Actually, I'd suggest that one potentially very important thing may have happened. You just got fired for having a poor work ethic and not taking part of your job seriously enough to actually do it.
Good luck trying to collect unemployment benefits when the employer tells the employment bureau why they fired you... unless you are also prepared to lie to the bureau yourself and contradict their claim. And even if you did, the best that would happen for you is that your benefits would be delayed significantly, so you better have enough saved up to survive for without any paycheque for a couple of months while they investigate the claim.
You don't have to like every aspect of your job, but unless you are self-employed and can always afford to lose clients that are less than ideal, that doesn't mean you aren't still obligated to do the parts of your job that you might not like. And that includes meetings.
I would think the very fact that you can potentially compromise a machine once you have sufficient physical access to the system that you are able to replace its internals with whatever you want should be pretty damn obvious to almost anybody all on its own
The expression "in the running" is used to describe that there exists some uncertainty about the matter, but not so much as to significantly diminish the likelihood of whatever it is that is being described.
... and the argument that if HUDs don't interfere with jet pilots, they shouldn't pose a problem for automobile drivers, where in the article does it mention that she was actually using it in that capacity?
I firmly suspect she was not....
But on that point.... if merely "driving with a monitor visible to the driver" is illegal, then wouldn't a completely integrated HUD system in an advanced vehicle also be illegal?
It's very easy to take something for granted when it's doing what you expect. People notice bugs in software, they don't notice that it's doing what it's supposed to.
This is why I think it's so hard to get respect as a software developer... what we do is often completely invisible to most people.
Only to the extent that taxes are theft... but consider that since the person who is getting those subsidies is also paying taxes, they are at least also contributing to such subsidies.
... they'd probably already be a lot more popular.
As it sits, you're looking at putting down an additional $10k on a car *JUST* because it's electric, while the typical price-conscious consumer looks at that money difference and realizes that they can actually just get a whole lot nicer car instead.
I'd probably have said something right to their face about it right then and there, apologizing for overhearing but being pretty insistent about wanting some clarification to be sure that I hadn't simply misheard. That it may not really be any of my business what they are talking about would not excuse any justifications for torture, which *WOULD* be my business, and in fact my obligation to report to appropriate authorities.
Plus, of course, since the person was not actually part of the conversation, we can't know for certain that he didn't mishear something anyways.
Did I suggest that the NSA's eavesdropping was any less inappropriate? At most, I'd suggest it may not *ACTUALLY* be unconstitutional, and even if it weren't, that still doesn't necessarilly mean that it's a good thing. Legal != moral.
Also, if you'll forgive the cliche, but two wrongs don't make a right.
.... to actively listen in on other people's conversations, even if you *can* incidentally hear them?
Okay sure... it's not illegal, but really
And while I know that sometimes you can't help but overhear stuff that's happening in a nearby conversation, that still doesn't mean you have to pay enough attention to what you heard to actually do something about it.
I would be extremely surprised if anything but an infinitesimal minority of people who buy this are not favourably biased towards Linux already, and may similarly be already running it on a desktop anyways.
The scanner will not work if any of the ink cartridges need to be replaced, and the ink in the cartridge will eventually dry out, even if it is not being used at all, making the scanner inoperative as well.
Actually, it's not even necessarily the cheapest way to get a scanner, since in my experience, the device often won't even be usable as a scanner if anything is wrong with the ink cartridges, and ink in cartridges have a propensity to eventually dry out, even if you are not printing... which is yet another reason to not get an inkjet.
Don't quote me on this... I don't know this for certain, but I would guess that this restriction is in there so that countries who may want to put stuff into space that they suspect others wouldn't like very much (use your imagination), they can't just say that some independent upstart in their country did it without government support, and they have no idea what was launched, since they will still be held directly responsible anyways.
Of course, IANAL. But why the fuck are you asking this kind of question on slashdot anyways?
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I'm not sure if I should be amazed or disgusted by a post filled with such rampant ageism.
Still... it's a useful reminder that prejudice and bigotry don't need differences like race or gender to be found in the workplace.
Wouldn't using pen and paper force you to break the all-important eye contact that you were talking about?
Actually, I'd suggest that one potentially very important thing may have happened. You just got fired for having a poor work ethic and not taking part of your job seriously enough to actually do it.
Good luck trying to collect unemployment benefits when the employer tells the employment bureau why they fired you... unless you are also prepared to lie to the bureau yourself and contradict their claim. And even if you did, the best that would happen for you is that your benefits would be delayed significantly, so you better have enough saved up to survive for without any paycheque for a couple of months while they investigate the claim.
You don't have to like every aspect of your job, but unless you are self-employed and can always afford to lose clients that are less than ideal, that doesn't mean you aren't still obligated to do the parts of your job that you might not like. And that includes meetings.
I know the movie reference, but I don't understand what that had to do with anything.
What does the length of your nose have to do with a cubit?
I would think the very fact that you can potentially compromise a machine once you have sufficient physical access to the system that you are able to replace its internals with whatever you want should be pretty damn obvious to almost anybody all on its own
The expression "in the running" is used to describe that there exists some uncertainty about the matter, but not so much as to significantly diminish the likelihood of whatever it is that is being described.
I firmly suspect she was not....
But on that point.... if merely "driving with a monitor visible to the driver" is illegal, then wouldn't a completely integrated HUD system in an advanced vehicle also be illegal?
CMYK and more should be there for 2.10, once GEGL and babl are fully incorporated.
40 years ago was 1973, which was 4 years before Star Wars, and 7 years before Empire Strikes Back, which is where Yoda is first mentioned and appears.
It's very easy to take something for granted when it's doing what you expect. People notice bugs in software, they don't notice that it's doing what it's supposed to.
This is why I think it's so hard to get respect as a software developer... what we do is often completely invisible to most people.
Only to the extent that taxes are theft... but consider that since the person who is getting those subsidies is also paying taxes, they are at least also contributing to such subsidies.
As it sits, you're looking at putting down an additional $10k on a car *JUST* because it's electric, while the typical price-conscious consumer looks at that money difference and realizes that they can actually just get a whole lot nicer car instead.
I'd probably have said something right to their face about it right then and there, apologizing for overhearing but being pretty insistent about wanting some clarification to be sure that I hadn't simply misheard. That it may not really be any of my business what they are talking about would not excuse any justifications for torture, which *WOULD* be my business, and in fact my obligation to report to appropriate authorities.
Plus, of course, since the person was not actually part of the conversation, we can't know for certain that he didn't mishear something anyways.
Like I said... it's rude.
I have exactly the same problem with the government trying to spy on its citizens "in the interests of security".
Just because there's no law against it, doesn't mean that it's acceptable.
Did I suggest that the NSA's eavesdropping was any less inappropriate? At most, I'd suggest it may not *ACTUALLY* be unconstitutional, and even if it weren't, that still doesn't necessarilly mean that it's a good thing. Legal != moral.
Also, if you'll forgive the cliche, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Okay sure... it's not illegal, but really
And while I know that sometimes you can't help but overhear stuff that's happening in a nearby conversation, that still doesn't mean you have to pay enough attention to what you heard to actually do something about it.
Because people won't trust them.
If I remember correctly, by being strictly non-commercial.
Or... we could wait and see.
If I'm wrong, all I said was that I'd be surprised.
I would be extremely surprised if anything but an infinitesimal minority of people who buy this are not favourably biased towards Linux already, and may similarly be already running it on a desktop anyways.
The scanner will not work if any of the ink cartridges need to be replaced, and the ink in the cartridge will eventually dry out, even if it is not being used at all, making the scanner inoperative as well.
Actually, it's not even necessarily the cheapest way to get a scanner, since in my experience, the device often won't even be usable as a scanner if anything is wrong with the ink cartridges, and ink in cartridges have a propensity to eventually dry out, even if you are not printing... which is yet another reason to not get an inkjet.
You may be able to find one among the many sites shown here.
No promises, mind you.
Don't quote me on this... I don't know this for certain, but I would guess that this restriction is in there so that countries who may want to put stuff into space that they suspect others wouldn't like very much (use your imagination), they can't just say that some independent upstart in their country did it without government support, and they have no idea what was launched, since they will still be held directly responsible anyways.
Of course, IANAL. But why the fuck are you asking this kind of question on slashdot anyways?