A very very lazy human if you cant backup for 14 years....i hate mowing my lawn or doing my shopping but i have to do it. Going to work each day is a chore but somehow it happens...being lazy and human is the poorest excuse ive heard for not backing up over such a long period of time, and I deal with data loss whiners every day. If you dont want to lose it, make a copy, end of story.
Regardless of content the fact that he didn't have backups is juts plain stupid. Deserves pretty much everything he got. Im not sorry if that sounds like im an a$$hole but people really need to assume their OWN responsibility not blame others when things go wrong. 14 years worth of information is something that should have been backed up if he didn't want to lose it, no excuses.
He is also on the run from some major legal issues here is Australia so it wouldn't surprise me at all. I just hope that the people that know his whereabouts can help him, however poor his actions he needs all the mental help he can get.
This whole article is hilarious. At no stage whatsoever has Apple actually made a statement that confirms they haven even requested the method used. All this laughable article could provide is "quotes" from an antivirus company. Apple don't really care how they did it, or even if they really did crack it, just as long as they didn't have to be seen doing it for the government.
All comes down to Monetization really.....If you dont find a good way to make a profit stock price will fall. Investors will only wait a certain amount of time before losing faith and interest.
She has a fair point though, if the tables were turned and I decided not to pay apple for an iPhone for 3 months while using it, they would most certainly have a problem, especially when I could potentially hand it back in 3 months time and say i don't want it anymore.
As a person in the IT industry within Australia, I speak to normal average people every day about these things. In the last 2 days I have spoken to many people about these new laws, and the general consensus is THEY DON'T CARE, just plain and simple. Your average person has many more problems to deal with other than the government spying on them. We do not have "free speech" here in Australia, so most people don't really see this as a big problem. Bear in mind this is a country where healthcare is pretty much free, our wages are extremely high compared to most countries, and our welfare and pension system is reasonable. No matter what bitching and moaning people do, the government has "generally" looked after us (though our current PM is beginning to change that). On top of this the government and mass media are collectively running a scare campaign on terror, so people just look at the news and go "Yep, that makes sense". Having said that I do not agree with any of these laws, but there is very little I can do about it myself. I didn't vote for the current government, and my local member of parliament is part of the opposition anyhow, so as a single person its pretty much game over.
Im in Australia, and have been with about 12 ISP's over the years and have never had this sort of problem. Not that our Telcos are without problems, they are often horrible to deal with when requiring support. One thing we have which may be a deterrent for this behavior is the Telecommunication Ombudsman (TIO) which is basically a government watchdog for the Telcos. Every formal complaint to the TIO results in a fee charged to the Telco even if they are not at fault, and if they are proven to be at fault the cost is much greater. I would think that Comcast would think twice about this sort of behavior if it was going to result in a governmental fine in every case.
It would sound even better if he freezes the cable first :)
Seriously though, i would have expected the author to have some basic knowledge of digital signals. Audiophiles are are different breed of people I guess.
In essence yes at least in the context of this case, as it is essentially segregating those who wish to expose the illegal activity of the government, and those that wish to turn a blind eye.
Remember, the NSA lied to congress, which is not only illegal but immoral in itself. Think about it, you get to sleep in your bed tonight, Snowden who knows where ?
Don't want to sound like a smart ass, but I would have been more surprised if it were confirmed they WEREN'T spying on Americans. Its the American Government ???? Really, are Americans that naive to think that their own country doesn't spy on them.
Problem is these recipes are only a guess at what is in most things, and others they only suggest similar tasting items. None of these are spot on exact, and Mcdonalds differ the ingredients in many things based on region and country. For example , where I live they use beef in the sausage patty and not pork. So really all this is , is an "alternative" recipe book for things maccas sell.
Im sorry for the shitty podcast App that randomly starts playing when you dont want it to
Im sorry for the really shitty battery life on your 6 month old 4s
Im sorry for the frustrating internet crashing which causes you to have to turn your phone off and on, which you never had to do until the day you upgraded to iOS6
If that person kept coming back again and again with the same or similar comments, would you see the threat, this is what is happening here if you care to actually read the articles
I think from what I have followed of this, there have been some pretty lewd and targeted comments made, not only on blog comments but via direct email.
While I dont know Bayley at all, from what I can gather she is highlighting the fact that people have to put up with such harassment due to the fact that ISP's or Police will not act on it.
Being that the comments were made via direct email, I guess you could liken it to someone calling you at home and telling you to "F!?K off out of your house", I think anyone would be creeped out at that. But as there are no actual threats of harm made, the law is useless to do anything.
It would have mattered greatly, in Nokia's favor as it would have forced them to innovate, and if not, at least replicate in order to maintain market in the US. The problem is now, they had such a huge market share in the "non" smart phone world which is now beginning to move to the smart phone world, only to find that they are the bottom of the list now. Having a market presence amongst real competition will not only help you, but will force you to stay alive.
Maybe if they leave things alone Nokia might just survive. If they do whats in that list, they wont be shareholders or directors for long. Nokia fanboys need to realise that they are on a downhill slope right now, and if they continue on that path Apple and Android will bury them and Microsoft. I have owned Nokia phones from Australia's GSM introduction until last year when the lack of Nokia's software capability, in this country at least, forced my hand to the iPhone. Id give anything to go back to Nokia's quality hardware if it had a decent OS. Windows Phone 7 is a really nice OS, but for now is on some of the shittiest phones I have seen. Nokia + Microsoft should hopefully make a really nice bit of gear.
I guess its a ballsy move, but it was much needed. Going with Android would have killed Nokia anyhow as they would be just another face in the already crap filled Android market ( and before anyone shoots me down, for every decent Android handset out there, there are 3 other really crappy ones)
Think about it though, what do they have to lose. The company was dying rapidly, There are relatively few WP7 products on the market, so they can stand out in the crowd, Microsoft have absolutely 0 to lose and everything to gain as Nokia may just pull this off.
But then again, I actually thought that Paul Thurrot had a good idea when he suggested that Microsoft and Nokia merge. Its not quite a merger but if this move actually works I think a merger is in the future.
Whilst I did not vote this down, I think that the whole smart/dumb thing is purely subjective. You may think its dumb to take your own life, but that is your own opinion, with no regard to the perspective of the person who it is actually happening to. I may think its dumb for a person to murder another innocent person, however I may also think its acceptable for a suffering cancer patient to take their own life. From the note that was left, it is clear he was suffering , and no matter how much help you "think" he would have gotten by taking another route, the fact is that he saw this as HIS way out. So why should we judge him by calling him dumb ( or at least not smart). You may have done things differently, but maybe you haven't felt the way he did either. Suicide is something that many people think can be avoided by other methods ie counseling, drugs ... but in reality some things you never "get over" or "solved", and denying them the right to take their own life is in my opinion paramount to torture.
You can start by showing her that there is more to a computer than games, the internet and facebook. Once you show people the variety of things you can do with a computer, then its up to them to follow the path to what interests them most.
Umm...Its a website....you should probably just get over whatever is making you grumpy and get some fresh air. Sure its a community, but if it really is that hard to let go of then you really need some time out to sort out your real world issues.
Pirate, or the term for a "copyright thief" was coined somewhere back in the 1800's I think, by a poet or author describing the people who stole and reprinted his works. Its seems to have stuck though. I know I have the link somewhere to back this up, but cant find it right at the moment
Such is the internet. In its raw uncensored format it can be informative, funny, sad, gross, disgusting, erotic and probably dozens more emotions I cant think of right at the moment. Sure Coke screwed up, and the ad company are obviously idiots to even think of associating with with a food brand, but seriously when are parents going to realise that if a child has access to the internet, at some stage they are going to be exposed to something of an unpleasant nature.
2 girls 1 cup, while pretty disgusting, is only on the inner edge of gross when it comes to the net, so the parents need to be aware that they are probably lucky that the weird and misguided intentions of the ad agency didn't dig deeper into the hideous, sickening bowels of what can be found on the internet.