Posts by solo 292 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Nov 2013
I didn't get the whole simple thing :o
Is it similar to scene that a shopper purchases online for self-pickup and while outside mall he calls the shopkeeper that his car is in right corner of the parking? Or, may be that i am in office 9 to 5 and my car will be outside in parking and the guard has the key?
If no, I am completely dumb, sorry.
If yes, they are completely dumb to waste on this research, sorry.
@Charles
" .. I find the Muslim mind a morass of inconsistencies .. "
I give you the N button. Wipe that inconsistency out.
[It is sad that this thread is now 3 pages long..wipe out inconsistent posts from here as well.]
" .. but the media and some clerics have successfully managed .."
Then make fun of the media and clerics and don't call it an irony, because you just admitted the source itself is not to be blamed (at least it this case).
Also, religion is not a private affair but a collective conscience and is aimed at guiding the followers, good or bad.
Long gone is the saying "..if .. free .. you are the product.."
Now, no matter how much money you pay, you are still a product.
All the advancement in technology in the last decade has been in the reverse direction.
- Caching was supposed to be a short term fix in the era of dial up modems.
- Secure transmission was the dream of the society
- Even end users' browsers were not trusted back then to allow the local resource sharing
See where we stand now :(
As per the vendor's site, the iRobot 510 PackBot is more like moving webcam.
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal
- Explosives Detection
- HazMat Detection
- Surveillance / Reconnaissance
- Checkpoint, Vehicle and Personnel Inspections
- Building and Route Clearance
- Emergency First Response
But yes, saving these cute robots from the fans may require iRobot 710 Warrior. Let us hope the Brazilians don't give them an excuse to start the rising.
" .. once the developer goes for an ad-supported model, they have no further say .."
If you (developer) are selling guns you have to make sure these are not the illegal models.
If you are distributing free rice bowls (free app developers), you have to make sure these are not rotten.
The app stores (iOS, Android and Win), all have very strict guidelines and threaten rejection as their favorite actions in case of suspicious permissions list. That is the whole point of trusting a store, right?
What causes the fall out is they are unwilling to enforce that just for the sheer numbers. So, it's a case of false advertising on part of these big players.
In the countries where WhatsApp is popular, the paid apps are not bought (for less reach to the payment methods). So, I was already wondering how many of my friends would retain WhatsApp as the year end was near for them. I had always anticipated some dramatic event (suddent closure of the service or sell out), when the largest chunk of it users'd reach the first payment deadline.
So, here we are. And I am on $1bn bet that WhatsApp will be made free. After all it has the richest daddy in the world now :)
I don't think it's fair to blame china in the same sentence where they are all naked.
But there is a losing battle we must fight is tell the truth that Internet or any of its fork (US/EU/RED) was never about personal sharing (likes/banking, anything you name).
If you still want, whispering is still better than tweets.
And since your friend has appointed Google as his assistant, it has every right to peak inside your mail to him before putting beside his tea cup.
[Google: Cloud users have 'no legitimate expectation of privacy': http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/google_cloud_users_have_no_legitimate_expectation_of_privacy/]
Another VERY big advertising company has forked Linux and is paying huge salaries for keeping it entertaining enough just to offer them free to the individuals in order to collect their personal info.
So, business model of Datacoup is not much different, they are just being honest and rude.
Next, we'll see a van down the road throwing breads at us.
It is easier for Google for sure. But, the point is that all of its services started at different point of time and the users were not initially aware that they'd be forced to be consumed (yes, you know you are their product bro) by their other products.
I will dare to say that any agreement change in case of a vital tool (like emails) must be opt-in. But you are forced to accept that as take it or leave it. This is what is defined as ransom.
All the social humps start and end their day on FB, Tweeter and yeah, Tumblr. I, for own privacy issues, don't peek inside.
May be I'll talk to my friends over the coffee machine.
PS: And I'd really appreciate a transparency report about NSA requests from El Reg as well. After all we talk here a lot.
"Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient's assistant opens the letter, people who use web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient's [email provider] in the course of delivery,": Google
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/14/google_cloud_users_have_no_legitimate_expectation_of_privacy/
Thus, I hold my assistant responsible.
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