Ah, guilt by (false) association always makes my skin crawl.
If people like you would stop confusing patriotism with nationalism, this would not be a problem.
You started off by admitting you are not at the top of your field. A major failure on the resume of someone at the top of their field looks like he has lost his edge.
So, out of all the people they want to hire, no one is good enough to work for them, yes?
It is as if they have ridiculously high standards or something.
All I see is a group of people lamenting no one is good enough to work for them at what they are willing to pay. What they forget is they are a start-up. Given the choice between working in a large, fairly safe corporate job and working for a start-up for the same salary, I have little doubt which a top-of-their field will take the corporate job every time, let alone leave a corporate position to go to a start-up that might go under.
Creationists deserve mocking, especially on a website dedicated to technology and other fruits of science.
Do not forget that creationists feel empowered not only to judge others but to suppress and oppress others and science. Stop being a hypocrite and either stop using the fruits of science or stop pushing your belief in an imaginary all-powerful being that can't even keep its church from being infiltrated by evil people who rape children and then cover it up.
yielded hundreds of resumes, dozens of phone screens, and numerous four-hour meetings with viable candidates, but no one who fit their criteria.
If this is true, then either they don't know what they are looking for or they are looking for someone who perfectly fits a description.
If they can't tell who is good and who is not after a four hour meeting with a candidate, then I would suggest that the problem is not with the candidates but with the people doing the hiring.
And, as a civil issue, a man in a foreign country is suing to companies from two other countries in U.S. court over something that was legally done in said foreign country by that country's government using equipment legally sold by the companies to the government.
I don't see where any court in the U.S. has jurisdiction.
Section 560.204 of the Regulations broadly prohibits the
exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person,
wherever located, of any goods, technology, or services to Iran
or the Government of Iran.
As the goods are not originating in the U.S and are not being supplied by a U.S. person or company, 31 C.F.R 560 does not apply. Remember, Nokia is Finnish and Siemens is German.
And you know of every countries every surveillance programs?
All of them at one point in time or another.
Irrelevant
Too many to list.
Too many to list.
Too many to list.
Irrelevant, but probably due to our national character.
Irrelevant, but yes it is.
Irrelevant, but totally impossible, no, highly improbable, yes.
The phrase "totally impossible" is a dead give-away that you are an arrogant ass. It is not "totally impossible" for all the molecules of oxygen in the room you are now sitting in, to gather in a single corner and you will die of suffocation, but it is highly improbable. Very few things are totally impossible.
Which countries have the highest number of political prisoners? Which countries executes people for peaceful political protests?
However, neither Iran, Nokia, nor Siemens violated the law of nations or any treaty of the United States.
Therefore, the U.S. court has no jurisdiction.
There is a good reason for this case not to go forward: How does the plaintiff prove that the surveillance and tracking and detention were illegal under IRANIAN law? It does not matter that such actions might have been illegal under U.S. law because the actions were taken by a sovereign government inside the borders of its own country.
This would be the equivalent of a foreign national suing Dell in the U.S. because the government of the country used a Dell computer to read his illegal in his country of residence anti-government blog.
Introducing Apple's new anti-theft and device recovery system.
This system revolutionary new addition to iOS is a user-configurable alerting system. Based on the user's selections, if suspicious activity occurs on one's iOS device, the device takes an image of the current user and compare it to images of authorized users. If the images do not match, the device will send out notifications including the devices current location as determined by GPS, to one's service provider and email.
This feature can also be remotely active to track lost or stolen devices.
Please tell me, if you stole a smart phone, what would you do with it to make it "yours" and not identifiably someone else's?
Would you not start by "removing a SIM card" from the device to prevent tracking it, then move a goodly "distance away from a synced device" and try "entering an incorrect password" to gain access to the device? Then, would you not try "hacking of the electronic device" and "jailbreaking of the electronic device"?
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Ah, guilt by (false) association always makes my skin crawl. If people like you would stop confusing patriotism with nationalism, this would not be a problem.
You started off by admitting you are not at the top of your field. A major failure on the resume of someone at the top of their field looks like he has lost his edge.
You invalidate your statement at the very start. And, exactly what did you do at Dell.
So, out of all the people they want to hire, no one is good enough to work for them, yes?
It is as if they have ridiculously high standards or something.
All I see is a group of people lamenting no one is good enough to work for them at what they are willing to pay. What they forget is they are a start-up. Given the choice between working in a large, fairly safe corporate job and working for a start-up for the same salary, I have little doubt which a top-of-their field will take the corporate job every time, let alone leave a corporate position to go to a start-up that might go under.
Creationists deserve mocking, especially on a website dedicated to technology and other fruits of science.
Do not forget that creationists feel empowered not only to judge others but to suppress and oppress others and science. Stop being a hypocrite and either stop using the fruits of science or stop pushing your belief in an imaginary all-powerful being that can't even keep its church from being infiltrated by evil people who rape children and then cover it up.
Would so many on slashdot dismiss it so easily if it were a gathering of Democrats, liberals, and progressives?
The quote you use as you title is not a general indictment of patriotism but rather is directed at a specific scoundrel.
A nation without patriots soon is not a nation, but the vassal state of a nation.
Now, how about you explain what is wrong with patriotism.
Well, you just made a racist comment and provided fodder for all the black-hating racists and called black people racist all in one comment.
Congratulations.
And, tell me, how do you know those making racist comments aren't agents provocateur.
yielded hundreds of resumes, dozens of phone screens, and numerous four-hour meetings with viable candidates, but no one who fit their criteria.
If this is true, then either they don't know what they are looking for or they are looking for someone who perfectly fits a description. If they can't tell who is good and who is not after a four hour meeting with a candidate, then I would suggest that the problem is not with the candidates but with the people doing the hiring.
And, as a civil issue, a man in a foreign country is suing to companies from two other countries in U.S. court over something that was legally done in said foreign country by that country's government using equipment legally sold by the companies to the government. I don't see where any court in the U.S. has jurisdiction.
As the goods are not originating in the U.S and are not being supplied by a U.S. person or company, 31 C.F.R 560 does not apply. Remember, Nokia is Finnish and Siemens is German.
Please site the law which makes it illegal for bloggers to accept compensation from political parties without disclosing it.
Exactly how were they breaking the law?
The phrase "totally impossible" is a dead give-away that you are an arrogant ass. It is not "totally impossible" for all the molecules of oxygen in the room you are now sitting in, to gather in a single corner and you will die of suffocation, but it is highly improbable. Very few things are totally impossible.
Which countries have the highest number of political prisoners? Which countries executes people for peaceful political protests?
However, neither Iran, Nokia, nor Siemens violated the law of nations or any treaty of the United States. Therefore, the U.S. court has no jurisdiction.
They did not sell spy equipment. They sold cellular telephone system and maintenance equipment to a country which used it to spy on people.
There is a good reason for this case not to go forward: How does the plaintiff prove that the surveillance and tracking and detention were illegal under IRANIAN law? It does not matter that such actions might have been illegal under U.S. law because the actions were taken by a sovereign government inside the borders of its own country.
This would be the equivalent of a foreign national suing Dell in the U.S. because the government of the country used a Dell computer to read his illegal in his country of residence anti-government blog.
How dare you suggest blowing up my lunar mining operation!
Nooooo, someone had an iPhone prototype lost/stolen and sold off to a review site, remember?
It is just a side effect of my lunar mining operations.
This is Apple's version of LowJack for I[phone|pad|touch].
What scandal?
Please tell me, if you stole a smart phone, what would you do with it to make it "yours" and not identifiably someone else's?
Would you not start by "removing a SIM card" from the device to prevent tracking it, then move a goodly "distance away from a synced device" and try "entering an incorrect password" to gain access to the device? Then, would you not try "hacking of the electronic device" and "jailbreaking of the electronic device"?
Try reading the patent. Claim 2 implies there is a record of who is an authorized user.
Not really. The ones who want real names, etc. are the ones that want to sue for defamation and libel.