That really depends on how you access email and how you access rss feeds.

I think that is what they have done. They sent out an email with instructions on how to get the security updates. The method they are using, RSS, gives you control over how you recieve those updates. With the new approach microsoft isn't keeping track of your email address or personal information. They are not using some propietarty bs either. RSS is a standard supported by lots of companies.

It isn't about reality. It is about what Microsoft can prove in court if you decide to sue them. Can they prove to a judge or jury that you consented to the email you recieved?

That is exactly what Microsoft has done. They likely have poor records for this massive list. The list also no longer serves a marketing purpose as they can't include advertisements for services and still be exempt. So they canned it. RSS was the cheapest replacement.

Thats the thing. Microsoft did not have implied consent. Thats was this announcement means. They likely have no record of who consented to be on this mailing list. I bet they simply have a list of of email addresses in a db somewhere. When you ask to be on the list they add you and then delete the email. When you ask off they remove you and delete the email. If they want to do an maililng list they have to start from scratch and keep better records.

RSS is just markup. A simple rss feed is just a an xml document you host like a web page that contains a list of items. Each item having a title, description and pubDate with rss as the root of the document.

The Canada Anti Spam Law requires very specific opt in from the people recieving emails. It requires that certian content not be in the email. It has fines. Microsoft is going to have to train its people and change its templates. It is going to have to get its emails approved by Canadian lawyers. It will take time for it to get in complience of the law. But the deadline is tommorow. So they will RSS feeds instead. It is very easy for an expert to say the emails are exsempt to the press. But I bet if you showed them a few emails they would find a few problems. Things Microsoft needs to fix or get fined.

So glad I don't have to start my car the same way I start an old lawnmower.

Sure but you buying or selling shares does not effect their balance sheet. Your not an expense. You don't show up on the books the way salary does. On the flip side, you are not paying Amazon money when their shares go down over time.

lol I don't think Amazon pays a dividend. So you can remove shareholders from the list.

I suppose that is true if your trying to replace humans doing deliveries. Then it would not make a ton of sense unless the station stayed busy.

Now that I think about it. You could crowd source this. You could give people a phone app. They could list their inventory of batteries, service hours and gps for landing spot. Prices would be set similer to those cab fair applications. They could scan the old drone with phone. Scan old battery. Scan new battery. Then place the drone in a takeoff spot. Then click finish on the app. The drones would then fly away.

I think you could do this same buisness with low tech. Just have a spot where worker scans a barcode on the drone, replaces the battery, and then checks a box on web form. Sort of a drone gass station.

I assumed they took youtube vids and then played them backwards half the time. Then they asked the computer to guess forward or backward. I think it would be easier to guess based on the audio than the vidio. You could just put the audio through speach regonition. If the sound makes sense as words in some language then it is playing forwards. But good for them to look at the harder problem.

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