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I am pretty sure that all these voice controlled devices are constantly recording all sounds and streaming them up to their home server. That is where the sounds in your house are checked for commands or questions that it needs to respond to.
Also, isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
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Roland M Smith wrote: isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
Yes, and if it isn't, it should be.
Controlled suicide, versus automatic suicide...the update is still going to kill you.
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Roland M Smith wrote: isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
I'm sure that's true where human resources allow. Here, it's just me, and I'd rather be doing development than managing the server so I chose the automatic route. It's worked fine until now...and even then the only real damage was the inconvenience of a few hours without email. Moving to the newest server version, I'll probably do the same thing...as if I'll have any real control over it at all...something which I continue to struggle with on WinTen. Actually, I'm just a lot more careful about what I leave (unsaved work) in the afternoons. There was some talk here about it, but I don't think anyone's claimed that victory yet.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Obligatory XKCD: Listening[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I laughed a hearty laugh, and then.... I laughed some more.
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I swear there's an obligatory XKCD for everything. I'll have to add this one to my list
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Jon McKee wrote: I swear there's an obligatory XKCD for everything.
Everything? Here it is.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Exactly!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I've been seeing the same thing happen with the Farcebook app on my phone. Last week I made a mention of Diablo (the game) at the dinner table and, not 20 minutes later, I was getting an ad on Farcebook for Diablo 3. It's listening to everything. I'm just waiting for it to pick up on an intimate moment between me and the misses and display ads for condoms.
It's a little disconcerting to say the least. I wonder if there is a way you can disconnect Farcebook from the microphone without it knowing and raising a fuss.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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The very fact that an UPDATE changes the location of a network is The Real WTF... Wait, wrong site. But still...
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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So I've read the blog of this lady about an encounter at a gas station.
There was this guy with something resembling a car. He was overcompensating for something with a huge engine, exposed for everybody to see, because the car didn't even have a hood.
She told him he needs therapy, but he misheard and mumbled something about terrorists and then demanded to see her tits ...
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Terrorist, therapist, all the same. And Mexico will pay for it.
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soapbox.
or even better: facebook.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Is a pacifist a more violent alternative to a pacifier?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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easy to fix: dose 'em with pacific.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Hmmmm, I thought it was: pacify, pacifier, pacifiest!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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"The whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... BY FORCE!"
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War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Pacifism is Warmongery
So, no.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Pacifist - what you would do in the bathroom if you swallowed a hand, whole.
Pacifier - if you dine on scotch bonnets the evening before.
So what's so complicated ?
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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But would I be bananas to say we're all just a bunch of grease monkeys?
Jeremy Falcon
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So, this AM I took my caffeine ingestion to a new level. Along with the second cup (450ml/ea) I made my Oatmeal/Raisin with coffee instead of hot water.
Meanwhile, it's expected to reach 35C in NYC.
Live long and perspire.
[update]
Oatmeal is rich, but a bit more bitter - like well hopped beer. Raisins then embellish the experience with sparks of sweetness.
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Do you have any C in NYC??
Has anyone informed Donald?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I made my Oatmeal/Raisin with coffee instead of hot water.
Water? Not milk, or is it one those mixes with milk powder in it?
I like my morning cereal with milk, cold milk - if it's been out of the fridge more than 10 seconds it's too warm and I switch to toast.
Coffee: strong, black, no sugar, no nothing (incl. whiskey etc) - coffee must never be mixed with anything (except a little water) - if you don't like that taste, time to grow up.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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