high intelligence
Why do we humans define intelligence such that humans are the most intelligent creatures on this planet?
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Is that really a valid definition of intelligence, or just human self-importance and vanity?
It'll be fine. It's really just going to be re-badged Windows 7.
If that is the case, then Windows 9.x may actually have a chance.
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Unfortunately, I doubt if Microsoft will be able to backtrack like that and call it progress.
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It really is just that simple.
As I said, it all boils down to what is in the Terms of Service.
... But when the services are provided free of charge, does the user have a realistic expectation of privacy or security,...
The user should have a realistic expectation that the service will abide by the Terms of service. This holds true whether or not the service is free or costs one's first-born child.
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So the discussion here should really center around how this alleged behavior violates facebook's terms of service.
Reuters reported on Saturday that the NSA had secretly paid RSA Data Security $10 million to make a certain flawed algorithm the default in RSA’s BSAFE crypto toolkit, which many companies relied on. RSA issued a vehement but artfully worded quasi-denial. Let’s look at the story, and RSA’s denial....
After spotting a police car with two huge boxes on its trunk — that turned out to be license-plate-reading cameras — a man in New Jersey became obsessed with the loss of privacy for vehicles on American roads. (He’s not the only one.) The man, who goes by the Internet handle “Puking Monkey,” did an analysis of the many ways his car could be tracked and stumbled upon something rather interesting: his E-ZPass, which he obtained for the purpose of paying tolls, was being used to track his car in unexpected places, far away from any toll booths.
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Fare cards, gift cards, credit and debit cards used at Target, etc.,.etc,. etc...
When are we going to make our erzatz money secure?
But no, lets make fun of him because it was "just a McDonald's hamburger."
I'm sorry, but to call 911 because you didn't get what you wanted at McDonalds is just plain stupid (and in some jurisdictions reason for a citation or arrest), no matter how to try to spin things based upon your weird personal experiences.
are there good reasons why such a feature isn't just standard on mobile devices?
Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets
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There are too many stupid people on this planet, and our emergency response people are already overworked without having to respond to McNugget shortages.
...do you trust that the compiler is generating the best code for you?,,,
Trust, but verify.
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I come from the days when it was the programmer, not the compiler, that optimized the code. So nowadays, I let the compiler do its thing, but I do a lot of double-checking of the generated code.
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