Haven't you heard, spying on people IS for the greater good. If you do "secret stuff" how are we supposed to protect you from yourself? All your data are belong to us. Trust us. We only have your best interest at heart.
I find it ironic that people would work for free for an organization that promotes socialism and then be surprised that they weren't paid. Of course I've read the content provided by the free bloggers a couple times and found it wasn't worth what they were paid so I guess I shouldn't be surprised they weren't smart enough to read or understand the fine print.
Wasn't the point of the post that while the government could "require" decryption of data on request, you need to know who "who" is before you can make the request. Sure it might be discovered eventually, but the value of the chase would have to justify the cost of engaging in the chase in the first place (yes, governments would not necessarily use logic in deciding that a chase must be undertaken).
Still, I think the point is that if enough people circumvented the controls the controls would become pointless. I think the analogy is trying to track down and shut down file sharing sites. They spring up as fast as they can be taken down.
I suspect the reason they sign them is 1) excited about the opportunity to sign a recording deal regardless of the risks and being told, "don't worry, we'll take care of you, 2) not having the money to hire a competent contract attorney in the first place.
Given the rise of alternative means of connecting with an audience you can see why we so often hear about artists forgoing relationships with major labels.
In the "old days" labels used to develop talent. Not so much anymore. Before you can even get the notice of a major label you have to be able to show that you can attract people to your shows, move your own merch, and sell your own CDs/audio tracks. Given this shift in the music industry I am moderately surprised that artists still sign deals with major record labels.
Interestingly enough, in Canadia grow-ops did exactly this when utilities were required to being reporting electricity usage. The typical solution was to go mobile with a pick-up truck and a diesel engine being the mobile generator.
Put a fan above the cluster that turns from the inducted heat. Spinning magnets over coiled wire, voila, electricity. Attach grow light and you're rocking.
That is correct. The utility is looking for people to participate in time of use pricing to encourage a move to off-peak charging. They don't care about an individual consumer, they care about the aggregate demand that can be planned on. They want base load generation to be used and to avoid paying for peak load generation which is more costly. They don't care about John at 123 Elm Street, even if he is growing pot, as long as he pays his bill.
It actually takes about 15 years for a coal plant to come online from the time a certificate of need is filed (a journey of a thousand miles begins once the paperwork is completed) to when it is actually fired up. It takes about 5 years just to do the paperwork, filings, testimony before a state public utility commission, etc., etc.
Even if you don't have a job you can code an Android app in your spare time. Sure I went to college and learned a couple of programming languages, but I also taught myself every language I have learned since then. If I wanted to learn a new language I would create a project to do in my spare time.
When I interview new hires fresh out of school this is what I look for (innate curiosity), because even young kids that have had an internship may not have had an opportunity to program in a real world setting while in that internship. So I ask, "how have you improved yourself", "what kind of coding have you done outside of the school environment?". If the answer is "I haven't done any", well, that kind of response puts in the bottom of the pile. People that are innately curious, like to build things, or who love to program, will tell me about the app they built for themselves, for their church, or the web site they built for themselves. Those are the kind of new hires that I look for.
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I see what you did there.
I'm afraid I can't tell you Dave.
No, but I was a poor kid that was bad at math, so...
The same thing that keeps quarterback rating alive. Simple people like simple numbers. There are more of them (simple people) ergo...
No, YOU'RE stupid.
Haven't you heard, spying on people IS for the greater good. If you do "secret stuff" how are we supposed to protect you from yourself? All your data are belong to us. Trust us. We only have your best interest at heart.
If you're afraid of where, how, or why the Xenon disappeared.
I mean, that's how my Linux desktops felt when I told them that apparently they had been killed.
Of all my references, circular are my favorite.
I find it ironic that people would work for free for an organization that promotes socialism and then be surprised that they weren't paid. Of course I've read the content provided by the free bloggers a couple times and found it wasn't worth what they were paid so I guess I shouldn't be surprised they weren't smart enough to read or understand the fine print.
He was a successful "shovel ready" project.
Wasn't the point of the post that while the government could "require" decryption of data on request, you need to know who "who" is before you can make the request. Sure it might be discovered eventually, but the value of the chase would have to justify the cost of engaging in the chase in the first place (yes, governments would not necessarily use logic in deciding that a chase must be undertaken). Still, I think the point is that if enough people circumvented the controls the controls would become pointless. I think the analogy is trying to track down and shut down file sharing sites. They spring up as fast as they can be taken down.
The borg seem to have figured it out. STTNG thought the Borg were in sleep mode. They were really watching porn that piped directly into their brain.
Getting older is mandatory. Growing up is optional. I have decided to never act my age.
To getting "them internets" wired directly into the frontal lobe...
Who foretold the prophecy?
Saltzman. He's in accounting.
(South Path, World of Warcraft)
seems to fit.
If the diver hadn't interuppted the fish we might have been able to see what it was creating,
I suspect the reason they sign them is 1) excited about the opportunity to sign a recording deal regardless of the risks and being told, "don't worry, we'll take care of you, 2) not having the money to hire a competent contract attorney in the first place.
Given the rise of alternative means of connecting with an audience you can see why we so often hear about artists forgoing relationships with major labels.
In the "old days" labels used to develop talent. Not so much anymore. Before you can even get the notice of a major label you have to be able to show that you can attract people to your shows, move your own merch, and sell your own CDs/audio tracks. Given this shift in the music industry I am moderately surprised that artists still sign deals with major record labels.
Those hackers will probably find out I'm gone from 8-5 everyday. Damn them!
Interestingly enough, in Canadia grow-ops did exactly this when utilities were required to being reporting electricity usage. The typical solution was to go mobile with a pick-up truck and a diesel engine being the mobile generator.
Put a fan above the cluster that turns from the inducted heat. Spinning magnets over coiled wire, voila, electricity. Attach grow light and you're rocking.
That is correct. The utility is looking for people to participate in time of use pricing to encourage a move to off-peak charging. They don't care about an individual consumer, they care about the aggregate demand that can be planned on. They want base load generation to be used and to avoid paying for peak load generation which is more costly. They don't care about John at 123 Elm Street, even if he is growing pot, as long as he pays his bill.
It actually takes about 15 years for a coal plant to come online from the time a certificate of need is filed (a journey of a thousand miles begins once the paperwork is completed) to when it is actually fired up. It takes about 5 years just to do the paperwork, filings, testimony before a state public utility commission, etc., etc.
Squirrel!
Even if you don't have a job you can code an Android app in your spare time. Sure I went to college and learned a couple of programming languages, but I also taught myself every language I have learned since then. If I wanted to learn a new language I would create a project to do in my spare time. When I interview new hires fresh out of school this is what I look for (innate curiosity), because even young kids that have had an internship may not have had an opportunity to program in a real world setting while in that internship. So I ask, "how have you improved yourself", "what kind of coding have you done outside of the school environment?". If the answer is "I haven't done any", well, that kind of response puts in the bottom of the pile. People that are innately curious, like to build things, or who love to program, will tell me about the app they built for themselves, for their church, or the web site they built for themselves. Those are the kind of new hires that I look for.