@nadnerB Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

I think that was an early motto for Apollo

@PSX_Defector said:

I used to use an ISP that charged by the bit. People bitched and moaned about it because they thought bandwidth was free. Yeah, it cost a tiny bit more to use them, but I had one hop to the InterNAP backbone. 10ms lag to games, always available bandwidth, always good. This is where ISPs are gonna have to go to limit dumbasses leaving Netflix on all day long and not watching it.

@JaredBusch said:

It was pretty obvious. ISPs should charge for usage, then people would see how it really works all the way to their pocketbook.

I'll admit that I skipped his last paragraph - the rant bored me before I got to the real meat of his post :).

But to the point that I quoted above, why do they need to go to a pay per bit method? If they are not making enough money selling you the 50 meg unlimited they claim they are currently selling you... uhhhh.. guess what.. they need to raise their rates.. this seems pretty cut and dry. Sure if you want to really make people use less bandwidth start charging by the bit and showing people real usage and cost, but if bandwidth really isn't an issue (I certainly don't know if it is or not) but they aren't making enough to cover the 50 meg they are selling me.. then raise the damned rates. Considering today's lack of competition setup there isn't anywhere for someone to go.. so they are pretty safe...

This comes after the government site healthcare.gov has been caught sending private information to advertisers via headers.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/privacy-concerns-governments-health-care-website-28340119

I love that they have an Easy button with the word "oops" on it on the page the article is on. Too funny!

Much better! Thanks!

@ajstringham OIC

Good to know.

InfoWorld has a new article on this now....

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2835664/tech-industry/three-ways-ibm-can-shine-after-shedding-its-cpu-division.html

I am just not able to find any pricing information, though. No idea what this might cost. It is a British company and does not appear to have any US operations.

We've seen this a bit. Printers are just not very secure.

I do, I've got a long time without one now. Had one for a few months but that was all. The new ones are super light and thin which is pretty cool and even more processing power than the iPhone 6 if you go for the larger model.

Oh wow. That is so funny. But sadly will be awesome in Africa.

I use Notepad++ quite a lot too.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Bill-Kindle said:

@scottalanmiller I've never heard them recommend antivirus products though, it's mostly just things that parents can do to protect their kids while online.

That's a little better. Same issue, lower threshold.

Unfortunately there have been a lot of pervs in the area over the past few years, and their numbers are growing. Parents get scared, some do their own research, some don't. That's why the PD gets involved and tries to remind people to be parents and try to watch for these things, and become educated.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dominica said:

LOL, some of those are pretty barn disturbing.

FTFY

FTFY - Be lazy. 😉

@Carnival-Boy said:

and as an evil dictator I want to force their behaviour.

+1!!

@JaredBusch said:

There are many, many people int he IT community that vocally believe that open source is simply more secure because it is open source and that is simply not true.

As far as "all things being equal" is possible, I believe that this is true. The problem is is that most people then take that statement and use it to mean that "all" open source code is safer than "all" closed code even of two different projects which is completely senseless and has nothing to do with the situation.

It is if you took the same people and the same project and the same attempt over and over again one open and one closed that the open would win.

When choosing a process, you choose open for security.

Good point. A little news feed goes a low way, especially if it can be cached and re-hosted inside the country in question.

@Dashrender said:

Wait.. Isn't google drive already free? I've been using (barely) for some super small spreadsheets for years and never paid a dime.

I think that the thing here is that it is unlimited, not a small starter amount.