Posts by Mark 85

Re: no winners yet?

I'm sure we have, but there's those falling by the wayside who haven't put in their tuppence.

Sidenote... spell check doesn't like "tuppence". Very strange.

Well crap. If you won't let him in, where can we send him to? Must be someplace to put him so he's not bothering people.

Re: Dianne Feinstein

Have look at her constituents and it becomes crystal clear as to the "why she keeps getting elected".

@GavinC -- Re: Goooooooo Bill

I guess no one looked out the window and saw an abundance of runway in the other direction? Which at one time was normal practice. First off to see if you were getting the full runway and secondly to make sure the tower didn't screw up and have a plane coming in while you're trying to take off*.

*It's happened more than once...

Re: being in motion over the internet

Doesn't the Google car do that? All over Google Maps and stopping at Google Advertisers?

Yes, they're muppets. Ever try to talk to one on something remotely technical? Unless it's a PowerPoint with lots of cartoon figures and very simple, they won't get it. Think glazed eyes, mouth hanging open and a lot of "uh..." coming out of their mouths.

You should. But it could be that your LEO's decided it's more cost effective for them if the US does it. Or maybe there's a fear he'd go hide out in an embassy like a certain other lad?

There's so much not being said... yeah, he was an employee on "American soil" and committed the crime on said soil, but where did the victims reside? It could have went either way.

Re: There is rather an easy solution.

Warrants? Legal speak it all you want. It still boils down to either they encryption is secure or it's insecure. If it's insecure, I don't want it.

Backdoored or weak encryption is useless in the real world. It leave everyone open to Identity Theft, Band Fraud, and CC Fraud. And that's at a minimum. Those threats are more prevalent than a terrorist attack. Take out the miscreants who engage in this activity and when there's no more of this happening, we'll re-think encryption.

You're proposals sound like they came out of Feinstein's mouth. "Pass a law and no one will every break it. Use a warrant and only we can get the information." Bullshit. Look into the tech and the maths of encryption.

Re: Go Taylor

I was (still am) a fan of the Grateful Dead. Back early on, they were local then once they got widely known still played for relatively (for the time) low gate prices. Their marketing was simple: make a recording at a concert and share it, but you can't charge for it. It worked for them as people after hearing the "pirate" wanted to buy the professional version with better quality.

I do tend to be a devil's advocate though since many of the classics in warfare (and everything in the business/corporate world is warfare if you look at that way) say to "know your enemy better than yourself".

Re: 'only 12% of voters voted in republican primaries'

I'm still wondering if he's pulling a Ross Perot and will bail out at some point. If he is just power hungry, then he's someone we don't want in that office. And we sure as hell don't need another guy like Obama who knows better on everything and won't listen to any counterpoints.

Re: Makes sense

Exactly... just the board, maybe a admin assistant (or whatever the PC types call them these days) or two to answer the phone, and shareholders. Minimum expense... profit!!!! IOW, the perfect corporation from an activist investor.

If they keep the name Yahoo! I think that would be rather disingenuous to say the least.

Ah, no. Black ice is called black ice for a reason. No reflectivity. Having driven mountain passes daily for many years, you just assume it's there from temperature and few other clues, like cars off the road.

And when you hit it, it's too late do much except ride it out. The key is to assume it's there and drive accordingly.

Re: Anything lurking there for us Win7 users who have no intent to upgrade/downgrade to Win10?

Exactly. That's why I asked. One can't be too careful. I'm glad someone picked up on KB3112343 as I hadn't got through them all yet. What a clusterfsck things have become.

Sidenote, still sorting out my programs and Linux so I can break free of this tyranny.

Re: One missile hit and it's all over.

The problem is "where's the targeting radar"? At sea level or low altitude this angled side ought to work pretty well. If the targeting radar is airborne at a good altitude to minimize the angle, it might get back a better signal.. but then there's the decoys.

Perhaps it's the other way around? Congress, etc. have to curry favor with them since they would know about every Congressmans proclivities. And yes, this about power and it being uncontrolled power.

Re: Just as well....

Let's also give some kudos the project management for not shutting it down after the engine disaster.

Dan,

You're too rational to be a lawyer, PR type, or corporate exec. I like that. Uber has bending and twisting words and ignoring laws since they started. If only a few other places would take on Uber AND the execs like France has, something might get sorted. I think, that if other countries did this, this might be good for Uber. Uber really need some good press after all the bad that they have had (and brought onto themselves, I might add) and going along with some local regulations or working to get them changed would be a good thing for them.

OTOH, I really don't see them changing. They keep taking on city hall and losing. Sooner or later, it will all catch up with them.

Don't forget to raise your pay rate also.