I've spent more time in a courtroom than I care to admit, as plaintiff, defendant, and counsel. And this was before I turned 18. Really... I know enough about how the system works. It's why there's a knot in my stomach right now. A big one.
The Manning technical books always have someone in an elaborate local costume on the cover. Their Ruby on Rails book has a Turkish bey with an elaborate fan hat, for example.
That would be almost forgivable if their typography wasn't so atrocious, furthering my belief that the cover designer was a lobotomized flatworm. Look at the typography treatment -- The casual reader might interpret it as "Spring Dynam Module". The designer of this took gestalt theory out back, pissed on it, rolled it through the mud, and then dropped it in the rubbish pile. About the only thing this guy got right was not using Comic Sans Serif as the typeface.
Despite this, many retain a youthful and naive vision that perhaps, someday, the world will make sense and be fair. While we laugh at them as foolish, we should perhaps remember that when they were children, executives were laughing at the idea of a personal computer and IBM predicted a world market for them of perhaps a dozen.
Awesome! This just means higher adoption of encryption and more bodies on darknets!
The problem is you can't hide the data. The bit is either there, or it isn't. It's on or it's not. All you can do is apply statistical and mathematical formula and methods to the data in an attempt to obscure or distort the information to the point that it is no longer useful to anyone other than the intended recipient(s). And almost every method we have of creating plausible deniability is being hunted down by governments around the world. If they want it to stop, they just pass a law saying "If you can't give us the keys, methods, etc., used to mask, alter, obscure, etc., your data, we can simply throw you in jail."
In other words, the mere act of creating privacy between two entities will itself become a crime. That is the next step after ACTA. And it's already being planned.
Looking at the cover of the book, I might think that this is some kind of book about Russian opera. I mean, really, we're talking modern technology here, and then there's this guy that looks like he belongs in 1892 staring at me with his big cutlass, as if to say "Buy this book, american swine, or your code will remain twisted and unoptimized forever, buwha ha ha ha haaaaaa."
Actually, the whole of human understanding is inter-related ideas. No idea can stand in isolation from any other. However, reality has little bearing on how the judiciary process works. In fact, an argument could be made that it can function in the absence of any grounding in reality. For that matter, the same can be said of society in general. One of the cornerstones of our society is the idea we can own land. We have entirely artificial barriers that we've interposed between ourselves and our physical environment. I cannot walk outside, point to a random spot on the ground, and prove a relationship between it and anyone else based on what my senses tell me. Nonetheless, this artificial social construct of land ownership is an intrinsic part of our daily lives. Society would not function without it. I couldn't force you to leave "my" home if you were not welcome, businesses could not develop the land because the next day somebody else might come and knock down their building, etc. Land ownership, however artificial, does serve a purpose.
Intellectual property too has become an intrinsic part of our daily lives -- and it is also as artificial of a social construct as land ownership. And the courts' job is to uphold social constructs and maintain the status quo... not debate the merits of said constructs.
Minnesota is a "At Will" employment state, which is a misnomer. Basically it means they can fire you at any time, for (almost) any reason, without any warning or compensation, unless otherwise covered by federal laws (for example, mass layoffs). Most states have laws similar to this. In this case, they caught Seagate on a technicality -- the jury believed that Seagate willfully misrepresented the job to him, and thus was in violation of a state law.
Without knowing the case specifics, I can't say with authority how likely this is to be overturned, but if Seagate can demonstrate that the project fell apart for business reasons that could not be reasonably anticipated, it'll die on appeal. And it is very likely that it will.
I'd like to think that the women in a strip club are slightly more distracting than the average flying American.
Average looking strippers make more money than highly attractive ones for one simple reason: The observer is more inclined to believe s/he has a chance.
Attaching data to a medium which cannot be duplicated and degrades over time is the cornerstone of the entertainment industry's business model. Cloud computing, networks, and any other form of data duplication and replication is therefore its natural enemy.
Okay, first -- I'd like to roast the TSA in every way possible for this joke security scheme. That said, the problem is that you just turned a bunch of people loose looking at naked bodies full time when until now they've had very little exposure. It takes awhile to desensitize yourself to the constant nudity and and have it stop distracting you.
Ask any bouncer at a strip club: The first few weeks they couldn't stop looking, but after awhile, a naked woman can walk right past them and it barely registers because it's not new anymore. Happens all the time. And they are focused on the job now.
Your government doesn't want to start an international incident when your flight plan knocks another government's communication satellite out of orbit.
Yeah, except... nobody owns space by international treaty anyway. So if a satellite malfunctions (or a space ship collides with one), legally it's like international waters.
So if they didn't get this license, does that mean it would never return to Earth? That the laws of physics would be put on hold until the appropriate paperwork was filed? Sorry; Just being snarky. It's hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that any governmental organization can tell us how and when we can visit the stars.
It's always a shame when the law gets in the way of science. If it didn't, I would probably have six testicles by now due to cloning.
I believe I speak for the majority of women you'll be encountering with your freakishly large pants stuffer when I say -- you're going home alone with that.
Is there any reason why you should text a 911 responder instead of just calling them?
Yeah. I can type without looking at the keys. A useful thing when a gun is pointed to your head and you don't want to alert the gunman that you're calling 911 and giving them a physical description, possibly a picture, his present location, and what he's armed with, as well as where his co-conspirators are.
Tell me why geek the who unleashes a trojan has won the right to decide how users should manage their systems.
You would rather have a 500 page government mandate, oversight committee, legion of overpriced crappy software products designed to cure said artificial problem, and large numbers of cheap knock-offs stuffed with malware and advertisements to do it instead?
For just once, can someone design a trojan/worm that updates browsers to include useful addons like this instead of trying to steal banking information? Just sayin'.
I agree. Point is that it would be better in a low risk area to invest in disaster preparation to keep people alive and communications open than to over-develop and waste dollars to update the infrastructure.
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I've spent more time in a courtroom than I care to admit, as plaintiff, defendant, and counsel. And this was before I turned 18. Really... I know enough about how the system works. It's why there's a knot in my stomach right now. A big one.
The Manning technical books always have someone in an elaborate local costume on the cover. Their Ruby on Rails book has a Turkish bey with an elaborate fan hat, for example.
That would be almost forgivable if their typography wasn't so atrocious, furthering my belief that the cover designer was a lobotomized flatworm. Look at the typography treatment -- The casual reader might interpret it as "Spring Dynam Module". The designer of this took gestalt theory out back, pissed on it, rolled it through the mud, and then dropped it in the rubbish pile. About the only thing this guy got right was not using Comic Sans Serif as the typeface.
Planned? Hasn't it happened in the UK?
Globally, good sir, not locally. It takes time, luck, and large amounts of money to make governments cooperate.
Hello, welcome to the world.
Despite this, many retain a youthful and naive vision that perhaps, someday, the world will make sense and be fair. While we laugh at them as foolish, we should perhaps remember that when they were children, executives were laughing at the idea of a personal computer and IBM predicted a world market for them of perhaps a dozen.
Awesome! This just means higher adoption of encryption and more bodies on darknets!
The problem is you can't hide the data. The bit is either there, or it isn't. It's on or it's not. All you can do is apply statistical and mathematical formula and methods to the data in an attempt to obscure or distort the information to the point that it is no longer useful to anyone other than the intended recipient(s). And almost every method we have of creating plausible deniability is being hunted down by governments around the world. If they want it to stop, they just pass a law saying "If you can't give us the keys, methods, etc., used to mask, alter, obscure, etc., your data, we can simply throw you in jail."
In other words, the mere act of creating privacy between two entities will itself become a crime. That is the next step after ACTA. And it's already being planned.
Looking at the cover of the book, I might think that this is some kind of book about Russian opera. I mean, really, we're talking modern technology here, and then there's this guy that looks like he belongs in 1892 staring at me with his big cutlass, as if to say "Buy this book, american swine, or your code will remain twisted and unoptimized forever, buwha ha ha ha haaaaaa."
What would have been due diligence on the part of the court clerk to verify that i365 was doing their job?
Q: How does a non-techie manager determine when something isn't working?
A: They don't. They wait until it breaks.
i365 signed a contract. That was the due diligence.
Wait, unencrypted signals sent over the air with your password and login is bad? If only someone had told me... /snark
Seriously though: Unencrypted. Open. Network. Come'on guys.
Actually, the whole of human understanding is inter-related ideas. No idea can stand in isolation from any other. However, reality has little bearing on how the judiciary process works. In fact, an argument could be made that it can function in the absence of any grounding in reality. For that matter, the same can be said of society in general. One of the cornerstones of our society is the idea we can own land. We have entirely artificial barriers that we've interposed between ourselves and our physical environment. I cannot walk outside, point to a random spot on the ground, and prove a relationship between it and anyone else based on what my senses tell me. Nonetheless, this artificial social construct of land ownership is an intrinsic part of our daily lives. Society would not function without it. I couldn't force you to leave "my" home if you were not welcome, businesses could not develop the land because the next day somebody else might come and knock down their building, etc. Land ownership, however artificial, does serve a purpose.
Intellectual property too has become an intrinsic part of our daily lives -- and it is also as artificial of a social construct as land ownership. And the courts' job is to uphold social constructs and maintain the status quo... not debate the merits of said constructs.
You have zero understanding of graphic design. Maximum readability comes from black text on a yellow background.
Minnesota is a "At Will" employment state, which is a misnomer. Basically it means they can fire you at any time, for (almost) any reason, without any warning or compensation, unless otherwise covered by federal laws (for example, mass layoffs). Most states have laws similar to this. In this case, they caught Seagate on a technicality -- the jury believed that Seagate willfully misrepresented the job to him, and thus was in violation of a state law.
Without knowing the case specifics, I can't say with authority how likely this is to be overturned, but if Seagate can demonstrate that the project fell apart for business reasons that could not be reasonably anticipated, it'll die on appeal. And it is very likely that it will.
I'd like to think that the women in a strip club are slightly more distracting than the average flying American.
Average looking strippers make more money than highly attractive ones for one simple reason: The observer is more inclined to believe s/he has a chance.
I fail to see how your post addresses any point I made in mine.
Attaching data to a medium which cannot be duplicated and degrades over time is the cornerstone of the entertainment industry's business model. Cloud computing, networks, and any other form of data duplication and replication is therefore its natural enemy.
Okay, first -- I'd like to roast the TSA in every way possible for this joke security scheme. That said, the problem is that you just turned a bunch of people loose looking at naked bodies full time when until now they've had very little exposure. It takes awhile to desensitize yourself to the constant nudity and and have it stop distracting you.
Ask any bouncer at a strip club: The first few weeks they couldn't stop looking, but after awhile, a naked woman can walk right past them and it barely registers because it's not new anymore. Happens all the time. And they are focused on the job now.
Before inserting your card, take a couple of good hard swipes with the hammer.
Half the point of a credit card is portability and ease of use. Carrying around a hammer is rather counterproductive towards that end.
Your government doesn't want to start an international incident when your flight plan knocks another government's communication satellite out of orbit.
Yeah, except... nobody owns space by international treaty anyway. So if a satellite malfunctions (or a space ship collides with one), legally it's like international waters.
They won't come here for the accomodations, that's for sure.
So if they didn't get this license, does that mean it would never return to Earth? That the laws of physics would be put on hold until the appropriate paperwork was filed? Sorry; Just being snarky. It's hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that any governmental organization can tell us how and when we can visit the stars.
It's always a shame when the law gets in the way of science. If it didn't, I would probably have six testicles by now due to cloning.
I believe I speak for the majority of women you'll be encountering with your freakishly large pants stuffer when I say -- you're going home alone with that.
Is there any reason why you should text a 911 responder instead of just calling them?
Yeah. I can type without looking at the keys. A useful thing when a gun is pointed to your head and you don't want to alert the gunman that you're calling 911 and giving them a physical description, possibly a picture, his present location, and what he's armed with, as well as where his co-conspirators are.
Plan B? It's kill everyone inside. Anyone who's read Deadpool knows this.
Tell me why geek the who unleashes a trojan has won the right to decide how users should manage their systems.
You would rather have a 500 page government mandate, oversight committee, legion of overpriced crappy software products designed to cure said artificial problem, and large numbers of cheap knock-offs stuffed with malware and advertisements to do it instead?
For just once, can someone design a trojan/worm that updates browsers to include useful addons like this instead of trying to steal banking information? Just sayin'.
I agree. Point is that it would be better in a low risk area to invest in disaster preparation to keep people alive and communications open than to over-develop and waste dollars to update the infrastructure.