This is a PR move by the FBI. It makes them APPEAR to be an actor for justice - it matters of little consequence, except those personally involved.
Another oxymoron for America? How about "Justice Department"?
4 Years - and not ONE criminal indictment perused against the "investment" and reserve Banksters. Surely, the FBI could better spend their time and resources to ensure that the entire country is safe from another criminal fraud, costing tens of Billions, no?
It wouldn't matter. The society lacks essential components of compassion and enlightened awareness. The entity that emerged from any such revolution in America today would be as horrible as the result of the English civil war of the 17th century.
Think "Protestant Taliban" laced with "Fuck You" brand Libertarianism.
Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living...
They are EDUCATED enough to know that population is not the problem with the world. Fairness and equality are what we lack.
There is MORE FOOD produced per capita, world-wide, than any time in human history - we don't HAVE a FOOD or population PROBLEM. But people can't buy that food...
We have a WEALTH problem. BIll and Melinda Gates are the indication and perpetrators of that problem!
I remember a country called the United States of America. It never really lived up to its boasted promise or potential, but hey! It was something at one time, you know?
Now it's gone. So it really doesn't matter, I guess.
If you are uncertain of the date from which your Mac was produced, I suggest the CoconutID freeware.
It ID's your MacBook (or other model) and pegs the manufacture date within a few days of precision. Clever - it can also perform a lookup and see if a Mac with your ID has ever been reported as stolen. Interesting, for some eBayer's.;-)
If you ARE on and Mac portable, look at their Coconut Battery app, at the same location. Great for managing battery age, charge history and cycles. It got me free replacement batteries at the Apple Store, on two different machines/occasions. I haven't ever managed that with Sony or Lenovo...
Thanks. I used to remember the number - when this mattered to me on a regular basis.
The juvenile arguments that "Apple copies, too" from defenders of Redmond make on this thread are irrelevant - exactly because of this level of of MS investment. Apple commits a tiny fraction of this - and still comes out ahead.
At 75 Billion over the last decade, Microsoft should be in the lead for everything that IBM isn't.;-)
Otherwise? Shareholders ought to have Ballmer's bloated corpse on a pike on the BelRed road...
Invasive scanning without detection at 50 meters? "Backscatter" vans are already roaming the streets of Amereica's cities. So I don't suppose that many months will pass before DHS has this equipment deployed into the hands of "local jurisdiction associates" sooner than later. Hell, they'll probably deploy this on drones, if they can manage the power-supply.
Then? They'll have your arse scanned and tanned before you are in earshot of the announcement: "papers, please!"
Good to know that there are Americans volunteering to die overseas, in the defense of such Liberty as this!
Adoption began, in companies dominated by mainframe and minis, in the late 80's. There were outliers, who picked up PC and XTs earlier - but generally this showed itself at the department level, independent of IT, often as individuals providing heir own productivity tool and software.
That was over 1985-7, when I first saw this becoming commonplace. 1990? Wow! LANs!
What really astounds me, is how much you sound like a DEC or System 360 advocate, at the opening of the PC era, 20-25 years ago.
"Those mammals will never make it! Ridiculous metabolic rate... no armour.. hell, their young aren't even born with protective egg-casings! Wait til they face up a T-Rex. Then we'll see who's laughing..."
Apple doesn't give a rat's arse if they are used in Enterprise.
My point is that they succeed to a remarkable degree, without making the soul-sucking concessions to "Enterprise Sales" which occur at the expense of a culture that places a premium on design and engineering over corporate sales orgs.
Again, they have market presence through desirability - in spite of themselves.
Apple hasn't ploughed 24 Billion of shareholder money into dead-end R&D with no discernible return over the past 11 years.
One could argue that the competitive advantage of Microsoft labs comes from keeping good researchers funded, away from useful work elsewhere - the advancement of which would only make Micosoft look even worse in comparison!
Slashdot Mirror
AmerCIA.
"We're keeping an eye on you, buddy."
Now, you have to consult with the EFF, before you want to take pictures of people shopping in a mall.
Way to fucking go, land of Jefferson.
This is a PR move by the FBI. It makes them APPEAR to be an actor for justice - it matters of little consequence, except those personally involved.
Another oxymoron for America? How about "Justice Department"?
4 Years - and not ONE criminal indictment perused against the "investment" and reserve Banksters. Surely, the FBI could better spend their time and resources to ensure that the entire country is safe from another criminal fraud, costing tens of Billions, no?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/06/why-can-t-obama-bring-wall-street-to-justice.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/wall-street-role-financial-crisis
http://www.propublica.org/article/why-no-financial-crisis-prosecutions-official-says-its-just-too-hard
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/should-some-bankers-be-prosecuted/?pagination=false
http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=30979
BTW: The Fed knew about LIBOR fixing specific to Barclays and beyond... in 2008.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/07/14/barclays-employee-to-ny-fed-2008-we-know-that-were-not-posting-um-an-honest-libor/
So what's our precious FBI doing about examining THAT evidence?
But climate is now demonstrated by data to have been HOTTER in Roman and Medieval times, than now.
This is in the journal, Nature. If you pardon the pun, this isn't a hotbed of "deniers".
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1589.html
What do you mean "We", white man?
Like the opportunity to destroy AmeriCIA from within!
Tracking bracelets of grid? I see the opener for the next season of "White Collar".
If they were "Ken Bikes" you wouldn't have to pay!
Curse you, Barclays!
What? Like rail transport? Container ships? :-)
I am the SCRUM MASTER! Don't make me PROVE it!
Where were YOU in '82, Baby?
Van Halen vs. The CLASH!
Got ya. I'm 2.4 GHz - but dual core. I guess that the Core2 Duo is actually significant. I've had my doubts on my Linux box.
I guess on the Linux machine, Dell's crappy disk I/O is such a bottleneck, I don't get any perceived advantage from the core/threading boost. :-)
I am with you on the patience. That's why I'm running a 4 year old MBP, instead of last-year's Dell. It was un-tuneable.
It wouldn't matter. The society lacks essential components of compassion and enlightened awareness. The entity that emerged from any such revolution in America today would be as horrible as the result of the English civil war of the 17th century.
Think "Protestant Taliban" laced with "Fuck You" brand Libertarianism.
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living...
And the Gates are EUGENICIST.
They are EDUCATED enough to know that population is not the problem with the world. Fairness and equality are what we lack.
There is MORE FOOD produced per capita, world-wide, than any time in human history - we don't HAVE a FOOD or population PROBLEM. But people can't buy that food...
We have a WEALTH problem. BIll and Melinda Gates are the indication and perpetrators of that problem!
Wow. My July 2008 was ID'd correctly - and runs Lion well, too. (4GB RAM)
Are you old enough to remember the "Us Festival"?
Arab Spring? Engineered "colour revolutions".
You really don't want one...
"Do not go gentle into that good night/
Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
I remember a country called the United States of America. It never really lived up to its boasted promise or potential, but hey! It was something at one time, you know?
Now it's gone. So it really doesn't matter, I guess.
If you are uncertain of the date from which your Mac was produced, I suggest the CoconutID freeware.
It ID's your MacBook (or other model) and pegs the manufacture date within a few days of precision. Clever - it can also perform a lookup and see if a Mac with your ID has ever been reported as stolen. Interesting, for some eBayer's. ;-)
If you ARE on and Mac portable, look at their Coconut Battery app, at the same location. Great for managing battery age, charge history and cycles. It got me free replacement batteries at the Apple Store, on two different machines/occasions. I haven't ever managed that with Sony or Lenovo...
It has flash, and will show you porn - but only hetero, in the missionary position.
Thanks. I used to remember the number - when this mattered to me on a regular basis.
The juvenile arguments that "Apple copies, too" from defenders of Redmond make on this thread are irrelevant - exactly because of this level of of MS investment. Apple commits a tiny fraction of this - and still comes out ahead.
At 75 Billion over the last decade, Microsoft should be in the lead for everything that IBM isn't. ;-)
Otherwise? Shareholders ought to have Ballmer's bloated corpse on a pike on the BelRed road...
Invasive scanning without detection at 50 meters?
"Backscatter" vans are already roaming the streets of Amereica's cities. So I don't suppose that many months will pass before DHS has this equipment deployed into the hands of "local jurisdiction associates" sooner than later. Hell, they'll probably deploy this on drones, if they can manage the power-supply.
Then? They'll have your arse scanned and tanned before you are in earshot of the announcement: "papers, please!"
Good to know that there are Americans volunteering to die overseas, in the defense of such Liberty as this!
Adoption began, in companies dominated by mainframe and minis, in the late 80's. There were outliers, who picked up PC and XTs earlier - but generally this showed itself at the department level, independent of IT, often as individuals providing heir own productivity tool and software.
That was over 1985-7, when I first saw this becoming commonplace. 1990? Wow! LANs!
What really astounds me, is how much you sound like a DEC or System 360 advocate, at the opening of the PC era, 20-25 years ago.
"Those mammals will never make it! Ridiculous metabolic rate... no armour.. hell, their young aren't even born with protective egg-casings! Wait til they face up a T-Rex. Then we'll see who's laughing..."
Apple doesn't give a rat's arse if they are used in Enterprise.
My point is that they succeed to a remarkable degree, without making the soul-sucking concessions to "Enterprise Sales" which occur at the expense of a culture that places a premium on design and engineering over corporate sales orgs.
Again, they have market presence through desirability - in spite of themselves.
Have fun on your sh*tty little Galaxy Tab. :-)
Kinect comes from some little outfit in Israel - who OEM'd the technology under license to MS.
Apple hasn't ploughed 24 Billion of shareholder money into dead-end R&D with no discernible return over the past 11 years.
One could argue that the competitive advantage of Microsoft labs comes from keeping good researchers funded, away from useful work elsewhere - the advancement of which would only make Micosoft look even worse in comparison!