If the phone was encrypted, I can see why they might need a password for it. But PCs aren't difficult to access without the password, for example, by using the built-in administrator account (which by default has no password), or by physically removing the hard drive.
Constitutional issues aside, this seems pretty inept. to me.
That's all well and good, if you're prepared to spend a night in jail to make your point! Authorities can and do detain people without cause for up to a day, in some cases longer, when people try to assert their rights.
The implication of the article is that government is better at figuring out where to go digitally than business. If you've ever been in a government office...say, a post office, tag agency, courthouse, whatever, you'll see just how up-to-date and visionary the government is when it comes to technology. This is not unique to the United States. Why would we want to hobble ourselves by having the government set the pace for our digital future?
"Cleaning" anything in Windows can be dangerous, whether that's just your registry, or the OS. Cleaning methods sometimes snag items that aren't really trash, leading to an unstable operating system.
Are you really using so much space on your hard drive that you feel the need to clean house? Just leave it alone, unless you're prepared to wipe the hard drive and start over.
Those who are paying the bills want estimates. Those who are getting the money want a blank check. It's that simple!
There are ways to create good estimates, but it does require discipline and training. Steve McConnell wrote an excellent book on the subject. Unfortunately, many software developers aren't well trained in this art. This is a serious failing in many of our computer science degree programs.
You are not allowed to sell a generic equivalent unless you can prove it is as effective as the nongeneric version. In order to prove it is as effective as the nongeneric version, you need to do trials that compare it to the nongeneric version.
The ANDA process does not require the drug sponsor to repeat costly animal and clinical research on ingredients or dosage forms already approved for safety and effectiveness.
The generic drug manufacturer needs only to prove that their version is equivalent to the original (details also spelled out at the above link.)
Still, it wasn't profitable enough to spread the service to other markets, or to make it worthwhile to have more of the planes built. If it were, it would have happened.
What you apparently don't realize is that enterprise software doesn't run on iOS. It does run on Windows. Yes, they are completely different categories, which is why Microsoft is making inroads into the enterprise that Apple can't touch.
It failed because the cost of tickets was unsustainable, and they couldn't get the price down to where enough people would buy them to make it financially viable.
This will be the fate of any future super-high-speed mode of travel, if they can't get the cost down enough so that ticket prices can compete with traditional air travel.
I have a relative who got some kind of computer repair certification, but I don't want him anywhere near my computers! I don't have any special certifications, and I'm always the one explaining to him how to fix computers. Not all certifications are created equal, but many aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
On the contrary. Any sources that are so obscure that they exist only behind a paywall...are automatically suspect. Good science requires reproducability, and good attribution requires multiple sources. If there is only one source, and it's behind a paywall, then the concept or idea probably hasn't really matured enough to be considered trustworthy.
Government regulations and deals with municipalities have resulted in carriers offering "basic" Internet for under $30 per month. These are supposed to provide "broadband" connections for people with low incomes. But the carriers aren't stupid. They cap the speed of these services at about 4 Mbps, knowing that customers won't be satisfied, and will fork over even more of their small incomes for better speeds.
As the 99% Invisible article points out, the net effect of automation is better overall safety. The knowledge that is lost because people no longer know the details of how to operate a manual elevator, or airplane, or car, is more than made up for by the relative reliability of the automation systems that replaced the manual processes. Yes, it might be true that people don't know how the finer points of making horseshoes any more, but who cares?
Yes, in the case of airline or train accidents, people can die when automation fails. But the difference is, automation failures can be fixed for future airplanes, which leads to even safer trips. Human errors, however, can't be "fixed" in this way, and will continue to happen at roughly the same rate over time.
The more we can automate, the better and safer our lives will be.
Apple has never considered "good prices" to be an important business strategy. If a couple hundred dollars are important to you, you should save your money by going with an Android phone. If being part of the Apple universe is important to you, then tighten your belt and pay up!
Even if you are taking a test on subject on which you aren't an expert, you will generally know at least a few of the answers. Those questions raise your chances of getting a passing grade. No, it's not a foolproof method, but my point was that multiple choice tests are nearly always flawed, and often do more to test a person's test-taking ability, than their actual knowledge.
Multiple choice tests aren't that hard to pass, even if you don't know the material. Typically, there are four choices. Two are usually so obviously NOT the answer, that they can be easily discounted. Then it's just a matter of guessing which of the remaining two is more likely to be correct.
If I can use this technique to pass a test on a subject I know nothing about, then a machine certainly doesn't have to have common sense to duplicate the feat.
A big difference from regular light would be blurriness. WiFi, at 2.5 GHz, has a wavelength of about 5 inches. This would lead to an extremely foggy, blurry image of everything around you.
This article hits the nail on the head. In the 60s, there was culturally an understanding that there are some things that are right and wrong, moral and immoral. Slowly, this understanding was replaced by the notion that only tolerance matters, and the only evil is intolerance. This idea is embodied in the Prime Directive. It is fitting, reflecting our culture, that the Young Kirk movies lack any kind of notion of right and wrong OR tolerance, emphasizing only drama and special effects.
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If the phone was encrypted, I can see why they might need a password for it. But PCs aren't difficult to access without the password, for example, by using the built-in administrator account (which by default has no password), or by physically removing the hard drive.
Constitutional issues aside, this seems pretty inept. to me.
That's all well and good, if you're prepared to spend a night in jail to make your point! Authorities can and do detain people without cause for up to a day, in some cases longer, when people try to assert their rights.
Yet another image format to support.
The implication of the article is that government is better at figuring out where to go digitally than business. If you've ever been in a government office...say, a post office, tag agency, courthouse, whatever, you'll see just how up-to-date and visionary the government is when it comes to technology. This is not unique to the United States. Why would we want to hobble ourselves by having the government set the pace for our digital future?
"Cleaning" anything in Windows can be dangerous, whether that's just your registry, or the OS. Cleaning methods sometimes snag items that aren't really trash, leading to an unstable operating system.
Are you really using so much space on your hard drive that you feel the need to clean house? Just leave it alone, unless you're prepared to wipe the hard drive and start over.
This is where another principle comes in: "Possession is 9/10 of the law."
If somebody does get to the moon and starts mining it, who--practically speaking--will stop them? It will be the wild west all over again.
If only all programmers were as conscientious as you!
Those who are paying the bills want estimates. Those who are getting the money want a blank check. It's that simple!
There are ways to create good estimates, but it does require discipline and training. Steve McConnell wrote an excellent book on the subject. Unfortunately, many software developers aren't well trained in this art. This is a serious failing in many of our computer science degree programs.
You are not allowed to sell a generic equivalent unless you can prove it is as effective as the nongeneric version. In order to prove it is as effective as the nongeneric version, you need to do trials that compare it to the nongeneric version.
This is not correct. From the FDA:
The ANDA process does not require the drug sponsor to repeat costly animal and clinical research on ingredients or dosage forms already approved for safety and effectiveness.
The generic drug manufacturer needs only to prove that their version is equivalent to the original (details also spelled out at the above link.)
Still, it wasn't profitable enough to spread the service to other markets, or to make it worthwhile to have more of the planes built. If it were, it would have happened.
Concorde was hardly the first jetliner to crash in a giant ball of fire.
What you apparently don't realize is that enterprise software doesn't run on iOS. It does run on Windows. Yes, they are completely different categories, which is why Microsoft is making inroads into the enterprise that Apple can't touch.
It failed because the cost of tickets was unsustainable, and they couldn't get the price down to where enough people would buy them to make it financially viable.
This will be the fate of any future super-high-speed mode of travel, if they can't get the cost down enough so that ticket prices can compete with traditional air travel.
I have a relative who got some kind of computer repair certification, but I don't want him anywhere near my computers! I don't have any special certifications, and I'm always the one explaining to him how to fix computers. Not all certifications are created equal, but many aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
On the contrary. Any sources that are so obscure that they exist only behind a paywall...are automatically suspect. Good science requires reproducability, and good attribution requires multiple sources. If there is only one source, and it's behind a paywall, then the concept or idea probably hasn't really matured enough to be considered trustworthy.
Government regulations and deals with municipalities have resulted in carriers offering "basic" Internet for under $30 per month. These are supposed to provide "broadband" connections for people with low incomes. But the carriers aren't stupid. They cap the speed of these services at about 4 Mbps, knowing that customers won't be satisfied, and will fork over even more of their small incomes for better speeds.
As the 99% Invisible article points out, the net effect of automation is better overall safety. The knowledge that is lost because people no longer know the details of how to operate a manual elevator, or airplane, or car, is more than made up for by the relative reliability of the automation systems that replaced the manual processes. Yes, it might be true that people don't know how the finer points of making horseshoes any more, but who cares?
Yes, in the case of airline or train accidents, people can die when automation fails. But the difference is, automation failures can be fixed for future airplanes, which leads to even safer trips. Human errors, however, can't be "fixed" in this way, and will continue to happen at roughly the same rate over time.
The more we can automate, the better and safer our lives will be.
Apple has never considered "good prices" to be an important business strategy. If a couple hundred dollars are important to you, you should save your money by going with an Android phone. If being part of the Apple universe is important to you, then tighten your belt and pay up!
Even if you are taking a test on subject on which you aren't an expert, you will generally know at least a few of the answers. Those questions raise your chances of getting a passing grade. No, it's not a foolproof method, but my point was that multiple choice tests are nearly always flawed, and often do more to test a person's test-taking ability, than their actual knowledge.
Test taking skills do not equal common sense.
Multiple choice tests aren't that hard to pass, even if you don't know the material. Typically, there are four choices. Two are usually so obviously NOT the answer, that they can be easily discounted. Then it's just a matter of guessing which of the remaining two is more likely to be correct.
If I can use this technique to pass a test on a subject I know nothing about, then a machine certainly doesn't have to have common sense to duplicate the feat.
A big difference from regular light would be blurriness. WiFi, at 2.5 GHz, has a wavelength of about 5 inches. This would lead to an extremely foggy, blurry image of everything around you.
This article hits the nail on the head. In the 60s, there was culturally an understanding that there are some things that are right and wrong, moral and immoral. Slowly, this understanding was replaced by the notion that only tolerance matters, and the only evil is intolerance. This idea is embodied in the Prime Directive. It is fitting, reflecting our culture, that the Young Kirk movies lack any kind of notion of right and wrong OR tolerance, emphasizing only drama and special effects.
Seems we are taking sides in Mother Nature's struggles for survival.
I'm disappointed the article didn't blame it on climate change. At least they did link to an article on climate change from the middle of the text!
Your phone can listen to you even when it is locked.
But you are missing the point. Even if we are not quite there yet, we are a very, very short distance from being listened to constantly.