"Although we found no evidence of harm to individual privacy, TSA could have taken more steps to protect privacy. TSA did not consistently apply privacy protections in the course of its involvement in airline passenger data transfers. This inconsistency pertained to TSA's efforts in acquisitions, contract enforcement, and internal practice."
So no evidence was leaked but they could've done a better job.
So what exactly
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does the theft of books from libraries have to do with:
a> Amazon's selling of used books depriving the author's of collecting revenue.
b> Amazon saying that it shouldn't collect state taxes because it gets no police services.
Other than that we want to make an ad-hominem attack on Amazon and Bezos?
Would it change what the thief did if the books showed up on EBay?
The violation is that the guy had his door busted down, had his house searched and DNA taken and the police never told him WHY he was a suspect.
That the DNA didn't "solve" the case was inconsequential because the DNA did helpe the police confirm who the guy was.
The question that should be asked here is not "Should the police be able to take samples of your DNA when you're arrested?" No brainer, you can already take fingerprints.
The bigger question here is: Can the police KEEP your DNA on profile *AND* can they keep the results of what they found while searching your house?
What if they found illegally downloaded music in his house? Could he be tried for that? Should those records be kept from the first search?
DNA aside (and IANAL) the current law is yes and yes.
I'm looking at the IMAX website right now and I see on the coming soon bar:
Robots, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Walking on the Moon in 3D, NASCAR in 3D, The Polar Express and Space Station 3D.
I count 2 science documentaries, 1 race car documentary, and 4 commercial movies. IMAX' have ONE screen, so they can only run about 4 movies a day.
I think its convenient for IMAX to make religious fundies the whipping boy for a clearly commercial move to become "mainstream" theaters. Elsewhere in the papers today (and probably on slashdot soon) was an article about Lucas and all talking about the future of movies being 3D and IMAX leading that charge. But IMAX has many theaters in museums. I'd dare say they get part of their funding FROM those museums. So they want to show commercial movies at the cost of showing less documentaries but they have to give a logical reason as to why science is being pushed aside for commercial interests.
None of those movies are offensive to fundamentalists. Galapagos maybe, but most Imax' in my area are near museums which also show... films on evolution.
Methinks IMAX just wants to be commercial because, in reality, those films aren't going to be big money draws as say, "Star Wars: Episode II", and its alot easier to blame things on "Those cwazy fundies" then admit they've got dollar signs in their eyes.
The pilot episode would garner the most ratings in the overnight to judge a success? (How many series "die" after the first episode from a poor showing). So if you leak the pilot, theoretically it doesn't get watched as much so you blow the "hook" to keep viewers coming back to the time slot next week.
" it seems they plan on allowing permission elevations via a single click from the user"
How many security violations have there been already by the simple "A script is accessing some software (an ActiveX control) on this page which has been marked safe for scripting. Do you want to allow this?"
I personally know of 12 people who have console systems and are regular purchasers of games. Of those 12, TWO have pirated games. Of those TWO one was pirated because of REGION LOCKING for a game that was never released domestically. The other is a college student with no income.
This is obviously a propoganda piece devoted to target the "common knowledge" specifically with the claim that piraters would buy the product if it wasn't pirated!
Do they think that if they make the Wiki ONLINE POKER page #1 that nobody will go to the other 9 online poker page results returned by Google on the same page?
But it's not a commercial project. As others have pointed out, commercial entities develop their own implementations as needed for their customers (and the features have SOMETIMES been reintegrated back into the main code tree) or have dropped Gnome altogether when their needs couldn't be met.
So essentially.. the COMMERCIAL developers are forking Gnome or dropping it.
That's the "dark underbelly" of OSS. The creators of Gnome didn't necessarily do it for money. They did it for love of implementing their vision and you're along for the ride.
It's a "good idea"(tm) to listen to your fans and adjust designs accordingly. You have to do this if this is your bread and butter for making your livelihood. (IE when you're getting paid for this) But if you feel strongly in your vision over fans complaints than that's your prerogative. As a fan, your choice is to switch to something else or change a fork to the way you like it or pay somebody to do it for you. The code is completely and utterly open for you to do this. (That's the bright side of OSS)
If Gnome pisses off enough people that they stop using Gnome then something better may come along. But they're not bound to community responsibility.
I mean, isn't that one of the selling points of OSS?
If Gnome wants to be that "closed" to its users, the users are free to fork the build, switch to KDE or build their own from scratch.
(Granted it's not very PRACTICAL, but what are you going to do? Sue them for breach of contract? It's FREE!!!!)
It's fascinating that we need this book...
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I was always under the assumption that businesses were "competitive" and they would understand the need for game playing and/or outmaneuvering your competition.
But the normal logic seems to be to avoid competition at all costs and the company momentum should be A + B = Profit! And when you ask "Well what happens if that doesn't work out?" you get the stock "Well, we'll all be out on the street, won't we?"
I see this in companies with very intelligent people as well... Now you're telling me it's because I'm a gamer and they're not? It's an appealing idea, but I'm not sure if it's that simple a reason... (To wit, I know several gamers who couldn't problem solve their way out of a paper bag in real life... But can tell you how to pull off the super Dragon Punch...
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Conclusions:
"Although we found no evidence of harm to individual privacy, TSA could have taken more steps to protect privacy. TSA did not consistently apply privacy protections in the course of its involvement in airline passenger data transfers. This inconsistency pertained to TSA's efforts in acquisitions, contract enforcement, and internal practice."
So no evidence was leaked but they could've done a better job.
does the theft of books from libraries have to do with:
a> Amazon's selling of used books depriving the author's of collecting revenue.
b> Amazon saying that it shouldn't collect state taxes because it gets no police services.
Other than that we want to make an ad-hominem attack on Amazon and Bezos?
Would it change what the thief did if the books showed up on EBay?
-Why is Australia, New Zealand and Canada becoming THE places to shoot a film?
Because they're not unionized there.
-Which famous director is generally FORBIDDEN from directing a TV show because he's not part of (and refuses to be part of) the DGA?
Quentin Tarantino
For not putting a rating on your website?!
Hey you didn't slap a PG-13 rating on your website.
You're not allowed to vote ever again or own a gun.
Gives a whole new meaning to being goatse bombed..
That's what's happening with City of Heroes. Marvel is suing on the basis that, with their generic engine, they can build and play Marvel characters.
The violation is that the guy had his door busted down, had his house searched and DNA taken and the police never told him WHY he was a suspect.
That the DNA didn't "solve" the case was inconsequential because the DNA did helpe the police confirm who the guy was.
The question that should be asked here is not "Should the police be able to take samples of your DNA when you're arrested?" No brainer, you can already take fingerprints.
The bigger question here is: Can the police KEEP your DNA on profile *AND* can they keep the results of what they found while searching your house?
What if they found illegally downloaded music in his house? Could he be tried for that? Should those records be kept from the first search?
DNA aside (and IANAL) the current law is yes and yes.
Everybody knows Ben Franklin "invented" electricity.
But seriously: Edison didn't invent the light bulb... But he was the one the make it pratical.
Controversy creates attention to your product and attention can bring in an audience.
How hard is it to put out an ad that says "See the movies the fundies don't want you to see!"
Look how easy it was to manipulate the slashdot audience...
Of course she said that...
I'm looking at the IMAX website right now and I see on the coming soon bar:
Robots, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Walking on the Moon in 3D, NASCAR in 3D, The Polar Express and Space Station 3D.
I count 2 science documentaries, 1 race car documentary, and 4 commercial movies. IMAX' have ONE screen, so they can only run about 4 movies a day.
I think its convenient for IMAX to make religious fundies the whipping boy for a clearly commercial move to become "mainstream" theaters. Elsewhere in the papers today (and probably on slashdot soon) was an article about Lucas and all talking about the future of movies being 3D and IMAX leading that charge. But IMAX has many theaters in museums. I'd dare say they get part of their funding FROM those museums. So they want to show commercial movies at the cost of showing less documentaries but they have to give a logical reason as to why science is being pushed aside for commercial interests.
Damn Fundies.
None of those movies are offensive to fundamentalists. Galapagos maybe, but most Imax' in my area are near museums which also show... films on evolution.
Methinks IMAX just wants to be commercial because, in reality, those films aren't going to be big money draws as say, "Star Wars: Episode II", and its alot easier to blame things on "Those cwazy fundies" then admit they've got dollar signs in their eyes.
The pilot episode would garner the most ratings in the overnight to judge a success? (How many series "die" after the first episode from a poor showing). So if you leak the pilot, theoretically it doesn't get watched as much so you blow the "hook" to keep viewers coming back to the time slot next week.
Microsoft innovates the 1-Button mouse as a whole new line of efficiency.
Bill Gates says: "One mouse button ought to be enough for anybody."
" it seems they plan on allowing permission elevations via a single click from the user"
How many security violations have there been already by the simple "A script is accessing some software (an ActiveX control) on this page which has been marked safe for scripting. Do you want to allow this?"
[YES]
SPYWARE INSTALLED YOU HAVE B33N 0WNED LUZ0R!!!
Not Pandemonium... sheesh... see kids? This is what crunch mode will do to ya!
1 in 12. I'm the one who got Panedmonium for his PS/1 (technically it's not even "pirated" because I bought it from an overseas retailer).
And that's still a far cry from 3/4 of those pirates would buy the game if they couldn't pirate it.
I personally know of 12 people who have console systems and are regular purchasers of games. Of those 12, TWO have pirated games. Of those TWO one was pirated because of REGION LOCKING for a game that was never released domestically. The other is a college student with no income.
This is obviously a propoganda piece devoted to target the "common knowledge" specifically with the claim that piraters would buy the product if it wasn't pirated!
Seems like an awful lot of work to boost that particular result...
I gotta agree with the article... buy more text ads...
Do they think that if they make the Wiki ONLINE POKER page #1 that nobody will go to the other 9 online poker page results returned by Google on the same page?
It don' make no sense!
But it's not a commercial project. As others have pointed out, commercial entities develop their own implementations as needed for their customers (and the features have SOMETIMES been reintegrated back into the main code tree) or have dropped Gnome altogether when their needs couldn't be met.
So essentially.. the COMMERCIAL developers are forking Gnome or dropping it.
A customer is somebody who BUYS a good or service that's offered for use. That's the difference.
You're "fans".
That's the "dark underbelly" of OSS. The creators of Gnome didn't necessarily do it for money. They did it for love of implementing their vision and you're along for the ride.
It's a "good idea"(tm) to listen to your fans and adjust designs accordingly. You have to do this if this is your bread and butter for making your livelihood. (IE when you're getting paid for this) But if you feel strongly in your vision over fans complaints than that's your prerogative. As a fan, your choice is to switch to something else or change a fork to the way you like it or pay somebody to do it for you. The code is completely and utterly open for you to do this. (That's the bright side of OSS)
If Gnome pisses off enough people that they stop using Gnome then something better may come along. But they're not bound to community responsibility.
If you don't like it!
I mean, isn't that one of the selling points of OSS?
If Gnome wants to be that "closed" to its users, the users are free to fork the build, switch to KDE or build their own from scratch.
(Granted it's not very PRACTICAL, but what are you going to do? Sue them for breach of contract? It's FREE!!!!)
I was always under the assumption that businesses were "competitive" and they would understand the need for game playing and/or outmaneuvering your competition.
But the normal logic seems to be to avoid competition at all costs and the company momentum should be A + B = Profit! And when you ask "Well what happens if that doesn't work out?" you get the stock "Well, we'll all be out on the street, won't we?"
I see this in companies with very intelligent people as well... Now you're telling me it's because I'm a gamer and they're not? It's an appealing idea, but I'm not sure if it's that simple a reason... (To wit, I know several gamers who couldn't problem solve their way out of a paper bag in real life... But can tell you how to pull off the super Dragon Punch...
by the time you mastered the current tricks the next platform (with even new tricks) wasn't already out.
You mean to say they're going to do market tracking on everything we say or do on the box?
But it's notinvasive, it's KEWL!