…egin with this: You’d think that people involved in making us aware of energy consumption would have some clue about how to actually present the data. But look at this. Just look at it. Worse than what? Compared to when? Per what? Population adjusted? Last updated? Why the map and the dial? I’m all for fun and frolics, but really, it has to have at least some underlying integrity!…
Tag: idiocy
…whether to infringe copyright, but how much infringement is acceptable. When is piracy too much piracy? Things are definitely in a confusing state when people are forced to decide on a daily basis what degree of compliance to apply to a law. Of course, we also have tax evasion, benefit and insurance fraud, but retail piracy is fundamentally different. Retail piracy is what the public domain has now become….
…end’s c.d. or album if you really like it and give it all your friends for free, and god help us, keep reading books . If we do this, i really think we can make a difference. Anyone band, writer, author, musician, actress please feel free to contact me on this matter if you feel it is important.” But enough of the sub-Private Eye style satire. In attacking the very mechanisms that hold the best hope for musicians like her in the future, Allen make…
“Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.” — Charles McCabe So take that, “programme managers”
…protocols for that), but the idea of asking for authentication in this way completely undermines best practice for identity protection and general security. How on earth are people supposed to navigate the datasphere safely if this kind of idiocy catches on? This is even worse than the practice of sites like Facebook asking for your Gmail credentials so they can mine you for contacts (“We won’t store your login details – honest!”), if only because…