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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2017 Announcement
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 29, 2016, 10:44 AM »Added circles to cover all the "strange" looking bits 
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Note that unlike most other offers on Humble, it seems the keys you claim must be redeemed to a Steam account before the end of the year, at which point it seems they will expire if they haven't been redeemed.-Deozaan (December 22, 2016, 07:30 PM)
- Katie did hers already 
@Stephen66515: Had you intended a discussion on the OP - and if so, then what? - or were you just posting the OP for information purposes? (Thankyou for posting it anyway.)-IainB (December 21, 2016, 06:00 PM)
hahaAren't both of these threads (this one and this one) talking about the same thing?-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 03:35 PM)
This thread is talking about a regulation that makes companies legally responsible for protecting against breaches (and disclosing them), the other thread is about a ruling that prohibits governments from requiring all emails for all users to be retained for 1 year.
Both of the threads have the common, uh... thread... that the ruling or regulation is by the EU, so there is the question about whether they will apply to the UK.-mwb1100 (December 21, 2016, 04:42 PM)
But as you said, they have a common thread, so discussing them in separate threads seems self defeating, since there will be much crossover.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 10:35 PM)
But Britain is leaving the EU, right? So they won't need to obey that EU law.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:18 PM)
But UK is leaving the EU, so the UK can still do that, right?-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:16 PM)
It will probably be re-submitted once we have left, but we are not expected to have fully left until the end of 2018 (I think) so for now, it's overturned (which can only be a good thing).-Stephen66515 (December 21, 2016, 03:18 PM)
But UK is leaving the EU, so the UK can still do that, right?-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:16 PM)
By SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that governments must not indiscriminately collect and retain people's emails and electronic communications, dealing a blow to Britain's contentious new cyber-surveillance law.
Europe's highest court said "general and indiscriminate retention of data" by governments is unlawful and cannot be justified within a democratic society. Only targeted retention aimed at fighting serious crimes could justify such state interference, it said.
"The fact that the data is retained without the users of electronic communications services being informed of the fact is likely to cause the persons concerned to feel that their private lives are the subject of constant surveillance," the court said.
Last month, Britain's Parliament passed legislation that expanded the reach of state surveillance. Dubbed the "snoopers' charter" by opponents, the law requires telecommunications companies to keep records of all customers' emails and web activity for a year, and gives officials unprecedented access to such information. A range of government departments, from police to customs officials, can access the data without a warrant.
Despite being inclined to have firms collect endless amounts of data on their customers, the British government does at least want them to protect it. Accepting a new EU law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), means that when introduced in 2018, British firms will be mandated to disclose any breaches that occur, and could be fined if enough protections are not in place.
Over the past few years we’ve seen a number of high profile companies hit with big data breaches as hackers steal away user information by the truckload. In some cases these companies let their users know straight away, but in others it can take weeks, months or even years before the public is made aware. To combat that in future, it is now a legal mandate that firms must disclose the information in a timely manner.
"But the evidence of this groundwater system potentially extends the period of time when Mars could have been habitable. And that increases the odds that life formed there. "
http://www.theverge....e-crater-mount-sharp
Was it that "we" were living in Mars and made all the latest science technology advances, like today and killed all our natural resources, like nowadays and started looking for another planet to shift, like we are doing now and found Earth habitable.
This looks more likely to me. We destroyed our planet Mars then. Now we are doing same to Earth.-anandcoral (December 20, 2016, 04:40 AM)
Hammock update: It's holding up great and I love it.
I am now seriously considering building my second piece of "fine" furniture, a large chest of drawers/armoire. I'm afraid it will take me too long to do, cost too much, and that I will struggle getting the drawers to fit again. My rationale brain tells me to buy a second hand one and save lots of money and energy and time. But the part of my brain that is rogue is telling me that if I don't build it myself I will regret the lost opportunity/excuse to do so-mouser (December 12, 2016, 12:50 PM)
Never mind the movie, can we get an update on Josh??-mouser (December 09, 2016, 10:30 AM)
Yuck. He cleaned the toilets, wore grubby-looking clothes and a cloth cap, and walked with a shuffling gait.So, you're one of the lucky few who have met mouser face to face.-IainB (November 28, 2016, 01:40 AM)
-cranioscopical (November 28, 2016, 05:02 PM)
Have you seen this commercial featuring a boxer (dog) watching things jump around? Watch it first, for context.
Now that you've seen the commercial, watch this video of a boxer watching that commercial:-Deozaan (November 13, 2016, 02:41 PM)
