needles. (I know the needles are getting easier to find)
Never will you read in the T&C's...
We have no clue what happens to your data after we have shared it.
Should our IT admin develop a gambling/drug habit or is blackmailed we cannot guarantee the security of your data.
We are working on a budget to be competitive, we can't afford to hire expert coders or finance a full blown pen test. We believe our systems are secure because Nancy in HR who did a Wordpress class has tested them.
The Plutonians may have something to say about that.
Never finding evidence of life on Pluto indicates that any civilisation won't be technologically advanced and therefore uncivilised or savage. So..... Is there any paste and pinchbeck jewellery or bits of coloured glass on board with which to buy the planet from the locals? We could provide some funds for literacy and vocational studies and relocate them to a reservation on Sedna, Perhaps build some bars and gambling houses for recreational purposes.
ever tracking the low hanging fruit anyway. The smart criminals don't get caught, the really smart ones don't get detected. And the really, really rich ones simply buy politicians. I am far from expert in, well anything, to be honest. I am just old and hoping one day to be wise. Still I am smart enough to communicate with someone without state intervention of that communication.
"Except their script falls apart shortly after being told to press the START button ;-)"
Unless they ask if the keyboard has a windows key. I spent the best part of 5 minutes playing dumb describing the content of KDE context menus before I got bored and hung up.
I doubt it.
I am sure all major consumer doodad manufacturers insist, and publicly so, that the most stringent policies for employee welfare are enforced.
It is easier for the western consumer to buy the doodad if he or she feels no furry animals were hurt in it's manufacture.
The same company will of course also insist that the unit price of the doodad makes adherence to that policy financially impossible for the manufacturer.
It is the consumer market they wish to impress. Business is more often than not already locked in to a MS software infrastructure.
The word awesome, just like the words special, original, brilliant, great, unique and various other "shiny" words are what the average non critical media groomed consumer identify with.
and I wish to keep it that way.
They are not friends, we have an understanding. I know all my clients by first name, where they live, what they do for a living. And a bunch of stuff I care little for nor would ever share.
At times it would be nice not knowing them, seeing them only as figures on a balance sheet. It would be much easier to get rid of them. (the customer isn't always right)
What ever my personal feelings toward my clients are, I want to know that they are satisfied and are recommending me to others. I want to be proud of the results of what I am paid to do. I care more for my reputation than I do for the £'s I could easily fleece from those without the experience and skills I myself have developed.
Mind you I am getting on a bit and a life of riches is more slippers and Ovaltine than Ferraris and cocaine at this stage.
I don't expect such a discovery to have a great impact on religion. Reality and evidence based rationalism doesn't rate very high in most belief systems. A verse from any of the scriptures that underpin modern religions will just be re-interpreted to take account of the discovery.
"...all part of Microsoft's effort to unite the desktop, server, and mobile versions of its OS around a single, common core."
I would hazard a guess as to that core being Microsoft servers/cloud. I cant help thinking that Microsoft would like Windows to fit the SaaS model. The design look and feel of Windows has slowly evolved such that there has been less and less distinction between local and remote/Internet content. Imho in a few more iterations of Windows there will be no difference at all.
I am sure many large software houses would like to see the end user in a computing environment over which they have little or no control, tied to a subscription.
If you don't already you might want to look into supporting open source alternatives and not just for operating systems.
I use Windows 7 and it's great for the things I use it for.. As it CentOS and Linux Mint, the right tool for the right job, or my preferred tool for the job. Whatever, the point is, I want my data local and I want to choose what my OS does when I am not looking. I want to choose my default programs and utilities I do not want to spend several hours changing settings in order to stop the OS and the web browser and the media player and umpteen other bits of software from phoning home first opportunity they get and henceforth ever after.
Mr Cameron with all due respect, what right do you or any appointed body have to determine that which I will or will not find extreme? I presume I will be asked and will have an option. Or are such decisions beyond my easily swayed mind and should be left to higher mortals?
I am fucking sick of being patronised, I know what is right and wrong. Unfortunately you don't Mr Cameron. Therefore I disagree with you Mr Cameron. I would like to voice my disagreement or dissent (dangerous word I expect) in a peaceful and lucid way via the power of words.
Oh my, it seems my website with it's logical alternative policies and the eloquent rebuttal of all your arguments has been deemed extreme and cannot be viewed by anyone.
Do you have a clue about anything beyond your seemingly obsessive desire to control every aspect of our lives and create a sterile, smothered society capable of nothing but capitulation?
You earn trust, respect and a following. It's as simple as that. Trying to hide alternative views and approaches to which is "accepted" by calling them extreme will do nothing but generate mistrust.
I accept there is extremism out there Mr Cameron. Who the fuck are you to determine what is extreme? And why am I not able to determine that for myself?
“Just like any large organisation doing business in a fast changing market, we are always refining the way we operate and organise ourselves.”
My first contact with CSC was in 1993 and I can assure you they are always refining the way they operate. They refine the way they operate with scant regard for the client or employee.
And like all free things, regardless of source. It is a lure, a hook, bait.
It will have use for some in free format, it will earn revenue from those who want more. Makes no odds to me, I manage to communicate with my clients well enough using pdf, odf, plain text, txt msg and word of mouth.
I don't need Microsoft for anything either, others do. They are called consumers, they don't think much beyond convenience, some don't think much at all. So if it is convenient, free and easy to get/use then it will find a user base. It just won't find one here.
I have always been critical of Apple period. Not so much for overpriced hardware but resting control and choice from the consumer and ridiculous patent submissions.
I will be honest, I don't really care what Apple do, they won't do it to me. It's just that the very tiny part of myself that cares for those of my fellow humans whom are incapable of being objective, screams to the huge part of myself that doesn't give a fuck..... "You have a responsibility to tell the sheep that they don't need a shepherd".
If anyone thinks that Apple or indeed another multinational has the consumers best interests as a priority you are deluded. If you realise this then then why the fuck support them?
and may look towards getting involved.
Without general public awareness of this initiative and the technology involved being described at the level which the average lay person can understand, this will become niche, available only to those with such awareness.
Public awareness is paramount in such an initiative and whilst I respect the skills and level of knowledge of those involved with this. I don't expect the general public to have a clue as to the credentials or expertise of these people. Such initiatives need promotion on news programs and the leading sponsored adverts for the various TV programming that the populous watches.
I think this is a good thing but is useless unless it is a resource that is accessible and understandable by the average person. Most of all they need to be aware of its existence.
It's called a center punch.
I accept that this does not start the car and only gives immediate access to any item left lying around.
However, ones car is more likely to be targeted by equipped opportunists rather than dedicated ringers/exporters.
This iKeythingy may provide some convenience but I can't see how it is any more secure than any current keyless entry system. This is not about innovation, it has been a long time since Apple was about innovation.
Anyone capable of web development... That's building a development/testing environment and actually coding as opposed to drag and drop site building, doesn't need teaching how to use MS web development software. I wonder if the majority of those that have mastered MS web tools have a clue as to what is happening underneath all those setup wizards.
"Come on, just how often have you found end-users doing things in a manner thought to be unlikely/unreasonable/damn strange by the developers?"
Sarcasm?
Seriously... all the fscking time. If it isn't bullet proof an end user will put a bullet through it.
End users *ARE* unlikely/unreasonable/damn strange.
Because they contravene some UK based law, making them illegal.
Viewing or reading certain images or words has been deemed illegal by a group of people who think they know best. To protect the children UK populous from itself and from unwittingly happening upon illegal content and thus breaking the law, it was deemed that it would be pro-active to block access to illegal words and images.
Thus accessing sites on the block list means that you will be breaking the law by viewing illegal content. These sites are blocked *because* they contain illegal content, not because the content might be truthful, exposing, honest, alternative or sincere. All blocked sites are blocked because viewing them would result in illegal activity.
So was the person offering the proxy was encouraging a crime to be committed?
Is this not illegal?
I'd buy him a pint
Unless looking at things and reading things is wrong. Ah I remember now there are laws that determine what you can look at, see and read legally.
So mother (uk gov) decides what is good for us and bad for us and hence what we can see or not see.
I guess that mother doesn't like one of the children picking the lock on the larder to allow all the other children to see what mother is eating.
Such a fat mother, keeping the juicy truth to herself whist feeding her children on what she thinks is best for them. Mother always knows best :-) It's for your own good.
I agree with D3rrial. This is wrong.
If the half a dozen or so spam emails that find their way into my in box had illegal images attached instead of failed delivery notices from UPS or tax refund forms. It would be enough to convict me of possessing said images and possibly get my name on the sex offenders list?
This is so wrong it is scary. By this judgement all it takes is a bot herding mail spammer to attach a picture of a naked under age child to a spam mail and everyone who gets the email is guilty of possessing indecent images of children.
IP, employees are a liability"...Unless the employees are the IP.
You have but one soul. If you can sell it, then it ain't so unique. Or you don't understand what a soul is, if indeed there is such a thing. For the purpose of this exercise let's dispense with the word soul and instead use the word integrity.
Dr Dre would sell is ass if the price was right.
have hacked the six digit code of the remote control app, which means the software flaw is in an insecure software application and not the vehicle itself. And thus the Tesla Model S itself was not hacked. I guess the headline "Chinese Uni students hack smart phone app" isn't really click bait.
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