USE PAPER MAPS, they will never go out of style or lose value!!! I use Google Maps and GPS from time to time, esp. if I am in someplace I am unfamiliar with, but I never rely solely on digital directions.When I lived in the US (growing up in Virginia) I kept an atlas of the State in my car and now that I live in Beirut I also keep a map of Lebanon and a city guide of Beirut in my car...for those moments that Google/GPS fails or when I need to plan a route and don't have internet access (which is quite common here).
I have a good friend back in the States that I respect highly, but she depends on the GPS to get her around her own city (where's she's lived for 10+ years)...for crying out loud, it isn't difficult to memorize a few landmarks and road names and learn how to navigate!
Its sad that people are being put in some danger, but some planning, common sense, and basic navigation skills can solve this problem. Apple does need to address the issue but its not Apple's fault if someone who can't be bothered to check on a route dies due to getting lost.
Dude, I live in Beirut...police ain't gonna do anything, the government's sites get hacked and defaced from time to time and nothing's ever happens. Find another solution.
I agree, posting a no trespassing sign is key, but rationalizing that its a legitimate dumping ground?!?!? The legitimate dumping ground is called the landfill and at times it might cost a little to use it, but its there for public use. Dumping trash and rubbish elsewhere is just littering and ignorant.
Safe Eyes (now owned by McAffee) and OpenDNS, along with a good firewall/rules on the computer. Safe Eyes only runs I think on OSX and Windows, so if you're a Linux man, you're out of luck here.
I've been happy with Safe Eyes as I've used it at the orphanage I volunteer at to reduce bandwidth (by blocking heavy video/music sites as well as to help monitor computers used by our older residents). They're pretty family friendly and they've donated the last couple years of subscription for us.
All in all, personally teaching and investing time in parenting and supervising what is done on the computer is a must. Placing computers in a high traffic area in the house and giving restrictions on when to use it aren't bad ideas either.
VOIP and SIP calls are technically illegal. They do block SIP calls, but don't or are unable to block Skype and Google Talk over Gmail. Reasons listed are essentially the same, national security and maintaining the telco status quo (we only have two mobile companies and one national POTS). There has never been any enforcement of this ban, the law seems to have been written but never intended to be fully realized.
into the lives of people. Really? There is no need for this type if idiotic legislature. If people can't curb their calories, eat, drink, and live responsibly, then they deserve whatever health problems they get as a result. We need less nanny-ism from the government and more commonsense from the public.
I think a lot of this is "provable" with anecdotal evidence, but I think there is something about allowing people to get sick or exposed to germs...we live in a world where people are afraid of germs and sickness and want to drop an antibiotic at the first sign of illness, bacterial or not. I currently live in a country where antibiotics can be gotten at pharmacies without a prescription. When people start to cough or otherwise display symptoms of being sick the first recourse is an antibiotic; doctors even will prescribe antibiotics when the symptoms point towards virus, just to make induce a placebo effect and make sure their patient feels cared for.
Anecdotal evidence...I grew up in the country and was exposed to a lot of "pathogens". My mother was a school nurse (likely bringing some of her work home with her) and just being outside in the woods, going to the bathroom, climbing trees, swimming, stick fighting, making forts, etc...all without washing hands. I never had allergies as a child and the only time I get sick in Beirut is when I am exposed to an extreme amount of pollution or the strange pollen from the pine trees here that plagues nearly everyone about once a year. I am even tolerant of something called the spring worm (caterpillar) that has feces and body hairs that are extremely irritating.
Our bodies are stronger than we give them credit for and we need to stop being a nation/world of hypochondriacs. Its nice that there seems to be some serious study on this issue. From personal experience I seem to see that the people who are the sickest are those that were sheltered the most growing up.
being forwarded in an email or on removable media are the most obvious ways that malware is being passed along. For the most part it is not very likely for an infected/malicious file (unless intentional) to be passed from a Mac to Windows machine, but I've scanned my email folders occasionally and found a file that is harmless on my MacBook but would compromise a Windows system if opened. So it can happen, its not BS.
semantics. I haven't read the article, but based on the summary they're talking about the Mac being a carrier, being able to pass along the "infection" but not adversely impacted by it itself.
+1 Troll...most of the people getting their iPhones are getting them on contract and they are around the same cost as other devices...and if you take into consideration the contract prices the value of the iPhone is less than $500, the limit for a felony.
I live where the iProducts and other high quality electronic devices also cost significantly more than in the US, but it isn't because the manufacturers are raising prices, its due to the taxes, VAT, import, customs, duty, and such that raise the selling price of the devices.
wish I had mod points on this one...+1! In most situations I would agree with you completely, but at times business cards are appropriate. Think of a designer or artist, a well done, creative business card may be the first impression a potential client sees. At other times, depending on the context, a business card is a simple way to pass along contact information.
I dislike just handing out cards for handing them out. As an NGO worker overseas there are moments where I wish I had a business card, it reflects on my work as my agency...but I don't hand them out unless another person asks for one or it seems that it is appropriate. When I get unsolicited cards I generally toss them in the bin and forget.
then I as a customer have the right not to choose their service, simple as that. I really don't see how this can be legal, but I am unable (and unwilling) to be a person who brings this to court to test the waters.
Facebook isn't on school property so I fail to see how in loco parentis would work or be held up in this situation. Sure, the issue is causing problems for the school community but it is off-site, where the principal has no authority.
I am not saying what the children did was right, they have done something that could negatively impact the lives of a teacher and his family, personally and professionally. They need to be held accountable and given consequences. The right thing would have been for the administration to notify the parent and get their consent...better yet, get the parents to come in and watch as the child logged in to her facebook account. Better accountability and openness that way, makes it easy to avoid the children and parents bringing suit for invasion of privacy (just wait, it will happen).
true, but the child was in no way obliged to open her account and let the staff look at it. I agree the principal needs to back his staff, but if it were me at that age I would have told him to stuff it...politely.
the children deserve consequences and you are right that their allegations were quite dangerous. Unless the postings happened at school (and even that issue is questionable) the principal had no authority to make the student open her facebook page in front of him. Best case, this should have been a legal issue between the children and teacher in the form of a lawsuit.
yeah, that one eludes me. The school had no grounds to get involved, this should have been a civil matter between the teacher and the children making the statements (libel, defamation, etc). Now, that the school did get involved I don't see how claiming someone as bipolar is worse than claiming they're a rapist and a child molester. Were I the student in question and the principal asked me to login to facebook for him I'd just refuse. What the children did was wrong but the school took it too far.
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USE PAPER MAPS, they will never go out of style or lose value!!! I use Google Maps and GPS from time to time, esp. if I am in someplace I am unfamiliar with, but I never rely solely on digital directions.When I lived in the US (growing up in Virginia) I kept an atlas of the State in my car and now that I live in Beirut I also keep a map of Lebanon and a city guide of Beirut in my car...for those moments that Google/GPS fails or when I need to plan a route and don't have internet access (which is quite common here).
I have a good friend back in the States that I respect highly, but she depends on the GPS to get her around her own city (where's she's lived for 10+ years)...for crying out loud, it isn't difficult to memorize a few landmarks and road names and learn how to navigate!
Its sad that people are being put in some danger, but some planning, common sense, and basic navigation skills can solve this problem. Apple does need to address the issue but its not Apple's fault if someone who can't be bothered to check on a route dies due to getting lost.
Dude, I live in Beirut...police ain't gonna do anything, the government's sites get hacked and defaced from time to time and nothing's ever happens. Find another solution.
I agree, posting a no trespassing sign is key, but rationalizing that its a legitimate dumping ground?!?!? The legitimate dumping ground is called the landfill and at times it might cost a little to use it, but its there for public use. Dumping trash and rubbish elsewhere is just littering and ignorant.
Safe Eyes (now owned by McAffee) and OpenDNS, along with a good firewall/rules on the computer. Safe Eyes only runs I think on OSX and Windows, so if you're a Linux man, you're out of luck here.
I've been happy with Safe Eyes as I've used it at the orphanage I volunteer at to reduce bandwidth (by blocking heavy video/music sites as well as to help monitor computers used by our older residents). They're pretty family friendly and they've donated the last couple years of subscription for us.
All in all, personally teaching and investing time in parenting and supervising what is done on the computer is a must. Placing computers in a high traffic area in the house and giving restrictions on when to use it aren't bad ideas either.
nothing like this happens easily or often in the Middle East...
VOIP and SIP calls are technically illegal. They do block SIP calls, but don't or are unable to block Skype and Google Talk over Gmail. Reasons listed are essentially the same, national security and maintaining the telco status quo (we only have two mobile companies and one national POTS). There has never been any enforcement of this ban, the law seems to have been written but never intended to be fully realized.
into the lives of people. Really? There is no need for this type if idiotic legislature. If people can't curb their calories, eat, drink, and live responsibly, then they deserve whatever health problems they get as a result. We need less nanny-ism from the government and more commonsense from the public.
AMEN! Just throw a slab of meat on the grill and light it up, this type of cooking is mostly intuition anyway, no need to geek/nerd it up.
What does this mean, if anything, for UK owned sites hosted outside of the Queen's reach?
then there's hope for American politicians...yay!
I think a lot of this is "provable" with anecdotal evidence, but I think there is something about allowing people to get sick or exposed to germs...we live in a world where people are afraid of germs and sickness and want to drop an antibiotic at the first sign of illness, bacterial or not. I currently live in a country where antibiotics can be gotten at pharmacies without a prescription. When people start to cough or otherwise display symptoms of being sick the first recourse is an antibiotic; doctors even will prescribe antibiotics when the symptoms point towards virus, just to make induce a placebo effect and make sure their patient feels cared for.
Anecdotal evidence...I grew up in the country and was exposed to a lot of "pathogens". My mother was a school nurse (likely bringing some of her work home with her) and just being outside in the woods, going to the bathroom, climbing trees, swimming, stick fighting, making forts, etc...all without washing hands. I never had allergies as a child and the only time I get sick in Beirut is when I am exposed to an extreme amount of pollution or the strange pollen from the pine trees here that plagues nearly everyone about once a year. I am even tolerant of something called the spring worm (caterpillar) that has feces and body hairs that are extremely irritating.
Our bodies are stronger than we give them credit for and we need to stop being a nation/world of hypochondriacs. Its nice that there seems to be some serious study on this issue. From personal experience I seem to see that the people who are the sickest are those that were sheltered the most growing up.
being forwarded in an email or on removable media are the most obvious ways that malware is being passed along. For the most part it is not very likely for an infected/malicious file (unless intentional) to be passed from a Mac to Windows machine, but I've scanned my email folders occasionally and found a file that is harmless on my MacBook but would compromise a Windows system if opened. So it can happen, its not BS.
semantics. I haven't read the article, but based on the summary they're talking about the Mac being a carrier, being able to pass along the "infection" but not adversely impacted by it itself.
tablets like Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, and Strattera have been helping children learn for decades!
oh, you mean like...iPad. My bad!!!
and slap the label, "on a phone" or "for a mobile device", and PRESTO! You have a new, patentable use for the obvious.
is actually unsecured and improperly managed networks run by corporations that collection too much information on us. There, fixed that...
+1 Troll...most of the people getting their iPhones are getting them on contract and they are around the same cost as other devices...and if you take into consideration the contract prices the value of the iPhone is less than $500, the limit for a felony.
I live where the iProducts and other high quality electronic devices also cost significantly more than in the US, but it isn't because the manufacturers are raising prices, its due to the taxes, VAT, import, customs, duty, and such that raise the selling price of the devices.
wish I had mod points on this one...+1! In most situations I would agree with you completely, but at times business cards are appropriate. Think of a designer or artist, a well done, creative business card may be the first impression a potential client sees. At other times, depending on the context, a business card is a simple way to pass along contact information.
I dislike just handing out cards for handing them out. As an NGO worker overseas there are moments where I wish I had a business card, it reflects on my work as my agency...but I don't hand them out unless another person asks for one or it seems that it is appropriate. When I get unsolicited cards I generally toss them in the bin and forget.
and instead of the government actually doing something productive with these fee's they just use this issue as an excuse to grow and grow.
then I as a customer have the right not to choose their service, simple as that. I really don't see how this can be legal, but I am unable (and unwilling) to be a person who brings this to court to test the waters.
Facebook isn't on school property so I fail to see how in loco parentis would work or be held up in this situation. Sure, the issue is causing problems for the school community but it is off-site, where the principal has no authority.
I am not saying what the children did was right, they have done something that could negatively impact the lives of a teacher and his family, personally and professionally. They need to be held accountable and given consequences. The right thing would have been for the administration to notify the parent and get their consent...better yet, get the parents to come in and watch as the child logged in to her facebook account. Better accountability and openness that way, makes it easy to avoid the children and parents bringing suit for invasion of privacy (just wait, it will happen).
true, but the child was in no way obliged to open her account and let the staff look at it. I agree the principal needs to back his staff, but if it were me at that age I would have told him to stuff it...politely.
the children deserve consequences and you are right that their allegations were quite dangerous. Unless the postings happened at school (and even that issue is questionable) the principal had no authority to make the student open her facebook page in front of him. Best case, this should have been a legal issue between the children and teacher in the form of a lawsuit.
yeah, that one eludes me. The school had no grounds to get involved, this should have been a civil matter between the teacher and the children making the statements (libel, defamation, etc). Now, that the school did get involved I don't see how claiming someone as bipolar is worse than claiming they're a rapist and a child molester. Were I the student in question and the principal asked me to login to facebook for him I'd just refuse. What the children did was wrong but the school took it too far.