I am not even able to read that precious single article, even on the homepage I get "403 Forbidden". I want my free article as you promised, or else I am suing you for breach of verbal contract!
So will this replace normal old-school lectures by professors? Or is this for helping students do their homework in schools? I can't imagine someone concentrating on a lecture by the teacher, which is the purpose of going to school anyway, when you have a laptop AND a tablet connected to internet. And please don't say this is only for in-between classes or breaks.
One possible reason I can think of that tablets with Internet access might be useful is watching some video/animation or using an interactive program aiding in the course. But former can be better done on a projector in the classroom, and latter is not an everyday task and should generally be given for home
So the only thing left then, is just a marketing and PR stunt of a sort. "We provide state-of-the-art IT infrastructure to help your child be one step ahead!"
You missed the point. They are upset not because the device is locked in nature, but because Apple didn't consult them about what to lock in the iPads meant for China.
Keeping your door locked is a heck lot different than keeping a powerful bazooka like weapon capable to destroying a whole neighbourhood. And if you have it, there is more chance you will be tempted to use even if a cat broke into your home.
The nuclear football is not the only method by which US can launch counter-attacks (or first attacks), so other side would have to be from pre-WWII era to think that they won't be nuked back. And the extreme case imaginable being that every nuclear country launched at US, it still won't be able to take out the launch capability, would it?
Not everyone is as trigger-happy as Will Smith from Bad Boys. There should be someone, or more than a few people to give you some perspective. And that can't be done if you have all the authority and power to take action at an instance. The President is surely elected to make decisions for the country, but a decision like this should not be made by one person alone.
What exactly are "real-world" facts about nuclear war that you are referring to? Considering that the only country that used Nuclear weapons was US, and that certainly was not in response to a nuclear attack on US first. Fear of something that might never happen, but which you have presumed might happen influences your decisions, even before they are even necessary.
First of all, there is such a small chance of a scenario being created that posits "being wiped out ourselves", and using this assumption (which will most likely be made out of fear/hatred and not facts) to even consider wiping out humanity seems to have some Hollywood-inspired thinking.
Second, considering that we don't live in a binary world, we always have choices that don't end killing millions, to save yourself or a few hundred. But considering the human psyche, and decision making in a hurry, the easy route, despite being an inhumane one, will be used by the person under the pressure or emotional stress. You remove the choice itself, and you are bound to think and find other solutions to your problem
And lastly my whole point was that one person, President nor a general, should have the authority to make a decision that will have long lasting and terrible consequences, to other countries and to your own as well.
Mr. James Solakian, you are gravely mistaken. The matter of fact is that their duty is to be non-profitable and helpful to people. And considering you are one their board members, you should have followed the path of forgiveness, rather than filing a suite. If someone is breaching their duty, its you!
The whole idea of having a "football" accompanying a person who can order a Nuclear strike anywhere is just stupid to say the least. When it comes to a weapon that can destroy whole cities without any regard for innocent lives that will be lost, there should be a well planned out and thorough discussion among other Government officials, majority of which should not be military men. In some rare cases, where they think that immediate nuclear strike was the only way to go, it is pretty much a given that the person with the most power will be emotionally distressed and his decisions would not consider anything beyond his mere order.
Those rights will belong to the first and only citizens of Moon of course: Mr. Man-in-the-Moon and Mrs Chang'e Moon
Why do you think NASA has not been able to make any plans to mine any of that? China has blocked export of Rare-moon materials with US too.
Why is there not this much effort and news coverage on trying to stop the production of illegal porn in the first place.? If any of this hurts someone, it is at that stage. All these type of stupid laws do is invade normal people's privacy and in some cases put an innocent person in unwanted trouble.
BTW, TFA doesn't mention if this applies to just hard-copies or laptop too? And what about PC Hard Drives? You can't enter in Australia without customs scanning and searching all your personal data?
Slashdot Mirror
Observers were here
A large proportion of that traffic should be from GoogleBot. And I wouldn't consider Google an ISP, but just a Service(s) Provider.
I am not even able to read that precious single article, even on the homepage I get "403 Forbidden". I want my free article as you promised, or else I am suing you for breach of verbal contract!
This makes you wonder how many possible asteroid impacts happened in the Ocean.
So will this replace normal old-school lectures by professors? Or is this for helping students do their homework in schools? I can't imagine someone concentrating on a lecture by the teacher, which is the purpose of going to school anyway, when you have a laptop AND a tablet connected to internet. And please don't say this is only for in-between classes or breaks.
One possible reason I can think of that tablets with Internet access might be useful is watching some video/animation or using an interactive program aiding in the course. But former can be better done on a projector in the classroom, and latter is not an everyday task and should generally be given for home
So the only thing left then, is just a marketing and PR stunt of a sort. "We provide state-of-the-art IT infrastructure to help your child be one step ahead!"
You missed the point. They are upset not because the device is locked in nature, but because Apple didn't consult them about what to lock in the iPads meant for China.
Keeping your door locked is a heck lot different than keeping a powerful bazooka like weapon capable to destroying a whole neighbourhood. And if you have it, there is more chance you will be tempted to use even if a cat broke into your home.
The nuclear football is not the only method by which US can launch counter-attacks (or first attacks), so other side would have to be from pre-WWII era to think that they won't be nuked back. And the extreme case imaginable being that every nuclear country launched at US, it still won't be able to take out the launch capability, would it?
Not everyone is as trigger-happy as Will Smith from Bad Boys. There should be someone, or more than a few people to give you some perspective. And that can't be done if you have all the authority and power to take action at an instance. The President is surely elected to make decisions for the country, but a decision like this should not be made by one person alone.
What exactly are "real-world" facts about nuclear war that you are referring to? Considering that the only country that used Nuclear weapons was US, and that certainly was not in response to a nuclear attack on US first. Fear of something that might never happen, but which you have presumed might happen influences your decisions, even before they are even necessary.
First of all, there is such a small chance of a scenario being created that posits "being wiped out ourselves", and using this assumption (which will most likely be made out of fear/hatred and not facts) to even consider wiping out humanity seems to have some Hollywood-inspired thinking.
Second, considering that we don't live in a binary world, we always have choices that don't end killing millions, to save yourself or a few hundred. But considering the human psyche, and decision making in a hurry, the easy route, despite being an inhumane one, will be used by the person under the pressure or emotional stress. You remove the choice itself, and you are bound to think and find other solutions to your problem
And lastly my whole point was that one person, President nor a general, should have the authority to make a decision that will have long lasting and terrible consequences, to other countries and to your own as well.
Mr. James Solakian, you are gravely mistaken. The matter of fact is that their duty is to be non-profitable and helpful to people. And considering you are one their board members, you should have followed the path of forgiveness, rather than filing a suite. If someone is breaching their duty, its you!
The whole idea of having a "football" accompanying a person who can order a Nuclear strike anywhere is just stupid to say the least. When it comes to a weapon that can destroy whole cities without any regard for innocent lives that will be lost, there should be a well planned out and thorough discussion among other Government officials, majority of which should not be military men. In some rare cases, where they think that immediate nuclear strike was the only way to go, it is pretty much a given that the person with the most power will be emotionally distressed and his decisions would not consider anything beyond his mere order.
Those rights will belong to the first and only citizens of Moon of course: Mr. Man-in-the-Moon and Mrs Chang'e Moon
Why do you think NASA has not been able to make any plans to mine any of that? China has blocked export of Rare-moon materials with US too.
... And finally, TOR under slashdot effect
Why is there not this much effort and news coverage on trying to stop the production of illegal porn in the first place.? If any of this hurts someone, it is at that stage. All these type of stupid laws do is invade normal people's privacy and in some cases put an innocent person in unwanted trouble. BTW, TFA doesn't mention if this applies to just hard-copies or laptop too? And what about PC Hard Drives? You can't enter in Australia without customs scanning and searching all your personal data?