Monroe Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 I for one would like to see JorgeA be given recognition status and what ever else goes along with it. I imagine that this is a long process with everything presented before a committee ... I also realize the possibility that some members will no longer be around when the final decision is made. I would vote or sign a form to "fast track" the whole thing....
JorgeA Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 ^^Unfortunately, the rules for the process of awarding that status indicate that candidates may not speak out in favor of their candidacy (although, curiously, they do not prohibit speaking against one's own candidacy )... Thanks for the endorsement! --JorgeA
JorgeA Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) A new (supposedly) privacy-oriented search engine has hit the market. The new service says when you perform a search “all of your personal data is immediately encrypted, sliced up and distributed between geographically dispersed nonprofit organizations.” If you create an account you can maintain an optional search history that’s visible only to you and tweak the amount of data you share. "[W]e have the only truly 'forgetful' system in which no single entity (including us) can access any user’s personal data without explicit consent," the site touts. Sounds intriguing, but there's a few alarm bells: "Like anything else where privacy's concerned, you're going to make things somewhat harder on law enforcement," says Stan Stahl, Private.me's chief information officer. Stahl previously worked on secure White House teleconferencing and nuclear weapon communications systems.[emphasis added] Maybe a bit too close to the Powers That Be? And from the Privacy Policy: In addition to the information that we collect about you when you register, we may also collect information when you use our website through cookies, log files, web beacons and other technology. The information collected by these means may include your IP address, domain, browser type and language, referring website addresses, the date and time of your visit, and page view data. We collect this information to get a better understanding of how our website is used and to improve users’ experience of the website. This information is kept by us on an aggregate basis and is not linked to your electronic mail address or other information identifying you. Don't know about you, but I'd feel more comfortable if they said that they collect NO information about my browsing and searches for ANY purpose whatsoever. What do you think? --JorgeA EDIT: typo! Edited August 21, 2014 by JorgeA
Tripredacus Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) I think the strangest thing about private.me, is that it is owned by a lighting company. Anyways, it is some free advertisement for them huh? Why not just use duckduckgo? EDIT: Lostinspace beat you to this topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172500-new-search-engine-promises-to-keep-your-data-private/ Edited August 21, 2014 by Tripredacus
NoelC Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Sure , though a link to such estimates would be nice, Trouble is, Adobe's not publishing such estimates. A few supporting thoughts: 1. Glance some time to see who's the top contributor on Adobe's Photoshop forum, which has been a merged PC and Mac forum for a few years now (not the best idea, but it is what it is). Before it was split, I did some stats gathering. Forum activity was pretty close to the same on both sides of the fence. 2. I sell products into that market. With some sub-segments of the market people are predominantly PC users. ...all the professional graphics or designers I ever met used a Mac... 3. You have met me (well, electronically at least). It's true that I don't only do that. Perhaps it's the people who need to do more than just graphics design who use the more powerful system. -Noel
NoelC Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 ...professional graphics... Here are some just for you. -Noel
jaclaz Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) 3. You have met me (well, electronically at least). It's true that I don't only do that. Perhaps it's the people who need to do more than just graphics design who use the more powerful system. No offence intended of course, but by "professional graphics" I was talking of people that make a living ONLY through the use of Photoshop (or similar programs), it is not - I believe - anything connected with "more powerful systems" - it is more like a forma mentis, the people I met in the field are (or believe being) artists, and somehow they believe that an artist needs to also have an esthetically appealing tool (which is the Mac), they consider the sheer idea of opening a command prompt something that may ruin forever their artistic sensibility. The good thing about them is that unlike most other Mac users they don't brag at all about the Mac being better, they consider it a good, nice looking tool that works. Still in my experience, "common" Mac users tend instead, cannot say if because they are a minority, to endlessly try to explain me why the Mac is so much better, I remember a friend nailing me for more than one hour about how clever is the magnetic mechanism of some portable Macs battery charger.... . But happy to know that the good Adobe guys manage to sell Photoshop to a large number of PC users. jaclaz Edited August 22, 2014 by jaclaz
Tripredacus Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 ...professional graphics... Here are some just for you. -Noel Hmmm lights not on. Are you implying jaclaz is a dim bulb?
NoelC Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 I was thinking "bright idea" award myself, but you're right, the dim-bulb implication is not good and is certainly not intended. Perhaps next time I get a little time I'll try lighting things up a bit. -Noel
jaclaz Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 I was thinking "bright idea" award myself, but you're right, the dim-bulb implication is not good and is certainly not intended. Perhaps next time I get a little time I'll try lighting things up a bit. -NoelI don' t know.I mean, somewhere someone must stop seeing implications everywhere. It is a nice picture. <- last character is a full stop or "period". It is however representing a "brightness and third dimension challenged" bulb (an example how sometimes politically correctness is even worse than speaking frankly ), but all in all it would be a nice paper holder , and traditionally round, heated paper holders were not very practical. jaclaz
JorgeA Posted August 22, 2014 Author Posted August 22, 2014 You'd also have to find a square (OK, rectangular) socket for this bulb, and then try to screw it into place somehow. IMHO what NoelC did there was fantastic and it illustrates (so to speak) the "artistic" possibilities of the PC. Let's not nitpick it to death. --JorgeA
jaclaz Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 You'd also have to find a square (OK, rectangular) socket for this bulb, and then try to screw it into place somehow. IMHO what NoelC did there was fantastic and it illustrates (so to speak) the "artistic" possibilities of the PC. Let's not nitpick it to death. --JorgeAWell, no. As long as we do it for the fun of it, nit-picking is fine.Just as an example that bulb (besides being "rectangular") has not a "thread" and you cannot screw it anywhere. As said, the picture is very nice, but as often happens some people won't appreciate the intent of the artist to transcend the banality of technical details in order to provide an image of refreshing intensity. Ceci n'est pas une lampe! http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/horacio-sosa-cordero/ceci-nest-pas-une-pipe-ceci-nest-pas-une-lampe-9opHdlkhDbD6xPGbpBWHGw2 jaclaz
JorgeA Posted August 22, 2014 Author Posted August 22, 2014 As said, the picture is very nice, but as often happens some people won't appreciate the intent of the artist to transcend the banality of technical details in order to provide an image of refreshing intensity. My sentiments exactly. Therefore, Well, no. ...is, for me, a "H*ll, Yes!" in agreement with you. --JorgeA P.S. Just to make it clear where I'm coming from -- in print, it's not always evident whether something is being said seriously or in jest. Because NoelC had replied that...I was thinking "bright idea" award myself, but you're right, the dim-bulb implication is not good and is certainly not intended. Perhaps next time I get a little time I'll try lighting things up a bit. ...it's clear that the danger of misinterpreting the good-natured nit-picking existed. Just sayin'...
JorgeA Posted August 22, 2014 Author Posted August 22, 2014 For German, Swiss Privacy Start-Ups, a Post-Snowden Boom Since news broke that former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden disclosed alleged U.S. government surveillance methods worldwide, secure messaging and so-called ‘NSA-proof’ products and companies have sprouted across Germany and Switzerland, two countries who take their privacy laws very seriously. --JorgeA
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