Why in the hell would you have a limited time internship that requires a secret level clearance that will probably take the UNPAID intern months to get? Seems like a ton of hassle for very little reward.
Because it gets you that security clearance before graduation. When you and your peers begin applying for jobs after graduation you have an advantage, you already have security clearance.
well hey, it will put people back to work right? I mean who cares if they arent getting paid as long as people are working!
You are not far off. When you go from a good manufacturing job to unemployment to flipping burgers you are a victory in the unemployment statistics, politicians will cheer their success at reducing unemployment.
"...100+ of the nations' best-and-brightest college students.."
"..to work for nothing"
Boy. Can't imagine how they could say no to that.
They are college students. They get course credit for things like this, each quarter/semester is the equivalent of an elective class. That has a monetary value.
Plus a key to getting hired is to have something on your resume other than your degree and its assigned coursework/projects. So it has monetary value in that regard too. Its not terribly different than voluntarily contributing to a FOSS project, well other than HR departments probably consider DHS experience and references more valuable.
Thirdly, if you want to work for DHS this gets your foot in the door. In governmental bureaucracies like this knowing someone inside and/or having an insider reference is quite valuable. Works in corporations too. I think the newly announced General Motors CEO started at GM as an intern when she was in college.
That said, I am not against paid internships. I am merely pointing out that as a student even an unpaid internship can have a value.
Even if it is the charger it may be the wiring not the device itself. A friend had an attic fire that was caused by a hallway smoke detector (AC powered) of all things. The fire investigator determined the smoke detector was wired incorrectly.
the average per download revenue on iOS is 5x what it is on Android.
Source please? I'm interested in the precise methodology used to arrive at that figure. Does it count only priced apps, only priced apps and IAPs, or also advertisements?
I've found this more to be an issue with being stuck on iOS5 than iOS 6, the latter of which does not run on the iPad 1.
Yep, 1st gen iPad is my main reluctance to require iOS 6 in an existing app. 3rd gen iPod touch is also stuck at 5. I'm on the fence for new apps, leaning towards supporting 6.
You should be able to download Xcode 4.6.3 from Apple's dev site. I think the project files are compatible between Xcode 4 and 5, at least I haven't noticed problems bouncing between the two Xcode versions on a couple of my projects. These are projects created under Xcode 4.
The problem is, however, that an increasing number of applications, will not work on previous IOS versions... even if there is nothing particular about the newer IOS version that the application actually requres. The only way to prevent this is to target the application for the oldest IOS version you want to support at build time. But doing so would not optimize the app for more recent IOS versions.
Your app can have both an iOS 6 look and an iOS 7 look depending on which it finds itself running on. Much of this is done automatically by iOS, some version specific coding may be required. This of course requires using the latest development tools.
Plus Apple is letting people with older versions of iOS get the last compatible version of an app if the current version is incompatible. So if you have a stable iOS 6 version and make an iOS 7 update then iOS 6 users can still get that older IOS 6 version.
Grow up. Millions of happy iOS customers proved you wrong.
No. Many iOS users thought that iOS 7 was a step forward with respect to functionality and a step backward with respect to visual appearance. Skeumorphism may have been overdone but iOS 7 went too far in the opposite direction, too flat, gets rid of borders that made sense (buttons), icons that make no sense and look like a placeholder that never got replaced (game center), etc.
Its a strange day when people coming from the Linux world are doing a better job at UI design than Apple.
The ipad one has an older processor and is pretty short on ram. It'll be a real stretch to make iOS7 work on that device.
The 1st generation iPad and the 3rd generation iPod touch are stuck at iOS 5.1.
The 3rd generation iPhone and the 4th generation iPod touch are stuck at iOS 6.1.
The 4th generation iPhone, 5th generation iPad touch, 2nd generation iPad and newer devices are current and running iOS 7.
The short story is that iOS 5 required at least 256 MB and iOS 6 required at least 512 MB.
If some future version of iOS requires at least 1024 MB then the cutoff will be at 5th generation iPhone, 3rd generation iPad and 2nd generation iPad mini. No current iPod touch would make the cut.
... does this mean there is no way to turn off "automatic updates" in an Idevice...
A user of an iOS device does not have to upgrade. The check for an update is automatic, the installation is not.
Its more of an issue for developers. The development tools sometimes make it difficult to support older versions of iOS. At the moment iOS 6 is well supported so there really is not much of a problem to have your app target both iOS 6 and 7.
This is *not* the first time they've had issues with one of these pumps. Apparently they are failing much faster than expected so the spares already in orbit are running very low.
Perhaps the Orbital Sciences launch is being delayed to add some additional pumps to its cargo.
Driving is not a constitutionally protected right.
Sophistry. Freedom of movement is a constitutionally protected right.
Freedom of movement does not mean that you get to **operate** the machine. Someone else can operate it for you or you can take a cab, bus, train, boat, etc. Your movement is not restricted, only your ability to operate the machine.
Metadata on cell phones includes a lot more than that.
Agreed. However I expect that they will only be allowed to collect/retain/analyze the two numbers, start time and duration without a warrant. Metadata is not an all or nothing thing.
I expect that the Court will only prohibit warrantless access to the phone call's content, the conversation. The the two phone numbers, a timestamp and a duration will probably still be accessible without a warrant.
Also, you don't have projectiles flying off past the target if you miss or pass-through. If there's a friendly base, city etc beyond the drone, you most probably don't want to light it up with bullets or missiles.
And for a "kill" in space you don't get the debris problem. Just a burned out image sensor on an otherwise intact spy satellite.
I was wondering why bother with directed energy weapons?
With speed of light weapons the target does not move very far between firing and impact. Point of aim is basically point of impact, unlike bullets. No guidance system required, unlike missiles.
Ammunition is unlimited as long as you have power.
And because sci fi fans have been waiting for this since 1898. The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells.
Slashdot Mirror
Didn't they just recently pass laws/regulations pretty much banning unpaid internship for most private businesses???
Since when does government have to live by the rules it imposes on individuals and business? Exempting itself is a common practice.
Why in the hell would you have a limited time internship that requires a secret level clearance that will probably take the UNPAID intern months to get? Seems like a ton of hassle for very little reward.
Because it gets you that security clearance before graduation. When you and your peers begin applying for jobs after graduation you have an advantage, you already have security clearance.
Ooo! Outsiders worked so well before! Snow-den! Snow-den! What fun.
What makes you think these interns are sys admins? They are probably the folks playing world of warcraft and looking for sinister activities in chat.
well hey, it will put people back to work right? I mean who cares if they arent getting paid as long as people are working!
You are not far off. When you go from a good manufacturing job to unemployment to flipping burgers you are a victory in the unemployment statistics, politicians will cheer their success at reducing unemployment.
"...100+ of the nations' best-and-brightest college students.."
"..to work for nothing"
Boy. Can't imagine how they could say no to that.
They are college students. They get course credit for things like this, each quarter/semester is the equivalent of an elective class. That has a monetary value.
Plus a key to getting hired is to have something on your resume other than your degree and its assigned coursework/projects. So it has monetary value in that regard too. Its not terribly different than voluntarily contributing to a FOSS project, well other than HR departments probably consider DHS experience and references more valuable.
Thirdly, if you want to work for DHS this gets your foot in the door. In governmental bureaucracies like this knowing someone inside and/or having an insider reference is quite valuable. Works in corporations too. I think the newly announced General Motors CEO started at GM as an intern when she was in college.
That said, I am not against paid internships. I am merely pointing out that as a student even an unpaid internship can have a value.
Here is a different link with a nice picture of concrete panels, scroll down.
http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-drilling-machine-bertha/28311/
Even if it is the charger it may be the wiring not the device itself. A friend had an attic fire that was caused by a hallway smoke detector (AC powered) of all things. The fire investigator determined the smoke detector was wired incorrectly.
the average per download revenue on iOS is 5x what it is on Android.
Source please? I'm interested in the precise methodology used to arrive at that figure. Does it count only priced apps, only priced apps and IAPs, or also advertisements?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tristanlouis/2013/08/10/how-much-do-average-apps-make/
I seem to remember one well-known video game developer making more revenue from ads on Android than from priced app sales on iOS.
Then they should have made money from ads on iOS as well.
I've found this more to be an issue with being stuck on iOS5 than iOS 6, the latter of which does not run on the iPad 1.
Yep, 1st gen iPad is my main reluctance to require iOS 6 in an existing app. 3rd gen iPod touch is also stuck at 5. I'm on the fence for new apps, leaning towards supporting 6.
You should be able to download Xcode 4.6.3 from Apple's dev site. I think the project files are compatible between Xcode 4 and 5, at least I haven't noticed problems bouncing between the two Xcode versions on a couple of my projects. These are projects created under Xcode 4.
It's supposed to say "Apple pushes developers to Android"
And after a few months coding on Android the developer really begins to appreciate Apple.
By the way, it's around 6:1 now for android to apple phone counts.
And this is basically canceled out by the fact that the average per download revenue on iOS is 5x what it is on Android.
The problem is, however, that an increasing number of applications, will not work on previous IOS versions... even if there is nothing particular about the newer IOS version that the application actually requres. The only way to prevent this is to target the application for the oldest IOS version you want to support at build time. But doing so would not optimize the app for more recent IOS versions.
Your app can have both an iOS 6 look and an iOS 7 look depending on which it finds itself running on. Much of this is done automatically by iOS, some version specific coding may be required. This of course requires using the latest development tools.
Plus Apple is letting people with older versions of iOS get the last compatible version of an app if the current version is incompatible. So if you have a stable iOS 6 version and make an iOS 7 update then iOS 6 users can still get that older IOS 6 version.
Grow up. Millions of happy iOS customers proved you wrong.
No. Many iOS users thought that iOS 7 was a step forward with respect to functionality and a step backward with respect to visual appearance. Skeumorphism may have been overdone but iOS 7 went too far in the opposite direction, too flat, gets rid of borders that made sense (buttons), icons that make no sense and look like a placeholder that never got replaced (game center), etc.
Its a strange day when people coming from the Linux world are doing a better job at UI design than Apple.
The ipad one has an older processor and is pretty short on ram. It'll be a real stretch to make iOS7 work on that device.
The 1st generation iPad and the 3rd generation iPod touch are stuck at iOS 5.1.
The 3rd generation iPhone and the 4th generation iPod touch are stuck at iOS 6.1.
The 4th generation iPhone, 5th generation iPad touch, 2nd generation iPad and newer devices are current and running iOS 7.
The short story is that iOS 5 required at least 256 MB and iOS 6 required at least 512 MB.
If some future version of iOS requires at least 1024 MB then the cutoff will be at 5th generation iPhone, 3rd generation iPad and 2nd generation iPad mini. No current iPod touch would make the cut.
... does this mean there is no way to turn off "automatic updates" in an Idevice ...
A user of an iOS device does not have to upgrade. The check for an update is automatic, the installation is not.
Its more of an issue for developers. The development tools sometimes make it difficult to support older versions of iOS. At the moment iOS 6 is well supported so there really is not much of a problem to have your app target both iOS 6 and 7.
Also, isn't there a Canadian robot up there that is suppose to do this stuff?
It gets Christmas and Boxing Day off. :-)
This is *not* the first time they've had issues with one of these pumps. Apparently they are failing much faster than expected so the spares already in orbit are running very low.
Perhaps the Orbital Sciences launch is being delayed to add some additional pumps to its cargo.
I wonder what the problem is..
Pumps made by the lowest cost bidder? :-)
And for a "kill" in space you don't get the debris problem. Just a burned out image sensor on an otherwise intact spy satellite.
Not necessarily....hit the hydrazine tank and methinks things will go boom!
Burning out optics may take much less power than cutting into the tank.
Driving is not a constitutionally protected right.
Sophistry. Freedom of movement is a constitutionally protected right.
Freedom of movement does not mean that you get to **operate** the machine. Someone else can operate it for you or you can take a cab, bus, train, boat, etc. Your movement is not restricted, only your ability to operate the machine.
Metadata on cell phones includes a lot more than that.
Agreed. However I expect that they will only be allowed to collect/retain/analyze the two numbers, start time and duration without a warrant. Metadata is not an all or nothing thing.
To be clear, "the Court" is referring to the US Supreme Court. I believe they have authorized "metadata" in the past, addresses on envelopes.
I expect that the Court will only prohibit warrantless access to the phone call's content, the conversation. The the two phone numbers, a timestamp and a duration will probably still be accessible without a warrant.
Also, you don't have projectiles flying off past the target if you miss or pass-through. If there's a friendly base, city etc beyond the drone, you most probably don't want to light it up with bullets or missiles.
And for a "kill" in space you don't get the debris problem. Just a burned out image sensor on an otherwise intact spy satellite.
I was wondering why bother with directed energy weapons?
With speed of light weapons the target does not move very far between firing and impact. Point of aim is basically point of impact, unlike bullets. No guidance system required, unlike missiles.
Ammunition is unlimited as long as you have power.
And because sci fi fans have been waiting for this since 1898. The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells.
Yeah. The move is to make things harder for **other** marketers. For the marketer named Google it confers advantages.