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Comment Re:AT&T (Score 1) 105

Sure it does- we'll know what we're buying. And when they have to advertise 3 GB caps, the first carrier to offer 4 GB for the same price will get an advantage, forcing them to compete on data caps. But right now most people think they actually have "unlimited".

Comment Re:Good (Score 4, Insightful) 278

And living near San Francisco, there's streets my mother or grandmother wouldn't be able to climb. Even most locals won't walk in those areas. We can't control nature, but that's no excuse for not doing better than that when we can. Out of all the point of the ADA that could use fixing, you picked the one that makes perfect sense to complain about?

Comment Re:Nonprecedential but citable. (Score 3, Informative) 278

The 9th circuit is the largest court with the most cases. So of course it has more overturned. When viewed by percentages they're one of the least overturned courts. The whole "9th is the most overturned court" meme is from Republican wishful thinking trying to downplay importance of cases out of there,

Comment Re:Probably Xamarin (Score 2) 96

People who want cross-platform on iOS and Android have had it since day 1. Write your logic in C or C++. Its how cross-platform has been done for decades. Then write a wrapper in whatever language the platform uses for the UI.

If your complaint is that you want cross-platform Ui code as well- no you really don't. The two platforms are so different that you'll never get an app with a good look and field without writing 2 separate UIs. Unless you want to release an Android like UI for Apple (which will get hatred from users) or an iOS like UI for Android (which will get hatred from users).

Comment Re:I still wonder how people in the Internet world (Score 1) 120

Because reaching your customers directly is hard. If it was easy, nobody would sign up for these services. Its especially hard for a small business like these- you expect them not only to be master craftsmen, but master marketers, master SEOs, and master businessmen as well? And do all of it in the span of a working day? Not exactly realistic. Now alternatives competing on margin- that can and will happen. Amazon isn't even the first here. Some of them, like ANgie's list, are paid for by monthly subscriptions.

Comment Re:Utility vs. freedom (Score 4, Insightful) 114

Great. Then you don't mind if I take a hit out on your life? I mean, its just a contract, the fact its to kill someone doesn't outweigh my liberty to enter into it, does it?

Congratulations, you've just said the stupidest thing I've ever read on the internet. That includes "Where does babby come from".

Comment Re:Only on some... (Score 1) 155

THey have a careers subpage. I would be willing to bet its got a form or two, and that's *very* personal info. I would also be willing to bet there's internal pages hosted on that website with logins.

Besides that, HTTPS would protect what pages you're visiting (even if plaintext knowing you're going to pages on, say worker's comp benefits is private information) allowing packet sniffers to only know what server you're hitting and not the exact page.

Remember- its not always what's on the page, its the fact you went to a specific page too.

There is absolutely no reason to use HTTP for anything. Encrypting the connection costs very little, prevents you from having stupid mistakes by not encrypting things that need to be, and provides enhanced privacy to things you may not realize that person is sensitive on. There's no reason NOT to make HTTPS everywhere.

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