QR Codes are used extensively here in Japan, and have been for many years. I also have no trouble at all reading them. Takes less than a second, and I don't need internet access to read them. I've also been amazed at the kind of data: coupons, ads, Business card, small maps, flight information, restaurant food nutritional information, and that's just scratching the surface of what they're used for here.
Frankly, the thing I see killing this one that it relies on a central server. Man-in-the-middle anyone?
Work computers and school computers cannot be thought of on the same legal level.
Primarily because work computers contain gobs of intellectual property. That's to say nothing of all the sensitive security, passwords, and customer/client data that exists on corporate/company laptops. Whereas school computers (at least up through high school) do not have any of these risks.
The difference here is that corporations lock down computers to protect the corporate IP and sensitive data, whereas this article is talking about locking down computers to prevent it's user from using it immorally. This is a problem because the school can't implement moral restrictions with which all parents can agree, and that could become a legal quagmire.
In the real world employers don't and or legally can't force you to censor your personal PC's at home, where they are not paying for the Internet Service.
Too bad you posted AC, that's worth some mod points.
Reality is, the school has no jurisdiction over what the student does off school grounds. Including what they do on their computer.
IANAL, but if you want to control what they can and can't do with the computers, you have to keep the computers on school property. Otherwise, I suspect you would be running into legal issues.
The above post is also right in recognizing that no matter what you do to try to prevent the students from doing certain things on the computer... if they want to do it, they'll do it. Live CD's anyone? How about a dual boot?
I think it (at least on the surface) was supposed to be just as ridiculous as her argument was.
He was soliciting a, "that's preposterous" reaction from her. The genius of his reply is that his reply has at least some foundation in truth whereas hers was downright ignorant.
It was a parody of her ridiculous argument in which he employed her reasoning in a field she could understand. Because, obviously she doesn't understand squat about Linux.
That is not really true. The reality as internet usage spread is, more violent, immature and angry people are using. These people are already violent and will if they feel insulted in the normal interpersonal public space, lash act and attempt to brutalise and dominate those who they feel have insulted them.
I agree to a certain point. However, online anonymity allows people to say and do things they would never consider doing in real life. Mostly because if they did so in real life, there would be immediate, undesirable, and often painful repercussions. People who are violent and angry will always be violent and angry, but the internet allows people who are normally passive to act out on things which society's mores would otherwise prevent.
Interestingly enough, you're wrong. Despite the fact that there are comparatively few gun killings here in Japan, it is most certainly not illegal to keep or own one. There are plenty of guns here and gun killings have increased to the point of being a national concern.
Apple is downplaying the problem, pointing out that no major injuries or damage have been reported.
In Japan, this spin isn't likely to make much difference. Once a serious problem is discovered in a product, the Japanese public tends to assume that all of them have the problem and refuse to purchase or use it.
This attitude has brought no small number of major Japanese businesses to their knees, including (recently) Mitsubishi heavy industries.
Compiz did not take a step backwards. Compiz settings manager is different than Beryl, but all the features you complain about being missing can be configured from the advanced settings in Compiz.
This is not asking PC repair people to get a license entirely outside of their field. The point is that if a PC repair person does any form of "investigation" on a computer, then they must be PI license. Technically, if you don't do any investigation at all, you don't need a PI license.
The problem here is that the state gets to decide what "investigation" means. In the new law, there's no indication of what this means, so anything beyond hardware repair (anything requiring the tech to be logged in) could potentially be in violation of this law. Which means that, yes it is asking a PC repair tech to get a license entirely outside of their field.
I can't see how this is benefiting anyone (customers included).
... try installing an app that plays podcasts WITHOUT KNOWING that democracyplayer and VLC play podcasts.
Synaptic Package Manager > search: podcast
Oh look, first item returned in the search results is Democracyplayer. Even gives me a handy summary, and lets me know that Democracyplayer is no longer Democracyplayer, but is now actually called Miro.
Heres the thing... the FCC is also responsible for the coordination of how the radio spectrum is used. Some of the coordination activities are international.
For example, if I was to require some spectrum use in the 460 MHz region, the FCC would be responsible for issuing out a few frequencies (as well as transmission power limits) for my use in my area. If I was close to Canada or Mexico, the FCC would have to coordinate with those governments, if necessary.
Now, I didn't think states could draft up internatonal treaties, as would be required to coordinate radio frequencies between a commercial user here in a city in the US and either the Mexican or Canidian governments.
I think the big reason for having a federal level agency for coordination and regulation of communications is that radio is international, and subject to international laws. I don't think it would be workable if each state had to ratify international treaties, let alone ratify laws for domestic radio purposes (example: radio operator in IL can transmit to radio operator in KS...)
Please mod this up.
Abolishing the FCC makes about as much sense as doing away with the FHWA (obligatory car analogy). The FCC is most certainly (as parent points out) a necessity. Radio (not just Amateur Radio) is a world wide communication medium. And if you want to take a look at what happens to a radio medium without regulation, just tune across the "Citizen's Band".
Unfortunately, it's not just "Mom and pop". Most U.S. banks and a great many U.S. government sites block access according to this information. I know, because I live in Japan, and it's a royal pain to get any official business done. I can't imagine how frustrating it might be to ACTUALLY live in the states, but not be able to visit these sites because someone keyed in your IP block as Canadian.
Because of this, any time I need to take care of official business, I have to go to the embassy in Tokyo. I've been to Durango. I'm quite sure there's no embassy there.
So, while TFS reads like a joke, the problem is quite real.
Yes. But I'd be risking my career if I plugged it into my work laptop...
There would/should be nothing wrong with you using a knoppix live cd. Even if your system was compromised while online wirelessly, there would be no danger of data being mined. Also, since the windows system is not booted, it would be impossible for all the watchdog software to detect that you've done something so unseemly.
Actually, the P905i does indeed run linux (LiMo). Bought one a couple weeks ago, and it's a fantastic phone. Menu is a pain to navigate through in English, but the camera takes great pics.
Way better than the stinkin' iPhone if you ask me.
End users should ever[sic] EVER do./configure && make && make install. We really need to fight that mentality, its unacceptable. There should be packages, RPM or DEB or both, of EVERYTHING, and if a bug is discovered; there needs to be a new packages ASAP../configure && make && make install of end users really needs to stop. For good.
And you're saying this because?
I've been exclusively using Ubuntu since Breezy (more than 3 years), and have done "./configure && make && make" less times than I have fingers on my left hand. That's including at least 30 system installs, 5 servers of various configurations (including dedicated web servers), and a multitude of different hardware surprises from laptops and wireless cards.
So you don't mind Yahoo pasting spam into your outgoing emails? Those little ads at the bottom of your emails from Yahoo (and msn) users are rather annoying. It's one thing to pay for the service by viewing ads, but it's another to pay for it by spamming non-users.
That's easy to fix. Just use Thunderbird in tandem with the Webmail extension, set up your account so it uses your local SMTP server, and no more ads.
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QR Codes are used extensively here in Japan, and have been for many years. I also have no trouble at all reading them. Takes less than a second, and I don't need internet access to read them. I've also been amazed at the kind of data: coupons, ads, Business card, small maps, flight information, restaurant food nutritional information, and that's just scratching the surface of what they're used for here.
Frankly, the thing I see killing this one that it relies on a central server. Man-in-the-middle anyone?
Parent is clearly advocating gun safety here.
Work computers and school computers cannot be thought of on the same legal level.
Primarily because work computers contain gobs of intellectual property. That's to say nothing of all the sensitive security, passwords, and customer/client data that exists on corporate/company laptops. Whereas school computers (at least up through high school) do not have any of these risks.
The difference here is that corporations lock down computers to protect the corporate IP and sensitive data, whereas this article is talking about locking down computers to prevent it's user from using it immorally. This is a problem because the school can't implement moral restrictions with which all parents can agree, and that could become a legal quagmire.
Too bad you posted AC, that's worth some mod points.
... if they want to do it, they'll do it. Live CD's anyone? How about a dual boot?
Reality is, the school has no jurisdiction over what the student does off school grounds. Including what they do on their computer.
IANAL, but if you want to control what they can and can't do with the computers, you have to keep the computers on school property. Otherwise, I suspect you would be running into legal issues.
The above post is also right in recognizing that no matter what you do to try to prevent the students from doing certain things on the computer
I think it (at least on the surface) was supposed to be just as ridiculous as her argument was.
He was soliciting a, "that's preposterous" reaction from her. The genius of his reply is that his reply has at least some foundation in truth whereas hers was downright ignorant.
It was a parody of her ridiculous argument in which he employed her reasoning in a field she could understand. Because, obviously she doesn't understand squat about Linux.
I agree to a certain point. However, online anonymity allows people to say and do things they would never consider doing in real life. Mostly because if they did so in real life, there would be immediate, undesirable, and often painful repercussions. People who are violent and angry will always be violent and angry, but the internet allows people who are normally passive to act out on things which society's mores would otherwise prevent.
Obligatory car analogy:
... wouldn't you?
If someone gave you a free car, you would complain about the color
Interestingly enough, you're wrong. Despite the fact that there are comparatively few gun killings here in Japan, it is most certainly not illegal to keep or own one. There are plenty of guns here and gun killings have increased to the point of being a national concern.
Low rates of gun deaths != guns prohibited.
Apple is downplaying the problem, pointing out that no major injuries or damage have been reported.
In Japan, this spin isn't likely to make much difference. Once a serious problem is discovered in a product, the Japanese public tends to assume that all of them have the problem and refuse to purchase or use it.
This attitude has brought no small number of major Japanese businesses to their knees, including (recently) Mitsubishi heavy industries.
Compiz did not take a step backwards. Compiz settings manager is different than Beryl, but all the features you complain about being missing can be configured from the advanced settings in Compiz.
So you seem to believe that the only porn you can download in Japan is created in Japan with Japanese censorship?
And here I thought it was China who had the "Great firewall".
The problem here is that the state gets to decide what "investigation" means. In the new law, there's no indication of what this means, so anything beyond hardware repair (anything requiring the tech to be logged in) could potentially be in violation of this law. Which means that, yes it is asking a PC repair tech to get a license entirely outside of their field.
I can't see how this is benefiting anyone (customers included).
Oh look, first item returned in the search results is Democracyplayer. Even gives me a handy summary, and lets me know that Democracyplayer is no longer Democracyplayer, but is now actually called Miro.
That is, if your proverbial "modern city" is not located in a seismically active zone.
Abolishing the FCC makes about as much sense as doing away with the FHWA (obligatory car analogy). The FCC is most certainly (as parent points out) a necessity. Radio (not just Amateur Radio) is a world wide communication medium. And if you want to take a look at what happens to a radio medium without regulation, just tune across the "Citizen's Band".
Unfortunately, it's not just "Mom and pop". Most U.S. banks and a great many U.S. government sites block access according to this information. I know, because I live in Japan, and it's a royal pain to get any official business done. I can't imagine how frustrating it might be to ACTUALLY live in the states, but not be able to visit these sites because someone keyed in your IP block as Canadian.
Because of this, any time I need to take care of official business, I have to go to the embassy in Tokyo. I've been to Durango. I'm quite sure there's no embassy there.
So, while TFS reads like a joke, the problem is quite real.
Actually, the P905i does indeed run linux (LiMo). Bought one a couple weeks ago, and it's a fantastic phone. Menu is a pain to navigate through in English, but the camera takes great pics.
Way better than the stinkin' iPhone if you ask me.
This is a troll, but I'll bite anyway. Since when has a $20 piece of computer equipment been a show stopper for an entire OS?
And you're saying this because?
I've been exclusively using Ubuntu since Breezy (more than 3 years), and have done "./configure && make && make" less times than I have fingers on my left hand. That's including at least 30 system installs, 5 servers of various configurations (including dedicated web servers), and a multitude of different hardware surprises from laptops and wireless cards.
Lola Rennt
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/
That'd be "informative" if TFA was about US police instead of NZ police.