I never had a problem with booting my iPad. I charge it nightly and it's available for me all day on standby. It'd last longer on standby but I use it too much to go without the nightly charge. I've had to reboot it two or three times plus a couple more when there were iOS updates available. Not that I'm saying you should get an iPad because what works for me might not be the solution for you. Just giving you my experience.
Why does everyone care about how long it takes a computer to boot? They should really care about a system that doesn't need to reboot so the boot time becomes irrelevant. I don't care how long my Linux server takes to reboot because I rarely have to reboot it. Same thing with my Mac desktop and iPhone.
that this is just a hoax to get the heat off from revealing who the new Doctor is so they created this program to announce the favourite? Then at Christmas the new Doctor is someone that we haven't heard of?
And look at the some of the crap applications that those two bit Newspaper, TV station, TV-Network, football team, Grocery Chain, Department store, and gossip site distribute!
And where is the electorate going to express their frustration? Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. Each more interested in preventing the other from gaining power and serving their masters whom control the purse strings. Who will these people turn to as there is not yet a serious third party? Disposing of one politician for another will not do very much, especially when it comes to the issues of privacy. Everyone in power is more concerned about being caught and that the whistle blowers are punished rather than the illegal activities were happening in the first place.
A new viable national party has to rise. And it must hold itself accountable far better than the laws require. For example, limits to campaign contributions and maybe even considering excluding contributions from corporations and lobbyist organizations. Third party auditing of their books with any member found in breach of party financial laws required to resign immediately. A method of recalling a member of the party whether they are running for an election or have even one it (of course different rules in each case). This would allow the electorate to recall a politician of this party even if the jurisdiction did not. Rules for completely being open concerning meetings with lobbyists and sponsors. There's a whole number of issues that would need to be raised in order for a new party to separate itself from the others and show that it really does have the interest of the people first and foremost at heart. Of course the biggest test would come when someone breaks one of the rules and needs to be removed.
Whether or not to use encryption isn't really the question. Some level of encryption is required because there will be bad people out there that will want to do you harm. The problem lately is that we have been given evidence that the major democratic governments are no longer trustworthy. We have gone past the point of talking whether we need to encrypt our messages or to double the number of bits in an encryption method. These are just bandages being applied to the hemorrhaging of our basic freedoms. We need to stop the bleeding at the source with political reforms. And to achieve those we need a new party that will stand up for the rights of the people unlike all of the existing mainstream parties who cater to their rich special interest groups.
I thought that NASA has already given up on sending people to low Earth orbit as private companies are out to do that (and currently has Russia available to do so). What I don't understand is why NASA wants to reinvent the wheel for missions further out into space. Why does the NASA mission have to start from the ground with a new launcher for astronauts?
I would suggest using the ISS as a staging point to missions further out into the solar system. Create a heavy launch rocket for cargo (or use one that already exists) and put everything into orbit so that it could be connected to the ISS. Launch the astronauts up to the station using conventional methods (or those upcoming). They check out the vehicle while at the ISS and once everything is okay they depart. Coming back from the mission they re-attach to the space station and astronauts come down using whatever means is in use (Soyuz, etc).
I'm glad that flying cars are taking time to get here. Have you seen the idiots attempting to drive in two dimensions? Now picture them trying to do so in three. Wait until cars can completely drive themselves before we start getting them going up in the air.
Yes but this is the solution that will bring out the genius that is in every child./s
It's just like a lot of software development shops that keep trying the latest tool or methodology hoping that it will be a silver bullet and solve all of their problems.
Besides not being 100% reliable I don't think the government should be filtering any media (books, Internet, radio, TV). I don't want an elected body to force their morals on me and my family. Every household should be able to enforce their own standards. I would have no problem if the government forced the ISPs to provide a filter that people could opt in to which allowed them to customize exactly the content that was prevented from being shown. It would have to be completely open and transparent. So if someone clicked on the option to prevent sexually explicit material then they would be able to see a list of sites that would be forbidden and a list of keywords that would cause pages from downloading. Maybe even going so far as to allowing each household (user?) to white list sites and keywords.
That being said I do believe that some material should not be available but I think the best way to stop it is have people report it to the police when it is found. Then have the authorities target the creators and distributors of such content.
The danger to free speech is too great by placing filters in place.
Isn't this exactly the reason why some of the noisy gun owners say the government can't take their guns. I keep hearing that they'll fight for their freedoms but so far the government has just been taking them away. Not that we are doing anything about losing our freedoms up here in Canada either.
When you go to sign a contract you are able to see the terms of the agreement (otherwise it wouldn't be binding). A closed source legal agreement example would be the statements you used to find on boxed software such as "By purchasing this software you agree to the license agreement contained within."
Linux is open source but you don't expect everyone that runs it to be able to understand the code. That's not the point. Lawyers are like exactly like developers in that they are educated to understand the code of law. The rest of us are users and when we need advice we go to see a "developer".
I do think it is important to make law understandable to a greater number of people but when you confuse the terminology used to describe your mission. It sounds more like he's trying to use software development methodologies to create legal contracts. I'd hate to be at the conference when the waterfall vs.Agile method debate breaks out between the lawyers.
I was working in one department of the government and we were building our own data centre around 2004 because the cost of using the shared services (the group set up for all departments to share IT infrastructure) was astronomical. It was far cheaper for us to build our own data centre, put in new servers, and hire the support staff. Basically the people running the shared services thought that they could charge what ever they wanted because the departments were not able to outsource to anyone else. And with them thinking that they were the only show in town the service was terrible with no incentive to improve service or cost.
I don't know. McDonald's the restaurant might have something against the roofing company by the same name. After all they've been serving asphalt shingles disguised as burgers for decades now.
I remember when they started to bring these in to my part of Canada they were being referred to Super Mail Boxes but on the Canada Post website they are referred to Community Mail Boxes now. A super mail box, now there is something that you would want.
The first thing that comes to mind when I hear cluster box is clusterf*ck and who the heck wants that in their neighbourhood?!
You actually want parents to be responsible for their own children? I thought people gave that up, decided to let the schools teach their kids morality, and that society was to raise their kids for them. At least that's how some people behave.
The problem with the British system is that it can prevent free speech. Even if you have proof of something and make a public statement about someone they are able to sue you for making that statement. That brings about a lengthy and expensive court battle. Unfortunately it isn't as simple as saying "Here is the evidence your Honour" and having the case dismissed.
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There is a lot of lead shot that is fired during the various hunting seasons that ends up in the environment.
I never had a problem with booting my iPad. I charge it nightly and it's available for me all day on standby. It'd last longer on standby but I use it too much to go without the nightly charge. I've had to reboot it two or three times plus a couple more when there were iOS updates available. Not that I'm saying you should get an iPad because what works for me might not be the solution for you. Just giving you my experience.
Why does everyone care about how long it takes a computer to boot? They should really care about a system that doesn't need to reboot so the boot time becomes irrelevant. I don't care how long my Linux server takes to reboot because I rarely have to reboot it. Same thing with my Mac desktop and iPhone.
that this is just a hoax to get the heat off from revealing who the new Doctor is so they created this program to announce the favourite? Then at Christmas the new Doctor is someone that we haven't heard of?
Not a chance the way the writing and stories have been going the past couple of seasons.
Out of curiosity what does the iOS application do that the mobile web site doesn't?
And look at the some of the crap applications that those two bit Newspaper, TV station, TV-Network, football team, Grocery Chain, Department store, and gossip site distribute!
I would enjoy seeing Idris Elba play Doctor Who but it's probably a long shot as he is currently filming on a project.
Though I think that Brian Blessed would be hilarious as the Doctor. Maybe just for one episode though. :)
And where is the electorate going to express their frustration? Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. Each more interested in preventing the other from gaining power and serving their masters whom control the purse strings. Who will these people turn to as there is not yet a serious third party? Disposing of one politician for another will not do very much, especially when it comes to the issues of privacy. Everyone in power is more concerned about being caught and that the whistle blowers are punished rather than the illegal activities were happening in the first place.
A new viable national party has to rise. And it must hold itself accountable far better than the laws require. For example, limits to campaign contributions and maybe even considering excluding contributions from corporations and lobbyist organizations. Third party auditing of their books with any member found in breach of party financial laws required to resign immediately. A method of recalling a member of the party whether they are running for an election or have even one it (of course different rules in each case). This would allow the electorate to recall a politician of this party even if the jurisdiction did not. Rules for completely being open concerning meetings with lobbyists and sponsors. There's a whole number of issues that would need to be raised in order for a new party to separate itself from the others and show that it really does have the interest of the people first and foremost at heart. Of course the biggest test would come when someone breaks one of the rules and needs to be removed.
Whether or not to use encryption isn't really the question. Some level of encryption is required because there will be bad people out there that will want to do you harm. The problem lately is that we have been given evidence that the major democratic governments are no longer trustworthy. We have gone past the point of talking whether we need to encrypt our messages or to double the number of bits in an encryption method. These are just bandages being applied to the hemorrhaging of our basic freedoms. We need to stop the bleeding at the source with political reforms. And to achieve those we need a new party that will stand up for the rights of the people unlike all of the existing mainstream parties who cater to their rich special interest groups.
In Canada goods and services that are not deemed essential are taxed. So if you hired a musician to perform it's taxed.
That worked out well for people who are supposed to pay sales tax on stuff they bought off the Internet or through mail order.
Yes, because having it sit on top of a barely controlled explosion sounds much saner.
I thought that NASA has already given up on sending people to low Earth orbit as private companies are out to do that (and currently has Russia available to do so). What I don't understand is why NASA wants to reinvent the wheel for missions further out into space. Why does the NASA mission have to start from the ground with a new launcher for astronauts?
I would suggest using the ISS as a staging point to missions further out into the solar system. Create a heavy launch rocket for cargo (or use one that already exists) and put everything into orbit so that it could be connected to the ISS. Launch the astronauts up to the station using conventional methods (or those upcoming). They check out the vehicle while at the ISS and once everything is okay they depart. Coming back from the mission they re-attach to the space station and astronauts come down using whatever means is in use (Soyuz, etc).
I'm glad that flying cars are taking time to get here. Have you seen the idiots attempting to drive in two dimensions? Now picture them trying to do so in three. Wait until cars can completely drive themselves before we start getting them going up in the air.
Yes but this is the solution that will bring out the genius that is in every child. /s
It's just like a lot of software development shops that keep trying the latest tool or methodology hoping that it will be a silver bullet and solve all of their problems.
Besides not being 100% reliable I don't think the government should be filtering any media (books, Internet, radio, TV). I don't want an elected body to force their morals on me and my family. Every household should be able to enforce their own standards. I would have no problem if the government forced the ISPs to provide a filter that people could opt in to which allowed them to customize exactly the content that was prevented from being shown. It would have to be completely open and transparent. So if someone clicked on the option to prevent sexually explicit material then they would be able to see a list of sites that would be forbidden and a list of keywords that would cause pages from downloading. Maybe even going so far as to allowing each household (user?) to white list sites and keywords.
That being said I do believe that some material should not be available but I think the best way to stop it is have people report it to the police when it is found. Then have the authorities target the creators and distributors of such content.
The danger to free speech is too great by placing filters in place.
Big deal. Politicians have been using this to the voters in order to get re-elected for decades. How else can some of them be doing it?
Isn't this exactly the reason why some of the noisy gun owners say the government can't take their guns. I keep hearing that they'll fight for their freedoms but so far the government has just been taking them away. Not that we are doing anything about losing our freedoms up here in Canada either.
When you go to sign a contract you are able to see the terms of the agreement (otherwise it wouldn't be binding). A closed source legal agreement example would be the statements you used to find on boxed software such as "By purchasing this software you agree to the license agreement contained within."
Linux is open source but you don't expect everyone that runs it to be able to understand the code. That's not the point. Lawyers are like exactly like developers in that they are educated to understand the code of law. The rest of us are users and when we need advice we go to see a "developer".
I do think it is important to make law understandable to a greater number of people but when you confuse the terminology used to describe your mission. It sounds more like he's trying to use software development methodologies to create legal contracts. I'd hate to be at the conference when the waterfall vs.Agile method debate breaks out between the lawyers.
I was working in one department of the government and we were building our own data centre around 2004 because the cost of using the shared services (the group set up for all departments to share IT infrastructure) was astronomical. It was far cheaper for us to build our own data centre, put in new servers, and hire the support staff. Basically the people running the shared services thought that they could charge what ever they wanted because the departments were not able to outsource to anyone else. And with them thinking that they were the only show in town the service was terrible with no incentive to improve service or cost.
I don't know. McDonald's the restaurant might have something against the roofing company by the same name. After all they've been serving asphalt shingles disguised as burgers for decades now.
I remember when they started to bring these in to my part of Canada they were being referred to Super Mail Boxes but on the Canada Post website they are referred to Community Mail Boxes now. A super mail box, now there is something that you would want.
The first thing that comes to mind when I hear cluster box is clusterf*ck and who the heck wants that in their neighbourhood?!
You actually want parents to be responsible for their own children? I thought people gave that up, decided to let the schools teach their kids morality, and that society was to raise their kids for them. At least that's how some people behave.
The problem with the British system is that it can prevent free speech. Even if you have proof of something and make a public statement about someone they are able to sue you for making that statement. That brings about a lengthy and expensive court battle. Unfortunately it isn't as simple as saying "Here is the evidence your Honour" and having the case dismissed.