Among other things, the measure will give the blind greater Internet access through smart phones
Laws provide nothing. They are demands a layer of government makes that are backed by a specified threat for not providing what is demanded.
Developers, researchers, and other technical people will provide this capability
And if you think this is nitpicking, consider the difference between having an idea and implementing an idea. Government is, therefore, the original model for the patent troll. Claim that something should happen, wait until someone accomplishes it, then take all the credit.
The difference is that government gets to create pain before and until implementation rather than after.
-Leading in important technology to answer the world's problems -Pushing for freedom while criticizing the US on its record -Building strong military (aircraft carriers, etc) -French President pushing US President to avoid Socialism
It's starting to look like there's a new Leader of the Free World. Mr. Sarkozy, I think you're well on your way to earning it.
First, Steve Jobs complains that Android is fragmented and offers too many versions. No one else had said it before.
Then a bunch of second-rate tech websites echo it. Then it gets reposted here and a bunch of 7-figure IDs and Anonymous Cowards post "me too" stuff.
Do I have to spell out a marketing-company forged FUD campaign? Has it been so long since IBM vs. Microsoft? Do we really need to re-learn what this looks like?
If a carrier abuses the phones, leave the carrier. If a phone comes out neutered, don't buy it.
Having a codebase that moves rapidly forward is a simple fact of computing since broadband got big. Calling it a weakness is pure bullshit, especially when the competition moves (at most) at the rate of about a significant change once per year.
I've driven on both the Autobahn and on US freeways.
Those interested should think of it this way: In the US, there are roads, highways, and the Interstate Highway, often called the freeway.
Roads are obvious. Highways are sort of a middle-place; they can be 2-lane, 4-lane, or sometimes more. But they can still have cross traffic, and tend to follow the contours of the land. These seldom have a speed limit over 55mph, and for good reason. For example, Route 66 was(is) a highway.
The Interstate is a cleared, flattened passage designed for speed. When you get outside city limits, most parts of the US allow at least a 65mph speed limit. This is the closest thing to what tourists think of as the Autobahn.
With Germany, the Autobahn has 2 parts: that part of the network near cities where the speed limit is set, and that part which is somewhat more rural, where there is no limit. It's not just a straight stretch; it resembles the American Interstate Highway system in most respects, except the surface of the road is significantly better from the start, and is generally maintained to a higher standard to support the high speed, and is more closely monitored for trouble so accidents/disabled cars can be removed before "really bad" becomes "virtual train wreck".
Also, driving slowly in a left lane is almost a birthright to some in the US. In Germany, it isn't just illegal; it's a good way to die from Porscheinbackofme.
Only if America was populated by one race, the way most States are.
Here's a bit of knowledge the world's forgotten: State = a soverign government over a specific area Nation = a race which generally has/seeks its own government
Virtually every European nation is, by definition, a racist entity because it is a Nation State.
The United States of America is a collection of States which contain many Nations.
Therefore, AT+T did not perform a racist action; their equipment was used in a racially neutral way. Nokia, however, is a chief contributor to the repression of the Persian race.
Sounds like an open and shut case for the International Criminal Court. Thank you for highlighting it.
Judging by Steve Job's previous actions, an unauthorized user could be:
-Anyone who installs an application Apple has not formally approved of (Apple store) -Anyone who uses unauthorized hardware in conjunction with the device (proprietary monitor connections) -Anyone who does an unauthorized review of an upcoming product (AppleSecrets, iPhone 4 vs. Engadget) -Anyone who touches an Apple product wrong (Antennagate)
The camera simply lets them prove, in court, exactly who did the unauthorized deed just before the phone was bricked. And face recognition software is so normal, now, that even my Nintendo DSi has it....you think they won't know when they get a good face shot on that forward-facing camera?
It comes from the Pullman Company of Chicago, IL, USA. They invented the idea of a sleeper car, and they were very popular in the US.
Back when we had passenger trains.
Then people gave up passenger trains for flying, and all the railroad companies that depended on passenger traffic either went full-freight, or went out of business.
The Pullman company made some cars for Amtrack in 1982, sold all of its intellectual property to Bombardier in 1987. Now it's gone.
You see, we tried cross-country passenger trains in the US. They failed.
The problem is that the people here aren't old enough to remember it.
The study: 1. was done by professors at UC:Berkeley, an institution known for promoting left-wing points of view and squelching others.
2. was performed by a married couple; therefore it is unlikely that a serious evaluation of study shortcomings would have been performed by those guiding the study.
3. used 100 toddlers in the San Francisco Bay area. This is an incredibly small and narrow sample to draw such broad conclusions.
4. relies on the evaluations of a school teacher as to the state of mind and social attitude of a 3-year-old; no psychological professional ever did an actual review.
5. relies on 3-year-olds being in school (day care), as public school does not exist for 3-year-olds. This will taint the randomness of the sample with social and economic influences.
The RIAA took on Russia to get allofmp3.com closed, which was an online bulk-purchase site for music files - in mp3, ogg, wav and others. You were charged for the size of the file, but you could have it any way you wanted it, and in near real-time.
It was so superior to iTunes that it had to be stopped, and so they used the US government as proxy, by buying the right congresscritters to "convince" Russia that it was in their economic interest to shut the site down, which was done.
The operators of allofmp3.com were subsequently found by Russian courts to have been operating fully legally under Russian law.
Do you really think the oligarchs will do differently with this, with a media-friendly Democrat majority running the show?
I guess you have not yet realized that all the people with the genetic makeup to make something of themselves left the Fatherland in the political unrest of the late 19th century. (For us, 1848) Most went to the US.
This means that what was left in Europe is all the adolescent attitude and garbage. The US is, in fact, the proper maturation of Western thought after Europe went to nothing in the course of it's wars.
In fact, the longest peace Europe has known (1945-now) exists because it is occupied by these people you call children. Before 1946, the history of Europe is of some tribes of barbarians wandering in and spending the next 1500 years fighting amongst themselves.
You do speak properly when you refer to yourself as an adolescent, though. This sort of arrogant, self-righteous attitude is seen primarily in adolescents and in Europeans. We Germans are particularly bad about it. Perhaps if we could even decide amongst ourselves if Greece is worth saving, we could tell the Americans how to use their power. We have forgotten how to be the European Gleichgewicht.
Thankfully the US has taken up the cause. And for this, you call them Empire. You don't know what Empire is.
Disclaimer: I am a developer in one of America's largest banks. Of course, I do not speak for them - just for me.
That said, think about what the OP is asking.
He wants unfettered access to funds transfer information.
Just to keep righteous with the Feds, we'd have to forcibly limit his access to accounts only his business has - it's not like we could open the tap and just let him run BAI queries on any account he can think of, the way our own internal users can.
But a web portal with customer-keyed access is already present, and isn't good enough for Mr. LookAtMeI'mABigBadCoder.
So we'd have to build him a distinct data transfer channel, test the hell out of it to make sure he can't break it and look at someone else's stuff or - God forbid - foul up our nightly batch cycle with stupid data requests outside of standard Banking hours. Then we'd have to test it with him involved to make sure it returns the data he wants.
All that is probably a several hundred hour project. Per customer. For something no one ever wants but this yahoo. Of course, several hundred hours assumes the full banking software is Bank-owned. Most folks outsource this stuff, so we'd have to test cross-vendors with him, too, generating costs for us.....
I remember back during the megahertz wars how Adobe came out telling its customers that, based on benchmarks, they could no longer recommend Apple products. (This was back in early 2003)
Of course, that was when Adobe was pretty much the killer app that kept Apple breathing. If Apple lost Adobe during late OS9/early OS X, they lost everything. Furthermore, if the G5 flopped (which has been argued both ways), Apple would have to do something drastic. I believe the move to Intel is their response, and Adobe was very likely the catalyst.
So Steve Jobs, having a good memory and being somewhat egotistical, seems to me to be getting some revenge here by taking on one of Adobe's flagship product, now that Apple doesn't need Adobe anymore. It's hard to say that Adobe's creative suite is the bedrock of Apple profits these days, so there's not much to lose from his perspective.
How is ordering RFID-backed ID card blanks putting federal cash to work on "shovel-ready" projects?
Let me guess....campus maintenance staff would've been fired over the summer if they didn't need to set up card readers at the door to a few classrooms? Does anybody believe this stuff anymore?
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The summary notes (and the article agrees) that:
Among other things, the measure will give the blind greater Internet access through smart phones
Laws provide nothing. They are demands a layer of government makes that are backed by a specified threat for not providing what is demanded.
Developers, researchers, and other technical people will provide this capability
And if you think this is nitpicking, consider the difference between having an idea and implementing an idea.
Government is, therefore, the original model for the patent troll. Claim that something should happen, wait until someone accomplishes it, then take all the credit.
The difference is that government gets to create pain before and until implementation rather than after.
I'm looking at France and saying, hmm...
-Leading in important technology to answer the world's problems
-Pushing for freedom while criticizing the US on its record
-Building strong military (aircraft carriers, etc)
-French President pushing US President to avoid Socialism
It's starting to look like there's a new Leader of the Free World.
Mr. Sarkozy, I think you're well on your way to earning it.
First, Steve Jobs complains that Android is fragmented and offers too many versions.
No one else had said it before.
Then a bunch of second-rate tech websites echo it.
Then it gets reposted here and a bunch of 7-figure IDs and Anonymous Cowards post "me too" stuff.
Do I have to spell out a marketing-company forged FUD campaign? Has it been so long since IBM vs. Microsoft? Do we really need to re-learn what this looks like?
If a carrier abuses the phones, leave the carrier.
If a phone comes out neutered, don't buy it.
Having a codebase that moves rapidly forward is a simple fact of computing since broadband got big. Calling it a weakness is pure bullshit, especially when the competition moves (at most) at the rate of about a significant change once per year.
I've driven on both the Autobahn and on US freeways.
Those interested should think of it this way:
In the US, there are roads, highways, and the Interstate Highway, often called the freeway.
Roads are obvious.
Highways are sort of a middle-place; they can be 2-lane, 4-lane, or sometimes more. But they can still have cross traffic, and tend to follow the contours of the land. These seldom have a speed limit over 55mph, and for good reason. For example, Route 66 was(is) a highway.
The Interstate is a cleared, flattened passage designed for speed. When you get outside city limits, most parts of the US allow at least a 65mph speed limit. This is the closest thing to what tourists think of as the Autobahn.
With Germany, the Autobahn has 2 parts: that part of the network near cities where the speed limit is set, and that part which is somewhat more rural, where there is no limit.
It's not just a straight stretch; it resembles the American Interstate Highway system in most respects, except the surface of the road is significantly better from the start, and is generally maintained to a higher standard to support the high speed, and is more closely monitored for trouble so accidents/disabled cars can be removed before "really bad" becomes "virtual train wreck".
Also, driving slowly in a left lane is almost a birthright to some in the US.
In Germany, it isn't just illegal; it's a good way to die from Porscheinbackofme.
What's with these Democrats and fingering?
The last one did it with an intern, this one's doing it with a console.
Technological progress I guess....still, can't these guys just leave well enough alone?
It's nice to see the broader technical community getting recognition from Google as.... ...bringin' the HEET
How about the lesson, "Never save data that can only serve to get you sued out of existance if something bad happens".
Until there's tort reform in the USA to bring us in line with countries like Germany, this data will never be captured or saved.
I don't recognize your late-generation stuff. Original, yo.
Now get off my lawn.
Autobots can't transform into flying things. Only Decepticons do.
This can't be allowed. We can't let the US Military get infiltrated by Decepticons!
Only if America was populated by one race, the way most States are.
Here's a bit of knowledge the world's forgotten:
State = a soverign government over a specific area
Nation = a race which generally has/seeks its own government
Virtually every European nation is, by definition, a racist entity because it is a Nation State.
The United States of America is a collection of States which contain many Nations.
Therefore, AT+T did not perform a racist action; their equipment was used in a racially neutral way.
Nokia, however, is a chief contributor to the repression of the Persian race.
Sounds like an open and shut case for the International Criminal Court.
Thank you for highlighting it.
Unauthorized user? By whose definition?
You're assuming it's your definition.
Judging by Steve Job's previous actions, an unauthorized user could be:
-Anyone who installs an application Apple has not formally approved of (Apple store)
-Anyone who uses unauthorized hardware in conjunction with the device (proprietary monitor connections)
-Anyone who does an unauthorized review of an upcoming product (AppleSecrets, iPhone 4 vs. Engadget)
-Anyone who touches an Apple product wrong (Antennagate)
The camera simply lets them prove, in court, exactly who did the unauthorized deed just before the phone was bricked. And face recognition software is so normal, now, that even my Nintendo DSi has it....you think they won't know when they get a good face shot on that forward-facing camera?
I didn't realize the train from NY, NY to Binghamton, NY took so long that you'd want to sleep.
No wonder it died.
Do you know where "Pullman" comes from?
It comes from the Pullman Company of Chicago, IL, USA. They invented the idea of a sleeper car, and they were very popular in the US.
Back when we had passenger trains.
Then people gave up passenger trains for flying, and all the railroad companies that depended on passenger traffic either went full-freight, or went out of business.
The Pullman company made some cars for Amtrack in 1982, sold all of its intellectual property to Bombardier in 1987. Now it's gone.
You see, we tried cross-country passenger trains in the US.
They failed.
The problem is that the people here aren't old enough to remember it.
The study:
1. was done by professors at UC:Berkeley, an institution known for promoting left-wing points of view and squelching others.
2. was performed by a married couple; therefore it is unlikely that a serious evaluation of study shortcomings would have been performed by those guiding the study.
3. used 100 toddlers in the San Francisco Bay area. This is an incredibly small and narrow sample to draw such broad conclusions.
4. relies on the evaluations of a school teacher as to the state of mind and social attitude of a 3-year-old; no psychological professional ever did an actual review.
5. relies on 3-year-olds being in school (day care), as public school does not exist for 3-year-olds. This will taint the randomness of the sample with social and economic influences.
If you start arming monkeys, you end up with a banana republic.
The RIAA took on Russia to get allofmp3.com closed, which was an online bulk-purchase site for music files - in mp3, ogg, wav and others. You were charged for the size of the file, but you could have it any way you wanted it, and in near real-time.
It was so superior to iTunes that it had to be stopped, and so they used the US government as proxy, by buying the right congresscritters to "convince" Russia that it was in their economic interest to shut the site down, which was done.
The operators of allofmp3.com were subsequently found by Russian courts to have been operating fully legally under Russian law.
Do you really think the oligarchs will do differently with this, with a media-friendly Democrat majority running the show?
Seems like we only hear about election fraud when the Democrat National Committee gets a result they don't like.
But in this current political climate, what's so hard to believe about an unknown outsider at the top of the ballot winning?
The only ones who can't believe it are the ones heavily invested in forcing the outcome to what we're led to believe is the "predictable" outcome.
I seem to recall that they collected so much money, they not only bought him an iPod, but a mac laptop as well.
As soon as I have a good-to-great experience with an MSI motherboard, this will be relevant to me.
They've been nothing but finicky to me.
Now, if ASUS, Intel or Gigabyte pick this up, or at least a few other mainstream manufacturers, let me know.
I guess you have not yet realized that all the people with the genetic makeup to make something of themselves left the Fatherland in the political unrest of the late 19th century. (For us, 1848) Most went to the US.
This means that what was left in Europe is all the adolescent attitude and garbage. The US is, in fact, the proper maturation of Western thought after Europe went to nothing in the course of it's wars.
In fact, the longest peace Europe has known (1945-now) exists because it is occupied by these people you call children. Before 1946, the history of Europe is of some tribes of barbarians wandering in and spending the next 1500 years fighting amongst themselves.
You do speak properly when you refer to yourself as an adolescent, though. This sort of arrogant, self-righteous attitude is seen primarily in adolescents and in Europeans. We Germans are particularly bad about it. Perhaps if we could even decide amongst ourselves if Greece is worth saving, we could tell the Americans how to use their power. We have forgotten how to be the European Gleichgewicht.
Thankfully the US has taken up the cause. And for this, you call them Empire. You don't know what Empire is.
Have you ever checked out a Zune HD?
I mean, really - there isn't any such concept there.
It's possible, but prejudices like this make the pitch hard.
Disclaimer: I am a developer in one of America's largest banks.
Of course, I do not speak for them - just for me.
That said, think about what the OP is asking.
He wants unfettered access to funds transfer information.
Just to keep righteous with the Feds, we'd have to forcibly limit his access to accounts only his business has - it's not like we could open the tap and just let him run BAI queries on any account he can think of, the way our own internal users can.
But a web portal with customer-keyed access is already present, and isn't good enough for Mr. LookAtMeI'mABigBadCoder.
So we'd have to build him a distinct data transfer channel, test the hell out of it to make sure he can't break it and look at someone else's stuff or - God forbid - foul up our nightly batch cycle with stupid data requests outside of standard Banking hours. Then we'd have to test it with him involved to make sure it returns the data he wants.
All that is probably a several hundred hour project. Per customer. For something no one ever wants but this yahoo.
Of course, several hundred hours assumes the full banking software is Bank-owned. Most folks outsource this stuff, so we'd have to test cross-vendors with him, too, generating costs for us.....
You want it for free?
You're fucking clueless.
I remember back during the megahertz wars how Adobe came out telling its customers that, based on benchmarks, they could no longer recommend Apple products. (This was back in early 2003)
Of course, that was when Adobe was pretty much the killer app that kept Apple breathing. If Apple lost Adobe during late OS9/early OS X, they lost everything. Furthermore, if the G5 flopped (which has been argued both ways), Apple would have to do something drastic. I believe the move to Intel is their response, and Adobe was very likely the catalyst.
So Steve Jobs, having a good memory and being somewhat egotistical, seems to me to be getting some revenge here by taking on one of Adobe's flagship product, now that Apple doesn't need Adobe anymore. It's hard to say that Adobe's creative suite is the bedrock of Apple profits these days, so there's not much to lose from his perspective.
The Germans are arming robots!
Someone warn Poland and start a watch on the Sudetenland!
How is ordering RFID-backed ID card blanks putting federal cash to work on "shovel-ready" projects?
Let me guess....campus maintenance staff would've been fired over the summer if they didn't need to set up card readers at the door to a few classrooms? Does anybody believe this stuff anymore?