Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 2 Mar 2016 @ 12:35pm
Re: Re: Re: Sad but true
...the US needs more political parties...
Well, only if you redefine "political party" because political parties in general seem to be a large chunk of the problem.
What the US needs are wide open primaries whereby the top 2 candidates irregardless of political party go to the general election.
Again maybe nice, but doesn't seem to fix the problem that only people supported by (and beholden to) uber-rich corporations are capable of getting elected. It might also be nice not to have an electorate that seems to go consistently for either the dumbest and most preposterous or most clearly lying through their teeth candidates available no matter what their political persuasion...
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 2 Mar 2016 @ 11:02am
Sad but true
I'm not sure whether to be more disgusted with Trump himself, or the fact a character even more ludicrous than George W. (and I didn't think that were possible) appears to have a good chance of actually being president.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 19 Feb 2016 @ 6:36am
Really?
Any move towards deliberately forcing tech companies to undermine security and privacy protections for users absolutely is a backdoor and will be used by countries with much less regard for the privacy of its citizenry.
There are countries with less regard for the privacy of its citizenry than the US??? Do you mean the UK?
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 11 Feb 2016 @ 8:06am
Just me?
"We’re not going to sit back and let the disrupters just disrupt,” Iger said. “We’re going to participate in some of that disruption. And we’ll decide when the time is right to be more disruptive than we have been if we really think the business model is shifting rapidly. So far we do not see that."
Is it just me, or does that read like someone who's just leant a brand new buzz-word that everyone's telling him is important, but he's not quite sure what it means?
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 5 Feb 2016 @ 6:00am
Not quite...
DRM is coming to Daz and there's nothing users can do about it.
Presumably there are, in fact, at least two things the users can do about it: 1/ Vote with their feet and use some other software 2/ Go find the inevitable crack for the software that makes the added DRM not such a problem.... i.e. pirate it.
Not sure either of those helps Daz out much though.... Gosh! Looks like the DRM might be counter-productive! Who knew?
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 4 Feb 2016 @ 6:13am
It's quantum, innit?
I believe what Warner really wants to buy is Schrödinger's Streaming Service; it offers innovative, easy-to-use, on-demand, flexible access to all the content in the world at a price so perfectly balanced at to make customers flock to it while cheating a healthy profit-margin, while simultaneously providing no real competition to infexible, piece-meal, overpriced pay-TV.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 27 Jan 2016 @ 5:06am
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Actually getting the source of the problem right DOES matter.
Yeah, not sure that's what he meant as such... I've been in exactly the same position so many times even with different teams in the same company.... Get a problem and the server guys instantly blame the network guys or the storage guys; the storage guys blame the server guys or the network guys; the network guys blame the server or storage guys... and everyone blame either the 3rd party software or the user.
The correct response to this is always "I don't give a shit what you think it is, how about you stop making assumptions, work together and find out what it actually is!"
Added to that, even if some other device on the network is found to cause the problem it still doesn't mean that there isn't a problem with the Nest; A number of times I've seen a device not cope with another device working perfectly because of it's own problem... And this one's supposed to talk to other things, so the answer is still "I don't give a shit, try being part of the solution".
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 27 Jan 2016 @ 4:50am
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I'm having trouble finding a non-smart, big TV.
Well you can find a non-"smart", big TV.... but chances are it costs 2-3x as much as a similar screen with all the extra "functionality". I also went for the "buy the 'smart' one and keep it dumb" approach.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 23 Jan 2016 @ 1:08pm
Oh, yeah!
The school and the police have acted responsibly and proportionately in looking into a number of potential concerns using a low-key, local approach," it said.
Oh, yeah.. I'm sure the cops showing up at their door, barging in, searching their house, and questioning everyone at length because of the "schoolwork" of a kid under 11 felt super-responsible and soooo "proportional" to the family in question.
You have to wonder if the "solution" isn't more likely to "radicalise" said child way more effectively than whatever it is they thought he'd been "exposed" to.... I know I'd grow up pretty pissed-off if I got pulled in and scared the shit out of for schoolwork...
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 23 Jan 2016 @ 12:03pm
"Democracy"
In the modern world, it ought to be easy to get a direct democracy - certainly for all important decisions - but instead whenever the subject is brought up, all you hear from politicians is how it's all too hard and too susceptible to fraud (like current elections can't be rigged!). As usual it's all about giving up power rather than the interests of citizens of supposedly democratic countries.
I've always been somewhat with Winston Churchill who claimed "the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"... but looking at the US and UK (and other countries) today, I can't imagine that the populace could do worse than politicians even if you limited voting to the 2 million lowest IQs in the country!
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 10:42am
Riiiight!
The people who’ve traded down have tended to not be sports fans, and have tended to be older and less affluent. We still see people coming into pay TV.
OK, Mr. ESPN..... let's examine that for a moment: 1/ Old and "less affluent" you say? Well since these are departing customers, clearly they used to be young and rich enough to afford and want your service and aren't interested any more. Given increasingly long lifespans and the skew of population towards the elderly, isn't ignoring that demographic dumb all by itself? 2/ Not sports fans? But these people are "trading down" their package, right? So why did they have (presumably) sports before, then? And how does them not being sports fans make them giving you less money a better thing for you than if they were sports fans? 3/ Still see people coming in to pay TV, huh? Good for you... and how many would that be compared to the ones leaving? Are they taking as many services as the ones leaving? Seems a little vague to me... care to elaborate?
Looks like deja moo.... I think I've seen this bullshit before.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 11 Jan 2016 @ 3:57pm
Self defeating
Inevitably, if it it's uncrackable, it's also going to do hideous things to your computer so I for one won't be buying it or anything like it. I like my computer to be useful, thanks.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 11 Jan 2016 @ 12:54pm
''I don't even know why I would want to be on a label in a few years, because I don't think it's going to work by labels and by distribution systems in the same way,''
Genius that he was, he clearly didn't reckon with the power of corporations to buy laws to stop the "inevitable".
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 10 Jan 2016 @ 7:57am
If Twitter is a platform chiefly about inter-expression, then hiding any of that expression is antithetical to its very purpose
The "Twitter platform" is chiefly about making large wads of cash, surely? In that case deleting "controversial" stuff would make perfect sense, right?
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Re: Re: Re: Sad but true
It might also be nice not to have an electorate that seems to go consistently for either the dumbest and most preposterous or most clearly lying through their teeth candidates available no matter what their political persuasion...
On the post: Yes, Donald Trump Can Create Problems For Free Speech & The First Amendment
Sad but true
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First rule
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Re: Re: “The question is what is, and isn’t acceptable to Facebook"
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On the post: White House Is Either Lying About Apple Order Or Doesn't Understand What A Backdoor Is
Really?
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Just me?
On the post: Software Company Asks Users For Input On DRM; Goes Ahead And Institutes It Anyway Over Their Objections
Not quite...
1/ Vote with their feet and use some other software
2/ Go find the inevitable crack for the software that makes the added DRM not such a problem.... i.e. pirate it.
Not sure either of those helps Daz out much though.... Gosh! Looks like the DRM might be counter-productive! Who knew?
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Re: It's quantum, innit?
On the post: Time Warner Eyes Hulu Stake, Wants Service To Remove Current Seasons Of Shows
It's quantum, innit?
Maybe they'd be better buying a cat....
On the post: Nest Thermostat Goes From 'Internet Of Things' Darling To Cautionary Tale
Re:
The correct response to this is always "I don't give a shit what you think it is, how about you stop making assumptions, work together and find out what it actually is!"
Added to that, even if some other device on the network is found to cause the problem it still doesn't mean that there isn't a problem with the Nest; A number of times I've seen a device not cope with another device working perfectly because of it's own problem... And this one's supposed to talk to other things, so the answer is still "I don't give a shit, try being part of the solution".
On the post: Nest Thermostat Goes From 'Internet Of Things' Darling To Cautionary Tale
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On the post: UK Police Deny Misspelling Led To Investigation, Say It Was Other Schoolwork Instead
Oh, yeah!
You have to wonder if the "solution" isn't more likely to "radicalise" said child way more effectively than whatever it is they thought he'd been "exposed" to.... I know I'd grow up pretty pissed-off if I got pulled in and scared the shit out of for schoolwork...
On the post: Direct Democracy: Successful Petition Gives Swiss Citizens Chance To Vote Against New Surveillance Law
"Democracy"
I've always been somewhat with Winston Churchill who claimed "the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"... but looking at the US and UK (and other countries) today, I can't imagine that the populace could do worse than politicians even if you limited voting to the 2 million lowest IQs in the country!
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Gosh!
On the post: ESPN Pretends It Saw Cord Cutting Coming, Says Departing Subscribers Old And Poor Anyway
Riiiight!
1/ Old and "less affluent" you say? Well since these are departing customers, clearly they used to be young and rich enough to afford and want your service and aren't interested any more. Given increasingly long lifespans and the skew of population towards the elderly, isn't ignoring that demographic dumb all by itself?
2/ Not sports fans? But these people are "trading down" their package, right? So why did they have (presumably) sports before, then? And how does them not being sports fans make them giving you less money a better thing for you than if they were sports fans?
3/ Still see people coming in to pay TV, huh? Good for you... and how many would that be compared to the ones leaving? Are they taking as many services as the ones leaving? Seems a little vague to me... care to elaborate?
Looks like deja moo.... I think I've seen this bullshit before.
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History repeats
On the post: Game Cracking Group Predicts The End Of Cracking Because Of Better DRM
Self defeating
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