Re: "We'll be in and out within 20 minutes."
"OK, looking at how "extended" other missions are (Voyager) they should consider themselves lucky, no?"
Only there's no holodeck or replicators to keep you occupied, nor any chance of a wormhole sadly.
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"If you don't want someone to be able to keep a copy, maybe think twice about sending it to them in the first place? ”
There is a use case whereby you send an image or screenshot of something that your recipient does not wish to have in their camera roll. Sending it as a one time only view stops the image from going into the camera roll or being accidentally seen by someone overlooking your recipients phone. It might sound useless for actual privacy, but it does have some use. If you are going to send a picture of your private parts to someone then expect zero privacy.
Why should anyone care what he gets. It's not going to impact on anyone but Tesla investors and the company itself and the investors drank the Kool Aid. The investors particularly know what the bloke is like and they can deal with making a shitty investment decision if his pay packet makes the company go tits up in the future. Isn't investment all about risk? Well suck it up then!
Completely agree with you. No doubt some of these places are being used as shields, but targeting them is not the answer. The innocent are never considered in matters of war or targeted attacks. It's easy to launch an attack from a far off place coldly and clinically and never see, understand or feel the hell unleashed.
My HND in computer science consisted of project management and 'learning' Java, along with Visual basic. None of those things floated my boat and I never understood Java or got the hang of VB. 2 years of my life wasted. I didn't realise at the time I really should have just gone and got a job. University certainly isn't for everyone, and it certainly didn't teach me anything I needed for my current career in IT, which I'm also regretting taking as a path!
What are they going to do, block smuggled devices on their cellular networks? Go after citizens with one? If they rank top of the premium market then premium spenders will get hold of one.
Otherwise, Apple sets up local assembly and charges the extra for removing their centralised reduced cost benefit on top if they are forced down that path.
Is it really AI? Or is it code running a comparison from an input to a database of sounds? It's like saying Voice recognition is AI.
The implications of AI suggest it could decide something wasn't the sound it was looking for the next time around. If something is 'intelligent' then it is possible for it to make different decisions at different times. This is one of those situations I'd probably prefer it was 100% consistent.
Yet more AI pie in the sky to attract attention.
But then what happens? We who use mobile devices pay through the nose to have them connected via fresh air. There needed to be a trade off, not a greedy money grab. Big business or not, these operators provide services that pretty much all of use, including government. They've spent money on spectrum where we could have had network investment instead.
"Aww, leave amfm alone - he/she/it has been around these parts longer than you have!"
Are you sure? I remember when they used to have Cash & Carrion and I bought an el Reg Polo shirt. I also remember when amfm didn't have the 1 at the end of his handle! I lurked a long time before I started posting ;-)
"... and nobody ever does bugger-all about it."
Because human beings, especially those in charge of businesses, have a deeply ingrained behaviour of fucking over other human beings. Essentially it comes down to three words, "why should they".
Everyone is too scared to implement the changes because they might lose their profits. No-one remembers that profit doesn't matter a jot when you've burned yourself out or got to the end of your working life and eventually drop dead.
"While such scenarios seem like hollywood conspiracies, I would have said the same about exploding hundreds of pagers and walkie talkies 6 months ago."
Absolutely. Nothing is beyond the realms of possibility or fanciful any longer. It actually could happen. It's just a matter of how pissed off someone gets to decide to do it. It then shows their hand and they will find it difficult to pull off again, which is why we don't see many real world examples.
You have to ask though, how many attacks you wouldn't dream are possible have actually been intercepted by security services. We'd probably have our minds blown if we knew about them. Which is why we don't. There's already enough fear in the world as it is!
"TBF, they tried investing. The government then banned the infrastructure vendor with the best technology and handed the costs of replacing that kit to the networks."
My heart bleeds for them. Evidently they can afford to invest in whatever kit they need. Huawei kit is not the best, if you read the register regularly you will note that their source code, having been inspected officially, was lacking and riddled with bugs. They have chosen not to reinvest their profits in network upgrades. Simple as. Until recently Vodafone were the only network I paid (200 quid) to leave, the next was three.
To be quite honest, it sounds pointless and it sounds shit. Most web users don't really care about their privacy, those that do already take precautions. I can't see this going anywhere, or being successful. I'm sure Sir Tim could put his exceptional mind to better use with a more worthy project.
And let's hope they do go bust. Their plans are inhuman, at the expense of humans. Why would anyone want to work for IBM anymore? AI will never meaningfully replace human jobs. If they actually get anywhere with it at first, the plans will crash down the minute they experience problems that require real knowledge, intelligence and intuition. A CEO who thinks human beings are replaceable, is someone I'd never want to do business with let alone work for.
The problem with on call is, that often people will share their stories in the comments section rather than having it immortalised in an on call article itself. Maybe the call to action at the end of an article should include 'don't just comment it, send it in'. Either that or you're going to have to resort to intercepting the comments before they're published for material!
'Growing demands of AI'
No Google, it is merely a play thing, not doing any actual real work. Now you're imposing it on your users at the top of search results, without asking, which I'm never in million years going to trust to give me a correct answer.
The demand AI has at the moment is purely novelty. It will die down considerably.
I'm not defending them in any way, because I remember when it first started. They marketed it as if someone is going your way then you could grab a ride with them. It quickly became a taxi service by the back door and they resisted every effort to have their service licensed.
They did have Uber Pool, possibly still do. So there has been at least some ride-sharing going on. That's at least true.
Gaming algorithms? The last time I took an Uber in Birmingham UK the guy actively cancelled 'by mistake' my booking and got me to repeatedly hail another Uber whilst sat in the back of his car, until surge pricing kicked in. Unfortunately as I was hailing, other Ubers were picking up my ride first which I had to cancel. Easy to screw about and increase your fare price. I should have just got out, but I complained to Uber and told them what he did and got a refund on the excess. Left a bad taste just how low even supposed professional drivers can go.
I'm not one to bash someone else's hobby, I absolutely love BBQ meat and will quite happily eat the results thrown out of one of these grills. I'd also quite happily go without it to avoid the stress of having to piss about with one of these grills. Especially when there's an app and firmware updates to do as well.
Sadly I don't know anyone rich enough to possess one of these grills and I'm not popular enough to get invited to a BBQ either. All in all this article has made me hungry and depressed.