Hmmmm... interesting. The wife told me the other day that she suddenly has an Uber App on her cell phone followed by "What's an Uber?". There's no Uber here or even close by.
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Now Uber sued for textual harassment
While USA is distracted by its President's antics, China is busy breaking another fusion record
Re: At that temp, marshmallows will melt!
As Trump actively works to accelerate the stupidifcation of the US, it may not be long before there just aren't enough people left with sufficient intelligence to operate any power plant using technology more advanced than that found in the Victorian era.
Nope. The stupidificatoin has been going on since the late 60's/early 70's time frame and run by the NEA (teacher's union). They've been changing history books, dumbing down the maths, and wiped out critical thinking. Hell, some schools that I know of hired art teachers to teach math and science. Where we are now is the result of this.
Tesla, GitHub, tech bro VCs... Silicon Valley sexism row explodes as more women go public
Re: Just Silicon Valley?
Not just Silicon Valley. The news lately not only name politicians but news anchors. I'm sure there will be more articles for other careers coming. My impression and what I've heard about a various workplaces suggests this is pretty much a problem everywhere. Not just the US but worldwide.
Brit teen accused of running malware factory and helpdesk for crims
New work: Algorithms to give self-driving cars 'impulsive' human 'ethics'
@LeeE -- Re: Save the women and children first!
And even if the Samaritan law could grant you immunity from criminal prosecution, could it also grant you immunity from civil prosecution?
It might grant you immunity from those things, but what about the human angle? In other words, the angst and perhaps guilt that you made the wrong decision even if it was made with the best of intentions? Humans are not computers and thus, these "tests" are really meaningless except to rationalize something that really can't be rationalized at an emotional level.
MH370 researchers refine their prediction of the place nobody looked
Re: What can be learned of the crash at this late stage?
What others have pointed out can be learned.
However there's also the human factor. The families should know. They've been told by some that it was aliens who took the plane, or that it was "hijacked" and is now on a secret island. One of the things about humans is they have "hope" and the families will and have grasped for any hope. I believe a little closure is necessary here.
One thought equivalent to less than a single proton in mass
SpaceX halts Intelsat 35e launch twice in a row
Re: Better safe than sorry
Not where I am. We get plenty of out of staters (from CA) coming north to buy them. It'll be a long night tonight of barrages and drunken frivolity in these parts.
Icon ---> well it is a holiday, what more can one expect? Since I can sit in back yard and be entertained by all the neighbors launching things into the sky, I can all the beer I want.
Happy 4th of July: Norks tests another missile
Evidence around the world indicates that you can't keep a lid on the democratic aspirations of an increasingly wealthy population in the longer term.
NK has been under oppression for so long, I'd wager that most folks there haven't a clue about democracy. Or consider Russia.... yes, they're trying to figure out how democracy is supposed to work, but with Communism being in place for so long, the knowledge of the masses is lost and needs to be re-learned. China is going through this also. It may work, or may not. Depends on how hard the government clamps down and keeps control. And I should add, governments do not give up their power easily.
Constant work makes the kilo walk the Planck
Kaspersky repeats offer: America can see my source code
NASA: Bring on the asteroid, so we can chuck a fridge at it
Ok.. so this "test" changes it's orbit and not for the good.... The next time it comes around, NASA will have the real thing fired at it. Hopefully with the orbital mechanics sorted out...
I do wonder why no one asked Mr. Statler the obvious question in response to his answer: "Would you stake your life on that statement?".
Wanna tap 3 million phone calls? All it takes is one measly warrant
Re: I know better, but...
Sadly, like anything else.. follow the money. This war isn't a war, it's a cash pipeline for power (FBI, elected officials). If it were to stop tomorrow, what would the "law and order" candidates run on? What would suddenly happen to the FBI's power and budget?
Go back to history and look at Prohibition and who made the money and got the power. It certainly wasn't the guy on street selling the illegal booze.
Shock: NASA denies secret child sex slave cannibal colony on Mars
Fresh cotton underpants fix series of mysterious mainframe crashes
Re: Don't give me no static ...
while in others holding said trigger is so important that it's illegal to do it yourself and you have to employ someone for the sole purpose of doing it properly.
This isn't usually about "safety"... it's about employment and making sure no one drives off without paying.
US Senators want Kaspersky shut out of military contracts
Once upon a time...
I'm old enough to remember when the military never, ever, used equipment, etc. from another country where mission critical security was needed. Paranoia? At the time, yes, but it was just a step to ensure that things that needed to be secure were kept secure and that if someone decided to cut off the supply (the other country's leaders) then the military wouldn't be compromised.
The software might be secure but there's no guarantee that it will stay that way. I'll get my tin foil hat and have a lie down in a few.
Five-eyes nations want comms providers to bust crypto for them
@ John Smith 19 -- Re: Your 12 year window includes 7/7 and that resulted in 56 deaths on its own.
Well said and thought out. As with any "war" or even "crime" give in and you lose. Unfortunately, we have tons of snowflakes on both sides of the pound which seem to be from parents raised as 'flower children". They will shout down any rational argument and maybe sing "Give Peace a Chance" in 3 part harmony.
As is the way of political communiques, there's a carefully-crafted lack of detail (sufficient, for example, for plausible deniability) about what exactly is planned.
In other words... we're about to get shafted as far as encryption and privacy go and they won't tell us until long after it happens.?
Virus (cough, cough, Petya) goes postal at FedEx, shares halted
Amadeus airline booking system TITSUP and it's not ransomware
Everything you need to know about the Petya, er, NotPetya nasty trashing PCs worldwide
Re: And people still continue to use windows
Sadly you can't get idiots admins to push simple patches, let alone radically review OS policy.
I think most would say it's a waste of time on the policy review or even trying to change corporate OS. The Board will override anything that costs money such as the time and effort to configure and then install a new OS. Then there's training and manglement muppets who would protest that they don't have time (time = brains in this case) to learn a new OS.
I can't fault the admins on this as many haven't any experience on other OS's nor the inclination to be shot down in flames by manglement.
Re: Let's blame Obaka's "revenge"
Bob, I hate to tell you this, but Obama isn't running the show anymore. Your guy won.
So tell him to get off Twatter, the golf course, etc. and do his fucking job. I'm sure with his superior knowledge and staff/advisory panels, etc. all the problems including this one could quickly be solved.
Ride-snare: Lyft ruse helps cops cuff suspect in tech CEO murder case
We'll drag Microsoft in front of Supremes over Irish email spat – DoJ
Last year, the appeals court said: no. Instead, the DoJ should have gone to the Irish authorities and obtained a warrant in Dublin for the information.
That seems reasonable to me. The equivalent would be the DoJ seeking the right to go knocking on doors and arresting people outside the boarders. But, IINAL nor LEO.
Robocall spammers, you have one new voicemail message: Cut it out!
Re: Wow
Well, then maybe the company should base themselves in India or Pakistan. Seems I've getting an lot of calls from the Microsoft Support Branch Office over there lately. If weren't pissing me off so much, I'd find it funny that all the calls lately are coming in between midnight and 3 a.m. I wish they'd use a real number so I could auto-forward them to.. say... Pai.
And yes, the Do-Not-Call list seems to be universally ignored. I've had calls come in that start with: "We know you're on the Do-Not-Call list but have a fantastic deal we know you won't want to miss." Like who buys aluminum siding for a brick house?
Tremble in fear, America, as Daesh-bags scrawl cyber-graffiti on .gov webpages no one visits
Humanity is doomed: We watch 45 BILLION hours of YouTube a month
Re: Keep the masses entertained on vapid nonsense for free
Ok.. I'm with you. So we don't fit the "profile" of the average user. But yes, there's better things to do than watch videos on Youtube. I don't "stream" music, I play CD's. "How to Videos"? Meh.. most are crap. Ah... time to go sit in the garden with a cup of coffee and enjoy silence.
Not Apr 1: Google stops scanning your Gmail to sling targeted ads at you
Strategic withdrawal followed by....
I'd be willing to bet that this just a simple strategic plan to get more users on Gmail. As published here on El Reg, response to Gmail has been less than stellar so this "no scanning, no ads" ploy might just get them more users. Once the magic threshold has been reached.... that policy will change.
I daresay, the old saying about "Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts" applies heavily in Google's case.
UK and Ecuador working on Assange escape mechanism
Lordy! Trump admits there are no tapes of his chats with Comey
Canadian sniper makes kill shot at distance of 3.5 KILOMETRES
'No decision' on Raytheon GPS landing system aboard Brit aircraft carriers
In the week Uber blew up, Netflix restates 'No brilliant jerks' policy
PLATO mission to find alien life is given the thumbs up
Ego stroking, effusive praise and promise of billions: White House tech meeting in full
US is Number One! In sales register hacking attacks, at least
Re: Target....
This store takes the cake, biscuit, whatever. During the whole mess with the data theft, the clerks kept on asking if I wanted to sign up for a Red Card. After responding about the hack, the typical response was "didn't know that, no one said anything" and they'd ask the next person if they wanted a card. Muppets all of them!!!!!!
US voter info stored on wide-open cloud box, thanks to bungling Republican contractor
When corporate signage goes BAD
Backdoor backlash: European Parliament wants better privacy
BOFH: Halon is not a rad new vape flavour
I have had cold sales calls to a domestic line, on the TPS list, from salesmen like this. They get abusive if you say no.
What the hell are the sales droids on these days.... ???? The only thing I can figure out is that either they sleep through Sales101. Get abusive with me and many IT types that I know, and the word will get spread to every department that might get called.
You wait ages for a sun, then two come along at once: All stars have twins, say astroboffins
You'll soon be buying bulgur wheat salad* from Amazon, after it swallowed Whole Foods
@DrXym -- Re: Horrible store
Wholefoods Market for anyone who hasn't been one is like a giant health food shop. One where everything is horribly marked up and expensive. It appeals to the hipster demographic. It's a shame because some of the produce is reasonable, but not for that price.
Ah.. that explains why there's not a Whole Foods around where I live in southern Oregon. The hipsters have all been sent north to Portland.
Facebook has a solution to all the toxic dross on its site – wait, it's not AI?
Banking websites are 'littered with trackers' ogling your credit risk
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