(*) It should be noted that the USG has steadfastly avoided violating the 3rd amendment, and should certainly be commended for its restraint in this matter.
This is false (unless "USG" specifically means the Federal government -- I would argue that state governments are just another level of the U.S. Gov't)
it's arguably more retarded. however, both ideas are extremely retarded, so it's not even worth arguing.
Actually it's not since the phone's self-disabling could itself be disabled if the user is trying to call an emergency number (911 isn't the only such number).
So the best thing they could do for secuity is have a fast low impact search that screens most reasonable threats (x-ray bagage and any bulky/loos fitting coats should do, maybe a meatal detector, and a chemical bomb sniffer) and doesn't generate large crouds of people waiting.
That's funny, the TSA has basically said they have no idea how to deal with that problem... well, I'm sure we can trust these unelected TSA officials, they must know exactly what they're doing!
No, it's not the equal protection clause that forces the states to comply with the Bill of Rights. The framers of the 14th amendment intended it to be the privileges and immunities clause. Unfortunately SCOTUS neutered this clause over a hundred years ago and instead opted to incorporate the Bill of Rights piece by piece against the states through the due process clause.
Interestingly enough, Clarence Thomas recently "revived" the clause.
ObTopic: Did we really expect the MPAA, of all people, to say anything other than this?
Don't whine about how I'm being "biased" or "not thoughtful" or something, I have ADD (either that or they let me have a Schedule 2 substance for no good reason whatsoever (don't start)).
I disagree with the author of that page. He (she?) says that (unencrypted) email is like real mail. This is not true. Email is like post cards: there is not the slightest barrier to prevent people from reading it (no envelope). If you want privacy, the very least you can do is ROT-13 it.
The problem here would be your power company who promised both you and the guy next door to provide more electricity than the power company is capable of providing.
As I read, the proposal addresses exactly this. The "open internet" would have some reasonable minimum guaranteed throughput. If 100 houses are sold 1Mbps, there had better be a 100Mbps (or some reasonable percentage) upstream pipe to support them that is unmanaged. I get my minimum, but also realize there's no priority for my traffic over anyone else. Basically what I have now, where I can use VoIP, streaming, etc. but there's no priority applied to any packets. No amount of other's Netflix streaming or VoIP or downloading should affect my minimum throughput, either. ---- That's how I read it. Whether that's feasible or not is debatable. [emphasis added]
Now wait a second, either that involves some amount of throttling (not unmanaged) or I'm misreading you, since if everyone is using 1Mbps and someone decides to start streaming at 10Mbps, none of the other people will get a full 1Mbps unless you directly throttle the hog to 1Mbps.
Because then you'd just be talking about kJ (W=J/s), and electrical engineers get grumpy when you start telling them about "Joules" and such (but for some odd reason BTUs are absolutely fine -- just not for the same things as kWh).
Also: Kwh=Kelvin * ??? * hour. Generally you want kWh=kilowatt hour.
Honestly, nowhere else than the world of Internet connections in the US would the line "Yes, we sold it but it's unreasonable to expect us to actually deliver it" fly.
Since the Justice Department has been asleep at the wheel for the past several decades, Google will not be broken up as it should be. It will become both "too big to fail" and "big enough to fuck everything up".
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Market manipulation is the opposite of capitalism.
(*) It should be noted that the USG has steadfastly avoided violating the 3rd amendment, and should certainly be commended for its restraint in this matter.
This is false (unless "USG" specifically means the Federal government -- I would argue that state governments are just another level of the U.S. Gov't)
ObTopic: Demanding passwords is evil!
Nice feature if you are in a train or on a bus.
If you have GPS you can detect whether the device is on a highway or road
And how long do you think it would take for sites to appear with hacks for every phone to disable this?
That doesn't affect Joe Sixpack who couldn't jailbreak his iPhone by going to jailbreakme.com and touching the button, much less use such a hack.
it's arguably more retarded. however, both ideas are extremely retarded, so it's not even worth arguing.
Actually it's not since the phone's self-disabling could itself be disabled if the user is trying to call an emergency number (911 isn't the only such number).
So the best thing they could do for secuity is have a fast low impact search that screens most reasonable threats (x-ray bagage and any bulky/loos fitting coats should do, maybe a meatal detector, and a chemical bomb sniffer) and doesn't generate large crouds of people waiting.
That's funny, the TSA has basically said they have no idea how to deal with that problem... well, I'm sure we can trust these unelected TSA officials, they must know exactly what they're doing!
RTFA, that doesn't match the description of what was happening at all.
Let the Streisand effect begin!
I thought matter/antimatter represents a different symmetry to time reversal?
Actually, it doesn't, believe it or not!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.
RTFS "reasonably young".
YES, Picard IS epic-awesome, but he doesn't fit the criteria.
No, it's not the equal protection clause that forces the states to comply with the Bill of Rights. The framers of the 14th amendment intended it to be the privileges and immunities clause. Unfortunately SCOTUS neutered this clause over a hundred years ago and instead opted to incorporate the Bill of Rights piece by piece against the states through the due process clause.
Interestingly enough, Clarence Thomas recently "revived" the clause.
ObTopic: Did we really expect the MPAA, of all people, to say anything other than this?
But there would be Peace on Earth!
My biggest problem with Wikipedia is the direct source of stories like this. It's become a little pool and everyone is trying to be the biggest fish, for two reasons: First, that way they can create their own little kingdom of articles which they've "adopted", bullying people into a consensus which matches their own ideals/agenda. Second, they just want to feel important.
I should sleep now, it's after midnight, but Duty Calls.
Your ADD isn't my problem.
Don't whine about how I'm being "biased" or "not thoughtful" or something, I have ADD (either that or they let me have a Schedule 2 substance for no good reason whatsoever (don't start)).
I disagree with the author of that page. He (she?) says that (unencrypted) email is like real mail. This is not true. Email is like post cards: there is not the slightest barrier to prevent people from reading it (no envelope). If you want privacy, the very least you can do is ROT-13 it.
Do some weird chroot-fu, or maybe it would be easier to just live with it?
What about Linux? Flash on Linux sucks and this is entirely Adobe's fault.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Fiction is an exception to "British style".
Google has one source of revenue (ads). Everything Google does on the side is a "hobby."
No, wrong Steve: There's "The Steve" (Jobs), "The Other Steve" (Woz) and "The Other Other Steve" (Ballmer).
As I read, the proposal addresses exactly this. The "open internet" would have some reasonable minimum guaranteed throughput. If 100 houses are sold 1Mbps, there had better be a 100Mbps (or some reasonable percentage) upstream pipe to support them that is unmanaged. I get my minimum, but also realize there's no priority for my traffic over anyone else. Basically what I have now, where I can use VoIP, streaming, etc. but there's no priority applied to any packets. No amount of other's Netflix streaming or VoIP or downloading should affect my minimum throughput, either. ---- That's how I read it. Whether that's feasible or not is debatable.
[emphasis added]
Now wait a second, either that involves some amount of throttling (not unmanaged) or I'm misreading you, since if everyone is using 1Mbps and someone decides to start streaming at 10Mbps, none of the other people will get a full 1Mbps unless you directly throttle the hog to 1Mbps.
Still not ideal. I mean, why not use metric time?
Because then you'd just be talking about kJ (W=J/s), and electrical engineers get grumpy when you start telling them about "Joules" and such (but for some odd reason BTUs are absolutely fine -- just not for the same things as kWh).
Also: Kwh=Kelvin * ??? * hour. Generally you want kWh=kilowatt hour.
Honestly, nowhere else than the world of Internet connections in the US would the line "Yes, we sold it but it's unreasonable to expect us to actually deliver it" fly.
FTFY.
That's why we have /opt. Said incompetent developers can make all the mess they want there and it's isolated from the rest of the system.
Since the Justice Department has been asleep at the wheel for the past several decades, Google will not be broken up as it should be. It will become both "too big to fail" and "big enough to fuck everything up".
I thought that was the SEC. Or was it the FTC? It certainly isn't the Justice Dpt.
ObTopic: If they can "see" it from the street, how is it "private" in any sane sense of the word?