Monroe Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 OK ... good reading. I have come up with another possible meaning about the logo or phrase. My first two (mentioned earlier) are as follows ... #1 being sort of a blunt message to the British and King George or (#2) just a "general" message to the colonials for everyday life ... "Mind Your Business".However, after giving it some more thought, I know exactly what Ben meant by the phrase. Ben was famously know as womaniser in early Philadelphia and later during his stay in France ... but getting back to Ben being in Philadelphia, probably many were always wondering where Ben was headed ... or what Ben was up to after the sun went down (or didn't go down!) so we have "Mind Your Business" stamped on the coin. This just has to be the "real story" behind it !
jaclaz Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 #1 being sort of a blunt message to the British and King George Come on , putting a message to someone who was NOT supposed to EVER see the thing where it was printed/stamped. A more successful way to let the establishment get the message : jaclaz
JorgeA Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) California Legislators Introduce Bill To Banish NSA[...]New Legislation Would Ban NSA From ArizonaIt's good to know that at least some people aren't just rolling over and letting the badges ride roughshod over them. Too many among the public seem to have forgotten that the line, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" is actually sarcasm. Credit government schools for the inability to figure that out.--JorgeAEDIT: typo Edited January 10, 2014 by JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Win8.1 will get a larger Update later this year.http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-81-spring-update-screenshots-leak-ie11-gets-a-small-updateLet us see what it fixes.Thanks for the info, Andre.Neowin has one interesting bit of speculation about this:It’s being said that this is not simply a rollup of in the traditional sense and that Microsoft will offer the update as a pre-installed installation packager or a standalone update. We aren't quite sure what the source means by it not being a traditional service pack as no new features were stated in the post.If they make it available as an ISO and people don't have to jujmp through hoops to install it without going into the Windows Store , that will represent a real customer-friendly improvement.--JorgeAP.S. Down in the comments section, good observations on the screenshots:dat win95-style scrollbar..The whole flat ui concept looks outdated. It's great to look old at release, right?--JorgeA Edited January 10, 2014 by JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 You cant even fart without the NSA knowing https://vine.co/v/hY2PPurVtxHThat's pretty funny!! --JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 ... but I don't want to touch on politics, even from over 200 years ago.Well, I thought more along the "philosophical" or "historical" side of it, as in "history repeats itself":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_recurrenceThis document has always been for me a very interesting reading :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_IndependencejaclazI'm with duffy98 -- that WAS very interesting about the Fugio penny. If it were reissued today, the motto would have to be modified to, MYOFB. One of my two or three favorite lines from the U.S. Declaration of Independence:He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.--JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 The Wall Street Journal published a piece this week suggesting that the troubles Microsoft is having recruiting a new CEO have to do with the prospect of Ballmer and Gates remaining on the Board of Directors.Here's the nub of it:...[C]orporate directors, management consultants and some executives contacted about the job say the potential for boardroom clashes at Microsoft is a turnoff.[...]"No CEO worthy of the title wants his or her predecessors second-guessing everything in the boardroom," said Jean-Louis Gassée, a former Apple Inc. executive who has served on public-company boards.At least some external executives who discussed the CEO job with Microsoft directors have expressed concerns about being hamstrung if the two men continue to serve on the board, according to people familiar with their thinking.--JorgeA
Tripredacus Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Win8.1 will get a larger Update later this year.http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-81-spring-update-screenshots-leak-ie11-gets-a-small-updateLet us see what it fixes.Thanks for the info, Andre.Neowin has one interesting bit of speculation about this:It’s being said that this is not simply a rollup of in the traditional sense and that Microsoft will offer the update as a pre-installed installation packager or a standalone update. We aren't quite sure what the source means by it not being a traditional service pack as no new features were stated in the post.If they make it available as an ISO and people don't have to jujmp through hoops to install it without going into the Windows Store , that will represent a real customer-friendly improvement.It better be integratable with existing Windows 8.1 images. The idea of having to recreate images every time they make some little update is ridiculous.
JorgeA Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 More reasons to stay far away from Facebook and other social media: Facial recognition app matches strangers to online profilesSoon your face could be your calling card. An upcoming app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass called NameTag will allow you to photograph strangers and find out who they are -- complete with social networking and online dating profiles.Spot someone out and about that you want to identify, and you can capture their face using your device's camera. The app will send the photo wirelessly to NameTag's server, where it will compare the photo to millions of online records and return with a name, more photos, and social-media profiles, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where the person (or their friends) might have publicly posted photos of themselves.Umm, can you imagine anybody else who might have an interest in using this sort of technology? If you're having trouble guessing, here's a hint --Google Glass's unlikely testers: Your local cops--JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 And something else the powers-that-be might be interested in:Ford exec apologizes for saying company tracks customers with GPSFord Motor Co. marketing chief Jim Farley on Thursday apologized for a remark he made Wednesday saying the Dearborn automaker tracks customers through in-car navigation devices.[...]“We know everyone who breaks the law, we know when you’re doing it,” Farley said, according to a report in Business Insider. “We have GPS in your car, so we know what you’re doing. By the way, we don’t supply that data to anyone.”Farley's statement sounds more credible than subsequent denials (included in the linked article). Remarkable candor.--JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Mary Jo Foley provides a (very) little bit more about that update to Windows 8.1:It's still unclear whether Windows 8.1 Update 1 will include tweaks to the user interface of Windows 8.1, including the return of some kind of "mini" Start Menu or whether Microsoft will introduce a new Start Menu at some future point. My sources have indicated that the Windows team is looking for ways to make Windows 8.1 friendlier for mouse and keyboard users (huzzah!) and that the return of some kind of Start Menu, along with the already introduced new Start Button, is in the cards. I'd be surprised if the Start Menu is part of Windows 8.1 Update 1, however.--JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Ed Bott analyzes the leading browser market-share trackers, followed by a lively discussion down in the comments section:Net Market Share vs. StatCounter: Whose online measurements can you trust?Differences in sample size on a per-country basis have a big influence on usage reports. At StatCounter, for example, more than 26 percent of mobile views are from India, making it the most popular region in its mobile dataset. By contrast, only 7 percent of StatCounter's desktop pageviews come from India. Roughly 21.5 percent of mobile StatCounter's traffic is from the United States; on the desktop, the U.S. share for pageviews is a bit higher, at 24 percent.[...]The crucial difference, as you’ll note if you read the methodologies carefully, is that Net Market Share attempts to measure daily unique users, while StatCounter measures total traffic. If you visit a single page in the Net Market Share network, you’re counted, and then your visits to any other page on any other site in the network are ignored for the rest of the day. Net Market Share weights the data by country, StatCounter doesn’t.As a result, Net Market Share stats count every user equally, while StatCounter gives extra weight to heavy web users.This will be useful to keep in mind next time the topic of whose browser is doing better comes up.--JorgeA
JorgeA Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Win8.1 will get a larger Update later this year.http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-81-spring-update-screenshots-leak-ie11-gets-a-small-updateLet us see what it fixes.Thanks for the info, Andre.Neowin has one interesting bit of speculation about this:It’s being said that this is not simply a rollup of in the traditional sense and that Microsoft will offer the update as a pre-installed installation packager or a standalone update. We aren't quite sure what the source means by it not being a traditional service pack as no new features were stated in the post.If they make it available as an ISO and people don't have to jujmp through hoops to install it without going into the Windows Store , that will represent a real customer-friendly improvement.It better be integratable with existing Windows 8.1 images. The idea of having to recreate images every time they make some little update is ridiculous.Some possible good news on this front:Windows 8.1 Update 1 reportedly arriving via Windows Update, not via the Windows StoreHowever, one of the most important tidbits revealed by WZOR include the idea that Microsoft will roll out this update not via the Windows Store, rather, via the old-fashioned Windows Update. Available to current Windows 8.1 users as a free update, the means of acquiring said update will be improved compared to Windows 8.1's initial roll out.--JorgeA
jaclaz Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Some possible good news on this front: Windows 8.1 Update 1 reportedly arriving via Windows Update, not via the Windows StoreHowever, one of the most important tidbits revealed by WZOR include the idea that Microsoft will roll out this update not via the Windows Store, rather, via the old-fashioned Windows Update. Available to current Windows 8.1 users as a free update, the means of acquiring said update will be improved compared to Windows 8.1's initial roll out. --JorgeAIn my day that would have read as: Breaking news: In an unprecedented move, MS management decided to use Windows Update to actually deliver an update, as opposed to using the Windows Store, i.e. for the first time in recent times, they are using something for what it was designed and accordingly to it's usage paradigm (and, MUCH MORE than that, exactly as their customers would expect it to be used). Watch out for the sky, it is likely to fall on our heads tomorrow. jaclaz. Edited January 13, 2014 by jaclaz
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