Given the device's other capabilities I would think a long range WiFi "sonar" could be used to pick up the location. Unless modified the touch will automatically respond, not necessarily connect, to an available access point.
And if you are that easily wounded, even as a child, then you need to be made fun of. I was always the bigger kid in school and the stupid little s***s with "small dog syndrome" would always pick on me because they all knew I had an abusive a**hole for a father at home and figured they could get away with it. I quickly taught them otherwise. It is amazing how quickly people stfu about your big ears when you foot sweep them at the same time you chop-block their chest. While I certainly did not intend to crack the skull of that kid I sure felt better about my ability to ensure that no one else followed his example and I enjoyed the rest of my days inside and outside of school untaunted. Now, for online bullies I would recommend getting good at hacking and taking your revenge on their instrument of harassment.
Computer Science is the study of integrated hardware "systems" and software "designs" interaction to produce a desired outcome. In addition it is the study of how to plan, design, create, and deploy those "systems" and "designs" which will produce more desired outcomes with a general improvement in delivery, efficiency, and stability.
That is my philosophy on CS. That falls on everyone from people Steve Jobs/Ballmer, Mark Shuttleworth, etc. on down to the lowly Help Desk Operator. The teaching of this philosophy begins at know how to operate a Computer, not just using Applications and moves from there.
is people seem to forget that Apple has had to sign an ungodly number of contracts restricting their actions regarding how they distribute the music because the companies that own the rights know how popular Apple tends to make things, these fledling little "competitors" as many would call them offer DRM-free music because no one cares what they do and they can get away with it. If Apple tried that they would need wings to stay above the legal fall-out.
Except that some states (and the Fed) do in fact tax your retirement as an income if it is not from an excempted source (read TSP, IRA...etc.).
My father(asshole) pays taxes on his Military Retirment and GCS Retirment. The same Gov't he served for 50 years says he earned this money and then turns around and says, "Oh, but we want some back. Thanks!"
Yes and I find it most odd that a species notorious for leaping over or breaking through nearly any obstacle in the way has yet to design an interface that kills two objects that should have died more than ten years ago. I am not putting on my tinfoil hat, I'm just saying it's odd.
That's ok. While difficult to sneak up on someone(at least most people with brains) knives are both more quiet and harder to trace. Plus, I would rather have my head blown-off than have my throat cut or be stabbed in the kidneys. Lesser forms of weaponry do not preclude the advent of crime(to include non-violent), they just require greater skill and more stealth.
Actually, the whole world's economy is based on who owes who how much. Debt is what drives the entire world's economy. It sucks, but thems the facts jack. Now that our economy has "slowed" we might find it helpful to not continue breaking the Capitalist System.
I wonder if this is why a number of defense attorneys have questioned the lack of age testing DNA samples saying that it could have been from a date too far in advance of the crime to be used for conviction. After all, from what I understand DNA evidence lasts kind of awhile even in rather harsh environments. I can not remember for sure if they do or do not have reliable dating for samples yet.
Not always the way it feels when you find out. I found out at ten...of course I also had the added issue my parents were so stoned at the time I should not have been conceived let alone birthed, and that they were half-siblings(same Mom, different Fathers).
"there are more and more well-educated people competing for jobs"
Too bad going to college and graduating does not guarantee you will be well-educated. I do not automatically respect someone more for going to college. Nor do I jump to the conclusion that they went to college if I am talking with them and they seem genuinely smart, not just intelligent. I know it's not what they dicitionary would say but I view smart as the ability to think and make use of information and intelligent as simply being good at remembering data.
Most of the people I have met, and having first been a dependant and then in the military myself that is a lot of people, that went to college tend to be more intelligent than smart. They have alot more rattling around upstairs, but usually know alot less about what to do with it. Most of the people I have met that only went to high school tend to be better at using what they have and picking up more as they go and understanding how to use it.
I have honestly seen more people simply handed things because they have been to college where as those who don't usually have to work harder to prove themselves. For an example when joining the Air Force I was informed that if I had gone to college for two years I could have signed up for four years and had two stripes on my arm straight out of basic. Instead I had to sign up for six years and had my two stripes after technical school.
The folks who went to college before joining actually tended to do only as well or a little worse than the other folks in my class. I may have only been a 88% student, but I also did only as much studying as I felt a need to and I still came out better than the guys in my class who went to college first.
I always wonder why people cry out, "The world needs changing!" and then when someone asks, "Can you help me find some answers to do that?" everyone starts squawking and spreading their jaded nonsense asking why they should help.
I second your thought on Job Interview Skills. It is not as easy as it may seem. Alot of the difficulty, even when dealing with bigger companies, is with the interviewer. The best thing you can do is research the company you are applying for a job with. Know what they do. At least understand their vision and mission statements to a point you can demonstrate you read them. This gives you a better chance of having what Speech Classes refer to as "knowing your audience". It also lends credit to the idea you are actually interested in working for them. Employers are not just looking for the best, good interviewers have been trained to llok for the "best fit". In other words they are going to ask targeted questions that answer their biggest question, "Are you the right person for our company?".
I actually only had a few interviews before finding my job on the way out of the Air Force, but i applied what I was taught the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). Also, part of knowing your audience would be to ask the person scheduling your interview what they would recommend to wear. Sometimes you can in fact over-dress. One reason I got my job is because I walked in wearing a suit that fit me properly. I did everything I could, i even carried a little leather portfolio with a copy of my resume in it, because they often like to see what you produced. It does not always turn out the same when submitted by using the company web-site.
There is alot more I could talk about on here, but it would take a while to cover everything and alot of it really is common sense when you just stop, breath, and think about it a piece at a time.
College Education does not equal Officer. There is a surprising number of individuals with degrees who went Enlisted after getting the degree. If you join the Army you are almost certainly going to Iraq with-in two years of joining. If you select the Air Force you are still likely to deploy to Irag. I should know. I just got done with my 6 year investment last July.
I went once and would have been there three times except my first opportunity was stripped from me by some uppity volunteer who wanted to go. My third opportunity, the Air Force would have to pay three or four times to send me. Once to send me out, again to back fill my slot in the special duty assignment as required and then again to bring me back and then again to send that person away or if they left him there they would pay more in the long run to keep him there.
When I actually went it was great. Being Air Force we sat in the middle of a huge base surrounded by all the bullet catchers, err I mean Army. J/K I love the Army. As much crap as people give them for being dumb I still found some much dumber people in the Air Force and in Communications no less!!
I am not a Mac Fan Boy. I see quite clearly Apple's mistakes, yet I love Apple. I admit to the fact they are flawed, just like Microsoft and every distribution of *nix out there. If Operating Systems were designed to be perfect we would not have so many of them. Now, as for the article. It is crap. There is, and you could find this out very quickly if you used.Mac as I have for two years, a logout button. Whenever I accessed my E-mail or Homepage or anything else tied into.Mac I was able to logout of.Mac and have never had any issues with having my privacy breached.
When I was using.Mac I always intended to start using the other features more frequently, but I almost never used it for more than e-mail. So I cancelled my account as it is stupid to $100 a year for an e-mail account. Granted it had MUCH better spam control than yahoo, but at least yahoo is free.
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Given the device's other capabilities I would think a long range WiFi "sonar" could be used to pick up the location. Unless modified the touch will automatically respond, not necessarily connect, to an available access point.
Experience is always the best teacher. You just do not always survive the lesson.
And if you are that easily wounded, even as a child, then you need to be made fun of. I was always the bigger kid in school and the stupid little s***s with "small dog syndrome" would always pick on me because they all knew I had an abusive a**hole for a father at home and figured they could get away with it. I quickly taught them otherwise. It is amazing how quickly people stfu about your big ears when you foot sweep them at the same time you chop-block their chest. While I certainly did not intend to crack the skull of that kid I sure felt better about my ability to ensure that no one else followed his example and I enjoyed the rest of my days inside and outside of school untaunted. Now, for online bullies I would recommend getting good at hacking and taking your revenge on their instrument of harassment.
Wow, a compliment on /.? Thank you.
"And now we return you to your scheduled program..."
Computer Science is the study of integrated hardware "systems" and software "designs" interaction to produce a desired outcome. In addition it is the study of how to plan, design, create, and deploy those "systems" and "designs" which will produce more desired outcomes with a general improvement in delivery, efficiency, and stability. That is my philosophy on CS. That falls on everyone from people Steve Jobs/Ballmer, Mark Shuttleworth, etc. on down to the lowly Help Desk Operator. The teaching of this philosophy begins at know how to operate a Computer, not just using Applications and moves from there.
is people seem to forget that Apple has had to sign an ungodly number of contracts restricting their actions regarding how they distribute the music because the companies that own the rights know how popular Apple tends to make things, these fledling little "competitors" as many would call them offer DRM-free music because no one cares what they do and they can get away with it. If Apple tried that they would need wings to stay above the legal fall-out.
Except that some states (and the Fed) do in fact tax your retirement as an income if it is not from an excempted source (read TSP, IRA...etc.). My father(asshole) pays taxes on his Military Retirment and GCS Retirment. The same Gov't he served for 50 years says he earned this money and then turns around and says, "Oh, but we want some back. Thanks!"
Yes and I find it most odd that a species notorious for leaping over or breaking through nearly any obstacle in the way has yet to design an interface that kills two objects that should have died more than ten years ago. I am not putting on my tinfoil hat, I'm just saying it's odd.
I would offer one minor correction to your statement-Are too afraid to think.
That's ok. While difficult to sneak up on someone(at least most people with brains) knives are both more quiet and harder to trace. Plus, I would rather have my head blown-off than have my throat cut or be stabbed in the kidneys. Lesser forms of weaponry do not preclude the advent of crime(to include non-violent), they just require greater skill and more stealth.
Actually, the whole world's economy is based on who owes who how much. Debt is what drives the entire world's economy. It sucks, but thems the facts jack. Now that our economy has "slowed" we might find it helpful to not continue breaking the Capitalist System.
I wonder if this is why a number of defense attorneys have questioned the lack of age testing DNA samples saying that it could have been from a date too far in advance of the crime to be used for conviction. After all, from what I understand DNA evidence lasts kind of awhile even in rather harsh environments. I can not remember for sure if they do or do not have reliable dating for samples yet.
Not always the way it feels when you find out. I found out at ten...of course I also had the added issue my parents were so stoned at the time I should not have been conceived let alone birthed, and that they were half-siblings(same Mom, different Fathers).
That statement requires an assumption that any human being, especially our leaders, are at all rational.
"there are more and more well-educated people competing for jobs" Too bad going to college and graduating does not guarantee you will be well-educated. I do not automatically respect someone more for going to college. Nor do I jump to the conclusion that they went to college if I am talking with them and they seem genuinely smart, not just intelligent. I know it's not what they dicitionary would say but I view smart as the ability to think and make use of information and intelligent as simply being good at remembering data. Most of the people I have met, and having first been a dependant and then in the military myself that is a lot of people, that went to college tend to be more intelligent than smart. They have alot more rattling around upstairs, but usually know alot less about what to do with it. Most of the people I have met that only went to high school tend to be better at using what they have and picking up more as they go and understanding how to use it. I have honestly seen more people simply handed things because they have been to college where as those who don't usually have to work harder to prove themselves. For an example when joining the Air Force I was informed that if I had gone to college for two years I could have signed up for four years and had two stripes on my arm straight out of basic. Instead I had to sign up for six years and had my two stripes after technical school. The folks who went to college before joining actually tended to do only as well or a little worse than the other folks in my class. I may have only been a 88% student, but I also did only as much studying as I felt a need to and I still came out better than the guys in my class who went to college first.
I always wonder why people cry out, "The world needs changing!" and then when someone asks, "Can you help me find some answers to do that?" everyone starts squawking and spreading their jaded nonsense asking why they should help.
Information Security?!?!?!?! Yuck! You poor bastard.
I second your thought on Job Interview Skills. It is not as easy as it may seem. Alot of the difficulty, even when dealing with bigger companies, is with the interviewer. The best thing you can do is research the company you are applying for a job with. Know what they do. At least understand their vision and mission statements to a point you can demonstrate you read them. This gives you a better chance of having what Speech Classes refer to as "knowing your audience". It also lends credit to the idea you are actually interested in working for them. Employers are not just looking for the best, good interviewers have been trained to llok for the "best fit". In other words they are going to ask targeted questions that answer their biggest question, "Are you the right person for our company?". I actually only had a few interviews before finding my job on the way out of the Air Force, but i applied what I was taught the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). Also, part of knowing your audience would be to ask the person scheduling your interview what they would recommend to wear. Sometimes you can in fact over-dress. One reason I got my job is because I walked in wearing a suit that fit me properly. I did everything I could, i even carried a little leather portfolio with a copy of my resume in it, because they often like to see what you produced. It does not always turn out the same when submitted by using the company web-site. There is alot more I could talk about on here, but it would take a while to cover everything and alot of it really is common sense when you just stop, breath, and think about it a piece at a time.
College Education does not equal Officer. There is a surprising number of individuals with degrees who went Enlisted after getting the degree. If you join the Army you are almost certainly going to Iraq with-in two years of joining. If you select the Air Force you are still likely to deploy to Irag. I should know. I just got done with my 6 year investment last July. I went once and would have been there three times except my first opportunity was stripped from me by some uppity volunteer who wanted to go. My third opportunity, the Air Force would have to pay three or four times to send me. Once to send me out, again to back fill my slot in the special duty assignment as required and then again to bring me back and then again to send that person away or if they left him there they would pay more in the long run to keep him there. When I actually went it was great. Being Air Force we sat in the middle of a huge base surrounded by all the bullet catchers, err I mean Army. J/K I love the Army. As much crap as people give them for being dumb I still found some much dumber people in the Air Force and in Communications no less!!
I am not a Mac Fan Boy. I see quite clearly Apple's mistakes, yet I love Apple. I admit to the fact they are flawed, just like Microsoft and every distribution of *nix out there. If Operating Systems were designed to be perfect we would not have so many of them. Now, as for the article. It is crap. There is, and you could find this out very quickly if you used .Mac as I have for two years, a logout button. Whenever I accessed my E-mail or Homepage or anything else tied into .Mac I was able to logout of .Mac and have never had any issues with having my privacy breached.
When I was using .Mac I always intended to start using the other features more frequently, but I almost never used it for more than e-mail. So I cancelled my account as it is stupid to $100 a year for an e-mail account. Granted it had MUCH better spam control than yahoo, but at least yahoo is free.