The police screwed up, how much does their mistake cost? How much would it cost if people started selling the photos and data instead of turning it in (and having their stuff confiscated)?
If the police intend to not make it a habit of screwing up like that, then they should pay say 30000 pounds to compensate people for having their stuff taken (and having their personal data/items that are vetted "safe" returned).
One might think a bounty like that would encourage cameras and data to be lost by the police personnel.
Yes it would! And that is a GOOD thing - you want to identify as soon as possible personnel who would keep losing cameras like that, so that you can treat them differently from other personnel.
If your secret data starts leaking out due to a 30k bounty, it means your systems are FAR from secure enough.
e.g. #2 The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
#3 Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public
"then finds themselves in a similar situation will be sorely tempted to just erase the memory card (perhaps) and keep quiet about it (almost certainly)."
Or sell it for more to someone who can be trusted to handle things "better".
If a man had the compulsion to wash his hands often, he'd try to find out what's the "best" soap to use, what's the "best" method, he might even join/start a group of likeminded people, have long debates on methods and soaps, brag about how many times he can wash a day etc.
If a woman had the compulsion to to wash her hands often, she'd either keep it secret, or look for professional help.
I might be exaggerating a bit, but just look at the various things men do. Sports, hobbies, etc.
Sure some of it may actually turn out to have _some_ use, but really...
There is selection against women being prone to extremes. Being prone to doing extreme stuff is not very conducive for successfully carrying a baby to term.
As for women being stuck in middle management, if you want to be a CEO start your own company. Worked for many of those male CEOs out there.
If you want to be a programmer, just get a PC and install a Linux distro or something. How much does a PC for programming cost? A lot less than many handbag or shoe collections.
Nowadays the external barriers are insignificant for women in the developed world.
Thing to keep in mind is, in many fields you do not have to be "Top 200" to be reasonably successful (at least from the POV of earning a decent living). Just avoid "Star" fields like sports, film, music. And some fields are harder to outsource than others. So far many women seem to be picking fields that are harder to outsource. Programming can be outsourced to Elbonia or wherever, whereas Nursing can't;).
So far almost all the popular sites I see use GET for logout.
I just checked and gmail still uses GET for "delete email" in their "no javascript" UI- view an email and you'll see it as a linked option. The javascript UI uses buttons.
"it is my contention that a Christian cannot appreciate the true gravity of murder in the way an atheist can. "
That's very wrong if that Christian believes that there is a place/situation/state called Hell, and that is is a very very very bad place/situation/state to be in[1].
Whereas many atheists believe once you die, that's it - nonexistence. IMO that is arguably an _infinitely_ better situation to be in.
Based on popular Christian doctrine:
If you killing a nonchristian you risk sending them to Hell. If you kill a christian you send them to Heaven.
Therefore, if it is a choice between letting a christian live vs a nonchristian live, logic has it that the christian is expendable. Lots of christians can't accept it when I tell them stuff like if it were a choice between killing a robber/soldier or letting the robber/soldier kill your child, logic has it you should not kill the robber/soldier (unless perhaps in the case where you know he is a Christian?;) ).
Sure in the real world and real scenarios, it might be that christian could save more nonchristians if he/she lives. But there have been many examples of christians dying and causing very many nonchristians to become christians eventually. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Auca
A Christian is someone who follows Jesus. When Jesus came, he said christians are to love one another, turn the other cheek etc. He most certainly didn't say go around killing people. So if christians go around killing (even Christians), they're not doing a good job of following Jesus. It might even be they're not actually genuine followers.
[1] This is not what Christianity claims hell is, but I have been considering that:
Assuming humans indeed have immortal souls. Then imagine an eternal existence without God, where after rejecting the only one who can make you perfect, you continue to exist eternally but in your imperfect form. The first 1000 years might be amusing. Maybe even a million years would be fun. Even after the last stars faded to utter darkness, you would be no closer to your end.
Naturally you being imperfect can't be allowed into Heaven - where everyone has been made perfect - otherwise you would eventually make it Hell.
Eternity is a very long time to be "not good enough". Maybe some people are good enough to enjoy Eternity without help from God. I don't think I am.
Well then that sort of internet accelerator will break on slashdot, gmail etc, since the last I checked, with all of them, you can get logged out with a simple GET request.
Clicking the following will result in a GET request that logs you out from slashdot:
GET requests in practice change stuff on the server. Making everything POSTs is just annoying - you get all those "click OK to resubmit form" messages and you don't even know what form it is.
What they should do is sign urls (at least for significant stuff), so you can't just iframe a static url, you have to guess the correct url - which should change at least on a per session basis.
e.g. instead of http://slashdot.org/my/logout it should be something like http://slashdot.org/my/logout?salt=123955813&sig=01af85b572e956347a56
Where sig=sha1(concat(user session,salt,site secret,site time in hours))
If sig doesn't match, you try to see if sig matches the time that rolled over: sig=sha1(concat(session,salt,site secret,site time in hours-1))
user session = random string+primary key.
For stuff that should not be resubmitted, you use another param to enforce that.
"Have you ever considered most kids don't have access to an environment that allows them to grow?"
We're talking about Computer Science and IT. Nowadays just access to the Internet would be good enough. For practical IT stuff having your own PC would be good.
I taught myself 6502 machine code when I was 8 from Apple's most excellent manuals (they even had hardware schematics). Modified a few games, also modified ProntoDOS.
BTW I grew up surrounded by Christians too. Didn't notice any big problems with that - more pluses than minuses.
Lots of the "traditional Christian schools" don't do the "enlightenment" education thing.
You are taught things such as right and wrong (it's not all relative), and they most certainly try to brainwash you to be good[1]
[1] Whatever that means in this "Enlightened Age". It does seem that most children instantly understand what the teacher means by "Don't be bad, be good". In contrast lots of very intelligent adults will ask "what is good" and have endless and meaningless debates over semantics etc.
Slashdot Mirror
It seems they sued the bike manufacturer though.
I haven't really checked but it might depend on which "temperament" you're using.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament
This might have E sharp not being F:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19_tone_equal_temperament
For comparison:
Poplar trees are about 10 tons per acre. Which is about 2.5kg of wood per square meter.
From: http://www.physorg.com/news75568548.html
And oil palms produce about 0.6 kg of oil per square metre.
Latency can be a problem. Speed of light and all that.
You also lose control and confidentiality.
1000GBP is _nothing_.
The police screwed up, how much does their mistake cost? How much would it cost if people started selling the photos and data instead of turning it in (and having their stuff confiscated)?
If the police intend to not make it a habit of screwing up like that, then they should pay say 30000 pounds to compensate people for having their stuff taken (and having their personal data/items that are vetted "safe" returned).
One might think a bounty like that would encourage cameras and data to be lost by the police personnel.
Yes it would! And that is a GOOD thing - you want to identify as soon as possible personnel who would keep losing cameras like that, so that you can treat them differently from other personnel.
If your secret data starts leaking out due to a 30k bounty, it means your systems are FAR from secure enough.
Shame the British police aren't doing a good job of following the Peelian Principles here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_Principles
e.g.
#2 The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
#3 Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public
Trouble is the police might confiscate your backups too.
"then finds themselves in a similar situation will be sorely tempted to just erase the memory card (perhaps) and keep quiet about it (almost certainly)."
Or sell it for more to someone who can be trusted to handle things "better".
I'm sure there's a market for such stuff.
"but I have no idea where to find enough (free) online space to store several gigabytes worth of MP3s or videos."
http://thepiratebay.org/ ;)
Oh I had the impression that it got a lot colder than that, but I got around to checking and it looks like it doesn't - only about 2 degrees C.
"because men don't need that, right?"
;).
Most won't admit to it.
If a man had the compulsion to wash his hands often, he'd try to find out what's the "best" soap to use, what's the "best" method, he might even join/start a group of likeminded people, have long debates on methods and soaps, brag about how many times he can wash a day etc.
If a woman had the compulsion to to wash her hands often, she'd either keep it secret, or look for professional help.
I might be exaggerating a bit, but just look at the various things men do. Sports, hobbies, etc.
Sure some of it may actually turn out to have _some_ use, but really...
There is selection against women being prone to extremes. Being prone to doing extreme stuff is not very conducive for successfully carrying a baby to term.
As for women being stuck in middle management, if you want to be a CEO start your own company. Worked for many of those male CEOs out there.
If you want to be a programmer, just get a PC and install a Linux distro or something. How much does a PC for programming cost? A lot less than many handbag or shoe collections.
Nowadays the external barriers are insignificant for women in the developed world.
Thing to keep in mind is, in many fields you do not have to be "Top 200" to be reasonably successful (at least from the POV of earning a decent living). Just avoid "Star" fields like sports, film, music. And some fields are harder to outsource than others. So far many women seem to be picking fields that are harder to outsource. Programming can be outsourced to Elbonia or wherever, whereas Nursing can't
Speaking of stars, who still remembers Hedy Lamarr?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr#Frequency-hopped_spread_spectrum_invention
So far almost all the popular sites I see use GET for logout.
I just checked and gmail still uses GET for "delete email" in their "no javascript" UI- view an email and you'll see it as a linked option. The javascript UI uses buttons.
"it is my contention that a Christian cannot appreciate the true gravity of murder in the way an atheist can. "
That's very wrong if that Christian believes that there is a place/situation/state called Hell, and that is is a very very very bad place/situation/state to be in[1].
Whereas many atheists believe once you die, that's it - nonexistence. IMO that is arguably an _infinitely_ better situation to be in.
Based on popular Christian doctrine:
If you killing a nonchristian you risk sending them to Hell.
If you kill a christian you send them to Heaven.
Therefore, if it is a choice between letting a christian live vs a nonchristian live, logic has it that the christian is expendable. Lots of christians can't accept it when I tell them stuff like if it were a choice between killing a robber/soldier or letting the robber/soldier kill your child, logic has it you should not kill the robber/soldier (unless perhaps in the case where you know he is a Christian? ;) ).
Sure in the real world and real scenarios, it might be that christian could save more nonchristians if he/she lives. But there have been many examples of christians dying and causing very many nonchristians to become christians eventually. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Auca
A Christian is someone who follows Jesus. When Jesus came, he said christians are to love one another, turn the other cheek etc. He most certainly didn't say go around killing people. So if christians go around killing (even Christians), they're not doing a good job of following Jesus. It might even be they're not actually genuine followers.
[1] This is not what Christianity claims hell is, but I have been considering that:
Assuming humans indeed have immortal souls. Then imagine an eternal existence without God, where after rejecting the only one who can make you perfect, you continue to exist eternally but in your imperfect form. The first 1000 years might be amusing. Maybe even a million years would be fun. Even after the last stars faded to utter darkness, you would be no closer to your end.
Naturally you being imperfect can't be allowed into Heaven - where everyone has been made perfect - otherwise you would eventually make it Hell.
Eternity is a very long time to be "not good enough". Maybe some people are good enough to enjoy Eternity without help from God. I don't think I am.
Question - why are the depths of the ocean very cold?
If:
1) The crust is warmer
2) The atmosphere is warmer.
Why should it stay cold?
I can understand that stuff can get really cold in the desert at night from radiative losses to space.
But at the bottom of the ocean?
Yep, been doing that too.
Note: this is mandatory for login forms.
It's amazing some sites don't do it...
So someone logs out, forgets to close browser, naughty person comes along goes back in browser history and resubmits the logon credentials!
Hilarious.
There's no need to do fancy/hardcore hacking when there's plenty of low hanging fruit like that.
Well then that sort of internet accelerator will break on slashdot, gmail etc, since the last I checked, with all of them, you can get logged out with a simple GET request.
Clicking the following will result in a GET request that logs you out from slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/my/logout
GET requests in practice change stuff on the server. Making everything POSTs is just annoying - you get all those "click OK to resubmit form" messages and you don't even know what form it is.
What they should do is sign urls (at least for significant stuff), so you can't just iframe a static url, you have to guess the correct url - which should change at least on a per session basis.
e.g. instead of http://slashdot.org/my/logout it should be something like http://slashdot.org/my/logout?salt=123955813&sig=01af85b572e956347a56
Where sig=sha1(concat(user session,salt,site secret,site time in hours))
If sig doesn't match, you try to see if sig matches the time that rolled over:
sig=sha1(concat(session,salt,site secret,site time in hours-1))
user session = random string+primary key.
For stuff that should not be resubmitted, you use another param to enforce that.
"I bet that it's nontrivial to modify the software on that device to give up the password"
;).
I suspect it might involve nontrivial stuff like clicking "Backup Config", and downloading the config to your computer
Thanks! :)
What if the meteorite was rather big?
And did the Earth always have an atmosphere?
Can't the samarium and neodymium stay stuck together from space to earth?
Predicting it that way seems to be asking for trouble.
It's like asking a blind man to drive a car and press the throttle at the right moment just based on timing.
Add a few sensors and log a warning if stuff happens out of the expected timings.
"Have you ever considered most kids don't have access to an environment that allows them to grow?"
We're talking about Computer Science and IT. Nowadays just access to the Internet would be good enough. For practical IT stuff having your own PC would be good.
I taught myself 6502 machine code when I was 8 from Apple's most excellent manuals (they even had hardware schematics). Modified a few games, also modified ProntoDOS.
BTW I grew up surrounded by Christians too. Didn't notice any big problems with that - more pluses than minuses.
Lots of the "traditional Christian schools" don't do the "enlightenment" education thing.
You are taught things such as right and wrong (it's not all relative), and they most certainly try to brainwash you to be good[1]
[1] Whatever that means in this "Enlightened Age". It does seem that most children instantly understand what the teacher means by "Don't be bad, be good". In contrast lots of very intelligent adults will ask "what is good" and have endless and meaningless debates over semantics etc.
"Well we have to have someone to do the grunt work"
:). Stupid but works 24/7 and does what you tell it.
That's called a computer
Seriously though, I'm not sure you want the same sort of bunch who screw up wall street doing IT. We've already got enough crap around.
When there's too much mud, people might give up and just start charging mud rates, instead of sifting for the gold.