I think what this means is that DHS doesn't have confidence in the security checks outside the US, not that the measures in the US don't work. That's why this doesn't apply to flights from the US TO Europe.
Even if you're using https, your ISP can tell a lot by seeing the websites/hostnames you are visiting and times/etc. I think you're completely missing the point...
I've been leading some CoderDojo sessions on Raspberry Pi programming at the local library, and the Pi is a great teaching tool.
However, I feel like the software that comes with the Raspbian distribution is falling behind. Two key examples:
* Scratch - The 1.x version of Scratch that comes pre-installed is pretty ancient. While this is partly due to some bad technology choices the Scratch team has made, it'd be great if out of the box we'd have an option for Scratch 2.0 support (or some competing equivalent)
* Minecraft Pi - the mcpi library is a great teaching tool, but the problem is the outdated Minecraft that comes with the default install. It's stuck in an alpha version, with a lot of limitations. Not saying that we need the full "game", but it'd be nice if it didn't have arbitrary limitations like only 5 players in one server (I wish I could have the whole class in the same world) or lots of issues with mouse input/etc.
* python - IDLE3 is not a great python IDE. The auto complete seems very inconsistent, to almost non-functional. Also, why do we default to python2 instead of python3 in the terminal?
I know these projects are not owned by the Raspberry Pi team, but Scratch and Minecraft Pi are part of the appeal of learning to program on the Pi (which has almost nothing to do with the hardware). I was disheartened when a member of my Dojo stopped by asking if he could just do all his programming in python with Minecraft on his PC, I had a feeling there was frustration with its limitations, when I think this little piece of hardware should be the 1st choice a student should look for learning how to code.
the camera screens have smaller resolutions than the photo so you will need an algorithm to downgrade the image, that part is patentable. icloud does something similar where the photo stream images are lesser resolutions than the original. so i guess apple could have ripped them off if they used the same algorithm
You can't patent the general concept of resizing and image, you could potentially patent a particular algorithm to do this, that is non trivial and not well known (like compression algorithms can be patented).
I'm sure the money is tempting but I really dislike this. I'm trying to imagine a future where publishers stop printing books, and we end up with an all eBook world that requires you to have a particular platform or device to read said books!
Do we really want to follow an "exclusive for this platform" model like consoles for books?!?!?
a) A lot of facebook users are not aware of the feature b) Few users actually interact with them
The Friend Lists feature is badly designed from a usability standpoint. It is also pretty well hidden by facebook, and I don't mean that lists are hard to create (they're a pain compared to circle) but just the gymnastics users have to go through to use them with the padlock icon make this feature unusable to most.
It's also inconsistent on Facebook mobile. On their mobile webapp, it's not available, but on the iOS native app it is (and it's actually easier to use than the desktop app), although it's not obvious.
Hopefully you read how I qualified my comment, I don't mean it as an excuse at all. I'm just expressing how I feel about this in the context of this past few weeks. I'm not even saying that's a fair criticism of what he's saying, just expressing my opinion with regards to this with my current state of mind. Ask me any other week and I'll probably be more receptive to it.
But to be quite honest with you, with what is going in Iran at this moment, your request seems frivolous.
I know I'm being a bit unfair, and that the mere existence of Iran doesn't excuse any violations into your privacy that you feel exist, but considering what is going on in the world this post seems ill-timed at best.
I think the word "freer" in this case is misleading, it almost sounds more like you crave for a society were privacy is respected and more protected, which I see as a different thing.
I also work from home and live in Tampa. Don't really understand why they put Orlando on the list, it seems the writer doesn't like warm/sunny weather.
Every time I met with co-workers outside the state, or go to a conference, people ask me what the heck I'm doing outside of FL and express a wish to work here too. The weather is great, and yes we have hurricanes but at least you get a fair warning.
In Cuba, there is basically no real freedom of expression or any respectable level of political organization that doesn't toe the government line.
The "visit Cuba" thing is kind of sad, foreigners love to vacation in Cuba and often forget (or don't even care) that these places are can not be enjoyed by the locals.
You have to specify the file so it nows you want to "scan" a file.
There's a string constructor that works on a string, so it makes perfect sense that you have to specify the file with a File object (instead of overloading and making you guess that the string maps to a file or URL).
When even the about box/dialog doesn't work ...
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The blender menubar is bizarre. You also can't navigate it with the keyboard (the top menu choices), using the keyboard for the actual menus seems kind of random, basic stuff. And nothing in the menu really screams for the need of a specialized one.
The about dialog is a disaster in the latest version, it appears for about a second. Not giving you enough time to note the build/version!
Even worse, if you move your mouse 1 pixel, the window disappears!
Resizing the window makes it go black, sometimes even moving it does this (if a portion was obscured).
The resize behaviour of the buttons at the bottom is hard to figure out. Sometimes they "shrink" (to the point of almost being unusable). Then even if they shrink, the panel gets cut off when you resize the window. C'mon guys, make up your mind, either you rearrange or you resize, but both?
The whole thing is really a usability nightmare. But I don't think it is because it's an open source product, again for some reason these 3D interfaces are designed by sadists.
3D tools and weird custom interfaces
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Why do so many 3D tools use custom controls and weird windowing that often doesn't match at all the look and feel of the operating system they run on? So many 3D tools can't even feature normal buttons, for some reason they feel the need to have their own widget components, which makes the usability of already complex tools... well... more complex.
I always thought this had to with the history of some of these tools in X-windows and the lack of standard widget toolkits, and maybe also because this makes porting the tools to other platforms? I'm curious why this is so prevalent in so many of these tools...
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I think what this means is that DHS doesn't have confidence in the security checks outside the US, not that the measures in the US don't work. That's why this doesn't apply to flights from the US TO Europe.
Even if you're using https, your ISP can tell a lot by seeing the websites/hostnames you are visiting and times/etc. I think you're completely missing the point ...
Innovative!!! It sounds like Java ... (or basically any other bytocode compiled language ...)
I've been on slashdot a looooong time. Never supported wikileaks, and Assange seemed like an asshole from day 1.
"The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy." - 2012
You don't even have to guess who tweeted that right?
I've been leading some CoderDojo sessions on Raspberry Pi programming at the local library, and the Pi is a great teaching tool.
However, I feel like the software that comes with the Raspbian distribution is falling behind. Two key examples:
* Scratch - The 1.x version of Scratch that comes pre-installed is pretty ancient. While this is partly due to some bad technology choices the Scratch team has made, it'd be great if out of the box we'd have an option for Scratch 2.0 support (or some competing equivalent)
* Minecraft Pi - the mcpi library is a great teaching tool, but the problem is the outdated Minecraft that comes with the default install. It's stuck in an alpha version, with a lot of limitations. Not saying that we need the full "game", but it'd be nice if it didn't have arbitrary limitations like only 5 players in one server (I wish I could have the whole class in the same world) or lots of issues with mouse input/etc.
* python - IDLE3 is not a great python IDE. The auto complete seems very inconsistent, to almost non-functional. Also, why do we default to python2 instead of python3 in the terminal?
I know these projects are not owned by the Raspberry Pi team, but Scratch and Minecraft Pi are part of the appeal of learning to program on the Pi (which has almost nothing to do with the hardware). I was disheartened when a member of my Dojo stopped by asking if he could just do all his programming in python with Minecraft on his PC, I had a feeling there was frustration with its limitations, when I think this little piece of hardware should be the 1st choice a student should look for learning how to code.
the camera screens have smaller resolutions than the photo so you will need an algorithm to downgrade the image, that part is patentable. icloud does something similar where the photo stream images are lesser resolutions than the original. so i guess apple could have ripped them off if they used the same algorithm
You can't patent the general concept of resizing and image, you could potentially patent a particular algorithm to do this, that is non trivial and not well known (like compression algorithms can be patented).
I'm sure the money is tempting but I really dislike this. I'm trying to imagine a future where publishers stop printing books, and we end up with an all eBook world that requires you to have a particular platform or device to read said books!
Do we really want to follow an "exclusive for this platform" model like consoles for books?!?!?
That's why;
a) A lot of facebook users are not aware of the feature
b) Few users actually interact with them
The Friend Lists feature is badly designed from a usability standpoint. It is also pretty well hidden by facebook, and I don't mean that lists are hard to create (they're a pain compared to circle) but just the gymnastics users have to go through to use them with the padlock icon make this feature unusable to most.
It's also inconsistent on Facebook mobile. On their mobile webapp, it's not available, but on the iOS native app it is (and it's actually easier to use than the desktop app), although it's not obvious.
I've seen people dismiss circles like this before so I put it in screenshots to make the point;
http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/01/facebook-friend-lists-suck-when-compared-to-googleplus-circles/
That would have killed a lot of civilians, undermining the decision to use special forces in the first place.
These messages can be scary in different context. Specially in airplanes.
http://sellmic.com/blog/2009/08/13/terror-messages-cute-error-messages-that-scare-you-based-on-context/
I guess they're trying to outdo delta's website.
Just wondering ...
... just expressing how I see that in the context of my current state of mind. Read my comments and response above.
Hopefully you read how I qualified my comment, I don't mean it as an excuse at all. I'm just expressing how I feel about this in the context of this past few weeks. I'm not even saying that's a fair criticism of what he's saying, just expressing my opinion with regards to this with my current state of mind. Ask me any other week and I'll probably be more receptive to it.
Just being honest.
But to be quite honest with you, with what is going in Iran at this moment, your request seems frivolous.
I know I'm being a bit unfair, and that the mere existence of Iran doesn't excuse any violations into your privacy that you feel exist, but considering what is going on in the world this post seems ill-timed at best.
I think the word "freer" in this case is misleading, it almost sounds more like you crave for a society were privacy is respected and more protected, which I see as a different thing.
I also work from home and live in Tampa. Don't really understand why they put Orlando on the list, it seems the writer doesn't like warm/sunny weather.
Every time I met with co-workers outside the state, or go to a conference, people ask me what the heck I'm doing outside of FL and express a wish to work here too. The weather is great, and yes we have hurricanes but at least you get a fair warning.
>> 4) No attempt to disguise her identity in the user name
Are you new to the internet? You've never seen firstname.lastname@randommail.com used before?
It really can't be defended, specially today, but that's another story ...
In Cuba, there is basically no real freedom of expression or any respectable level of political organization that doesn't toe the government line.
The "visit Cuba" thing is kind of sad, foreigners love to vacation in Cuba and often forget (or don't even care) that these places are can not be enjoyed by the locals.
http://www.desdecuba.com/generationy/
You have to specify the file so it nows you want to "scan" a file.
There's a string constructor that works on a string, so it makes perfect sense that you have to specify the file with a File object (instead of overloading and making you guess that the string maps to a file or URL).
The blender menubar is bizarre. You also can't navigate it with the keyboard (the top menu choices), using the keyboard for the actual menus seems kind of random, basic stuff. And nothing in the menu really screams for the need of a specialized one.
The about dialog is a disaster in the latest version, it appears for about a second. Not giving you enough time to note the build/version!
Even worse, if you move your mouse 1 pixel, the window disappears!
Resizing the window makes it go black, sometimes even moving it does this (if a portion was obscured).
The resize behaviour of the buttons at the bottom is hard to figure out. Sometimes they "shrink" (to the point of almost being unusable). Then even if they shrink, the panel gets cut off when you resize the window. C'mon guys, make up your mind, either you rearrange or you resize, but both?
The whole thing is really a usability nightmare. But I don't think it is because it's an open source product, again for some reason these 3D interfaces are designed by sadists.
Why do so many 3D tools use custom controls and weird windowing that often doesn't match at all the look and feel of the operating system they run on? So many 3D tools can't even feature normal buttons, for some reason they feel the need to have their own widget components, which makes the usability of already complex tools ... well ... more complex.
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I always thought this had to with the history of some of these tools in X-windows and the lack of standard widget toolkits, and maybe also because this makes porting the tools to other platforms? I'm curious why this is so prevalent in so many of these tools
You are getting your shows confused.
... does not mean 2 million people downloading *her* songs.
The penalty was absurd, and frankly, I'm surprised there's anybody outside of the RIAA or that courtroom that would agree with it.
Microsoft has *NO* stake in NBC. You are probably thinking of MSNBC, which MS has little to no stake anymore.