The other way is even more crappy and scary. Publish a bunch of junk to sway public opinion or make policy with "evidence". I think there could be ways to protect private information. But also allow more meaningful and open scientific methods.
I am normally against regulation, but I have no issue with this. Minimal impact to manufactures, with huge privacy concerns/rewards. If you have the slightest desire for privacy or even the illusion of it, you should support this too!
As long as the information is publicly available, or obtained in a legal and or consenting way it should be fair game. The moment to attempt to restrict the use of information legally obtained or public information you begin to trample/control free speech.
You may be pissed off Facebook sells your information, but you agreed for them to have it and do with it as they want, by using their platform. Screaming I want to use Facebook without them selling my information, is the same as saying I want free stuff. Remember, you are what Facebook sells!
I remember being the coolest motherfucker on the bus, with my headphones and Walkman. Jamming out while everyone else talked about nothing, trying to pass the time. Weird to think how young the concept of portable music is and how far we have come.
I disagree with your statement in whole. Apple does not sell parts, and is difficult to service. Samsung http://www.samsungparts.com/Mo... I can buy any part I want, and for a long time lead the way in water proof phones. it is a design choice to say, I need to make this serviceable and weather proof. The part can even be considered disposable, as long as I can replace it myself. Versus, I refuse to support people repairing their phones and putting mechanisms in place to make it almost impossible.
You could say this about several countries, at many different times in history. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The road to heaven is paved with lies and prostitutes.
I know firefox is a mature browser (same for opera) and I should use it for privacy reasons, but chrome just has such a better user experience. I kinda hate myself for it. Opera use to have it going on (mouse gestures and much more) but sigh, kinda the same as firefox.
Agreed. People have been exposed to higher and higher levels of electromagnetic radiation since the 40's, with no perceivable increase in cancer rates. This cancer thing comes up again and again. Radio, TV, Microwaves, Cell phones, etc. The problem is uneducated persons who happen to be in roles of power, falling victim to rumors and misinformation. Perhaps the scarier thing is I have an electrical engineer coworker who truely believes microwaves contaminate food.
Why would I buy something that comes with arbitrary limits? Maybe if I was a rental car company, business or government, but as an individual this would be a massive turn off. If I want to kill myself at 113 MPH, volvo shouldn't stop me.