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Would someone please check Renegade's back yard for a large seed pod ... I think he's been replaced.-Stoic Joker (August 15, 2013, 11:31 AM)
Don't worry, my child. One day you too will find faith, and perhaps even become exulted in His Holiness Larry Ellison's clergy, like myself, as an Elliphant.
The inner mysteries of the goodness of mass surveillance will be revealed to you, oh unbeliever, and to all!
-Renegade (August 15, 2013, 11:57 AM)
"Those factors are clear to me now, through both self-refection[sic] during my confinement in various forms, and through the merits and sentencing testimony that I have seen here.
In one line certain to upset those who believe Manning made a positive difference by leaking the documents, he said he now looks back at his decisions and wonders "how on earth could I, a junior analyst, possibly believe I could change the world for the better".
Most of these newcomers have a really great service but they are late to the game. I stick with Dropbox simply because a lot of my apps have Dropbox support. A few have support for Skydrive and a few more support Gdrive or Box but all of them support Dropbox. This holds true for Android apps as well as IOS apps.-edbro (August 14, 2013, 06:34 PM)
Gmail users have no "reasonable expectation" that their emails are confidential, Google has said in a court filing.
Consumer Watchdog, the advocacy group that uncovered the filing, called the revelation a "stunning admission." It comes as Google and its peers are under pressure to explain their role in the National Security Agency's (NSA) mass surveillance of US citizens and foreign nationals.
"Google has finally admitted they don't respect privacy," said John Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's privacy project director. "People should take them at their word; if you care about your email correspondents' privacy, don't use Gmail."
Google set out its case last month in an attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of breaking wire tap laws when it scans emails in order to target ads to Gmail users.
That suit, filed in May, claims Google "unlawfully opens up, reads, and acquires the content of people's private email messages." It quotes Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman: "Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it."
"Unbeknown to millions of people, on a daily basis and for years, Google has systematically and intentionally crossed the 'creepy line' to read private email messages containing information you don't want anyone to know, and to acquire, collect, or mine valuable information from that mail," the suit claims.
In its motion to dismiss the case, Google said the plaintiffs were making "an attempt to criminalize ordinary business practices" that have been part of Gmail's service since its introduction. Google said "all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing."
Oh dear, the MAFIAA are going to hate him.-4wd (August 14, 2013, 07:50 AM)
I think I see what you're saying now. It's certainly the same in the sense the rich and powerful have rigged the system in their favor across the board. Licensing in the taxi market isn't fundamentally different from predatory pricing by powerful retailers or IP laws in the software industry. However you dress it up it's about stifling competition.-Vurbal (August 13, 2013, 10:45 PM)
That's just the price of running a business. You have concerns people in other industries don't but so do the people in those other industries.-Vurbal (August 13, 2013, 08:55 PM)
An ATM regulation from 2006 stems from the Patriot Act concerning background checks and money wire transfers. If someone has a felony on their record, they cannot operate an ATM in the USA because an ATM conducts wire transfers from a bank account. People with a felony record cannot legally operate or even legally fill an ATM with money.
A background check must now be run by the processing networks before an ATM is allowed on the network to make sure the law is followed. If someone thinks they may not pass a background check because of a felony record, maybe a spouse or business partner can. As stated above, anyone with a felony cannot own a machine or load money into the machine, this includes an individual performing administrative duties inside the machine. An ATM falls under the wire transfer regulations for banking which are part of the Patriot Act.
Call me crazy, but just for backup, I'm considering getting a standard plug-and-play NAS box. Maybe from Qnap...a 4 or 5 bay one. If it becomes redundant later after i have my custom boxes working, i can put them in a relative's home for off-sute backup purposes, etc.-superboyac (August 13, 2013, 12:20 PM)
And I'd recommend taking a look at a Synology Diskstation- I'm very satisfied with mine, and in the end, it made me realize I didn't really need a server anymore.Nico started offering fixed deals a while back. I don't see much of a problem with it. If someone doesn't like it, they can pay full price at the vcom web site. I just checked, and it's normal full price there.-Renegade (August 13, 2013, 04:39 AM)