W T H I thought the whole point of this thing was to go through quicker AND not have to be man-handled!?
They will manhandle a number of people no matter what. It's what they are standing around and getting paid to do. If there's no one suspicious, they will pick you out at random, just to keep busy and justify their pay.
Sorry to break it to you but communism didn't work. Your plan would just create a whole load of lazy people.
If you are referring to the Soviet Union and China, communism never really existed there. They started down that road, sure, but only got half way there when the dictators took over. If Trotsky had won out against Stalin, the Soviet Union may have ended up as a democratic communism, where the educated workers actually did make the decisions. You can't say that communism didn't work, because it was never really tried. Norway and Sweden are closer to the communist ideal than the Soviet Union ever was.
I'm willing to bet very, very many internets that Apple hasn't authorized any Mac OS running from this device.
Not. Gonna. Happen.
Don't Understand. Device.
It's just a linux boot running VNC client. The actual workstations are back in a datacenter somewhere, and they will be actual Apple certified Macs, running VNC server. I'm really amazed that no one has done this sooner. The one thing you can't do is really graphics intensive games, like shooters.
How the hell does slashdot.org not support IPV6, I thought this was a tech website?
IPV6 is great in theory, but it's solving a problem that does not exist. When the internet was started, the idea was that every workstation would be on the internet. Once security became a concern, all those workstations ended up behind firewalls. With firewalls, there is no reason to not NAT. Since only the firewalls need be internet facing, the number of IPs drops drastically. Multiple web servers and web sites can share a single IP. There are people that think that they still need an internet facing IP on every workstation, but the reasons are more personal than practical.
So a repeat of the argument against HDTV. It took the media companies 10 years to catch up, and the same will happen again. Early adopters get what they deserve.
Some employers do give their employees a certain number of sick days to reduce that incentive, but labor law in most states doesn't require it, and many employers don't.
The worse place I worked at thought they'd be smart and reward people who stay healthy by combining 2 weeks vacation and 2 weeks sick time into 4 weeks of combined sick and vacation time. Instead, people scheduled 4 weeks of vacation at the beginning of the year, and they all had to come in even when violently sick so as to not use up their "vacation" time. You would not believe the amount of wheezing and coughing on a daily basis.
We as a society need to turn this around. Instead it being our right to record police who are publicly abusing their power, it should be our duty to record them. Most smart phones these days can record video. Imagine a half dozen people recording any incident. It's hard to confiscate them all. Also, if you see the police trying to confiscate a camera, that should be a red flag for even more cameras to start recording. If there was no abuse of power, then the video will show that, so the police have nothing to worry about. Hell, let them record themselves too in the line of duty if they think it's needed. Video is just too easy and available that we should make it standard operating procedure.
How about the bulk of major elected officials, you know, senators, congressmen, etc. Last I checked the majority were lawyers, who go back into law when their terms are over.
Before even clicking on the link, I knew this was an American study. Schools in the US, especially elementary schools, are massively dominated by women. Boys do generally have more difficulty sitting still for long periods, and need to use up their physical energy. This used to be handled by recess periods and sports. They could run around, play games, be competitive, get a bit tired - and be ready the next period of sitting still.
Generally, no. Boys are trained in America to be more aggressive, and are given more leeway to be jerks. "Boys will be boys." Until we start put academics backup above sports, we will continue to have this problem.
At what point is writing an inflammatory post with nothing to back it up (his post is nothing more than "boys are smarter because I say so") trolling?
If it's just an "opinion" then there's nothing to argue against, because he's quoted no actual facts.
No arguing against? Maybe if you are living in the 19th century. It's not an opinion. It's irrational sexism, put into matter of fact phrasing. According to Logical Fallacy Bingo, this is "Wishful Thinking." What amazes me is that anyone would believe otherwise.
Counterfeit electronic devices do not pass FCC certification.
Counterfeit electronic devices are not uncommon.
A flight attendant cannot tell the difference between a certified device and an uncertified device.
Aircraft are not designed with Faraday cages for the passenger compartment, nor are they equipped with RF interference detectors.
Passenger convenience is less important than passenger safety.
That's fine, but they do not check every device to guarantee that it is off. Just because a laptop/phone etc. is not in your hand and open, does not mean that it is not operating and sending a signal. In other words, asking people to turn off devices does nothing. The only solution would be to ban all luggage, and make everyone send their stuff by truck.
I wonder where the national support is. They're basically doing the job of the Library of Congress, the British Library etc., in terms of being a record keeper of published material. You'd think those organisations (and there must be dozens and dozens of them throughout the world; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_deposit) could each chip in a few thousand dollars a year, wouldn't you?
They can't because there might be a single copyrighted file in there, and that would make it IP piracy! This is like someone trying to set up National Parks when a territory has been designated for land grab. The Internet Archive undermines all the paywalls, and big business will not let their pet governments aid in that. As a matter of fact, I'm really surprised that they haven't been sued out of existence yet. It's only a matter of time before they have to move the servers to Borneo, or someplace.
Let's introduce something into your gut that throws off the horomones which control your hunger response. See how well you cope when you go around all day feeling unsatiated no matter what you eat.
Unsatisfied and hungry are two very different things, that people can't seem to wrap their heads around. Hunger can be abated by eating a rice cake and drinking a big glass of water. But that does not leave you satisfied. Large portions, sweets, and fats leave you satisfied. People need to stop looking for a magic "I feel hungry" bullet and realize that many many people over eat because it makes them feel good, and that's dopamine. Richard Simmons is one of the few who gets it. He wants people to feel good, and if you feel good through exercise and endorphins, or hugs and dopamine, then you are less likely to eat a gallon of ice cream because you have the blues. Sure there's genetics and gut bacteria and hormones, but the fact is that we are (in America) fatter than ever before, and those things have not changed. What has changed is our access to cheap food, and lack of exercise since we drive everywhere and watching TV has replaced a walk in the park. Not everyone if pre-disposed to be skinny, sure, but no one is pre-disposed to be obese.
Why is everyone here in the US hooked on the "false dillema" falicy?
Why can't there be multiple issues? We do have the people that overeat, but there's more that a few people that have had problems with obesity and no one quite understands what the real cause is. There can always be multiple causes and multiple solutions (or not one single solution).
And all those obese people eat too many calories, no matter what else is going on. Not everyone is designed to be skinny, sure, but there's a difference between being Samoan and being an American lard ass.
Forget the Maps debacle, in my opinion it's the Lightning connector that will ultimately do more damage.
Damage? What kind of damage? People are gladly forking over a few extra bucks for an adapter if they need one. Most Apple customers just upgrade their old toys when they buy new phones anyway. The Apple store sells a complete package for their customers, that does not require backward or sideward compatibility. And they are making a ton of money doing this. When I start hearing about Apple stores closing, then I'll believe you.
Here you have an article where no statement was included from Apple including the purported response this company got. Then the CEO goes on to call Apple assholes. Who knows what really happened.
I for one wouldn't license my IP to someone who calls me an asshole.
Truly. This is another torches and pitchfork reaction where we learn the truth later, or Apple responds positively after getting a few things sorted out. But by then everyone's negative attitude is ingrained, waiting for the next over reaction. We're talking about a piddly project and a phone connector on a device that the haters say they will never buy anyway. This has gotten way out of control.
Dogs can be trained to do a lot of things, and therefore can be very "useful". So people feed them.
Cats almost can't be trained, they sleep or play around the whole day. An yet people feed them as well.
Which is more intelligent, cats or dogs?
Bullshit. The only people who can't train cats are those that try to treat them like dogs. Dogs are trained using their pack instincts. Cats are trained indirectly, by showing them that something is in their best interest, e.g. scratching the post instead of the couch. It takes a little more dedication, but cats are certainly trainable. We have one that was trained to stand up and beg, and another that "gives me paw." Neither of those are natural cat behavior.
I spent my first two years of calculus lectures sleeping in. I scored near perfect in both classes.
My question is, why are you taking those classes if you already are an expert on the material? Couldn't you ask your department to get you into higher level classes? To me this is a complete waste of money and time. I was at school to take classes that really challenged me. Maybe that's why my grades were not straight A's. Also why I got my money's worth out of my education.
"a network of 250 dedicated cell towers that it has built nationwide"
I worked on this project for a time, and this might be a minor point, but they do not have dedicated cell towers. Most of their antennas are on towers that are owned by third parties. It's much easier to lease space on someone else's tower than to have to deal with the politics and cost of erecting your own.
It's a question of looking for porn, it's an arbitrary filter that I don't want on my image searches. Who defines explicit? Do I have to put a "fuck" in every image search to get all possible results? That's idiotic. Almost as bad as having to put double quotes around every search word. God, I despise Bing, but Google is doing everything they can to lose me as a user. And what it the real cause of this? Corporate users at the expense of everyone else. They are really pushing their hosted email/calendar as an alternative to Exchange.
Medication doesn't actually work for most people. A 2008 meta-analysis of all clinical trials involving SSRIs, including trials the author had to file FOIA requests to get, shows that SSRIs provide no clinically significant benefit to those with a Hamilton Rating below 23.
A good place to start would be to find a doctor who prescribes the right medication for the right symptoms. SSRI's are quite effective when it comes to fighting anxiety. For depression, try something like Wellbutrin, which is a dopamine/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
As proof I offer history as well as the outcome of the cuban missle crisis. Can you imagine the soviet ships turning back had Stalin still been in power? The cold war for the west was a response to a very diseased, paranoid mind armed with nukes, that's all. The US is not blameless, but less blameful than you seem to think.
The Cuban missile crisis can be summarized as: 1 - The US puts missiles in Turkey, aimed at the Soviets 2 - The Soviets retaliate by shipping equivalent missile to Cuba, a simple parity move 3 - Kennedy decides to play hardball by threatening Kruchev with nuclear war 4 - Kruchev realizes that Kennedy is totally nuts, and decides to live with the Turkey missiles in order to avoid nuclear war
At least that's my take on it. The US is not as blameless as you want to think.
My first car had an AM radio, but I wanted FM, so I bought an FM converter for it. Car #3 had an AM/FM radio, but I wanted a cassette player, so I ended up buying and installing a radio with a cassette player in it. Car #4 didn't have a CD player, and I remedied that with a portable CD player and an adapter that slipped into the factory-installed cassette player. The current car has a radio with CD player and auxiliary input jack and Bluetooth, but I'm pretty sure it will be obsolete by the time I get rid of it.
Why would onboard computers be any different?
Because all those devices followed the same standard on size, power, connections, and functionality. There were many vendors competing for your money. The on-board computers are generally unique to a particular brand/model/year. The odds of the industry providing you with competing upgrade options is nil.
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W T H I thought the whole point of this thing was to go through quicker AND not have to be man-handled!?
They will manhandle a number of people no matter what. It's what they are standing around and getting paid to do. If there's no one suspicious, they will pick you out at random, just to keep busy and justify their pay.
Sorry to break it to you but communism didn't work. Your plan would just create a whole load of lazy people.
If you are referring to the Soviet Union and China, communism never really existed there. They started down that road, sure, but only got half way there when the dictators took over. If Trotsky had won out against Stalin, the Soviet Union may have ended up as a democratic communism, where the educated workers actually did make the decisions. You can't say that communism didn't work, because it was never really tried. Norway and Sweden are closer to the communist ideal than the Soviet Union ever was.
I'm willing to bet very, very many internets that Apple hasn't authorized any Mac OS running from this device.
Not.
Gonna.
Happen.
Don't
Understand.
Device.
It's just a linux boot running VNC client. The actual workstations are back in a datacenter somewhere, and they will be actual Apple certified Macs, running VNC server. I'm really amazed that no one has done this sooner. The one thing you can't do is really graphics intensive games, like shooters.
How the hell does slashdot.org not support IPV6, I thought this was a tech website?
IPV6 is great in theory, but it's solving a problem that does not exist. When the internet was started, the idea was that every workstation would be on the internet. Once security became a concern, all those workstations ended up behind firewalls. With firewalls, there is no reason to not NAT. Since only the firewalls need be internet facing, the number of IPs drops drastically. Multiple web servers and web sites can share a single IP. There are people that think that they still need an internet facing IP on every workstation, but the reasons are more personal than practical.
So a repeat of the argument against HDTV. It took the media companies 10 years to catch up, and the same will happen again. Early adopters get what they deserve.
Some employers do give their employees a certain number of sick days to reduce that incentive, but labor law in most states doesn't require it, and many employers don't.
The worse place I worked at thought they'd be smart and reward people who stay healthy by combining 2 weeks vacation and 2 weeks sick time into 4 weeks of combined sick and vacation time. Instead, people scheduled 4 weeks of vacation at the beginning of the year, and they all had to come in even when violently sick so as to not use up their "vacation" time. You would not believe the amount of wheezing and coughing on a daily basis.
We as a society need to turn this around. Instead it being our right to record police who are publicly abusing their power, it should be our duty to record them. Most smart phones these days can record video. Imagine a half dozen people recording any incident. It's hard to confiscate them all. Also, if you see the police trying to confiscate a camera, that should be a red flag for even more cameras to start recording. If there was no abuse of power, then the video will show that, so the police have nothing to worry about. Hell, let them record themselves too in the line of duty if they think it's needed. Video is just too easy and available that we should make it standard operating procedure.
Seriously, an association for trial lawyers?
How about the bulk of major elected officials, you know, senators, congressmen, etc. Last I checked the majority were lawyers, who go back into law when their terms are over.
Before even clicking on the link, I knew this was an American study. Schools in the US, especially elementary schools, are massively dominated by women. Boys do generally have more difficulty sitting still for long periods, and need to use up their physical energy. This used to be handled by recess periods and sports. They could run around, play games, be competitive, get a bit tired - and be ready the next period of sitting still.
Generally, no. Boys are trained in America to be more aggressive, and are given more leeway to be jerks. "Boys will be boys." Until we start put academics backup above sports, we will continue to have this problem.
At what point is writing an inflammatory post with nothing to back it up (his post is nothing more than "boys are smarter because I say so") trolling?
If it's just an "opinion" then there's nothing to argue against, because he's quoted no actual facts.
No arguing against? Maybe if you are living in the 19th century. It's not an opinion. It's irrational sexism, put into matter of fact phrasing. According to Logical Fallacy Bingo, this is "Wishful Thinking." What amazes me is that anyone would believe otherwise.
Counterfeit electronic devices do not pass FCC certification.
Counterfeit electronic devices are not uncommon.
A flight attendant cannot tell the difference between a certified device and an uncertified device.
Aircraft are not designed with Faraday cages for the passenger compartment, nor are they equipped with RF interference detectors.
Passenger convenience is less important than passenger safety.
That's fine, but they do not check every device to guarantee that it is off. Just because a laptop/phone etc. is not in your hand and open, does not mean that it is not operating and sending a signal. In other words, asking people to turn off devices does nothing. The only solution would be to ban all luggage, and make everyone send their stuff by truck.
I wonder where the national support is. They're basically doing the job of the Library of Congress, the British Library etc., in terms of being a record keeper of published material. You'd think those organisations (and there must be dozens and dozens of them throughout the world; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_deposit) could each chip in a few thousand dollars a year, wouldn't you?
They can't because there might be a single copyrighted file in there, and that would make it IP piracy! This is like someone trying to set up National Parks when a territory has been designated for land grab. The Internet Archive undermines all the paywalls, and big business will not let their pet governments aid in that. As a matter of fact, I'm really surprised that they haven't been sued out of existence yet. It's only a matter of time before they have to move the servers to Borneo, or someplace.
Let's introduce something into your gut that throws off the horomones which control your hunger response. See how well you cope when you go around all day feeling unsatiated no matter what you eat.
Unsatisfied and hungry are two very different things, that people can't seem to wrap their heads around. Hunger can be abated by eating a rice cake and drinking a big glass of water. But that does not leave you satisfied. Large portions, sweets, and fats leave you satisfied. People need to stop looking for a magic "I feel hungry" bullet and realize that many many people over eat because it makes them feel good, and that's dopamine. Richard Simmons is one of the few who gets it. He wants people to feel good, and if you feel good through exercise and endorphins, or hugs and dopamine, then you are less likely to eat a gallon of ice cream because you have the blues. Sure there's genetics and gut bacteria and hormones, but the fact is that we are (in America) fatter than ever before, and those things have not changed. What has changed is our access to cheap food, and lack of exercise since we drive everywhere and watching TV has replaced a walk in the park. Not everyone if pre-disposed to be skinny, sure, but no one is pre-disposed to be obese.
Why is everyone here in the US hooked on the "false dillema" falicy?
Why can't there be multiple issues? We do have the people that overeat, but there's more that a few people that have had problems with obesity and no one quite understands what the real cause is. There can always be multiple causes and multiple solutions (or not one single solution).
And all those obese people eat too many calories, no matter what else is going on. Not everyone is designed to be skinny, sure, but there's a difference between being Samoan and being an American lard ass.
Forget the Maps debacle, in my opinion it's the Lightning connector that will ultimately do more damage.
Damage? What kind of damage? People are gladly forking over a few extra bucks for an adapter if they need one. Most Apple customers just upgrade their old toys when they buy new phones anyway. The Apple store sells a complete package for their customers, that does not require backward or sideward compatibility. And they are making a ton of money doing this. When I start hearing about Apple stores closing, then I'll believe you.
Here you have an article where no statement was included from Apple including the purported response this company got. Then the CEO goes on to call Apple assholes. Who knows what really happened.
I for one wouldn't license my IP to someone who calls me an asshole.
Truly. This is another torches and pitchfork reaction where we learn the truth later, or Apple responds positively after getting a few things sorted out. But by then everyone's negative attitude is ingrained, waiting for the next over reaction. We're talking about a piddly project and a phone connector on a device that the haters say they will never buy anyway. This has gotten way out of control.
Let's start with something easy: cats vs. dogs.
Dogs can be trained to do a lot of things, and therefore can be very "useful". So people feed them.
Cats almost can't be trained, they sleep or play around the whole day. An yet people feed them as well.
Which is more intelligent, cats or dogs?
Bullshit. The only people who can't train cats are those that try to treat them like dogs. Dogs are trained using their pack instincts. Cats are trained indirectly, by showing them that something is in their best interest, e.g. scratching the post instead of the couch. It takes a little more dedication, but cats are certainly trainable. We have one that was trained to stand up and beg, and another that "gives me paw." Neither of those are natural cat behavior.
I spent my first two years of calculus lectures sleeping in. I scored near perfect in both classes.
My question is, why are you taking those classes if you already are an expert on the material? Couldn't you ask your department to get you into higher level classes? To me this is a complete waste of money and time. I was at school to take classes that really challenged me. Maybe that's why my grades were not straight A's. Also why I got my money's worth out of my education.
"a network of 250 dedicated cell towers that it has built nationwide"
I worked on this project for a time, and this might be a minor point, but they do not have dedicated cell towers. Most of their antennas are on towers that are owned by third parties. It's much easier to lease space on someone else's tower than to have to deal with the politics and cost of erecting your own.
It's NOT NOT NOt a question of looking for porn...
Bing is a better porn search engine anyway.
It's a question of looking for porn, it's an arbitrary filter that I don't want on my image searches. Who defines explicit? Do I have to put a "fuck" in every image search to get all possible results? That's idiotic. Almost as bad as having to put double quotes around every search word. God, I despise Bing, but Google is doing everything they can to lose me as a user. And what it the real cause of this? Corporate users at the expense of everyone else. They are really pushing their hosted email/calendar as an alternative to Exchange.
Medication doesn't actually work for most people. A 2008 meta-analysis of all clinical trials involving SSRIs, including trials the author had to file FOIA requests to get, shows that SSRIs provide no clinically significant benefit to those with a Hamilton Rating below 23.
A good place to start would be to find a doctor who prescribes the right medication for the right symptoms. SSRI's are quite effective when it comes to fighting anxiety. For depression, try something like Wellbutrin, which is a dopamine/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
I could easily come up with dozens of scientific theories and concepts that are certainly more important to be taught than evolution.
Do you consider it abuse to not teach kids about Newton's laws of motion?
No one is teaching their kids that Newtonian Dynamics is bunk and all objects move only because god will it.
As proof I offer history as well as the outcome of the cuban missle crisis. Can you imagine the soviet ships turning back had Stalin still been in power? The cold war for the west was a response to a very diseased, paranoid mind armed with nukes, that's all. The US is not blameless, but less blameful than you seem to think.
The Cuban missile crisis can be summarized as:
1 - The US puts missiles in Turkey, aimed at the Soviets
2 - The Soviets retaliate by shipping equivalent missile to Cuba, a simple parity move
3 - Kennedy decides to play hardball by threatening Kruchev with nuclear war
4 - Kruchev realizes that Kennedy is totally nuts, and decides to live with the Turkey missiles in order to avoid nuclear war
At least that's my take on it. The US is not as blameless as you want to think.
My first car had an AM radio, but I wanted FM, so I bought an FM converter for it. Car #3 had an AM/FM radio, but I wanted a cassette player, so I ended up buying and installing a radio with a cassette player in it. Car #4 didn't have a CD player, and I remedied that with a portable CD player and an adapter that slipped into the factory-installed cassette player. The current car has a radio with CD player and auxiliary input jack and Bluetooth, but I'm pretty sure it will be obsolete by the time I get rid of it.
Why would onboard computers be any different?
Because all those devices followed the same standard on size, power, connections, and functionality. There were many vendors competing for your money. The on-board computers are generally unique to a particular brand/model/year. The odds of the industry providing you with competing upgrade options is nil.