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I guess it's time to start storing your data on the Moon.
Oh, and I doubt that most law abiding companies are worried about this.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
modified 3-Sep-15 15:29pm.
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The US already has a flag there...
But I bet not only law abiding companies care, but individuals do too... did you read further... if the US does this, so can every other country that has a business presence in its borders.
How much do you trust EVERY other country to handle your information with integrity. The larger the surface area, the more likely there is a problem.
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Oh, and I doubt that most law abiding companies are worried about this
What? What has that got to do with anything?
This is about the US government telling the rest of the world that they do not have sovereignty over data that's on their soil.
People, companies, and organisations keep their data off US soil specifically because the US government has claimed the right to go in and rifle through that data. This case now says if you use cloud hosting by any US company then your data, anywhere in the world, is available at the beck and call of the US government.
The damage done to the US economy (not to mention reputation) is going to vastly outweigh any incremental value from the data it seeks to gain. Simply put: cloud hosting companies cannot afford the government's case to succeed.
This is insane. Totally insane.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I think this court case alone, win, lose or draw will do some serious damage. Who seriously thinks the US govt is going to stop trying to access international data.
Just how pissed are they going to be when China reciprocates?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Chris Maunder wrote: What? Did you not notice the ?
Chris Maunder wrote: damage done to the US economy (not to mention reputation) is going to vastly outweigh I agree.
Chris Maunder wrote: This is insane. Totally insane. I agree.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Did you not notice the
Sorry - I was too busy being hopelessly outraged
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Chris Maunder
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Have a and an awesome weekend.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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How about an outrageously awesome weekend?
You too, mate.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I strongly suspect you are wrong.
If this case goes through, the company I work for will (Insurance sector) be legally required under European data protection law, to avoid using American cloud services.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Did you not notice the ?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I can see a new EU law coming along if the US Govt win this, to ban access to the data without a warrant. The EU are pretty tight on this stuff.
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No need. MS Ireland would already be violating Irish law if it either hands over the demanded data directly, or lets someone from the US download it from their servers.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Several researchers over at Telefonica Research, all the way from Barcelona, Spain have created an algorithm that can measure a person's boredom just by looking at mobile activity, like the last time a person received a call or text message, and how often a person uses their phone. Wait, so can I! Are you reading about a study about smartphones? You're bored.
Ta-dah!
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Meh, it's not exactly hard:
bool IsDanBored()
{
if (unlocked)
return true;
else return false;
}
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Easy ... You're using your smartphone? You must be bored!
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As of November 2, 2015, we will introduce JetBrains Toolbox—a collection of our popular desktop tools (IDEs, utilities and extensions) available on a monthly or yearly subscription basis. "An all-you-can-eat buffet does not mean you should eat all you can"
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Porting MSBuild to .NET Core will take a while. As we do all development in the open on GitHub, you are welcome to join in and pick up an issue that is up-for-grabs. Finally, you get to work for Microsoft!
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..does not sound like a very wise move from their perspective; make it easier to leave their primary platform in a time that one sees a lot of "complaint" posts - but makes me happy
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Sources of dissatisfaction among IT employees "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"
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I would prefer a Dolly Parton reference.
Fact: Good employers don't survey their employees.
Ergo: Any employer which surveys it's employees is not good.
Outcome: Any employer which thinks it might not be good and then performs a survey will find that it is indeed not good. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy.
This is, of course, made even worse when the employer brings in "outside consultants" -- who make money by selling "solutions", not by saying "no, you're fine".
Plus, you can't monitor a system without altering its behavior.
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Yeah, my answer is, "I was perfectly happy until your stupid survey arrived in my mailbox; now I'm royally pissed off and it'll take me at least an hour to get my train of thought back you malodorous pervert!"
modified 3-Sep-15 14:45pm.
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Ignorance is bliss.
I guess IT folks are just a little less ignorant
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