geiseric

I was Army and learned the old school way. Compass, Protractor and Map. Refused to completely trust GPS. It will fail you just when you really need it most. Army navigation is much easier than Navy, but same rule applies.

I own GM products and an Audi. My GM vehicles have Apple Carplay integrated, the only catch is I need to plug my iPhone in via the USB on the car and that menu shows up. Even with just Bluetooth, I have decent control, via stearing wheel and touch screen.

I agree somewhat here. My car has volume controls and station changer on the backside of the wheel, along with knobs for the volume. I have knobs and or an up/down arrow for temperature adjustment.(Depending on the car I'm driving.) Ironically Navigation is completely touch screen, which is dangerous. I tend to use my phone if I need directions, because the car system is cumbersom.

If in fact climate change is man made. There is strong evidence that this is a natural cycle. Are humans contributing greenhouse gasses? Yes, but what effect are they having? We don't really know, contrary to those who say they do. We have an idea, but climate prediction is still difficult and imperfect. So NO! The science isn't final.

I wonder how valid this is?

http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/miranda-de...

I think you hit it on the head. Usability. I'm an IT guy and run a headless linux distro with GPU's, mining one of the currencies. I have Accounts on on Kraken and Coinbase along with my Jaxx wallet and local wallet, that I have to use CLI to send with. I have difficulty using Kraken and if my Jaxx wallet doesn't have the currencies I want as part of the ShapeShift application I have to shift to the web app ShapeShift. Bottom line, it can be a pain in the ass to use all of the different platforms to buy/sell and transfer.

I do like the Jaxx interface and if they can adapt more currency wallets and integrate them with ShapeShift, that would go along way to more widespread adoption.

I see this whole thing like the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Wolf is coming, but because researchers and climate scientist have lied to make the numbers fit the "Agenda" they have lost credibility. Not saying there isn't climate change, just that I don't believe all of the crap that is being shoveled.

As pointed out by jamaz1, when you see what they left out or forget to mention and you are skeptical about what they are presenting, now you are the stupid one. This alienates me even further. I'm not a climate scientists and even if you gave me all of the raw data to analyse I wouldn't be able to draw the correct conclusions. I NEED to be able to trust those that can to make sense of it, but I don't trust them. So there is the monster they created because they thought there were justified in not telling the whole truth.

Since I'm not going to figure it out on my own and I don't trust those who are able to, what do I do? I go on with my life, and resist any effort that will cost me any money or freedom to make a change, that frankly may be necessary. All because of lack of trust.

It's hard to put a price on good will and customer trust. Every C level should realize that their company is an information company and take appropriate action.

As a Blue team member who works in the medical field, I must agree, that demand is high. We hire a firm to do Red team, but we do have our internal folks too, along with us Blue team folks who learn Red team stuff. We worked with a major security firm and together we accidentally created Purple team.

We had the Red team come in and while pentesting share his screen with us all. Another Red team member explained what he was doing and after an attack was launched and we would see if our tools detected the activity. If they didn't, we went out to find out why. This was huge. It showed us where we needed to tune some things and where we needed newer and/or different tools.

This isn't the only way we get pen tested. They do their annual "regular" pentest. The Purple team thing was awesome though. We learned a ton. Since I happen to own most of our tools and am secondary on the ones I don't own, I have learned a tremendous amount and I've been in IT for 20 years.

Looks like my Land Rover.

That's also why Gas stations back in the day, would have signs saying that they didn't accept $50 and $100 dollar bills. It's legal tender, but that doesn't mean I have to take it.

I get Earthquake alerts from USGS in my email. I saw that alert and was like "Oh crap!", but then it was rescinded a minute later. I don't live in CA, but I would hate for that to happen to folks.

What made the RISC or ARM processor popular in the past was the ability to do graphic rendering and complex math. GPU's put a dent in that. Making a i386 CISC system with the addition of a GPU have parity with the old SG systems, but substantially cheaper.

Does any remember the DEC Alpha? Windows NT 4.0 was ported to it. The Alpha was a 64-bit RISC processor. (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) An ARM is just an Advanced RISC Machine. RISC architecture has an instruction execution advantage over CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) that is what Intel is famous for. Although they did have a i860 and i960 RISC which many of them were for embedded military systems.

Other RISC systems were from Silicon Graphics, with their MIPS processor were used for 3D graphic processing. RISC has shown that it has its place in the computing world time and time again.

My personal appeal is their low power requirements and compact designs. Obviously cell phone manufactures like it too for the same reasons.

Problem with a school system choosing the curriculum, is that they can filter the truth or focus on what to teach. Forget REAL history. Why did the American Civil War really start? How about Henry Ford getting an Iron Cross from Hitler in the 30's? Why did he receive it? I didn't learn this stuff in the 70's and 80's either, but stumbled upon it as I read outside of the official curriculum.

Kids nowadays have even a more PC curriculum. Lord help them. My 15 year old niece who we are raising comes home with some pretty crazy stuff that is required.

Because the Universities have an interest in the whole process. My kids got a University education, but overall it isn't worth it. Neither of them use their degree. Not saying don't go to college, but you really need to think it out. A Bachelors in Lesbian/Gay Studies, or any useless degree like this for example, doesn't have many career opportunities after graduation. Young folks leave school with so much student loan debt that something is going to have to give.

I started college, but quit. I've been lucky/smart in my career. I started out in the Army and moved to Federal LEO that didn't require a degree. During the 90's I took a buyout and shifted into IT.(Still don't have a degree) Went back into the Army in 2007 and left in 2009, broken. (BTW I have Post 9/11 GI Bill, and still don't go.) Was tired of IT and ironically thought I would drive a truck. As the NYT article stated, what a thankless job. People treat you as second class citizens and the pay was horrible. Back to IT where I make a very good living and live in a suburb working in that suburb. 20 minute commute most days. Yes housing is expensive, but I have a rural property that is my refuge. Yes if I lived there, I would be hard pressed to find work. The only grocery store is a Piggly Wiggly that can't be more than 10k square feet. There farthest parking space is as close as the disabled ones at WalMart, so you need to be content with limited restaurants and stores and you pretty much have to have a car. I see people walking here and there, but that isn't something many can do.

As side note, my rural county has only two permit requirements. Electrical and Septic. I can build a house out of Popsicle sticks and no one would say boo about it.

Some observations on human nature, based on first hand experience. This is anecdotal evidence, but I have family members, friends and neighbors that have worked in factories. During conversations with them about changes taking place in their workplaces I hear about how they don't like them. Most of these changes are technological in nature. Most, not all, of these folks are too lazy to learn a new machine or process. All they want to do is come home and watch TV and many cases drink and do it all over again the next day. Go to work run a machine and make quota, go home.

These folks are smart enough to learn, but just don't want to. My Grandpa was like this. He was content to go work and straighten drills all day, go home read the paper, watch the news and go to bed. He wasn't a drinker.

I would ask him if he got bored straightening drills all day and he would just shrug. I couldn't get my mind around doing something that boring all all day. This was the 1970's BTW.

Just my 2 cents.

Should have read this first.

Don't have to be sales to do that. Be the customer. I turn down stuff all of the time, because my down time is worth more to me than free drinks and food in the private box, especially if I don't care about that team or sport.