Their software serves a legitimate purpose. It reports usage metrics so that phone makers can make phones that better serve people's needs. This is a Good Thing.
The problem is that you should be allowed to opt out. Some people don't like participating in these programs, and that should be their choice. By default, CIQ's software lets the user opt out. The problem here is that some companies are blocking that option or making it extremely difficult. They are the ones who should be criticized here.
Did Ford know they were selling the car to a bunch of murderers? If so, then I'd say they're morally, if not legally, responsible. But of course, Ford wouldn't know that because no crime had yet been committed and there was no evidence crimes would be committed in the future.
In the case of Syria, everyone with more than a childlike understanding of the outside world knows that they have been committing and continue to commit crimes against humanity. In an effort to get them to stop, the governments of the world have said "we won't do business with you until you cut it out". Someone who knows this and chooses to do business with them anyway is tacitly condoning their actions.
I'm actually curious about this. Normally, the defendant can assert their right to a speedy trial, and at that point the prosecution has to take the case to court within a short window (like a month or something). Has it taken this long because Mr. Manning has been getting his own ducks in a row before the trial? Or does the military not guarantee the right to a speedy trial? If it's the latter, what's to stop them from just locking someone up and throwing away the key by never actually going to court? The military justice code can't possibly be that fucked up.... can it?
That's pretty cool how in a post complaining about people revising history, you yourself re-wrote history to lie about what Amazon did.
If the random chatterers on slashdot can't resist the urge to lie to make their story better, how on earth can we expect companies to do so when there's actual money on the line?
Doesn't matter though, they've already achieved their goal here. A bunch of people came by Slashdot, saw the headline, and now subconsciously think slightly worse of the EU. Truth doesn't matter even the slightest bit in our society. All that matters is how often and how broadly you can push your lies.
In order for "regular consumption of significant amounts of water" to "reduce the risk of development of dehydration", it would need to do so beyond the baseline risk. That baseline isn't "drink nothing at all". It's "drink what you normally do". And the amount of fluid that people normally drink is sufficient to prevent dehydration. Drinking a bunch of water adds absolutely nothing, because unless there's something very wrong with you, you already take in enough fluid to stay healthy.
The implication of the statement is that if you don't regularly drink a bunch of water, you might get sick. That's a lie.
Are you sure you're not the one failing the "Turning" test here? Flying into a rage at the slightest provocation and hurling around insults is not a sign of a deep and thoughtful mind.
It can in theory, but in reality it doesn't because they use so little (2 tbsp). The proposed standard is that half a cup (8 tbsp) of tomato paste constitutes a serving of vegetables. That would be a reasonable amount, but you can't make a tasty pizza with that much sauce, and God forbid we give the kids some carrots with their meals. So instead the Republicans scuttle the whole thing so that the frozen pizza industry can continue raking in profits at the expense of children's health.
You have a DVD drive on your home PC of course. The discussion is about whether they're needed in laptops. And if you only own a laptop, I'm sure you could get some USB DVD drive to use at home.
And FYI, DVDFab can remove the crap, shrink the file size, and output in different formats. There's no real need for steps 3 & 4.
Only if you do it right. A sloppy burn job leads to entire pages of recoverable data. A confetti cut shredder will make the data damn near unrecoverable no matter how the paper is fed in.
Right, because when stamping out freedom, you want to do it in the most professional and organized way possible.
I suppose this is "a lot better" from the perspective of the fascists who want the protestors to disappear, but from the perspective of someone who's tired of the robber barons running the show, this is definitely worse.
So all the mayors went on a conference call to discuss the protests, and then all stamped out the protests within a few days of each other, but the very same mayors say it wasn't collusion, so we should just take their word for it.
I don't know know what you're looking at, but it's pretty clear to me that this is a 2-layer board, unless you're counting silkscreens as layers, which would be really weird.
Is there a layer-by-layer break out some place? The way they have all the layers on top of each other in the PNG makes it very hard to tell what's going on in the red-colored layer. The yellow layer at least looks pretty simple, though the fact that the QFN's epad doesn't appear to be grounded strikes me as a bit questionable. A lot of IC's rely on downbonds to ground internal pads. Leaving them floating is a big no-no. While they'll probably find alternate paths to ground, they're not the sort of paths you want to rely on.
I can say from the photo in their forum that the through-hole stuff is indeed debug, unless they actually plan on having a 5x2 header on the final release, which would be pretty pathetic and lead to lots of accidental finger-stabbings. They have plenty of empty space once you move away from the IC footprints, so having some non-populated headers won't cost them anything.
They're just now building the factory, and you expect the product to be in devices next year? That would be the smoothest production bring-up in history. Maybe in 2013.
Take it out of the legal gray area where no one's entirely sure what's enforceable. The SCOTUS will have to rule on it eventually, might as well get the ball rolling. A teenager brought to trial for using Google would make a perfect test case. Although, for all our sakes, I hope one of the conservative judges drops dead soon, or else we can expect another 5-4 ruling that corporations are all-powerful.
Because I am European, and we had such Freedom when you were just a couple of tiny villages we like to call colonies, and when the majority of the native Americans were still alive and thriving.
Translation: "Though we share the same ancestors, I chanced to be born on the same continent as them, and thus their accomplishments are mine, not yours! Back then, you were living in small towns that our mutual ancestors set up, which is supposed to be belittling, though I'm not quite clear on how. Around that time, our mutual ancestors butchered millions of indigenous people around the globe, but that particular accomplishment I'll lay at your doorstep, because I don't want any part of that bit of history."
There ain't no arrogance like European arrogance.
And FYI, the French revolution came long after the American one. You'd have done better to talk about the French enlightenment, and better still to learn history before lecturing on it.
It's a privately owned public property. The owners are required to keep it open to the public 24/7. This makes it even better for protests than the public parks in NYC, since the city can impose a curfew on the public parks.
Oh? And when was the last time you actually checked the rules? Or by "last time I looked" do you mean "a lie I heard on Rush Limbaugh the other day"? Zuccotti Park is required to stay open to the public 24/7. The owners have the right to ban certain things, like tents, but they cannot ban protests.
stupid names that don't have any fucking link with what the project is all about.
Like how Apple names their OS releases after big cats, because big cats and operating systems have so much in common?
You clearly have never worked in any real tech industry job, otherwise you would know that cool-sounding, themed, but ultimately meaningless project code names are ubiquitous.
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Their software serves a legitimate purpose. It reports usage metrics so that phone makers can make phones that better serve people's needs. This is a Good Thing.
The problem is that you should be allowed to opt out. Some people don't like participating in these programs, and that should be their choice. By default, CIQ's software lets the user opt out. The problem here is that some companies are blocking that option or making it extremely difficult. They are the ones who should be criticized here.
So you feel that "disproportionately-skinny and negatively-affecting female self-image chicks are clearly in the public interest"? Chauvinist bastard!
Did Ford know they were selling the car to a bunch of murderers? If so, then I'd say they're morally, if not legally, responsible. But of course, Ford wouldn't know that because no crime had yet been committed and there was no evidence crimes would be committed in the future.
In the case of Syria, everyone with more than a childlike understanding of the outside world knows that they have been committing and continue to commit crimes against humanity. In an effort to get them to stop, the governments of the world have said "we won't do business with you until you cut it out". Someone who knows this and chooses to do business with them anyway is tacitly condoning their actions.
I'm actually curious about this. Normally, the defendant can assert their right to a speedy trial, and at that point the prosecution has to take the case to court within a short window (like a month or something). Has it taken this long because Mr. Manning has been getting his own ducks in a row before the trial? Or does the military not guarantee the right to a speedy trial? If it's the latter, what's to stop them from just locking someone up and throwing away the key by never actually going to court? The military justice code can't possibly be that fucked up.... can it?
It's extremely misleading to put the word "info" anywhere in that portmanteau.
That's pretty cool how in a post complaining about people revising history, you yourself re-wrote history to lie about what Amazon did.
If the random chatterers on slashdot can't resist the urge to lie to make their story better, how on earth can we expect companies to do so when there's actual money on the line?
Doesn't matter though, they've already achieved their goal here. A bunch of people came by Slashdot, saw the headline, and now subconsciously think slightly worse of the EU. Truth doesn't matter even the slightest bit in our society. All that matters is how often and how broadly you can push your lies.
In order for "regular consumption of significant amounts of water" to "reduce the risk of development of dehydration", it would need to do so beyond the baseline risk. That baseline isn't "drink nothing at all". It's "drink what you normally do". And the amount of fluid that people normally drink is sufficient to prevent dehydration. Drinking a bunch of water adds absolutely nothing, because unless there's something very wrong with you, you already take in enough fluid to stay healthy.
The implication of the statement is that if you don't regularly drink a bunch of water, you might get sick. That's a lie.
Are you sure you're not the one failing the "Turning" test here? Flying into a rage at the slightest provocation and hurling around insults is not a sign of a deep and thoughtful mind.
I've seen people put ketchup on spaghetti in the Philippines, so it's not a stretch to think some might put it on pizza as well.
It can in theory, but in reality it doesn't because they use so little (2 tbsp). The proposed standard is that half a cup (8 tbsp) of tomato paste constitutes a serving of vegetables. That would be a reasonable amount, but you can't make a tasty pizza with that much sauce, and God forbid we give the kids some carrots with their meals. So instead the Republicans scuttle the whole thing so that the frozen pizza industry can continue raking in profits at the expense of children's health.
No, it's a great reason to deny a claim. Otherwise you get crap like this.
You have a DVD drive on your home PC of course. The discussion is about whether they're needed in laptops. And if you only own a laptop, I'm sure you could get some USB DVD drive to use at home.
And FYI, DVDFab can remove the crap, shrink the file size, and output in different formats. There's no real need for steps 3 & 4.
Maybe, or maybe it's an exclusive because no one else wanted it. No one was exactly racing to pick up the show until now.
Only if you do it right. A sloppy burn job leads to entire pages of recoverable data. A confetti cut shredder will make the data damn near unrecoverable no matter how the paper is fed in.
Right, because when stamping out freedom, you want to do it in the most professional and organized way possible.
I suppose this is "a lot better" from the perspective of the fascists who want the protestors to disappear, but from the perspective of someone who's tired of the robber barons running the show, this is definitely worse.
So all the mayors went on a conference call to discuss the protests, and then all stamped out the protests within a few days of each other, but the very same mayors say it wasn't collusion, so we should just take their word for it.
I don't know know what you're looking at, but it's pretty clear to me that this is a 2-layer board, unless you're counting silkscreens as layers, which would be really weird.
Is there a layer-by-layer break out some place? The way they have all the layers on top of each other in the PNG makes it very hard to tell what's going on in the red-colored layer. The yellow layer at least looks pretty simple, though the fact that the QFN's epad doesn't appear to be grounded strikes me as a bit questionable. A lot of IC's rely on downbonds to ground internal pads. Leaving them floating is a big no-no. While they'll probably find alternate paths to ground, they're not the sort of paths you want to rely on.
I can say from the photo in their forum that the through-hole stuff is indeed debug, unless they actually plan on having a 5x2 header on the final release, which would be pretty pathetic and lead to lots of accidental finger-stabbings. They have plenty of empty space once you move away from the IC footprints, so having some non-populated headers won't cost them anything.
They're just now building the factory, and you expect the product to be in devices next year? That would be the smoothest production bring-up in history. Maybe in 2013.
Take it out of the legal gray area where no one's entirely sure what's enforceable. The SCOTUS will have to rule on it eventually, might as well get the ball rolling. A teenager brought to trial for using Google would make a perfect test case. Although, for all our sakes, I hope one of the conservative judges drops dead soon, or else we can expect another 5-4 ruling that corporations are all-powerful.
Because I am European, and we had such Freedom when you were just a couple of tiny villages we like to call colonies, and when the majority of the native Americans were still alive and thriving.
Translation: "Though we share the same ancestors, I chanced to be born on the same continent as them, and thus their accomplishments are mine, not yours! Back then, you were living in small towns that our mutual ancestors set up, which is supposed to be belittling, though I'm not quite clear on how. Around that time, our mutual ancestors butchered millions of indigenous people around the globe, but that particular accomplishment I'll lay at your doorstep, because I don't want any part of that bit of history."
There ain't no arrogance like European arrogance.
And FYI, the French revolution came long after the American one. You'd have done better to talk about the French enlightenment, and better still to learn history before lecturing on it.
It's a privately owned public property. The owners are required to keep it open to the public 24/7. This makes it even better for protests than the public parks in NYC, since the city can impose a curfew on the public parks.
Oh? And when was the last time you actually checked the rules? Or by "last time I looked" do you mean "a lie I heard on Rush Limbaugh the other day"? Zuccotti Park is required to stay open to the public 24/7. The owners have the right to ban certain things, like tents, but they cannot ban protests.
So in other words, you're fine with protests so long as they're out of sight, out of mind, and have no hope of actually affecting anything. Got it.
stupid names that don't have any fucking link with what the project is all about.
Like how Apple names their OS releases after big cats, because big cats and operating systems have so much in common?
You clearly have never worked in any real tech industry job, otherwise you would know that cool-sounding, themed, but ultimately meaningless project code names are ubiquitous.