Except that I don't believe they have 1 billion real users. They probably have 100m users and another 900m users in fake accounts people use to play Farmville, etc.
Oh yeah. I worked on an embedded project that had custom kernel code as well as over 2 million lines in system libraries. No one could possibly know every single line of that. The project I was in charge of there maybe had 200,000 lines of code, and I often had to rely on comments to remember what goes where! I had the unfortunate aspect of being the only team on an embedded processor and had to fix cross platform issues with the system libraries too. It was a lot of work.
There are certainly minds that are so capable, they advance the understanding of man much faster than it would have happened, had they never existed. People like Albert Einstein and Steven Hawking. Would we understand the world as well without them? Probably. But perhaps we would not be where we are today without them.
Growing up, I never met a single person with an Apple computer in the UK. Even in the US, the Apple II seemed to have occupied the same niche as Britain's BBC Micro - a "respectable" computer for the slightly-to-very wealthy, and agencies like schools answerable to the political elite.
I grew up in a pretty large family, and we were not very well off at all. There were times when we had very little to eat. But we did have an Apple IIe. My older brother had a paper route and was hit by a car. He used the money he got from insurance to buy the computer. It was expensive as hell (but so was the first 286 we got). I learned to read and to write basic programs on that Apple IIe. We also used them in school all the way up until I was in high school. One of my first memories as a child was when we went to go and pick up that computer. I'm actually not a very big fan of Apple or Steve Jobs, but I will never forget the Apple IIe. I loved that thing. It's the reason I studied computers in college instead of doing mechanical engineering. I was sorely tempted by both fields but the computer won.
Because there will be absolutely no bias here. I mean, I make Spacely Sprockets all day for the company, and so I would tell the manager that the best way to measure performance is sprockets per minute. But that may not be the fairest metric to use. You can't ask a diverse group of workers to create an incentive system for the entire company. You'd have to work with each group individually and then there is the chance that people will think that the sprocket manufacturers have an easier performance plan than the sprocket boxers.
If Google wrote the original Maps app for iOS and Apple is going to let them publish a map app, why didn't they just publish the original app? Or, supposing that they for some reason licensed the source to Apple, why didn't they create a new app from scratch? It wouldn't have been hard and they have had plenty of time. Either they don't want to, or Apple won't let them. Apple did refuse to let them publish apps in the past, and only allowed them to publish apps after they received heavy scrutiny from the FTC. What makes you think that the leopard (or mountain lion if you prefer), has changed its spots?
Google wrote the original maps app. Surely they could have submitted it, or something similar to it long before iOS6 came out. Apple has kept Google out of the appstore in the past, maybe they are doing so again? I find it hard to believe that Google couldn't have scraped something up from scratch in this time frame. I know that Apple eventually let Google publish their apps, but if I recall correctly (and I could be mistaken), they only did so after succumbing to legal pressure.
I wasn't planning on upgrading to Windows 8. I have plenty of Windows 7 licenses (though maybe I should get one more just in case? Before they stop selling 7?) Anyway. I played around with some of the public trials and didn't like it much. Could you please let me know what you think the advantages are? I'm intrigued. When I first tried 7, I was instantly satisfied with the way the taskbar worked, etc. I was instantly sad that I was stuck on XP at work. I had the exact opposite feeling with 8. So what do you like about it?
That's how you read it. What I read is that the guy who allegedly went to pro-Assange demonstrations in London was investigated and had lost his classified access privileges. Not "charged", but "investigated/suspected". He was never charged but the damage is, of course, already done. I am sure other military personnel will think twice before expressing any pro-WikiLeaks views
I am sure if the guy in question had actually leaked anything or directly contacted Assange, he'd be in custody.
First and foremost, when Wikileaks first threatened to publish the diplomatic cables, etc, the government contacted all employees, contractors, and contracting companies and warned them that visiting or contributing to WikiLeaks violates the rules they agreed to when applying for and receiving a security clearance. Even if you do not have a security clearance, many projects require you to agree that you will not seek out or access and information that you do not have a "Need to know." They reiterated this agreement to everyone. At that point, if you were going to Pro-WikiLeaks or Pro - Jullian Assange rallies and events then you should have known that it could result in your clearance being revoked.
You have to realize that the US Government has special rules when dealing with foreigners and violating ITARS carries very strong punishments. However, you cannot be punished for talking to a foreign national, even one suspected of spying. You can definitely lose your security clearance, or be dismissed from government service if you knowingly talk to someone who is a spy, even if you do not divulge any sensitive material. This is rational, in my opinion, especially considering the things you agree to do in exchange for being granted a security clearance.
There are few things more disturbing than "maximum penalty is death, but only people who _really_ deserve it will be subjected to it". The rules should be more explicit, outlining what qualifies for which range of punishments. Nor is there a reason to have special treatment depending on who you send the information to. Is it worse to share state secrets with Wikileaks than with, say, New York Times reporter who publishes it? Wikileaks certainly hasn't done anything more than publishing the info.
The Supreme court and other judicial bodies do have case law to help them determine the rules of when a specific punishment is in line with the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishment. There is also legislation that determines when a specific punishment is considered just and fair. Finally, all members of the armed forces are held to the Uniform Code of Military Justice which goes into detail the various offenses and potential punishments.
There are two reasons that a leak to the New York Times would probably be treated differently than a leak to WikiLeaks. First of all, the editors of the NY Times know not to bite the hand that feeds them. They get all sorts of "leaks" from various politicians and perhaps even military sources. If they published an article that was considered treasonous, then they would lose those sources. Secondly, the customers of the NY Times are mostly US citizens who, on average, are quite patriotic people who would be deeply offended by a news source that caused the death of US citizens, or caused harm to the interests of the citizens. The NY Times would use judgement in publishing a leak. WikiLeaks would do no such thing. They published those diplomatic cables without hesitation or consideration of the effects it might have to the world. Their only concern was releasing the leaks in such a way as to generate donations, or to increase the prestige of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. He is also not a citizen, and there are usually enhancements for leaking materials to non-citizens as well.
Finally, when this WikiLeaks thing came to a head, I was doing contract work for the US government. All government employees, contractors, and contracting companies were notified at that time that looking at, or contributing to WikiLeaks was against the rules that the employees, contractors, and corporations agreed to when they received their security clearances. If you did not have a clearance, using WikiLeaks could disqualify you from receiving one. It was no secret. If you have or want a security clearance then you shouldn't be involved with the site. The US Military is just formalizing this point, and frankly I don't blame them. I think Julian seems to like the limelight a little too much for my tastes.
I am not seeing the "passing military secrets" anywhere. Unless the rules have been significantly rephrased, they refer to "communicating with". I.e. a member of the military asking Assange about his time in Ecuadorian embassy is technically eligible for death penalty too (yes, I don't expect that to be applied, but formal eligibility is disturbing enough).
Let's be clear. They will not, and could not prosecute you for saying anything to Julian Assange, and there are clear and fast rules on when the death penalty is even applicable. You have to violate the law by disclosing information to him that you are required to protect. If you are military personnel and you let him stay at your house, you could be arrested for aiding the enemy, but I'd bet that unless some secret was disclosed, they would probably only court marshal the person involved.
Well you're right, I haven't pulled out my light meter and measured. I can just say "This looks good, I'm happy." And away I go. I bought mine at Costco. Can't remember the brand, but they are on sale right now at about $3 a bulb. Since I work from home, I replaced almost everything in the house.. A bit expensive but it has helped offset the cost of being home most of the time. I like them much better than CFLs and they should last a long time.
Maybe you are buying the wrong LED lights? I replaced all of my incadescent bulbs with LED. I am sitting in my office now lit with the exact same number of bulbs as before, but I believe the new bulbs use 3W a piece and the lighting is perfect. Its even throughout the room and always bright enough for my needs day and night. This room doesn't get a lot of light during the day, and is often dark w/o the lights.
He responded to me and let me know that his wife needed more space, and that she deleted apps and that is why she was reinstalling. My guess is she downloaded the upgrade to the device and did not have the space.
That could be. I know there have been a ton of updates lately, but I would assume that this person would know the difference between an app update and a reinstall. I just know that the iOS 5 install left a bitter taste in my mouth. At least for my iPod. I had reformatted the machine that I used to upload my music and playlists to it and I was rather irritated that there was no way of saving the playlists themselves, or syncing to another machine without jailbreaking first. Plus its just a hassle to set everything up all over again. Oh well, I am not planning on installing iOS6 for some time anyway, unless I have to for work.
Well someone later posted that their wife went over their data cap after iOS6 said she was connected to wifi and she had to reinstall all her apps. So maybe she wiped? But that gives me the impression they don't know how to migrate an OS without restoring from backup? Did they lose the engineer that coded it up for ios 2, 3 and 4?
Uh.. yeah, let's talk about this for a sec. The iOS6 update caused my wife's phone to indicate that it was on wi-fi when it was not. She went to re-download her apps and...
So iOS6 wipes all your data, just like iOS5 did? Wow. The people in charge of iOS are idiots. I'm not upgrading.
That is a negative. As of iOS 4 you cannot perform an OS downgrade. The OS will not install without a signature from Apple. They only sign installs of the latest OS. So no, you will not be able to restore that backup and get google maps. You can at best get your data out.
How serious is the injury? Can you use your fingers on that arm at all? I've had surgery on both shoulders and have had my arms immobilized for 6 weeks both times. I've found that most computer games are tricky with your arm in a sling. However it's not too bad to use gaming controllers with it tight against your chest. However if you have lost all use of your hand then these mice listed above are your best bet. I can use most mice with either hand, though the multi button gaming mice are a bit awkward with the opposite hand. You might also want to get an X-box with Kinnect. You should be able to play most of those games. They may not be as hardcore as what you'd like, but they make great party games, so you can use the sympathy factor to get girls to come play just dance with you.
Except that iStuff that you buy thru Apple is not a tangible good. As far as I know, Walmart only sells tangible goods. They sell books, which may compete with iBooks or Kindle mobi files, but most of AMazon's products compete directly with Walmart. Very few of Apple's do.
The US probably could not legally be a part of such "World Court" without violating the US Constitution. Certainly the only way it would ever remotely be constitutional is if it were a ratified treaty, approved by the legislature and signed by the executive branch. There is little chance of that happening, and probably for good reason. There is no reason that a government shouldn't be able to enter into negotiations to resolve disputes with other countries, and certainly other countries should be free to sanction any country they choose, but to have some third party enter two entire nations into binding and un-appealable agreements does not sound very smart. How can you say that any of the judges are unbiased or fair? Because I know no man or woman who is unbiased, and most are not fair.
And what force ensures that people hold up their end of the judgement? The UN? The UN wasn't set up in a way that instills faith in its abilities to end disputes, or to enforce judgements.
I actually just recently applied for a part time state position teaching computer science to high school students online. The requirement was that you have a BS in CS and have a teaching credential. I was automatically rejected immediately, for not having a temporary credential. The requirement for a temporary credential? Having been offered a teaching position inside of the state. So, a req that has been open for almost a year remains unfilled because they can't hire someone with a computer science degree who doesn't have a teaching credential already. How many people are there that have a CS degree that want to teach high school? Probably not many. I thought it would be a great way to give back to the community (the pay is terrible), but I guess not. I can't even get past the computer, unless I lie about having a temporary credential. If I lie about having a temporary credential, then the law says that (upon discovering the lie), the state is barred from hiring me. What a messed up and useless system. They will probably never fill that position.
It's too bad, too. I was willing to give up 5-10 hours a week to help out kids who want to learn. Anyone who is already teaching probably doens't want to spend that extra time with kids.
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Except that I don't believe they have 1 billion real users. They probably have 100m users and another 900m users in fake accounts people use to play Farmville, etc.
Oh yeah. I worked on an embedded project that had custom kernel code as well as over 2 million lines in system libraries. No one could possibly know every single line of that. The project I was in charge of there maybe had 200,000 lines of code, and I often had to rely on comments to remember what goes where! I had the unfortunate aspect of being the only team on an embedded processor and had to fix cross platform issues with the system libraries too. It was a lot of work.
There are certainly minds that are so capable, they advance the understanding of man much faster than it would have happened, had they never existed. People like Albert Einstein and Steven Hawking. Would we understand the world as well without them? Probably. But perhaps we would not be where we are today without them.
Growing up, I never met a single person with an Apple computer in the UK. Even in the US, the Apple II seemed to have occupied the same niche as Britain's BBC Micro - a "respectable" computer for the slightly-to-very wealthy, and agencies like schools answerable to the political elite.
I grew up in a pretty large family, and we were not very well off at all. There were times when we had very little to eat. But we did have an Apple IIe. My older brother had a paper route and was hit by a car. He used the money he got from insurance to buy the computer. It was expensive as hell (but so was the first 286 we got). I learned to read and to write basic programs on that Apple IIe. We also used them in school all the way up until I was in high school. One of my first memories as a child was when we went to go and pick up that computer. I'm actually not a very big fan of Apple or Steve Jobs, but I will never forget the Apple IIe. I loved that thing. It's the reason I studied computers in college instead of doing mechanical engineering. I was sorely tempted by both fields but the computer won.
Because there will be absolutely no bias here. I mean, I make Spacely Sprockets all day for the company, and so I would tell the manager that the best way to measure performance is sprockets per minute. But that may not be the fairest metric to use. You can't ask a diverse group of workers to create an incentive system for the entire company. You'd have to work with each group individually and then there is the chance that people will think that the sprocket manufacturers have an easier performance plan than the sprocket boxers.
If Google wrote the original Maps app for iOS and Apple is going to let them publish a map app, why didn't they just publish the original app? Or, supposing that they for some reason licensed the source to Apple, why didn't they create a new app from scratch? It wouldn't have been hard and they have had plenty of time. Either they don't want to, or Apple won't let them. Apple did refuse to let them publish apps in the past, and only allowed them to publish apps after they received heavy scrutiny from the FTC. What makes you think that the leopard (or mountain lion if you prefer), has changed its spots?
Google wrote the original maps app. Surely they could have submitted it, or something similar to it long before iOS6 came out. Apple has kept Google out of the appstore in the past, maybe they are doing so again? I find it hard to believe that Google couldn't have scraped something up from scratch in this time frame. I know that Apple eventually let Google publish their apps, but if I recall correctly (and I could be mistaken), they only did so after succumbing to legal pressure.
I wasn't planning on upgrading to Windows 8. I have plenty of Windows 7 licenses (though maybe I should get one more just in case? Before they stop selling 7?) Anyway. I played around with some of the public trials and didn't like it much. Could you please let me know what you think the advantages are? I'm intrigued. When I first tried 7, I was instantly satisfied with the way the taskbar worked, etc. I was instantly sad that I was stuck on XP at work. I had the exact opposite feeling with 8. So what do you like about it?
...and myface and spacebook and all that...
It's FaceSpace. Say it right or don't say it at all.
That's how you read it. What I read is that the guy who allegedly went to pro-Assange demonstrations in London was investigated and had lost his classified access privileges. Not "charged", but "investigated/suspected". He was never charged but the damage is, of course, already done. I am sure other military personnel will think twice before expressing any pro-WikiLeaks views I am sure if the guy in question had actually leaked anything or directly contacted Assange, he'd be in custody.
First and foremost, when Wikileaks first threatened to publish the diplomatic cables, etc, the government contacted all employees, contractors, and contracting companies and warned them that visiting or contributing to WikiLeaks violates the rules they agreed to when applying for and receiving a security clearance. Even if you do not have a security clearance, many projects require you to agree that you will not seek out or access and information that you do not have a "Need to know." They reiterated this agreement to everyone. At that point, if you were going to Pro-WikiLeaks or Pro - Jullian Assange rallies and events then you should have known that it could result in your clearance being revoked.
You have to realize that the US Government has special rules when dealing with foreigners and violating ITARS carries very strong punishments. However, you cannot be punished for talking to a foreign national, even one suspected of spying. You can definitely lose your security clearance, or be dismissed from government service if you knowingly talk to someone who is a spy, even if you do not divulge any sensitive material. This is rational, in my opinion, especially considering the things you agree to do in exchange for being granted a security clearance.
There are few things more disturbing than "maximum penalty is death, but only people who _really_ deserve it will be subjected to it". The rules should be more explicit, outlining what qualifies for which range of punishments. Nor is there a reason to have special treatment depending on who you send the information to. Is it worse to share state secrets with Wikileaks than with, say, New York Times reporter who publishes it? Wikileaks certainly hasn't done anything more than publishing the info.
The Supreme court and other judicial bodies do have case law to help them determine the rules of when a specific punishment is in line with the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishment. There is also legislation that determines when a specific punishment is considered just and fair. Finally, all members of the armed forces are held to the Uniform Code of Military Justice which goes into detail the various offenses and potential punishments.
There are two reasons that a leak to the New York Times would probably be treated differently than a leak to WikiLeaks. First of all, the editors of the NY Times know not to bite the hand that feeds them. They get all sorts of "leaks" from various politicians and perhaps even military sources. If they published an article that was considered treasonous, then they would lose those sources. Secondly, the customers of the NY Times are mostly US citizens who, on average, are quite patriotic people who would be deeply offended by a news source that caused the death of US citizens, or caused harm to the interests of the citizens. The NY Times would use judgement in publishing a leak. WikiLeaks would do no such thing. They published those diplomatic cables without hesitation or consideration of the effects it might have to the world. Their only concern was releasing the leaks in such a way as to generate donations, or to increase the prestige of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. He is also not a citizen, and there are usually enhancements for leaking materials to non-citizens as well.
Finally, when this WikiLeaks thing came to a head, I was doing contract work for the US government. All government employees, contractors, and contracting companies were notified at that time that looking at, or contributing to WikiLeaks was against the rules that the employees, contractors, and corporations agreed to when they received their security clearances. If you did not have a clearance, using WikiLeaks could disqualify you from receiving one. It was no secret. If you have or want a security clearance then you shouldn't be involved with the site. The US Military is just formalizing this point, and frankly I don't blame them. I think Julian seems to like the limelight a little too much for my tastes.
I am not seeing the "passing military secrets" anywhere. Unless the rules have been significantly rephrased, they refer to "communicating with". I.e. a member of the military asking Assange about his time in Ecuadorian embassy is technically eligible for death penalty too (yes, I don't expect that to be applied, but formal eligibility is disturbing enough).
Let's be clear. They will not, and could not prosecute you for saying anything to Julian Assange, and there are clear and fast rules on when the death penalty is even applicable. You have to violate the law by disclosing information to him that you are required to protect. If you are military personnel and you let him stay at your house, you could be arrested for aiding the enemy, but I'd bet that unless some secret was disclosed, they would probably only court marshal the person involved.
Well you're right, I haven't pulled out my light meter and measured. I can just say "This looks good, I'm happy." And away I go. I bought mine at Costco. Can't remember the brand, but they are on sale right now at about $3 a bulb. Since I work from home, I replaced almost everything in the house.. A bit expensive but it has helped offset the cost of being home most of the time. I like them much better than CFLs and they should last a long time.
Maybe you are buying the wrong LED lights? I replaced all of my incadescent bulbs with LED. I am sitting in my office now lit with the exact same number of bulbs as before, but I believe the new bulbs use 3W a piece and the lighting is perfect. Its even throughout the room and always bright enough for my needs day and night. This room doesn't get a lot of light during the day, and is often dark w/o the lights.
He responded to me and let me know that his wife needed more space, and that she deleted apps and that is why she was reinstalling. My guess is she downloaded the upgrade to the device and did not have the space.
Glad to hear that. Okay thanks for letting me know. :)
That could be. I know there have been a ton of updates lately, but I would assume that this person would know the difference between an app update and a reinstall. I just know that the iOS 5 install left a bitter taste in my mouth. At least for my iPod. I had reformatted the machine that I used to upload my music and playlists to it and I was rather irritated that there was no way of saving the playlists themselves, or syncing to another machine without jailbreaking first. Plus its just a hassle to set everything up all over again. Oh well, I am not planning on installing iOS6 for some time anyway, unless I have to for work.
Well someone later posted that their wife went over their data cap after iOS6 said she was connected to wifi and she had to reinstall all her apps. So maybe she wiped? But that gives me the impression they don't know how to migrate an OS without restoring from backup? Did they lose the engineer that coded it up for ios 2, 3 and 4?
Uh.. yeah, let's talk about this for a sec. The iOS6 update caused my wife's phone to indicate that it was on wi-fi when it was not. She went to re-download her apps and...
So iOS6 wipes all your data, just like iOS5 did? Wow. The people in charge of iOS are idiots. I'm not upgrading.
That is a negative. As of iOS 4 you cannot perform an OS downgrade. The OS will not install without a signature from Apple. They only sign installs of the latest OS. So no, you will not be able to restore that backup and get google maps. You can at best get your data out.
Don't forget that iOS 5 wiped all your data, music, etc. I don't know if 6 does. But it's really inconvenient to lose everything.
How serious is the injury? Can you use your fingers on that arm at all? I've had surgery on both shoulders and have had my arms immobilized for 6 weeks both times. I've found that most computer games are tricky with your arm in a sling. However it's not too bad to use gaming controllers with it tight against your chest. However if you have lost all use of your hand then these mice listed above are your best bet. I can use most mice with either hand, though the multi button gaming mice are a bit awkward with the opposite hand. You might also want to get an X-box with Kinnect. You should be able to play most of those games. They may not be as hardcore as what you'd like, but they make great party games, so you can use the sympathy factor to get girls to come play just dance with you.
Except that iStuff that you buy thru Apple is not a tangible good. As far as I know, Walmart only sells tangible goods. They sell books, which may compete with iBooks or Kindle mobi files, but most of AMazon's products compete directly with Walmart. Very few of Apple's do.
The US probably could not legally be a part of such "World Court" without violating the US Constitution. Certainly the only way it would ever remotely be constitutional is if it were a ratified treaty, approved by the legislature and signed by the executive branch. There is little chance of that happening, and probably for good reason. There is no reason that a government shouldn't be able to enter into negotiations to resolve disputes with other countries, and certainly other countries should be free to sanction any country they choose, but to have some third party enter two entire nations into binding and un-appealable agreements does not sound very smart. How can you say that any of the judges are unbiased or fair? Because I know no man or woman who is unbiased, and most are not fair.
And what force ensures that people hold up their end of the judgement? The UN? The UN wasn't set up in a way that instills faith in its abilities to end disputes, or to enforce judgements.
I actually just recently applied for a part time state position teaching computer science to high school students online. The requirement was that you have a BS in CS and have a teaching credential. I was automatically rejected immediately, for not having a temporary credential. The requirement for a temporary credential? Having been offered a teaching position inside of the state. So, a req that has been open for almost a year remains unfilled because they can't hire someone with a computer science degree who doesn't have a teaching credential already. How many people are there that have a CS degree that want to teach high school? Probably not many. I thought it would be a great way to give back to the community (the pay is terrible), but I guess not. I can't even get past the computer, unless I lie about having a temporary credential. If I lie about having a temporary credential, then the law says that (upon discovering the lie), the state is barred from hiring me. What a messed up and useless system. They will probably never fill that position.
It's too bad, too. I was willing to give up 5-10 hours a week to help out kids who want to learn. Anyone who is already teaching probably doens't want to spend that extra time with kids.