I'm confused, why does the title state Apple is lobbying AGAINST encryption? It's contradicted by both the summary and article itself.
"Apple has argued in the meetings that as a starting point it does not want the updated laws to block tech companies from using encryption on their devices"
It says right there - Australia wants to limit encryption, and Apple is not in favor of that.
It's not just that - BART was simply never meant to be operating on the scale it does today. When BART was built, the creators envisioned a system that would serve about 100,000 people per week and choke points such as the Transbay Tube were built accordingly. Naturally, as the population increased, upgrades had to made. This worked for a while, but eventually lack of funding for serious overhauls caught up with the constantly increasing ridership. Maximum capacity is heavily influenced by the fact that sections like the tube are single line, with no easy way to expand to double or triple. BART could theoretically be a 24/7 system, but as things stand now their engineers need every minute of the nightly downtime they have to service a rapidly aging rail system.
The rails already in place are almost at capacity, with a train crossing over them every 2 minutes. With the tech booms of the last decades, there's been an even bigger spike in these numbers. Over the last decade alone, passenger alightings at some stations have more than doubled. On busy days, the BART system now serves 25 times more riders than originally envisioned. There's some money for additional trains, but that can only do so much. Eventually, we are going to need to spend money on either more parallel tracks, cars, and bigger platforms or just a new system altogether.
This is really going to depend on where you live - around here, lobbying groups for taxi companies and their drivers forestalled any attempts at legislated change for over a decade before Uber stepped in, quickly picking up market share due to its reliability. It used to be that even if you called to schedule a pickup (in an hour!) there was only a 30-40% chance a taxi would actually show up. I remember the days of being unable to get home via taxi at night without offering a 100% tip in advance all too vividly and have no desire whatsoever to return to that.
I'm not saying Uber is the best answer here - clearly, the new model comes with its own share of problems - but the previous monopoly (taxis) really screwed themselves out of a future with their own behavior. There was a hotline to call to report problems, but absolutely zero accountability for the drivers at the end of the day. The situation has since improved, but generally falls along the lines of 'too little, too late'.
This is the second in a series of four guaranteed orders NASA will make under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts. The Boeing Company of Houston received its first crew mission order in May.
Boeing's contract is not mentioned because it happened 6 months ago. This is SpaceX's first contract with NASA for a crewed mission.
The problem you miss is that of immunocompromised or otherwise medically exempted individuals - namely, people who don't have a choice whether they get vaccinated or not. It's not just a personal choice - if you choose not to get yourself or your kids vaccinated, you are potentially putting my kids at risk by doing so.
The program is paid for by cap-and-trade - namely, companies creating environmental waste, not you, are the ones paying for his solar panels. There are plenty of reasons to complain about the CA government misappropriating the tax money you personally give them, but this is not one of them.
It's the courts who presume innocent until proven guilty, anyone not a court is free to presume what they'd like. This is why Apple is asking for a legal ruling from the government, the action would eliminate any liability about the matter in the future.
Without citing sources, your comment seems to be on the same ground you accuse them of standing on - no investigation, dishonest phrasing without justification, and tarnishing their reputation via speculation instead of hard documents.
If you visit the website in question, you'll find that these laser pointers DO in fact come with the appropriate safety glasses to protect your vision.
That being said, they won't protect anyone else's in the area...
I don't think the PC is going to meet its demise anytime in the foreseeable future. Microsoft dominates the business sector right now because it caters to businesses in a way Apple doesn't.
Apple may take over the home user market, but until they convince businesses to adopt their ideologies PCs won't be dying anytime soon
I have heard mixed things about the security about Kaspersky. Been running it myself without any problems, but I have friends in IT who are SysAdmins who say they can't trust it because of how it might be handling customer data (Sorry, no real citations here)
How many more years of this before other industries like software (SecuROM anyone?) come away with the obvious conclusion as well? DRM doesn't do anything but restrict legitimate purchasers of the product, people who illegally obtain things don't have to deal with such inane restrictions
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I'm confused, why does the title state Apple is lobbying AGAINST encryption? It's contradicted by both the summary and article itself.
"Apple has argued in the meetings that as a starting point it does not want the updated laws to block tech companies from using encryption on their devices"
It says right there - Australia wants to limit encryption, and Apple is not in favor of that.
This only makes sense if regular voting is made completely painless - one way to help with this would be to make election day a federal holiday.
Does a student or intern temporarily in another state or country qualify as an 'exceptional circumstance'?
Repeat after me: "Mitochondria is not necessarily the powerhouse of the cell"
It's not just that - BART was simply never meant to be operating on the scale it does today. When BART was built, the creators envisioned a system that would serve about 100,000 people per week and choke points such as the Transbay Tube were built accordingly. Naturally, as the population increased, upgrades had to made. This worked for a while, but eventually lack of funding for serious overhauls caught up with the
constantly increasing ridership. Maximum capacity is heavily influenced by the fact that sections like the tube are single line, with no easy way to expand to double or triple. BART could theoretically be a 24/7 system, but as things stand now their engineers need every minute of the nightly downtime they have to service a rapidly aging rail system.
The rails already in place are almost at capacity, with a train crossing over them every 2 minutes. With the tech booms of the last decades, there's been an even bigger spike in these numbers. Over the last decade alone, passenger alightings at some stations have more than doubled. On busy days, the BART system now serves 25 times more riders than originally envisioned. There's some money for additional trains, but that can only do so much. Eventually, we are going to need to spend money on either more parallel tracks, cars, and bigger platforms or just a new system altogether.
Their administrators are simply being realistic about the situation we're in
Complain to your municipal government.
This is really going to depend on where you live - around here, lobbying groups for taxi companies and their drivers forestalled any attempts at legislated change for over a decade before Uber stepped in, quickly picking up market share due to its reliability. It used to be that even if you called to schedule a pickup (in an hour!) there was only a 30-40% chance a taxi would actually show up. I remember the days of being unable to get home via taxi at night without offering a 100% tip in advance all too vividly and have no desire whatsoever to return to that.
I'm not saying Uber is the best answer here - clearly, the new model comes with its own share of problems - but the previous monopoly (taxis) really screwed themselves out of a future with their own behavior. There was a hotline to call to report problems, but absolutely zero accountability for the drivers at the end of the day. The situation has since improved, but generally falls along the lines of 'too little, too late'.
This is the second in a series of four guaranteed orders NASA will make under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts. The Boeing Company of Houston received its first crew mission order in May.
Boeing's contract is not mentioned because it happened 6 months ago. This is SpaceX's first contract with NASA for a crewed mission.
Ok, but can we also do something about the zero knowledge politicians?
The problem you miss is that of immunocompromised or otherwise medically exempted individuals - namely, people who don't have a choice whether they get vaccinated or not. It's not just a personal choice - if you choose not to get yourself or your kids vaccinated, you are potentially putting my kids at risk by doing so.
It warms my heart, however, to see the money I must pay for the tax on air putting panels on the homes of other people.
Did you RTFA? I'm going to assume not, so here's the link again
The program is paid for by cap-and-trade - namely, companies creating environmental waste, not you, are the ones paying for his solar panels. There are plenty of reasons to complain about the CA government misappropriating the tax money you personally give them, but this is not one of them.
It's the courts who presume innocent until proven guilty, anyone not a court is free to presume what they'd like. This is why Apple is asking for a legal ruling from the government, the action would eliminate any liability about the matter in the future.
Without citing sources, your comment seems to be on the same ground you accuse them of standing on - no investigation, dishonest phrasing without justification, and tarnishing their reputation via speculation instead of hard documents.
Not entirely tied to NASA - many private entities (Google Lunar X-Prize teams, for one) are aiming to launch using the SpaceX rockets as well
Well, they're more buoyant...
If you visit the website in question, you'll find that these laser pointers DO in fact come with the appropriate safety glasses to protect your vision. That being said, they won't protect anyone else's in the area...
I know people who'd love to take them off of your hands (mostly college students). "Old" TVs can still be made to work with a digital tuner card
This is true, and it's going to get even easier in future Android releases. Froyo (2.2) is slated to include tethering and a wireless hotspot.
that's actually not that difficult at all. Hydrogen bombs are uncontrolled fusion in action. Now, producing usable energy, however...
I was simply using the same terminology as OP
I don't think the PC is going to meet its demise anytime in the foreseeable future. Microsoft dominates the business sector right now because it caters to businesses in a way Apple doesn't. Apple may take over the home user market, but until they convince businesses to adopt their ideologies PCs won't be dying anytime soon
They'll be putting money away for their own welfare checks!
I have heard mixed things about the security about Kaspersky. Been running it myself without any problems, but I have friends in IT who are SysAdmins who say they can't trust it because of how it might be handling customer data (Sorry, no real citations here)
The difference between genuine R&D (HP Labs) and Cupertino R&D (Apple) is almost exactly 10 miles
How many more years of this before other industries like software (SecuROM anyone?) come away with the obvious conclusion as well? DRM doesn't do anything but restrict legitimate purchasers of the product, people who illegally obtain things don't have to deal with such inane restrictions
I get a "security error" when I try to view the actual picture from that website...anyone have another link?
source?