If the phone is locked up with a PIN they can't force you to divulge that information without a warrant, correct?
the world has changed in the last 12 years that you've had your head buried in the sand... nowadays police don't need warrants for anything (at most they might follow up the paperwork later with back dated warrants etc).
possession is now 100% of the law, so if the police sieze your phone, they can do whatever they want with it and there is nothing you can do about that. if the phone is locked, they either get what they want directly from the carrier or they threaten you with the thought of enjoying cuban cuisine for the rest of your life.
to compete with proprietary geolocation services like Google's
how is mozilla going to "compete" with something that's already second to none, comes pre-installed on android handsets, and is free to use with no intrusive ads?
providing an alternative is fair enough (like the choice of linux distros) but if you understand the technology behind existing coarse location services already built into android handsets, what additional value is the mozilla app realistically likely to add?
maybe their slogan could be "but at least we're not google" because that's pretty much the only possible selling point.
What you're missing is that it's evidence that results in changing the accepted scientific view. If you want to claim an accepted scientific view is incorrect, simply show the evidence.
what a load of nonsense.
like like everything else (including religion and politics) it is popularity that results in changing accepted scientific view, mainly because it is popularity that drives scientific funding from governments and educational institutions.
too many scientists rely on the inherent credibility of science to push their own agendas... they come up with a hypothesis and spend a fuckload of taxpayer money trying to prove it and then brag about their nobel prizes and patents whilst the taxpayer who forked out the money for the research in the first place is then forced to pay again to purchase products and services that derive from that research.
science has become as corrupt as any other institution.
i thought android+google maps already does this... i think they call it "coarse-location" (due to it not being as accurate as "fine-location provided by gps)
They would just log GPS position where there was no signal and send that when they again found a signal.
mod parent up... this would be extremely useful, including to those looking at possibly changing carriers
also, if you know the location of towers fairly accurately, you only need one data point to determine the reception radius all around the tower for the specific phone/device you are using
a possible complexity might be differences in reception on various devices (including possibility that "you're holding it wrong") but results could also be affected by bridges/tunnels, topography, background interference/noise (permanent or periodic), weather, type of vehicle being driven (fully enclosed vs jeep or convertible with open roof), use of external antenna or not, etc.
results likely wouldn't be consistent/reliable for everyone, but i think would still be a useful baseline, and if many people become involved the app might be able to log various conditions to help differentiate.
...a year that the nasdaq and s&p500 have a decent correction bucking the almost continuous upward trend of the last few years, so i doubt there will be any major investment by anyone other than reserve banks, and that companies will continue to hoard cash
why do i predict a stock market correction? because humans are fickle and despite all the talk to stoke confidence in the so-called "recovery", humans are also not stupid... investors aren't in stocks because of confidence in the government or the fed or of consumers, but because they are taking advantage of a bubble in the stock market fuelled by cheap money from the fed. many also aren't investing for long term gains, but are playing computer games where they can take advantage of even small ticks up and down (technical trading). investors know that the bull run in stocks will not last forever, and it won't take much to turn the trend.
dunno if it's going to be a crash like the doomsayers predict, but no doubt the dollar will continue to lose value; to all the inflation denialists out there, check out the buying power table @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar#Value
Officer: 'sir, you have *some bullshit reason to get pulled over at bar close*. License and registration? Passenger of remotely controlled vehicle: 'eyeavenada (un+ all day drinkstable'
have you ever sat in the cockpit of a modern airliner during a flight?
step 1: plot course into navigation computer step 2: obligatory pushing of the engine levers etc step 3: engage autopilot
ok its a little more involved, but there is a hell of a lot of automation in modern aviation... and autopilots that control pitch,roll,yaw,trim,power/trhust etc have been around for a long time. new planes like the a380 include much more advanced avionics that i think with the assistance of an ILS can land on its own. the pilots are there for when the power goes out because computers seem to lack motivation without it
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If the phone is locked up with a PIN they can't force you to divulge that information without a warrant, correct?
the world has changed in the last 12 years that you've had your head buried in the sand... nowadays police don't need warrants for anything (at most they might follow up the paperwork later with back dated warrants etc).
possession is now 100% of the law, so if the police sieze your phone, they can do whatever they want with it and there is nothing you can do about that. if the phone is locked, they either get what they want directly from the carrier or they threaten you with the thought of enjoying cuban cuisine for the rest of your life.
Mere innuendo will not change popular opinion -- only solid evidence will do it
you're confusing evidence with propaganda
propaganda is almost always the cause of change in popular opinion... ask any military strategist, politician, priest, etc.
he who controls the media, controls the masses
to compete with proprietary geolocation services like Google's
how is mozilla going to "compete" with something that's already second to none, comes pre-installed on android handsets, and is free to use with no intrusive ads?
providing an alternative is fair enough (like the choice of linux distros) but if you understand the technology behind existing coarse location services already built into android handsets, what additional value is the mozilla app realistically likely to add?
maybe their slogan could be "but at least we're not google" because that's pretty much the only possible selling point.
the climate skeptic should just publish on wikipedia instead... they don't allow original research there ;-)
What you're missing is that it's evidence that results in changing the accepted scientific view. If you want to claim an accepted scientific view is incorrect, simply show the evidence.
what a load of nonsense.
like like everything else (including religion and politics) it is popularity that results in changing accepted scientific view, mainly because it is popularity that drives scientific funding from governments and educational institutions.
too many scientists rely on the inherent credibility of science to push their own agendas... they come up with a hypothesis and spend a fuckload of taxpayer money trying to prove it and then brag about their nobel prizes and patents whilst the taxpayer who forked out the money for the research in the first place is then forced to pay again to purchase products and services that derive from that research.
science has become as corrupt as any other institution.
http://xkcd.com/407/
just point them to google maps, which takes advantage of android coarse location services already
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/1648/how-does-android-get-the-coarse-location
i thought android+google maps already does this... i think they call it "coarse-location" (due to it not being as accurate as "fine-location provided by gps)
They would just log GPS position where there was no signal and send that when they again found a signal.
mod parent up... this would be extremely useful, including to those looking at possibly changing carriers
also, if you know the location of towers fairly accurately, you only need one data point to determine the reception radius all around the tower for the specific phone/device you are using
a possible complexity might be differences in reception on various devices (including possibility that "you're holding it wrong") but results could also be affected by bridges/tunnels, topography, background interference/noise (permanent or periodic), weather, type of vehicle being driven (fully enclosed vs jeep or convertible with open roof), use of external antenna or not, etc.
results likely wouldn't be consistent/reliable for everyone, but i think would still be a useful baseline, and if many people become involved the app might be able to log various conditions to help differentiate.
...a year that the nasdaq and s&p500 have a decent correction bucking the almost continuous upward trend of the last few years, so i doubt there will be any major investment by anyone other than reserve banks, and that companies will continue to hoard cash
why do i predict a stock market correction? because humans are fickle and despite all the talk to stoke confidence in the so-called "recovery", humans are also not stupid... investors aren't in stocks because of confidence in the government or the fed or of consumers, but because they are taking advantage of a bubble in the stock market fuelled by cheap money from the fed. many also aren't investing for long term gains, but are playing computer games where they can take advantage of even small ticks up and down (technical trading). investors know that the bull run in stocks will not last forever, and it won't take much to turn the trend.
dunno if it's going to be a crash like the doomsayers predict, but no doubt the dollar will continue to lose value; to all the inflation denialists out there, check out the buying power table @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar#Value
"stop poking me!"
"you require more vespian gas"
Humans and Al Gore much die equally quickly
i knew al gore wasn't human!
sudo mv /big_hole/a_city /away_from_big_hole/a_city
Officer: 'sir, you have *some bullshit reason to get pulled over at bar close*. License and registration?
Passenger of remotely controlled vehicle: 'eyeavenada (un+ all day drinkstable'
everyone's an armchair expert on slashdot... you'll get used to it
have you ever sat in the cockpit of a modern airliner during a flight?
step 1: plot course into navigation computer
step 2: obligatory pushing of the engine levers etc
step 3: engage autopilot
ok its a little more involved, but there is a hell of a lot of automation in modern aviation... and autopilots that control pitch,roll,yaw,trim,power/trhust etc have been around for a long time. new planes like the a380 include much more advanced avionics that i think with the assistance of an ILS can land on its own. the pilots are there for when the power goes out because computers seem to lack motivation without it
airliners mostly fly themselves nowadays
the only thing they can't yet do is crash themselves... you need human input for that
sudo killall thieves
anyone that can afford a legal team to combat apple's likely can also afford not to drive a car
could be worse... asp
Send in the Drones
i read that and thought you were talking about democratic party voters
just need to shoot more advanced alien spaceships down near roswell