Comment Re:Best feature (Score 1) 276
They didn't need to record my search queries or selections for the first 15+ years of operation. Why now?
More competition and plummeting ad revenue.
They didn't need to record my search queries or selections for the first 15+ years of operation. Why now?
More competition and plummeting ad revenue.
Have to agree, as the home owner is becoming what is essentially a competing power company. If not the entire meter, then at least the difference in cost from a typical one to the bi-directional variety.
They don't need script kiddies, they need social engineers. Question number one in the job interview should be "Is your native language Russian, Chinese, Farsi, Korean or Arabic?"
No, that's the beauty of global outsourcing: all they need's a Hindu accent. "Hello, I am being Sanj - I mean, Bob, from IT. I am needing you to be visiting TeamViewer to be fixing the Windows errors on your terrorist cell's PC..."
More seriously, I thought the offensive hacking was more an NSA/CIA operation: Army cybersecurity would be all about keeping the Windows systems patched and stopping generals replying to hot students who want naked sexy time over Skype in exchange for their passwords. (OK, it turned out that one should have been a CIA job too lately...) There's only a passing reference in TFA to the US having offensive capabilities, everything else is about securing DoD and contractor networks from attack, as I'd expect.
False analogy. There's a huge difference between a personal assistant, who by definition *I* know personally, and a faceless business entity who I know not at all (read adversarial entity) scraping 'enough' information about me to presume it knows me sufficiently to second guess what I want and give me that instead of what I requested. Truthfully, why on earth would I trust such an entity?
That's the problem with hypotheticals. They don't reflect the reality we live in.
What do you think the anal probes are for that the Greys use when they abduct us?
They are engaging in a war on privacy.
Or, they're trying to make a viable business out of operating mammoth server farms so you can get stuff you don't have to pay for.
"We hate the most in others that which we see in ourselves"
Reflect on that last sentence as pertains to yourself and your initial diatribe.
That's not the presence of girls, that's the bias of the teachers. So no, it's not -because of- the girls being there.
That is a fantastic diagnosis, doctor - I'm sure you didn't leap to any conclusions there at all.
Have you considered watching what Assange does, and listening to what he says? Coming to any OTHER conclusion would be the fantastic leap.
Actually have you found any private details in the publicized materials or are you just theorizing?
Why aren't you asking the author of the article that question? Regardless, prior leaks of this info show communications with HR, discussions of paychecks, etc.
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.