Certain types of agricultural products are to be destroyed instead of stored as evidence. Invasive species and some other stuff are on that menu. In this case, they probably didn't see any criminal intent and/or it "had" to be destroyed, not kept.
The dude does have a very legitimate beef though, considering he's taken these around to probably dozens of countries and crossed several hundred borders with them. He apparently had some "raw" material with him to make new flutes, but that wood typically needs to be completely dry and aged. Either way the carved flutes were likely sealed and shouldn't have been destroyed without a very, very good reason, which I doubt the CBP had.
What you listed: Fahrenheit 451, To Kill A Mockingbird, In The Heat of the Night, Huckleberry Finn, Cryptonomicon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Wrinkle In Time, When Rabbit Howls
All good stuff here. I'd add on the Bible, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (or On the Road), Animal Farm, Brave New World, 1984.
I'd also add some books *not* to read: Catcher in the Rye, Girl of the Limberlost
If someone recommend CitR to you, you can question their taste from then until they die. If someone tells you it changed their life, I'd just stop talking to them.
Came here to say this. Haven't had a peep of any issues, and it's made my laptops perform better (battery, wifi) in a few ways. Definitely nothing negative about it from my POV.
I don't even think I've used the desktop or phone app. That said, I don't know why you'd want to use Evernote as a calendar/organizer. It's great for taking notes but worthless as a calendar as far as I can tell. Is there some type of integration app I'm unaware of?
Netbooks got turfed about 3 years ago. You can get the new version of those 11" Airs, Surface Pros, Android type tablets with a full keyboard. They are more expensive than the netbooks were in general, but they are there. Same with the resolution. You can get better than 1366x768, but you have to pony up for it. Netbooks generally had bad resolution anyway, so you're not losing much there.
Get a chromebook and slap a big SD card in it. USB 3, HDMI, 12/32 GB SSD, real keyboard are all included. Those are typically sub $300, though the resolution on the cheapest ones is going to be a pain point for you with the same resolution you dislike.
I'm not aware of a pdf editing document, at least not in the vein of Acrobat. There are apps that let you split PDFs, highlight text, annotate stuff, et al.
Easiest way to print via Android is Google Cloud print. 2nd easiest is wireless printing (download app from manufacturer).
You can run quicken on Android. There is a native app for that. For normal taxes, the easiest option is likely something Turbotax online.
I doubt many people could get away with using an Android tablet/pc for business work, but it should work in a pinch for almost any home user.
Windows 8 lets you do all of those OOB except the miniature programs.
I want to arrange icons in a meaningful way on a desktop, both programs and functions. - same as Win 7. You can lay them out how you want.
I want to extend the right click context menu - same as Win 7-zip managed to add itself to my context menu. I rarely add anything to it but it's clearly possible
I want to be able to have a variety of windows of various sizes open, not just full, 1/4, 3/4. - same as Win 7. You can manually resize windows. Using the snap feature obviously is going to change that, and the Metro app annoyingly default to full screen. I avoid that by not using them.
I'd like to be able to type the first X letters of a program, have a self-shrinking list of all executable on my computer narrow down as I type (the start menu functionality) - same as Win 7. Hit the windows key and start typing.
Maybe I was missing something but a lot of that list is unnecessary criticism. There are plenty of valid criticisms of Windows 8 and 8.1, but 95% of it can simply be bypassed by choosing "boot to desktop" or just hitting the desktop tile when you log in. It's dumb it came to that but should hardly be that much of a detriment to a Slashdotter.
Goon on Stanford for confirming this, but it should have been pretty evident how easily the metadata can be used to identify people for a while now. The fact the NSA said it couldn't be used to do so should lead one to believe the opposite right off the bat.
You're telling me the largest single discretionaru expenditure point of the government, the DoD, can't fork out minimum wage for Info Sec interns? Jesus the least I got when interning in college was $12 an hour. The other positions paid me $19 or $20 WHILE I got course credit. I know guys that interned with some bigger companies pulling down almost twice that.
Good luck with this approach DHS. Not like there is any competition out there...
Yeah that's pretty much the only issue I have with it. I'd love to test drive it, sans proprietary apps that likely cost money and I wouldn't use, and see and it works.
And my girlfriend wonders why I encrypt and password protect my phone and laptop.
"Give us your password."
"No"
"We won't let you back in the US."
"Um you can't do that to a US citizen."
They might confiscate the electronics. Luckily I have the ability to work without the laptop I travel with, and I'm not a fan of this kind of political intimidation.
I can't be bothered to do the same to my Kindle Fire though. Unless they want my recently watched shows of netflix, a couple of ebooks (paradise lost, GOT), or my browser history of ESPN and google news, they aren't going to find much.
I didn't try Linux Mint Debian. I just tried the normal distro, but it picked up my T61's wifi card(s) right off the bat. I have an Intel 4965 and a usb wifi dongle whose brand I don't remember. Both of those worked out of the box, which is a plus since the Intel wifi kept causing kernel panics in Win 8.
You can't really be that stupid can you?
Do you actually think anyone on Slashdot would really think that the entire project cost $900?
FFS the OP is modded funny.
From what I can tell, the entire project, from development to planning to marketing, was outsourced overseas. Can't have been much more than that, given the quality.
Lest anyone thing that a backhand, racist statement, it's not. Idiotic decisions and crappy development can be done anywhere. They just cost more (see Obamacare).
International airline have been doing this for years. They don't have complaints.
I'll take real world experiences, which have been studied out, over someone whiner's random post on./. Normally I'd be all anti-establishment, but the potential backlash is really too much for them to ignore if it's an actual problem.
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Certain types of agricultural products are to be destroyed instead of stored as evidence. Invasive species and some other stuff are on that menu. In this case, they probably didn't see any criminal intent and/or it "had" to be destroyed, not kept.
The dude does have a very legitimate beef though, considering he's taken these around to probably dozens of countries and crossed several hundred borders with them. He apparently had some "raw" material with him to make new flutes, but that wood typically needs to be completely dry and aged. Either way the carved flutes were likely sealed and shouldn't have been destroyed without a very, very good reason, which I doubt the CBP had.
I haven't had to use the iCloud for anything. I don't have an iPhone. That would piss me off if I did though.
All good stuff here. I'd add on the Bible, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (or On the Road), Animal Farm, Brave New World, 1984.
I'd also add some books *not* to read: Catcher in the Rye, Girl of the Limberlost
If someone recommend CitR to you, you can question their taste from then until they die. If someone tells you it changed their life, I'd just stop talking to them.
Came here to say this. Haven't had a peep of any issues, and it's made my laptops perform better (battery, wifi) in a few ways. Definitely nothing negative about it from my POV.
I don't even think I've used the desktop or phone app. That said, I don't know why you'd want to use Evernote as a calendar/organizer. It's great for taking notes but worthless as a calendar as far as I can tell. Is there some type of integration app I'm unaware of?
Netbooks got turfed about 3 years ago. You can get the new version of those 11" Airs, Surface Pros, Android type tablets with a full keyboard. They are more expensive than the netbooks were in general, but they are there. Same with the resolution. You can get better than 1366x768, but you have to pony up for it. Netbooks generally had bad resolution anyway, so you're not losing much there. Get a chromebook and slap a big SD card in it. USB 3, HDMI, 12/32 GB SSD, real keyboard are all included. Those are typically sub $300, though the resolution on the cheapest ones is going to be a pain point for you with the same resolution you dislike.
Easiest way to print via Android is Google Cloud print. 2nd easiest is wireless printing (download app from manufacturer).
You can run quicken on Android. There is a native app for that. For normal taxes, the easiest option is likely something Turbotax online.
I doubt many people could get away with using an Android tablet/pc for business work, but it should work in a pinch for almost any home user.
I want to extend the right click context menu - same as Win 7-zip managed to add itself to my context menu. I rarely add anything to it but it's clearly possible
I want to be able to have a variety of windows of various sizes open, not just full, 1/4, 3/4. - same as Win 7. You can manually resize windows. Using the snap feature obviously is going to change that, and the Metro app annoyingly default to full screen. I avoid that by not using them.
I'd like to be able to type the first X letters of a program, have a self-shrinking list of all executable on my computer narrow down as I type (the start menu functionality) - same as Win 7. Hit the windows key and start typing.
Maybe I was missing something but a lot of that list is unnecessary criticism. There are plenty of valid criticisms of Windows 8 and 8.1, but 95% of it can simply be bypassed by choosing "boot to desktop" or just hitting the desktop tile when you log in. It's dumb it came to that but should hardly be that much of a detriment to a Slashdotter.
Goon on Stanford for confirming this, but it should have been pretty evident how easily the metadata can be used to identify people for a while now. The fact the NSA said it couldn't be used to do so should lead one to believe the opposite right off the bat.
You're telling me the largest single discretionaru expenditure point of the government, the DoD, can't fork out minimum wage for Info Sec interns? Jesus the least I got when interning in college was $12 an hour. The other positions paid me $19 or $20 WHILE I got course credit. I know guys that interned with some bigger companies pulling down almost twice that.
Good luck with this approach DHS. Not like there is any competition out there...
Probably a third world, war-torn country if I had to guess
Slashdot is an American website. Might as well get used to it.
Yeah that's pretty much the only issue I have with it. I'd love to test drive it, sans proprietary apps that likely cost money and I wouldn't use, and see and it works.
Luckily it's not a crime in the United States.
And my girlfriend wonders why I encrypt and password protect my phone and laptop. "Give us your password." "No" "We won't let you back in the US." "Um you can't do that to a US citizen." They might confiscate the electronics. Luckily I have the ability to work without the laptop I travel with, and I'm not a fan of this kind of political intimidation. I can't be bothered to do the same to my Kindle Fire though. Unless they want my recently watched shows of netflix, a couple of ebooks (paradise lost, GOT), or my browser history of ESPN and google news, they aren't going to find much.
Hmmm give me some booze and a bucket. I bet I can beat that
I didn't try Linux Mint Debian. I just tried the normal distro, but it picked up my T61's wifi card(s) right off the bat. I have an Intel 4965 and a usb wifi dongle whose brand I don't remember. Both of those worked out of the box, which is a plus since the Intel wifi kept causing kernel panics in Win 8.
Also there's a difference between being unfunny and stupid enough to think that I didn't read the article
An appeal to popularity isn't helping your argument much. I guess I should have just said "WHOOSH" like the guy below me.
You can't really be that stupid can you?
Do you actually think anyone on Slashdot would really think that the entire project cost $900?
FFS the OP is modded funny.
From what I can tell, the entire project, from development to planning to marketing, was outsourced overseas. Can't have been much more than that, given the quality. Lest anyone thing that a backhand, racist statement, it's not. Idiotic decisions and crappy development can be done anywhere. They just cost more (see Obamacare).
It might be a cash grab, it doesn't mean you're not a moron for thinking the sky is going to fall
International airline have been doing this for years. They don't have complaints. I'll take real world experiences, which have been studied out, over someone whiner's random post on ./. Normally I'd be all anti-establishment, but the potential backlash is really too much for them to ignore if it's an actual problem.
I'd say it's the people with HIV infecting the people who did not have HIV. I don't think you can get it twice