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by tunap 11y ago
They calculate risk:reward and do whatever nets the most profitable return. Fines and fees are only anathema when the costs exceed the gains gotten from illicit behavior. Otherwise, paying fines without admitting guilt is the corporate way.
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by tunap 11y ago
"the information age has brought unmatched and unmeasurable utility to common people, in the form of free services provided by tech companies, to everyone (take a second to let it sink in just how unprecedented this is for a hugely val
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by tunap 11y ago
they MAY only share aggregate but what's stopping, for example, VZW using the data to their own means? competitors use their towers, potential acquisitions, market/political threats or other interesting entities. Laws and morals?
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by tunap 11y ago
Or that ne'er-do-well Mister X, akA Carl Sagan: http://marijuana-uses.com/mr-x/ An immediate family member, who happens to be a 30 year practicing behavioral therapist freely admits most science preceeding the 21s
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by tunap 11y ago
Correlation that has stuck with me for 15 years. An acquaintance of mine stated years ago, when we were in our late 20's, that she was put on SSRIs from 13-17 years old and had absolutely no memories of those years. No recall of her te
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by tunap 11y ago
45yo here, no ex's, kids or even pets. It is a completely different life from my families', friends' and peers' lives. Many envy my choices, some feel sorry for me* but most are indifferent. Mom has come to appreciate my
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by tunap 11y ago
The end-user, of course. "Surreptitious spying is all the rage. Everybody is doing it."
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by tunap 11y ago
I'm unsure why I cannot replt to ionised to ask which version he/she's running. I remmberPrivacy Guard briefly had those features, or was it when 'Roid inadvertently included the privacy feature they pulled d right after
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by tunap 11y ago
This is what happens when humans achieve success. Rather than maintain the course they are obligated to exploit to the nth in order to squeeze every gram of return from an idea(product) until they can get no more. Then, they will get creati
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by tunap 11y ago
Links would be great, but I'd be happy if they just put a hard date somewhere in the article/page for archival purposes(in general). Amazing how often I find write-ups with no indication of publication/posted date whatsoever.
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by tunap 11y ago
Yup, MX has been offering post race viewing since 2012(AFAIK). Been waiting for SX to follow suit. Original point stands, broadcaster streaming offerings are worthless to uncabled viewers if they cannot prove they pay for the cabled/sa
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by tunap 11y ago
They will come with the promise of legacy support without the necessary switches to implement said support.
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by tunap 11y ago
Seriously, the SD on DTV is bad. Add to that the sport broadcasters using the 'not-so' latest greatest equipment(Canuck NHL teams, the worst) and it looks like you time-warped back to watching TV in the '70s.
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by tunap 11y ago
I am unsure of terms for the SuperBowl, but if I want to watch Motocross online I have hoops to jump through to prove I pay for an NBC channel in my cable/sat packege. I do not have a cable/sat package, so therefore I cannot watch
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by tunap 11y ago
"The spicier the food, the more water you drink (maybe)." Negative. Water actually amplifies the sensation. The sugar in the desert counters the sensation, as does milk. If I go awhile without eating "11" hot, when I ret
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by tunap 11y ago
Consolidation of oligops, helped too, corporate welfare has always been the norm & the revolving door b/t industry & regulators is a new-ish trick they seem to have mastered to a T. The Commodities Modernization Act of 1999+Fin
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by tunap 11y ago
"It would be amazing if we as a society would spend all that money and effort in worthy problems." On the contrary, monetization for the sake of wealth generation is a worthwhile effort in a society based on materialism & self
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by tunap 11y ago
I pulled the module from under the back seat of my '07 3 months ago with no deleterious effects noted. I assume without a brain and no antennae hooked up it is disabled. However, I have assumed wrong before.
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by tunap 11y ago
I'm not certain, but I imagine removing the comms would mitigate the threat. First thing I did when I bought my new~ish GMC was remove the OnStar module from under the backseat. I'm sure there is still a 'blackbox' somew
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by tunap 11y ago
I read one BH/KJA book and it's name/content is not worthy of recollection. Horrible, fourth grade reading level stuff, IMO. The Butlerian Jihad was very intriguing to me, as well. As a youth I found it hard to imagine such e
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by tunap 12y ago
Where's the IMDB link to the recent release of the Hollywood Docu-drama?
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by tunap 12y ago
I block all scripts globally, flash heavy sites do not load and I consider that a 'feature'. Frankly, surfing the web without NoScript & AdBlock is an experience I do not want and have learned to do without. IF I need drivers
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by tunap 12y ago
Take an upvote for explaining what I have suspected from observations of myself, friends and family for a few decades. I do not have the ability/skills/education to iterate my suspicions quite so succinctly but I do recognize my w
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by tunap 12y ago
In a world where end-user nav is an afterthought and 'flat' is being slapped onto every site/app/ui despite readability or contrast issues, I'd say Wired's fugly as hell theme is par for the course. Perhaps eve
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by tunap 12y ago
I recently lost a hawk I feel deep affection for. I was witness to her earliest trial five years back(nest blowing out of tree during fledging, trapped for several days under interlocked palm leaves). Her BFF happened to be my neighbor&#x27
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by tunap 12y ago
"update culture" Don't forget feature bloat & the increased attack surface they inevitably create.
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by tunap 12y ago
To clarify, I was not speaking of recovery/restore, just clean installs of Windows sans vendor bloat... & h/w drivers. And... you appear to be absolutely correct. "Vista and up, there is no such thing as an OEM ISO image.
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by tunap 12y ago
"Windows Vista and up did away with special OEM ISO/Disks. You can use your OEM license with any official ISO/Disk." Are you referring to all flavors(Home Basic/Home Premium/Pro/Ultimate) from one disk? In
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by tunap 12y ago
"No, a windows user would have to buy a second copy of windows from microsoft" Or procure a legit, OEM install disk/image and reload using the key affixed to the bottom* of the laptop. *Pre-8 days, now you get to "hope&q
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by tunap 12y ago
Actually, reading the NSA hard drive firmware hack a couple days ago rekindled my suspicions about all the MacBook Pro failures a few years back. Apple claimed the hardware was at fault & nothing short of sending off for a pricey, clean

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