"they can't itemize a list of the terrorist operations they've intercepted and stopped." - for obvious reasons
Bull. National security be damned - have you ever known a politician not to take credit? That's why I don't believe these operations are even effective. The biggest fish they've bragged about is some cabbie in LA and his friends who sent a whopping $8500 to some terrorist group in Africa. Are we willing to sell the Bill of Rights for that?
Same thing happened in the US to a large extent, but there's a big difference between "everybody knows" and serious evidence. The former can be shrugged off a lot more easily.
P.S. Looks like us Yanks aren't the only ones who should be grateful to Snowden.
P.P.S. I do get some satisfaction from being able to shut up overly smug Europeans (I don't mean you). I can be very critical of my country, and except for stupid anti-American rants, I don't mind others doing so. What I hate is smug superiority - and this shows that their shit stinks too.
the sun sets later in the west than it does in the east... I moved 400 miles east along roughly the same latitude in the same eastern time zone.... I didn't take into account the difference 400 miles makes. The sun really set 30 minutes earlier.
30 minutes later (this is Slashdot - would you expect not to be corrected?).
I live in NY. When I travel to western Ohio (western edge of the eastern time zone) it's hard to get used to the sun setting much later.
schedules are already poorly coordinated with sunrise and sunset
Not that poorly. Sunrise is rarely at midnight, and noon corresponds roughly w/ the middle of the daylight period. Roughly is much better than not at all. As for electric lights and TV, there are still plenty of things that are affected by daylight. I've often been tempted to mow my lawn at night, but I find it easier if I can see what I'm doing. This is all the more important for people who work outdoors, and for outdoor recreation. Even as an acyclic night owl I realize that our lives are still affected by that big bright thing in the sky.
there shouldnt be "popular" food. they should all be served the same glop day by day with no variety so they learn to not misbehave.
Why do you like prison riots? People who actually deal with this, like wardens, say that decent food is a good way to keep the peace. Punishment? Getting locked up behind steel and concrete is punishment even if you get half decent food.
At least they're learning a skill that will be useful after they get out of prison. No wait... that was before they shipped all the jobs offshore. I'll bet being a car thief pays better than flipping burgers, so maybe these guys ought to teach economics.
More money is spent on litigating patents than on creating the inventions. Wish I could find the link now, but the crossover was reached a number of years ago. So much for the idea that the purpose of patents is to foster innovation.
That "once golden sheen of Apple's doors" was mostly marketing - it sure wasn't tech. The legal dept. should be required to get permission from marketing before pursuing any lawsuits, because marketing is what adds the "value" to consumer products (especially in Apple's case).
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"they can't itemize a list of the terrorist operations they've intercepted and stopped." - for obvious reasons
Bull. National security be damned - have you ever known a politician not to take credit? That's why I don't believe these operations are even effective. The biggest fish they've bragged about is some cabbie in LA and his friends who sent a whopping $8500 to some terrorist group in Africa. Are we willing to sell the Bill of Rights for that?
Same thing happened in the US to a large extent, but there's a big difference between "everybody knows" and serious evidence. The former can be shrugged off a lot more easily.
P.S. Looks like us Yanks aren't the only ones who should be grateful to Snowden.
P.P.S. I do get some satisfaction from being able to shut up overly smug Europeans (I don't mean you). I can be very critical of my country, and except for stupid anti-American rants, I don't mind others doing so. What I hate is smug superiority - and this shows that their shit stinks too.
What, do the moose wake you up that early?
What the world needs is to operate on just 4 time zones
If you have trouble counting to 24, just use a computer :)
make Daylight Saving's Time permanent
a/k/a War Time
Nothing really gets done early or late in the work day anyway
Or around lunch time, so why go in at all?
the sun sets later in the west than it does in the east ... I moved 400 miles east along roughly the same latitude in the same eastern time zone. ... I didn't take into account the difference 400 miles makes. The sun really set 30 minutes earlier.
30 minutes later (this is Slashdot - would you expect not to be corrected?).
I live in NY. When I travel to western Ohio (western edge of the eastern time zone) it's hard to get used to the sun setting much later.
The UK isn't on Zulu time - they have daylight savings time (don't know about Portugal and W. Africa).
schedules are already poorly coordinated with sunrise and sunset
Not that poorly. Sunrise is rarely at midnight, and noon corresponds roughly w/ the middle of the daylight period. Roughly is much better than not at all. As for electric lights and TV, there are still plenty of things that are affected by daylight. I've often been tempted to mow my lawn at night, but I find it easier if I can see what I'm doing. This is all the more important for people who work outdoors, and for outdoor recreation. Even as an acyclic night owl I realize that our lives are still affected by that big bright thing in the sky.
Who gives a crap what the clock says?
If you don't give a crap what the clock says, why do you care about time zones and daylight savings time?
there shouldnt be "popular" food. they should all be served the same glop day by day with no variety so they learn to not misbehave.
Why do you like prison riots? People who actually deal with this, like wardens, say that decent food is a good way to keep the peace. Punishment? Getting locked up behind steel and concrete is punishment even if you get half decent food.
At least they're learning a skill that will be useful after they get out of prison. No wait ... that was before they shipped all the jobs offshore. I'll bet being a car thief pays better than flipping burgers, so maybe these guys ought to teach economics.
The ghost of Kelly Johnson is said to walk the halls of the Skunk Works.
Modded down again. I found the secret to getting modded down - just say something negative about Apple or St. Jobs.
Wow, modded down 2 points for saying something sarcastic about St. Jobs. Must be lots of fanbois on mod duty today.
Thanks.
Like many things in America, patents were set up with a good purpose that has been twisted beyond all recognition by large corporations.
Who knew Forbes was a mouthpiece of the ComIntern?
Is that the same DoJ that refuses to prosecute anybody on Wall St.?
The iPhone is a clone of the Sony Ericsson P800 (which came out in 2002). Full touch, full web, app store.
But the P800 was clearly inferior because it didn't have a picture of a partially eaten piece of fruit on it.
Yes I've been astroturfing here for Apple for 15 years as a paid poster.
Then I'd think you'd be better at it by now.
Farsighted company that Apple.
Lots of companies have image marketing campaigns that lasted longer than that.
Maybe I'm falling for a parody, but ... for what type of application and in what environment do you write code?
More money is spent on litigating patents than on creating the inventions. Wish I could find the link now, but the crossover was reached a number of years ago. So much for the idea that the purpose of patents is to foster innovation.
but it's unfair to creditors if the assets are not sold
Unfair? The entire idea of the limited liability of a corporation and its shareholders is unfair. Why are you so concerned about this minor aspect?
I know my post sounds naive
Only to the extent that you believe the US government exists for the benefit of its citizens.
I thought patents were given out to people who invent things, not repackage or rename existing technology with one little thing changed?
And I thought we had a system of government where the number of votes you wielded counted for more than the amount of money you "donated".
That "once golden sheen of Apple's doors" was mostly marketing - it sure wasn't tech. The legal dept. should be required to get permission from marketing before pursuing any lawsuits, because marketing is what adds the "value" to consumer products (especially in Apple's case).