I'm not that great at math, but I believe that Hertz's 0.014% chance of getting me tossed in the pokey, while it might be described by some as infinitesimal, is still infinitely higher than the rest of the rental industry's combined 0.000%. So guess where I'm not renting a car ever.
"Your exec was very nice about it and apologized for the inconvenience and said that you'd use this as a learning experience to "course correct." I appreciated that."
It may sound cynical to some and paranoid to others, but one cannot dismiss out of hand that your convo with their exec was simply lulling you into a sense of complacency.
That would be interesting except it won't happen. They would have to disclose in court (pronounced "make public") what part of the other guy's software infringed/mimics/rips off theirs, and prove that that part is, in fact, in their software. I think that they have to stick to slagging the other guy to potential customers.
Perhaps we shouldn't be so harsh. Using two different companies' malware - including an Israeli one - is evidence that the Egyptians are trying to become more diverse and inclusive. OK, so it's not a cause for celebration, but it's the effort that counts, right?
"Pelissier reportedly had a complete breakdown. She spoke quickly and panicky, while repeatedly interrupting the Judge, referencing issues that appeared to bear no relation to the case at hand."
Colette Pelissier has a bright future in politics. Very bright, indeed.
"It's still hoovering up location data from app developers who either don't know or don't care that this data is buyable through data brokers."
Don't be surprised if lawyers from Techtronic Industries (the parent company of The Hoover Company) with too much time on their hands would like to have a word with you about your use of their trademarked name.
"There are so many boogeymen set up for parents to jump at these days."
These days? There's a new one every couple of months. Screen time, whether it be TVs, PCs or some handheld device, have been a low-intensity bugaboo since Philo T. Farnsworth unleashed the demon boob tube on an unsuspecting humanity in 1927. Some of them really explode, like Dungeons and Dragons in the early 80s, which has remained a constant instigator of low-intensity parental panic ever since.
I'm sure there are others but I don't recall them because I dismissed them out-of-hand since my experience with D&D (I had been playing for about a year when the panic set in).
I am just so glad, so relieved to see the Feds moving on to an important topic and away from the trivial distraction of topics like the price of insulin and EpiPens. It makes me much less frustrated by the amount I pay in taxes.
Not sure what the big deal is with the "vigorously disseminate positive energy" part. Just program some feng shui into the algorithm, turn it up to 11. Boom! Problem solved.
Nah. It’s not like state motor vehicle departments, the people who create license plates, from numbering pattern, background design and materials, don’t tell auto makers what they are up to. They have an association for just such things. And if a coating was applied after-market, A) the country’s entire law enforcement community knows about such a product, and B) it would/should have been in the report.
"...why not just firebomb the house and skip the dangerous entry?"
Oh, that's already been done. They learned - the hard way - that incremental escalations in violence is the better way to go, rather than just going straight to nukes.
Non-Fuzzy Math
I'm not that great at math, but I believe that Hertz's 0.014% chance of getting me tossed in the pokey, while it might be described by some as infinitesimal, is still infinitely higher than the rest of the rental industry's combined 0.000%. So guess where I'm not renting a car ever.
Thanks Mike!
{What are you reading this for? Wasn't the subject line enough?}
Right where they wanted you
"Your exec was very nice about it and apologized for the inconvenience and said that you'd use this as a learning experience to "course correct." I appreciated that."
It may sound cynical to some and paranoid to others, but one cannot dismiss out of hand that your convo with their exec was simply lulling you into a sense of complacency.
Re: What I'm waiting for...
That would be interesting except it won't happen. They would have to disclose in court (pronounced "make public") what part of the other guy's software infringed/mimics/rips off theirs, and prove that that part is, in fact, in their software. I think that they have to stick to slagging the other guy to potential customers.
Different companies
Perhaps we shouldn't be so harsh. Using two different companies' malware - including an Israeli one - is evidence that the Egyptians are trying to become more diverse and inclusive. OK, so it's not a cause for celebration, but it's the effort that counts, right?
Her future is bright!
"Pelissier reportedly had a complete breakdown. She spoke quickly and panicky, while repeatedly interrupting the Judge, referencing issues that appeared to bear no relation to the case at hand."
Colette Pelissier has a bright future in politics. Very bright, indeed.
Trademark infringement
"It's still hoovering up location data from app developers who either don't know or don't care that this data is buyable through data brokers."
Don't be surprised if lawyers from Techtronic Industries (the parent company of The Hoover Company) with too much time on their hands would like to have a word with you about your use of their trademarked name.
Of course they can
Of course Signal can produce the information demanded. All they have to do is nerd harder.
(untitled comment)
"There are so many boogeymen set up for parents to jump at these days."
These days? There's a new one every couple of months. Screen time, whether it be TVs, PCs or some handheld device, have been a low-intensity bugaboo since Philo T. Farnsworth unleashed the demon boob tube on an unsuspecting humanity in 1927. Some of them really explode, like Dungeons and Dragons in the early 80s, which has remained a constant instigator of low-intensity parental panic ever since.
I'm sure there are others but I don't recall them because I dismissed them out-of-hand since my experience with D&D (I had been playing for about a year when the panic set in).
T-shirts?
I feel a new t-shirt coming soon: F12 is not a crime.
(untitled comment)
"...context actually matters..."
"Our recent performance sucks."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-recent-performance-sucks-heres-your-10-billion-back-116034 61621
Welcome!
Welcome to Nebraska - Home of the Cornhuskers and Apple Hackers!
Re:
Both of Virginia's Senators are Democrats.
A rose by any other name
Well, no, I didn't murder him, your honor. He had hypertension and all I did was lower his blood pressure to zero.
About time!
I am just so glad, so relieved to see the Feds moving on to an important topic and away from the trivial distraction of topics like the price of insulin and EpiPens. It makes me much less frustrated by the amount I pay in taxes.
(untitled comment)
Next up: Power companies that create the electricity used by the dastardly infringing computers.
(untitled comment)
Not sure what the big deal is with the "vigorously disseminate positive energy" part. Just program some feng shui into the algorithm, turn it up to 11. Boom! Problem solved.
Re: Cop /could/ be telling the truth.
Nah. It’s not like state motor vehicle departments, the people who create license plates, from numbering pattern, background design and materials, don’t tell auto makers what they are up to. They have an association for just such things. And if a coating was applied after-market, A) the country’s entire law enforcement community knows about such a product, and B) it would/should have been in the report.
Rudderless Policing
Whoever thinks intelligence-led policing is a good idea should - by definition - be excluded from leading the program.
Re: Don't bother knockin'
"...why not just firebomb the house and skip the dangerous entry?"
Oh, that's already been done. They learned - the hard way - that incremental escalations in violence is the better way to go, rather than just going straight to nukes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
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