PDF books would be very useful. I could "print" them and put them on my phone for offline viewing, since I don't have a data plan. I'm not sure the point of books though, it seems to usually be cheaper to print it out yourself, though maybe a math reference book to always carry around might be useful.
Reminds me of ABM systems in Poland. Suure we're not going to use them against Russia right now, but in case when they step on our toes all of a sudden this becomes a distinct possibility. Otherwise we'd have built those systems in Iraq, where they'd be closer to Iran, strikes from which we're supposedly trying to prevent.
We would never use them against Russia. They have a bigass army. Russia and China are the two untouchables. We're more likely to attack Canada than Russia. We wanted them in Poland because that gives more time to react, and less likely to be destroyed due to sabotage and/or a suicide bomber. Plus we want to leave Iraq eventually.
This exact thing happened in my school only a few years ago. Two black girls started a fight, two white male teachers grabbed them and stopped it. No problems arose.
Most of the time normal situations turn out fine. Some don't, but the exceptions are so rare they become newsworthy. Who wants to read about boring normal stuff that happens every day?
This is not simply sensationalism. There are broad reaching consequences of having an undisclosed program that can take pictures remotely. The main problem is undisclosed.
And why are you so trusting of authority? Yes people don't normally do intentional things to harm themselves, and this gets better as they age and get more mature. But many people are not fluent in technology. They don't know the problems that arise. I am not surprised that technology got abused by those in power. Come on, it's slashdot, this isn't the first time we've heard of something happening that way.
If the student took the picture an emailed it to his friends we would not have this case. The administration would say "we received this information from an email from another student/teacher/parent." The case would simply not be there because the administration could easily defend itself.
The school had the proper safeguards to prevent too much abuse, but it looks like the safeguards were not followed, thus making them useless. The administration could easily open up the logs and show that every situation was a proper use, except for one. That would be bad, but much more understandable. People make mistakes. But when the mistakes become patterns true problems arise.
This isn't sensationalism, this is a real problem. It's blown out of proportion because the only ones that are affected are those in the school district, but at the same time it teaches some others privacy controls, and that is a much needed lesson.
They are in Sweden. They will never be shut down. If for some reason the Swedish government does cave, I'm sure they will just move their servers to another country.
I would love to see people stand up, but years of seeing the **AAs, have made me pessimistic. Most will probably not stand up for their rights, because it is easier and less risky to just pay the $3k of protection fees.
It does matter. People (like the ACLU) do want to pursue them in court, and make an example out of them.
Personally, I am for immunity for the telecoms. What they did was wrong, but the Bush administration said it was legal. Companies should be able to take the government at their word for what is legal or not. Going after the justice department would be a much better solution, though a harder one.
The problem is that if we set a precedent that the government cannot be trusted by big corporations, than we will run in to problems later. Going the Google way and making a big stink when they overstep their bounds is good, as it forces them to be legal. But the telecoms should not be punished for doing the government's bidding. The government should be punished for not following its own laws.
Look at the Korean war. We won't invade North Korea because of China. As long as they support them, we will not invade. China has a huge army, and is right next door. We have an army that is worn down from two wars. If we poured all our resources to fighting china, we could win because of our Air Force, but no president wants to do that.
This is why RFID is bad
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This is why RFID is bad. It gets hacked, the banks and credit card companies ignore it and claim it is secure. Wait a week or two and repeat. Sure it MIGHT be slightly more convenient, but I would rather take the 3 seconds to swipe the card and not have to deal with fraud and identity theft which will take up more time. RFID is a terrible concept, but at the very least they should make cards with an off switch.
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and is one of the reasons I picked this particular ISP
Wait, you have a choice of different ISPs? Madness!
You think /. users RTFA?
Why bitching about engineers? Where did he talk about being one?
If a story doesn't need a movie to be effective, why force people to pay the extra money?
I have no problem seeing BP sent into the sun
Good question. I'd say this will make most horny 18 year olds think twice about their choices.
I don't think most horny 18 year old even think once about their choices.
PDF books would be very useful. I could "print" them and put them on my phone for offline viewing, since I don't have a data plan. I'm not sure the point of books though, it seems to usually be cheaper to print it out yourself, though maybe a math reference book to always carry around might be useful.
You can claim that on anything these days can't you.
Reminds me of ABM systems in Poland. Suure we're not going to use them against Russia right now, but in case when they step on our toes all of a sudden this becomes a distinct possibility. Otherwise we'd have built those systems in Iraq, where they'd be closer to Iran, strikes from which we're supposedly trying to prevent.
We would never use them against Russia. They have a bigass army. Russia and China are the two untouchables. We're more likely to attack Canada than Russia.
We wanted them in Poland because that gives more time to react, and less likely to be destroyed due to sabotage and/or a suicide bomber. Plus we want to leave Iraq eventually.
If that means I can sleep at night without hearing gunshots, that's good enough for me.
This exact thing happened in my school only a few years ago. Two black girls started a fight, two white male teachers grabbed them and stopped it. No problems arose.
Most of the time normal situations turn out fine. Some don't, but the exceptions are so rare they become newsworthy. Who wants to read about boring normal stuff that happens every day?
This is not simply sensationalism. There are broad reaching consequences of having an undisclosed program that can take pictures remotely. The main problem is undisclosed.
And why are you so trusting of authority? Yes people don't normally do intentional things to harm themselves, and this gets better as they age and get more mature. But many people are not fluent in technology. They don't know the problems that arise.
I am not surprised that technology got abused by those in power. Come on, it's slashdot, this isn't the first time we've heard of something happening that way.
If the student took the picture an emailed it to his friends we would not have this case. The administration would say "we received this information from an email from another student/teacher/parent." The case would simply not be there because the administration could easily defend itself.
The school had the proper safeguards to prevent too much abuse, but it looks like the safeguards were not followed, thus making them useless. The administration could easily open up the logs and show that every situation was a proper use, except for one. That would be bad, but much more understandable. People make mistakes. But when the mistakes become patterns true problems arise.
This isn't sensationalism, this is a real problem. It's blown out of proportion because the only ones that are affected are those in the school district, but at the same time it teaches some others privacy controls, and that is a much needed lesson.
http://www.entourageedge.com/entourage-edge.html
It will be out in a month, but so far seems amazing. Runs on android. Has one side of e-ink and one of lcd.
There is a link to the term "pending sanctions motion"; if you follow the link ...
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They are in Sweden. They will never be shut down. If for some reason the Swedish government does cave, I'm sure they will just move their servers to another country.
I would love to see people stand up, but years of seeing the **AAs, have made me pessimistic. Most will probably not stand up for their rights, because it is easier and less risky to just pay the $3k of protection fees.
People have to actually use nix for people to want to write exploits for it ;)
Ah, the benefits of being unknown.
It does matter. People (like the ACLU) do want to pursue them in court, and make an example out of them.
Personally, I am for immunity for the telecoms. What they did was wrong, but the Bush administration said it was legal. Companies should be able to take the government at their word for what is legal or not. Going after the justice department would be a much better solution, though a harder one.
The problem is that if we set a precedent that the government cannot be trusted by big corporations, than we will run in to problems later. Going the Google way and making a big stink when they overstep their bounds is good, as it forces them to be legal. But the telecoms should not be punished for doing the government's bidding. The government should be punished for not following its own laws.
Look at the Korean war. We won't invade North Korea because of China. As long as they support them, we will not invade. China has a huge army, and is right next door. We have an army that is worn down from two wars. If we poured all our resources to fighting china, we could win because of our Air Force, but no president wants to do that.
2008 will be the "Year of the Home Garden"
This is why RFID is bad. It gets hacked, the banks and credit card companies ignore it and claim it is secure. Wait a week or two and repeat.
Sure it MIGHT be slightly more convenient, but I would rather take the 3 seconds to swipe the card and not have to deal with fraud and identity theft which will take up more time.
RFID is a terrible concept, but at the very least they should make cards with an off switch.