If this policy is to continue, I would hope that all TSA screeners would have to undergo the same level and detail of background checks as are required for any other person who works with young children (ie. teachers and so on). I doubt their current checks cover this, and it would at least set one baseline. It would also help if the TSA agents were required to be screened via pat-down by an independent security agency (maybe local law enforcement) before starting a shift - the extra costs for the local agency could come from the TSA budget.
I'm also wondering what their response would be if you requested that a sworn law enforcement official conduct any invasive searches of your person. They seem to have the option of pressing civil charges if you decline to be searched in any way, but opting to have the search conducted by someone who is more likely to be professional about it and actually be trained properly would seem to be a viable option and they shouldn't be able to decline you access to the facility for this request.
The ammunition mentioned in this article was listed on the ship's manifest and has been known about since the ship sailed. This isn't a surprise and has been (as usual) been taken without the proper context and sensationalized by the Daily Mail (which specializes in doing this kind of article).
If non-small arms materiel had been found then it would have been interesting - various other cargo items do appear to potentially be war materiel but those have not yet been located.
What's really funny is that you can just take an empty bottle through and fill it at any of the drinking fountains etc. that are past security. BUT - if you have a couple of drops left in the bottom of that empty bottle, then apparently it becomes a security risk and you will be required to "voluntarily surrender" it...
I seem to remember it would have saved a sciento-magician's life if he had actually used one instead of getting some friends' friends' friends' friends' and some rather less good friends of theirs' major stellar trucking company to put in what is recognised as the hardest night's work in history...
Crap. I seem to be exhibiting all the known signs of a terrorist.
Where do I turn myself in?
Seriously though, the security theatre in place does a great job of herding people into crowded areas where the air temp rises, and people get stressed out, resulting in all three of these so called terrorist signs. Without a slightly more relaxed general attitude, people have every reason to be stressed when they might be refused boarding due to some random TSA regulation, or have their property seized for no good reason (including that the screener feels like taking a nice new laptop home)...
That iTunes requires extra effort (drag and drop or manual import) to use tunes obtained from these services isn't all that surprising, but it is an example of Apple using its market domination in the MP3-player market to reinforce its music store business, That, in turn, by locking purchases with a DRM scheme that's incompatible with other manufacturers' personal audio players reinforces Apple's MP3-player hardware-market dominance -- it's a classic example of a monopolist or near-monopolist using their market position to give an advantage to their own products and services. Does it really surprise you to find out that the typical Slashdot reader doesn't approve of that kind of business practice?
Have you actually used these vendors? Amazon for example have a downloader application that will let you automatically add your files to iTunes as they download and any third party vendor can make something similar...
The whole point is that Apple is not blocking the import of these files (This would be monopolistic behaviour) - they are just not adding in functionality that is specifically designed to draw business away from themselves.
Where currently possible, they do offered un-DRM encumbered files - I am sure they are happy to sell to non-iPod users...
New Zealand implements a system that seems to work well although the prices are still a little too high for my liking...
You have a published cap, and if you exceed that, you either pay for additional traffic or are throttled to dial-up speed for the rest of the billing period (usually month).
Prices vary a lot for additional traffic and some ISPs do gouge quite deep...
I drive a Nissan Terrano (AU/NZ version of the Pathfinder). I have it for the cargo space and because I can take it offroad when I want/need (on a fairly regular basis). If I was just hauling stuff around I would get a pickup and I've had various small cars, but this is actually as cheap or cheaper to run than most of them...
Since it's a diesel, it already has an advantage in the fuel efficiency department and I have also run it on a mix of diesel and various vegetable oils (used and unused), so the price goes down even more...
I would like a diesel hybrid, but since they're a fairly niche product (pretty much military only so far) I think it'll be a few years before they appear in the affordable price bracket.
A local store has a sign they hang up that you can only see as you're leaving, which says "we reserve the right to inspect bags". Security guards ask nicely, but I walk past them with a sneer. How do I get away with it? They _don't_ have that right to begin with, so they can't reserve it. My main issue with this policy is that if the sign was present and clearly visible upon or before entering the store, they would be within their rights to demand inspection when you left. However, the majority of stores seem to only show the sign at the exit, in which case, they do not have the right as they have not presented the option of declining to enter their store before trying to enforce the policy...
So you're objecting to a company saying that they want to see an out of warranty machine before they give details of a repair?
Please don't fall back on the 3x as much argument - yes, Macs are premium computers, no, they don't cost much more than other premium brands competing for the same buyers. I don't want to get stuck in this argument because there are so many ways of arguing it and they have been rehashed across the net for years.
If you haven't checked, then check - if that's a major concern to you (that someone would have to drive a long way to a service center) then don't use it as a point. If someone lives a long way from a service center then then item can be shipped to be repaired - this isn't as much of a hassle as it sounds... If a machine is in warranty then this shouldn't be a problem. It's only when it's out of warranty and you want to know the price of a potential repair prior to handing it over that your argument becomes valid.
The motivation here is that you can set up the machine once and then she'll be set. As long as the machine is in warranty she can get repairs done for free... No different than any other machine. I tend to recommend Macs unless the person needs something specific that's Windows only, or is on a very tight budget in which case I generally recommend something second hand with linux...
I'm not an OS snob - I just like to see less biased commentary (a rant against Apple due to one out of warranty incident seems a little biased to me).
I don't see how this proves your point - they didn't want to tell you a part number because they hadn't seen the one it was replacing and they don't direct sell parts anyway...
This isn't particularly surprising in general - I would think that if you're competent enough to open the machine and pull the fan, you could grab a service manual and identify the part yourself, or go to one of the parts suppliers (5 seconds on google pulled up a number of these complete with exploded diagrams of the machines) and they would happily help you sort this out.
Just because Apple wouldn't give you the details directly doesn't make them any better or worse than any other manufacturer.
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I have a sanitation droid to do it for me...
If this policy is to continue, I would hope that all TSA screeners would have to undergo the same level and detail of background checks as are required for any other person who works with young children (ie. teachers and so on). I doubt their current checks cover this, and it would at least set one baseline. It would also help if the TSA agents were required to be screened via pat-down by an independent security agency (maybe local law enforcement) before starting a shift - the extra costs for the local agency could come from the TSA budget.
I'm also wondering what their response would be if you requested that a sworn law enforcement official conduct any invasive searches of your person. They seem to have the option of pressing civil charges if you decline to be searched in any way, but opting to have the search conducted by someone who is more likely to be professional about it and actually be trained properly would seem to be a viable option and they shouldn't be able to decline you access to the facility for this request.
The Route of Ages?
The ammunition mentioned in this article was listed on the ship's manifest and has been known about since the ship sailed. This isn't a surprise and has been (as usual) been taken without the proper context and sensationalized by the Daily Mail (which specializes in doing this kind of article).
If non-small arms materiel had been found then it would have been interesting - various other cargo items do appear to potentially be war materiel but those have not yet been located.
Splitter!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...
It's not a perfect analogy, but it does fit a little better ie.
Email - most employees won't have direct access to it, but the ISP can shut down your access...
Safe deposit box - user's key is required, but you still need to get into the bank vault or some similar room...
What's really funny is that you can just take an empty bottle through and fill it at any of the drinking fountains etc. that are past security. BUT - if you have a couple of drops left in the bottom of that empty bottle, then apparently it becomes a security risk and you will be required to "voluntarily surrender" it...
Another article now says that he dropped it down the stairs...
And that he refused to send the unit to Apple for examination unless they sent someone to his house to collect it.
sorry - SomeBODY else's problem field.
Someone else's problem field...
I seem to remember it would have saved a sciento-magician's life if he had actually used one instead of getting some friends' friends' friends' friends' and some rather less good friends of theirs' major stellar trucking company to put in what is recognised as the hardest night's work in history...
It didn't sound like you were being sarcastic so I'll answer:
Yes and Yes. Every place I've lived in the past 5 years will accept both... I think the last place I paid by cheque was in 2004...
It'll be easy to add colored filters or polarization or similar - just choose the appropriate pair of shades...
Could even use glasses with a built in display to add night vison for the other eye...
Crap. I seem to be exhibiting all the known signs of a terrorist.
Where do I turn myself in?
Seriously though, the security theatre in place does a great job of herding people into crowded areas where the air temp rises, and people get stressed out, resulting in all three of these so called terrorist signs. Without a slightly more relaxed general attitude, people have every reason to be stressed when they might be refused boarding due to some random TSA regulation, or have their property seized for no good reason (including that the screener feels like taking a nice new laptop home)...
That iTunes requires extra effort (drag and drop or manual import) to use tunes obtained from these services isn't all that surprising, but it is an example of Apple using its market domination in the MP3-player market to reinforce its music store business, That, in turn, by locking purchases with a DRM scheme that's incompatible with other manufacturers' personal audio players reinforces Apple's MP3-player hardware-market dominance -- it's a classic example of a monopolist or near-monopolist using their market position to give an advantage to their own products and services. Does it really surprise you to find out that the typical Slashdot reader doesn't approve of that kind of business practice?
Have you actually used these vendors? Amazon for example have a downloader application that will let you automatically add your files to iTunes as they download and any third party vendor can make something similar...
The whole point is that Apple is not blocking the import of these files (This would be monopolistic behaviour) - they are just not adding in functionality that is specifically designed to draw business away from themselves.
Where currently possible, they do offered un-DRM encumbered files - I am sure they are happy to sell to non-iPod users...
New Zealand implements a system that seems to work well although the prices are still a little too high for my liking...
You have a published cap, and if you exceed that, you either pay for additional traffic or are throttled to dial-up speed for the rest of the billing period (usually month).
Prices vary a lot for additional traffic and some ISPs do gouge quite deep...
From your link...
"You cannot claim "adverse possession" if you are engaged in the permissive use of somebody else's land."
If you've given permission then adverse possession is not an option...
Being a true villain, I always feel the need to strap my enemies to a bench within a metre of my death ray so this should work perfectly!
I prefer a more contemporary Standby than the painfully modern option you gave or even the stone age option of Off.
Weren't you listening? Mr Fusion only powers the time circuits and the flux capacitor - the car still runs on regular gas...
You can get burst resistant balls that will just slowly deflate (the plastic tears slowly if you get a big cut - which takes deliberate effort).
However, the regular strength ones do have the POP issue and I wouldn't even consider one, especially with the price difference being fairly low...
I drive a Nissan Terrano (AU/NZ version of the Pathfinder). I have it for the cargo space and because I can take it offroad when I want/need (on a fairly regular basis). If I was just hauling stuff around I would get a pickup and I've had various small cars, but this is actually as cheap or cheaper to run than most of them...
Since it's a diesel, it already has an advantage in the fuel efficiency department and I have also run it on a mix of diesel and various vegetable oils (used and unused), so the price goes down even more...
I would like a diesel hybrid, but since they're a fairly niche product (pretty much military only so far) I think it'll be a few years before they appear in the affordable price bracket.
So you're objecting to a company saying that they want to see an out of warranty machine before they give details of a repair?
Please don't fall back on the 3x as much argument - yes, Macs are premium computers, no, they don't cost much more than other premium brands competing for the same buyers. I don't want to get stuck in this argument because there are so many ways of arguing it and they have been rehashed across the net for years.
If you haven't checked, then check - if that's a major concern to you (that someone would have to drive a long way to a service center) then don't use it as a point. If someone lives a long way from a service center then then item can be shipped to be repaired - this isn't as much of a hassle as it sounds... If a machine is in warranty then this shouldn't be a problem. It's only when it's out of warranty and you want to know the price of a potential repair prior to handing it over that your argument becomes valid.
The motivation here is that you can set up the machine once and then she'll be set. As long as the machine is in warranty she can get repairs done for free... No different than any other machine. I tend to recommend Macs unless the person needs something specific that's Windows only, or is on a very tight budget in which case I generally recommend something second hand with linux...
I'm not an OS snob - I just like to see less biased commentary (a rant against Apple due to one out of warranty incident seems a little biased to me).
I don't see how this proves your point - they didn't want to tell you a part number because they hadn't seen the one it was replacing and they don't direct sell parts anyway...
This isn't particularly surprising in general - I would think that if you're competent enough to open the machine and pull the fan, you could grab a service manual and identify the part yourself, or go to one of the parts suppliers (5 seconds on google pulled up a number of these complete with exploded diagrams of the machines) and they would happily help you sort this out.
Just because Apple wouldn't give you the details directly doesn't make them any better or worse than any other manufacturer.